The Blyth Standard, 1903-07-23, Page 2REFORMS IN RUSSIA;
STRENGTHENING ARIVIY
Barton and !tush counties, this morn-
ing shortly alter daylight. It was
Iostrded there by a crowd of wheat
growers, who were determined to
have hnrvcst hands at any cost.
The slulents were asleep, but the
fe:1'111e1'8 ns 11x11 their errand In the
rr.untrc, and when told that the awe
• wore harreeters thee were forted to
!ea NO the tea ill. Several of the young
aero wi`l'e wiling to get off fit line,
I,ur 88411114 of (hose who !1111d prumiscd
he rnlploylneni. director that they
ecu Id gel to N(R8 county were dc-
ternuniet to remnain on the train.
Some of the athletes among these
made It very interesting for the
home re for a short time, but the
better fought to lace their crops,
bud then the trait moved on the
students, barely awakened and badly
dishevelled, stood on tho xtatlou
platform, willing to Iecept the for-
tunes of war and go to the harvest
fields with their determined cmploy-
ere, •
None of the young men wee hurt
le the contest, but several carried
pieces of car furniture, which thee
had torn away in an endeavor to
stay- on the train. Hrui the young
men understood Kaneas conditions
thee would have ronched their des-
ttuntton In Ness county without
trouble by telling the 011e farmers
that they were bound for the mone-
tnins and did not intend to work le
the ha meet fields,
The average Kansas farmer le.-
1ievcs he has the right to use all of
the available labor ho can find and
lois no scruples ngallst using that
which has been consigned to his
neighbor.
She Has Called 320,000 New
Mer. to the Colors.
St. Petersburg, July 30.—In fur-
therance of the proposal domestic
reforms, a new law has been pro-
mulgated, giving factory employ-
ees the right to appoint ,relegates
from their co-workers to repre-
sent theta intercede in conferences
With tho factory Inspectors. The
plan for the formation of a new
police force to maintain eecurLty
in 'the rural districts of 40 pro-
vinces of European Russia, will be
carried uut immediately in 15 of
these provinces. But, owing to the
large expenditure Involved, 82,250,-
000. slx years will be allowed for
Its complete execution in the other
provtnoes.
Over 1320,000 men !rase been call-
ed to the colors In order to com-
plete the strength of the. Russian
army and navy for the present
year.
OaveHerad Title.
" .. Dresden, 1iexo (( July :'0.—In com-
{Iknco Wlth request, Klug George
bas 8b flift. on the Princess Louise,
former Crown Princess of Saxony,
the title of Countess Montigno80.
Better Relations Now.
Berlin, July 20.—Despateliee re-
Celved at the Porelgn Office here
from St. Petersburg and Tokio In-
dicate that the relations between
Muslin 1(1111 Japan have greatly im-
proved within the past fortnight,
and it Is now believed Haat the
two governments will soon arrive
at a complete understanding.
Indy Cook's Persecutor in Trouble.
London, July 20.—J. 11. Wallace,
formerly 8toretary of the Into Sir
Francis (':role, who recently 11011 wed
groat notoriety here in comertion
with his suite for 1116'1 against Lady
Cook, formerly Miss Tennessee 1'huf-
Lin, tri Sete \ork, has been arrested in
1connect ion with the mysterious
death o1 hie n'ifc. she was found
dead In their flit, while Wallace was
dlerovered on the flour with his
threat cut.
Wallace was taken before n maga
telrnte this morning and eh:treed
with 'attempted OUIclde. While in the
dock he was seized with a fit. The
1118e W118 adjewrned. H18 wife's den (h
is supposed to be due to heart ills -
Ouse.
1+lond8 iu Altslrla.
Vienna, July 2O.—Terrible report,/
ere arriving Isere of the devastation
:mused by this in various parte of
the eountry. The worst storm as
tunny years broke over '111)r!enbad
and stopped n11 traffic. 111111111)118 of
visitors of faehionnbl' ape were min: -
pelted to go to restaurnnte rand 1188
lbs night 041 tables and :emirs, as
It was i,/mossier. to return to (1141•
hotels.
VENEZUELA PAYS INDEMNITY
TO THE ALLIED POWERS.
Lineman Shocked to Death in Presence
of Hundreds in the Streets.
Caracas, July ate— The Venezue-
lan Government eesterilay pull to
the representatives o.' the allled
pon-mw the last instalments of the
fndeMnity of the protocol.
Electrocuted in Mitl-air,
Battle Creek, Mich., July 20.—Earl
C. Hayward, n Michigan telephone
lineman from Grand Rapids, woe
electrocuted yesterday at Main end
llouroo streets, In the presence of
several hundred people who watched
him hang in midair until rescued
by en aerial tru•k (tom the fire di-
Isu'Lnent. Hayward (111(ti11 to fall
from Ma 11100 01r, bud grabbed n
live [vire, then feel afros( a ('11614
and hung, there 15 minutes.
A South (![,,Mina 1taw.
Columbia, S. C., July 20.— George
Edwards, a negro, yesterday shot
and killed Will hall, postmaster at
C'lifuquepin, S. C., and attempted to
,,/hoot at younger brother of ale vic-
tim, but was prevented 1y other
negiore. E,111-11 l'114 is being hunted by
citizens] with bloodhounds, and 0
lynching lr probable.
SEIIUrE BOHNEOISLETS
Brit's l Government Asks
Statesfor an Explanation.
WERE THEY BOUGHT FROM SPAIN
London. July 20.—According to the
Kress _,5soclutiou 0 curious rubor
way current . In the lobby 01 hie
Heeso of Commons to -night to the
olfect that Rome United States war -
Wipe had seized about 20 small 18 -
lands off tiro coast of Borneo, which
It is understood belong to Great Bri-
tain, and planted the .American flag
on them.
It 1s probable that a question on
the subject will bo 11810(1 In the
House. It Is believed the rumor 00 -
fere to the difficulty in iietermining
a line between the 1'hll!ppines and
British Borneo Islands.
London, July 20.—The Chronicle as-
serts that the British leareign Of.
flee 114 communicating with Wash-
ington regarding the reported U. S.
seizure of a number of Islets off the
°oast of Borneo, and has asked for
an explanation of the seizure.
The British North Borneo Com-
pany. which claims the Islets, says
that they are undoubtedly British,
forming part of the territory of 111,-
000 square mulles over which the cum- i
pany exercistes jurisdiction.
The Chronicle, which names the l6 -
muds, declares that although they
are insigniflonnt in size, they aro
of the grenteet etrategle importance, 1
and that the aituatlon created by I
the action bt the United Staten 1s
an exceedingly delicate one.
The paper adds that upon making
enquiries at the American !embassy,
Its representative was informed that
the step had been contemplated for
Some time, and was simply the con-
mmmatlon of an undeniable .tmeri-
Mtn right. The informant did not
know why the Islands had not been
occupied sooner, but the step setts
taken now to demonstrate the Am-
erican right, and to entab!Ish more
clearly the defined boundary be-
tween the poese(elone of the United
Statue in the Philippines and 81111114
end the British company's terri-
tory. The lel0nd14 were never occu-
pies by tiny European nation, and t
the eu!tun of Sulu, who exercised
uundael Ramer there, luicl conferred
his nuthw'Ity upon the Caite)
athlete
151et8 in Dispute Dnnght Front tSpabt
Washington, July 20.—Tie DOWN
which appeared to have Just trached
Lon;loll that the United Suttee Gov-
crmm:'nt had taken poseesoleo of a
group of 16101118 oft' rho coast of
uritis![ North Borneo fs very stale
141 Waeltington. Thew:. islands 0111-
; p11se the Cagayan Sulu group. They
are about twenty In number, and
most of them ore mere bite of land.
After the treaty. of Paris, by which
Speen transferred licr Asiatic le -
oiler Ilo86088lont to the United
atatnt, the question rose as to
whether the treat had ceded the
Outlying islands of Cagayan, Sulu
avid Slbath. To scttlii all dealt$, 11118
Gov,rnm"nt made a septrate treaty
with Stain, providing for the per-
ches() of these two Islands for $100,-
000. The treaty, w,a a ratified and
tee money paid.
La January Intl, the gunboat Al-
bany, Lieut. J. 11. Walker
wwent cnmmtnd-
R.tohaStglnh the
Chapin, flagHalle
tenant to Rear .idmiral Evan8, com-
manding the ARiatic fleet. Lieut.
re. tipin w-ne instructed to survey the
boundaries of tho group and ralee
the. Stars and Stripes on the Island.
recommendationtaken
of thegeneral board
of the navy, and with the approval
of tee State Department. It had
been- ascertained by the State De-
partment that both England and
Germany loud by treaty recognized
lipaniel,. sovereignty over this group,
the boltndarlee of the Spaniel pot -
sessions In that vicinity being fixed
at one marine league, from the
const of North Borneo. There '108
tot therefore appear to be any
doubt of the right of the United
State] to the (elands, and they have
beer. enrvcyed and entered span
Unite! States cbarte 88 American
possessions.
FARMERS KIDNAP STUDENTS.
Hold t'p Train and (rapture Other
Men': learn, Hands.
Topeka, Kan., July 20.—One squad
of eastern college and high school
students which was: :torted from
Toprkn to the harvest fields of Nees
county yesterday tailsel to reach the
destination to which It Wn8 assigned
by the State Employment Dlreotor.
The train on which the students
were travelling rcnched the little
own of Otie, on the line between
irsime.oimoogrere.oriven
NEWS IN BRIEF
C\JUN tlaVilN.{
lire. .f. el. Blaine is dead, ❑gad 76.
1(uselun officials scoff at the idea
of backing out of ninehurta,
Grow :flection frnuele are reported
in Germany.
John B. Edwards, stock broker, of
Toronto, 141 missing.
George Garrison, .l IJelford team-
ster, fell off him wagou In a fit, was
run over and killed.
George Gould sways lie will make
Baltimore the Atlantic terminus of
his new truuecontl(ental system.
]Rev. H. E. Abraham W110 inducted
into the pastorate of the First Pres-
byterian Ciutrglt, 1'ort Hope.
['nits! States have asked the Czar
of Ituraela to 1111 111.1 three arbi1•atore
to 81'1 Ile the Venezuelan trouble.
Daniel J. Kelly, wanted In St. Louis
in i uuuectiun with charges of bribing
lam Legisbtture, ie in TOroltO,
Sir Cherie& Tupper hate arrived In
London. Mita frlends are delighted
with the continued evidences of his
mental and pilyeleal vigor,
The death of the Lilo Senator
Dlekey willies the forty-eighth va-
cancy In the Senate since the ucces-
elou of the Leerier Govehaat-ill 1 !ll
1896,
ltussinn authorities sanctioned the
exhort of wheat from Ncuchwang,
nouvithstanallig Minna/ general pro-
hi6ltion of tle export of Chines::
grain.
The Turkish troops cruelly treated
naeteeu villages near Adrianople,
rand killed thirty-four persons while
trying 10 extort money In the wilatge
of YcnitiJe,
Proctor Ifogle, a G. T. R. 8(0110n -
man hurt ou the Gran) Trunk at Sid-
ney crose.ng, near Brighton, last
(week, LR doing well and out of clan-
gor.
A life convict In the Kingston Peni-
tentiary triol to commit suicide by
hanging. Ifo was found by Guard Ec-
cles and cut down in time to sane
his life.
The London Times' Berlin come -
treys Great Brltatu 1s ealum-
11tutcd by the continental press at
laic Instance of leusota to distract at-
tention from the discontent within
that empire.
The Strike lnsuranoe Company iu
Nee. Orleans 14 now a fact, Luting
bean put on a permanent footing by
an underwriting bureau there. W. C.
Nonce, of Log/settle, lsas been named
attorney and general manager.
11 was rumored at an early hour
Ili (torn!;ng that John Jones, Tu-
r0uto 11re, 1 C0111111,eioner, (vas 8e01-
ou5ly e11flictud with n. paralytic
strake a hie summer home, near
Bartle.
The Southport express tra in,
crowded with puesengers, Jumped the
track last tooting at Waterloo, floe
Milo8 from Llwcr(so(0. Eight p.'reoas
were ki110l, anus fifteen Injured, ac-
cording to late reports.
011rt.vn has another smallpox moo;
at Porter's L•hual, and again the
patient has cone from out of tow-(.
The 'actin} i6 0 young farm head
named- Roos, from Mulgrave, new:
Buckingham.
A c(ep utatlon from the mslical
faculties of the University of Toronto
the Trinily 'Mallen! College has asked
the Ontario tlovernment to endow
six cbalrs In the propomed medical
faculty of the Provincial University,
us part of the ((elevation scheme.
President Shield&, of the Consolid-
ated Lake Superior Company, reports
that some of the works e8(a1llehOxd
have proved unprofitable Anti will be
elft 11P. The report also shows how
tinheveetcapie((,tal of the company has been
Mr, Arthur Piers, superintendent of
the Canadian Pacific's steamship ser-
vice., i& In London. His visit is asso-
ciated with the fact mall nogotia-
(lone, and it Is very probable that
the contract will ultimately go to
the Canadian Pacific.
While a runaway trolley car was
dashing down altate street hill,
Schenectady, N. Y., at the rate of
seventy-five miles an flour yesterday
morning, the conductor sat on the
two passengers to prevent them from
jumping, and thus, doubtless, saved
their lives.•
The fund that is being raised for
presentation to Premier Ross now
amount( In cash and subscriptions to
about $30,1)00. It has not been decid-
ed yet when the presentation will be
made, but the committee who are
100king atter the subserlptioue will
probably (wait ;Intl! the fund !1118
reached $ 50,(00,
HELD FUNERAL SERVICE.
Tribute to Late J Armour a1 1lie
Temple (liutab.
London ('able — 711' funeral ter-
sIece were held to -day, at the Tem-
ple L'Inuell over the remains of j11
hey John Douglas _ lrntour, of the
elauudlan Supremo Court, who died
July LI tie loeretary White et -
tended an the repreeentlttive of the
Un.ttei States Embower. Other die-
tingnhlod p rsonag s pre a fit were
Loot 1trathemin, Thief Justice .11-
eerstore, tier Robert Finlay, Attor-
ny General, and Sir Charles Tup-
per, former yremier of Canada. Col-
oill1tl Secretary ('hoaberlaln was
not present, but was represented by
Loral Monkbretton, Itis private sec-
retary.
A STATE OF SIEGE.
Dien tees k in a Strike tinder Protea.
tion of Police.
-Toronto, Despatch — The meet
unique fight between capital and
labor that Ins ever occurred to To-
ronto Ls being waged between the
5trlktng unloo moulders and their
employers, the ('atnuuia Foundry
1'ompuu1y, at Toronto .function.
England, Scotland and rho United
Stator have been scoured for mould-
ene, and to -day, under police protec-
tion, o1111AI1008 0rmed, 40 1l011d-
Olt, claiming among them at levet
three country as tho land of their
birth, 11x'0 employed under double
wager in the moulding ehops of the.
Canada Foundry Company.
Taro men both live and work on
the company's property. Eight tents
have been thrown np, and ten ot,'-
pelltet4i and mec1utnle( are rushing
to completion a one-story bulidin;
which Le to serve air a dining -00001.
ThL' will eeatt 150 people. These'
living apartments] aro situated on
tho nen'thweot eidc of tho Canada
Foundry elle and ndJlcent to Dn-
vcnport road and the C. P. It. Rail-
way' tracks.
Four n1urdy poilremen patrol tam
several acres upon which operates
tato ('a nada Foundry Company, find
ranee Monday have recelvel strict
instructions to arrest any union
picket. who may be found hanging
about. At night 11111) number Is In -
creamed to eight, whose duty It 16
10 prote't from moleetatlon the
men In the tents and the conl-
panv's] plant at the cost of lives, if
111C1se0ry.
SHARES BY INSTALMENTS.
Model Hulce to Come Into Force in
tagust.
Toronto, July 20.—The Chief reg-
istrar of Loan Companies will im-
ttodIttcly Issue notices to all eo0i-
(r.0nioe engaged In the business of
collecting weekly or monthly install-
er/ale for shares, fixing a date in
August on which hese companies
miser adopt by-laws 111 accordance
with the legislation p058ed at the
Met swoon of the Legislature. The
by-laws still provide thut there :Mall
be printed W bold, clear type on
(ho hoops or cards of each subsorlber
a notice time the payments are not
onlinary deposits, but are for wile -
drawable Metres. There will also be
tabho published, showing Mow much
each subscriber is entitled to at the
end of the term agreed upon. Rules
will be carefully drawls, so ue to
protect es far as possible tete sub-
s'criber's, and to 0,rable any ordi-
nary Intelligent person to under -
eland clearly the conditions at-
11(1(4el to tie shares.
The companies couoerned are any,
bole to meet the views of the depart-
ment, and inquiry 611011(8 that rho
ey6ten, meet& the reeulrenlents of
many People who can pay 0 week-
ly or monthly sum when called upon,
but who could not make a 04(811114
journey to the head office of a
company.
No !sew company will be allowed
to embark in this class of busumse
In Ontario, and the Department has
begun pro0crdings against some
private parties who have launched
mit in this line of b0Nlneas in To -
0011(0.
DESPERATE FIGHTING
Between Police and lli'llot(g Switcl,
Strikers.
Chicago, July _'O.—Desperatofight-
Ing between the police and the strik-
ere of the Kellogg Switch Board
Company took place this afternoon
and (vetting while the eompany at-
tempted to semi freight to Nome of
the railroad depot e. In one instance
the pollee opened fire with revolvers,
but nithongh the fueilade was con-
tinued for several minutes 110 one
was hurt. Later there was a fight
In Math no revolvers were used, and
the wilco laid out a number of men,
serme of whom were left lying In the
street until their friends] picked them
up.
The clime came at Congeees street
and Ogden avenue, when a private
watchman tired at ono of the mob.
The shot wont wild, but it Inflamer!
the (rob, and with shouts, they
charged down on the police. The of-
ficers bent the crowd with fists and
Mule] and put the rioters to flight.
1 dozen men with broken heads were
kit lying in the erect. About 20
arrests/ were made Auring the day.
Tho Kellogg Company, whose men
are on strike, say it will continue
to send opt freight by non-unlon
MOM
f IHE-ll MW IL .S MINESSI
Explosion .n British Columbia
'Mine. .
ALL THE VICTIMS CHINESE -
Vancouver. B. B., July :Y).—Tweuty]
(11;nnrnl''n 7%:1011. 01lc3''! 111)' 111V for-
th:eulg 1:- - euld.tywent of (lungu-
Ilsns un.L'rground, paid the penalty.
feet (eget, when twelle were killed
rind r 'g,t severely burned through an
explosion In No. ,1 incline, No. 8 elutft,
of the Wellington Collieries at Cum-
bertend, owned by former Premier
lhmsmuir and 1116 associates.
It wee; leered that [tavernl while
ohm were also viotime, but It watt
aftctrw•ards learned that there was
only ono employed In the mine, and
Ito escaped with nothing worse than
a shaking.
Tho explosion 1s attributed to fire-
damp/ but its origin is myKterlous, as
all rue miners carried safety lamps,
owing to the gu,a4y state of the
working, and all tho lamps were
found to ho locked.
Tho actual explosion was so slight
that next to no damage was done to
the rine, find no concussion woe felt
at a short di/stance from the scene.
Ncverthclese, it wait deadly in rte na-
ture, tor, as is usual In long -wall
workings, It swept the face, killing
and scorching as it went.
No sign of the dlsa8ter was appar-
ent at the pit head, and nothing was
known until the cage WAR run up and
frightened Cldnamen reached the top,
Mum they excitedly told of a fire.
Thirty -right out of the fifty China-
men employed underground renehed
the top In eatfety, and then a white
rosette party went clown to march
for the others. The dead bodies of
the /102n wore, reached, but not
without some danger to the eear:h-
era, because of after -damp, which
prostrated one pit boas.
The 001110ry company claims that
the Jaw prohibiting the employment
of the Chinese underground Is uncon-
stitutional. An Inquest Is being held.
JOINS THIRTY-SIX LODGES.
Practises Slgns, Distress Grips and
Passwords.
Rochester, N. Y., July 20.—A coat
of vivid red paint applied to the house
and eupplemenied by bright blue
trimming was the last straw that
drove Mrs. Irma Renkle to demand a
decree of divorce from her Imsbend,
E. Smith Renkle, of Riga. In Ler corn-
1,1•tint of "cruel and Inhuman treat-
ment" the wife heegee eho 18 of a
hystcrIcttl temper/anent, and that the
'whiting twain done with the deliber-
ate attempt to drive her to madness.
She alleges elle dare ■ot go out of
doors, 06 the eight of the house itt-
thic0,8 hysteria. Site also affirms In
her petition list her husband stamps
On the floor in walking and valley]
the (ashes in eating for the same pur-
po e, but In addition to all these nn-
msu1l grounds she 110e08 her hush:eel
hes jolted thirty -sic lodges, and prate-
tl.eee the elgns, distress grips and
p•astswm'de In her presence.
THE WALKING DELEGATES,
Throe ot" ('hent Under Indiclntente list
Kxtoet Ion.
New York, .July, 20.—In the Court
of (n•11erai rnetsione to -day Samuel
Parke, Timothy McCarthy and Rich-
ard Carrel, the walking delegates
W110 were indicted by the grand Jury]
yesterday for extortion, Were ar-
raigned to eater a Oleo. Judge Mc-
llahon finally ,held the defendants
in $1,000 on eneh indictment, making
Parks' ball $4,03)0; McCarthy/3 31,-
000; Carvel'( 31,000, which Was fur-
nielled and the men released. The
defendants did not enter a plea, this
'being put off until next Monday. 4
BALFOUR BLOCKS DEBATE.
Ret 115" to 01v: 1•twilit tes to the
Mast' 10 1)180.1,56 Trill'.
Loudon, July 20. Premier Balfour
in the 1lou60 of Commons to -day,
retuned .to give the Houe0 facilities
for a full, general debate on Colonial
Secreta ryteltatnberlaln's pu'opoteed tis.
cal changes. The matter was brought
up by Sir Michael Hicks -Bench, form-
er Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
wee supported by sir Henry Camp-
bell -Bannerman, the Liberal leader.
Mr. Balfour said he did not think any]
useful purpose would be served by] an
abetract discussion, addressed to no
particular motion ; that the matter
had nlrcady been debated several
timet under similar cendttlons. 11 Sir
Henry r1J6ed a debate by introduc-
ing a vote of censure of the Gov-
ernment, he Raid he would grant the
facilities desired.
STATUE iN LONDON.
Pilgrtuts' Club Decides to Erect One
lu Washington.
London, July 30.—At p meeting of
il.e Executive Cominittee of the Pil-
grims' Club to -night, a committee
was appointed to give effort to the
recent suggestion to erect a statue
to George Washington, in London. It
was decided that the subscriptions
should be entirely confined to Bri-
tish subjects. Archdeacon Sinclair, In
submitting the plan to the society,
said:
"Englishmen have at last fully re-
cognised the great qualities] of Wash-
ington. I feel assured that nothing
will be more popular In this country,
than such a tribute to that great
man of English birth, who has done
so mach for the world's history, not
only for the young nation across the
sea, but for Great Britain as well."
Archdeacon Sinclair announced that
he Wag authorised to offer a place for
the statue In St. Paul's Cathedral,