The Wingham Advance, 1907-08-01, Page 7NINE YOUNG MEN
DROWNED IN LAC
Awful Fate of Toronto Junction Lad $ inl a
Gasoline Launch,
Only One Survivor of a Party of Ten Left to
Tell the Dread Story.
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TIIE DROWNED.
JOSEPH IRWIN, aged 20, 08 Que-
bec avenue.
JOHN IRVINE, aged 19, 73 Clan-
denan avenue.
WALTER H. DUNDIN, aged ao, 88
Quebec avenue,
FRANK KYLE, aged 20, 19 Union
street.
LEONARD DALY, aged 25, 49 On-
tario street.
FRANK DALY, aged 20, 49 Ontario
street.
DORSON NIERRGANG, aged 22,
82 Hoskin avenue.
GORDON LAROCHE, aged 20, 143
Vine street.
REGINALD MILLER, aged 23, 39
Ciendenan avenue.
The only survivor;
GEORGE SHIELDS, aged 19, 45
Van Horne street.
By the capsizing of a gasoline launch
on Humber Bay at an early hour yester-
day morning nine bright young Brame
were lost. Of a merry party of ten
young men, all residents of Toronto
Junction, only one is left to tell of
the appalling tragedy, Events crowded
so quickly upon this lone survivor that
he is yet at a lose to account for all
the details. George Shield, 49 Van
Horne avenue, Toronto Junction, the
only one to come through alive, was
washed ashore, and with difficulty
reached his home. The remains of
Walter H. Dundin were found beside
the unfortunate craft on the beach at
daybreak, and grappling irons brought
the bodies of John Irvine and Joseph
Irwin to the surface during the after-
noon. Six dead men lay beneath the
waters last evening, while searchers in
yachts moved to and fro and heart-
broken relatives and friends watched
from the land.
An. 18 -Foot Launch With Ten Occupants.
The Dalvine was an le -foot launch,
and belonged to Leonard Daly, who, with
his brother, Frank Daly, tool: the party
out. From their mooring in the Humber
River they set out for Hankie's Point
eert shortly after 9 &clock. There were on
board the Daly brothers, Walter Dundin,
John Irvine, Joseph Irwin, Frank Kyle,
Reginald Miller, Gordon Larocque, Daw-
son Niehrgang and George Shields, the
survivor. Although the little craft was
not intended to carry as many as ten,
they crowded in, and the journey to the
Point was made over smooth water with-
out a, mishap. The party remained until
12 o'clock, and as they were about to
start for home it began to rain, and, as
it was only a light sprinkle,. they waited
to see if it would stop. At 12,30 the
clouds lifted and they started out. All
went well for nearly three-quarters of
the journey. As they sped along iu the
darkness they enlivened their homeward
Way with merry mines and laughter.
Past Sunnyside they strike), oblivious
of any impending danger. Suddenly the
dark clouds gathered aperin, and flashes
of lightning, follawed by sharp peals of
thunder, warned them of the approach
of a storm. Almost before they had
time to make things secure the rain
broke upon them, and the seas dashed
over the heavily crowded launch. The
engine stopped, and before the occupants
could find out what was the matter
sewith it the boat swung around into the
Ytrough of the seas. The waves swept
over them with increasing fury, and
their singing changed to cries for help
as they were swept into the icy water.
.What happened after that no one will
ever know. Shields says he heard. some -
eine cry, "Hang to the boat," but it was
pitch dark, and he could see nothing.
The storm redoubled its force, end the
frail shell became the plaything of the
breakers.
As late as 10 minutes to 2 o'clock the
singing was heard by Police Constable
Lewis, of the Part:date Station who was
patrolling his beat along the Lake Shore
road. He could also hear the quick bat
of the engine between the lulls in the
wind and the noise of the thunder. Sud-
denly the singing changed to cries for
help. The constable peered into the dark-
ness, but could see or hear nothing more.
Re waited about for sonic time, and
went on to the police station, where he
Made a report. C. C. Pressley, night-
watchman at the Toronto Bolt Works,
whieh is only a short distance from the
_Idiom, heard cries up till nearly 3 o'clock,
as there is a great deal of yelling
and shouting from the launches in the
bay at night, he thought nothing of it.
Capsized Boat Found by Police on Shore.
Police Constable Robinson, who took
Lewis' place at 4 o'clock, was Winn/tea
to watch along the shore. As he patrol-
led the beach, about 5.30 o'clock he came
upon the eapsimed launch near a clump
of wino" about 50 yards from where
the Grenadier Pone skirts the opposite
side of the road, ('lose beside it was
the body of Walter Dundee Robinson
notified the station, and the remains
were removed to the City Morgue in e
patrol wagon. In making a further
search, the eonstable noticed a coat
floating some distance out in the lake,
and when it Virtts recovered it proved to
he that of Joseph Irwin, the young sou
of Councillor Irwite of Toronto Junction.
"Hang on to the Boat."
Because of the inky darkness it will
weer exactly be known what happened
them. The one survivor thinks that
at least seven were able to rawl back
to the boat, where they hung for their
lives. "Hang on to the boat." This was
the heroic command of "Stout.Irvine
.eee to his comrades. Little else was said.
y In the inky darkness the seven young
chaps clung to that slippery keel. 'Waves
dashed over them, the boat was tossed
hither and thither, Your of them were
Washed may almost at the same thine
Ihree of them, Shields, Minder and tm
wine, remained in their perilous position.
Within about one hundred yards of the
elbore Irvine relaxed his grasp and sank
'The herculean efforts of Dundin availed
1 him little, for his dead body lay beside
the boat ye.terday morning.
The Lone Survivor's Story.
Dazed anil with but a faint recollec-
tion of what had happened, George
Shields was seen by a reporter yester-
day morning. In the afternoon he was
driven to the shore rarest of Sunnyside,
where he did his utmost; to point out to
the searchers in heats the actual course
taken by the ill-fated. Dalvine. He was
then able to relate something of the
night's terrible tale.
"We left the Island about 12.30
o'clock," he said. "All seemed to go
well until about 1,15 o'elk in the
morning. Then the engine stopped, We
swamped shortly after that and we
were all washed off the boat. Six or
seven mileage" to cling to the bottom of
the vessel. I heard Irvine sing out:
Hang on to the botteme but I think
three of theni never reached us at all.
Perhaps they tried to swim ashore. It
was so dark we could net see. I could
not tell for certain those that were
hanging on. In the next few minutes
'four more must have been washed away.
As for myself, I know I lost my grip
several times, but was always fortu-
nate enough to get back, At any rate, 1
touched bottom after a while and stag-
gered to the shore.
"I was completely done out, but I
remember leaning against a fence for a
rest. I saw no person, and did not
even see the boat. Then I walked into
High Park, where I lay down and rest-
ed. I was exhausted when I got home.
I cannot mulerstand why all the boys
went down, because most of them were
good swimmers."
Shields, who is only nineteen years
of age, wore evidences of his night's
experience. His arms and chest were
bailey bruised. and he had barely recov-
ered sufficient strength to walk. In
the morning he refused to believe that
all hie companions had gone to their
deaths, aed, in fact, he was inclined to
think they had gone away and left him
alone to battle with the waves. HO
was most distressed when Ire learned
the truth of the disaster, while his =-
timer was overjoyed at the fact of her
son having escaped so dire a fate.
Thorough Inquiry to be Made.
Coroner J. E. Elliott opened an in-
quest on the body of Walter J. Dundin,
one of the victims, yesterday afternoon
at the morgue, After the jury viewed
the remains an adjournment was made
till next Thursday night at 8 o'clock at
the City Hall. Addressing the jury,
Coroner Elliott said that in view of the
ninny accidents with gasoline boats, it
was important that the disaster should
be thoroughly investigated. "It is my
intention," continued the coroner, "to
go into this thing very fully and ascer-
tain if possible of the people who own
gaeoline launches, apart from those en-
gaged in the briefness, are capable of
handling them, or if they are aware of
the carrying capacity of their boats."
Launch Not Balanced.
About 12.30, after the first squall.
Woods. and P. C. Burnie, night con-
stable at the island, saw the boys in
the picnic pavilion. He told them that
the rain had stopped and they would
have to be moving ore 'two of the
boys came out and called omit, "Come
on, fellows, the weather's fine." They
all went oVer to the south promenade.
near the new swimming club, where
the launch Wm tied.
There was en Mob or so of water
in the boat, which they pumped out.
Reg. Miller held the rope while the
rest of the boys got in. The boat was
not balanced properly, and P. C. Burnie
mentioned this to the boys.
The lad who was running the en-
gine said it would be all right \thee
they started, as he would sit on the
side. It took some time to get the en-
gine started, They got away at 12,50
and Woods gave them a shove off.
Abate: 100 yards from the shore the
engine stopped for a half minute or
so, but they were soon heading for the
western gap, giving their Junction las
erosse yell.
Seeing a Friend Away.
The real reason of the outing that
lied such a sad ending was the depar-
ture of George Careen of Medlanel street,
Toronto .Junction, for Vancouver. He
and Colin Campbell, of Quebec avenue,
at the Junction, were with the party
at first, all eailiug from Suimpride. Two
of the party had taken the naively from
her moorings in the Humber and Sail-
ed her as far as Sunuyside. where they
were joined by the remainder. Before
leading the bay two gallons of gasoline
was talon on board.
"We do not intenul to be out long,"
said one of the occupants of the DaIvine
to a boatman. The boat worked
splendidly during the first voyage and
Comm and Campbell were landed in
the city to e»able the former to
catch his train. Then the other ten
proceeded to the Island in the boat.
They were at Hanhuee Point during
the severe thunderstorm which raged
about midnight. With never a thought
of impenraling danger they set Out for
the Humbe.
Boat Was Overloaded,
It. is an unhappy truth I hat the little
Dalvine Was everloinied. She was made
in the 3unetiou last spring, by bends
unskilled in shipbuilding, and, while a
stanch enough craft, marine men de-
clared yesterday she was not capable
of carrying maw/ people with safety.
Comm man who claims to he an expert
volu»teered the opinion that the von-
seWaA top-heavy. The Dalviue is
eigliteen feet long, and tarried a two -
horsepower engine, There is stating
eapaeity for about six pereons, hut it
is a mystery as to bow a dowm evolvd.
ed into her. Ten pensons ma ailmit-
tedly ton many for the boat's capacity.
As the boat lay drawn up besiae one
of the Humber boatlioneee yesterday she
was aim object of enriosity foe linn.
diedA. By overarming the engine
hatteriee had fallen out, and it was
uotieed that the spat* plug was dee
emineetea, The theory was advarwee
that the eutrent may terve lean broken
eff aceidenbilly before the boat swamp-
ed, thus emsber ihe engine to stele
The Dalvine is supplied with a ter -o-
bit -tee propeller, Oiler icr Melt too
AIME for her to mate headway against
-1 'heavy sea.
Something Abut the Victims.
Walter H. Dundin, who was still in
{his 'teens, Was a yardman in the 0
R. yards at the Junction, where hi
father has been employed for upwards o
twenty 'years. Deceased • had worked
there about a year and WO•3 preParing
himself to enter another branch
railroading. He was to have been lid
tinted in the Brotherhod of Trainmen'A
Union at the next meeting. lie Waa a
well-behaved young man and was an all
around favorite with his comrades in the
yards. "It was my son's first experience
in a small boat," said Mrs. Duralin, hisw
mother, "and it brought with it sorro
that hoe east a gloom over our home'
Dorso Niehrgaug, a German, has
from Painters/ton, whereles parents re.
side, lie came to the city about a yeal
ago to work in time C. P. 11. yards at
the Junetion. For the past month he
had been boarding at 82 Hoskin avenue.
Nielagaeg had ilbs right hand injured
about a week ago and was unable to
work, He was arranging to go. home
until lie WaS able to reenme his duties,
and anticipated leaving for Palmerston
early next week, lie wile a member of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and was affiliated with the I. 0, F. at
Palmerston,
Reginald Miller, who lived with his
Parents at 39 Clendenan avenue, also
worked. at the 0. P. R. shops, and was
well known in athletic circles at the
Junction. When Ms mother was told of
his sad fate she was prostrated with
grief. Miller was a painter at the rail-
way shops, and had worked there about
a year. Before leaving home on Thurs-
day night he told his mother that he
was going to the Union Station with
several other young men to see George
Carson, a friend, leave on the midnight
train for Vancouver.
Joseph Irwin was the third son of
Councillor Irwin, and was one of the
most widely known young men in the
Junction. He was a bricklayer by trade,
and would have started to work yester-
day on the new addition being built to
the Annette Street School, which work
is being done by his father.. He was
well known 48 one of the strongest play-
ers on the Shamrock junior lacrosse
team, having played on the team for the
past two year's, and was hopeful of get-
ting a place on one of the big teams in
the senior league. He attended St.
John's Anglican Church.
Frank Kyle had been almost four
years in the 0. P. 11. machine shop, and
would have finished his apprenticeship
ilext September. He was a member of
Lime different athletic clubs at the Junc-
tion, and had been officiating as umpire
this year in the Manufacturers' Baseball
League.
Hugh Kyle, the father, is the C. P. a.
engineer who was in the fatal train
wreck at Myrtle some months ago, when
several passengers were killed.
There was a pitiful scene at the home
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of Cordon Laroche who lived with hie '
'parents at 143 Vine street. His mother
was prostrated with grief, and anxiously
awaited news concerning the search for
the hotly. :Her soil was employed as a
piano worker at Heintzman's works at
the Junction, and playedson the senior
8haniroek huresse team.
John Irvine was aa only son, and lived
with his parents at 75 Clendenan avenue,
and was a machinist in the employ of
the Morris -Fairbanks Company, lie was
better known as "Stout" Irvine, arid
was a companion of Joseph Irwin, who
met the same fate. He was born in To -
winter Junction,. and took an active inter-
est in trades unionism. For the past two
months he has beea on strike, and had
anticipated taking a position in another
firm that had agreed to accede to the
demands of the strikers.
Leonard and Frank Daly, aged 25 and
20 years, respectively, lived with two
brothers and two sisters at 49 Ontario
street, a comfortable home, which the
children had kept together after the
death of their parents. There are five
other brothers, who reside in diffefent
parts of Canada. Leonard worked at the
Dodge Menufacturing Company's works,
turd Frank was an apprentice to the ma-
chine trade at the C. P. R. shops, The
surviving members of the family living
at home were no overcome with grief
that they could not be seen.
Eight Previous Drownings.
Between June 19 and .Tuly 22 of this
year the following terrible toll of 'human
life hes been exacted by the waters in
and about Toronto: ,Tune 19, Benjamin
Bucket ; 22, Emerson Wickelit ; July
1, Thomas Gilbert; July 7, Wilfrid Pol-
lard; July 8, Ernest Scott; July 18,
W..1. Ohara; July 22, Irene Levee and
W. (1, It Armstrong, a total of eight in
a little over a month.
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PREFERS GUILLOTINE
FRENCH MURDERER PROTESTS
AGAINST ITS ABOLITION,
Wants No Half Measures—Must Either
be Set Free or Put to Death— De-
clares That the President Has No
Right to Commute His Sentence.
Paris, lefty 29.—The latest protest
?widest the abolition of capital punish -
went conies from an unexpected quar-
ter, "Let messieurs the murderers be-
gin," said Alfonso Karr, when asked for
his opinem on the question. They
have not begun yet, but one of them, a
Frenchman imened Mesdagh, expresses
streng views in favor of the capital
penalty, and his opinion has all the more
weight because he has just been con-
demned to death himself. The French
president, actieg in accordance with the
resolution of Parliament, to bring in a
bill for abolishing supreme punishment,
has reprieved eIesdagh, who will undergo
instead transportation for life. "Now
this is absurd," said the murderer, when
lie WAS told. "I was convicted of the
murder of a woman. Either I tun guilty
or I am not. If I ane I should be guie
lotined. I insist on being guillotined, If
I nun not guilty, I should be set free. 1
will not put up with half measures. M.
Fallieree has no right to prevent my head
icing cut off if he thinks me guilty. If
innocent, he lies no right to have rue
transported, and I am going to write
to write to tell him so," Meade& huts
written to el, Eallieres to that effect.
He is probably well aware that Ile will
not be taken at his word. But, if he is
sineere, then abolitionists have a new
argument to put forwent. This murderer,
at all events, prefers the guillotine to a
life entente/.
THE BIGGEST YET.
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i PRINCESS HENRY OFFICIATES AT
I LAUNCHING OF BELLEROPHON.
I• Portsmouth, Jelly 29.—The battleship
Belleroplem, another Dreadnought, Was
lannehed here this afternoon, by Prin-
eess Henry of Bettenberg. The mew war-
ship has a tonnage of 18010 which le
700 more than the Dreallnouglit, and 'he
embodies it number of improvements
gairied as it result of the Dreadnought
Wale,
The Teineraire, the third ship of this
(lase, will be launched the latter part ef
August.
PRIESTS HURLED
BRICKS ON MOB.
FIERCE RIOTING IN SICILY STILL
CONTINUES,
Cardinal's Palace Stormed—Windows
Were Wrecked, and Commander of
Carbineers Refused to Disperse Mob,
Rome, duly 20,—The concession by
wilich ex -Minister Nasi, who is chug -
cal with the embezzlement of $500,000
from time State Tecasury, is allowed. to
be Imprisoned in his own house instead
of in jail has not appeased his ympa-
thizere in Sicily, end 'the disorders there
continue,
There was a riot at Messina, mil a
mob cut off the public lights, damaged
property and Stoned the earbincers, A
party landed front the warship Said-
egua eventually quellecl the disorders.
Tirty pensone were wounded,.
Simultaneously there woe it furious
outbreak at Reggio di Calabria, The
rioters stormed the Cardin:tee palate:
and wreeked all the windows, Car -
Leal Portonova appealed to the com-
mander of the carbineers to disperse
the mob, lea he pleaded inebility for
want of reinforcements, The priests
and seiner/11.1:aq thereupon ascended the
roof of the palace and buried bricks
and tiles at the head's of the attackers,
The mob then reseemi to seize the
Liberal Club, but their volleys of
stones were answered with such a
shower of :emirs, tables, billiard belle
and champagne bottles that tbey had
to hastily retreat. The visitoes at the
clue were not Mira although an upper
room was perforated by Pistol shots.
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BRITISH RIFLEMEN.
COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM WHICH
WILL VISIT CANADA.
An Ottawa despateh: According to ad-
vices received by the D. R. A„ the
following is the team of riflemen which
has been selected to represent threat
Britain in the forthcoming tour to Can-
ada and Australia: Arm-Sergt. A. J.
Col. J. H. Cowan, R, E.; Q.M.S. J. S.
Fraser, 1st Bauff Artillery; Lance-
Corpl, A. .1. Fulton, lath Middlesex
Rifles; Arm-Sergt, A. Lawrence, 1st
Dumbarton Rifles; Arine8erge G. Me.
Herne, Galloway Rifles; Ann-8ergt.
N. Martin, 50th V. 11, H. L, I.; Serge II.
thmuundsen, Queen's Edinburgh; Lieut.
E. L. Parnell, 211(1 V. B. South Middle-
sex; Warrant Officer A. Raven, Roy-
al Navy; Pte, H. Robinson, 51.1i Man-
chester Regi.; Serge W. Tatlow, 2nd
Warwickshire Itegte Major le If. Var-
1L.A.C.; Serge -Major J. A. Walling-
ford, School of Musketry, A tt imbed tor
Canada only: Lieut. J. 'I'. Peddle, L. It,
B.; Capt. IV. E. Stephenson, 2nd North-
umberland Fuoiliers. Col. ,T, Hopton, late
of the Highland .Liligt Infantry, will be
commandant of the team. Major P. W.
Riehardeon, 9lmdl Northumberlaud Fusil-
iers, will be the shooting captain, and
Capt. Lengford Lloyd, N.8.0., R.A.M.0„
will be adjutant.
In connectim ravith the Palma Trophy
match Col. Rogers offers two large
moose heads and a deer head to the
visiting teams. The highest individual
scorer -on the winning team other than
°amide will have first choice, the second
other than Canada, second choice, and
the third, third deice, should so many
teams compete.
ATTACK CHILDREN.
SERIES OF BESTIAL CRIMES IN
NEW YORK.
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Police Commissioner Explains That His
Force is Insufficient to Cope With
the Outbreak—Girl Driven Insane by
Inhuman Treatment.
New York, July 20.—To the
series of uepuniseed. crimes against.
ehildren and piing; girls which of late
luave exasperated -and seared parents in
outlying districts were added to -day tile
eases of Virginia Bat -hilt, 17 years of age,
and Annie Falkoweke, five years of
age.
8o notorious have the eases of crimin-
al assault become, amounting in two
recent instances to murder, that Police
Commissioner Bingham has been driven
II) explain that his force of policemen
le insufficient to cope with this particu-
lar species of degeneracy.
The Bluish girl has been driven insane
by albumen treatment, an inkling of
which first became public to -day. She
became separated from a party of
friends at North Beach on Wedemsdny,
ma that night was rescuecl by chance
frmn the surf in wheel She was about
to drown herself. She had been beaten
black and blue and robbed of her cloth -
Mg. Driven mad. with suffering, she
fought her Teener, and only with dif-
ficulty she was taken to the King's
County Hospital.
Therm lucid interval, she told a
pitiful story of assault, many details
of which were subsequently substanturt-
ed. Attacked by a gang of roughs. slit -
wits left in Ruth it state that her free -
eject mind suggested only suicide. It is
a question whether she can recover.
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HEALTHY CENTENARIAN
COUPLE CELEBRATE THE 70TH AN-
NIVERSARY OF THEIR WEDDING.
New York, July 29.—Mrs. Margaret
Carpenter, of Brooklyn, has just cele -
Mated her 101.st birthday at her home
ei Brooklyn. Shin is in excellent, health
tna declares sire has not been ill since
she wag scroll mouths old.
A ease of long wedded life is remodel
to -any by the announcement that Mr.
and Mrs. 'Tulin Anderson, of Orange, N.
T., have just celebrated the 70th. anni-
versary of their marriage. ells Andsr.
em is 93 aud hie wife 90. The couple
were Married in NeW York city in 1837.
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WOMAN FATALLY BURNED.
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Refuses to Give Death Certificate—Tra-
gedy on a Dorchester Farm.
Si. Thomas despateh: The authorities
have been asked to inquire into the
death of Aurae Faille, a domestic employ -
al by Wm. Rowe, a prominent farmer
Ar011, South Dorchester township.
Miss Farads, a middle-aged woman,
is said had occasion to go to a room
earrying a lamp with her, It exploded
..uul she was fatally burned,
The physician called in refused to
;eerie -a burial permit until the Mecum
Ames hare been inquired into.
Clown Attorney MeCrimmon had not,
late to -night, heard .from Coroner She
elair, of Aylmer,
?A.SSINO or THE Tor,,x,Roo.
County Systems Supersede Privately
Owned Highways,
Toronto, duly 29.—But one of the
many toll -roads which existed in Ontario
west of Toronto now remains, and this
is a- toll -road, in name mai, for no pay-
ment is exacted from those 'using it.
This highway runs between Paris and
.4r. The Government; has just been
notified that the County of Middlesex
purebasea the "Proofline" toll -road
for $11,00, of which the Province will
pay $3,300. The road is about fifteen
miles in length, and runs north from
London toward Luean.
The Paris -Ayr road was found to be
in bad condition in the spring,and the
Government forbade the collection of
tells on it.
There are still a dozen or thereabouts
of toll -roads in Eastern Ontario, and
these are disappearing. The C.aunty
of Frontenac has passed a by-law in-
augurating a, eounty system of roads,
which will involve the purchase of the
lei»gsten-Perth toll -road. The system
to be emstructed by Perth County has
been approved. It will include 200
milas of highway, costing $225,000.
GREAT DISCOVERY
SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY FINDS A
WAY TO DEGRADE METALS.
Transmutation of Metals an Accom-
plished Fact—Uses Radium Emana-
tions—Reverses Process of Turning
Baser Metals Into Higher.
New York, July 29,—A London des-
patch to the Times says that Sir William
Ramsay has promised to comunicate
shortly to the Chemical Society an ac-
count of a, discovery which, in the words
of so conservative a scientific publica-
tion as The Lancet in its number issued
yestordey, "marks an epoch in the
id:story of chemical science, since lee
investigations have shown that a given
element under the powerful action of
radium emanations undergoes degrada-
tion into another. "In short," adds the
Lancet, "the transmutation of elements
is actually un fait accompli."
Reversing the process sought by the
ancient iralchemiets whmo. believed that
there was a -substance by means of which
the baser rnetals could be transmuted
into the higher, Sir William has effect-
ed the degradation of metals by means
of gas evolved from radium,
Sir William in an interview said: "1
.ain engaged in writing the results of my
research work which will he' published
at the end of August."
The paper will prove that Sir William
hao degraded copper to the first member
of its family, namely, lithium. In other
weeds, he has effected the transmute -
Lion of copper.
The Lancet eontinues: For aught we
know to the contrary, the time may ul-
timately come in the course of ages when
the metallurgy of the world will be de-
graded to the akaline metals. It would
appear, therefore, that the noble metals
are slowly breaking down and that gold,
platinum, uranium and other elements of
high atomic weight will disappear and
their descendants be the common place
elements. Ties would seem to teach that
gold aud. other metals exhibiting high
atomic weights have, after all, a com-
plex, unstable condition, the tendency of
which is to resolve in simpler substance.
These remarkable discoveries remind
us again of the extraordinary prescience
of the ancients and of the presentiments
of the alchemists, who evidently had
some sort of conviction that after all
there is a primary matter from which
all other elements are formed by vale -
nue condensations. He is a bold man who
nowadays confesses skepticism about
auything, The world has seen men who
have said "It is impossible" anmi genera -
lions who succeeded them who have seen
the impossible come to pass.
The announcement that Sir
Ramsay the dtetinguiehed chemist. has
succeeded in degrading, copper, is likely
to awaken the discusaion of the transmu-
tation of agents which raged a year or
so ago, when several prominent scient-
ists repudiated the transmutation idea,
while others just as strongly supported
it. Sir William Remaly himself modestly
disclaims ability to transmute elements
but he believes that the result of his de-
gradation of copper will be of far reach-
ing importance.
FATAL NIAGARA.
MRS, NEWTON JUMPS INTO THE
RAPIDS WHILE INSANE.
A Niagara Falls despatch: Two more
sad tragedies of the Niagara were re-
corded. to -dumb'. Battered and disfig-
nred, and recog»izable only by marks on
the feet, the body of Elizabeth Newton
was (seen this morning,, floating in the
whirlpool, and noon secured. While
suffeeing from insanity on Monday
eight, Mrs. Newton letf her bed, walk-
ed to the edge of the Gorge, fell a dis-
tance of thirty-five feet to a roadway
below, and then walked down this to
the edge of the Rapids and jumped in.
Blood from the wounds suffered in her
fall ;narked her course to the brink arid
told her fate. Since then searchers have
been working entstantly tryiug to loeite
the body. Large quantifier of dynnaniite
were expltided in the eddies without re-
mit. The identification to -day wee made
by her husband and Allan Chapman, a
brother.
William 1.3nrgess, a: well-known resi-
Jent of this city, was killed late this
rfternoon by falling over the cliff of
the Gorge at the foot of Queen street,
No one witnessed the accident.
Burgess woe seen in the vicinity after
I o'clock, and about 5 o'clock hie life -
aim bOdy was acidentally discovered at
the foot of the bank. The cot -pee was bine
ly cut end broken up, and 1W. eleGarry
say,* death was ineteutancous.
The meld -ere oceurred within sight of
hie home. The belly bad to be hoisted
up ilte If with ropes. 'Burgess was
Abed thirty ;years of age, man•ied, end
nm emplowee raraf the Grand mimic. He
wao mend the best knowe spottsmen
in the eistriet mind an expert at the
lle 1111(1 reeently rem the Bodily
Iola meal for pigeonahooting teems
SLIPPED FROM MOUNTAIN TOP.
Caught on 4 Ledge Overlooking a Pod-
pice and Was Rescued.
(hemmer -u, July 20,.—Henry Xuehmel, of
New York, miraculously escaped death
elating a trip in the Alps. He slipped
from It mountain top, but hie body WO
*alight On a ledge, forty feet below,
overlooking a preeipiee, where he lay
seriously injured for honin until men.
cd by villagers with rope&
COULD NOT :STAND Mt HEM,
SO HE C9MMITTED UN.
Wealthy Frenchman Made Ms Wilt, Wrote. His
0.1 frien.ds and Then Shot kiirnselt
New Cork, July 29.—Crazed by the
heat, Ernest 8, 8brion, e wealthy eel:
manufacturer of Lyme, leranee, made
his will, posed before a mirror ia bds
room in the Imperial Hotel at half past
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, .and, shot
himself over the right eye. He died in
the New York Hospital two hours later
without having regained consciousnese.
In three notes written by him just be-
fore firing the fatal shot Mr. Ninon
said the heat of the last few days was
driving him crazy. One note, scrawled
on a loose sheet of paper, contained
nothing except the reference to the heat.
One of the other notes was addressed to
his cousin, Robert E. 8hnon, a real es-
tate dealer, of 20 Nassau street. This
note contained the will, and read:
"Dear Bob,—The heat of the last few
days is driving me crazy. When this
letter reaches you I shall be no more
among the living. Please break the news
to Willy and take care of the poor boy.
who will be left lonesome. I am also
dropping a note to nay uncle. Please
take care of my estate as per enclosed
will. You may hold on to my invest-
ments or realize on them as you see fit.
My life insurance policy (for $25,000) is
in the safe of the II, 0, & S., N. Y. Mr.
Engels knows about it. Give my love to
iyour folks, and, once more thanks for
everealumed .
"aour blend and cousin, Ernest."
The third note was addressed to Al-
bert Rem, silk merchant, 35 Mercer
street, an uncle, ane was woreed the
same as tee other note, except in MeV-
once to time will.
Coroner Acritelli refused bust night ,to
make public the contents of time will. It
made no mention of specific bequests.
In Mr. Sinion's suit ease, beskies some
clothes, were found his naturalization
papers, shoWin,,,,, he had beee made a citi-
zen of the United States in New York oy4
Mar& 4, 1904, and that he was a bache-
lor, 41) years old, at that time.
Mr. lebnon arrived at the Imperial La a
cab in the forenoon and engaged a room,
In the afternoon he ordered a bottle of
ginger ale and then it glass of whiskey.
As the bellboy left time room to get the
whiskey, he heard a shot and rale back
to the room. Mr, Simon was sitting in it
chair before the mirror, unconscious* A
new, cheap revolver lay on the floor by
his side. Dr. Walter Gilday, hotel physi-
eiam was summoned and an ambulance
called,
Neither Albert, Stern nor Robert B.
Simon could be found last night. Their
relative is said to have been wealthy.
For several years he had divided his
time between New York and Lyons, It
is said he had been in New York a week
before he went to the Imperial.
LORD REAY AND GENERAL PORTER
CAUSE SCENE AT THE HAGUE.
Differed About Contraband of War, and Re-
lations Now Strained.
The Hague, July 29.—The discussion
of contraband of war at the Peace Con-
ference yesterday occasioned a breeze
between Lord, Reay (British) and Gen,
eral Porter (American), whieh, though
insignificent, is being commented upon
in the light of its effect on internatimal
Polities as an indication that Anglo-
American relations are becoming strain-
ed, white thee triple alliance in general
and Germany in partieular are daily he-
mming more friendly toward the United
States.
Lord Reay expressed proforma sur-
prise at the attitude of the United
States, and quoted various documents,
notably a note addressed by Secretary
of State Matey, on July 28th, 1837, to
the Russian Minister at Washington,
employing practically the same argu-
ments that Great Britain now employs
in favor of the abolition of contraband.
eeneral Porter somewhat excitedly re --
torte(' that he preferred President
Poreeveltes more modern policy to
Marey's antiquated arguments.
N. Renault (France) also in yestme -
day's discussion freely criticized the
leitish proposals, which, it appears,
have been effectively disposed of, only
the small powers supporting Britain and
all the great powers opposing the aboli-
tion of contraband.
Olionmsams.m.Vmssmin•
8,000 MEN SEARCHING FOR
THE GERMAN JACK -THE -RIPPER.
All Berlin Little Girls Being Kept Indoors—Mur-
derer May be ans Epileptic.
Berlin, July 29.—The criminal who yes-
terday stabbed five little girls on the
streets of this city is still at large. The
theory that finds greatest favor among
medical men ie that the man is an
epileptic, who probably him recovered his
normal condition now, and it without
ally recollection of what he did yester-
day—that his attitude towards these
dreadful acts is that of a complete
et ranger.
He will next be heard of when in an-
other seizure he kills another child. The
newspapers still publish warnings to
parents, and not only in the immediate
neighborhood of the attacks of yesterday,
but in almost all sections of this city
children to -day are being kept indoors.
After a conference of the heads of the
pollee department held this afternoon, all
policemen, whether they were on duty
last night or not, were at once ordered
out on patrol duty. Some of them are
in uniform, while others are in plain
elothes. Between 7,000 and 8,000 guar-
dians of the peace are thus doing patrol
:service.
Five or six men were arrested during
the night, but were released this morn-
ing. The police have been supplied with
many so-called climes to the criminal, but
not one has proved genuine or helped to
locate him.
ENGINE BLOWN UP.
ENGINEER PATTERSON KILLED ON
WABASH RAILWAY,
Fireman Fred Calvert and Brakeman
Lewis Norton Believed to be Fatally
Injured—Explosion Occurred After
Locomotive Had Taken on Water.
St. Thomas despatch: Engine No. 1,894
on the Wabash Railway eeploded about
a mile and a qUarter east of Simcoe, at
0.40 this evening, and killed Engineer D.
Patterson outright ana injured the fire-
man, Mr. Fred Calvert, and Brakeman
Lewis Norton, so seriously it is thought
they will die. The engine was hauling a
freight train east, and had stopped at
heimeoe to take on water. Time force of
the explosion was sufficient to practical-
ly blow time locomotive to pieces. Tim
muse of the explosion is unknown.
The train rams passing under a private
leidge on a farm at the time, The bridge
was set on fire, also two of the iterailed
freight -ears »earest the engine, and they
were deetroyed. Time track was blocked
for several emirs, and Wabash trains
had to be sent around by way of the
Michigan Central Railway.
Engineer Patterson resided on Owasso,
stteet, et. Thomas, and had been mar-
ried only about a month. Fireman Cal-
vert -a resident -u' is on Curtis street, St.
Thomas. He is married. Brakesman
Norton is also a resident of St. Thomas.
The engineer's body was held at Simeoe
by the Coroner. The injured fireman
and brakeman were brought to this city
to the hospital.
Death of Brakeman Norton,
St. Thomas, July 20.--Brakesman Ie
Norton, who was so terribly injured M.
the Walereh Railway freight wreck near
Hineoe this teeming, died at the hospital
a bout midnigh t.
Fireman Calvert is Welly injured, but
the hospitel doetors have SOW hopes of
hie rearview.
GAS PROM CORN COBS,
Town of Beatrice, Nebraska, Has Solved
Lighting Problem.
Beatrice, Neb„ duly In, commercial
grade of illuminating gas made from
corn stalks, corn eobs, hay and other
vegetable matter is being used in Bea.
trite for fuel and lights, and hos femme
soiled the coal gas which was formerly
used in this city. The cost of the now
gas is $1.10 per thousand, the lowest
price at which gas is sold in any city in
ebraska.
In (polity ills as good as the coal or
oil gas. John D. Rockefeller is said to
be back of the company which is furnish -
hug the gas, and the franchise for the
plant is m the name of the Rev. Charles
Eaton, of Cleveland, Rockefeller's pas-
tor.
The company has completed a $100,000
plant here, tout makes all its gas from
torn stalks, cobs, etc. It is the first
plant in the world in which gas is pro-
duced in this manner.
• 4.
MAN AND HORSE KILLED
STRANGE TROLLEY CAR ACCIDENT
IN NEW YORK TO -DAY.
New York. .Tuly 29.—Louis Koenman,
driver, was killed and the passengers on
a Third avenue trolley ear were thrown
into a panic by a strange accident to-
day. The trolley ear was running at
high speed along Third avenue, near
153rd street, when it crashed into a cart
driven by Charles Causack.
Just ahead of the car Louis Koennian
was leading two horses. The collision
toppled the cart over and pushed it aside,
throwing Calmed: into tile street, and,
before the ear could be stopped, jammed.
Komman and one of the horses against
a steel elevated railroad pillar. Both the
man and horse were crushed and man-
gled togethew Caueask was slightly in-
jured.
FLUE BLEW OUT.
--
Serious Accident Aboard a Tug on Lake
Ontario,
Chatham. Ont., despatch: An accident
happened yesterday morniug by which
the fireman aboard the tug Gilbert
may lose his life. While the tug was
fowler.. the barge U. C. Locke up the
hike eio tsland, one of the flues
blew out. The fireman was the noly
one in the ermine room.* and the force
-of the eseaping steam blew him out
of the hold. Such was the extent of
the damage caused by the explosion
that two milintes after the flue blew
out there Was not a pound of steam
left in the boiler, 'Ike fireman was
very badly burned, especially about
the faee :and shoulders, and so great
was his sof feram that he begged hie
comrades to pat eim overboard when
they were tektite lam ashore.
Wigravag-elljones always dresses in
dark brown, 'Re has excellent taste.
ITuzzler . ('gla I don't consider 4 'dark.
brown taste very excellent,