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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1912-03-07, Page 71,106,-7 BA) ROW TO THE REPUBLIC Japan Offers to Garrison Peking With Her Troops. Republican Commanders Need Money. British Cruisers Ordered to China From Australia. London, March 4.—It le understood that Japan has offered to garrison Pe. king within a few days if the other powers are giveu a mandate, sap; a Pe. le.ing despatch to the Daily Telegraph, but the diplomatic body have declined to endanger many defenceleee foreign com- neunities in China. Tae Republican °coranuindere are tir- gently deinanctiug money to pay their troops, Sun Yet Ben has sent a mu - sage to -luau Shi Eel, informing him that $20,000 are needed in Nanking, where nearly 100,000 men are omen- trated. Of course, Jidda the correspond. eut, no such sum can be found, and it would be impossible to obtain a foreign loan under existing circumstances, The gravest anxiety is felt everywhere. No- body denies that Republicans in China has received a bad, if not a fatal blow, and that the aisle still remains un- solved. CRUISERS FOR CHINA. London, March 4.—The protected crui- sers Pegasus and Prometheus have been ordered to proceed from Australian wat- ers for China. A Tien Tsin despatch to the Daily Mail says that shooting and incendiarism recommenced in that city last night and looting was general in the outlying villages. The foreign, set- tlements, however, were quiet. DOCTOR IS DISTURBED. Seeking, March 4.—Dr Sun Yat Sen is greatly disturbed over the news from the north. Ile says that the Nanking Government is prepared to accept full responsibility. "I have absolute confidence ana good faith in Yuan Shi Kai," said the provis- fonal president to -day. "I believe in him absolutely to control the situation, The Republicans will restore order and pro- tect the lives ant property of foreigners. Effective measures are under way, and a vast majority of the people and soldiers of the north and south are loyal Repub- licans." Dr. Sun said that in the event of un- expeeted disturbances he was ready to proceed to the north to assist Yuan Sla Kai. The War Minister has issued stringent orders to the southern governors and generals to preserve order. The Nan- king oficiale say that they are unable to understand a reported request for for- eign interference at Peking, because they do not consider the situation criti- cal. President Yuan has telegraphed that the disturbances -were due to a mis- understanding on the part of the sol- diers, a, inuTilaeit of whom revolted and were reinforced by the mob. MORE LOOTING. London, March 4.—Reports from Pe. king received at Tien Tsin show that there is some looting still going on in the Chinese capital. _according to a news agency despatch received here from Tien Tsin to -day, the alanchurians who are rating as military police in Peking had succeeded at 2 o'clock this afternoon in restoring complete order and the city generally was quiet. Artillery firing was, herasar, heard to -day to the south of the city, GERMAN TROOPS FOR PEKING. :Berlin, farch 4.—The situation in thine, is causing considerable anxiety, and contributed to -day to a heavy break on the Bourse. The German admiralty at the request of the foreign office to -day ordered a detachment of one hundred men to pro- ceed from Tsing Tao to Peking to rein- force the German legation guard. The newspapers state that the phy- sian, Dr. Schreyer, who was killed in Tien Tsin was an Austrian, and not a German subject. • :4 FOR CHURCH UNION Soo Me:hodiss and Brant- ford Presby, erians Favor I t. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., March 4.—With but a few dissentient votes, the Metho- dists of the Soo have voted in fair of union with the Presbytetian and Con gregational Churches of Canada. The vote was taken at the Central Methodist Church, of both membership, the adher- ents and the Board, and resulted as fol' lows The Board, 22 for and 1 against; mem. bership, 361 for and 9 against. Those un- der 18 years of age voted 78 for and 1 against. The adherents voted 110 for and 3 against, Brantford, Ont„ March 4,—The vote oa chureh union taken at our Presby- terian Churches here yesterday was de- eidedly favorable to the proposed union. Alexandra Claureh voted 221 for and 46 against, *Balfour Street and Onondaga Churches voted 120 for and 2 against. Zion aild SL Andrew's Churthes also re. corded majorities favorable to the un- ion.. t A, MISSED SHOTS Assassin Fires Three Times at Leopold Rothschild. Londepra Mareh 4.—At attempt to ehoot Leopold de Rothschild was made this evening by a tam as *Nan Rothschild was entered a motor ear in front of the bank in Swithin lane in the eity of London. Mr, Rothschild Waa net hit by the bullet. The rean had been itPparenfly wit:tine Sm. a ehanee to nairder Mr. Itotheehild. SOMI itS be salx the kinkily he whip- ped oat a revolver and shot three brave. Not one of the Inillete hit r, Rothe. but it detective standieg on the oppoisite side of the kale wee struck in ilic Month, tier* and eheet, end the win- dows of the automobile were !smashed, The, iteettilent Wee arretted. it'e eaeier to embraee a girl than it to brete her father, -Champ Navve. • TWO. AUSTRIANS Which Canada and States Refuse to Harbor. Slant Ste, Itlarle, Ont„ March 4. It beginto look it4 if the two Austriaae who are inieoners on the fetry steam- er Algoma, whieh plies between the Can - adieu and the Michigan Soos are Ostia. ed to spend the rest of their days with. la the narrow confine e of the St. Mary's River, The days are spent sitting on the Ono solitary bench which eompoacs the furniture of the wellemened "Gents' waiting room." Yesterday one of the men appeared unwell, and it was euggested that he wee probably a little seasick after be, ing on the water for three days. Last night the heart of Captain Matt GM, falls melted somewhat and he caused a bed to be made in his room behind, the wheelhouse for their accommodation. In - specter Arinstroeg, of the Dominion service, is rightly adamant, and will not allow their entry, while Inspector Coe, of the United States eervice, is equally obdurate. The men batik came to the Unitea States lira and have both worked there, one for four years and the other for three months, which sustains Inspect. r Armstrong itt bis stand, - FARMERS BANK Royal Commission Inquiry Opened in Toronto. •••••••••••••••••••rof Mr. Fieldicg and Travers May be Examined. .ammoisemogo..•••• Toronto, March 4.—Tht opening meet- ing of the Royal Commission, presided over by Chief Justice Sir William, .It. alereditai, to enquire into the affairs of the Farmers Bank was held this morn- ing at Usgoode aXeil. As Sir indicated it wee aer purpose of organiza- tion soleiy and to arrange for future meetings. He euggested that he would be at liberty on Monday next and for several days following and Frank Rod - gins, K. C., who represents the govern- ment, asked that the next sitting be held in Ottawa and that the date be set for Wednesday, Mareh 13, as the first witnesses he wished to examine were conuected with the treaeury board. This proved satisfactory to the commiseion and those representing the varioua par- ties interested, and a date was set for the resumption of the inquiry. The CommisSion will inquire into the composition and organization of the bank; the. application for •find giving of a charter to the bank to carry on busin- ess; the conduct and operation of the business of the bank; the cause of its failure; it's capital and assets. After adjournment Mr. .Hodgins in- formed Mr, Dewart that he did not know at present whether he would examine the late manager or not. Ile also stated that he would like to examine Mr. Field- ing, but understood he was abroad. BREATHED FLAMES Theatre Crowd Sees Man Burned to Death. Port William, March. 3.—The Satur- day afternoon crowd leaving the Orpheum Theatre were witnesses of a tragedy that ended a few hours later in death for the man whom they beheld as a living torch. Hector Sal- vatore and three other laborers em- ployed by Searean & Penniman, con- tractors for a new block on the corn- er of Victoria avenue and Syndicate street, were working in the excava- tion, when. in some way Salvatore's clothing caught fire. He rushed out- side from under the floor o fthe first storey, and stood for a moment before the startled crowd corning from the theatre next door. Several men rushed tpward him, pulling off the coat in which he was wrapped, as he sank to the ground. The blaze was extinguished and the man taken. to the hospital, but he had breathed in the flam.es and from the start his life was despaired of. He leaves a widow and seven small children. TO STOP WAR Drop Prussic Acid Bombs From Aeroplanes on Cities. London, March 4.—Sir William Ram- say, the celebrated professor of chem- istry at the London University, when asked if chemistry would take a, place in future warfare, replied: "Why not? As soon as destructive warfare is advanced to a, certain stage, the soonerwould universal peace be as- sured, If bombs were filled with prus- sic add, the annihilation would be so dreadful that war would be impossible. "Imagine an aeroplane dropping bombs filled with poison throtigh the atmos- phere over the cities of an enemy. "Sueh a thing is perfectly possible if international law would allow it." A DYNAMITE CASE. New York, 'March 4. --Judge Hand, in the United States diatriet emit to -day, denied a, writ of habeas corpus in the case of Patrick V. Farrell, indicted with other labor leaders for the alleged dyna- mite eonspiracy, and ordered his removal to Indianapolis for arraignmeht. After a hearing before the eommissioner, who decided that ha must go to Indianapolis, Farrell carried his case before Judge Hand. 4+4 FEMALE IMMIGRANT AGENT. Wfnnipeg Man., Mareh 4.— Mts. Gen- evieve Lipsett Skinner, president of the Manitoba Sunehine Society, and a well- knowajournaliet 'of Winnipeg, WEte to- day appointed by the federal govern - meat to travel in the Milted Kingdom and address women in the interest of the Canadian immigration. DEVOURED IW WOLVES. PrirCee Albert, Sask., Mardi 4.—A boaidentified ae that of Irwin Limey, of Nerth River, Oat., wait fettlItl lying in tans river, it had been pertially de- vourea bywolvee. Loney Waft drowned laet summer while employed ht railway eoastruction, MORE WINDOW WE iE RASO Suffragettes With Hammers and Stones Break Glass. They Dragged a Mounted Policeman From Hist -fors°. Thirty of Them Arrested— Miss Pittfield Committed. London, Mardi 4,—The Saffragettes started operations again early this morning. A email band of them, armed with hammers and stones; went through the lanightebridge and Brampton Road district in the west end of London, breaking the plate glass windows of the big dry goods stores in that neighbor. hdod. .As usual, owing to the disturbance being unexpected. the pollee on duty in the district were unable to cope with the suffragettes, who were distributed over a wide area. The storekeepere and their Staffs of employees vere compelled to do sentry duty in front of their prem- ises, but in many cases were unable to keep the women from doing damage. A detachment of mounted police was the first rebaforcemeot to arrive .on the scene. One of them was immediately dragged from his horse by excited WO - men. In one stone alone damage to the ex- tent of $1,250 was done. Thirty women were arrested. The windows of the alarouls of Crewe's and the Lord Chancellor's resi- dences were smashed with hammerthis morning during the suffragettes' raid. Ellen Pittfield. the suffragette, who attempted to set fire to the General Postoffice of London last evening was to -day committed by a magistrate for trial at the Old Bailey sessions. SYLVIA IN DETROIT Speaks of Arrest of Her Mother, Mrs. Pankhurst.. A Hard, Bitter, Constant Struggle for Votes. Detroit, Mardi !,7 —Pale, and with trembling lips, seeking bravely to hide her agitation, Sylvia Panihurst, amid the applause of a room filled with peo- ple, addressed them in different vein from what they expected at the rooms of the New Thought Alliance yesterday afternoon. Many of them had come from the luncheon of the College Equal Suffrage League, given in Miss Pank- hurst's honor, to hear her plead for suf- frage, "I come to you with anxiety in my heart, becauee I have just been inform- ed that my mother eta sixty other wo- men have been arrested in London," she said. "What the circumstances are I do not know, but this is certain, that brave, true women are again suffering from the stubborn tyranny of a Government which has broken its promises and re- fused to accord justice to those who would rather endure imprisonment and indignity than yield their fight for right and justice. "Here neaeas country you do not real- ize how hard and bitter and constant has been the sacrifice of women in this cause. They struggle against insuffer- able oppression where the property is all left to the son, where the Average wage is something over $1 a week, where the average married woman, does not own the clothes on her badgf"tiaiid yet when you think that we have colleeted $500,- 000 inueh of it from factory workers who do without butter and meat and walk to and from work so that suffrage may come the sooner, you can realize how willing they are to deny them- selves. "Some of the women have beeu im- prisoned many times—a thousand In all —but when last February two noble wo- men lost their lives, we decided to give up our struggles with the police and follow the men's example. So we re- sorted to breaking windows—an ancient custom in England of those who have been denied constitutional rights.. We feel that before humanity can progress further we must achieve political .omencipation. If we would rescue A great mass of helpless women and children from the worst kind of servitude, if we would free the world from the bondage of professional politiciaas we must not flinch but go on fighting, keeping our eyes on the great light that alone can save us front discouragement." "It is not by aecideut that it was it woman who first saw and. bit by virtue of her sensitiveness to suffering the need for better prison conditions, that it was n. woman who first recognized the need for better treattneut of the insane, who first espoused the cause of the Indian, who took up the cause of in. ebriates or that it is 8, women, Jane Addams, whose knowledge of slum con- ditions is so 'universally recognized that there is no student of social conditions to -day who does not have to go to her for light. It is generally eoneeded, ex- cept by our honored friend, Mr. Kent, that woman is more law-abiding than man, even if she does smuggle over a little mare Venetian laee than the men do Kollana gin. Women know more about municipal housekeeping than men, and I'm sure if we had women in our demon council they would not have shovelled under the alley cleaning pro- poeal as the men did the other night. "I love my sex too miteli that they should be part of so gross an injuetice as that men should determine the age of eonsent or the divorce laws. Then regarded na the educated class,- women are certainly better qualified than men es the average is midi higher among women than among men in this eountry. in many ways the men have truly made a wee of things and we must look to you for useistanee—giving you the poll. Wei arm with which to wield your mor. al power," Mise Pauline Newman -and Mise Anna afcGinty, Of the gartneat worker& union of Cleveland, closed the Meeting by tell- ing the %Mien hartowing and dramatic atoriee of what the ftietory worker hal to gutter and appealed to the mann to help them in their plight, LEFT TO DIE: Robbed Man and Put Rim Under Flight of Steps. Port Huron, Mich., Mama 4.-seWith no more display of emotion than if jia were telling of a treatment ac. corded a sick but worthies dog, George jasson, 20 years old, of Pe- trolea, Ont., eat in the office of Chief ef Police Marx late last night and told how he and another man rob- bed Thomas al. 1VIaJor, half -carried, haladraggea the man to the First Bap- tist Church in a more or lees degerted part of tha city, arid left him to die under a flight of step leading to the church door. Major's frozen body was Annul 011 Wednesday afternoon half burled in the snow which had drifted into the areaway during the storm of Monday night. When the arrest of Hasson shortly before midnight yesterday, and his confession to Chief Marx, the myetery which has puzzled the city since the disappearance of Major Was reported Tuesday was clera,ed, I •1 - CHARGED illTll WINO DAUGHTER Quebec Farmer Will be Put on Trial for Murder. Child Hurled by the Legs Across the Room. Wife and Mother Confessed to Her Brothers. SO • 11••••,.••••• Ottawa, despatch—A story of re- volting cruelty to a seven-year-old child was brought to light at Hull this afternoon when Sheriff Wright laid a charge of murder against Al. lased Gossett, a farmer of Marchand township, Que., about twenty milers from Hull, who is at present serving a three months' sentence in Hull jail for wife beating. Gossett is charged with Inflicting injuries to mus soven-year-old dough- tenMarcella, which eventually ter- minated in her death. The alleged crime dates back to the spring of 1909 and has never come to _light, because, according to the story related bly the mother of the chitd, her husband, had threat- ened to "do away with her" if she ever told any one of what he had done. Since hr husband's incarcera- tion for beating her, the woman,has been residing with two brothers in Montreal, to whom she told the story of the child's death. They communicated with the Hull authorities and Sheriff Wright went to Montreal yesterday and heard her story. The charge of murder fol- lowed immodiately. Accordb...g to Mrs. Gossett, the father became incensed for some trivial cause at the little one and picking it up by the legs hurled it across the room. A wound was caus- ed where the little girl's head came in contact with the wallL. This was followed by an abscess and after lin- gering for about a month she died. The physicianwho attended her was told that the injury was done acci- dentally and pronounced the death as due to natural causes. , Gossett appears for preliminary hearing on Monday. MADE A DROP. Descent From an Aeroplane With a Parachute. St. Louie, Mara 4.—For the Bret time in the history of heavier-than-air flying a man leaped from an aeroplane at Jef- ferson Barracks this afternoon, and de - wended to earth with the aid of a para- chute. The man was Capt. Albert Ber. ry. The spectacular parachute leap was witnessed by hundreds of soldiers. Berry and Janxtus lett the !Unlock aviation field this afternoon in a two - passenger biplane about 2 o'clock. Be- neath the machine, in a specially con- structed case, with a large parachute, similar to those with whielie aeronauts leap from balloons. The first the sol- diers knew anything unusual was going oa was when they heard the buzziag of the propellor, and saw the biplane, which was flying highly rind swiftly. Berry was seen to ieaveariis seat itt. the machine, wbich was then perhaps 1,600 feet high. Annus, the pilot, steer- ed the biplane over the field at a rate of probably 56 miles an hour. • The aoldiers were astonished to see the man who had moved slip down tin- aer the aeroplane. It took them several sewn& to divine that Berry had climb- ed down to a trapeze bar, and that the thing was attaehed to a parachute. With practised hand Jannus steadied tha, machine. ,Berry gave a quick jerk of a rope, a knife flashed and man and, parachute plunged downward while the aeroplane bounced like a cork, suddenly poised, and steadied itself. The hundreds of watehers held their breath as the man shot toward the earth, the parachute trailing after him in a long, anaky line. Suddenly the par - [Ante popped open, the rapidity of the &vent was thecked, and, amid cheers, the first aviator to make such an at- tempt mailed the ground in eafety. SCAFt0ITY OF TEACHERS, Toronto despateh —Inereases in sal- aries averaging $61 for male school teachers and $34 for female school teach - ere prevniied generally throughout the Provinee Ittet year, according to the re- port of the Minister of Education for 1011, whielt WaS tabulated in the Legis- lature yesterday. It is announced that this year the departmental =triode - tion examinations will all be held in June, eo as to avoid the hardshipe of eXteSSive heat upon the eivadidetes as was experieneal Met July The report deals espeeially with the euppiy ol teachers, agrieulturel training, ant the met efedueetion. -..a....-4-aeaeseseeees The City of 'New 'York ()WM, 043 Owe of Iva' otatew DID ROOSEVELT BEAK PROMIS::.? LetterPublishedThatSeems to Indicate That, Steel Trust Bill Made Him Change His Mind. Won't Talk Until He Hears More About It. Washington, March 4.—Much interest Was aroused here when part of a letter written as late as June 27, 1011, by Colonel Roosevelt and declaring that he would not be A candidate in. 3.012 and "had no intention of taking any part in the nomination for or iegaireet eny can- didate" was marie public to -day. The letter eoncludes as follows: "I have expresaed myself p.erieetly free to a large number of rneu in this matter, always to the same effect, tell- ing you, for instance, personally, and those who were with you at luach at my house, and telling Gifford Pluchot, aim Garfield and Col. Gressmon Madi- son and Billy Loeb and, Secretary Meyer and Secretary Samson, 4.11 alike, just exactly what I have said AlWay' L3 that I would, not be a candidate in 1912 my- self, and that 1 had no intention of taking any part in tae nomination for or ageiust any candidate, Sineerely yours, "Theodore Roosevelt." Wbile the name of the recipient of the letter eivienot be divulged, it must be stated rt,4 the outset that it was not President Taft, and that the letter as given out here did not come from the White House. The Taft peoPle will undoubtedly use the letter to controvert what the colo- nel was quoted as saying Saturday about Secretary Stinson and Secretary Meyers. Those members of the Taft Cabinet have been quoted recently as having received not long ago from the colonel the impression that he would refuse a nomination. On Saturday tee colonel deelared that they could not have said that, as he had fully explained te them his determination not to tie himself down to a prornise not to accept the noroination. That meeting with the Cabinet officers was described as within the last few weeks'while the letter se- fers to a luncheon that took place nine months ago, when the coronet apparent. ly was still convinced that he would never be a ca-ndidate. If Colonel Roose- velt's letter of June 27 is taken as a promise he bets certainly broken that promise. Those who have been intimate with. Colonel Roosevelt and hie purposes are by no mons surprised by the announce- ment that lie written such a letter. He has said as much to several of them, -leading them to understand, if he did not put it in so many words, that he had no Purpose to be a•candiditte. In fact, meet of Ccplonel Roosevelt's inti- mate friends declare that he had no in- tention of entering the race himself until he read the bill filed by the Governinent in the suit against the Steel Trust. The intimation that he had been "flim lammed" contained in that bill lie re. garded OA an unpardonable insult, re- senting it, if possible, even more bitterly than he would had his integrity been impugned. After that bill was pub - Hailed it le said his anger knew no bounds, and even when it was explained to him that President Taft never saw or was consulted regarding the bill nail it was presented in court, he baeisted 'that in such a case ignorance proved no excuse, and the President should have known what was in it. . WANTS THE NAME. Oyster Bay N. Y., March 4. --When a copy of the letter given out in Washing- ton was shown to Colonel Roosevelt he made the following statement: "I will say nothing unless the name of the recipient of the letter is given, and the letter published in full. Prob- ably the language is not correctly given. Certainly all the context iu whieh I raid I would. not refuse the nomination. is suppressed. The letter published in a Chicago evening pa,Per one month ago Contains substantially all I said in these letters:" The letter referred to as published in the Calca.go Daily News was a eopy of 4 letter which Colonel Roosevelt sent to Frank A. Munsey explaining his post. *1 I COSTLY ART The Bringing of Morgan's Trea,surps to the States. New York, Mitteh 4.—Unusual pre- cautions to safeguara the art treasures' valued at many millions and imported by Ja Pierpont Morgan from his Euro- pean museums and galleries to this city have been taken by the customs offi- cials during the transit to their final deatination. Cable despatches from London state that Mx. Morgan has placed, a valuation of $20,000,000 on the treasures, wbile Michael Nathan, the official assessor, sett abroad by the United States Treas- ury Department to inspect the art ob- jeets, believe that $50,000,000 is a doser estimate of the value of the Morgan collection. The first shipment of the art works has already been received and another ehipnient is expected within ti few days. Not one of the works of art are hand- led by loeal examiners or appraisers. The eases in which they arrive are not even opened and the invoices of Bets of articles deseribing the ehipment are at- cepted withoat question and passed without examination. Secretary of the Treasury :NrIteVeagli ot.o.ila Deputy Appraiser Nathan te go ithroed and represent the cuetoies de- partment at London. Nathatit examino eeeh article peeked for ehipnient and notes Whether or not it is entitled to admisilous free of ditty. An unpacking of the shipment here for custome ex- amination might have caused an injury or destruction to Rome of the prieeless pieces of art, ARAB ATTACK 'FAILED. Tripoli, Mardi Arabs eellibrat. el the Proplietai birthday bv An attack on the Warmish Redoubt, bat the ital. len fire easily dispelled them. Nature has aerfeetions, in order to show that he le the image of God; Alia defects in order to slim that elle 'le only Itis . image, ,Wr—••• DR. HAWKE Wanted on a Serious Charge by Toronto Pollee. Toronto deepatch Dr. /3enaimin Ilawke, known throughout Ontario as a curler and lawn howler, is wanted by tho police of Toronto on a cbarge 01 Performing a criminal operation. Mrs. Estaer Da,vidge, on whom he is alleged to have performed the opera - then, is in a dying condition at the Western Hospital, and has mado an ante marten etatement inaplicatiug Dr. Hawke but exonerating her husband, William Davidge, The latter was placed under arrest at three o'clock. We morning end was remanded for a week itt the police court. Should the woman die a charge of murder will be laid. When the police went to the home of Dr, Hawke shortly after 3 o'clock this morning to place him under ar. rest he was not there and up to the Present they have not been able to get any trace of hina. He was ac- quitted by a jury ona similar eharge about five months ago. BANK ROIRIN SHOT Yeggmen Attempted to Rob Bank in Montreal West. ChiefKirkpatrickKilledOne and Four Escaped. Montreal despatch — One burglar is dead as a result of a desperate fight be- tween five yeggriteu, who had tried to break into the safe of the Royal Bank's branch at Montreal West, near the june. tion of the C. P. R., five miles west of the city, and members of the Vigilance Committee of the town. The affair in the end developed into a regular revolver battle between the bur- glars and the men of the town, wigo turned out in large numbers at the sound of the firing. Pohr men managed to get away across country on snow- shoes, and though thorough search of the whole coantryesete was madethey seemed to boat) made a complete get- away. The body of tlie dead man was de- posited in the Montreal morgue. It was carefully ex.atained by the police, but nothing that would lead to identifica- tion was discovered. In the pockets were thirty cartridges, a looking glass with a girPs photograph on the back, and a comb, but no papers. Chief Carpenter of the local detective force, thinks the thieves were young at the game, as they were not supplied with very up-to-date safe -blowing appar. atus. Attention was drawn to the, yegg- men by the noise they made grinding a hole in the safe in which to place nitro- glycerine, A watchman at the Montreal West station of the Canadian Pacific Railway heard the noise, the bank's branch being only across the street.. The wathhraan was returning to the station after doing his rounds of the yards. To reach the telephone in the depot he had to pass the watch the safe- crackers had plaaed outaide the bank. This he safely accomplished by crawling one hundred feet through the snow. He then called up the chief of the Vigilance Committee of the town, 3. J. Kirapat- rick. A son of the ehief, E. Kirkpatrick, was the first to reach the scene. With revolver in hand, he approached the bank and. called upon the guard to sur- render. The yeggman made out that he would offer no resistance, but when Kirkpat- rick got within a few feet of him he fired almost, point blank at his cheat, the bullet, however, only piercing his coat. Kirkpatrick, in stepping back, tripped and fell and before he could rise, the guard had jumped upon him and had taken away bis gun. While the remainder of the men were getting out of the bank, J. J. Kirkpat- rick came up and, opened fire, The yegg- men stopped in the gettaway to engage him, and for a few minutes he was a living target, with bullets striking the ground all around him, Other men ap- pearing, the thieves ran off, with both the Kirkpatrick's in bot pursuit. The father caught up with one of the run- aways, and the two stood and fought out a duel,. the chief of the Vigilance Committee finally shooting the yeggman in the side, killing him. While Kirkpatrick was examining the body, removing the revolver which he gave to his son'who had caught up to a crowd of citizens began to coi- led. They, were banded together and despatched in different directions after the thieves, who had disappeared by this time, Word was also sent to Montreal to watch for the escapers. A large force of armed men was at once despatched to Montreal to join the pursuit. Before it arrived the Vigilance Com- mittee ha.d chasec1 the yegginen out Of town at the outskirts of which, where they appeared to have had anowsh.oes in readiness, they were seen to be mak- ing their way rierossthe country. The whole of the countryside wail then aroused and told to be on the lookout. The men could be plainly seen on the snow in tho bright moonlight as they made off. Volleys of shots were fired after them by the baffled townspeople, but not a ballet found a mark in any of them. The burglars sent one or two defiant shots back, and then speeded away to. Wards Laehine. The burglars only Scoured a paltry $1.65, an explosion tried only opening the first door of the vault, the inside door resisting the shock, The $1.65 wee terured by rifling the Cashier's drawer. The burglars' kit consisted of several chisels, n barinner and some nitro-glyeer- They were working on the seeond door of the safe when (1101114)M. It eontain. ed something like $3.000, OPPOSES CHUM UNION. miton, :stareit 3. ---The following is the result of the vote on %lairds union in Knox Clore)), alilton: alembere for, 51; against, 152; adherents for, tij itganist. 18. Guelph, Moth a.—The voting en (thumb union was aimetineta in the Dub. lin Street 'aittlioaist Cluirelt toeley, it was 308 for union and twenty-nine against. Twit linadreti And thirteAri ilia ilot vote. I II ry, • SAO HEAT' Of GRAVE GRAFT EVELYN filikER Newspaper Accuses Nurses, Doctors and Clergymen, Inquest Into the Death of This School Teacher. Wrote Edward Bailey She Would End tier Life. Saintfield deepatch --Lettere irOnl the late Evelyn fai ker., the echool teacher of Saintf:eld winao unesterioue death here on ..lanitary le has canoed mush dieeneelon, to Rdwaril v(teTinary, of Uxbridge,. threatenint. to commit suleide if he "tarned ber down," were read 11 t the, acijouraed atiest held tins afternoou and menu, ln one letter .ebe said if he wee not ti•tte o her sue woual do away with her- self, and that she had "the goods to (1011;14il aey' was the principal witness. Ho told the etory of deceasedas rola. tione with him. His recitation of the happenings and reading of the letter was peleful to many uf those la at. tend:line 1-Vhile the letters wei be, ing read Bailey broke down completely. The mether and eistere of the late Miss Baker also broke down and cried, ana it was some minutes before all of them could be composed suffidently to go on with ri. I' proceedings. Tne evidence showed that when dying she &lowedsymptoms of strychine pea eoning, but inquiries made at Uxbridge, Part Perry and Sunderaind reeealed no record. ef a sale of poison to MISS Baker. Prof. Waliane Ellis, the anaiyet, was not read* with his report, and anether ita- journincet itutil March 11 wit; decided "PC °11)1.. J. E. Farewell, of Whitby, Count" Attc.rney, appeared for the Crown. 33.n - ley wat represented by Mr. H. la Cooke, Cetener Mellow, of Port Perry, presided.' Bailey silted that he had been en- gaged to ;mother .young lady when he was keepaig company with Miss !seater, .anil had Yeceived a letter from the other young woman that if he was aoing io eontimie eeing Mise Baker he end bet- ter stop coming to see her. Anther let- ter wfitten by Bailey to Miss Baker, e,;baTi he signed "Your Loves, Ed.," was r Coroner Mellow—Do you think it might. be Lef euse of your,ha ane given her re:ieen to tiaieve that you were go- ing to Atop goats; with her tied sae wrote thee° lettees threatening to take bercil,M iItizgat have been something of that sert." • • When asked. by the County Attorney what .reason jL should have for mak- ing these threats, Bailey said that lie did not think eae meant to carry them out. "I thought she wanted to marry me or something and was trying to scare Inc." "Why did you not show these letters to her mother or father or her sisters?" asked the Crown Attorney. "I did not think she meant enything by.i rsaid he was not thinking of get- tahileen; till married, but he would have inearice the 'girl rather than have her do what she did. On, the night of Ja.n.uary leth he drove ler home from Uxbridge- Thee arrived about 2 o'clock in the. ineriong. 'racy talked for a while, but Bailey did not eu tice anything wrong. She did, bow. mare give him back a ring 01 Ins, elying thaeaneybe she would not see him again. They laic. no quarrel. Bailey stopped at the l*Ver house all night. Whea he went to be1 he heard a noise downetairs and wene down to see what wae the matter. He saw Miss Baker in the dining -room just taking a glees of ne-aet.1i s1 to Ler: "You haven't been taking any- thing, have you?" She said, ".No, Ed.; I have not." Then he went to bed again and af- ter a few minutes he hard Miss Baker cry out in the next room, "Mother, I am dying." He ran in to see. her. She was lying on the bed in convulsions. He call- ed the family, and Dr. iliellove was sent for. He thought she showed symptoms of strychnine poieoning. Mrs, Alitit Utter Hamilton, a slater of deceased, also testified. -- PERJURY CASE. A Fort Worth Clergyman Charged With Offence. Fort Worth, Texas, ,March 4. --Rev. 3. Frank Norris, pastor of the First Baptist Cir.irch, of this city, is under indietment here to -day, charged with perjury. The indictment is based on Rev. Mr. Norris' testimony before the Grand Jury rego.rding anonymous letters received by him.and a deacon of his church, threat- ing violent° unless he left V'ort Worth. These, the Indictment alleges, were writ - :en by Norris lihnself. Tho pastor was released me bail of $1, - OK Within two months Mr, Norris has reported two •attempts to assassinate him. The last, he said, occurred Tues- day night, when he says, he was attack- ed by a Man With a pistol. On the night of January 14th the First Baptist Ohurch was destrOyed by fire. Rewards, aggro - gating $6,000, have been offered for the arrest of the Incendiary, bUt no arrests have been made, ENGLAND NEXT Mendelsohn :Choir is Dis- cussing It. Toronto despatch—The alendelesohn Choir allayed home from their tour yes- terday afternoon. The members have returned elated with their successes, and thoroughly justified in the pride they take in their record in Buffalo, New York and Boston. A subject of animated diseussiot among the ineinber$ of the ehorus on the Journey home Was the question whether it would be praeticable to give it Yoneett tour in Englend, or whether they should next year pay A Apeora visit to Ohleago. DROPPED DEAD. trokyillo, Ont., %roll 4.—feaae C, Ali:mire, of Athens, no of the most pro. neineut men of Leeda County dallied dead at, his home last niaht. In eotletavetion avoid the extremes of forwaraiteee and reeerve. (alto, ipa......,....,--tvh_Ret Tpronto dee (treble' to a le cent netts itein eoneerning allopd graft by Toronto untb.rtakers, tile trade paper, Canadian Furniture World Mil Undertaker, eity#1: "The complaint only serves to emphasize ,he neeeslity of the 0nulertalcer4 in Tnrouto or Any other city taking active meahures to ,in tha lid on the few who aro iwilying int4) do.trteellilui:eoaftllriaiefit,rconfreres by inidorablp hygPrit eeirata,intl' ISIY115dte4rIn01takersgeToirsoigr eecret, and if certain hospital nursed and 80wontrld rd4e314'etr sotionied ialliltetrit%etyilikgnetiltViest h ijoc how some undertakers secure biteineae. It is hard to believe, but the systen that requires 'extras' is said to have even invaded, the minietry, and, elinost any undertaker would know. who Yeas referred to if a certain clergyman were credited with frequently having midi 'How nmeh is there in it ter mo'" The article goes on to state that an attendant itt a hospital being aeloal by the relative of a deceased patieut tci call up An undertaker, aeelerea that the man had no telephone, and suggested another undertaker. Tim relatiee, how- ever, knew that the first mentioned man bad a telephone, In another instance the num° in tho home of a decea,sed person followed the undertaker into the room and Bald, "This should be worth $5 to me." The undertaker gave her nothing. 4 -see SHE BY WHOLESALE To be Followed by Funerals With Great Pomp. Friends of Death Suicide Club of Russia. This Society Beats All the Other Brotherhoods. St. Petersintro', Mareh 4.—A contribu- tor to the Vreleruaya, Vremya, des. cribes one of the meetings of the Friends of Death, a suicide league, which is said to have a large membership in St. Pet- er8burg. Tile meeting, which was held, in a house in the heart of the city, began early in the evening, in order not to excite the attention of the police, and for the same reason the members ar- rived singly, many by the baek en- trance. The attendance included men and women, young and old. Several of theThmeeniarwgeeremienetuhnigiforiontoia was thiekly carpeted and heavy curtains maekedthe Hwieirlde,o,:vs. Over the door was the inscrip- tion, "All Hope Abandon, ye Who Enter On the door itaelf two prose skulli were shown on it flaming red back- ground. Portraits of Schopenhauer, Hartmann and other apostles of pessita- ism'were hung on the walls, also a large pieture portraying the legendary dis- pute between life and death, A let,v candles gave the only light by w/aiela the proceedings were conducted. The prisideet and other eommittee- men sat at a long table, covered With a black cloth, on which was an urn in which the suicidal lots are east. Three dull knocks from a hammer enveloped In black cloth intimated that the meeting was open. The president witk- sbieigenacn be. y expressing his eympa,thy woman, member of the league, a woan, who had recently attempted suicide, but as yet without fatal result, Ho added the fervent hope that she would meet; the death she desired. By way of in - doming his words, an present rose in Another Member said that happily the wound received by the woman was dan- generous and there was no hope of her recovery. The greater part of the subsequent discaseion turued on the question of de vising original methods of suicide. It came out that nine of the raeinbere on whom the lot had fallen had previous- ly sworn not to take their lives itt com- mon place 'Conditions. Various sugges- tione were made, but the one most fav- orably received was that a considerable number of the meinbere should conunit suicide en masse, it being calculated that the sensation thereby produced would attract any number of recruits to the league. It was proposed that a dinner he ar- ranged at a faehionable restaurant, and that the diners swallow eynide of potas- slum out of champagne glasses. Their funerals would be organized with great pomp in order to affect the impression- able people. The evening cloaed with the playing of a funeral march and a requiem, coin - posed by a member of the league who recently took his life. WANT PEACE Powers to Intervenein Tur- kish -Italian War. Paris, March 4.—It is stated uport e. eellent authority that the European powers have agreed to intervene in the Italoalairkieli war, with the object of obtaining pettee. The initiative earne from SOTIle of the powers, who suceeeded in getting (ler. many and Austria, of the triple entente, to join them in collective representa- tions to the Porte with the objet it la believed of indoeing the Turkish Gete eminent to accept Italy's decree on the ennexation Of Tripoli. FAVORS UNION. nprunt Ont, Mari+ 4, -By a vote. of 167 to 3 the Waterloo St. .1Sfethod18t chttreh ilerlared itself in favor of seizure: uni(in, THE REASON. "1 got a great deal of a Asa in my ears,' he said, as he eartus puffing out ot The Arelibiehop of Sydney 1The Wright), formerly Areleteeseut of 'Sian - the surf. "I' though the ocean looked tether low," replied his frieell.---antritikeik Asil• watt.