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re@pon stiy @ NT ofi are MS nt t the nor & Ir® P p® 1pot xt Vienna, May 20.â€"The returns from "$A the elections held on Tuesday throughâ€" out Austria, while not complete, show eonclusively that the most powerful parâ€" ties in the Lower House of Parliament that will assemble June 12th, will be the Bocialists and the Antiâ€"Semites. The success of the Antiâ€"Semites has not been so remarkable, but still it is great. They numbered twentyâ€"six repreâ€" enua and Prague, and in the German manufacturing districts of Bohemia and Moravia. In the last House of Deleâ€" gates the Socialists bad only eleven seats, whereas now they have elready secured nearly sixty seats, and they are Mkely to get many more in the reâ€"balâ€" The spoils of the first election in Ausâ€" #tria under universal suffrage have gone *o the factions that were possessed of the best party organization. This is esâ€" pecially the case with regard to the Soâ€" dalists, and the country has not yet reâ€" eovered from its surprise at this result. The Socialists were splendidly organized, and they worked hard. Their gains were mostly in the industrial centres of Viâ€" Had Eleven Seats, Have Now Sixty Semites Make Big Gains. SOCIALISTS‘ BIG VICTORY IN AUSTRIA Boise, Idaho, May 20.â€"The work of toâ€"day into the peremptory challenges, the prosecution excusing the first one, Wm. Van Orsdale, a Boise grocer, who had been passed for cause by both selecting the Haywood jury progressed Mrs. Haywood pays close attention to the trial. Up to the present the hearing of the case has been wanting in dramatic feaâ€" ture. There have been touches of humor and of pleasant persiflage between counâ€" sel, but a complete lack of anything to act as a reminder of the tremendous tragedy upon which the curtain is about to rise is evident. The proceedâ€" ings are commonplace and the whole scen«e nothing more than might be exâ€" pected at an ordinary murder trial. e e eP n Ho arouse the public to a discussion of the ease before the jury has been selected. Haywood takes a keen interest in the work of selecting the jury. He sits within six feet of the chair occupied by Juror Xo. 6, and immediately behind Mr. Richardson, his leading counsel. His youngest daughter sits in the chair to the right, and between him and his wife, who every morning and afternoon is wheeled into the court room in an inâ€" valid chair. The girl is constant in her attention to her father. If he consults too long with the attorneys she pinches his big fingers or lays her hands on his shoulders. prisoner, as they pas eourt room. On no seen in the court ro minent merchint or as juryman er witne is exm.ained only by to avoid anvthing + seat is filled by a t not been examined for fully qualify before reached, Under the cireumsta able that interest in §0 AL as EHoisa is . increase. ‘The attendance room vesterday was even that of the preceding day no crowd outside to see eause or not meore than cupants of the _ Under the r _3 _ _ t AEPMIOETG I6 Wwas noted toâ€"day that more women were present at the trial than at any previous session and it is possible that the sheriff may soon summon some of them to take up their duty as citizens and stand the preliminaâ€" ary tesis ior qualification as jurors. With ten men in the box who have been paseed for cause by both the proseâ€" eution and defence, the trial of Williain D. Haywmood, secretary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, charged with the murder of former Govâ€" ernor Frank Steunemnburg of Idaho, toâ€" day enters upon its fourth day. The morning eession will be talken up with the qualification of the two men necesâ€" sary before the work of examination reliminary to peremptory challenging | ZQinl. It is thought probable that the box will be filled during the morning session, but it is not likely that more than two or three of the present ocâ€" eupants will be retained. : Counsel for the defence and prosecuâ€" tion admitted to the Associated Press today that the chances for retaining ! more than three or four of tha i.1..0 | and as women have equ is wome likelihood that is completed one or mor seated as members. It y that more women were trial than at any previm Boise, Idaho, May 20.â€"There is a posâ€" sibility that women may be called upon to serve as jurors in the Haywood case now on trial here. The unanimity with which the men are trying to avoid jury duty is making it necessary for the Sheriff to scOur ht mininkrenties Hil c . WOMEN MAY BE CALLED ON HAYWOOD Jury «o far mmin;d -v;;; of the counsel said t ¢ tnan three of the prese of the box are to be acco the rules of practice in urts when a seat is vacate under peremptory challen filled by a talesme&n wh. inything th * cireumstances it iterest in the ; Boise is concerne ‘he attendance in they passed from or On no day has tha ors in the Haywood case ere. The unanimity with are trying to avoid jury ig it necessary for the r the country for jurors have equal suffrage there defence and prosecuâ€" the Associated Press chances for retaining or four of the tales. ance in the court even smaller than that before the jury more women may be the str Ccause the on s emall. In that he ex; 3 it is remarkâ€" & proceedings rmed does not There was the jurors or challenge the nan who has e or he must next seat is present in _ the rcated for F was working for sc ngittg challenge, when he t the the fact that Wing ces :| the very best sort ‘""*C | wood possibly coul * *¢ Ewith alf dexterity, t late. osecuâ€" i C Press Boise, Idaho, de: UNinE [ for the memory of tailes (first Judge of the t fuct j _ _ _ °_ y ST SOG cal element, which for so )B""E..";t: strueted any real work in :ge Lower Howse of the Austrian Parliament. The Ministers are hopeful that this defeat will impress upon the LAberal eleâ€" ment the necessity of improving their party organization, and while they deâ€" lore the enormous socialistic wave that gu swept over the country, they find some consolation in the fact that it has almost distinguished the National radiâ€" with thirty candidates in the reâ€"ballots. , Consequently there are two diotinct’ features to be seen in the coming House, | a Socialist party possibly 70 strong, and an Antiâ€"Semite Clerical Centre numberâ€" ing perhaps 80 or 90, as the German clericals, who secured twentyâ€"six seats, always make common cause with the Antiâ€"Semites. ; promise of work on | Pacific Railway, but ‘ found that they were ing the work the com ; Statement Denied That Englishmen ‘ Were Refused Work at Port Arthur, Port Arthur, May 20.â€"There has been ) a story going the rounds of the eastern | papers which has gained some credence in England that a party of twentyâ€"four ,Englishmon from Ipswich had been reâ€" { fused work in Port Arthur entirely ou | the ground that they were Englishmen. (It is true that a party of men came ; to Port Arthur from England under sentatives in the old have already fiftyâ€"nine with thirty candidates t& Bad _ . _ ,4 ; ___ O MNESs intently, and whenever {anything happens that brings out a laugh in the court room Haywood joins ! in the merriment. ’ It would appear from interviews with the best informed persons here that any | fear of trouble caused by the more radâ€" iical element has now disa; ~»ared. _ The belief is expressed that the labor unions !throughout the country realize that the State of Idaho proposes to give the men a fair trial. That this is the fact those who have watched the conduct of the case do not attempt to deny. The writâ€" ers for Socialist newspapers and for the organs of the labor unions, who are here in large numbers, themselves in converâ€" ‘ sation state most positively that their views have changed, and they express the conviction that Haywood will be given every opportunity to clear himself of the charge against him. _ _ Haywood has change« _demeanor within the las first he left his counse and appeared to be tak interest in the selectio Now, however, he scans closely, and is almost . conference with his couns the proceedings intently anything happens that laugh in the court room in the merriment. ; , Boise, Idaho, despatch Out of respect |for the memory of Howard Nugent, the ,first Judge of the Ada County District | Court after Idaho became a State,, the | court over which he presided as one of | the predecessors of Judge Fremont Wood | will not proceed with the preliminary stages of the trial of William D. Hayâ€" wood, charged with the murder of forâ€" "NYCY CUioverans Weanl @p l0 qh e. th? counsel for There is still a jury will h: court adjourns th j"C very best sort of juror that fi;'y.:f wood possibly could have he backed upj with all Gexterity. But he was too ‘ la4a P WET e e o oi biow to the defence through the loss !o.’ a juror on their own examination who would have made conviection imposâ€" sible. This was Samuel Wingate, who had been provisionally accepted by the State for the eleventh place. _ It was under examination by Attorney Richâ€" ardson that Wingate disclosed the fatal defect in his qualification, a fixed and stubborn opinion that Harry Orchard, one of the most important withesses fori the State, the miner who has confessed | that he killed Steunenberg, and on whose ’ coniession the arrest of Mo er, Hayâ€" wood and Pettibone was bueJ: was not | to be believed under oath, f Wingate deciared that he could not | even obey the instructions of the court i if it should require him to give any | eredence to Orchard. His opinion of | Orchard was such that if the miner were to be a witness it would certainly prejuâ€" | dice him against the State‘s case, and / undoubtedly sffect his verdict. | Mr. Richardson â€"stumbled upon this | disclosure by accident, when he was ‘ going four bells after Wingate on anâ€" | other line. 1 Wingate witness to was workit THAT C predecessors of Judge Fremont Wood ill not proceed with the preliminary ages of the trial of William D. Hayâ€" ood, charged with the murder of forâ€" er Governor Frank Steunenberg, until o‘clock this afternoon. Judge Nugent as the father of John F. Nugent, one of e counsel for Havywood sides for fides for the second place in the box. The morning session brought a hard blow to the defaman . â€" khumumoh .410 a.0f ate had not seemed a desirable _ to the defence, and Richardson rking for some cause on which to e, when he suddenly revealed that Wingate would have been o w2u 1 10. STORY FROM IPSWICH 22 5 w of wiliam D. Hayâ€" rged with the murder of forâ€" nor Frank Steunenberg, until his afternoon. Judge Nugent ther of John F. Nugent, one of 1 for MHaywood. still every reason to hope that 11 have been seleeted before urns on Saturday afternoon. F y l0 1 8 the old House and thin the last two days. At his counsel severely alone d to be taking little or no the selection of the jury. er, be scans each talesman is almost continuously in ith his counsel. He watches yâ€"mne seats in the eciared that he could not e instructions of the court require him to give any Orchard. His opinion of such that if the miner were on the Grand Trunk but on arrival it was rere not capable of doâ€" company wanted them changed greatly im his and Antiâ€" they ‘Italy Will Take Part in Discussion at | The Hague. Rome, May 20.â€"Foreign Minister Titâ€" toni, in a statement in the Chamber of ’ Deputies toâ€"day on the attitude of Italy at The Hague conference, said that the Italian Covernment favored the limitaâ€" tion of armaments, and would even take part in a discussion of the question at ‘ The Hague, but the Government agreed with the Austroâ€"German reservations on the subject, because of the difficulty in finding a practical, acceptable solution of the problora. Mr. Robb further announced that the federation had completed all necessary @rrangements for effecting arrests unâ€" der the Lemieux law. if the men did not return to work pending a settlement of the dispute. "We shal â€" nto put this riachinery into operation howâ€" ever," he continued, "nntil after Mr. Lemieux‘s arirval in Montreal toâ€"morâ€" row. _ We are awaiting the action of the Labor Department before taking any decisive steps." , Mr. Beleourt, manager for the Shedâ€" den Company, announced toâ€"day that they would not comply with the deâ€" mands for an increase, but would fight to a finish. A fully attended meeting of the Ship ping Federation was held this morning. At the conclusion the Secretary, Mr. Robb, said that the Federatian had no statement to make, and had arrived at no definite decision as a result of the meeting. _ Asked if there had been any overtures made by the shipping inâ€" terests to the strikers, he said: "None whatever. We have made no offer. We have nothing to compromise,. We are now awaiting the arrival of the .\fim'ster‘ of Labor, the Hon. Mr. Lemieux." _A Montreal despatch: There are now _over 400 teamsters out, and it is said that by noon toâ€"morrow Montreal may be in the grip _ of a general teamsters‘ strike. â€" The move of the Shedden Comâ€" pany‘s men is understood to be merely the signal for the entire local body ot city teamsters to come ifnto the field for more wages,. The chief transter comâ€" panies of Montreal expect that their emâ€" ployees will be on strike in the mocning, The officials of the ‘Longshoremen‘s Union still adhere to the fiction that there is no strike. "The men have mereâ€" ly left work," said Mr. Mansfield, the secretary. ‘ been arranged for Monday next, at which the agreement ratified by the urion last Saturday night will be subâ€" mitted. LIMNITATIONS OF ARMAMENTS. A meeting of the representatives of the Street Railway Company and the Street Railway Employees‘ Union has been arranged for Monday next. at Tho teamsters, like several other trade unionists, are asking for an adâ€" vance in wages. Last night the union held & special meeting, at which a reâ€" port of the special committee recently appointed to interview the employers was submitted. _ At the close of the meeting it was said there would be no strike toâ€"day. Shop No. 4â€"§8$97, $1,032, $1,036, $370, $793, $057, $070, #s20, ss359, $949, $842, $818, $057, $070, $820, $859, $949, $942, $812, $976, $989, $1.010, $057, $838, $788, Shop No. 5â€"$1.081, $950, $078, $1,031, $012, $376, gos1. g046. $1,.056, $072, $984, $89G6, $1,065, $964, $9024, g1002. The union men will receive 5 a week strike pay from the international orâ€" ganization besides something from the looal. Shop No. 3â€"$8G5, $955, $800, $305, $301, $7093. Shop No. 4â€"§897, $1,032, $1,036, $793, $057, $070, $820, $359, $940. I BPR â€" ADâ€" ul uwu\‘)’: Shop No. 1â€"$905, ,gas, $025, #940, $004, $070, $983, $717, $025, $034, $1,155, $094, $719, $074, $070. Shop No. 2â€"$1,134, $975, $032, $987, $897, $9076, $1.022, ‘gor7. Mr. Merrick issued _ a statement showing what the union men have earnâ€" , ed. If the union plumbers worked ten | hours a day their wages, he said, would ] be between $1,300 and $1.100 a year. The " following figures, he said, were the sepâ€" | arate amounts earned by individual men | in the year. The shops from which the ; figures are taken are not named, noit.h-’ er are the men earning the money : h Cithy se WE Cc im Cogmmeee We 2 En T us c AB Con eulg t The employers or Master Plumbers, through Mr. James G. Merrick, Secreâ€" tary of the Employers‘ Association, stated the whole affair could be characâ€" terized as nothing more or less than a strike. The employers say the positions are open to union men as well as othâ€" ers. It was stated that W. Mashinter &.l Company, employers at Adelaide street | west, had signed the agreement. Th-ey’ employ about fiity men, and were the first, it was said, to sign. | negl c ol B4 for work. OVER 400 ATORONTO' PLUMBERS LEFT WORK YESTERDAY. TROUBLES OF _ THE LABOR MEN. to do, which was rock work under Conâ€" tract to Foley Bros, & Larsen, The matter was taken up by Immigraâ€" tion Agent Burriss, and work was found for every one of the twentyâ€"four men. Representatives of the Grard Trunk Pacific Railway and of Foley Bros. & Larsen both emphatically deny that the men were refused work because they were Englishmen of that they were reâ€" fused work at all, and say that they would have been given work as common laborers, but they nraf... _3 °_ ""TUnon as such in . Lemieux Expected in Montrealâ€"Men : May Be Arrested for Breach of the | Terms of the Conciliation Actâ€"How | Shipping is Affected. | Situation in Montreal "Amen of that they were reâ€" _ at all, and say that they been given work as common t they preferred to remain Port Arthur. c with employers who | agreecment," stated Mr. ‘ WOR agent of the | person workedg a fight to a . fight between $987, $824, But those who know Ruef well fearful that, when his present 5; of weakness and remorse has pa bhe will fail to make good with nhulzle revelations, except in re oc anx Poigy! wX & 2 1 8 1 Fig POU e scb Piantkap .. es, and long terms in State prison for Mayor Schmitz, and it may mean the conviction of railroad and telephone ofâ€" ficials, against whom charges have been made. Of course, if Ruef makes a clean breast of all his dealings, a score of men who have stood high in the communâ€" ity will be dragged down and punished, and theclearingoutofthecity will be more thorough than was effected by Folk in St. Louis. his enemies have predicted would come out when he had exhausted all legal devices to stave off trial of his case. Jail for Mayor. Ruef‘s promise to confess, for it is certain that he haes not yet made a confession of what he knows of bribâ€" ery by many prominent men, has caused consternation in political circles. _ It meane certain conviction on many chargâ€" . 1 ho " qoi t 0( Om EME RIOTE OE & * San Francisco, Cal., May 20.â€" The greatest sensation in the graft cases since the wholesale confession of the boodling supervisors came toâ€"day, when Abe Ruef, the indictod boss, whose trial was to be called toâ€"day, made a confesâ€" sion of his guilt of extortion in court, and agreed to aid the prosecution of the boodlers who have brought shame upon the city. It was a complete surâ€" prise to Ruef‘s counsel, as well as to . the prosecution, and the scene in eourt.{ was pitiable when the once gay ,debon-i uair, supremely confiident political leader broke down, wept, and nearly colapsed while acknowledging his shame and nisi purpose to live down his old offences. Ruef has been a sick man for several weeks, but his mental condition must be even worse than his physical, for he | :l_xowed in court the yellow streak which ‘ At Same Time Proclaims His Innocence â€"Says He Connived at Corruption in Muricipal Aaffirsâ€"May â€" Mean Jail for Mayor Schmitz. SsAN FRANCISCO Boss ADMITS ClIARSE OF EXTORTINN. 20 ho 2 00 NC VGe . end~ TL jwu a baseless and impudent fabricaâ€" tion. There was nothing in The Mail‘s statement that bore the slightest reâ€" semblance or form to what took place int the conference, ‘ Sir Wilfrid and the Duke, _ Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Sir Frederick Borden and Mr. and Madame Brodeur attended the reception given by the Jaâ€" panese Ambassador. ‘The Duke of Conâ€" naught had an animated conversation with Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Bir Frederick Borden attended the anâ€" nual meeting of the Y.M.C.A., and said the truest way to consolidate the emâ€" pire. was by bringing the people of its component parts into close touch. ‘ RUEF PLEADS GUILTy. ,‘ Sir Robert Bond denies that anyâ€" ,thin,g sensational occurred at yesterâ€" | day‘s conference. He regretted that the Imperial Government had not met his !reasonable demands, but is still hopeful that they will use their best efforts to !undo the mischief caused by the modus ; vivendi. He was deeply disappointed at | the result of his attempt . to obtain justice, Regarding the statemrent in The Daily Mail that Premier Bond had declared at the Imperial Conference that a gross humiliation had been inflicted on him and other representatives of the colonâ€" ies, Mr. Winston Churchiil, replying to a question in the House of Commons, said that as he had learned that the stateâ€" ment had been cabled fully to the eolonâ€" ies it became necessary for him to state that from the â€"bevinhine 4. 11. " °VC make a splendid terminus for the Canâ€" adian trade. Sir Robert Bond said he did not know from which points the steamers would stgrt, but he knew a deâ€" putation was going to â€" visit Bristol shortly to ascertain the possibilitins af Avonmouth. Sir Wilfred, speaking at Bristol, said he was much iunpressed by the new dock. He had seldom seen works of such magnitude and thought it would W 237 ao0 emr ) Sacy [ ACEME ~A 1 EACCY ia 2i \\l’\LIIJ sented with the freedom of the cit; Bristol. _ Afterwards they visited â€" docks at Avonmouth. Sir Wilfred. speaking at Relstal . f London, May 20.â€"Mr. Deakin, adâ€" | dressing the members of the Baltic Exâ€" ‘!clmnge this afternoon, made an ardent | speech favoring preference He said “t»hey bad asked in vain that the quesâ€" Ifion be brought to a practical stage. Their offers had been respectfully deâ€" ,clina:l. The next conference would be a business conference, without banquets, and would be held in the light of day. !In the meantime the hand would be still outstretched. ‘ ’ Dr. Jameson said it was to Premier Deakin they owed what had been got' at the Conference. . Referring to the permanent secretariat Dr. Jameson venâ€" tured to prophecy that the present arâ€" rangement would be such a failure that at the next conference they would get ; what they wanted. | Sir Wiltred Laurier, Sir Joseph Ward | and Sir Robert Bond were toâ€"day proâ€" | kamtierk melh Canil cah Pgs ons oo 0 74 (HONORS FOR â€" sIR WilFRID Three of the Premiers Given Fre:â€" dom of Bristol. Sir Robert Bond Denies Havi Created a Scene. Next Conference Will be a Business One. * Bond is Still Hopeful. Impudent Fabrication. d and the Duke, l aurier. Sir Frederick | and Madame Brodeur | ption given by the Jaâ€" | or. ‘The Duke of Conâ€"| animated conversntion.‘ e‘7 °015 to the end it ind impudent fabricaâ€" nothing in The Mail‘s ore the slightest reâ€" possibilities of s s wuck lake, bask., May 20.â€" W comes here by a trader yfrom the g:! north of a terrible drowning accident in which the wife and three children of G. Cardinal, another independent trader, perished. Cardinal and his family were crossing Coal Lake on the ice, he being ahead on snowshoes. Hearing a scream, he turned, only to sce the entire family perishing in the water, his desperate efâ€" forts to save them being without avail. Thxan an 1hasl, _ _3 _"Ae UCHLh Of Jake Dixon, an Indian, who died from the efâ€" fects of drinking whiskey to excess on | the C. C. ranch on April 20, was opened fhere. Squaws belonging to the same band as Dixon testified that & rancher ’mmed Dan MeDonald induced him to drink until he was helpless, and then atâ€" tempied to assault them, but was beatâ€" en off. A Trader Loses His They fled, leaving Dixon in the ranchâ€" er‘s house. They wenrt back next day and got him in an unconscious condition and carried him to the camp, where he died. MceDonald was arrested and is now in jail in MacLeod. He claims the Indian stole the whiskey, _of the Nanton, Alberta, May quest to inquire into the Dixon, an Indian, who di fects of drinking whiske the C. C. ranch on April Serious Charge Laid He was brought to Woodstock pendâ€" ing removal to Toronto, but owing to the crowded condition of the prison reâ€" mained here for some time. On the morning of March 12 he made his escape from the jail, and it was while chasing him that the late Constable Pow met his death. Woodstock, Ont., May 20.â€"Frederick Forbes, who on maren iz iast e8Capuu from Woodstock jail, has been arrested in Pontiac, Mich. Forbes was located in Pontiac by the Detroit police officials on Saturday last. They communicated with the Woodstock authorities and received instructions to arrest the man, Forbes who is a Tillsonburg man, last winter was convieted on a charge of theft from the Tillsonburg Vinegar Works, and was sentenced to a year in the LCentral Prison. CAPTURED IN MICHIGAN, Escaped Prisoner From Woodstoc __ _ ihe warrant charges Norton with ofâ€" fering indignities to human remains by failing to give the body proper burial. The body sought is that of a child said to have been born last summer. Action was not taken, however, till a few days ago, when the matter wz3 brought to the attention of the Attorneyâ€"Genoral, who referred the case to the county auâ€" thorities for investigation, The search for the child‘s body in the brickyard may take some days, as it may be found necessary to move some brick kilns. Constable and Undertaker Dug Up. a f Carleton West Brickyard,. t _\ Toronto despatch: County Constable | MeMullen and Mr. A. W. Ailes, the Colâ€" | lege street undertaker, were out near i Carleton West P. 0. yesterday, the forâ€" ‘ mer to execute a warrant against Mr. George E. Norton, a brickmaker, and the i latter to exhume the remains of Norâ€" I ton‘s child, which are supposed to have l been buried in a brickyard. Both the search for Norton and for the body provâ€" I ed unsuccessful. Mbrarisd d css Judge Dunne, at the Ruef‘s address, mader n cept to continue the c for sentence. "Duty calls me wherever the path may lead, but I â€"want the whole world to know that I am not guilty of the charge made against me in this instance, Nevâ€" ertholess, on account of the reasons statâ€" ed, I withdraw my plea of not guilty, and enter a plea of guilty," Ruef rose trembling under a great | emotional strain. By this time the courtâ€" room was crowded, and most of the specâ€" tators were standing. Ruef first ackâ€" nowledged the work done by his various ?ntbomeyu, thanking them for their friendship, counsel and guildance, then continued:â€""This ‘trial has â€" become threateming danger to my health, both { mental and physical. I am unable to | bear the strain any longer." Here the |speaker‘s voice failed, and, with shakâ€" . |ing hand, he raised a glass to his lips, | taking huge gulps of water. Spenking‘ , Onee more with effort, he said:â€""The {strain on those nearest and dearest to’ | me is undermining them. ‘Ehey are on | | verge of collapse, their lives hang in . | the balance, and I must take some ac. ! some "I will do all that still lies in my power to help to overthrew the system which has imade possible the terrible corrupâ€" tion of public officials To do this I will work even as the humblest citizen. My future carser will be one of integâ€" rity. I h’ope that I can still achieve TRAGEDY OF FAR NORTH. tion WHISKEY KILLED INDIAN £,lort to secure more delay and failed. Then his attorneys, Henry Ach, Samuel M. Shortridge and Prank Murphy, one by one, arose and stated that, owing to grave difference of opinion with their client, each must withdraw from â€" the case,. Judge Dunn was much moved by what the lawyers said and instinctively turned toward Ruef, who rose to his feet. 3" i3 3 O08 i8 gUHL, Then the lawyers decided to withdraw. When Ruef‘s case was called, his attorey‘s made a final effort to secure more delav and failad Ruef began the procecdings â€" before court opened by calling his counsel toâ€" gether and reading a statement which he afterwards made in court. His main lhwyerl, Shortridge, Ach and Murphy were intensely aroused and pleaded with Ruef to reconsider his decision. They set before him that his case had been legally presented, ad that it was almost impossible to convict on the evidence which the prosecution has disclosed. Ruef wept, but remained firm in his decision to confess his guilt. Then the lawyers decided to withdraw. When Ruef‘s raso same boat. Ruef‘s discomfiture. Schmitz has beâ€" lieved, and still believes, that the friendâ€" ships of prominent men will save him from payig the penalty of his misdecds, and he has taken no pains to hide this from Ruef and to impress upon the deâ€" throntd boss that they are not in the SEARCH FOR DEAD CHILD Again in Toils s_His Wife â€"and Three Children, A Pathetic Figure. Rancher, Boss Breaks Down. ; May 20.â€"The in Against an must take some ac nan, last winter ze of theft from W Works, and in the Central Woodstock Jail e termination of | no comment, exâ€" ' case two wealks Alberta At the anmual session of the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum at Bos#â€" ton yesterday the Supreme Regent reâ€" ported & total membership of 262,500. One saloon after another was being licensed with an attempt to keep the thing quict. Manitoba had unfortunateâ€" ly declared herself when she returned the present Government to power at the last election. The W. C. T. U. was not a political organization, but it was in politics because it wanted to help frame the laws of the country. The Government‘s Administration is Severely Criticized. Winnipeg, May 20.â€"At the annual Provincial convention of the W, C. +. U., opened in Winnipeg toâ€"day, the Prosâ€" ident, Mrs. Chishoim, speaking of the liquor question in this Province, said the proportion of drunkards to the popuâ€" lation was greater than in any other Province. The giant evil was being fosâ€" rered and encouraged by the party in power. _ Never before were so many youths on the downward path, never so many young gir’h going astray. u9D Sn asd Li J !role is likely to be filled by La Milo, a statuary poser, who has expressed her willingness to undertake it on assur â€" ance that the appearance will be "purely for a charitable object," The Mayor of Coventry, who opâ€" posed the decision, is now described as the saddest man in the city. Me is rather scared by the turn events have taken, He has long been ruffled by the daily arâ€" rival of applications from lovely ladies, who have sent their photographs and measurements, recommending themselves and hbe now has a fine eollection of beauties. When asked to show them he blushed violently and refused. The advocates of the traditional Lady Godiva have won, and apart from some slight concessions to the proprietios her ladyship will ride the streets in the altogether. The concessions will take the form of flesh tights and some apparently incidental draperies, _ The Lt 0 eo stt 4 . ns‘ Will Be Attired at C;ventry Fair Net Unlike She of Tradition. London, May 20.â€"The idea of alotkâ€" ing Lady Godiva in the jorthcomi Coventry pageant has been aba.ndcny. This statement coincides with informâ€" ation obtained in revolutionary circles, where it is declared that the men appreâ€" hended last week were occupied with the reorganization of the fighting bands of the revolutionists, which the police succeeded last year in breaking up, and that the authors of the present conspirâ€" acy must be sought outside of St.‘g’o- tersburg. £__ _ C T22 ,0% Int secret service men. &A few underlings have been apprehended, but the real instigators of the crime and the men who furnished the bload money have not yet been identified _ Té pr [lwssum TERRORISTS PLOT [ EMPEROR‘S DEATH Conspiracy Uncearthed at Tsarskoe â€"Soldier Confessed That He Been Offered Large Sum of 1 DRINKING IN MANITOBA. New York, May 20.â€"That a conducâ€" tor of the Grand street car line turned out the lights of the vehicle, knocked him down and robbed him of $980 while hewuapnsengerontheeu, was the complaint made to the police toâ€"day by Antonio Kresnic, a hospital nurse. Kresnic said he boarded the car last night, believing it would carry him toâ€" ward Jersey City. Instead the car was going east. When it stopped at the East diver terminal Kresnic declared the conâ€" ductor in uniform entered the car, turnâ€" ed out the lights and then attacked him with a black jack. While he was dazed by the blows, Kresnic said, the conducâ€" tor robbed him of his gold watch, diaâ€" mond ring and his money. While he was only half conscious, lgresnic said, he was thrown off the car, which quickly started on its return trip. The police are investigating the case. Passenger Says He Was Knocked ";>,. Down id Car side: ROBBED BY CONDUCTOR. to MORE SCHEMING. tion. Wher he xnotif‘;&'tjh;;:.“; ing shadowed he became panicâ€" i and sought the authorities. He C Vileéred Large Sum of Money Assist in Murder of Czar, LADY GODIVA ‘reads of this conspiracy, cally different from former this nature, are not yet in at Tsarskoe Selo eP natcantng e wreas i cs & port (? one of the male missionaries. The General Assembly will be asked for permission to establish a Jewish misâ€" sion, and Toronto will be the first place in which the work will be undertaken. don, to Formosa; Miss Anna M. Nairn, Galt, to India. _ First Presbyterigan Church, Vancouver, has guaranteed supâ€" port of one of the male missionaries. 20 000, QGEnpavOI: . . ue EPOsoyverian Foreign Mission Committee yesterday made the following appointment:â€" Rev. T. A. Broadfoot, B.A., B.D., Winnipeg, and Miss Rachel Mclean, Stayner, to Macao; Rev. Duncan Mcleod, B.A.. Branâ€" The I Experime Sudden End of Ol4 Station Agent at Credit Forks. Unfor of the north pole. Major Hersey leaves Paris for Troemsoe on Saturday. Mr, Wellman himself goes next week, probâ€" ably by way of London, to say goodâ€"bye to friends and meet his daughters, who are arriving from America. "I received a telegram toâ€"day," said Mr. Wellman, "stating that my twentyâ€" nine dogs arrived at Archange! safely, and to me this in important informaâ€" tion. Every dog has been selected by an expert and brought over one thouâ€" sand miles from the Arctic shores of Siâ€" beria. We expect to take twelve of fifâ€" teen of these dogs with us in the airâ€" ship,. I also have word that my steamâ€" er, Fritzhof. will be turned over to us in time to load and leave for Spitzbergen by the last of May." t« AIRSHIP RIDE FOR poGs. The Explorer Wellman Will Carry Sevâ€" certain authoritics in New have broken faith with bot! his elient, _ Mr. Sommervil} an arrangement was arrive if Bartels remained in Can could be settled for $6.000 ; dition proceedings would 1 Subsequertly the money w The Toronto lawyer further this money was obtained Iy States : authorities undar f the Story already ment. TDPC MovC‘s 2i sUCR summer resoris as Keewatin, and in such other organized districts as Wabigoon, Summit, Ox Drift, Dryden, Kagle Rivor and other places. In these places whore licenses have boen in existence for about twenty or twontyâ€" five years, and where travellers on the Canadian Pacific Railway are accommol 11« Ottawa, May 20¢..â€"The Rainy River district, which wasâ€"included in the Doâ€" minion proctamation forbidding the sale of liqnor within twenty miles on cither side of the proposed route of the Transâ€" continental Railway, is not to be entireâ€" ly covered by the torms of the proclamaâ€" tion, 1t was found that the strict enâ€" forcement of the law meant closing up the hotels at such summer resorts as Keewatin, and in such other organized DEAD SITTINXC IN CHAIR CGRAIXS FCOR SAGHALIEN tunate Danish Girls Lured Be:lin by the Score. Meng the Line of thr Transcontincatal Rellwaey,. WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC ntal in tr PAID TO BE LEFT ALONE d WEISEEY AREA EXTENDED Told by Soliciter for Herman Bartels, a Syracuse Brewer. criecn Comunittee . Makes Appsintments. authorities un oral Toward Pole ithorities in New en faith with both Mr. Sommerville ement was arrived ment was arrived at whoreby remained in Canada the bong tiled for $6,000 and no extra eedings would be instituted ly the money was paid over wa & _May: 20.â€"The Danish quested the German police ) against a Swedish agent Brent, who is accused of a great number of young in some cases mere chilâ€" n Prent is accused of beâ€" of the white slave traffic. girls abducted hy him are have been illtreated and their emplovers. AY MISSIONXS n me,. _ They were con inistrator of the Jap said to be a doubtful ques hother the Dominion Gov l close them np, as they are ed by the Ontario Govern of the latte of Ottawa. despatch: Geo. Her er further alleges that btained by the United ""â€"1f all stories are Bartels, the Syracuse e Welland County Jail, an unpleasant experiâ€" sonds tl which which no 1i nited to t« xisting lic at vile, of this city, tols, claims that New York State that the result of The Herald has despatch â€" from rument m« deâ€" the sroa in the cach side of the ich no liquor can or growth ‘, by the ipan, â€" beâ€" ter, _ Conâ€" . request» were conâ€" himself and claims that t f t 11 false pre ios to ten mmies, license will earch caves poit ves was to rmol quesâ€" Govâ€" vÂ¥ are