Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1902, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg wednesday october 8, 1902 sixteen pages. No. 71. News of the Day. rapidly increasing. .iiv5 in Chicago held steady. Raay visit Winni a new the All american i. A trial continued sentenced to be hang a. C. 1 Ana 7. Tit. Ottawa., delivered . Of what were inspected Coal miners Are stubborn president Mitchell declines to accede to president Roose velt latest association also retails at per ton in new sence of military creates no unrest at the collieries. Bribery at Hamilton. Two True Bills against e. S. Brenner in connection with Coal contract. Hamilton oct. Grand jury at the assizes this afternoon found two True Bills against. Contractor . S. Brennen for attempted bribery civic officials in connection with his Coal contract. Granary destroyed. We. Thompson property with con tents near Oak Lake burned. Oak Lake Man., oct. Thompson granary 35 Miles West from Here was burned this afternoon with contents 200 bushels of Oats and a Small Quantity of wheat. Club will place in he yield. I a tic n re reported from . Paso 1. And party addressed Prairie. Paso 7. Tors third for mailed yesterday. Of Trade discussed at a general meet mid in lifted Man killed i . Yards has been f unit in Canadian i losses Are reported 1. Were attacked by and the police .1 of Thos. N Rourke u at ha1, o arrested in with Southern -1 Ard a mid ii. A i Ali sick on the Are being n it a Prairie fire farms. Pape Over people from "si.iu-3 in Western Tif a arrivals were of cd the new t i Premier has sail d Bird if discussed c. S run of City und Grain in of. passed a Ritso Lukin on it Mitchell has declined to a to Dat Roosevelt latest re 1 the miners to work on Zirri Vii cd commission be aped. 1 Washington oct. Roosevelt has requested or. Mitchell president of the mine workers Union to use his influence to induce the men to go to work with the Promise of the appointment of a. Commission to investigate their grievances and a further Promise that the president urge upon Congress legislation in accordance with a recommendation of that commission. No reply has yet been received from or. Mitchell. The president sent Carroll d. Wright commissioner of labor to Philadelphia to meet or. Mitchell and or. Wright has reported that after the proposition of the presi Dent had been submitted or. Mitchell said that he wanted to take it under consideration. It expected that i the will take up the suggestion co u of the president and decide on it after it has been presented to them by or. Mitchell. Commissioner of immigration san Reant returned from l huh d Olphia to Day but had no a to communicate he not see or. Mitchell in that official statement. The following statement was made Public it the White House this after noon on monday i. Or. Car Roll d. Wright commissioner of labor went to Philadelphia. And Nave to or. John Mitchell the following from the president fully and then said that he would not discuss the matter at All. In reply to several questions regarding president Roosevelt request or. Mitchell made the same reply i have nothing to say on the subject at does not favor it. Buffalo. Oct. Learned from a reliable source that the proposition made by president Roosevelt was Dis cussed at the afternoon session of the Coal conference that president Mitchell has taken an unfavourable attitude toward it. In Liverpool Manitoba wheat proclaimed King tribute paid to no. I hard by chamber of Commerce Exchange opened by sir Wilfrid miners Are confident. Officials of strikers believe All signs Point to ultimate Success. A. Oct. Two principal features of the Anthracite he claimed Public attrition in the Coal Fields to Day were will the miners yield to the desire of the president of the frilled Stales for them to return to and in he j Vest Gate afterwards will the mine operators be Able to carry out their Promise to produce enough Coal to relieve the situation if Given the Protection of the full Milita a Power of the state a most careful inquiry among the District officers present not including the District presidents who Liverpool oct. Laurier of Canada opened the new produce Exchange Here to Day prior to sailing to Morrow for Home. In his speech he alluded to the expansion of the Canadian produce Trade and dwelt on the Success assured to men of muscle and business capacity who would go to Canada and occupy the vast territories there which still a peopled. The Prev incr also said that in the course of the next decade or two can Ada would be Able to meet great Bri Tain total Grain requirements thus insuring her against a shortage in War time. The problem of a fas steamship service Between England and Canada the Premier further remarked had been under consideration Ever sine he had been Premier. He hopi a tha Canada would be Able to solve it a she had solved others vastly mor difficult. Tribute to our wheat. Speaker emphasized his was her son a conspirator strange Story of an insurance agent from Collingwood told to the Toronto that w. H. Brown proposed to. Divide up insurance Money if his Mother was on bail. Buffalo to Day and the rank for. Mitchell will secure the in j tilt mine workers it was return to work of the miners sent irent strongly in the Anthracite regions the presi Dent will at once appoint a committee u acc Penn a feat the president pro form. to of the situation Hio uni Noii i nirl will do All it exists the opinion 10 u atoms and Amie if. Ana win so until the under j known Here this con Derator. But the president has i Ter noon. And it was earnestly not yet been advised of any decision " pts the striking miners Ana nothing to say. I generally. It. positively now Buffalo oct. Mitchell i those who Are the associated press Des Patch from Washington stations that Pri Sidenia. Too Serli had requested the speaker emphasized Nis belief that the Empire ought in future to be built upon the arts of peace rather than War. He said Canada was ambitious to Excel great Britain both in population and wealth and remarked that he was proud to take Back the testimony of the Corn Exchange that the finest wheat in the world was grown in Manitoba. Sir Wilfrid and lady Laurier left Here to Day for Montreal on the Beaver line Steamer Lake Erie. Collingwood ont oct. Of the strangest stories Ever told in a Canadian court was related Here to Day by John Rose insurance agent at the preliminary investigation be for magistrate Nettleton into the charge against h. Brown of a conspiracy to murder his Mother. The Story was that Brown who a fireman in the waterworks and electric Light station approached him with a proposal to remove Brown aged Mother and Divide insurance on her life Between them. immediately decided to assume the part of a detective save the old lady life and make the would be murderer pay him for his trouble. To Complete the unnatural son discomfiture Rose arranged to take the old lady to Toronto just that her son might be persuaded to go to the depot kiss her and bid her Good Bye for tha last time that he would see her in this life. Brown refused to go. He put up Only 1520 of the and of that Rose spent on old mrs. Brown and the whole plan proved abortive. Rose told the court he thought he should be commended for his in the affair. Mrs. Brown whose life it alleged had been in jeopardy was examined and gave evidence of failing memory. She said her son had promised nothing for the insurance of her life and afterwards that he had promised her ?200 of the insurance on her deceased husband life. She alleged that Rose had insulted her when he called at her Home. Counsel for Brown asked for tha discharge of the prisoner on the ground that there could not be a conspiracy of one. The magistrate re-., served judgment until this morning. Prisoner Brown was granted bail for sir Wilfrid Laurier sails great growth of British Canadian Trade. Tanosi in to iwo the Union that president Mitchell and Cable warn. From the free press District presidents have All along in Wilfrid and i. .1 or Mitchell to use his influence to in Duce the men to return to work with a Promise of the appointment of a to investigate or. Mitchell read the dispatch care been opposed to the men to work without some but whether they Are still so inclined Ith the president appealing to them stat a. It reas London up t oct. The miners cannot be Ollie ally cont on Page eight the weather. Probabilities. Not much change temperature. And thurs tin i a y n portion t begun lag South fair wednesday in a t thursday fair thermometer readings. readings for Many holders of stocks beg drop in Cana Dian securities. In Oft. S. It ii at sets the temperature at t in weather u Lai t night Winnipeg i Clr v a eld. I fir .7" i tip a pm. Rid. Ste. Marie m a tilt Ste. Marie out., oct. Hale murderer of his son was seen yesterday at rho Bay and through Over carefulness on the part of Constable Kush was allowed to Hale appeared still i at the door of or. S Houe he explained that lie was a cattle buyer Ami for in Tio i concerning cattle a to him the into j v my. Niichi i Ricu n. K. Secl l. And closed with the lady Laurier and Hon. Or. Fielding and family sailed on the steamship Lake Erie from Liverpool to Day after a most cordial reception by the liver Pool authorities. They expressed themselves Well satisfied with the prac i tical results of their visit though it. Hon Jos. Chamberlain had regretfully announced that he was unable to pledge the British Cabinet to a Tariff preference in favor of the colonies. The Canadian , however be Lieve British Public opinion moving in the direction of the exemption of colonial wheat flour and other pro ducts the British governments tax Toronto. Oct. Men who a week Aro were Well off. Rich a Are beg Gared. Thorn wire of can Here to Day Market i i weak at a i. Vol Saui i stocks twin . Fan. Toned to the so and authority. Has in Lias his Back the break in the first i Call or. In i in clients Lur . The result in in for Revenue purposes Only. Word they believe the idea of the Empire a Trade unit growing among englishmen. They also believe the British ministers Only await this pub lie Sanction. The colonial Premier stoutly denied the United states or other foreign countries have any cause of complaint. 3 the Canadian ministers had difficulty to make certain British minis ters notably it. Hen. W. St. John who elaborated his own scheme for Imperial defence under stand that Canada so situated that she must move cautiously. The Brit ish ministry and especially or. Chamberlain now however realize How impracticable it at present for can Ada to make a Money contribution to the Imperial army and Navy. Concerted measures will be adopted for training troops in different parts of the Empire so that when the necessity arises All can act with greater cohesion but the Canadian ministers discouraged Al suggestions to limit in the smallest de Gree Canada full management of the Canadian forces. At sir Wilfrid Laurier speech at the opening of the Liverpool chamber of Commerce to Day a new Pom from the Board of returns issued this afternoon showing the Large in creases in Anglo Canadian Trade de spite the new British duties from which British ministers regretfully declined to exempt Canada. British imports of Canadian wheat increased i the past nine months Flou increased other increase Are Bacon cheese 000 butter hams cattle horses hew Wood sawn Wood the total imports of Canadian canned Salmon were from the Atlan tic from the Pacific lob sters. On Tho other hand Maize decreased Oats peas 000 Sheen eggs it also astonishing the increases a British exports to Canada for the a Thomas o Rourke mysterious death investigation at Park Hill ont Over the sudden demise of a Winnipeg District that the Man had been poisoned. Of the Park Hill ont oct. The lat Ter part of August the remains of Thomas o Bourke who had died in Manitoba were brought to Park Hill for interment at mount Carrel about nine Miles from Here. There appears to have been a Strong suspicion that he Man had been poisoned. To Day the Budy was exhumed and Brous to Park Hill. A postmortem now being held by doctor Johnston of Toronto or be half of the provincial government and or. Wilson of Park Hill. An inquest begin this afternoon before the Coroner or. Caw. Inquest adjourned. The Coroner in the afternoon when the inquest was opened announces that he had decided an adjournment for two weeks was necessary to enable an. Examination to be made 01 the viscera of o Rourke by professor Ellis of Toronto. The adjournment was made and the contents of o Rourke stomach have already been sent to prof. Ellis to be tested for Poison. This action was taken the result of the exhumation of o Rourke body to Day at mount Carmel near Park Hill where burial had taken place the postmortem examination disclosed symptoms that warranted or a j. Johnston a Toronto expert who conducted it. In advising the Cor Oner to have the stomach Analysed. Or Dasher pig Iron bar Iron Railroad Iron 000 sheets boiler plates which indicative dust rial activity. Remarkable in Marine news. The above despatch of Especial interest to residents of St. Boniface and Winnipeg districts. Or. O Rourke resided some distance from Winnipeg on the St. Boniface Side of the River. He was driving Home from St. Boniface with mrs. O Rourke and stopped at a residence up the River for a drink. Shortly after drinking o Rourke was taken ill and death Fol Lowed in a few hours. Circumstances surrounding his sudden demise were regarded suspicious and relatives instituted an enquiry with the result above stated in the Park Hill Des Patch. Mrs. O Rourke the widow at present in St. Boniface and a brother resides at St. Adolphe. Was Guilbault murdered alleged victim of Labelle and four Nier known. Dawson Yukon oct. Name of the Man alleged to be killed by Labelle and Fournier known and la Archille Guilbault. He left Dawson. This summer in a Small boat. Guilbault was interested with Fred Lefebre and a Man named Cartier in a claim on lower Dominion Creek and during tha lower Dominion Creek and during tha summer made Way with some belonging to his partners. He Cama to Dawson and struck out for the lower River. At Eagle City he was joined by Labelle and Fournier ostensibly to take a trip to the outside world but alleged to have been murdered about forty Miles above Cir Cle City it was at first reported that the Man name was Gilbert Dufour. Lak1- slitting. Proceeds int or " a. Oct. In or Mana my Irr. Kryer i Rich. j of leading Fayi the a. A l Oto Yale. Ciol sate. Samoa. Arman. Ger be Shore. Onoka. Price go Al. . About the . M or i Leback. Mariposa j to Irish oct. Monarch from ,.s nor Bani mar. Do for Owen Smyd at for Midland at Ockan steamships. From. A plus Jenna Montreal i now York new York til her 1 i int. Glasgow.-.iliv for. R. Rhi Ladi Ophir. Glasgow steel suit. 7.--twcr.ty-seven thu m a suit entered v hol f. Dover com it v1 i in i a Nnaji a. A i. t i i in to accept Iron and steel in blocks at to 7p i a slump c a difference 1. Price of Tho Stock value. To Day the Stock Hove Huntsville merchant injured. Falls oat. Oct. 7.-h. S. May. I Oard a Randly moving train. This of fell Between the wheels of the and the platform and was very bad doctors in consultation Tomk the ii Jaroll cannot live Many hours. U. S. Ambassador to Rome. To Jishin ton. Oct. 7.-the president has to a print Henry a White. Secre tary of the United states . ambassador to Rome Ine Apt ointment probably will not be made until next Spring Chippewa murder mystery september immigration enormous increase compared with last year Over three thousand americans arrived. Immigration returns for the past month of september give convincing evidence of the Large numbers of americans arriving in Western Canada to take up land. For september 1002 a total of 5.314 arrivals Are reported by commissioner Smith compared Ith a total of for the same month last year. Of last month nerf i Comers came from the United states being nearly Soo in excess of the total arrivals for the entire month. In the previous year. The returns for the nine months show that Over new settlers have reached the Wert this year and the end not act. Twenty years ago produced from the fret 1 refs of Loca a h Dale. Negro and not. 1 the murder but were at their own this ended the inquiry and sury Brou glut in a. Verdict that mrs Jessie Franks came to her death at the nand of some persons unknown to the jury. _ tarte for governor. Ottawa oct., 7.-sir Louis Jette ten lieutenant governor o position. Preliminary meeting of the promo ters of the Winrig tog Sloe a Gram and inning Exchange was held at the office of Quinlan Ross yesterday. This Enterprise with a capital of a divided into 400 shares at 50 each was started several others. T the c p r. Track has now reached a Point North from smugglers Point. The St. James Bridge Over the Tassinl borne Beins rapidly pushed to completion. This City on the St the wife of Eben scr Mccoll. Esq., inspector of Indian agencies of a son. Last Nuht j. S. Coolican sold 128 lots in rapid City at of j22 each. A or acct Narty consisting of e. La Tupper James Galle Sale. John d Mclntyre Harry Prince and r f Dale. Have to Thunder Bay on a tour of observation. An architect advertises a enclose Armstrong Point. Hooray Canada for the canadians Toronto new c. P. And Brandon. Great chances. Further particulars to Morrow. Hon b b. Wood chief Justice of Mani Toba was suddenly stricken with paralysis and died at Eglit o clock last a Lent. The benches of the Law society have appointed a committee consist Ink of messes. Blanc hard. Suck Engin and j. A m. Aikins to make funeral arrangements. Undersigned hereby challenges any female pedestrian in Manitoba to enter a go you pm Aso con test of 27 hours against a female Pndc train whom he will name. Stakes Side. Signed Dan . The pedestrian contest Between Hunt Hornsby and Mccall was completed at the music ii Pavilion last the score at the close was Hornsby m Miles. Hunt 157. Mccall dropped out. O provincial Orange grand Lodge act vaster Day and passed resolutions unanimously condemning the nor my government for falling to have the Orange Bill assented to. Or c Drinkwater. Secretary of the c. P. R. Company arrived in the City yesterday and a guest at the Potter House. The briton dramatic company at Tho City Hall to night will present Matri Rev e h. Dewart . Editor of the Christian guardian conducted services in t6s Zion Church ;