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The Signal, 1902-1-9, Page 7FRENCH SIRQUE REACHES PORT. She Had a Narrow Escape From Sinking WITH THE WALLA WALLA. bays ]ler Lights Were Monet* She (-wild Nut Render Assistance- Probably 40 Liver Were Lust hi the l'ulllsluu. Bac Francisco, Cal., Jan. 0.- The French barque Max, Captain Benoist, which was In colltsent with and gunk the steamer U'alle Walla, causing the loss of about forty liver, and which was towed to this port last night, was badly damaged In the accident. ]let' Plebeian', mato of hollow steel, %vete broken and twisted, and the lip of 1t trailed on the water un the port seta of the tws.1, and at about right ',Hitless with the lino of the hull. tier et, in was twirtttj, and great gaping h,1Jt had been tura In her bow. There Was ono almost at the water line, and 'mother u few feet above. Only her water -tight cennertWeuts kept her from eluting. Tne French vessel left Glasgow 1.20 .lnys ago, bound fur this port. She has In ballast and consigned Irl Fred- erick Henry. Her captain ]tad little to may regarding the di aster, exc^pt that hie vessel was closely (Mow- ing the ruler of the road when the eteetmer came melee the tows ae[ her barque. Ho declared that the tight.of the Max were properly Lurie lug and displayed and twat the mem of his crew saw the 'loonier fur a long time before the collision. IIe mud; "We could think of no reason wTiy tjle ties on t ti a rteumer did out wee ea, tad aa the verse's appruaoh- ed we became &ext.(.. Them It: wad TOO late. The eteruuer had tried to cross our Dews. but Ieul felled. Just bolero the entail came the steamer e swung eliglrtly to port as t ough an effort war being made to parr to our dere, but the change came tam late. The b►rgue struck the steamer. almost nuadrttips on the pont aide. For a stemma. . they hung ▪ together and then drifted apart. Our verse) wets ei beetle, damaged we til. ught the would rink, and under the cnrcuwrtnncee we hal all we - could do to take care of ourrelteg. let daylight we had beaten well out to- ward the sett end were safe tram the breakers. but our veinal was to e great measure unmanageable. Oa litturday morning wo accepted a tele from the Maumee Acme which later was aided 'by the cutter Me- Udktuh." SHE RISKS A HOTLINE, Miss McComb Weds L_Choke, -. WILL NOT STARVE ANYWA -1,few Torte Jan. 8: -With only beta Triciads as witnesses, Louis E. Herzog, -8f Phtlaeelphiu, an -1 Misr Yaola Rayne, McCumb, of Dobbs Ferry, were. married by the iter. Henry C. Van Tryke in the Brick Chert•It, in Fifth avenue, at half -past three (clock yesterday afternoon. By this marra:agu tba bride may forfeit a one-fourth Interest in th. estate of tier father. The eetate.l- estim./teei at eleeala,W.l. 1t wilt re- male for the courts to deet le whether the cieuse in the will cutting her WI with ten annuity ea *15,04)4) souks she marry Mr. Herzog le to stand. The marriage, which was the cul - min:atien of a must cuwplicatc.t courtship, was as simple as it ramie bo Henle. It war said on good authority yes- terday that a sue; to test (he valid- ity of the wili will bo begun as rutin as the neoeesary legal steps can be taken, now that Miss McComb bar married the men of her choice. One of Mr. Ilersog's intimate irleed■ said yesterday that the bride- groom was opposol to attacking the will, except ns ti mater (tf justice to his wife, and would bo uniy Wu glad to escape any further boturlety as a victim of all "Incuugruous mixture of eentiment not snobbery." It Is the plan of Mr.. Ilersog to mite the estate for the full where to which she was entitled bef.rre the marriage, basing her contention on the alleged invalidity of the condi denlgne.l to prevent the mai-tinge. If her el dim Is sustained, it Is Intimated her sit ro of the fortune will amount. to tame thane, 090,0-,9 , In retching her .keleott to marry the artist Mhos McComb disregarded the wlehee of her living relatives as well as the expr+•snot intention of her father. and they sell were trying to dlsseade her from the step when ehe deckled to walk to the ilrlek ( with Louis Herzog. he was G0 years old to accommodate the eocuutrie wish .rI an lauclu uitmed George M. lode, but he duets not 1111 why, "utas the uncle lie odd to hale find five or six yteire ago, he nun- tluued to priestlier the deoepttun. AWucding tu "Misr Maggie" that war, his home is un a suburb ut Al- bany, N. L. Tree cat:martu uuele was, he p:tye, neon a member of the stuu- dard (hl Company, but whether ae a rtookhukler ur ur au employee he doe. nut say. The uncle, IL le relates], Kuhne's Wife Pawned Sheets Lived in New Turk city anal was a promlucut political worker in one of ED aNio STARVING FAMILYI the uu►embly dhetrlote. De it credited, to Get Medicinetoo, with beving beau a friend of _tbhard trotter and John J. ticauuell. Code's as 111 t ruse. Pretence. "Mime Maggie" amens' that he was bound uy a oedlcii in the uuole'e will to keep up the pretense (hat he wee a woman, but there U nothing to show that the wumuu-man profit- ed to any extent mom his year. of deception through the will of the al- leged uncle, fir he bas been working as a dumeeLlo In the Maine cuuutry ports al.0 war engage,] as a servant when hu (met the young woman le ham m+de ler wlfu. eller Bernard uud "Mier Maggie" were both employed at a farmhouse ut Veuewlburu, iu Keuuelteo (aunty, when they became Interested in each other. Finally Coe ooafeeseh that he wan a man and asked the girl t(e artery lam. 13)10 consented, but the secret of rex and matrimony was kept for a time until the urrarege• menta for the transition front fetulu- bdty to masculinity and for the wed- ding mould be en ode. Cul,, or rather "Miss Maggie" Cute, and Silas Bernard are both widely known in Somerset and Kennebec counties, and the oountrysllo he by the etre with excitement because of the .Trnngeness of the dlrcloeure. AFTER THE REDS. Cosgresstuun .leukins Would Have au Oath '1 ewe. Weehlugton, Jan. 6.-Itepreaenta- livo Jenkins (Wm.), of the Judiciary epecl kI committee welch 1s framing an anti -anarchist b h, to -day intro- duced a meamure which In addition to prokling the death penalty for am- I saults on the i'reriuent, requires Mien Imentee ante to tnko an oath not to umeault theme In Cevernment authority, and not to publicly up- hold the subier,ion of the Govt•rn- ment by rlulent means. FOR HER DYING HUSBAND. l•'rn.11y Lived Two Oats en Water Alone, N hila Father seek In 1'ue notesh 's (trip- $21,0 a True .lauuary ID -A 1'Illtul story. New York, Jan. 8. -In a month Charles Robert Kilhno would have in- herited a fortune estimated at $21.- 000, left to him by lily mother. wlto died eight months aiIo in Wnrtem- berg, Germany. With the money al- most in Ida grasp ite died on Friday last front pneumonia. brought on by exposure awl btarvatlou. For two days he and ills little ram - consisting of hie wife and three pretty children, had nothing to eat. anal rubeirtud entirely upon water. Grief rtr:oken, they follower) hl. Laxly to a little cemetery In Jersey yer- toeday. They were all Incas in their sorrow for their preclo d dead, save for the dismal honing grave diggers and :n undertaker's neeistants. Their incest still .Lowed the rev - Agee of starvation. althoorgh (Heals have tried daring the last few days to allay their sufferings of the week previous by sending into their al- most depleted rooms in the cellar of the flat holism, No. 719 East leetli street, weinte tem of groceries and e(rpplies from the butcher store. tion, there was little trope jor bis re- 00Veny. Neighbors brougkt In half a dosen baskets of food ChrWtmas eve, which the family devoured ravenously. Kohut) lingered until Friday. The day befuru Dr. leheils gave the grateful wife the amount of lhu premium on Kuhne's life lusur.uv,e policy to keep It from lapsing. It le feared now that' In order to get the legacy which Kultne was to have received on Jan. 19 the catWrco will hive to begin an notion to recover It as their fa- ther hoe a sister living in Germany. What they will it In the meantime it n mystery, us the Insurance money 1e only sufficient tu pay the funeral expense*, and they have no other means of support. MBE DIVONCE IS EASY. Illinois Court Stands iii With Suitor. REVELATIONS IN WINDSOR CASE Windsor, Jan. 7. -At a• hearing iu the Wattle extraoatlon ease yester- day emterday Magistrate Carnett war glten some rtnrtliug Intormattou relative to procedure it the Idnldun Courts Lot Springfield, IU. J. N. Watt., owner of the Windsor laundry, a former riehient of Spring.Iel1, was arrested ul Winder' at the instate -0 of hie for mer wife, wt a charge of abducting b * , la 7 a^ -'ll uaug••t r, Ce.th erre ne When the evldeneo for the prose cudiult war In the court announced that a miry for extentUtl(rl had been ttutd., out, but Watt* (entitled that the dlvorue decree, 'wither r gave the custody of the clte.d to her mother. war obtabled by fraud. Attorney J. N. 8relg, of Spring field, woo acted for Mrs. Watts when rite secured her dourer, told how I: was obtained. It was the Intention. 110 mike to ask for the (atones on the groui:d of lnfllellty, nut as this would reflect (xi the ch. 11 it waw de cleat to .•imply charge extreme cruel ty. 1t was arranged between the parties, he said, that no defence war to be roads, and there war also an understanding with the court. Mre. Watts and ler Meter, the attorney mil, swore to enough to secure the divorce when It wax net contested, although he ad ndtteel It was alto- gether Improbable It could hate Been Secured if a defent.e had been made 'We eft.= do_11yit_kort u1 tea n,r -In our courts; Haiti Seek. "We fix th:nge up beforehand. Why. 1 even knew watt few Lite court was going to allow me,' Joseph M. (trout, the Attorney who tu•tcd for Watts, roe roboretted Seneig'e evidence. 'Well, that certainly Is the moat remarkable condition of affa:,,t I ever heard ol;' couuuentedthe Magis- trate. The case was ndj.ornee for a week to give Attorney A. H. ('lark. who appeared our Mrs. Watt., an op portunity to proeueo rebuttal testi mom]. "MISS Mai" A MAN. She" Fell in I-r,ve With a Pretty Girl and Told, A ones of concealer] sex recently came from Maine, nn.1 1. Loki by resi- dents 01 Augusta, In the vicinity of which place tee princlpaL eharncter hie lived for many years. llroanse ho fell 1n love n,trl wanted 1n have hen sweetheart for a elite "Mime Maggie" Cole oast off to-dny the pettloatts be had worn for fifteen yearn while he mnsquerado.l ae a woman, put on man's apparel and tondo known his true nam,, whiah Ix I-tyketer Cole. Thn sweetheart wam BPorlflnnn Rernntrd, 18 yearn net, of semerset county, a tall and goo.] -tucking biome., who to -night Ise Mrs. t+ylvee- ter Cods, for the marriage was cele- bentet to -day by et hoare ef the Penni In Homers nnnnty. moth to the amtonlmhnent of the people far elle* etnundd. Cole Is 30 genre 01.1, rind. either by nature or from hie malt dl.mrmMlnR, hem a wrenanb-h ince ant the man - neva of the Beetle ewe lie explains that be pct on woman's dress when a ' MR. PHILIP WATTH New Osler Constructor of the v)r'tleh Nary. air William Whits, wbom.__he..tTyle. b'ltut>-he aimllnrly .IQIIQW@dH swat in the onerous and reopen- i Sir William White. table t of Director of Naval Con Mr. 1Vatte id 52 pure n e, and «trectbr: at til'; Brltlwh Admiralty,. le Ilam nlready probably ha more 7, experience in the designing war - Mr. l'htlpsWeitte was trained in tetewhyss than any other naval nnehl- Admtralty Service. Thence he was twat eligible for the position outside takenstxte'et years ago by the Into the corps of naval constructors ht Lord Armstrong to be Chef Con the Adtulntlty, as all the recent war R steps turned out from the Elewlrk rtrnctor at the famous private ISIS- yard. for varlonfe foreign countries wick shipyards at Newcastle -on- have been built under 11s .npr'rvisinn. U. S. AT THE CORONATION, The President Will Send an Ambassador to London. SIX WARSHIPS ---ALSO - GOING. Wushlneton, Jan. 7. -Thi American lloternment intends to particip,tto In Bio coronation of King Edward in a manner befitting the digulty and .mlortanco of a great nation. There ie to b, a navel ll.eplay at Cowes ,luring coronation week, and the Ad - mini ration lute dcterminea that rlcan fluty *hull are alepre- prlatrly rrpreeentrd. With that end in VTeWe,irfrelearmhlpc emir to added to the European natal eta- tlon. The cruiser San Fraualsco le in re/Winer; to go, and the magnUl- cent new I, ttierhlp Illinois will be .4atiee the flagship of hear -Admiral A. 8. Crownshield, who will be the com- mander of the United States naval ,urces, Menet Feb. let the protected cruiser Olt mpla, famous mix Admiral Dewey'e nagehlp In the brittle of Mantle Baty, will b' assigned to par - dentate In the Pxerelo's at Cowen. The cruiser Albetne and tile jedilb0At Wilmington, .new in Europe, ell' be the other roprewentativee of the United Staten navy on that mansion. There le et probability that the lem- ony Brooklyn, Admiral Schley e (lag - ship In the war with Spain, will ag,eln go to Englane, also to do honor to royalty. She Is now In the Philip- pine*. Moult all the altiper mentioned be ehosen for tins service, Admiral Crowninihlelol will have six Amerl- enn war rascal. In the grand prerade at Coavem. The Inclination of Presi- dent Roosevelt Is nitro to send rtread army nM1 navy repressen,ntives, but no names have been .uggeeted. The President has determined to send n special amiwtssii inr 1,, thn coronation ceremonlrw, who will 1 ' nceredlted personally to King Ed- ward. Sl far al one iit ascertained, the Prrwklent has not expremael prefer- ence for any men lin' thea nffine, nl- Ihengh there to a feeling In rfflrinl clrrl ei that he went 1 h' Happy to offer It to Grover llei/eland or An- /ken- Carnegie. The man rrlPrtel mnet not only here enffirl'nt d1e- lnefTon (0 *matt • him to the hamar, le11 f'1-nty of pellet° mennm le well, for the personal nvpenmee of n sper- Isl a18beMdor are always very Iarga. Mrs. Kirhne has been the einitress of the 1104160 ever since the famIly moved there, keeping the hotoe clean in exchange) for free rent. The fam- ily were in better circuvnetancoe once bort Killeen. through a number of poor investments, lost hie grocery bast - nem and '.vas obliged to move Into the cellar of the 144th street house test March. He was unable to procure steady employment anywhere, and for the lam [tai) mohtTie the existence)I'the family leo been /cry preoarinre. For several weeks he was able to earn only tj2 a week. ['awned Even the Sheet*. To help keep the wolf from the door, his wife, driven to despa.r, sold match of the furnishings of their humble little home. I•'.eu the s bed were paw ed. and the ctarpetu from the flour, to bay food for the chtleiren, who beg - gee' foe soinrething to Pat. Ten days ago Kuhns was taken III and ane ,no longer .ultra to.uven 'rack for employment. There' hold been no coal in the Move for a month, and he caught a chill, which developed into pneumonia. Ton proud to beg or to make her pltlablw eoadli.or. keewe, Mee, Knhne nursed her hud)and through this critical illness unattended by a -phyeieias,--ire wise -Wee* the--fast--b•rs a'.ng-lu Uta luta:her_ crumbs of food In the larder, find tha fart stmt nnrned by pettentnie the sheet on hie bed wan repent to hey n simple'home remedy for lima Iumpirel by the heroic fortitude erf their mother, the children, after crying their eyes ont the fired n gilt that there Was nothing for them to eat, resigned themselves to a diet of water for their solo sustenance. Their plight prnhnbly would never have. been known, but for an ncci- deulal visit of Men. Harriet Rob n- eon. n tennrtt In the ttonse, to the spnr'mnnts of the Janitress the day War l,ristmns. She P. the npertment bare, and on the sick bpl of Kuhno a wintery old cannel. ton tntterel and torn to be tie any 'ommernial valve to A pnwnbrnkPt We ekenn•I by the lack of fool, the • liken and fnithfnl wife were ethane. rxhti leted. Kohne wee trying to buoy up thrlr I merge by noontime them that they woe l tee able to hare plenty a !thin 1 n few weeks when hie legacy cern,• i dm'. \ter.. Ilobineon o illed In lir. eier- net Peholls, of Wllnn nrenne nn•1 11Ith mtreet, nth,. foam ,h' sick man's ren- dition (Titled. l'nwmonln had affect- ' ed both lungs, and, aided by starca- WRECKED SY EXPLOSION. C. P. R. Rouodiiruse at Owen Sound D mjlished. VOODOO TERRORS. Cblldres slaughtered as aactlnces Is bee -pent tt unbar. Landon, Jan. 0.-A traveller Just re- turned from Hayti understande that the eoterameat id making au effort to put down the exec of Voodoo Ism. white' have roue a fright- ful height In the Isl: and tette In the tlriuity of Por Au Prince The racrtllee of ohlldrele In serpent worrhtp le said to be oautumn, sed cannibalism aecowpanlee the or. glee The Goveruwent le desirous of put ting a stop to Iaaulah sacrifice*, but approaches the subject with hesita tlou owing to drool o1 power of the Voodoo priests, wl.0 do not scruple to poison those who excite their cufttnodty_ - 011, THOSE O1.0GIRLS! Ur, Vann Objects to Arin)! of Wrinkled Dames WHO SEEK TO MARRY HIM. Goshen, N. Y., Jen. 7-1h. Jamas Nicholas Venn, who is looking for his fourteeutlt wife, Is so bothceed by lonely weaken who want to marry him on the spot that Ito 1s becoming alarmed. lie luta leaned a warulug that undeeirablo sum!n Meat keep - away. Any young, nice leoklug, plump blonde of sunny desperation maty apply, but all old and wrinkled cense at their peril: " A young and lovely woman," supe Dr. Vann, • el the Leman htert's de- light, but the oat, designing• woman, w•io insists on marrying you whether you aro %einem or not, is n J•ickal +0x1 a beaten* of prey. I shall greet them ar such." Dr. Vann tau++ n famous, hunter at one time and devoted rear; to the .••ipture of wile un!malh fur feta Rlc,', he circus man. ► . Dr. Vann was attired as usual In a dile the and frock coat to -day, as lin stool In the midst of ills prepara- tions to repel invaders. tie 14 a little man. wiry mei nervous, but very nimble despite his ninety-four years. NIS HOME INA UAULII Slept Between Cutti,is Un- mindful of Spooks. tUNEHAL URN USED ASALARDER Morrirtuwu, N. J., Jan. U. --t tramp pewter of llaltiwort, Md., has tee queerest Ilalutattou tltat ttwu our uud. That is, heed(' have It until Sun tkiy afternoon, ween he Was lu,tge, W the Herres County Jail, where he will rest for tour dayre and until tltu aecompaaylug +'ort., 1114.1.0, are worked out at toe rate of 50 cents a day. lite former babitatlot was In Ever g waiiin a twin. the property V of tkdward-el• Clarkson Th, v v• y true place he cuulet null her hose. was a entail, dark, damp roow, weaeureig etoareely Haile, alt Ight excluded, e‘ cept that which gratgkigty skate,. through the heavy grilled iron door at the marlines. Her bed War sprat„ botweon two musty, mouldy Coifing. and consisted of t.othing but straps of carpet. The mita gave hie name as 'Killian) Jordon and Illy ago ur 31 years, and says that b, hes Ikeue repot toile' work on the staff of the tial tlmoro American. A little over a year ago he was working le Washing au, L. l'., he says, and went Prow place to place until he arrived in Morristown, two Wetkv two '.VIi.m has (wale lagan to run law he huutee, 0111 tb6 cheapest place to eat and see, it When 1114 motley was gone, 1. Wits a question ofl sleeping in the beat elaoe l'rosldeoi•e tvuult furnish That' the erases he look up his re- shiest,' e- shie t la the Clarkon vault. On `'uuday morning one of the em ployeee at the cemetery noticed the mut len.e the vault. Ho watched Jordan nulls be wean out of sight and then ante red the vault. Great wee lila surprtm • to (Uncover that It was the abiding place of the mac. The workmen at undo informed ]tarry A Freeman. l'readent of the Ceme tery Assoelatl'n, and a policeman War sent to tl,e plane. About 9 n'cloek Jordan ' returned and rgteretl the vault. A herr min- utes Inter a put u. n111) followed with a lantern. Jordan was asleep. He was flanked b a efln on each stele, Iunder a motley aerie c Ileotton of bed UNE MAN tiltS OF HIS BURNS. Owen Sound. Ont., Jan. 3. -With a detonation that was heard for mike, an acetylene gas generator at the Canadian Pacille ruandlxruro explod- ed to -night, caudng the death of one victim and Injuring another. For bluebell to the C. P. Ie d'wtrict' win- -doves weer ibalterod by the -sepia. viun, nearly every pane In the front of the PaoRfa Ho , a -b1 7, lerltig deel royed. -Tie wary of the elptosloo la aa follower: At seven o'clock, engine eutered the yards, and the engineer, entering the rouodliou.e, asked for iaoro hgltt. A you* man aimed Alex. Bennett saki dart he fed tot understand tlx: generator, and Thema« Burdon, an employee of tire mechanical dep.trtinene, told him to go trier and he would stiow' him !taw to' operate Lite valve. After Gordon had explained the working of time generator, Bennett left hen, and walked out of the rou,dluusu as fur am the turn -table, when a terrific etrploston leek place. Bricks' were hurled leg!' in the air, alai the wo d- wurk war rtutttered and the earth wed bu Idlng's far Wuckr around rock- ed with the fordo of the explosion. A flying piece of beard struce young Bennett, inflicting Injuries which are not considered dangerous. 4,0,41..0 ,01y oersted. Fearing et second eteploelon, it was several minutes before anyone dared the seaters tots the wreaked roardl- itouse. A party finally groped through the p'Otl-up debris, and found Bordon tying in n pile of wreekago with hie Clertics torn from bin holy, which wee beeriest about the legs noel abdo- men lei the *0051 frightful manner. An alarm of fore had been tent hi from tete 34, and the brigade responded, prompt, vubltMg the flamer 1n the wreckage. Gurdon wait carrier! Into the C'.I'.It. bock-huuee which adjoins the ruuod- house, and five footers worked over th... unfortunate mnhebut without alatl. Ile (hoT at (1106 o'a7--k Royal 1 rain Dario Yeil, A feature of the explosion le the fact Uutt the Loyal train, which was e int ing alt rpae .tracers lutea-+* +gaeri .listen00 keen the gas gen. ruler, suf- ferer consider.tblr, damage. Nearly nit the large pirate -glass windoWs In the 0,1r "tori," Were, shattered, and revere) lights In the car elnrnweill" were also brukea. With Agent Corea, 11 correspondent Inspected the trnin and f01111 11 that little damage had GENERAL CASTRO, The Venezuelan Prevalent, Wive Says He Har Crushed the Revolatlon. HL tkin le tanned and 'darkened by the mins of many summers. His armament coneLete of many deadly weapons, which ho tiered In his career ad to hunter. The gum trouts are fur wading through the mad. The doctor thinks his determined attitude will eenre away all the okl girlie. "My first twelve wives were fair and lovely women, and are undonbt- edty ,tow wile the eengt-b e Vann. "My thirteenth wife was not, Band her nam,. 1 will not, m(n:L,o She Is 'ting .to fey. Tire .flames of the first twelve were Stlean Westbrook, her stater, Nene), and her aunt, Mn. Kato Westbrook, ell of Milford, Pet.; Wen Mary E. Pesten, of lengmans ; Addie Grabs= of Wl1Um a.burg, a. ; Sarah E. lreerpomp, of Philadelphia; Maty Jane Colliding, of Phllndel phla ; Mien Susie Ctnwln, of Metered, 1'n. ; Mie. Annie Harding. of l'hila- .lelplln ; Margaret J ('ase, of ]len• ver ; Mies Julia De Wet, of Indiann- po1l.; Mho Grrtrnde Lnymont, of Indianapolis, and the 'Belix of Or (Inge county,' the thirteenth." Dr. Vann," he was asked, "have you thought of the re -union which will take place In the Jolene, here 'after •• 'Ten, indeed,' replied the o1.1 min 'it -t were to Met nit lay fireen>itttt' wives in any other place I fear the green eye] winter weal l inter the le !matte, but as nlf In boppine•le over there, T metal depart thte life when Tt1 Treatraidtjt nene romoe •-trteeut te pldttlon. 1 know that each of my decease.] wive., wane] rather have me he hippy than ploceling around the world alone. Therefore i Intend to marry gg us ain, anti i trust my four tpcntht w.m ife ay tee in forth mat fen taro a com oi!tto pinturo of all the and the embodiment of their Thn generator which exploded] w•os pert of n tlgttttng System tnwtnttwt ter the vnrk.nw departments of the e.I'.14 at thin point Inst June. This ware the fired accident eenncoted with it. The deed man had been In the em- ploy of the company our many years, nod was menial In Toronto nMeut two menthe ago. Coroner Cnmernn has ordlerel nn inquest, which will be heel to -morrow. WIFE WAS CRUEL. Would Not he Mede Hobty's !root- wa, eller. Wlikeehnrre, I'a., Jan. 8. -Reinert Ridley wan sent to jail to -day for twenty days, b•ortone he pieced h1e c.el.l feet ••et•tlnet him wee's Meek end, when mhe p rotestn.t, Melted her out of heel end world not let her return. Thl.'reverend at threeo'olnek in the morning, just after he heti got home. and when daylight onme *he had him erreetel. Aklerm in l)nnohne eel I the 1 0nl.h- reent war milt Inc the enormity of the referee. The wife, finding her hnebtnd hid to ern to pill, Intrrrrdlr'dl In 11' tl. h pit. but the nllermnn wad obdurate. steiTi•T-nes. • SMALLPDX IN TORONTO. %ire. e'auce We• a Veritable Walking Telt Certre. • Toronto. Jan. 6. -Smallpox has gut firm hull lu the city. TWO carer were remorud to the smallpox hoe- pltal ye'.terday, and Dr. Sheard tbtukd both contracted the disease from Mrs. Vauc ', who was In the city for IL tray on her way home to Acton from Maultelet un a what. Hrs. Vance reema 10 have spread the disease wiesrever she went, for the Provincial iYeard of Health this morales reports another caro at Actuu and ono in Namengawaya. Mrs. Vancei s progress through the pro- vince hue been rather a realties mat- ter. The other chief centre of con- tagion le in the lumber region. Four new emacs are reported this morning, clothing, and wholly oblivious of the dispdnced ghost. that might bo gib- bering without, unmindful of the squeaking spectres that might he plotting to freeze hie blood with horror, and hreUe«n of the (melte of dejwtrtel millionaire; in adjacent mnnmolenme, who might be Indig- nantly preterit Ing against any untkly tramp invading their exclusive sleep gaartere. Jorrlrin nn"red peace- fully through through the still watches of the night until the officer clubbed him into wnkefidnem, and carried him oft to the etatlon hones., where he wax nrringnal before Pullen .iustice Cliff, awl committer) to Jail. For two weeks Jordan heel live] in the ghastly piece. Ho mingled with the living elnring the, iny, and when he retired to the vault he Invariably carrier! stocks of food he had bogged, end this he. moral In tho funernl erne. IIe rlggre up a little table with a square of broken stone that had fnflen from a crypt, rovealing the coffin wlthin. I'or a stove, he heel adapted an oil reside/Me device of trnmplom, nor] had cut out one side of a flue -gallon all cnn; through the oppodto sides he had .:riven two little iron bars. This 'H'nndv Arley" stove furniehodheet el a nopinrn to eotek itis food. A Doodle ateek la a Meer bottle mrpplit■1 the light, and by its aid Wt'1'nm renewed himself with garrote .uL uthItaiss- While rfo in the tomb had Its drew- twtek•, Joreinn thinks it preferable to lncnreerntbn In Morris Cennty Jail. TONNAGE Of SART CANAL, )carter of a Million More Than in 1900. JUEZ CANAL A BAD SECOND. Ottawa, Jan. 6. -TSO returns of the Sault Ste, Marla Canal for the .,rayon of 1901 "how that the re- gLterod tonnage of vessels passing 'trough the Canadian canal aggre- gate 2,401,642 tome. TheeV 225, - Ate tone more than passed through in 190J ; 58_,218 tone leer than the retold of 1999, and 318,503 tuns less Juin that of 1898. Tee total registered tonnage of -Idpplog carries' through the 1nitrd Slates, and Canadian canals ats emelt Ste. Marto In the reaon to 1901 was 21,61'8,978 tone, divided among 11,372 steamers and 4,182 sailing vessels, and 1,187 unregistered sraft. This Is an Increetst of 10 per cent. over the tannage of 1900• Ti tc net lonnagu of vemselm pwasstng through the Suez Caned In 11100 was 9,738,152 tuns. Tito net tonnage passed through the Stmit Ste. Marls ('anal. In Ute sante year was upwareis of two and one-quarter times more ban the tonnage passel through the Suez Canal. PEOPLE LOCK OUT PASTOR. DOWN ON HCR LUCK. Ilene lieeet, 'Toronto Actress, is n lt,,,k,irt, e)wlne 540,000. New fork, Jan, 7.-I1upe ikrOtlt, the netremm, residing at the Tarte! Ven- dome, Broadway and Forty-flrmt ,trent, filed n petltl in In bank- ruptcy yesterday, under the name of 'Irrpo Booth Earle. Her reclealule. eleiw Ilnhtlltlee ei 5.17,26), and no available ameets. Hera has *raring apparel worth 5200, hut th¢t to ex- empt. There nre thirty-three creel. term, the chief, according to the .ehe•inles, being Tlwhitne 1). DeWitt, of 111 Bro,uIWay, 510,000, for money Irlrtn(rl to her from 1898 In 1901 in hacking the theatrical prnrhtcttone of "Whet In Pawn" nal "Wee en We. men,' which tented the reentry for seven week, end was then fore.' to dIProntlnne. After ,lin goem through bankrnplev she expesetd to fill nn engagement In %rile. Two week, nee she got a aurorae from her hnmbnn.l. Frank Enrll. She formerly hurl two thea- tres in London, and .nme years ego herd 'be Ata worth $150,000. Relig ous Riots -in the Istand of Lewis. BARQUE'S CAPTAIN DEAD. CHURCH UNION THE C4USE, The trees Tn a State of Mut- my at San Francisco. v1A1 ES SEEK POLICE PROTECTION Oakland, Cal., Jan. 8. -With their captain dead, two men In prison for robellkoute conduct and a crew bor- dering on mutiny, the subordinate of- ficers of the French barque 0oennet- able Do Richemrmt, discharging c(wal .t Howard's duck have applied to the French commutate, the commander of the French cruiser Prole, lying In tae Francisoo harbor, and the Oak- land police for protection. Mato Thioumtln, who Is In tempor- ary cluirge of the vessel, 1. tattletale - tug lits authority with a loaded pis- ee. Tine trouble on board the barque began during her 157 days' voyage from teweene a to Ban Francisco, :10 .taya d t whittle were occupied in beat- ing around Cape Hewn. The delay en- raged the crew, one of whom knock- ed the chief mats damn. Another flatly reviewed to obey 'orderer. Cap- tain Tboredeaux died last Friday. end &ince that time the Oates have been unable to control UM men. 'Pwe ttf the mutinous sailors have been ar- resttPd, nand If--theToon7 oasrts can - mot deal wttb, them they will be turned over to the affluent of the Cruleer Protea SILENCE FOR 30 TEARS. Man and Wife Exchanged No Word Till i;eath. HAD LIVET) IN SAME HOUS E Spring Valley, N. 1'„ Jan. 6. -Death ham ('nhxl the long the ,partnership 0( 'Petry Emk). and hoe wile, Mary, but it ham not &d(fal a jot to the el - knee between them. For thirty years living In the same house they spoke no word to each other. When Mrs. Enka, who was 79 yoke old, drew near to death, she d41 not ark to eoee her husband, and he dW not go to sue her. To the sue. Nide of the townele epee, however, ne (nil attend the funeral yesterday. Mystery surrounds the origin of the quarrel that divided the little home ha Neatest, where lakes, hie wife and their four caldron hied. tiosipu say a mothew in-law was t1., flrebrnud, halt It in thirty ynarie gang, and no Otte but Feta really knows. The En- ka« had married after a romantic r oerrt,hlp, mei were a happy and loving oogpIa. When the villagers (lest heard that they had each sworn never to sp enik n word to the other they weld it wont,' tet last. But It Dividing their little frame house on the outmklrte of the village, each Ilvel in hie or her part rind never encroached on the other's. Mrs. Eska cut her own firewood, carried water' an'd tended her half of the garden. Enka sewed on his own buttons, darnel his mocks and bak- ed him parteetkSi- "tire t'otltit rm-y- dt-"- with Impunity every night in the year. litres was no neighborly borrowing between the two. house- hold,' In one. When the house burned a year ago each received one-half of the Insurance money. Each went to live with one of the children, but the silence remained unbroken. London, Jan. 6. -Tito island of Lewis (northernmost and largest is- land of the meter Hebrides) has been the scene, of serious religious rioter, miming from the mean of the Frew and Celtol Churches of ttootlnnd. The Islander," refuse to countenance the alliance, fuel when the minlater at Nese joined the Gaited Church they kre•k,l ham out of his chnreh. A strong force of pudica were Pent over from the mninio.n l to open the doors, whereupon the lmlandere con- Rrrgnted, awl throwing utility,' of stones at the entt.tnblee, drove them lasele the Iullkllng and botehnr.le+1 them with rock, until they capltn- Inlel aryl ngreed to leave the 's - inn 1. Every m,•1nM'r of the police force was mare or leen ierloudy we twill. it 1. prottnhln thnt a detnchmert 01rsWill be sent to, subdue the t TIPFT HOUSE SOLD, But Mr..lunu N 1 %%111 Remain la 1' sen for a While, itnffalo, Jan. 6.-Thn property known or the Tifft theme, on actin street, near Lnlnyette Square, wet sold os Saturday, the price being In the neighborhood of 55(10.000. Thn TIfft lkmwes rite w1:1 not be used for a new hotel. Tho purchasers are of the opinion that a flrat•claes mod- ern hotel ,hoel'1 be erected on a .tweet corner In order to give the ne('e.enry light to the ronme. it I,' not ,unlikely that Mr. Jahn Hoed, the proprietor, may be left In aadtettorbesl pneeessktn o1'0� boe- telry for some time to oakae.