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The Blyth Standard, 1903-07-16, Page 2CAPE COLONY SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE. Viennese Students Arrested at Kishineff Memorial Service. Cape Town, Lupo Coluny, July lit .—Toe moRt violent earth shock in twenty yeas was tell Imre at noon Ito -day. Arrest at Memorial Service.. London. July 8a.--A000rding to a V10111 14 desgtstc.li to the Times, a memorial servicer for the victims of the klNner( mas5ivar was meld yes- terday in the Synagogue of the Auns- trian capital. The studeute wishing to show their disapproval of the tuttiwact•e decided to attend in a body. At the entrance to the mynn- gOgue they were oeurroumled by gendarmes nod arrested. They will be ,prosecuted for disturbing public Order. Japan's Cabinet Crisis. Leedom July 13.—The Tokio core,t- woondeat of the Tiltne; wnye the Japanese Cabinet creole Is still un- ssttlel. Tee Leading Pentair; (utterly completes that the incident le likely to 'create a false Impression regard - pug the nation's mood in questions of foreign policy in which ,fnpun Is ungt11M uely resotutr. it is un- derstood that the crisis Is due to the interference of the eider statesmen, who hamper the action of the ministry. Tho Russians, con- tinuer; the correspondent, hove laid a cable from At tong to Tnngampho witlumt (011511111 Ing COr 1. Japan hers protertaf Mat Toren Is bound to prevent a foreign power acquir- ing aue Lrlegntpblc privilege In- terfering with Jo.paniesr interests. Japan is pressing for the opening of the CaruatI port of WIju, a great de- pot of overland trade with !Tina. Corea pleader that Rueela objects and Japan replier;' that the objection 15 Irrelevant and that the division reste with Corex. Operation of fermium Meat Law, Berlin, July, 13.—Tho 1tertit to meat taw which wont into effect itt April is having more serious couee quences commercially than anticipated. :ter the regulations require the Inspection of menta end lard to take phew in bolded warehouses before export, and the inslxction fres are heavy, the German merchants claim that they are placed at a great disadvantage In iriuisit trade. They hint hitherto eupplitid Auutrla and Switzerland with Americas mento and lard, 500.1 - Ing directly from the lauded ware- houses without expense, but since the meat lbw has been In force 011ie per: arts getting all the Austrian and Swiss trade, and Germany is los- Ing the transit profits. The German shippers, therefore, are calling loud- ly for the abolition of the tnmectlon requirements In the case' of export goods. GREEK CURRANT MONOPOLY AROUSES TIE PEASANTRY. Belief That Turkey and Bulgaria Will Drift. Into War Soon. .pores, Greece, July 1.1.—tgita- llon regarding the currant monop- illy le daily growing more serious in Western Peloponesue, or more eolith of the lstItnus of l'urinthe. The peasants in the neighborhood of Pyrgos are practically in revolt. They have detroy-ed the railway at emeriti points, because they were prevented by the troops from seizing trains on which they wish ed to Homo to Athens and repre• went their views to 010, rag, ver favor of granting a monopoly. Many of the demonstrators at Py- rogos are armed. rjtey are keeping up a •contiiion9 fusillade and are parading tete town shouting "Mon- opoly or death;'thereby voicing their belief that the granting of the monopoly is ntv''eseury to ena- ble the currant growers :o live. XVIII 1t be War? filmdom July 13.—Tic Conet.iutluu- ple correepondent of the Daily Tehgrtaplt quotes an officer of high rank In the Turkish army, as declaring that war with Bulgaria appears to be Inevitable and that Turkey tune never so well prepared for hostilities. Russia May Interfere. Vienna, July 13.-111 well-innfornlel political cirelee it is expected that Mersey will shortly warn Bulgaria in an unmistakable and public man- ner ner ngainet declaring war on Ttn'- key. IRE AfiEfl THE QUACKS, Medical Ceunci! May Try to Amend the Act, MANY HEALERS ARE ABROAD. Toronto report—With the excep- tion of a brief session itt the morn- ing, mombere of the Ontario Medical Council spent yesterday, In com- mittee work, preparatory to enter - lag upon the wavy work of the meeting 'to -day. The chief item of littered was the report of the pro- secute'', William Rose, who referred to 53 prosecutions turd 81 convic- tions having been obtained against unregistered teen. In his report Mr. !toso said: "I would like to draw tho attention of this committee, and through them the council, to the neceselty of ask- ing tele Local Legislature for a short amendment to the Medlcal Act, NO as to nrotecte the public from the large number of quacks profeeeiug to be osteopaths, magnetic healers, electric) healers, and to itoat of other*/ of that kind, that were not in exis- tence when the prevent act was passed, and who, by the deeleiene ren by eotuo of uhigher judges,court um can practise their art and rob Mie public with impunity, so long as they" do not giro or nee drugs or medicine, This class o4 quack Is very numerous throughout the country, and I sincerely hope you will urge upon 'the council the necessity for thio etnendment." One of the cases in which action was taken, but which was dismissed, was against an unregistered man em- ployed by Dr. C. C. Elliott, of Wards - elite, last mummer. Dr. Elliott was stated to have mvorn in the wit- tiest; bot that this mast got nothing for its servIcne, although patients upon whom he worked, were charged. (Another nae of a similar charac- ter was that against Dr. C. A. Stew- art, employed by Dr. J. P. Boyle, of Casselwan.In this case Dr. Boyle ad- mitted having given his assistant .20 as a present. Dr. Stewart was fined $25. Ile has given notice of ap- ItW more than probable that a motion wlll•be made looking towards incl' ameodmeab to the act in the dlr- setton tndloatod. , I BIO COAL SALE, Large Piece err Land Gews Into u Company's Hands. Clarkesbnrg, 11'. Va., July 13.—Ono of the largest coal devils In the his- tory of tide section has been closed hero by Clarksburg Anel Fairmont enpftullsts. They sold 16,000 tcros of coat lands In Wetzel County, the Perry Coal and Coke Company's pro- perty nt Adameton, the Potts Coal and ('oke Company's plan( near Lunt- bet'port and the Howard Coal and Coke Gentpuny's mines tend property at Wilxonburg, to the Pittsburg & Fairmont Fuel Company, a New York corporntlon with a eapttalizu- tion of $2,2;.4),000. The price paid was *1,000,000. .THE LANDLORD BILL Passes Committee Slage,of the House of Common London, July 13.—The Irish In it t bill ti night pawed the committee of the House of Commons nutld loud cbeere of the Nationalists, The conciliatory attitude of Mr. Wyndham, Chief Sec- retary for Ireland and the intro- ducer of the bill, and tho Irish mem- bers woe shown by the fact that there were may four divisions Moine the ten days' debate on the measure. 'der. Wyndham nnnounred lilt inten- tion, if he is still In office next year, to introduce a hill dealing with the grievances of Irish Innorers. Title stntemint evoked cheers from the Nationalists. Jrleh Secretary Wyndham proposed appropriating $25,000 annually out of the development grant to indem- nity Trinity College, Dublin, for any IONS of income arisipg from the sale of land owned by the college. The new clause was vigorously opposed by the Nationalists, but after a long debate it was adopted by u Govern- ment majority of 62. LETTER•CARRIERS IN SESSION Nest Annual Convent fun W111 he Held in Toronto. Winnipeg, July- 18.—Tire tenth an- nual convention of tete Federated As- eociatioe of Letter Carriers is meet- ing here. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, W. J. Cuthbert, jun., WLnntpeg; First Vlce-President, L. ke Manttard, Toronto; Secretary- Treamut'er, Alexander McMordpe, To- ronto ; o- ronto; Second Vice-Preddent, J. (leorge, Ottawa ; Tltitd•Vioe-Priest• flint, (l, A. (Wills, New Brunswick; Fifth Vice-Perstdent, J. 1''. Day, Hal- ifax ; Slzth Vloo-Proeidont, W. M. lbtrnm's, ivleulpeg; Eleventh View President, A. A. Mistier, Victoria, 13. C.: Trustee, F. ercElrea, Toronto ; A. A111iIl ll, 1i'enditon, and L. E. Man- lutrd, Toronto ; Auditor, .1'. Fry, To- ronto; Chaplain. James Barnes, To- ronto. The invitation of Toronto to Bold the next eanvention there wee 100- eepted. 1 This evening the Winnipeg letter enrriern entertained the visiting dele- glt les. CAPT. BERNIE R CONFIDENT. Inspects S$0,000 Greet lin Pular Exiled ition This Session. Ottawa, Ont„ July 13.—Capt. Ber- nier, who le busy securing subscrlp- tione towards his proposed voyage of discovery,, into the Polar seam, Says he lets every reason to expect thlS session him *80,000 grant from the Federal treasury. The private sutleertptlotts toward I.Is enterprise now total something over .10,000, whilst he has offers of all manner of eupvplIos for the tele. If he would allow the name of the boat to bo chosen by a certain firm as an advertisement for their wares, 1:0 could have $10,000 more, But the captain declines the proposition. Be has been pulsed over by Parliament the last two years, but thhtke ho has tho sytrpathy of Ministers and members this time sure. I1ARC LUCK Toronto Builders' laborers' Strike Proves Disastrous Termite report — 'fin,',- i,, °tee ;ewe ti I which has WE'D going on between the builders' laborers and their em- ployers will be brought to n close on Feeley fright. Ilepor.s from reliable wearies indicate a weakening of the men by force of neueeslty, the limit of their flnanelnl Irtrengt11 lusting been reached. The cotelltions meter which the men will return, it le staled, will be the original rate of t:.i cents nit hour, with hours and other rou,htIont the same. This has been the hardest struggle the laborers have heel since the for- mation of their organization. Since the fight commenced about 300 out of 1100 men have secured posltlons in the city, some of them at their own calling, but the mnjorlty at other occupations. About 100 strlkere have Left the otty and have secured posi- tions elsewhere. fine Exchange de- cLaren that they have at present nearly nil the mon they can use, and will give preference to those who have stuck by them during the strike, but will be pleated to give ally of the union men a job at the old rate If there le a raoancy, CRISIS IN EAST. 131° Charles [like Does Not japed Wat'. Louden, July 18.—e despatch from Klugkeu, opposite Now Chwarg, Ln reference to the conference of RUN-. slim officials, now: proceeding at Hurt Arthur, Intimates that Reseda Is determinesd to hold Manchuria, in- cluding Now Chwang, and to title end wilt not shrink from Werttlltim; n -It 1 Japrin if it appears likely that the Latter will fight unaided. The war feeling among the Japanese In North Ciente Is becoming very strong. On the ether hand, 1t is stated here, on the authority' of Slr Charles Dilke, M.P., that information has reached London Indioating that the Russo-Japanese 011515 is lees danger- ous than It Letefy Homed to be. The enforces at Port Arthur Melutlo M. Lesser, Remake Minister at Pekin, General Kroupotkin, Russian Minis- ter el Wer, Admiral Atexieff, com- mends, Of the Rusiltn forces to Manchuria. The poweedbngs are conducted with the utmost secreey, There Is an uneasy feeling among commercial men. FRENCH•CANADIAN OIAN1'. Man Sts. 3', tn,'Wslts New 'York and IS Talked About. New York, July 13.—Edward Batu - pre, 22 pore e; rare, wno Is S feet Bi% Inchon high, and weiglo 367 pounds, le a patron of an uptown hotel, and at present oreepiee a room on the sound floor welch for )oars has been reserved for John L. Sullivan, Sullivan's bed le a large one, but when Mt'. Beaupre attempted to cud- dle in it on Teasley night bis toes stuck out of the window. The bcsl nags nmOeect out atkl the long young mutt was forced to sleep crosSwlse on tete floor. Hie preaenoe serves to attract a crowd whenever he ap- pexra In the [hallways or dining - MOMS. Beaupre le a French-Canadian and wee born on a ranch in the north - wart territory, five miles west of Winnipeg. His father and mother, Ire says, are of ordinary stature, and he declares that he weighed only nine pounds when he WAS born. At the age of three he began to grow, and when ten years of age measured 6 fent 4 Indies. He attended school hn a little settlement dear hie home mall he was 184ears 0111• He has a brother at home who is a little more than ' feet tall. Beaupre says hu wouhl llko to get a job with some slow In order to ratite money enough to go to Europe and have an operation performed on 1115 right cheek bone, which has been broken. Other than title he to a good iooking boy. A neon named James Ralleeton, em- ployed with a farim-p of Glendale dis- trict, was kicked in the head by a florae and Instantly killed. , CANADIANS IN CUBAA SEEK POLICE PROTECTION. Skeletons of 300 or 400 Women Found in Deserted Monastery. flncniva, JIII%' lit--eomeconcern le belpg ntwihwted over the 51111/011/)11 of the rural guards. Many are not disposed to re-enlist. The force of 1,1100 men have dwindled to 1,200. 'Pio colonists, chiefly, from Canada and Michigan, residing in the dt'u trbct near Holguin, when au Mao - lean, named Joseph E, Bradley, was murdered by robbers Junto 300, base ricks! fol' more protection and other committees have made similar ap- peals. The Government 15 taking ``rev-entive measuroe against pos•1b&e c�sturbauetie, threatened by a few of the worn radical of tete claim - ante to pay revolutionary soldiers, Fou' guards at the Prestcbtntiel palace have been Increased to eight. Skeletons of Many Women Found. Kausvte City, Mb., July' 18.—Ur, E. & MoLun, who was a member of the 1i-elhran Atetie expedition , to the omit in 1801, has arrive] at Kan- eas City on his way to Washington, 0. C., from Obi Mexico, where he has been connected with a mining colli- e/11'V. Dr. raceme tette of the discovery, recently, of the skeletons of between 300 and 400 women in a deserted monastery. G0 mace west of Nnco- earl, bl tho mountains of Northam! Mexico, in a wild and desolate part of too country. Tile skeletons were found by miners in srarch of trees - hire. Ha displays several photo- garphs of the nonastcry, and the pilo of luimain bones "News of the discovery," meld Dr. When, "has not yet reached the outside world. How the women met then' depths 1s a question. The skel- atone night have been there a thous. anti year[ or the women might have been killed by the last great earth - 188!." quake that visited that region in LOUBET LEAVES ENGLAND AMID CHEERS AND MUSIC. British Fleet Escorts His Vessel and Fires a Salute. London cable — President Lou- bet'S visit to London was brought to a clone at 1.40 o'clock to -day, when the French Chief Magistrate left the Vletoria Station for Dover. The scenes and incidents of his do- parturo testified :;,s to how the Re- publican President had captured all titmice land won the popular good will. Deepitn the eareness of his de- parture crowds lined the route from St. Jams' Enlace 1-0 MO railroad station, and the British "Hurrah," and the. French "Vivo Loubet," re- echoed through the streets until the President had entered the stn - tion. Here, fife nation's guest was met by the King and his suite and numbers of the French Embassy. As M. Loubot's carrlaga drew up, Klug Edward advanced, and taking the President familiarly by the arm htl him through the waiting room to the Royal chr. king Edward gemmed el. Loubet's right hand lied rthook it with extreme cordiality, while with the left harsh he patted. the President on the shoulder. His Mul•sty showed the President into the Loyal ear and stood chatting with hhu until the train pulled ottt, enact cheers and shouts of " Vivo Loubet 1" mingled with the steelier of " TJre Mars liaise.' President Lou - bet alood at a wbnuow of the oar waving Itis hat in his gloved hand tett( the llo'nl special disappeared from view. tilos his arrival at Dover, IID Loubet embarked on the French cr.lsor Gulclien, and the vessel tall - rd n alnce for Calais, escorted by British torpedo flotilla, and fopow. Pel by farewell salutes from the fleet and castle. Before hie departure front Dover President Loubet telegraphed to King Edward, thanking lire for tho hearty rreoption accorded him "as the representative of France, the friend of England." ROTTEN EGGS FOR NIL At Regina a Crowd Show• -d its Dislike. PROMOTER 13 NOF DISTURBED. Regina, July 13.—Fvlloteed by the cries and growls of a party of In. dignunt Englishmen, and kept busy dodging the deems of decayed hen ft•ult gcuerousiv distributed by the tmWel aboard the east -bound express tact night, end gladly shook the dust of Regina frost} his feet. Ile only es- caped some rough handling through the watchful efforts of two coneta- lees of the Mounted Pollee, who *mowed the nerve for which their rooms is famcus, and stood the crowd off. The reverend gentleman lir- ed ht the city from Saskatoon at 11 o'clock In the evening, and was booked to catch the regular express liter In the night. That he was exprcling it druloustt'tiliou of an un- cempllmentitty character was made potent iffy' the fact that he was accompanied by two policemen dur- ing 111 the time he smut int the city. Lie did not make :Illy great dleplity of hhnsetf, but tltls did not help him to any very greet extent, SS he had not Nall In the city long before he was recogn11ed by 0110 of his ex -fol- lowers, who imagined that he had goal cause to remember his former Lender. This ratan hustled around the town, and it watt not long before lie had under his orders a good crowd of [nen, till of whom thought that they Mel same good rine( lust melee le get after )ir. Burr. Eggs In toe Air 1 Getting (told of a first-class supply of second or third tease eggs they proceeded to the stilton, where Mr. Burr was discovered taking tho air ern the pintforrn. The crowd opened the proceedings with three lnenrty groans, and proceeded to speak of end at Mr. Barr in tones which showed that they had little respect for the cloth. The ptollcemen wont right to the front, and kept the crowd out of etrlking distance until the train pulled into the depot. The ronfuelon caused by this event gave the mob its chance, and as Mr. Barr made a daoJi for the eteme of the sleeper tho air grew black with wing - lees chicks and the cheerful bang of the over -epee marinaded throughout the land As in most cases of the kind, the intention of the ni trkenuen was better than their aim, and the ob- ;cet of their tender sollettude get "clear" away. Not 50 wille others who were 111 the vicinity. The por- ter of the sleeper, who in the per- formance of his duty was one of the Bret on the platform, received an egg in the eye, and retired with more haste than grace- A lady who ware itnxioue to see what tuna doing hail Monne little trouble In getting the contents of en egg- shell out of iter hair, and there were numerous other casualties of a iose serious nature. The train pulled out amidst the leers and Mang of the crowd. After it hnd left the pollee arrested an Engtlah- mann ntuurd Enid, wdio, 11one al- leged, was the loader of the crowd. (['hat Barr Says. "Olt, yos, there was tt email de- monstratIou of Itoetilit,y towards myself at Regina at 1 linseed through', ode I eves nut lilt by arty rottenn eggs," enicl Rev. :fpr. Barr, When interviewed concerting the deepntcltos which related to the al. lege(' action of Some of the Eng- lish colonists oilmen he orocght out Inst spring. "It was tine work of a few thoughtless and irreeponsi- ble boys, who came out on the Mate ltobn with our party," bie soothe. nod, "and who thought they had a grlovance because they could not get work at Saskatoon. They creat- ed Some disturbance, hut it did not amount to anything, and I do not oltorisii,nny 111-w10 towards any of them." Mr. Ikea nays reports of tlleSatie- fntction among tem colonlstt leave been greatly exaggerated. 'Violate I wile' to Say that I think tho col. antes will be n euecese With regard to my direction ,pf it personally, time win tell. Of course we're all liable to errors, and mistakes, but I have not made a penny out of the whelp affair, and never intend• ell or tried to." The stonecutters of Ottawa have quit work. On the let of July. the Journeymen Stonecutters' Aseocla- .11on mado a demand for a uniform wage of 86 cents an hour, Instead of the graded Neale of 30e, 33e and 130c aN hour, formerly in force, and a change In the clause of theagrec- ment between the union and employ- ers, welch prevents union from tak- ing contracts. The employers are willing to grant the Increased pity,, but would not accede to the other irequEst e. English clergy support Chamber- lain's policy because It will adt'uos tithes.