_ YEAR 78 -NO, 251 CAN MAINTAIN its Grip Only by Extensive Concessions. CHINA IS NOW FACING A CRISIS THREATENING THE PRESENT REGIME, The Rc bels Now Advancing on Pekin wit is Thought Canton Has Fallen--A Loan Has Been Secured From Japan, ® New York, Oct, 27.~The Tribune's Jopdon eable says : : : With more than a dozen cities in of the rebels, China is now Incing a genuine crisis, threaten ing the existence of the present re gime. The very rapidity with which the revolution js spreading constitu (igs, from an imperialist point of view, the most alarming feature of the and Sheng"s retirement em- phasizes the gravity of the crisis. In default of military triumphs, whichi are hourly growing less likely, the government can maintain its grip only by extensive and, it may thought humiliating concesmons. l the § are at onde, the country will find iteell at the beginning of a long interval of poli- tical chaos, if the government grants no come cossions and makes a determined ef- fort fo erush the revolt, the outlook is for a prolonged period ol ciyil war. The triumph of the rebels neans un stable government south of the Yang: intervention is, in some quarters, thought probable, Japan's prefiominanece in Manchuria and else where in the ("hinese empire sugyests theories that she may be willing to take » hand in maintaining the Man- chu regime. Loan From Japan. ew York, Oct. 27.-A sgble fram Pek says © Ching will pay t No- vi t of the Boxer in- demnity after all, This is to mean the suc- cessful negotiation of a loan, prob- ably oJ Emissaries of the re vol . have approached Russia, urging hier to make a counter move mont against China in Mongolia, ela reliable information that Japan now mobilizing two army div i feet Lo de sid ta save 'nless For ® a A « throne. Advancing on Peking. hai, October 27.~General Ii Yuen ng ung, the rebel forces concentrated Show t Hahow, is reported to be prepar or su ime mediate advance "Peking. The road to the capital was opened, mes sages by indirect routes from Hankow say, by the rebels' overwhelming vic tory over (leneral Yin. Schang's im- army, reports conflicting as to the exact time of the engagement s conclusion, . . All accounts of the battle are vague and confosed, and all that is definite fy known ie that the imperialists were v beaten. One version is that the rebels led the imperialists into ambush, and then mowed them down in heaps with a de 'vasting artillery fire. Whole regiments imperialists deserted, Dismissed From Office. Pekin, Oct. 27.~8heng Msuan Huai, minister of posts and communications, has been from office, in ac: cordance 'with the demand of thy na- tions! assembly, made upon the gov- ernment. An imperial edict cushiers him for- ever, on the ground that he was main y ible for the plan to nation alize the Chinese ral 8, in conse uence of which the present rebellions "The edict explains nothing of the pot, which was int to henelit the but says Sheng Hsuan Huai the law while to force the railroad ment has thus chosen to man considered by fore wa fine iil Bros'. store for mine, le to-night snd Satur sale. November S "For Shares in the Hawthorne Min d | produced mare books of the company. led to carry it out sucoessful- | ressed ---------- i -- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SHIPS GOLDEN BARS, FISD LEADEN ONES, Mysterious Theft of Bullion is Dis- covered by the Swiss National Bank. Berne, Oct. 27.~There has been a mysterious theft of bars of gold of a value of $26,000, which had been con- signed 1b' the Swiss National Bank by London houses. r : Bight eases of bars of gold, haviog a total value of more than $200,000 were shipped from the British ehjital When they reached here it. was found one of the cases had been emptied of its gold and bars of lead had been substituted. HEIRESS DROPS FROM SIGHT. Not Seen for. Week Since Leaving : Hotel. New York, Get. 27.--In cireumstan- ces almost paralleling those in which orothy Arnold was lost to her re Iatives a year ago, Miss Consuelo Fa jardo, nineteen years of age, a Porto Rican heiress, has been mwssipg from the Hote) Felix, Portland, here since October 18th, when she walked out, telling persons whom she met that she was going to pirchase a maga zine. SOME FOUR MILLIONS WERE ing Companies Under Review : New York, Oct, 27.--Subseriptions by the public to shares in the Haw- thorne mining companies , which are being investigated by the federal grand jury, are known to have amounted approximately to, $4,000, 000. The methods by which these sub- scriptions were obtained are being in: quired into, and all of the evidence is being assembled to determine what action, if any, wil be taken by the United States district attorney. Julian Hawthorne, Josish Quincy, one time mayor of Boston, and James | B. Hanna, of terday at the Waldorf-Astoria. den, who were engineers for all t Hawthorne ecompshies, and Robert Steen, an assistant bookkeeper for the concerns, were before the grand jury. Albert Freeman, president of the Mointyre [P'oreupine Mining company antl a director of the Hawthorne Sil- ver and Iron Mines company, limited, Tesi men are inentioned in connee* tion with the case. Among theses, be- sides Mr. Hawthorne, Mr. Quincy, Nr, Freeman and Mr. Henna, are Dr. Wil- timm J. Morton and John MeKinnom, of this city; €. 8. Sweetland, a bank- er of Providence, R.1.; George J. Seay, a banker of Richmond, Va., and David I. Krebs, a lawyer of Clearfield, Pa. Found Man With Throat Cut, Montreal, Oct. 28.--While out riding this morning, attended by a groom, Miss Secile Mignaunlt, a young so ciety dady, found a man lying along- side the road, on Upper Guy street, dead, with his throat cut from. eat to ear. The only thing pointing Yo identification was the finding in the' dead man's pocket, of a cheque made out 'to one "Guay." 'lhe victim's clothing was of , good quality and comparatively new. Steals $10,000 Gems. Chicago, Oet, 27.--~A sample case soptaimng about $10,000 worth of jowels belonging to W. C. Barry, a member of wholesale jewelry house of Barry & Co, of Newark, N.J,, wis stolen, yesterday, from the lobby of the Palmer house. A man was ween leaving the lobby with the case, brit. persons who saw him believed he was the owner. BURGLAR BLUFFED BY BRAVE WOMAN Stands Idle With Revolver in Hand home. While the burglar stood with a pis- tol in the sh a of the. weebnul story way about 2.30 in t n i and Shreatoned to shoot Abraham turned to a tele in the hall and called up the of trouble.' amt to the Dritish be, for a while, more effective power than direct ture, edueation, ner Cleveland, who have pire. been associated in the Hawthorne en- [either gifts or tribute. terprises, conferred with. counsel yes- |co- self-respect, J. G, MeNalty and William H. Hay- effort. means. cag 1a pension from aid. Of the latter 2,400 are des- FAVORS BILL Conservative Newspaper Sup port Sir Wilfrid's Plan. FLAT-FOOTED FOR IT GPPOSED TO GIVING CONTRIBU- TION TO BRITAIN. Cooperation on a Basis of National Self-Respeet and Self-confidence Needed--What Canadian Navy Stands For. Ottawa, Ot. 27.~The Gitana Jour pal, which strongly suffported the conservatives iu the recut election, bas come ous flat-footed in favor of the Laurier government's naval jol- °ey. the precaution to stage that its ut- terances are not inspired Premier Borden, and that it» has no idea what the new government's pol iey will be. Lhe Journal says that the pro- posal to give lireadnoughts is well enough if that step would not jeter fere with some definite naval policy by Canada, I has no use for the pro- posal to give an annual contribution, because "it would invite several kinds Iu conclusion, the Jour: nal says: "It is true that some time must elapse before a Canadian navy ean be an eflicient factor in imperial defence. elapse before anything that time Canada would do would be an efficient factor in imperial defence. Possibly money admiralty would in sea Canadian expendi- But as such money subsidy mean Canadian national Canadian industries, vor Cadiadian crews or training, nor Canadian Jude. it woukl speedily be an infinitely poorer thing for the em- Canada's motto should not be It should be operative upon a basis of national sell-confidence and sell: These things a Canadian navy But so must some would not 0.8.8.A, OFFICERS ELECTED. Rev. B. W. Merrill of Toronto is President Prockvilly, Ont:, Oct. 27.--The On- tario Sunday School association offi- pe dor (he your dre as follows : President, Rev: B. W. Merrill, Toron- to; treasurer, I. E. Trwin, Toronto; minute secretary, Rev. George Stal ford, Cardinal supt. lemperance department, Mins Ada Jacks, Toron- to; superintendent home ~ depmrtment, MF J. Arehdekin, Toronto; superin- ¢ LB.KRA. department, ¥F. I" Price, Toronto; central executive, Mrs. A. Id, Miss M. S. Russell, Rev. J. H. Schutt, Rev. ¢. W. Pilcher, Rev. W. E. Has sad, Mev. I, I. Merner, Pdncipal O'Meara; Professor Ballantine, H. H. Hilth, J. R. Hipwell, W. Cun- wingham, J, A. Séott, John Gilchrist, ©. K. Gustrington, E. A. Hardy, F. Pp. Mille, W. 5. Kirkland, 8 H. Moore, W. 8. Dimnick, A. G. Brown, ing, Theron Gibson. I---------------------------- KILLS DAUGHTER'S ESCORT. L.. Mebona A. MAler, Rev. C. J. Father Resents Attentions of Mar. vied 'Men and Attacks Two Trinidad, Col, Oct. 27.--~Allan Fow- ler, formerly city treasurer, stabbed to death, yesterday, J. W. Bundy and attacked Charles Samuels with » knife, inilicting a severe wound, Fowler surrendered to the palice. He said he acted in defence of the honor of hin davghters, and also in self-de- fence, Fowler found Bandy and Samuels, both of whom are married, in com- pany with his daughters, who are less than eighteen years old. Fowler remonstratea and the men, he says, called him vile names and sttuecked him. BIGHT YEARS FOR ABDUCTOR. Snowflake Girl's Assatlant Sentenced to Penitentiary. Morden, Man. Oct. 27.--George Brown, who abducted Gladys Price, the Stiowiluke school teacher, wus, pti, seston a Node, ours itentiary. e eh guilty. - pug : Portugal and the Church. Lisbon, Oct. 17.~The patriarch of Lisbon has sent to the vatican a list of 2,150 frigate who t eomnte, an refused to the ¢ a will be excommunicated ij it . in so doing the Journal takes | A Bombrenil of Paris, who has s Shop increasing wages, but the percentage names erased ftom the registers MURDER OF EMILIANOS. | Russia Demands the Punishment ot His Slayers. Constantinople, October 27.-The| Kussian smbassador here has déimand- | od the pursuit and punishment of the! murderers of Emilianos;, the Greek | metropoliten, at Grenevs, in Mace donis, some days ago. The inetropolitan sod his chaplain, who was accompanying him on al visit through the diocese, and their mule driver were waylaid and killed near Ureneva. The affair caused great: indignation iu Greece, and Rpesia, | who regards herself as the protector ' of Christians in the Balkans; has tak- | en the matter up. A FIELD MARSHAL. SITUATION B Massacre Feared by Euro- peans i Tripoh. ~ | IY WAR DECLARE BY THE ARABS AND TROUBLE IS FEARED. A Chain of Strongly Fortified Forts to be Established to Guard Against Surprise by the Encmy. Loudon, Eng, Oct. 27.-The situa tion at Tripoli is seriousy Furopean # #2 fear a masvacre, as a haly war has been proclaimed by the nae rives of Tripoli and Benghasi. At Sharashott the left line of Halian' defence is hard pressed by the Arabs. The Arabs who attacked the Ital- ians' rear on Monday had entered Tripoli in disguise and their out. break enused a terrible panic. Firing in the streets was general. ' Non- eombatant men, women and childre, were mixed up with the combatants. [Crowds fiocked to the shore and embarked in small boats the con- packed with tecrified Japanese General Promoted as Re. cognition of Merit, the as being | sulates were Europeans. 'Lhe situation iw described as pre carious, and the Italian outposte arg The military arrangements i ; The whole force occupies a semi-circle, whose ends rest on the | seashore. There are no reserves in the 'town snd only two warships remain ofl the city. 'The left wing is still hard pressed, avd if it be broken the situation will be as grave as possible. The consuls are realizing the possibil- ity of the breaking of the left wing and fear that a massacre will follow, They are arrapging for Europeans to board © ships if « becomes neces sary. Kresh wroops to the number of 1.- 106 with thirty guns arrived on Wed- nesday and landed near Sharzet to strengthen the left.. It is roported that 5,000 Tuaveg tribesmen are atl: 'vancing on Tripoli pnd another -bat- tle is expected, L The Arabs yesterday made a violent inttack agniust the [Italian position Legatees Treat Cousins | hetw: El Masri ad + Be liana. Generously. hae Wl with ha fons Toronto, Oct. - 27~Mra. Ellen A. The ltalian casualties were only a MoNeil, Napanee, willed $1,000 to her {few wounded, half brother, Richard Davern, but stipulated that if he should die dor ing her lifetime, and without ingue, the legacy should go back to the es- GENERAL ORV. Tokyo, Uctober 27. ~General Uount Oku, chiel of the general stafi, and one of the four Japanese commanders el the land forces who accomplished not- able achievements during the Russo Japanese war, has been promoted to be field marshal. NIECES LOSE BECAUSE AUNT DIDN'T KNOW LAW Suggests That Residuary i NO SANTA CLAUS LETTERS. Io. ERR ra Post Office Department WHT "Nat Distribute Them. Washington, Oct. 27.-The post-of: fice department will not set as Senta te. He did predecease his sister, but he, left issue, and his children claimed the ---------- i i { AD LAST EDITION -- THE POOR JEWS. Many of Them Letng Expolicd Frou P Russia. Yuzovka, Russia, Oct. 27. By an or- der of the governor, all Jews in the province of Yekmterinoslaw are sub- ject to expulsion, with the following joxeeptions | First, those living in the province since May 16th, 1882; second, artisans and others having permits of residence from the governor's chancery; third, those resident since August 14th, 1006, if_mn order of expulsion against them has already heen set aside by the gov- ernor's chaneery; wad fourth, those who have changed to rursl residence between May: 16th, 1852, and Jan, 11th, 1888. Muny of those subject to expulsion are in a critical position, as the sud- den expulsion prevents a liquidation of their affairs, and to avoid financial ruin some are adopting the Russian faith. Special officials will be sent through the provinee to control the registration and all laxity in this matter will be punished by the diswmis sal of the guilty ones. RICHESON EXPERIMENTED With Poison a Few Days Reéfore the ' Tragedy. Boston, Mass, Oct, 27 ~The latest report in connection with Rev, Clur- ence Richeson, charged with the mur- der of Miss Avis Linuell, is that evi dence has been found that Richeson experimented with poison in a bowl of paste flour just a few days prelvous to the tragedy AGREE T0 PROTECT VESSEL MASTERS Asked to Observe Rule Prohibit ing Navigation in 2 Fog. Petroit, Oct. 27.~Notice has heen sua! to vessel masters hy the Great Lakes Protective Association that they will be protected from unjust criticiem fromy any source if they observe the | rule which prohibits navigation in : fog. The bulletin of the association as cribes the tause of the Mitchell Mack collision on Lake Superior in August to violation of this Tule hy both eap- tains, Vessel masters have declared that tie up in a fog means eriticism from the owners of the vessel, who want yuck tripe. 'The association offers its protection to masters who ard' eeiti- cizéd for observing the rule by the owhers or from any other source: ~ OCO0O0000 TO-MORROW OOOH WOU IRISH LINEN 'Table Cloths Pute White Bleached Dam- © ask in pretty floral designs ¢ with ardstic. borders a'l ¢ around cloths, We offer too qualities Wy No. 1 LOT Siar $hg2 1.8 81.65 Qualities 1 9 1 Vigra # at $1.05 No. 8 LOT Size 1 3-4 by 2 yurds £1.75 Qualities at $1.30, ---- Pretty Table Pieces Size 18 by 27 can be used tray cloths, end pleces or covers, They have striped borders and hemstitched edges. Regular price, 30e. SALE PRICE, 18¢, A : a7 "i ; Odds and Ends BLEACHED AND ©UN- BLEACHED TABLE LINENS 1 yard to OF lengths run from 2 3-4 yards; 2.411 to go at prices that will clear ¥ them quickly. é ROAD TO HUDSON BAY. Premier Roblin, of Maunitoa, Be tievey Such Live Possible. EEN ---- $1,000, Justice Teetzel holds that the legacy has lapsed, but he adds: "It is to be hoped that if the resid uary legutoes agree that the testra- trix executed her will under a misap- prehension of law relating to lapsed legacies, they will do for their cousins what the testratrix would probably have don¢ had she correctly under- stood the law." Claus this year. The department an- nounted that letters addressed Santa Claus," and forwardel!l to dead letter oJice, will tributed' fo chatiable benevolent poot others. Four years ago postmasters wery authorized to turn over such lutters to chavitgble persons, but: because of many abuses the order has never been renewed. Under the laws und regulations letters to Santa Claus are classed as "fictitious" and return to the writers or destroyed I not { or t organtotio persons, children, WILD DUCKS PLENTIFUL, Sportsmen Return With Well-filied ™/ Game Bags, | Viatertown, N.Y.¢ Oct. 27.~Houdreds | of wild ducks have made their ap. 'Grand pearance in the vicindy of C { Vincent, and especially Carleton oh faud. Watertown hdunters have brought : Tae aa pH " | what hurried initiation of "Jack home some good bags. Several wild % Int bt the nergy prize fighter, into {a Masonic lodge of Dimdee, has riis- + wore secured this morning by yy , R Spor / of 1] E a storm of protest throughout the i country. The grand lodge of Seot- Fach everimg train out v is filled with khaki clad hunt- ; : a howe. The hunters are' land, presided over un the Marquis of i Coun , "| Tullibardine, has order a Searching ny ghd dsr 1¥ 4 Mire pet : into the matter. The Dun {icule the interferencé of the centage. Tomight's train consisted | CTMMITY of twenty hunters, and but two cnr- | eeites ne " Ton casses of deer, and each a small one. grand lodge, and maintain that John It is said that deer are unusually | SOR Ww as good as any Seotehman. wary this year and but few good ville at a cost of almost $10,000, was shots are secured, formally opened last night by Com- missioner Rees of Toronto. The chief ex: ecutive officer was accompanied by Colonel Pugmire, Brigadier Hargraves and others. Hou. G. P. Graham pre sided at the function, and was supe ported by Senator Derbyshire, Mayor Patterson 'and other prominent eciti- zens, The attendance filled the build- ing te its éapacity, citizens turning out in great numbers to the function, which was conducted amid great en thusissm. ! JACK JOHNSON A MASON. Lodge Orders Investigation Into Initiation. London, Oet, 27.--The recent some- Opened S.A. Temple, Brockville, Oct. 27.~The new Salva- tion Army Temple, erected in Broek- FRENCH COUNTESS IS "MILLINER IN NEW YORK She Says Americans Are "So Polite" to a Woman of Title. New York, Oct. 27.-"A woman of noble family cannot work in France, but in America--ah, it is so different ! France is too ideal America more practical. To a woman of title, like Imyself, your society ladies are so po- | lite, so kind. And why should I not | work? 1 am or, although my chil | London, Oct, 27. Chairman Smith- drefi are rich use of money left ers, presiding at the G.TR. meeting, thet by their graviparents. Since to said that, notwithstanding the heavy work in America is not a disgrace, 1. increase of expenses, the' company has have openet! a " able to maintain' improvements. Thus the ¢ £100,000 had been expended in Labor Cost Bothers CT.R. shop. been tountess De Villelame Over here, exploits ber action. This is her of working Sxpenses wad a trifle UES Thc np as YE. to wt tom ier. at a k ¥ or winter, great y Bow wad the im- . pountess declared that the hats rise in the. cost of lsbor, due to would (he great prosperity diving the last setely years. A Alberta Coal Sirike Settled, fen per weveral thousand of miners of Alberta Om" hepyy on strike, fighting for months, has been arranged by Rogers. 'Hon. 1 4 announced by the CPR that of shortly insugurate a new | [direct steamship Servite between Can "1g uent made, fetrueting a direct dior. Tie Cana} Winnipeg, Oct. 27.«In an announce 1 Premie- Roblin, of Muni toba, asserts the probability of con- | line of railroad froin Winnipeg to Hudson In: He | stated the project to be quite feasible and intimated that it would be car ried to completion. SR A AAO STEACY'S. THE PEOVLE'S STORE, | Q 1Q | O00 00000C000000V0000 To Sucteed Hart, London, Oct. 27,--A Pekin despatch to the Times says that an' imperial resctipt confums the appointment of Francis Arthur Aglen, deputy inspeot- or-general of the imperial maritime customs, China, as the successor of the late Sir Robert Hart, Halton Decided Too Late. Ottawa, October 27.--A meeting of | Halton conservatives decided to offer their seat to Mr. White. A delegation | was despatched to Ottawa, and this | delegation, bringing David Henderson with them reached Ottawa in time to see the finance minister accopt the Leeda offer MARRIED, Be Oa ghter Stokes Port to DINGMAN 11 18:1, lda of N J Di f Tn! ») RORERT J. REID, The Leading Undertaker. 'Phone B77. Princess JAMES REID The OM Firm of Undsriakern. 254 and 208 PRINCESS Pon Ambulance, ie 147 for "THE WAT GAL IS NOW A HEROINE Rescued Eight Men From Certain Death After Barge Had Sunk. Savannah, Ga, Oct. 27.-Nis Anuie Martus, known lo sea-fariog men the world over, and to all who have en- tered the port of Savannah by des, as "lhe Waving Girl," because of the fact that she salutes every nfomiog and outgoing vessel that comes to this port with a waving lantern or waving haudkerchief, is the heroine of Savannah, to-day, because of her splendid work early Thursday moiu ing in rescuing men who were on board a dredge which burned to ihe water about eight miles from Sa: vannah. One man, Eugene Aagustus, # Porto Rican, lost dis life im the fire, but the other thirty one werd saved, ang eight of these owe Their lives 10 Mids Marius, «%o rescued them on a pontoon, which they had ent away from the dredge, nud upon which they were being curried tupidly fo sea, when she pulled owt to them in a rowboat, and, getting a Hoe at (ached (0 the pontoon, town! back to her home at Tybee Light. $ After resening these en Miss Mas tus, aided by her brother, saved the others from the marsh, where they hal climbed, reaching © by the pipe line that fed from the dredge. FOR STUDENTS, All kinds of Boskeases. , Book. shelves, Writing Des udy Tables and Easy Chairs, 1 prices at s 'Phone 708. Price of Beer to Advance. 8t. louis, Mo. Oct. 27.-Seversl leading brewers of the city announced they would be compelled soon to de clare an ineresse in the cost of beer of ~about fifty "eents 8 barrel. The The crew of thifiy-twe men elud: notion ie necessitated, it is said, by oo Xx why. Swides, Norwegians, | the prices of hops avd malt, which Npatiards, Porto Rienus and Greeks. | buve almost doubled in year. Bb Ce rm ho, fegislulive swsembly, Fon. Alert ill s. & Co, Matheson wos uniuisously puminated, | pm Ra Says 1%: Zhontd Resign, Who's Your Hatter? hats in King the store of To weleet your furs 'and Aros" is the plore." © hg Now.is a Good Tiew i Toropta, a 2955The Macken Liberal Clals voted that Leader'