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The Herald, 1907-06-14, Page 6Noted Singel to Erect and Endow a Great Festival Huse at New York. i New York, June 10. --lime, Lillian 1 or- edica, the Herald announces to -day, will ? establish on the Hudson near New York i.e. Bayreuth in America. With a. part of Fie— r great fortune the noted singer will erect the Lillian Nordica. festival house, which will be to this country what the ,famous operatic institution founded by `'Richard Wagner and now maintained by Ellis widow, is to Europe. The site of the institution was pur- chased! yesterday for $100,000 and lime. Nordica expects that the opera house t will be ready for its formal dedication in the summer of 1909. ' An American institute of music where American young men and women who aspire to operatic honors will be taught . by the formost toa.chers in the world, is 'Included in the plans of the famous tsinger. In a statement lime. Nordica said: "Call my object philanthropic or what i you may but the idea of founding here in zny own country an American Buy- reuth has been my life's ambition. All the years I have been singing I have dreamed of such an institution. Now I am able financially to start this great project wlikh 1 know will be an inetre tution which after 1 am dead will con- tinue to grow and enlighten the people of this country, w•ho are now awaken- ing to the benefits to be derived from a musical education such .as was note dreamed of ten years ago. "In this plan of mine I am assured of the hearty co-operation of men and woe, men of wealth. The latter year 'of my' life I hope to give entirely to seeing thia great institution grow until it can have: no rival. "The building that will be a part of the American institute of music alone, will eover four acres. They will be erect- ed close to. the Lillian Nordica festival: house. In connection with the institute', there will be dormitories and houses where the students at little expense will be able to live while pursuing their muss Mal studies. "Europe will contribute teachers and they will be paid for their services more than they can hope to earn abroad. "The Lillian Nerdiea festival house will be in every way an exact production` of the theatre erected by Richard Wag- ner•. The Wagner operas will be. given there in the summer with the greatest' artists in the world." MANUFACTIRES OF THE DOMINION Comparative Statement Given by Census Bulletin. Great Increase in Value in the Past five Years. Ottawa, June 10—(Special.)—The Cen- sus Department issued a bulletin to -day dealing with the manufactures of the Dominion, as shown by the Government censuses of 1901 and 1906. During the es five years the value of manufactured products in•general has about doubled. i,Prom. $481,055,375 in 1901 the value is '•$712,664,835 in 1906, or an increase of $231,611,460. The details by provinces for works employing five persons or over are: Canada, incomplete -1901, $481,053,375; 1906, $712,664,835. British Columbia— 1901, $18,447,778; 1906, $38,013,615. Manitoba, not complete -1901, $12,927,- 430; I906, $27,609,268. New Brunswick -1901, $20,972,470; 1006, $22,133,681. Nova Scotia -1901, $23,592,513; 1906, $32,545,930. Ontario, not complete -1901, $241,- 533,486; 1906, $365,692,1:1. Prince Edward hl,'. —1901, $2,326,- 708; 1906, $1,851,615. Quebec, not conrp'cte-1901, $158,280,- 994; 1906, $217,22'..,73, The Territories, not complete -1901, 0,964,987; 1906, $7,534,600. By cities the returns for the chief places of the Dominion in 1900 and 1905 were as follows: ar 1900. 1905. Montreal .. .... $71,099,750 $99,746,772 Toronto .. .. . , 58,415,498 84,689,253 Hamilton .. ..., 17.122,346 24,625,776 Peterboro . . .. , 3,789,164 11,566,805 Quebec .. .. .. 12,779,540 11,388,045 'Vancouver .. ... 499,152 10,067,556 Brantford . . . 5,564,625 8,546,679 Ottawa .. , . .. 7,638,688 9,338,024 1 Halifax , , .. ... 6,927,552 8,145,016 , St. John .. .... 6,712,769 6,918,638 Maiesoneuve , , 6,008,780 6,866,107 1St, Cunegeonde. 2,940,331 5,475,686 Berlin .. , . , . 3,307,513 5,449,012 Sault Ste, Marie . 738,472 5,251,643 .. 3,182,050 4,892,381 Amherst .. .. .. 1,151,907 4,174,929 Sydney .. .. .. 631,396 4,058,650 Guelph .. .. ... 3,689,183 4,814,925 • I"i:ingston .. .. , , 2,045,173 4,329,607 4 * LASH FOR NATIVE. Sentence in Mombasa Despite Punish- ment of Colonists. London, June 10.—A despatch to the 'Daily Mail from Mombasa says that a .native at Nairobi had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment and to receive 24 lashes for an attempted assault upon daughter of an European missionary. Feeling among the white settlers is in- tense in view of the recent imprisonment of colonists whose floggings of unruly natives were designed to prevent crimes againet white women.. 46 I, IN PATH OF PRAIRIE FIRE. Mrs. Alva Shelvin Fell in a Fit—Was Badly Burned. Forget, Sask,, June 10.—Mrs. Aline Slbelvrn had a horrible experience on her homestead near Stoughton yesterday af- , ternoon. While assisting in fighting e prairie fire she fell in an epileptic fit right in the path of the flames and was • so badly burned that her life is despair- • She w one of the fiery tel od, as t settlers in this locality and the town of For - was originally' named Alma in Icer ot. LOST HIS ?RESENTS. WINDSOR YOUTH CANNOT RECOVER FROM HIS' SWEETHEART. Windsor, Ont„ June 10,.—Judge Clement has decided that Geo. Murray, a young , man of this city, had no cause of action • against a young woman against whom Murray brought suit to recover $44 worth of presents, given her during their: courtship, which ended in a quarrel. The Judge held that the girl is under ager and also that the fact that she wrote a. letter offering a reconciliation at the time of the quarrel was sufficient to show that she was willing to carry out her promise to marry Murray. STOLE COBALT ORES. Magistrate Passed. Sentences U*i Three • Mining+1 en Cobalt, June 10.—Walter Penley, six niorths; Alexander McRae, six months, and John Andrew Walsh, one year, were the sentences imposed by Magis- trate Brown to -day upon the three men who were charged with stealing ore. Evidence was given that ore had been systematically stolen. The testimony went to show that the men had ore in their bunks, though they denied all knowledge of it. Authony Melutis, also charged with the same offence, was remanded until to morrow. He and Penley were arrested' by Chief Caldbeck behind a box car in. the act of selling 21 pounds of nuggets'; at $3 a pound. Geo. Mitchell, of Cobalt,.' defended the prisoners. Other charges:' will likely be laid. DEGREES FROM OXFORD. Mark Twain and Rudyarcl Kipling Among Those to be Honored. London, June 10.—Oxford University confers an exceptional number of hon orary degrees on notable people on. June 26, the occasion of the public in- stallation of Lord Curzon into the Chancellorship. Among the many other' recipients will be Prince Arthur of Connaught, Ambassador Reid,Prime, Minister Sir Henry Campbell -Banner man, Admiral Lord Beresford, August Rodin, President of the International Society of Fine Arts; Samuel L. Cie-- mens (Mark Twain), and Rudyard- Kipling. 4,•a POWDER AND MATCHES. • Five Persons Killed in Explosion in Illinois. Kankakee, I11,, June I0.—At least five persons are dead as the result of an explosion of a car load of giant powder on the Chicago, Indiana & Southern. Railroad at Reddick, ill,, twenty miles west of here, this afternoon. A car loaded with matches caught fire and a crowd gathered. It is supposed that the burning matches set off the powder in the adjoining car. The bodies of the dead were torn to fragments. The ex- plosion was felt for twenty miles, and many windows were broken. DIAMOND DUST POSTCARDS. Postoffice Order Barring Them From Mails Withdrawn. Ottawa, June 10.—The order issued by the Postoffice Department in March last, excluding pictorial postcards orna- mented with "diamond dust" from the Canadian mails, unless enclosed in suit- able envelopes, has been withdrawn, and such cards may therefore be sent to any address in Canada as postcards without envelopes. Tho postal administrations of the United States, France and the Netherlands exclude these cards from unless their mails i le ss they are enclosed in envelopes. 'ftD[K 4 1ARTW SO • t WHEN; A CO1 F4NY MUST ,BA.VE ONE—IMPORTANT CASE. ; • Ottawa, Ont., June 10—(Special) The hearing took plaoo w the Supreme Court to -day of the C. P. R. vs. the Ottawa in- suranee ease on the constitutional points involved—that is, as to the rights of the eiimpauy to do business outside :the lim- its of the 1'roviuce. The merits .of the ease were not taken up, merely the ean- stitutionaH paints involved. The Pro- 1?inces of Ontario, Quebec, New 'Bruns - Vick, .Manitoba and Basks/to/sew-an were represented by .counsel, and Deputy Vin - later Newcombe appeared for the Dornin- ion. Mr..Newcombe was the first to be heard. His argument on the constitu- tional question was in effect that a com- pany required a federal charter to en- able it to do, a manufacturing business in the Province if it had to import its raw material" from the United States and to sell its finished products iu. the Dominion, or outside the Dominion. The company could manufacture under a Provincial charter, but would not be able to dispose of its goods outside the limits of the Province without a federal char• ter. This was the contention raised by Mr. Gervais, of Quebec, when the case•.•pre- viously• came up, and Mr. Newcombe's argument to -day seemed to agree with this. 'At the afternoon sitting Mr. Ritchie was heard on behalf of Ontario. He submitted that questions not necessar- ily involved should not be passed .upon except in a ease properly submitted and in the framing of which the Provincial authorities have taken part. "In support of our conclusion we may urge in the first place the fact unless we so read the statute the whole Provin- cial power of incorporating companies is practically nullified. It is to -day al- most impossible for any company to carry on business without in the course of its corporate activities for some pur- poses transgressing the territorial limits of its Province. "In the second place, to give effect to the argument here presented by the plaintiff, will be to run counter' to the practice of forty years, accepted by the commercial community, by the courts and by the Legislatures, both of the Provinces and of the Dominion. In the Province of Ontario alone, com- panies have been incorporated` aggre- gating a capitalization of more than $1,400,000,000. It is in many respects the most important case in which On- tario has been concerned for many years. It would mean if the case .vent against the contention of the Province, a loss of revenue of between $160,000 and $200,000 a yen in incorporation fees,. and affect the'4uterests of thousands of companies :i-t","etthartered, because all companies doing business outside Onta- rio would thereafter have to come 'to Ottawa for charters." The case is still in progress. ; rTo- morrow counsel for Quebec will be heard. LUMBER CAMPS CLOSE DOWN. Two Thousand Men Affected With Big Loss of Salaries. Vancouver, B.C., June 10.—At a largely attended meeting of the British' Colum- bia Loggers' Association yesterday, It was decided to close down the logging camps, the shutdown to take effect June 20 and last indefintely. 1' It will affect sixty-nine camps, hav- ing a total output of 34,250,000 feet per mcnth. The action was taken on ac- count of the small demand, high wages and the increased cost of 'supplies. It will throw out of employment 2,000 men, receiving salaries aggregating from $195,000 to $175,000 per month. : The camps will start again whenever the market warrants it. HE HAD PUBLIC SPIRIT. Frenchman Eetueaths His Fortune to the State. Party J'rna itiSa-T nder the heading'Y'A Good Citizen" the Paris press chronicles the death of one Emile Tuc]unann, who bequeraths the whole of Iris fortuneto the state for the purpose' of reducing the ynt4ional debt, on the condition that the c)rernment pays ' his housekeeper the lump cum of $6,000 and an annual pension of $60. •Taxpayers are anxiously awaiting to learn what Tuclrmann's for- tune amounted to. MISSIONARY BEATEN, Treated Without Mercy by Chinese at Chaaitngfa. London, Zrnte 10.—A special despatch receivaie from Hong Kong says that Mr. Po»atd, a Methodist missionary at Ghnotu-fa, has been mercilessly beaten by the Chinese. Elis lung was pierced by a weapon, The missisearles ere flocking into Heng Kong front the Seratove and Pak- hoi districts, DIET FRO±I DRUG. Woman Dies at Yorkton Under Peculiar Citcunistance>3, Yorkton, Sask., June 10.—Mrs. George A. Watson died here yesterday in her. .room at the Balmoral hotel under pecu- liar circumstances; :From her condition prior to death it appears that she was the vietim of an overdose of some nar- cotie drug, roost probably taken inad- vertently, Bowie who knew her pre- viously say that idle was in the habit of taking a natircoi?er Deceased was a for - mei resident of the town ;.and was re- turnleg, it in *Ad, in . order to file on one of `:Iha `D. giber bornasteads, HAYWO D T ii'a 1AL Orchard Says He is a Native of Ontario. Confesses to Having Quilled Two Men. Boise, Idaho, June 10. --The battle for the life of William D. Haywood, sec retaay-treasurer of the Western Fed- eration of Miners, opened in good earn- est this morning in the District Court here. That it will be a fight to the finish was demonstrated conclusively before Lawyer Hawley had been speaking for fifteen minutes in his opening address to the jury. Here is the keynote that Hawley sounded: "The inner cirele of the Western Fed- eration of Minere brought around them a few choice spirits and let them mur- der until murder became a trade, and assassination a means +of living." The veteral wryer brought all his guns to play in the course of an ad- dress that lasted an hour and a half. He declared frankly, and with the ut- most emphasis, that it would be the, • to the complete satisfaction of the jury that this inner circle had for years adopted and urged a policy of asassina- tion upon all the men most prominently identified with the forces opposing their lawlessness. He made it plainer than it has ever been made before that the State will make a desperate and, he believes, a complete and successful attempt to de- monstrate that while the rank and file of the Western Federation of Miners are innocent of the crimes of their leaders, these leaders have been able to direct the entire strength and power of the organization to the aeeomptiehment of their lawless objects. Murders and Attempted Murders. Mr. Hawley declared that the State would prove thet it was this inner circle that plotted not only the mur- der of ex -Governor Steunenberg, but also the murder of Lyte Gregory, in Denver, of Arthur Collins, at Telluride, the Halling of fourteen non-union men at the blowing up of the Independence Station, and the attempts on the lives of Governor Peabody, of Colorado, and of several Colorado judges who had ren- dered judgment against them. He was repeatedly interrupted by Messrs. Darrow and Richardson, of the defence, who declared that all these eharges were not mentioned in the in- dictment of Haywood, and that evi- ednoe establishing there could in no - Way' be made germane to the specific charge now on trial, even if there were such evidenie obtainable. Richardson declared that these charges were mani- festly made for the purpose of prejudic- ing the jury. The Murdered Man's Son. One of the witnesses at the after- noon session was Julian Steunenberg, son of the murdered man. He is a square -shouldered, fair-haired, blue- eyed young man, who had only a small dart of the case against his father's al el ged murderers to make. He was at home on the might of the killing, but was not examined as to that event. He had noticed Orchard in the streets of Caldwell for several dans prior to the murder, and on one occasion had talked with him at the railroad station. Or- ohntrd had said his name was Hogan, and had asked him where the Governor was, saying that he had had a sheep deal with him, and was expecting to have another. On the night of the mur- der the boy walked home by the route taken by his father, but was about two blocks behind, and so escaped. By his questioning of the few wit- nesses who were Bross-exaanined, Rioh- ardeon gave a line on the defence, He asked all those who had beatified to having seen Orchard about the streets of Caldwell, whether there had been any attempt on his part to conceal his movements, and if his goings and com- ings had not been in the open, with no show of secrecy or mystery. All said that was the ease, a fact which, it will be argued, is inconsistent with the con- spiracy theory. Eight witnesses were examined in the Harwood ease to -day. C. F. Wayne, who passed outward through the gate twenty minutes belocre Steunenberg was blown up, told of the explosion and the shocking condition of the victim when he, responding to Mrs. Steunenberg's calls, ran to help. John C. Rice, N. S. Ellis and A. Ballentine. residents of Caldrvell, traced Orchard about the town at various times before and' after the crime. The defence objected to practically all the day's testimony except that relating to the death of Steupenberg, on the ground that it was immaterial and in no way connected with the defendant. To -day's evidence dealt mostly with the circumstances eurrounding the Steunenberg killing. It told of the ter- rific force of the explosion, of the frightful manner in which it mangled its victim and the manner in wlrach he died. Other witnesses told of seeing Orchard in town before and after the crime, and of the presence there of a man who said ire was Simmons, and whom the State will show to have been Jack Simpkins, a member of the Execu- tive Board of the Western Federation of Miners. The court room. was crowded for the first time sine the trial began, and about a quarter of the spectators were women. Boise, Tdaho, tune IC ?-The trial of Win. D. Haywood, ehargecl with the nein.- der of former Governor Steunenberg, was resumed to -day at 10 a, m. K. M. Bruruell, of Nampa, a hotel - keeper, was the first witness, He testi- fied as to the presence .of Orchard and Simpkins in Nampa in 1905. A. Hinkey, another hotelkeeper of Nampa, also testi:fled to the presence of Orchard and Simpkins in October, 1905. Harry Orchard, the self -Confessed mur- derer of former Governor Steunenberg, and who will go on the stand to -day to give testimony in the case against Wil- liam D. Haywood, was brought into Boise last evening from the Idaho peni- tentiary. For some hours he was clos- eted with the attorneys for the prosecu- tion. This is the first time that Orchard has been out of the penitentiary since he was brought from Caldwell immediately after the assassination of the former G overuor. Notwithstanding the report of possible violence to Orchard on the part of friends of Haywood, the prisoner was surrounded with but little precaution on the drive into the city. Orchard is look - Mg well, and .:rows little aprehension of the ordeal he .311 be eale.a upon to face while he is on the stand. • Orchard was called to the stand at 9.42 .o'clock this morning. Mr. Hawley at onee began his direct examination. Orchard said that he had been held on the charge of murder since January lst, 1006. He said he was born in Ontario, and had been known• as Orch- ard for 11 years. His real name was Alfred Hensley. }Ie became a member of the Western Federation of Miners in 1899, while at work as a nrucker at a mine in Burke. Mr.. Hadley took Orchard through a close examination, taking up the Coeur d'Alene miner troubles in 1899. It was at Wardner the first trouble occurred. Orohard proceeded in narrative form to tell how he lighted one of the fuses that blew up the concentrator at Ward- ner in April, 1899, when two men were killed. The defense objected continual- ly. Orchard evidently avoided Hay - wood's glances as he testified, Oe$ SIKH PRIESTS' CHARGES. He Adjures His Co -Religionists to be Loyal. Lahore, June 10.—The head of the Golden Temple of Amritsar has pub- lished two vernacular notices to his Sikh eo-religionists, expressing great regret at the mischievous writings of certain newspapers and the riots ie. cer- tain cities. He regards the dieturbanees with complete hatred and exhorts his fol- lowers to take no part in them, adding: "Not only must you yourselves avoid all political gatherings, but also your children, remembering the good deeds of the Government. Be loyal and faith- ful and value the peaceful government under which the tiger and the goat drink at the same spring.".. The Sikh community has also issued= • an official manifesto expressing con- tempt for the political agitators and proclaiming the loyalty of the Sikhs. The manifesto declares that British rule, as compared with alll previous rules, has brought peace, wealth, know- ledge and religious liberty and adjures all Sikhs to abstain from participating in or countenancing any political move- emnt embarrassing to the Government. CONCESSIONS TO END STRIKE. French Minister of Marine Gives Assur- ance to Delegation. Paris, June 10.—A delegation of the maritime etrikers after interviewing M. Thomson, Minister of Marine, and the President of the Naval Committee of the anamber of Deputies, to -day telegraphed to all the ports that they had received assurances that no diffi- cations would be made in the Gov- ernment's pension proposal on condi- tion that the etrikers immediately re- sume their duties. M. Thomson declared that there would be no prosecutions ' and that he would endeavor to secure the reinstate- ment of the strikers. The delegates advised an immediate cessation of the strike. PAID $1,o5o FOR LOST ARM. Five Elgin County Farmers Compromise With Boy Plaintiff. St. Thomas, Ont., Despatch.—An Ease lish boy, W. E. Addyzndn, 17 years of age, brought an action for $0,900 dam- ages against five farmers of Groves- end for the loss of hie right arm, which was torn off by a shedding ma- chine while plaintiff was feeding it. The ease was tried to -day before Mr. Justice Clute at the assizes. The defendants, who owned the machine,. claimed the plaintiff was responsible for the accident as he asked to feed the machine. A settlement was agreed to by the defendants paying $1,050 and costs to plaintiff. WEDGED IN MOTOR BOX. Terrible Injuries to a Workman in New - York. New York, June 10.—Terribly vrushed. under a. car and his body tied up in the motor underneath, Timothy Waleth of Boston road and 180th street thie afternoon directed the efforts of Dr. Bickelhaupt of Fordham Hospital to ex- tricate him. Hie Skull was fractured, both lege. severed and one eye burned out, and he gave directions to the surgeon who crept in under the oar after it had been jack- ed up as to the easiest way to dislodge his maimed body. Walsh had dumped e. load of cement at Bryta.nt street and West Farms road and was directly in the path of a eolith - bound West FallY19 car. Be fore it could be stopped Waleh was knocked under the wheels and wedged in about the motor box. MCI will die.