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The Wingham Advance, 1904-09-15, Page 7BALTIC FLEET SAILS FOR THE FAR EAST. spanese War Vessel Sunk at Port Arthur. Tokio Tells of the Russian Retreat and the Jepaness Dispute—Pightlug at Port Arthur—Trials of the War Correspentleirs— Rains Stop r Ighting — Czar °Nero Kouropatkin to Retake Lig Yang. Chore°, Sept. 11.—The latest adviees from Port Arthur says that the Rus- eians on Sept. 4th Shelled the .Tapanese covered, trenches in front of Palichuang and destroyed them. Everything was quiet along the en- tire line during the night of Sept. 4tb, but in the morning it was seen that the Japanese outposts. hatl crept closer into the Russian lines. One incident of the recent bombarding of Port Arthur was the striking of the roof of 4 hos- pital by a Japanese shell, The Japanese' fire was drawn to the hospital by the . placing near it by the Russians of bea- con signals. One email Russian scouting party Succeeded ,in creeping close to the Jap- anese entrenchments on Corner Mountain but the barking of dogs gave the alarm and prevented a further advance. Jap- anese reservee poured into the entrench- ment and opened fire on the Russians, but a shell from a Russian battery landed on the trench and killed many of the Japanese soldiers, and the re- mainder retired, This enabled the Rus- sians to occupy the trench until dawn, The trench evidently was unimportant, for the Japanese made no attempt to take it, and the Russian scouts with- drew shortly after daybreak, On Sept. 6th a small body of Japanese troops captured some outpost trenches on High Hill, which is not far from Corner Mountain, but upon the approach of a Russian detachment they evacuated this position without fighting. The Port Arthur Novikrei in a recent issue declares that a Japanese colonel has been executed because he failed to occupy a certain position on Corner Hill within a specified tinie. In thi is ssue of Sept. 2, the same pa- per says a Japanese torpedo boat struck mine 14 miles southeast of the liar- k"and sank, and that on the day af- ter this occurrence the Japanese crui- ser Itsulcushima also was damaged by a floating mine. DISLIKE ALL FOREIGNERS: The Correspondents Complain of Japan- ese Treatment. London, Sept. 12.—Bennett Burleigh, correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, cabling from Ten-Tsin, where he has gone to escape the 'Japanese censorship, voices the annoyance of the correspond- ents at the restrictions placed on them by the Japanese. The effect of the cutting off by the Japanese of the sending of news has beenfor some time distinctly visible in the tone of the despatches of English cor- respondents, whose praise and admira- tion of the Japanese except as fighting men have considerably. cooled. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent says that the dislike of all foreigners, to whom the Japanese owe much, is still a eature, particularly in high military eireles, but the men and younger offic- ers are agreeable, accessible and com- panionable, though feudalism being rampant, the action 'Of the staff taints many. For these and other reasons all correspondents are precluded from doing their duty or holiest work. The attaches, almost without excep- tion, privately express the deepest ills - ointment, and more. None of the correspondents or attaches are permit- ted to see the fighting at a nearer point than six miles. Only correspondents who break away can join the fighting lines, eveir after a battle. The Japanese staff prevent correspondents until the second day from visiting a field. Sir William Nicholson, Who has been sick a month, is returning, and the correspondents would like to do the same. Looting by Japanese. Liao -Yang, Sept. 7, via Tien-Tsin, Sept. 1L—The Japanese officers ware unable to restrain their soldiers after six days of desperate fighting, and lootingg became general. On Friday the soldiers, in attempting to rob the mis- sionary and Red Cross compound, stab- bed. Dr. .A. M. Westwater, a well-known medical missionary, in the neck and hand. This Is said to be the first in- stanee the Japanese soldiers have been known to be uncontrollable. BALTIC. FLEW SAILS. Consists of Eight Battleships send Four Cruisers. Cronstadt, Sept. 11.--jilie Baltic fleet .....s,111sailed to -day for the far east. The vessels of the fleet were as follows: The battleships Soavaroff, Vies Ad- miral Rojestvensky's flagship ; the Na- varin, Bisset Veliky, Borodino, .Alexan- der IL, Orel, Oleg, and the Osliabes Bear Admiral Vo'elkersam's flagship ; the cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff, Dimitrt Donskois Aurorn, and the Almaz, Item- AdmiralEnguist's flagship, and several torpedo boats and torpedo-boat de- stroy -ere. The fleet will merely touch at Libau, :where it will be joined by twelve trans* colliers, and supply ships, -al- S'eady Waiting there, and will then pm. eeed direct to the orient. The Scene on the departure of the fleet was an imposing one, for which the town has long waited. At dawn the first anchor wAS hoisted on the swift cruiser Aurera,Whiels. accompanied by two torpbdo boats, slipped out of the harbor. The town was awitkeued by the booming of the guns of the forts as 'the Aurora sped out tow,sras Lib" in mimeos of the main squadron. At 2 o'clock hi the afternoon, the tinie set for the departure of the ro. maidder of the fleet, the imperial yacht .• ,ssith the emperor, Grand Mike Alexis, t to high admire], and other high naval officers on board, put out from Peter- hof, on the other side Of the bay, with Ali eseort of three torpedo boats. Admirals Rojestvensky, Voelkersam, and linguist went on board the imperial yacht, and personally said farewell to the emperor. Then, with destroyers .ithead and abeam, the Sonvitroff led the squadron down the Finnish tlulf. The water front and the Vera and forts were crowded with spectatoke. The ensigns on the forts and yachts were dipped, and the guns of each chain of forts across th� bitY joined in an oilmirai'm salute, subtle front the signal masts above the • iOrtil fluttered a string of colored flags reading: "flood luck to the Baltic fleet on its long voyage." ROUTE NOT DIVULGED. Czar Insisted Upon Immediate Departure of Fleet. St. Petersburg, Sept, 12.—The depart- ure of the Baltic fleet for the far east is officially announced. Admiral Birileff, commander of the naval forces at Cronstadt, will accom- pany the fleet as far as Libau, from which port the Armada, ef almost 40 pennants, will sail immediately for the Orient. The admiralty does not state how Tong Admiral Rojetvonsky will step at Libau,"but it is understood, that it will be only for a few days. The plan of the cruis'e has not been divulged, but it has been carefully mapp'ed, out. Colliers accompany the fleet for the purpose of supplying the torpedo boats and torpedo-boat de- stroyers, whose steaming radius is small. Other colliers have already sailed or are awaiting orders tp foreign ports to meet thesquadron on the way. .All the vessels are equipped with ap- paratus for coaling at sea. The general opinion is that the vessels will go by way of Suez, but some rumors say that the Cape router will be taken. The de- cision of the admiralty to send out the fleet in the face of the existing situa- tion in the far east is evidence of the temper of the g.overnment to prosecute the war to a fimsh. It is understood that there was con- siderable divergence of expert opinion on the question of delaying the sailing of the fleet until the spring, but the emperor turned the scale in favor of immediate departure. JAPS PRESSING ON. St. Petersburg Hears That Rain Stops Fighting. Tokio, Sept. 1L—The absence of offi- cial reports from the front is taken to indicate continued fighting north of Liao Yang. On the night of Sept. 6 and the next morning the cental army, with a part of the left array, crossed northeast of Liao Yang and joined the left column. The right army drove the Russians from the Yingsuisz and .Tvluchang heights, securing a position of much strategic importance. The Russians were followed to Yentai, where General Kuroki, in command of the right army, is still operating. The general results continue to be fav- orable to the Japanese. The operations of General Kuroki's army have been especially daring. Despatches from Yin- kow say that there were indications that the Russians at Mukden would assume the offensive. The Asahi regards the reported Rus- sian counter attack into Corea, from Vladivistock, as worthy of serious at- tention. The Russians at Port Arthur are re- connoitring with balloons. - Stopped by the Rain. St. Petersburg, Sept. 11.—The general staff has received a despatch from Gen. Sakharoff, dated yesterday, in which he says that no fighting is in progress, as the rains and the state of the roads prevent any movement of.troops. In a telegram to Emperor Nicholas, dated Sept. 10, Gen. Kouropatkin says : "There were no hostilities to - day (Saturday) except insignificant patrol encounters Id which we sustained. no casualties." ALL QUIET AT MUKDEN. Main Force of the Japanese Retires to Yentai. • Mukden, Sept. 11.—All is quiet in this region. It is understood that the main force of the Japanese hasretired to Yenta A solemn service Was held here to -day for the repose of the souls of those killed. It was attended by the entire staff and garrison. A few distant shots were heard dur- ing the ceremony, but this did not dis- turb tbe solemnity of the service. The weather is threatening and more rain is expected. KOUROPATKIN LED LEFT. Details of Sharp Fighting With Kuroki —Gen. Orloff Wounded. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1L—A despatch from Mukden of yesterday's date gives - details of the fighting at Yentas. The Japanese opened the engagement with -artillery, covering a turning movement. Gen. Orloff, who was in command ot the Russian forces, ordered an attack upon the Japanese from the south. Gen. Kouropatkin had intended to ad- vance from.the rear and east and sur- round the Japanese, but their superior force prevented the execution of the plan. Gen. Kouropatkin personality led the Russian left. Gen. Orloff was handicapped by hav- ing new troops under him whose qual- ity was unknown to him. He was wounded during the action, and had to relinquish the command. His troops suffered great losses, were badly shak- en, and finally began to give way. Gen.' Kouropatkin's attack Also failed. The Japanese did not push home their victory. No Russian guns or colors were captured by the Japanese. MUST RETAKE LIAO YANG. Peremptory Orders Sent to Kouropatkin by the Czar. London, Sept. 12.—A despatch to the Daily Mail from Sinminting says that Gen, Kouropatkin has returned to Muk- den after an inspection of the fortifica- tions at Tieling, which aro now back • ward, but are being hurried. At the same time dangerous and eostly efforts are being made to delay the Japanese advance, The eorrespondent says that he learns front a Russian source filet these efforts are in conformity with an order from the Czar, who has been per- emptorily ordered Gen. Kouropatkin to retake Liao Yang. There is no abate- ment in the Russian retreat, northwerd, which is impeded by the narrowness of the road. 'finder date of Friday the same correspondent says that the awe shins who were sent to hapingsban • treated with heavy losses. The Russian patrols in this district have recrossed the Liao River. Numerous stragglers have been shot or captured and toque, THE BEAR "THIS IS ONLY A PART OF MY PLANS." ed to death by the Chunehuses, who are swarming everywhere. They have stop- ped traffic between Sinminting and Muk- den. The retreat to Mukden degener- ated into a disorderly flight. The Rus- sians are looting and maltreating the Chinese, thousands of whom aro fleeing south and to Harbin. The confusion at the Mukden station was indescribable; there were struggles between men and women to enter the trains which were all required for the wounded. JAP LOSSES 17,538, 136 Officere Were Killed and 464 Wounded. Washington, Sept. 1L—A despatch from Tokio, received at the Japanese Legation, places the total casualties on the Japanese side at the battle of Liao -Yang at 17,538 officers and men killed and wounded. Of these'the army of the right (Kuroki's) lost 4,880, the centre (Oku's) lost 4,902, and the left (Nodzu's) 7,681. The number of officers killed was 130, and the number wounded 464. TOKIO BREAKS SILENCE. Lt Admits That Russians Saved All Their Guns. Tokio, Sept. 11.—Gen. Kuroki advanc- ing to thelu northwest last Siday and Monday, forced the Russians to retreat to Mukden. It is rumored that the Rus- sians, altde Monday's fight, carried over 10,000 wounded north of Mukden. It ap- pears that they ingeniously removed a majority of their dead, but left over 3,- 000 dead in the vicinity of Liao -Yang. The retreating Russians saved thau guns, but abandoned and exploded their ammunition. The number ef ammunition carts found in the trenches was enor- mous. The Japanese casualties have not been yet reported. On last Sunday night at 10 o'clock Gen. Kuroki's central column attacked a strong Russian column at Talienko, east of Yenta'. After a night's fierce fighting, the Russians were driven west- ward. Gen. Kuroki's left column, work.- ing westward, ocupied Langyipu Sunday afternoon, the artillery shelling the re- treating Russians for 30 or 40 miles. Ku- roki's right 'column advanced northward of Wangmientzshuhan; 25 miles south of Mukden. The Russians continued to re- treat. Their rear guard.of cavalry holds a line extending northwest of Hsillho and Syanehiatzu. The Russan outposts hold a line of covered trenches on the heights east of Panchiagao. A body of unknown strength remains at Kucluatzu, Pachietzu and Kaulinpao. The main body of the Rus- sians retired to Mukden, burning ,the bridges across the Sha River. The telegraphic reports received here to -day from the headquarters of the Manchurian army declare the Japanese to be in full possession of the Yentai coal mines, and estimate the Russian losses up to the fall of Lino -Yang at over 25,000 men. The estimate of losses does not include those suffered by the Russians in the eear-guard actions fought after the evacuation of Liao -Yang. The date upon which. the Japanese occupied the Yentai coal mines is not given. Before the battle the Russians assem- hled a great number of railroad cars at Liao -Yang, which were constantly used in the removal of wounded men and arms and ammunition to the rear for three of four days. Vast quantities of arms and ammunition and stores were burned at Liao-Yeng before t•he final retreat, buten enprmous amount of shells, am- munition, powder wagons, stores and miscellaneous property was captured by the Japanese. Among the ammunition captured was it quantity of dum-dum AFTER THE BATTLE. Russian Settlement at,,,Liao-Yang Laid in Ashes. London, Sept. 10.—The Times' corre- spondent who was lately with Gen. Oku has reached Pekin, whence he telegraphs interesting remarks dealing with the situation after the battle of Liao Yang. He says: "Liao Yang at sunrise on Sept. 4 presented a dismal spectacle. Tho Rus- sian settlement was burning. Heavy smoke hung over the old town. The scared Chinese were biding and Jap- anese troops, more or less 'dead beat, were bivouaeking in the suburbs. Not a shot was fired inside the barricade that day, and not a Russian was left, except a few deserters, hiding in Chin- ese clothes. The Russian settlement was hi ruins. The damage to the town itself was not so great front shell fire, though the rear guArd of the Tenth Siberian Rifles, who had been stationed at Liao Yang, lied sacked; all the European shops, and many 'houses of wealthy Chinese, before the evacuation. Over 50 Chinese were killed by the Japanese Mien fire. "The spoils of war which fell into the bends of the Japanese were quite in- aignificant, when one considers the itn- portance of Liao Yang as a Russian possession. A certain amount, of couvse, had been destroyed by fire in the settlement, but the Japanese were m- all to secure Any locomotives, of which they were hi the most urgent need, and which would have been mom vithuible to them Mtn even batteries of Artillery, A Jim:mese divisional corn - mender, who luta advanced by the railway, and secured the bridge over the river, immediately pushed his tired troops forward hi an attempt to pur- sue the enmey, but the pursuit was insignificant, since the Russian rear nerd guns were in position and spas- mbdically shelled the Japanese and the tolnh.roughout the day sounds of fight- iTvng could still be heard in the direc- tion of Yentai, but it did not appear that Gen. Kuroki's guns were nearer to the Russian communications than they had been when the struggle be- fore Liao Yang began. Gen. Kouropat- kin may therefore have been able to retire with his main army upon Muk- den. The correspondent says he believes that an army corps from Europe had justabout this thne reached hlujeden. He is convinced that Gen. Nodzu and Oen. Oku's forces alone lost 20,900 men. He estimates that the Russians op- posed 60,000 men and 80 guns to Gens. Nodzu's and Oku's 90,000 or 100,000 men and 220 guns. Criticizing the operations, he says: "After what I had read of the excel- lent tactics and strategy of the Jap- anese I must allow that what I saw in practice did not come up to myex- pectations. It is my honest opinion that there is nothing strategically ex- cellent in the handling of either army. If strategical success has been attained • by either belpgerent, Gen. Kouropat- kin can claim that lie defeated the mein objectof the Japanese opera- tions.' "As to the tactics of the Russians, they obviously cling to the cardinal error of over -manning their defensive positions, while the sole spirit of the Japanese tactics as illustrated by the operations of the divisions under the command of Oen. Oku was sledge- hammer frontal attacks. That Gen. Oku commands the finest infantry in the world I am satisfied. I do not be- lieve that any other army could for five 'consecutive days deliver eight un- successful general infantry assaults against .entrenchments and still pre- serve itself." The correspondent knows nothingof the cavalry operations on either side. There is no evidence that they mom- • plislied anything anywhere in the Liao Yang campaign. Speculating further, the writer says Ise is convinced that the Japanese, when they reach Mukden, will be com- , polled to rest after the terrible severity of the fortnight's operations. They will also need to get the railway in work- ing order, and if it is true that Gen. Linievitch is advancing, Gen. Kuroki may be obliged to base himself on the same communications as Gene. Oku and Nodzu. This, even when the railway is working, will be a considerable strain, though the situation has been improsPed by the occupation of Yin- kow and the use of the Liao River as far as old New Chwang , which is now an advanced base. The correspondent, while travelling to Pekin, saw ninnbers of Japanese junks carrying stems to old New Chwang. SCENES AT RETREAT. Almost Incredible Stories of the Suffer- ing. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10.—It seents to be definitely established that Field Mar- shal Ovama's *tired troops practically abandoned on Wednesday the attempt to head off Gen, Kouropatkin, and the latter's army has arrivea safely at Milk- den'after frightful experiences flounder- ing through mud and nure over the Man- darin road. Some descriptions of the scenes along the lines of retreat are almost inereds ible. They tell how, the men lay down in the mud and slept in a .drenching rain and without shelter. It is evident that the last determined effort of the Japanese to bring Kouropatkin to bay Was made on Tuesday, but the Rus- sian Commander -in -Chief faced about and two corps with artillery beat off the Japanese, while the remainder of the troops continued the march to Muk- den. After that the Japanese could only hang to the flanks and try to shell the retreating columns from the hills. The outposts aro still in conutet, but they are not even exchanging shots. A late despatch sent to -night from Muk- ken describes the horrible plight of the tentless and shelterless soldiers. The detailed statement of Russian loss- es, which it is preatised will be issued on Saturday, is awaited with intense in- terest. The general expectation is that the losses will approxornate 20,000, as against 30,000 for the Japanese. The work of burying the dead was left to the Japanese, Who were forced •to attempt the task as a matter of self- preservation, but it was almost impps- eible to accomplish it. The awful rains have handicapped the work of cremation, on which the Japanese relied, and only shallow trench burials -werb possible un- der the circumstances. Not only is this work one of the greatest difficulty, but it is Almost value- less from a stitititry point of view, the storms undoing it soon after it is ac- complished. The eare of tlse. wounded has taxed theshospitals to the utmost. Ono cor- respondent says that 12,000 wounded had passed through the Mukdeit hos• pitals, and only the most severe cases could be attenhed by the nurses and surgeons. Many, therefore, had to be left to the .care of their comrades. Viceroy Alexieff telegraphs that rail- road and telegraphic eonnnunkation between Ifitrbin and Mukden is open. —Philadelphia Record. The general staff denies that a battle is in progress before Mukden. Gen. Meyendorff, who is commanding Gen. Kouropatkin's rear guard, has not yet succeeding in reaching Mukden. Gen. Kouropatkin telegraphs that he has decided to hold Mukden as long as possible, but its evacuation is believed to be in progress. Gen. Kuroki's vanguard is now four- teen miles from Mukden. DEVASTATED ORCHARDS. San Jose Scale and Its Effect on Peaches. St, Catharines, Sept. 10.—Fruit men say that with the ravages of the San Jose scale, the field mice and other evils which beset the fruit trees, there will not be a Hiring peach tree in the Niagara peninsula in five or six years. Those who have travelled through this district can easily believe. this when they see the thousands of peach trees which stand leafless and hare, the re- sult of the destructive scale. Even with such discouraging prospects ahead, some growers are lax in preventing the spread of the scale, which seems to be more dangerous to neighboring orchards after the trees it is on are dead. San Jose scale inspectors, whose duty it is to inspect orchards in their dis- tricts with a view to ordering affected trees destroyed, say they find the great- est difficulty rn many cases in getting the owners of the trees to cut them down. Many put it off from time to time, until the patience of the inspec- .tor being finally worn out, he lays a complaint against the delinquents be- fore a magistrate. Not long ago a fine was imposed in the Police Court hero upon a Hamilton corporation for failing to destroy about five thousand peach trees on a farm they own, situ- ated just outside of St. Catharines. All these trees had been killed by the San Jose scale, and this is but one of many similar cases. Between hero and Nia- gara -on -the -Lake thousands upon thou- sands of pea& trees, which a year or • two ago at this season were laden with luscious fruit,are now dead or dying from the Beale. This morning, in the Police Court, five residents of this city were charged with refusing to destroy trees in- fected with the San Jose scale. They were John Simmington, Mrs. Ellen Hickey, John .7. Fee, Henry Riddell and Ephraim Snyder. , 'Mr. Snyder pleaded guilty, but the other four pleaded not guilty. Their cases were remanded until next week. When they conte up Mr. Snyder's case will also be disposed of. The parties concerned have various reasons for not destroying trees, among them they claim the trees were in their opinion not affected, or that the scale had not developed sufficiently to prevent the trees being saved if properly looked after. Some of the parties intend to fight the matter, and the outcome of the cases is awaite4 with much interest. ENDED.HIS LIFE IN ATTIC. Frederick Thompson Commits Suicide in a Toronto Factory. Toronto, Sept. 12.—Lying across four rafters in an unfurnished flat in the blind- ing occupied by George N. Reynolds & Co., manufacturers' agents, at 5 Wel- lington street west, the body of Freder- ick T. Thompson was ,found yesterday. All the gas jets in the basement and on the ground floor were open, and it is supposed that the gas had been escap- ing since 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, when Thompson was last seen in the building. Tho position in which the body was found fully indicated that Thompson made all preparations to end his life in the attic, in which alterations are being made, Placing a ladder par- allel with a skylight, he had apparently climbed up on to the rafters. His head was resting on a small board. C. P. IL EXPRESS HELD UP. Daring Train Robbery at Mission junc- tion, B. C. Winnipeg, Sept. 11.—At 9.30 last night the Canadian Pacific westbound trans- continental express was held up by four masked men. The hold-up occurred four and a half miles 'West of Mission Junction, in a wooded district. Three of the men crawled over the tender ot the locomotive, and the the point of re- volvers ordered Engineer Seott to stop the trait. They left one man to guard the engineer', the others taking tho fire- man with therm They compelled the fireman to uncouple the mail and ex- press ear, the fourth standing guard over the train and Conductor %Verret!, who attempted to go forward when the train stopped. The robbers then pro- ceedee with the engine, mail and express ear several mike west. Express Mete senger Herbert Mitchell at first refused to open the ear door, but on being in- formed that the ear would be blown up with dynamite, of Avid& they had a quantity, he complied, Was disarmed and forced to open the safe. The rob- bers secured four or five thousand dol- lars hi gold and about one thousand itt currency. The mail clerks were sin+ larly compelled to open the mail ear, which was rifled of the entente of the registered mail seeks. The engine, ex - pros and mail car were' then tun to it TIPPOMPlik ME 'LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN. No Strike of the Members of the Brother. • hood in Two Years. Buffalo, N. Y. Sept. 12. --The ninth biennial -convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firenwe was called to order here to -day by John J. Ifeenahon, Grand. Master 01 4110 order. Two active eessions will be held daily, and it is expected the convention will occupy two weeks, Seven hundred delegates were present, and at least three hundred more aro expected. The report of the Crand Master, to be read at a public session to be beld this evening, will show that the organization ' point east of Warnock, when the rob- bers took to the woods, None of the passengers were molested, A special train with a posse of policemen in charge of the railway's OW sinspector and the provincial chief of police, was ordered to the scene from Vancouver as soon -as news of the hold-up reached there, a description of the robbers be- ing wired to cities smith of sthe bound- ary line, towards which it is supposed the robbers have made tracks, and the authorities are confident they cannot escape. This is the first instance of a • train robbery reported on the Canadian Pacific within the past twenty years. TOOK FATAL DRUG, Tragic Death of Miss Hilda Sherwood, of Ottawa. • Ottawa'Sept. 11.—The sudden death of Misa 1-11,1da, youngest daughter af the late Edward • Sherwood and sister of Col. Sherwood, C.M.G., occurred et her mother's residence, 622 Concession street, shortly before midnight. Miss Sherwood was a beautiful young wo- man and a general favorite • in social circles, in the capital and other Cana- dian cities. She had been indisposed for several months, and recently took a trip to the seaside resorts along the Ameri- can coast in the hope that it would serve to brighten her spirits and restore her health. She returned home on Friday without any substantial improvement. This evening, shortly before 7 o'clock, she took, whether by accident or design, has not been made clear, a drug with fat- al results. Medical aid was promptly summoned, and all that the best skill could do was done to relieve her suffer- ings and save her life, but after linger- ing about five hours she passed away. SWEPT OVER THE FALLS. Another Supposed Suicide at Prospect Roint Reported. Niagara Falls, Ont., Sept. 11.— The death -dealing waters of the Niagara lured another man to self-destruction to- night at 6.55 o'clock, but as yet his iden- tity has not been disclosed. Five ladies were standing at Prospect Point when suddenly they were startled to see the body of a man come down in the rapid current, head first, and only about eight feet from shore. The current rushed him along, and quiekly swept him over the brink into the gorge. When the ladies recovered from their horror, they agreed. that the man was alive, and that he had light hair and a dark coat. Superintendent Perry, of the State Reservation, was made aware of the suicide ,and he directed that the river bank be searched in hopes something would be found to reveal the man's iden- tity. Nothing svas found, but another search will be made at daylight. There is no doubt • the man entered the sum- mer -house, 500 feet back from the brink. The body is likely to be found within a few days. FIRECRACKER AS PROTEST. A Fanatic Scares the Worshippers in Westminster Abbey. London, Sept. 11.—In the middle of the service in Westminster Abbey this morn- ing the kneeling congregation were alarmed by a series of explosions resem- bling- the discharge of a revolver. A rush for the &ors followed. The verger° discovered a, large firecracker and a. dam- aged piece of paper, on which there were writings sufficiently legible to show that the perpetrator of the outrage was a fanatical follower of the late John Ken - sit, who during the latter years of his life carried on a -campaign against Ritu- alistic practices in the aura. No &Image was done, and the,congre- gation was soon reseated. A. R. FAWCETT DISAPPEARS. Publisher 'of the Junction Leader and Record Can't Be Found, Toronto Junction, Sept. 11.—The sud- den and unexpected departure of A. R. Fawcett, for many years publisher of The Leader and Recorder, has been the chief topic in the Junction since yester- day. morning, when the fact became gen- erally known. Mr. Fawcett went away on Friday, leaving a letter so that his wife would get it the next morning, in which he enclosed a statement of his business affairs, and intimated that he would not return. It is believed that Mr. Fawcett has gone to Detroit, although in his letter to his wife he said, "I do not know where I am going or what I am going to do." Threshing Accident Haiti Ripley. Ripley, Sept. 1L—While thrashing at the barn of George Emmerson'Purple Grove, Garner Stanley, son of William Stanley, 12th toncession of Kinloss, met with an accident which may terminate fatally. In attempting to replace the fanning mill belt while the machine was in motion he was thrown with his left arm against the cylinder sheaf pulley, taking it off below the elbow, pulling off the flesh ahd leaving the bone bare above the elbow; also receiving a deep cut ift the shoulder, ono on the temple, one most serious on the back of ths head, which affeeted the braiu, and is considered by the medical Mall the most dangerous. Two hours after the mei- dent four doctors found it necessary to Inundate the tine above the elbow. Oppose AdventiSte. Sayville, L. T. Sept. 10.—Spurred to greater teal by the inroads made on his congregation by two Seventh Day Ad- ventist missionaries, Rev. IL M. Still, pas- tor of the Sayville Methodist Church, has Amiounced that in his sermon next Senility he will pay his rospeets to the Adventists and present some arguments against the doctrines. Other ministers ontemplates similar notion. All summer the miasionaries have been holding services in a tent here, and their harvest ef eonverts has been so large that the town has tamest mine to be- lieve that the second muting of Christ will be witnessed by this generation, And that only those who expect Him and obser've Saturday as the Sabbath will bo among the eleet. Converts to their teaching who for- merly observed Stmday as the biblical • is 111 8. prosperous condition; that in the pest two years there has not been a etrike of firemen on anyroad on which the brotherhood is organized, all differ- ences having been settled without delay. During the year ended on Juno 30, WO lodges were organized. Shwa the organ- ization was founded 4,040.10 have been paid to membera and their families for death and disability claims. During the year ended June 30 the receipts of the order were $1,353,801, and the disburse- ments were $1,107,555. An Important question to be considered is the removal of the headquarters of the order from Peoria, Ill., to Buffalo.. 410,.•1101.111.• day of rest now devote themselves to their occupations on that day and rest on Saturday. It no longer excites com- ment in -Sayville to see farmers at work in the fields on Sunday, while their wives and daughters busy themselves with the family, washing. In he lake on the farm of his untie, Robert B. Roosevelt, where President Roosevelt enjoyed- many a day's good fishing this. sumMer, Adventist converts aro being baptized. Several were im- mersed lest Saturdey. NEWS IN BRIEF A British War Office contract Weir awara- eci. to an American firm. The Kamloops saw mills, lumbea and logs, were burned. Loss, $50,000. The new 'United States cruiser Milwaukee was launched at Ban Franclao0. Mrs. 'I'. H. Race, wife of the editor of The Mitchell Recorder, is dead. Work on the James Bay Railway has been begun at Richmond Hill northward. The total receipts at the Toronto, Exhibi- tion are estimated at $10,000 over last year, Martin Aumer, a German from Cincin- nati, was, found dead in a hayloft at Re- gina. It is said that as a result of constant Strikes the decline of Marseillesalt a Zvi - time port is irreparable. Negotiations for peace between the Govern- ment of Paraguay and the insurgents have been resumed. Mr. A. M. Ross, of Brandon, has been ar- rested on a charge of obtaining *Loney by false pretences. A. generator was burned out. at- the Tor- onto Railway Co's. power house. The loss Is estimated at $40,000. The R. & O. steamer Virginia, which ran aground near Chicoutimi, Quebec; has been floated Undamaged. Mr. W. F. Kerr has been appeinted Crown Attorney for Northumberland and Durham. The worst earthquake ever recorded by the Toronto seismagraph took place on.Aug, 28th. Selkirk Liberals will meet Sept. ,16th 'to se- lect a candidate for the Commons. Ail the Liberal candidates will then be in the field in Manitoba and MI Territories, with the single exception of Lisgar. Officials of the Railway Department, Ot- tawa, are not aware of any arrangement for running rights to be granted to, the Inter - colonial and Canadian Northwest 'over the Canada Atlantic in the event of its sale. The powers of the world signatory to The Hague Convention will be asked by the Inter -Parliamentary 'Union at its twelfth con- ference at St. Louis this week; to Intervene in ehe Russo-Japanese war. The Earl of Dartmouth has arrived at New York for the purpose of layihg the corner- stone of the new Dartmouth Hall, at Dart- xnouth College. The college was established in 1760, and received its name from the sec- ond Earl of Dartmouth, who was its patron. The probability is that Col. Lord Aylmer, the present Adjutant -General, and acting General Officer Commanding, will be ap- pointed to the position of Inspector -General, created under the new militia act. His suc- cessor as Adjutant -General will likely be Lieut. -Col. Vidal. Mr. Theodore Knappen, Secretary. of the Western Canadian Immigration Asociation, after a week's tour of the wheat -growing districts of Manitoba and a trip through the Territories, estimates the wheat )crop itt 60,430,00 bushels. He says it is the most valuable crop ever raised in the west. He found rust had done some damage, but not so much as reported. HANGED AT KENTVILLE. Wm. Robinson Pays the Penalty for Wife Murder. Halifax, Sept, 12.—Willisms Robinson, murderer of his wife, Theresa Robinson, in their home in the North Mountains, King's county, on the night of May 24t1i last, was executed by Hangman Radcliffe al, Kentville early this morning, Robin- son showed no signs of wavering and walked to the gallows with a firm and steady step. It was exactly 1,35 when the trap was sprung. At 1.50 the body was cut down. Robinson made no con- fession and protested his innocence to the very last. The condemned man never uttered a word from the time that he left his cell. 'Preceded by Radcliffe and accompanied by Rev. Mr. White and Captain Ford,01 the Salvation Army, Robinson walked quickly upstairs to the gallows. Ile looked straight ahead and showed but little emotion. His face was pale, but he bore up wonderfully well and carried out his svord that he Would not flinch at the last inoment. From midnight until the hour of execution Rev. Mr. White remaineit in the cell with the con - donned man, and just before the final moment he administered the last rites of the Episcopal Murals Robinson's brother claimed the body, and will take it to Lawrencetosvn, Anna- polis county, for burial. There was a tremendous erosvd in the vieinity of the jail. Radelive arrived at 12.35 and went for Robinson at 1.25. While waiting he no- ticed that some of the spectators were snaking a disturbance. He threatened to postpone the execution. Seeing that matters were not improving a few min- utes later, without forming the usual procession, he handcuffed the prison- er's hands and rushed him to the room adjoining ., the scat - fold. As the door opened to admit them into the latter several of the spectators, supposedly respectable men, were in a clinch on the floor, and others were try- ing to part them, The noose was quickly adjusted, and within five minutes the trap was sprung, and in less than four nihmtes he Vila dead. The unseemly scene was causea through having too many spectators, and some were fight- ing for good places. Even the seaffold was crowded. Girl Clings to Balloon. Ansonia, Conn., Sept. 10.—While Miss Mabel Kent, n young woman of &eh ton, was tangled in the ropes of a bal- loon in which her friends luid dared her to accompany ansiteronaut named Hay- den, at the Orange. Fair yesterday. the order was given to eut the balloon loose, And 6,000 persons Saw it rise with Mise Kent clinging to the bar with both hands. Itityden tried in vain to swing his parachute towards her so he could assist her, but Miss Kent *was unable to reit& the cord, which would have operated tilt knife and freed her parachute. It Was a fearful strain on the young Woman's Aim:ides as the balloon rose to its highest point and travelled over two Mites' to the east before it gradually descended, land ing in it tree forty feet high. • Ladders were seemed, and the young woman WM conveyed back to the fair grounds, where she reeeived an °vette:4