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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-6-12, Page 2...vcaeroommuviAzrognaw,:m. WAS BE A SEOOND BENWElat ? The Kimber Murder MeeterY that is Exeitin Montrea, A sterdnevent Bawer vitBDIOM A ffontreal despatolt says: The 'amatory surrounding the oisappettrance of Thomas Inimber, the young Englishman who disap. peered from thie city in tho middle of elapril, leas beep pertly eolved by the dis. eovery of his .body tonlity in the city reservoir. The ease, wkdeh is believed to be another Benwell case, hes been the talk of the whole country for months, and the finding of Kimber's body has created a great sensation. Kimber arrived in Can. ada from Topsham, Exeter, Englend, when his parents, who ere well-to.do people, reside, by the Dominion line eteamer Sarnia, on April llth last. He took up his quarters with three compan. /one, whom it is supposed he met on tho voyage, at the Grand Central Hotel, a second -ekes house, kept by Thomas Styles, en St. James street, near the Grand Trunk depot. After a heavy spree lie SUDDENLF DISAPPEARED PROM TEE EOM. 'When the door of his room was forced open the floor and furniture were found be- spattered with blood, and s razor covered with hair and blood and a number of bloody handkerchiets were discovered. For some unexplained mason his disappear- ance was kept a secret by the proprietor of the hotel for a couple of weeke, when it be- came known, and the whole detective foroe of the city was employed on the case. Ximber's father, who is a ptosperous mer- chant at Topsham, Eng., communicated with the Dominion Government, through Sir Charles Tupper, the Canadian High Commissioner, and Major Sherwood, Chief of the Secret Service, was Moo em- ployed on the case. The efforts of the deteceives to discover a clue to the mystery proved utterly futile, and Kimber's fate would probably have contiuued to be a mystery for some time longer had not an accident resulted in the discovery of his body toelay. Montreal draws its water mapply from two large reservoirs. What is known as the high level reservoir is situ- ated at the base of Mount Royal. Passing to hie work at an early holm this morning, Antoine Bernohon, a stonemason, crossed over the Mountain Park by the side of the high level reservoir. Suddenly his notice was attracted by something white and unusual in the water, and the next instant A HUMAN HEAD CAME INTO VIEW. Bernchon, who knew nothing of the Kim- ber mystery, called to a park .policeman, and they removed the -body from the reservoir. The body was in an advanoed state of decomposition, but marks of vim knee were plainly discernible. There were three out in the left side of the neck, be- sides a long and deep out across the throat. A towel marked "T. Styles" was wrapped tightly round the neck, and iurnished the clue to the mystery. On the body being examined at the morgue three large stones, weighing from six to eight pounds each, were found in the coat pookets. Kimber is supposed to have had considerable money when he disappeared, but all that was found on his person was 15 cents in change. On his flannel undershirt was worked T. S. .Ximber. VERDICT OF SUICIDE. A flagrant instance of the loose manner in whioh investigations are conducted in such cases was supplied after the finding of the body. No sooner had the remains been removed to the morgue than a jury was sworn in, and after several witnesses had been examined, a verdict that deceased bad committed suicide was returned with- out even an autopey being held on the re. mains. Dr. Mount, the only medical men examined, said he thought it was a case of suicide, but could not say positively until he had made an autopsy. Notwithstanding this the jury returned a verdict at once. There is great indignation over the way in •-which the investigation has been conducted, and it is denounced on all hands as die- gracef al. There is a strong suspicion that there has been foul play in the case, and that it may turn out a repetition of the case of Benwela the young Englishman whose murder near Woodstock, Ont., and the subsequent arrest of Birchell, 'mused such a tremendous sensation in both hem- ispheres. The feature of the case that is giving rise to the strongest suspicion is how a man could possibly cut his throat to the extent of five inches, quietly leave the hotel M the lower portion of the oity in broad daylight at eleven o'clock in the morning, and with a BLoODY TOWEL WRAPPED ROUND EIS time, weak with the lose of blood, stagger through the public streets that lead to thernotuatem, which must have been crowded with people at that hour of the day, climb a steep hill to the reservoir, surmount the high railings that surrounded it, and plunge into the -water. Such a proceeding is pronounced by leading medical men as Impossible. The fact of heavy' atones being found in the deceased's pockets and only 15 cents in money being discovered on his person also adds to the strong suspicion of foul play. Detective Grose, of this city, who has been employed by the Dominion Government on the case, eays it is a straight murder case and he made a report to that effect to the Dominion Government. He is of opinion that Kimber was murdered by some of his ecqamintances who came out with him on the ship, either for his money or in a row, and that after the killingthey took his nay by cab to the reservoir, put the stones in his pocket, and then threw it in. The blood -stains in the room were probably placed there after the killing. He measles IT AS IMPOSSIBLE that a man could out his throat as severely as Kimber aid and then walk through the crowded thoroughfare of the city without attracting attention. According to the statements of the people who came ont to Mak country on the Sarnia and who saw Kimber, he did not look like a man who would commit suicide. He associated with several rather euemiesions characters while on board ship, and it is feared they may have had something to do with hi death. Styles, the hotel proprietor, persists in say- ing he saw Kimber leave the hotel on the morning of April llth, and that he was walking quickly at the time, and did not 000111 to have anything the matter with him. Altogether the case is a most myster- ious one, and calls for a close investiga- tion. Major Sherwood, Chief of the , Dominion Secret Servke, who was acting at the request of Kiraber's people in England through the Colonial Office, is alto of the opinion that it in' another Berman case. A MISMANAGED CASE. Kimber's relatives' will be communkated with, and it ie expected that seenehing investigation Will be held, though the prob- ability fa that a will never be known whether Maser committed milted° or wee .murderede DM. Mount, Beeienen and rent wick imnight •concluded a post-mortem examination en the rattans of Kimber, 'The post-mertatet ran:suited in the diseovery Of eight deep wetted's on the throat, battle° doctors express the opinion that nonc of these were eufficient th cause death. Owing to the advsneed mate of deoompoeition it Was inepoesible to arm whether death was caused by droweing or not. The post. modem lends weight to the theory Of stab oide. Chief of Police Hughes expressed his opinion to -night that Kimber had com- mitted suicide, and said he had telegraphed to that effect to the Minister of Juetice. The remains wilt be buried by the St. George's Sooiety. Ammer m Commercial Travellers Fight a Duei Over a Girl. A Louisville, Ky., despatoh says: Thos Overby, an advertising agent, and Charles Saunders, a commercial traveller, of Evansville, Ind, fought a duel in the cemetery loot night. Saundere was en- gaged to be married to Emma Teener, a handsome young wonaan, of Evansville, Who is now visiting in this city. Upon corning to see her, Sunders discoveredthet Overby had supplanted him in her affections. A quarrel waa followed by a fight, in which Saunders was worsted. The men after- ward decided to settle the affair according to oode. Overby was represented by Frank Lattrell, a young man who lives in Indian- apolis, while a travelling man from Cin - °innate Harry Thomas, noted as eeoond for Saunders. Ameompanied by o medical etudent, Jos. White, the party drove to St. Louie cemetery, in the suburbs. The prin- cipals took their positions, armed with 32 calibre revolvers, twenty paces ewe Both men displayed great coolnese. At the sig- nal a blaze of fire flashed from the muzzles of their pistols, and. Saunders staggered up to a tombstone near him and supported himself by its side. Dr. White examined him and found that one bullet had pene- trated his right doreset, near the top of the shoulder, while another had made a slight flesh wound in his arm. He had fired two shots while Overby had fired three. The mates wounds were dressed, and be was taken to New Albany, Ind., where he took the tent train for his home, The other partioipants in the affair ell left the oity. Saunders' wounds ere considered fatal. Enforced Celibacy Among Bank Clerks. A London cable says: The recent do. oree of the directors of the Provincial Bar 1 of Ireland that none of their olerke is to marry until hi salary reaches £150 a year continues to create considerable comment, owing in a great measure to the fact thet the possible maximum of a bank 'Arh e salary is only £120 in most oases, and the new rule may be viewed as one to ma,: 03 celibacy. • One of the Provincial B -Mc clerks, and a wonld-be benediot, whL bed out of his £120 pee year saved £50 wit '1 a view to marriage, hes been obliged to brene his engagement, owing to the decree be- cause there is no symptom of incressed pay, though the bridegroom expectant has been 18 years in the service. A prominent Dublin attorney now comes forward and offers to institute proceedings against the bank for deranges for the young lady in question, and claims that he oan make out a good case against the concern. The ontoome of the suit is anxiously awaited by many other clerks in a similar predica- ment, They Set Free a Murderer. A Chicago despatch says : The police ttt the Central station would be very much obljged if John Williams, tho man who confessed to the murder of Sarah Jane Roberts, would come around again and give himself up. This morning Lieut. Ripley received a letter from a carpenter in this city, stating that a brother of the mur- dered woman worked for him in Manches- ter, England, when the crime was com- mitted. Williams' story of the murder was that he asked the girl to be hie wife, and beat out her brains with a hammer when she refused. The man said he lived in Leeds. The police telegraphed to Leeds, and the police of that city cabled in reply that Williams was not wanted there. On receipt of this information the pritsoner was turned loose, and his story termed a feike. It now transpires that the murder was committed in 1879 in Manchester, and not in Leeds. The Largest Grain 'Elevator. The largest grain elevatoi' in the world was built at Minneapolis Junction in 1886, The building is 336 feet long, 92 feet wide and 175 feet high. It has storing capeatity for 2,000,000 hue/eels of grain within its walls. During its construction the carpen- ters andijoiners need over 6,500,000 feet of lumber of all kinds, besides 32 car loads of nails, which, if packed, would make the enormous amount of 10,000 common kegs: the best calculators say that the actual number of nails used in the mighty build- ing will fall but few, if any, under 20,000,- 000! The engine used io capable of hand- ling 175,000 to 250,000 bushels of grain per day, or enough during the the year to equal the combined productions of the State e Minnesota and the two Dakotas. Two hundred and fifty cars have often been loaded at this elevator in ten hours.—St. Louis Republic. 33Ie Must Pay the Penalty. A Helena, Mont., despatch says: Gov. Toole has advised the Board of Pardons to refuse to pardon Jonn Rowan, a member of n wealthy influential family of Qacbeo. In 1888 while attempting to kill another man, Rowan murdered Joseph Eussiere, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Rowan made application to the President, and Sir John Macdonald, the Canadian Premeir, had the British Minister at Washington interest Secretary Blaine. Mr. Blaine wrote to the board, asking as a matter of internetional 'courtesy that the pardon be granted. Yeeterday the request was refueed. Bank Wrecker Convicted. A New York despatch says: At 735 this evening the jury in the case of bank wrooker °Mogen rendered a verdict of guilty., on fivo counts. These include embeAlement of funds and misapplication of loans. The jury was out six hours. Cannot for Clausen gave notice of =time for a new trial. Glansen seemed unmoved by the verdict. B e was led to the marshal's office, where the news was imparted to his wife and daughter. Mrs. Cloonan shrieked mad. fainted. Patti, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Onida have made more raoney by their work than any other three wornen of the century. The decline of drinking is again attested by the declaration in the London Telegraph that "for one club fifty years ago London now has ton, yet the drinking within them has steadily diminished." —Visitor—Yon have a magnificent lib- rary, Mr. Richleng—Yea, but it it a great doal of trouble to brush down the spider webs and duet it every week or so. The Presbyterian Synod of Manitoba,in session in Winnipeg, paned a re:solution expressing its pleasure at tho resent action of the Provitenal Legielaturo in theifying the Public) School system on a basin therouglety tussooterien. The cholera ottourge beaten& its nppear- once ite Southern Itttesitt and in travelling Westward* AWFUL 0 A,TASTROPEEE. An Engine and Passenger Car Through an Open Draw, Plunge TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST. A. San Francisco despatch of last night says: One of the most horrible accidents over known in California occurred et 1.40 p.m. when the local train connecting at Oakland with the ferryaboats from Son Francisco ran through a drawbridge over the San Antonio creek at Webster street, Oakland. The yacht Juanita had jug passed through the draw when the train appeared, going in the direction of Alameda. The drawbridge keeper tried at once to close the bridge, but it was too late, and the engine with its tender and first oar, which was filled with passengers, plunged into the river, which was here quite deep: Engineer Sam Dann and Fire- man O'Brien went down with the engine. The former, when he saw the .bridge did not close, reversed the lever, but the momentum of the engine was too great to be stopped in time. The weight of the engine' and the first oar broke the coupling and left the other two oars of the train standing on the track. The moond oar ran a third of the way across the bridge and • stopped, but the jar was sufficient to break open the front of the car, and many paosen- gars were thrown into the water. The first oar, which had followed the engine to the bottom of the =eddy estuary, soon rose and such of the passengers as had esoeped were pinked np by yachts and beets which gathered at the sone. The train- men and the rest of the passengers aided in the work of rescuing, and when the wreck- ing Mein arrived from Oakland the car vsas drown into ehallow water and the boats began dragging the creek for bodies. The train was in charge of Condaotor Rearath and an extra orew, it being a holiday. The Detroit Free Press gives the particu- lars of the marriage of Miss Millie G. Britt, a former Hamilton young lady. Here is the dipping "A quiet wedding took place Saturday morning at No. 532 Third avenue, the home of the bride's father, when Miss Millie G. Britt, youngeet daugh- ter of Edward Britt, was married to Par. W. G. Brown, son of the late Thomas Brown. The bride was attended by Miss Florence Slocum and the groom by Mr. Will Britt, of Toronto. After the cere- mony, which was performed by Rev. Dr. Henderson, of the Woodward. Avenue Bap- tist Church, the bridal party drove to the Cadillac, where the wedding breakfast was served. Mr. and Mrs. Brown left on the noon train for the east, and after a short trip will take up their residence in Toronto. NATIONAL PEDDLDIG. A Floning German Bazar to Make the Tour of the Nations.. A London cable gays: A German steamer, which is ' intended to make the round of the ports of the world, carrying a floating bazar as cargo, is now being loaded at Hamburg, and the originators cf the idea hope that she will sail before the end of June. Stalls are to be erected on the decks, and German goods will be displayed to all advantage. There will be curiosities and side ehows, refreshments peculiar to the German nation and music of the fatherland's composers given by faultless Teutonic bands. A small army of cora. meroial travellers will invite largely all possible customers at every port of call. There was an idea of having young ladies to preside over some of the stalls, lsut it did not commend itself to favor; solate ef the older heads thinking the damsels might part with their own sensitive hearts as well as with their goods and (mit the ship altogether. Each voyage is to last two years and the first stoppage will probably be New York. The great ship and her cargo have cost a quarter of a million pounds. It Was 3ilurder. A Montreal despatch of last night says: As a result of mad passion Antonio Jeri- bosi, an Italian laborer, is to.night being hunted in the woods in the suburbs of the city as a murderer. He and a fellow - laborer, named Vicenzo 'earlier°, quarrelled over some trifling money matter. As he was getting the worst of it Jeribosi drew a knife and plunged it into Varifaro'sgroin. The keen blade severed an ottery in the thigh, and the blood fairly spurted from the wound. The murderer fled at once. Some persons who had seen the ftght went to Varifaro's assistance, but it was some time before a conveyance could be got to convey the wounded man to the hospital. This delay was fatal, and the unfortunate fellow thed on his way to the institution. Jeribosi, has not yet been captured, but he can hardly maps, as a general alarm has been given to secure his arrest. The two mon belonged to a colony of Italians who are imported to this country on the padrone system. The boss who manages the colony is grieved exceedingly, saying that Varifaro' e death entailed a loss of e140 on him. Newfoundland's Case Improving. A London cable says: Excited tele- grams from St. John's and Halifax respecting the Newfoundland crielo are doing much harm here, prejudicing British minds against the colonists' case. Accord- ing to the despatches the belief ia cnrrent in the bland that the delegates here have met a cool reception. Nothing aould be further from the Math. The delegates have every reason to be satisfied with the result of their labors so far. The papers during the last few days have been dim cussing the question fully and in a more favorable tone. Even the Times, which originally ridiculed the idea of buying out French rights, now admits it is worth while to make an effort. Gradually a truer notion of the real facts of the case is being grasped by the preas and public men. An Emigrant miri victimized. A Now York deapatch says: A handsome young emigrant VMS to -day brought to the Barge office by a police officer, who found her wandering in the streets. The girl's name is Serail Marion, and she landed here two weeks ago. She was rushed through the Barge office in a great hurry, as many emigrants arrived on that day. After being, turned npon the streets utterly ignorant of how to find her friends, she wandered about Battery Park. Here a man got into conversation with her. He told her he would take her to a boarding house, where she could remain till her friends came. She accompanied him to the house, and it is alleged he wee drugged and kept con. fined in the house for oeveral days. She WAS found wandering in the streets insane frora the ordeal she had passed through. The women of the Russian telegraph service are raising a great outcry in the prom agrainet the hardehip of the law in force xn Rusaitt that they may only marry telegraphist, and that, too, only them who are engaged at the same station, the official idea being that they thereby, in case of need, would be able to tahe the pla0e of their husbands. THE w. O. T. U. What the Women womperatace Workers Are Doing ie Convention. A yesteraim's Montreal despatch says; The menabers of the Dominion Wornen's Christian Temperance Union met in annual convention in this city to -day under the Presidency of Mrs. S. W. Foster. Dole. gates from all parts of the Dominion were present, including many prominent tem - mimeo workers. The morning seeeion WaS devoted to the work of organizing. Short exercises were aonducteeby Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. Tilton, of Ottawa, and others. The promedinge of the afternoon session were of a most interesting nature. At the opening of the amnion Mrs. Cook, of Melbourne, Australia, was introduced. Mrs. Cook said she did not come quite as a delegate, but happening to be in the oity, she felt like attending the meeting'. In Australia the organization had been in existence fer three years, and during that time had Made great progress. Hundreds of Christien ladies had enrolled themselves in the society, and were doing a good work in the cause of morals end social order. They would like prohibition there, for they wanted it quite as much as they did in Canada, but they were afraid that publio sentiment was not quite ripe for it. They were working for local option at present, and the outlook was hopeful. They reoeived valuable aseietanoe from temperance gen- tlemen connected with special organizations and the local churches. She herself had been led to join the union through Mrs. Lucas, who, while she was in Australia, influenced her to attend the meetings. TrLEY ADMIRE MOWAT'S LICENSE ACT. The annual report of the work done dur- ing the year, which was presented by Mies Tilley, of Toronto, Mated that conventiouo had been held in five provinces. Ontario now had 219 branches, with a membership of 4,503, and the memberehip of the Bands of Hope amounted to over 14,000. The Scott Act was not now in force in any county of the province, but great hope centered in the new license law. In ,Quebeo there were 73 unions with a inerneership of 2,735, end 44 Bands of Hope with a membership of 2,414. In the Maritime Provinces there were 54 unions with e membership of 1,302, and 22 Bands of Hope with a membership of something over a thousand. British Columbie had 6 unions with 242 members, and 13 Bands of Hope with a membership of 465. The Manitoba and the Northwest Territories unions are also doing good work. Alto- gether there aro 513 unions in the Domin- ion, with a total membership of 9,010, end 192 Bands of Hope with a membership of 19,184. These figures show a &ceded increase over last yettr's returns. AFTER CIGARETTES, TOO. Mrs. Foote; prepident of the 'anima, in her annual address, etrongly advoceted prohibition for Canada. The drink hill of the Dominion amounted to e60,000,000 s, year, to be divided among 5,000,000 people. The temperance sentiment was rapidly increasing throughout the Dominion, and a great deal of the increase was due to the • influence of the W. C. T.U. The president suggested that rho Government should be memorialized to prohibit the sale of intoe- icating liquors and tobacco to minors, to prohibit the manufacture oi cigarettes, to • establish a reformatory for Protestant girls in the Province of Quebec and to give e limited franchise to women, including a right to vote on all questions affeoting the school and home. The address was ordered to be printed. • Delegates wore introduced from the Do. minion Alliance, Royal Ternplars,anci.Sons of Temperance and conveyed the feelings of those bodies. Satisfactory reports were received from Mro. Rockwell, Kingston, • Ont., Superintendent oe the Department's of Legislation and Petition, and Mrs. Gordon Grant, Victoria, B. C., on the • franchise. The legislation repent recore- mended that the total prohibition of the liquor traffic be aimed at. The franchise • report recommended that a petition be pre- • sented to the House of Commons asking that women be placed on an equality with men in regard to the franchise. T'ae sug- gestion Wife referred to the Executive Committee, and will be considered at a later stage of the convention. A •brief session was held to -night, at which Miss Willard, President of the World's W. T. C. U., was present .and received an enthusi- astic weloonae. • A. Montreal despatch says : The second day's session of the a.nnual convention of the Dominion W. C. T. U. was largely attended, and great interest was taken in the proceedings. At the morning ension Mrs. Fawcett read a paper on " Unfer- mented Wine," whiah recommended that ministers and persons in Church authority be personally approached upon the matter and invited to use nothing but unfermented wine at the Lord's table. The report was unanimously adopted. Mrs. Turnbull read the report upon " Social Purity," from which it appeared that in all the provinces • unremitting efforts have been made in the direction of the suppression of impure literature, in the rescue of young women who had been betrayed through ignor- ance by designing scoundrels, in the dissemination of healthy reeding matter, and in the holaing of public meetings. Miss Frances Willard, President of the W. C. T. 13., who entered. at this • stage, received an enthusiastic welcome. In connection with the mend purity report a motion to the effect that the convention discountenance the use of evening dress among young women was unanivaously carried. Round dencing was also con- demned. An amusing half hour was spent by Miss Willard conducting parliamentary drill amongst the ladies. Miss Wright, the fitment; lady evangelist of Hull, conducted the Bible reading. At the afternoon session interesting reports were submitted on "Scientific in. struction," " Parlor meetings," etc. The public meeting thie evening in i Erskine Church was largely attended. • Mrs. T. G. Williame, President of the Montreal W. C. T. 11, gave an address of welcome, which was replied to by Mrs. Tilton, of Ottawa. The feature of the evening was an address by Miss Willard, who opolce • in M most encouraging manner of tho progress the temperance mum is making. Min Willard, who is so well known in connec- tion with the temperance cause, will spend several days in Montreal, and will then make a tour of the Maritime Provincoa. Miss Willard, speaking of the temperate:* qnestion to.day, said "Thin liquor ques- tion will never be rightly settled untit me- hibition stretches from ocean to omen. We have never had prohibition on et natural pion; it has only been palliative, not pre. ventivo. Thi jadgment has entised confasion itt our jurisprudence, local judges interpreting it in different Wage." Miss Willard was asked how the world's petition was progreesing, and she readily explained the whole matter. It was opened throe years ago at her suggestion, and by it they linepe to "enlist the organized opposition of the womanhood of Christendom against the legalized mile of brain point:tom whether of alceehol or opium, and za oriental as well as occidental in Ho effect. It is the woman- hood asking the manhood a tho world to protoot the phyitioally weaker sex from the crime resulting from liquor and the deterioration resulting from opium." it has received hundreds of Wonsan& of signatures in Japan, China, India, South Africa, Britain, Canada arid tho United States, and when two millions of Omni - tures have been obtained it will be pro. eented by deputations of leading women to every Government in the world. If theee Governments will not make an exception and elbow these petitions to be presented without being deposited in the archives, then they will be presented at moneter raass meetings which the Government will be invited to attend. A World's W. 0. T. U. Convention will be held at the timo of the World's Fair, at which the petitions will be completed and arrangements raade for laying there before the rulere of the world, The closing day of. the Dominion W. C. T. U. Convention at Montreal was merited. by some important business. At the opening of to -day's ses- sion Miss Willard treated the members to another exhibition of peahen monkery drill. The following superintendents were ap- pointed by the exeoutive Sailors, rafts - men, and. lumbermen, Mrs. Randolf, Fred. ericton ; legislation, petitions and parlia- mentary usage, Mrs. Rockwell, Kingston; franchise, Mrs. D. Parker, Toronto; parlor meetings, Mrs. Archibald, Cape Breton ; flower mission, Mrs. te. T. • Williams ; Woman's Journal, Mies Scott, Ottawa ; Y. W.C.T.U. and kitchen garden, Mrs. Wood- bury, Nova Scotia, and Mrs Turnbull, New Brunswick; conference with influential bodies, Mrs, McDonnell, Toronto; scien- tific) temperance instruction, Mrs. Noyes, Waterloo ; heredity and health, Mrs. Limas, Toronto ; sooial purity, Mrs. Turn- bull, St John, N. B. ; evangelistic, Miss Berlser, Montreal; foreign work,Mrs. Tait, British Columbia; exhibitions and fairs, Mrs, Rugg, Stanstead; Sunday observance rind unfermented wine, Mrs. Fawcett. At the afternoon's session the report of the Rezolution Committee was submitted. The report recommended the better observ- ance of Sunday, the abolition of the use of fermented wine, the passage of a compulsi cry Temperance Education Act, the pas- eage of legislation to protect women up to the age of 21,the providing of attractions to offset the evil effect upon the young of, ealooes and other placee, and denouncing round dences. The election of officers resulted as fol- lows: Hon. President, Mrs. Youmans, To- rorto ; President, Mrs. Fawoett, of To- ronto; Vice -President, Mrs. Steadman, Fredericton ; Corresponding Secretary, Mies Tilley, St. John, N.B.; Recording Secretary, lldiss A. 0. Rutherford, Toronto; Treasurer, Mrs. T. G. Williams, Montreal. Mrs. Foster, the' retiring president, pre. sented Miss Willard with a handsome copy of " Pieturesquo Canada," as a mark of the convention' s appreciation. The amnion was followed by a children's meeting, which was attended by over 1,500 children. A mass meeting was held last night at which Mies Willard delivered a stirring address on the social purity ques- tion. SHATTERED AND CRUSHED. litany Killed by a Powder Pxplosion and a Storni. A yesterday's Mansfield, 0,, despatch sayo : This afternoon during a thunder- etorm lightning struck the powder -house one mile east of here, owned by Tracy te Beaver, which contained over five thousand pounds of powder. A terrific explosion followed that was felt in all parts of the city. The dwelling of Henry 'least across the road, in which were his wife and three children, was shivered to atoms. One child was crushed and hurled thirty feet away lifeless. Another was fatally injured, and the mother is yet unconscious. A Glenwood, Ia., despatch says A terrific thunderstorm passed over this city last night. A huge smoltestack fell end tore its way through the roof of the State inetitute for the feeble-minded, crushing shnoet to a pulp two boys and injuring five others, two probably fatally. They Don't Want Alien Gospel. A &mit Ste. Marie, Mich., despatch says: Rev. Mr. Green, pastor of Escanaba Episcopal Church, will probably be tried under the alien contract labor law. He was pastor of the Canadian Sault Olturoh, and, while serving there, was contracted with to supply Escanaba pulpit. He claims he was ignorant of the law, but that will not probably satisfy District Attorney L. D. Palmer, of Grand Replete, who is inves- tigating the matter. There is no doubt Mr. Green was unconscious of any law -break- ing, but whether the court will talte cognizance of this fact is another question. Local business men are also on the anxious seat, as many of their claim are Canadian people. lYforolons and the Contract Labor Law. New York despetch says: The lead- ing lights of the Mormon Church are in a state of anxiety over the question of the admission of a thousand or more converts who will arrive here next week. Elder George Q'Cannon and others had a long conference to -day with the Centred Labor inspectors, and assured the officials no Mom mons whatever were imported under con- tract, All came on purely religions grounds, and no effort WES ever made by the church to have them come here other- wise. After ranch discuseion it was de. aided nos to detain any, but to take full raeraorandtt, and afterward, should investe gallon dieolose any contract cases, the people could be easily reached. Breaihe Only Through Your Nose, A Dutch physician has recently declared that a close connection exists between the exercise of our mental faculties end disorders of the nose. The opinion is cm/Droned, that if it were generally known how many cases of chronic headache, of inability to learn or to perform mental work, were due to chronic disease of the nom, many of thee° cases would be easi y mired, and the number of child victinao of the somalled over pressure in education would be notably reduced. According to the &ban mentioned authority it would seem that breathing through the noso absolutely indispensable in order to secure the full value ot the mental capacity, blerald of Health. Unselfish Advice. Mrs. Caudle (concluding a ourtitie lecture)--Remenaber, I am telling you this for your own good. Mr. Candle (speaking for the first time)— Is that so I thought it must be for your wn amusement. itis reported that Mimeo are veryllead in the coast towns and cities of British Cold utak. " on still write to Harry Le Beau!" "No; but 1 had to write this tire°, ris my engemement watt naturally a surprise to bine. This being promised to to rnen at once id awfully awkward. —Shoulders dressed high are obligri tory. "VANDA.LISIII A!,1+2. KA/WARD. Some Rum-Craztal Stadoots Perpetrate Disgraceful tiontranne. A Boston despatch says : Harvard Uni- versity lute experienoeil its crowning, out- rage at the hands of its eunmorazed student. Saturday night the oollege celebrated wild orgies in honor of ite viotory over yabs at Berkley Ovel on Saturday. There were suppers, bonfires, fish -home. and a general pandemonium, but save the insane riots of two of the students, who, overcome with entiansiaten, aeliberestely theow their arose (mate into the bonfire, while danoing around the blaze, no great overt sot was then committed. It was during the smell hours that tba vandale were abroad, and thee morning Cambridge awoke with a sensation. Ths college and neighboring portions of the oity were literally covered with red. Painting does not suffieientlyexpreee it—doors, fences, lame fronts, eigne—all were eplaehed over toad daubed with crimson paint. On the college grounds the handsome statue of John Harvard was deeeerated. Hie facto, betide, book and ahem were bright crim- son, and his clothes striped like a zebra. On the beautiful carved granite pedestal were daubed the words Harvard 9, Yale 8, in a dozon different places, the paint being absorbed into the porous stone, ruining it. The steps af Appleton chapel and the seared interior were painted and smeared with red. The beautiful monde pavement in the hall of Memorial Hall was ruined by huge red letters epelling "To hell with Yale." The free.stone carved fronts of Seaver and Boylston Hall were eimilarly ruined aria donne of other building decorated. The discovery of all this raised a storm of inaignatiort in the city and consternation in the university. The faculty berm been in session all day. They declare that the diem:Mien is the work of a band of not over a dozen stn. dents acting in concert, who will be hunted tted down, end not only expelled, but handed - over to the police, autboritiee, for the damage they have Sone is inestimable. Wherever this paint hes toraebed stone it cannot be removed save by °likening. To repair the Harvard statute lone will cost over e1,000, while Memorial Hall will have to have the injured mosaic replaced at double tho cost. The damege all told will reach possibly eight or ten thousand dol. lars. The stadents hove called a mass meeting for to -morrow night to denounce the outrage and to start a eabeeription to ,defray as much as possible of tho cost of reparation. It is generally conceded that tleis will be the death to sport, and the' faculty will nave prohibit ocntests, athletio and aquatic, outside the university. There is general dismay throughout the entire college. The Detroit River Tunnel. The ale lock in the Canadian working at the tunnel, which was finished on Tuesday ot last week, having been testea and found satisfaotory, work was recommenced, and the shield was soon ndvanced to the wall of the old brick shaft. The shield struck the shaft exactly in line, and as shield and shaft are of the same dieznoter, the whole circle of the shaft had to be taken out to allow the shield to go through. The peo- nage of the old shaft was always expected to be one of the roost critical pieces el work which the tunnel.builders would have to encounter, and it was supposed ten days would be quite a shot time to spend in getting through it. The engineers were gratified to find Meet the work was lose difficult than bad been ex- pected. It was not found necessary to , put on any more Mum the ordinary air pressure mod in working iu clay; and no difficulty was found in the way • of the crumbling or breaking in of the brickwork, whioh was taken out with esse and dis- patch as the ehield was advanced. A rate of four or five feet a day was maintained through the brick work, wed it is expected that the shield will be through the brick work and in the clay on the other side to- day. The old test tunnel will then be in the middle of the shield, but as that is only Mx feet in diameter and lined with wooden blocks, no trouble or delay ie expected in taking it out as the ehield is dvanced., The tunnel at the Michigan end is making rapid progress. The average maintained is about fourteen feet a day, and the bore is now about five hundred feet under the river. Over two-thirds of the tunnel are now completed—about twenty-two hundred, feet at the Michigan end and about nine- teen hundred feet from the Cana dime portal. —Sarnia Canadian. Cat Character. The bent of the cet'o mind was pleas. antly defined a few years ago by a write, in the London Spectator, who said there could be no doubt as to the v.ew puss took ' of the philosophy of nature and life. She is quite satisfied that the world and every- thing in it were made and exist for cats. This appears in ell that well-bred and cared -for cats do, and in every accent and tone of their voice. Pass possesses herself with the air of a propeieter of the best place and the best food; expects to be waited open; demands a Moue of every dish, and betake upon us as at once her providence and her servant. Cats aro not demonstrative like dogs, and do not submit to training like the horse. The dog ham been credited with un- bounded affections, and the horse with almost human sagacity; but the oat still suffers under the bad charaoter that Buffon —who cannot have been acquainted with any reputable speoimees of the race—gave her. She is said to be selfish, spiteful, cruel, crafty, treacherous, loving places and not persons, and in every way unworthy of fellowship in the household. J. G. Wood answere these accusations by saying that the oats with which he has been most familier "have been as docile. tractable and good-tempered as any dog could be, and displayed an amount of intellectnal power whioh would be equalled by very few doge and surpassed by none." To all persons who have given their con. fidence to rues, and received hers in return, they need no answer.—From Cate and their Friendships by TV. Larrabee in the Popular Sciencekonthly for May. What a Cent Can Do. The conarno3a copper cent, the insignifi- cant tenth part of a dime, clan render use - lees the vast propelling force of steam. Pin ce a cent before one of the front wheels of an engine in such a manner that it reste, firmly on tho track and against the wheel, Then, though the engineer put cm the, greatest possible head of steam his engine. will not move. That little copper must first be taken away. This bit of knowledge vsill be of value to hint who egoism to delay a train several rainutes for a procrastiunt. ing companion.—Albany Journal, —A new instrument registers ptdse beats.. —Boating shoes in gaymolored canvas are out: —Not to love the good is a proof that yon are bad. --If you want to bear the cross easily tion't drag it. The United States 'Presbyterian General kasembly will meet next year in Detreit.