The Wingham Advance, 1905-02-23, Page 7SERGIUS MEETS DREADFUL DEAT
AT THE HANDS OF AN ASSASSIN.
Full Particulars of the Assassination in Moscow of the Grand Duke
by a Nihilist Dynamiter.
Was Deriving Near the Kremlin When the Man Who Was in Iliding
Stepped Out and Threw Bornb Under Carriage.
,a. coffin. It will remain in the manes- ; .M Igdyr, in Trans-Catwasia, a dis-
tery until it is removeil for burial ine trict official name(' Gnoutoff has been
St. Petersburg, where, according to assassinated. by Armenians. The motive
Precedent, it must be interred in t130! was pelitical. At Vagarshapad, Trans;
Petropavlovski fortress, in the presence Caucasia, the Mayor has been shot and
of the Czar and all the grand dukes. I killed.
• At 8 o'clock to -night prayers for the 1 According to a telephone message from
i dead were offered in the Monastery, in Moscow, the students there are afraid to
The Sentence of Death.
"If our demonstration at Moscow is
cruehea in as bloody a manner as that
of our brothers of $t. Petersburg then be
the guilt therefor up the bead of Grand
Duke Sergius and General Trepoff, and
we, the committee, in that event have
fore -ordained his death."
The above sentence of .death on Grand
Duke Sores's' was contained. in a pro-
clamation issued by the Social Revol-
utionists of Moscow, after the demon-
stration (Dee. 11 of last year); at St.
Petersburg was put down.
THE TRAGEDY.
Full Particulars of the Murder of Grand
Duke Sergius.
Moscow, Feb, 17.— Grand Duke Ser-
gius, uncle and brother-in-law of the
Czar, and the most reactionary member
of the Grand Ducal cabal, was assassin•
ated to -day while driving in Moscow.
A bomb was the weapon, and the Grand
Duke was shockingly mangled, his
head being blown to pieces.
As the point chosen for the assassin-
ation is within the precincts of the
Kremlin that are little frequented, and
at' the actual moment were practically
deserted, it is difficult to obtain a pre-
cise story of the killing. From the
best available sources, however, it is
learned that the Grand Duke entered
bis carriage at the main entrance of
the Nicholas Palace, intending to drive
to a private bath, in a house in
-11* Tverslaja street, which he occupied
when he was Governor-General. It
was the first time in several weeks
that he had driven unaccompanied by
the Grand Duchess, who has always
been popular with all °lessee. The
Grand Duke was perfectly well aware
of the risk he ran, when she was ret
with him. The carriage, which was a
closed one, was driven up the wide
roadway between the Chudoff Merles-
tery and the Great 'Bell Tower in the
direction of the •Nikolsky Gate, which
opens on the grand square. Two or-
f_TA
canary cabs containing detectives fol-
lowed at a little distance. Half -way Kazan Cathedral, in the centre of St.
Petersburg, in full state procession.
There mass was said and the body was
taken across the Neva to the Petropav-
lovsk fortress, there to lie with all its
ancestors since Peter the Great
It has now been definitely decided
that the. remains of Grand Duke Ser-
gius will not be brought to St. Peters-
burg for the present, but instead will
be placed .in a temporary receiving
vault of the cloister • of the Chudoff
monastery, to await the completion of
alterations now in progress in -the
Romanoff mausoleum in the Cathedral
of St. Peter and St. Paul, where the
permanent interment will occur. On
account of lack of space in the mauso-
leum it was decided last year hence-
forth to bury only rulers of the dynas-
ty in the old mausoleum, and a new
sepulchre in the new wing of the ca-
thedral is now being built for other
members of the imperial family. This,
however, is not the only reason for tbe
decision not to bring the remains to
the capital now. Even Governor-Gen-
eral Trepoff has recognized the fact
that no precautions can furnish an ab-
solute guarantee of immunity againse
an act of terrorism; and that a great
State funeral; where ancient customs
require that the Emperor and all of the
the presence of a large congregation,
composed of the highest society of the
capital. The arebiluandrite and other
priests will continue to read the gos-
appear on the streets in their uniforms.
Strike Situation Menacing.
In addition,.the :strike situation bus
gels throughout the night, and officers again grown menaemg, especially In 910
attached to the late Grand Duke mutter of the railroads, three of which
keep a vigil over the remains, entering Moseew are ethicist completely
morrow at 2 o'clock and at 8 °Volk- tied up. In at, Petersburg the strike
there will be more services for the has assumed the form of a lockout, the
dead. Nofurther arrangements have has
Iron Works, the Franco -Rue -
been made. sian Works, the Russo -American Rubber
Moscow breathed a great sigh of re- works, and a few smaller concerns hay -
lief when it became known that the ing disehargea all their employes, with.
Grand Duchess had not hared in her
the notice that the works will be shut
e
husband's fate. She had been his eon- down 'indefinitely. Consequently there
are many alarming reports afloat as to
slant companion of late when ho an- What the men will do. With 30,000 or
40,000 men out of work for an indefinite
period, even if no more join the ranks of
the idle, rioting and collisions with the
police are feared. From the attitude of
the men,
en, many of the masters are cen-
mesure qf certainty to Russian agents vineed that they have received financial
of the Social Democratic revolutionary
society.. Early in the day it had been
,
noticed tliat
at groups of unusually intel-
ligent workingmen were moving about rassment to the Government, as the for -
the boulevards and streets in tho cen-
mer is occupied exclusively on navy
tral part of the city, where they are work, and the latter in manufacturing
not often seen. There is reason to be-
lieve , that both the date and the hour
Tor the attempt were widely known
among a certain clam Rumors aro
-current that other men besides the as-
sassin have been arrested, but no in-
formation at present can be obtained.
The authorities Hero are apparently
awaiting instructions from their super-
iors at St, Petersburg.
The fate. of the coachman , has not
been ascertained. One report says he
'was mortally ,wounded and lay scream-
ing on the ground. He died -while being
carried to a hospital. Another account
states that he was seriously hurt, but
is alive. The statement that the' horses
were not injured seems incompatible
with the terrific force of the explosion.
•
St. Petersburg, Feb. 19.—The Govern -
meat has wisely recognized the popu-
lar detestation of the Grand Duke Ser-
gius in the arrangements for his obse-
quies. Every Romanoff, wherever hedied,
died, has hitherto been brought to the
peered in public, and it was at first
feared that also, too, was a victim.
Work of Social Democrats.
i The °rinse may be traced with some
assistance from some source.
The closing ot the Franco-Russian and
the Putiloff Works is a serious ember -
across the open space between the bell
tower and the Nikolsky Gate the Im-
perial carriage was overtaken and
passed by another vehicle drawn by a
single horse. It wee driven at a rapid
'
rate and passed under tbe gateway,
which ferias almost a tunnel, before
the carriage containing the ...Grand
Duke came up. From the Nikolsky
Gate the whole of' the open space is
visible to the Chudoff Monastery, with
the . arsenal and guns. captured from
the French in the Napoleonic wars on
one side and the law courts on the
other.
Horribly Mangled by Bomb.
At a spot forty yards in front of the
gate and ten yards from the footway a
bomb was flung at the Grand Duke's
m
carriage by es. an who seemed to be
about thirty years old. Ile vas clean
shaven, and wore the holiday •clothes
of a respectable workman.. He had un-
til then been concealed. by the tunnel
formed by the tower 'of the Nikolsky
gate, but as the carriage appeared at
the far end of the long square formed
by the arsenal and law courts, he stop-
ped boldly forward and flung the bomb.
'The point where he stood was about
forty yards inside the walls of the
Kremlin,
The force of the explosion was ter:. Romanoff family shell assemble and
follow the coffin on foot, a single bomb
might wipe out the dynasty. Regard
for the personal safety of the sovereign
also has led to the decision tliat the
Emperor shall not go to Moscow to at-
tend the funeral of his uncle, It is
peseible that no members of the im-
perial family will be present on that
oecasiona except those who are now '
within the walls of the Kremlin. Grand
Dukes Constantine and Paul will pro -1
bably represent the Emperor at the
service. Constantine is personally popu-
lar never having participated in the pol-
ities of the court, preferring to devote
himself to science and the arts and to
his work at the head of the Military
Academy. Hewent to Moscow immedi-
ately upon the news of the assassina-
tion of Grand Duke Sergius.
Danger of a Fresh Tragedy.
So grave is the danger of a repetition
of the Moscow tragedy that several of
the Grand Dukes have not stirred out
of their palaces since the murder, and
Sergius was killed instantly.
arhe whole of his body above a line
drawn from the right • to the
left groin was reduced to a mere pulp
of flesh, and his head was blown to
atoms. The body of the carriage was
shattered into splinters, but the driv-
er's box was left. intact. The 'terrified
horse swung round and. darted fran-
tically across the square. Every 'win-
' dow was smashed in the buildings
within a radius of two hundred yards.
*A policeman and a watchman were the
eonly actual eye -witnesses of 'the crime,
but the noise of the explosion brought
other police hurriedly to the spot, and
the murderer, who seems to Lave Made
no effort to escape, was promptly ar-
rested., One account says that he wits
stunned by the, explosion. He was
alightly wounded, and was bleeding
• from the head and hands. Nevertheless
he had strength enough to shout loudly
all the- way to the police station, "Free-
dom, freedoin."
Grand Dathess Rushed Out.
o variously uniformed officials, crape
bedinuuing their gala lace, epaulette,'
and orders. Many court ladies, attired
in the deepest mourning, were present,
adding' a touch of sombreness to the
. scene, -which even, apart from the off'.
core' uniforms, would have been almost
brilliant from the silver gilt mitres fuel
cloth of gold vestments of the bishops
and priests and the gorgeous decorations
of the church,
At the service the widowed Grand
Duchess attexuled, else knelt tbrougbont.
She was dressed in the deepest mourn-
ing, and wore the red ribbon of the Order
of St. A,nne, By her side wore the two
children of Grand Duke Paul, of whom
Grand Duke Sergius was guardian. Those
who are accustomed to seeing the Grand
Duchess could. barely recognize the ma-
jestic beauty after the ravages caused
by overwhelming grief. Several persons
who had seen her within the past
weeka were heard to whisper in awe-
stricken tones, "Is that really the
Grand Duchess?" Many court ladies
were seen weeping bitterly, all feeling
that overt Use terrible things laden
under the cloth of the silver pall could
hardly strike so deep a chord of sor-
row as that ono glimpse of the beautfiul
face, which for more than a dozen years
has been to all classes in Moscow the
symbol of everything gracious and
queenly.
Imperial funeral customs require that
the body be dressed in full uniform and
be displayed in an open coffin, with the
bands clasped on the breast so as to
support an ikon of the deceased's fav-
orite saint.. After the service everybody
approaches the bier and kisses the brow,.
hands and ikon. To -day, despite the
awful circumstance, au attempt was
made to observe the custom, but it was
a painful mockery. Within the open cof-
fin was a bundle of fragments wrapped
in white cloth so as to represent some
seniblance of the form of a man of full
GRAND DUKE SER GIUS OF RUSSIA,
guns and munitions for the army. Over
25,000 projectiles and shrapnel are be-
ing prepared at the Putiloff Works, and
the Government has been compelled with-
in the last ten days to place orders in
France and Germany for $125,000,000
worth of munitions. At the Government-
owned Nevsky Works the Minister of
Finance has been able to hold the men
only by conceding. everything they have
demanded, including the eight-hour day.
The suspension for three months of
the newspapers Our Life and Our
Days, following second warning, is
probably equivalent to the final extine-
tion of the offending journals The
decree of suspension assigns "a danger-
ous tendency" to the publications, and
specifies several articles upon popular
representatims, but the owners of the pa-
pers believe the true reason is that no ex-
pression of sorrow for the murder of
Grand Duke Sergius was printed in the
Moscow despatches, and there was no
word of editorial comment, Perhaps the
best- explanation is the fact that both
papers, which circulate largely among
the workmen have printed articles bia
• height, but so complete was the dis
persal of the body that tho gruesome
parcel barely measured four feet.
Where the face should have been is a
holy image covering a shapeless bun-
dle lying on a pillow. Below appeared
a military uniform, with rich gold
epaulettes and heavy aiguilettes, the uni-
form of the Kieff Reghnent. Where the
hands should have crossed there was
again a little bundle of something soft'
to support an ikon of St. Nicholas. At
the conclusion of a magnificent choral
service sung by one of the finest choirs
in the world, the Grand Duchess was the
first to rise and salute the dead. Bend-
ing over the coffin she kissed the ikon
and silver cross. Then followed Grand
Duke Paul's little children and Grand
Duke Constantine, who afterwards lea
the widow away. Subsequently all pres-
ent gave the traditional salute.
The most touching of all the ar-
rangements in honor of the dead was e.
simple little cross of lilies of the val-
ley resting upon the pall, and a dainty
length of Brussels lace, the shape and
The fragments of the Grand Duke's instead of going to Tsarskoe-Selo th at- quality of which show unmistakably
terly hostile to the Government
body were collected and placed in a tend the requiem there, they have par. that it was meant orieinally to cover
sheet with as much decency as possible, ticipatcd in spacial services hold in the • Revolutionary Literature. cherisbed cradle, biiittittrolenetILitel
• used by the same fe nelow
:C:
and borne to a part of the palace \Odell chapels of their own palaces. This was Revolutionary literature is being die.'
communicates by a private corridor with the case with the Grand Dukes Vladi- tribute:1 broadcast throughout the ettp-
hide the grim evidence of the awful
the Chudoff Monastery. While the re- mir and Alexis. A special requiem also Rai, and is to bo picked up in offices tragedy. No woman present missed that
Mains were being carried there the was heId in the winter palace by Gov- and factories, wherever it cart be scat-
home touch, and there were many moist.
Grand Duchess rushed out -without hat ernor-Gerieral Trepoff, who is known tered to be observed The pamphlets ened eyes among tho men
er cloak, but she Was spared a sight of to be under sentenee by the fighting or- assert that dissatisfaction is fast spread-
The assassin remains persistently Bi -
the body, which already had :been re- ganization of the social revolutionists, ing in the armlent. Itis iaentity has not. been estab-
y. lished, and although the police have been
mwho,
ewed. She wag piteously discomposed. and so far as can be ascertained, A telegram from Svehun reporta a, ser-
e
The ladies of the household, who had hasn. tile not left his quarters ie palace bus riot, workmen wrecking tlie hinvestigating diligently, they havbeen
ouse of unable to gather up the threads of the
_
followed her, presently indueed her 40 since the assassination of Grand Duke a suspected political informer.
In the
plot or to find. any clues to possible ac-
'
to the -palace, -fight between the rioters and police one
complices. The assassin's papers and
a Within the enclosure of the Kremlin Sergius.
the ground was littered with horsolutird that the death of Grand Duke Sergius era and ono policeman were wounded.
There are many reports indicating of the former was killed. Several riot-
elothes offer no means of identification
the stuffing of the carriage emblem, an iq to be followed by attempts to its -
and bis pass evidently was forged and
appears never to have been vised, Photo -
Anima's fragments of leather Mil. eltist- sessinate other members of the imper-
ters of wood, A eordon of pollee was nil family. One rumor is that the Dow- BESIDE THE BIER. graphs Liao been taken, to be despatch-
ed. to all the universities; but if the as
-
rival of the pretturator. The report of she will be killed amt. Tending Incidents of Service Over Mar m
the police may find them -
amain. around the place, pending the ale tiger Empress has received word that sassin is actually it workman, and not a
the explosion, whieh was heard two Extra preeautions hate been takeit to dered Grand Duke. •
miles Away, Attracted erowds of carious protect officinal eta members of the Moseow Feb. 10.—Throughout yester- • s e 1 v e s utterly et sea.
•aged to meat their way inside the Krent- realize that they are powerless against with all the solemn pomp of the Ortho- "WHATEVER DO THEY W'ANT ?"
awe-stricken people, aonie of whom man- Romanoff family, but the authorities day and today services were conducted
lin walls before the police shut the gates. Inc methods of their opponents. The silex Greek rites in the ancient .,",.s,.
etrikes are ceesing and the exeite-
. Inca eubsehug. %%bitterer do
tileY THIRD RUSSIAN SQUADRON
Wallt 11 1110 corecepondent says that tlits
Grand Duke Vladimir has been terribly
affected. Ilia health, which was far
frout satisfactory betorceints been Shat-
tered by the shock. lie is now confined
to bis room. When he has sufficiently
V o.veretili he Ill go A lex) It:ii btepti ra.,:.41,
i th ug i as e o .
li.1) IC! al °Sr t3 :51 1:
A° Chronicle's at re tCrebaT MU'
spondent quotes an informant connect- i
ed with the court as saying that the.!
Czar resolved to shake off forever the
Grand Ducal influence and to appeal to
the nobility for support. .The (Arena
Dukes on hearing this . conferred, and
agreed to insist upon the Czar following
their compels.
A POLISH ARMY.
11.14,01*
Revolutionists Say They Will Next
Organize 400,00o Men.
London, Feb, 20.—A despatch to the
Daily Mail- from Cracow says that after
researches in Galicia, the responsible or-
• ganizers of the Polish strikers have becn
discoverea. They said that the political
strike in Poland was ended. The next
step would be to arm, organize and. drill
400,000 inen, whom the leaders claim
they are able to summon. Weapons
are 1 eing smuggled. across the German
and Austrian frontiers. Any attempt
at mobilization in Poland will be resist-
ed with arms. The conspirators aim at
the establishment of an •ndependent Po-
lish republic. The leaders disclaimed any
connection with the assassination of
Grand Duke Sergius, but expressed them-
selves as being very glad that he had
been killed.
According .to the St. Petersburg cor-
espondent of the Standard the peas-
antry in the so-called Black Earth dis-
trict have broken out in rebellion against
police rule and against the summons to
the army. Concurrently they have re-
vived their old grievance that they ave
not allowed enough land. The agita-
tion greatly alarms the alithorities and
land owners. Many of the latter are
leaving their estates. Arsqn has be-
come alarmingly frequent in parts of the
Province of Kherson. The strike in St.
Petersburg continues to increase.
•
One man slidhe wed four pieces of flesh imperial family has been warned notof
toExclamation of the Czar When He First
had picked up. Others exhibited bits of venture out. the Chucloff Monaetery, where the
Heard the VOWS,
•eloth, Alt MOstOw seemed to have Cob Despatches front the interior say that eoffined fragments of the Wily of Grana
Duke Sergius lie. The church is very Lonaon, Feb. 20. ---The St. Petersburg
lected lit the great Menthe Outside the requiems have Wen held throughout Rue- small, and consequently it was imam- eorreapondent of the Daily Telegr 1
latenalit. • Pelmle Moved about 'restless- eia. 49 1
ly, elehanghig views and epithelia. in utt. 1 ,eible for the officials to ettena in a body, osotibes to en ese.e.wienese tee foaming
dettOtee. Other Otirnes Anticipated. They attended the sueeeNive services in 1 description of the wane, when amid the
1 brilliant court at Tzarskoaela, while
Believed to be a Student. • The aublis is greatly eoneernea over
. the centre of the square building miaway I the Czar wits balding farewell to Prince
email groups. The catafalque weepiest
the developinents of the immediate fit
peer. between two huge lustres bearing a 1 Leopold of Pruesia, (len. nestle broaglit
Altholigh the murderer teamed .te tete. Other terrorist crimes aro
thousana iliekering tepers, while at the l the news of the assassination of Grand
give any (mount a Isimeelf, the gen- Ally antidote& Accordieg to reports,
of heaa rola feet were litige
aandei• I Duke Sergins. As soon as Isis Majesty
seealatsaal'al aliblie belleVes that lie is a student, mono cities end tOtrne ere in a kina silver
ehlefly because it is knowe that political ferment, itild eeveritl officials Ara, At a desk at taelleaa of the cot- ! resale:ea what Ilea heppeeell the effect
tl ' fo the dead tl r TI 11 1 if (1 f 11
, eliee ,:s, an le )(met as ie. oadtr s
Grand Duke itt revenge for the "militia! eiti. or t to Gospele unmtetrup es y i ay
night. Military guards were atanding . his breast. For some temente he lead
Ore lit lifoeccev ori Dee. 29. The ttuthota ) At Kishineff, the prefect of police wag
atiet are retleetits. attneked by an latklbarall mar; With it round the catafalque, and the remainder I nothing. Tben lie remarleed: t'llitt, how
of the area 'Was filled with an array can that bet Everythitig is to quiet.
The body Well iranleiliately plated iff club. The ateatilent was ltrreeted. :.
etudents had eArOrlif to assassinate the Wye been aseassinated in Southern Itus- fin Veata read le sarvle r
• t 11 1 end
• was wi le licit eta pin Ida
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NI COOK DIES
r8nfl EJLE1
•
Vessels Pass Denmark Accompanied by a Danish
• and a German Vessel.
Kouropatkin Gathering Ws Troops Together to Try
to Turn Koroki's Right.
Czar Appoints a Commission to investigate Dis.
content Among Workingmen.
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passed the southern end of Langeland Island at +so this morning. The
northward and passed the northerri point of Langeland at 8 a,m., escorted*
squadron, which consisted of four ironclads and four transports, proceeded
Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. no.—The thira Russian Pacific squadron
versing the Langeland belt, returned southwards.
by a Danish torpedoLboat and a German ironclad. The latter, after tra-
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British Steamer Captured.
• Tokio, Feb. 20.-3,30 p. in.—The cap-
ture is announced by the Navy Depart -
Ment of the British steamer Powder -
ham, bound for Viadivostock, with a
cargo et Cardiff coal. Where the cap-
ture was made is not stated.
The Powderhani is a steel screw steam-
er, 3,900 tons register. She was built
in Middlesboro in 1892, and is owned by
the Powderham Steamship Company, of
Plymouth, England.
WASTE OF AMMUNITION. reee
Russians Shelled, Japs Without Effect—
Jap Troops Moving West
Tokio, Feb. 20.—The headquarters of
the Japanese armies in the field, yester-
day moved a division from the front of
the Japanese centre to the front of the
left and advanced from Ta Mountain.
Several columns moved 15 miles to the
westward.
The Russians continued to shell per-
• tions of the Japanese lines Saturday and
the Japanese frequently failed to respond
to the bombardment, which often was en-
tirely ineffective and is described as be-
ing largely a waste of ammunition.
• STRENGTHENING DEFENCES.
Kouropatkin Building Railways and Con-
centrating troops to Turn Jap Right.
Tokio, Feb. 20.—It is reported the
Russians have constructed two light rail-
ways, one connecting Fushun and Yen -
dna and another running from Fushun
to Yen-
Ling
tipper Shakhe. This railway
building In connection with other activ-
ities and the .heavy concentration of
troops indicates a plan to turn General
Kuroki's right.
General Kuropatkin is continuing his
operations of increasing his entire de-
fenses and gives indication of a resolute
intention of retaining his position when
the expected great battle occurs.
The latest newspapers print the state-
ment that 126 Japanese who were cap-
tured at Ileikoutai were roped together
and paraded through the streets of Muk-
den. This information comes from Chi-
nese sources and it is impossible to ob-
tain verification here. It is said that the
official injuiry into the matter and that
the Jeannette Government will make a
protest if the report is found to be true.
Man Who " Saved the Nation
in 1863 Passes Away,
I I
Famous Octogenarian Dies
After One Day's Illness.
Philadelphia, Pa., Febeead —Jay Cooke,
the noted financier, died - at ten o'clock
on Thursday night at the Ogontz resi-
dence of his son-in-law, Charles D. Bar-
ney, atter an illness of only twenty-four
hours. Three days ago Mr. Cooke ap-
peared to be in his usual health and gave
his yearly entertainment for the young
women of Ogontz Seminary.
At his bedside when the end came were
all of his immediate family, including
Jay Cooke second and Jay Cooke third.
21r. Barney attributed Mr. Cooke's
deathH
to old age. e declined to say
who the atending physician was. ile
announced that Mr. Cooke had been un-
conscious three or four hours before hedied,
died, but refused to give any further in-
formation. Ile added that he would
probably have more to say to -morrow.
Jay Cooke was scarcely more than a
name to many persons of young adult
life to -day, but in the days of the civil
war he was one of the most widely
known men of his time. Ho was even
called the saver of the nation, for by
his financial genius he had made pos-
sible the work of the armies.
Mr. Cooke induced the people of the
country to invest in Government bonds.
And as the war was drawing to its tri-
umplin,nt close, Gen. Grant, meeting ,lay
Cooke's son at the front, said to him:
"Tell your father that it is to his
labors more than to hose of any other
man that the people of this country owe
the continued life of the nation."
Mr. Cooke wits born at Sandusky,Ohio,
on Aug. 10, 1821, the son of a lawyer
whose name, Eleutheros—owing to the
inability of the Ohio pioneers to spell
it—brought him defeat ine an election
and caused him to name his sons in few
'letters, one Pitt, one este,. By the time
a third boy came along, however, the
mother took a hand in the cognomen-
izing and had him named, Henry D. 11.
became the first Governor of the Dis-
&let of Columbia.
Early in the war, after some bankers,
at Cooke's solicitation, had furnished
Secretary Chase with $50,000,000 and
iced him that that was all they could
do, and that the Secretary must "finish
the war with that," Mr. Cooke went
ahead trying to raise money for the
Goveriunent loans, and las house had
raised nearly half of all that had been
secured up to 1863. At that time the
Army Paymaster was in arrears about
$60,000,000, and Mr. Chase asked Cooke
to become the Government's special fin-
ancial agent.
He accepted and set out upon a scheme
of the most ,extensive advertising, ap-
pealing to the mingled motives of pat-
riotism and selainterest of the people.
During the war Mr. Cooke's firm paid
out for newspaper advertising more thau
$2,000,000. He was a firm believer not•
only in the nation, but in the patriotism
and reasonable of the people, could they
be reached, and he set about reaching -
them and succeeded. Bonds that the
Government had been unable to get rid
of when offered from Washingtoa were
soon going "like Isot cakes" from Cooke's
office, and all at par or better. Sub-
scriptions came in .itt the rate of $3,000,-
000 a_ day and footed up a total at the
- beginning of 1804 of move than $500,-
000,000 of bonds issued, and the Govern-
ment authorized more to fill the orders.
Mr. Cooke's house of J. Cooke & Co.
floated all the great war loans, the last
one amounting to $830,000,000, and in
total to over F4,000,000,000. Yet he made
on the whole work, he once seta, only
$200,000, the expenses of advertising and
clerk hire being so Wavy and his per -
ventage so ligbt. Mn Cooke deelared
that the war (*Names, if dispersed with-
in the eountry, woull tend to mal to its
vigor anti wealth rather thanethe con.
trary. He ealled-close-fiatea men togeth-
er and showed them Mitt their boast
that they loaned only on first mortgage
was vain, inasmuch it the Ilk' gatherers
Iliad a prior !len en Mad and the Goy -
element eoul eonfiseitte if a desperate
course became necessary, He enlivened
the wealthy hunkers and, with the sumo -
tam of Washington, eessurea thein that
money .contributed by them Omuta go
not to the means of Carnage, but on sena
• CAUSES OF DISCONTENT.
Commission of Workmen and Employeea
' to Meet and Investigate.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 20a farnict Eh'
tation and hospital work only, and so
emlooked their purses.
His record day of subscription receipts
for Government bonds was $42,000,000.
Ho also aided Secretary Chase in estab-
lishing the National Banking system.
Mr. Cooke was on a Philadelphia street
car when he heard of Lincoln's assassina-
tion. He jumped off instantly, and from
the nearest telegraph station telegraph-
ed. 100 agents of his house throughout
the North to advance the price of bonds,
thereby as Iso believed preventing greedy
speculatoies from bringing on a panic for
their own profit.
After the war Mr. Cooke's greatest
work was the promotion of the North-
ern Pacific Railroad.
Great as was his financial fall, Mr.
Cooke retrieved* himself, paid his last
cent of obligation in five years and built
up another fortune that enabled him to
buy back his country seats—Ogontz, near
Philadelphia, now a girls' scliool, and
Gibraltar, the island in Lake Erie.
Up to an advanced ego Mr. Cooke took
Isis recreation in hunting and fishing— e on Yonge street.
even at 80 years. I r
blovoski, appointed by Emperor Nicholas
to ascertain the calms of discontent
among the working classes of St. Peters-
burg, in a note issued to -day invites the
employers and workmen to elect repre-
sentatives to sit on the commission. Fac-
tory employers and contractors employ-
ing not less than a hundred persons, ani
entitled to elect fifteen representatives
of the different industries, while the
workmen of the various establishments
can choose electors who, March 3, will
elect 45 delegates to serve on the com-
bission. Each establishment employing
one hundred to three hundred persons is
entitled to choose one elector and those
employing 500 to 1,000 persons two elec-
tors. Concerns employing over a thous-
and persons arae entitled to an elector
aloe each 50 employees. Both men and
women are entitled to vote, but delegates
must be men who have worked at least
a year in their respective factories, and
must be freely 'elected by the workers
themselves without interference on the
part of the employers. The note isuued
by Senator Shiblovoski guarantees the
personal safety of the delegates.
Professors and Students.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 20.—The spirit of
revolution had complete possession of the
great meeting of professors, students
and directors of the St Petersburg Uni-
versity. which :Assembled at noon to dis-
cuss the question of joining in the gen-
eral strike inauguarted by simnel. insti-
tutions in Russia, and decided to close
the university till fall. 'In anticipation
of possible trouble when the meeting
broke up squadrons of Cossacks again
paraded the streets. It was the first
joint meeting of students and professors
ever authorized, but in view of the sit-
uation it was hoped the presence of the
profesors, most of whom are in complete
sympathy with the liberal move.nent,
would exercise a restraining influence.
Almost every orator went back to the
French revolution for parallels. Again
and again. was Russia declared to be on
the eve of a revolution. With burning
words one of the students described the
affair of Jan. 22, which he said hal at
last solidified the interests of the liber-
als and those of the workingmen. Amid
it storm of cheers be announced that a
continuation of study was impossible,
and said it was the duty of the young
men htere assembled and others like
them to return to their homes in the
•
provinces and spread the agitation. Some
of the professors ried to stem the tide
with moderate counsels, advising the stu-
dents to go back to their studies, but
their advice was howled down. The few
newspaper men who were admitted to
the tptiversity were amazed at the incen-
• diary character of the meeting. Tho
speeches grew more and more exctted.
A LONELY WIDOW'S END. .
An Aged Woman Found Dead in Her
House.
Toronto, Feb. 20.—Mary Linn, an aged
widow, who lived alone et 31 Lowther
a -venue, was found dead on Saturday
morning. Her nephews, Matthew and
Wm. Alex. Linn, called at her house, and
getting no response to their knocking,
forced back the door. Their aunt was
dead, sitting beside the stove, and
everything pointed to the woman hay:
ing died suddenly while preparing to
retire on Friday night. Neighbors saw
her about the place on Friday, when she
complained of feeling unwell. After
hearing the statements of Rev. John
Neil, who said the woman had fainted
in 'Westminster Church recently, Chief
Coroner Johnson decided that an inquest
was unnecessary. Deceased was 80 years
of age and the widow of the late Alex.
Linn, who once conducted a cigar store
WOMAN AND CHILD KILLED. STRIKE BREAKERS' CASE
Mrs. Hanna Run Over With Her Grand-
son in Her Arms.
Peterboroa Feb, 19.—Last night a
shocking double railway fatality happen -
ea here. Mrs. Thomas Hanna, a widow,
'residing at 13 Lake street, was return.
ing by Grand Trunk from Port Hope.
At the diamond crossing of the C. P. E.,
near her residence, where the train halts
for a moment, she, with her grandson,
about seven years old, asleep in her
arms, left the ear, which was again un-
der motion, and as she stepped to the
ground she must have run against the
wall of snow whieh rises along the
'track, aria was thrown back on the
rails.
After the train had passed her body
was found .ahriost cut in two ut the
waist across the rail, and her grandson
was also frightfully mangled. Death
in both cases was instantaneous. The
GRAEME HUNTER CLAIMS TO REP-
RESENT HAMILTON PEOPLE.
London, Feb. 20. --Graeme Hunter, gen-
erally known as the strike breaker, made
a successful appeal at Glasgow for the
appointment of a commission to take
credence in Canada regarding the charge
of fraud made against 'sins in connection
with the sending of workmen to Canada.
The court had ruled that witnesses must
be produced in court, to tell the story
themselves. In the course of the hearing
the Crown sand it would show that Hun-
ter had made no provision for hundreds;
of emigrants who were left on the streets
to do what odd jobs came along. The
Minister of the Interior is mentioned as
one witness for the defence._
A BRi SALARY.
deceased was 55 years of age, ana was Detroit, Meg,, Feb, 20„.a. New York
it native of Hope township, where thir-
teen years ago her husband, a farmer,pecial says WII. Newman, President of
great Vanderbilt system railway, in -
was gored to death by a bull. Coroner •eluding the Michigan Central, has, it is
Gray will hold an inquest. said on high authority, been guaranteed
a salary of $120,000 a. year, palatial resi-
MR. HUNTER'S DEFENCE. - donee in :New York, and a sumptuously,
fitted private ear. This makes Mr. New -
Minister of Interior May Be caned as 1114111 the highest salaried railway presi.
Witness. . dent in the world. His salary is more
London, Eel). 10.—Graeme Hunter, than twice that of the President of the
generally known as the strike breaker, United, States.
the eherge of friend made against him organizer devotion
•et-he.0441-6Amerieuartniore
made a successful nppeal at. Glasgow
ftoor t otkhoe en‘alptiootilicitom in
nnt Coofnaaaacornett;ilsIstiitolgn Chvarleoariar Dth. tveti.rigilt_lvtl, .ALleaibteal3S.:
in eonneetion with the sending of work- of Labor, *AR ebargea in the Police
melt to Canada. The eourt bad ruled that Court, by Turner, Becton and Co. with
\Atha:geesmust be Dreamed in mart to I the theft from the firm, wbo manufac-
tell the stories themselves. In the I hire garments, of a quantity of union
course of the hearing the erowu said 1 labels, whieh they ate authorized tense.
it would show that Hunter bad made no The head of the Garment Workers' tat -
provision for hundreds of emigrants j inn in New York refused the firm per -
who were left on the streets to filo what,' mission to use the label, pending the
odd jobs mine Meng, The Minister of I fate of the union label bill itt Ottawa,
the Interior is mentioned as one witness and McKay niled itt the team during
for the detente. linnet' hour and tock the labels .11.Wate
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