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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-2-26, Page 2THE BOILER BLEW VI% QUebe0 ractory Weeelied ana Xally rMpleyeee 1311.ted Alive. TRIBAY atooaRs ALRUstateer FOUND. QuEBBs, Feb. — About 9.45 this morn. ing the boiler in the Quebec. Worsted (tom. pectin factory at Hare Point exploded, oompletely demolishitig the engine house and about half the factory, A large num. ber of the hands were buried ha the ruins. Anumber are doubtless killed. Mr. Styles the engineer, ie the only name of those 'killed as far as known. The work of re. moving bodies from the debris is now Actively going on. Later—Thirty hoaxes have been removed ..tep to the present. A temene Accouse. The works of the Qaelon Worsted Com. pany, where this morning's fatal exPloeion occurred, are attested at Hare Point, on the northeastern outokirte of the city, and cover a large area, and employ more hands than any other nattnufmturing establish. meta in the city. They had been clued for two weeks while the boilers and machinery were being overhauled and erefitted. Operations were to have been resumed this morning and about 300 of the operativee were on hand; but owing to 'mine cane the ixiaohinery was not started and they were dienaissed. Moet of them fortunetely went back to their homes, but many remained about the building, a number keeping in the vicinity of the engine room for the sake of the warmth. About 9.45 there was a sudden exploeion, 'whiole completely wreeked the engine ana • dye houses and damaged a large part of the main building. A great crowd gathered immediately and the work of rescue com- menced. The fire brigade was called ,ont, but fortunately the horrors of :fire were not added to the calamity. THE nzan aim iNatnno. B Battery hos been ordered down to Assist the police to keep order and control the enormous crowd of excited men and women who block up " every avenue of approach. In the great confusion it is not possible to get at a reliable list of killed and injured tintil the ruins are thoroughly iexamined. It is impossible to give the tonnaber of dead and injured. Several persons reported among the dead lave turned up, having left the mill before the explosion. About twenty dead have already been taken out, besides as many badly injared. Among those identified an: Win. Forest, dead; A.melie, Cote, badly melded; Alex. Martineau, dying; Mise Rosseetu, broken thigh and fractured skull; John Morrison, fractured skull; Timothy Enright, injuries about the head; Pierre Person, melded and bruieed; P. Moulin tinkled : Emetic, Bente, dying; Mies Mercier, dead; Jdeeph Dufresne, dead ; Henri Laliberte, dead; Jos. Matsui, dead; 3. Styles, badly injured; H. Styles, •badly scalded; John Lamontagne, dead; Arthur Tweedle, dead. There is a good force of doctors and surgeons on hand and the wounded are resosiving prompt attention. On account of the large number of persons who left their 'homes to work in the building this norning the number missing is probably much exaggerated, for se already stated, the greater proportion had left the building lettere the explosion occurred. The cause of the accident is not at present known. it is thought some of the pipes may have been frozen while the fires were out, and so named a stoppage when steam was got up. The body of the engineer (Francoeur) of the works was found crushed out of all thspe by the mass of debrio which covered him. Mr. Stoyles, reported injured, has since died. His son is thought to be dying, Mre. Dion, foreman of the spinning department has a broken arm and leg, Emmanuel Filteatfinbroken arm, Caroline Tiforrieette, bruised and soalded, C. Vel. leneuve, dying, Ed. Morrison dying, Gus- tave Blouin dead, Arthue Rosman dead, Peter Clement deed, Pierre Girona dying, T. Lemelin slight injuries, — Lee dead. QuEsnc, Feb. — The marches were ,earried on till 12 o'clock last night for the body of Pierre Clement, who is still buried tinder the ruins of the Quebec wonted mills. At 11 o'clock one of his legs wee found, but there are yet no traces of hie body. Chas. "Villenenve, joiner, died lost night from the „severe injuries received by the explosion. Another of the victims reported in our list of the wounded yesterday, Alfred Pearson, -aged 16, died at the Marine Hospital at 9 o'clock this morning, his 'brother Pierre Peareon is lying in a -enticed condition at Rotel Dien. We visited the wounded victims' ward. The ,first on the right side of the entrance is John inorrison. His head is terribly out and he is unconscious, may not live till ao.night. Next to him is Elz Couture, of Halifax. He is badly braised about the head and has broken legs, is doing pretty fair. Next to him is Francis Blouin, of Levis, fair condition. Young George Morrieon, is the wont of them all; he is 'terribly disfigured by outs end end scalds And will die. He ie the son of John Mani. eon. Alex. Martineau is the next in order. Be is the father of seven children. He 'etiffere tortures with ranch fortitude, and may recover. Enaelie Beale, 14 years of age, -has compound fractures of both lege and a deep gaeh in the right groin. Drs. Ahren and Catellier dressed her injuries this morning. She may recover. The poor ohild is suffering,intense pain. The other injured have been carried home, and are doing well. Squads of men have been working all the morning to get at the remains of Pierre Clement, but unenoceesfully. Heavy •machinery and piles of stone and briak are •lying over them. Coroner Belleau swore in a jury at 2 • p. m. Inunedieitely after the jury visited the scene of the disaster. A meeting of the directors will be held tomorrow, when Coroner Belleau will hove given onion that the rains may be cleared by the proprietors. An estimate of the damage will be given. It is thought, however, that it will Teach •576,000. It is doubtful if the company will continue • oPeratione in this oity. They contemplated iraneferring their plant to Sherbrooke, where thebninees could be ouried on more efficiently on account of bettor situation. The mill employed daily 200 rnen. A. Qaebeo deepetth of Monday says: It is atilt feared that young Hoyles, another miotim of the boiler explosion, may die. He wilt be the twetity.second viotina. All the other saferers are improving. rrencois Dion, one of the men who wee working at the engine when the boiler exploded, says they had commenced the not on Weigel. May afternocin with 74 pounds of steam. hut oonId not' get the engine to work, Next •Merning they decided to increase the pres. Imre, but suodeeded no better. Dien, etie- .iing the boiler become red hot, eta fearing aecident, threw hineeelf under the ele�r. mous flywheel, weighing shoat 20,000 pounds. tie had hardly done thief when he boiler blew tip, linkinga terrible report Awed shaking the ground. The chimney rose about three or four feet and mune down in thowers of brielts, Width °melted everything beneath them. Dion owed leis safety to the wheel, which prevented the debris from crushing him. He says the pipe conveying the water to the boiler had begomelfrezen, Tun xemsese. The inquest was continued to.day. Ben. jernin Havey, engineer, deposed as fol. lows: "On the morning of the fire I arrived at the factory about six o'clock, and &mended the fire hole to eee that the boilers, were in order, as was my customary habit. I found them in good order at that • time. Fred. Henley wee engaged in firing up. He had about 60 or 65 pounde of steam on, I met Mr. Hoyles, who told me to put steam on in the main building. I imme- diately executed hie order and asked Hanley if he had math water in his boiler. He replied that there was as much as usual, the gauge being three.quarters full. I then went into the enginemoone, where Mr. Tweddell was taking off the cover of the etee,m cheat. He was aided by the men of Mesers. Carrier, Laint d 0o. I helped them until Mr. Lemelin, foreman of the above firm, sent me to join the foot valve. Arthur Pierson came with me. When we were ourying out the order Mr. Lemelin appeared, and at that moment the explosion 000urred. Ae we were etancling everything tumbled about ue with an awful orath, and we heard a general ory of distress. We were then underneath the engine in a cellar eight or nine feet high. It was where the con- denser was. In making our way out through the debris we heard moaning underneath the cylinder where the low pressure is, and there picked up Morrison and his eon and another named Pierson. We saw a good =thy corpses beneath the cylinders. It was there that Mr. Tweddell and Messrs. Carrier, Leine te COB. men were found dead. About five minutes before the explosion the steam gauge indi. cated 40 pounds of steam. Of this I am positive. The engine was under the care of Mr. Tweddell and the men of Messre. Carrier, Leine it Co. I was to be put in charge immediately after it was repaired. Deceased Hanley was attending to the boilers. He was at his post at 6 o'clock in the morning. The inquest was further adjourned. THE DOUR SUMMIT. Serious Interference With Traffic —A Ship- pers' Ultimatum. A London cable says: The labor Baum tion in England is most unsettled. No sooner is the Scotch strike ended than the smouldering discontent of the dockers has broken out afresh in Cerdiff and London. The ferment of the great dock strike has never wholly ceased. Troubles have been of weekly occurrence. The situation on Thursday assumea unexpected and important proportions, whiohlorced recog- nition of the strikersarrangements. Both here and at Cardiff an organized attempt is being made by theme?' unions to control the ehippieg interests. Over 4,000 men are out in Cardiff alone. Should the strike extend to the Dookere' Union and the minor unions controlled by it, half a million men will be thrown ant. A factor etrengtheningthe men is the ill-concealedimpe.tienoe with whith many firms maintain connection with the shipping federation. Ship -owners are obliged to pay thirty shilliogs weekly to board and lodge nononion men, and many aro tired of paying 3s. 6d. per ton for coaling when they could hematite work done by union men for le. 63.'per ton. The Shipping Federation has issued an ultimatum, which declares the dictation of the unions is 'unbearable, and that the federation will refuse to employ any man unless he pledges himself to embark on any vessel with which he signs articles, whether the remainder of the crew be unionists or not. The federation disavows any intention to interfere with the unions or to reduoe wages. A CRIMINAL At LARGE. The Whiskey Trust Dynamiter Jumps His Bail and Escapes. A Peoria, Ill., despatch says : It is the general belief here that George J. Gibeces, Secretary of the whiskey trust, is on bie way to Europe, and aided by plenty of money would escape. The only trust man found who would talk said Gibson had been gone since Thuraday night, and would not return, adding that the bail bond of $20,000 was & bagatelle. It was found to -day that Gibson eight months ago pur- chased fifty pounds of dynamite. About a month ago he bought a quantity of bisul- phide of carbon and phoephorus at a drug store. He had learned the secret of the compound from a chemist, and it is sup - pond he componnded the mixture intended for Dewar. Two special detectives arrived here on Thursday, and have been shadow- ing the tenet officers and distillers ever since. It is suspected they are looking for the maohinist who made tne rn whine sent to Dewar. A RUSSIAN ATROCITY. Jewish Boy's Forehead Branded With the Word " Thief " — His Sympathizers 33anished. Sr. PnrEssnono, Feb. — The Rabbi Marcus and a Jewish physician named Chassanovitale, living in Grodno, have been arrested and exiled from that Province for two years for sending tothe Government, in behalf of the Jewish com- munity, a petition demanding redrese for an outrage committed by a Russian Sweeter named Granvoski, who was charged with having branded the word " Thief" in three languages on the forehead of a Jewish boy who was mound of having stolen a small quantity of fruit. The peti- tion set forth that the case would excite the indignation of the civilized world. A Hundred Years to Come. Wouldn't you like to live until the year A. D. 2000 just to see the people and the world generally? Who knows but you might, if you observe the laws of health, and keep the Stomach, Liver and Bowels in full motion. The beet medioine known for this is Dr. Pierce's Plea:trent Pellets. They are small, sugarcoated granules, but powerful to euro; produce no nausea or griping; easy to take, and a sure nun for billionsnees, constipationheadache, and diseases produced by an inactive liver. A convenient vest pocket remedy. Risky Amusement. A Donald, B, C., despatch toys: A tad toboggan accident enured here last night at 10 o'clock. There le a double slide &dross the Colunebia, and while two tobog. gang were running in an opposite direction they • met with terrible force about the middle o the slide, badly injaring five per. sons. Min Len:wenn had a leg broken in two places and eves injtired about the head Mies May Evans, injured internally and in the held; Thornag Taylor i leg broken; Charles Camden, injured in the head and ankle sprained; T. Henderson, injured ab nt face and head. A. local option by-law we camierin omilata owitship yesterday. JAOK TIE& RIPPER, kt0f0 About tile WOMan round Murdered Whiteehapel, The Body Found in Swallows Gardens— ho Head Almost Severed From the Body:—IThe Victim a (mod -Looking Youug Woman ot 25 Years of age-,- " Carroty Nell" the Victim—An Arrest Made. Lorums, Feb. -- Further particulars in regard to the woman who 'was found dead in the Whiteolitapel dietriat this morning, and who is supposed to heve been murdered by Jack the Ripper," show that the is about 25 years of age and quite gooddook. ing, She was found lying on her back with her head ne,arly severed from her body. There was also a severe wound on the back ot lier head, caused, is is thought, by the fall she experienced whon her assailant knocked her down. The scene of this, possibly latest of the series of " Jack the Ripper" orintes, ie a dark narrow archway, known as "Swallows Gardens" and leading from Little Mint street to Chamber street. The archway referred to is during the busy hums a well.frequeated thoroughfare, especially used by railway employees and stable- men in peseing to end from their regimen in and about that neighborhood to their work. At all times of the night there are people awake in the houses and pedestrians passing about and through " Swellowe Gardens," but nobody nexus to have heard any ories of an alarming nature durifiebe early hours this morning, when the armee was committed. The murdered woman, judging from her appearance, belonged to the %handl:Med clue of females, and was fairly well dreseed. 1 hough her hair WB8 untidy, her clothing had not been disarranged. The police theory is that the woman was mur- dered while in a standing position, that the crime was probably the work'ibf " Jack the Ripper," and that the murderer was frightened away by the approech of some pedestrian before he had time to mutilate the body in. the manner already described in the orimes attributed to "Jack the RipperiThe blood was still warm when the body was found. There is no definite clue to the murderer and no aneeste have been made. A railroad em. ployee seem he saw the murdered woman talking to a man, apparently an1oreign seaman, just previous to the tim*7be murder is supposed to have been com- mitted, and the police are now engaged in narching all the vessels lying in the Thames or in the many docks about the port of London. The policeman who found the woman meat have reaohed the spot while the murderer was only a few yards away, Inc the victim's lips were stifirtwiteh. ing nervonely and her eyes were still rolling when the officer bent over her. LONDON, Feb. — It has been learned that the victim of today's murder was a woman of the pavements known as " Carrotty Nell." A man has been arrested on suapicion of having murdered her. He is miserably oled, but of refined appear- ance. No blood attains were found on him. He is held for examination. A London cable says: A woman has identified the remains of the victim BS those of a woman named Fromm% who was one of the many aufortunates who hanntoci Whitechapel district. The yvi. e' she left the iltranon wane morning in the company of • man the appearance of a sailor. . This men struck and insulted the witness on her ra. fusing to except leis offer of a half orown to acoompany him. She did not like hie looke, and advised the Frances woman to have nothing to do with hirn. The man arrested yesterday on suspicion of having murdered " Garroty Nell" is a saddler. He has been absent from England for eighteen months, or ebortr, the period which has elapsed since the last Whiteohapel murder. A woman detained as a witness Deserts she saw the prisoner quarreiling with the murdered woman early in the evening before the crime wee committed. A policeman who eves on daty on the streets in the vicinity of the crime has identified the prisoner as a mem he met about a quarter of an hour alter the murder. Tito policeman, noticing the man had blood on his clothes, stopped hied' and asked several questions regarding the bloodeteme. The man replied that he had been assaulted while passing through a street in the neighborhood of the dooko. The policeman not being aware that a murder had been committed was satisfied that the man was telling the truth and so allowed him to pees. The prisoner's face is bet:11y scretched as if by a woman's finger•nails. When questioned the man said he was ecratohed when he was asesulted near the docks. The prisoner stoutly denies having at any time met the murdered woman. THE PREVIOUS MURDERS. The follow ng is a list of " Jack -the - Ripper's " previous murders: 1. April 3, 188E1—Emma Elizabeth Smith, 45, bad a stake or iron instrument thrust through her body near Osborn street, Whitechapel. 2. Aug. 7, 1888.—Martha Tatham, 35, stabbed in 39 paces, George Yard Building, Commercial street, Spitalfields. 3. Aug. 31, 1888,—Mary Ann Nicholls, 47, throat cut and body mutilated, in Buck's Row, White- chapel. 4, Sept. 8, 1888.—Annie Chapman, 47, throat cut and body mutilated, Hanbury street, Spital- fields. 5. Sept. 30, 1888,—Elizabeth Stride, throat cut, Berner street, Whitechapel. 6. Sept. W, 1888 —Catharine Eddowes, 45, throat cut and body mutilated, Mitre equate, Aidgate. 7. Nov. 9, 1888.—Mary Jane Kelly, throat out and body mutilated, in Miller's Court, Dorset street. 8. July 7, 1889.—Woman, supposed to be Alice McKenzie, from Peterborough, throat cut and, body mutilated, in Castle alley, Whitechapel.'' 9. Sept. 10, 1889.—Elizabeth Stride, found uoder a railway arch in Pinehin street, Back Church lane, Whitechapel. 'Fifteen before I surrender," woe what the individual known as "Jack the Rip. per" ()balked on a shutter near the spot of one of his murders." In addition to the abovementioned crimes other murders of women have taken place, the perpetrators of which have not been brought to justice. Among them are: (1) Oat. 2nd, 1888, mutilated remains of woman found in new police buildings at the Westminster end of the Viotoria Embank. ment—nnidentified ; (2) Deo. 2Ist 1888, Woman found strangled In Clerlse's yard, High street, Poplar, ofterwarde recognized as Maud Millett, 26 years of age; (3) June 4th, 1889, and subsequent days, mutilated remaine of a women found in the Thames, afterveards identified B8 the body of Eliza. beth Jackson. A London cable says: The !Meet dis- covery made by the Metropolitan police in connection with the Whiteohapel murder of Friday morning lest, by whirl a woman known as " Ciarroty Nell" loat her life, bids fair to connect the man $3dIer 51OW in custody with this " Jack the • Ripper" crime. A knife was traced to the posSeseiOn of Sadler, who as maw Was a fireenan on beard a ateamor Which arrived frdln Tnekey. The pollee have no doubt that Sadler Wal3 the murderer o " Clarrety The prieonor Wes placed in the dook thie afternoon, Sieben wee dirty and snatched. He iseemed to be utterly oereless au to what happened to him and is apparently en. tirely oomposed. Ie kept hie /land in his pooket and glanced oelnaly around him as if he wag a diemterested party. During the examination a men testified that he heitheen Sadler in oompeny with the murdered girl on Thursday night. At, the witneee was making his statement the prisoner watched him eharply, and exclaimed, addreesing the man in the witness box, "Be care- ful about what you are eaving." Continuing, the witness described itt de. teil the visit of Sadler to a smell coffee shop Sadler, according to this witnets sat in the coffee house with the murdered girl and seemed to be quarrelling with her. Sadler, the witness said, olaimed to have been robbed. Finally Sadler and "Car- roty Nell" lel 1 the coffee shop oeperately. Upon the conclusion of the testimony the prisoner was remanded until Feb. 241h. Further details in regard to the blood- stained knife itt poesasion of the police show Sadler void the weapon to a niter on Friday, the day of the murder. Opinions differ as to whether Sadler is "Jack the Ripper." To avoid trouble the police transferred Sadler to the police court during the night, hoping thereby to avoid a vasi crowd of people, mostly women. The women are eager for a sight of the prisoner. Wild threat° of lynching and tearing the prisoner to pieces were uttered by the moat excited of those females. When the man Was VO. moved to the police court an immense force of polioe wao employed, and every precaution necessary was taken to prevent the Whiteohapel mob from lynahing the prisoner. Tho witneso admitted the priecner's face was scratched and bloody when he was 80011 in the coffee ehop. The prisoner was re- manded until Feb. 24th. DEVOURED BYWILDBEASTS. Horrible Treatment of Immigrants to Brazil. They Are Scattered in the Forests and Die of Hunger, Fever and Snake Bites and Many are Eaten by Wild Animals LONDON, Feb. — M. Dygasineki a cor- respondent of the Warsaw Courier has just returned from Brazil where he naade a tour of the Provinces of San Paulo, Parana and Santa Catharine. He declares the Brazilian Government threw every obstacle in the way of his eliciting the truth concerning the Emigration question. He says the Brazilian Government decided some time ago to import teu million emigrants and that the North German Lloyd Steamships Compaq had already landed 140,000 emigrants, receiving 300 marks each for them. The emigrants were not allowed to found colonies, hat were scattered in the forests in the interior and left to their fate to die at hunger, fever or snake bites, or to be devoured by wild beasts. Unable to aommunicate with their friends, a few who survived retraced their steps to Rio Janeiro, begging suetenance of the planters, who treated them like slaves and exe.oted from them exorbitant" services in return for scanty meals. At Rio Gronde the correspondent found 700 emigrants in a dying sten huddled in a wooden chapel, while thousands were camping in the streets of the oitiee through which he passed or in the primeval forests. Dyges. i Ingietestified on oath to the truth of e etatemente before the Braaten images inquiring into the scandal. Still the emi. gration offices are doing a roaring bminess, embarking emigrants even at night. The editor of the Warsaw Courierh&8 opened a repatrietion fund. MR. BLAINE EXPLAINS. -- He'll Talk Canadian Reciprocity After the Sealing Sourenhie is Ended. A Washington despatch eays : The Britieh Minister had a protracted Con- ference with Secretary Blaine to -day. It is understood that it related to some very importent matters, intending the Sayward ease, now before the Supreme Court, and the Behring Sea controversy. There waif also some discussion concerning the pro- pesed Canadian reciprocity schemes. The Secretary explained to the Minister what he meant by his letter to Representative Baker, in which he denied that any nego- tiations were pending looking to reciproael trade with the Canadian provinces. It appears that at that time nothing had been done in that direction. The Secretary, however, is aware that some of the Cana- dian authorities are anxious to enter into trade relations, but from some cause or other the Secretary is not dispoeed to entertain any propositions of that sort until some definite eettlement is made of the Behring Sea dispute. The proposed arbitration of Lord Salis- bury, and the propositions mentioned in Mr. Blaine's letter, which are to be sub- mitted for consideration, will, it is tinder. atood, not be taken up until the pending suit in the Supreme Court is ont of the way. A NOTED FORTUNE TELLER DEAD. Demise of Mrs. Barnes, the Witch of Plum KINGSTON, Feb. — Mrs. Barnes, the witch of Plum Hollow, is dead. She lived in a little log cabin four or five miles north- west of the village of Athens, end in the midst of a thickly populated farming com- munity. Though upwards of 90 years of age and generally conceded to possess won. derful divining powers, she was a mild. mannered, pleasant -voiced, and exceed- ingly intelligent woman, who when she had told your fortune from the cap, was not averse to a quiet chat on Bleb nom. monplacm topics as society or the state of the crepe. She was also the possessor of a charitable disposition, and though actively engaged in fortune telling for upwards of 50 years, during which time she has earned tho-asands and thousands of dollars, it is currently reported thet none of the wealth thus gained has been Denuded. She raised quite a large family, the dint son, Mr. Samuel Barnes, of Smith's Falls, being well known in that section. Widovir Sweetheart's Credit ITSed. New Yong, Feb. -- Police messages vibrate over the wine from ibis city ask. ing : Where is Harman Miller, who went to Nicholson Villege on the Lackawanna Railroed, wooed andwon rich young Widovv Randall, used her name to get credit on at the store, borrowed several hundred dollars more and her gold watch of her, and left without a wedding ?" There ie no answer to the messegew except from the widow. She says " I'm tdad that snob, a thief went away SO BOOM It is understood that Sir Henry, Tyler, Preeident of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, will Shortly pay a visit to Clenada for the purpose of establishing a Canadian board 3f directors. Petroleturi hoe been strnok in one of the elle now being bored at Game ANOTHLIA TOROIITO TBAGEDY. Obristopher Magnin Suspected of °wooing jam) Harding's Death. A GLIMPSE or. DARKEST TORONTO. A Toronto report flaye: The truth of the soriptural lesson, "The wages of sin itt death," was never more clearly illustrated than in the ehoolting deetla of Jane Harding, living itt No. 11 Ontario etreet, tst 10 ohdoelt on Satueday night. The story of the im. modiete crime, which there is no doubt ended her life, can be told in a few word% but the history of the lives ot the victim and the culprit, Christopher DloGrain, who id held on a preliminary charge of man. slaughter, would, fill pages, On Saturday morning about hali-pest 9 tbe pair, wbo had been living ,together for some months, bed a quarrel, it is alleged, over the purchese of a quentity of whiskey. Mo. Grain grabbed his mistral, by the throat with one hand and clutched her wrist with the other, and in "this manner forced her , upstairs. When they reached the top of the etairway he pushed her down the steps, and grebbing an earthen vessel which was at hand threw it with all Ids strength upon theprostrate woman at the bottom of the steers. An inmate of the house named Annie Spring, alias Annie Wilson, heard the cries of her landiedy and rushed to the epot. The woman wa8 assieted to ts low lounge in one of the two rootna downetair. She wae uneble to receive any food, owing to the swollen condition of her throat, and at 10 o'clock in the evening; she died. It is alleged that McGrain refused to go for a physician until he saw his mistress IN THE THROES OF DEATH, and when Dr. Ghent reached the place the yietim had expired. MaGrein was at onoe arrested by P. C. Brown and taken to No. 4 police etetion, from which place he was yesterday meriting transferred to the jail. He had very little to oay in connection with the crime, except that he was drunk at the time. The girl, Annie Spring, who has a most notorious reputation, was the only person in the horiee except MoGrain and Jane Harding at the tnne of the affray, and her evidence will be of vital importance. Her Rory is that the two were quarrelieg about nine whiskey, when MoGrain forced his paramour up stairs in order to compel her to give laim some money which Rio had demanded. Upon being stoutly refused he pushed her viciously down the steps, and seizing the vessel threw it with all hie etrengila upon the unconscious woman. After the arrest of McGrain the police netified Coroner Pickering, who went to the house about 1 o'clook on Sunday morning. He found deep indentures in the wornen'e throat and wriet, evidently made by finger. nails. As the clothing was not removed Iran the body it Was impoesible to ascer- tain to whet extent the woman hall been injured by the earthen vessel with which she was etruck. The photograph of Jane Harding can be found in elmost every rogues' gallery col. leolion on the continent. She was married 25 yeare ego to John Harding, and from that date up to the time of her death her life wits one of infamy and crime. In 1874 she and her husband opened a dive on Cen- tre street where toughs of tho oity con- gregated, and where numerous crimes were planned and executed. The piece was closely watched by the police and not a few of the present .penitentiary birds at Kingston were traized in this iniquitous den. Being compelled to leave Centre street the Hardings 'removed to York street, where they carried on a low whiskey dive. The relationship between husband and wife became somewhat streined about this time, and one morning Harding was found dead in kis bed. There were suspiaiono, but for want of evidenCG the case was not investi- gated. Mrs. Hardieg Inc tho next few years lived with severe./ mon who bore the hardiest order of ohmmeter. After the murder of Bertha Robinson at 74 Victoria lane, for which Tore Buckley was sentenced to fifteen years at Kingston, Mrs. Harding opened up in Buckler's old place, keeping about laer a nanaber of THE NOTORIOUS 0170REET GANG. From Victoria lane she removed in com- pany with hloGrain to the house on Ontario street, where she met her death. Tey had the reputedion of keeping the lowest dive in that part of the city, and so notorious did the piece beeernit that respectable people in the neighborhood lived in coristantjeopardy. Christopher lAcCtraici, the mon who will probably have to stend before the bar of juetice on it charge of murder, does not bear a spotless reputation. Charged with Murder. TORONTO, Feb. — Christopher Mo - Grain appeared in in the Polioe Court this morning, charged with wilfully mnrdeting his paramour, Jane Harding. He wore an anxious look, but did not utter a word. He was notasked to plead. Acting County Ci own Attorney Johnson asked for an investigation by the Magistrate, as a coroner's jury was not always reliable. The prisoner was remanded for a week, pending the holding of an bequest. A Bold Robbery. A London cable says: A daring robbery Wati committed here to -day. A styliehly dressed man accosted, in the National Pro- vincial Bonk of England, a clerk from the London branch of the Benk of Scotland. The clerk was etandbag at the public counter of the National Provincial Bank making a deposit. When spoken to by the stranger the clerk turned towards him and an accomplice matched the wallet, containing bonds and cheques worth many thousand pounds, and ran oat of the bank. He has not been captured. How a Beautiful Flower was Named. An old legend tells of two lovers, walking by the river Rhine. The lady begged her suitor to pluck a little pale -blue flower, growing on the bank. In doing 0, he fell into the water, and was drowned; but, while sinking, he threw the flower to her, and cried: "Forget MO not ! " Thousands of women will never forget what Dr. Pierce'e Favorite Prescription hos done for therm It is prepared specially to cure thoee diseases from which they alone suffer, and often in silence, rather than consult it phyalcian—as periodical pains, weak back, prolapens, and all uterine troubles. Pnrely vegetable, and guaranteed to give satisfaction in every case, or money refunded. —Saturday afternoon the Windsor di Sandwich Street Railway changed hared% The consideration was 525,000, and the purthaeors were James H. Clark, of Toledo, Ohio, capitalist; Willis C. Tuner, of Detroit, electrical engineer, and Edward A. Gott, of Detroit, connoillor.at.law. Miss Highmind—What did you think of Signor Travello, the new tenor Mies Giddygirl—Oh, I thought hie moustache was eimply stunning! Rebel, to Amy, returned from the lihral7—Wh8t hook am you get 2 Amy— " Shattered litoped." I thought you ietended to get Broken Hearts 2' " "1 did; but the binding didn't &witch My dress." WHERE GOOD HORSES WINTER, A 'Visit to MI: Joh Oyment's Stock Farm at Orlon: The first horn to nivOle mention of in Mr. John Dyment'e Oekney etablee is King Bob, by impend liieg Ban, dam by imported. Bonnie Scotland. He is the picture of heelth, and hie owner intends etanding him the comieg season. By the look° of his otook at the °limey Stud Farm, he ehould Aped ate oug the leading pins of the couutry e,i DO distant day. The next stall gives a glimpse of the gamest of Provinoe bred metree, Lucy Lightfoot, which dropped e beautiful foal on Sunday lest, Feb. 8th, whiela is pot only the first thoroughbred food dropped in the Dominion this season, but the fleet foal ever entered in a Canadian eteke race previous to foaling. The colt le a cendidate for the Stanley Produce Stake, to be run at Toronto at the spring' meeting of 1894. The next stall thrown open is ' Maggie May le., Thi e mere ie in foal to King Bob. Rousbelle, Allis D and Blaok Bird are all in fine condition and all in fool to King Bob. Bleck Bird is a fall sister to Luoy Lightfoot. The next thoroughbred mare shown is Fanny, by 085 King Tom, dam Ada, also darn of William, a Queenie Plate winner. The east etall has the thoroughbred mere Olga, by Coles - sus, dam by Retie, (no). dam full sister to Vanden Olga is en foal to King Bob, and the get will be another can - date for the Stiteley Produce Stakes. The fine mare Aunt Alice, full sister to William, is next brought out. in another stable are four thoroughbred yearlings looking the picture of health, also a beautiful yearling filly sired by Chief Justice dam Illalinda. In another stable are six thoroughbred 2. year.olde, all sired by Meg Bob. They have all got stake me:pigments for 1892. On going to the racing etable four 3.year. olds are to be seen. The first is Volga, oh. ft, sired by Enlaces L' . dam Olga, ent tend iu Breeden' Stakes, Toronto. Next lea beautiful brown filly celled Annie D.,by Terror, dam Roeabell, min entered in Breeders' Stakes. The next stall contains one of the most handsome fillies to be seen anywhere in the country, the oh. 1. Arrow, sired by Van Dorn, dare Aunt Alice, en- tered in Montreal Derby. The next to command attention is the b. o. Gladstone, sired by Terror dam Nettie, the darn of Lucy Lightfoot, Dingy May, Flip Flop and others also entered in Montreal Derby,a,nd if his looks are not deceiving thie horse will be there or thereabouts at tho fitneh. In a large' and opeciouti box anti ie where the race mare Flip Flop resides. She has grown since her debut at Chiongo, and should in the coming aeaeon be at her best. Going over to another etable it was seen that the farm was not exempt Irmo trotters. Here are Chief Junior., mred by Confederate Chief, the sire of cV:Iliam Arthur, record 2.194.) Cbief Justin stands 164 hands high, and looks all over the beau ideal of a trotter; Ada Paul, record 2 26. She has been bred to Chita Joe time In the adjoin- ing stall ie Little Molly, by Little Billy, dam by Terror; Maid oi Beverly, eired by Jupiter Abdallali, second dam, Lady Almont, by Benedict, son of Almont third, San Lady Rwidick, by Hembletonian, in feel to Issaoher, son or Frit:mese is next. Then Comes a fine three-) eer.old trotting fitly, in foal by Chief Justice. In another stable are two fine ozies i bay filly, regis. tared by the name of Principle. She is sired by Issechor, dam, Maid of Beverly. The other one is it. twp .3,aarsold aheetput stallion, by Leothard, teat of the Maid also. Melinda, a handsome mitre, sired by a trotting horse out of a thoroughbred mare, and in foal to Chief Justice, is next to, receive attention. Two geldinge, a four. and & three-year-old, elm! by Big Ben, out. of a thoroughbred: metre show remarkable trotting action. The above is not a com- plete list of the stock at. the Oreney Stud Farm. There are forty-two animate in all, fourteen of which en mares in foal, and eleven will be in training this coming: season to do battle for turf honors. A BET ON AN 0. J. C. EVENT. " A bet of $500 to 530 was me& in Toronto on Saturday that Mr. Hendrie's Versatile would not win the Wooestock Plate. BURNED TO DEATH. A Terrible Calamity IN hick Happened lis Russell County. OTTAWA, Feb. -- A. terrible calamity occurred last night mar the village of St. Albert, Cambridge townehip, Ruseell county, which resumed in the less of three lives. A family named Lafranoe lived in a, small house about a mile from the village. The family consisted of old Mr. and Mrs. Lafranoe, their daughter, her husband, Azarie Chartrand, and two children. Chartranel and his wife left yesterday tce visit Reeve LOUIS (Denier, of Cambridge,, and were away over night. Daring the night the house took Are, Mr. Lefrance awakening to find himself eurrounded by flames and smoke. He struggled to & win- dow and jumped mit, injuring himself severely. Mrs. Lafrance and the two children were burned to deoth in the house. The neighbors could:10 nothing to extinguish the fire, which burned itself out, only the remains being found. Mr. Leaman wae. found in a shed almoet frozen to death. He. has not been able to opeek, and there is lit. tle hope of hie recovery. BUSY BIRMINGHAM. Otto Week's Work—in England's Great, Manufacturing Centre. Here is what the factories of Birming. ham, England, produce each week, accord- ing to the Manufacturer andInventor Fourteen million pens, 6,000 bedsteads, 7,000 gun% 300,000,000 cue nail% 1,000,000, buttons, 1,000 saddles, 5,000,000 oopper or bronze coins, 20,000 epeotaclee, six tons oft papierdinaohe wares, over *150,000 worth of jewelry, 4,000 miles of iron and steel wirm 10 tone of pins, 5 tons of lasirpine and hooks and eyes, 330,000 grins of eorews for woodwork, 500 tons of nuts and ecrew.bolts. and spikes, 50 tone of wrought -iron hinges, 350 miles length of wax for wets% 40 tons, of refined metal, 40 tone of German silver,. 1,000 dozen of fender, 3,500 bellows and 800 tone of brese and copper wares. All theee things, to say nothing of the myriad other artiolite. such as pienoforteei cylinder casting% pereanbulators, wheels,. axles, Wee, looks, eta., eto. Accounted Ver. Norritiown tIerald : What's that awfui nein in the next room?' Asked the early guest at the banquet. "Thal," replied the newspaper reporter, who had already arrived with a sharp pencil and a sharper appetite, 4. roust bo the table groaning under all the deliottoies of the eenon.", • He—I hear you attend the Ciratorio Societynt taerfornaenoes. Were you present at the " Creation?" She (indignantly)—I suppose yen Will next want to know if Bailed in Noah's ark? ollothontleDellii:firirtalTrybeOfndoenninatlevledprfie?ordei.hb