The Wingham Advance, 1912-06-27, Page 7BUFFALO PEOPLE ARE STALLION BOARD THE NEEDS OF
DROWNED LIKE RATS Coll)PernefroYroneedg="° NORTH ONTARIO
The Excursionists Belonged to Court Am.,
herst, Foresters of America.
Pathetic Incidents of the Tragedy -...Will
Be Strict Investigation,
Buffalo, Juno 24. ----Five bodies and
a list of eighteen missing persons
were brought here to -day by the meal -
eat examiner from the memo of last
night's dieaeter at Eagle Park, on
the west shore or Grand 'eland, about
ten miles below Buffale where over
one hundred peelple were thrown into
tho Niagara River by the collapse of
an excursion dock,
The identified dead are: Mrs. Ar-
thur Mayer, Mrs. John Hayes, Mrs.
Lillie Kellogg, Celia Kelly, 9 years
old, and Mrs, Agnes S. Gallagher.
Missing and believed to have been
drowned: Mrs. August L. Helstrom
and five year old daughter, Mrs. Geo.
McKee and infant son, Mrs. George
Richmeyer, Norman Richmeyer, ten
Years old; Miss Christine 'Wacker, 19
years old; Mrs. George Nester; Mary
Nestor, 14 years old; Miss Violet
Senfe, miss Irene Thomas, Mrs. Ed-
ward Westphal, Mrs. Grace C. Heide,
Mrs. Charles Zimmerman, Nora Maer-
er, four years old, daughter of Mrs.
Arthur Mayer; Alice Griffith, 16
years old; Antony Meyer, Miss Kate
Wolff.
In the terror and confusion of the
accident tho party became :separated
and :there is a faint hope that some of
those listed as missing may be found
to -day. There is little doubt, however,
but that the list of dead will at least
reacn twenty.
George Richmeyer, who lost his wife
and ten year old Son, saw them swept
clear of the wreckage by the current
that sweeps past tho dock at the rate
of ten miles an hour and carried
away in the gathering twilight. He
was clineing to a pile holding his in-
fant son in his arms and could do
nothing to save the other members of
his family.
George McKee, wno also lost hls
wife and inCant son, saw them go
down in. the mass of struggling people
and they did not re -appear, Many
were swept away and until a careful.
DOUBLE MURDER
Fatal Result of Drunken
Fight at Swansea.
Two Foreigners Killed and
One Hurt Police Captives,
'1(11'01110, .1 u ne 2 1,--Deade-aliehael
rade, John ialesternako.
'Wounded and arrested-- aoeeph Na -
pole.
aliesing-Frank Soetito.
Two men are dead and a third ie badly
cut about the head and face as the re.
suit of a fight between two Italions of
the U. T. R. conetruction camp at Swan-
sea, and tltree Polaks, who live in the
Polak village at stop nine on the Lake
Shore road, where the affair took place
laet night. Both vietims are of the lat-
ter party.
The quarrel occurred about 6.30 in the
evening, in the tourse Of a drunken
brawl to which the Italians are said. to
have been invited. It started in the
house and was vontinued outside, and. is
believed. to have been over a girl. jos-
eph acapole, one of the Italians is said
to have drawn a revolver, witl which
he' shot Michael Oyrada, dead, while
Frank Soetito and John Maeternako,
Polak engaged in a hare, confliet. area.
ternal<o reeeived a wound in the left
shoulder from which he died three hum
later at the 'Western Hoeoital,
Napole was arrested after a long elmea
and taken to St. Michael's Hospital, but
Saetito cecaped,
Inunediately after the fight, Napole
ran to the Saliebury avenue (Tossing
of the Grand Trunk tracks, where he
flaganed a passing work train and board-
ed it. lie was put off, ana started
west through the fielde, his head cov-
ered with blood and his clothes hanging
hi shreds. He was noticed by Thomas
Naylor, the muter 'Naito. \vith
Itenry, Burlingeon aveime, allude°,
aea another geve elutee. Napole was al-
most exhausted from the loss of blood,
but continue,' his flight, end finally
sought shelter in a. shed, where be WaS
found 'clinging to a, post, He mule an
attempt to knock down his puretters,
but eves overpowered.
the meantime a hurried call had
aeen sent in for the pollee, and in a
few minutes Sergeant Walker and
Constablee Daniele, Stewart and Baba
of the Petiolate elation, and 'Detectives
Miller atid Armstrong, of the headquar-
tore fitaff, were on the way to the
Peelle of the murder, Napole wee
brought back to where the fight had I
taken place, and handed over to Sergt.
Welker, who ttecompanica hint in the
patrol wagon to the Part:dale station. 1
Upon his 'arrival there. Sergi. Johnston I
summoned Dr. William T. Burns, Dunn I
aVentle. who found. that Napole was eat.
feting from three gashes on the head,
and numerous other etas about the faec
awl arms. At 'first Dr. Burns thouaitt
that the finis on the head were of
serious nature, alai that the skull had
been fraetureS. ami fin examination.
whowed, that Napole luta had a narrow ,
.ealL
The prisoner was .sem eli lions while
the .wounds were being treated. After
his injuries 110(1 been dreseel. Napole to.
rived, eed in broken tmelieh remarked
I sergeant Juliestoo. na-i idand.
ing in the ce111 timt he hati 11:1,1 a miaow
rInettk.
Ottest i ed 1 Iv the f4Pilgennt. No pole
.,.a141 that he and another Italian, avim.e
identity he al nuld not disclose, had
been sleeping in a box tar during the
afternoon. After supper they went to
the shaek oteupied by the murderjd
man and two 00(1,4, and were admit ted.
'letting inside. they asked fur Rome beer
011d Were. ref118211. This roil,a1
and in 0 .eonver,ation which followed,
Napole sap.4 the murdered man ac.
canvass is made et' the city the exact
number of dead will not be known.
The section. of the doek \Odell gave
way preeipitating tile (Iowa of men, wo-
men and eltildren into the river wee
about fifty feet in length and twenty-
five feet in width. The medical examiner
who examined the w'reelettge found that
limy. of the jagged mule of the
braken planks were rotten ana that, di.
reelly beoeath the eollapeed portion of
the etruCture there were no supporting
The platform of two-inelt 'planks
restea on beams laid, across the full
width of the dock, and many of theee
thowed signs of decay.
Boate were sent down. the river from
Jf.agle Park early to -day to recover boa-,
ies, A mile, below the landing there is
reef running 'several hundred feet out
luto the river which, with a shore swing
of the current, forms a natural basin,
and into this it could be that the bodies
will be carried.
The excursionists were members and,
friends of Court Antheret Lodge, No. 23-2,
Foresters of Ameelea, who were on their .
annual outiug. Tbey were taken to
Eagle Park on board the steamer Henry
Koerber and the barge Lottie Kerber.
The boats were warping into the (look
to take on paseengers for the return trip
when the erowd began to gather on the
doek,
There is some differeuce in the stories
of eyeavitnesses as to whether the boats
eontributed to the collapse of lbe dock
by striking it when it came
in, or whether it sank under
the sheer weight of the pee -
pie standing on it. 'Skipper Finn deelar..
ed that, there was no pereeptible jar
when be warped in. He had lines over
two of the snubbing posts, but the wee.
sure on these was not great, as he was
steaming slowly against the 'current,
whieh was also aidieg in the swing to-
ward the shore.
In addition to the medical examiners
and the police investigation, a rigid in-
quiry into the cauee of aceident will be
instituted by the district attorney.
eused him of stealing his g;r1. Gy.
rade, the vietim, who was in eltarge
of the houee, resented the reply of
Napole, and the five men started to
t.
They senffled through the rooms, and
Napole and his comrade were
driven out of the house. Tbe three oc-
cupants of the houee followed, and hos-
tilities were renewed on the sidewalk in.
front of the house, where the fatal shot
was fired.
Aecording to the police Napoli, says
that after the shot was fired and
ttyrada dead on the sidewalk, two
Altuiternako brothers and another mau
chased hint awl hie Intranet into a field.
101 ere be wa s felled and the knifo waa.
drawn aeross his head several times.
The poiiee eay Napole refused to make
a nth t eme t ea to who fired tho ehot,
but alienate afasternoke, a. brother of
.Tolm Masterneke, who was wounded,
&Mares that he' wrenched the revolver
front Napole in front of the house.
Sastito accompanied Napole in his
Hata as far as the railway -tracks, and
then haelened towards the Mimic°
yarde. Detective Miller and Armstrong
started in pursuit of him, but at the
allude° yards could get uo information
concerning him, and turned to Swansea.
Here a search of the box cars revealed a
man for each bed.
Sastito emploe-ed ae a sub -fore-
man on the eement gang of the Bridee
at Building Company, ids knowledge
of English making him useful as au in.
terpreter. His age is about twenty-five
years.
TO OYSTER BAY
Teddy Going Home -Plans
Laid for Now Party.
Chicago, June 24. ---Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt planued to leave for Oyster
Bay to -day where he announced he
would seek some rest and then take up
the work of further perfecting the non-
partisait political body which he will
lead,
Governor Johnson, of California, who
has been selected chairman of the newt
organization, prepared to leave foa his
home. Governor Johnson was authoriz-
ed. to rept saint a committee of seven to
draw up a plan for permanent organ-
ization, but he announced that his ap-
pointments would not be made public
for several days.
It is desired to give Democrats and
Republicans, if they are trae progres-
sives, representation on. the committee.
It Wits said early- to -day that the city
in which the National eonvention of the
new 'party will be held might be defiat.
itely announeed before, the departure of
Mr. Roosevelt.
Another elimax in the vietory of
President Taft in the Itepublitaat convea.
tion Was expeeted to come to -day, with
the meeting of the new National Com-
mittee.
It was given out as praetivaTtr certain
that Charles D. Rifles, personal stmt.
tary to the President, evould be selected
as chairman of the. committee.
Members of the committee who are
allied with Colonel Roosevelt, \could, it
wits believed, reeign,
Tt was said from Roosevelt quartere
that the, representatives of the ex-Presi.
dent woUld probably attend the session
and hove tho Taft men to take .action.
"
NEM HARDIE AND THE KIN&
1.401111011, Arnie Hardie, the
Soelallet again attaeks the King
Oils week in The Pioneer. Ile morn:
"In these modern days there is both-
ing for the Ring to do except to old
in the Nvork of hoodevinkittg the cone,
mon people. A king is an anachron-
ism in these days and is only kopt In
being aa Valuable asset of the rd-
. leg Class,"
. "Don't kies vault other on the public;
highway; it's awful to 5,3ee 0 woman do:
ing titall'S Work," is Otle Of the
I "nOlitt8"' Of tilt Wellesley College gir14.
-New York American,
Toronto, June 24. -The Provincial
Government has appointed the Board
of Registration for Stallions, under
the El,et passed at the recent session
of the T4egislature, no members are:
air, John leright, Myrtle Station, Past
President of the Guelnit 'Winter Fair;
Mr. Pete: 'White, Pembroke, President
of the Eastern Ontario Live Stock As-
eociation; Col. Robert McEwen, By-
ron, Middlesex county; Mr. 10. 0. arm.
aide, Guelph, and Mr, A. T. Wester-
velt, Live Stock Commissioner for the
Province.
Tho Board will meet for organiza-
tion at onto, and will draw up the
necessary regulations. Registration
under the new law is compulsory, and
the Board may institute an inquiry
to eliminate any stock that is not de-
sirable. The object, is to improve the
standard of, breeding
THREE BAD MEN
41111••••••••••••••••••11
Arrested Cha,rged With
Murder and Robbery.
Charged by Nan With Com-
mitting 'Four Murders,
Mammoth Springs, Aria, June aa„..‘
campaign of murder, cattle "rustling"
and batik rebbery was brought to a
bloody end by the erreet here of Loftue
and Charier, DeVie. trothere, and flow-
urd Sears, ate:or:Bug to the statement
of Dr. fa la dent's', •,vlio ale° is under ar-
rest eaarged with complicity in the at-
tempted robbery of the Mammoth
Spriugs latuk here a few days ago, when
0i:fivers concealed inside the bank kilted
one of the robbers aud aryested the oth-
eare.
Jones denies that lie is guilty.
The t-tatement of jones professes to
at:ennui, for four TiOlent death8. 110
eharges that the Davis brothers and
Sears planned to steal cattle from the
remit of Sears' mother; that the Davis
brothers went to the ranch house on
the pretense that- 'they wanted. supper
and strangled the woman and threw her
body into a cistern, where it was found
on May IS. Marks on her neck ob-
served by the coroner indicated that
she hall been, strangled to death.
On their way back to the Davis ranch
Jones says the trio met a stranger,
whom. they Murdered end robbed,
ihrowina his body into Spring River.
dOne8 a'ISO avertses them of murdering -
hie son, Ben Jones, and Will Dabbs, who
mysteriously disappeared several weeks
e go.
The three men admit their participa-
tio» in the attempt to rob the alma -
moth Springe,.a3ank, but deny the other
neeneat lone, The'y in turn ebarge
30 -nes with eolliplicity in the attempted
bank robbery.
MANY liOWNED
Dock Collapsed at Eagle,
Park, Grand Island.
The Victims All Buffalo
People -at Outing.
Buffalo, N.V., June 23. -Between fif-
teen aad twenty people were drowned
and a number injured to -night, when
a fifty -foot dock at Eagle Park, Grand
feland, Niagara River, collapsed under
the weight of two hundred and fifty
people, precipitating them.into twelve
feet of water. Up to midnight seven
bodies have been recovered, six of whom
have been identified.
The known dead are: Mrs. McKee,
- McKee., Mrs. MeKee's ten -year-old
danghter, airs, Rieloneyer and hdr ten-
year -old. seta Mrs. Gallagher, Cecilia
111110 years old,
Missing: iNirs. 11cl:trout. and four-
year-old baby, Viola Semi, Miss Irene
Thomas, Mae. Weetfall, Mrs. Hyde.
So far as known all. of the victims
were residents of Buffalo.
The party left Buffalo this morning
on the zteamer Henry Koerber and. the
barge Lottie Koerber in tow. The first
news of the accident reached this city
when Mts. wife of the proprietor
of the hotel at Eagle Ptak, telephoned.
The telephone system. failed shortly af-
ter, and the place, which le On the Can-
adian brauch of the river, hes been out
of communication since.
Five brothers owners of tbe excur-
eioit steamship ;Inc to which the Henry
la.oerber and. the Lottie Koerber belong,
&lid late to -night that at least two hun-
dred pereons were thrown into the Wa-
ter, and that eight bodies had. becit
recovered. The boats had carried one
load back to Buffalo and were at the
deck taking on the remainder when the
accident occurred.
The excursionists -were preparing to
ramie to Baffalo after au outing at
the park, and between 35O and. 400 per.
Sons were at the dock to take the
steamer, when the underpining gave way
and hurled -those nearest the boat into
the river. Tbe dock was V-shaped with
the landieg place at the apex. It is at
the foot of a high embankment, and its
opproach is by a long flight of stairs.
The eurreut 111 the river at thie point,
which is twelve milee above ».itegitra,
ie eight miles an Itettr.
The otttnig Vas under tho auspices
of 'Court Amherst. Lodge No. 232, I.O.
0,F., of Week Rock, and Was for the
benefit of eiek brothers,
WELLAND LINE
1 Railway to Connect Wet
land With Port Colborne.
Laid, Before Premier Whit.;
ney by Big Delegation.
Rallwa,ys, Roads and Set -
tiers are Most Wanted.
Sir James Replies and Mr.
Rowell Also Speaks.
Toronto deepatcht New Ontario Day
in Toronto yeeterday was something in
the nature of a contimutue performance.
ia the morning it delegation of abed
ene hundred. mot fifty interviewed the
Provincial tlerernment, nut to demand,
as Mayer W. 11. Munro, of Sault Ste.
tabl, but to suggest unit aesiet
the Government in the enlarged work
of devoloimteut that has been under-
taken. At 110011 hellle five hundred sat
down to a luncheon in the Mutual street
arena, as faucets of the Toronto Board
of Trade. Iterc tut appeal was made for
a generous measure ot financial support
by spotiker6. representing various dis-
tricts from the north, hy should
Sault Ste, Marie import a miflion dol-
lar's worth of produce every year, when
three-quarters of it eould be grown in
` the dietriet of .Algoeut, or six out of
every eeven tons of pig irou used. la the
works of the Algoma 'Steel Company be
brought from tile United States blast
furnaces? ery was for rail wa yo,
roade and eettlers.
• The policy of the Provincial Govern-
ment with reference to the grant of
4a),000,000 would be based on equitable
lines, said Sir dames Whitney, in reply-
ing to the delegation in the morning.
it had nothing whatever to do with the
ordinary expenditure of the Govern-
ment, but the time had come whim same
attention had, to be paid to the northern
part of the Provinee. The money would
not be spent rashly, but all sections
would be dealt with equitably. ff at
the end of two or three years, when the
Government were approaching the end
of their great schemes and they found
they had gone beyond their means in re-
spect to eather the eastern, northern or
tvestern portions. of New Ontario,
tell you," declared Sir James, "what we
are going to do. Confident in our be-
lief that our action will be endorsed
by the people. of tide Province, we will
issue another million dollars of bonds.
(Applause.) lf it should be necessary
we will iSSue two million dollars of
bonds, anti we will go on watching care-
fully that this money will be expended
for the best intereste of the north coun-
try, and that will be in the best inter -
etas of the whole Province."
Replying to the demand tor aid to
railways in miler that lines running
north and south might be constructed,
to open up the country between Sud-
bury and Sault Ste. Marie through to
the National Transcontinental -a coun-
try whielt the speaker declared would
aetonielt the rest of the 'Province in its
mineral and agricultural. wealth -the
Prime Minis:ter said the Government
was pledged when they eame into power
to stop tile bonusing of railways right
and left. The land and money greatest
by such 110n amounted to
figures that would beggar belief.
"Where the mere statement of condi-
tions which neceesitate aid are alto-
gether separate and distinct front the
orditutry, in that ease the granting of
bonuses would be justifiable," he baid,
instancing the grant for a railway from
Sudbury to Little Current to provide an
outlet for Manitoulin Islandere, and the
grant to tile Canadian Northern Rail-
way for a line through the clay belt,
".The time May ttrrive svhen the
strict rule that was laid. down by us
111. regard to bonuses to railway,3
will have to be reittxed a little," as-
serted the Prime Minister. "I do
not wish hy that to be understood as
saying that it will, but I mean. to say
in all earnestness that when the time
coined that we think the conditions and
benefit tend development and solidari-
ty of the whOle of this Province, in-
cluding the newer portions of it, de-
mand that it, ehould be relaxed. we
will relax it without a moment's hesi-
to find objections to the relaxation."
(tia‘tii)opiita.usllie.'„e will not be astute enough
Aia,sor W. If. Munro, Sault Ste.
Marie, introduced the deputation. He
7.,n1pintSized the fact that they did not
desire to ask for anything specifical-
ly or dictate any policy. They were
merely present to make suggestions.
"That is what we would be glad to
hear," interrupted Sir Jemee..
Mayor Lyons, Steelton, mged the
construction of railways miming
north and south. The C. P. had no
interest to serve _in aiding the devel-
opment of New Ontario. Where a
railway had interest it was effective
in sepoelatztlign,g.
from a thirty yettre' res-
ictalettitocieLin the country, Mr, G, IT, Far-
mer, Reeve of Tarantorue, pointed out
the need for a better system of edu-
The farmers were graduated
mostly from lumber camps. The means
were not at hand to educate their chil-
dren, who were going out into life with
practically no education whatever.
"We feel that something should be
don° emmeetion with the assese-
ment ae 1. In my township twelve
or thirteen thousand acres of land are
held by speculators. Ten or twenty years
ago this land was worth two or three
dollars per acre, and now it is worth be-
tween two and three hundred dollars
per acre, The settlers, are taxing them-
selves, buiWing roads, improving the
country, and inereasiug land values.
The neseseors should be free to IISSeSS
tbis land. at its value," (Applauee.)
The development of the cities and
towns Wasi far ahead of the rural die-
tticts, said Dr. John Sault
Ste„Marle„ Tho district .of Sault Ste.
afarie was importing two-thirds of
its supplies front Wisconsin and Min-
nesota. Vine agrieultural land eould
be .found in the townships lying north
of take Huron, but these had been
'lensed for timber-eutting years ago,
alnd were not open to settlers. The (lov.
eminent in this regard might follow
the method employed with pulp eon -
Port Colborne, June 21.- -Port CM -
borne svill goon be eonneeted with
Welland by another trolley. line. lir,
C. J, Laughlin, general manager of
the Niagara, Welland & Lake Erie
1 Railroad, has stated that before the
elese Of the Summer his company
will be running a trolley line IMO
Port Colborne from Welland on the
east Side of the Welland Canal.
cess1011,4 aaa .0110u. the lit.em4(4, to fake
off what the settler does not require.
Mr. Jaw.; Sault She
Marie, urged a eoueolidation of eehools.
"We must have railway develop.
ment; to the north.'" said Mr. 11.
DOble, ThesSalon„` "There a great,
traet of country that cannot be de-
veloped without a railway runnIng
northwards from the north shore of
take Huron to the National Trans-
continental.
Putting a different meaning into his
remarks, ".‘fr. A. A. Wilson, Fort W11 -
liana rermented the dame of the del
triet.4 of Fort William, Port Arthm
Fort Frances, and Kowa. Beyond coin-
ing to assist; and suggest, he said, "we
ask out of thig S;i3OU9,000, the HUM Ot
1:;2000,000 to be spent equally in the
four eleetwal districts of Port Arthur,
Fort 'William, Fort Frances, and Ken -
ora." Throughout the entire territory
the crying necessity wits for roads and
brithiPt4.
Only by emisideling the wants of
every seetion multi the great Empire
to the nprth be developed, sahl lion.
W. IL 'Must, speaking for the Govern-
nunit. 'Me country wits too large to be
developed on a getterai plan owing to
the varied interests of the different dis-
trids.
Ile pledged the Government that
°rants front the Dominion would be
spent in the north country. °It is my
aim. any ambition, and iny greatest hope
that this $5,000,000 will be expended so
48 to bring the very greatest benefit to
the north land"
This year 111051 Of the expenditure un-
der the ir:5,000,000 grant would go to
the distriet of Temiskaming, where the
need for 'Matti Wtlf4 pressing beeatcte set.
tlers were coming in fast.
To the gentleman from Mind River.
Mr. !joust tntid the Provineial Gov-
ernment wern not inclined to construct
roads through bulian reserves, but lie
thought "another" Government might
be itudined. to giVe the matter consider-
ation.
EVEN 1NG :NEED NG,
:Now (Atari° Is not of One mind us
to bow railway aid should. i.43 01'01.
A 'prominent feature in the discussion
of the needs of New Ontario by the
delegation yeaterda,y was the need, for
more railways, particularly lines run-
ning north autl south. At a meeting
in the Mutuel Street Arena last night,
Mr. A. J. Young, .North Bay, declared
himself as strongly opposetl to the
alienation of auy land for railway
aid. Mr. Aelbert Grigg, M. P. P. for
Algoma took the view that coudi-
thins existed that, would keep cap-
ital out unless the railwaye were al-
lowed to participate in the natural
resources ef the country where they
sought to create traffic, in fact, they
mmt;oht.11.1,sd. have to create tile traffic them -
'Mayor (teary presided, and about five
hundred were present. The prineipui
speakers were Mr. N. W. Dowell, K. C.,
Opposition leader in the Legislature,
and lion. W. IL Tlearet, Minister of
Lauds, Forests and Mines. Both were
brief.
In concluding, Mr. Rowell said: "T
would submit to the Cloverume»t, and
submit -with all respeet, that an im-
portant consideration in the intereet of
the north country is such a readjuet-
meat of our system of taxation as would
encourage improvements and discourage
the holding of purely for specula-
tion. The man wbo improves his farm
(1005 501110111111V 10 improve tbe whole
commuuity. Ile should be encouraged
uudcr our .systent of taxation, and the
man who holds land idly should be die-
couraged end peitalized for keeping it
out of eettlement." (Applause.)
Hon. W. Ifettrat seal they seemly
realized the importance of Ontario and
its north country. Last year .01d On-
tario produced $47.000,000 more in field
crops than the three weetern provinces
co mbined.
'With regard to the distribution of the
five million dollars, he told them can-
didly he did not know how the money
was going to be speut, but it would be
spent wisely. The best advice they
could get would be secured in order that
tltey might make no mistakes.
Duriug the summer Mr, itearst said
he would visit every eactien of the.
country he poeeibly could. Ite evottld
also send his commisioner to learn the
needs et' every district, and the money
devoted by she Government to develop-
ment work would be well spent.
Mr. A. J. Young, of North Bay, Said
they must have in the north country
nten aml money from. the older parts of
the province. lu addition they must
have railroads. If you put railroads
through the country the peopling will
take care of itself.
In the building of these railways we
do not want any alienation of land in
the north. We already have in the Do-
minion of Canada the experience of the
alienation of immenee areas like the
C. P. R. in the west, the Algoma Cen-
tral in the north, and later the Cana-
dian Northern Railway in the clay belt,"
declared Mr. Young. Old Ontario had
been gridironed with railways without
the elicitation of land.
Albert Grigg, M.P.P., Bruce Mines,
thought people in older Ontario realized
now as never before that they had "the
goods." They wanted the country col-
onized. Colonization was a business,
and it was their business to colonize the
people of the north country.
Mayor Lyons, of Steelton, declared
they needed luOrc prOteetion for their
iron and steel industries, either in the
shape of bounties or higher tariff
against imports from the United State.
a _ -
BIG BLAZE
Fire Destroyed Part of Can-
ning, N. S.
Halifax, N.S., %Tune 23. ---The busi-
ness district of the town. of Canning,
the home of Sir Frederick Borden,
ex -Minister of the Militia, in the An-
napolis Valley, was almost completely
swept ma by fire this morning at six
o'clock. Flames burst through the
roof of the Cornwallis Trading Com-
pany's store, and spread with great
rapidity down Main streot, stopping
at the post otfice and Bank of Nova
Scotia building. There is 110 theory
as to the ca,use of the fire, which must
have been smouldering' from the night
before, for no one was he the Corn-
wallis establishment after the Obese
of business on Saturday.
ITALIAN FLEET
Concentrated Off Staropalia
to Land Troops.
Athens, June 24.. The Italian fleet is
coneentrated off Stampelitt with (rune -
'torte earl.; ing a landbig force of 20,000
Men.
A eoluinn ie leaving Ithodee and it ap-
pears almost certain that operations
are to be undertaken against. Citios,
-abstinent 1 11. I it.v len e.
A prentittent statesmen, tlisetts,,ing
the situation to-da,v, said: "Ily all the
111 7.1A of in'ttiee." he said, "the• islands
WhimIll 1.i.ii041 1;311Pel't as they are
mainly populated by Creeke, but Wheth-
er j118tice 14 (lone nr. not the 'elands
that hate been wreeked by the Turks
utuet never be allowed to fall again un-
der tlte Ottoman vol,e. It is Italv's
duty to humanity and ('Itristianity to
1 Please the temailliwr islands from
Tual.li domination, teginning witlt
lidos and ,Stitylene."
lent deleitates twee seated have, by a
- I - • -;
concerted -action -with one another, put
themselves upon the permanent roll,
where they con$Aitute. ttu infitten:T Patf-
[Meld to control the convention and
GETS- NOMINATIO "IVe have exhausted every known
pressed at the printarhs.
defeat the will of the party, as
. to head off this. conspiraey
and to .prevent this fraud upon the
popular will, but without ottecess,
"We were Sent tO e011Yeethill
bearillg tile M,Otit specific instruetions
to plave Theodore Roosevelt 110111/11-
ation 4lS the eallaillate of our party
for President, and we, therefore, deent
instruetions in the only prat-tit:4d
it to be our duty to ertrry Oa these
and feasible way remaining open -to
us.
"Therefore, be it resolved, that
We, representing the majority of the
voters of the Republican party and of
the delegates and all alternates legel-
ly eleeted to the National Republican
Convention, in eomplianee with onr
instruetions from the party YOteriii,
hereby 1101l1illate Theodore Rooevelt
as the tandidate of our party for the
tittes, and we call upott him to at -
of five of President of the United
eept euelt nomination in compliance
n lite will of .the party voters. And
be it further resolved: That a commit,
tee be appointed by the chair to forth,
with notify- Colonel Roosevelt uf the
convenient."
action here taken, and request him to
appear before xis in thie hall as soon as
The resolution wee aeeepted with
prolonged cheering. As soon as quiet
wae restored, Prendergast, of New
York, who was to have nominated
Roosevelt at the Coliseum, spoke in
its support. When, a few minutes la-
ter, Roosevelt was summoned and en-
it:ornednauttigi.e hall, pandemonium broke
loose; men Mid 11'011Iell 011 the
atd waving
chairs., cheering
With Colonel Roosevelt were Sena -
pidgin; AlLander IL Revell, and 41ov,
teor:orDisxtoutil)bs wolfkoKainnsaalem. teed. his earn'
Co]onel Roosevelt; said: "Uovernor
Johnson and you, the honestly -elected
delegates, and you, friends, ean class
esteeead:Zisollaellitleonnlavie'kutiotil:
this with the Coliseum funeral pro -
tweet' a people's eonventiou ana a
difference be -
"And, friends, it gave me real pleas-
ure to learn that a majority of the
convention ended as it began, that a
convention born by theft sitould go
sobuotultiin emtiltperfot.p
erfty.,,stolen convention
Then Colonel Roosevelt swung into
his speech of acceptance.
nominate for the Presidency a Pro -
He suggested a mass convention to
grossly° candidate on a Progressive
plat form. He proceeded: "If you
'who) lac to. make the fight T. will make
rt. The only eondition I impose is
that you shall feel entirely free when
you come together to substitute any
other man in my plaee if you deem
it better for the movement, and in
such case wilt give him nry, hearti-
est support."
Cmcluding at midnight Roosevelt
told his supporters to "Go home and
find out the intent of the people," hut
he was greeted with. a shout of "We
hammer, the crowd yelled "We want
like the beat ef a great
know it." Then,
Teddy, we want Teddy."
Roosevelt smiled grimly, "1: think
you do," he observed, "but I want to
be dead sure."
James Sherman Nominee
for the Vice.Presidency.
DisgraoefulSeeneandFights
in the Convention.
Roosevelt Nominated by
Progressives.
Chleago, .1 1111.3 la U. _Cita
11115 iilSt 11110111illeted for Presi,
dent of the United tates and (Hetes
1 1. Sherman for Viee-Preeident by the
lb pnbilean .N a [lona! ("Duren tion.
Of the 1,07:1 voi....93 in the conventitoi,
President Taft received 611 1, or. 21 Mete
0111/1 Pe11,ill'y to a choice.'
Three hundred and fot ty-four of the
Roosevelt delegates, under direetiou *of
their leader, retritinett from rothig,.
Who' it became certain yesterdee
that .Mr. Taft \you'd be nominated, the
leaders in control of tho convention
de.enied to give lam as a running mate
his eompamon on. the ticket in OK
All others dropped from. the race and
Mr. HilereltIll W813 the only candidate re-
gularly placed before the convention.
,, The detailed vote Tor Prestuent was:
1 a ft, ; Roosevelt, 1 07; La Follette,
:41i1 ;1;010LT:111111,s, 61.7 ; Ifughes, nut voting
The Note for 'Vice -President was:
Sherman, 3e7; Borah. 21; Merriam, 20;
Baulky. 11; .Beveridge, 2; Clillette, 1;
absent, 71; present, but not voting, :3 31!,
dinnings 13ryan put public
sentiment in a nutshell. The Nob-
raska, eewspeperman and three -time
Deno;cratie Pree id elley candidate, Warl
view's of tlie Republican Con-
1-ention before he left for Baltimore on
Friday. "From preswq indications," he
replied, "Mr. '.17aft will be nominated on
the firi.4 ballot, and nevily half of the
Senotor Root impotently pounded !lie
nomitut tioit as a judge concludes the
death sentenee of a prisoner, 'And may
the Lord have mercy on. ,your soul.'"
t w0 s stl y, disgraceful, t erri-
ble seerge--ite hideous as a nightmare
in a free and progressive democracy.
Twelve thousand people filling the
great Colieemn were practicelly t;
state of riot. The building roared
witit reeriminetiona-aye, and pro-
fanity. 'flouts, groans, hieees Amite
elivere intermingled in deafening
tumult. Man and women seemed. to
have Wet- all control of themselyee.
Seeator Root impotenttly pounded hie
gavel and pleaded with the delegates
not to "forever disgrace your party and
your country."
'nut the storm. anal [woken at last,
with regrettable, violence. There were
figitts 0-11 the pie tform and. fisticuffs
omong the delegates. The police were
ruelti»g hither and thither, emleavorine
to seporate combaleinte. Women leaved
co-er tin. balconies and asereamed their
uneourap,enlent to the paXty pugilists.
Innuedialeir to the south of the press
1400.1011 eoterie of prominent society
women, afrs. Rosewater, wife of the
Chairman of the National Committee%
omong the number. were etanding 011
their eente Shoutina "Down with lamse•
velt! ban. kill him. forever!" A
young -woman. dressed in blue, aud
wearing all Indiana badv. ruSbed
ward them aml struck the woman near-
est to -her over tbe head with the staff
of her flag. The assaulted -woman seix-
ed her by the hair and the two engaged
in a vieiotte scuffle. Down among the
aajaaates the tumult waged most tieree-
ly. A Vermont rlatft man fumed on a
alaine Rooseveltiate wbo had shouted to
the chairman that be "wouldn't vote it.
ibis rotten corvontiou," and veiled at
him "Yam anarchistic wrecker!" Where-
at the Maine man turned and felled hie
ffeolil.t7-1()1.3e,leaate to the floor with a blow
between the eyes. Only herculean ef-
a score of police prevented a
geoeral melee. A moment latex (tele:
gates from South Dakota and Miseiseun
had (me atiother by the throate and
rolled over oti the floor till the pollee
pulled them apart. Tn almost every pare
of . the vael buildings the disgraceful
Fpectaele of disorder was repeated.
THE 11.00SF,VELT noT;17.
:Ninny or the :Republican chieftaine
here, who have forced Preeident Taft's
renolninat ion by the slender ma jority
of 21 in the coovention, were ltallaet
last night when informed that Colonel
Rooeevelt and hie followers had roicent-
bled inune_diately after the Convention
adjourned, and placed. him in nomina-
tion. They would not believe it at
firet, but finally ex -Governor Franklin
Afurphy, of New* efereey, eaid, "Glad of
it," Dr. Nicholas 'Murray Butler, of
New York, remarked, "Nobody (itres
hang!" and 80 it went on through the
lino of Republican eltieftaine.
ttov. Johnvion, of California, preeided
and opened the proceedinge promptly at
1 1 o'clock. "To me," he deehred, "has
been delegated the task of (sailing thei
convention to order. To me it a pleae-
ure. To.any man with red Mood in his
'Moe' it ilea pleaeure to fight fraul. A
majority of the legally eleeted delegates
propose to do here Pet whet they came
to Oltieago da.
At thie point the Oklahoma deli,.
gates marched. into the hall in a body
with their banners and badgee, and
Were accorded. a elieoring tvelcome.
'rhea Senator Clapp, of Minnesota,
offered the following resolution nomin-
nting the Rough Rider:
"Wv. del eg.at es and alternae,,s in the
Republican National ColiVention,
;Waiting 0 clear majority of the yolere
of the Republican party in the nAtion.
repreeenting' clear majority cf
the delegates and alternates
elected to the conventiou, in meeting
11-707111nbled, make the following dealara-
"We were delegated by a majority
of the Ilepubliean voters of ottr re.
!.peetive dietricts and state-% to 11011111).
ate 'Theodore Roosevelt in the Republi-
can 'National Vonvention Ile the candi-
date of uur party for Preeident, and
thereby varry Mit the -will of the voters
05. eaprteeed at the primariee. We have
earneetly and vonseientinwly itirit'en
exevilie the eoninds:Nion intruetel ne
by the party (dere,
"Vor five days we have he ,11
.11u4iee in 1 be Sa Could t 'onvention.
Phbi resul t' husi 1rva neeomplieleta hy
.the itetion of the now National
Committee in placing upon the priiimin-
airy .roll of the conventioe. awl thereby
aeatmg upon the floor of the eon% elitism,
1 a sufficieut number of feandalently-
!riveted delegatee to control the pro-
teedinge of the tonvention, The freudu-
*4..4
NIAGARA CAMP
Rumor That Duke of Con-
naught Will Visit It.
Niagara -on -the -Lake, June 2t. --
the patiente at the military hoepital,
including Private Leonard. Matthews,
who wee operated On a week ago :for
appendicitis, are doing -nicely, and in
fact the whole cainp of the Tenth Bri-
gade ie running along without a hiteh
of any kind. The divine eervice yester-
day was conducted by Major :Rix, of
Orangeville, chaplain of the 'flirty -
fourth, assisted by Rev. Dean Garrett,
of St. alark's Church, Niagara, after
which the brigade was dismissed for the
day. Many took advantage of tae Sua-
day boat to Toronto to -visit friends
and relativet3 for a few hours, while
others patronized the boats between
here awl Lewieton.
it is rumored, but not confirmed, that
H. R. la the Governor-General will visit
the camp an Friday next.
SEA TRAGEDY
Cubans Quarrel Over Pon
-Man Stabbed.
New York, June 24.--A dieettesion of
Cuban politics at sea resulted in blood-
shed aboard the steamer Romsdale,
bound from enIAL 1.0 New Yolk, accord-
ing to story brought to port to -day
by the eteamship Cristobel. The Cris-
tobel paseed the Romsdale en route, and
on being signalled. sent her surgeon, Dr.
1 1, W. Stvecoey, to drees the wounds td
passeuger who had been wounded.
Dr, Sweeney was informed that a
white Cuban named Latour and a, Cuban
Week had argued for several days over
the politieal situation on the Wand un-
til the intgro, enraged, s1eshea (Atom
in the abdomen with a razor.
Latoorsa condition was critical-. The
'negro disappeared after the attack., and
is supposed to hare jumped overboard.
Yew.
MRS, PANKHURST
Broken Down by Hunger
Strike and Liberated.
London, June N. -Mrs. Farimilene
Panklxurst, the militant euffragetto
leader, who was sentenced on May 22
at the Old Bailey sessions to nixie
months' imprisonmen. oil the cherge
conspiraey and inciting to malici-
ous (teenage to property, was released
to -day from llolloway Jail owing to
her health breaking down on. aeeount
of the hunger strike wields elle and
her imprisoned followere recently be-
gan.
The other privoners, including Mrs.
Lawrenee, one or the editore
1 or Votes for Women, who was Hen.
[toured at the Mine illno ns Nirj,
Paulthuret, are being forcibly fed,
"What (lid you etijoy nuat aboot
plaee(" asked the budding dramatist,
"l'he watto between the aet:4," rep iv(
Ithe candid Mend, "They were 80 long
I could get in .three, &Intel tMeell Cavil
YOUNG LAWYER
NOW MISSING.
-;
Warrant is Out lb? Arrest
of James Ogilvie,
row,
Charge of Theft and For.
gory Against Him,
Is Said to lia,ve Wasted
$49,000 of Clints' Money.
(Hamilton. Ont., Despatch.)
James A. Ogilvie, a prominent young
lawyer, whe had an office in the Fed,
oral Life building*, left .the city on
Tuesday last and up till noon to -day
was still missiug, With him went, it
anlol eyr idv lacilto $.110a,0c000u soef dit ar eynint
gotten by forgery. A. warrant has
been issued for his arrest on a charge
of forgery and theft and the local and
Dominion pollee are on the lookout
for him. 'Where he went no one 0001115
tO but there are a few la the
city who would like to knew. The po-
lice la the principal cities all over the
continent have been. notified of his
dieappearance and it general lookout
has been iastituted. It is said that all
of his thefts were from his own
clients ans, the elleged forgery took
the form of the name of the registrar
of deeds and the Times was informed
this morning that at least 20 forged
documents were at the regis•try office.
The thefts and forgeries date back for
several years, it is said, and a lerge
t umber of Ilamiltonians are minus a,
considerable amount. The person who
is probably the larges•t loser is a wi-
dow, Mrs. Johnson.
in this case OgliVie is said to have
taken the whoje of her estate, valued
at 08,000, leaving; her pennilese. A pe-
culiar eonnection with this ease is the
feat fleet a nephew of airs. dolmen wae
it law etutlent in Ogilvie's office. it is
said that the amounts loet by the oth-
ers, although not as large as the firet
one mentioned, „ranged from $100 to
$5,000. A relative of one of the polite;
officials is said to have lost in the
neighborhood of $2,200, while auother
police official recovered a largo sunt
money a few weeks ago. Although SOV-
eral people threatened to take action
against Ogilvie months ago, nothing wee.
done, as he had atways tolcl them that
if he was arrested they would not get
any of tha money, but if they let him
have a little time he would repay all.
The scheme employed was to forgo
the name of the colinty registrar t
mortpages, and after receiving
money would present the forged ttotelltt(-I
went. ln several eageS attractive look-
jug- liOnSe3 Were used as the bait for the
mortgage.
In one caee Ogilvie is said to haae
iseued nO lees than four forged mort-
gagee to four different people on one
house, the amount in each ease being
$1,500. Itt One ettee a well-known cue-
-feet:Rifler on Jamee etreet north Wwi
about to purchase three tote from a wen-
koown hotel -keeper on John street
mirth. He gave Ogilvie -the money to
pay the first payment oa the tote, but
03 the latter did not pay the -money
to the hotel -keeper he sold the lots to
me other person. The confectioner
Ova approached Ogilvie, and. wanted to
know why he did not get the lute, end,
the letter told ltim that he would iesue,
a writ agaitiet the hoteakeeper for speei.
fie performance of agreemant to eell
the lots. He is eaid to have told 'the
confectioner that the ease tvould, come
off in the courte, but it never eame of
and no writ was ever issued. Now
Ogilvie is gone, the money is gone, and
the lots are gone, and the eonfeetioner
realizes that he was stung. The totat
amount the lawyer ie said to have re-
ceived de nearly $40,000.
Ogilvie was well known and very pop-
ular. He was only 35 yeare of age and
waS unmarried. Ire had built up a pro-
fitable praetice in the past ten yeats
aud had several. prominent -people in the
city as his eliente. -At various times,
he had nractised•With other members of
his profession, but did not get along
with them for any length f time.
thought by his friends that gambling
was the co UFO of his downfall. It is not
thought that he took mueh of the al-
ieged stOien money with hint when he
left the city.
t
GATES REPLACED
Bodies of Three Drowned
Children Not Yet Found.
Thorold deep tch: At 8.30 this- morn-
ing the gates were replaced in Look 22,
jftet seventeen hours after the accident.
The La Canadienne still lies in the same
poeitio». Great credit is due Mr. Sulli-
VIA11. superintendent of the Welland
Canal, for the deepatch with which he
has got the Inek lith»vorking order.
As soon ai the steamere Midland,
Jacques and. Britannic had. been locked
as far tie Lock 16, Mr. Sullivan ordered.
the Waste Weirs of 140ek4 20, 21 and, .2.2,
at 5 oselock, to be emptiea 'for the pur.
pot*e of recovering the bodies of the lit-
tle boys, Brethericka Tiffany and Jitek.
Large crowds have been lining the canal
banks in tho expectation of the bodies
comiog to the sttratee All day. Tf they
are recovered to -night it has been ar-
ranged to hold a publie funeral in eon-
neetion with the Veterans, who hold de-
eoration services on 'Sunday. The rush
Of Water plaYed great havoc With.the
waste weir banks on tile, side of Re'V.
oral loeks. Mr. Sullivan estimates thee
total damage at about $7.000, Dragging
for the bodice continued entil 3 I pan,
without any sneee,,ks.
'FRENCH SHIPPING TROUBLE.
Paris, dune 21.--- The French trans-
Atlantic! Line to-dey deelined to aucept
the Co\ (lament's suggestion that it
4:1010(.1 nrb11 1,00 'between the shipping
vompardes and toe ecamen, saying that
sueli action nil:4 nO1 prOV1d0(1 for in the
eoettaete mode with the strikers. The
.141111! tptIA:41.gfu ot%).•,f.,ninlioget.zstux,,u:Ixtgatl.:.!
tien.
TOE PRINCE A HERO.
Niel. June tie -Prim% joaelihn, the
youngest son of the Kaiser, while
cruising on the yacht Idux to -day, saw
some sailors clinging to att overturned
boat. The Prince immediately order-
ed a boat launched, and, Jumping ittto
It, lead a party which rescued filo
drowning Melt