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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-11-7, Page 6BOW CRONIN DIED. The Btei of the Murder as Told by Earle in Winnipeg. "WHAT THE AUTOPSY: REVEALED. A, Winnipeg aespatele Sari: Burke, the rbonin auspeet, ie said, to heere confessed to hie fellow -prisoners while in jail here his mance:Alen with the Cronin ()thee, One of these men is Hefter, who hie just been released on a charge of manslaughter. Ift)ffer's statement is Bela to be most air- vathastantial, giving names, date and minute 'data& He sots Burke told ;air) that Dr. Cronin was murdered in the Carlson cot - liege OA the night of May 4th, and that he -ants present at the ooninaission of the deed, together with a number of others, *bows attunes he gave. After the murder was areumittecl the conspiratorsput the remains in a box and took them to the lake shore in so express waggon. They threw the box into the lake, but it would not sink and drifted ashore, so they put it back into the waggon and took it to the city and hid it for the night. On the following night -they set forth again, intending to sink the box containing the remains into the lake by means of weights, but becoming ereidenly panic.strielten with the lean of capture they dropped the body into a manhole and threw the box into a vaoant lQt, *here it was found on the following day. Burke mentioned the names of those ordering the commission of the crime and those taking part in it, and be also told 'who it was who pad eina =Men to leave eltiolgo and go tie Europe by Winnipeg. Mese oannte Heifer gave to hie lawyers. 'alio story throughout is nicat drown- tr stands'. This feet it is tbat leads) to the letteng belief in its trutlifulneas entertained by *we who are fatly acquainted with it. IhoEtory also corroborates exactly the statements by Gillette and Mille, two other eirisoners. Heffer says he is willing to go 10 Chicago and give evidence in the matter. The authoeitiea here bane notified the State eutheritiee et Chicago of these state. =ante by Gillette. Mille and Heifer, but leave not se yet heara anything in reply. A last (Thursday) night's Chicago de- spatch sayee The Cronin trial formally began this morning. The oourtroom was crowded. State's Attorney Longenecker at coca began his opening address to the jury. He evidence that we shall Introduce will be to Phew * 000spixecy to antardee Dr. Cronin. The evidence we shall intsoclooe will be that in the oonapiraay which was formed and carried into =eon - tic*, termineting in the killing ot Dr. Cronin, all the conspirators are liable for murder, and thet the punishment fax con- apiraoy ends in the punishment for murder. That is the position we take in this case. The same hidden band that worked and moved, this oonspiraoy, tbst concocted tide *theme, was *gam workbag in this aim- rautitty to lead the people vo believe that Crown was still *live. Not content with homing besten out his life, not content with baving Wit him to rest ins, sewer,tbe setae oceeptratore that brought it *bout were again at work fax the purpose of blasting the obaracter and reputation of the man they had murdered. The State's Attorney proceeded to spoilt rif tbe motive of the crane, and said that in order to chow what that motive was it became noCeStary to =mine into the history in this country of the organization known as the United Brotherboa, atm- enonly milled the ClanounGael. Before doing this he reminded the jury that they were not trying the Clan -ea -Gael, but the prisoners at the her. Mr. Longenecker then proceeded to sketch the history of the Clan -ca -Gael in this country, ming it was rude np of patriotic Irishmen, Irishmen who went into it fax political effect and Irishmen who went into it for the money there was in it, and that its object was to tree Ireland by force of arms as soon as a Severable opportunity offered. Hedeolared that the Triangle was supremo; that the oaths of the members made their cora- minds superior to the lima of thenation. Mr.Forrest objected to this line of state- ment. Judge McConnell warned the Stators Attorney that he was making these statements at hie peril. The Staten' Attorney said he would prove what he had ;said, and he accepted the re. sponsibility. He proceeded th say that when Sullivan, Feely and Boland got con- trol of the Executive Board they changed the plan of work of the organization, inau- gurated the dynanciite policy andimplanted lathe constitution the clause commanding perfect and unquestioning obedience to the commands of the Board. The defence again took an exception to this line of statement. The State's Attorney then spoke of the adoption of the Triangle as the symbol of the Executive Board. The membership did not know who constituted the Triangle, so secret was it, but nevertheless they obeyed its orders, and were sent on various special minions in England in the way of active work and under assumed names. Notwithstanding tlaie secrecy those men -were betrayed by the Board.to the Englisb authorities, and twenty of them are now in prison. This was, he declared, to enable the Board to steal the funds, and when at Itst a showing was made the Board claimed that the Order owed them 413,000, while there was e250,000 in the treasury when they took charge. Several witnesses were then examined. A Friday's Chicago despatch says: Dr. Egbert stated the facts revealed by the autopsy which he made upon Dr. Cronin's body on the day following its discovery. Re described the wounds, and gave it ashes opinion that death restated from them. All the wounds were upon the head. The skull was not broken, except a small piece of bone was chipped off at the corner of the left eye. The witness described the condi- tion of the internal organa, and exhibited the etomach and its contents to the lawyers and the jury. Dr. Egbert said the stomach seemed to contain only vegetables. Among them he distinguished corn, and there were others which resembled cabbage and (w- rote. In bis judgment the doctor was billed Within three hours after having eaten. The cross-examination of Dr. Egbert developed that none of the wounds on the -corpse were such= wouldneeesserily cause death. It was impossible also, the doctor sdmitted, to say whether the wounds were inflicted before or after death. He had tried to ascertain, but was unable to do HO. He bad not ascertained that the wounds affected any important nerves or arteries, and he could not swear that they in any manner affected the brain. If death had resulted from the skull wounds, it would in all probability have been caused by concus- sion of the brain. The urinal post mortem isvidence of mach a result, the heart and the lungs being filled with blood, was not found in this case. The question wail put—" Is it not isoien- tiffically tine that you physicians found no (widows's in that body that were certain and conclusive otthe form of death ?" Dr. Egbert replied—" That is true." Dr. Egbert was of the opinion that death bed tmourrea through exceileive loss of blood, but there was no certainty of, it,: he Dr. Cheeks W. Ferkiner who 114 the request of Dr. Egbert sedated at the post tesortene testified that in his opinion death did not ensue from blood-letting, but from Othouseion of the brain. The latter organ was too decomposed to afford any infor. nation. The Iasi witness of the day was the madertaker whorenterea thelladY after the post martens, and who testified that a re- mained in his (Marge until buried. A Monday's Mono despatch says; At the Cronin trial to -day Napier Moreland, an employee of Patrick Innen, the livery. man, testified as to the feats ot hiring of the white laorse ou the evening of May 4th, when Dr. Cronin was killed. He said when the horse was returned in a little over two lunge it was in the condition of a horse that had been driven very fast for the length of time it was out. The buggy was covered with sand and boulevard mud. Mrs. Conklin, at whose bouseDr. Cronin last lived, was the next witness. Mrs. Co/Alin told the story of how the dootor was called away frona her house on the night of May 4th. She said that at 7.20 pan. a stranger, who seemed nervous and excited, rang the bell, and when she opened the door inquired for Dr. Cronin. He seemed reluctant to enter, but finally did eo when told that the doctor was engaged. The stranger then took a seat in the wait. ing them. When Dr. Cronin came ont of his office the man, advanced. and said : "Doetor Cronin, you are wanted to attend a men who has been hurt at O'Sullitrein's ice office." The doctor made a remark which witness did not ehear. At that moment the man drew a card from his pocket and presented it to the doctor. Dr. Creole took the card and aaid, "Oh! yes. What is the nature of the accident? " said, "A Inall has been run over by a waggon." The doctor said, "I will be with you soon," or somethieg to thee effeet. The man set down again on the edge of a chair and the doctor turned, laying the card on the mantelpiece. The man said O'Sullivan was out of town arid left word that Dr. Cronin was to attend his men. Dr. Cronin ran to Ilia private room and gathered together some bandages and oetton batting. He brought them out, with hia surgical case and a case of splints. Than drawing on his coat as qtrickly as possible he left, running out, carrying these things and the case in his arms. The two went out of the house as fest as they could, and did not even shut the door. Witness heard them =teeing down stairs. Winless went to a window and atsw x buggy with a white bone attached atending before the door. Dr. Cronin and the man who called for him gat into die buggy, which was driven northward, Mrs. Conklin gave a description of the Men who came fax the doctor. On the day following Dr. Cronin's diesppearance witheas and her husband discovered the tiara -which the man had brought, that of O'Sullivan, the ammo. Mrs. Conklin was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Forrest. Her cross-exami- nation brouglat out nothing of importance. It lasted wail lite in the afternoon, but the witrieor 0140n:tents on dived examination were not reisterielly abeam. La reply to a question -where Cronin kept his money, indicating a possible defence of murder for purpose e of robbery, Mrs. Conklin named the bank in wiaich the dootor kept his bands, and said she was sure he had very little with him on the night of the murder, becalm he never carried meth money about his person. Chas. W. Beek, a reporter, testified to Mrs. ConIslin's identification of the white home Mrs. Sarah MoNearny, who was in Dr. Cronin's reception room when the men came fax him -with the white horse, described that individual as appeasing very nervone, and with a piercing, disconcerting stare, which be fixed upon the witness. Her deseription of the men, the oolor of his moustache, of his coat, etc., accorded closely with that given by Mrs. Conklin. Dr. Cronin's bruther, from Arleansas, the next witness, identified the Lake View comae as that of his brother. Frank Scanlan gave evidenoe as to fuming Dr. Cronin drive off from his office in the white horse rig. T. T. Conklin, the saloonkeeper with whom Cronin resided, was recalled by the State. He testified to starting out imme- diately after breakfast the first morning of Cronin's absence to search for the doctor. At O'Sullivan's house the iceman was seen, and denied having sent for Cronin or that any of his men had been hurt. Conk- lin then went to police headquarters, pro- ceeding afterwards to the East Chicago Avenue Police Station. Capt. Schaack, at the station, thought evening time enough for alarm. Conklin went at once to Pin- kerton's. Conklin was still on the stand when the Court adjourned until to -morrow. A Chicago despatch of Tuesday says: At the opening of Judge McConnell's Court to- day Mrs. Winifred Dinan, wife of Patrick Dinan, the livery man, took the stand and testified to the facts about the white horse being taken and driven north on the night of May 4th and its return at half -past 9 o'clook, steaming with perspiration. A CLAN OFFICER TESTFFIES. John F. O'Connor, a member of Camp 20, Clamant -Gael, was placed on the stand. O'Connor was Recording Secretary of the Camp when Beggs was Senior Guardian. After numerous details as to theirmeetings and methods of doing business, he said : At a meeting of the camp on February 81h Thomas F. O'Connor asked if we had ever heard the report of this Trial Committee that tried what is known as the Triangle. Mr.Begge said he had not. O'Connor said it was Arcing° that onr camp never got the report, when he heard it read in another camp in the city, that he had heard a man read it, and would state the name of the csmp and the man who read it if we de- manded it. Then somebody asked who a was. I did not hear who he said read it, but there was some member there who did hear, and I asked him "What did he say?" and I understood him to say" Dr. Cronin." The State's Attorney was evidently of opinion that the witness was an unwilling one, and sought to have him detail at greater length the proceedings'of the Camp at that time, but without success. Witnets 'mid he had no recollection that a man named Foy had made a speech in which he eaid the Camp had better investigate the Triangle, because he had heard a report charging its members with westing the bandit of the Order. After a long wrangle between the lawyera, the court admitted the record of the proceedings of Camp 20 on Feb. 8th, made by the witness, and he read it subjecit to many interruptions. Generally in referring to individual mem- bers of the Camp numbers instead of names were used, and in one case, in which it was noted that certain numbers were appointed a committee to investigate the qualification of an applicant for membership, the State's Attorney said he proposed to show that one of them was the number borne by one of the prisoners at the bar. Coming to the matter of the Camp's action on the supposed allegations against Dr. Cronin in connection with the trial of the Triangle in Buffalo, witness read as follows: Moved and seconded, that an imperative demand be made on the Execu- tive Committee at orme for the immediate publication of information in the hands of the Trial Committee. It was amended to read. "That the Senior Guardian notify the District Member of tne report that is going around regarding the repott of the Trial Conavaittee honing been read rigbt in one of the canape m this city." The modem was marked. A motion we made end seconded, " net a Seeret Committee of three, ae appointed by the Senior Gu ordeal' to investigate the rumors afloat ,regarding the trial of the executive body." The motion was carried. The Senior Guardian mentioned was John F. Beggs. Q,—What °warred there before the motions were made on this committee? A.—As I ended before, it wee Tom O'Coea nor's xernarke, and asking if we got the report of the eorcimittee that tried the Triangle. Beggs said he liad not, and O'Connor said it was strange our Camp never got it; that he heard it read in another Camp in this city and That he meta tell the man who read it and the Camp that he heard it read in, if it was se desired. Witness further testified that when Capt. O'Connor moved for the appointment of a committee to investigate the report that tbe report of the trial committee had been read in soother Camp, Senior Guardian Beggs said the Camp had no power to investigate, another Camp, and the proper thing to do was to refer the matter to the district offi- cer. Witness had no knowledge as to whether the committee to investigate the other Camp was ever appointed. Q—Did you hear Capt. O'Connor, in any statement he made in Camp 20, mention Dr. Cronin's nor= tbat eight? A—I did not. Witness, in =ewer to further questions, said the tried of the Triangle, as he under- stood the matter, took place in Buffalo in October, 1888, and that the members of the Triangle on trial were Salver, Feely toad Boland. UNWILLINO WITNESSES, Andrew Foy, a member of Camp 20, was next put OA $110 stench Foy was very Pah- committal, and with the greateat perdue. city avoided giving a positive =ewer even to the most innocent question, "1 suppose so," I guess so," I can't say," were favorite forms of reply withhim. he was brought to admit that he made a speech at the meeting of Camp 20 wlaen the matter of the report of the Triaugle Conaroittee came up.. After making several attempts to explain the circumstances under which he made the speeth end get. Ong the narrative rained up wale seine - manta as to himself so that it was impossi- ble to understand valet it was all salmon be said: " As far as I remember Ca,ptein O'Connor made a statement that Le Circe was a witness before the Parnell Commie - siert at the time he was a paid agent of the executive body of the Irish organization in tide oonntry. He said I think that $38,000 or S40,000 of the funds of this orgailizetion had gotle to Le Caron for some object in England =Ire- land. He did not specify where it was spent exactly, but I have au impression it was spent in England. O'Connor spoke of honing heard the report of the Trial Com. mittee received in another Canna." This speech, the witness said, caused muck ex- citement in the Camp, and witneas made a etrong apeech. After it he went dovna stairs and took a drink. What made the witnees angry—"bo," as he expressed it—wee the thouglit that LeCaron got any of the Clan's funds for any purpoao what. ever, and it also made hire "hot" to learn that the report of the Trial Committee bad been given out in other Campo sooner than in. Camp 20. He aupposed othemnIs the same way, fax they also get uptti spoke. Mitheel J. Kelly, junior grusraiati of Camp 20 at the time of the meeting of Feb- rusry 8th hut, testified of the prooeedings, though his memory was deficient as to details. He remembered Foy had called for the report of the committee which tried the Triangle, and that this demand grew out of a statement by O'Con- nor that he (O'Connor) had heard the report of that committee read in the camp. of which Dr. Cronin was a member, and that Dr. Cronin was the man who read it. (This last statement contradiets the evi- dence on thia subject heretofore given and of all published statements heretofore made. They agree ha saying that O'Con- nor did not mention Cronin's name, but said he would give the name of the man and the number of the camp if the senior guardian demanded them.) The witness than said that it did not seem to him that any excitement resulted from O'Connor's speech, though he believed a couple of men demanded the appointment of a committee to investigate the reading of the report in the other camps. The witness believed Dan. Coughlin, one of the defendants. was present. The orose.examinatioa of Kelly brought out the faot that though he knew of the trial of the Triangle he did not know who constituted that body, and only learned their names subsequently when published in the newspapers. Stephen Colleran, a laborer, was the lest witness. An attempt was made to get a detailed statement of the proceedings of Camp 20 on the night of February 8th from him, but with poor success. Colleran was questioned sharply by the prosecution as to what he knew of the relations of the various defendants with each other and as to what he had seen of their movements. Burke and the witness had, it was developed, gone together to the office of Beggs twice in January and once early in February. Witness said they went there to secure Beggsaid in getting work. In March Colleran and Burke met Coughlin on the street. It was a casual meeting. Witness never saw Burke, Coughlin and Cooney together. Colleran was still on the stand when the court adjourned till to -morrow. WRIT IS BEGGS' POSITION? The feat that there is a division of inter. est in the defence in the Cronin case, and that Senior Guardian Beggs is having his case conducted independently of the others, was shown to.de.y. When O'Connor was called to testify regarding the proceedings in Camp 20, Mr. Forrest, on behalf of the other defendants, objected to admitting O'Clonhor's testimony. Then Mr. Foster said "On behalf of the defendant Beggs, we watt the record to show that no objec- tion is made on his part to the introduction of this testimony. Mr. Beggs invitee the fullest and clearest investigation of his connection with the Clan.na-Gael, and he objects to the introduction of no testimony., material or immaterial, that will forwent =oh investigation." "What does all this mean? Has Beggs squealed?" was asked of Mr. Mills. The counsel for the people smiled. To the same question Mr. Ames replied, " We will nait and see whether the State brings any charge of gravity against him. We claim they cannot. If they try it we will put Beggs on the stand." During the first fourteen days in Sep- tember a total weight of about 380,000 lbs. of newspapers were carried free in the poiit.officee M the Dominion, or 9;880,000 lbs. fax the year, which at the rate of a cent per potind would represent nearly 6100,000. CRAZED SAILOUS, After Seventeen Daye" starvation, Bend the Body of a Dead Comrade. A Baltimore despaton says; Carl Graves, fireman, and Ludwig Loden seaman, sur. vivors of the crew of the ateamship Earn - moor, tell a horeible story of the way they enstained life by Cannibalism for days. Loder says: The only food we bad the Beat 15 days in the boat was a flying Ash and a few raw email birds divided among 11 men. The sixteenth day Wm. Dania, a aesmen, caught rne by the -throat and made a dash at ray head with a kuite. He out me on the right cheek, the soar f cora width still remeine. He was told -to kill me by August Plegge, a firemen, When DaVil3 began to cut me, some of my com- panions caught him, while others shouted "Rill him! Kill him ! We want some. thing to eat; we are starving." Plagge, Davis aed others in one end of the boat decided that I should die. As I was pretty at, I snippet° they thought I looked bavit- ing. Flaw was placed on watch that night, but he was missing the eext morning. No one saw him go overboard. On the 17th day Wm. Robinson, lay down to eleep. When they called him they found he was dead. It was determined to eat his flesh, and William Wright, the cook, wits ordered to carve the body. The first thing done was to smash in Robinson's skull, and from the fracture each one suoked the blood as long as it lasted, whioh was but a little Abile. Then the cook etripped the flesh from the riba. The next day the flesh in strips was placed on the to of wateraight eel:apart- ments and dried in the sun. After taking out Robinson's liver, bort and ether parte which would furnish blood to be sucked, they threw his ventilated body into the sea. Two days after Robinsou's death third engineer Thomas Burn died. His body was also out up for food. "In about three days," said Loder, "the limbs and feet of all began to swell, and several have ewe) broken out in ugly sores. We think it is poison from the human flesh and blood. Graves and Leder say they have no recollection of the taste of =man flesh, eo great was their mental anguish at the time. WHISKEY AND THE lora: Lead an OK renaioner to a Terrible Death at Windsor. A Windsor despatch of Wednesday says: Wm. Brown, an aged Britieh pensioner, wits burned to death in the ESSeX House stable fire het night. About 9 o'clock one of the 'Warders of the hotel sew a small items in the loft of the barn. An Alarm, was turned in, andin an incredibly 'short spew of time tbe fire department was on the epot, but the hire had gained such headway that the whole upper part of tbe bern was in flames. Daring the progress of the fire the question whet caused it was often toned, but no one could, give the elightest clue until about 7.$0. When firemen wee going through the burning building he stumbled over aoreething, and looking dawn he saw it was the body of a man. Grabbing the body he dragged it to the open air, where, upon inveatigetion, it wee toned to be Wto, Brown. Nearly all of hie clothes were burned off, and the lam and one side of bis body was burnt to a crisp. The dead man has fax years °tuned, a precede= living in Windsor, and has often figured in the Police Court as a cora. mon drunk. Last ;evening, shortly before the fire, he wee seen near the barna oon. siderebly under the influence/ of liquor, and it is supposed that he lit his pipe and lay down on the hay, causing the conflagration, and being too drunk he could not save himself. WITH 'WINCHESTER BIBLES. Kentucky Factions Attempt the Settlement of an Old seen. A Louisville, Ky., despatela of Wednesday says: An engagement has oacurred be. tween the Howard and Turner Undone neer Harlan Court House. James Deane, of Howard's party, was killed and five others were wounded. Three of the Turner crowd wore wounded. A correspondent at Pineville telegraphs as followe : Wilson Howard and one of his principal henehmen named Jennings are among the wounded, and it is said Howard's injuries are pro. bebly fatal. Tbe Turners have been in possession of the town for more than a week. Their leadei is John Turner, aged 17. Howard's forces have been in camp one mile from town. There are about forty men in each orowd, all equipped with Win- chesters and revolvers. Yesterday morning Turner led his followersin an attack on the Howard tamp. The attacking party got in the first work, but were finally driven back to town. A report reached Pineville to -day that the Howard forces in Harlan, enraged by the battle of -yesterday and the probable fatal wounding of their leader, left camp leak night and started for Harlan Court House, intending to kill everybody that belongs to the opposition and bum the town. SMALLPDX AT PELEE. The Inhabitants of Surrounding Townships Getting Alarmed. Kingsville, Gosfield, Leamington and Merses have issued proclamations calling upon ratepayers to get vecoineted. Medical men have been hired to go to each school- house. McBee, the Eichorn teacher, who nursed Snyder, is down with the disease, and according to his own statements he was in Windsor on Wednesday last. The evening previous he escaped from the island in a small, boat and landed in Har- row. Wednesday morning he took the early train fax Walkerville, and then crossed to Detroit. That evening he went to Windsor, took the Michigan Central train for, Amherstburg, and then hired a rig from Albert Fox, of Amherstburg, and drove to Harrow, returning with the boat to the island. Another case developed yes. terday, and the inhabitants of the island are penia stricken. Captain McCormick, who, died, has been sickly all summer, and he attended Dr. Snyder. His father, A.M. McCormick, and brother, Norman McCor- mick, are also down with the disease, and it is feared that it will break out in some of the villages on the lake front. Marion Harlandan speaking of the various phases of woman's philanthropic activity, beautifully says : Under whatever name we may be working, our end is the same. It needs only that good women and true look into each' other's , faces and talk together to make ante of this. 1' The way is narrow can we then, tar separate, reach our heavenly home' , . Three steamship) of the very beet type have been ordered in England for the C.P.R. P110ifi0 line; Joseph Hoffman, a burglar, attempted to break into the house of Wm. II. Kohn at Mount Joy, Ps., early on Sunday `more- ing, and was shot and fatally injured by Rohm. Hoffman is a native of Bavaria. J. E. Woodworth, a Nova Scotian, who was at one time a member of the Manitoba Legislature, has been drowned in Georgia. Ground was broken yesterday on the site of Dr. Talmage's new tabernacle in Brooklyn. There was e large crowd protein DRYING DYNAMITE That Was the Experiment Montreal Sewer Workers Tried, WPM STARTLING RESULTS. A Thursday's Moutreal despatch says : A terrible dynamite explosion manned in St. Jean Baptiste ward early this morning. The city is coestructing a sewer on Pante- lo= street and considerable blasting is neeessesty. About 6 o'clock the black- smith's; assistant, Jules Chartrand, went to light his fire, and at the sanae hour Godefroi Filiota, the men in charge ot the explosives and bleating, also wept to kindle small furnace or hall stove in his shanty for the purpose of drying two cartridges which bad oot been used the previous day, but had the exploder and fuse attached ready for use as /300I1 as the operatione com- menced at 7 o'clock. What occurred is told by Pierre Fitton, foremen of the works : " The fire was kindled to soften and dry tae two eartridgee, which were placed at some distance from the stove. There were forty cartridges besides in the shanty, each about ten inches in length end an inch and a quarter dank. When the fire was fairly atarted I opened the stove to put in more coal, and ray idea is that at that moment a spark most have fallen upon the fusee. Anyway, I soddenly per- ceived that the hues were all ablaz.e, and, seeing that an explosion had got to come, I rushed out for my life, and had hardly gone a few yards from the building wheo the awful explosion took place. As already stated, Jules Chartrana was then in the bleolismitha shop, and the =fortu- nate men was hurled into the air, to what height no one soma to know, arta fell a oorpse to the gronna about thirty feet off." Dr. Jetta wbo was firat ma the ground, fourid life extinct, but the body still warm. His impression was tlaet death was inetan. teneoue. The body was corapletely naked, nothing rim:mining but the bone and the stoelcbage themselves had been torn off at the jelled= ot the beets, The shook was diatinotly felt in the upper part of the city. Houses shook, windows rattled and people were awakened from their plumbers, A number of persona received serious injuries from broken glue and debris thrown by the exploaion. Along Laval avenue and remade= street there is pot a eingle house but tuts window glass broken, The anneage increases as the scene of the disaster is approached, and the blocks forming the corner of Laval avenue and St. jean Bap. tiste street have hardly a single pane of glen left. The woe may be toad of Pan - tale= street, bat where the destruction is greatest is in a large block at the oorner of Pantaleon and St. Jean Baptiste streete, immediately liming the scene of the accident. This home, which belongs to Mr. Plonfle, butcher, looks as it it bad been undergoing s bombardment for emend hours. Not a einglepene of glass la left in the windows, the blieds lam been torn off, some of the doors almost vvrenehed from their hinges, the inside walla are failing in in many places and the whole presents a moat dilapidated appeeranoe. There are *bout eight tenexnents in thia block and the oecupants had to seek new lodgings wherein to pass the night, as it did not Beam safe to remain on the pro- misee. The civet where the dynamite sheet atood le now marked by large bole, SWIM ten feet in diameter and six feet deep, inatanteneously dug out by the explosion. The spot where poor Chertrand fell is marked by a small pool of blood, in which lies a piem of torn clothing, probebly a vest. As to the shop and shanties, with their °entente, all that remains of them can be seen in tbe shape of almost imper- ceptible fragments, 'mattered for acres around the scene of the explosion. A piece of the bellows in the blacksmith's ehop is the only thing to which a form can be ascribed. Jules Chartrand, the unfortunate viotim of this accident, was a young man only 21 years of age. He bed been married two years, end leaves his wife with twin babies only a few months old. THE MAST OF LUIS. Funeral of the Late Ring of Portugal. A Lisbon despistoh says: The funeral of King Luie took place yesterday. The cortege aterted at 2,30, and the funeral oar was completely covered with beautiful wreaths. Another carriage was devoted to floral offerings. Following were carriages containing the representatives of Germany, England, France and Turkey, and the royal mourners: The last carriage was oc- cupied by Ring Carlos, the Duke of Aosta, and the Duke of Montpensier. The cortege, which was followed by a large number of deputations from trade and other societies, arrived at the Pantheon at 4 p.m. The Papal nuncio, the diplomatic body, and the members of the royal household were in waiting in the Se Vincent Church. The remains were blessed by the patriarch, and 101 guns announced that the body had been consigned to the tomb. Queen Pia and the Duchess of Aosta, accompanied by maids of honor, visited the Pantheon and remained a long time in silent prayer. The widow placed on the coffin a wreath inscribed "A souvenir of the soul and heart and of the eternal love of thy inconsolable wife in death and life, Maria." The Duke of Edinburgh was unwell, and was forbidden by his doctors to attend the funeral. -He therefore sent an officer to represent him. Towards evening the Duke improved. Probably a Case of Revenge. A Montreal despatch of Sunday says: On Monday night last a freight train on the Canada Atlantic Beltway bound east ran into a siding at St. Justin, and eight cars were badly smashed, entailing a loss to the company of $15,000. Investigation showed some one had misplaced the switch and fixed the light signalling the road was clear. Private Detective Grose, of Mon- treal, was eent for by the company fax the purpose of ferreting out the perpetrator of the outrage. His inquiries have led to the arrest of A. Beauchamp, a discharged employee. The evidence shows that Beau- champ, since his discharge, has been in- dulging in threats against the company, and it will be shown that he Was in the vicinity of the place of the accident on Monday night. He was arrested at ,Caosel. man and lodged in jail. envesogating an Unlucky Find. A Franklin, Pa., despatch of Friday evening says: A number of school chil- dren found a bomb loaded with dynamite near the school -house on the Galloway farm, near here, this evening. 'While at- tempting to open it with a knife it ex- ploded, with terrible results. Two ohildren, named Fitzgerald and Roger, are fatally hurt, while eight others are ha a Betio= condition. Fitzgerald's arm was blown off and his facewasterribly disfigured. Roger's right eye was blown out and his face hor- ribly lacerated. The others are out about the head and body by the fragments of the bomb, which had been made by some one fax the purpose of killing fish. FIRE AFLOAT. The Steamer Quinte Destroyed and Four Lives Lost. A Desoronto deapetth of Wecineeday says: The steamer aininte, was burned about three miles from Desercnto on her way to Picton about 6 o'eloclithie evening. Four persons are supposed to have been lost, Capt. Cbristie's mother, his young brother Charles, the ladies' maid and her young SOD, named Davern, of Trenton. fer as can be ascertained the passengers; were all saved. Three or four have aevere burne, but the doctors report none eeriously injured. Many were chilled by being itt. the water. All the survivors have been. brought to Deseronto and are being pro- perly oared for. The fire, it is suppoeede started in the furnace room and spread quickly to the whole boat. The captain ran her ashore only a short distance away, where the lies almost entirely destroyed. All the freight, baggage, etc., Were burned. The steamer belonged to the Rathbun Company. The Qainte was the largest beat of the Deseronto Navigation Ocempany. She had been, three years ago, made nearly new. She was valued at $18,000, partly cove ered by insurance. The steamer is burnt to the water's edge, leaving the hull and machinery in fairly good shape. She Hee in shallow water. Copt. T. Donnelly said, he never impacted a boat that had snob, a fine fire Apparatus aa the steamer Quints', He inepected her last May. Capt. Christie's mother and his 12 -year- old brother were unable to Nine the ladiea cabin, so dense was the smoke and rapid the flemes, Mrs, Stacey, the helper to the cook, and her little son were bo the dining. room and were uuable to get out. Fireman Thortuse Hart bad his right leg badly sprained and home broken. Se wee also severely burned, Begineer abort lost $200. in money in his tronit. One of the palmate. gers, Mr. Hart, of Belleville, lost his over. cost and ti purse with 40. The orow beet everything. Mtn Meiotic! wee 50 yore of age and a resident of Pleton. Her son, the captain, is about 24 years of age, ata Lae been on atearaboats for some time. Another name may hew, to be added te the list of the lost, tie e. men named George Robinson, of Picton, wee to take the boat for that piece last evening, and nothing can be learned et him. The fire leaped rapidly from deck to deck and, although the firemen were quickly out of the are - hole they were compelled by the advanoe of the flemee to burry *0 tlae promenade dodo then to the Immo:toe aeek, from which they ware forced to jurap into the water, The steamer Deseronto was soon at the eerie of the disaster and out/eyed the remains et the deed to Deseronto. She afterwards made the Qui:dine trip to• Platen. Mr, nekton said ; We were about three - miles from Deeerento A belt a mile or so from ebore ; we were at tea, and =era someone calling out " Thal:oat ie on ire"; I refilled to the cabin end put my oast ; the smoke was intense; heard c woman cry out 11 Will sonieboay save me and the baby " ; I then caught bold of a chair and with it smashed thee') of the windows in the cabin, and got out, I don't know bow e, the Arcot thing I realized was that I was outside of the cabin, climbing between the windows, with the chair itt my bend; some one said to ree. "Give me the chair and I will throw it in the water "e- 1 told them tbat I required it, as I could not swina; I crawled along near the water wheel, caught hold of a rope and let myself down, hand over hand, until I reached tbe water; the flamea bad made snob rapid headway that the rope dust wan sustainingme was bernea tbrough, end I was precipitated into the bay; my their then stood vae in good stead, as with it L managed to pedalo along to a brace under. teeth the boat; I caught bold of that and held my chair underneath me; 1 callea ont loudly for help ; fortunately my cries were beard by the captain who, with another man, oat= in a row boat; they came within 30 or 40 feet of Where I was, but the heat from the burning vessel was so intense that they oonld not come nearer; the flag. pole of the Quinte had burned off and was swimming close to me ; it was being pro- pelled towards rne by the captain and the other man, and I assisted in guiding it towards me by means of the their ; I caught hold of the end of the pole; they called out, "Have you a secure hold?" I replied in the affirmative; they pulled me ehoreward as fast as they could row; 1 was very much exhausted, and taken at once to• Deseronto, where I wee attended by the ` physicians; my opinion is that the fuel being used on the boat was not what it should be; consisted of light pine cut - tinge from saw mills in that section; a pile of this stuff in the fire hold became ignited and before it could be extinguished the steamer was in flames. I believe that not more than five minutes elapsed between the time of the breaking out of the firs,. until the vessel was doomed; nobody said word about life preservers; not a oabin passenger knew of the existence of such an accommodation ; had they been reminded of them by the crew, I think the result would have been different. ROBBED A JUDGE. Midnight Mechanics Make a Haul at St. Joseph, Mo. A St. Joseph, Mo., despatch of Thursday Bays: At 2.30 this morning three masked robbers entered the residence of Judge Henry Kelly, and going to the room -where the judge and his wife were sleeping, one of the robbers covered them with his revolver, while the others searched the room for valuables, obtaining 5600 in jewels, gold watches and money. The robbers then searched the bed for valuables , and lastly took the rings from Mrs.Kelly's fingers. On the judge stating that he had no money concealed about the house, he was struck over the head with a revolver and threatened with death if he did not tell where the money was. The robbers escaped. Big Strike of Miners. A Columbus, 0., deepen% Bays : About ' 700 miners employed by the Columbus and. Hocking Coal and Iron Company in the , Hooking Valley have strives. They are progressive union men. About 400 Knights of Labor remain at work. The union men refuse to work unless their organization ih recognized in the committee and the cheque for mine expenses granted as beim May " 1st. The Pittsburg Window Giese Manna he:starers' Association yesterday decided to, advance the price of glass 5 per cent. Tido is the second advance of 5 per 'cent: thie fall. In Canadian circles in London it is cone sidered that the Dominion Government has made a very bad mom of the Atlantic; mail contract business. It is rumored that a now Roman Catholic diocese will shortly be formed, with a cathedral in Barrie, of portions; of the Toronto and Peterboro' dioceses. • A young rnan named Devlin, of Wolfe, /eland, is changed with indecently e,seault. ing a ohild 8 years of age. He pleaded that the offence was done when in liquor. t ern A