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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1892-05-13, Page 2• 'i ;s. trs S ry • MTKITITIVE OTQW Bbeta,,'a d' Ships' D ' . ,� riven Upon the *it she Coast, mss' Ii08T l4ND ILougi ADyBzITUREB. A I.ender-9--t11 .s:9.a3.4-.-Tlie:Britieh:ooas tae vt'l d lay night;, by a, fearful storm, IME WORD SEE WS SON. Verlley's Crieff giriioken Punier Pleads for a Vfeek of Life. A London cable says : Sir Hairy, Verney, the distinguished diplomat, soldier and politician, who is now 91 yearn of age, is sutferin from congestion of the lungs and t; hese Condit n1ae-become` critical. --Heim; tli Disasters aro reported;, from all .quarters,. e<+peoia� the eastern .coast, alaeg Yorkshire 144 00, northern ahoree, and the .southern pare of Scotland• "• :The atorm •flame u lex• aa;the weather for .a few days past been bright and eummerlike. The scene off Scarborough Headland was fearful* . A, noi*hp of fidiiing boats were caught ip . the ,storm, which descended a1lnost with,' the "" euddennesa of a . cyclone; 944 :31.4(10. strenuous° efforts to rt withijt helter of• the harbor. Multitniles .• , 1 . m . the 'ctlif , • and every effort was mads to aesiab the struggling seamen.. Cheers - greettei each boat' as it gained shelter,`:and ready hands •were extended to Willie me/inshore, where the women and children.. were waiting in anxious crowds. One fishing boat was" awamped and four of th`' crewyi were drowned. Otherwise no loss 'Of life.is reported at Searborough. Off Beranek a thrilling spectacle was wit- nessed. The Norwegian schoonezyRederin- den was seen driven before the gale. The crew struggled bravely ° to escape being wrecked, but the storm was too , much for them. Their vessel struck and was knocked about by the waves with a fury that threatened every moment to break it to pieces. Efforts were made to throw a line by means of a rocket over 'the perishing ship, but every attempt was a failure. The crew of ' hardy Norsemen saw their only chance, and Plunged into the waves. They were all ex- _ cellent swimmers, and the crowd on shore sent uka mighty cheer of encouragement. The men disappeared now and then in the raging sea, but all made their appearance again, and each reappearance was greeted with a shout from the shore. As they neared the sands of the beach a score of men rushed out into the waves to the depth of their shoulders and took hold of the ex- hausted seamen and pulled and carried them to the _ shore and to safety. All were saved. At North Shields two fishing boats four. dered, but the crews were saved. Along the Norfolk coast it is feared several wrecks have occurred, a number of coasting and fishing vessels being missing this morning. DEEMING ON TRIAL. His A1Saneed in the Box Testifying Against Him. A Melbourne cable says : The trial of F rederick Bailey Deeming, alias Williams for the murder of his wife at Windsor, was continued here to -day. The prisoner was silent and downcast. Several witnesses were called by the prosecution, and they all • testified to quarrels that had taken place between Deeming and his wife while .they ' were living at Windsor. The most inter- ` eating witness was Miss Bate Rounsevel, to whom Deeming, who had then assumed the name of Baron Swanson, was engaged to be married, and who was upon the point of joining him in theSouthern Cross gold fields when he was arrested. The court -room as on every occasion when Deeming has been ar= reigned, was crowded. There has never been a trial in this city that has excited such intense popular interest, and every- body is. desirous - of once at least gazing upon the prisoner. When Miss Rounsevel went into the box the audience leaned for- ward in expectation to hear every word. She narrated the story of how she met Deeming on a steamer bound for Sydney, and how finally she accepted the proposal .of ' marriage he made to her. Throughout her evidence Miss Rounsevel spoke of Deeming politely and unresentfully, though there is every reason to believe that if she had married him, she too, when Deeming had tired of her, would have met her death at hill hands. Miss Rounsevel declared that Deeming's manner toward her had always been courteous and kind. A number of letters written to her by Deeming were identified and read. A HAMILTON ACTRESS DYING. / May Waldron, Stuart Itobson's, Wife, a Victim of Pneumonia, A Cincinnati despatch says : " Mrs. Stuart Robson, wife of the well-known comedian, who is playing an engagement at the Grand Opera House is hopelessly ill at the Burnet House, suffering from pneumo- nia. Her stage name is May Waldron. She has been the wife of Mr. Robson but a few months, they1 wing been married in Brooklyn before Mr. Robson's company started on the road." Mrs. Robson was born and brought up in this city. Her father was Mr. William Dougherty, for some years employed in the Times office. He removed from here to Chicago quite a number of years ago. Mrs. Robson's atage name was May Waldron. She was an ac- complished actress, and was , in Stuart Robson's company as leading lady for some time before he married her, an event which occurred a few months ago. Deadly Naphtha Explosion. A New York despatch says : A fire was causedthis morning in the Cayuga fiats, Fo. 109 West 33rd street, by the explosion of some naphtha in the office of Dr. Patrick Briggs on the first floor. The naphtha was being used to clean a lounge. Dr. Briggs was badly burned about the face and hands, and Mrs. Catharine Moore, an aged wo1nan, also received severe burns. Two bodies have been recovered. One was that of a woman on the third floor. The other body was found on the fourth floor, but it was so badly burned that it was impossible to identify the sex. Tho death of Mrs. Eliza McKee leaves • the principal ownership of the St. Louis Globe -Democrat in the hands of her daughter-. Tho paper earns $200;000 a year. —The population of Iceland falls by 1,000 a year at present. —It is said that the best walking pace is 75 steps per minute. —" Young Mrs. • Newwed used to be h t,ughty, proud and arrogant, now she is humble, meek and aptritless ; what caused the ' change ?" " Her husband had his salary raised and got her a hired girl?" p ores, e. physicians to prolong his life until the release of his • son, Captain E. 13'. Verney, who was recently;•expelled from Parliament and'sentenced to a term of im- Hrisonment for immoral practices. Sir arry longe to embrace hie son once more. Capt. Verney's sentence/expires next week. The excitement under which the elder Verney labors in the fear that he may never seehis son again aggravates his disease, and the doctors are/, afraid ' that his dying wish cannot be gratified. It tran- spires that Captain Verney has been allowed to remain in the prison hospital during his entire term of confinement on the flimsy pretext that he was disabled by the breaking out. of an old gun -shot wound in hie leg. Despite this piece of favoritism it is hardly likely that the matter will be raised in Parliament, as it wouldcertainly be if the prisoner were a less popular man. Notwithstanding the infamy of hie private life, as exposed during the recent hearings of the case, Verney retains to a marked degree .the friendship of his old companions. He seems to have succeeded in convincing his intimates that his sins were less heinous than commonly reported, and that to a large extent he has been the victim of circum- stances. It is again said that when he is released from prison, and succeeds to the baronetcy on the death of hie father, he will start for Africa to serve as a mission- ary. He hi said* co be thoroughly repentant for his lapses from virtue, and anxious to expatiate them by a -life of self-denial and good works. T1 las eve Tim so b and ble. blo snap tel da R. t por and espe Bran train as f stren great Mani high move attem from, toren the p mens be fou here, black from and or see a storm. vine, there Bay, op vessels IE TIME WEATHER'S VAGARS. e fierrJIIo Storni That Paralyzed Business in Manitoba. A Winnipeg despatch says : The storm t night turned out to be the most terrifip r experiencedjin this country. " Old ere say they never saw anything half ad in their lives. The cold was intense, the snow was blinding. It was impossi- to see two feet ahead. - People were wn off the sidewalks and traffic had to be ended. - Terrible havoc was wrought to tele and, telephone -wires, and great mage was done to property. The C. P. elegraph service suffered severely. Re- ts from the west indicate that both poleswires were demolished males, daily between. Portage la Prairie an don. The passengers. on incoming s state that the storm was experienced ar west as Calgary, but gathered came and raed with fury between nthe western boundary of toba and the city. The wind wasso that the. passengers were forbidden from coach to coach, and the few w pted this say they were nearly blown the -platform- Of the car; The wire for ty miles was blown down along with oles. The wire was carried over im o stretches of country; and could not nd. At Reaburn, 25 miles west of Mr. Frank E. Lundy, -a lusty' young smith, in going a few hundred yards the station to a hotel, lost his way as frozen to death. He was unable to foot ahead of him, so fierce was the He camefrom the village of Lundy- neasatch Port Arthur aysLake tthe stormoba. A ostruck and cleared out the ice from Thunder ening navigation. No damage to reported. A witocB SUSPECTED. Affidavits Made in Which an Inquest is Demanded. A .Belleville despatch says : The late Jacob B. Cronk was a man of extremeeccen• tricity. He lived a quiet, secluded life, and amassed a fortune of $150,000 by the frugality of a lifetime. In' Belleville, he was known as Jake Cronk, the miser. On Friday, March 5th last, a fire broke out in his house, and when . the dead man was taken out of the building he . was half cremated. It was generally believed that he kept his gold hidden in a cellar, and now the supposition has got abroad that his death was caused by foul means. Affidavits have been made by Dr. Curlett, Mr. Whit- field Cronk and Mrs. Cronk to have the body exhumed, and an examination made of the stomach in the presence of Dr. Yarker and Dr. Gibson. Whether this announce- ment had anything to do with the proposed removal of the body or... not is not known, but it is a fact that the steamer Annie Gilbert was chartered yesterday by the. executors, and the body was to have been taken from the Belleville cemetery to Northport, in Prince Edward County, when County Crown Attorney Henderson put a stop to the proceedings until further advice was received from the Attorney -General. The affidavit sets out that evidence can be produced to show the deceased was poisoned or stupified by drugs, in which state he lay down and the building was fired while he slept. The New Death Dealer, The heaviest modern ordnance is the English I00 -ton gun. Its charge is 760 pandthe nds ecyl cylindrical steel prismatic weighsow 800 pounds. At the last test this enormous shot penetrated entirely through compressed armor (steel -faced iron) twenty inches thick ; then through irexy backing five inches thick; then it .pier w -e holly through twenty feet of oak, fiy t.t of granite and eleven feetof hard e ^'e �-,'3, finaly tearing three feet ii. 'ket Wk wall. No existing fortress, much.Legi;an armored vessel, could with- stand Steel a shot. Restoring a Carpet. This is the carpet from dust and derescued woman str cti n,and made it almost like. new. The carpet was tacked to a frame that raised it a good distance from the ground, and each breadth was scrubbed with a brush, using tepid water and good white soap. Next it was rinsed and dried -as well ' as possible by rubbing with clean *as left to the cloths. and sun. of Tthe t should be shaken and grease spots removed with gasoline or .benzine before scrubbing. —Home Queen. The Earl of Dudley has $6,000,000 life insurance. 1 THEY'LL KILL NO MORE. Two Executioner Who Rave' Retired, ....Famous• in .His .Way—One. ILangei people in England and the Otho Guillotined French Criminals—Both Are Now Opposed to Capital Punish meat.. ACTORS AND AOTBESSES MISSING, Y. AFTER TW EMT' YE,9.lIs. Supposed to Have Been Lost in the. P}'�.adelphia Fire: PB IN IIJG t2PI0B AVB T/IB TRE Theanio in the theatre w Nearly fifty persons, mostly ^ ocou the galleries, were hurt, none, seriously', The Central Theatre in Walnut street, between Eig Ninth, in the most thickly settled the city, and immediately in re theatre was the Times building, wh in Sanson street. At the theatre " The Devil's A was being presented. The house tely wail only partly filled. The p ensued, however, was terrible. As the confusion subsided the c were found to be more serious tha first supposed. Forty-one people witted to the Pennsylvania Respite. of them were suffering from bur about 20 of them are in a serious co The injuries are mainly about the many, it is feared, have been blin life by the fierce flames they foug way through. The Jefferson attended to 30 of the injured, but number only nine were seriously burned to be kept in the institution. It is reported that William L. Vincencita Chitten, Sarah Goldman Loralla and his wife Flora and Conyers, all of the theatrical c playing at the Walnut street theat missing, Philadelphia report that the fo named persons, who were on the s the new Central Theatre when t broke out there, -last night, are' m Daniel Sweeny,,.. Thomas Lorrella, Thomas Lorrella, Miss Congers, Brooks, Miss Golden, Miss Valencia C Miss Annie Stickney, all members Devil's Auction Company. Miss Chi one of two sisters, both of whom ar formers. They are twins;and their blance to each other is so strong tha exceedingly difficult to distinguish on the other. Several people stated tha hal seen both of the sisters after th but it was afterwards ascertained that had only seen one of them. The Lo lived on Twelfth street, but they ha reached their home up to 1 o'oloc morning, theatJ. re, estimates Gilmore, hishe lossr at about ietor o 000, upon which the insurance will am to about $55,000. This includes the ac and costumes of the " Devil's Auct and " Twelve Temptations " and the c oowned EThe Seaby Mr. Gilmore and stored all of which theatre. All the type, presses and o paraphernalia and machinery for prin the Times' were in the annex and the of . getting out the paper was active' progress at the time the fire occurred. loss falls upon the Times Publishing C pany, of which Frank, McLaughlin is manager. Mr. McLaughlin said last n that the total loss will aggregate. $300, including the building, which cost $150, presses, typo, engines and 'machinery. addition the back files of the paper, a able library and a Large lot of import manuscript and relies were destroyed.. loss is about two -.thirds covered by surance. T ses on hth treet veryhoinflammable,gandsfour ofore old the se were totally destroyed. The loss on t property is about $5,000, which is partia covered by insurance. LATER.—The eight persons reported mi ing last night; and who, it was feared, h lost their lives in the Central Theatre fi have all been found except two—M Congers, leading lady of the " Devil's A tion'' Company, and Miss Sarah Golden, the same company. These two ladies a still unaccounted for. The opponents of capital punishment have received extraordinary reinforcements. James Berry, England's famous hangman, and M. Deibler, the still more famous French executioner, known as Monsieur de Paris, have resigned. Both declare against capital punishment, and Berry will at once enter upon a crusade against( it as a lecturer and writer. The Frenchman has held his office forty years and guillotined 208 persons, while Berry has held his but eight years. Yet the latter has hanged 134 murderers and been retained in a still greater number in which the criminals were reprieved, figures which euggeat an extraordinary disparity between English and French 'executions. Berry toile a truly amazing story. He declares that he has hanged several persons who were not really responsible for their actions, and probably a few' who were innocent ; that several who were `reprieved undoubtedly deserved hanging more than did those who suffered, and that such in- justice, or rather such unequal justice, is done that the general effect upon the public sense is bad. In his, letter of resignation, however, he says, "Myreason is on account of Dr. Barr interfering with my responsible duty at Kirkdale jail, Liverpool, on my fast execution there." That was was a peculiarly painful case. The home. office experts decided on a standard length of rope and drop. Berry declared their alleged scientific calculations to be false, and that drop and rope should be adjusted on a sliding scalnaccording to the weight and build of the criminal': • Dr. Barr insisted on his method, and the result was that the man's head was twisted off. In another instance Berry went to hang one John Lee; convicted of the murder of an old lady near Torquay. When he pulled the lever the drop did not fall. The local officials said the woodwork had swollen on account of the rain, and had the part they thought at fault sawed away. Still the trap did not fall. For over half an hour the, criminal stood in the agony of expecta- tion; then the sheriff's heart failed him and the condemned wastaken back to prison and eventually reprieved. Berry says the fault was in the movable' iron -work below the platform, and that'ithe convicts who constructed it had purposely made it wrong. -For each execution_ he received ten pounds, and five pounds where there was a reprieve, besides his expenses. He went to, every part of England when called for by the sheriff, the matter being at the option of that official, as the hangman is not an officer of the law, ,but only en _"appointee of the Home Secretary. , Berry is said to be a very intelligent and gentlemanly person. He starts on a lecturing tour with flattering offers, and it is reported in London that he has been offered a large sum for a tour in the United States. He will not only Iecture, but will circulate petitions for the abolition of capital punishment. M. Deibler has had a far more sensa- tional career, and many a time as he rode in the gray dawn of morning from the prison of soine provincial town to the place of ex- ecution he has heard persons in the street cry out to their friends There ! That is M. de Paris on the front seat. I saw him when he ` clipped' guillotined) So-and-so at such 'a place." The French method appears shocking to English and Americans. The condemned is not allowed the slightest hint of the time set for his execution. He may wait for it a week or many months. Some day M. de Paris gets an order from the Minis- ter of Justice directing him what road to take and what hour to arrive; at the pro- vincial town. His five assistants promptly pack the guillotine and start with it. ' At 2 a. m. they proceed to the ground, un- pack and screw it together in working shape, then try, the lunette (which holds the criminal's head) and the knife, to see if it runs properly. Meanwhile monsieur has delivered his sealed letter to the local officials, and they all proceed to the prison a half hour or so before daylight. The condemned is waked and knows at once that his hour has come. He will not see the sun rise. Forty minutes, • ae a rule, is the length of time he has to live. Mass is said if he desires it. The back of his neck and base of his skull are then shaved clean, and he and his priest enter the cart. Already the streets aro crowded, for it is impossible for, M. de Paris to get into a town without being seen. Arrived at the " place de guillotine" the condemned isboundto an upright board turning on a hinge. The priest holds , up the crucifix. Monsieur quickly turns down the board. The doomed- man's neck fits nicely in the lunette. The Hugh steel knife, weighing 120.pounds, set diagonally and as sharp as a razor, drops—the ends running in grooves of the upright beams. The crimi- nal's head drops into a basket and his blood spurts into the sawdust ; and for suet) work M. de Paris receives $1,200 per year and" traveling expenses. When Fish are Fresh. All fish suffer by being kept long out of the water. The modern method of freezing fish preserves them to an extent, but they are never so good after having gone through this process. After having been frozen they decay almost the instant they are thawed. These should only be called fresh fish by courtesy." There is one criterion by which all fresh fish maybe judged. That is the clearness of the eyes and the firmness of the flesh. When the eye is no longer fresh and clear, or when the skin is soft, a purchaser may be confident that the fish has been too long out of water. When oysters are fresh, the shells are tightly closed. When they aro open the oyster is dead, and no longer fit for food. The Cleveland diamond will be placed exhibition at the coming Actors' Fund ?:'air. It weighs 42i carats .and is valued at $25,000. - Tho rumor that W. J. Scanlan is dying has no foundation. His mental condition is incurable, but the Bloomingdale doctors aasert that he is in excellent physical ' health BURNED. as °great, pants of however, is located hth and portion of ar of the ich faced action " fortune - auto that asualties n was at were ad - 1. Moat ns, and, ndition. face, and ded for ht their Hospital of this enough Brooks, Thomas Miss ompany re, are Flowing tage of he fire iasing : Mrs. Miss hitten, of the tten is e per- resem- t itis e from t they e fire, they rrellas d not k this f the $137,- ount enery ion, omic were the ther ting work Tin he oar - the ight 000, 000, In valu- ant The iii= and ven his 11y SS - re, iss uc- of re Putting Gloves on Chickens. H. D. Thoreau was onee called upon by Mrs. R. W. Emerson, whose flower garden was being scratched up by the hens, to help her devise some plan to prevent further damage. After a consideration of the ways and means, Mrs. Emerson hit upon the ex - of the galliient of naceous vandals. linen gloves Thoreau,on ofeet who had a keen sense of humor, restrained the laughter which was nearly choking himand , direc- tion, gravendaged the cla, under ws s.of the assembled barnyard in stout linen cloth. For an hour or so the fowls did no harm, and the Emer- son household was greatly pleased. Finally there was heard an exults t crow. ' The rooster had scratched through his bandages and was triumphing over his exploit. The hens followed suit, and Mrs. Emerson was reduced to despair, while Thoreau went to the woods, where he could let his laughter have vent. The Unexpected Driest. If there is any annoying thing in the life of a housewife it is the arrival of a guest by invitation of the husband. Under such circumstances much good taste and consid- eration must needs be shown on all sides. For instance, I heard of such a case where, . when the husband andhis guest arrived, it was to find the wife ill in bed, where she had retired after preparing an exceedingly plain meal consisting of codfish, baked potatoes, bread and butter and tea. Tho wife nerved herself to leave her bed and preside at the meal and all hands behaved exactly as though everything had transpired according to previous arrangement and mutual consultation. I'll warrant the husband and wife had an interview on the subject later in the day and I am certain that both agreed that their guest was a perfect gentleman. — Detroit Free Press. Grand. He—I've been worrying 411 dayy about that kiss I stole off you last night. She—Why ? He—Because I didn't know till 'after it was over that it Was such grand larceny. Proof readers, a much maligned class of hard workers, have a friend in George Augustus Sala. At a recent dinner of tho London Association of Correctors of the Press, Mr. Sala paid a high tribute to the typographical accuracy and beauty of the English books and periodicals. The real " insanity expert " is the titan who succeeds in getting sent to the asylum when he deserves to go to the penitentiary, Strange Case of a Woman's 'Unfaith- fulness. A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES. London Free Press : A remarkable case of bigamy came to light here yesterday, through the sudden departure of the woman concerned, for Buffalo. Some thirty years ago two young folks residing in a south of England village were married and for nearly a decade they lived happily together, when one evil day a third person, a middle-aged bachelor friend.of the husband, appeared on the scene. Not long after a mad affection sprung up between the bachelor and t i wife, and it became, so apparent to the h band that with all the fiery jealousy of nature he ordered his visitor to leave. This he did, and for a time the husband's fears were dispelled, when one evening he re- turned home from his day's' work to find his two little ones alone in the house, with their mother nowhere, to be found. 'Not a trace of her could be secured for several days, when the grieving man learned that the former despoiler of his happiness had, too, left his hotel, and his whereabouts were unknown. After two months of search it was discovered that the missing pair- had left for America in the same steamer, and presumably had gone together. The husband was almost distracted by his troubles, and made every effort to learn whither the two had flown, but a number of letters to the, - police of various cities in the United Stn brought no reply, and other mean e,,. p proved equally useless. Years rolled on, and one of the children whom the erring parent had left behind, now a young man, came to this side of the Atlantic and settled in Buffalo, where he is said to be an enter- prising merchant. .After leaving England, the runaway couple took up their abode in Rochester, N. Y., and there they were mar- ried, but did not long remain, drifting from one place to another, and fearful lest they should be discovered. The second husband was a worthless fellow, and rapidly the twain went down hill in life. Finally they came to this city, -and have lived in a small house in the north- ern part of the second ward for two or three years, he working on the corporation occasionally, while she washed for several of her neighbors, bitterly repent- ing having left the happy home in her native land. The two had frequent quar- rels, and he was indeed a burden, until at length the woman resolved to know whether her first love still lived, and she wrote an appeal for forgiveness. The mission reached its. intended haven, and found the wronged husband leading a quiet life in the home of his married daughter. It awakened within his breast all the old love that . had stirred him in his younger days, and he yearned to see her . for whom ke . had now •been wait- ing these twenty years. A letter came here by the next mail -conveying the intelligence that all was forgiven long ago, and that he was coming out to meet her by the . first boat. The wife was made ac- quainted lo was asked -to await the arrival alin of o and her husband. Yesterday the expectant woman packed up her belongings . and had them shipped across the line, and this morning she followed them. The final parting be- tween the two here is said to have been very affectionate, but the husband No. 2 learning that; their whereabouts had been made known was willing to let his unlawful wife leave rather than encounter the righteous indignation of a grossly injured man. He ease he will remain here. Mr. John A. Campbell; St. Sixte, Que., writes : " My wife was unwell for four years from irregular periods, brought about by a severe cold. She tried many remedies but without relief. Seeing Dr. Wi11iaC# Pink Pills advertised, I procured two boxes and the result is a permanent cure. They are the best medicine in the world for the diseases you represent them for. Sold by all dealers. All Pulling Together. " Who is that long-haired young fellow who seems to have nothing to do ?" in- quired the casual stranger, " That's our poet,' said the eq're. " Town chips in an' pays hia boar nil, clothes." " Where are his works published ?N " Ain't never been arranged to have 'em published. printed arter he dead. That's w'y we are tryin' to keep him alive lon;'s we can."—Indianapolis Journal. " Mary," said the mistress to the house -maid, " I don't care whether you do any sweeping to -day or not, but you must hang those new rugs out of the windows so hat the neighbors will see them. 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