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The Wingham Advance, 1906-05-31, Page 7MRS. Joycf NOW 'DEAD; Tte. OF TRAGEDY. Her Husband Shot Her While She Was Pleading With Him for Her Life. - PROBABLY SUICIDE. DEATH OF FREDERICK 'imt SALMON AT WINDSOR, Old Man Lived Alone, and Appearancea Indicate. That a Drug caueed Peath —Mystery Surrounding His Identity. Windsor, Mo3, 27s-Myritery surround the death of Frederiele W. Salmon, agee 63 years-, who died in a little house on Aylmer avenue at an early hour this Iler Father Also Told, HIS Story of How He W morning. Shortly before noon yesterday as neighbors heard groans coming from Hal. Shot by His Son -in -Law. . moues querters, and. investigation show- ed him to be lying In aii unconscious con- dition. Dr. Storey, of Walkerville, who was called pronounced the case one of Wounded Man Now in Hospital at Kingston— May Probe for Bullet. Kingston, Ont,, May ees-eeelni Joyce, house a few minutes before Joyce Arrived, filen laborer, e'eaterday morning shot I and witness, moving the latter approach. Iiia wife and father-in-law, Cornelius I lug' Weld to call the sons back, but they apparete,ey dee uot !tee Joyce or hear wit - Wood, in a- log shanty near the Vi- nesse lee first discharge was of shot ago of Raiton,and then committed sui. pellets and pierced bis upper arm in a bee cutting his Own throat with a , umber of spots. One slue passed into razor. Mrs. Joyce is, fatally wounded and her father lies in .a precarious condition with a bullet in the upper portion of his body. Joyce, who was 33 years of ago, came to Canada as a boy, and had worked for farmers in the district. Latterly he wee employed by William McAuley, a farmer residing near Beaton. Last January he married the 10 -year-old daughter of Cornelius Wood, and the two lived together in apparent bar- nony, Although the wife's reputation was not of the best. Last Friday Mrs. Nye° left her husband's home at the solicitation of one of her brothers, and returned to her father's house, This angered Joyce and the following morn- ing he visited his father-in-law and demanded that his wife return to him. The old man refused, and Joyce, threatening vengeance, went away. In a short while he returned with a Lee. Metford rifte, wbich he had borrowed. In the house •with Wood were Mrs. Joyce and the wife of Wood's son Tn. gus. They saw Joyce coming and went out to remonstrate with him, but Wood troceived a bullet in the shoulder which dropped him. Joyce then forced his 'way into the house, and, in spite of his 'wife's entreaties, shot her with the -cartridge remaining in his rifle. The bullet passed through the sitomach and back and. the woman's recovery is im- possible. Having shot his wife, Joyce, ignoring her terrified sister-in-law, went outside and cut his own throat, from ear to ear. For some time Mrs. Wood was too frightened to leave the house but final- ly summoned up courage to go for as- eistance. Constables from Sydenham, two miles away, were sent out, but when they arrived Joyce was dead. A physician dressed the wounds of the victims, but it was found impos- sible to bring them to Kingston Hos- pital, RS at first intended, without dan- ger of hastening the end of the woman and imperiling the life of her father. At 11 o'clock Coroner Minden em - vended a jury and opened an inquest, which was adjourned till to -morrow. He secured ante-mortem statements from both of the victims. Mrs. Joyce is in a very kw condi- tion, and is not expected to live many hours. Her father's wound may else provo fatal, as the coroner fears that *. the bullet may have pierced the lung,. . • Cornelius Wood has a very shady reputation, having served five yeare in Kingston for a serious offence, and the lowest of morals characterized the whole family. Two weeks ago Weed's wife ran away with a man named Eli Smith, who, with one of the sons, Noah Wood, is said to have had a hand in inducing Mrs. Joyce to leave her hus- band. -- Kingston, Ont., May 28.—(Special).— Mrs. Joyce, shot through the body at Railton, on Saturday morning, by her jealous husband, who later cut his throat, died twenty-four hours later. Cornelius Wood is now in Kingston hos- pital and resting fairly easy, An attempt may be made to probe for the bullet in Itis lung. He was brought in to the city last night in an improvised. ambulance. When Coroner Mundell reached the seen of the tragedy, on Saturday night, he found Mrs. Joyce strong enough to make a deposition and that the father was lower than his looks or voice be- tokened, and that it would be prudent to warn him of danger to his life, and take his testhuony also. -setMrs. Joyce declared that she had left her husband. because he had pounded. her on Thursday, as he had. done the week before. He came to her father's house early that morning raging mad, and her father had gone to take the gun away. She heard the shooting of her father and ran to the inner room for bet- ter safety, but her husband forced the door, and she came out to plead for her life. But he shot her in the large room. She knew no more as to his actions be- cause she became unconscious. Her mind returned during her sister-in-law's ab- sence, seeking help, and she crawled to the bed -room and up to the bed. She was positive no ono was present at the shooting, but Ella May Wood, wife of Anson Wood, her brother, besides the children, Wallie and Milo. The woman was not in pain unless she attempted to move, or during the doc- tor's examination of the wound. It was on the right side, and came from a bul- let of the inhuman, old fashioned pat- tern. It had passed entirety through ber body, a few inches from the centre of her breast. Wood was roused and gave his testi- mony. He qavo his answers itt a clear, strong, voice, with studied care. He -4 declared that John Joyce eo.mo to the liOnee that morning by way of the swamp, and asked to see his wife and speak to her. She went out, nod he ask- ed her to come away a distance and talk. She said, "No," he could spank there, Then she enane in, as Joyce was not satiefiee he followed. She then went out the other door and Joyce started away back to the swamp. Ten minutes later witness saw him coming back from the swamp with a gun, and 'warned the two women, who Went into the beeroom to hide. Witness asked joyee what he was doing with the gun. He replied Mat IT Was going on a hunt. Witness) advised nim to put it away and avoid some harm. The Witnesa Tenoned with bint, but he deekred at length that lie want- ed his Wife. Witness replied that she Would not go back to live with him, and theb he (the -witness) eould not drive her back, "I still urgee tied warned him to go away with the gun," said, Wood, "and at length turned e, to enter the house, and received a seta 111 II the Atm, t eallee loudly to Ella, May, Iny daughtert-in-law, and then he ilia again." 'Wittess turned aue left for 'lames °Trines, en the opposite farm, hut fell before he reached the road. Mu ions •wer° not present. They left the his vest, struck his watch sidewnys and deeted the ease badly, The case ale° left the watch and. nngled out of Ids pocket. The second, discharge he receiv. ed was of e bullet, which passed through his arm, close to the bone, and entered the body at the lungs. There it Hee bedded. One of the Snider cartridges was found in the rifle. Another was in front of the house, 20 feet from the door, where the asailant fired the first shot, aparently. The Wood brothers knew of Joyce's threats, and had warned their sister not to sit near the window, because of the danger of being shot from outside. Joyce did not conceal his purpose, against which Inc employer advised him strongly. He told it neighboring farmer he would make it big stir in Renton. It would be one thing or another regarding his wife, The free trading in wives had clearly made him fitful, then desperate. Wood's eld- est daughter, partner in the crime, whin sent her father to the penitentiary for five years, for intance, was sent to the Mercer Reformatory at Toronto, and. has never returned to the family TIFLIS TERRORISTS. BOMBS THROWN AT RUSSIAN OFFI- CIALS. Chief of Police, Who Was Riding With Revolver in Hand, Shot and Killed ' One of the Would-be Assassins— Coachman Wounded. Tiflis, May 27.—W1,ile _Governor-Gen- eral Timoseleff and Chief of Police Mar- tinoff were driving to -day bombs were thrown at them, Neither was injured, but a Cossack belonging to their escort was killed. The crime was attempted in the centre of the town, a few rods from the scene of the assassination of General G-riasenoff, chief of staff of the Viceroy of the Caucasus, who was killed by a bomb explosion on Jan. 20 last. General Timoeseieff and Chief of Police Martineff were riding in separate car- riages. They were on their way to at- tend the corenetion anniversary Te Demi itt the cathedral Two bombs were thre•wn simultaneously, ,one of 1116111 fail- ing to explode. Chief of Police Martin - off, who was riding with his revolver in hand, shot and killed one of the terror- ists, but the other escaped. Governor- General Timoseieff's coachman 'was worn -idea. • - STRUCK BY BOMB. THROWN DURING REVIEW OF RUS- SIAN TROOPS AT SEBASTOPOL. . Three Persons Were Killed and. Several Wounded, Among Whom Were Chief of Police and Commander of the Fortress. Sebastopol, May 27.—Several bombs were thrown here to -day while a review of troops was being Mid after the Te Dunn he celebration of the anniversary of the Emperor's coronation. Three per- sons were killed and several wounded. ..1mong the wounded are the commander of the fortress, General Neptueff, who received slight hurts, and the chief of police, wbo wan gravely injured. Other high dignitaries escaped. Vice -Admiral Chouknin, commanding the Black Sea fleet, who is a special object for terror - bat revenge, was. not present. Two of the bomb -throwers were arrested. St. Petersburg, May 27.-1)espatches received here concerning the bomb out- rage during the review .of the troops af- ter the celebration of the anniversary of the Emperor's coronation ftt Sebasto- pol to -day say that eleven pen -sons were killed, inchtding five children, and that over one hundred persons were womule41. The despatches also say that four arrests were made. BURNS' PLAIN WQRDS. -- LABOR EXTREMISTS ARE ENEMIES TO THEIR OWN CAUSE. The Isolation of the Labor Movement Prom All Men Who Are Not Manual Laborers is A Piece of Folly That Will Bring Its Own Punishment. Nov York, May 27.—The Sun pub- lishes the following cable from Lon - 11.101: John Burns has boon repeatedly and bitterly attasked by it large section of the Laborites, especially those who constitute the new Labor party, whose aims are conspicuously narrow alai self- ish, In an after-dinner speech last night Mr, Purim addressed himself to these men. lie frankly warned them that they were ts danger to their own cense. • The following passage in his speed' has attracted groat attention and eatimil. little sensation: "Aly last weed it.; thie, null it requires some little lorrel retiree', to say il: view with positive diefaver, inel if it (lees tot cease, with tome appreliemsiou, the tendeney 011 the part of what is known as the labor movement to iselate iteself from 111011 W110 are not nemeal laborere. For Mier to deliberately, narrowly and foolishly cut itself off from the beet itha brightpst epirits of manlike simply beeauee they have not been beevere of weed and drawere of water ie to cut a( the power for Re ewn alive/moment in the 11011' fettles, ami infliet it upon He'll It disability whielt 'one day it will find the folly and mistake of doing." • pneumonia, and the usual treatment was ordered. There were strong indicatious, however, that Sabnon was under the in- fluence of a powerful drug, presumably opium or enottpldne. Tbis morning the man died, When it was found that lie had already made all arrangements for the dispoeition of his body, A letter addreFsed to the authori- ties requestee them to have hie remains sent to the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Toronto, "for the benefit of science in the usual way." Another let. ter was left addressed to his son, who is it civil engineer in Burlington, Iowa, stating that he need go to no trouble or expense in connection with his dentle as he had already attended to everything himself, All papers and letters which would af. ford the slightest clue to his past life had been carefrilly destroyed: Evidences aro not lacking, however, which prove conclusively that Salmon was a, man of good family and high education, who for eeasons known only to himself, had chosen to merge his true elentity in ob- scurity. It is generally believed that bis death is due to an overdose of morphine, seif, administered. •i -v PULLMAN UPSETS. ACCIDENT ON THE INTERCOLONIAL NEAR AMP; QUE. ^ Twelve Passengeis Sleeping in the Car Escaped With Minor Injuries—Acci- dent Attributed to Spreading Rails. Montreal, May 27.—The rear Pullman ear of the I. 0, 11, maritime exprees, due here to -day, jumped the track and over- turned near Ample Que., about four hun- dred miles from Montreal, at 5 o'clock this morning, and thou.gh it carried twelve sleeping passengers, none of them were reported serinely injured. The es- cape was rather remarkable, and may be attribated in part to the kW em- bankment and to the immediate action of the emergency brake, which operated automatically, owing to the break in the coupling. The car lay on its side, and so !acme was the jolt that all the lower windows were smashed and the frame- work badly wrenched. The front Pull- man was forced from the track, but did not turn over. 11 is supposed the acci- dent was due to spreading rails, even though the engine and three colonist cane lutd passed over safely. When the passengers in the overturned Pullman regained compel -sure and man- aged to get out, they observed that if the car had left the track a few yards farther ahead they would have been hurled over a fifty -foot embankment to it stream of water.. <8 BROTHERS DROWNED. A'LITTLE FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY THE ONLY WITNESS. A Double Fatality at Millidgeville, a Suburb of St. John, N. B.— Young Children of Robert J. White Lose Their Lives. St. John, N. B., May 27.---A double fa- tality occurred at 6 o'clock last evening itt Millidgeville, t suburb of this city, when Walter and Ernest, aged •eight and sixyears, rue ese of Reb- el*, J. White, wc v.• :11111 it few yards of their een lie31 0, i•e bod- ies were recovered about en hoer later ihi four feet of water, and were lying, only three feat apart. The children left home to go to the well for the pur- pose of drawing water. The well irs bat a short distance from the shore, and on a. flat rock stretching into the river the boys saw a few fieh,left by a party of lads who had been fishing earlier in the day. The White youngsters, who were ac- companied by their four-year-old brother George, went •over to the rock to investi- gate, and George went with thein. lie was the only witness of what happened, and from what he told it is probable that Ernest slipped .off the rock and that Walter, trying to rescue him, was pulled in, too. FOR HONORARY DEGREES. University Senate Selects Several Emin- ent Men. The Senate of the University of Tor- onto decided last night to confer a num- ber of honorary degrees at the coming convocation. The degree of doctor of laws will be conferred uponl,Vilhelm Ost- weld, professor of chemistry in the Un- iversity of Leipzig. The heads of the federated colleges who have not yet been honored with the university's doctorate will receive the LLD. degree namely, Rev. T. R. O'Meara, Principal of Wycliffe College Rev. William MacLaren, Principal of Knox College, and Rev. _Daniel Cushing, Superior of St. Michael's College; els° Rev. John Potts, Mr. Thomas Hodgins, AL A., and Hon, J. W. St. John, K. C., M. A., Speaker of the Legislative As. sembly of Ontario. The members of the Ueiversity Commission, Mr, Jos. W. Fla - voile, Mr. Byron E. Walker, D. (1. Rev. Henry J. Cody, M. A., Rev. Bruce Macdonald, M. A., and Mr. A. IL U. Col- quhoun, M. A. The honorary degree of doctor of musk will be conferred upon Mr. A. S. Vogt, conductor -of the Alendelssohn Choir, and Dr. Albert Ham. FISHERY OVERSEER FIRED. Man Who Itas Been Busy of Late is Suddenly Dismised. Nineara Valls, Ont., May 27. ---Fishery Overseer Flveley, who has been seizing prshibitea fish by wholesale, amble: the past few we.dr7e, coneigned o diiferent parte of the United States, • reeeiveil information yesterday front the prbvilleial fethery department. Tininito, teat his earvieee as fiehery overeeer boa 1.,,v1l appomoa with. Tee au- nouneemelit mused no little stir :deed • the eity. No reason has been ,given for the removal. .MADRID IS .MARRIAGE. MAD, • .NEWS IN BRIEF The King's Wedding is Novo* Popular. Nothing [Ise is Talked of but the Marriage. The Streets Already Decorated With Bunting, Madrid, May 27.—This city is mar- riage mad. Nothing is talked of but the forthcoming wedding of King, Al - foils° and Princess Ena. How mum- stiously popular this marriage is with the.Bpanish people it is well nigh im- possible to tell. Never will a queen. consort have had A warmer weicotne than Spaniards of every rank are preparing for the young English Prin- cess. Indeed, Princess Ena has al- ready experienced its warmth which the passing hours .only make greater. Her every appearance causes great crowds to gather, waving flags, cheer- ing and throwing flowers at her. Al- fonso's specey automobile is n, source of much disappointment to the count- less admirers of the Princess as it whizzes past them. Ena, or Victoria, as the Spaniards call her, can do no wrong. The fact (that elm violated • all Spanish etiquette Saturday in try- ing on her wedding gown is quoted. as being merely a eelightful example of bright, young impetuosity. In Badajos and Ferrol bells have rung and the people have made extraor- dinary demonstrations of rejoicing in the streets. Criminals Pardoned. In each town a criminal condemned to death has been pardoned at her intercession. In the press there is not a single discordant note. Even the Republican organs have nothing but praise for the beauty, talent end tact of Spain's future queen. It is announced that the Government will proclaim a three days ' holiday, from May 31. All public offices will be closed, and the people will devote them- selves to merrymaking. Many towns have decided to give the Princess' name to orphanages, hospitals, and other buildings, the foundation stones of which will be laid on her wedding clay. In nearly all the large towns some of the principal -squlues or streets will be renamed Rehm Victoria Eugenia. In Madrid the fashionable shopping street, Carrera de San Geronimo, will soon be rebaptised Queen Victoria Avenue. In practically every church a To Deum will be sung on the 'wedding day at nearly as possible the exact time of the wedding. Streets Already Decorated. The streets here are already decorat- ed with bunting and spanned by tri- o:net:al arches. On every side are im- mense cloth meld.allions. One sees the British arms elbowing the Castles and Lions of Castile. The Union Jack is. omnipresent. It. hangs outside the shops and inside the cafes. It is draped about balconies and strung across the strets. It is waved over buildings and carried in miniature by swarms of small children. London has never made such a show of the Union Jack as Mad- rid is now doing. The shop windows seem given up to portraits of Alfonso and Eno. Hawkers crowd the side- walks, selling their photographs. Even the sellers of lottery tickets are mak- ing it specialty of Ena's photographs. Alfonso arrived at the Pardo Palace at 9.30 o'clock this morning in the motor car, giviug a signal so that the Princess would know that he was coming. As soon as she heard it Ena went out on a balcony and waved ber hand. Soon afterwards preparation's were made for the celebration of .ne.ss. A bell was rung so that the crowd out- side the palace should know when the ceremony commenced, for even at that hour a great crowd had assembled, and that means more in Spain than people not knowing the country might imagine. Sunday's Ceremonies. An altar had been arranged on the balconies of the palace. The King and Princess Ena and the Catholic mem- bers of their suites heard the mass from the Won, the public outside par- ticipating from a small square, where a regiment of infantry, with its colors and band, was drawn up. After the service Eno, received a tremendous ovation from the people outside. After the regiment had marched past, most of the Royal personages went by motor car to Madrid. The King and Princess remained at the palace. Ena's elother and brothers went to the British Em- bassy and. attended service at the Anglican chapel there. The King emit Princess heard another mass at the palace. Then, at noon, the President of the Council of Ministers arrived and discharged certain affairs of State, the Princess being present. Luncheon, fol- lowed after which the Ring and Ena went motoring. Bride's Act of Mercy. The Bret notable act of Princess Jena of liatteuberg since her arrival in Spain to become the bride of Ring Alfonso XIII. has been to induce the Ring to pardon Ferdinand Levera, who was condemned to death after an 'exciting trial. The dramatic circumstances under which the pardon (was given, as the condemned luau was going to the gallows, attracts wideepread attention and further eugnients the popularity of Princess Ena. Loma was to have been_ execs:led in the neighboring town of Badajos, but the population solicited Princess lena's intercession, and she spoke to the King, who con:suited with the Ministeo, and after a .Cabinet council the Governenent resolved to grant the request, as it was the first petition the Princess had made in Spain. The march to the etatioet was about to begin when a mesokser brought word of the pardon. Besititiful Wedding Dress. The wedding dress has attracted great interest in Spain, no it is truly it Span- ish produrl.., in fabric and finish, except -for the wonderful Brussels lace which has been troneht to adorn it. le was a fancy of the Ring end the Queen mother that the weeding dem shoulIt be made in Spain. The drese is, therefore, one of the speeiel presents from Lee King and is it marvel of elegance. The fsilk was manufacture(1 front a special pattern 10 orte of the large Spanish silk 'estab- lisinnents. It is made up with all the artistie skill of the court dreesmakere, The _silk is heavily overlaid with wonder- ful silver embroidery with eat Mlle of the fineet 11rneee1e lace, eald to have oest $50 it yard. Oraege blossoms are profusely mese with the silver embroid- eries end lees for the toreage, anti ey:en in dainty elneteles alone, the train, whin le four yards long. Aecording to Span- ish trailiti .115, the bride emet 1,,fterw.ir e present this wedding drew, to the Virgin de la Paloma, the popular protectress ef Maternity. CANADIAN ToLuntetrattaficatiZg,rants arrived in The Bell Telephone Oonapany has been granted a five years' franchise in Ber- lin, Out. Mr, Alfred Wilson, formerly commis. ssiaoiultezr.4f, at Toronto,eo. Company, died. on Ala, steamers will sail from Liver- pool, Quebec and Montreal hereafter on Friday instead of Thursday, The Woodstock Express, established as an independent paper, has decidee to support the Coneervative party. Caroline Blake, aged 10, a aseamstress at Toronto Junction, commited suicide b eturning on the gas in her bedroom. Mr. 3, C. Haggard has been appoint- ed bursar of the London Asylum, to fill the vacancy created by the death of the late Dr, Sippi. The Government has awarded the con.. tract for two new cottages at ihe I Iearno3o,:,1sol3rk e iAtinstyflouid,i,nto the Fisher Cern- 1)11117, I J. lf, Echlin and T. J. Dillon have been appointed sanitary inspectors under the act to prevent fraud in the manu. facture of butter and cheese. John Sharpe, aged about GO, was found dead hi bed at the Gladstone House, Toronto, yesterday. He was pyo. elector of the Empress Hotel in Graven- hurst. • CLASH BETWEEN EMPEROR AND PEOPLE The Czar Clings to the Idea That a Comprombe The three-year-old child of Milton Rowsome, a farmer residing between .Ath- ens and Charleston, near Brockville, was fatally scalded yesterday by the upset- ting of a pail of water. The body of Walter Bowen, who dis- appeared from his boarding house at 134 Duke street, Toronto, nearly a month ago, was found floating in the Toronto bay at the foot of Yong° street. Dr. Perdue, Dominion Veterinary in- spector, was called to the farm of I). V. Jones North Gosfield, Essex county, on Saturhay ±0 attend to an outbreak of hog cbolera. The herd was badly af- fected, and had to be slaughtered. The body of William Hart, the Trinity College student, who, in company with Ashley Moorhouse, was drowned off Mimic° on April 7th, was found yester- day afternoon floating in the lake about a mile from the shore, opposite Allude°. On Saturday at Peterson camp, news Ostersund, R few miles west of Kelton, Fred Dulner, sub -contractor, while wolls- ing with his team at! Renee-tracking, was overtaken by the At'entic metes's, runniug nine hours late, anl instantly knled. A Galt despatch says: The friends of George .A. Clare, M. P., will be sorry to learn that lie has been confined to his room at Ottawa for six weeks, suffering from R. nervous affection, and has been in bed for the past four weeks. Iris re- covery of health, it is expected, will be gradual from this on. Four employees of the Nut Company, Ingemoll, sustained a severe shock from lightning on Saturday afternoon. The lightning travelled down it water pipe in- to the building. H. J. Judd, who was working at a machine, was rendered un- conscious, while three other employees were almost dazed by the shock. The building was not damaged. The Canada Foundry Company, Tor- onto, has issued a writ for an injunction to restrain striking ironworkers at Port Arthur from interfering with their em- ployees, preventing or persuading °tiles from entering their employ, ane to re- strain them from boycotting those firms and dealers with whom the Canada. Foundry Compan ydo business. BRITISH AND FOREION- Canon leraitt, Principal of Bishop's Col- lege, Lennoxville, is dead. Greece has decided to break off diplo- made relations with Roumania. Santo Dominican revolutionists attack- ed Guayaubin, killing General Menge. In a fire at the Kubari colliery, on the Island of Hohkaido, Japan, 118 build- iiistgesds.vere destroyed, and nine miners per- hForster Boulton, M. P., has been ap- pointee prosecuting counsel to the post - office at the Central Criminal Court, et London, Eng. Since his recent illness, Sir Hector Langevin, according to his physicians, has almost completely lost his memory, and has become childlike in his ola. age. Dr. Charles Harriss Canadian com- poser, is in London, kis idyll Pan will be performednext month under the pat- ronage of the King for the first time in England. Lord Elgin is said to hetet decided to refer the whole questiea of reserving colonial legislation for the deeieion of the Imperial Government to the colonial conference. Yesterday the anniversary of the bat- tle of the Sea of Japan, the Japanese navy's re(1 letter day, was celebrated with brilliant festivities, which were graced by the presence of the Crowe Prince. Eastern mails bring iiess's of friction between the English merchants and the Japan:lee resulting from the dit- ficulty experienced by the former in ob- taining mess to themarkets of Man- churia. The steamers Etruria, from Liveryool, end Caledonia, from Glasgow, were in wireless communication with the station at Siasconet, Mass., when 100 miles off the Nantucket lightship at 4 a.m. They will probably dock this evening. A Seattle, Wash., despatch stays: Breaking all trans-Pacifie records for fast running, the Seattle & Oriental liner Dakota passed Cape Flattery at 6.45 o'clock yesterday. She made the run from Yokohama in nine days and eleven hours. This beats all former records by one day. Poing mistaken for a burglar, Archi- bald Doff, 63 years old, was shot in the abdomen ily bus son-in-law, M. A. Third, of Clairton, Pa., at his home shortly af- ter 1 o'elock yesterday morning, and, die(1 at the McKeesport General Hospital lest evening. At the ego of 87, end after a life of faithful toil, Edmund. Loneley, guislied educator and one of the foiled- ers of the Vinery and Henry College, with %Odell he wee eonnected for 65 years, died peaegully at his Immo at Glade Splines, Vit., .e.esterclay. "Do you know thet there are 800,000 people in the west who speak alien tongues, that every hundredth nutn in Winnipeg is an Arabian. and that every twelfth nutu io the three W041'0111 Pro. \ernes is a Claileienr said Rev. D. B. supeehitenjent of tile non - 'English laiseems of the Baptist Chere.h, in the course of an advise at the Young Men's .Club, Winnipeg, yesterdav• utter. noon. Between Them is Possible. The Peasants are Frantically Attached. to Parlia- ment and Will Obey its Rule. Various Plans Mooted to Avoid a Revolution in the Country. St. Petersburg, May 28.—Tbe peseie mini over the .outlook continues to grow. The Government as usual in ev- ery crisis seems to be hesitating as to which course to mune. The Emperor refuses to yield to the counsels of the court camarilla, but his attitude con - tinues to be negative and not affirm- . ative. He seems to cling to the idea that a compromise is still possible. Sev- eral official notes have been issued. deny- ing that the government intends to re- sort to force but at the same time there is no evidence that the Emperor is ready to yield to the demand for the suppres- sion of the present ministry with one from the majority in the lower Home of Parliament. The result is a virtual deadlock, the prolongation of which ean only serve to diminish the chances of it peaceful settlement. TWO pins for extricating the govern- ment without seeking the direct issue are suggested by the Emperor's moderate ad- visers. One is simply to allow the Low- er House to talk until the end of June, when the summer vacations will be eicheduled. The other is to dissolve par- liament and order it new election. 'eith- er course, in the opinion of the best judgee of the situation, however, will only increase the danger of an explo. seen in the country of the peasantry whose hopes Inc centered in parliament will undoubtedly be profoundly stirred by • the government's refit:4a to distant° the crown and church lands and to re- cognize the principle of the expropria- tion of private holdings, and many per- sons expect to see the destruction or their hopes followed by an immediate 43 -- rising agaiest the nobles. The eorres. pondent of the Associated Press hate talked with a number of landlords from variotie parts of the country who de- clare that the peasants are frantically attached to parliament and that between the dictum of the Emperor and of t tliey will oboy the authority the latter."' Teh revolutienery leaders and the protaleriat organizations of the cities are sure to profit bythe deadlock and the terroristic campaign is already in full swing. M. Shipoff, of Moscow, who last week was considered to be a possible compro- mise premier, is out with an interview declaring that after the action of the Lower House on Saturday he could. not accept the premiership. The only hope now of saving Russia from A revolution is 'the formation of it ministsy of eon - constitutional democrats, which would throw upon the dominant party in the Lower house the responsibility of fight- ing the extreme elements. Witte Goes Abroad, St. Petersburg, May 28. --Count Witte and his evilfe have gone abroad. After a brief visit to their daughter at Brussels they intend to take the baths in Ger- many. The count spoke in an exceed- ingly pessimistic vein, to friends before the left St. Petersburg, UNITED STATES RUNNER TELLS !IOW ilE LOST Bit MARATHON RACE. Arrival Home of the U. 5. Athletes—Great En- thusiasm of the Greeks at the Games. New York, May 28.—Just as the first streaks of dawn were reddening the skies in the morning the White Star liner Republic, with the home -coming team of American athletes which con- quered the world's best men of brawn at Athens, slipped past Sandy Hook. It was many hours later, however, before the steamship swung into the pier, where an anxious crowd of friends and relatives was waiting for extremely rough weather had been encountered. on the 22 and 23 of the month, and the ship was a day overdue. When seen aboard the Republic Mr. Sullivan was fairly bubbling over with enthusiasm at the universal interest dis- played at Athens for athletics, and said that it was impossible to describe the enormous crowds that watched the games. To the Greeks, lie said, the con- tests were in the nature of a religious festival, and. no one attended to busi- ness while they were going on. The ath- A POLITICAL TRIP. GOVERNMENT PARTY AND PRESS MEN OFF TO NEW ONTARIO. Toronto, May 28.—(Special)—A spe- cial train will leave Toronto to -night for the Northern Ontario districts, carrying the Government party and press repre- sentatives. One hundred and thirty per- sons, seventy of whom are members of the Legislature, will comprise the party. All members of the Cabinet, except Pre- mier Whitney and Hon. Mr. Rename, will go on the trip, and several judges and letes could scarcely understand the en- thusiasm after the customary blase at- titude of the average American crowd, and they were very much surprised. when they found that enough interest was shown to bring a tugload of admirers down the bay at so early an hour to greet them. "Billy" Frank, who finished third in the Marathon race, said he thought he would have done much better had Har- vey Cohn, who was his attendant, been able to keep up with him on the heart- breaking journey over the route to Athens. Cohn, who was on a bicycle, found more trouble in climbing the hills than did the sturdy Irish A. A. runner, and just at the critical moments when Frank was in dire need of water or stim- ulant he was unable to get it. The fast pace that he set for the first ten miles, when he was far in the lead, also aided in his undoing, for it took much of the Iedge off his speed. It was not the best of judgment, he said, but he was led to it because he was unacquainted with the abilities of his opponents. other prominent men will take it in. They go first to Cobalt: and then to the ` end of steel of the Temiskaming Northern Ontario Railway. In return- ing, Ilatchford and Haileybury will be I•isited. The object of the trip is to ac- quaint those who go with the conditions of the T. & N. 0. 11. and with the mining country. POLICEMAN SHOT. WAS WAITING WITH A PRISONER FOR THE PATROL WAGON. Philadelpia, May 28.—Slaymaker, it policeman in the "tenderloin" district, while attempting to make an arrest last night, was shot and probebaly fatally wounded by his prisoner, who says his name is John Maxwell and his home Pittsburg, Pa. Maxwell and a woman while in it Chinese restaurant were ac- cused of robbing a luau. A fight start- ed and Siaymaker was called in and arrested Maxwell and Iris companion. While waiting, for a patrol wagon Max- well drew a revolver from a pocket and shot the policemau through the lungs. The prisoner ran, but wits quickly cap- tured. When searchee at the station house a burglar's outfit was found. upon hint. GOLD1,VIN SMITH ILL. Was Unable to Give Address at Unitar- ian Church. Toronto, May 21--Golewin Smith Ime it eudden ef illness early Sunday morning, which prevente(1 his appearance in the pulpit at the Unitarian Church as had been annennevil. Dr. V, L. Geeeett said lase night that , his patient wee mon eeeier, and WaS el& to sit up -during the day. There WitS nothing. serious, he said. Adhere to Lansdowne Poky. toneon, May 27. ----Sir Mortimer Da - lane, Britieh AmbaFeador at Waelling. ton, Lae been Lore eonsultieg the new Coveenment oa relations between Great ene the Unitee etetes. Ire 'aid .that lute been it:stem:tee that the .lines a the Lauseowne pulley would be maintained in regard to questions be- tween -Camila and the United States. SLIDING INTO RIVER. OGILVIE ELEVATOR AT FORT WIL- LIAM IN DANGER. The Foundations Are Displaced—Hope of Saving 75 or Bo Per Cent. of the Grain—Loss Will Not Exceed $25o,- 000. Fort William, Ont., May 27. --The Ogilvie Company's grain elevator at this place, which was erected zone° two years ago, started to elide into the river about 0 o'clock last night, caused by the dis- placement of the pile foundation. The Canadian Pacific Railroad and the other eelvator e•ompanies promptly rendered all possible assistance, and men have been at work all day making arrange- ments for the reinovel of the grain, of which there is about 350,000 bushels, a P0011011 of whieh belongs to outside par- ties. At the moment, it looks as though 75 to 80 per cent. of the grain might he saved, as the bins are intact, and the total loss on grain and elevahor will not amount to more rthan $250,000. The elevator was designed and con- strueLed by the McDonald Engineering Co ..of Chicago. It was of fireproof steel and concrete on a pile foundation, which was driven to the rocks and was tested and loaded to its full capacity the past two seasons, and up to the time of the midden collapse it showed no signs of weakness. - - SCHOONER SANK. ONE SAILOR DROWNED, BUT SEVEN WERE RESCUED. Cleveland, Ohio, May 28.—Tossed by fierce storms that swept Lake Erie catty to -day the schooner Mabel Wilson sprang a leak and sank just outside the Cleve- land breakwater. One eager, whose name has net yet been learned, was drowned. Seven other members of the erew were rescued after a hard fight. The Mabel Wilson arrived off the har- bor shortly before daylight, and in re. :Tense to ber signals a tug went out and tried to bring her 'WSW the harbor, but Wits unable to handle her because of the heaver sea. The Fe -honor Wafs anchorea in the hope that she might ride the storm, but the waves Boon engulfed her. The Mabel Wilson was loaded with ore from nsettnaba, and was owned in De- troit. •••'• -Drowned at Dresden, Chatham, May 27. --Roy Shaw, Bon of Mrs. D. A. Warner, Dreseen, twelve yore - die, was drowned at the rear of Laird Bros.' hunbet yard on Friday evening. Rescue wan attempted by it younger lad, Willie Craig. but life was extinct when the body was taken from the water. Shaw could not swim.