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The Herald, 1904-02-12, Page 2WILL FIGHT DN FJSCAL POLICY. Amendment to Address in Reply to King's Speech. The British Opposition Gives a, Plain Warning. !Young Chamberlain Leads House of Commons. `t London cable ;—;When the House lot Coxnenons assembled for business after the formal opening of Parlia- extent by the Bing the Souse was crohrded Bund there woe great anima- tion, 111r• Joseph Chamberlain was lsvarmfly' cheered by the bulk of the ansaervatives. 'i Air. Austen Chamberlain, Chancel - ler of the Exchogaer, in the abscuce hal Premier Balfour, w:ho is suffering '$ from influenza, tenipo.rarily assumed ;the ,duties o1 leader of the House. Tributes 14> Canada. d The nxover and seconder of the • address in reply to tu•e speech from the throne, bath referred. with sat- isfaction to the settlement of the Alaskan -dispute, and paid a tribute bite the manner in w•li,ich the award wets received by Canada.. Mr. Laurence 'lardy, Conservative, temover;of the address, alluded to "the !war which was threatening a vast area of the far east," and said he wonid trut the 33,xitisb Gove•rnmene to do its utmost to maintain peace.. , The L'iscal Question. e Sir Henry; Campibell-Bann erman, (the Liberal leader in the Douse, fol- lowed. After expressing regret at the absence of the Premier, Mir Henry said Ge desired to question the Gov- ernm•ent regarding its attitude on !the fiscal question, and asked, was it a new. Government wit1i a new 10.1- ,The only way of dealing ;With the existing confusion, lie ad- ,ded, was to appeal to the common >eenset f the electors of the country. e Sir Henry severely arraigned the [Government's attitude on the fiseal `question, and announced tiva,t Mr. TT4 bfl Morley would in a few days &ntreduce a most cool prehensive amendment, Involving the whole sit- eratilon.; Father and Son.. • When hfr• Austen Chamberlain rose -.oto reply on 'behalf of the party of ltivhi+ch his own, father is supposed to e the most powerful member, the mouse was epelibound. It had been ')expected bit- Akers -Douglas, Secre- tary for Ilonee Affairs, would take the Premier's place, awl interest wan ,the hefg/eternal by the fact that Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, the•Liberal leader, 1u1 just concluded •a merciless saltire on Mr. Joseph 'Chamberlain. The situation was ,without parallel in the recollection of the oldest politician, and all eyes Were fixed alternately up.rn the fa - ',Vier acrid the son. Mr. Joseph. Chaxn'berlain, who had eat unmoved under the ridicule of itho Liberal leader, turned nervously toward Ins eon. who now- takes pre- lcedence over him. With his monocole }3!>y his eye, an orchil) in his button- hole and hie hands clasped across iris knees, the most promtnent lig- eure iar the British empire listened aviator his soar rterfeuded him. Mr. Austen Chamberlain -spoke [haltingly. and under evident strain ; • y'et when he referred to his father at was always as "the member from Vest Birmingham." , Joseph Chamberlain's Anger. •t Vow and again jeers tern Chamiberain„ whet upon, with unmistakeable anger, his father turn - !ed his glance in the direction of the offender, and occasionally cheered his '''son on. As Mr. Austen Chamberlain .neared the conclusion of his defence rot the aptitude of ,Premier Balfour and his father toward the ilecal qu,es- stion, the interruptions grew more • frequent, and the Ch•a,ncellor of the !Exchequer clutched the brass -bound ;:treasury box, on whiely Gladstone ;was so fond of leaning, and address - ,ed his remoras almost solely in the !direction of his father. Defiantly itr• 44u :sten Chamberlain accused Sir 1,1enry Campbell -Bannerman of at - ';tacking the Premier In his absence, !and with a tomclx of pride lin said: '"The member from West I3irminp;- ham iH here ; he on;.a speak for and look after him +elf." A %t en tc i)efenee.. • The House frankly expressed its re- `Itef trhen the ipcecli was over, and ;generally termed the proceeding as one of the most extraordinary per- sonal situations that ever bad oo- icurred, and the speech as one of the weakest defences of the Govern- ment's policy ever made. 'On behnlf of Premier Balfour, Mr. 'kusteu Chamberlain declared the 'House of Commons must first decide ;.wether or not it desired any change tat' all in tho fiscal system, ands t11:3111 ,?that point was tattled the Opposition denyand for dstail,f of the Govern- .ment's fiscal reform plan could not be 'granted- r . ; A Striking Incident. For the first time in years Joseph .rtlieutilrerlain 'took his seat as a pri- S'ate member of the House of Com- ;iflone, and was separated from 'his i (muter dolleagues in the Cabinet by e gangway. From this seat he saw hfa son act as leader of the House Of Commons, a position which Mr. Ottepll• Chamberlain. with all , his years of 1•nrl:axuentary, experience, never* attained,; , ; Khat May Happen. The Government is not likely,to be turned out on John Morley's amend- ment to the address in reply to the speech from the throne, which is against any return to protective du- ties; but the general impression pre- vails that tile Government will not be able to keep itrt forces together to see the session to an end. The :Irish party, which now almost holds the balance of power, held a conference erring the day, and de- cided to take no action until the Gov- ernment has defined its intentions to- wards the Catholic pniversity and the amendment to the land purchase act, and for the present will prob- ably abetaflx from voting on any dly- sion that would endanger the Gov- ernment. , An Amendment I&ored. The text of th'•e amendment to t'he address in reply, to the speech from the throne, referred to by fir Henry; Oambeel-13,annerman, and which was inoved by Mr. Morley in bellal'f of 'the Opposition, is as fol- lows: "It is our duty; However hum- bly, ito present to your Majesty that our offective deliberation on finan- cial services is impaired by oanflict- ing.declarations from y!aur Majesty's lieinistr re..We respectfully; submit to the judgment of this House that the remove,' of protective duties for more than half a century: actively eon- dxxeed to the cast extension of the trade and commerce of the realm and the welfare of the population, and this alk>eese believes that while the needs for social improvement are still manifold and urgent any return to protective duties, and more particul- arly; when imposed upon the food of the (people would be deeply; injuri- ous to the national strength, con- tentment and weld -being." Tile sitting was suspended at 7.30 pan. , . House of Lords. In 'the ]:House of Lords, Lord Fitz- william, Liberal Unionist, moved the address In rely; 'WI the speech tram the throne, which was seoanded by, Lord R;ylton, Conservative. +Earl tvlpencer, the Liberal leader; in tine Ulla:sad foilevred. He said he hop- . ed the Government's friendly offices had (been offered to both Russia and Japan, especially) the latter, and asked for Information Prem the Gov- ernment regarding Somaliland and Thibet, and the situation in South Africa, to which, he pointed out, no reference had been made in the speech from the throine. Earl lap:ncer- added that he hoped an early decision in regard to the Government's policy on the fiscal question would be reached and an- nounefed that the Opposition would take every) ! ppo.rtu+ni.ty of bringing the question before the eibuse: Lord Landowne responded. H'e congratulated the House on the con- clusion of the Anglo-French and An- g'laa-Italian arbitration treaties, de- plored the situation in the near and far east, and expressed the hope that a (pacific solution of the differences in (both cases would be reached. Con- tinuing, Lord Lansdowne at some length justified the Momaliland and Thibct expeditions, In regard to the T''nited States, ,Lord Landsdowne said the United States had endeavored to translate into practice 'what was affirmed ra- ther as a matter of principle in the French and Ita•lia.n treaties. Commenting on the Alaska deci- sion, Lord Lansdowne said that, al- though the tribunal was not, strict- ly .speaking, arbitral, its efforts illus- trated the possibility of Settling by other than diplomatic means long- standing, dangerous differences. The condition of Alaska might have brought Great: Britain into a serious and acute controversy with the United States. The finding of the tribunal doubtless was not entirely satisfactory to Great Britain, but no one expected it to be an entirely favorable verdict. Lord Lansdowne wav inclined to find some consola- tion In tho fiat that his military and naval advisers were confident that the two islands in Portland Channel which had gone to the unit- ed States were not of any strategical value whatever. Concerning the Russo-Japanese dis- pute, Lord Lansdowne said It was an axiom in diplomacy not to offer good offices until they were asked for. Neither of the disputants had asked for it. It was an open secret that one at least of the disputants had said that mediation was not de- sirable at the present time. But should the opportunity offer, his Majesty's Government would gladly avail itself thereof. Coming to the fiscal gin:t)on,Lord Lansdowne said the policy recom- mended by err. Chamberlain was not the policy of the (;,over. nment, and t1Ir. Balfour had clearly defined tho Government',; policy. Ho (the speak- er) did not conceal his sympathy with arr. Chamberlain's aspiration to draw the .Empire more closely to- gether and to pet the affairs of the nation on a more business -like foot- ing. If the reward of the success of such a policy was great, the pun- ishment of failure was irreparable, anti the Government nra:t only pru- dent in declining to be rushed into such proposals. . . ELEPHANTS CHARGE SLOP. Saw Reflection of Their l+'igures; in Vette. Glass Window. London, Feb. 8. --Three young ele- phants engaged Le perform recently at a Woolwioli theatre caused £80 worth of damage to n photogra,ph- er's sloop while being driven through the a streets. They save their portly figures re- flected in a large plate•-glax.ss win- drow and charged the premises. One of them forced the glass door, and getting into the window smash- ed a large pane of glaze. Having wreaked his vengeance von the. the ,chap window the elephant re- turned to the street w.,tth a bad wound in the head. Z NEWS IN BRIEF The Cariboo -McKinney mine has sus- pended development work. Tho E. Fair store at Collingwood was destroyed by fire. Loss, $33,000. Mr. T. 0. Davis, 1V I. P., was nominated by the Liberals of Saskatchewan, Dr. A. A. Barnard is the Conservative nominee for the Commons in Hochelaga, Que. An explosion of gas blew out the front of Cockshutt & Co's. store at Brantford. • Fire did about $50,000 damage to the Fabre building, St. Lawrence and Craig streets, Montreal. Islands off British North Borneo, seized by the United States, are to be given back to England. The License Department has decided to enforce the law that hotels' must sup- ply meals at all hours if requested. The criminal code of France will be made applicable to prelates who publicly protest or criticize acts of the Govern- ment. Right Hon. Sir Frederick Nicholas Coventry, former Premier and leader of the House of Assembly in Tasmania, is dead, aged 83. Seventy students have been arrested at 5t. Petersburg, charged with start- ing a secret revolutionary society called the Northern Union, 1'he Times' correspondent at Pelcin says the opinion at the foreign lega- tions is that war between Russia and Japan is only a quesii.on of days. The Cunard Steamship Company con- firms a report that it is making ar- rangements for an extended service between America ancl Mediterranean ports. The Trish party bas authorized John Redmond to raise the question of the whole system of government in Ireland in the course of the debate on the address to the throne. The Shah has called an imperial coun- cil at Teheran on Feb. 9. All the Gov- ernors of the provinces and the heir to the throne will be present. The object of the meeting is to consider Persian affairs. This is an unprecedented action in Persian annals. HEART OP JUMBO Iteceive3 at Cornell University Pre- served in a Barrel. Ithaca, Feb. 8. — 'Prole Bert. G. li'ileier, of the department of phys- oilogy of Cornell University, has promised his classes that en a short time he nein give thein the largest heart in the wprld to dissect and examine.. It is the great muscular pump that fora nGlc+ blood through the arteries of Jumbo, the famous elephant. The wonderful piece of anatomy was received at Cornell some time ago, and lite been pre- served in a barrel in the cellar of the museum, glass jars not being made large enough to hold it. Jumbo's heart is ninety-eight time~ as large as the average hu- man organ, It now, weighs thirty- six and a half pounds after having soaked several yenrs in alcohol. A human heart, w;hloh weighs little more than a pound, soaked in alco- hol for the same time weighs ten ounces. The human heart is less than six inches long. Jumbo's is 28 inches long and 34 inches wade. The ordinary heart could be con- tained in the main artery of Jum- bo's heart. The walls of the artery are five-eighths of an =inch thick, white: the walls of the ventricle are three inches thick. When Jumbo. met his heroic death at St. Thomas, Ont., trying to wave the baby elephant, and being him- self killed by a locomotive, his oar - case was sent to the Wares .Natural Science Establishment in Rochester. The skeleton was preserved and put on eshibition, and the hide was mounted. Dr. Wilder purchased the heart bf the animal to add to his colossal collection. The brains of Jumbo, most desired by Dr. Wilder, were shattered in the ;collision.. • HINTS AT FOUL PLAY. Inquest on Body ci Man Kilted by Gas. Toronto report: lvidenee of a rath- er startling nature was presented at the inquest opened by Coroner Young last night at the Emergency Hospital on the body of Edwin McLean, who diedthere on Saturday from the effects of gas by which be had been overcome at 55 Wil- iam street during the night of Jan.25, gone 'McLean had there to Board only a few days previously along with Samuel Johnston, with whom he had rommed at 370 Victoria street, Monaco McLean said she hail visited her father the morning after he had been taken tone hnspital, and that he was Hien conscious, and had said to her, "I can sen it 1111 110W, and this is not the lint time it has oerurred. Several times when we were: at the house on Victoria street 1 saw Johnston get up in the night and turn on the gas, bat 1 always got up in time to turn it off again. When I asked him about it he never would give me a straight answer. The girl further deposed that her father had said he would rather have made the statement in the presence of Johnston. She had then tried to get Johnston, but could not find hum. The landlady told her she had been forced to turn Johnston out of the house because of his drunk- enness. Johnston, in his evidence, said he had known deceased 12 years,From June 7 last until Dee, 23 they had roamed to- gether at 370 Victoria street. At the William street house they took separate rooms, and in Johnston's was a gas stove fed by a tube from a gats ,jet in the hall. On the night in question the two exchanged rooms, and Johnston in his evidence, said when he left and went to bed in the other room the gas stove was still burning. The next time lie saw the stove was at 5.30 a. m., when he answered the summons of Mr. Knox, the landlady's father, who said. McLean was unconscious. Johnston then notic- ed that gas was escaping from. the stove, as well as from a jet in the hall, wlxich had been burning when be went to bed. Johnston swore that he had nev- er tried to end McLean's life by turning on the gas from the stove, either at the William street or the Victoria street house. For the purpose of going fully into the case, Coroner Young adjourned the in- quest until Feb. 10. POSTED LIBELS ON WALLS. Wife of Sacristan in Quebec Village So Charged. Montreal, Feb 8.—Judge Choquette, of this city, has just returned from L'Assomption, a thriving village not fax from Montreal, where he was engaged in hearing a strange case. The accused are Madame Chevigny, Adelbert, and Robert Chevigny,, and one Bourgeois, her grandson. Madame Chevigny is the wife of the sacristan of L'Assomption Church, and one morning last Novem- ber she went to the church about 5 o'clock, carrying a small lamp to make preparations for mass. 'While at work a man entered the church and handed the woman a packet containing papers and a $10 bill, and said a single word, "Act" Before she had recovered from her surprise the visitor had disappeared in the darkness. The papers con- tained in the packet were found to be scurrilous statements referring to Mayor Brouillette, of L'Assomption, and Notary Duhamel, M. P. P. She retained the papers until she visited Montreal at the end of Decem- ber, when she had copies printed and posted them in prominent positions in tlic church. The strange part of the story lies in the fact that although she pleaded guilty to the charges, she stated in exoneration that the mysteri- ous stranger had at the time exerted a hypnotic influence over her, which -she had been wholly unable to resist during the whole course of the time the papers were in her possession. Accused were committed to the Court of King's Bench for trial. STOLEN FROM CHURCH PLATE Bold Robbery Committed in a Winnipeg Church. )Winnipeg, Feb. 8.—Another made dal in high life, or at least, one which may; implicate one of .Winni- peg'e highly) respected citizens, may be brought to light with the ayppz•e- bensien of the party! who, last night burglarized the German Reformed Church, That he did not succeed In making Ca "haul" of about $50 and • a voidable diamond ring is probab- ly:fiaecause of the thief's inexperience and consequent nervousness. Rev. A. Hinman, the prxstor, is out just $8. The theft occurred during the pro- gregs of the evening service. The money was taken from the collection plate, which, for eafe keeping, had been placed in a room, to which no one save the minister and his wife had aecsests. OaLyl few people knew that moneiyand valuables were kept In this room, anti one of this few, is under suspicion. Directly! under the plate from which the meiney! was taken was a small wooden box, unlocked, and containing $35, a diamond ring, and a gold chain. , DUPED BANKERS. Trial of German Princess Charged With Swindling. Berlin, Feb. 8;—The trial bas be- gun at Frankfort of Princess Alex- andra of Isemburg, who is charged with various questionable transac- tions with bankers, money lenders and ethers. She has repeatedly ap- peared in the newspapers in connec- tion •with her marital troubles and extravagances. ,After squandering her own large fortune, she sank thousands borrowed from relatives In the Casino at Monte Carla. Sim is now running a boarding nOUSe on the Riviera. t Princess Alexandra was first mar- ried to her cousin, Prince Adelbert of Isemburg, in 1875. She was di- vorced from him by te decree of the Grand Duke of Hesse in April, 1877, and in the following year slee mar- ried Baron. de Pagenhardt, in 1899 she was again, divorced. She has two children, Princess aorta., wife of Prince William of Saxe -Weimar -Els enaolr, and Prince William, who is unmarried. It is stated that I>rin- •cess Alexandra's; debts :amount to many millions of marks. IN DIRE STRAIT. Marched to Relieve Forts in German Africa. Berlin, Feb. 8.—Nothing has been hoard for wanes of Col. Luestwein, the Governor of German .1uutlxwest Africa, who ware making a Long march Iran the Warmbad region toward leis beleugered forte nor•tb- w'ard. The natives who have besieg- ed all the outlaying stations are sup- posed to be in force between Wind- boek and Colonel Luetvvein's column of Losse than 300 men, which was returning from the campaign against the Bondeizwarte in the territory; 450 milers neat) of Windhoek. No runner hats permed through the litres. It is feared that poi. Luetwein may have been unable to force hie way; through 'the hostile tribesmen, ana that be brat been ebllged to en- teench himself and await for the arrival Of resuming expreditionss. The idea that he hale been overeehelmed los selected blffielallet, but this ap- s r ehattekon toe expressed in the owe - TORONTO WATER FAMISO, Engineer Ituet Warne Citizens; Re- garding Explosions. Toronto, Feb. 8.—Unless mail& 'we i.ther should come and raise the lake Cpl, there will be awater famine in Tozonno which will cause it great deal of incon- venience, suffering and danger..A.nthilt section of the city north of al- lege street and Carlton etsett,• from the Don to the western •cfy limit was without water yesterday,) .ex- cept for drinking purposes, and iat upper flats of the houses there was water at all. People living on where there aro large mains were t# tle better off, but their triumph must short lived. The reservoir its emir, there is so little water coni well at the main pumping statloa the lake that the supply cannot to-'. -fit up to the demand. In the report of the breakdown ;p£ the plant last Sunday it was shote,. $y cause of the shortage of soppier fiP s the position of the main condixit oll, ,ire Island, which brings the water` the lake to the city. This coal fm's not far enough below the level ei- lake. The layman will underst t water cannot rise higher than the lace level unless force is supplied, and as the water from the lake simply flanvs to the city by gravitation, the rule ofy sics Bolds good. No pumping is dorsaG' - til the water has reached the well et Vie Main pumping station. Seeing that - tain portions of the conduit are liig ier than the water levet, it can easily be seen that the conduit can never be &h- tirely full of water. If the lake leveli`ii11s one, two or three inches, the volume of water in the conduit must necessariil l e that much less. Nothing is wrong 111i the intake; it is 75 feet .under %attar, and cannot be affected by the lowernig of the lake. A water famine may have tarn ble consequences. In the first place, rtlYe- tories using steam will have to t down. People using hot water furaadee will have to let their fires go out,x if the inhabitants have to go to bed o keep warm. Those who have boilers an • their kitchen ranges will have to _re very small fires, and' will not be di* "keep them in over night." The 8a is that the furnaces and boilers will •x up. A baker telephoned to the they � , - gineer's office yesterday, asking as ,. water cart be sent up to him, that e had not enough water to make his bre All bakers north of College street in the same fix, so nothing can bo A bread famine may be the result. police have notified all the users o4 draulie elevators to walk upstairs le that the water used ntay be deviated tie e more useful purpose. CHATEAU GIFT TO INSTIT. M. Siegfried Makes It the Prixtiti ly Gift of an Ancient Castle. Paris, Feb. 8.— The Instdtut'bshaf France lids received a large legaida from 11f. Jacques $iegfrled, wato fere to the institution his be ful castle an Touraine, watch be 1 recently restored a,nd furnished 11?i antique furniture of great va!>st This will now be the third T•hnei.r castle donated to the institute. a A very largo c,state, consist/ f thoxm ands of acres, goes with -xp. doxea.tion, and the income of elatie is said to be almost 100.000 franeei• it year. Tho castle note built by the f oes architect FAulpuenera, l formerly belonged to the Conntasr 1 Anjou and glassed from them into tee possession of the Counts of Tadtee- aine, the Kings of France, illjp Counts of Dunoie, and the Du Luyness. During the French lutiodn it .was demolished by Jacobins. Several years agta it wee bo * at by M'. Siegfried, who rebuilt it, it now stands with all its old t exactly as when it was built cell lets ago. .r: • t3 POPE WILL SELL TREASURES. Manuscripts to be Disposed of to tiidd• to the Vatican Treasury. Rome, Feb. 8, Popo P los X4 just had it announced that he m a to have a sale by public auction • 't all the presents made to Louis • during the course of his long iv- tificato, The sale will take lit; e in one of the galleries of the can, and mitres and manuscr , statues and precious stones, in f, a whole collection of objects f modern. art is to be scattered to the four winds. At the time of Pope Leo's f Weir • e princely incl national manin . e - tions took the fore t of inns me1' 131e gifts, ninny of which were of enor- mous value. .The action of the pee - sent Pope in dispersing the Pontifi- cal patrimony is consielerably tarn- mented upon, and His Iiol) ess' right to do so morally contesfe(T. CAPTURED ONLY ONE. Snowden Escapes From Chief of Woods took . Woodstock, Feb. 5. 'luxe Chief pe Pollee this morning received instate - tions from Toronto to arrest t v;o crooks, named Warner and S;noeve den, who were expected to terrine hero about noon on the C. P..1h When 'the train arrived at the tx1(tt- tion the two men alighted from tie platform of the baggage ear. Chief ;teats seized Warner, %�ppd handed him over to a bysta» dTr, evhile he started in pursuit doom the track after Snowden. ',The tee, however, boon distanced tile, officer, and, though the oouni'ty wrest bf the city was searched eat afternoon, he 'vaas not leoateil„ 'Warner WAS taken to the ;pollee- . , i , . ; ,..