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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-5-15, Page 6Nab btimahd. .Abont. 100.. TOUR BRAVE NUNS BURNED. neartrendiug Scenes—Narrow gecoPes— The intinete or the Firemen—Maniacs Refuse to Be Rescued—The Loss of Life and Property—Insuranecs. Yesterday morning between 11 and 12 Ere was discovered by the obaplain in the upper part of the centre, bat the distance from Montreal and the condition of the road enabled every one to see that help °mad not [arise in time. At the first alarm the Sisters, nurses end others at once turned to save the oetiente. The Are epread with aroazins repidity, and the 'braidings were in an inorectibly short epaoe of time enveloped in flames. There were over fifteen hundred inmates in the burning building at tints. HORRIBLE SCENES. The scene was well-nigh indescribable. There were 163 sistere in the asylum, and their first care was for the unfortunate inmates who were unable to oere for them. ohne. Many of the inmates rushed from their rooms and jumped 1 tom the different stories of the buildings to the grounds be- neath, which were soon swarming with demented people rushing wildly hither and thither. In the backgrocuid stood the vast buildings almost entirely enveloped in flames, whittle ehot high into the skies. Only the two end vvings were untouched, but it was only a question of time when these, too, should go. Of the oentre build. ing nothing was visible but flames and smoke, end at intervals portions of the waUs could be seen tumbling into the fiery mass below. Above the flames oould be heard the shrieks and mons of many of the demented inmates being slowly roasted to death in the upper stories of the build- ings. At intervals men and women would appesr at the windows, linger for a moment .amidst the smoke and flame, and then frantically jump to the ground below, or fasoinated by the flames be engulfed in the -seething mass of fire. THE 'WORE OF RESCUE. Hundreds who had escaped wandered aimlessly around the ground, some in no- thing but their underclothes, with bare feet, and a few, who had torn their gar- ments off them in their excitement, with nothing on. To add to the horrors of the scene the ram was pouring down in tor- rents, and the frightened inmates dazed with terror were huddled around in groups shuddering and moaning. It was a fright- ful sight, and one which once seen was not likely to be soon forgotten. The Sisters and men connected with the asylum worked like heroes to resells the inmates from their terrible position. Many afragile Sister, losing all thought of herself, but E Red with a noble heroism, rushed to the -cells and literary dragged the inmates, who in many cues, fascinated by the flames, refused to move, out of their danger. To prevent the patients from escaping the large gates leading to the grounds were -slant, and were only opened to allow the Sisters to pass out with groups of inmates, who were removed to the Si. Isidore con. vent, a large institution near by. Mean- while the fire continued to burn with unabated fury, and it soon became danger- ous to approach within twenty-five yards of the burning buildings. The demented inmates, however, appeared to be entirely •oblivione to all danger. IN THE VIOLENT WOMEN S WARD the poor creatures refused to move. Some clung to the bars, declaring that it was Their property and they would be burnt with it. Some were got away, while others rushed back into the building and were lost in the flames. One of the inmates, having been brought out, jumped into a start that was standing there and drove into the burning building, but was seized and saved just in time. A policeman found another bidden away in the corner of his ward, refusing to come out. He fought with desperate energy, but was finally overpowered and dragged away jast before the floor fell in. Half a dozen of the more violent, frenzied by excitement, rushed from their keepers, and jumping under the tumbling vvalla started to yell at the top of their voices, teeming their hair and contorting their faces in a most awful manner, and laughing like witcles at the rain that was being done. They had to be removed by force. While the flames were at their height many of the inmates still remained inside, although the nuns and doctors had done every- thing in their power to get them out, FASCINATED BY THE FLAMES. The flames seemed to have a terrible fascination for the poor creatures, who in many instances welcomed the horeible death that awaited them. All hope of saving those in the upper portions of the building was soon abandoned. Most of the men were got out, but many women, especially those in the violent wards, had to be left to their fate. Many acts of 'heron= were performed by the nuns and doctors in trying to save the inmates. Dr. Bourque, one of the medical attendants, continued his efforts: until he had to be carried mit half dead with smoke. As soon as one body of rescuers was exhausted there were others to take their places, until at least two-thirds of the inmates had been rescued. It was almost' impossible, or only under the greatest danger, to approach within twenty-five yards of the front of the burning building. SELF DOOMED LUNATICS. When the firemen found they were powerless to save the building, thee turned their attention to the inmates'and burst in the doors with axes. Inside Chief Benoit says it was such a sight as no fireman ever witneseed. In one ward he entered were wenty-five patients, and at his approach they huddled together like a pack of beasts, entwining their arms into One mass of humanity. "But," said the chief, "1 could no more separate the crowd than I could the parts of your house." He tugged •M them till the fire darted into their gar. mente and enfolded them like a slitoud of ilame, and then he ear:aped with hie life, In another ward three firemen were nearly trapped to death—Captain Doolaii, Lam - but and Cleir. They entered, and the door closed behind them by a spring look. As iS onatonutry there was no handle on the ineide, the doors reeisted their mum, and they rushed to the windows, but were driven back by the flames. The chief, Respecting their peril, sent th the other side, and the men were carried down on ledders. he engineer of the building, O'Rourke, ad good work in Cievitig nine patients:, and every firercian made a record Of Whirl he Maly feel proud. Ox the firet eileirm the) Meginiter tutned on the hoeto brit it vtae utterly tideleee, ite the fire leaped along the ventiliethig iheft to the tOteera end tirned hi a a0Zen platens at Once. WYJA W717$ %YE rieela Melte ettis. And hem, it enelaaoltely Meet immured. Otle Of the Tertiery Nines, Sister kteele, lay Wok in the inerrstarY On the. fifth flOon, aod to her nelteMe (mine three other.. They lamed their companion end bore her in a blanket te the etairomebut they were met by a sheet GI flame and. all form perished, Let their nareee be ecorded seenre Marie, De:pease, Gilbert and La. mien% one of them were over twenty yeers, and fill earns from perishes below Quebec. The Sinters worked with the per. pietist:my of heroines, by turns imploring, beeesching and commanding the patients, and Anally staving an euormous neMber in view of the inedequate faoilities ti hand, Sister Therese, the Superioress, is broke o hearted, Etna being at meant in ill -health her name may be added to the already long het. Dootore Bourque and Baralet were carried trona the building un- conscious, and whatever care be isaid of the management as a whole, the individuals exercised every power to lesseo the oalamity they neglected to avert. A Tto.TAL LOSS. A. loud explosion was followed by a crash of beams. The interior was giving way. Wild faces musk from the windows, and the ehrieke of the maniacs were lost in the general uproar. One by one the walls toppled inward, and a fieroe blaze burst up from the newly added fuel that rose to the dark eke, and shot its glare over the St. Lawrence to the southern shore, and even tinged the crest of Mount Royal, ten miles distant. Then it died down into blackness and nothing but a few broken towers re- mained, bounding a seething mass of metal and debris. THE LOSS OP LIFE. How many have been loot cannot pre- cisely be told at present. Some estimate the number at 200, but this is probably exaggerated. These who have been lost are all women. Three nuns are amongst tbern. Sister Therese, the Superintendent in oharge of the Aoylara, was Hist a neigh- boring convent, and for some time the news was kept from her. As soon as the calamity became known the directors of the Protestant Insane Asylum offered their assistsnoe and the use of their own building, which is Dot yet occupied by its proper patients. In this and other refuges the patients have been received. MI.= PATIENTS ESCAPED. The patients wandered about aimlessly, clad in scant garments, many of them veri- table Ophelias in their fantastic dress. When released many of them leapt for joe , and bounded like deer aorose the fields to the woods. Patients of both sexes escaped, and, though a cordon of police was throttel round, not all were included, and a horrib y suggestive tale Wati borne in by a habittee who was coming through the woode to the scene of the diameter. A new dread bee come upon the inhabitants from the pres- enoe of so many escaped lunatics, and they will count themselves fortunate if they are not visited by a series of such crimes as only, madmen on devise. The spring rains had conderted the place into a quag• mire, and only horsemen could get from place to place. The poor Sisters, most of them young and delicate, stood ankle deep in mud, securing and superintending the removal of such furniture as had been saved CARING FOR THE PATIENTS. Some difficulty has been found in pro- viding shelter for the inmates of the asylum. A number were sent to the Prct • estant asylum, some to the jail and others pot in cottages, barns and any other avail- able space. An American gentleman staying at the Windsor, having witnessed the fire, returned to the city and ordered a waggon -load of eatables to be got ready at once and sent down to Longue Pointe for the nee of the nnfortunete people. Mr. Mercier, who is in Montreal, ordered sent down to the scene all Government officials who could be spared to give assistance. A gentleman, who well under:Mande the sub- ject, thinks it will be impossible ever to arrive at a correct estimate of the number of people destroyed. The system under which the asylum was oarried on practi- cally prevents any examination that can be regarded as thoroughly arriving at the facts. On reoeiving the news Hon.P. Gar- nean, Commissioner of Public Works, despatched a telegram to Premier Mercier' and to Sister Therese, superioress of the asylum, saying that accommodation for 400 patients could be found in the Beauport asylum. That number will be, in conse- quence, sent dowie by special train. Mr. Garnean's prompt action has been of im- mense service to the sufferers. The Building. The St. Jean de Dien Asylum, com- monly called Longue Pointe, was founded in the year 1873. The Government, being desirous of closing the St. Jean d'Iberville Asylum and relieving the Beauport Asylum at Quebec, which was overcrowded, came to an understanding with the Sisters of Providence, with the view of establishing an asylum for idiots and for the insane. The erection of the edifioe was commenced the following year, and on the 16th July, 1875, the asylnm received its first patients. The buildings consisted of the main building and four other smaller buildings conneoted by wings, and had a frontage of 630 feet. These edifices were of brick, with freize and ground floor in ont stone. The principal building was six stories high, tbe other portion of the building five. The Sisters of Provi- dence spent in founding and organizing this institution $1,132,232, of which sum $700,- 000 was spent in buildings. The 'building was insured by the Government for a sum of O300,000 in the Royal Insurance Co. Its founder was Madame Gamelin widow of a wealthy Montreal merchant, vilao endowed the new sisterhood. The Mother House of the Order was for many. years the convent connected with St. James' Roman Catholic Church, Lately the headquarters of the Order were removed to a large new convent and asylnm on Fulhem street. The deaf and dumb institution on St. Denie street is the other large city house of the Providence nuns. Tinivereed empathy is felt for Sister Therese, the energetio Lady Superior of the Longue Pointe Asylum. This lady's family name is Tetn, and she belongs to the Quebec district. THE ASYLUM STAFF. The staff was composed as fencers : Sim ters 72, lay sisters 92, total 164, of whom three were M the office, two in the parlor and others in the warde, kitoheri and working departments watching over the patients; lay keepere (female), 14; keepera, 23; night gnerdians (male), 4; night guardians (fentiale), 2, Besides these, two feinale keepers, fotir eider§ and lay sisterit on the average kept watch each night, In addition to these there Were employed on the term' and in superintend- ing the patients' labor, three ; in the industrial departments and supervis- ing the patients' working there were nineteen mien besides two chaplaine end two physioiene, neaking a grand total Of 242. The Lady Superior had dentrol tug well he the genertil direction of the eittiblishinent. In the women's hotipital the IMPervision WM done by a nun aististed two lay MAIMS Of by one lay sister and Mee keeper chosen by the Sisters. /n the roen'e hOpital the aillieriBtoliaeneti Was also given to a nun, who was esseted by two keepers. xxsen4zoas, The inettrailise on the building is divided as f011evie 0/5,900 *British Amerioal 010,0000 Oonneetiout, 05,000 ; rialedonien,010,000 • Citizens', 010,000 ; City of London, 05,000 ; Commerioal Union, 110,000; Fire Atemoiatien, 10000;0 Guardian, $20,000; Hartford, §10,000 ; Imperial, 010,000 ; Lanoshire, 010,000; Liverpool Le London IO Globe, 20,000;$ London te Leumeethire, 10000;0Norwioh IMaion, ,000;05London Assurano, 5O00;0 North British ne Mercantile, 020,000 ; Northern, 010,000 ; Phoenix, 2000Q;0 Queen, $1O,000; Royal Canadian, $10000; Royal, 060,000 ; Western, 520,000. The Goverument, it is, understood, will take eteps towards the rebuilding of the asylum at once. AICOTILER HEMMER WRIT. The Supreme Court Will Hear Argument On is Writ of Error. A Washington despatch says: Roger M. Sherman to -day made application in the 13. S. Supreme Court for a writ of habem corpus for Kemmler, under sem Mince of death in New York State by eleotricity, pursuant to the order of Juidge Wallace, of New York, directing that he ehould make the application immediately. The court denied the application for a writ of habeas orpne, but informed Ur. Sher- man that on the 19th ot May the court would hear a motion for a writ of error in the case, notice to be given the Attorney - General of the State. This will permit the whole record to be brought here and the case argued. The court follows the precedent established in the Spies Anar. chiet case. As the oeurt adjourns Inc the terra on May 19th, the cleciaion denying or granting the writ of error will be announced almost immediately after the argument. The Chief Justice, in denyiog the appli- cation for a writ of habeas corpus, said he did so inasmuch as a writ had been granted by Judge Wallace. Justice Blatchford then said that as Mr. Sherman had applied to him in Chambers as the Justices presid. ing over tbe Circuit Court, for a writ of error to bring the case here for review, he would suggest that Mr. Sherman should inake snob an application before the full Court, as was done in the Anitrohist case. Mr. Sherman said he would do this, and the Court said it would hear the applica- tion on its next and final term on May 19th. Should the application be denied, as was done in the Anarchist case, it will end the matter, but should it be granted it simply defers for about a year final dis- position of the raatter, the case having to come up again in a more extended way. ANOTHER 'WRIT. A Buffalo despatch : This morning a writ of habeas corpus was served upon District Attorney Quinby and others in- terested in the case, including Warden Marston, to produce Xemmler before County Midge Day at Auburn on Saturday next. The writ was granted by Judge Corlett and was obtained by Charles S. Hatch. It is issued to dispose of the ques- tion as to whether the Warden of the State Prison at Auburn can legally execute Kemmler. A stay of exeoution was some time ago asked upon the same ground, Mr. Hatch urging that nobody but the Sheriff of Erie county could execute his client. MAT DA.Y TROUBLES. Collisions of Working Men and Military in older Lands. A yesterday's Perth cable says Early this morning a large number of working. men gathered in front of one of the rolling mills here. At first the men were orderly, but under the incitement of agitators they became aroused and bitterly denounced the alleged tyranny of their employere. Finally they lost all self-control and en- gaged in a riotous demonstration, which the police were powerless to quell. Military assistance was eummoned and a body of troops promptly appeared on the ground with fixed bayonets. The mob was ordered to ditpsree, and upon refusing the troops charged. The crowd broks and fled in all directions, but not before many of the riot- ers had been pierced by the bayonets of the soldiers. The mill where the trouble occurred remained open, and work is going on as oriel A Rome cable says: A few insignificant rows are reported at Milan and Naples in connection with the labor demonstration. The disturbances were quickly suppressed. At Naples a police inspector was wounded. A few workmen were arrested here for try. ing to cross the Tiber againet the orders of the military. A Vienne cable says: At Prossnitz number of workmen had been put in prison, and when their fellow -workmen gathered on the streets this morning a plot was batched for their liberation. The result was that a mob of 4,000 men made a desperate attack upon the prison. The authorities, however, had provided a strong guard for the prison, and the rioters wero repulsed and routed. At Trieste, Polo, and Clracow there was only a slight cessation of work and every- thing is quiet. Ground Work of a Tragedy. A Winnipeg despatch says: An encoun- ter, in which revolvers were drawn,occurred between members of the W. A. Brady theatrical company in the Leland House early yeaterd ay morning. The wife of one member of the company left her room dam ing the night. The husband, awakening and missing her, sought the room of a fellow -member of the troupe, with whom his better -half plays the wife in " After Dark." Looking over Mee transom he SSW bis wife in a oompromising position. He demanded admittance, and was finally let in, when the fight occurred. The wife afterwards sought admittance to her hus- band's room. He let her in, but he gave her a Seund threshing, and the actor in whose room she was found was ordered to leave the hotel, and lash night be did not appear in the oast. The singer Sewing Machine Works Destroyed. A last eight's Elizabeth, N. J., despatoh says : The Singer sewing machine factory was discovered to be on fire at 11 o'olock ton:light. The flames were first seen on the third floor, having broken ont in the main offiee. The entire fire department responded to the alarm, but the water from the sin steam engines bad but little effect. At midnight the flames were burning fiercely, and it was thought the main build- ing, which covers mores of ground, would be destroyed. Within thirty rnintnes after the fire was discovered the immense build- ing was a mese of flame. It is likely the entire factory will be destroyed. The lose will amount to several million dollars. Mr, David Smart, of Smart & Schollay, flax and jute merehants, Dundee, died on the 4th ineen after el short lI1ne2wett the age , Or 52 yeaffi. A .COrretipendent ettyi ".There is neither An Itnglish tat/. nor titi English GoVernMeitto It if! Greet Britain." RAILWAYS APT, OANALS. mom Canadian BaliWitYa tO he BrOtIght Jnder the Interatate LOW—T0116 Olu CaltatiliM A Washington despatch says ; Senator Cullom, chairman of the special, committee appointed to investigate the alleged divert, ing of commerce from the railways of the United States to thoee of Canada aud the alleged discrimination on Caoadien canals against American teasels, presented the report of the committee to the Senate to- day. The substanee of the report wee recently published. In concluding the report the committee says that tbe entranoe fee of 50 oente and clearance fee of 50 onto, or al every time an Araerion vessel visite a Canadian port on the great lakes and their tributary bays, rivers and straits, oonstitute an unjust die. orimination againt American veesele, Canadian vessels being exempt from such charges by a license fee of 50 mints payable once ayear, Swab discrimination violates the spirit if not the letter of the Washing- ton treaty of 1871. The laws tat Canada plaoe American and Canadian veseele upon the Berne terms as to entrance and clear- ance fees, but the discrimination is made through an order-inmouncil. The oommittee recommends that so long as such discrimination continues all Cana- dian vessels should be required to pay entrance and clearance leo of equal amount on entering and °leering the ports of the United States on the great lakes or Ma air tributary navigable waters. The report also says that the rebate of 18 cents per ton in tolls on certain produote of the United States passing through the Welland Canal, if bound to Montreal, coo- stitutes an unjust discriminetion against ports of the TJnited States on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. This dis- crimination is an open violation both of the spirit and letter of the Treaty of Wash- ington. The committee recommends that so long as this discrimination is made, a disorim- inating toll on the tonnage of all Canadian vessels shall be imposed every time they pass through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal. The report says that the proposition that Canadian railways which compete with American railways for traffic, between :BM ferent points of the United States shall be subjected to the same requirements of law rod regulations which apply to American railways, must command the assent of every fair-minded person. The Canadian laws Justify Canadian railways in disre- garding the long and ehort haul clause of the Interstate Commerce Act. The committee recommends that either such a license system shall be established as will be applicable to the Canadian rail- ways doing business in the United States, or that some other plan not injurious to She general trade and commerce of the country be adopted, which shall secure to American railways an equal chance in com- petition with Canadian railways. Mr. Platt, a member of the committee, dissents from the above report. He wants the long and short haul clause and the pooling clause of the Interstate Commerce law repealed. DRIVING OUT CANADIANS. A 17. P. Treasury Spy's Story About Em- ployment -Seeking Canueks. A Washington despatch says: A special agent of the Treasury Department to -day informed the Immigration Committee that in New England the Canadians have taken the place of Americans, and that at Glom:ester 75 per cent. of the fishermen are Canadians. The Contract Labor law was under consideration. Ur. Lee was examined by the committee. His territory extended from Norfolk to Brunswick, Gs., and his duties were to investigate and pre- vent violations of tho Contract Labor law in that section of the country. He said several hundred Canadians came and went every year, working while there in loading cotton in the steamboete. They did not do any more work than the native laborer, nor did they work for less wages, and it was his belief the employers were not benefited financially by their labor. They were more pliant, Mr. Lee thought. than the native laborer, and for that reason were desired. He had worked up a case against one Norfolk firm for the importation of 35 Canadians, and the case is now pending in the United States Court at Richmond. The Canadians themselves, fearing trouble, had left West Point and returned home. The greater number of these Canadians worked at Norfolk, West Point and Savannah. Trouble Over a Leprosy Case. A Boston despatch says: Experts exam. ined Mrs. Johneton, the suspected leper, at quarantine to -day, and pronounced the disease genuine. This has given rise to a peouliar question in international lave. The Customs authorities have ordered the Cunard Steamship Company to take her back; the company declines to do so, as the woman has been taken off the ship and received on Anaerioan soil. They say also that if they take her back the health authorities at home will not allow the diseased woman to land, and they will not know what to do with her, as they cannot go sailing the seas with this pestilence on board. The Customs people decline to acknowledge quarantine as being in the meaning of the law, and the woman goes back on board the steamer if it takes a fleet of revenue otters to do it. Portugal Still Hedging. A Lisbon cable says: The Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs has replied to Dr. G. P. Loring, the United States Min- ister here, accepting the principle of arbi- tration proposed by the United States Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He suggests that the question as to whether the case of the Delagoa Railway is or isnot one.for international arbitration shall be referred to some impartial friendly nation. He further put forward that if it be decided in the affirmative the same arbi- trator might decide on the terms and basis of settlement. In the case of the erbitrator deciding negatively, the arbitration would be between the Portuguese Government and the Delitgos, Railway Company. Spanish Labor Riots. A. Saturday night's Barcelona cable says: The strikers assembled to -night in thou- sands, The troops endeavored to disperse them, but wore met with stout resistance. Several shots were fired at the soldiers, who replied with it volley, The mob wen then oharged and ectittered at the point of the bayonet. Three of the strikers were ehot and oriouely wounded. Many arrests were made. ' A sttiker was sentenced to imprisonment for life tit hard labor to,drsy for wounding it policeroan. EOM others were :sentenced to tett years' imprisonment each at hard labor for attempting to prevent others' from going so work. Galveston sign writers and grainers get $5 it day ; timers, 43.50 to 03; bricklayets, *4o $5, and plumbers, $2 60 to $4. Ctialniat —"I can't giVe yeti &fly mpre than fifty cents a &tared weight # Into, man—ii All right, if you let me weigh it On your own ebtilee," TWIPI4 READ, Balfeur'S Land Bill Gets Ito Oeisond pod, Ing in the Commons. A London Oble o loot nigkit says '14se etioci-op yesterday of the Irish land Ourn ehatie debate was exoeedingly interesting, far surpassing in that respeet any Orel/ions stage of the proceedings. 2r. Balfour delivered what is known as the character. istic speech, well interlerded with flouts and jibes. M. Sexton presented a good specimen of Trieh eloquence. Mr. Mac. Carteny, a Conservative Irish landlord, entered a very emphatic) protest against the bill- Lord' Hertington was moderate, earnest and judicious, as he always is. Mr. Morley summed up in a masterly man- ner, and with much literary grace as well as oratorical force, the main points against the bill. Such a programme is not to be despised, and it was not. Mr. Mao- Cartney, speaking from the Minis- terial side, deolared that the bill would rain all landlords with incomes below 15,000. A year ago he spoke of it as in. volving it soheme of scientific) spoliation. Mr. Sexton deolarea that the tenants did not want the measure. Mr. MaoCartney alleges that it will destroy the landlords. Ma the bill any friends at all outside the Irish Offioe Although Mr. Pitmen's alternative saltine was frequently referred to last night, the Irish leader was not vieible. There was it strong reinforcement, how. ever, of the main guard of the National- ists. 111essrs. Whom, William O'Brien, the two Healye, the two Elartingtone, and most of the fighting raen were there. Mr. Gladstone also was there, backed by hie obief supporters. The Ministry were in full force, as it is their duty to be on suoh nights. And now the main work in con- nection with the bill still remains to be done. The second reading of the measure was carried by a majority of 80. ILEMBILEE'S CASE. The Case to be Brought Before the 17. S. Supreme Court at Once. A New York despatch says: Roger M. Shermau will go to Washington to -morrow and apply to a Judge of the United States Supreme Court for it writ of habeas corpus in the case of Kemmler. The object is to bring the ease directly under the jurisdio- tion of the Supreme Court and skip tbe Circuit Cort. Sherraan's first step will be to secure an order upon the District Attorney of Erie county, requiring him to show cause why it stay should not be granted. This order will probably be made returnable a week from Monday in Wash- ington. Sherman thinks the Supreme Court will ineiet Meet proceedings must first come before the Cirouit Court, where the csse nove is. If it goes directly to the Supreme Court, or if the Supreme Court Judges refuse to grant Shernann a writ or order to show cause, then Judge Wallace will cancel the existing Circuit Court writ. This cannot be aone in time, however, to allow of Remmler's execution under the sentence for this week. It would be necessary to re-sentence him. Sherman positively declines to state who his em- ployers are. Married in Haste. Repenting at Leisure. A Denver despatch says : On Monday a stranger arrived in Colorado Springs who gave the name of James Howell of Topeka. He at onoe called at en employment agency and said thee he desired a house. keeper for his mansion in Topeka, being willing to pay the agent $10 as his fee. While the conversation was going on Mrs. M. E. Reed, proprietor of it restaurant, entered, and hearing part of the conversa- tion suggested that she could take the place. The meeting of the two occurred at 4 30 p.m, and et 5.30 they were married. Howell late in the evening visited and pro- posed marriage to another womein, but was indignantly refused. On Tuesday the groom deserted his wife and left for parte unknown, leaving her to mourn his lose, as well as theft of a sum of money. Cronin's Remain;Finally Interred. A Sunday's Chicago despateh says: The formal interment ceremonies over the reel:wane of Dr. Cronin were held at Calvary cemetery to -day. The assemblege gathered closely about the grave as the few brief words of the service were spoken by Fathers Muldoon and Toomey. Planks were laid on the sand beside the opening, and after the religious services were over those present passed in double file viewing the casket. When all had passed the coffin was lowered, it heavy stone was put in place closing the tomb, which was then sealed. A Fiendish murder. A l3rietol, Conn., despatch says: Arthur Jackson, a worthless 'negro, on Friday night celled his wife out of a hotel where she was employed asit waitress, and compelling her to go home with him made her hold a light while he killed his dog with an axe. He then astaoked hie wife with a razor and cut her throat, slicing off several of her fingers in the struggle. A neighbor found him kicking the dying woman and attempt. ing to burn tho house. Jealousy was the cause of the crime. Jackson never sup- ported his wife. He escaped, bat was cap- tured at Plainville. He Fooled With the machine. A Boston despatch says: Geo. Morse, press boy in the Lynn Bee office, attempted yesterday to test the strength, of the current applied to the electrie motor which supplies the power. Ho completed a perfect circuit and received the full force of 500 volts. The pressman found him unconscious on the floor. He remained in- sensible twenty minutes. The doctors say he will be all right in a few days. Jumped 200 Times and Died. Annie Dooley, a 13 -year-old girl living at No. 852 Second avenge, died yesterday itt convulsions. When she came home from her work at the Brussels Tapeetry Works on Seoond avenue, on Tuesday she commenced to jump it rope with a young girl companion. Annie said ehe could skip the rope 200 times and the other girl said she could not. Annie did all she said she could and then stopped. The next day ehe was taken ill and Dr. Barnard, of 143 East Forty-third street, was called in. hleningitie, brought on by the violent ex- ercise, set in, and after that there VMS no hope for the child' i life. —New York, Herald. Callao for Delay. "George," she said, after sho had prom. ised to be his wife, "please don't announce out engagement nntil next Mesh.", "Why not, darling 2" he inked, ten- derly. Becarise I'm going to tho theatre with Honey en Ftiday night," Jensen, the Brooklyn eigarmaker, fixed $4 50 per 1,000 as the lowest rate and dis- Oharged the strikers, Wilthington (Del.) vvettverd will strike for twelve hoots and a unibn label en union. made bread, 6 foolish man Who doesn't know enough 50 fall down when he tilipes • TWA Ottoteletisfir, European Society Bottoming to the Once., tOpla.14P pitnee, The minuet Whieh Strenee its about to jaw troduce to tlae partial eneilleion of his own waltz was the &et, bali denim whiela had it really world.wide popularity. irs is it slow, dignit fled dance, an appropriate product of the time and place of ite birth. It ie very old. When Don Jetta d' A estria wont incognito from Etruesele to 'Paris nothing be saw during hie faumos trip enoitect his admira- tion half so much As as the graoe with which the beautiful lidergaret of Eurguody danced the minuet. Other booms and titled dandies of the same period also put in writing flattering ellusione to the beauties of this dance. Nevertheless it is exceed- ingly doubtful that the minuet of those times was the original model of the minuet .day. ot e minuet, which very recently hail appeared in the Peri:Oen salons, was invented by tbe French ballet master Grardel, or rather was evolved by him from, a much older dimes for the celebration of the marriage of King LOIne XVI. "Minuet of the Queen" is the title witich the gallant Gardel gave to his new Oance in honor of Marie Antoinette. The figures of a dance. of the time of Louis XIV. were utilized by Garde] as the basis of his new minuet. The old dance, with which every court ball of Louis XIV, was opened, consisted mostly therein that the gentleman and. the lady faced each other, Moved a few stops forward and backward in time with dignified mad sonorous =site bowe0 deeply and returnect to their placee. This: dance. was called the " Braule." It was succeeded by the gavotte, in which "the gentlemen Mimed the bouquet of flowers, and, with a deep bow, handed it to his partner." From this gavotte Gardel derived the minuet. The ffilDOUS deeming master Pecourt inttoduced an important , innovation by changiog the figure infear the Z figure, whick is still danced. Thet' minuet is the only dance wbitth preserves the courtly dignity of the old regime, and, therefore, has vier beau regarded as the most eriatocratio of danoes. The most popular of minuet MUSiO is from the flint finale of Mozart's "Don jean." This music is the model of all other music to which the minuet has been danced of late years.—Berliner Borsen.Courier. USE OF PAPER IN JA.PAN. Many aud Remarkable Purposes to which it is Applied. The .Japanese use paper every instant, says the Newark Standard. The string with which the artiolee yon buy are fas- tened is made of paper. Do you want a piece of siring? Tear u sheet of paper, roll it between the fingers ; it requires it strong wrist to break it. The handker- chief thrown away after use is paper ! The partitions dividing the houses paper 1 The pane through whieb 50 inciscreet eye looks at you is paper. The pane is truly wanting in transparence, or not at all transparent, and the Japanne, especially the ladies, who are jot as curious as they are in other countries, are none the less embarrassed to see, without troubling themselves, wbat is taking place outside. The method is very, very siraple—one finger is passed through the paper; that is 5111 Wben one has a good leek, it small piece is stuck on this openine with a grain of rice. The yekomene hat passing is paper; the porter's cloak, who carries his burden, singing hie cadence, through the rain ; the garment of the boatman, who conducts yon on board; the tobacco pouch,. cigar case—all are paper 1 Those elegant flowers ornamenting the beautiful hair of the Japanese ladies, end these robe collars, , which are taken for orape—paper A Photo for a Penny. In the course of his running remarks the manager of the drop-inomumpenny-and- get-weighed• maob in e seid "You thought, or most people did, that when this machine was invented, it wae a great one. So it was. But there's another one coming which will eclipse it. A Lon. don inventor has roade a machine like that which will furnish a man with his picture, tin -type, for a penny. The man steps on the platform the same are he does here when be wants a weigh, looks at the indi- cator, and drops in his penny. In it moment a gong within rings. This means tfor the man to look pleasant; to get ready. Then there is a click and the man steadies himself and stares. This is momentary. There is another gong sound; that means that the process is finiehed. In another moment an tantomatio tray delivers the picture. This is ebeouluteiy true. Several of the machines are Mrestrly ie use in Lon- don. We will have them in Chicago before long. It will make photographers uneasy, I think. The beauty about the penny pic- ture businesp is that you don't have to stick your head in the prongs of it pitohfork or look at a chalk mark on a stove -pipe in order to work up a smile. Wbat a business these machines will do on circus day or when the World's Fair gets here!" Sympathetac. An old man, nearly blind, calls on a0. oculist and requests him to examine his. eyes. " Well," remarked the man of science, " I don't see anything." "Great heavens, dootcr, you don't say so! Why, your nearly no badly off ais I The Prosaic Broker. "Oh, for the wings of it dove 1" sighed the poet. "Bosh 1" said his friend, the broker. The breast of a turkey is much better to fill up on." A Historical Secret. Charlie Rivere—And so you will be eight, next week, Flossie 1 Why, you are getting to be quite an old lady. Flossie --Yes ; I'm getting old much faster than sister May is. She has been twenty-three ever since I can remember. Contented. Softley—I don't hear you growling about your wife as you need to. Henpeck (sighing)—No! you don't. Ever since I" read that the King of Siam had 300 wivert I laive leained to be contented with my lot. Know When to Leave. " Is your oat intelligent 2" " I should say sol She heard nee tell the cook to have, it rabbit stew for leech, and she hasn't been seen eitice," The Hanlon Brotheraro among tho. richest naanagers in the country. They have mede the most 01 tbeit money out of " rattan:tee" Next SCUM they are to tempt f ate with a new :spectacle. Sit William Gull, a celebrated London, :medalist, said that tight teeing was pro- duotive of bad cemplexione and red teem inie ought to do aWAY with the evil at. Mice., A hdoaton eoda-water fountain roanufarit triter employing 440 hands will out the gar to nine hours without reducing wages.