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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-7-3, Page 31 wivn,. �Si Pq. ;'m$W .w.sWs'w1x p.. a Msx;:.n'N The Last Hymn. Vhe Sabbath day Was ending in a village by the Sea ; The uttered benediction touched the people tenderly, And they rose to face the sunset in the glowing lighted Vest, And then bastened to their dwellings fGr ,God's Blessed boon of rest, But they looked across the waters' and a storm was raging there. A fieroo spirit moved above them—,tile wild spirit of the air, Andra dashed and shook and tore them, till tlicY thundered, groaned and boomed, ,And, ales, for any vessel in their yawning gulfs entombed. Very anxious were the people, on that rocky coast of Wales, Lest the dawue of oomnring morrows should he telling awful tales ; When the sea had spent its passion, and should east upon the shore Bite of wreck and swollen victims, as it had done heretofore. With the rough wind blowing round her, a brave woman strained her eyes, And the saw along the billows a largo vessel fall and rise ; 0, it needed not a prophet to tell what the end must be, For no ship could ride in safety near that shore in such asea. Then the pitying people hurried from their homes and thronged upon the beach. 0, for the power to Dross the wat6?-and the perishing to reach Helpless hands were wrung with sorrow, tender hearts grew cold with dread, And the ship, urged by the tempest, to the fatal rock shore sped. " She has parted in the middle! 0, the half of her goes down! God have mercy! Is heaven far to seek for those who drown?" Loi when next the white, shocked faces looked with terror on the sea, Only one last clinging figure on the spas was seen to be. Near the trembling watchers came the wreck, tossed by the wave, And the man still clung and floated, though no power omearth could save. "Could we send him a short message,? Here's a trumpet -shout away!" 'Twas the preacher's hand that took it, and he wondered what to say. Any memory of his sermon? Firstly? Secondly Ali, no 1 There was but one thing to utter in the awful hour of woe ; Solve shouted through the trumpet: "Look to Jesus! Can you hear?" And "Aye, aye, sir," ran the answer o'er the waters loud and clear. And they listened. He 'is singing "Jesus, lover of my soul": And the winds brought back the.echo " While the nearer waters roll" ; Strange, indeed,. it was to bear him, "Till the storm of life is past." Singing bravely from tho waters, "0, receive my soul at last." He could have no other refuge. " Hangs my helpless soul on Thee ; Leave, ah, leave me not—" The singer dropped at last into the sea; And the watchers looking homeward, through their eyes with tears nide dim, Said He passed to be with Josue in the singing of that hymn." What We Want. All bail the dawn of a new day breaking, When a' strong-armed nation shall take away The weary burdens from backs that are aching "With maximum labor and minimum pay ; When no man is honored who hoards his mil- lions ; When no man feasts on another's toil, And God's poor suffering, striving billions Shall share His riches of sun and soil. There is gold for all in the earth's broad bosom, There is food for all in the land's great store, Enough is provided if rightly divided ; Let each man take what ho needs—no more, Shame on the miser with unused riches, Who robe the toiler to swell his hoard, Who beats down the wage of the digger of ditches And steals the bread from the poor man's board. Shame on the owner of mines -hose cruel And selfish measures have brought him wealth, While the ragged wretches who dig his fuel ' Are robbed of comfort and hope and health. Shame on the ruler who rides in his carriage, Bought with the labor of half -paid men— Men who are shut out ofliome and marriage And are herded like sheep in a hovel pen. Let tho clarion voice of the nation wake him To broader vision and fairer play, Or let the hand of a just law shake him Till his ill -gained dollars shall roll away. Let no man dwell under a mountain of plunder, Let no man suffer with want and cold; We want right living, not mere almsgiving, We want just dividing of labor and gold. ELLA WHEELER W3 ,cox. They Love Gossip. Two women leaned over the back yard fence (The same old fence) as the sun wont down, While each told the other, in confidence, The scandals she'd gathered around the town. For women must gossip, or they can't sleep ; Their idea is that secrets weren't made to keep. So they lean on the fence in the gloaming. Two women sat out on the front door stoop, In the evening glow, as the sun went down. They told bow their children had skipped the croup, And they sneered at the minister's wife's now gown. ' For women delight in a friendly chat, Without it their lives would be stale and fiat, So they sit on the stoop in the gloaming. Two husbands came home from the base ball game (From the office, they said,) as the sun went down, Both ready and eager to bear the same Sweet scandals their wives had bunted down, For men, though they work, love gossip, too— And that's why their wives seek something new As they meet and talk in the gloaming. —Somerville Journal. Closing the St. George Cases. Final judgment in the famous St. George accident case was adjourned yesterday by Mr. Justice Rose until September 8th. Before adjournment a settlement was reached in tbe Hyslop ease, the plaintiff agreeing to take $3,750. The following are all the settlements in full : Richard Wm. Knight, $4,000 ; Daniel Peacock, $3,500 ; Elizabeth Francis, $3,500 ; Thomas Wm. Martin, $2,500 ; Dennie W. Kern, 85,000 ; Martha Peers, $2,500 ; Eliza Swan, $6,000; John R. Marshall and Agnes Marshall, 82,000 ; George Forbes, $500 ; Isa McLeod, $1,500 ; J. 0. Hyslop, 83,750 ; Robert Hil. ton, $600 ; Charles Higgins, $500 ; Wm. E. Sanford, 85,250. The cases of Elizabeth Andrews, Stephen Budden and Elizabeth Budden remain till after adjudication. Unbearable. Mrs. uptown—I hate that Mrs. Murray. hill 1 Mr. Uptown—Why, my dear, 1 thought you were fond of her. Mrs. Uptown -I was until she said her poodle couldn't associate with mine on amount of its enperior breeding. Economy. Ferguson—Why did Rioherd III. offer to give his kingdom for a horse? Mo0ueiok—I don't know, unless he had once paid cab hire in New York, and thought it would be cheaper to own a horse, no matter what he paid for it. Tho Spanish cholera epidemio makes no progress. There ate very few oases at either at Puebla de Rngat, Fenollot or Monteiohelvo. The officials declare that 75 per cent. of those attacked recover. A•oollision enured at Calera, Ala., on Sunday, caused by an engine booking into a paesenger train. A colored woman was killed, several children were slightly in- jured and a lady paseenger badly hurt. Eddie Moore, a negro boy 11 years old is astonishing the South by his piano• plsyhig KINGSTON DRY DOCK, (tome r Stolle Laid by Sir John Macdonald —What the Dock is Like. The corner atone of the Kingston dry dock wae laid at Kingston yesterday by Sir John Macdonald in the presenoe of a great multitude. The following is a desoription of the dry dook : The dock proper, which is quarried out of solid, rook, is 280 feet long, 37 feet on the floor, f}0 feet wide on the top, 48 feet wide at the opening and 48 feet deep. The quarrying is nearly com- pleted, there not being 'more then 1,000 oubio yards to remove. The contractors are N. K. and M. Conley, who built the docks at Quebec and Vanoover. The first sod was turned on the 9th of May, 1889, and at once the oonstruotion of the cofferdam, built to keep back the water, was begun. It required 800,000 oubio yards of material, the greater part of which was moved by the company's dredge St. Joseph. The dam is built out to the water 35 feet deep. The sides of the dock will be built up like stairs so as to form the shape of a boat's hull and ()ford reate for beams to keep vessels firm after the water is pumped out. Mr. Conley was compelled to go to Belleville, where 150 men were kept busy since October last arranging and cutting stone. All the stone is now ready and a large consignment is on hand for early operations. Had he been able to get the required material here it would have meant to him a saving of $10,000. One hundred men are at work here. The gate to the dock will be peculiar. It will be a large iron, box, whiob will slide aorosa tbe front of the cavity and into a niche on the oppo- site side. The weight of the water on the lake side will press it so tightly againstthe padding that leakage will be prevented. It forms a watertight compartment. The reason that the gate is a box ie this : If anything goes wrong with the side next the dock it can be repaired, while the outer side keeps out the water. Then, again, when it recedes it goes into a large cavity, which is a little dock in itself, and permits of being pumped oat, so that the gate can be overhauled. The con- trivance is a good one, and is said to work admirably. The " first stone," which will always be visible, is 6x3x3 feet It weighs over six tone, and was cut by Edward Doherty, of Belleville. All the stones in the mason work are the same size. There will be six drains beneath the floor of the dock. The floor will be made of eighteen inches of cement and then three feet of stone. At the entrance there will be a rudderwell, the first of the kind built, where boats can ship their rudders. This is an invention of Mr. Parley, Chief Engi- neer of the Public Works Department. Running about one hundred yards from each side of the dock will be a wharf, con- sequently vessels can be handled, let the weather be as boisterous as it will. Mr. James Wilson is clerk of the works, and he says that ever since Mr. Conley began work he evinced a disposition to do it thoroughly and well. The dook will take in the largest boat that can Dome through the Welland Canal. It will be in running order about October of 1891. Addressee were presented to Sir John and Mr. Langevin, and a banquet was after- wards tendered them. An Indian Crime. County Constable Mahoney, of Niagara County, N. Y., reported to the authorities of Niagara on Sunday that an Indian named Benjamin Pimpleton had stabbed and robbed a man named James Bissell near tbe Tuscarora reservation, Youngs- town, N.Y., and that it was thought he had escaped into Canada. The town was soon astir with excitement when the news spread abroad, and a vigilant watch was kept for the redskin. Detective Griedale, of the Ontario police, went through McCree's bush and found his man asleep on his bank under a tree. He gently stooped down, put the nippers on one of the Indian's wrists and aroused him from his Bleep. The captive was taken into town, and expressing hie willingness, was handed over to Constable Mahoney, who took him back to the Amerioan aide. Pimble• ton, it is reported, stabbed his victim six times in the fore part of the body, once in the back, and then out the veins in bis legs to ensure his death. The knife which did the cruel deed was found on the Indian, but only 30 dents in money. The latest report comes that Bissell is not expected to live. A brother of the Indian shot a man, it is alleged, at the Tuscarora reserve three years ago. Japanese Education. It is now twenty years since the Japanese began to reform their institutions, and during that time nothing has more clearly shown their adaptability and intelligence than the progress which they have made in eduoation. Ont of 6,740,920 children of school age in the empire, 2,800,000 are enrolled in the public schools, while nni- versitiee, commercial schools, schools of fine art and of music, schools for the deaf, dumb and blind, law courses in German, French and English, libraries and museums, all form part of a thorough and progressive system. A despatch from Lagos says : Popular superstition preventing the King of Da- homey from entering the capital after a de- feat, the King attacked the Egbas and took a thousand prisoners. The Egbas then at. tacked and defeated the Dahomians, killing many. - John Flynn, of New York, quarrelled with his consumptive wife Fannie Satur- day night and threw her downstairs. She is now expected to die of her injuries. For his brutality Flynn was thoroughly thrashed by his neighbors and afterwards arrested. Jay Gould, of New York, has been fined 8100 for not answering to a summons to act as a petit juror. The Alliance Franoaise, the objeot of which ie to promote the study and speaking of the French language outside of France, has received 10,000 francs from M. Cernnsohi. "Yon love your wife?" "Yes." "And she loves you?" " Yes." "Then where does the incompatibility Dome in ? " " I can't live on her income, much less support her." At the nominations Saturday 0. Cote was chosen as the Liberal candidate, and H. Petit and V. Bayard were nominated in the Conservative interest. At a meeting of Nationalist electors at Newry, held en Saturday, resolutions were adopted censuring Mr. Justin McCarthy for persistent neglect in his party duties. The exports from the Dominion during May were valued at $6,756,724, and the imports reached $8,867,797. The duty col- lected upon the imports was 81,745,931 The Rev. Dr. lrilaointosb, a prominent member of the Sootoh-Irish sooiety, Saye that, after careful fnveatigation, he finds that fully one•flfth of the population of this country is of Scotch -Irish lineage. Manager Hobart Brooks intends etarring Frank David next season in " The United States Mail." The plot of the piece hinges upon the efforts of two rival editors to secure the appointment of Postmaster in their town. THE NEW LONDON CAB. A smart vehicle that has Jnet Made Its Appearance in the llietropolie. The Chicago gab is neither a thing of beauty nor a joy for any length of time to the unfortunate creatures who, by their necessities, are reduced to the extremity of riding therein. Uncouth in appearance, rough and jerky in their movement), and subject more or lees to the recklessness of daredevil drivers, the Chicago hansoms are objeots of dread rather than of modern convenience, and the sophisticated citizen will submit himself even to the tender mercies of Baron Yorker' fearful and won- derful grip in preference to adventuring in one of these two -wheeled rattle -traps, if the choice is an open one. In Lon- don, however, a new vehicle has made its welcome appearance on the streets, and there is much rejoicing in the public prints. " It has all the smart•. nese and style of a private brougham," we are told, "with some novelties in the shape of steel tension wheels and India rubber tires." The hub of the wheel is made of- gnn.metal, and the spokes and rim of sleet' Although so Light and fragile in appear- ence, this wheel will outlast two or three of the ordinary wooden kind. The India rubber tire is 1e. inohes in thickness, and is secured by patent. Another feature is the arrangement for raising and lowering the sashes. By means of what is termed the "silent grip" the window is looked at any point, and held so firmly that there is no rattling. Indeed, noise is reduced to a minimum, and smoothness of travelling raised to a maximum. The coupe, like the hansom, only holds two persons, and in order to secure lightness no accommoda- tion is provided for luggage, beyond a port- manteau, which can be placed on the box beside the driver. Ladies shopping or driving to evening parties find the coupe much more suitable than the hansom, and infinitely superior to the " growler."— Chicago News. IN BRITAIN'S INTERESTS. John Bull Makes Laws Only with a View to Home Benefits. In the British House of Commons yes- terday Mr. C. H. Vincent (Conservative asked whether the Government would require the United States to modify the prohibitive duties upon British products before it would make any modifications in the rules governing the importation of American cattle into Great Britain. Sir James Fergusson said the reetrio- tions upon the importation of cattle were - based solely on sanitary considerations, without regard to the fiscal systems of other nations. Mr. Vincent thereupon laid on the table of the House a notice that he would submit a motion declaring that as the proposed American tariff will inflict a great injury upon the trade of Sheffield and upon Brit- ish traders and artisans generally, the House will consider whether a free market ought to be longer given to the competing products of a foreign State which puts a prohibitory tariff upon British goods. Mr. Vincent's motion was received with Con- servative cheers. THE SPREAD OF FIRES. Some time ago we described Mr. Edward Atkinson's suggestions for the construction of factory buildings in each manner that they should burn slowly in case of fire breaking out. Dwelling houses cannot be planned in the same shape as the most de- sirable class of factory bnitdinge,ti; , and covering a great deal of ground, but precautions might be taken which are generally neglected to prevent the quick destruction of dwellings. In a letter to the New York Evening Post, Mr. A. W. Page, a ooantry carpenter and builder points out a simple and economical method by which the average dwelling may be made not only " slow burning," but also secure against weather, dirt, bad odors and vermin. Mr. Page says that in the modern way of conetruoting a dwelling.honae no more perfect system could be devised of so arranging a quantity of lumber as to pro. vide for its quick destruction by fire. The open spaces in the outside walla between the boarding and plastering, in the parti- tions, and between the floor timbers, form a perfect network of fines. If a fire starts in the lower part of a house, these fines, with the shavings and chips neually left in them, quickly carry the fire to the attic and roof ; or if it )tett in the upper part, the burning material falls down the flues and the flameg spread rapidly. The rapidity and fierceness with which a fire will follow a ventilator or an air -shaft in a publio building has often been observed ; and in a similar way it will naturally follow the partitions and wall -flues in a dwelling house. Mr. Page's plan is simply to extend the lining floors in each story to the outside hoardings ; lay one course of brick or of refuse or small stones on the floors between the studding ; fill up inside partitions in the same way, and stop all openings around steam and other pipes. By such means a fire might be confined to the plane where it started, and extinguished before it had time to spread ; while the house would be always free from cold, coal and ash dust, as well as from rate and mice. From ten to twelve dollars is estimated to cover the coat of this work in an ordinary house. The cheapness and simplicity of such a plan should recom- mend its consideration to builders. TRIO RORi1ORS Oh. D4flQMEY, Shocking things Dr. Havel Saw-11ftonciish. Amazons. A letter from Parisgivingdetails d la of the adventures of Dr. Bayol, the governor of Kotonou, whowas imprisoned by the King of Damohey, appears in the Vossische Gei• Lung. Dr. Bayol himself was not ill treated, but was forced to witness the most horrible executions, and was closely watched night and day by three of the moat important chiefs. He was forced to be preeent at the execution of his aeoretary and his inter• proter, and wae a spectator of the sacrifice et one time of 84 bateau beings and at another 42. The victims were bound, multilated in a horrible manner, and then, still alive, hung up by the heels. Then their bodies wore opened with large round knives and the intestines taken out, after which the corpses were thrown into a " place of aknlle," where in 48 hours they were reduced by birds of prey to skeletons. Dr. Bayol was every time compelled to view each corpse, while the executioners earefally turned the heads of their victim ms eirtird him. Upon one occasion he desired to btty'off some negroes whom he recognized as protegee from Port Novo, but the King angrily refused to allow it. Every day hie dusky majesty danced before the doctor, exeonting steps and jumps whioh would have been highly entertaining under other oironmetancea. At these times the King wore sandals and a sort of Grecian cap on his bead, end six Amazons danced with hire. The Amazons Dr. Bayol describes as very fiends. One day the doctor witnessed a epeotacle which he ve ll never forget. At a sign from the King 5110 Amazons rushed upon a living ox and tore it to pieces in it few seconds, then eaob, with a piece of raw flesh in her month, marched off singing, while five of their number held the ekin and head of their victim aloft in triumph. In festal garments they witnessed from the roofs of the neighboring huts the human sacrifices of the next day, and laughed heartily. They always appear perfeotly resigned, and go quietly to death when their turn comes. The King is very suspicions, and would not sign the letter written to the President of the French Republic. Dr. Bayol's return to the coast was extremely dangerous, for he had no passport, and was therefore obliged, in spite of illness, to march more than fifty miles in one day through country with which he was quite unacquainted. On arriving at Kotonon he heard of the death of the King, whom, -had he been still at Dahomey, he would have probably been accused of poisoning. PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE. Good plumbing and drainage are two essentials to the health of the people. Yet there are not two other questions in con. neetion with the erection of houses and the management of cities which cause greater diversity of opinion than theee. Tho Decorators' Gazette, Plumbers' and Gasfltters' Review Bays the most debatable subject, and at the same time the most important, is undoubtedly the question of materials. That a hoose drain should be disconnected and provided with efficient ventilation is generally admitted, but when it is asked of what material )ball it be constructed, it is difficult sometimes to come to a decision. As a rule the dispute is between the advo• cotes of stoneware pipes, and those who are in favor of iron. It is contended on the one h ed that the modern glazed stoneware ete h the most durable, in fact, practi• 'defy indeetrnotible, because the acids in the sewage have little, if any, deleterious efleot upon such an impervious material. Then, as regards the jointing, it is said that by the aid of certain patent methods the joints can be made in such a manner as to be absolutely reliable, even if the pipes are moved after the joints are made. Such an event, however, should, in our opinion, be strictly guarded against under any circumstances, and especially if the drain passes ander the house. Those who are convinced that iron drains should be used when they have to be placed in the basement of a dwelling.honse, claim that a metallic pipe can be laid and jointed much more securely, and subjected to a far greater pressure for the purpose of testing its soundness, than earthenware drains oan withstand. It is also contended that iron pipes can be fixed in much longer lengths, therefore fewer joint) are necessary, and, owing to the greater strength of the metal, any subsequent movement of the earth surrounding the pipe will not inter- fere with the rigid character of a drain of this kind. As to the durability of iron drains, many hold that if the pipes are coated in a proper manner with a bitumin- ous solution while they are hot, a protect- ing surface is formed which is very dur- able. And, a000rding to some account), after pipes of this kind have been in use for several years, the coating is found to be in a satisfactory condition. It would, how- ever, be very unreasonable to suppose that an iron drain would wear so long as one constructed of glazed stoneware. Each of the materials, therefore, have their advan- tages as well as disadvantages, which fact seems to point to ono conclusion, and that is, that all dreine, no matter of what materials they are formed, should be fixed in ench a manner as to be easily accessible at any time. And that whether they are constructed of iron or stoneware or any other material, they should be treated as a soil or waste -pipe which are generally placed in positions where they can be examined from time to time. Mrs. James Brown Potter ie being sub. jeoted to all manner of guying by the press in Australia. Mies Mabel Stephenson, a young Ameri- can, is delighting Landon by her imitationa of various birds. Minnie Palmer will close her Liverpool engagement June 26th, and will immedi- ately sail for this country. " Sara," Mrs. McKee Rankin's new play, was presented at Palmer's Theatre, New York, yesterday afternoon. Mise Dora Valeska Beaker, a young American girl violiniste, has made quite e musical sensation in Berlin by her artistic playing. Augustin Daly's success in London is said to be phenomenal. It is reported that his houses are praotioally sold for four weeks in advance. Tho premier dansense is in great demand just at present. Appearances indicate that every farce.00mpany on the road next season will have one. Mise Minnie Palmer will have a new play next season. It is by C. A. Byrne and A. D. Gordon, and is entitled " My Prima Donna." Great things are expected of it. Edward Lloyd, the tenor, during the season of 1891-92, will sing in fifty oan- oerts and festivals in the United States and Canada, having signed a oontraot to that offset. H. A. D'Aroy hits scoured Edward H. House's version of " The Prince and the Pauper," and will produoe it in an elaborate manner next season, with Master Tommy Russell in the title role, Things One Would Rather have Ex• gDi Differently—Photographer-4100e —Phot pressed fife y ogrepher Please little plea ant m ,' look a a res. Y know It s hard ; but it's only for a moment !-=Punch. " Women, white or black," said Mr. Stanley recently, " I regard as far above us. They are more humane, they are more prompt with sympathy, they are more tamable to new ideas, than we of the opposite sex." Shortly after 10 each morning Queen Victoria begins to devote herself to the affairs of the nation. She rune through the dispatches which are sent to her daily by the Ministers, and with the help of Sir Henry Ponsonby, jots down replies, Sir Henry acting as Secretary. The work is usually over by 1 o'clock. John C. Wood, who is an active member of the lifesaving Drew at Atlantio City, ie reputed to be worth $2,000,000, inherited from a rich uncle in Paris. While English bank directora are forbid- ding their clerks to marry on a loss salary than $750, the financiers of Vienna aro persuing a policy which is the very reverse. They are dismissing their Bingle employee and retaining only those who are married. Albani cleared $55,000 daring her reoent six months' sojourn in Chicago. She also did well in Canada. Her reputation as an artiste has been greatly enhanced hero of late. She sang superbly, and the delicious quality of her voice as well as her artistic skill was fully recognized. Mies Ada Heather Biggs, Lady Dilke and Hon, Mrs. Jenne have clone a good thingin London in establishing what they calla a series of "happy evenings" for the London Board School oilit dren. These are the children of the very poor, who, never having a penny to purchase pleasure, are to be invited to a comfortable room where they will be entertained with music, magio.lantern pioture0,.games, ote. • TATA Ci RAPHIO SUITMY. A boy named Lorne Scott was drowned at Owen Sound yesterday evening.. The approximate number of persons living in Chicago le placed at 1,250,000. Major-General Henry Braokenbnry, of the British army, is dead. He was 53 years of age. President Benison yesterday approved the aot granting a pension to Mrs. Delia Parnell. Biehop Keane, of the Catholic University at Washington, was seriously injured ina railway oollision. The Canadian Pacific) has let contracts for the extensions of its Glenboro', Man., branch to Plum Creek. Tho smallpox is spreading in Searaport, Maine, and six persona are now in the pest house with the disease. The King of Dahomey isnegotiatingwith France for the establishment of peace between the two countries. The cholera epidemic is decreasing at Pueblo de Rugat and Monteohelvo. Two oases are reported at Candia. The " Provincial Tea Company," sud- denly left London when the police took prooeedinge against it ander the Lottery Aot. At the picnic of East Middlesex farmers yesterday, the high taxation policy came in for very hard knocks at the hands of the orators. Mr. 3. H. R. Moleon, of Montreal, has presented the McGill Univereity with a piece of ground adjoining the college grounds, valued at $50,000. Col. Sir. Edward Ridley Colbonrne Brad- ford, Political Under Secretary for the Indian office, is Mr. Munro's successor as Chief of the Metropolitan police. It ie reported that enquiries concerning a number of orchards in Middlesex, Elgin and Brant elicited the fact that the injury to the apple crop from blight is very general. Rev. James Ardili, incumbent of the united parishes of Merritton, Homer and Grantham, in the diocese of Niagara, has declined the offer of St. Mary's parish, in the diocese of Huron. The Court of Caseation in Sofia has con- firmed the sentences passed upon Major Panitza and the other conspirators who were found guilty of attempting to over - brow the Government of Bulgaria. President Carnot yesterday received Senbor Itsjuba, the Brazilian Minieter to France. The latter expressed profound satisfaction at the resumption of official relations with France. President Carnot made a friendly reply. The election in the New Westminster district, B C., for member of the House of Commone, held yesterday, resulted as follows : Corbould, 972 ; Townsend, 683 ; Ladner, 376. All the candidates were sap - porters of the Government. George Sinclair, a lad of 15 yeare, em- ployed in the Macdonald tin works, King street east, Toronto, while feeding a cutting machine yesterday had two of his fingers chopped off by the knife. He was taken to the General Hospital, where his wounds were dressed. The Anglican Synod of the Diocese of Montreal closed its session yesterday. Be- fore adjournment the Synod decided to petition the Dominion Parliament to assimilate its laws respecting morale and the protection of women to those of the Mother Country. A French police official has stated that the recently discovered Nihilist conspiracy was fostered by German agents, and that the explosives were made in the northern part of London and sent to Paris. It is expected that arrests in London will be made immediately. Chief Detective Callen, of Montreal, has received another letter from the father of Kimber, the young Englishman whose body wee found in the reservoir, utterly repudiating the idea of suicide. He believes that his son was murdered, and that the coroner's investigation was a perfect farce, The coroner's jury in the case of the unknown youth killed near Wabnno found a verdict of accidental death. They depre- cate the disregard ebown to the laws and regulations intended to prevent trespassing on the property of the railway companies, and call on the authorities to aid the com- panies in enforcing these restrictions. Mr. Fred J. Brady, Windermere, B. C., has presented a claim to the Government for $25,000 on account of an accident he sustained in the National Rocky Mountain Park. His horse shied at a wire across a roadway causing a runaway. He charges negligence on the part of the Government employees. The case will be heard in the Exobequer Court. The funeral of the five victims in the Green river disaster took plane yesterday. A special train conveyed the remains of John Wanless, late of ParkdaIe, and James Atton and George Oliver to North Toronto, whence they were taken for burial in Mount Pleasant and St. James' cemeteries. The bodies of Moriarty and Lott were buried at Locust Hill. Manitoba is making arrangements to be well represented at the World's Fair in Chicago. At Brandon Saturday a by-law to raise 560,000 for the erection of a city hall and hospital was carried. While ploughing near Qu'Appelle light- ning etruek a farmer named D. Collins and his horses and killed them. At present there are half a million dollars' worth of buildings in the city of Winnipeg in the process of construction. Prince Henry, with a German squadron, will formally receive Heligoland from the British representative in October. . Baptiste Deohete, a brakeman on the Lake St. John R. R., was killed at Quebec Sunday morning while shunting oars at the C. P. R. station. to the right of canal and railway workmen to vote at provincial elections in Qaebeo. These men weretwo years ago disqualified by a law passed by the Mercier Govern- ment, but in the recent election at Bean• harnoie seventy voted for Mr. TAMS. The election has been contested on this ground. The Spanish budget debate lasted until 3 o'clock Sunday morning. The Cortee, by a vote of 115 to 24, rejected a proteoo tioniet proposal to levy a tax of 5 per cent. on the interest of Spanish and foreign pub- lic loans held in Spain, and a similar tax on bonds of railways and other eeouritiee•. At the conclusion of the debate the budget was passed. A peculiar accident is reported to have happened in Eaphrasia last week, whereby a Mr. N. H. Phillips, a mill -owner, lost his life. Phillips was working at an edger in bis mill, and was in the aot of carrying an armful of edgings when the carriage ran back, striking the edgings and driving one through his body. As the heart was pierced death was instantaneous. Mr, Andrew E. Collins, a C. P. R. bridge inspector, and just appointed to the duties of Bridge Inspeotor Wanless, who was killed at the Locust Hill accident a few days ago, met with a serious accident on Saturday afternoon at the Forks of the Credit. He fell from the bridge there, a distance of 35 feet, fracturing hie right leg, left arm and breaking some ribs. There is a strike on again in the St. Clair River tunnel. About 100 men have quit work because the company refused an increase of pay from $140 for a day of eight hours to $2 per day. The tunnel authorities, apprehensive of trouble, ap- pealed for police protection bat the Chief of Police notified them that no policemen would be permitted to go, to the works unless some act of violenoe was oommitted by the strikers. On Thursday evening as several small Owen Sound boys were bathing in the new Canadian Pacific Railway slip, Lorne Scott, aged 12, a son of Robert Scott, a night watchman at the station, got beyond his depth and was drowned. Although workmen were all around, owing to the muddy nature of the water, caused by a working dredge, it was impossible to find the body until some hours after life was extinct. Sunday morning the Pope descended to the consistory hell, where, the cardinals of divere Oriental colleges assisted in the naming of the patriarch df Antioch. Afterwards His Holiness held a secret con- sietory, at which Monsignors Vannatelli, Galeati, Marmidod and Dunjnoski were created cardinals. A second consiatory will be held June 26th, at which Leo XIII. will confer cardinals' hats on two Roman princes and name new bishops in France and Brazil. The house of Mr. George Payee, near Ompah, was blown over in the wind storm last week. The man's wife, with four email children, was alone at the time, about midnight, and although a large cupboard full of ()rookery fell on the bed where they were sleeping, none were hurt. The mother had to remain among the ruins until morn- ing, her nearest neighbor living more than a mile away. In a division in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon on the first clause of the Licensing Bill the Government won by only four majority. The announcement of the vote was greeted with prolonged cheer- ing by the Opposition. Mr. William Henry Smith, the Government leader, stated that notwithstanding the smallness of the majority, the Government would proceed with the bill. While Richard Frost, of South OrilIies, was crossing the G.T.R. track at the Weat street crossing the north -bound mail train etruok his waggon, completely destroying the rig. Frost had been delivering tanbark at the Conchiching tannery, end was re- turning when the accident happened. One horse had- his leg oat off and had to be killed. Mr. Frost was thrown clear of the track and was picked up unconscious. Fiften young ladies from the Schuylkill seminary at Frederickbnrg, Va., were on their way to the railroad station at Jones- town in a coach drawn by four horses this morning when the harness broke and the horses enddenly plunged down a twenty. foot embankment, the coach and its own - pints falling on top of the animals. The wildest confusion followed, and the ladies were all more or less severely injured. The American schooner Hattie Evelyn having put into Bay St. George, Nfld., for bait, was compelled to pay $16 light tines and was refused bait unless the captain took out a license at a coat of $65. He indignantly sailed away, and has laid the matter before the Washington Government, claiming that under the treaty of 1818 he has the right to get bait on the French shore. At a barn raising on Jno. Johnston's farm on lot 14, eon. 4, Weat Nissouri, yes- terday afternoon, the parline plate fell and two men with it, Messrs. Alex. Henderson and Hugh E. Wilson. Henderson alighted on his head, the plate striking him across the forehead, knocking his nose to one side. Wilson is hurt on the side, but not dangerously. Mr. Henderson had not recovered consciousness up to a late hour last night. While practising a five -mile dash Wed• needay evening Joseph Knowles, a promi- nent member of the Forest City Bicycle Club, met with a terrific fall. The wheels - man was going at a rapid pace, when a small boy threw a stick at the wheel. The stick naught between the spokes, and Knowles was thrown headmoet to the ground. When pinked np he was uncon- scious, and for a while it looked as if be was fatally injured. Yesterday, however, he was considerably better. Tho body of John Beegan, who jumped into Niagara River three weeks ago and was drowned, has been found at Oloot,N.Y,, on Lake Ontario. It is reported that the notorious Mrs. Emory, for the murder of whose husband Peter Davis was hong Friday, will be married on the 28th inst. A demonstration was held in Pioton on Friday night to celebrate the return of Mr. John A. Sprague, the Liberal candidate for Prince Edward, in the recent election for the Ontario Legielatnre, Jimmy Smith, Chinese cook, died at Calgary Saturday of consumption. In hie will he left $1,500 as a nucleus of a fund for a general hospital in Calgary; $500 to Wm. Robertson, and several smaller amounts to all the clergymen of the town ,and to his muse. The Turkish Minister of Works has in. angnrated the first cotton factory in Con- stantinople, which has Bewared a monopoly for twenty years. It in expected title factory will produce cotton and woollen yarn at 15 per cent. below the cost in the English factories. An interesting point has been raised as The death plant of Java has flowers which continually give off a perfume so powerful as to overcome, if inhaled for any length of time, a full grown man, and which kills all forma of insect life that approaches close enough to Dome under 110 influence. The late Herr Sigg, of Zurich, was in early life an acrobat. His performances so pleased the King of Siam that that monarch appointed him Lord High Somer. sante-turner—or something of that sort -- and afterward Lord High Chancellor of the kingdom. Says the New York Mai/ and Express : Instead of paying the clergyman a cash fee, a bridegroom the other nay presented to the divine who officiated a set of vestments and an ecclesiastical ring engraved on the inside to commemorate the 000asion. According to the results of an inquiry in stituted by the French government there are at present in France 2,000,000 houses holds in which there has been no child 2,500,000 in whioh there was one; 2,500,000 two children ; 1,500,000, three ; about 1,000,- 000, four ; 550,000, five ; 330,000, six, and 200,000, seven or more.—The American: An extract from a pariah magazine in Eng.. land reads thus ; "Unmarried workers are requested not to marry for some little time, as we cannot afford to Joao their services. as we have lost many lately,"'