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The Wingham Advance, 1912-02-15, Page 711, BM WAVY NEVER IETIER Ready to Meet All Comers, Says Churcaill. Full Report of iiis Great Spee,ch. in (Masgow. ••••••••:••• m•••••ffle. Ctrat Britala Will Continue t) EU ne Seas, • c• ....••••••••• Glasgow, Scotland, colne eays: 'rhe ep-eech delivered hero 'to -day by Bight Hoe, Winston Spencer Churchill, First I.,ord of the ..deleairalty, at the luncheon the Clyde Navigation Trust, was re- ceived withnench enthusiasm. After re- ferring to the naval resomees of the Clyde, Mr. Churchill said he wee able te glee a very geed account of the navy. Ship tor snip it was superior to that eny other power. The latest 13.5 Naha were some of the finest weapons which Oireat Britain poseessed. He be- lieved that the navy was in a high atate of preparedness for a sudden call. (Cheered The rumors of unpreparedness last year were absolutely baselees, and he hoped that the creation of the War Staff, which was :already working, would render such rumors impoesible. More- over, a class of officers was being con- sietently trained to deal with the high- ( n- problems of strategy and organiza- tion, Continuing, Mr. Churchill affirmed that Great Britain never had any thought of aggression, nor attributed such thoughts to other great powers. There was, however, this Inference be- tween British naval- power and that af the great friendly Empire, which he trtteted would long remain great and friendlY—'rho Empire of Germany — (cheers)—that the British navy was ma- ll` cessary, while froiri some pointe of view the German navv was in the nature of a luxury. What was existence to us was expansion to them. We eould not if we wiehed meeaee the peace of a single eon- tinental hamlet, but, on the other lutnd, the whole fortunes of our race and Em- pire, the whole treasure accumulated by centuriee of eacrifice and achieve- ment would perlah, would be utterly ewept away, if our naval supremacy were' in danger. (Moore.) it Wa9 the British navy which made Britain a great pow- er. Germany was a great power, respect- ed and honored all over the world be- fore Rho had a single ship. Thee facts gught to be clearly Aated because the euggeetion that the naval rieks of Creel Drite.in aud Germany were on an equab it' wee utterly untrue. The Govern - 'tient had. resolved to maintain the nav- al supremacy which the country enjoy- ed., They, none of them, would tolerate his presence in the Admiralty for a sin- gle hour unlese satisfied that all steps were being taken to seeure the safety -of the country. The newspapers now said that there were proepecte of further naval in- ereaeas among the continental powers. That wae it very serious matter beeauee not only were naviee increasing in size, but everything emenected with naviee wee increasing in cost. There was no doubt, .whatever that the nations of Europe were pressidg forward and pressing each other forward into an avenue of almost Indefinite expaneiou and expense, We had a right to our own opinion as to how far future gen- erations would compliment the present age upon the Christianity and wisdom of the eivilization which made this dreary, iholgeroue and sterile competi- tion so touch a feature of our lives. But there it was; we had to meet it, and he was glad to be able to tell them that there woe no need for alarm. (Cheere). There was no need. of raising an excited paeic or disparaging the resources of the conatry. They might face the situation with great composure. At every point, in every detail, they had it well in hand, (Cheer.) First of all, our resources was money, From 'the organo of both great politiadd parties one might gather that Great Britain was financially in a very tottering and weak erudition. He hoped that Britain's foreign friends would real- ize that this was only talk. (Laughter.) The resources which the British Chan- cellor of the Exchequer could command were amply equal to all the state's re- quirerneets. ile believed that a consid- erable body of public: opinion favored the flotation of a great naval loan. This Could be presently floated with perfect ease and on the best of terms; but what uee would it be to the navy? Great Britain had built enough ships to secure effective command of the sea, and it Was eheer waste to build more than were neeeseary for that pur- pose in any wee yea,r. What was want- ed was steady building on a regular plan; no seneational or violent depart- ure from existing method e was requir- ed. Navies could not be created or die - banded in n year; their regulna devel- epment could best lie eecured by large annual guppies of money, not by ex- •:.tited. and capricious windfalls by means of great 'oats. (Cheers.) Mr. Churchill thought, however, that instead of an annual appropriation the naval expenditure should be presented to the House of Coramons so as to com- mand o, survpy of a period of several years. There wile no need of any anx- iety ate to ottr shipping capacity. It snffieient to say it wne unequalled in the werld. There was no chance of our being overtaken in naval construction while money for shipbuildino, was left, and no occasion for alarm either in re- gard to the personnel. There were 136,006 trained long -service men, also the naval reserve, of which more into would be made in the future. What- ever might happen abroad there would bo no whining here, no signals of ds. tress, no cries for help would go up; we would lace tho future without fear tit arrogatee, but with eolid and infleX- ible determination. Great Britain, Said Mr. Churchill, in eeteeluitiot, would be the first power weloonte a retardation or slackening of nanal rivalriee. She would meet any melt slackening'not with words, but with deed8—(ebeers)--but if there were to be increates on the eorttittent elm Would have no difficulty In meeting them. Naval. eompetition Was beeoro- ing more testate, but Great Britain eould xtot only 'entente the nurnl)c of ber Whips, tut the ratio of her imval strength to thot of env other greet naval pow - ere„ (Cheerti,) note Britain's margin ettpetiority weuld beeeme larger end net smeller at; the etrain beeeene groat iind Wetter (Clieers.) 0Onsequently if 0.*:r powers initiste41 'oven overtak. fine' Oreat Britain by tenni:Iowa efterte, they snonit1 only he the more entals. trowel' by retteen or the motouret si.e••• •"..11,0 ter 1.1000.111 ,nfeirt whieh t'lreat Itritain berself would tae.. Mims.) Let them build their great dock on the Clyde. The Clovernenent ) trouid peovide no leek of great vesiele ; to fill it. and tIlitegow would know •that She Willi aiding atta eupportieg the Brit telt navy, whieh enabled the nation to pursue her path through the 'world, enoting no quarrel and fearing eone. TAKEN AS A REPLY TO GERMANY, London eable; Mr. Cluireitlittt AitatC" 1neil on the navy to -day 18 taken here as et reply to tho reinitriC6 of the (ler. man Emperor, who urged that the Ger- nlvti navy he eepteded. Ile aelded title atthe opening of the Ileieltstag twe ' days ago. The epeeeh is thought to he pelt of a plait te cueourage the belief in the ueelesenes of Gormley trying to outstrip her live) in sea power. It is now otileially admitted thet bell* Freneh and •ItUt=sian Governments were informed et' Viseouet Haldanehi trip to Berne v the Britieh UOvern- molt before the British Seeretary of War arrived in the Oertean capital. It was specifically ,tated in the notifiea- tioa to France anil Russia that the visit was of a private character, but it was significantly added that la case of pol- itical Traction should he discussed, Prezio and Russ!a would be kept in- formed. Thie coufirine the prevailing impres- Oen that behind the ostensible purpose of his trip Viscount Haldane 41 charged to :Kum the political ground and put out feelers eepecially in regard to a pos- sible slackening of armaments. •-••• • - REV. DR. GORDON A Presbyterian Clergyman Dies at Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Feb. 11.--Itev. Dr. Daniel AI, Gordon, formerly of Gordon Chureh, St. Elmo, father of Rev. Dr. C. W. Gor- don (Ralph Connor), died peacefady early this morning at the residence of his son hero. •••••••4.1.1••••••••• Rev. Daniel Miner Gordon was born at Pictou, N.S.,.in January, 1845. His father was William. Gordon, a nati.ve Sutherla,ndehire, Scotlii.nd, and his moth- er a daughter of E. D. Miner, of Cic- tom He was ordained to the ministry 1800, and returned. to Canada the same year. He had an extensive charge in Nova Scotia for a short time, includ- ing Truro, and a number of ralasions. He became pastor of St, Andrew's Church. Ottawa, in 1867, and held that appointment for fifteen years. He re- signed •in 1882 to accept the pastorate of Knox Church, Winnipeg, and while in the west was chaplain of the 900 Batallion, Y.M., and saw active eervice during tho rebellion of 1885, for which he _received a medal. In Oct.ibee 1894, he was appointed professor of feyetena atic theology and apologetics et the Presbyterian College, lIaUfa.c, anti reit dered distinguished services to filet in- stitution. lie retunied to th: west in 1001. Rev, Dr. Gordon was one oi the leaders in promoting the Lotion of the Presbyterian Churches throaghont the Dominion, and was one of the delega- tion from the Canadian Oteteeli to the General Assembly of the Plena of Scotland. He receved the honorary de gree of D.D. from Glasgow tideereity, and was selected Moderator of the Gen. eral Assembly in Canaan, ;.,1 1896 HALOANESMISSION Carries Home With Him Germany's Proposals. May Open Churchill's Eyes as to Luxuries. Berlin, Feb. 12.—Reports that the mission to Germany of Viscount Ital. dane, British Secretary for War, had been it. failure, circulated on the Bourse to -day, and contributed to the prevailing weakness and pessimism. Tiae rumors, however, were not justified, as the situ- ation will be clearei up only after Vis- count Haldane has conferred with his colleagues of the British Mintetry, with whom rests the decision as to whether definite negotiatioas with Gereia,ny dre to be begun. The German Foreign Office tieday is apparently well satisfied concerning the prospects of the situation. Viscount Haldane returned te London in possession of an outline of tho neW German naval anl military proposnie, notwithstanding the feet that theSfi have not yet been communicated to che Cele man Federal Council. A LONG PRAYER Twenty -Four flours Suppli- cation Begun in Brantford. 0.•••••••••1 Brantford, Out., Feb. 12.—A prayer of 24 hours' duration, taken up ia relay of fifteen minutes eiteh, was eommeneed here last night tinder the auspices of the men and religion forward. movement. The ninety-sixth prayer will be eon - eluded at 0 o'cloek to -night, The par- ticipants were allotted their reepeotive fifteen minuteehperiocte, hour arid plaee of meeting making no difference in the performance of the duty tteetigned to each. man. Seale of them engaged are employed in local factoriee. 3-f I -4 FROZEN TO ICE, Terrible Experiences of a lYian in a Runaway. Montreal, rob. 12. -*A. man tamed Cole Vais was found this morning, frozen to 00 Ice. in the St. Lawrence. near Ver- dun. no W0,3 terribly froetbitteh about hie arras, legs end head. /le was driv- ing home with a friend comae the river late night, when the horse rail away. (eras was thrown out and 'stunned; Ws companion, after stopping the horse a mile Away, proceeded bottle, thinking Gervais would walk the teat of the way to his residence. As he did not turn up thie morning a seareh was made. When diseovered he eould riot MOVe a. limb. Xt le thought that even if he lives ho win lose his arms, 10.gs and ears. The teed has got into his brein, and he is date tow. INFANTILE PARALYSIS. totidott, Mb. 12.—There wee a re. eiarkable itneorete of itantrol paritlyeis In Devon an 1 Cernwall last year. Dr. PeNe, repeeting te the leeetI 4oental, tuff- grfitS the prevettion of tit4 dlea te itt bete years Ones be teasettiatel With the (Ilya raieed be meter are. •-••,—Irtep bran, 11 siz*,-4.--,-4,5•04,-.1Pinr.A.les-- • • .4="0, ELDRIDGE STANTON, Another of the Niagara Fails victims lost Sunday. ABOICATES THRONE Chinese Emperor Accepts Republican Conditions, imperial Troops Blown Up by Mine. Peking, Feb. 12.—The abdication of the throne of China by the Manchu dy- nasty Was proelaimed in an imperial ediet at noon to -day. ..knother edict de- clared that the throne accepted, the re- public, while a third approved all the conditions agreed upon by Premier Yuan Shi Kai, and the republicans. The momentous steps by which the Manchu dynasty yields up its power after three centuries of rule,- and agrees to change from an absolute to a repre- sentative form of government was no- tified in three simultaneous proclama- tions. Although the final aet of abdication heel been awaitea for some time, 'the posing of the edict, with the declaration that it was an accompliehed fact caused profound excitement . T he second edict approving of all the cooditions agreed upon between Yuan Shi Kai and the republican representa- tives, created even more astonishment. It had been expected that the Manchus Would demand conditions Which would safeguard many of their privileges, but adeeording to the proclamation, their surreuder is unconditional. The third edict informed the vice- roys and provincial govornmes of the retirement of the throne from political powers and instructed them to con- ttaue doing their duty and to preserve order throughout the land. It declared that the step taken by .the throne was in order to meet the wishes of the people. Troon-deabyyPu y, 's abdication of the Chinese throne the child Emperor, beings to an end ,the powerful Manchu dynasty, whieh has reigned in China fence 1044. The boy ruler has been .on the throee since November 14, 1908, when the Emperor Kwang-Su, his uncle, died, this father, Prince Chun, was ap. pointed Regent, and was the chief fig. ure in Mina for three years. Surround- ed by a large number of Princes, of the Inaperial elan and Manchu officialo. with reactionary ideas, the Regent was was the chief figure in China for three yars. Surrounded by a large number of Prinees of the Imperial elan and Man- chu officials with reactionary ideas, the Regent was brought face to face with a revolutionary movement in favor of modern reforms. He endeavored to please both parties, but ended by causing general dissatis- faction, which led to hie resignation on Dec. 0, 1911. The promise of a eon- stitutional government nmde by the Dowager Empress, on her death -bed in 1908, was not fulfilled in any way until May, last year. In that month an nneerial edict abolished the old grand council, which, together with the oourt, held, ab,solute power and subetituted eonstitationa,1 Cabinet. Revolutionary ideas had been spread- ing in the meantime, and the southern provinces declared against the continua- tion of Manchu rule, and broke into open revolt. After untelt fighting, the revolutionists preelaimed a republic at Nanking in December, and tr. Sten Yat Sen aceepted the presidency on Dec. 29. Negotiations between the republica,ns and `the impertaltets followed, and an armistice was aa-raito,ed. This was not strictly observed, but the negotiations continued with the result that the Maneint rudere, seeing that China proper was almost entirely in favor of the re- publican idea and that the outlying de- pendencies of Tibet, Turkestan, Mon- golia and Manchuria, wore breaking away, decided that it was their beet Policy to yield to the popnlar demand and abdicette from power. IMPERIALISTS BLOWN 1.71? London, Feb. P2.—The imperialiet army under command of General Chang Ilsun, whieh has boon in oontaet with the republican troope for some days, was to -day routed with eerions loss by the eepublieaue in the ueighbarhood of Se. Chow Aii, in the province of Afthwei. Awarding to a speeled deeptetch re - wilted here to -day. front Shaughal, the republitan trocnee mined the ground lu front, of their earenehments. The'a by feinting a retreat they inveigled the inn periahsts into following them over the mined ground, and when. 0. large body of them Were oseembled they sot fire to the fuece and exploded the mines. Tho imperialie,t army sustained heavy casualties and loot a number of their field gang. General Chang' Men, their eortunautler, took refuge in a railroad car and escaped toward. Sit Chow which lies to the north, in the province of Kiang Su. ME BRIDGE CLOSED. GREAT SURGEON Death of Dr. Lister of An- tiseptic Treatment Fame, iI fil a ol e One of the Greates: Discoveries of the Ag ILondon, Feb. 11. e- Joseph Lister, 1 itoet 11e.rou Latter, who was fantoue ae the diseoveren of an antiaeptie sye- tear of treatment in surgery, died tu- tjay. Jie wee born in 1827 and had eere- fd as pioreesor of eurgery ttt Glasgow and Edinburgh t.lniversities and, in King'sCullege, London. gi••••••(.11.•••• The , molt of i4:0es tuttleeptie treatment eaused. au immediate de- crease la the number of (loathe frets), surgical wounds. Die discoveries were acclaimed by the whole world, and hie fame was heraldecl far and . wide In 1809 he succeeded kreteseor Split) as profeeeor of surgery in Iielinburgh Univereity, a po.st whieli he held until 1877, whea he ammo to lona Idon after eecepting a similar professor- ship at Kent's College, and in 1893 he re- tired from practice. A recent article in the London Daily Mail in a elutraeter sketch. of Lord Lie - ter says: One can easily contrast the sur- gery of three hundred years ago with that of to -day from the memoirs of Pare. When the Duo de Guise, in one of the batltes in which he was 011- mcd, wale knocked down by an ar- row, which entered his nose and came out through one of his eyes, Parc immediately proceeded to put his foot on the Dukeht face, and pulled the arrow out by sheer brute. force. The Duke, we are told, uttered not a soiled, and 'dived many years after—to die by an assassin'e knife. Compare this with a modern hos,pital ward, with all its ap- pliances, and no one will question the enormous etrides made in surgery, And if there is one man who ean ley elaint to credit for this advance th.at man is ,Lord Lister, for surgery is note di. vided into two periode, the pro -Lister and the post -Lister periode. Lister's connection with the Glasgow Royal infirmary gave him a large prac- tice, and through it he became acquaint- ed with the terrible mortality which re. Kilted from the infliction of aurgloal wounds. A former pupil of Lieter's at the infirmary has placed it on record that in one weelc alone five persons died, after an easy amputation, from pyaemia —blood-poleoning--caused by surgical wounds becoming septic. Another corn. mon enemy of the wards .was hospital gangrene, and this, despite the discovery of ethAr awl chloroform, whieh had em- oldened sumeenli and enormously ,ad- vaneed the kuowledge and scope of sur- gery. It was the high mortality from the infkunmation and suppuration of wounds that caused Lister feverish anxiety to find the eauee. He tried monk expedi- ents to Improve the salubrity of the Words. He insieted on the serupulous washing of the hem& by all those en- gaged in dressing wounds; in short, ev- erything was done to find out tho mo- tive of the disease 'whieh then (loused such haroe. Soon, however, Pasteur (who was a tanner) discovered that the real agents in the proem of putrefaction were minute organisms in the air. Lis- ter's genius seized this opportunity, and he immetiately devised a means by which Mr was excluded. He selected ear- holie acid as the beat form. of germ - killer, and. with a solution of this, so weak as not to cause injury to the flesh, hilt sufficiently strong to annihilate min- ute animal life, he carefully washed out the wound and kept it "sweet," and. he also sterilized every instzument that was to be used upon ft He invented a car- bolic aeid Spray, with which he destroyed - the gentle of ganerene which he believed to be floating incthe air and thus cepa. ble of affecting the wound. Later, how- ever, after repeated experiments. Lister nbandoned the spray, thus Admitting that an antiseptically treated and band- aged wound could not be affected by at- mospheric germs, Lord Lister was a Qiutker, and watt born in 1E427 lu the Essex village of lepton, now a part of Greater London After receiving his early education at a Tottenham school, kept by a Society of Friends, Lister proceeded to University College, and graduated 13. ,A. in the Uni- versity of London in 1847, at the age of twenty. Five years later he took hie first medical degree, and became it Fel- low of the Royal College of Surgeons But eluting the early part of that period he seemed to have been particularly for- tunate in studying under Professoi Sharper, who advised him "to take six w-eeke of Syme's Clinic," This he did, and the year 1853 found him in Edinburg! nitending the vacation leeturee of tie most dietinguished surgeon of the king dom. The am eveoles, however, not 0111) grew into years, but they mark a inots1 interceding epoch in Lord Lister's car eer, since Professor Spite soon aceepte' hint as a son-in-law by granting hint the hand of his daughter—Agnea—a Intim) whose happiness was terininatecl only let her death in 1803, leaving Lord Lister tee lonely in his affeetions as he afterwards boe-ame eolitary ini:„11.4.is fame, MR, MOORE'S JOKE •••••1•0•••••••••44 Young Steer Scared Crowd at Toronto Sale, jewow•Mo.:6.....44/ Toronto report: A. riotoue eyeene was enacted at a elle of foney .young otoelt at West Toronto one day tine week, Among the attendantand prospective purchasers. was W. H. Moore, of the Canadian Northern. Railway, well known in the ranks of publisher and agrieal• twists. A fine young steer was led up to the etaeol and the auctioneer), Mr. Bellows, of Kentuoky, tolled: "Who will etart lot 1411" With thot the lively animal broke the rope which fastened hint, and, rampaging around the yard Niagara Fells, N. Y., Feb. 11.-4his compelled. the assembled bipeele to seek we the fire.t Sunday in the lnotory of shelter. Mr. Moore limbed to the toe tetenie Niagara that the lee bridge was of a 8011 and, looking down on Mr. Bel - timed US the publie, and neoey an in. 'Iowa) who lout found safety under e •dignant tourist was prevented from von- eled, called out: "Who will stop. lot • turing out on the -mantel etrueture 141?" across the treacherous- river thie after- tieveral thousaad. people Wel'0 hero viewing the beet winter econtry fit many Itio :teneira, Bratil, Feb. 12.,--Barott years, and they nil wanted to etre) out de lilo Breneno, lifialeter ef Foreigr ott the frozen enrfitee Of the lash). blow Affttire it the lirtizillatt Cabinet, .dien the fella, lett cottetoblee on the Ameri. this motning at ten taiontes peet nine ear .t.itot told pas., °mem, on the came. Ire was etteekett .Iniddeniet tIl On. Or Mee eido Vatriel, them eget:int Vtnit,nr- nzng o 46/3. 1tTt,"ttliall Manilla,- awl in teen ettyitny that they would not to the attaek was te Severe that lie tooto ntoneitted to land ltob4 tItey croen the rallierl.lIo Wag one Of the Mott brilliaet 1,ver. etitteemen in 131'12'1. BRAZIL STATESMAN DE3,D. MieS, ELUi-110(da Si4'4TON, Who perished in the ice -bridge tragedy at Niagara Falls last Sunday. 4 , CATHOLIC PARTY Cardinal Makes Announce- ment at BoKon Meezing. "To F:ght European Free- masonry and Anarchy." Boston, Mom, Feb. Cardinal O'ConnelO speaking before five hundred representative laymen of the' Archdio- eeee of Boston, hinted at the formation of a Catholic politica party "should Eu- ropean Freemaeonry and ana,rehy" necessitate such an organieation in this country. "In the sermon delivered on the ,oceasiori of the centennial of this dio- cese I offered sliacerely end without reserve my solution of oadal dif- ficulty. 'Let us nod, lead, %tan:el glaring at each other ever a olia.wri. Let, us nether fill up the space between ue with honest good -will towards wee an,oteher a,na eome together with mu- tual understanding and co-operation.' have done my share; my people, too, are doing their. What heve poen° of the oth.ere done'and. what do they propose to do? The reeponeibility resta with them. "Let us reveal the injustice of the past in the eonquest of the future. We want no Catholic party until the tactied of Huropean Freemasonry and anerchy compel every Christian to etand, if faecal be with ballot in hand, and defeud otu. alLrs and our homee. No, it is the con- quest of right and. justice. A fair field for all, and no favor. "We are tired to death of misrepre- sentation frora within and misunder- standing from without: and the olid hope whioh to -night fills our hearts at the eight" of this noble presence before 1:110 ie that the five years whose crown we wear to -night, are but the harbinger of happier ane holier days." eeeee JUDGE INSANE Camorra Trial Drove Him Out of His Mind. Horne, Feb. 12.—Luetiheel Palli, the judge who abandoned the prelimin- ary investigation of the charges against the Camorriets because he was convinced that tbn prieonere were innocent, became violently in- sane to -day. He was taken to a pri- vate sanitarium, raving about the trial now being held at, Viterbo, and declaring that there was a coneepiracy to exeoute him because he believed the prisoners were not guilty. His oondition is believed to helve been brought about by worry over the trial, and the result of a number of threat- ening letters from supposed victims of the Carnorra, -who accused him of attempting to CO3U.S0 the Crownte case eollapae. A despatch from Viterbo to -day stated that the counsel for the ac- cused would eoon ask that 22 of the 36 prisoners be 'dismissed because they have -already been ien.prisoned five years awaiting trial, the maxi- mum sentence that the law infilicte upon persons accused of "fiersociating with criminals," the &large which was brought against them. If Judge Bianchi allows the motion, it is be- lieved that the other fourteen prison - era may also be released, although they are being held for graver of- fences. HINT TO CH. RCHILL. Cologne, Germany, Feb. 12.—Viscount Haldane, the British Secretary for War, .ad plenty of opportunities during his visit to Berlin to confer with authorita- tive personages and thus gain an under- itanding of the existing feeling in Ger- luny according to an inspired despatch :rem Berlin, which appears in to -day's Cologne Gazette; It says; - "When a persotutge of the importance of the British Minister fer War goes home after a trip of this kind, the infor- nation acquired by him undoubtedly will 'lave weight with his Government. This tnformation probably will tend among Alter things to change Winston Spot. er Churchill's Strpriaing conception that the fleet ie a luxury for Germany. Who - flier the. Secretary for War's trip will have further consequences most be waited." TWO DAILY LABOR PAPERS. London, Feb. 11,-1'wo Labor daily mere are about to entice their appear- . Ince. One, the Daily Herald, is to take the plate of the Morning Leader, which a to be amalgamated with the Daily gews. The Leader was never an official Labor paper, but it generally supported the patty. The TIerald will be an out. and -out Labor paper. Tito second paper Is to he "the Daily Citizen, nad it win be the official organ of the party. et fund of $750,000 is being raised to make a start, and the party has Subacribed +,10,000 towards this and will give both financial and other support in the fin turd,. POPE AND ottooLtrrE GOWNS. nom, Feb. 11,--1opo Pius yesterday issued an order that all cardinals and ither ehinvh dignitaries ntuet decline to attend social funetione witete women are oerwatted to appear in deeollete gewee. 'Clie Pontiff bee long been opposed to the tivevelling festioss in evoufwv: tttel he tienivea tl,a1; !al 0Nr tvill have a Malmo" to do awey v,itb leatent emu ns in Whelk eiridee 4 +.4,004.40,00404#.4., 44110011044104, 00404144,~4100,04400001.01000., HE TEST hillE0 Dictagra0 Unab:e to R cord Conversation. L.haro Agains'. Young Mc- . bow/all May 14`a.l. Washiugton, Vele Weeediamee.. .ehteeden, lee yeung stenographer of the Bum Agency, this Moaning tws put throteeli the edietageaph tet" by the Cerezeittee that is nvet,ti• math% Co.% election of Senotor Lorimer, i'Leeuzilirattm did it 1)014t tO reptolittee exattly the emolitione tinder which Sheridan sueshn wrete in the Kihro Ed- ward Hotel in Toronto, tithing down it convelsatiou betweeu (hailMc- Gowan, of Elora, Ont., Deteetive Bailey, . of the Burne Agency, and Harry Kerr. For the test too adjoining Nome ou one of the upper floore of the Senate office building were chosen. Members of the eommittee occupied one room. In the other Wa3 Sheridan with a member of the committee, who saw that the young meat kept his left heed to hie ear, holding the telephone receiver aud how he placed hie notebook, weighted down at one end with a 13ible, which is the way he said he worked in the King Edward Hotel. The test consisted of two trials, Ita the first case Bailey and Kerr talked about various matters with a "Fitrange voice," played by Herbert Pierce, clerk of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Eleotions. At Toronto the original "strange voice" was young -McGowan. The committee had instructed Sheri- dan to take down everything he heard aver the wire about the Lorimer ease. In the r001/1, with the committee and those who were engaged itt the three - sided conservation, two official steno- graphers of the Senate took doom every word that was said. In the second trial, Charles E. Ward, private secretary to Senator Lorimer, was the strange voice. The other con- ditions were the same. Sheridan listened at the receiving end of the dictagraph for mare than 30 min- utes, writing a great deal in his note- book. Ile was very nervous. When the test was over the commit- tee bad hint read his notes, and they were compered with those of the offi- cial stenographers. The committee was not satisfied' as a result of the test that Sheridan had "made good." in one conversation he was able to read coherently only about 20 words, In the other he got about 150 words. This was but a small part of what he was expected to get.. His notes were very fragmentary, and the committee re- garded them as valueless as evidence. RESCUED CREW The Rescuers Performed Brilliant Deeds of Courage. Bremen, Germany, Feb, 12.— The North German Lloyd steamer Chemnitz, which left New York, on Jan. 30, for Bremen, reported by wireless telegraph to -day that she had taken off the cap- tain gal twe:ve men of the crew of the siuking Norwegian bark Euphrates, which left Glaegow, laet month. 'The work of resCue Wall extremely dangerous owing to the heavy storm, and. the terrifically high seas, The men of the crew of the Chen3nitz, who mau- ned the boate whieh tookepart ia the rescue performed eorae brilliant deeds of courage. IN DiiirISTREETS Montreal Takes the Lead, Says Van Horne. Montreal, Feb. 1.2,—"Even notorious Naples is clean as compared with Mont- real," said Sir William Van Horne, die - cussing the condition of the etreete of this city. "The dirt in them at all seasons of the year is enough to turn one's stomach. In ne city in Canada or the United Steam is there anything to compare with it. Why, the dirtiest streets of Cuba are cleaner than Montreal's." Sir William advocatee the itepoint- anent of a parks commission to plan better conditione. 41-41-4 EX -KING MANUEL To Ptlarry Elizabeth Paarie, Dom kiliguel's Daughter. Lisbon, Feb. 12.—It is stated: here thtl ex.King Manuel will marry the Princess Elizabeth Marie, daughter of Dom Miguel. The report received some credence an amount of the recent re- concillatiori between the two families. The legitimate newspaper Neese!, says that lannel and hie mother, Queen Amelie, were godfather and godmother, reepectivety, to the last daughter of Dom Miguel, being represented al the baptismal ceremony at Saint Jedo do Luiz. . I V ' THE CHINESE THRONE. London, Feb, 10,—The Timee says that news received in Londoe le to the effect that Premier Yuan Shi Kai, after having eonsulted with the Dowager Em- press, has agreed to most of the modi- ficatione made by the. Nanking Govern- ment to Y110,1116_ proposals for the ab- dication of the Emperor. ' e • LONDON SEXTON DEAD London, rob. lie—Edward Elliott, sox. Lon of St. John the Evangelist Church, was found dead In the basement of the Church about ten o'elock last night, where he had gone to attend to the heating apparatus. .Acute indigestion' was the CLILIfe, 1Te left home In the meriting for the church, end when be did not retern his wife notified Canon '‘Ittitt. the Vieth?, who went to the church and fearel Mr, Elliott dead, itinkt rtAlittt ftetteeinee, Feb. 11. --Two tnederel bald, hu:Idinee v. id be coustrueted here Ode year. 'Die Utetliiiei Bank will build VII tLo oi.l ilib tfOtlq prOpin'tnt for whieli peOi itlitt)d. The Tteelees Den% has paid t31,1,1Ti3 fer a mite att tho heta of .ranvA sfeeet, ewit.al ben tho He -nee set, end formerly oeteupiell n a Chin - 11.1111:711. Beilditte pee:nits lc& vettr untriented tufalt13.01, COSTLY WASH $3,000,000- Wcrth of Paper Washed and ironed. . New Yorke Fele.,12,----1'les eteff ef the _ United States WO liwurance e -o., has , jeet eta/lino:en a, tett tinee' job of waste, Ing Ana ironing whicI1 wee probably wnittatt, precedeot in down tewn Now - Volk. The "wash," which they hong out 1 on the iines etnieg actose the veult of A big Wall street berth, and, theo j.ron. ed oot earefully with electric Irene, cou. elated IA 3,001) pkves of paper repvaiiont. log •in‘ire than $0,000,0U0. 1.C141 Foxeoities were eeIvaged troll the suleeellar Vallitri a 1130 burned Equit- eble Indicting, a fortoteht ago. Thette- anne of pilule; of wetter filterod taroughthem while they lay there, dnd the paper,' %vete" !soaked elmoet to it pulp when removed front their rest- iag place,. ?apt-. ONrtir SENTENCE onca •••••••/...••• ••••/. Contrast Between British and German Methods. The One is Open Court and the Other Is Seoret. London, Feb. 12.—The trial of Hein- rich Groese, the German seacaptain who was senteneed yesterday to throe years' iinprieonment as a spy, is made the basis of a coatrast between Iinglish methods of trial and aose adopted by German courts inthe ease of Bertrand Stewart. Even a esport of the judgment agitinst Mr, Stewart is not available, and the only known witness against h,in" was a notorious rascal. As the LeAV Journal remarks,: "The leeipsie procedure weis survival of medie- val methode, which in England were swept &way with the etar chamber. There is .no ,question that our erianin.al procedure is a model for °thee cowl tries." The Attarney-General, Sir Rufus Isaacs, when opening the case against Heinrich Grosse, mid: "In this country under our. laws a man charged as a spyis brought to trial in open court before one of His Ma,jeety's judgee, and before a juay. He is entitled, of eeurse, to what latitude,' which is always allow- ed, as saute people think, chivalrously allowed, to the defendant. He has the advantage of being represeated by eattn- sel." jostle* Darling, in passing. eentenee, delivered n, weighty condemnation of all spying as a cauee of ill -feeling between na 10.110.40. - FOUL MURDER Stonecutter is Done to Death in Rural Quebec. Ottawa. deapo.tch: A tragedy at et. qhol a st iglu') Que.,. is referred to hi a massage reaching here from there thie afternoon. • .It eaye: • .. With bead almost severed from body, Alfred Duforn a etoneoutter, about lime mike from this Tillage, was tonna in fshaek. to -day. Near hint ley ait axe covered with blood, -while ebout tea feet away was found a shot - eau. Evertithing within the cabin point - tel to a terrible struggle. Its rough furnishings were smashed or ovextusn- ed, while the Door was spattered with hlood. There were no bullet marks on the body, and the gun, as far as could be ascertained, had not been discharg- ed. Duferd liad beet dead about tea days. The man .who shared the Omen: with the murdered man is not to be found, The bed ahowe that he left but couple of days ago. Ste. Scholestigne is the place where a white-haired old judi,,te sat a life -time without any murder case, and then within two, yeare had to eenteuce three to the gallows, Cordelia Viau and Sam Parolow, for the minder of the wom- an's husband, and Belanger, who tailed Nen Seguin for a .fino new shotgin he had. TO VISIT FLEET. Lon,scal, rob. 12.—A fleet et revolu- tionary warehipe was sighted off the port of Shan Hai Kwan, situated on the railroad line from Peking, this morning, aecordine to a news agency desoateh re- ceived Prom Tien Tem. Most urgent orders have been issued by the com- manders of the imperial troope to pre- pare all available transports he order to resist the lauding of the rebel forces. CLERICAL LEADER RESIGNS. Berlin, Feb. 12—Dr. Peter Spann, the leader of Clerical Centre party, aim was yesterday elected president of the Reichstag, announees that be will re. sign the chair on Monday. He gives aa his reason for tide action that he de. chime to be aseociated with a. e.ocialist vice-preeldent. .6.4.4t)On•••••••••••••••••4••• NO FUNDS, Guelph, Ont., Feb.eemeg. man representing himself as employed ut a bank at Port Arthur, offered hie cheque in payment at Tlinrston ahoe•store. ft was, refused, but later it wee cashed at a local bank, The ebeglie has been re- turned from Part Arthur marked "no funds," ,10•• 410•••••••••••,.....in. COBALT'S CLUB cAsz, Cobalt, Fele 12.e -It is hoped that the end of the notorious club ease has bean reached. So far the penalties luflieted tomount to three five-year terms, with a total of seventy laeltes, one man sent to North Bay jail for trial by jury, one boy out on suspended eenteeee, one man itt attstoily pendiag examination by doc- tor, ns to Itis sanity, and one boy out on hie own veeognizancen TO MAKE FIFTY TOWNS. Toronto, Feb, 12. --Sixty raw telyne att, to 1,e pitteen on the 1114r1 the provieee of Sasateaewan dudes' the netting, toN0,21, in eoroesetion with the Cenadia t *NCI thee% leallditot programme. Moat et. theat will be Panted on the tea) E./101 1101,1* bt1ii+1,1117, trete Kitt Ieveley to the Alleer{e breiteitte,e mint front Ve. f.ei Galore, but (platea, nennimr the towee wiil le ore'tted he Cte. toveval brent-h lito13 to be entilitetesiti in ether /mate tt the provinee. 6E11665 Why Parliament W111 Not Meet UntirFourteentk, Parnell and the Nationalists and lath Superstition, London, Feb. 12.—Superatition re- garding the number thirteen, 0000stl- ing to the parliamentary oornetepond- ent cd the London Vance, respoa- siblo for Patlinenonl not reaereezebling to-morr(w. The thirteenth wen the first day fixed by the Ciornernaum.t3 but when fillet beeeene kooven. the Irish Nationelisto: beteame ernioh alarmed, and urged that the detto be changed, nri the lath VMS =lucky caZ34 111 omen for tho beginallin% of thie }Uwe Rule Bill eetotton. 'The Ministry nat neeonsarily teappoteed to thane the isuperstitton of their &Idle*, thee they changed the date no the 14th eSL Valentine'a Day). That s how it comes about that Parlinan.enft tanOr „sembles on. Wednesday, The Nettonaliste have ;tome gtnernei thein superstition& dittlike of the member thirteen.In 1886 Mee Glad- stone laid the Ircexie Rule eeheme be- fore the Cabinet on March 13. At the ernd of the montht after the reedgeue- tion of Chamberlain and lirevelyert, the Cabinet eat et teble, !thirteen la number. The Homo Rule bill of 1893 eves ine tmalreced on' February 13. Parnell teata eat extraeroereary dread al the number 13, inetances of ;his super- etitiOaa being give% in Barry O'Itriere!n life. He would never cline with thir- teen at the tables. When, ht. was at Menai% Heater vietted him there to consult with the Nationalist bill for the amendment .orf the Land At of 1881. Parnell wonted the olearsete and then auddonlY threw the menu- ecript oca the table ao if he heel beim stung. "What is the Matter?" asked Ilea -le$ alaata. "We can't haw) thirteen ale/mem What bill with thirteen °lenses could deave any chance?" The difficulty as to the Vail -tea= elausee. Inas gob over by the osislition of another one, vatiela Perna had ett first opposed. • On another owe -sten, itt the summer of 1883, at the byteleoticen at Mono - galena, Parnell ruehed out of the room which had beaa aosigned Lim at the hotel and aried, to his compete/en., "Look at that," pointing to the :lum- ber on the door; which was 18, "What a IVOtra to give ust 'They aTe Toriea, I suppose, and have done it on rain' pose." He lugged az the mom beteg oleaaged. t - ART TREASURES Pierpont-Morgan Has Spent $100,000,000 on Them. Now York. Feb. 12. --,The reoent nouneement that J. Fierpont Morgan ' would bring a portion of his art collec- tions from Landon to New York has led to the discovery that the flame:flee has 'invested a stun estimated at -more than 8100,000,000 ba art treasures. These are said to QOLSitat not only of paintinge„ etatuary and jewel, but of celled:ions of wide range Fond enormous value at ceramies, poreelaine, bronze, reliquaries and antiquities of almost every form and coneePtion of every :1,7 of basher- : ism and civilization. • . Mr. Alorgazde Loudon oollectiora are • estimated at more than it20,000,000 lxt . value, his Now York art treasorea talky twice as high, Paintiogs and rat objecte ' loaned to museums elven thee esthaateel fund by $10,000,000, while an equal sum it ia believed, is not an exceeeive eett- mate ef the value of art c.bjects be hale given away. Maay thousaads of maaoc objects, each costing from hutotrode to tens of thouilands of 'dollars, are said to compose the bulk of the colleetionei • value. • FIVE IN MINE Seven Bodies Brouglat Up and More to Bring Up., Antonienhatte, Prneneitut Silesia, Ran 12.—A largo Dumber of fatalities WW1 teased by a fire which broke out in ono of the pits in tide coal mining mitre last evening. Seven corpses of miners have been brought to the atm/aces arist the •authorities believe taxt at least twenty more men have periehed. Tho number of :nen in the pit. vehes the fire broke out is not definitely known but all except thoe3 in the mediatO vicinity of the b ittom of the .haft were cut off from eteape, arid ado eimost certainly dead. FOREIGN CitOP REPORT. proornhall's weekly forelgri emit re.• port, telegraphed this week. saye: "littestA ern and Central Europe -There has been ffiever° weather. 'with freeeing tempera- tures, with generally fair snow covering. Offerings of native wheat are mall, with the general demaug good. Rtise10:-• VI the Southwest, the weather ie rainee Arms -aim are vary smell, with meek dee .creesing slowly. Itetimaniar-Crep cen.‘ ditions are Satisfactory. Stocks decreae- ing. Weather is milder. Italy -Cr* outlook ..is faverablo. Native Wheat lett held very firmly.' North A.trIce.--CrO0 conditions have been Iall,r0v04 by rala.,A. India -The germination of the late crope Is ranking satisfactory progress. la the Puniaub and United Provincee thereto:Leo boon light In Bomber there lute been a ecartity In Borne parte, which La bedoming actite and may ionuonee obit*. alentS. Australia -Present inditatiebe point to the exPortablo ettrolus ae hsisff smaielr than earlier ported. Offerings are diappointing. Argentioa-There ls ,much talk Of the pear quality of the Wheat crop. The strike seeral to be about oyer." ONE ON VAN HORNE. Montree.1, Feb. 12.—As a aort of ete ic revenge for his eomperieon of ori. trot' with dirty Naples to tloe diaselotte t age of the former, Sir William Van Horne is to be staked to beeenee shlkft.. man Of the Parks Cotandeeion which the Provincial goverutneut le to be asked to fortu to atteinot t leaeutify ttIont. real. WANT HIM TO STAY. Guelph, Oat,' Vol). 12.-..ittor. it.kNts Cloodfield, announce:1 hitt ae;eoptekoo tho t'Itif to the IIrst 11spnbiAt dattsc'4 Ottaws, ret)lutifin at51,ing Mal tri oeskitier trakig et tIt. tnittrtg 04,fat. stlid totoroitits 41;4444 to waft OM Lito. )1Si Mel triWALir Yr pec1et1 to-itsy