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The Wingham Advance, 1907-11-14, Page 7GIRL ENDS LIFE AS HER OTHER DIES Drinks Poison and Leaps Off Roof; Screaming In Agony. Worn Out by Care of Parents, She Decides to Kill Herself. New York, Nov. 11.-111s$ Helen Schwab, a wealthy and highly accom- plished young woman of 23, committed suicide yesterday afternoou by jumping from the root of the Revere Hall apart - meat house, at No. 622 West 11401 street, At the exact moment the body was crushed at the bottom of the air shaft her mother died in their apartment ou the third. Sloor. It was the young wo- roan's grief at the approaching death of her mother that drove her to take her own life. • Worn to the point of nervous collapse with many days and nights of watching by her mother's bedside, Miss Schwab rushed out of the room yesterday when she was told the end was near, and, go- ing to the roof, drank most of the con- tents of a six ounce bottle of carbolic acid and. leaped to her death. Her screams were heard throughout the neighborhood as her body darted downward, and while men were stooping over her lifeless form, a 'messenger came to them with the word that the mother was also dead. It is probable that they will be buried in the same grave. The young woman was the daughter of Jacob Schwab, a former wealthy cloak manufacturer in Wooster street. She has a brother Charles, twenty-seven years old, Who is manager of a large cloak concern in Fifth avenue. Miss Schwab was educated in France, Germany and Italy. She was an accomplished linguist and musiciam Nearly two years ago the family re- turned from a long sojourn in Europe and Mr. Schwab became ill and died about a year ago. Mrs. Schwab's condi- tion was greatly aggravated by grief over the. death of her husband, and six months ago she went to St. Luke's Hos- pital, After two months in the. hospital Mrs. Schwab was operated on, and for a time improved. Her condition was BO much better that she returned to the apart- mentin Revere hall, where she Soon suffered A relapse, and physicians in- formed the family that she could live only a few weeks at the most. No amount of persuasion could induce the daughter to leave her mother for more than a few hours at a time, and. the long strain was more than her deli - cote nerves could withstand. Two phy- sicians and a nurse had been constantly in attendance for the last two weeks, and their tepeated appeals to the daugh- ter failed to keep her from hor mother. For a week Mrs. Schwab had. been un- conscious. At half -past two o'clock yes- terday afternoon she revived for a few minutes, and, realizing that it might be the last time the aildren would ever see her in a conscious state, Charles and Helen were hastily summoned to the bedside. Mrs. Schwab appeared. to recognize her children, and a faint smile creptover her faee as her daughter bowed to kiss her. Then her eyes closed and her head sank back on the pillow. At that mo- ment Miss Schwab darted out of the room and ran to the roof. Several plumbers were at work there on the water tank and were startled when they flaw the young woman pacing up and down, muttering. All they could understand of her words Was the often - repeated sentence.: "I cannot live with- out her. I must go, too." One of the plumbers spoke to her and she gazed at him in a startled way and then ran to- ward the edge of the roof. Before he could reach her side she pressed. a bottle to her lips and leaped over the coping. She dropped feet down- ward and continued to scream all the time she was falling. A MILLIONAIRE'S WILIER S COTS HIS EMPLOYER'S SON And Afterwards Takes His Own Life—Had Threatened to Murder Whole Family New York, Nov. 11.—The mystery sur- rounding the tragedy of yesterday morn- I ing which resulted in the death of John Bjorlin and the possible fatal shooting of Paul G. Thebaud, jun., the 17 years old son of the millionaire broker, may never be cleared. Bjorlin was butler_ and confidential man in the magnificent country home of the Thebauds in White Plain, mthere the tragedy occurred. That he shot his employer's son while the latter was sleeping and then killed him- self, is apparent. Absolutely nothing as to what led to the act, however., has been learned. The only person who may be able to throw any lighton the case is young Thebaud, and it 4s not certain that he may recover consciousness. The laullet which fractured his skull was re- moved yesterday and several famous surgeons have been in almost constant attendance since the operation. Bjorlin, who was a Dane, had been in the employ of the Thebaud family about four years, and appeared to be !greatly attached to the children in the j household. Paul was his special favorite, The affection of the butler for the young man long had been noticeable and when Bjorlin Several days 'ago became j morose and began to drink heavily it was believed to be because the young ' j man had called him to account sharply for some inattention to his duties. Some of the other servants have said since the tragedy that. Bjorlin several days ago threatened to kill every one in the house and told them that he had made 1a Written list of his prospective victims iwith young Paul's name at the head. ! They paid no attention to him at the time, believing; it was only idle talk of a man who had drank too heavily. communicated with Superintendent of Pollee Glenn, of Allegheny, and learned enough to convince hint that Smith" was hie wife. Coining here armed with photographs and documents which left no doubt as to the truth of his 6tnry, Heslop was (deeded for a long time with Superintendent Glenn and District Attorney Goshring. The latter was willing that the ehild should be turned. over to its father. The at- torneys for McDonald, who has been emitted for retarder in the .first, gree, have asked for a new trial, and this will be argued. before the courts this week, If a re -trial is .granted the presence of the lad may be require& lieslop says he had no idea that his missing wife was false to him. He be- lieved her to be in England, her old home, where they were married, and where a second child, a little girl, is be- lieved. to be. BLACK HAND HOME PRODUCT. TWO DANGEROUS SCOUNDRELS CAUGHT AT THE SOO. They Carried Revolvers, Knives and Nitro -Glycerine— Papers in Their Possession Proved That They Were the Authors of the Black Hand Let- ters That Have Been Received by Prominent Men. GERMAN IMPERIAL PARTY DELAYED BY HEAVY FOGS. Prince of Wales Went Out in the Darkness and Escorted Them to Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Nov. 11.—Owing to a elelling impenetrable fog, which made paseage from the Isle of Wight impos- sibie,•the German Imperial yacht Hohen. =Dern, having on board Emperor the Empress and the other mem- bers of the party who are to visit King Edward and Queen Alexandra, was un- able to cross the harbor bar here on the early tide, and did not reach the jetty until three hours after the ap- pointed time this afternoon. Th u Hohenzollern, with the escorting fleet, anchored last night off Selzea Bill foc the night, not having been able to enter Saudown Bay, Isle of Wight, ac- cording to programme, Tim (Icemen Ern. litres faith in the healieg qualities of the climate of the Isle of Wight have received it rude shock, as, owing to tire thick fog, even the precise position of the Imperial yacht was not known until lustily noon, when it wits discovered that she had felt her way through the gloom to the Nab lightebip, and had eleelicred there pending a sufficient lift- ing of the pall to enable the Imperial arty w land at Great Britain's premier ,aeea pied, As it was then too late to eatell the tiete and enter the harbor, the reception party aeltore waiting patiently lentil the Hohenzollera Aucceeded in find- ing her way into Portsmouth and mak- 'big fast to the naval jetty used es a tat.ding place foe important personages. The Prince of Witlee, however, who hal been delegated by King Edward to Velem° personally the German Emperor 6,s1 Empress, had, in the meanwhile, baseded A torpedo boat accompanied by Field Marehal Lord Roberta, gone out in ills 'darkness to fled the Impeeiel yacht, and succeeded ie getting on board of her juet as the fog lifted sufficiently to en- able the Hohenzollern to proceed to teinouth. The British Channel fleet. under the command of Admiral Lord Charles Ber- esford, and numbering nearly fifty war - skips, &need from stem to stern. salut- ed the German Emperor es the zollern passed up the narrow weevil of Spithead, and the lend batteries joined in the welcome as the yaeht entered the „harbor. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Nov. 10.—On Saturday afternoon the Soo police made two arrests, considered by them to be she most important made here in years. The first man arrested was caught red- handed in the aet of push% a forged cheque, and when arrested he attempted to draw a revolver. The importance uf the arrests was realized when it was learned that the authorities are all but convinced that the men are none oilier than members oS ilia Black Hand or- ganization which has been operating acre for two weeks, and has :sent let- ters to Capt. Leacher, john McKay, bar- rister, and John Dunseath, demanding Jnoney, with threats of vengeance if it were not paid. alte inability of the men to raise rummy in the manner they 'loped compelled them to adopt other means'leading to their undoing. In the baggage taken with the men were found papers, railway guides, Tani other evidence, showing they had come to the Soo directly from Medicine Hat, from which place the letters to the Soo were mailed. The strongest evidenee against the men, evidence which the police hope will connect them directly with the crime, was the discovery of the handwriting identical with that con- tained in the Black Hand letters. The prisoners are desperate characters, their grips containing revolvers and ammu- nition, knives, etc. Revolvers were found on the men when arrested. The first arrest was made in the store of er.. Megginson, where the man presented a cheque in favor of II. Chandler, and pur- portina to be signed by the paymaster of theLakeSuperior Corporation. Meg- ginson saw the cheque was a forgery, .and the man was induced to remain in the store while .Megginson went for change. Megginson grit Chief of Police Downey and effected the arrest. The man attempted to draw a re- volver'but wee prevented. When tak- Pn to the jail and searched several saws e found sewed into the waistband of lits trousers, and three other worthless Jheques in his pocket. It was learned that the man had a companion, and tlu first prisoner, giving the name of H. Smith, said he could be found at the Queen's Hotel, where their baggage also was. The place wits visited, and when the second man came for his grips he Ivas arrested. Saws and a revolver were also found on him. He gave the aame of Howard. .The papers found on the men showed that they came from the Northwest, both having receipts for the pall tax paid in New Westminster. rwo euit cases taken were examined and much interesting evidence discovered leading to the belief that the men were the Black Hand artists wanted. In addition to all kinds of clothes, used for disguises, revolvers and ammu- nition, burglars' kits, and papers giving samples of handwriting were discovefed. A railway guide in the grip showed that the men had got off at Medicine Hat on Sept. 20. The date of departure was not given. The diary in Howard's grip gave the movements of the prisoners up to their arrival at Medicine Hat, and after that time all trace is lost. It is believed they came directly from there to the Soo. A note in the diary showed that they had been in Fort Wil- iam on June 26, about the time a large 'lumber of forged cheques were passed between Fort William. and North Bay. To -day the room at the hotel occupied by the men was searched and a quan- tity of fuses, nitro-glyeerine and other explosives was found, evidencing the fact that the men were either engaged iu burglaries or intended to carry out their threats against those receiving the Black Hand letters. Yesterday afternoon Howard before arrest tried to pass a number of bogus cheques in the Michigan Soo. Both appear to be Englishmen, and their appearance is not suggestive of eriminale. Smith is about twenty-four years old, and. Howard somewhat older. Last night Smith broke down in jail, end made many damaging admissions,, ,vhich the pollee decline to disclose; Howard is -considered to be the more dangerous of the two. The men claim to have reaehed tlie Soo the day before their arrest from up the Algoma Cen- tral, where Smith says' he worked for Lite Lake Superior Corporation on the railroad. Howard refuses to talk. The police believe the men am be con - meted with a series of crimes commit- ted between Toronto and gm coast in the early part of the year. The local police deserve credit for the arrests, par- ticulerly as 0, Provincial officer had been here for a week and did not co-operate with the Soo force, Ile could learn mthing„ and returned to Toronto with - tut clue. Owing to the delay aused by the fog, the hour of the arrival of the Hohenzol- lern at the jetty was miscalculated. The announcement was made that she wouhrnot get there until 2.45 p. ne, but she steamed into harbor an hour earlier than expected, with the result that all the officials and guards of honor, who had been patiently waiting for the Ho- henzollern's arrival throughout the morning, had gone to lunch when she finally appeared through the fog. The Emperor apparently enjoyed the sutprise he had sprung on the British offieiale, and the consequent scramble to get back to the jetty in time to take part in the welcome of the Imperial vis- itors. FOUND HIS CHILD. IORONTO ENGINEER'S DISCOVERY IN PITTSiitIRG. John Heslop Discovers That the Wife Whom He Thought at Home in Eng- land Was Murdered While Living Under an Assumed Name in the Sntoky City. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 111—"Oh, that's my papa; I want to go home with him." Pointing at John ileelop, the eight-year- old child of Mrs. William Smith, whose real mune is said to have been McDon- ald or 'lesion and who was murdered in her room on Beech street, Allegheny, about two months ago by Talbot Mc- Donald, yesterday identified hie father. Heslop Is ati engineer, it»d resides in Toronto,. Canada. 'Yesterday he visited Superintendent John Glenn, of the' Al- legheny poltee "Apartment, and askid • for the possession of the lad, who was the only eyelyitness to the porthside tragedy, 'The boy will probillilyle tutn- ed. over to him tocinorrelv. , The. meeting between father tini hon' ' was very nfieeting:. Heiden learned of the killing of Ins wife through the newsimpers, but did notat the time snspeet the identity of the woman. Ile MAN SHOT WIFE'S LOVER. Killing Developes into a Sensational Tragedy. Wife Tells Police That Husband Was Dishonored. Husband Says He Thought Victim Was a Burglar. that he had evidence ehowing that Ver. ree WAS a debased lierpy, preying upon young girls. Ho said fleet Ferree made some pretensions to being. an art pho- tographer, and was very fond of making studies from life, particularly in the nude. To accomplish this, the detective said, the man lured girls to studios where he was known, and there made pictures of tamn in various attitudes, and on inure than one OCCASi011 had pro. cured photographs of young girls stand- ing naketi amid fields of daisies in se - eluded spete in Fairmount Park. Philadelphia, Nov. 11.—Rivaling in many of its sensational teatures the Thaw -White tragedy, the shooting of [tarry Ferree by A, Jaelcson Detsch, ehortly after midnight yesterday de - :eloped phases during the investigation yesterday which seem to place it among the most startling cranes the Oltiladelphia police have ever lied to deal with. With indisputable evidence of ter perfidy and treachery to her hus- band in the possession of the detectives and brought face to face with it, the wife of Detsch confessed that the shoot- ing had -been done by a husband wrong- akand outraged beyond bearing, and that the dead man hal met the foto be ex)oiustetad,t iifoliied eoivvhmanWhite, herself likening him Meanwhile, Detsch sits sulkily in his cell in City Hall, calmly giving the lie Lo his wife and declaring that his only reason for shooting Ferree was that he shought the man to be a burglar, He :rot only denies knowledge of the alleg- ed despoiling of his home, but refuses zei believe his wife's confession, declar- mg that, if there is any truth in it, :lever knew, nor suspected it, and, .herefore could have had no such rea- .on for the murder, He sticks to his first itory that he heard Ferree moving about ind mistook him for a burglar. Captain Donaghy claims to have evi- lence in his possession tending to show lust Ferree was deliberately lured to sis death and that Detsch lay in am• mall for him, pumping five shots from as heavy revolver into the unsuspecting man on his way to keep a treat with Airs. Detach. Should the evidence of ads be deemed conclusive enough for action, it is probable that another ar- rest will be made in the ease before the inquest is held. Andrew Jackson Detsch, a young travelling man and son of George Wash- ington Detsch, one of the largest retail meat dealers in the city, lived at No. 1840 North Twenty-second street with his young wife, Josephine, aud their 15 - months -old baby. Harry Ferree, des- cribed as it "jack-of-all-trades," well- known amateur photographer, clubman end man about town, boarded with them. About 12.30 o'clock yesterday morning she attention of Policemen Driscoll and Thistle, of the Tewnty-eighth district, was attraoted to to house bythe sound af five revolver shots. Hurrying to the place, they found Detsch and his wife tooking out of the third -storey windows. In reply to orders to open tho door, they declared they were afraid to go to he first floor andthe police •broke the door open. In the third floor hallway, just outside the door of the room occu- pied by the Detsch's, they found Ferree prone on the floor, a pool of blood form- ing abut him. Five bullet holes in the door indicated that he had been shot from behind protection. The door was closed. Detseh, who still held the smok- ing revolver in his hand, admitted the shooting, saying he heard Ferree moving Jibout and thought he was a burglar. Detsch was locked up and later was taken to Central Station, Mrs. Detsch was so nervous and ex- cited over the shooting that it was found impossible for her to be present when her husband was arraigned before Mag- istrate Scott, and he was eemmitted to jail to await the action of the coroner. Subsequently, however, the woman re- covered enough to be brought to the City Hall, where she was closeted with Cap - tam Donaghy for some time. • It was in the course of this examination that she made her remarkable explanation of the shooting—an explanation which startled even the detectives for its evidence of duplicity and wrong -doing. HOME AGAIN. 1••••••.1...••••• Had Confessed to Husband. Mrs. Detsch told the detectives that her husband had discovered her corre- spondence with Ferree, and, on Monday night had charged. lier with it, procuring it confession, On Tuesday Ile purchased e, 3S -calibre Colt's eutomatio revolvers. tilling . Iter it was for her protection. Shortly after midnight of Tuesday, she said, she was awakened by hearing For- ree moving about, and she told her hus- band, He arose, procured his revolver and waited by the bedroom door. When he heard Ferree's hand on the knob, he fired five shots, each one taking effect, When the police arrived Ferree's, body was found MMus coat and shoes. There was no evidence that he had been drink- ing. In view of the peeuliar circumstances of the ease and private information which he claims to have strengthening it, Captain Donaghy is working on the theory that Airs. Detsch's confession of Monday night so infuriated Detsch that he determined to seek revenge in his earn way; that be either conspired with his wife or forted her to assist him to lure Ferree to her room on the pretext that the husband was amity, and that ahen caught in the act of keeping his midnight appointment with the wife under the most convincing circum- etances, he was shot down by the hus- band, hiding behind the door. : ° When Mrs. Detach had told, her story, detectives went to Detseh in his cell and told him of it, urging him to tell the truth about the matter. The man denied all knowledge of the story, denied that his wife had made her alleged confes- sion on Monday night, and refused to believe 'that there had been anything illicit between his wife and Ferree. He reiterated his story of thinking Ferree was a burglar and declared he had no cause to suspect his wife. Ms. Detach was Josephine Eddy Gil- lingham Grove when she married Detsch. She was an orphan, but is said to be related to a distinguished family o fthe vicinity of Germantown, for whom Gorges station on the Reading Railroad was named. She declared she had. met Ferree about two months after her baby was born and that he subse• quently went to board with them. She is a well-informed and rather attractive woman of 22 years and Ferree was 41 years old. He was married twice, his first wife procuring it divorce. Their three children are understood to he liv- ing in Brooklyn now. The man married again, this time a young girl, and the detectives say she died suddenly and under such circumstances that her death was inquired into. Mrs. Das& formerly lived at Asbury Park, Palmyra, and other towns in New Jersey. Detsch is known among his friends as it quiet, peace -loving man and not given to violent passions. In an effort to solve the woman's re- peated statement that Ferree had. forced her to write the incriminating letters to him, the detectives are endeavoring to find out if the obscene picture referred to had been manufactured by Ferree as re club to force the girl to his will. The man's face demi not appear in the pic- ture, and the detectives admit that it would be possible for a photographer to take such a picture with another woman, substitute the face of Mrs. Detach from another picture and, by re -photograph- ing the composite picture, make it- ap- pear- that she was the original. Such a picture in the hands of an unscrupulous man might easily be made to play on a woman's fears to such an extent that she would grant anything rather than • have it shown to her husband. 4 - Found Evidence of Intimacy. Immediately upon being notified of the shooting, Captain Donaghy had Ferree's room searched. There he found bundles of letters and it number of pictures, all indicating an intimacy between Ferree and the woman, calculated to madden the young husband and drive him to desper- ate measures. Numbers of the letters were from seaside resorts, telling Ferree of times when Detsch would be away and it would be safe for him to go dawn and see Mrs. Detach. All were couched in the most endearing terms, and some of the phrases, the detectives declared, dis- gusted them, accustomed as they are to evidence of immorality. 'But probably the most nauseating and convincing evidence of all was a picture which the detectives declare appears to be of Ferree and Mrs. Detsch. Its un- eyeakable horror convinced the detectives that the letters were not misleading and that there was much more back of the shooting than a mistake., Miss Maloney, the 'Wealthy Philadelphia Heiress Returns. Philadelphia,Nov. h1. ---Martin Maloney brought his daughter home to -eight. At - ter a chase lasting nearly a month, the Standard Oil millionaire arrived in Phil- adelphia to -night with Helen Maloney, whose sensational elopement, October 4, with Samuel Clarkson, created one of the furores of the year. Earlier in the day eame Mr. and Mrs. Caiberry Ritchie, his other daughter and son-in-law; William J. Fanning, his at- torney, and last Albert Herbert Osborn. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Wil- li un Maloney, and Mr. and Mrs. Airdrew 1 Maleney. Mrs. Martin Maloney WAS til. , ready in the Lewin squire house, having (sine! it day or two ngo to We every - Oleg in readinese for the pred10 Wife Acknowledged Letter. Mrs. Detach at first denied to Captain Donaghy that there was any intimacy between her and Ferree, and stoutly etuck to the story of her husband. Cap- tain Donaghy asked if she had ever written to Ferree, and she •denied this salse.0.,..s.Ilee. then presented the packet of and the woman'biting her lips, acknowledged them as hers. She was cool and self-possessed throughout the examination, the only emotion she die - played being a sudden rush of her words in offering an explanation. ."Yes, Ihwrote those letters," she said. "Ferree forced me to. lie dictated them, mid I had to write them. I couldn't help it." "How conld he dictate them to you and. force you to write them when you were at Aaiun,. Park aryl he was in Philadelphia?" asked the detective. "He dictated them and forced me to write them," was the only answer, "Then, did he dietftte this, and force you to have this picture taken?" came the next (inestion, as the worst ,picture, hitherto hidden, was Suddenly held be- fore the woman's eyes. She turned her head quickly, her cheeks flaming and her hands waving the picture away, refusing Lo look et it, , "Oh! don't show me that, picture. 7 know enough about that now. I don't want to see it," she said. Worse Than Stanford White. To further questions regarding her relations with Ferree, Mrs. Detsch innintnined it stolid silence, only break- ing out ewe or twice with declarations that, wluitever oho might hove done, she bad not been unfaithful to her hue - band. Finally, in answer to urging by Captain Donaghy to tell the truth and save more trouble, the girl, tense in Visr7 musele, itaid "Well, tell you this mitele-tleat man was woree than Stanford White." THE SKY SCRAMS. New York's Tall Buildings to be Limited to 250 Feet. BRITAIN CAN'T BE INVADED. Sir, John Fisher Laughs at German Invasion Bogey. Britain's Congo Position Defined by - Campbell -Bannerman. Speakers at Inaugural Banquet of London's Lord Mayor, New York, Nov. 11.—The mad race among builders for putting up the tall- est skyscraper is to be brought to a sud- den end by drastic regulations which have been adapted unanimously by the Building Code Revision Commission. These regulations, which will revolution- ize building constructions in this city after January 1, provides that: No new .building shall he over 250 feet in height. This law (sounds the doom of the mod- ern freak sky 'scraper, and means that hereafter no more buildings of the Sin- ger or Metropolitan Life class, respec- tively, 543 and 658 feet high, can go up in this city. For the next ten years at least, if the aldermen and board esti- incite approve the new regulations, the height of skyscrapers will be limited to approximately tWenty storeys. • - • In support 6f this appraissment et" the (lend man; Captain Donaghy deelared London, Nov, 0.—The celebration of the sixty-sixth anniversary of King Ed. ward VIPs. birthday was brought to a fitting close at the inaugural banquet of the new Lord Mayor of London, Sir John C. Bel, at Guildhall to -night. For the first time since the brief regime of Lord Rosebery, in the early nineties, it Liberal Prime Minister occupied the post of honor. The Premier, Sir lieury Campbell -Bannerman, who last year was unable to attend the Lora Mayor's ban- quet owing to the death of his wife, was in his plate to -night and delivered tween the 'United State* and Japan, and the address of the Emperor has not added to the feeling of seeurity. The reading of the hlikado's proclama tion from a thousand platforms has beep the signal for the greatest display of fireworks in fge history of Hawaii. Ant ericans Iwo never before seen the Japan. eee allow such enthusiasm and excite - the principal epoch of the eveneng in reply to the toast to His elajeety's Min- isters, Departing from the usual rule, the Premier referred in his opening remarks Lo domestic affairs, and. especially con- gratulated David Lloyd -George, Presi- dent of the Board of Trade, on the bet. tlement of the dispute between the rail- ways and their employees. Touching on foreign affairs, Sir Henry said that the results obtained at the recent Hague Peace Conference had not come up to his most sanguine hopes, but that lie was glad he had been over -sanguine in his expectation, for he had spoken for a nation which had no aggressive de- signs upon its neighbors and desired only to live in peace and amity towaed all. The Hague Conference'declared the Premier, was a plant of slew growth, but one in which he had great confidence, and be believed the day would come when there would be a cessation in the mad race for armaments which now was the scourge of our common civilization. In a review of the work accomplished by the conference Sir Henry said that it had by no means been insignificant. The British delegation had done all that they could to advance the question of arbitra- tion. If they had attempted to force the issue, he declared, the result would have been negative, or even worse—fric- tion. An international prize court would be a notable step in advance, he said, and it might be necessary for the leading maritime powers to come to an agree- ment for the establishment of such a court and the adoption of rules there- for. Great Britain had also left mat- ters in shape for future amicable discus- sion of the abolition of contraband and the restriction of floating mines. The Colonial Conference, the Anglo - Russian treaty and the steps taken to prevent the plague and sedition in In- dia having been disposed of, Sir Henry took up the Congo question. As great as the contrasi is between the hopes of the English people when the Congo was established and the conditions ex- isting there at the present time, he felt that he must speak with the greatest reserve, because the Belgian Parliament will shortly he asked on what terms it will take over the independent free State of the Congo. Great Britain would not interfere in the negotiations, he de - dared, but the Government was deeply impressed with the responsibility that it, in common with others, felt that the Government of the Congo should he put on it footing with the colonies admin- istered by other nations, and in accord- ance with the treaties under which the Congo came into existence. Sir John A. Fisher, First Sea Levi of the Admiralty, inu replying to recent attacks upon the navy, pointed out that in the recent North Sea manoeuvres there were gathered twenty-six of the ,finest battleships in the world, and twenty-six cruisers, many of which were superior to any foreign battleship, and even this great fleet represented only a fraction of Great Britain's naval power. Besides, he said, the gunnery and gen- eral efficiency of the 33ritish fleet sur- passed all records, and was a matter of wonder and admiration. "The object of the Adminalty," said Sir John, "has beea ono of instant readiness, and we have got it. Don't be disturbed by the bogie of invasion. One might as well talk of embarking St. Paul's Cathe- dral on it penny steamer as embarking 100,000 German soldiers to invade Eng- land." In conclusion, Sir John deolared that the fleet in the number of fighting ships and in general capacity was never so sat- isfactory as at the present time, AUSTRALIA WANTS PEOPLE. , Premier Promises to Co-operate, With the States. Melbourne, Nov. 10.—Premier Deakin, at the King's birthday banquet, said he hoped to cope with the question of Aus- tralian defence early in 1008. Without some of the thousands of his country- men emigrating from Great Britain there coal he no advance for the common- wealth, and he repeated the offer that if the States found the land the Federal Government would bear the expense of bringing people out. Until the commonwealth obtained pop- ulation in proportion to its resources it would not speak with authority in the eouneil of the Empire. SPANISH PREMIER'S EVIL EYE. Superstition Strengthened by Death of His Colleagues. ltorno, Nov. 10.—Signor Gianturio, Minister of Publio Works, died to- day. This is -the fifth colleague whom Prime inister Giollitti has lost through death or illness, and the etrong coineidence of the mortality in all the Giollitti Cabinets is recall- ed Signor Giollitti is popularly credi- Id with having the evil eye, and the death of Ministers under him gives groat strength to the superstition. se • • - PLEADS SELF-DEFENCE. Ha!dimdn IndianArrested for Murder of Step -Father. 13rantforcl, Ont., Nov. 10.—Scott, the Indian charged with inuedering his step -father, Baptiste, was arrested at 4 o'cloek this tnorning and he is now lodged in the Brantford jail. The M. cused Online that he atted in self- defence—that deeeased abused his mother and then went at him. Re says that he only need his fists And had ne weapon. • • 0 CANT GET COAL. SIR. PERCY SAUCY. OBJECTED TO PAINTING UP FOR THE KAISER. •••••••••,•••ao Director of Naval Target Practice Sont Order to Two of His Veasels Whic Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Re- garded as Contemptuous and Insub- ordinate. Orders Refused Owing to Lack . of Cars. Lendon, Nov. 10.—sin extraordinary incident has conic to light in conneetios with the visit of Emperor William, It is related that at the eeonclusion of the recent manoeuvres the Channel fleet and the first cruiser squadron were ordered by the admiralty to repaint, ete., itt honor of the Gelman Emperor. On re, ceipt of this order, Sir Percy Scott, coin. mender of the cruiser squadron, sent the folloring signal to two of his vessels: "Paint work appears to be more in de - mend than gunnery, so you had better mine in, in time to look pretty by the 8th instant." Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, in a general order to the fleet repeating the instructions to repaint, refers to the sig- nal sent out by Sir Percy Scott as "con- temptuous in tone and insubordinate in character," and orders Sir Percy to have it stricken from the signal logs. Sir Percy Scott and the members of .hls staff were summoned aboard Admiral Beresford's flagship last Friday, and the odreirars reprimand was read to them. This affair has created consternation in the fleet, and there is a probability that it will lead to the resignation of Sir Percy. Rear Admiral Sir Percy M. Scott is probably the best versed officer in gun- nery in the British navy, and he is well knewn as the man who "saved Lady- smith" in 1899 because be devised it spe- cial carriage for 6 -inch and 4.7 -inch guns from the cruiser Terrible, which he com- manded at Durban, whereby these pieces were carried by rail into Ladysmith just before its investment by the Boers. 4 • • A DEATH LEAP. Italian Officer Jumps From Third • Tier in the Tombs. Pittsburg, Nov. 10.—Orders aggregat- Mg 500,000 tons were received in Pitts- burg and refused by local coal concerns in the past week, in spite of the fact that, premiums were offered for prompt shipment, and it became knowtt to -duty that the amouht of coal orders declined within the past few weeks have aggre- gated perhaps 1,000,000 tons, and all be- fcarTiiistioe. oflackof railroad transportation The shortage of ears, which has been arose pronotteeed recently, has become more acute through heavy demands by the south for cotton.mOving, and as the lalce season ends December 5, the Pitts - bum coal kings could not see their way to take on more coal orders, as it is thought they have more orders now than -can be filled. The great bulk of tha coal was ordered from the North- west. SHOOT AWAY FOGS, SCHEME TO GIVE LONDON A CLEAR ATMOSPHERE. Wel. PTV,. 1111 Italian Inventor Says Ile Can Clear Away the Densest Mist That Hang* Over the City With His Air C4134(Mr-, Crates Air Currents, That's AIL London,Nov. 1L-4. scheme to disperse fogs by currents of air, shot ever Lon- don from "projectors" six miles away, late been laid before'the Publie Control Committee of the London County Coen - ell, and M. Demetrio Atoggiora, the in- ventor, is ready to etart experiments. M. Moggiora says his apparatue has already been aubjected to severe tests at Milieu, Italy, where fogs, clouds and hail- storms were quickly dissipated. With his projectors, or "air cannon," placed within it radius of six miles from the Houses of Parliament, he says, he will clear away the worst fog in London within twenty ntinutes. "The theory is that the fog hangs over Imndon simply because there are no air currents to carry it away," said M. Mog- glove yesterday. "Now, tn. y prejectore,.; aeting like cannon, farnish the necessary currents of air." Each projector is about 00 feet long. Au explosion is caused as in a canna% said the concussion has an effect for six ' miles. Thus, if ten or more of these were ranged over „London from different direetions, the fog would be lifted im- mediately to an altitude where the wind would blow it away. After the appara- tus was permanently installed the cost wceld be 7d. for each &plosion, and twenty explosions would rid the metro- polis of its densest fog. The cost for original construction would be £600. New York, Nov. 11.—Giona.nni De Chichi°, aged 31, formerly -a lieutenant of cavalry in the Italian army, cora, mitted suicide yesterday in the Tombs prison, to which he had been committed for carrying a revolver. He jumped 1 row the third tier of cells to the floor, thirty feet bac:1w. His skull was fractured. De Chichi°, according to Coroner Acritell, who secured his commitment to the Tombs, comes of o prominent Italian family. Eight years ago he deserted from the army and came to this country with a woman, whom he afterwards deserted. He then disap• peered. A week ago he entered the office of his brother, Singi, who is a broker at 229 Elizabeth street, and, drawing a revolver, said that if his brother did not give him $1,000 within two hours he would kill him. He then left the bank and immediately telephoned. to the coroner, who informed the police De Chichi() was arrested two hours later by the detectives and taken be- fore Magistrate Weide, who committed him. MILITARY DRILL. SCHOOLS OF NOVA SCOTIA TO HAVE SUCH TRAINING. Teachers Must Qualify for the Purpose— Rifle Shooting for Boys—Instructors to be Supplied—Other Provinces May Follow the Example. • • ,fr. NURSE'S SAVINGS. Carried Off by Stranger Whom She Met at Montreal. London, Nov. 10.—The Scotch pollee are inquiriug respecting an English nurse, recently utresident of Vancouver, who while staying at a hotel at Mont- real, met a Seotelnnan, developed an acquaintance with him, and decided to allow him to aceompliny her to Scotland. He promised marriage, mei borrowed her savings, but disappeared at Liverpool. She arrived et Edinburgh destitute. and diseovered that the address there which the man gave was false. Mikado refers to when he alludee to l'a possible emergency." The presence of a great body of ;fan - (mese hi the Wands, a populetion width is tepidly intreaSing, is reptile(' here as a source of danger Itt rose of war be - Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 11.—(Special,)—An arrangement betweey. the Minister of Militia and the Government of Nova Scotia for the introduction into the Pub- lic Schools of the Province of a system of physical exercise and military train- ing will go, into effect on the first of January next, School teachers will un- dergo special courses to qualify them for imparting physieal training and mili- tary drill to the scholars. .A certificate will not be granted teaehers in Nova Scotia until they qualify for this pur- pose. Rifle shooting will be included to male students. Certificates for physical training and elementary drill will be issued -to teachers of either sex. For school cadet corps, the Militia, Depart- ment will provide instructors, belts, caps, etc., a proportion of arms and am- munition and drill hooks. Sir Frederick &eaett is a strong believer that every lad before he reaches manhood should be able to bandle a rigle. The Minister is in communication with some of the other Provinces, and it is believed they will follow the example of Nola, Scotia. • • • • PRIVATE BILLS. Banks, Insurance Companies, and Divorce Applications. NO CLUE YET. Trying to Find the Murderer of the Buffalo Saloonkeeper. - Buffalo, Nov. 11.—In their efforts to penetrate the mystery connected with the death of Alexander Young, the Eben- ezer hotelkeeper who was assassinated last Tuesday night, the police yesterday escorted Mrs. Christina Bauer, of 131 Sherman street, to the District Attor- ney's effil Oaacet of former circumstances which heve linked me names of the Bailers and the murdered hotelkeeper, it Was believed. that the woman might give 'a clue to enlighten the officers who are baffled by the crime. If Mrs. Bauer told anything. District Attorney Abbott and the detectives have bottled the information. • se AN IMPERIAL ROMANCE. One of the RNelnits of the Colonial Con1/4ence. London, Nov. 1L—let interesting ro- mance has grown out 'of the visit of the Colonial Premiers to 's London last spring. The engagement Inas been an-. • nounced of Mr. 11, C. Hawkin,' Seerefaii of the Eighty Club, to Miss Marie Botha, sister of General Botha. Mr. Hawkin was actively enggaed itt- organizing the reception of the colonial visitors it few months ago. He is one of the most popular secretaries that the Eighty Club has ever had, and was re- markably successful in organizing speak- ers for the help of the Liberal party during the general election. He has a, way of inviting speakers to outlandish meetings that is very difficult to refuse. It is an interesting fact that Mr. Hawkin was partly responsible for the invitation to General Botha, having ac- tively agitated. in his favor against cer- ttaien inivnifteaces which operated against h ned• Tear utli Afriett,' where he has found his reward in his engagement to a very charming lady, Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 11.--(Special.)— Notice has already been given of sixty- seven bills for the approaehing session, so that the private bills legislation will be considerable. Among the notices are applications for four new banks, one in Edmonton, one in Montreal, one in Win- nipeg and one in Vancouver. There aro three fire insurance companies, being the Standard, Mutual and Toronto: Then there are the Security Life and the Standard Plate Glass Insuranee. There are nine divorce applications. 1?ive of these are from Winnipeg, atiit one from Minto, Manitolet, one from Parry Sound and one from Tecumseh. PEER COMMITTED SUICIDE, Lord Kilmt.ine Threw Illinself From 'Window in Paris. Paris, Nov. 10. ---Lora Francis 'William Browne Nilnuaine, represettative Poor for Ireland since 1000, who had been suffering from neurreithetia, threw him - Reif out of a Window of his apartments in the Avenue d'rena last night enct was instantly killed, He was born in 1841 WITCHCRAFT. Fortune Tellers Before the Toronto Police Magistrate. __— Toronto, Ont, Nov. Ir.—(Special.)— Witchcraft was the charge laid against five fortune-tellers in the Police Court to -day. The Morality Department will prosecute all palmists and other peerers into the future at fifty cents per peer. All the cases were adjourned. TRADE UNION FOR WIVES. Suggestion to Congress of Women Workers. Manchester, Nov. 1L—If women work- ers take the advice tendered them by Miss Mary Riggs at the congrese of the National Union of Weaten Workers' rtt • Manchester this afternoon a trade union for wives will become an accomplished 'fact. Miss Mary Higgs prophesied a war of sex, if man were to become ,a "All the married women in the world are wage earners," said Dr. Mary Mur- doch N iiiendNois„crmissein, "The Wage-earning of N "If these women will not band them- selves together to protect their inter- ests, something must be done to make them work Aso, so that future genera- tion limy gain in physique and general, health. Dr. Murdoch cited several examples to show the strong independence of married women. One old woman, aftee sixty years of factory work, said: "A. shilling you earn yourself is worth two given you by a man," Another work- er, when told that the Government in- tended. to stop the wage-earning of mar- ried women, replied, "Well, we wunnot wed." NEW BISHOPRIC., 4 .1 Saskatchewan to be Raised to That Position With Changed Name. Home, Nov. 11.—The Congregation of the Propaganda has decided to raise the vleariate apostolic, of SesIsatelitswan, a district of the Northweest Territory of Canada, to a bishopric, end change its name to Prince Alberta. Monsigeor Al- bert Noel will he nppointed Tliehop of the new diocese. What Ito Needed. "r. Sint) itt so bard to know *hat to give n man, $1116 him time, deer.