Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 26, 1902, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vol Winnipeg Friday december 26, 1902. Twelve pages. No i ?0 news of the Day. To the Eili or. Page r May Advance in received from other lands. R a a factory is projected for i Virti to a Midnight mass in a i ago 1. Was Well observed in to sgt of the Murii Torl Christmas i age o. Curlers won the Christmas in Page 5.--.ailkt l minister of Interior in the Western slates. Page 1. He is Fiir ims a to attractive of fare. Page 6. ii the year s in agriculture. Inn gel a shot a policeman. Northern has the Choice thu Rockies. . Killed in the wreck at hot Springs Ark. Were killed. A mass of Brick. Of the Pra Clen. Killed wore in Barrie 1. L is came of the Manitoba i ii evening in win of n a Vator has at Carnduff. 1. 5. Be i brat d surgeon. on his i. S. Flan desires to soil fanning Island a e believes the m i Africa would i mkt 7. Of flin Amite. Tell i 3. Chitty of Montre in hockey an cup in a Nottawa. 1 Aito 3. I -.1 Castro of now for la Arl i ration a Powers. Page 1. The weather. Probabilities. Shifting to South fair becoming a Little Milder. Pair for was not so cold in 1 t portioi.-. Fair t. Soil tag to East and dec Aniny i risk to High. To. Cd Friday. In Central East thermometer readings. readings Tor 1 c. S. 34 b 16.51. The temperature. Psf liar run. K i last Niolu Winnipeg i l iia innate .1-1 r m 1 Orleans i. ult the. Marie. 2 if Castro prefers Hague tribunal Marine news. Steamships. Arrived a. From. Man a . Liverpool y irk n i.ivi-rp-. Olsi. John Xci York new York Pool Rook victims Tims of the explosion have More precarious. Rings. Ark., dec., Joe Kamey both of hot victims of Day s Pool or Losion died Durons the a these Are the Only recorded although four victims Are Likely to die Chicago w. Metzig d. Hot Springs Thomas Arlington hotel hot a. 8. Mctnerney Louis wrought dreadful Pool room which was to rear the turf sex in the heart of the City. Occurred the Pool s i crowded with people and Down in a mass of wreck Rovery of k. C. Chambers proprietors of the club who both wrists broken . C. Burch of Chi a broken leg is in Soline overflowed. Murray the Driver of a no Waggon who was a with criminal neg statement to Day. He to a connection from his like gasoline tank in the r the Pool room. Upon e cellar he found that 20 tis of gasoline had Over for Rord a Pool on the floor explosion to rushed to an and closed it. He says As then opened by a negro the gases coming into con rights in the Pool room in the explosion followed is blown against the Side in but escaped with slight robbed Gen. Miles. Dec. Rod r the Porto re an who robbed inies and col. And mrs. Thev were in Honolulu in r t1 the Philippines has been of larceny in the first de sentenced to three years in Oahu Penitentiary. Canada s astronomy. N. Dec. F. King the astronomer has returned he says that the in atrial Telescope for the i building which is in Cleveland will be ready Days. Venezuela president will submit differences to arbitration court if blockade is favors for red line will Endeavor to secure a divorce for the Princess. Caracas dec. Castro i has telegraphed from la Victoria his acceptance of the proposal to submit All pending differences to the arbitration of the Hague tribunal subject to certain conditions which include cessation of the blockade and the re turn to Venezuela of the Fleet seized by the Allied Powers. President Castro s acceptance has been transmitted to the Washington govern ment from which the proposal Eman ated. Prefers the Hague. Paris. Dec pcs tour de constant has written to for eign minis i Uel Cusse. Notifying him that the writer will Interpol late the government on the reassembling of the chamber concerning the disregard of article 27 of the Hague convention shown by the Allied Powers in coercing Venezuela. In his letter Baron pcs tour Nelies strongly supports the Contention of the United states that the venezuelan trouble should be referred to the Hilr a court. This is not War. Port of Spain. Trinidad dec. Race which had been quietly Between the boats the United states battleships Alabama and Massachusetts Over a distance of three Miles for a stake of was decided to Day and resulted in a. Tic. The time Over the course was 20 minutes 2s seconds. The British Cruiser Charybdis and the British torpedo boat destroyers Quail locket arrived hero this Forenoon. Italians in Disfavour. Caracas dec. Red line Steamer Caracas is cruising to Day be fore la Glaira. She will sail at five o clock. The Steamer Merieda be longing of the same line left Willen stad. Curacao last night for Maria Carbo. She will attempt to ascertain whether the blockade is effective. There is much indignation among the people of la Glaira with Senor de Riva and Herr von Pilgrim Bak Lanzi respectively former italian minister and charge d affaires at Caracas who was considered responsible for the shelling of the torts at puerto cabello. The envoys promenade daily on the Beach at la Glaira it is feared that they May be the object of some demonstration. At Caracas every thing is quiet. President Castro left Here this morning for la Victoria and report says he went to attend a Ball. He is expected to return to the capital this afternoon. What Germany expects. Berlin dec. Local an Zeiger publishes to Day the follow ing statement which was evidently inspired by the foreign office the German government has excluded from the scope o arbitration of the venezuelan difficulty a claim of 000 bolivars which must be paid immediately in Cash before arbitration is the paper adds it is under stood Here that president Roosevelt s undertaking to arbitrate involves an indirect guarantee for the payment of the sum to be awarded. Confidence has grown in government circles during the past Twenty four hours that president Roosevelt will accept the task of arbitration. War against christians. London dec. Correspondent of the times at Fez Morocco de scribes the situation there As Vry Seri Ous owing to a Large increase of the pretender s followers whom tin government troops Are too weak to attack. Reinforcements amounting to men he says will leave Fez to Morrow and an additional Force of irregular cavalry has been called out. Many tribes not already in rebellion. Are wavering Are ready to join the rebels in the event of a serious government defeat. The pretender pro fesses not to claim the throne for himself but to desire to overthrow the Sultan on account of his Kurop Ean tendencies and if successful the rebels Are to nominate a new Sultan who would Promise to continue the War against the christians. New education for the Navy. London dec. Papers have been issued which give full de tails of the new scheme for naval education under which the training of officers is to be unified and simplified by the adoption of a single system for the training of cadets for All three branches of the engineers and marines. The scheme a now detailed confirms the Previ Ous forecast. It will become operative next july. For the first seven years All cadets will receive identical training in every Branch of the ser vice special attention being Given to scientific study. Thence Forward from the age of Twenty the cadets will be drafted into the Dii Fern it branches and will begin to specialize. The scheme enables speedy promotion provides for revised rates of pay the disappearance of engineers disabilities and promotion to the rank of commander selection. King s Christmas described by friends As sufficiently robust to permit him to become or. Temple s Spicci Susor. He is naturally a Diplomat and a courtier like the Rich Bishop Tail and essentially unlike the rough Ami rugged in milk. The Ali shop o a is Nam As tin. Possible Choice of the King i rom Ier Hal four for prin.au-. The Christmas it still Ringham will include a. s tree for the grandchildren and will be Fol Lowed by a series of shooting Pai Tus. Princess denial. Vienna dec. Prin Cess us sax Iny through m. Lai Henna a Fornin r president of Switzerland has int urm ii the Netto a e Mir tag Blatt that she intends to immedi ate Steps to secure a divorce. Sho will nut return to for fear of being a Jacc a in an Asylum. In two to her , the Friend. Princess there so of Kavai a they Cnown complain bitterly of her at the Saxony court where she As always subjected to the strictest she says the of Lucial statements in her Case Are incorrect As is also Public gossip. Pope takes a hand. London dec. Rome correspondent of the daily mail u Lesi in in that As an outcome of it Joliat Loiis with the Saxony court tiie Pope has sent a prelate to Geneva o Ini iture into the circumstances of to flight of the Crown of Saxony with a View to arranging a reconciliation. New zealand and prohibition. Auckland. Dor. Net result the Lucal option pulls in is that Purohi bunion has been carried in six electorate and reduction a ten. The Iota number of votes cast in favor of prohibition is i favor of the reduction of licenses. 134.000. And in favor of the continuance of the present system Toronto mayoralty three candidates in the Lamb s Campaign. Toronto dec. Daniel Lamb announced to night that be was in the Field for the mayoralty. It is not Likely that air. Geo. F. Varteer run and the contest will probably be Between mayor Lowland c. C. Robinson and Aid. Lamb. Sisters of a Montreal Convent suffer a damaged. Montreal Der. The Sist ers of the f provident Convent it Maisonneuve were attending mid night mass Christmas some miscreant entered the building and set fire to two of the rooms. The Sisters on their return discovered the fire and by prompt action wore Able to if out. The offender has not Yel been discovered. Damage of a fire started to night in i photographic studio of j. A. Brule 7 St. Lawrence Street and spread 10 the lower floor occupied by a. I Rudolph co., tailors. The damage will probably amount to con stable forgot was nearly suffocated and was carried out unconscious but revived a. Little in Tor. Rubber May Advance increase in the Price of the crude material in London. Montreal dec. Goods manufacturers in this province and Ontario arc greatly concerned Over the recent increase in the Price of crude material the latest quotations in Lon Don England Beins equal to 09 cents a Pound in this Market and it is Given out in g Ood authority that an and Vance of from in to 50 oits will Fol Low on manufactured goods including Hose and garments. I. Sift i s of states dates of his visit to the immigration agencies South of the line. Ottawa ont., dec. Is under stood that Hon. Clifford Piston will j leave Ottawa on Jan. O on a Toter of inspection of the Canadian i Migra agencies in the United states. He will be in Detroit on Jan. 4 and 5 in Chicago Jan. To and 7 in Kansas City on the St Omaha on the eth and St. Paul on the 10 and 11 from St. Paul the minister of the Interior goes to Winnipeg. Mince his wife of Edward h. Walker discovers her husband dead in bed. Toronto cleric owes no allegiance to Canterbury it Toronto dec. In his Sermon to Day to the deals of the archbishop of Canterbury Canon Velch of St. James Cathedral said fortunately we owe no allegiance to the see of Canterbury. Indeed any thing like the establishment of the anglican papacy would be a Calam Ity of the direst Oakville Bank affairs. Oal Covilie. Ont. Dec. Informal meeting of the creditors of c. W. Ander son was held in. The Council chamber this afternoon about. 75 Persona being present. All present seemed to be of the opinion that the proper and Frost economical Way of up the defunct Bank s affairs would be to appoint a local Man to wind it up and pay of the Hank of Hamilton s claim. A com Mittee composed of John Macdonald. D. O. Cameron and Geo. Andrews was appointed to go to Hamilton Jint investigate the securities held by the Bank and report at the next meeting. St. Paul minn., dec. Was a sad Christmas morning that came to the wife of or. Edward h. Walker of Union Park a suburb of St. Paul yesterday. She called her husband to have him see the Christmas presents and found he had died heart fail ure during the night. He had been dead several hours. Deceased had re tired last night in apparent Good health. He was 133 yearn old and wan a Veteran of the civil War. B1rtle building scorched. E. J. Wilson s building and the town s acetylene Plant damaged. Birtle Man., dec. Small wooden building owned by e. J. Wil son in which was situated the town acetylene Generator was totally destroyed by fire this evening. The Blaze was caused by a Coal stove igniting a partition. The loss to the town is on which there is no insurance. Money for Manitoba College mob hangs Godley for shoot ing a of the crime. Rev. Or. Bryce secures at Moose jaw and expects More. Moose jaw n.w.t., Deo. Or. Bryce leaves to night for Hegina. He has raised for Manitoba. College Here and expects More. Pittsburg kas., dec. The first Effort to Lynch a negro Godney to Day the rope broke. Some one in the crowd Cut godless Throat sever ing the jugular vein. After this he was hanged a second time. The shooting of policeman Hinkle occurred at a dance which was at tended by a Large number negroes from the neighbouring mining Camps. Godley and his brother were drink ing and had become very disorderly when policeman Kinkle interfered. The negroes attacked the policeman and when Hinkle Drew his club to de fend himself Montgomery Godley slipped behind him grabbed tin officers pistol and shot Hinkle behind the ear. The policeman died soon afterwards. The news of the shoot ing spread rapidly and a mob gathered in front of the jail where the Brothers were locked up. The doors were battered in and the mob seized Montgomery Godley. They took the Slayer to a. Telephone pole and Strung him up. Fire in Bloomington Illinois City suffers a loss of sheep burned. Bloomington dec. In the business Section Here to night caused a loss of Chas. Abrams assistant fire chief fell from a ladder and was seriously injured. An Omaha loss Omaha neb., dec. Sheep barns of the Union Stock Yards com Pany at South Omaha were burned to Daj together with sheep entailing a loss of the Day spent at their favorite Resi Dence at Sandringham. London dec. Edward and Queen Alexandra spent the Day at Sandringham this being the first Christmas their majesties have spent at their favorite residence since their accession. The Royal family include in the Prince of Wales Princess Vic Toria the of Fife and Prince Rhar Les of Denmark attended an Early service at Sandringham Church which was beautifully decorated for the occasion the King afterwards person directed the annual distribution of beef and to the employees and tenants on the Sandringham estate. A severe Gale swept the North coast of great Britain to Day and caused considerable damage to shipping and water front property on the Clyde and the Tyne. The primate s successor. London dec. J the Bisl iop of health i at mid Tatla attic. Sara a tit line Cape Brecon. Youa. Scotia. Prof. Lorenz tells of big fee rumours of Large remuneration to celebrated Vienna surgeon denied received in Chicago physicians of various cities derive the greatest Bene four months earnings. New York dec. Adolf Lor end who returned to this City from Boston to Day while discussing his visit to this said in an interview there is one thing i wont to say that is regard to finance. I see it is reputed that i have made in this country now As a mat Ter of fact i got one pc e 01" in Chicago and in the four months l have been Here i have earned just my practice at Home in four months is Worth that. True i have seen a number of Pri vate patients in each of the cities l visited but As you americans say in no instance have they More than paid the freight. As a matter of fact it has been the physicians of the various cities who have profited by my visits. They Are my colleagues and i am glad they did but you see i remained Only two three four or perhaps live Days. During that Timo 1 was working in the Hospital in the clinic. The private patients began to come in and they were operated up on by the local surgeons who had witnessed my clinics. But i am glad i Camo. The trip has been the Crown ing Success of my life. My trip Here has been or. Lorenz spoke gratefully of the hospitality he had received at the hands of the americans. Remains of a Man killed in Winnipeg still of interest. Toronto dec. 25. The Braden Case was again revived by a French woman calling at Barrie and having the body buried in mistake for Braden in the family at Barrie cemetery exhumed. After a look at the Corpse she oi1 dered it to be put without telling whether she i entitled it or not. From the remarks the. Visitor let fall it is thought she wanted to prove her Hus band dead and Tornari a again. The owner oif the body was killed in Winnipeg months ago. The identity was established by the and sister. It is thought the woman is mrs. A. Dennis whose husband was thought to have been the victim of the Accident in Jas. Leeming dead. General freight of the Erie Road passes away. Buffalo x. Y., dec. I Leeming of new York general freight agent the Krie division of the brie railway died Here to Day. He Wax operated on for appendicitis on wednesday. Or. Leeming was a Man of National reputation in Railroad Cir cles Jyrle was born in Brantford ont., in int. He was first connected wit ii railroads in Chicago where he was clerk in the of lace of the Chicago and Eastern of a. R. Or. Looming went to new York where he was chief clerk in the freight department of the Erie. He was made assistant general freight agent and was later promoted to the position of general freight agent. Hibernian consolidate. Syracuse . Dec. 13. Dolan of Syracuse president of the ancient order of hibernian has j signed real papers whereby the order throughout the world is brought under one governing Board. The ratification of the agreement for the amalgamation of the societies in the United states Canada Australia and Ireland comes in the nature of a Christmas greeting from the president of the organization to his Brothers in the faraway countries and those at Home. Sta Echt shot Diing a wibeli1b across the Ocean services of Praise in Toronto closed Early in the Day. Toronto dec. Clay was observed quietly in Toronto and in most places in Ontario. In Ihei churches particularly the roman Catholic the and the. Anglican there were of Praise with special appropriate Nusic and collections. The theatres so . . Matinees which were Well patronized. An interesting comment upon the Temperance Toronto a citizens was that a number of bars were closed Early in the Day. The postmen had heavy work. The Street railway was kept Busy daring the Day carrying citizens paying Christmas visits and As the weather was Sharp and bracing Many pedestrians took advantage conditions to indulge themselves in extended outings. Curl ers played in most of the rinks. Want to Purchase an Island. British offer to secure a half interest in fanning Island. Honolulu h.i., dec. 17, via Victoria b.c., dec. British Cable company owning the All red line from Vancouver to Australia to fan Ning Island has made an offer to James and Henry Bicknell of Hono Lulu to Purchase their half interest in the Island. The company has a Cable Landing there now and is understood to be seeking to Purchase the land King Greig owns the other half in Terest. James Bicknell leaves for san Francisco on the Zealandia and May close a bargain with the Brit a company after he arrives. A Toronto Accident. Toronto dec. Ferguson a Toronto fireman was seriously injured by falling from a ladder at a Jire in s. Price sons Dairy establishment King Street East at it o clock to night. Two other Al term a fell when the ladder slipped on the ice. The fire did a thousand dollars damages. To Day Twenty years ago hems taken from the Frea press of this Date j3s2. At the Granite Curling rink on Christ Mas there was an interesting curl ing Mutch Between teams representing the married and single members of the club which thus resulted married. Single. W. K. Hamilton j. Paterson a. Mcdonald a. Mcvicar Alex. Brown Patterson r. Dew in s. G. Harstone skip.6 skip.29 another interesting Curling game was is follows d. Scott. W. R. Hamilton j. Paterson jr., a. Mcgowan s. G. Harstone r. Patterson l. H. Erb. Thos. Waste skip.19 at a meeting of City ministers it was decided to organize a Winnipeg ministerial association. Those present at the meeting which was held in the vestry of the congregational Church were revs. Or. Rice o. Portin d. M. Gordon prof. Bryce. J. E. Starr Thos. Argue. E. S. W. Pentreath and j. B. Silcox. Or. Rice was chairman of the organization meeting and or. Silcox Secretary. One of the first resolutions passed was to agree to discourage sunday funerals. Stobart t2den co. Have sold out their Duck Lake Post to ill. Mitchell form Erly in charge of their Edmonton and slave Lake posts. Chaa. Mar capt. Hughes and t. My Jay have established a flour Mill at Battleford. Is much cause to Rej ret the lethargy which imposes a serious obstacle in the any of the Winnipeg free Library project. We earnestly Hope that the project May be successfully carried out during the coming a dispatch from Montreal says that Vanc Lebbilt has purchased an interest in the c. R. Harry Prince the Winnipeg music dealer has imported a. Full set of instruments for the mounted police band at Regina. Or. Forget clerk of the North West Council hns been removed from Battle Ford to Regina. Al Paul Hill of the Manitoba Road denies the report that air o i Las not resigned or. Smith has not taken his e eat indignation Amon a _ Ort go in Prairie o Iii Ainne i or Sanborn. Of Warren son. Organ builders of Toronto has arrived to erect in a Challenge Turkey shoot will Tako place a Deer Lodge next saturday after noon Between Tiitu. Waste and j. J. Johnston on one Side and e. G. Conklin and w. W. Mcmillan on the. Other. The veterinary surgeons will meet to night in the office of the minister of agriculture to take Steps to prevent Tho spread of glanders. W. J. Hinman v.s., was presented yesterday with a pair of Otter by the employees of his livery stable. Hon. D. M. Walker has been appointed by the lieutenant governor As a. Com missioner to investigate charges of corruption against the City Council. The Eyton dramatic company presented the Shaugh Raun at its Chrict maa Bill drawing Large audiences. The firm of James Kent co., lumber merchants has been dissolved. Or. Kent retiring and messes. E. Leacock. P., and a. W. Ross m.p., Contr Masr the business Ness. Brown Meagher. At the mining bourse Dundee Block have placed on. The Market of Treasury Stock in the Winnipeg consolidated mining com Pany. Charles Sweet a member of the Bryton dramatic company who had been entrusted with making collections fron advertisers in the theatre programme skipped out yesterday with 1200 of collections. A. M. Elbert Job la principal loser ;