Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 9, 1905, Winnipeg, Manitoba J. Source Manitoba morning free press Date 19050809 client Winnipeg vol. Winnipeg August 9, 1905. _ if 1 i a f news of the Day. Of Thessalon. We drowned. Fill regatta used for f i a i a Tennis tournament opened. A Vitra 5. Made in the m. It a. Czar accepts Reform peace envoys at work a bellied to summon rat local to railway of kid to 1 Nee 7. Ile Clecil to Rej Akla. And ,1 elect tune. I Leo 1. Again to tuft front in tit events. 5. Re i him at Shoil Lake Cal Ruaboro . I a Jcj 7 Anil 9. N of improving the Winnipeg fair taken up. 1 aze 16. Of yacht Carlin won 9 cup it the Cowes regatta. Page 5. Dani agis was caused by Ore to St. Risoui Al Church. York. I agn u. I. I Mil a Plora in Tho Nnoli for the _ of Manitoba football league. V storm Melita District nil Elliott of sour Stord was Klud. declared a was satisfied off Clency of tha Winnipeg lire Bra Persona caught in Colt Apte sic a det orig Zient Atory in Jabaay i i killed. I Auto 1. Many influences operating to give Russia peace at Home and Constitution of the new the peace envoys at Portsmouth. The weather. Probabilities. And continued warm Miner. 3 it in and warm. 7 aids s weather to Day Wai i. Toronto my Lerate mostly Southeast 1.1 fair and Jonm local m and North Dakota fair wed j i 1 Tunis any. A Iai warmer in North i. Juy Oft. Wanda. Thermometer Al Kkt Prutis thermometer. I p-.77 .67 taken at tha woah Niton Wea _ _. J a. 6even o Cluck last Oval in win 7i i Chicago Ian. 70 70 so 71 Cincinnati. Detroit. New York. San franc Taco Dault ats. Maria. So to 76 8 62 Marine news. St. Petersburg aug. Russian Assembly the first gathering together of representatives of the muscovite people since emperor Alexander my Cha Olovitch the second of the roman offs summoned the last Zemsky Tobor. In the seventeenth Century will be proclaimed on saturday not. The final session of the special commission which has been considering Tho project As drafted by minister of the Interior Boul Lgan and elaborated by the Council of ministers was held at pot werhof to Day. Its verdict upon Tho project As a whole was favourable and at Tho conclusion of Tho session. Emperor Nicholas set the Seal of his approval thereto. The Sling to Day continued from 2.30 until s when the commission finished the labors upon which it has been engaged almost constantly for the past week. Several of Tho Mem Bers in whom the emperor reposes special Confidence were requested by him to return to Morrow to Peter of to assist him in the preparation of a solemn manifesto through which the summons to the representatives of Tho people will to issued. The report that emperor Nicholas will go to mos cow the ancient capital of the Empire to proclaim this epoch making change in the institutions of Russia has been revived and it finds credence. It in known that special precautions have been instituted for guarding the Railroad Between St. Petersburg and Moscow Over which the emperor would travel. Despatches lost week Ann Nuncci the arrival in Moscow of two additional regiments of cossacks the proclamation undoubtedly will be made from Poter Hof. Outline of new Constitution. Though the project has undergone Many changes during1 the various conferences at to terhof it is understood that us main outlines arc substantially in Accord with the Jet As it emerged from the Council of ministers and described in these despatches from Elmo to time. In principle the has been estimated that if a basis of negotiation for peace is found the actual negotiations will consume some thins he five weeks time before a treaty can be perfected and signed. Tho Landing and reception of Tho envoys to Day was Replete with Cero continued on Pago seven locomotive firemen four Hundred gathered in convention at Toronto. Toronto aug. Annual meeting of the brotherhood of locomotive fire Edmonton s great Day i k t special excursion her be civic Holiday. Is Ponoka cd aliens held a Public meeting last night and decided to the inaugural Cele bration in this City in Masso on sept. 1. They decided to arrange for special cars for Ponoka residents coming Here. Tho new Baptist Church is a Oarling completion and flu be ready for occupation sept. 15. Finished Tho Edi fice will be a credit to its congregation. An addition to Tho Alberta College will be completed in a few decks. Tho mayor Purow pcs proclaiming sept. 1 As a civic Holiday so that everybody will to free to enjoy the inaugural Cele bration that Day. Scores still on missing list National Assembly will be a Dellbert Mon opened Italy morning at occident tvo and consultative body for the Dos cuss on of the measures Laid before it. It will have Tho Power to Force the fourth vice president e. Ball of Stratford the meeting to order. Withdrawal of ministerial propositions by a two thirds vote which gives it it least a negative control Over legis lation. It will be a Large body prob ably Over five Hundred members chosen by a system of indirect elections and the first session it is understood will to held in november. The elections will take place in october. Me being present. Tho held Eret. Except envoys at Portsmouth their reception and the probable pro Gramma to be followed. Porn South. N. A. Aug. Rus Sian a d japanese peace missions Are to neg he on the eve of facing each other for the purpose of seeking to Ond Tho a in the far East and if possible consummating a permanent peace. they will meet in the naval building of the Navy Yard the inor Rov stores Russia i plenipotentiaries will examine the or Dent tals and Powers which the emperor of Japan has delegated to Komura and minister Takehara Public mooting this evening in the my nothing too c Ood. Employees in of the Myers store saw the collapse coming and were caught in the have been unearthed of whom six were dead. Decided regatta As Well As municipal election. Fort William aug. General meet Albany. N. T., aug. A Eddlo dec ton of the big department store of the John o. Myers company collapsed Early this morning carrying Down with it Over one Hundred persons. Caught in a chaos of Brick pastor and wooden beams Between Twenty and thirty men women and children death in a multitude of horrible forms twelve hours frantic work on the part of an army of rescuers disentangled fifty people six of them dead and Many of Tho rest badly injured. Three bodies Are in sight but Many hours will to required to get them out. Any London aug Ward will review Tri Day Tho combined French and British squadrons off Cowes and after Ward the French Squadron will enter Portsmouth Harbor. Tho exception of the visiting of an american Squadron two years ago this will to the Only foreign Squadron that has Ever entered great Britain s most jealously guarded naval Arsenal. Waa held to night toot to boats Arr Ved info de of the members of the rowing club thl ukr it ust of the wiled d injured wll be until the workers have made their Way to the very Bottem Tho town Call should to held on Friday j aug. 18. Port Arthur Crews will be invited to compete. An election for four members of Tho Baron and in japanese emperor will scrutinize the jest la turn the plenipotentiaries of the f i ii Muir rein nun in pow Eraf which the Czar has conferred Molit engineers. While they have not upon m. Witte and Baron Rosen. The Seco diday s session thursday or Fri theatre at which Erst Vlco pre was the principal speaker. Is some talk among the firemen of relation to the brotherhood of Loco declared War. There is no denying Between to item Day. be devoted either to should be. Al renin have a consideration of the japanese terms or by the ruins majority of them girls. A Large i Likiu i the catastrophe occurred shortly after Tho opening hour when barely a of Sho oders Scro within Tho fever situation. New Orleans official report of la., aug. The russian it Lake sailings. _ Wulliam aug. I Lete Lanu Ana of f i i Loughton. I Cape Light or two i Light for Ashland Anna. Montr ail Manitoba and d r Owen bound Kastrun a i for Boughton Itu Sali. Light Tot Mario . Aug. Raj . City of new York. 1.i3 . ,3 so utlant. . Of new York. 6 . 6.s. Marie. Mich. Aug. 7.-.1 w. England. S . Rohrli Toriser. In . 2 j. M. Hutch Oion. 3 5 9. R. Kirby. S. 3. B Tarlika. R. A. W. Thompson Vulcan. 9 James d. Hen Harrison noon Monarch 6 Bones 9 . Northern l Eady. B. W. Parker. Mem a i d. C. Whimsy l Phillip l-.-. . 3 Georgo in. Arl 4 Plymouth. 6 Langhart. Rou 8 we. F. Flt crw. A Lolland. Mack. 10 Centurion. Milwaukee. 11 h. R Hon san Mora Ala noon roman 1 . If. A. Rojy. Rocha Feller. Martha a sir . 117, 6. Ocean St a ships. Auk. . Lake jailed from Ute Pool Lor Montreal i r to Ilay. Arr Ted at. From. I Antwerp Uon Lurenl a new York. London i ii. Mew York Antwerp Xii. Now York Bremen York Jive Pool i l London new York i York Havre York a i York absconded with Rupert land Synold at Calgary Calgary aug. Meeting of the utmost importance to Tho Church of England in the West will commence in this City to Morrow. At 10 . The provincial Synod of no Perks . Which includes that whole of tha. Terri tories. Knew attn and the country East of Ludson a Bay. Will by glib its Here by a Public ser Vlco in this is Only tie second Elmo Tho Synod his met West of Winnipeg. Once before. In 1ss6. A special meeting was held in Regina. The Synod will open with divine service conducted by the archbishops and clergy at which Tho clean of Calgary will preach. At 1130 a lunch Given by Tho Arch alone., tie younger engineers have remained with the firemen. However Date 616 deaths to Day 4 to of Tal deaths to Date 112 new of sub ocl 17 total sub ocl 118. Wednesday is the Day set apart of for the general Burcet cleaning movement. There will Beagen 4 eral suspension All the Mer store. A clock in the debris had Stop Ped at 12 minutes before nine showing when the crash came. The Start of the crash. The Best account of the event that fever to probably caused the ruin is Given by to basement. The workmen were sawing at a wooden floor 4-1 which of. Said harvesters dates Bishop the new b0 served by the ladle of. The Parish in jeeves Athabasca the eve of Bisk it wan. The Quap Tho Bahoo of Keewatin Ijean a Archdeacon Harding. Archea Eon Pago and Arph Deacon Bcott. Bomb on Hundred delegates Are to in be to enacted incident to the pro Vinulal Tan to to assumed next month. The so to tie Bishops and delegates wll tool. At . Both houses of tie Synod will assemble1 in the Parish Hall when Arch Blihor Matheson will deliver tits address Tho houses will then separate for deliberation the House of Bishops convening at Tho rectory and the Cleri Cal and Lay delegates in the Parish Hall. In to Sonari Parish which Bishop Kewa Ley. Ihor e evening at 8.15 a general mis meeting will be held in t in Hall Tho archbishop presiding at speeches will to made by the of Saskatchewan Tho Bishop of and the Rev. 1l c. Hawks Lin he the Central pillars in the Middle of the store. Excavation for the cellar was going on about the Baso of this of and 1 believe that jarring Tho Tho foundation thing 1 knew two arrangements made for Points along line of c. P. R. Aug. Dates of tie harvesters excursion to the Northwest Cave. Set As follows for Points South of Tho main Lino Ottlie Aru Brj trunk and weat of August 20 for Points North of the line and West of the dates Tor Tho territory cast of Toronto in Quebec and Tho Marumo pro Vinces will to a cd later. It is Estl mat. De that about men arc required. Nova Scotia railway Bonds. London. Aug. Canadian associated press understands that the Nova Scotia Eastern railway company will of portly be on the London Market for Money. The total estimated Cost of con thru Colon is and tenders for i Nve tier cent mortgage Bonds will to first asked for. They will to offered of 93 1-2. Pm Lull. Alter chants offering to lend their rot the counters near Tho place where carts and horses and employees the men were working began to to assist in Tho work. Archbishop Chappelle passed the crisis in his illness to Day and is now regarded As on Tho Road to recovery. Of several pieces of glassware Slid off i onto the floor with a Cerauli. I yelled to i my clerks to run for Tho front of the store. Tho words were not out of my of Mouth when there came a creaking 4. everything around us began to t fall. The wreck came slowly How Ever and i think everyone in my department escaped As will As Ino work the pillar which gave Way supported the ends of two giant girders and when it fell the main support of Che Central part of Tho building was a noise that could in heard blocks away and which Shook the and i Ana sanitary i joining buildings like an earthquake councillor Wilson also received Tho a nearly half the great Structure. Irom porn tront of caretaker of the new. Civic Couar to roof and one tending from building. . Wella. The late division Ono Bode to Tho other Carre grind town Council will have to take place at an Early Date on account of the recent councillor Newcombe As councillor Ollis As evening s court meat lab of the Council. Councillor w. Court clerk now occupies Uno position of town assessment commissioner. Rev. Or. Warden improving. Toronto aug. 8.-Rev. Or. Warden. Do has been 111 for Many months was reported this morning to Boim proving 1 i Cir sorry Baker victim of delivery Driver if he has gone West. In Rry. Man., aug. Rud t Young englishman employed a Man by w. A Al ulcer. Baker 1 ills Job last night and left for unknown with forty dollars to his employer. Tie Money in of even to him to Deposit in one Banks by or. Up ctr. Who is out or town picking berries during Clay. On Hla return he found the Ubiene. And on enquiry was inform that the Money had not been dopes loud food is supposed to have gone he to Twenty two years of age. A a live feet four inches in height shaven Sandy hair and is Eros swimmer drowned Strong la failed him while he was trying to reach tug. Port Arthur. Ont aur 8-word has been received hero of the drowning of John Diamond at Havelock. Twenty borne Elmo this free press crop reports some 40 Bushel to the acre wheat seen near Grenfell Rosthern expects the largest yield Ever known first Barley of the season threshed at a Albite. Dauphin Telephone Bell company going ahead while the people want municipal line. Man., aug. The a tsp unanimously endorsed tile Princl of municipal ownership of the Tele ". system at a Public meeting on night and the Council flu at pro cd to raise the Money toy de matures to instal the same. The Bell siphons company have a staff of men the of found. Putting up poles and other work. This Means that n la to have two Telephone sys i i j Gen French coming s a Kahihi Pun commissioner Preston is examined for two hours be fore Royal commission. London aug. 8.-commlssloner pres ton appeared before the commission of which lord Tennyson is chairman apr. Balfour to consider Tho proposals in the Der Haggard. All the members of fhe Oom Masslon que sons re spec Tang the Canadian emigration pro Specula Start Correi Pondeca of free presi Are fell n.w.t., aug. 7.-i covered Twenty Miles of the Northern country to Day and talked with Mon who have coven closely the whole District and the crop is the Best i have seen. Some should go forty bushels with weather the average should be storms and Hall Are feared. Nearl rain Fields Good and rain occur every Day. There was a heavy this afternoon with Little wind and no Hall. It continues this even ing. The West limit of Tho Broad View storm of Friday evening struck North Here.1 the strip was very narrow and struck mostly uncropped land Only about aged. Wheat is Earl Erthan last year. In tie Quappelle bomb will out it Abou the 25th. Cutting of Gen eral about sept. J a no Barley is out. Bli e were marketed hero last year it should be More this year. There is a Here and great increase in acreage duo 18 _ Lari Tely to the spread of settlement m the r South. In the whole District there is Aiton create of 30 per cent. In acreage there is practically no Grain lodged but a Rood Deal North of Here the Valley. It will Likely Rise All. Are a fair crop about Bobu Shele. Some of it is extra Good. Bar Ley will go forty bushels. The Grain Exchange reports from Here wheat at fort. Bushels Oats my. Barley forty five. There is no sign of rust. At Whitewood i spent a Day and took a drive of 15 Miles to the North. With few exceptions the crops seen should Gladden the hearts of Farmers. A re cent report to the Grain Exchange puts wheat yield at thirty bushels Oats at Flat _ and Barley at forty. Ideal con harvested Aho ild save this result but consider ing the Many dangers 25 for wheat Dot fans untruth of Iraln is is estimate. Wheat is earlier than last year but Little of it will be Cut in August. Four Miles North on the farm of or. Branton. I saw 17 acres of Huron wheat a new ten Days earlier than the surrounding crop. The Berry was full Slazo plump and firm. It should with Good weather to ready to Cut about the 18th. There was no sign of rust no wheat lodged. Down. Into this cavernous Hopper Slid scores of employees who were working on Tho four floors above and lacked Tho warning which enabled those in the basement to escape. Many however were appraised of the danger by falling plaster and saved themselves by Rushing to Tho front of tha Storo or to Tho fire escape in the rear. Firemen on the scene. Clouds of dust which shot Oyt of the front Entrance caused Thouc out Alde to believe that the store was on fire and an alarm was immediately turned in. When the fire department arrived they had Plonty to do in rescuing those who were pinned under Tho top wreckage. They wore joined by. Scores of Volunteer rescuers and within an hour fifteen or Twenty persons were carried out none of them fatally injured. In a Short time Tho City s entire Hospital ambulance Force was on Tho of conc. Aided by halt a Hundred doctors from All parts of the City. Volunteer reach Era and the firemen kept up the work until exhausted when their places were taken by a wrecking Force numbering three Hun dred from the new York Central and Delaware and Hudson railways. These delved in the ruins All Day but the work of Rescue progressed slowly. When night came it was estimated that nearly fifty persons still remained in the ruins and not More than halt of Alicae could the weight pressing upon them. Fortunately the wreckage did not Talce fire. One Hundred still Muiling. Some Hundred persons Are still unaccounted for. Fifty of these Are Cash boys of which the firm has no record and Tho loss of the pay Roll makes it difficult to got anything like a com plete lint of marry others. Tho com Pany has four Hundred but fifty of these arc away on vacations. The building which collapsed stands in the heart of the shopping District at nos. 39 and 41 North Pearl Street. It is owned partly by the company and partly by the estate of Iho late Davis Orr. The loss to the company. Is estimated at Between and 1300.000. The building was a very old one but until considered perfectly sound. Extensive repairs Woro under any when the catastrophe occurred. After the death of its founder John g. Myers two years ago the jul Elness was conducted by a company consisting of George p. Hilton h. Icing sturdy a. Edward f. Hackett and Robert h. Chalmers. Or. Chalmers wan taken from Tho ruins with slight injuries. About a month ago the firm was incorporated As a Stock company. The dead and injured. The dead thus far recovered from tha ruins arc Michael Fitzgerald 40. Frank Leonard id. Miss Anna e. White cafe Mies Minnie Mlsna Al co l. Sharpe. Unidentified woman. Misses Whitbeck dullard and were in Tho cashier s gallery on tha main floor. They were crushed out of shape by an Iron girder und identified by their clothing and jewelry. An Othor girl with them is missing and is supposed to to dead. Among the seriously injured to fall an reported arc miss Helen Donohou spinal column fractured cannot Mlsna Anna Clotz. Miss Lena Hess. Miss Elizabeth Mcmanus. Mans Mary Mcevory cannot All Tho above arc employees real Dunn in Albany. Shoppers who were Hurt my. Richard , seriously. Mans Mary Gilmore. Miss Sadie Mccormick. Miss Baldwin slightly. Mrs. We. Borst of Wimdom Minn. A number of rescuers received slight cuts and bruises. Glory Carns was severely injured aif9 Thomas Manning was badly Cut. Electrical storms general Hail and wind damage crops around Gainsboro and Light Ning strikes a killed at sour Isford. Gainsboro n. W. T., aug. Severe wind storm accompanied by Shost re i lightning and later rain passed through 2. ast and about 25 Ner cent. It is n houses breaking Beautiful country and the Best wheat j Thyl crops Down considerable. Some a Large land. Of the same at Oren i some Hall along fell mr., a. Gillies. Pioneer a reported that the District and Jarnett ganders Mill. A hard to or. Promising. Or their there a Oren i some Hall along with Tho storm. Several Farmers their entire crop. Arterie killed Man paralysed. It lost promising As the a wih be Here next week prepared to see Many changes. Montreal aug. General French ust saturday on the . 8tea4m Lake Manitoba and the Gutred at the interviewed by a free Morrii pendent he said i As soon As i can get away. Jitich to about next. Monday i to be in Winnipeg to Many changes. Girl dangerously scorched. Toronto 8.-Altce Smith. A n operator for the Pell Tele was so badly burned at her Home i Oon that it a him Street this afternoon that death will result. U i Nii thru while she was her screams attracted of her Mother and Sisu to her assistance the flame but not by fore Assn terribly burned r arxm1 the arms and the Iron workers strike. Of. Aug a Matton at the of association of s Annm Vomm to that not. Canadian population. He Iaia Oei Oro 5s commission a of from Irinio had urged Ufa in Western Canada with capital Ian the amount proposed by r Der Hoffgard. He also Opston that transportation Tatos or am Stanco could be Given desirable British immigrants of a larger number could do under the proposal submitted Igard. A aured the commission that Canada could easily absorb a Quarter of a the examination and in. Preston Vaa thanked heartily by lord Tennyson interesting to tax Mineral. Change and in Wolf Ontario to the the Rosthern n. W. T., aug. the electric storm last thursday night. Walter Scott a Farmer near Radisson struck by lightning. He standing at the head of a team of horses at the time the horses being killed. Scott was seriously injured one of his bides being paralysed. wan unconscious All and Haa not Day improved much Lance. Several and cattle were killed the Samc in that neighbourhood. A Deloraine account Deloraine Man., aug. Heavy storm of wind rain and Hall pus cd West of Here last night doing considerable damage to buildings and crops and causing Tho death of person . J. B. Elliott North of Coulter. The report of the storm came from a Lillta where Hall did cons Derau damage going directly South. The win blew Down several buildings one the House of j. B. Elliott in which his a tvs was killed. At Coulter the wind was very Strong reveral Box cars being Over turned. South of Waskada a Belt a mile and a Liaf in Width was badly hailed. Storm did great damage to crops la Dakota. The barn of or. Day. South of do lonne was struck by lightning and burned along with two horses Waggon harness and some Hay. The storm was rather Aulet Here except that the lightning was very vivid. There was no damage to crops Between Here and Waskada. Later reporto. Melita aug. Of last night s storm show that dam i age was much More serious than at first expected. The North end of the town seemed to have suffered most. Several of the heaviest losers messes. Griffith Colo Crane Loucks Shearer j. Anderson mayor Mccalum and Connor. All these Wera badly hailed while to the North most damage was done by wind Anco rain members of Tho municipal coun cil who have just drove in from an parts of the municipality report very serious damage to crops especially at Elva Flenon and Waskada Twenty years ago to Day from the free of this Daic the Northwest review to the name of Grant s fruit Elore when it new weekly to be this clip under the management of or. Fer West. The South Duffern have arranged for a Morden on aug. I probable speakers. It is reported from Ottawa that major mounted infantry., to affiliate with the Manitoba Rifle association. The sum. Of to was a propel. Ated for Money and a comm tue consisting of Bolth. Hope. Flt Blado Marshall and Grant was appointed to solicit for of a in addition to the or Law won by com. Pet tors at grand works. Hone took the Prue for the highest score in three matsies his record being 17 out possible 10, Tho funeral services Over uie remains of the late to Mot toot place it St. Boniface Cathedral Mot no his the Ai celebrated grand alsted by Miera. Interred in a. Vault in the crypt eur cd. a a r Vav to is paper spa erf ;