The Wingham Advance, 1905-01-26, Page 7TWO THOUSAND MASSACRED
AND FOUR THOUSAND WOUNDED.
Thousands- of Russian .VVorkingmen Shot to Death and Stabbed by
Infuriated Troops in -the Streets of St, Petersburg.
Neither Men, Wornen Nor Children Were Spared in the General .Massacre
by the Soldiery.
St, Petersburg, Jan. 22.—The sacrifice
thas been Made/ Thousands have fallen
to -day, Willing martyrs in the cause of
human liberty, in the belief that their
bloothwill &ea t the doom of 'Weskit tYa-
raanty and oppression. Not since the
y massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day as
a civilized community witnessed such a
massacre as stains the latest' page of
Russian history. Its victims cannot yet
itle'numbered. The official estiMate puts
the numbeeOd dead at 2,000 and the
woanded wt 5,00.
The 18,st feet of the bloody drama, was
—
the deliberate slaughter a hundrode of
onlookers in the centre of the city. Ater
all tae orgenizedaattempts of the 'insur-
rectionists to march te. the Winter ?1.
ace had failed, a large body of Cossacks
was turned loose by Hui authorities
against fifty thousand people standing
in the streets, with Orders to kill with-
out mercy.
The murderous eoraniand was obeyed
ib the letter. The carnage which fol-
lowed has AO parallel in modern record.
The fierce lairsemen cut down with their
shbres all within thaoh. Those wile fled
were shot at with nvolvers and car-
bines. " It is said •that the authorities
'committed this atrocity with the de-
-liberate purpose of terrorizing not only
St. Petersburg, but all B,ussia, and
'ejle. quehehing the rising flames of revolution
hroughout the empire.
'"'"' Never was there a greater mistake.
Instead of excitingterror, the mas-
sacre has already inspired a rage that
is smell. that nothing but revenge will
satisfy it. This found its first expres-
• sion later, when a crowd surrounded an
old man in a general's uniform, riding
y in a carriage. They tore him from the
vehicle and. killed bine.
• BEFORE, THE DEED.
Waile Workingmen 'Gathered the Troops
Prepared to Slay Them.
•
It is necessary to tell tbe story of
this bloody day an a briefer fashion
than its Intense intereit and. invert -
once demand, for the pressure on the
telegraph wires already is great, and
a breakdown is feared. .The late win-
ter dawn WEIS brilliant and eold. The
city swarmed with ;troops, but the
regular garrison had been 'reinforced
by 50,000 troops from the Imperial
palace in the country and. fromoother
districts.. These Were massed near the
Winter Palace on the bank of the Nova
in the centre of the city. The vast
semicircle ,in front of the palace was
ocetepied by the Pawlowsk and Prioe
tekbrajonskyRegiments of Infantry, the
aelnl'irst • Regiment of the Guard% and a
brigade of the Emperor's Cossacks
was• drawn lee on the. side of the palace
• faeingathe rivei. A battery of artil-
lery.. waited at the gate between the
palace and the Hermitage Gallery, a
mile away. Down the Nevsky Pros-
pekt, the main street of the , eity, a..
regiment of Cossacks, which had ar-
• rived in the morning from the Dow-
ager Empress' country • residence,
:guarded the Arritzkoff Pitlaea her city
` home. She was there throughout the
day. Yesterday at noon slie drove
twice in an open .sleigh the leugth of
• Nevsky Paospekt. Army men said she
did tans to set an ,example to her eon,
to show him how to behave in face of
threats of disorder. The palaces of
eGrand Dukes Vladimir, Alexis, aliehael,
• and Serge ever,e..; occupied'. by other
troop:ea-and their gates were closed and
curtains drawn.
ALLOWED TO GATHER.
Text of Father Gopon's Letter to the
Czar Wanting Him.
lerean;hhile a decisive stroke was be-
telpg prepared three miles away to the
•-•,-,uthwest of the Narva Gate, a lofty
wide granite arch, the outlines of
which -resemble those a the Arch de
Triomphe, in Paris, The Chiehadoff
Regiment was posted Imre across a
wide, gradual' slope on the further side
of the arch, looking along the road to-
wards the Putiloff iron Works, te mile
beyond. Near these works the men
Who began thepresent fevolt mum-
blea in the early morning around their
leader, Father Given. No attempt
was made by the authorities to pre-
vent the carrying out of their announce -
ed programme of marching to the city.
The deliberateepoliey of the Govern-
ment to allow them to seek their own
destruction Is now clear. All last
night, thWittikers, in bodies of 800 each
filed through the asseMbly hall, tak-
ing a solemn oath to :leek to first gain
the eat of the Czer, and if they failed,
to try to gain their dentanas by other
means.
Vollowity is the text Of a letter sent
the Czar yesterday by rather Go.
on: "Severeign,—I fear the Ministers
have not told you the full truth about
+elating in you, has resolved to ap-
pear tit the Winter Paidee at 2 o'clock
Sunday efternoori in order to inform
you. Of ita needa If, vacillating, you
do not appear before the people, theii
you will tear the moral bonds between
you and the people and trust in you
'will disappear because innocent blood
Will flow 'between you and your people.
Appear to -morrow before your people
and receive our address of devotion in
a courageous spirit. I alia the re.
preeentotivee of labor, end my brave
Workingmen and, Comrades guarantee
the invioability elf your persona'
PROCESSION STARTS,
Bat Was Stopped by a Colonel, Who
Said the Road Was Barred.
'The preceseion Wee formed et 10
'Oehtick ii the Meriting; Felber Gelato
Ied it, acOraptteied, by a volunteer
;Mara of 500 iriert. About 12,000 grit -
ors followed, Many Of Father aktettreS
THE CZAR 0 lt RUSSIA.
guard had revolvers.' The general
crowd carried ie picks and other rude
weapons, but the • majority were un-
armed. The march began quietly, the
first 500 men keeping in military for-
mation, the masses following without
an attempt at order. Troops were drawn
up to receive them in plain sight as
they moved, slowly forward over ,the in-
tervening mile. As the head of the pro-
cession approached, they faced a thoto
sand leveled rifles, sergeants standing
at intervals along the broad line, direct-
ing the aim of the soldiers. When with-
in easy speaking distance, Father Gopon
stopped the procession by order of the
coked. Holding in one band an ikon
and in the other the .petition, the priest
said in a iota voice: "We are going to
present a petition to the Emperor."
The colonel replied: "The road is
barred."
• MURDER DONE.
Mowed Down by a Shower of Bullets,
Some Still Pressed on.
Unheeding the almost certain death
in the leveled rifles before him, the
brave priest gave the order to march
on. Instantly there was an order to
hie; but it was a blank volley, and the
whole column pressed on as though
there was no obstacle in their path.
Quiekly came the :mond order tofire,
and this time a hail of lead poured
into the people's ranks. In that in-
stant they &fanged from petitioners to
insurrectionists. With a shout of rage
the insurrectionists rushed forward to
almost certain death. They tried to use
their feeble.. weapons. Many revolver
shots fell among the troops. The reply
came in a;Volley which swept down a
majority of Father Gopon's guard.
Even then the crowd would not aban-
don their hopeless attack. More 'volleys
were mercilessly poured into them and
the road become a shambles. The dead
lay in heaps. The ranks following the
crowd began to break, but many women
from the tent- rushed forward with
heartbreaking cries, seeking their own
timely the dead. The fielding here came
to an end, and a few minutes later the
regiment which cud the execution was
withdrawn and another was substituted.
The police collected the dead, and the
wounded were taken to an improvised
hospital at the Putiloff Iron Works.
This was soon surrounded by men and
'stamen, Who aetea like children in their
=sett: They were forbidden to make
enquineseconderning the victims. They
stood in crowds, wringing their hands
and crying., "We are only going to the
Czar with Father ("open to ask for hap-
piness. Why Will the Government not
let us? They shootand kill us for
nothing."'
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
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Some Troopa Refused. to Fire, and Were
Badly Beaten by Their Officers.
Another inessacre, under similar cir-
cumstaiices, with a still greater list of
victims, took place a little later at the
Moscovski level cresting, where the
i•oad from Kolpinow leads to St. Peters-
burg. • Here there was a sort of pitelied
battle between the vast crowd and the
bootie. The desperate revolters, even
with their rude weapons, sucteedect in
comity to eke° quarters and inflicting
some •danitige upon the troops. It was
nt a terrible e0St, .however, for no less
than a thousand were killed and fifteen
hundrediwounded.
Acemeling to the pollee reports, some
7,000 survivors, in desperation, turned
towards Tsarskoe Selo, where the Cott
Ind taken refuge. They declared that
it was their purpose to march to the
palace and see the Emperor. Their fate
is unknown at this aour. There were
minus conflicts at thee or foitr more
points before o'clock. To one ease
pray, an far as keown, aid the bopee of
the revolutionists that the troops would
refute to fire upon tam prove well
founded. Tak was 'When a erowa el`
mew flionsetias etivatieett to tte Nielm-
lee 'tillage; they were stopped fwo
rettimente of 'revelry luta infttelvv.
"Tama flre. don't fire on worainenuen!
Throw Aram A.atie time!" eiSea the
reeeva. Abell er10 at the 201tlierl thee,e
their MID aromill. Their ail-
tena laat Ib' mutineers unmercifully,
carry on their struggle for national
freedom, You Iwo my blessing. For
that fight to -morrow I will be among
you. To -day I am busy working for the
MUM
"Father Gam"
The workingmen have decided to con-
tinue their movement, while Father
Gopon himself will hold a dmoostra-
tion in the near future in spite of the
immense losses to -day. One of Father
Gopon's friends whom Maxim Gorky
introduced to an assembly of four huna
• dred Liberals, declared that the work-
ingmen were giving up hope in the
Emperor, and begged the educated
classes to assist in supplying them with
arms.
2,100 DEAD, moo WOUNDED,
Massacre Deliberately Planned by the
• Authorities.
with the result that the regiment made
a bayonet charge, killing and wounding
ninny.
Wherever the Cossacks were engaged
the work was of the 'bloodiest descrip-
tion. They fired a volley into the gen-
eral crowd at the Admiralty Park
tbree hundred yards from the Winter
Palace, killing many. Twenty-six cbil-
dren were among the dead • at ibis
point.
THE CROWNING INFAMY,
Cossacks Cut Down Men, Women and
Children Without Mercy.
So the work of terror went on, until
4 o'clock, when came the crowning in -
fairly. It was a deed which history
will record as RUSSia'S deepest disgrace.
All attempts to resist or defy author-
ity had failed. St. Petersburg was count-
ing its dead and summing up the events
of the bloodiest day in its history. The
streets in the cadre of the town were
filled. with ordinary citizens, women and
children, drawn solely by curiosity. Most
of the slaughter had taken place at
points a considerable distance from the
palace and the main avenue of the atty.
The crowd was naturally greatest at
the palace end of this great thorough-
fare, which is one of the widest avenues
of Europe.
Suddenly, without warning, another
order to commit; wholesale murder was
given to the troops surrounding the
palace. They were directed to charge
upon the dense crowds at the ends of
all the avenues ouening on the great
semi -circle in front of the palace. Tte
Cossacks and tate Dowager Empress'
cavalry guards sprang upon the mai-
* with drawn swords. It was like the
spreading out of a great fan of steel.
The populace was so closely packed that
they could not flee with any speed, and
quickly the murderous horsemen were
among theme slashing HOU an left,
cutting, stabbing and treading down ell
alike, without mercy, men, women or
children. On and on the Cossacks pm --
sued. their victims in a perfect carnival
of killing. Before half a block was pass-
ed. their swords were dripping wileh
blood and the pavement was erhnson.
As the circle enlarged finally the rot-
diers became somewhat separated, end
the rage of the populace found seine
ehance for revenge. They fell upon ev-
ery one wearing a uniform. Darkness
was now falling, and harsher orders were
given the troops. Tshe Cossacks fired
fire volleys down the Nevsky Prospect
from in front of the Kazoo Cathedral,
The killed and injured were dragged in-
to the side streets by friends. amity to
,escape the galloping ehargers jumped
from the embankment of the Noiku Can-
al, and thence fled along the ice. The
Cossacks shot themas they ran.
REVOLIITTON ABROAD.
The Spirit of Rebellion Now Bunk With
an imperishable Flame.
No accurate account can be given of
the victims of this -unprovoked. iiirtea-
ere, There is raison to fear Hutt the
police report of 2,000 dead falls Inc be-
low the truth. 'The authorities show a
natural desire to minhnize the record of
t1.10 situation. The whole people,
the awful. 'carnage.
There was reason to doubt that the re-
volutionary spirit was domhuint in tit.
Petersburg before to -day's occurrence,
but the spirit of rebellion burns to -night
with an imperishable flame, itt the
heart of the people a cry never heard in
•Sla Petersburg before is raked to-nigait
by an incensed and outraged city, able
is "Down with the Czar, down with mon-
archy." This ery will re-echo through-
out the Itussian laepire, and this day's
work will have its fruit in mighty
eb awe.
At a meeting of the eommittee late
to -night araxim Gorky, the welaknown
:Russian author, read the following 1t
ter to the workmen from Father Gopen,
who wee pot 'wounded:
"Conwellee aria Russian wortauene—
There is no C•zar, between him mei the'
Iluseiett nation aureate of blood have
flowed. to -day. It is high Brno • the
;Russian workmen begin without him to
St. Petersburg, Jan. 22, 10.30 pam—By
stacked rifles and. blazing wood fires
on the frozen snow, St. Petersburg's
garrison • stands at the present hour
across every approach to the centre of
the city. Behind the troops stand in-
tact the palaces and their ruler, be-
fore them the inscrutable tenement
colonies; with a vast and growing mass
of determined mon. The day's bloody
work is told in the cold official figures
of the police. At the Verve, Gate
where Father Gopon started with his
devoted bodyguard and thee workmen
from the Putiloff Iron Works, 300 were
killed and 50 wounded. At the Maskow-
ski level crossing gate 1,000 were killed
and 1,500 wounded; at the Nevski gate,
below the Moscow Station, 500 were
killed and 700 wounded; In the Vassal
Osthoff District 200 were killed and
500 wounded. In other parts of the city
100 were killed and 700 wounded.
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky will pre-
pare a report to the Empyeror to -night.
He is appalled by the number of dead,
but stands alone. The other Govern-
ment authorities eallously declare: "We
have only given them a lesson. We
will have quietoiow for a time."
That remains to be seen.
CRY FOR VENGEANCE.
_
Faith of People in the Czar is lame-
. ably Broken.
•
St. Petersburg, Jan. 22.—The troops,
with the exception of a single regi -
meet, Adel' is reported to have thrown
down its • arms, remained loyal and
obeyed orders. But the blood which
crimsoned the snow has fired the brains
and passions of the strikers and turn-
ed women as well as men into wild
beasts, and the cry of the infuriated
populace is for vengeance. Tbe sym-
• pathy of the middle classes is with the
workmen.
Ia, Father Gopon, the master mind of
the movement, aimed at open revolu-
tion, he managed ' the affair like a
genius to break- the faith of the people
in "Little Father," who they were con-
vinced •and whorl Father Gopon had
taught them to ilbelieve -would right
then wrongs and! Medress their ,goev-
ances. Gorky, the Russian novelist, ex -
the opinion that to -day's work
will break this faith of the peoplein
the Emperor. Ile said to -night to the
Associated Press: "To -day inaugur-
ated revolution in Russia. The Em-
peror's prestige will be irrevocably
shattered by the shedding of innocent
blood. He has alienated himself forever
from bis people. Gopon taught the
workmen to believe that an appeal di-
rect to the `Little Father' would be
heeded. They have been undecived.
Gopon is now convinced that peaceful
means have failed, and that the . only.
remedy is force. The first blood has
been Shed, but more will follow. It is
now the people against the oppressors,
and the battle will be fought to the
bitter end." •
The military authorities had a firm
grip on every artery in the city. At
daybreak guards regiments, cavalry
and infantry, held every aridge across
the frozen NeVir, the network of canals
which interlace the city, and 'the gates
leading to and from the industrial sec-
tion, whik in the palace square, as the
storm centre, were massed dragoon
regiments, infantry and Cossacks of
the guards. Barred, from the bridges
aud gates, men women and chilaren
crossed the frozen rivers and camas on
the •ice by twos and threes'liurrying
to the Palace square, where they were
sure the Emperor would be present and
hear them. But the street approaches
were closed by veto% and Cossack
charges.. Men end women, infuriated
to frenzy by the lose of loved ones,
cursed the soldiers, while they retreat-
ed. Men harangued the crowds, telling
them that the Emeporor had foiled them,
and that the, time had come to act. 'Men
began to build barricades in the Nevsky
Prospett, and at other points, using
tiny material that came to band, and
even cbopping down the telegraph poles.
Fighting meantime continued at vari-
ous places, soldiers volleying and charg-
ing, the mob. Thewhole city was in a
state of mimic. 'Women were running
through the streets seeking . lost mem-
bers of families. Severer barricades
were carried by the troops.
Towards $ .o4elock in the evening the
erowds, exhausted, begau to disperse,
leaving the military in possession. .As
they retreated up the Nevsky Pros-
pekt the workmen put out all the
lights.
The little chapel at the Nerve gate
was wrecked. e
On the Kninostov Island all the lights
were extinguished.
Every officer wearing the uniform of
the Emperor Who was found aldne was
mobbed. A general was killed on the
Niebolas bridge, and it dozen offieers
were seized, striping of their epaulettes,
and deprived of their swords.
It is 'rumored to -night ibat M. act
Witte will be involuted director to-
morrow, but the report is not maim-
ed. The authorities, while they seeta
to tealize 'the magnitude of the erisie
with which the dynasty end the -onto-
Iecrecy ore confronted with on towed
of baby's' -events, apparently are par-
alyzea for the moment.
An offirial atatement was • promised
at midnight, et whielt hour it Was an -
till to -morrow.
• Intense indignation is bound be
Men fled revolutionists expeet newe
arolleed. all over Ituesia. The work.' • H
•'
lammed that it bad Welt peetpeisal I mly E EAH
from Moscow and other big centres,
where the troops aro not of the same ;
elsettsgosbillirsg.the guards regiments of 'St.
• r
A member of the Eniperorai house-
hold is quitted as' lowing today that
this conflict will end •the war with
Japan, and that RUSSIA will bave
constitutien or Emperor Nicholaid will
loee his head.
The Warsaw and Baltic Railroad is
reported to have been torn opfor
mile and it half, but the dai
mage s said
to have been reeateat
There are eomorrie of trouble in Fin-
land and disaffection of the troops.
DOG'S SCENT SAVES LIFE,
eased iii Sleeping Master and rauad
'castaway.
New York, Jan, 2a.—The Herald pub-
lislies the following from Orient, L.10
Charles Modler, a recluse'following the
instinct and ecent of bits dog, saved the
life of it man from Essex, Conn., a few
Madas ago.
Modler lives on Long Beach, on
the point of which it lighthouse stands.
It is nine nines from the village by Wel
and about two miles distant by water.
No other hernao being lives on the beach
Mr. Mealier was awakened in the niglit
by his dog, which was sniffing the ter
and whining. Firet be would, look up at
his master and wag his tail in an intel-
ligent way, then be would make for the
door and try to get out. •
The dog kept up Ids Wargo actions
Oho rest of the night, and as day broke
Mr. Medlar let hint out. The dog imme-
diately started, on it trot for the beach
washed by the waves of Gardiner's &My,
Mr. Modier following. For miles the
beach was covered with ice.
Soon Mr. Modler discovered a cat -
boat jammed in the ice floe a short
tance away from. shore. At the same
One the dog sprang fora dark object ly-
ing on the beach . His loader followed
and found a man, the owner of the boat,
aparently unconscious and almost life-
less lying on the ice. Modler carried atim
to his shanty, where it was some time
-before the man came to himself. He
said he came from Essex, Conn., end was
bound for Greenport, but night ,had shut
in and he was caught in the icefloes.
He did not remember bow the night bad
passed. or bow long he "had been lying
on the beach.
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FRANK CROKER'S LAST SPIN.
Richard Croker's Son Killed in an Auto-
mobile Accident in Florida.
Ormood, Flag Jae 22.—Frank Croker,
of Now York, second soo of iticherd
Croker, died. here soon after midnight,
from the effects of injuries received yes-
terday in an autemobile accident. By
the accideet, his cbauffeur, Alexander
Raoul, was instantly killed. A bicyclist
named Stanley, a cottager, was bruised
and. his leg broken,
Mr. ()hiker started down the beach to-
ward Daytona, and Ilhad been gone
scarcely tweaty minutes when he was
seen in the distance coming back. Sua.-
licitly there were, cries of alarm from
some of the spectators, who saw the big
Simplex, aproaching at a frightful gait,
sudenly swerve several times and then
plunge into the ocean, turning over end
over seemingly half a dozen times.
The machine ran far out into the
breakwater and then came to a stout -
still, a mass of taugled iron and wood.
Mr. Croker lay in the sand, with the
slthallow waves washing over lam. He
was seemingly dead, but when picked
up was found. to be breathing faintly.
Mr. Croker and ebicyclist, who was
riding a motor eyele, were going hi the
same direction. Evidently the cyclist
did not hear the Simplex coming. Both
machine and bicycle were running rather
close to the water's edge and; evlion the
cyclist turned in toward the beach it
tle to avoid a soft spot, he ran directly
in front of Mr. Croker's car, which meet
have been traveling at Mat time close to
a mile in forty seconds.
-a • a
RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGES.
Empire League Takes Up Deceased
„Wife's Sister .Qutstion.
London, 24.—At a Meeting of the &U-
tah Empire League, presided over by Lord
Derby to -day, a resolution was moved by
Lord Strathcona on the status in Great Brit-
ainof the offspring of marriages made in
other parts of the Empire. The council un-
animously expressed the hope that the Prime
Minister would give favoral'k consideratiou
to a deputation which would submit ita
views on the question. This resolution is
probably aimed at securing recognition of the
marriage to a deceased wife's sister, non-
recognition of which in Great Britain has re -
recently caused a strong protest frOm Aus-
tralia.
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SHAVED ON SUNDAY.
Attendant of Commons Barber Shop to
be Prosecuted.
Ottawa, Jan. 22.—From time to time the
question of the applicability of provincial or
municipal laws to the Parliament buildings
has cropped up. Two years ago the keeper
of the Senate restaurant was fined tor sell-
ing liquor without a license. Now there is a
move in nether direction. To -day two offi-
cers of the city police force, in plain clothe.%
Visited the Commons barber shop, which is
always open on Sunday morning, and on the
attendant admitting that he bad shaved an
individual who is not a member of Parliament
the officers took out a summons against the
attendant for violation of the Lord's Day
Observance Act. The case will come up in
the Police Court on Tuesday.
Robbed the Parsonage. •
Toronto, Jan, O.—Another Methodist
parsonage was entered. by housebreak-
ers lest night while the occupants were
eintrela The parsoitage was the acme
•of Rev. Dr. Sperling, pastor of the Met-
ropolitan •Church, at 266 Jarvie street,
and for their trouble tbe thieves got a
few dollars in cosh, goat watch and
it fountani pen. 13y what the thieves
left behind, the police are aatisfied that
the housebreakers weet there in search
of money awl jewelry onla, as no effort •
was made to remove the silverware: The
money taken represented several too -
omits sent to Rev, Mr. Sperling, to be
forwarded to :the 'Treasurer of Metro-
politan Church. , Tho house was ran-
sacked from cellar to garret.
Smothered to Death.
Montreal, Jan. 22.—Mrs. Sarah Wilson,
77 years mil, and 11. llttbo ;deaf, was
smothered to death by emoke from a
fire in a tenement hoose ht St. iiippo-
lyte lano on Saturday aftern000n. She
had been left alone in the house by her
son and daughter-in-law, but it seems
that death was due to it regrettable
nlis-
tn.kct on the part of the neighbore. When
the firemen arrived someone said the t
Old woman was still in the bouee„ but
the neighbees declared they led seen. I
her tome out. Aftet the fire had been
extinguished tho body was found, only
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slightly burned.
Winnipeg Boy Killed by Cat
'Winnipeg, Jae. 82.—The little B011 of
George Peresehino, fruit dealer, aged
fie 31ellre, Wile struck by an eleetrie 'ear
today, and instantly tilled. The ehild
AS plating on the .track. With compete
ions,
Toronto Man to Succeed to
Ancient Earldom.
His Claim to Heirship Will be
Established.
...rnnro.n,•t•nnt-eq
Romance .of the Peerage, in
Modern Style..
Toronto, Jan. a—a-tfa Georgaa Mar-
tha/1 Graham, for many years a citizen
of Toronto, au old Upper Canada Col-
lege boy, and a graduate of Bishop Hell -
Muth Oollege, Leaden, Ont., willbe de -
Hared ie. Mardi next by the British
House of Lords to be the rightful claim-
ant to. the familia old Graham Earl-
doms of Strathern, Monteith and Airth,
in Scotland, And his wife, a Toronto
lady (nee Miss Annie Laing), youngest
daughter of the late John Laing, of Te-
rmite, will be come Countess.
The story of Mr. Graham's rise to the
peerage, and the record of his family
descent relining away back through the
storied past ot Scottish bistory to the
time of the first Earl of Monteith, who
flourished from 1100 to 140, two cen-
turies 'before the time of the first King
James of Scotland, reads like a verita-
ble famine.
Mr. Graham was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland, Nov. 18, 1852, and came as a
young boy to Toronto with his father,
Who assumed here the pesition of man-
ager of the Traders' Bank. The fam-
ily residence was on Jarvis street foi
a number of years, and afterwards on
Muter street. It was not known at that
time; of course, that young Graham was
to become heir to it Britisli peerage. He
was given a good educatiou at- Uppei
Canada College arid afterwards at the
Bishop Helhouth College in London, end
he showed a natural aptitude for .study
and reading. Indeed. during his whole
life in Toronto the greater -pert of his
time was spent in the seclusion of his
study. His training and las natural in-
clinations did not fit him for the storni
and stress of active business life, and
ceasequently when, after his father's
death, there came a long period of finan-
cial stringency, the loss of the family
ceametence and of the small luxuries to
which he had been accustomed was most
keenly felt.
In 1888 he married .Annie, youngest
daughter of John Laing, Toronto.
'Dime of her sisters still reside in this
city, and for a -number of years Mr.
and Mrs. Graham lived with them, first
on Yonge street, then on Huron and
Robert streets. Many of the residents
in that vicinity will remember the
studious and unobtrusive middle-aged
gentleman who appeared sitting by the
window or on the street invariably with
some erudite book in his hand.
Two years ego he went to Kansto
City, where his younger brother, Her
bort, held a bank position, and where
he himself secured it business positiou
of some responsibility. •
Some ten years ago Mr. Graham was
first acquainted with the fact, that he
anight become the next Earl of Mon-
teith, and the story at that time at-
tracted' considerable notice in the press.
Many people were, however, decidedly
sceptical as to Mr. Graham's elaime to
inherit an earldom. Since then very
iltIle acts been heard of these claims
and hence it will come as a welcome
surprise to all Mr. Graham's friends
and old sollool-fellows in Toronto to
learn that word has just been received
by Ids sisters-in-law in Toronto that.
bis title to the earldom has been estab
lished beyond. all doubt. Mr. Waltei
Grabam-Easton, of, London, England, a
well known writer on heraldry end on
genealogical records in Great Britain
writes that there are indisputable
proofs now in the Mods of Mr. Gra-
ham's lawyers as to the validity of his
title to the peerage, and which com-
pletely nullify the rival Allerdiee claim
to the succession.
Mr. Graham-Easton's researches have
traced Mr. Graham's descent right back
to the original Earls of Menteibh, the
first known of whom was Gilchrist, ie
the lath century. Gilchrist was fol-
lowed by Murdoch, and. Murdoch by
Maurice; then tame two sisters, Isabella
and Mary, the latter of whom married
Sir Walter Stewart, it Red Cross knight
who had fought for the Holy Sepulchre
fondest the infidels.. In the right of lais
wife Sir Walter was styled Earl of Men-
teita, and those alio visit the Priory of
Inehmahome. iu the lovely lake of Men.
teith, in Perthshire, may still see their
effigies—the recumbent figure of -o
knight in armor and it lady lovingly
embraced. This noble knight and -his
countess had two sonseAlexamler, sixth
known Earl of Menteith, and Sir John.
Although Stewarts, they adopted Men.
teith for their surname, Mr. Graham
descends from both of them. Alexander's
son, Alan was succeeded by it daugater.
Mary, wile niarried Sir John Graham
and their daughter, Margaret, married
Prince Robeet (Stowell), it .yminger son
of King Robert n. of Scotland, by his
first wife. lie became ay marriage
Earl of Monteith, and later, by creation
first Duke of Albany, and was toile fa
titer of the eecond Duke of Albany, elev.
enth of the original Earls of 'Monteith.
He was executed in 1425 by King Joiner.
I., his full eousin. One of his sons was
an ancestor of tbe Stewarts of Beige
-
Mader, or Ardvorlich, in Perthshire, and
of this family was the another of Mrs.
Graham. of Leitchtown, granamother of
Mr. G. M. Graham. ,
From Sir John Monteith, the younger
brother of Earl Alexander, Mr. Gra-
ttan gets his descent through
piers. Sir John, who possessea Ituskie
'Castle, was 1 ollowed by it line of tiue.
ecsors which (Iola( en two asters Anc
cateiresses. One of them prior eo 1462
marriea aolm Napier, ef Merehiston
Castle, anti brought him the Itoskie
estate. Descended of this union was
the -celebrated John Napier, the •dise•ov-
erer of legartlauns, one of the greatesa
geniuses in Europe in las day. Ilie
great granddaughter, Margaret Na-
pier, beeame the Lady Leitelitown,
wife of Patrick Gotham, the great -
great grandfather of the. present Mr
Graham, in whom therefore unite the
two epeeifie;l lines. of &wilt from the
original Earls of alenteith.
The goestion of the final disposal of
the rho' Graliam and Allerdiee elahne
to this ane;eut pump will None be-
fore .the Howe of Dottie in Morel
' next. As lots been ;stetted ohove, the
lawyers itt *harp of Mr. Graham's ins
tereste have tonna inaisputoble proofs
ot .the legality of ais elaim to this an
tient, earldom, and have not the leant
doubt bot that the British peers evil'
promptly tleekre lie right to emceed
to the bile •and vettt of hist aneestore.
it may he mentioned that it was itt
the Graham holm itt Leitchtown that
Sir Walter Septa errata The Lady of **
Lakes ,and Mr. GrOallaell father as mote
Hosed in tate memoirs of Catto.a retie**
ladiag Ma Of the gentaemon who Iffirti
appointed to reosivo her during *. tow
of Eicotlench
Kr. aud Mro. Graham will visit To.
rento early neat spring, ii*Olt as
their stmeession to the edtalskint
been established.
rfAKINO 'COLONIES KNOWN,
A lAlovement to 'mire Greater Interest
in Them,
•
London, ann. a4 --.,Ab the 41141141 ale-
ner of the Mencheeter Whole:Sale Pro.
Odell ASSOCiatiell, liXr. ABM Smylie,
President, said it behoved this country
to take it deeper interest in the British
colonies, for there were groat poessibili-
tis as to their taw supplies in tbe
future. Colonial butter was 110W within
Iwo or three shillings per cwt. of the
price of Danish, which for geoerationo
held sway in England. This was a great
accomplishment wben it WAS remember -
ad that coloitha hatter bad to traverse
half the circumference of the globe be-
fore being lauded on these shores, Mr.
R. Graham said the only couutry arom
which provisions were delivered in Man-
chester by ship cenal was Canada. This
trade had grown enormously in a •few
years, as in 1897 the number of boxes
of butter imported Was 13, cheese 7,011;
in 1904, butter 40,077, cheese 90,355,
With the object of bringing it knowl-
edge of the British colonies before the
people of this country, a eonrse of lec-
tures is now being given at Caxton Hall
every Sunday. The next lecturer will
be Mr. .1, H. Turner, Agent -General of
British. Columbia, whose subject will
be, "Britain on the Pacific Coast."
Mr. Walter James, Agent -General of
Western Australia, is a frequent caller
at the Canadian emigration office seek-
inginformation on methods of pushily
emigration. Mr. James was surprised
at the vast amount of money expended,
but says that is the only way to carry
on business. Mr, James will make sug-
gestions to his government to adopt
Canadian methods.
WHAT! IS BEER SO DEAR?
The Cause of Complaint Against Canada
Discovered.
London, Jell. 24.—Writing to his
Liverpool Commercial, and enclosing a
copy of the report of Mr. J. Kam, sec-
etary of the Associated Charities" "Ot-
awe Experiences" says it willgive
some idea of the sufferings of immi-
;fronts coming to Canada at this time
af the year. The "experience" is very
severe. Canada is a country of ice and
snow six months in the year. Ice ear-
aivals aro discontinued only because
.,hey were found to be advertising Can-
ada as a country of ice and snow.
One of the strongest kicks the writer
„nakes is regarding the price of beer,
which sells at five shillings per dozen
bottles. "Fancy paying this price for
dozen Of beer! Canada is no place for
-he ordinary workingman."
WILL AFFECT OUR COAL.
Strike in Germany May Increase Price
in Canada.
Montreal, Jan. 24. --Mr. E. L. Wanlyn,
Vice -President of the Dominion Coal
Company, said to -day thab if the coal
strike in Germany continues the ten-
dency will be to increase the price of
Canadian coal. If the demand for the
British article increases, he said, the
British source of import will be block-
ed. "It is notbing new for use to enter
into direct competition with European
mines. We have agencies, mostly in
Sweden and we export a considerable
amount of coalhate °one* it tapro- tr t
:mount ot coal to that country at a pro-
fit. If the strike continues there will
be nothing to prevent our exporting coal
direct to Germany. The freight will not
be any heavier to Elbe than to Stock-
holm. In all probability the increase in
the price of English coal will have a di-
rect effect on the Canadian market."
THREE VANISHED VESSELS.
They Were Manned With Crew of Re-
tired. Revolutionists.
Londoo, Jan. 24.—A myeterious tale
of three vanished vessels is current in
shipping eircles in London.
The three vessels—the Padilla, 587
tons; the Casma, 592 tons, and the Mor-
ro, 170 bus, formerly belonging to the
'war fleet" of the Colombian Republic
—have 'disappeared utterly from the Pa-
cific coast of South America,.
They were sold last autumn, presum-
ably for trading purposes, •to a Mr.
Mactailiffe, who manned them with a
scratch crew of retired (revolutionists
taken from. the scum of Panama.
On November 16 last the three ves-
sels left Panama. for Coquimbo, and it
was intended that they shettld put into
Salinas on November 25.
The steamer Limari apoke Htem off
Cape San Lorenzo on November 21, but
since that date nothing has been teen
er heard of them.
It is supposed that. the crews have
taken the vessels' to the South Sea. Is-
lands.
a • •
MUST NOT FETTER COLONIES.
Chamberlain's Good Intentions Leading
the Way to an Abyss.
London, Jan. 24. M. Haldane, M. P.,
speaking at Worcester, said the Liberal
party are alive to the importance of the
iolonies, but were convinced that rela-
tions with them must be based on their
iberty, which would only be imperilled
by any tightening of the bonds, either
political or fiscal.- They were in favor
tI frequent conference, but wanted no
eonference which would fetter the col-
onies or seek to tax the food of our own
people. He thought .11r, Chamberlain
vidently had good intentions, but the
road to the abyss where were engulfed
the great failures of history had been
paved with good intentioes.
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MASSACRE IN FAR SIBERIA,
Armed With Rifles Orthodox Peasants
Attack Kalmuck Tartars.
nettle, Jae. tee -Telegrams front Tomsk,
Siberia, annonneo Another ontbreak of ltUs.
stun fanatkism, coupled with t horrible mas-
sacre. The affair was arranged by the GOV.
eviler of Tonislc, the Victims Were the Mal-
Mnek Tartars in the Altai district, find the
preVectition Was the strange religious Melte.
matt that het; grown up among theile no-
inads.
The pollee armed latmereas et orthedot
neasants with rifles and knelitii, and Bishop
Makerl blessed the faithful, who Were there-
upon ordered to hent the Rath:Melte, Wheat
they taught hi their tents, Whieb afforded
them 110 proteetion.
Not it Nalinuck living Within 20 Miles Of
the Scene of the Outrage esesoea &UM 111-
treattnent, destrlittlon of propertY, or &ate.
The menet of murder and robbery laded
tor two weeks, unehecked by the atahorie
ties.
Prohibition mid License.
In the little town of Lanham, Han.,
the Mill street is the line between Ne-
hotel:a arid Knees. The north eide is
in Nebraska, anti the south aide is in
Kansas. Nebraska has A high license
kW; MUMS, prohibition. On the north
side of the street there is no aftkOil
tlie south tido or Kansas lei& there are
four. ---Topeka Capital,