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O'clock THE WEATIIEIl, Light winds; showers. High Uw June :0 a.m. a.m. p.m. SUNDAY 0:11 a.m.

6:44 a.m. 11:47 rn. 5:51 p.m. MONDAY 1:01 a.m. a.m.

1:30 p.m. 6:41 p.m. Editi ion THE PAPER THAT PRINTS THE FACTS. FIRST tECTIOn PAGES 1 TO 13. VASCOI VER, B.

MOSBAY, Jl SB 23, 1008. EIGHTEEN PAGES, UW TOMS MAKt MM HAU Epidemic of Drowning Sweeps Continent i HEADLESS BODY BUSY SEASON WATERS CLAIM MANY VICTIMS PARK FOUND AHEAD FOR Stole $12,000 Worth of Diamonds From Big Drills Eossland, B. June 22. (World Special Service.) Eighteen black diamonds and CO diamond chips, the lot valued at about $12,000, were stolen from a workshop of the Diamond Drill Company, early Sunday morning. The diamonds were the property of Stone and Knight, Spokane, Wn.

Workmen fastened the door of the shop Saturday night, but failed to place the diamonds in the safe. On their return to the shop Sunday morning the door was found unlocked, the key having been taken from its hiding place. It is believed the robbery was perpetrated by persons familiar with the surroundings. MINERS Remarkable Epidemic of Deaths by Drowning Reported From All Over Continent Heat In New York Drives Many to Relief Nesr Shores. CHARGED WITH BEING FIRE BUG trange CHINESE ACT Measure Which Alms to Prevent "Amateur" Students Circumventing Head Tax Passes Third Reading in House This Morn ing Kennedy In Brush.

INDIAN LANDS OTTAWA, June 22 (World's Special Service) An amendment was made to the Chinese Immigration Act this morning by the government, which shntu out Chinese from entering as Undents and taking a year in the high school to pet a refund of the head tux. The amend ment makes the strong provision that a person uuift have been a bona fide stu deut in China and must enter a Cana lian university or higher technical in stitution to take a course. Only to such and after a year at a Canadian institu tion will a refund be made. ThcYameimV cd mil given a third roudingtoday. On motion fox a.

ooiuuiitlea of J. E. Armstrong, Conservative nicniber for Lambton east, criticized the administration of tlie Indian department, which he said was careless and extravagant. He said the government had sold acres of Indian lands in the past ten tome "of it at ten and fifteen cents an acre, and islands at $1 piece. Expenditures bad also largely increased, he deplored.

Armstrong in some cross firing with J. B. Kennedy, New. Westminster, said the house might as well fill iu the time lomebow, na it was likely to sit alt summer anyway. This remark was greeted witliSlerision from the government sido of the house.

The government program for the present week will consist of the passage of supply and of non conteutious measures ou the government orders. It is expected that Hon. F. Graham tomorrow will move the Railway Commission hill, enlarging the board to five members. When this bill ig moved W.

F. Maclean, South York, will introduce a bill to compel railways of the Dominion to give a two cent per mile passenger rate. WASHINGTON FARMERS SUFFER BY FLOODS Woodland, June 22. (World's Special Service.) Scores of farmers, with all their possessions and stock, are being driven from their homes by one of the worst floods that has visited this part of the state in years. The waters of the Lewis river are overflowing their banks and flooding the bottoms west and south of the Co lumbia river at Woodland, the stage of the river in the north fork is now 13 ft.

Ihtring the present week the water has been rising at the rate of three inches a day. As little hay had been cut when the floods rauie the crop will be almost total loss. TWO HUNDRED ATTEND TERP8ICH0REAN SHRINE Toledo, Ohio, June 22. Two hundred men and. women from all parts of Canada and the United States are here in attendance at the annual convention of the United Professional Teachers of Dancing of America.

The convention will continue during the week. K. G. Uuntingboiwe of Chicago, is president of the organization. TWO KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE Fort William, June 22.

An explosion of dynamite occurred in the tunnel of the Fort William water works construction last night, killing two men and seriously injuring another. The Work of obtaining water for the city supply from Loch Lomond, seven miles distant, is now being prosecuted day and night, and it was during the night Shift that the accident happened. Of the two victims James Crowley wag the machine man and Jeffries the helper. TRANSFERENCE TO TEHERAN. LONDON, June 22.

It is stated that George H. Barclay, charge d'affaires of the British legation at Constantinople, ill replace Cecil Springrice, the minister at Teheran, who is retiring on account of ill health. Mr. Springrice was appointed minister in 1907, succeeding Eir A. H.

Hardinge. GIVEN ROYAL FUNERAL. HONOLULU, June 22. The funeral yesterday of Prince David Kawananaka, who died recently in San Francisco, ami whose body was brought here on the Steamship Manchuria, was one nf the most impressing funerals ever held in Hawaii. The ceremony was in accordance with ancient Hawaiian usage in the saae of chiefs.

AMENDED AGAIN i I IS APPOINTED TO VANCOUVER CUSTOMS. Ottawa, Juue 22. (World's Special Service.) Ernest Itobson, son of Rev. Ebenezer Robson, pioneer Methodist missionary, and nephew of Premier John Robson, has been appointed to a place in the Vancouver custom house. CLAIMS HE WAS OUTSIDE LIMIT Defence of Alleged Poacher, Francis Cutting, Is That She Was Not Inside Three Mile Limit Capt.

Newcomb 8ays Cullt Was Admitted. The defence of tho owners of the Francis Cutting, the American boat seized for fishing within the three mile limit, will be that she was not within that distance of the shore, but that Capt. Newcomb, of the government cruiser Kestrel, stated in the admiralty court this morning that the offence wns admitted to him. Mr. Justice Martin was on the bench and Mr.

Mncdonell and Mr. Brown appeared for the Dominion government, and Messrs. Burns and Walkem for the defence. Besides the officers of the cruiser, half a dozen Jack Tars were in court. The seizure was made on May 12 on the ground that two of tho Francis Cutting's dories were inside the limit.

Capt. New combe said he waited to see fish landed in one of the dories before he made the seizure and he took several observations, of his own position, that of the dories and of the trawl buoy, in order that there could be no mistake. The Francis Cutting was lying to the southwest, and when he signalled to her she steamed towards him. He asked the captain if that was his dory he had seized and tne reply was: "Yes, I am sorrv, I did not mean them to be inside the limit." Later the captain of the steamer told him that the first he knew that he was fishjng inside the limit was when the Kestrel took up his buoy. EATONS DO NOT INTEND TO BUILD "We nre here on pleasure only.

We have no intention of erecting a building This was the definite statement, dispelling the idle rumors to the contrary, made by Mr. John E. Eaton, president of the big dry goods concern of Toronto and Winnipeg. Mr. Eaton arrived in the city this afternoon, accompanied by his wife and the following: It.

Phibbe, Paris representative; Geo. Wolfe, A. McCrae, Miss M. Towe and Miss S. M.

lieatty, nil of Toronto. The party will remain here for one week. They are guests at the Hotel Vancouver. AMERICAN DIVINE IN PULPIT AT ST. PAUL'S London, June 22.

The delegates to the run Anglican convention made a partial holiday of Saturday, although several meetings were held for the discussion of lighter social topic and the bishop of Pennsylvania addressed a meeting of 3000 children. The Bishop of Massachusetts, who greatly impressed the congress, preached yesterday at. both St, Paul's cathedral and Westminster Abbey. The feature of the services at the cathedral was the annual visit of the judges, the congregation including the lord mayor of London, the sheriffs and Lord Alverstone, lord chief justice of England, in addition to a number of leading judges and a large number of delegates. WILL NOT RAISE CRUISER.

TOKIO. June 22. Vorld's Special Service). Word was received here today at the naval ministry that the attempt to raise the Matsushima, which was sunk off the coast of Formosa last April, has been a failure and Minister of the Navy Saito has announced that he will make no further effort to raise the sunken cruiser. MONTREAL TENEMENT FIRE.

MONTREAL, June 22 Fifteen families residing in a tenement block on St. Patrick street lost all or a large pVtion of their household effects in a fire that occurred early this morning. i Decomposed Remains of Man Believed to be Hans Edward, a Miner, Discovered in Stanley Park Police Say It Is Suicide Case. A dead body, with the head detached and lying close by, was the gruesome find which Edward Widmar, 551 Hornby street, made in Stanley park yesterday forenoon. The body lay in the bush, about 150 yards from the roadway, near the western end of second beach.

A five chambered Ivor Johnson revolver, with four of the chambers still unloaded, lay beside the body. A hole in the left temple of the head that lay a few feet away, showed how the deceased had come by his death. The body was that of a man about six feet in height. Among the papers found on the body was a ticket of membership of the Western Federation of Miners, bearing the name of Hans Edwards, Phoenix. The body was in on advanced state of decomposition.

OT. NORTHERN IS PUZZLED Would Cet Into Rate War for Passenger Traffic to and From Seattle But for Loss on Business to Intermediate Points. The Great Northern Railway company will cut its present $4.50 single faro between Vancouver and Seattle as soon as someone hits upon the solution of a knotty problem that is now worrying the Grent Northern officials iu Seattle. This was the definite news received in the city today and comes from an authoritative source. By cutting its nje to one dollar between Vancouver and Seattle it would be necessary for the G.

to lower the fare to intermediate points, which would mean a greater loss to the railway company. At present the rate to a number of intermediate points between the line is above one dollar, therefore, if a cut is made to meet the reduced steamship rate, all that passengers for intermediate points will have to do is to buy a ticket to Seattle or Vancouver as the case may be alight nt whatever station they please. At a recent conference of the Ci. N. railway officials held in Seattle it was laughingly suggested that the passengers going the full journey on the dollar rate be kept in bond, but, apparently, this impossible solution of the difficulty is the only oue the officials have been able to suggest.

It is confidently predicted that should the Grent Northern meet the dollar rate, the rate war will be brought to a crisis, aud an amicable settlement will be absolutely necessary. That the rate will be lowered in a few days, intermediates fare notwithstanding, is the positive prediction made by an authority to The World todav. NO SETTLEMENT OF STEEL COAL DISPUTE Montreal, June 22. J. H.

Plummer, president of the Dominion Iron and Steel company, says all reports regarding a settlement of the. steel and coal dispute are absolutely without foundation. Nothing further ha? been done since the conference over a month ago between President Ross of the coat company and himself. THREE RIVERS IS SWEPT BY FLAMES Three Rivers, June 22. A destructive fire started at noon todav in the heart of the citv.

Tn pnir hniu. ings and shops are involved, ten nl ready being doomed, and the whole dis tnct is in danger. A stiff breeze is i blowing. TO RECEIVE FLEET. A MOT, June 22.

Admiral Sah. com manding the El Yank squadron of the Itnnese navy, is at Amoy with the cruiser Hai Yang, to make preparations for the reception of the American battleship fleet. MADAME GOULD IN ENGLAND PARIS, June 22, The Echo dTaris states that Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme. Gould proceeded by automobile yesterday to Boulogne and thence crossed the Channel to Folkstone. ORDERS NOT PLACED.

PARIS, June 22. M. Raffalovit the representative of the Russian finance minister, who is now here, made an official denial ye terday that the Russian government had placed orders in the United States for fteeL B. C. Copper Company's Big Compressor Started Up on Saturday and Mother Lode Shipments Average 1000 Tons More Daily Over Last Year.

PROSPECTS BRIGHTEST NELSON, B. June 22. (World's Special Service) The big compressor at the Mother Lode mine of the B. C. Copper started regular work Saturdny morning.

With the old equipment the Mother Lode practically doubled its average shipment for lustyear. Since resuming shipment on Thursday the average is over KiOO tons', while nt the busiest time hint year the mine averaged SiH to UNK) tons a day. With the new compressor its regular shipnieuts will be 1800 tons a day or 1000 tons daily in excetis of last year. In one month the Ken Oro mine has shipped OTiiO tons, or over 00 per cent of its total shipment for all last year, which amounted to 14,481 tons. The intention of the company is to work their properties almost double the extent to whlih they have beeu worked previously.

The smelter last week tree tea 11.4.V2 fons, but if lias not begun to crowd the furnaces. II. II. Melville, vice president of the Dominion Copper Co. at Greenwood, utates that their works would be in operation this week.

The details of the operations are in the hands of M. M. Johnson, of Salt Lake City, consulting engineer ot the company, who arrived in Phoenix Saturday. Mr. Melville stated definitely that the Dominion would be taking on men by Wednesday.

JILTED, HE WAS TIRED OF LIFE A. T. Smelling Cuts His Throat Over Love Disappointment But Doctors Expect to Save His Life Found in Room in Hotel. "My girl went back on me and I do not want to live any longer," the explanation made by A. T.

Smelling, of Dorset, England, who was found in his room at the Commercial hotel on Sunday with his throat cut and who is now at the General hospital, doing as well as would be expected under the circumstances, and with every likelihood of recovery. As soon as the young man's condition was discovered Dr. Ford was summoned, and after administering first aid he had the young man removed to the hospital. Mr. Smelling's intentions were apparently good, but he failed to cut either the jugular or the main artery, and there is every prospect now that he will live to repent of his rash act, and to sing about the good fish in the sea that still remain uncaught.

SULTAN'S FORCES ROUTED IN BLOODY BATTLE Taugiers, June 22. The members of the diplomatic corps have received a circular letter from Mulai Hafid announcing his arrival at Fez and his proclamation as sultan. He requested recognition, but the ministers have not replied to his communication, confining themselves to transmitting the documents to their respective governments. A despatch received from Morocco City reports that a column of Mulai Hafid's forces has been attacked and routed by supporters of Abdel Aziz, after the bloodiest battle since the trouble began iu Morocco. WILL NOT APPEAL YORK LOAN DECISIONS Toronto, June 22.

Counsel representing various classes in York County Loan liquidation have decided to drop all appeals from the decisions of referee Kap pelle. His judgments will be adopted as a basis for the settlement of $3,000, OOU worth of claims against the assets of the York Loan Company. BRYCE AT DULUTH. DCLl'TH, June 22. Hon.

Ja. Bryce, British ambassador to the United States, and Mrs. Bryce, arrived here yesterday. They will stay in Duluth nntil Tuesday night, when they, will return east in the steamer Northwest. I CLUB OWNER HEAVILY FINED Charles F.

Mohr Fined $75 for Supplying Liquor to Non Members of His Licensed Club Validity of License Under Club Charter Not Tested. "I'm guilty your honor. I didn't know I was up ugainst a dead shot like this, I'm guilty of selling to these men, who were not members of the club, but if you nre going to discuss the validity of my charter, I would like to consult a lawyer." By thus pleading guilty to a charge of having violated his club charter, Charles F. Mohr put an irreparable hole in the charge that was to have been test case on the power the. police to deal with liquor selling under a club charter.

I Mohr is the keeper of the Hastings rooming house. There he sells liquor under a club license. Two young men who are not members visited the house late at night and were supplied with drink. They were guests at the house. "What is necessary to make a man a member of the club?" asked the magistrate, whereupon Mohr said he was prepared to plead guilty to having sold to those two men, who were not members, but declined to discuss his charter.

Magistrate Williams imposed a fine of $75, remarking to the chief of police that to make a test case it was only necessary to find a member of the club to whom liquor had been sold. NEW CLERK DID NOT LAST LONG "Mr. Clerk, will you please retire for a few moments." This was the discomforting order given the South Vancouver council's new clerk at the close of a lengthy meeting on Saturday evening last. The clerk, who was appointed on the first of the month, obeyed the injunction, After he had left the room the following motion was passed: "That the clerk be requested to resign, and W. T.

Stein, the newly appointed auditor, be instructed to prepare the tax notices and to fulfil the duties of clerk until a new clerk is appointed." Thus ends the first chapter in the history of the South Vancouver council's newly appointed office staff. RAID ON ALLEGED DISORDERLY HOUSE Charged with keeping a disorderly house, Mrs. Clark, who keeps a rooming house at 17 Hastings street west, appeared in court this momiug. and Matilda and Belle Wilson appeared to answer to a charge of being an inmate of the same. The woman said she came from Eburue She is married and her husband is at Skidegate, (irahain island.

The Wilson woman used to be an inmate of a house on Harris street west. It was there she met Mrs. Clark first. Mr. J.

A. Russell is defending the keeper of the house iu question, and Sir Haney the other women. Today the hearing was adjourned. Mr. Kennedy is prosecut iug.

KILLED BY STRAY BULLET. KKW YORK, June 22. Watching the passing crowd in the street, Mrs. Tossi Vorland, while leaning out the window of her home in West 45th street last night, was shot and instantly killed by a bullet fired from a revolver in a spirit of revenge from a crowd of men in tho thoroughfare. FRASER IS FALLING.

YALE, B. June 22. aVorld's Facial Service). The Fraser river has fail en 34 inches since Saturday morning. BURNS TO FIGHT LANG.

MELBOURNE, June 22. A syndicate has arranged a match between "Bill" Lang, the champion of Australia, and Tommy Burns, the Canadian champion pugilist, during the week the United States fleet is here. BIG DEATH ROLl IN ONTARIO NEW YORK, June 22. Twelve (baths by drowning have been recorded in New York and vicinity in the past twenty four hours, the intense heat drawing thousands to the beaches to seek relief, either in or on the. water.

John Milton lost his life rescuing throe men who had capsized in light boat in the East river. Frank Kriz was strangled in the East Side Young Men's Christian association pool after he had broken his neck by a dive. August Tzunmatin. captain of a New York city steam lighter, fell from a bidder into the north river nnd was drowned. Robert Roper, fourteen years old, and Josbli liisanzo, seventeen, went down while bathing in the Harlem river.

(ieorge Williamson, nineteen, succumbed to cramp at Morth Peach. David Griffin met a similiar fale at Sheepshead Bay. C. Hart and John tjejai sunk iu a bathing pool near Trenton, X. J.

An unknown iUn wa3 drowned in the North river, and nn unknown boy in Lake Iloxakatong. FLOODS DEATH TOTAL 100. Guthrie. June 22. (World's Special Service.) The latest estimate on the extent of the damage done ly tho recent flood shows that at least oO persons hist their lives by drowning and that as many more were killed iu some other manner.

Newton nnd William Stoghfliii were the last victims ot tloocl. i ney lost their lives while attempting to ford a swollen river. It is reported that in the vicinity of Hoffman aloue Hi persons were killed. DROWNED AT WELLAND. WELLAND, Ont, June 22.

Arthur J. Fares, a member of the Welland canal surveying staff, was drowned here while bathing. HIS BOAT UPSET. HAMI1TON, June 22. Jame McKeown was drowned by the upsetting of a boat yesterday.

MAY HAVE BEEN DROWNED. ST. THOMAS, June 22 Percy Young, 20 years old, is supposed to have been drowned by the capsizing of his boat. DROWNED AT ROCKLAND. ROCKLAND, June 22.

Amede Blais, fourteen years old, was drowned in the mill race here this morning while playing. LUMBERMAN PERISHES. FORT FRANCES, June 22. Angus Cameron, a well known lumberman, was drowned today at Kettle Falls, near here. He had just finished supervising a drive of six million feet of logs into Rainy lake.

He leaves a wife and four children. OFFICER KILLED NECR0 IN WOMAN'S CLOTHES New York, June 22. Garbed in woman's clothes, au unknown negro was slit and killed early today ou West Twenty second street, while nttemtping to escape after he had cut the throat of Patrolman Thompson, who was arresting him. Thompson had no idea that his prisoner was a man. The negro drew a razor and slashed Thompson across the brow and fled.

Thompson struggled to his feet and fired three shots, on of which pierced the negro's brain. Thompson's injuries are not serious. NELSON POLICE LAND QUARRY AFTER CHASE Nelson. U. June 22.

After a ten days' hum up and down the shores of Kootenay lake for a hundred miles or more, two men who are generally accused of breaking into houses and thieving along the lake shore and who gave their names as George Edwards and Frank Brown, were brought iuto Nelson last nicht by Constable Wilson, of Crcstou, aided by Constable Bishop and Special Constable Ingram. PARIS REPORTS DENY TORNADO IN P0RTUCAL Pari. Juue 22. Special despatches received here from Madrid say that nothing is known of the reported tornado with loss of life in Spaiu. A despatch from Lisbon to a news agency say: "The reported cyclone iu Portugal is absolutely false." NeTertheles two small afternoon papen Here print alleged rum Lisbon saying that a typhoon ravaged, several of the province.

C. H. Bratton, Victoria Life Insurance Man, Is Alleged to be Incendiary Who Caused Epidemic of Fires Last Week Appears in Court VICTORIA, B. Juhc 22. World's Special Service) C.

H. Bratton, local apt nt of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, who was arrested Saturday afternoon, was charged with incendiarism police court this morning, bat the case was adjourned until Monday. Bail was refused. The case is very strong but almost wholly circumstantial. Biuttort' was caught coming" from the Board tf Trade btiikling bnscuipnt, from which flames wore bursting.

His actions have been auspicious, and ha was shadowed for some time before being arrested. Ha is alleged to be responsible for the 13 fires which have broken out in the last three days, one of which did nearly $75,000 damage. Bratton was formerly in the cm ploy of the United States Secret Ser vice department, and has Been here two years, coming from Salt Lake City. FRENCH HAVE CLA8H WITH CHINESE REBEL8 Saigon, Indo China, June 22. An pagement took place letween the French forces and baud of Chinese reformers at Bnnmang ou June 10.

Details of the encounter are lacking. ENGINEER KILLED WHEN C. T. ENGINE EXPLODES Imlay City, Juue 22. En gineer Thomas Gibbs was killed, and Fireman Wm.

Brown and Brnkemnn Smith fatally scalded when the boiler of a Grand Trunk Railway freight engine exploded early today, two miles west of here. The engine above the tracks was blown to pieces and the first three cars of the train, which left Fort Huron at three this morning for Chicago, was wrecked. RIVER RISES SEVENTY FEET; INUNDATE8 CITY Hongkong, Juue 22. The city of Wuoliow is inundated by the abnormal rise of seventy feet in the Fu river. Many casualties are reported and much damage has been dune along the river banks.

The inhabitants are taking refuge on housetops. CATTLEMEN FICHT DUEL TO THE DEATH Albuquerque, N. June 22. Albert M. Sailer aud Edward Jones, wealthy cattlemen, were killed in a duel last night near St.

Vrail, N. 2(X miles east of here. The two men were neighbor and had quarreled over a cattle trade. Guns were drawn and fired simultaneously. Both men were instantly killed.

RECOVERED SIGHT IN FIT OF HYSTERICS New York, June 22. James Cantillou of Marinette, who was totally blind, regained his sight at Bellevue hospital yesterday during a fit of hysterics, which followed the surgeon's announcement to him that his case was considered hopeless and that he would probably remain blind for the remainder of his life. DERRICK FELL ON HIM. PORT COLBORNE. June 22.

Alexan der Cross, 25 years old, an engineer on a derrick at the Canadian Portland Cement company's works here, was crushed to death on Saturday by the derrick overturning and pinning him to the ground. BOURASSA'S MAJORITY REDUCED. MONTREAL, June 22 A recount in St. James division. Montreal, reduces Mr.

Henri Bourassa's majority by one vote. He was elected by 42 votes over Premier Cotun instead of 43. LIBERAL IS ELECTED. MONTREAL. June 22.

ln the provincial election held in Chicoutinii, Sag nenay county, on Saturday. Petit, Liberal, ij elected by majority of 274 over Leuvesqae, CouasrvatiTe. I.