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• the fire.
-•It WW1 twit a quarter te 12 o'oletek, and the
eistere tu charge a ult. varieue wards in
the female department Were preEaring for
The Loss of Life E$timatet
- a they believe that that meal vrould not be
the elletomerY noeradaY meal. ittle did
d.
From 100 to 160. partaken of by anyone, and, 800n after the
Stroke of twelve many would have died a
----a-- horrible death. To the left of the centre of
- the 'building, as One enters the grounds, is
SISTERS PERISHED. eituated the female department. To the
right iii the InatS department, On the
third flat of the GOCOad wing to the right
What Caused the Fire ?---Weefully In-. are the private wade for pay petients, ene
efficient Froteetion—Temporary Shelter near by viaa the beautiful °hand Of St.
--Seeking for Friends—An euveettgation jean. In the rear part of the private wards,
Ordered. Whiela in eome came oontained comfort.
able and even lu.aririoue roonas, rewording
A Montreal despatoh says ; Sister to the standing of the unfortunate emu -
Therese de Jeetts, the ehaperioress of flee pante, is a bathroom. It wee in Olio bath.
Asylum, although at the time of the disas. room that the fire originated. How was it
ter ehe was confined on a Rick bed in the started? There was no fire for anything,
infirmary, has so far recovered that ehe nor was there any necessity for it. The
has taken the direotion of affairs into her place was heated by hot water or steam
own bands, with heedquarters at St. and lighted by electricity. The statement
Isidore Convent, neer the banke of the St. was freely made on the grounds that the
Lawrence, juet below where the saylunii fire was to be attributed to the electrical
stood. She places the lees of life at certainly current. The mechanical superintendent,
twenty, and possibly fitty. She expressed however, lenooke this theory on the head by
the determination of at once rebuilding the saying that there was no electric light in
institution on the most approved scientific the bathroom. Then but one ociejecture
plans, both as regards the treatment of remains, and that is that the fire was the
patients and with a view to preventing the work of an incendiary. The lire could not
least possibility of a recurrenee of yester. have been set by a sane person; all these
yeshorror. are devoted to the institution. Then the
SCENES OF DESOLATION. spark which razed St. Jean de Dieu to the
ground was eet by an ineane person. This
It has been a task of the most extreme
is the version accepted by Sister Therese.
difficulty to obtain accurate information
regording the origin of the lire, the number When the fire had been burning for norm.
ti
of inmates burned to death, and the ham me smoke began issuing through the
openings surrounding the closed dome.
portant particulars. When the terrible
nature of the catastrophe is considered,
this is not at all strange. The poor sisters
in charge of the institution are naturally
overwhelmed by the terrible event, and
the conduct of tlae public has hied the effect
of adding to their pitiable condition. From
the moment the fire started Longue Pointe
has been literally overrun by thousands of
people from Montreal, some making anxi-
ous enquiriee about missing relatives,
others moved by idle curiosity. The nuns
leave been plied with questions until they
have been almost driven to despair. The
grounde surrounding the outbuildings to-
day presented a most desolate appearance.
Scattered around promiscuously were
bureaus, beds, benches, pictures and other
effects.
Tesmortme eumenns.
In the rear of the asylum are the stables
where about 100 men patients were quar-
tered last night under tho supervision of
the Sisters and four Montreal policemen.
The same is not one to be easily described,
and surely not to be easily forgotten. Lying
on heaps of strew, the sickly and feeble
were to be seen moaning, gibbering, shriek-
ing, while twisting and jumping were the
more sturdy ones on the floor around them.
It made one shudder to witness the fierce
expression on some countenance.
Dr. Duquette, the Government Medical
Inspector, places the loss of life at certainly
O. On being asked his opinion as to the
present ystem of placing the lunatics
under the care of the Sisters, he replied
that he was strongly opposed to such a
plan, and Should ask the Government to
place the curables and iurious lunatics in a
smell institution, where they could have
skilled treatment from a staff of specielists.
The harmless insane could, he Said, be
pieced to greater advantage under the care
of the Sisters.
Among the ruins of the asylum no vestige
of the dead can be traced.
SISTERS WII0 PERISLIED.
Many of the inmates are stillunaccounted
-for, but the asylum authorities are making
up a list of those rescued, and it is expected
in this way to arrive at an exact know.
ledge of those who have perished. The
rescued inmates are now scattered through-
eut the various institutions belonging to
the Providence Nuns in the city. A large
number of the female inmetes are confined
in the St. Isadore Coavent at Longue
Pointe ; others are at the Fullum Street
Convent and the Deaf and Dumb Institute
in this city. Many of the male inmates
have been placed in the St. Benoit Asylum
and at the Jesuit Institute at Longue
Pointe. The Government's offer of the
large exhibition buildings in this city has
been accepted by the nuns, as a temporary
shelter for the unfortunate patients. The
work of putting the building into a proper
condition was commenced this mornieg,and
a large number of patients were removed
there to -day. As far as can be ascer-
tained six Sheen perished in the
flames, namely, Sisters Marie Grovel,
Louis Grovel, Demerise Gilbert, Luminia
Boutbillier, Victoria McNichols, and
Nether Labia, of the Sacred Heart Order,
who was an inmate of the furious ward.
The first mentioned nun, Sister Marie
Grovel, was laid up in the infirmary so sick
that she was unable to move. The other
three eiders rushed to her assistance, but
before they could make their escape they
were caught by the flames and perished.
Mother Labia, who was an inmate of the
furious ward, was first rescued from her
perilous position with great difficulty, but
hardly had she been rescued when she
rushed back into the burning building, and
was seen no more. All the lost sisters
were very young women, and were con-
nected with prominent families. The two
Grovel sisters belonged to Chicoutimi;
Sister Bonthillier was the daughter of a
wealthy merchant of St. Ours; Sister Gil-
bert was the demendant of one of Wolfe's
Highland officers, who settled on the St.
Lawrence after the conquest, and married
a French wife. All the sisters were tertiary
nuts, that iselaymisters, who take vows of
chastity and celibacy, but have no voice in
the management of the community.
THE ESTIltATED LOSS OF LIFE,
As to the exact number of inmates who
have perished it is impossible to give any
accurate idea, as the asylum authorities
themselves are at sea in the question, and
it will likely be days, if not weeks, before
the exact number is known. In many
instances the inmates escaped the vigilance
cf their keepers, and many are doubtless
now wandering around the city or the sum
rounding country. Several were arrested
to -day, and broneht to places of safety. It
ratty take weeks before all the stragglers
are gatheeed in and an exact count can be
taken. Sieter Therese, the Superior of the
institution, estimates the number of the lost
at twenteefive, but this is the lowest possi-
ble estimate, and Dr. Ducettette,the Govern.
snout Inspector, places the number of the
burned at over fifty. It ie known by the
last report to the,Quebeci Government that
there were 1,780 inmates instead of 1,300,
and this ranch is certain, that no one will
ever know the number of victims. From
collateralinformetiota it must be that there
are 150 dead. The coroner, with the Hon.
Premier MefOier, Judge Doges, Senator
Thibaudean and two Crown Minietere, ar-
rived at the scene this afternoon, and If
enough material can be found an inquest
Will be held, The firemen have left the
ground, and the heat is dying out of the
nine.
entee cetera Tun me'?
The deuee of the fire is still shronded in
mystery, but it ie believed to have been
eterted 1,,y One Of the inmetem
lar. IX:Veneta:4 the Government plamtiolare
Who Watt eitetlent ttt the time, giivee a
liNOW$ TO IlAVE
The followirsg is a oorreeted list of threw
BO far as knOWni to have perished in the
*owes :
Doraelare AlteratnatieeT.
INEFFICIENT FIRE PROTECTION.
Once started, the fire was simply a repe-
tition of the Toronto University confiagra.
tion. The flamee spread like a tornado
through the long corridors until in a com-
paratively short specie of time the extreme
wings of the large pile were burning as
fiercely as the centre. Confusion and panic
of the wildest kind ensued, and probably
over 100 poor creatures were consumed in
the fearful blaze. No words could be too
strong in condemning the lack of pre-
cautions against fire in such a
orowded building. There was only one
iron door in the entire pile to prevent the
flames from spreading, and no adcquete
water supply to oonabat the destroying
element. All the water necessary for the
wants of the establishment was pumped up
from the river by a email Worthingtee
engine into eleven reservoirs placed in the
most elevated portions of the buildine.
their capaoity being six thousand genre e
each. A quantity of hose had been plate, i
on brackets in the passages, but there vao
no systematic drill in their use, and it mu \
hardly be expected that the nuns, memo
bored as they Were with the care of frenzied
patients, would be equal to such an emer-
gency. Then, again, the great height of
the building increased the danger and made
et, utterly impossible to get the violent
patients out of the death trap.
snnitnic FOR RELATIVES.
• The destruction of t e asylum continues
to be the abEorbing topic of conversation,
and the more the facts are inquired into
the more horrible does the disaster appear.
All day Notre Dame street, which leads mat
to Longue Pointe along the bank of the St.
Lawrence, was thronged with vehicles and
pedestrians making their way to the fateful
scene. From the surrounding country also
the habitants kept arriving in such num-
bore that it was found necessary to place a
couple of policemen at the gate leading into
the asylum grounds, in oriler to keep back
those not having special business. It was
not mere curiosity, however, that brought
the crowds to the asylum gates, for there
were many in the throng who mune with
distracted hearts to learn if relatives,
warmly loved notwithstanding their mental
infirmities, had been sacrificed in the flames.
They were compelled to go away unsatis•
Bed, for it will be several days before any-
thing definite can be ascertained as to who
perished and who survived.
A Montreal despetch says: The excite-
ment attending the great fire at tlae Longue
Pointe Insane Asylum hexing subsided to
a considerable extent, the authorities have
been enabled to take a calmer view of the
situation. The obief object of the authori.
ties is now to provide suitable accommoae-
Mon for the unfortunate inmates who have
been rendered homeless, if such an expres-
sion may be used, by the fire This is by
no means an easy task, and the services of
the Sisters are being taxed to their fullest
capacity. The inmates continue to have
temporary shelter at the various install.
hone under the control of the Providence
Nuns. At the mother house of the nuns in
this city there are 300 lodged, while 100
have found shelter at the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, which is also controlled by the
order. In addition to these, 300 are lodged
in the asylum barns, 142 at the St. Breit
Asylum at Longue Pointe, 52 inthe Jesuits'
country house, 60 in the Longue Point
school house, 17 in Senator Thibaudean's
summer residence at Longue Pointe. At the
St. Isidore Convent, Lotto° Pointe, the
private patients and the infirm to the num-
ber 150 have found a shelter. In addition
to these there are el few of the more harm-
less patients lodged in private houses. The
sistere are still buy in preparing lists of
the patients now under their charge. Their
task is a very difficult one, as, in addition
to the large number lodged in the various
institutions mentioned, meny of the private
houses in the village of Longue Point and
surrounding country have taken in one or
two of the more hernaless unfortunates.
When the lists are completed a comperison
with the list of the original inmates will
show exactly who are missing.The
i
original list is believed to be safe n the
vault, which is buried beneath the ruins,
and which will be removed as soon as
possible. So far as can be estimated
1,182 patients are so accounted for up to
the time of writing. The total number of
inmates at Government charge on the first
of May, according to advime from Quebec,
was 1,297. This would lefty° over one hun-
dred inmates unaccounted for.
ESCAPED LUNATIOS RECAPTURED.
The authorities of the asylum have been
°coupled all day with anxiseue relatives
and friends inquiring for the missing, and
in many came he.ve been able to allay the
fears of the 11/1XiOTIS ones. The Dieters
expect that there are still many of the
escaped inmates wandering about -the
country who will be secured in time. No
fewer than twenty have been captured so
far. Scree of them when captured were in
a terrible condition owing to exposure to
cold. Tho relatives of a number of the
unfortunates who formerly resided ha the
city were consideritbly stertled to have
them wear into the house, without the
slightest intimation of their visit. In all
these instances the unfortunates were
ere:tared without trouble and returned to
the asylum authoritieta
THE SEARCH FOR REMAINS.
The ruins of the destroyed buildings are
ttill smouldering and dre very dangeroue.
Ar soon as it cam be done with safety, the
ruins will be searehed for remains. It is,
however, regarded as very improbable that
any trade of the bodies wine found, as
Owing to the intense beat they were prO.
IA* roduoed to mlieo.
VIOTORINE BEAUDRF,
CHRISTINE DEMERS*
MRs, HUI.
CAMILLE LACHANCE,
AUGUSTINE LACBOIX,
MISS LRTIMRNEY,
MISS LEDAT.A.
EUSEEE MARCHANT,
BrueenT Merman.
ELIZA EICGIARD.
MRS. SCULLEM
MARIE Sr. DENIS.
ELIE Sr, Lotus.
Miss Tnnuniumi.
Mee. WILLI/dm
All these were inmates 01 the women's
ward, and the majority were from Montreal.
In addition there were the six ems:
Sister BOUTIIIILIER.
Sister MAME GROVEL.
Sister LOVIS11 GROVEL.
Sister GILBERT.
Sister "ermine Moltexcnom
Sister LERAIA.
This gives a total of twenty-two so far
absolutely accounted for. In addition
there are many atilt missing. Amonget
these is Mrs. Mary A. Shahan, of Millbury,
Vermont, who was an inmate of the furious
ward, and who it is femme also perished in
the flames. This lady, who was a private
patient, belonged to one of the best known
families in Vermont. A former wealthy
resident of St. Polyearp, nemed Lanthier,
was conducted from his place of °confine-
ment, but disappeared before he could be
removed to safe keeping. He was; stopped
once while trying to go back to the burning
building, but it is feared that he may have
reached it another time, as no tre,oe of him
can be found.
. PREMIER MERCIER'S VIEWS,
Premier Mercier stated to -day that the
Government would do all in its power to
secure to the sisters as favorable a con -
treat as possible after the lapse of the
present contract, which, has still to run for
five years. " But," he added, " I cannot
yet. say exactly what we can do, or wei do.
At Buy rate, WO shall try to serve the good
nuns, and at the same time see that the
interests of the Province are properly
secured. We shall hold a meeting to decide
upon something definite, as the Betters will
not rebuild unless they are sure of a con-
tinuation of the contract, so as to make it
worth their while to incur so heavy an ex-
pense."
Sister Therese, the lady euperioress of
the institution, who was ill, has had a
serious relapse owing to the severe shock,
and is confined to her bed in the Se Isidore
Asylum. The sisters have reoeiveet ex-
pressione of sympathy from all parte of the
continent.
IFIB DEMANDS OATISFAOTION.
A Washington despatch Flays: Capt
White, of the United States fishery vessel
Rapid Transit, of Gloucester, elms., part
of whose cargo was recently thrown over-
board by the Newfoundland authorities
under the new Bait Act, has made his
official Statement to the Secretary of State.
The following are some of the vital parts of
it : I Was adjudged to pay $1 per ton fot
the measurement of my vessel and to take
one barrehof bait only per ton. My mewl
meaeured 80 tons. I was also to sign R
bond that 80 barrels only would be lauded
in the United States, and that' the re-
mainder of the cargo ehould be giOn to
them. In default of this I was to ay a
fine of 4500 and to have the whole ergo
confinated, and in default of the fine
to go to prison for three months. He
"Which option will you take 2" 1
I said, " I will do neither one thaeg nor
the other." I demanded time eg' consult
counsel and to communioate with my part-
ner and the other owner in the vowel.
He said, " I will give y'ou thirty minutee
to decide." He said to the commander,
"See that my orders ars executed."
They were eating up steere, and were
about to start with me to jail. I sought to
communicate with somebody end to seoure
counsel.
He said, "Von cannot /neve hero until
you decide which option you will take."
There was an officer at the door, I found
that I could not do any better, so I decided
to take the first option, to pay the 580 and
to give to them the residue of the cargo and
to sign a bond that these 80 barrels would
be delivered in the United States. ,
TEE means EARBOR ACT.
As mon as I did so he ordered me to
heave over my cargo. I said, "1 will do
no such thing, I will not throw my property
overboard."
In an instant Commander McGraw., of
the Fionia, said, " We will do it then."
I said, "1! you do this, you will do it
entirely on your own responsibility."
He said, "We willtake all these ohances,"
or something to that effect. He ordered
two boat loads of men to go to work and to
heave over my cargo, and finally I got in a
boat with him. He came alongside of my
vessel, ordered his men into the hold, and
they shovelled out the herring with their
large octal shovele. It took them from 9
o'clock in the morning until halapeat 10
in the evening, steady work, to do this. Ele
wished me to go down and see whether
there were eighty barrels left. I told him
that 1 aid not care whether there were
eighty barrels left or not, as they were
then no good to me. Finally I went down
and said that there teemed to be eighty
barrels there, but that they were all worth-
iest; to rae. The fish were all trarnped
upon and out up by the booth and the
shovels of the men.
He said, " All we care about is to leave
you eighty beanie."
RATHER SIIAI3BY IT TRUE.
I Bald, "1 demend that you put this
vessel in a seaworthy condition. She was in
a good condition this morning. New ohe
has no ballast. You have thrown over my
cargo. I have no conveniences for securing
ballast. I heve only an old dory, which
leaks."
He said, "it is too bad. I emsorry. I
have only done my duty and oan do no
more."
Within an hour's time he had left. The
next day it was blowing a gale of wind. The
wind increased. I feared that without bal-
led we should go ashore. The next day the
wind haa moderated somewhat. We leit
about 1 p.m. We made Et harbor about
four miles distant in order to procure bal-
last. This was the 18th or 19th. We left
there and proceeded to St. Jacques. In
Port Miquelon I cleared my vessel with the
80 barrels on board for a home port in the
United States. We left St. Jacques and
arrived at St. Pierre that same evening.
We went to St. Pierre because that was the
neareat port where there was a United
States consul. The next morning I
entered a protest with the United States
consul there and left mon after for hone°.
The judge convicted me under the Bait
AM of 1889, but he imposed the penalty of
the new Act of 1890. I had loaded my
vessel with this herring before this new
Bait Act took effect. I had bought tlae
herring on the 5th, and loaded it on the
7th. The Act was passed April 2nd, 1890,
took affect on the 8111, coneequently my
herring was bought and loaded, and on
board before that Act when into effect. And
I never heard anything about this Act
until April 131h, when the steamer came
in. I askea throughout all these proceed-
ings for counsel and for time, and both
were refused me..
ALL ABOUT SEIZURE
A Yanin Skipper Lays His Case Before
Uncle Sail
THAT FOOB HOUSE 1MM.
The Loss of Life Much Greater That at First
Supposed,
A Utica, N. Y., despatch says : The
number et bodies found in the ruins of ihe
poorhouse in Preston, Cheuango county,
already number thirteen. The impression
is growing that the loss of life far exceeds
the Bata estimate. In the building were
many aged men and women, some of whom
had not left their beds for months, and
others who from weakness of mind were in-
capable of finding their way out of the
building in the midst of the confusion end
excitement which prevailed. It is believed
that a number of these perished, and this
belief is strengthened by the discovery of a
body this morning at some distance from
the department occupied by the imbeciles.
There are several feet of ashes and 'debris
in the cellar, end the probabilities am that
when they are removed a number of bodies
will be found. Many of the old people had
no relatives, and they are only brought to
mind by the recollection of the keeper and
their companione. So it is impossible yet
to say who and how many are missing.
The building burned very rapidly, as if
pitched and tarred, and with great fierce-
ness. The fire was intensely hot, and the
belif exists that some of the bodies were
so completely burned that no trace of them
can he found.
On Monday the coroner's jury will begin
the taking of teetimony, and it is not ex.
elected that the full number of thoee miss.
ing will be known till then, se the officials
are very reticent. The insane paupers will
be brought to Utica to.morrow, and pre.
parations are being made in the State hos-
pital to receive them.
RIBRDEBED BY SAVAGES.
Schooner Driven on the New Hebrides—
Inhospitable IteceptIon.
A San Francisco despatch says : News
was received last night by the steamer
Zealanaia that in a great storm on March
4th the echooner Eliza Mary was driven on
the reefs at Mallicolo, in the New Hebrides.
It was impossible to see anything through
the blinding rain till just before the ship
struck. There were on board a crew of 18,
2 passengers, 44 recruits, and 15 returning
laborers, making a total of 79. The first
boat which was lowerea was manned by
four' white men and several of the black
crew. The boat was dashed to pieces while
going on shore, and the four white men
were drowned. Thom who retrained on
board the ship were saved. Several of the
recruits swam for shore, and were either
drowned or killed after landing. One boy
had to fight his way from the shore to the
mission station, a distance of 10 miles. He,
with 20 of his companions, went with some
waives to a village near the coast. They
were given food, but while eating the
savages set upon them and began toms -
hawking the castaways. The boy ran and
escaped. In all four white men end 47
blacks were lost.
Evidences of a Horrible Crlme,
A Kansas City despatch of Sunday says:
The evidences of a ghastly crime were dis-
covered at the Union station yeeterday
morning. In ft pine box two feet long was
found the horribly mutilated body of a
woman. Nearly all the flesh had been out
from the bones, and the head and face wore
mutilated beyond recognition. The body
was pecked in (thermal, and from all
appearances life could not have been extinct
more than 24 hours. The box was checked
through over the Wabash road frora St.
Lotus on Friday night and anima here
early yesterday morning.
Something Like a Bridge Span,
A Needles, Cal., deepatoh of yesterday
says: The connection of the Arizona and
California wings of the great cantilever
bridge will be finished to -day. The bridge
is said to have the longest unsupported
span of any cantilever bridge in the world
—360 feet—and the total length of the
bridge ie 960 feet. Nearly 40,000,000
pounds of iron and steel were need in the
construotion, Three men were killed and
twenty .five injured during the work. By
the 10th inst. trains will be running regu-
larly on the bridge.
Charming dressea oan be made of 30cent
gennis striped flannels', One of these
towrie ie worth half 3 dozen cotton &OM
was
Said,
Alleged Terrorism in Mississippi.
A Brook Haven, Mies.'special says :
Ten men who were arrosted in Lawrence
for beating an old negro, Jere Bass, end
murdering his son, were placed on prelimi-
nary trial here on Friday. The witnesses
relied upon to convict them were so ter-
rorized as to be afraid to,teetify, and the
prosecution fell to the ground, though there
is hardly any doubt of the guilt of the
accused. The best citizens in the yezinity
of where the crime was committed ate
afraid to take active steps to bring the
guilty parties to indict) for fear of assassi-
nation or having their property burned.
mein Brothers Fight savagely.
A Vincennes, Ind, demateh of Sunday
says: On Friday night at Edwardsport
tragedy was enacted, in which John and
Amos Lamson, twin brothers, were the
actors. At the election last April John,
who is a Republican, offered his brotber,
Democrat, el to vote the Republican ticket.
Amos declined, and there wee ill -feeling
between the men afterwards. On Friday
night Amos was standing on the stepe of a
store, when John approached. Hot words
passed between them, when Aram, Era&
denim leaping upon his brother, plunged a
knife into hie aide. John's wound is fatal.
Amos is in jail.
Tvvo Wavs of maisingget.
Rev. Mr. Choker—Hee yonr congrega-
tion misted your salary lakeiy, Brother
Thirdly.
Brother Thirdly (from the country)—No,
sir ; it seldom mime more than half of it
any given peer.
It is the men who is to full for rata -
anise who never knows when he's loaded.
Sir George Elliot, the wealthy Engiieh
coal operator and baronet, is of quite
humble origin. In his youth he was a
artillery hand in the Durbancoal pits, of
Which he sumegeively became ()Veneer,
manager and owner,
Lotta its said to be by all odds the
richest actress in Atneriets. Her fortune ie
estimated at $1,000,000, 11400i000 of which
is in Government bonds.
RE WRUNG HER NECK,
The Revolting Deed of a
French. Teamster.
HE WILL BE GUILLOTINED.
A Paris mble says: A meek, inoffen.
sive-looking man, of middle age, at the
Paris Assizes to -day, was tried and oon.
downed to death for a double crime almost
unparalleled in atrocious evivagery. Thie
monster is Jean Vodable, a Pane carter.
Vodable used to live witla a soanvenger
Pauline Malfielatra, who after three yeare'
experience wearied of her loverte brutal
usage and showed him the door. Breath-
ing threats of vougeeame Vodable wont away
and remained absent about a month. On
the morning of November 30th Mime.
DIalfielatre found Vodeble in her apart-
ment. He urged her to resume her former
relations, emphasizing his entreaties by
showing a rope with which be raid lie
would hang himself in case of refusal -
Mme. lteralfielatre compromised matters by
agreeing to ;mend the day with Vodable.
She had a daughter, Alexandrine, 12
years old, whom she supposed to be
at school as usual. When midday came
Alexandrine did not return at Innoheon
time. Her mother grew anxious, but
Vochtble quieted her by saying that he had
given Alexandrine three sous to get her
meal at school. The afternoon was passed
by Vodable end Mme. Malfieltare in quaff-
ing bottles of wine. As twilight gathered
and Alexandrine still did not return, her
mothesee anxiety revived. Accompanied
y Vodable, she went to the School, where
she learned that Alexandrine bad nee
attended. Thence she want to the policg
station, and an inquiry was eet on foot, but
nothing could be learned of the missint
child. Finally, tired end disconsolate,
Mme. Malfielatre went laorne, still in (sem-
petty with Vodable, who passed the night
at ter bones. Vodable took his leave early
in the morning, and Mme. eilalfielatre set
about tidying the room. While thus
engaged she noticed a bit of red cloth
peeping out from under the bed.
The woman staggered back in terrible
fear, then she stooped and pulled the
cloth towards her. It was her chile'
clrese. Alexandrine was found a 'sat. A
ohriek rang through the houee, and when
the alarmed neighbors entered the room
they found the hapless mother lying in-
sensible upon the corpse of the ohild. A
medical examination showed that a brutal
assault had been committed upon the girl.
Suspicion was at once directed to Vodable
who, after keeping the police at bay for a
conple of days, gave himself up of his own
aecord, confessing that he was guilty of the
orime of murder.
His conned at the opening of the trial
begged a remand, in order that Veritable
might undergo a medical examinetion.
This was refused by the presidingjudge,
who forthwith began his crossamestioning.
Vodable answered composedly, almost care-
lessly, and kept looking round the
peeked court as if he was a spectator, and
the persons present were there for his
amusement. Vodable had suffered soy-
ereble condemnations for wounding with
emile or revolver women with
whom he had lived. He lightly ac-
knowledged that he had shot one
women and ste,bbea another in moments
of exasperation, but strenuously main-
tained that he had bean an industrious and
temperate worknaan, adding, "1 was a
great fool to bear with iaer as long as I
did." Coming to the murder, the judge
aeked the prisoner to relate the details.
" I Mend,' said Vedable " Alexandrine
getting ready to go to eel:jape anl pelted
her about the visits paid to her mother.
She said she could tell me nothine, as it
was not her businese. I said, "If you
don't tell me I'll wring your neck. I took
her and wrung her nook." A shudder ran
through the audience. Vodable had toll
the tale without a tremor in his voice,
leaning the while unconcernedly over the
rail of the dock. When silence, broken by
a murmur of loathing from the public,
had been restored, he rusurued without
waiting for the judge. " Then I pushed
her ander the bed. As she moved a bit I
took a stioh end pushed her farther
under." Voclable's counsel made strenu.
ous efforts to save his client's neck, depict-
ing him a jealous lover whom passion had
maddened, but the jury, admirably pitiless,
returned ft verdict of guilty. " ,T'y suis,"
remarked Vodable after listening impas-
sively to the sentence which consignee him
to the guillotine.
Schmidt Escapes the mines.
A London cable says: Capt. Schmidt,
formerly of tbe Russian service, but hence-
forth, it is to be presumed, a German pen-
sioner, may thank the inflexibility of the
German Ambassador to Russia that he is
not now on his way to Siberia. No one
doubts that the plans of the Cronstadt
fortifloatione found in his possession were
intended for the use of the Berlin War -
office and no inember of the numerous
family of Schmidt ever had a narrower es-
ce,pe from a fate worse than death than
the officer in question. The German Gov-
ernment—this much may be said to its
credit—would not abandon him, and no
more striking proof of the Czar's unwilling-
ness or unreadiness to go to was with Ger-
many can be given than the reluotent re-
lease of Schmidt, who was undoubtedly
guilty of treason of the worst kind.
Suing for a Wife.
A somewhat povel snit, in which a mem-
ber of the Dominion Perliament will
appear as the defendiant, is likely to be
herd at next Toronto Assizes. In the
Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
of Justice Wednesday Mears. Radio,
teemine, & Ludwig, acting on behalf of
John Becker, applied for an injunction to
restrain James Livingston, M. P., South
Waterloo, from keeping Becker, who
married Mr. Livingston's daughter, apart
frem his wife. Becker has also commenced
an action againet Mr. Livingston for e20,-
000 damages for alienating the affections of
his wife and for depriviog him of her
society. The ;story goes that Becker was a
cutter in Mr. Livingstone's store at Baden,
Ont., and he formed an attachment with
his master'e daughter Rose. The young
coupler were married on the sly, and the
match was distaetetul to Mr. Livingstone,
who separated the couple and refnses to
allow hie (laughter to see her husband.
The Explanation.
Mr. Newwed (with suppressed emotion)
--The 'last tirrie I went to the club and
cenae homo late I found you asleep and in
your sleep you murmured: "Como to-
ntorrow night, as usual, my darling; my
lartebend will be e,wity." Now, midterm
I have remained Si home every night
Once, but have been, unable to identify my
rival, end 1 denaand axi explanation.
Pretty wife (fondly)—I wasn't esleep.
A man never gets married so many
time that he will not hold his breath at
that part of the ceremony where those
who have bjections are invited to come
foe ward.
Few mon eow their wild este without
getting more of lase eye mixed in with them.
THE FRISKY CYCLONE
Oreaths a 00Minotien in Ohio ,Konsas
and Missouri.
DEATEC AND DEBTAIIOTION IN ITS WAKE.
A special from Akron, 0, seys : At 6,30
this evening, in the mifiet of e most tonal°
olond.buret, this city wits ;struck by the
worst tornado, beyond comparison, which
has ever been known hereabouts, excepting,
perhaps, the Sheron oyclone of just a
month ago. The Marne struck the south.
ern part of the city and tore through the
fifth, fourth and second warae, doing
damage which cannot be estimated at this
writing, hut fully 100 buildings are loom-
pletely demolished. The house of Domin.
ick Greader, at Cross and Washington
streets, was unroofed, and Mrs. Greader
was slightly injured. John Hellerni
house, a few doors north, was almost de-
molished, as were Joseph Bigger's and
Louis She,ffier's houses. Paesing along
Brown, Kline and Wheeler streets a dozen
or more houses were more or less damaged,
some being moved bodily from their form.
&thous and others completely unroofed.
Thomas Gilligan's house on Kling street
was smashed. Tony Mennett's house on
Grant street was turned topmeturvy
and practically ruined. The wind
struck Gebart Hermen'e house. The fam-
ily of nine had jest sat down to ;supper
in tlae bean -to kitchen. The tornado struck
the house and hurled the dining -room like
a flying top, landing it fifty ieet away. Alt
the oecupents were more or less bruised.
Mr. Plenitude was pinned down in tlae debris,
end only the energy of despair when he
smelt the odor of the fire near him enabled
him to extricate himself. Recovering, he
found his little girl burning, by the over.
turned stove, and before theflames could
be extinguished she was frightfully burned
about the back and limbs.
A DREWERY WRECKED.
The hurrioane then struck the Burkhardt
brewery squarely, wrecking it utterly. The
loss will probably reach e20,000. The
house of A. C. Miller Was completely oblit-
erated. The corner of Brown Mid Exchange
streets, 0, C. Baker's grocery, was torn
to pieties. His wife and daughters were in
the building, but they esouped to the cellar
and were saved. Baker ia miesing, and it
is feared be is dead in the ruine.
E. S. Harrington's house was erns hod in
upon his four children, but luckily all
escaped. Thou. Thompson's house was
lifted over their heede and landed upside
down many feet away. Mre. Naeh's house
was utterly demolished. Philip Webber's
and John Spicer's houses were smashed.
The Gibbs pottery, a brick block 150 by 60
feet in size, was levelled to the earth. Just
acmes the street was the large barn owned
by Frank Kapp's big stable, whici was
smashed. His pottery acroas the street wae
aloe badly damaged. James Wbittle's barn
and orchard, wenth e1,000, was deetroyed,
he himself narrowly escaping.
PATAL DELA?.
Melvin Irish and family had just eeated
themeolves at supper when Ers. Irieh
cried " Run to the °eller, a oyelone is
coming." She and her two children man-
aged to reach the cellar before the crash,
hut Mr. Irish was caught by a heavy tim-
ber and hie spine WaS eeriously injured.
Mr. Irish was probably iietally injured.
Pasei»g on, the storm demolished the
houses of Alvin Alexender and Bare. Kate
O'Connell. Then having levelled a large
orchard in its path, it expended its force
on Robert Watts' house and Mrs. Eliza
Baker's home, and passed into the open
beyond.
The extent of the tornedo is at this time
unexplbred, and the damage in dollars can-
not be stated. It is, however, large, as it
falls on the laborers whose all is in their
homes. All descriptions of the storm show
that it was rotary in its motion, and this is
shown by the el(evieng of the buildings it
struck and this twisting off of the big trees
in its path. The track was between 50 and
100 feet wide.
nallEla8 Visited.
A Ferdonia, Ras., despatch says: Yes-
terday afternoon, about 4. o'clock, a heavy
wind storm peel through this county in
a northeasterly direction, destroying J.
Anderson's barn two miles from here. The
storm again struck the ground two miles
further on, destroying much property and
killing Mrs. Frank Glidden, and danger-
ously injuring Mr. Glidden and child, and
killing Harvey Rinse, aged 16.
Other persons in the tisane vicinity who
wer hunt were Mrs. Sloat, Mrs. Peterson,
Philip Starr and a Mr. 'Wool It is fearei,
that the injuries of the women named will
prove fatal. Quite a number of other farm
houses were destroyed, and great drainage.
done. •
et Reaches Into Missouri,
A Blethdale, Mo., despatch says : A
tornado passed noeth of this city last night
completely wrecking a dezen houses, and
as warmer barns and outbuildings. The
family of Henry Young were all injured,
Mrs. Young fatally.
Bloody Fight Between Italians.
Pasquale Alarrescola, aged 32, Francisco
Michaele the same age, and three other
helms drank ana pleyea cards together
until midnight Saturday night in an Italian
resort in James street, New York. Marro -
mole and Michaeli then searted for home,.
but got into a quarrel. A few minutee later
Marreecola, with blood otreaming from a
terrible gash across his face, ran up to a,
policemen and soon foll from weakness.
The policeman a short distenoe away found
Michaeli laying on the sidewalk senselees
and bleeding from five wounds in the chest
and abdomen. Bothmen were taken to an
hospital. Micheal had been wounded with
a stiletto and Marreecola with a razor.
Marreecolit had cuts on his arm and
shoulder as well as on his Moe. Miehaeli
died yesterday afternoon without making
a statement. No one saw the affray, and
Marrescola's conviotion as a naurderer ie
extremely doubtful.
Gentleness in the royally.
Opposite to my summer home is a pretty
cottage where a young couple with their
children—two boys—come for their holie
days; the children, aged I should say, 4
and 6 imam. Every morning the father,
when he leaves the gate, whither he is
escorted by hie boys, turns and lifts hie
kat gravely and courteously; the broad
sun hats of the babice are proraptly lifted
in retarn, and "Good-bye, papa,' "Good.
bye, nay boys," rags out on the soft air,
reeking melody for all who care to hear.
often wonder if they know how much
cordiality thew hely gentle exchanges
carry to their unknown neighbors morose
the witty, or What pleasant pictnres they
Suggest to my faney.—Cor. Ladies' Home
,Tournal.
ie singular that Great Britain ie the
only count* in Europe whom the clootrineer
of Mormenunn ca,n be pronatilgeted in the
public streete.
The latest verbal monstrosity suggested
is the word " mannprint," to be need as a
verb, adjective or noun for work done with
the typewriting inaohine,