HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-2-12, Page 6WINDOM'S SUDDEN DEATH.
The fieoretary Drops Dead at it New York
Banquet
AFTER MAKING A SPEECH.
A New York deepatoh of last night
oeys ; Oyer 250 guests Attended the
eighteenth annual banquet of ;the New
York Board of l'rede and TramperMimi at Delimonico's to -night. Many
prominent gentlemen were present, includ-
ing Secretaries Windom and Tracy, ex.
Seoretary Bayard, Murat Halstead,
Collector Erhardt, Gen. Woodford, Erestus
Wiman, Hon. Wilfrid Leerier, of Canada;
Hon. J. W. Longley, Attorney -General of
Nova Soothe, and J. W. Vroomen. After
the feast was over, Capt. Ambrose Snow,
President of the board, introduced Secre-
tary Windom, who responded to the toast
" Our Country's Proeperity, Dependent
'Upon its Instruments of Commerce ' The
Secretary made an excellent address
and was heartily applauded. Jadge
Arnonx then got up and was introducing
t31{ Secretary Bayard when some one cried,
" Look at Secretary Windom." The speech
was broken short and every eye was turned
in the direction of the Seceetary. He had
collapsed and was falling to the floor. His
fame was ghastly, and a ory of horror arose
among the guests. There was an imme-
diate rush on the pert of all hands
towards Mr. Windom, but several doctors
who were present got there first and drove
the others baok. They were Dre. S. A.
Robinson, Durant, Whitney, Fisher and
Bishop. Dr. Robinson examined the
prostrate form and discovered that the
heart was still beating. By his orders the
Secretary was carried into the dish room,
adjoining the banquet hall, and placed on a
table. Meesengers were hastily despatched
for electric batteries, and as many as four
were applied to hie body, which was rapidly
growing cold. This was at 10.05 P. m.
For six minutes the eleotrio shooks were
applied incessantly, but without sucoese.
At 10.11 p.m. Judge Arnoux came out of
the dish room and announced that Secre-
tary Windom had breathed his last.
" BE IS DEAD !"
his was the fearful announcement that
was made in a voice midway between a sob
and a whisper through that gaily bedecked
banquet hall. Every man looked at his
neighbor with blanched cheeks, and silence
fell upon the men who only a few mom-
ents before were clamoring for news of Mr.
Windom's condition. The Secretary had
ewe:Imbed to an attack of heart diseeee.
Only last Monday he had an attack, which,
however, passed away without causing him
3imoh inconvenience. When it was officially
announced that the Secretary was dead,
Secretary Tracy went to the nearest
telegraph office and sent a message to
President Harrison, informiug him of the
untimely event, and requesting him to
nommunicate with Mrs. Windom and have
her start on the 11.10 p. m. train for New
York. This will bring the widow to this
city by 7 o'clock in the morning, and not
until then ce,n any arrangements be made
for the removal of 4the body.
THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH.
In the course of Secretary Windom's
'speech, and referring to the decadence of
the American merchant marine, he said:
The tendency of late has been to eurren-
der to foreigners even our domestic com-
merce, rather than to aesert ourselves upon
the ocean. Discriminations of the most
astonishing character have been made,
both by Congress and by Treasury regale.
tions in favor of Canadian railroad lines
and steamships against our own. Presi-
dents of the United States have repeatedly
expressed the national humiliation and sp.
pealed to Congress for action in behalf of
our rapidlermanishing merchant marine,
but thus far words have fallen upon deaf
ears. Let us hope thea the urgent appeals
of President Harrison on this subject may
bear fruit in some well -devised measure of
protectioa and encouragement."
BACK IN KINGSTON.
Bev. W. W. Carson and the Alien Labor
Law.
A Detroit despatch says: Jefferson
Avenue Presbyterian Church, of which
Senator McMillan and hie business &Hoch
ides are leading lights, some time ago ex-
tended a call to Rev. W. W. Carson, pastor
of a Methodist church in Kingston, Ont.
Mir. Carson accepted the call and agreed to
withdraw from the Methodist Church, and
arrangements were made to have him
examined by the local Presbytery for admis-
sion to that body. Last Sanday Mr.
Carson preached what was suppoeed to be
his inangetral sermon. Last night at the
rannual meeting of the church a committee
reported that Mr. Carson's call Was ap-
parently in contravention of the Alien
Contract Labor Law. The committee
recommended that the call be cancelled,
and the report was unanimously adopted.
There was much speonletion this morning
as to the cause of this remarkable move. A
prominent member of the church, says :
te We did not know of the law when we ex-
tended the oall to Mr. Carson. When we
ound out about it, we thought it best not
to get into any trouble, so the call was can-
celled. Mr. Citation has returned to King-
ston. The congregation are hopeful that
he will yet become a citizen of the United
States, in which event he will be once more
asked to accept a call to the church."
THE LEAMINGTON SCANDAL.
Dr. Cox, of Detroit, Arrested on a Criminal
Charge.
A Detroit despatch seers: Annie
Coultis, the 15 -year-old Leamington girl,
who confessed to having been rained by
her employer, John C. Minnis, a promi-
nent merchant of that place'and also to
having had an operation performed upon
her by Dr. Wm. G. Cox, of this city, has so
far recovered from her injuries as to come
to Detroit and lay information againet Cox.
A warrant was issued for his arreat, and
this afternoon he was arrested at his resi-
dence, Dnffield street, and taken to police
headquerters. A warrant has ale° been
leaned in Canada for the arrest of Minnes,
but he succeeded in eluding arrest, and is
now supposed to be in hiding in the
vicinity of Munroe, Mich. The crime for
which Dr. Cox has been arrested is alleged
to have been committed at No, 23 Noble
etreet, in this city, where the girl Was sent
Tor treatment. Annie ia a frail girl, of
respectable parentage, and was assisting
Mrs. Minries with honsehold duties at the
time her rain was effected. This IS not the
first time Dr. Cox has found himself in a
similar position.
, The great Italian dramatio author,
Giaoosa, has written a play for Sara Bern-
hardt.
Roland Reed, writing from New Oriente
to Manager Flelahmen, sage : "Lend Me
Tour Wife" has proved a little geld mine,
and my profits thus far are over $20,000 On
the season."
Letts, Sarah Bomber:it, Langtry and
111odjesket are field to be ea oh worth over
ihalf a million,
RISING, IN OPORTO,
Portuguese Soldiers Rebel Against the
Government.
IHIITIEG IN THE STREETH ENSUES.
A ttenapt to Establish a Republic—The
Disturbance enelled—Leaders May Be
Shot.
An Oporto despatch of Tuesday
says : A tremendous sensation has
been caneed here by what may turn out
to be a revolution against the authority
of the Government. The regiments of in-
fantry comprising a portion of the garrieon
openly revolted to.day. The remainder of
the garrison, inclading the Municipal
Guards, remaine Jayei to the Government.
The population of Oporto hold aloof from
the movement at present. It is alleged
that the object of the mutineers is to es-
teblish a Porthgueee Republic. The rebele
and the loyalists are, as this deepatoh is
sent, fighting in the etreets. Rumor has it
that many have been killed on both sides.
Citizens are berrioe,ding their houses, and
the report is oiroulatect that the Govern.
ment troops are being sent in haste from
several points to this city.
SOON SUPPRESSED.
A later despatch says: The revolt
has been suppressed and order is onoe more
restored in this city. Shortly after the be.
ginning of the revolt the insurgent troops
and a portion of the limel guards, led by
two non.commissioned officers'seized the
Hotel de Ville (town hall) in Dom Pedro
square and proposed to there and then de-
clare a republic. However, a strong body
of /oyel troops, composed of artillery and
fusiliers, promptly surrounded and laid
siege to the Hotel de Ville. The artillery
opened fire upon it and the bombardment
was followed by a oombined, well -led and
oleverly-direoted infantry attack upon the
insurgents' fortress. The fusiliers behaved
grandly, keeping up a rattling fire and ad.
vanoing at the same time. After a feeble
resistance the insurgents surrendered. The
loss on both sides was trifling. The insur-
gents will be tried by court-martial and in
all probability the ringleaders shot. The
storekeepers have now thrown down the
barrioadee from their windows and doors
and there is general rejoicing here over the
swift suppression of the outbreak.
HOW IT BEGAN.
LATER.—The insurgents to the number
of 400 seeembled at 4 o'clock in the morn-
ing, and with much cheering paraded
through the principal streets. They made
an attempt to seize the Prefecture of Police
and the central telegraph office. Their
plans were, however, frustrated by the
municipal guard, who made repeated
charges on the insurgents and repelled their
attacks. Meanwhile the oivil Governor
transferred his authority to the general in
=amend, who Berne:toned loyal troops,
when the few civilians supporting the
rebels dispersed. The latter then pro•
ceeded to the Hotel de Ville, fortifying
the structure to the best of their ability
in the short time at their com-
mand, but lathing ammunition they
speedily submitted in response to an
artillery bombardment. The number of
the killed and wounded on both Bide, in-
cluding civiliane, is variously estimated at
from 20 to 50. Some of the rebels escaped,
but surrendered later. The municipal
guards subsequently occupied the Hotel de
Ville, and at once hauled down the flag of
the Republican Federal Club, which the
rebels had hoisted on the building. Six or
seven officers of an inferior grade took part
in the revolt, which was of a distinctly
republican character. It is alleged that
the civilian leader in the revolt was a
lawyer named Alvez Veiga. By 3 o'olook
in the afternoon the revolt had been en-
tirely suppressed, but the department has
been declared in a state of siege.
THE LEADERS 01' THE REVOLT.
Alvez Veiga' the civilian leader in the
revolt, formeda republican direotoire, con-
sisting of Senhor Freitas, a judge of the
High Court; Senhor Soures, a retired gen-
eral officer; Prof. Silva, and the brothers
Leite. None of those persons were
present, however, when the Town Hall was
captured. Coon. Leitas and sub•Lieut.
Malheiros, who are men of the highest
rank, were with the rebels who were
arrested. The number of insurgents had
dwindled down to about 150 when they
took refuge in the Town Hall. From the
windows of this building the rebels fired
several volleys at the loyal treope, who
stormed the hall and captured it at the
point of the bayonet. In the mean.
time many rebels had escaped by way of
the back doors. Forty-three soldiers and
eleven civilians who had taken part in the
uprising were placed under arrest by the
loyal troops, and 30 others surrendered
themselves. Three eoldiers and four civil-
ians, including a woman, were killed
during the fighting, and 36 soldieriteand 10
civilians were wounded. Under direction
of the authorities the offices and printing
rooms of all the republican journals were
raided, and ell the documents found in the
places were seized. Every person found on
the premises was taken into onstody, and
the bnildinge were placed under charge of
the military. All the banks and commer-
cial houses in the city have olosed their
doors.
LISBON, Feb. — A number of prominent
politicians went to the royal palace to.day
to give expreseion to their loyalty to the
throne. King Charles in receiving the
deputies from Oporto, asked them to thank
the inhabitants of that city for their loyal
attitude during the revolt.
The official report of the results of Satur-
day's uprising saya nine persona were killed
and 48 wounded during the fighting.
Professor Albuquerque has been arrested
charged with having been concerned in the
revolt. All the prisoners will shortly be
tried by court-martial. Two hundred and
twenty-five rifles were found concealed in
honees around the Town Hall in Dom
Pedro smiler°.
Military law will remain in force in
Oporto for a month. Several fugitives of
the number of them engaged in Saturday's
insnrrection of garrison troops were cap
*tired to -day on the Spanish frontier.
—Rider Haggard has in prime a Zulu
romance.
A curious scarfpin won by a Nashville
man is a petrified human eye, set in a gold
frame. The present owner of thia singular
ornament found it ne Peru while he waa on
an exploring tour in the land of the Incas
with a party of Scientists.
Judge Baker, of Chicago, amides that the
Salvation Army may henceforth parade
with fifes and drums and disport itaelf
it sees 111 in its noisy enthesiasna.
—If Mr. Parnell and Kitty O'Shea borne
to this country on their wedding tour the
ooming ;rummer, the oirone Will be just
nowhere, is the opinion a the Boston
Heraldo
VIA O4T-0'-NINE-TAILS.
.FLingston Oonvtot Gets Twenty Lashes
on the Bare Back.
BIG WELTS ON HIS BODY,
A Kingston despatch mays; One mouth
ago James McRae, alias McGuire, was sent
to the Penitentiary from Toronto to serve
five years for incest. For the first time in
conneotion with such a reentence the court
ordered the vile man to be lashed, twenty
at the end of one month and twenty at the
termination of three monthe. The whip-
ping occurred at 11 o'clock on Saturday in
the prieon dome. McRae, a fairly well
proportioned man, about five feet nine
inches in height, was brought out from hie
cell. He was placed on a triangle and
strapped. His bath was bared to the wait.
Dr. Strange was present and deoleired that
McBee was physically able to stand the
lashing. The warden, several prison
officers, and a small company of convicts
who had offended and were in a fair way
of reaohing the triangle, were witnesses of
the dread scene. As soon as the time
came for the work a stout officer etepped
to the Bide of the convict with a cat.ohnine.
tails in his hand. The lashes, knotted
and quite thiok, were fastened to a stout
piece of wood used as a handle. The sen-
tence of the court was read and listened
to without change of countenance on
the part of McRae. Then the word of
commend wee given and the oat swung
through the air. It came down with a
swish on the white back of the offender,and
a livid line was seen across the skin. The
snoceseive ten lashes were laid on without
stint. Another officer then stepped forward
and the second ,consignment was given
with equal force. The upper part of the
back grew darker in hue and the impression
of the lash stood out in bold relief. Befere
the twenty outs were laid on the flesh
looked broken, and blood oozed out of the
swollen linee. Molted) was stoical. From
the first to the het he received them with.
out an outcry or even wincing, and the
punishment was by no means light. His
back was covered and he was returned to
his cell to meditate over the matter. The
conviots who stood by were muoh inn
pressed, and various oheeke blanched as the
ferocious est was seen to fall with regular-
ity and enaphaeis upon the bared body of a
fellow-conviot. The details were carried
out with precision, and the publication of
the way puniehment is administered here
must have a deterrent effeot upon the
minds of offenders. The public and the
press were debae.red from seeing the
whipping.
FIERCE COLLEGE FIGHT.
Sophomores and Freshmen Make a Dis-
graceful Exhibition of Themselves,
A Philadelphia despatch says: One of
those fierce freshmen -sophomore contests
which mark and diserace student life at
nearly all the colleges took place yesterday
at the Univereity of Pennsylvania. It was
the annual bowl fight, and Freshman
Harry Engene Hayward, of this city, was
chosen " Bowl men." The " Sops" got
out a large wooden bowl, built at the Navy
yard for the occasion, and then getting
Hayward, fought over him for a halt hour,
almost getting him into their bowl. His
classmatee finally rescued him. Hayward
was more dead thee alive, black in the face,
with all the clothes torn from his body,
and covered with bruises from the terrible
drubbing, wrenching, and trampling under
foot he received. Then the freshmen re.
turned and tried to capture the bowl and
break it, bnt failed after an hour's eifforts.
Football player Beaumont saooeeded in
knocking down a half eoore of opponents,
and then received a blow over the eye that
cat his forehead open, and required his
exit to the hospital. It was a most brutal
affair.
A CUTE CHINAMAN
Defrauds the United States Government
Out of 830,000.
SAN FILisoiSCO, Cal., Feb. — A scheme
has just come to light whereby a sharp
Chinaman has swindled the TJnited States
Government out of some 530,000 revenne.
It is their custom here when goods are
imported to take to the appraiser's store 10
per cent. of them, from which the duty is
to be calculated. The Custom house
broker has to file a bond of ' $400 for the
payment of the duty, and the owner is
then allowed to take the other nine -tenths
to hie place of bueiness. On January 1 a
Chinaman went through this routine,
leaving 10 per cent. of a large shipment of
opium with the appraiser. He is now
wanted to pay the duty, but cannot be
found. As the duty on the fall amount of
opium he imported will be about $35,000
and the 10 per cent. left by him is only
worth $3,500, he makes a clear profit of
over 530,000.
Gave Sam Jones a Caning.
A Palestine, Tex„ despateh says: At a
meeting here lest fall Rev. Sam Jones, the
evangelist, spoke of Mayor J. J. Wood's
official and private character before a large
audience in the severest terms. The Mayor
was then absent from the city. Mr. Jones
lectured here lest night, and as he was
about to take a train this morning, the
Mayor appeared and vigorously oaned him.
In the struggle the cane changed hands and
the mayor received several blows. Heavy
bruises were inflicted, and both bled pro.
fasely. Mr. Jones soon left town on the
trein. Wood was arrested and placed un-
der bonds for aggravated assault and for
carrying e pistol. He deolaree he had no
intention of doing anything further than
caning Jones.
Canadian Burglars Abroad.
A Beffedo despatch says: Wm. Fortier,
a Canadian drug clerk from a frontier
county, and Robert Johnstone, another
Canadian youth, moupetion brakeman,
made a raid on various saloons last night.
Seifert's, the Silver Dollar and Prierner's,
all located on principal streets, were burg.
lerized and the money in the till in each at
the hour of closing was gobbled. The
burglars were 'captured, after a these, at
the point of the revolver by officers. They
were held to appear at the Court of
Sessions.
"1 understand they've discovered the
original men throngh whose whiskets the
wind blew." " Who wets it ? " " Blue.
beard I "
It is proposed in Paris to do away, as far
at possible, with lunatic asyluras and to
place inesne persons who are not prone to
violence° in the homes of country people,
who will be suitably remunerated by the
State.
—He, an artist—I would ever ao mach
like to want yen l She—I thank you very
much, but it is not neceesary, became I
paint myself.
Woodby Swell—Say, Fwed, I was milling
on my best girl last night, and at half after
10 her pa came into the parlor and turned
off the gas. What do you suppose the old
beggar meant? Fred Oldun—Why, light
Orli, Of coarse.
ThB 44MIPAN 4I4OON.,
Some Senators .Alarmed at the Possibilities
of War.
AT THE MERCY OF GREAT BRITAIN,
A Washington despaoth says The For-
tification Bill was before the Senate this
afternoon. .Dieoussing an amendment to
reduce the sum asked, Mr. Cockrell said
he regarded it system of cost defences,
which would oast 8125,000,000, 1b8 utterly
worthless and an absolute waste of money.
Ieolated as the United States is it could
reeiet the combined powers of the entire
earth. We have no risk to run. ,Mexioo is
our friend. The Canadians are our
friends. Suppose they are our enemies,
what do they amount to?
Mr. Frye—Not a row of pins.
Mr. Cookrell—That is so. But weVan
take Canada as a full compensation for any
poseible injury Great Britain may at any
time hereafter do rm.
Mr. Hawley ridiculed the pretension that
the United Slates could whip any other
people on the face of the earth. There was
a population of 63,000,000 in the United
Skates, nimble of supplying the finest
troops that the world had ever seen, but in
case of an immediate and unexpected de-
claration of war they would be what Wel.
ungton called carrion for powder. What
would the British nation oars for a square
mile of such troops, armed with rifles that
would not shoot over 1,200 yards? He did
not want to show the nakedness of his
oountry, but it so happened the whole world
knew already that the United States wae
abeolutely helpless. The Government
could not negotiate to.day with adventege.
That was the Bible treth. Great Britain
had e magnificent harbor at Halifax, pro.
tected by noble batteries and the beet fleet
in the world. She had another naval eta -
tion at Bermuda and another on the north-
western coast, so close to the United Stetes
that vessels in fleet harbor could throw
shots across the line. Wars exploded
without notice. It was said Great Britain
would not fight, ole., but John Bull got
mad and made an ass of himself like other
people. ' He fought against robbery, and
sometimes he fought for the sake of rob.
bery. In twelve or eighteen hours Great
Britain could assemble a fleet at Portland,
in eighteen or twenty hours at Boston, and
in twenty-four hours, perhaps, at New
York. British war vessels in the harbor
of New York could levy a tribute of five
hundred or a thonsend million dollars on
the city of New York, and NGW York would
be compelled to pay it. In the meantime
those "gallant sons of liberty" by the 100,-
000 or the 500,000 might be arming, but
they would not be worths single lest year's
bird's nest. The harbors of Boston, Port-
land, New York, Charleston, New Orleans
or San Francisco could not be defended, as
they had no modern guns.
•Mr. Dolph also spoke in favor of ade-
quate coast protection.
Mr. Blair ridiculed Mr. Dolph'e and Mr.
Hawley's fears of war with any nation.
Great Britain had no conceivable motive to
make war against the TJnited States. He
offered an amendment looking to an inter-
national conference for the euppression of
the slave trade, and of the trade in intoxi.
(eating liquors, firearms and gunpowder in
Africa.
Mr. Cockrell read the report of the con-
ference of American nations on the subject
of international arbitration, and argued
that appropriations for war preparations
were placing thetUnited States in a fain
light.
PARNELL ON THE STIMEP.
He Asks the Dublin People to Have Pati-
ence—He Would Gain a Parliament fur
Them
DUBLIN, Feb. — Mr. Parnell spoke here
to.day. Hie journey from Dublin to Ennis
was a triumphal progrees. There was a
remarkable series of demonstrations in hie
honor along the route. At every stoppage
an address was presented to Mr. Parnell,
to which he briefly replied. At Athlone
thousands of people had gathered at the
stetion with bands, torches and illuminated
devices and the crowd vainly tried to per-
suade Mr. Parnell to stop there.
Upon arriving at Ennis Mr. Parnell was
greeted by the reoeption committee and by
a dense multitute of people from the Bur.
rounding distriots. A procession was
formed with bands and banners, and Mr.
Parnell was escorted to the place of meet-
ing in front of O'Connell's (Aetna, where a
platform Dad been erected. Mr. John
Finnoane, M. P. for East Limerick, pre -
Bided.
Mr. Parnell in his speech declared that
Ireland had stood feet to her claim to be
sovereign within her own domain. He
refused to admit any English veto as far
as his own business wee concerned, as in
1880 he told the Irish people that they
would win and events had proved the truth
of his words, so in a few days they would
know the truth of his declaration, that they
had won 3, settlement of this cmeetion which
would be everlastiugly creditable to their
patriotism. Thy would gain a Parliament
with real power to protect the interests of
every class, to settle the questions of land
and police, to disarm and convert the
constabulary into a civil force under the
control of Ireland's elected representatives.
Under such a parliament Ireland would
realize her aspirations to be a nation. For
this he had fought through many long
years, and at the foot of this (O'Connell'o)
statue asked them to have patience and
judge him by results. (Loud cheers.)
During the afternoon Mr. Parnell was
presented with addresses by numerous
public) bodies. In the evening he returned
to Dublin en route for London. To.day's
meeting was the last of those definitely
arranged for Mr. Parnell.
Bradlaugh Burled.
A London cable says: The remains of
Charles Bradlatigh were to -day laid to rent
in the cemetery at Woking. Speoial trains
from this city conveyed fifteen hundred
admirers of the greet free thinker to the
Surrey tomb. In accordance with arrange.
mento previonsly agreed upon, the care.
monies were of the simplest kind. Many
of those who followed the body to the
cemetery wore various colored ribbons in
their hats.
About 2000,people gathered around Mr.
Bradlaugh's grave Among those present
were Mr. John Morley, Mr. Henry Le-
boucihere, Mr Beaant, and a number of
members of the House of Comroone. The
coffin Was covered with fiorel wreaths, but
no mourning garments were worn, nor was
there any display of crape or black cloth.
Complete silence was maintained by all
who gathered around the grave.
The following are thecenima chief officers
for the different Provinces in the approach.
ing census: Prince Edward blend, R.
Hunt ; Nova Scotia, Jonathan Pareons
New Brunswick, Ed, Barr; Quebec, P. E.
Leblance ; W. E. Jonee, J. M. Desblet and
.f. H. Charlehois ; Ontario, Andrew
Brooder, A. F. Campbell, Philip McRae
and Rufus Stephenson; Relenitobe, El. S.
Donaldson; Nerthweet Territoriee, B. P.
Richardson British Columbia, G. A.
Surgiston.
RIS HEAD CET OFF,
Murderer Yyraud Guillotined in Paris
this Morning,
Ho ',Repulsed the Priests and Would Have
None of Their PraYors—life itieba's
Beath Kiss Received with Auger—His
stead, Sliced off with the Keen Knife,
Rolls in the Sawdust and all is Over.
Paurs,'Peb. Illiehasl Eyraud, the murderer
of the Notary (louffe, was guillotined at 7.20
o'clock this morning. Byraud met his fate with
fortitude or sullen resignation. There were few
witnesses of the execution owing to tbe fact that
It was not generally known that the famous
criminal would meet death to -day. when the
governor of the prison, La Rouqueite, and the
prison chaplain, Abbe Faure, were ushered into
Byrand's cell a short time Previous to the h ,ur
fixed for the condemned man 'a execution, they
found he was already pp and dressed, evidently
forewarned (contrary to the rules) by some
kind-hearted prison official. Byra,ud declined
a glass of cognac, which was tendered
him by one of the warden, aud
in spite of the earnest solleitatione of Abbe
Faure, the murder positively, even angrily, re-
fused to listen to the good priest's prayers, to
pray himself, or to he.vo any religious rites per-
formed in his behalf. The Abbas pleaded with the
criminal in that dark cell all this morning, while
within and without the prison all preparations
were made to usher the sullen prisoner into
another world was probably the most solemn
and dramatic incident of the execution. But
10 yraud's iron will was not to be shaken even in
the presence of death, and ho continued
impatiently to refuse religious consolation.
While on the death mann to the guillotine,
which had been erected during the night on the
Place De Da Roquette by Me De Paris and his
grim assistants, when pinioned and on the
point of being overturned upon the basoull of
the guillotine, upon tho plank which WaS to
glide with him beneath tho ratio suspended
knife, Eyraud, with a movement as
if of angry contempt or resentment,
refused to return the last kiss bestowed
on him by Abbe Faure, as customary in the case
of criminals on the point of being executed. The
action of the guillotine, once Byraud's neok was
well beneath the uprights, was instantaneous.
There was a flash, and all was over. Byroad's
head had Pollen into the sawdust-illled recept-
acle which awaited it. Then followed the usual
meek funeral, and the body ot Gouffe's murderer
was banded over to his (Byroad's) relatives and
acquaintances
IN DARKEST GUELPH.
A Shocking Story of Misery, Dirt and
Arrink.
People have been often shocked to rend
of the want and squalor in which millions
of the civilized nations of the world live,
but ocoasionally incidents are brought to
light in this fair country which might sur.
pass them for the misery and degradation
shown. In Guelph, for instance, there is a
family composed of what is termed a man,
his wife and eight small children. The
wife is dying with consumption. Not being
able to rise from bed, the house has be-
come so filthy as to defy description. Two
neighbors attempted to °leen it out but
turned sick before they had gone tar, and,
it is reported, almoet had to burn their
clothes. A charwoman refused to have
anything to do with it. A minieter stayed
in two minutes, and those who have seen
it say they never saw anything like it.
The husband ie a drunken brute, cares
nothing for the rest of the family, eo that
his own appetites may be fed. He mime
home the other evening intoxicated and
deliberately squirted tobacco juice down
the throat of the helpless woman, as she
was speaking to him. In other ways he
has ill•used her so that the neighbors com-
ing in have taken her for dead. Temporary
arrangements were made on Saturday
whereby the woman was taken to St.
Josephie Hospital; the children will be
oared for, and the man allowed to shift for
himself. It is understood sleet no aotion
can be taken against him, as the wife isnot
in a condition to lay the information.—
Guelph Mercury.
HOW TO FIND A. MINE.
Different Sorts of Mines Are Discovered in
Various Ways.
Few people in tbis part of the country
have any idea of the diffioulty of finding a
mine. A man who follows it for a living
must thoroughly understand the nature of
the district in which he is. Different sorts
of mines are found in different ways, says
a writer in the St. Louie Globe Democrat.
If you are in a placer district, of course,
you have nothing to do except to walk along
a stream, with a pan in your band, and
test the soil by washing till yen come to
pay dirt. But if you know nothing about it
you will waste a great deal of time testing
dirt that an experienced prospeotor would
know at a glance contained no gold. In
a true fissure or contact district the
experienced prospector will walk along the
bottom of the gulches looking for "floats,"
although he expects to find the mine far up
the mountain side. The float is vein mat.
ter which breaks off with the settling of
the mountain and rolls down its sides.
The prospector, who is acquainted with
the cistrict, knows it at once, and when he
fields it climbs the mountain till he aecer-
tains where it came from. A tenderfoot
would never know what it was. But some-
timee a tenderfoot strikes it richer than
anybody. The Silent Friend mine at
Pitkin, Col., which showed a 9 -foot vein of
solid galena at the grass roots, was found
by two Swede railroad hands who didn't
know what the metal was, and gave
away three-fourths of their interest before
they discovered its value. Experienced
prospectors have been over the ground
thousands of times, but there were no ex-
ternal evidences of the lead. The Swedes
found it by rolling a bowlder down the
mountein. The mineral cropped out from
the piece where the bowlder had been. The
great carbonate fields of Leadville were
found by a man who was thought to be
insane for sinking a theft where there were
no external evidences of mineral. He
foaled the carbonate in a "blanket vein,"
lying level as a sheet of water, a great die
tanoe below the ground. A regular pros.
pector would never have sunk a shaft
there. But where one tenderfoot strikes it
that way a hundred thousand get broke
and go home disgusted.
The Longest Straight !Railroad Track.
The new Argentine Pacific Railroad,
from Buenos Ayres to the foot of the
Andes, has on it whet is probably the
longest tangent in the world. Thiel is 340
kilometers (211 miles) without a curve. In
this distance there is not a single bridge
and no opening larger than an ordinary
culvert, no cut greater than one meter in
depth, and no fill of a height exceeding one
meter. There is almost an entire absence
of wood on the plain across whittle the
western end of the road is located. This
has led to the extensive nee of metallic
ties, which will be employed on nearly the
entire road.
"The Twelve Teinptatione" has coined
wealth on the New England circuit for
Manager Gillmore. The big spectacle as
several theneand dollars ahead of receipts
for lad season np to this time.
juatin Bantle, Morlarthy and F. C.
Burnand, eaoh of whom had itonceived the
idea of writing a play founded on story of
"Carmen," have agreed to work in concert.
Their piece, when completed, will be pro.
&Wed by Mrs. Langtry.
NO T vieltr irltAciadtc.
A Gruff Doctor Gives a Young. /Mtn a Tip on
His Best Girl.
A oynical doter, withal a man of won -
aerial resources and e; quick mind, lives on
one of the avenues on the aouth aide, says
the Chicago Tribune. He was in his study,
a few nights ago, when a young man came
in and began questioning him about the
propriety of marrying. l'he young man
raved fooliehly over his, sweethear etn&,
called her sugelio and eo on. He wee
afraid she was too fragile for this world.
The old doctor granted.
" Fragile, eh ?" he asked. "How fragile 2'
Ever test her fragility ? Let me give you
some figures about her arad womankind in
general, showing how fragile they are. Let
ns euppose thet this pieoe of perfection is
in moderate good health. She will live to
be, say 60 years old. Women don't like
to die any more than men do—not as rattoh
—for women never grow old; you know.
Lieten to me. She will eat one kound of
beef, mutton or some other flffh every
day. That's 365 pour& of meat in a year.
"In sixty years it's 21,900 pounds. HOW'S
thet for fragile? She will eat as much
breed and as much vegetables per diem,
and there you have in sixty years 43,800
pounds of bread and meat. It she is not
too angelic she will drink daily no less than
Iwo quarts of coffee or tea. And by the
time ;she is ready to have a monument she
will have consumed 175 hogsheads of
liquids. Fragile ?
"Now, young man, them figures do not det
include the forty or fifty lambs she will
worry down with mint Sauce. It does not
take into consideration the 2,000 spring
chickens, the 500 pounds of butter, the
50,000 eggs and the four hogehee,ds of sugar
she will consume in sixty yeere. It doesn't
take into consideration her ioe cream, her
oyeters, her clams and such. AU this
means about forty-five tons. Fragile
Think of your affinity in connection with
these figures, and then rave over her being
fragile. Young man, you are a fool.
Boob 1"
THE GUINEA PIG,
A Creature That, From one Point of View,
Stands Absolutely ,Alone.
The secretary of the Selboree Society of
England, an association of lovers of wild
nature, has lately written an account of the
guinea pig. This creature, the writer says,
steinde absolutely alone, from one point of
view. Do what you will, it is impossible
to make a friend of him. Titmice, robbss,
squirrels, wild docile, mimes, even rate
and mice, have been found amenable
to kindnees. Even Romen snails, Egyptian
beetles and butterflies have been taught to
recognize their mestere and show a friendly
interest in them. The guinea pig is an
abeurd little animal for a number of
reaeons, and one of the most remarkable
absurdities about him is his name. He is
not & pig of any kind,nor any relation to the
pig, and 'lobes nothing to do with Guinea.
He is a kind of rat and bis native home is
South America. Why he should have been
called a "pig" no one knowe, unless it was
on account of the elight grunting noise
that he makes ; and the word "guinea" in
hie case may be a corruption .of Guinn,
where the animal has sometimes been
found, thongh it was first brought from
Brazil. His real name is the "cavy" and
by that he should be called. In his wild
state be ie quite differently colored from
the domesticated animal and lacks the
spotting of white, black and tawny color
which the tamed cavy often has. It lased
to be commonly etippoeed that tbe guinea
pig drove away ordinary rats, or rather
caused them to go awey on account of
their extreme dislike of him, but even this
negative merit is deuied to the poor little
animal. No one, however, is able to deny
hie gentlenese and submissivenees.—Youth's
Companion.
FROZEN WATER -PIPES.
What to Do Before the Plumber comes.
To fled the water pipes leaking, frozen,
or perhape buret, is no rare occurrence
during the winter in the modern much -
plumbed housee. Nothing more thoroughly
demoralizes the domestic machinery than
such unlucky happenines. Floors are wet,
ceilings leak, the water is shut off, and the.
whole household ie at a stend still, waiting
for the vexatious will.ohthe-wasp, the
plumber. Whenever the leak ie visible, the
housewife can mire the ill heraelf, at least
temporarily. Shut off the water first, and
then spread some white lead on a cloth,.
like a plaster. Tie this firmly over • the
leak, and the plaeter will mon harden, fon
the water cannot work its way out or pre-
vent the plaster's adhering. Unless the
plumber will make thorough repairs when
de does come, the lead 'easter is more
permanent then any puttied joint or
weak solder. Let a pound of white -
lead stand a day or two until a skin has
formed over it, and then cover it with
water. It will be soft end ready for use at
any time, and the housewife can " snap her,
fingers at the plumber's ways," to para-
phrase Sir Joseph Porter, es beet snits a.•
frosty morning. Strips of rubber cut from..
old rubber shoes and bound tightly over the
leaks in hot.water pipes will clout the holes •
and stop the dripping flood. When the
water freezes in the two of the bath -room
or the kitchen sink, a quart of common salt,
thrown into them will thaw them ont more
rapidly than hot water. A lighted lamp
placed under a frozen water -pipe is mom
rapid and convenient its work than pouring
on hot water. A lamp, the flame partly
lowered, placed ander an exposed bend or
length of pipe which hi liable to a freeze is
a simple preventive of trouble in bitter
weether.—Harper's Bazar.
New Use for Tam o' &hankers.
Some ingenious young women make
pretty and convenient workboxes out of a
Scotch Tem o' Shanter cap, says the New
York Times. One of soft, gray tenets is
lined with pale pink silk, and finished on
the head band with the inevitable little
bow, whioh in this case is a rosette, which
seems the sine qua non to a woman's gecora-
tive scheme. The cap rests by it own
weight conveniently open on a work table,
and forms a really capacious and aefe
pocket for spools, thireblee and odds and
ends, while the soft exterior offers an at-
tractive needle cushion.
Dangers Attending Meaeles.
The Journal d'HygienePopulaire for Jann
airy says : " Moulted are very prevalent
in Montreal. This diseitee is far from
being of a hattnlese character, as a benevo-
lent pablio imagine. Meas/es are not
dangerous to look at, but they become so
and even retorted by complications, For
this reason it is always well to attend to
their cure at once. Thia year they have
been of a most malignant character. Con.
vulsions often complicate the nature of the
disease, and the following have also been ob-
neevedsdiphtheria, bronchitis, infiemmation
of the lunge, sortie on the month and the
sirs."
The htieliand of Rosins Vokes,. Mr.
Cecil Clay, is still on twiddles by nation of
his recent accident on tbe stage 61 the,
Madison Square theatre, New Yoth.