The YEAR 77-NO. 43 i Dail KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910. x rl y British Whig LAST EDITION | FIFTY DEAD As | Result of Disastrous Wrecks ON BRITISH SHORES AND CAUSED BY THE ROARING HURRICANE, The Velocity the Winds Attained Was Close to Eighty Miles an Hour-- | Great Destruction Both on Land | and Sea--~Floods in Many Places. London, Feb. 21.--An exceptionally violent south-west gale," which has provailed over the British Isles for two or three days, reached hurricane force, yesterday, the wind sometimes reaching a velocity of eighty miles an hour. There have been several wrecks on the coast and a number of dis- asters ashore resulting in the aggre ate in nearly 50 deaths. Severe thun- r and lightning and heavy rain ac companied the gale in many places cmuging floods, Miles of telephone wires are down and communication between London and many of the northern and western cities has been stopped. Three hundred lines are down in Lon- don, NIGHT LETTER SERVICE. New Plan Being Considered by Tele- graph Company. New York, Feb. 21.--I¢ was nounced to-night that plans ave be ing made by the management of the Western Unlon Telegraph company, for a new form of service, which will be called the "Night Letter Service," and which will be put in operation soon. This proposed service will permit any one to send fifty words at night for the price of ten words sent in the day with one-fifth of the dav rate for each additional ten words or fraction of ten. "Night letters," according to the present plans, should be filed before midnight for transmission according to the convenience of the company during the slack hours, and for de-- livery the next morning, nnder certain circumstances hy messenger hoy and under other circumstances through the focal post office. THE "SURE TIP" FRAUD, Chicago, Feb, 21.--Walter A. Woolf, of New York, said to be proprietor of a turf information bureau, was ar rested yeostorday by Federal officers on a warrant issued at Jacksonville, Fla., where Wooll previously operated. Woolf is scrused of A out let ters, postmarked New York and Jacksonville, saying that he had a tip on a sure winner at the Jacksopville race track, that he was commissioned to place $5,000 on the horse in ques- tion, and that he would pass the tip along for a nominal sum. Postal inspectors - seized nearly 100 Jetters in his rooms at three hotels in Chicago. Each letter is declared to have contained 81 or $2. STOLE PREACHER'S GOODS. His Coat, Gloves and Scarf Were Taken. Special to the Whig. hy eh. 21.--Rev. Astor R. Behrag, of Yarmouth, N.S., got more than bis pay for ching twice at the Congregational church here, yes- terday. During the evening service he left his coat, gloves, scarf and hat in the vestry. When he was preaching a thief got busy and nabbed the coat, scarf and gloves, leaving only the hat. A. J. Stephens had to get the visiting pastor a new outfit before he could pave the sacred edifice. The Off is very sore about the theft and the matter is in the hands of the police, : The Khedive of Egypt is io marry an Austrian countess, a convert to Islam, bride will bear the name of Zubsida Yeni Havem, and, in fu: ture, will have to reside in the harem. Abbas II has already one wife, but the Moslem reli allows & man four Svs that this new step of . an- DAILY MEMORANDA. Apa ne x the Palace Rink to- EX SEALED DEATH WARRANT. A---- Mysterious Stranger Ended Life in Manitoba Hotel. Emerson, Man, Feb. 21.--A mys serious case, ending in sgicide, oceur- red at the Russell hotel, on Friday. A well-dressed man, apparently well sup- plied with funds, wrrived from the south on Thursday, and registered as D. P. Brende, Ortonville, Minn. Next day he hanged himself in the basement of the hotel, The desperate frame of mind in which he was at the time was attest ed by the fact that he was forced to draw his feet up under him to stran- gle himself, and his toes were touching the floor when the corpse was found an hour later. The receipt of a letter from Orton- ville, in the handwriting of a wo- man, was apparently the agency which induced the act. The letter came ad. dressed to him, care of the hotel. He must have been expecting it, for he enquired 'several times for mail. When the clerk handed out the single letter, the man opened it ner- vously, glanced hurriedly at the con- tents and went immediately to the basement. An hour later the portér found his body hanging by a piece of clothes line, -------- BEAT AN HOTELKEEPER. Two Farmers Sentenced for Assault in Brockville, Brockville, Ont., Feb, 21.--~Judge Me- Donald was occupied on Friday with the trial of Patrick J. and Thomas Forsythe, two Oxford county far mers, chatged with an assault upon J. W. Montgomery, hotel-keeper of Oxford Mills, oeccasioning grievous bodily harm. The evidence showed that the affair took place in Montgomery's barroom on January 4th. He was attacked by the brothers, and, in addition to un- dergoing a severe pummeling, he was bitten by Thomas Forsythe, the elder of the defendants, who was given months in the Central prison, His brother Patrick escaped with a penal ty of five months in the same institu- tion. COULDN'T. HELP BIGAMY, ixcuse of Young Man Who Has Three Wives, New York, Feb. 21.--William Dresh- or holds the record for being the voumgest bigamist now in captivity. Not yét twenty-five, an awkward, ill- avored butcher's boy, he was sen- tenced to Elmira reformatory by Judge Foster after confessing he had three wives, ~ The thtee women who Tproseciited Dresher wept copiously as he was lod ciod these three women," said Foster, before he sentenced "Why did you do it?" "Oh, I dunno," said the boy sheep: ishly. "I just couldn't help it, 1 guess.' ~ Judge Dresher. Muzzle All Dogs. Belleville, Ont., Feb, 19.--The exeow tive committee of the city council has recommended that the council amend the by-law governing dogs so as to compel all dogs in the city to be muz zled and the muzzles to be of metal. The by-law will be introduced at the council weeting on Monday. Although there is po rabies or any symptoms in the city or vicinity, the step is taken as a precaution to prevent same. 'Inspection of Canned Fish, Ottawa, beb, 21.~1'hat an adequate system of government inspection of canned fish of all kinds, produced in Canada for export or interprovincial trade, similar to that exercised © over canned meats, will shortly be estab ished under the control of the marine department, is the statement made by Hon. Sydney Fisher, minister of agri- culture. LURED BY LUNATIC BOY COAXED OVER WALL INTO THE ASYLUM. Stuffed Him Into a Chimney and Blocked up Hearth--Rescued the Next Day. Klangenfurt, Austria, Feb, 21.-The story of a peculiar episode has just come to hand from a lunatic asylum near this village. A boy was passing the asylum with his brother when one of the patients Tee Oh EM hn dun [chimney ¥," comedy, returned home and told his pa- rents that brother had entered the asylum. They immediat there, bu - 8 Goi mod 0 placing his 'on are very young to have mar lshattéred watch ROBBER FLED After Being Attacked By Boy With Knife. THE LAD WAS SAVED FROM INJURY BY A WATCH IN HIS COAT. The Burglar"s Hand Was Slashed And he Dashed Downstairs----The Hero is Followed About by His Youthful Admirers, Wakefield, R.I.,, Feb. 21.--FEarl Rol- linson's star gifts last Christmas were a jackknife and a small silver watch. Earl is just fifteen. By day the watch and knife were invariably carried in the most secure pockets. At night they were carefully concealed beneath the pillow, : To-day the knife and watch are shar- ing with Earl all the honors due a real hero. It was midnight. A strange noise reached Earl's sensitive ears. It was not the cat, for she was in the cellar. The family was asleep. It might be' a burglar. Earl alone heard. From beneath the pillow he drew his precious watch and placed it in the pocket of his pyjama coat. Then he secured his jackknife. In an instant it was opened and clenched firmly in his right hand. In another instant hé had crept stealthily toward the direction of the strange sound. At the head of the stairs he met a man. Earl shrieked, but he kept his nerve, The intruder uttered a curse, The light through the window betrayed a glint of glittering steel. It fell with force on the lad's chest.: But it struck the watch and failed to penetrate the skin. The watch case was dented, the crystal smashed. Earl was now on his metal. With a fierce lunge he aimed his trusty knife at the burglar's breast. The intruder dodged, but not in me. The boy's blade gashed the burglar's hand and he dropped his knife. In terror the intruder fled, the brave boy following him relentlessly to the back door, through which he had en tered, Earl assured his parents that he was awakened, investigated, found that no booty had been secured, and, after re i i d-stained knife and resumed his sleep, To-day most of the boys in Wake field visited the Rollinson home and exumined the blood stains on the stair- way, the ruffled carpet and the pried- open back door. Seo did the police. Now, is there any wonder that Earl is followed on the streets by smaller boys, smiled upon by the little girls and patted on the back by the grown- ups ? REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE. Girl Has Both Tenor and Soprano Voice. Paris, Feb. 21.--Dorothea Toye, a young girl from Winnipeg, Man.; arous- ed great attention at a reception giv- en By Ambassador Bacon at the em- bassy. Miss Toye has two voices, one a three-octave soprano, the other a tenor of great power and sweetuess, Musicians say such a phenomenon is un fed in musical history. She ean actually sing a soprano and tenor duet with herself. Ambassador Bacon said : "It is the most remarkable per- formance ever heard." wd It is needless to say that all Paris is talking of her. Personally Miss Toye is a slight girl of singularly bright and winning manners. A Canadian Girl Winnipeg, Man., Feb, 21.--Miss Doro- thea Toye, mentioned in Paris cable, is a native of Portage la Prairie, where she received most of her early musical training. Her father is a wealthy contractor, now living in Fort Rouge, Winnipeg, at 339 Wardlaw avenue. BREAD CAST ON WATERS. Coin to Farmer Who Gave Him a Meal. Nashville, Ind, Feb. 21.--David Ormstein, a facmer living in the southern part of Brown county, bas found that bread cast upon the waters returns after many days--only in this onde it was a bread and meat "hand: out" given a tramp five years ago. Ome bitterly cold day in December, 1904, a tramp appeared at the Ormstein home. He was given supper, a bed and breakfast and departed. "While the family was at supper a few days a man called ang asked food and ter for the night He was taken in and after supper hand: od Mr. Ormstein a $30 gold piece, ex- plaining it was for the supper given yenrs ago. The tramp is now in business. A SEVERE TEST. Was, Highly Gratifying to Naval Of. ficers, : Berlin, Feb, 91. -The Nassau, Ger '8 first Dreadnought, has success Hy undergone a severs test which high'y i to the naval Quebec ¥. was hi d seoretary (offeers. All her guns, large and small, a i Bly ith, Title simul ammunition without test stalntiom. any of her fittings or in- -------------- the event of the failure of the negotia-. thy the use of keys. GEORGE Y. CHOWN RESIGNS As Registrar of Queen's to Manage His Plano Works. George Y. Chown has resigned his position of registrar of Queen's Uni- versity and secretary of the School of Mining, in order to devote his time to the management of the Wormwith Pi- ano Works, of which he is now sole owner, having purchased the interest held by H. W. Richardson. This piano works is going to b® one of the big- gest industries in Eastern Ontario, as the demand for pianos, particularly in Western Canada, is increasing greatly, and hundreds are being shipped out of Kingston each year. Mr. Chown will retain the position of treasurer of Queen's, but has not the time to devote to the other posi- tions he has held in the university during the past thirteen vears. He succeeded the late Rev. George Bell as GEORGE Y. CHOWN registrar, but for several years he car- ried on the business of E, Chown & Co., wholesale hardware merchants. The duties of registrar increased, and the whole time of a men of ability * {a supposedly mad dog, Thursday, was LATEST NEWS Despatches From Near And Distant Places. THEWORLD'S TIDINGS GIVEN IN THE BRIEFEST POS. SIBLE FORM. Matters That Interest Everybody-- Notes From All Over--Little of Everything Easily Read and Re- membered. Goldwin Smith rested well gn Satur- day and Sunday, The 88. Sardinian docked John, on Saturday. Capt. Arthur L. Armstrong, of To- ronto, died at St. Augustine, Fld. C. R. Bonter, a well-known Toronto marble dealer, died, following a stroke of apoplexy. It has leaked out that the first sen- ate vacancy in Ontario has been pro- mised to M. J. O'Brien, Renfrew. Seven [Italian counterfeiters were sentenced to prison terms ranging from fifteen to thirty years at New York. Mr. Berryman, Hamilton, bitten by St. sent to the Pasteur Institute, New York. It is reported that the Janes build- ing, on the north-east corner of Yonge and King streets, Toronto, has been sold for $750,000, At Cleveland, Ohio, three-cent car fares went into effect on Friday night, marking the end of the traction war begun by "Tom" L. Johnston in 1901. R. 0. Shorey, the pioneer commer. cial traveller from Montreal to visit Winnipeg, died, Sunday, aged sixty- two years, He was a clothing manu- facturer. : was required to attend to the work, so Mr. Chown was appointed registrar and treasurer, at a good salary. At present he has seven or eight clerks | and stenographers in his university of-| fice. Mr. Chown will retire from the registrarship ag soon as the trustees; can find a successor. What May Happen. ' Rome, Feb. 21.---Tt is stated that in in most tions hetwepn Italy and Canada, the matter of granting the yorad nation clause treatment to fan silks, reprisals are likely to follow antl the maximom tariff will be adopted here on all Canadian pro- ducts. . CHAINED AS BEAST HORRIBLE TREATMENT WOMAN IN PARIS, oF A Her Husband, Who Was Insanely Jealous, Had Chained Her to Her Bed for Two Years----Her Body Horribly Scarred. Paris, Feb. 21.--The disappearance of the young wife of a druggist nam- ed Parat was cleared up, yeiterday, when the police broke in and found the woman heavily chained between the bed and the wall, horribly scarred. In addition to the chain, which was strongly padlocked around the neck, a cruel contrivance resembling a coat of mail, but strengthened bv a belt of copper rings, enveloped the body. Both objects could be removed only The woman told a pitiful tale of two years' imprisonment and martyr- dom. Last November, while still ia chains, she gave birth to her fifth child. The husband refused to call a doctor. : Parat, who was arrested, declared that he Joved his wife, but was ex- tremely jealous of her. Embezzler, Suicides. Logansport, Ind, Feb. 21.---The body of Jom F. Johnson, former president of the State National bank of this city, was found floating in the Wabash river. Johmson served six years in prison following his confes- sion that he had emblemal $550,000 of the bank's funds, Recently he = had" ben a grain broker. It is presumed that he committed suigicde. JEALOUS DOMESTIC SHE SHOT THE MEMBER'S SON OUT WEST. Fred Carroll, of Carroll, Manitoba, The Victim of Girl's Revolver--He is Badly Hurt. Winnipeg, Feb. 21.-- Frederick Carroll, son of A. H. Carroll, member of the focal legislature for South Brandon, was shot and seriously wounded last night by Lotue McCulloch, who, up to a few months ago, had been a do- mestic in hs father's house. Caso About one mon ung C was married and had taben his re- gidence in the village of C where his father also resides. night, ahout eighi o'clock, Miss Mc Culloch called at Carroll's house. When he appeared the girl drew a re volver and without warning fired, the bullet taki , Man., Last Jealousy is said to be the cause. lof Montreal. ng effect in Carroll's sto- {ip Pach. She gave herself up to the po- |: The Hamilton Board of Control rve- fused to contribute to 'the costs of James Smith's suit, which resulted in the upsetting of the Cataract power contract. A $20,000,000 company is applying to the Quebec legislature for authority to construct elevated and underground railways, tunnels, ete., on the Island Longueuil, opposite Montreal, is to be the site of a big military depot, forming part of the new scheme nau. gurated by the department of militia and defence, The board of 'governors of Toronto university, it is undérstood, are contemplating the appointment of a lady professor on the & of the uni- versity, with the title of dean. A daughter wae born, on Saturday, to the Karl and Countess of Granard. The mother before her marriage was Miss Beatrice Mills, of New York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odgen Mills. The date for the French al elec tions has not yet been fixed, owing to the great amount of pariiamentary work in hand. The earliest date men- tioned 1s April 24th. Meanwhile the sufiragettes are working hard. Nell Burgess, known the country over as a clever character actor, who made one of the greatest hits in la ter mineteenth contury comedy pro Auctions in '"The County Fair," died Saturday at New York, * A dozen window panes in St. John's Lutheran church, Ottawa, were smash- ed early Saturday night and it Is believed that the vandalism wes com- mitted as a result of the old trouble between. two factions of the church. Fire from -an unknown cause com pletely ruined the interior of the Grand Trunk tunnel - station, Port Huron, Mich., Sunday. The loss is es- timated at $35,000. All of the com: pany's books and records were saved. Charles Sayeau, a farmer living four miles from Cardinal, is a patient al the St. Vincent de Paul hospital, Brockville, minus a large portion of his left arm. He was oiling a pow: er saw whem the horses started unex: -pectedly: ; Mayor Geary and Controllers Ward and Spence, Toronto, will make a big ght agoinst the Hamilton, Guelph and Waterloo and Toronto and East ern railway bills when these come up before the railway committee at Ot- tawa Thursday. In the Tavonto police court, op Monday morning, William, alias Mal colm McPhail, who represented bin self as H. J. Smith, EB som of a millionaire banker, of Bay (ity, Michi] pleaded guilty to charges of forgery and was remanded. Adolphe Rochin, ticket agent for the C.P.R., died in Winni Saturday, following: a brief illness. He was con nected with the C.P.R, ticket office in Windsor, several yeats . He mar ried Miss Kate Hochlord, of Windsor, lens than ten months ago. Mrs. Andrew Byrnes, ill for several months, died on Thursday last, aged fifty-eight years, at West The deceased, whose maiden was Miss Margaret Morrissy, was born in Toledo, w he was married to Ap drew Byrnes, thirty-five years ago. A a bul , part of the stock. jn-trade of A. Sevigny, the proprietor of an animal store on St. Lawrence street, Montreal, broke from his kenpel and destroyed over fifty valu i Jargely ¢ Where Canada Stands, Feb. 21 » SPIRITUALISTS BURNED. Floor Collapsed and They Dropped Inte Cellar. Patton, Pa., Feb. 21.--Four hun- dred people who attended a spiritualis- tic demoustration at the opera house, Saturday night, are feeling consider ably impressed with the performance-- about twenty-five of them, in fact, bear the brands of red-hot coals and many other bruises. The audience was Just on the point of leaving, when it was precipitated, together with a red- hot stove, into the basement. The floor bad buckled without warning No one was killed, contrary to an erroneous report last night, but more than twenty-five were either severely burned by the coals or injured in the scramble 0 get out of the cellar. None were seriously hurt. The loss by fire was small. INVITED TO OTTAWA. Want the Hibernians of Kingston (0 ; Attend. Special to the Whig. Ottawa, Feb. 21. --The Ancient Order of Hibernians, here, are bolding a big demonstration, including a parade on the Sunday previous to St. Patrick's day. Among a great many outside divisions of the A. 0. H. invited to attend is No. 1 division of Kingston, ---- A Black Hand Chief, New York, Feb. 2l.--<Lupo, "the Woll,"" chief of the Black Hand 1n America, Giuiseppe Movello, chief of Sicilian counterfeiters in this coun- try, and six of their confederates, were found guilty, on Saturday, of making spumous money, and were sentenced to hard labor in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., for terms varying from fifteen years and $1,000 fme to thirty years and $1,000. fine. The accumulated sentences and Snipe aggregated 150 years and $7, N Prince Edward Conservatives. Picton, Feb, 21.--At annual nwet- ing of the conservatives of Prince Edward county, held Monday, the fol- lowing officers were elected : Presi dent, Harry Dempsey, Amelinsburg: vice-president, B. F. Wilson, North- ort; secretary, Edward Wright, Pie ton. Short addresses were made by the above, Messrs, R. A. Norman, M. F.P., W. H, Williamson and others. A commitiee was appointed to choose delegates to the convention of con servatives in Ottawa in June, Three Votes to Good, Renfrew, Ont., Feb. 21.~Judge Dona- hue, Pembroke, has given a verbal decision onthe Tocal option scrutiny. He gives local option a majority of three over the three-fifths vote re quired. He has not given his written cision. yet, but will give this to both sldes later to allow them a chaise to appeal. The antis will probably appeal and the local optionists may also appeal against his declsion on some of the votes challenged. Belleville Player Dead. Belleville, Ont., Feb. 21. Arthur E. Spangenberg, a young man of this city, in his nineteenth year, died, on Saturday evening from meningitis. De- ceased was captain of the City Junior O.H.A. team, playing centre. le was an exemplary young man, and a good hockeyist. He was a clerk in the Dominion bank here. His demise is a distinct loss to the sport of hockey. War Medals Await Claimants. London, Feb. 21.--A number of the dng's and queen's South Africa war vnedals and clasps for non-commis- dons officers and men who served 'nm Canadian contingents are still waiting claimants whose addresses cannot be ascertained. Many letters have been returned by the postal au horities as unclaimed. THE LOSS ON LAKES VESSEL PROPERTY PASSED OUT OF EXISTENCE. The Boats Were Valued at Over Sia Million Dolla:s and Had a Season's Capacity of Over Five Million Tons. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 21. ~The loss of he vessel property on the lakes in $05 was forty-eight vessels, with a season's capacity of 2.000000 ions and valued at $2,341,000. This is the greatest in the history of the trade Some 152 lake vessels have passed out of existence since the opening of the season in 1905. The boats were valued at $6.345,000 and had a season's carrying capacity of 5,202,000 tone Many of the boats lost during that period were wooden ships and freight ers of that class. The eapacity of the new boats for 1910 alone will be only a little more than 1,000,000 tons short of the capacity of all vessels lost since 1903, DENOUNCES BOTH. Say That the Political Parties Triflers. Toronto, Feb. 21. In the first series of editorials devoted to aval question the Star, to-day, ounces not only fae poliey of rovernment but also that of the yosition as set forth by Mesers. R. Borden and Monk. The paper says she political parties are trifling wit} this serious subiect. It is also assert w» L gestion, so far as Casada i econ senad, can be found along lines which will safaguand economy and efficiency. Richard Bunvan, an ex-mayor of North Bay, and town id that the solution of the naval WEATHER PROBABILITIES © Toronto, Ont, Feb. 231. 10 stn --A¥= tawa Valley and Upper St. Lawrentew- Fresh to strong winds, shifting ro wast and north. A few light snow falls to gal wh day, turning decidedly colder te-nd Tuesday fair and very coid SUITINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL. NEW FABRICS HAS RESTOWED FANC. ON THESE FASHION HER MOST LAVISH 1ES, With the daring of inspira- tion designers have delved into the precincts of wooldom and drawn therefrom the most fascinating patterns and de- signs. The woman who goes forth in a suit made of these pretty fabrics possesses a suit or dress of elegance as was never before attained in suiting materials. Taoere {8 the new DIAGONAL SERGES, WIDEWALES, IRISH HOMESPUNS, FRENCH WORSTEDS, NATLE CLOTHS, BRITISH SERGES, TWEED EFFECTS, ete. SRY Cpr Together with the sortment of Plain Materials We have ever offered. All the new colors are here, including 3 Dead Rose, Rose du Barry, Sliver Grey, Wisteria, Mist Grey, Lynx, Sahara, etc. greatest ag- M DON'T MISS SEEING THEM. SHAW At Kingstow, on Feb, 0th, 1910, to Mr. and Mrs. [Felix Shaw, a daughter DIED. SPANGENBERG ~~ At Belleville af Saturday, Feb, 19th, Arthur Herel youngest son of GO. A. Spangen A and nephew of F. W. Spangenbery, of this city, ged 18 years. ' COUGH--In Pittshurgh Township, Feb. 20th, 1910, Mrs. Richard aged 75 years. Funeral from her son's residence, corner Colborne and Clergy Streets, TH day, at § pm. Friends and acquitints ances are respectfully invited to ats tend . STOUGHTON In boy Hy on Feb, Funeral from Bt. John's Church, Ports. mouth, Tuesday morning, leaving house at 19 o'clock at Ottawa and Toronto papers please copy. 2d ROBERT J. RED, 2 Plone, S71. #57 Princess strsets We have still on hand a small' quantity of the famous by "RICHELIEU" GOODS BEANS, TINY BEETS. TOMATO PUREE. SUCCOTASH. FRITT ERKORN. ASH. ACH. RED KIDNEY BEANS. GUAVA JELL1. : JAPANESE CRAB MEAT. Jas. Redden & Go. Importers of Fine Groceries, » "Dut! Timen" i Peopls. don't be Afraid to axed money {or good € a3 the 3 sdmmer me 8 coming. ef stiffer. - Examine our big Bt rices. A "dollar" looks Tark's. "Ihones 7 James J. Jeflties, who, by Mrs. Jefities and Samuel: arrived at Ban Francisco, on