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The Wingham Advance, 1907-07-04, Page 7RULING Of JUDGE I SIR. MORTIMER NOW. SETS LOVING FRE E., Chairman of Allan Lie ReSsivss I Knighthood-- GovernorsGenssil of Newfoundland, Chief Jus Ititz• patrick and Sir T, G. hau:Shue4SY I Are AU in the List, I London,. July 1. --.Tho King's birth - I day honors include the following: ; Baronetcy—Col. Ivor Herbert, ex - Major -General, Canada, Kiiighthood—Mr. Nathaneal Dunlop, Chairman of the Allan Isine. Order of L. Michael and St. George %Irma Cross—Sir William MacGregor, Governor of Newfoundland. Knight commander ---- lion. Charles Fitzpatrick. Companions - Mr. jainee Stewart Pitts, Newfoundland; Captain it, IL Anstruther, Royal Navy; Mr. Al- fred Melo Decellea mid Mr. Martin Joseph Griffin. Knight Bachelor — LieuteGovernor William Mortimer Clark and Mr. F. C. S. Langelier and Mr. Robert Gillespie Relit (in reeoguition of services to New- foundland. Victorian Order Knight Commander— Earl Dundonad tind Sir T. G. Shaugh- nessy. Sir Ivor John Herbert, Bart„ com- manded the Canadian local forces with the local rank of Major-General from 1890 to 189$. At Queen Victoria's jubilee commemoration In 1897 he was in command of the colouial troops. LIEUT.-GOV. ANIONG RECIKI:NTSGF Innocent Persons May be Shot Down by Drunk- en or Drink -Crazed Ruffians, 404.6 Ir....41,.<1.4.6.41•2411141,W Girl Carried Out to Sea by Heavy Bundle of Toy Balloons Tied to Her. \ , lfsss-sssss-s-s.e'',. 04fil / 6i.tissIgitt - ,..s. se ..es .sesessesf.44. i / ,. / , e .,-,,. • i /::/,:;;;;;":':;i17,:-.;;;'''. .....i:.7,N ...'-'-'4 s•••\ Is _ • sly s s. , p ,.t Tyfr /1 • ..., `,,l',./i , I" \:k,... • i : 441 r se. \t • assse."" :KP .$v ;zei41, .104.4.36415 *ma.. ••• •••., • MISS LOVING. Houston, Va., July 1.—Judge Barks- dale has as enlightened and judicial a mind as I have known, says Julian Haw- thorne, and yet a judge no less fair and judicial might have handed down a de - directly contrary to the one which Judge Barksdale has announced. He de- nied the demand of the commonwealth to introduce testimony to prove that the statements of Miss Loving and of her father were untrue. The decision was based on technical legal grounds,- famil- iar to lawyers, and lately illustrated in the Thaw case, which was quoted. Yet it is still open to ucetiou qwhether im- partial justice is secured by such a principle. The prisoner's safety is greatly en- hanced by it, but the foundation is laid for the assertion that in Virginia innocent persons may be shot down by drunken or drink -crazed ruffians, or by anyone else who lets a fancy for such acts, and then the only excuse that need be pleaded is that the killer has accepted some heaisay alai -seism as true. Of - course, no life is safe under such conditions and the law be- comes the accomplice of crime by ad- hering too rigidly to the letter of its own precepts and forgetting its super- ior duty towards the community as a whole. The judges decision, of course, re- moves the last chance that the com- monwealth or Estes' relatives had of punishing Loving for his crime. The jury can do nothing less than acquit him upon such a selection of the evi• deuce as has been allowed to come be. fore them. Whatever else is to occur in this trial will be more or less of a formal character, and cannot vitally affect the result. The commonwealth scorn to know when it is beaten and, fights its losing game with a pathetic semblance of good faith in the issue. At noon coun- sel on both sides declared their agrce- meat to examine no other witness than a few doctors on the question of san- ity, and the other witnesses in waiting were allowed to go home if they wanted to. Up in a Balloon. Chicago, July L—A. despatch to the !teem dsierald front Rockport, Texas, says: Minna. the two-year-old. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Moody, of Waco, was carried into the air yesterday by a bundle of toy balloons, which an Italian peddler on the verandah of the hotel tied around her waist, thinking to please her. Before the spectators could ret -over trent their surprise she Was wafted out trA sea' fifty feet in the air. A launch occupied (4eorge Munaffee, of Denver, was in the bay, and he came to the little girl's rescue. Firing at the bundle of balloons, he puncturea several of them, and she began to settle down- ward, finally landing safely twelve feet. from the water on the shore of St. Jo- seph's Island. BILLION DOLEAR OF U. S. AND CANADIAK BREWERIES. Grant's Spring Brewery Company and Other Can- adian Concerns Said to be hi It. Cincinnati„ Ohio, July 1.— (Special.)• - A gigantic beer merger is being organ- ized by James S. &alley, of Toledo, Ohio, who has just completed the nine million dollar merger of the St. Louis, Mo., breweries. Despatches from Toledo to -day state that Brailey has returned to that city, and is now at work on the general merger, with the ultimate eon- solidation of all the principal breweries in the United States and Canada into a billion dollar corporation as the end in view. Among the Canadian breweries Lthat are already listed for this stupen- slous combination are the Grant's Spring Mewing Company, Hamilton, Ont.; O'- Keefe and Cosgrove Brewing Company, Toronto; Rudolph & Beggs; St. Thom- as; Brading Brewing Company, Ottawa; Joseph Hamilton and Carling Brewing and. Malting Company, London; Wee - man Brewing and Malting Company, Guelph. At present these breweries that have consented to become a part of the trust will simply have a sort of work- ing agreement with the St. Louis com- bination, -which is the nucleus of the big merger. The consolidation of the Ohio breweries bas practically been effected and Brailey figures that it will be an easy neater to get the others in, two States nlreasly being in line. Cincinnati eapital will be the dominating factor in the million dollar corporation. Local brewers refinee to discuss the merger whieh is being worked out with a great deal of seereey. St, Louis, Jul t; has been i - chilly that a combination of nine independent breweries in St. Louis, Mo., East St. Louis and Granite City, Ill., has been formed. The papital stock of the concern will he $8,000,000. Henry Griesdick, of St. Louis, is to be President of the new company. GREAT PAGEANT. - OXFORD HISTORIC CELEBRATION SURPRISED MARK TWAIN. Oxford, Eng„ taly 1. ---Mark Twain yesterday was an interested spectator at the opening of the elaborate pageant illustrative of events in the history of Oxford. and the university, which occu- pied seven months in preparation, end In the rehearsal of which some three .thottsand performers engaged. The spectacle was favored by fine weather, and was pronounced the most brilliant and most effective of the kind ever held - per Chancellor Curium, with the menages; of the university in their official robes and Insignia, condneted the distinguished guests, including Mark Twain and Rud - yard Kipling, to the pageant grounds. I Sixteen scenes, illustrating a thousand 1 years of history, the arranging of which has been in the hands of Oxford's lest . seholars and 'writers, including Stanley Wyman, Lawrence Houseman and A. T. Quitter -Couch, formed a beautiful specta- cle of pictorial imaginative drama. Mark Twain said afterward: "It was beyond anything I had imagined. I never meant to journey over the sea again, except at my own funeral, but I would cross the Atlantie twice to see it.' KING SUPPORTS PREMIER, Fully Sanctions Repressive Measures Adopted at Portugal. London, July despatch from Lisbon to the Express saythat 1 rem- ier French's repressive measures seem to have the King's full sanetion. More than 230 polibicia prisoners are Meal. - (prated in various fortresses. It is stat,A that the Quaint has appealed to two foreign mulls to use their in - Hence with the King. The British Minister discussed the situation with Seidler Franca in a long interview Wednesday. The editor of one id the snppres,:ed Inie fled to Spain, He intends to publish his paper there and amuggle it into Portugal. BIRTHDAY HONORS. Who They Are. • The Knighthood bestowed on the Lieu- tenant-Clovernor of Ontario is a well - merited recognition of the dignified and efficient manner in which Sir Mortimer, as it is probable he will prefer to be called, has filled the office of Lieutenant - Governor. Sir Mortimer was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, seventy-one years ago, and was called to the Scottish bar fifty years ago. He came to Canada in 1850, was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1801, and practiced in this city until his appointment to the place of the Ring's Deputy in Ontario in April, 1903. The hours of leisure in a. very busy life have been devoted to the cause of educa- tion and charity. There is no citizen of Toronto, more worthy of the King's favor. Nathaniel Dunlop is one of the best known of Montreal's business men, and as chairman of the board -of directors of the Allan line has been brought into touch with transportation add mercantile interests the country over. Sir William MacGregor, K. C. M. C4., was born in Scotland in 1847. He has been Governor of Newfoundland since 1004. His career in the public service has been a long one. Hon. Charles Fitzpatrick, formerly Minister of Justice, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was born in Quebec in 1853. lie was admitted to the bar in 1870. He entered Provin- cial politics in 1890, and held his seat until 1896, when he entered Federal politics. He was Solicitor -General for a time, afterwards becoming Minister of Justice. Lie was elevated to the bench in 1006. Alfred Duclos De Cellos was born at St. Laurent, Que., Aug. 18, 1842, and is prominent as a French-Canadian jour- nalist, author and librarian. In 1880 he was appointed Assistant Librarian of Parliament at Ottawa, and five years litter General Librarian. Martin Joseph Griffin was born at St. John's, Nfld., in 1847. He practised at the bar and early in life wrote for the press. In 1874 he contested. Hatt- ie, as Conservative candidate for the Legislature. From 1881-5 he was editor of the Toronto Mail. In 1885 he was appointed Parliamentary Librarian at Ottawa. Hun. Francois Charles Langelier, K. o „was born at St. Rosalie, 0., 1838, called to bar 1861, and left. for Paris, where he qualified for a chair ia law faculty of Laval University. He was Mayor of Quebec 188.2, 1800, and after- wards member of the Quebec Legishil ture • In 1884 he entered the Rouse ot Commons. He was a member of the July Cabinet, Quebec, 1878-1880. Robert Gillespie Reid was born in Perthshire'Scotland. He went to Aus- tralia in 1865, and in 1871 came to Am- erica, superintending the building of the international bridge crossing the Niagara River, near Buffalo. he en- gaged in railway work all over the country, including the building of the C. P. B. on the north shore of Lake Superior, aud. the Lachine bridge. In 1800 he took a contract from the New- foundland Government for railway con- struction, and since then, with his sons, ha.s bcoome perhaps the most powerful figure in that colony in railway, lumber mid shipping, and other enterprises, hav- ing taken a inost important part hi that i.daud'a material benefits. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy Was born in Milwaukee in 185:3. Mitering upon a railway career in 1882, he 'assumed managemeet of the Cl, 1'. R., later or- cepting the Presidency. Ife was knight- ed in 1001. The decoration conferred on the Earl of Dundonald is the more .noteworthy following as it does his recent retire- ment from the Imperial army, through, as be announced, adverse political influ- tames arising from his conflict with the Canndian Government. 4 • SUSPECTED Of WIFE VIURDER. ONCE ASSISTANT RECTOR OF A CHICAGO CHURCH. Said to Have Been a "Man of Evil Re- pute"—Was Inhibited by the Bishop. Chicago, July 1. --Walter Swinberne Hancock, who is muter surveillanee in London, suspected of poirrouing las ale, was, during 1800, assistant wet Jr of Lt James Episcopal Church. one of the lead- ing churches of that deumnin Won here, and was inhibited by the late Bishop McLaren, upon charges preferred by Rev. James N. Stone, who is still reel n' of St. -Melee Church. Itaneoels ue to CH- -cage from St. John's, Nfld., and investi- gations made there by Bishop afeLaren showed hint to have been a "men of evil repute." -"The charges brought against Hanterk here," said Dr. Stone, last night, "were that be was given to consorting with lewd. women. They were never made pub- lic., but Bishop Metal en WAS convinced of his guilt. Being a British subject Den- emild not be deposed, and after his imbibition he dropped out of sight." Sillieus-- The good (Tootle that men do live after tisam Csmiens sloeis---011 tomb- stones. / ININTY.ONE YEARS AGO. What the C, P R tlas Grown to in That Time. Its Service Extends to Three Great Continents, It is One of the Greatest Landhold- ers in the World. Montreal despatch; It is just 21 years ago to -day that the Canadian Pacific Railway Couipanj"s transeentinental ser - rive was imingurated, in the intervening years, the einnpany has vade great etrides, and its progrecie and develop - meet have been so marvellous that it now ranks amongst the foremost of the world's great transportaidou eurpora- :ions The 4011 Of trick 1. th owneul has grown to over 13,000, and this is yearly being added to. Its operations, instead of beim, almost entirely confined to Canada, 118'1111-y were in 1880, have 'wen extends: I t i lti'-ope mid Ada, and it is 11011/ the pardonable boast of the company that Canadian Pacific Railway steamships and Canadian Pacifie Rail- way trains natio the half cireuie qi tlt globe, there being a regular service be- tween Liverpool and Hong Kong, and the distance is euvered in 29 1-2 days. `Ile annual earaings of a little over $10,- 000,000 twenty-one years ago have grown more than seven -fold, and the comparatively small battalion of em- ployees have so increased that they now number nearly 50,000, The operations of the company have broadened to include the housing and caring for the travelling public in hand- some hotels from New Brunswick to British Coluinpia, as well as the palatial steamships and trains. It has its own telegraph service and express company— just as it owns its luxurious sleeping and dining ears. It has been a prime factor in the development of western mining industries; it has large irrigation works in the west, it is one of the great- est land holders iii the world; and it is one of the patent immigration agencies whose efforts to people Canada have met with splendid, substantial results. The amazing growth of the Canadian Pacific may be indicated by a few statements which show how the equipment has been added to during the past twenty-one y 1880. 1907. Mileage ... 13,000 Locomotives ... . 372 1,212 First and second class passenger cars and col- onist anti baggage cars 30.1 1,178 Sleepers and diners ... 47 214 Parlor and official cars.. 27 53 Freight and cattle ears .8,253 39,987 Conductors' vans . 178 712 Boarding eal'8, etc. ... . 1,952 Steamships ... . • . 3 56 The number of passengers carried in 1886 was 1,899,311), and the tons of freight were 2,046,195. The returns for the year just closing are not available, but they will show a heavy increase over lnajost. tiyear's, when 7,733,323 passengers and 13,933,798 tons of freight were car - One transcontinental train six times a week met all the requirements of travel in those days. To -day there is a double daily transeontinental service—the Im- perial Limited'and the Atlantic and Pa- cific Expresses—the "Over Seas Mail" carrying the Oriental mails, anti next week here will be inangurated another fast trains the "Transcanada Limited," which willcross the continent in shorter time thee tiny train on any other ran hi America. It will be the fastest long- distance titan in the world. The time occupied between Montreal and the Peel- if:geo.coast will be nearly two days less by this new service than it was 21 years It is notieeable that the men at the heaa of the Canadian Pacific Railway to day were with scarcely an exception with the company at the inauguration of the transcontieental service. Sir William Van Horne, then Vice -President, is, after filling the Presidency, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Sir Thomas Shaugh- nessy, who was then Assistant General Manager, is now, as President, directing the policy of the company; Mr. D. Me - Nicoll, then general passenger agent for eastern lines, has become Vice -President with a seat on the Directorate; Mr. Wm. NVIiyte, then general superintendent ot the western division, is now Second 'ice-Presideat; Mr. I. G. Ogden, the aud- itor, is now Third Vice -President, hav- ing charge of financial matters; Mr. G. At Bosworth, then assistant freight traf- fic manager -for eastern lines, is now Fourth Viee-Preeident; Mr. Chas. Drink. water and Mr. Sutherland Taylor are re- speetively Seeretary and Treasurer, as they were 21 years ago. Mr. C. R. Hos- amen, from manager of the company's telegraphs, has become a Director, and there are many whose services date back before 1886 who now hold important positions. This loyalty and long service with all institution is remarkable, and it is evidently not unappreciated by the inanngemeut. A superannuation fund has been established, and, now amounting Id) over half a million dollars, has 184 pensioners on its list. Contrasting the Canadian Pacific Rail- way of to -day with what it was in 1886, Hie average Canadian will not need to be a jovial optimist to imagine what huge proportions it will assume in an- other twenty-one veers. To -day it is a Wonder Way, the All Red Line between the Mother Country and its depend - enema in Australasia and the Orient. The future will likely make it the All Red Route around the world. „ IN M T.-_.„,,..ORs ,,rRouBf.. One Arrested for Declaring That Premier Franco is Insane. Atadrid, Tnhy 1.—While the editor of the Portuguese newspaper, Omun- do, fled, to Bazajez to avoid- arrest and deportatiou from Portugal, Ids editor sollvague, Dr. Leito, was arrested for having published a pamphlet in which he tried to show that &Ifni. Franco, the Portuguese Prime Minister, is in- sane. SUICIDES WHILE INS Body of Peter Graham Found SalpettOed Froin Beni, Lindsay Despatch: Dr. Wood, money. of Lindsay,left for kirkfield to -day to investigate the facts of the finding of the body of Peter Orftham, It bachelor, U0 years of age, in his brother's barn, in the Township of Eldon, sucipended from a beam by a logging chain. The coroner devided an inquest to be nuneeessary, the condition pointing to Suieide whiletemporarily insane, WOMEN rIGHT WIPE GETS HOLD OF SOME HONEY-. ED LETTERS TO HER HUSBAND, Jamestown, N.Y., July 1.—Two wo- men, one of whont is well known in social eireles in this city, engaged in a fierce fight yesterday on Main street. Be- hind the encounter lies a story. It up - pears that John Stafford, one of the proprietors of the New Commercial House on First street, Juts had in hie. employ a woman. named Jennie joint - son. Last evening, it is said, Mrs. Stafford and the Johnson woman had tiOnle words, whereupon the former ac - vitae(' the latter of being intimate with her husband. It is reported that she also threatened to kill her. lesterday afternoon the two women mime face to face on Main street in Brooklyn Square, and Mrs. Stafford immediately attacked her rival, Miss Johneon fought back, and for several minutes the passers-by were treated to an exhibition of hair -pulling and claw- ing such as only enraged women can fiunish. Hair pins and other neces- sary and ornamental articles were soon strewn about on the sidewalk, and no hiubt other articles of apparel would have gone the same way had not Patrolman Nelson arrived at this june- Russ He sueceeded in separating the helligerents, but only after Melt dif- eulty. The women were taken -to police headquarters for street fighting, but were allowed to go. It is understood that the trouble re. suited from Mrs. Stafford finding a number of endearing letters that have passed between her husband and the Johnson woman. • • • LOCAL OPTION CONVENT ONS. Illumined Address Presented to Mr. F. S. Spence. Toronto despatch: Within the next two weks twelve conventions in support of local option will be held at various places in the Province, besides a num- ber of campaign meetings. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the On- tario branch of the Dominion Alliance was held yesterday, when there was some rearrangement of officers, made necessary by the death of the President, the late Mr. U. F. Marten The officers now are.: President, Joseph Gibson, In- gersoll; First Vice -President, Alex. Mills. Rev. G. (. Pidgeon was also elected a Vice -President. An illuminated address was also pre- sented to the late Secretary, Mr. F. S. Spence, who resigned over a month ago. The address mentioned the regret the Alliance felt at his resignation, and paid a high tribute to the work he has ac- complished during the past twenty-three years. COMET COMING ALONG. It Will Soon Be Visible With the Naked Eye. Ottawa, July 1.—The brightest comet seen in four years has just come to the notice of Mr. J. S. Plaskett who has charge of the big telescope at the Dom- inion Observatory. The wandering mem- ber of the solar system is approaching the sun, and is daily growing more bril- liant. At present the comet can -be seen through an opera glass in the early morning towards the southeast., and in a few weeks will probably be visible to the naked eye. It can easily be distin- guished from a star on account of its haziness and larger -diameter. The comet will increase in brightness till September, when it will be nearest the sun. -* GUELPH PASTOR HONORED. Rev. Dr. Henderson's Fifty Years' Mir- istry Celebrated. Guelph despatch: At the annual meet- ing of Norfolk Street Methodist Church test night Rev. Dr. Henderson, a former pastor was honored on the occasion of his fifty years' servee in the ministry. tie was presented with an address -and a Morris chair, and Mrs. Henderson with a silk umbrella. The doctor is a grad- uate of Victoria University, having ob- tained the degree of R A. in 1860, and of M. A. in 1808. The -same university conferred upon him the honorary degree of 1). D. in 1888. After spending forty- nine years in the active work of the min- istry -he retired a year ago and tiok up Ills residence in thus city. 4 o • IRISH TENANTS. Mr. BirrelPs Measure to Reinstate Evicted Tenants Introduced, London, July L—Mr. Eirrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, in intro - clueing the 'evicted tenants' bill in the House of Commous to -day, said: "Rain is falling pitilessly in the west of Ireland, the turf is rotting aud the seaweed used as manure is as wet as when taken from the sea. Sneli measure as this will lie taken by that population as it tokea of good feeling It will do much to bind up many a well nigh broken heart and in sem measure staunch bleeding wounds. There are two thousand tenants to be reinstated and tin) Government wants to make a clean job of it, and must acquire land compulsorily." •1 • STEAMER BURNED. Explosion of Lamp Started Fire in Engine Room. Smuilt Ste. Irene 'lime .stea- IleiseiCaltaelyTug Limme. was totally destroyed last night in mte of the first marine disasters of the sea. son at Copper Mine Point, fifty miles west of the "Soo," on the. Canadian side. At ten o'clock fire was discovered in the eegine-room, due it is said to the explosion of a lamp. The .flemes made rapid progress, compelling the engin- eers to make a hurried exit, leaving the engines in operation. The vessel was immediately turned to the shore one mile away and beached, the crew of fifteen men, under Capt. Jaws Ganley, all be- ing landed safely. They reached. the "Soo" this morning out the tug Sham - reek none. the W011410 ter the incident. PORTUGAL'S KING TO ABDICATE ? Report That He Will Hand Throne Over to His Brother. tondon, Jnly 1. --The 'Madrid corres- pondent of the Standerd says it is ru- mored there that King Carlos of ?ors hint is determined to King in favor of the Duke of Oporto, his brother. It is probable that martial law will be pro- claimed. The Mains Madrhl eorrespontint says it is rumored that the Ring will retire in favor of the Crown Priem. the- Dtike of liragama. adding that the rumor is not getter:111y credited in view of the tact net the Crown Prince the Portuguese has gone on a tour African Monies, BODY IN A COAL BIN. The Victirn%of an Atrocious Assault Murdered and Thrown Into Cellar. New York, uly 1. --Eight-year-old Vio- let Boylan, who had been missing limn her home in -Second avenue, since last Monday, was the victiimi of an atrocious assault, Iler body, horribly mutilated, was found lit a• coal bin in the cellar of Item- home to -day. She had been dead for many hours. No arrests have been yet made, but the police are searthing for two young Italians who, they have been informed, were seen trying to entice the child to enter a cellar with them severe' days ago. The disappearance of the child was re- ported to the police last Monday and since that time the waole neighborhood has been searched. No trace of her was found, however, until to -day when one of the occupants of the tenement house Nvbere the ehild lived stumbled on the body by accident, He had gone to the cellar for wood and in the dim light got into the wrong bin. The little body was found lyiug in a corner and it was apparent thats she had been dead some time. When the coroner came he found that the child had been strangled and Lice condition of her clothing and body told plainly of the brutality of the crime of which she had, been the victim. Took Friendly Drink of Reim Rochester, N. Y., June 27. --Peter and David Mord, of 3,717 Warren street, Philadelphia, en route to Geneva, New York, on the Black Diamond Express last night, accepted a drink of whiskey from Leo. E. Bang, who boarded, the train at Wilkeabarre. The three men finished the bottle and Ring produced a second one. Peter nand took the first drink out of it, when King discovered that he had given Morad a bottle cons tabling cyanide of 'potassium. Morad im- mediately collapsed and when the train reached Geneva was hurried to the hos- pital, where he died in a few hours. Ring was arrested at Geneva, At the station he said he had secured the poi- gOn for himself, that he intended to end his life on account of family 'troubles. He said.that he was a. screw machine op- erator and had worked for the Adder Ma- chine Co., in Detroit, until the concern removed to Kingston, Pa., and had since that tinie acted as foreman for the com- pany. lie said that his age is 29 yeam and his mother is living in Rockford, In his, satchel was found a loaded revol- ver and a photograph of himsef on which was inscribed "In ease of accident in- form Mrs. H. King, 1120 Green street, Rickford, TM" MRS. RUSSELL SAGE PAYS BIGGEST TAX ON PROPERTY. John D. Rockefeller Assessed by the State Tax Board on Basis of $3,000,000. New York, ully L—Notwithstand- hug the large increase in the general fund this year, and an unusual advance in the assessed value of special fran- chises by the State Tax Board, there will be a slight increase in the rate in Newyork city this year over 1906. The tax rate in New York County last year was $1,4780 on each $100. -This year experts in the finance department estimate that it will be about $1.479 on each $100. It was learned to -day that the assess- ed value of real estate in the city this year will be about $6,223,487,245. It is expected that taxes will be col- lected on $550,000,000 of personal pro- perty. Mrs. Russell Sage will be the largest taxpayer in the city this year, as she has been assessed upon $7,358,000. Of this, $5,000,000 is against personal pro- perty controlled by her, $2,238,000 against the estate of Russell Sage and $300,000 against her residence. She will pay the city about $17,000 in taxes. Andrew Carnegie, who is second on the list, will pay a tax of about $10,700 on' his total assessment of $7,300,000, of which $5,000,000 is assessed personal property and $2,500,000 against his Fifth avenue mansion. John D. Rockefeller will pay about $6,000 on his assessment of $3,050,000 with Charles M. Schwab and William A. Clark -c- paying about the same amount on assessments of $2,775,000 and $2,500,000 respectively. A MASSACRE Of ARMENIANS MUCH FIGHTING BETWEEN MUS. SULMANS AND ARMENIANS. Russian Troops Strengthened on Fron- tier—Preventing Migration of Re- fugees—To Impress Turkish Govern- ment. Tiflis, Trans-Cauctisia, July 1.— On account of the anarchical conditions of Bitlis, Turkish Armenia, where much fighting between Mussnlmans and Ar- menians has occurred, the Russian troops on the Turkish frontier have lesin twat,- ly strengthened in order to previt tie t ransmigra t ion of skrmenian 11: and a spread of the agitation to Russ'an territory, and also for the moral sffeet of the movement on the Turkish Gov- ernment. A repetition of the big .S.i- menian massacres of 1906, when thous- ands of Armenian refugees crossed time frontier and settled in Southsen Cau- casus, is feared. The Russian Gevern- meet first encouraged the movement as a valuable industrial and civilizing fee - tor, but later it felt obliged to prohibit immigration, asserting that the lapel occupation of Tartar lands by colonists was responsible for the Armenian -Tar- tar racial warfare, which has since per- iodically drenched Southern Caucasus with blood. DON'T SPIT. An Anti -Spitting Crusade Begun in Pittsburg. Puittsburg. July 1.—A crusade for the enforcement of the anti -spitting ordi- nance has been begun by the health authorities. lineked by the police depart- ment, with the result that dozens of men and one or two women were placed under arrest yesterday in the business section of the city for expectorating on the sidewalks. Among the first victims of the crusade was J. IV. Pontefract, pnrehasing agent of the Carnegie Steel Company. With the other offenders he was arraigned before Magistrate Brady and fined $1. Large signs have been plawed in the clown -town streets warn- ing spitters against breaking the law. 4' • THREE WERE PARALYZED. Effect of Lightning in a House at Upper Gagetown, N. B. St. John, N. B., July 1.— Word comes from up the St. John River that in a heavy electrical -storm yesterday lightning passed down the chimney of Wm. Cooper's house fit Upper Gage- town, and through the kitelien stove. Mrs. Cooper and her daughter, sittiug nearby, were both paralyzed by the lightning and Mr. Cooper lost the power -of the lower part of his body so that lie could not go for assistance. A relative from St. John luippened to arrive while the storm Wild in progrese, and found the family in this sad plight He bad it doctor summoned, but at last reports there had been little improve- ment, The stove was shattered anti other damage done. pi - - His Courage Proved. They were Just coming cot of Wynd- ham's theatre after seeing. a performaete of that most laughable play, "Wilco Knights Were Bold." "0, George." sigh - lid erge. "Haven't agreed to many Soi anl; you were one of the old time knights, so that you eouId do something brave to stow your kaes for me," d me only getting £3 0 , week 2 ---at. T ..11:e!tthe romantic maiden, "how T wish , "What more do you want I" rtskea A BROKEN IDOL. 1/1-424CELIN ALBERT TOOK MONEY FROM CLE1VIENCEAIL lit Was Only for Railway Fare, But His Followers Cry, "Give It Back; We Don't Want Alms"—He Sent It Back. Narbonne„hily 1.—After the publi- declarations made yesterday afternoon at .Argelliers, ne may presumably write "here endeth the history of Marcellin Albert as supreme chief of wine culti- vators," for if his influence is not yet destroyed it ie badly ehaken as one of the results of his interview with M. Cle- menceau. He delivered his speech from the roof terrace or it little (sae which he owns, some eight hundred or a thousand peo- ple, vineyard. proprietors and peasants, from the vicinity assembling in the open square to listen to what in reality am- ounted to a justification of his visit to Paris and the President of the Minister- ial Council. In substance he declared that he went to. Paris to avert further bloodshed, and intended to go to the Chamber of Depu- ties to give himself up, but he was dis- suaded front this project by friends of the movement, who also advised him to see M. Clemenceau. In jerky sentences and with certain homely eloquenee, he told how he en- tered the 31inietry of Interior—valise in hand and overcoat on arm, "just as 1 would go into my own Louse. Ile sketched rapidly points of his con- versation with M. Clemenceau, who de- clared energetically, "il taut que force recta a la mi," and said that the GOV. eminent wouid not yield an ineh until the reealeitant municipal authorities returned to the -path of legality and order, and finally counselled him to go hack to the south and aid in the cause of pacification. M. Albert then made the admission that he met with a decidedly icy recep- tion. He remarked that If. Olemenceau ld.t aioblvainoliliiiiem 100 francs for railway fareitt Murmurs that followed this avowal and cries of "II Sant ha renvoyer l'Ar- gent," "Nous nes voulone pas de son an - atone,". revealed with unmistakable clearness the general dissatisfaction it Iced aroused. After that damaging ad- miesiou further remarks were almost useless, ned, though applause broke out at the end of the speech, it was scattered and half-hearted. It was manifest, in short, that IL Clemenceau hilA WO7I the first heat and that the Government lure gained time, VAilli;h presumatily means ultimate vie. to Money Returned to Clemenceau. Paris, July 1,—M. Albert to -day ;save himself up to the authorities at most Pellier. He received a elliiiy Te. eepti011 from crowds at Narbonne. His comrades of the committee of Argelliers have from their pricion.tunied a etate- meet repudiating him and declaring for a 00/affiliation of the eivil strike, Later M. Albert sent this letter to M. Cie- meneen: "In two -or three days you will have proof that I kept my prom- ise. Enclop.ed find, the 100 francs .you loaned me, for which accept may thanks. As agreed, I have surrendered myself to the authorities." 'The Government now apparently is quite as Melt concerned about the in- subordinate epi -it manifested ening, troops a.s the attitude of the wine- growers. for in spite of the efforts to minimiee them, new incidents showing the lack of discipline in the army are Oeenninft daily. The former mutineers of the Pour - I ecath llegiment to -day lenarked al Villo Franeho for Mot, Tunis.