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Chief Juetice Cameron is deed. gelled
been ili for tow weeks with e gerbunele
and blood -poisoning, and for e few'deye
with infianimation cif the bowels, He died
in Toronto on Saturday night. The follow -
is e elsetch of his life Sir Matthew
Cooks Cameron was 9, .sonof john McAlpin
Cameron. He was born at Dundee, Ont.,
on October 2nd, 1829, Hie tether was it
descendant of the Ceraerons of Faesifern,
Scotland, and .emigrated from Invernese.
shire to Upper Canada in 1819, settling at
Duedees where be engaged in besinese,
subsequently discharging the duties of
Deputy Postmaster under Thomas Allen
Stayner, then the Imperial Postmaster.
Generalfor Cenede, 1st Hamilton, and also
Deputy Clerk of she Crown for the Gore
district. He died in Toronto in November,
1866, aged 79 years. Matthew Crooks
Cameron's mother was Nancy Foy, a.
native of Northumberland, England. !The
education of the deceased was obtained
first et Hamilton under Mr. Randall
and afterwards the district school in
Toronto, svhieb he attended for a short
time. In 1838 be entered Upper Canada
College, where he studied until 1840, when,
in consequence of an accident while out
shooting, he had to retire. Twe years later
he entered the office of Messrs, Campbell
& Boulton, of Toronto, as a student -at -law,
where he remained untilliilery Term,1849,
when be was called to the Bar of the Pro:
vince of Ontario. He engaged in Toronto
in the practice of his profession, first with
Mr. Boulton, his former master. This firm
continued until the law partnership of
Messrs. Cayley & Cameron was forrned,
the Benior member being Hon.Wm, Cayley,
an English barrister, and at .one time In.
of the Province, afterwards
Registrar of the Surrogate Court, In 1859
Dr. McMichael entered the firm, which
then became Cayley, Cameron & Mc-
Michael. Later Mr. Cayley retired and
Mr. E. Fitzgerald became a partner in the
business, and his name was added to the
name and style of the firm, remaining so
for several years.. On the retire-
ment of Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Alfred
Hoskin became a partner, and it remained
McMichael & Hoskin until the senior mem-
ber's elevation to the Bench in Novenober,
1878. He was elected a Queen's Counsel in
1863 and elected a Bencher in November,
1878. He first came into public notice sea
cormeel in the famous ease of Anderson, the.
fugitive slave, the refusal to surrender
whom, on the part of the British Govern-
ment, nearly caused war between that
country and the United States. Partly as
a result of this case he obtained a very
large praotice, and travelled from assize to
assize, putting in an immense amount of
work, though nearly all the time enduring
great personal agony, as the result of an
accident suffered some years before. This
accident occurred while he and another
gentleman were shooting in the marsh near
Toronto. One of the guns went off prema-
turely, shooting Mr. Cameron in the thigh.
The wound took a bad turn and the injured
leg had to be amputated. The stump never
healed properly, and ever since he was
almost continually in pain from this
accident. The physical suffering never pre-
vented him from doing such a day's work
that few men in the country would have
performed in the same time. In his early
days, when he was a practising barrister,
he would work through one Assize Court,
and then travel all night acrose country
roads thirty or forty miles, take up the
business at another court and after going
through it travel to the next court, and so
on. At the Assizes, as a judge, he would
go to the beneh early in the morning, would
sit there all afternoon, and would not ad-
journ till 4 or 5 in the morning if neces-
sary to get through with a case. He has
worn out three juries in a day. His legal
acquirements and great talent caused him
to be looked up to with profound respect by
the Bar, the members of which also enter-
tained nsuoli personal affection for him.
His summing up of a ease was a master-
piece of lucidity and force. The first public
office held by the late Sir Matthew
Cameron was on a commission with
Colonel Coffin, appointed in 1852 to
inquire into the causes of accidents svhieh
had been of frequent occurrence onthe Great
Western Railway. In 1859 he went into
the Toronto City Council representing St.
James Ward, and thence forward he
figured prominently in public life. In
1861, and again a few years later, at the
solicitation of many citizens, he Unites*
the Mayoralty unsuccessfully. In 1861 he
entoed the arena of national politics, and
sat for North Ontario in the Canadian
Assembly from the general election f that
year until the general election in 1863, when
he was defeated. But in July, 1864, he
was re-elected for the same seat, whieh he
continued to hold until Confederation, when
he was again unsnecessful. At the general
Provincial elections in 1867 he was returned
to the Ontario Parliament for East Toron-
to, and re-elected in 1871 and 1875. Ile
was a member of the Executive Council in
Ontario in the Sandfield Macdonald Ad -
Ministration from July 20th, 1867, until
the resignation of the Ministry, December
19111, 1871, and with the exception of the
last five months of thigperiod, when he was
Commissioner of Crown hinde, he held the
offices of Provincial Secretary and Registrar.
He was also leader, and a very able one too,
of the Opposition, from the General Elect.
tions in December, 1871, 'until appointed to
the Judgethip in the Queen's Bench, in
November; 1878, which position be held
until he itege to the Chief Justiceship of
the Common Pleas in 1884. He aided in
forming the Liberal -Conservative A.sseeia-
tion of Toronto, became its first Ptetsident,
and held that Office iontil his elevation to
the Bench, Ife Was also VicoPresident
the Liberal.Congeiwative Convention which
Was aeseinbled in Toronto iii 1874. He was
a Member of the Caledonian food St.
Andrew'SOcieties. Ho was created a
Knight Bachelor On April 5th last, at the
seine tiine Chief Justice Stuart, of Quebec,
received a similar henot, On December
let, 1851, he Was married in Toronto to
Mise Charlotte Ross, dtstighter of William
wedd, Nolo immediately prier to his
death tbeided. in Hamilton Ont, Mts.
amilertil died wh, 18681. She was it
sister of Mr. Writ Wixid, first classical
,Master at Upper. tss,mos, College, and also
of thelete Mrs, (Dr.) MeMichael, MO, (Dr.)
Strethy, Toronto, and Mre, Scedding, et
Orillia. Sir Matthew leaves thkee ems and
. three daSIghters, His Ong nit Die Irving
IL Ceshereti, Hese MeAs ChinetOri, Of the l
Meteorological Weep, and a younger
brether. His daughters aro Mrs. Darling,
the widew of the late son of the Rev.W. i.
Derlipg, Mrs, A. Wright and a young un -
Married daughter,
The late judge wes for thirty years a
member of Trinity Oherph, and at the
morning service of that church yesterday
Rey. 4. Sanson, the rector, referred to his
death. It would be a loss, he said, not
only to Toronto hist to the country at •loge.
He referred to the late Jedge's pro-
fessional, public, and private life in 'eery
high terms, saying that even in the judg
ment of his opponent e he was an incorrup-
tible politician.
The funeral will take place to -morrow
afternoon from the residence of Dr.
Cameron, 273 Sherboerne street, Toronto,
to St. James' Cemetery. The services
will be read at the house by Rev, A. Simeon
and :Canon Dumoulin.
THE 01,D, OLD STORY.
Jilted and Tired of Life a Young Lady
Attempts Suicide at the Fans.
A last (Sunday) night's Niagara Falls
despatch says: A handsome young woman,
who says hes name is Austin Whitley,
spent last night at police headquarters for
having attempted to commit suicide yes.
terday by jumping off Goat Island into the
cataract. She was very reticent, and though
talking entertainingly on other subjects,
refuses to speak about herself. From what
could be gathered of her story, she is the
daughter of an English clergyman, and
sought to end her life through disappoint-
ment in love. She said once that she was
a widow and had two children, and at
another time that she had one son 10 years
old, who was at school in England, whence
she came. The girl threw her poeketbook,
containing a package of letters, into the
rapids before she could be prevented. Chief
of Police Barker obtained possession of
another letter which had been torn up.
The envelope read, "Mise Whitley, St.
Paul's Vicarage, Hallowell, North Bolton,
England." The letter was written in an
angular English hand and began, "Dear
Led," the signature being, "Your Sister,
A. Whitley.' Besides other things, the
writer spoke of her coming marriage with
Dr. Shaw and said that although she was
the black sheep of the family she mightyet
be good. The woman has been in Mon-
treal, Toronto and St. Catharines. She
•came here a week ago to work in a hotel,
but refused to associate with the other
servants. She had a splendid wardrobe
and seemed to be unused to work. On
Friday a stranger called to see the woman
and afterwards she was despondent. Yes-
terday afternoon she offered her watch to
Charles Hanna, of the Casino, and told
him that she had determined to die in the
catiraet. "You must be crazy," he re-
plied. "God help me, but I mean to do
it," said the girl. She told others the same
thing, and Mr. Hanna notified the police-
men when he saw her start for the cataract.
She told Chief Barker that she had no
desire to live, and intimated that she had
been jilted by a man to whom she was
engaged. To -morrow she will be taken be-
fore Police Justice Crowley.
THE BURNED CHAMPLAIN.
Particulars of the Rescue From the Vessel
—A courageous Woman.
A Chicago despatch says: The schooner
Racine, the crew of whieli rescued the sur-
vivors of the Champlain disaster, arrived
here last evening. At the time the Cham-
plain caught fire the Racine was lying
alongside a pier six miles from Charlevoix.
Captain Hanson woke up, saw the burning
steamer and sent a part of his crew on a
yawl to reseue the perishing passengers.
With the remainder of his crew he ran
down the beach to an old fishboat, launched
it and started for the wreck. The boat had
not been used for a long time and leaked.
When about half way out to the Chareple,in
Capt. Hanson came across a young woman
who was swimming towaid shore with a
child. This was Miss Mary Wakefield, of
Charlevoix. She had jumped over-
board from the steamer with the
6 -year-old child of Capt. Kehoe
clasped in her arms. Grasping a broken
fender, she clung to it, and seizing the
clothing of the child in her teeth she bravely
struck out for the shore. Capt. Hanson
says she is the pluckiest woman he ever
saw in his life. 'When he started to take
her and the child into hig boat she told him
to hurry away to the others, as she could
take care of herself. She reached the
shore in 'safety, and when another of the
shipwrecked passengers was taken from
the boat in an almost frezen condition she
took off her flannel underskirt and wrapped
it around him. When Capt. Hanson readied
the wreck the yawl of the Racine had picked
up fifteen persons. Ho saved six more and
seventeen others floated ashore •by the aid
of planks and life -preservers. Among the
bodies picked up by Capt. Hansen FMB
that of. Mrs. E, C. Smith. In speaking of
Omit, Casey, Capt. Hanson said be never
knew what courage in a man meant until
he witnessed the heroic fortitude displayed
by the brave commander of the Champlain.
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Anti -Scott Act Outrage at Uxbridge.
An Uxbridge despatch says: On Sater.
day night last Mr, Thomas Armstrong,
inilkman and fatraer, of Uxbridge, a pro-
minent Scott Act Worker, had his herd of
milch cows poisoned by soeundrels who
placed Paris green mixed with salt in the
field where they were erieloged for the
night. Of the nine cows which Were poi-
soned two are dead (valued et $125) and
two or three Others are not expected to live.
The Town Council, at its meeting on Wed -
day night, offered a reward of $500 fel- the
epprelumeion of the guilty parties. Great
indignation ig felt by all the citizens over
the outrage, ail Mr. Armgtrong is much
eeteerned for his upright eharactO and
earnest efforts to enforce the Scott Aot. He
has been a member of the Towil Council
now for two yeare,
•
A. New York judge reeently decided that
tenent'e eage covers the outside walls of
the building ELS well fts the inside, end that
he bee it right to lige the former for adVet,
tieing purposes.
Three chatneleOns are kept as nag lsy
fathionable widow of Philedelphia, They
eke C611111)0(1 in a gilded cage When they are
net playfully igioning up told cletil their
mistressfiring.
Every hotel-keepet in IlidgetOwn has
beet fuied $50 and caste /or voletie h of tlie
Seott Ad, eXeept end, who ekiPtied.
THE OVEAN'S PX.N1S1:4 ;'13.1.1X1rs
Magnificent Spectacle at Irladsor caPitie—
The Dresses and !Jewels.
A London correspondent cables ; The
Queen's dinner party. wes unprecedentedly
magnificent, It cone:sited entirely of kiegs,
queens, princes and prineesses of the Euro-
pean royal families who are guests of Her
Majesty, he Queen of Hawaii, Prince
Komatsu of japan end ell the Indian Princes
were excluded, as they are to be entertained
separately in a day or two at Windsor.
The plate, which bad been sent from Wind-
sor, was glorious' and at desert the Queen
used for the firsttime the service presented
to her by the King of Saxony. It is of
!t pate jagne" with flowers in the middle,
and is valued at £8,000, Gold and silver
vases filled with exotics, and forty-two
enormous candelebra, containing over seven
hundred candles, illuminated the table.
The Queen sat in the centre, and was
dressed in bite* satin, covered with
Maltese lace. She wore her usual widow's
cap, with many diamonds on it, and star
and ribbon of the Garter, with all
her other orders. Her hand e were literally
laden with priceless rings. She had the
King of the Belgians on her right and the
King of Denmark on her left, and with
them chatted throughout the banquet. The
Queen of the Belgians sat next to the King
of Denmark, having on her right the King
of Greece. Then came the Crown Princess
of Germany, who is certainly the plainest
of the English royal family and who wore
a marvellous necklace of pearls, some of
which were the Size of a pigeon's egg. The
Princess of Wales wore the jewels presented
to her by the city of London at her marriage.
The rubies and diamonds worn by the
Duchess of Edjnburgh are valued at a
quarter of a million sterling. The Crown
Princess of Portugal had on superb
emeralds. Behind each guest was a ser-
vant in scarlet livery with powdered hair,
golden epaulets and a court sword, xhilst
many gentlemen-inogaiting in full court
attire were grouped around the table. The
Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers per-
formed a selection of music during the
dinner. When they played the "Bine
Danube" waltz the Queen sent a meesen.
ger to the Crown Prince of Austria and
smiled graciously to him evidently
wishing him to understand that she
had selected this air in honor of Austria.
The Indian princes have the good sense to
wear their national dresses, and these are
most artistic and enriched with priceless
jewels. Their conduct, however, is some-
times rather extraordinary. For instance,
one Of them is the terror of all the waiters
at the hotel where he resides for he very
facetiously obliges his attendants to finish
all that is left on the table after each meal,
and to the evident delight of His Highness,
the poor fellows are rendered ill by over-
eating of pats of butter and such like
bilioufg articles.
A BURGLAR'S ROMANCE.
An Escaped Convict Reforms, But the
Pollee Interrupt His Honest Career.
A St. Louis, Mo., despatch says: Wm
Parker, alias Keller an alleged ex-conviot,
wanted in Quincy, Ill., on a charge of
burglary, was arrested here last evening,
and the capture brought to light a real
romance. Parker, after escaping from
Illinois two years ago, went to St. Louis
and began to earn an honest living. He
married and saved money. Two months
ago he bought a house and lot in Magazine
street and with his wife and child was do-
ing well when the police identified hins
through the mail. He says he would,lutve
shot himself had he known what was
conning.
A Pollee Court Episode.
A last (Friday) night's London despatch
says: The routine of Police Court proceed-
ings was broken through to -day by a some-
what lively tilt between two leading local
legal lights. One Simpson had been com-
mitted for fraudulently obtaining a watch.
County Crown Attorney Hutchinson pro-
posed that the Court should take charge of
the timepiece, to which Simpson's counsel,
Mr. D. H. Tennant, objected. Thereupon
Edmund Meredith, who was engaged on
another case, took it uponhimeel?to advise
Mr. Tennent not to surrender the watch.
Simpson at once handed the watch to his
counsel, Tennent, who summarily disap-
peated from the court -room. Mr. Meredith
then. volunteered somefurther advice, when
Mr. Hutchinson objeeted, charactetising
Mr. Meredith's interference as " disgrace-
ful conduct." Mr.. Meredith said he would
take none of Mr. Hutchinson's imperti-
nence." Angry words followed,in which
Mr. Meredith expressed the opinion that
Mr. Hutchinson was "A old scoun-
drel." Mr. Hutchinson made it damaging
reference to Mr. Meredith's connection
with the case of Esther Arscott, the notori-
ous. Mr. Meredith advancedand threatened
to bang Mr.Hutchineen on the nose. Mr.
Hutchinson seized Mr. Meredith's cane and
threatened to use it if Mr.Meredith came any
closer. The Chief of Police here interfered
and prevented blbodshed. The Coot also
ordered a constable to nterpoge his body
between the belligerents and maintain the
status quo ante Wilton.
Newfoundland's New Governor.
A St. John's, Nfld., despatch says
Henry Arthur Blake, Governer of the
Bahamas, has been appointed Govetner of
Newfoundland. In 1859 he was appoieted
Inspector Of the Royal Irish Constabulary;
in 1876 Stipendiary Magietrete, and in
1882 Governor of the Bahamas, He is
married to a daughter of the late Bernal
Osborne, M. P., whose eldest daughter is
the Duchess of St. Albens. Mr, Blake is 48
years of ago, able and energetic. Sir
Ambrose Shea succeeds Mr. Blake afi
Gevernot of the Bahamas at it salary ef
£2,500. Sit G. W. DetVocux leaves to -clay
en TO2Ite to Hong Kong, of which he ig ap-
pointed Governor. The gaiety is .86,000.
The Mayor of Des Moines has been fined
seven different times ter vielatierift et
ordinances he worked bard to have Imaged,
and now threatens to resign milese tho
police let tip on their ton -foolery,
Hannah William, an Iowa girl, herd
gerne of the boys hisighing about her feet:
find beau -leo of Oita she went bonsai took
strychnine and died,
Twenty thousand tabbitg WOO killed in
Telianse cOunty, Centel:ilia, (lilting the past
feet Malting, but the istibriale sero to be
just ag plentiful as
GR.A.PH..TO pu 1Y1 MARY.
Emery Fountain, of East Oxford, roc*.
ed e, kiels from a horse on Thursdey after-
noon and died yesterday morning f rom the
effects,
The number of cattle shipped from Mon -
'treed since the opening of navigation up to
the 204h June shows an increase of 1,007
head over last year to Ball1B date
In the 4041i Battalion at Kingston camp
are eight Indian e from Rice Lake, and
Capt. Snelgrove save they are desirable
men, being orderly, active and good shots.
One of them ie the son of Chief Orme.
By an accident on Notre Dame street.
Montreal, yesterday afternoon, Enders
Lachance, the 2 -year-old son of Frangis
Lachance, was struck by a street car p.nd
one of the child's) arnis severed from his
body.
On Thursday evening a boy 7 years old
was found helplessly drunk at Kingston.
He fell into a deep excavation and inflicted
a deep wound on his head, and is now very
low. The liquor was givea him by two
dissolgte women.
A. freight train ran off the keels yester-
day on the'Grend Junction at Belleville,
Samuel Brown, a brakesman, receiving
injuries which will probably prove fatal.
Tlivheesiinnti
ithre4 racitaya. je 20
Years of age' and
Yesterday morning Francis Burgess,
Firet Deputy Reeve of Blenheim was
assaulted at Drumbo by a man named Me -
Nicholls, who struck him repeatedly,
bruising him badly about the head. No
motive can be ascribed for the cowardly
act,
Private Stillwell, of the 40th, has been
taken to the asylum, having become insane.
lie was found yesterday morning in a swamp
near Kingston eamp,in whica it is supposed
he was all night. Surgeon Boyle has made
a complaint to the effect that the medicine
supplied is insufficient and inferior.
The recent charge against Robert Watson
for child murder has had the effect of clear
ing all the gypsies out of the woods in the
rear of London South. Should they' again
put in an appearance the residents will
take steps to have them proraptly excluded
frora these woods.
Sohn Snaps, an alleged London man,
went to Cleveland, when he professed to fall
in love with a boarding-house cook and
engaged to marry her. Taking the young
woman out for it walk, he showed her a
cottage which he said he had rented and got
$45 from his affianced to help furnish it.
Snape is gone and so is the girl's money.
During Thursday night burglars broke
into Stewart's blacksmith shop, Brantford,
and carried away a sledge hammer, chisel
and a pair of pliers. With these tools they
entered Thos. Elliott's coal office and
attempted to break into the safe. They
broke the combination knob off and depart-
ed, leaving the tools. Evidently they were
frightened.
James Doge,n, a C. P. R. laborer, was ar-
rested in London charged with stealing an
open-faced silver watch and $12 in cash
from the foreman of the section gang, John
Dorman. The latter was walking along
thetrack when Doga,n, it is alleged, came*
up behind him and struck him with a hard
weapon, knocking him insensible, and then
going through his pockets. The prisoner
was remanded till Monday next.
The German Crown Prince has visited
Dr. Mackenzie daily during the week. On
Monday or Tuesday Dr. Mackenzie will
remove another portion of the growth in
the Prince's throat.
Mgr. Persico and Mgr. Gauldi have left
Rome for Ireland on the mission entrusted
to them by the Pope. They are instructed
to make a personal observationand prepare
a report on the political and social condi-
tion of the Irish people.
Frank Hugh O'Donnell, formerly mem-
ber of Parliament for Dungarvan and ex -
Vice -President of the Home Rule Con-
federation, has brought suit against the
London Times for libel. The suit is based
upon an article commenting on the letter
recently sent to the Times by O'Donnell to
correct statements made by that paper
regarding the alleged connection of Par-
nellism with Irish crimes. It is expected
that " Parnellism and Crime" issues will
be raised in the course of the trial.
Mr. Wm. M. Murphy, a Nationalist
member of Parliament, while sailing in his
yacht in Bitntry Bay with a party of
friends, hoisted a small green flag. The
captain of H.M.S. Shannon, upon noticing
thig action, sent a party of marines to the
yacht with orders to haul clown the flag and
carry it off. These instructions wets
obeyed. It is expected that, as a protest
against this act of the captain of the
Shannon, the Bantry regatta, which has
been fixed for Monday, will be postponed
until the Shannon leaves the bay.
The Marquis of Hartington, in a speech
at Messohester last evening, teferred to,
Horne Rule for Ireland as being for a time
at least decided ageinigt. Ile protested
against the minority in Parliament being
allowed to further prevent legislation,
especially denouncing that seotiori of the
minority directly assoeiated with a foreign
conspiracy aiming at the establishment of
an Irish republic, Referring to Mr, Glad.
stone's offer for a conference, Leta Har-
tington said that the time had not arrived
for a re -union of the Liberal party'. Ile
demanded a general basis of agreement
before undertsking negotiationg. Any
agreement, he added, must be open to the
full knowled,ge Of the Conservatives, who
had been leyal to the Unionists and de-
served their confidence in return.
At North ledustry, Ohio, it snifill viilage
in Stark County, yesterday afternoon Con -
red Doll, 0. coal miller, aged 45 years,
killed his Wife and step -ton With a hatchet
le a quatrel togillting fteM deinliteiniting
lettere found in possiggeiOn Of the Women.
The temains Of the unknown man which
Were found in Niagara gigot oti Wednes-
day have both' identified by Win. Kuch, of
Vert Erie, Ont., as these Of hig
jobil Bucher, On jamifiry Ilith lest 13richer
ti,ha Wth xtioh, jun., wont to Eutfaid in it
Email boat. When they stetted tO go back
blinding enoteetorin denier Otli attd they
woke Tie'ver Seen Mit% Van. 13tieher leaves
a Wife. The body 6f Keels Iiagnot yet been
font& Robed feet ehildren,
/the half.holiday movement in Kingston
is extending to all trades and eallings, It
is probttble that an afternoon a week Will be
gtittited all empleyeeg during the summer.
The tile] O1 the teletrated Ayer eeizlike
ease, iliVolving over half a million dollars,
was oommeeced in Montreal to -day before
a sPeeial sessien of the Exelieguer coat
-
The Wimbledon team left Quebec yess
terday for Liverpool on the Parisian,
Lieut. -Col. Ouimet Will leave next Thures
day to assume the cemmend of the teare.
The Canadian Paoifig.Railway has deter*
mined bp build a branch line frono the
Atlantic & Northwest main line at Blue
Bonnets to Lachine, Dorval and Valois,.
resorts on Lake St. Louis. The company
purpose to make a specialty of summer
resort service.
Extredition Proceedings against James
A. L, 'Wilson, the defaulting Treasurer of
the Chesapeake & Delasve.re Canal Com-
pany, of Philadelphia, were cosomenced
before Judge McDougall at Toronto yes-
terday. A remand was granted for eight
days.
Mr. J. W. Fetherstone, organist of
Queen's Avenue Methodist Church, London
(late of Montreal), was married yesterday
to Miss Hattie, second daughter of Mr.
John Forsythe, of London. Among the
many presents received by the popular
young couple was a handsome silver ser-
vice, the gift el the Queen's Avenue Church
choir.
A gang of burglars were captured in the
woods near Frankford on Wednesday by
several of the neighbors. They all had,
revolvers and a full set of burglars' tools..
They demanded their pistols back after
beingsrrested, and got them, vshen they
took to the woods and escaped. The police
state that a description of the men answers
that of the Holligan assassins in Cleveland,.
Ohio, last February. The police are scour-
ing the country for the gang.
Considerable interest was excited in
Woodstock on Wednesday night by the
arrest of two dry goods merchants, Messrs.
Still and McPhail, composing the firm of
Still & McPhail, on the charge of having
obtained goode to the amount of $3,000,
and having concealed the proceeds and
made false entries in their cash book, for
the purpose of deceiving their creditorss
The firm assigned a few days ago to a
Toronto wholesale firzn. They had only
been in Woodstock a short time.
The Rothschilds and Barings will issue
£4,000,000 preference shares of the Man-
chester Canal Company providing Parlia-
ment passes the Bill authorizing the issue..
A Ruseian force has arrived at Karate -
gin. It is supposed that the destination of
the force es Be.dakshan. The Boltharans,
in spite of orders from the Arneer of Bok-
hara, refuse to allow the Russians to.
proceed.
It is nearly certain that the Czar and.
Czarina will before long visit Copenhagen,
and that from there the Czar will then go
to meet the Emperor William and perhaps.
the Emperor Francis Joseph.
The annual meeting of theIrish Catholic
Archbishops and Bishops was held at May-
nooth College yesterday. Archbishop
Walsh presided. A resolution was passed
again denouncing the Coercion measure be-
fore Parliament.
By the wrecking of a train on the
Hawkesbury Reilway in New South Wales
yesterday, Seven persons were killed and
forty others injured. The aceident was
caused by the failure of the brakes to work
while the train was going down an incline.
The Countess Campos, the heiress who
was carried off from Paris by ter lover,
has arrived at Dover. The Countess was
accompanied to Dover by M. Goboeuf, her
lover, and three other seentlemen. The
Campos family agent and a French detec-
tive, armed with a warrant, visited the,
hotel where the Countess is stopping, ac-
companied by the Spanish Consul. The
Consul explained to Mlle. Campos how her
family felt over her ftbduction, and that the
warrant for her arrest was to recover her
from her abduct rs and restore her to her
family. She de siared that she wished to
marry Garboeuf and that she was not a
prisoner against her will. Upon this de-
claration the English police refused to
sanction her arrest, as she was of legal age
and was qualified to act for herself.
The Exchange Bank, of Chicago, loses.
heavily by the collapse of the Fidelity
Bank, of Cincinnati.
Matthew Gurney, of Haverstraw, N. Y.,
after a night of great agony, died yesterday
morning of hydrophobia. He was 60 years.
old, unmarried and wealthy.
An explosion of gas occurred at No 4
slope of the Susquehanna Coal Company,
a,t Wilkesbarre, Pa., yesterday morning.
Three miners were killed and several men
and boys seriously injured.
Moses J. Speight, a boy 15 years old, ii.
company with four other inmates of the
House of Refuge on Randall's Island, N.Y.,
on Wednesday night attempted to escape
from the institution. William Edgar Cole,.
night watchman, wag enticed to young
Speight's tell, where the boy had concealed
a baseball bat under his cot. This he drew -
out sudaenly and struck the watchman
over the head, fracturing his skull. The
boy took the keys from the prostrate man's
pocket, but was unable to unlock the gate,
ana the other boys, becoming frightened,.
refused to participate. Speight was
arrested. Cole died yesterday morning.
He \Vas Conig to be married. s
Ginseng—Congratulate me, father,
going to be married.
Ginseng's fathet—Ah, but do you think
the lady will be eble to support you in the
style to which yea have been accustomed?'
TIM Earl of Winchel5ea, Whose death is
teported by cable, succeeded to his title in
1858. It was his predeeessor who fpught
tho famous duel with the Duke of Welling-
ton in 1820, The duel arse from the part
taken by Wellington in btingirig in the
Catholic Relief 13i11, Witichelseft, Who was
opposed to that measure, wrote a letter
imputing to Wellington disgraceful if not
crireinal motives. Wellington demanded
en Apology ; Winchelten, refused. 'Tire
Duke oliallenged the Earl, They Wet on
Mereh kg, 1820, le Bettersea Fields,
Wellington fired itt hie opponent, Who then
discharged his pistol in thetti:i183otlritphettir,,
ties were highly praised Ontoidalo
honorable conatet.
The Sinking cave six miles Sotitheast of
Roollepott, Mo., is On0 of the greatest
natural curiosities in Centtel Missouri,
The save has three channels, eXteridingeftell,
it mile imelet.ground. Whore the two side
chenibets brunch out itom the Middle is a
pool of Wateri Skid to be fathomless,