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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-4-2, Page 6FIVE .1113ND.00 N1 St\IETY.,$)( %Men awl .Chililreit so. ilowti • to. Ooath IN THE. 'WRECK OF : THE :UTOPIA,: Impaled Upon the B am of a British Battle, sltip, the Water Rushes into the Doomed Vessel and l'iweep Her Bassengers tnto the Sea --Horrible Struggles for Life and Pitiful cries for Belp-Gallant Rescues Made. A London cable says : The British steemehip Utopia, from Italian ports, bound to New York with 700 Italian emi. grants aboard, collided toolay with the ritih ironoled Rodney, anchored io Gibraltar by, and sank soon afterward off Ragged Staff. A southwest gels was blowing at the time of the collision. Many women and children were drowned. A large number clinging to the rigging have been reeoued by boats from the ohannel equetdron. On entering the bay the Utopia, before colliding with the Rodney, ran into the ironclad Ammo. The Utopia sank within a few mintiteS. Beata Were imme- diately lowered from the British ironolad, and also from the Swedish mamonwer Mreret. These boate reeoned 180 persons, who are now on board the variant' veesels. Many others who were rescued are lodged in Government buildings on shore. It is reported that the crew of the Utopia were gaVed, but that over 570 passengers were drowned. A lest night's Gibraltar cable says : itlok until now has it been possible to give a, full and authentio account of the sinking of the Utopia, the failing light making it difficult lest night to eee from the shore what was going on at the none of the die. sitter, and the terrible gale making it almost impossible to communicate with the vessels mien a late hour to.day. Early last evening the Utopia was seen steaming into the bay in the direotion of the anchor- sge. When abreast of the ironclad Anson the Utopia staggered as though unable to make headway against the terrible current. Suddenly the atrong gale combined with the current swept the ill fated veesel across the bows of the Anson and in a moment her hull was pierced and cut by the ram of the ironclad. The Utopia, after pulling clear of the ironclad, drifted about before wind and sea. The rapid in -rush of water through the dent in her side mimed her to settle down in five minutes from the time of the first impact. The Aneon's boats were lowered immediettely, ate were else boats from the other vessels of the British Channel equedron, the Swedish man•of-war Freya and the oable ship Amboy. The ironolads turned their powerful electric search lights on the scene of the disaster to assist the reamers. On the shore the news spread quickly, an enormous crowd soon gathered on the parade and grest excitement prevailed. Little could be seen, however, nye the looming hulls of the men -of wear and the white rays of the search lights falling upon the foannflecked crests of the waves and illuminating. the driving spindrift. The ahrieks of the Utopia.% passengers and orew could be plainly heard above the roaring of the gale. The sea was so heavy that the boats of the rescuers could not with safety approach the wreck, so they were compelled to lie to leeward, where they picked up the people as they were swept from the deoks. As the Utopia's bows settled a terrible scene was witnessed from the boats. Those still on board the sinking steamer made a sudden rude en masse to the fore rigging, struggling for their lives and vainly seek. ing places of refuge. 1.2wenty minutes later the forecastle was submerged and a large number of persons gathered there, who had not dared to leap overboard with the hope of being rationed by the hosts and who had failed in their efforts to ascend the rigging, were carried away by the waves. The rescuers, blinded by the wind and ram, saw nothing but a confused struggling mass of lumen beings entangled with wreckage. A ateem pinnaoe rescued all those who had taken refuge in the main rigging, but the last ones were not taken off until 11 o'clock at night. They were so exhausted that they could do nothing for themselves. The blue *leas clambered into the shrouds and passed the helpless people to the rescuers in the boats. Both the British and the Swedish sailors did plucky and vigorous work. While a steam pinnace belonging to the British ironclad Immor• talite was engaged in the work of reecne her screw fouled and she became helpless and drifted on the rooks. In trying to save themselves two of the sellers aboard the pinnace were drowned. The remainder were rescued. SCENES OF HORROR. The scene after the collieion has prob. ably never been before witneseed in the history of marine disasters. On one side was the sinking paseenger ship crowded with about 700 immigrants, who filled the air with wild, horrible appeals for help and shrieks of terror as they sew death await- ing them in the dark angry waters of the Bay of Gibraltar. Overhead the clouds ruehed furiously, driven along by the strong southweet gale, which had been one of the causes of the calamity. Right and left of the einking vessel were the two monster battle ships, the Rodney and the Anson, pouring the light of their powerful electric reflectors upon the disabled steam- ship, lighting up the agony of her wino. gers and showing clearly, too clearly, the terrible position in which they were placed. Here and there were the warship, small boats manned by blue *Inds, who strained every nerve as they bent to their oars in that heavy Bea while atriving gallantly to reach the drowning passengers of the Utopia 576 LIVES LOST. The total number of lives 10Ed is now placed at 576. Divers are at work recov- ering bodies from the wreck. Peterson, a Swedish quertermeeter, who had been entering the Utopia a ehort time before the oollision, nye that jast before the vessels name together he went below. 'While there he felt the shook of the col- lision and raehed frorObelow, but before be reached the main deck the Utopia had gone broadside upon the spar of the Anon' s ram. The ootnmander of the 'Utopia, Captain MoKeagne, was on the eteemrship% bridge until the last moment. Peterson adds that as the Utopia wag crushed by the Aneon's ram he clambered up the davits of one of the stelonehip% boats and out the ropes holding it. He had no time, however, to lower the hoist away, as the bows of the Utopie had passed beneath the warship, and it was evident the paegenger ateamer was rapidly winking. Soon after, the boats of the Anson having been promptly lowered, one of the men,of- war% Cratere ran alongaide the rtOpia and Peterson jamped intd her. He genet ihet while on board the Utopie after the colli- etecto be wag surroanded by a tereible mese Of human beinge, fighting their way desperately and savagely, regardless of sex or age, towards the lmate. Men, wanton and children tumbled and °limbed over emote other in that horrible iiglat for a °hence of weenie from drowning. wen HAD FROM ammo One poor woman who was rescued by the Anson's blue jaokets went ravine mad when she we convilmed her children were drowned. There were similerly distressing incidents by the score, the most awful of all occurring when the 'Utopia, with a final denperette larch, sank with her human freight clinging abOUt her. Many who had aprung into the sea as they OEIW the steam- ship could not float much longer were drawn down in the whirlpool caused by the Utopia's disappearance. Some oeme to the surface again for a few moments before sinking finally into their watery tomb. Others were able to oling to pieoes of wreck. age, floating spars, oars, guardings, hatch- ways, boats, lifedbelts, eta., and thus keeptng themselvea above water until rescued by warships' boats. But the weaker succumbed more readily. Shrieeing, praying women Bank to rise no more with their terrified offspring clasped to their breasts. Children clang to their parents BO desperately as in several oases to oartee the death of both, where both might have °Boned had better jadgnaent been used. Hnsbende and wives sank while grasping each other in frantic efforts to keep each other &fleet, and many a good swimmer went down with some ham rifled, feammaddened person clinging to him with the tenacity of the desperation of death. Among the Utopia's daunt and petty officers who were saved by the boats of the war shipe were Captain MoIneague, the ship's doctor, boatswain, eteward and oar. penter. The rescued passengers were most kindly oared for on board the warship or were taken sehore and housed in the Govern- ment building. A. naval court of inquiry will be convened on board the flagship Anson. Ninety bodies have been re- covered. Tbe authorities of Gibraltar are furnish- ing the resoued people lodging, food and olothing. The Anchor Line will take eteps to forward the Utepia's survivors to their destination in the United States by another steamship of their line. The passengers rescued included W. T. Colbran, a stook broker, of New York city. C. C. Davis, of Boston, is missing. The offi. eters and crew of the Anson state that the -Utopia fouled tlae ram of the Anson and thus °aimed the damage which resulted in her sinking. GALLANT ATTEMPT AT RESCUE. At the height of the gide a Britith middy put off alone in a dingy to render assist- ance to halfoirowned persons clinging to the wreckage. A seaman on the ironclad Rodney boldly plunged into the sea and after a deeperate struggle with the waves armed a woman floating in the water. A rocket apparatus for throwing a life line to the doomed vessel was quickly got in readiness on the shore, but it was tonna the vessel was at too great a distance for the line to reach it. Scarcely any of the women of the Utopia were saved. HUNDREDS OF BODIES BETWEEN DECUS. Divers who heve examimed tbe wreak of the Utopia report there are hundreds of bodies in the steerage and between decks. Daring the day the bodies of 28 men and one woman were recovered here, while at varlet:LB other points along the collet the bodies of 6 men, 18 women, 7 boys and 1 girl were washed ashore. One of the dead women bad her arms firmly looked around the corpse of her child. The remeine were taken to a cemetery in the Spenish lines, where an inquest was held. The authori- ties here have provided ambulances, pro- visions, bedding and clothing for the survivors of the oetteetrophe and the in- habitants are assisting to their utmost in mitigating the dietress of the poor people. A private fund hes also been started for the shipwrecked passengers. Two other saloon passengers besides Sig. Colbron were saved. Strong pickets are stationed along the breakwater to recover other bodies that rney be washed ashore. A Gibraltar cable says: Captain Mo. Keagne, of the 17topia, has been arrested for wrongful accounts, improper conduct, negligence and mismanagement. He has been releaeed on bail. Owing to lack of accommodation in the naval hospital here many of the rescued have been compelled to encamp on the glacis. The military are closely patrolling the shore for the purpose of securing any bodiee that may be wesbed in by the waves. The inhabitants of the please wbo witnessed the disaster are unstinted in their praise of the great gallantry displayed by the men of the British squadron, who hurried to the rescue of the endangered paesergers in small boats on an angry sea and in the teeth of a heavy gale. Much praise is Klee bestowed on the men of the yescht Reaolute, who manned a boat and saved 16 persons. The two blue jeckets of the British iron- clad Immortalite wbo were drowned by their boat drifting on the rocket were buried to.day with full. naval honors. The coffins were covered with wreaths of floweret. The inquiry into the Maple disaster began to.day. Surgeon Seller, of the ill- ated steamer, said the voyages had been tin. eventful before the diesster. Shortly after petesieg Europa point at 6 in the evening he heard a paseenger excleicn, " We are running into a mann)! wed" Whilst the vessel was sinking, Surgeon Seller me - droned himself, jumped overboard, and was soon rescued. He heard the captain and mete ordering boats lowered after the collision. He had implicit corifidenoe in the captain. It is offioially stated 562 persons lost their lives by the disaster. Daring the day divers from the British war vessels reoovered eleven more bodies from the attack. The bodies of many of the drowned were found so firmly clasped together that it was difficult to separate them. Captain MoKtague has been re. mended for a farther hearing. Capt. Molneague has not given bis evi- dence yet. In addition to the ohargea against biro already mentioned he hi ISO - eased of feloniously slaying certain per- sona unknown. Ho Wa0 bailed in £480. The bodies buried to -day were conveyed to the cemeteries in waggons covered with British and Italian flege. At a meeting yesterday a sabecription wan organized and a relief committee was appointed. The Anchor Line steamer Assyria has arrived here. She will take brick to Deily the rescued who wish to return. A Gibeelter diepetoh says : At the inquest into the Utopia digester yeaterday the officers of the British war veseels laid the blame of the collision on the officer° of the Utopia. The jury in the case of the victims of the steamer Utopie disaster rendered a verdict " accidental death." The jury deliberated for three hears before remohing a deciaion. At the inquest over the neoond batch of boaies reoovered from *be wreoked etether Utopia, Capt. Moltesigne volunteered the following etatement " After rounding Europa Point I headed for the usual tenchotage and ordered helf Speed. Two minutes later I ordered Blew,' and 1 stopped the engines between Europa Point end the New Molehead. 1 thou onthionlY sighted the man-of-war Clutiew, Pant observed the anoborage crowded with other ehinsi 1 ilmnedintelY etarboarded the helm, there being a heavy Bea and an extremely strong tide, When the Utopia had half °leered the tIOWS of the Anton, I ported the helm in order to bring the topia's stern out, but on amount of the etrong current the Utopia was unable to clear tlae Anson's ram, Owiteg to the thicknees of the weather I could not calculate preoieely the length of the ALIBOU'd foredeck, and ignored the ram. I did not know the fleet was in the bay. The proper loukout, (*painting of the mate and SIN men, wets kept, but nobody eave the Curlew or the condition of the anobotage until the helm was starboierded. We were unable to anchor behind the rook, because we were running short of octal in coneequence of heavy weather on the voyage." The first officer testified that it was a difficnit position the steamer Was placed in, and that any course would bave been attended with difficulty owing to the weather and sea, Both he and ehe third officer corroborated the captain% statement, and justified the course he took as the best that could be taken. The coroner permitted counsel to address the jury for Capt. MoReague. The jury, consisting of 23 members, unanimously decided that the cause of the disaster was accidental. One hundred bodies were recovered to- day. The Relief Committee has collected a sum of money for the eurvivore, 132 of whom have returned to Naples on board the Aseyria. A Gibraltar despatch says: "The funeral of the 91 victims of the Utopie disaster took place to.day. A heavy rainstorm prevailed during the ceremonies. The bodiee were placed in rough coffins and bueied in a huge ditch, which Was filled with quicklime to prevent infection. Divers who have been down in the sunken vessel report that there are unmistakable indioations of the terrible etruggles of the victims. Many bodiee have been found with the heads out of the port holes and the hands grasping the screws at sides of the porta. Evidently they were trying to pull themselves through the open. kg In many oases several bodies were found entangled, their hands tightly clutch- ing each other or the arms intertwined. In several oases it was necessary to ant the hands or the arms off before the bodies could be separated. The local Board of Health bas decided that all bedies coming ashore hereafter than be pawn in tarpaulin bags, weighed and buried in the straits. A court-martial to ascertain what re- sponsibility, if any, rests on the British wermbip Anson for the sinking of the steamer Utopia was opened yesterday. Tbe bodies of 50 more minima of the diameter were recovered yeeterdey. They were in a very bad condition, and it was decided to bury them at sea. TIM HEALY HIT. O'Brien Dalton Smashes Bim Between the Eyes A Cork cable says: Timothy D. Healy, M. P., had a rough experience here to.day. He had attended the Assize°, being in- terested in a case in which his brother, Maurice Healy, to whom Mr. Parnell recently sent his resignation challenge, had obtained damages for libel againet a mem. her of the Peirnellite party. Upon leaving the court, Timothy Healy was surrounded by a howling iamb who followed him along the street and made a number nentttemptie to assault him. The crowd Vnallybeeamit so violent that Mr. Healy took refuge in the dressing -room of the Victoria Hotel, but soon a man suddenly rushed into the room, turned out the light and then struck Mr. Healy a powerful blow in the face, smashiug bis eye -gleams into pieces. When aseistence arrived and the room was again lighted Mr. Healy was found to have been badly injured, as he had received numer- ous outs from the broken pieces of his eye -glasses and the blood was pouring down his face in strearna. He was removed to a room, and as he appeared to be suffering intenee pain a number of physicians were summoned. Three doctors are now in attendance on the injured man. They have examined the wounds in his eyes, and exprees the fear that Healy may lose hie sight. Mr. Healy's emesilent is O'Brien Dalton, who was connected with the Tipperary con- spiracy. He first upbraided Mr. Healy for au insulting epeech made while Dalton was in prison. The glass injured the coats of lilnEfealens left eye and made an incised wound an inch below the eyelid. It is feared inflammation will ensue. Mr. Healy's sight is not in- jnred. Mr. Morley, who arrived at the hotel after the seamen, was highly indignant. The Parnellite roughs watched the exits till Mr. Healy departed from a back entrance, when they hooted him. Under the Church's Ban. A Canton, 0,, despatch says: The official sentence of Bishop Leonard in the heresy trial of Rev. Howard MacQuery was reoeived to.day. The biehop suspends Mr. MecQaery for six months, and if at the expiration of that time he has not retracted his heretical view, Mr. Macinaery is to be deposed from the priesthood. Mr. Mar Query says he will not eubmit to the sentence but will leave tkte church and preach for some other church. Furs Made from clippings. A Canadian inventor hag devised a method by which the small clippings of fur, which are at preeent melees, can be made into apparently solid pieces of fur. By comparatively inexpensive machinery tbe smellest clippirge of far can be pieced upon either cloth or felt in Buell a manner that *he artificial fur thus made oanhardly be distinguiehed from the genuine. The furs thus made °en be washed and dyed, and are said to be positively waterproof. A Convict Billed by a Fall. An Auburn, N. Y„ despatch says : John- son Howard, who was once known as one of the wealthiest colored men in Brooklyn, fell from the fourth gallery of the south wing to the pavement, twenty-four feat below, at the prison this morning. He was a man of powerful phyeique, and it is sup- posed that he wag Bitting or leaning on the iron railing, which gave way beneath his weight. He died in ten minutes. He was convicted in New York in 1888 of perjury. A scheme is on foot to build a lint -chug mecadarnized road from New York te Bos- ton. The road if built will run via New, port and three states will be interested in its construotion. A. working bricklayer in London bas received a legaoy of £200,000 left by a brother. He has handed £30,000 to each of hie five children, one of whom was working as a termer( ab 0helmeford. Boys have been ruined because they had to stay at beam and tarn the geindetone when they ehould have been allowed to go fiehing.--Ram's Horn. " NAN pLON " IS DEAD. Jerome Napoleon Enccumbe to the Con- queror of Prince and Peasant. THE PLAGE Oir SlEPULTRE. A Rome ramble Bays: Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte died this afternoon. Prince Nepoleon has been a tawnier figure in Europe for uore than 40 yeare. Corwin ot the man of destiny WHO Wee to become Emperor of the French, and emend son ot Jerome Bonaparte, at one time King ol Westphalian by his eeoond marriage with Princess Frederike, of Wurtemberg, he was born in Trieste and hie earliest years were those of the exile. He Was a great traveler in his youth, visiting pretty nearly every quarter on the globe betore his marriage in 1859 to the Princess Clotilde, daughter of King Via. tor Emanuel of Italy. As a Bonaparte he was forbidden to reside in Paris until 1845, when Louis Philippe granted him per- mission, whioh Was soon withdrawn in oOnecqUenee Of the Prince's compromising hiumeif with the revolationiste. After the downfall of the Bourbons in 1848 the Prince was elected to the Constituent Assembly. At the breaking out of the Crimean war he was put in com- mand of an army corps, but, proving his incompetence, was remelted and plaoed on " sick leave." His next military excursion was in the Franoo.Italian war agabaet Austria, which broke out immediately after his marriage with Clotilde. He °reseed the Appennines in a march of great brilliaeoy and thole, but arrived in time only to witness the signing of the treaty of peace at Villa -France. Revisited the United Scenes in 1861. Be returned to Paris shortly before the outbreak of the Franco•Prustdan war, but was again ex. pelled in 1872 this time forcibly, for which he brought euit for damages. He then retired to bis chateau, near Geneva, where he has lived with has wife and two sons, epending part of the time in Italy, where he died. Eugenie hetad him and gave him the nickname of " Prince PlomPlon," or " the dipper." His resemblance th Napo. leen I. was very marked, and Beranger, alluding to PlomPlon's latnees, said he was" a gennioe Napoleon medal dipped in fat," whence came Eugenie's gibe at has expense. By his death his eldest son, Prince Victor, born in 1862, necomes heir to the Imperial throne -.-.what there is eritli Te funeral of Prince Napoleon will be conducted with religious ceremonies. The death chamber has been converted into a mortuary chapel hong with black cloth and with black velvet. An altar has been erected against the well on one side of the room. The body will be interred in the crypt of the royal mausoleum in the C3huroh of La Superga on the Conine Heighis, neer Turin. The Abbe Pujolito announced previous to the Prince's death that he had administered the last norm moats of the Roman Catholic Church to Prince Napoleon. The Chronicle's Rome correspondent and the Fanfula both declare that Prince Na- poleon was uncoueoious when the mom. ment of extreme unction was administered to him. WHAT IS A VESSEL James Miller, alias ?Muldoon, 'won't Es- cape on a Technicality. A Utile& despatch says: In the trial of Jas. A. Miller, alias James muldoon, of Toronto, Ont., for smuggling Chinamen into this country, mew in progress before United States District Judge Come, in this city, Attorney Dengelis, of this city, who was aseigned to defend the prisoner, ranted an interesting point to.day. The China- men came to this eountry by a rowboat across Niagara Riven The statute pro. vides then it is a misdemeanor to aid or abet any Chineee person to enter the United States by land, or to aid or abet any such to land from a vessel. Mr. Dengelis argued, and the Government ad- mitted, that the rowboat was not a vessel within the meaning of the statute. Mr. Dengelis ergued that coming by rowboats could not be construed to mean coming by land. The effect of this oonstruotion of the statute would enable Chinamen to come to this country by rowboats. The judge held that for the present he would accept the broad interpretation excluding Chinamen from thie country by whenever means, but promised to give the question further con- sideration and chrome his ruling it wrong. The Suevia's Close oath A Plymouth cable says : Upon her arrival here it was found the steamer Suevia's low pressure cylinder was smasbed to atoms and the piston rod was bent. She narrowly escaped going ashore. As soon as possible after she accident the Suevie was headed southward, with her lower topeeil set. She drifted to the westward, and eventually got out of the °benne' et the height of the gale. Under this sail and heading westward the anemia continued until yesterday afternoon, when her engi- neer managed to disconnect the smashed cylinder and placed her under steam with one cylinder. The steamship was then 25 miles south of the Bishop's rook. She was able to make seven and a half Insets per hour and reached Plymouth without a esietanoe. ifs Parnell Afraid ? A London ce,ble says: The delay of Mr Parnell in respotriing to Mr. Healy% defiance, in which the letter announced he was ready to take up the former's challenge that they should both resign their seats in Parliament and come forward as candi- dates for remleetion as a test of the poptder sympathy with the Parnellite and Mo. Carthyite causes reepeotively, bee caused the Perriellites of Cork to telegraph to Mr. Parnell urging him to state his intentions immediately. The Conservatives are prep-tring to contest the seats of Mesere. Parnell and Healy should they resign. Mr, Parnell's dilemma is amusiug. Mr. Parnell stip. lates that before reeitetting each side mnst provide two candidates. A Hungry Convict With a Knife. A London amble says: A. train loaded with provisions for the prisoners aod efficient of Dartmoor Prison, who had been out off from supplies by the terrible snow. storm here recently, reaohed the prison to. day after being blocked for nine days. In the meantime the rations of the inmates of the prison had to be reduced, and *here was coneidereble grumbling among the catmints became° they were forced to sub. 'net on salt meat. One prisoner became so angered beesuse his demands for food were not granted that he stabbed and seriously wounded one of the wardens. Perla bioyoliets are required to obtain licensee, which may be withdrawn in tome of reckless riding, The incomes from the London daily papers are thus put down : Daily Telegraph, £120.0d0; Times, £120,000; Standard, £70 000 Morning Post, £45,000 ; Daily Chronicee, £40000; and Day News, £30000. GREAT DAVIE DEAL. American Buyers Purohasing Canadian Cattle for Export. A Montreal deemed& says: The infor- mation publisned on Saturday in monnee. tion with an extensive cattle deal turns out to be (torrent. This is the Jargest treneam tion that has yet been coneummatecl in Canada. The syndioate which purchased the cattle conaieted of Mr. Goldemith, of New Yoele ; Neleon Morris of Chioago, and Robert Biokerdike, of Montreal. They have purchased the Toronto, Walkerville, Hal:canon, Belleville and Prescott distillery cattle end about 3,000 farmerin cattle, 10 000 head in all, the cattle to be delivered in May and June. The prioee ranged from $4 50 per awn for bulls to $5,75 for steers, and it is old that even as higb as 6o per lb. was paid for some very choice lots of steers. The only distillery cattle not sold were those of Dann & Frankland, of Toronto. This transaction, representing Inmost a million dollen, is not likely to conclude the operations of the syndicate, the three membere of which command as much money as any men engaged in the live stook export trade. It is re. ported that Messrs. Goldsmith mid Morrie are likely to deal exteneively in Canadian °tittle in the future. Their influence will have an effeot on, the trade, and some im- portant changee May be looked for in the methods of doing business this year. It is even hinted that the eyndicate will acquire control, and that a good many of the mailer exporters will be equeezed out. The cattle purchased will be exported in the spring, and it will depend upon how freights are as to whether they will be shipped from Montreal or through sonse of the American ports. Mr. Morrie has returned to Chicago, but Mr. Goldsmith has gone to New York. A number of Toronto live stock men were aleo in town yeaterday. Mr. Moore,of Pritchard & Moore, London, and Mr.John Sullivan, the weliknown salesman of Liverpool, are also in the city making arrangements for the season's work. The McLean Line of steamships are bringing ' agents up from Halifax, and will open offices here to look after their live stook trade. Mr. Golan:kith stated that one of his reasons for engaging in the Canadian trade was that Canadian cattle were allowed to be taken into the country in Great Britain and held, while the Ameri- cans had to be slaughtered immediately, and this gave the Canadian exporters an advantage, as whet, the markets were bad they could hold their cattle and were not forced to sell. Mr. Goldsmith does not think the Canadian cattle are of ae good quality se they used to be. He thinks the etooker trade is not doing the trade any good, es it takes the beet out of the country before it is in condition. In the distillers' stables where there would be one really choice beast there would be several medium animals. He says the American °tittle are as free from disease ae any cattle in the world, but admies that American cattle were losing money in tbe English markets lately. Mr. Goldsmith is one of the largest exporters in the States, and last year shipped 74,000 head. BREWER &TB BURGLARS Enzage in a Deadly Duel with Het calves - A Canadian Tough. A Pittsburg despatch says: Six weeks ago Laura Hill and three men entered Smith's jewelry store at Homestead, knocked down and bound the proprietor, and got away with n3,500 in cash and jewelry. The girl was arrested soon after, wards and was placed in jail at Mo. Reeeport. There ehe peacbed on her pals. Last night Detective Gilkinson, of Pitte. burg, Deteolive Pet. Murphy and two policemen drove to Peter's Run. Reaching the house of the leader in the robbery, A. B. Budd, alias Fitzsimmons, Gilkineon threw open the door and Budd shot him dead. A terrible duel then took place at short range between Murphy and Budd. Each emptied his revolver. Badd's wife brought him another and Murphy took Gilkineon's revolver, and the fight con- tinued in the smoke -darkened room. Murphy was shot in the forehead and breast, but he was not fatally wounded. Mrs. Bad was shot in the arm, and the two policemen were slightly wounded. Budd escaped. Mrs. Budd was arrested. Budd is a noted crook, and vigorous efforts will be made to capture him. He weighs only 100 emends. and is said to be a native of Brookville, Ont. THE 13117RDERER CAPTURED Fitzsimons was arrested near Home- stead, Pa., to -night. A satchel found near the scene of lest night's murder contained a lot of valuable jewelry etolen at Home- stead. A copy of the will of Robert Fitz- eimOne, dated at Brookville, Ont., Decem- ber 10th. 1890, was also found itt 1be valise. Thie will shows that the murderer's tether was a wealthy man, having about n40,000 in money to divide among his heirs, besides a large amount of real estate. The mur- derer ia named in the will as Frederick Carrollton Fitzsimons, and is bequeathed $8,000 in money and a good ebare of real estate. A Pittsburg despatch says : Tbe reei- dence of N. P. Tobin, a leading merobant tailor of Franklin, Pa., was destroyed by fire this morning, and the remains of Mr. Tobin were found in the debrie. The body was found in a crouched position in the parlor, the bead resting in a pool of blood, with finger merits on bis throat, and every indication that be was ranrdered. Bur- glars' tools were found etbout the plane, and he probably discovered them at work. He was a man of enormous physical otrength, and the theory points to several trampe, who have been urrested. Two years ago a great sensation was crested by the finding of the dead body of Mr. Tobin a daughter, Mery, in the wetter off Long Island Sound, neer Clifton, and the mystery surrounding her violent death has never been cleared away. A Disastrous I/ roar:ate Explosion. A Halifax deepatch seen : A Bleaching accident oceurred at Menage, gold mines, Queen's County, last evening. A miner named Croft was carrying about fifteen pounds of dynamite in a kettle, and had just got out of the theft home when it ex. ploded. The abaft house was completely demolished, and the blacksmith Weep nearly wrecked. Croft wasknocked sense - lees and received severe bodily injuries Three men named MoGinnie, Moore end Bland, who were in the blaokernith shop, were Berionsly hurt, MeGineis not being expected to live. Moore had an eye knocked out, and Bland a foot taken off. The cense of the explosion is unknown, but it ta sup. potted that a spark from Croft's lantern fell on the dynamite. A Chicken of Many Springs. Puck: "Plymouth Rox is awfully mad beeatise you evserded only henorable men- tion to that spring chicken of Ilia up at the poultry ehowt" - " "What does he want, Any how? That hen has %ken first prize every year now for five years. Unsought to bo Satisfied." TIM AdV) YLWGIE. Ile Was Ohivertyl hiverty, bake, the Man That Could Not Get Warm. Maggie Waruted Mtn, elowever, to tho Tune of $500 and Costs -Au Vogues - Int; remoter% permanent -nom° wool .Meggie Gray, agea 30, neughter ' Love Letters. A Guelph despatch enters : At the assizes yeaterday Q! Frenois Gray, of Erin, sued James Bfillar, a farmer of Flequesing,for breach of promiee of raarriege. Frauds Gray, the father of the plaintiffitold how on Oet. 5tlen 1890, Millar melted for his daughter's hand. After being aesured that Miller's parents, were willing he gave bis aousent, together with a eevere exhortation on the responsi- bilities of the remedied lite. All went merry after this and Miller visited the young lady regularly every two or three weeks, as he. expressed it ae a fellow on e lover's nosi- ness. The wedding was fixed for Jan. 281h and preparations were made by both parties; furniture Was bought, people front a distance invited, dreeses made and even 80018 01 the baking done. On Jan. 10th Millar wrote Miss Gray the following endearing letter, beginning sweet enough and endieg with the regulation kisses, but a suggestion as to backing out Erweteaesin:Looently inserted between the Mite Maggie GrayG;EORGETOWN, Jan. 10th, 1891. DEARBsT MARGARET, -No donbt you will et somewhat surprised to hear from me in this way. Knowing what I told you in Georgetown the other day concerning Maggie as bridesmaid, when it comes to the pinch she thinks she would rather not, as she thinks sin) has not enough nerve. Of course, it would require some one with lots of nerve, say nothing about the cheek; so I will get one of the boys and you can get one of your sisters or any one you choose. Perhaps I may see you before you get this but I thought I would let you know in case anything came that I could not get away in time. I will try and c/ 018 up some night next week - Thursday or Friday -end have a talk with you about backing out; how would it suit? I guess Pll quit, as I can talk more in one minute than I can write all niebt. Hoping this will find yen all right, as it leaves me the same. -I zemain yours, J. A. M. Basses tin 1 come. Oh, how is your cold? Mine is no better ; 1301 all shiverty, shiverty, sheke, the man that could not get warm. Do you mind that in Hillsiurg that night, ? Bye-bye. Miller milli ci on the 23rd, before the got the letter, however, era then was bis last cell. At this into view, acocraing to Millar's acre', she told him tbat her brother-innew was going to have a sale on the 28th, aisd her sister and family wished/ to go tO the sale; and that her father thought "&n auction sisle and a wedding was too much for one day in one family." Her sister was to be the brides- maid. and she wanted the wedding to be on the 27th. His story Was that he was so anxicus to marry her on the 28th that he wanted them to go off alone and be mar- ried on tbe 28th. But differently hone most grooms, for whom it is said *he wedding cannot be soon enough, the 27th was too soon for him. He, however, con. oealed this in bis own brcast, and, telling her he would call again soon, /It. But in his own mind he told the jury that the engagement was at an end. He then wrote her another letter, which, to melee sure of, he registered. As the judge re. marked, the endearment was all gone, and one would 'almost think one of hi e lady friends bed written it, so frosty is his lettene This is a copy of it : GEORGETOWN, Jan. nal, 1891. Miss Maggie Gray DEAR FRIEND, -I have been thinking things over that passed between us the other evening "ebncerning the 9.8th, aed have come to the con- clusion that if an auction sale is of more impor- tance to you than what was to have come off 4 you can go to the sale and I will go my ownroad. If that is all you care for it you need not look to bear from me again. No doubt it will be a little hard for you to give up but I think you will soon tee it was better for us to dissolve, so now you Can consider our engagement broken. 1 am going away from home for a few months. So good-bye, from J. A. M. Do not blame anyone but me for this, as I have rued my bargain. Oa the receipt of this Miss Grey took to bed, and her father Bet out to see the delin- quent tied eased his mind by calling him a mean liar and eome other terms and then they parted for gooa. Millar himself, who was the next witness, kept the large crowd enffieiently interested and amused. He sprang a new story on the plaintiff, and while in bis plea he had denied having refused to marry her /30W tried to jaetify hie coarse. Much amuse- mtnt was caused by the way in which he told how she made him dance to her mueio. He complained that she had all ber own way, and that she refused to milk the cows„, and while he, like all the fellows his way, that had girls, wanted to thew her off at4 the Toronto Exhibition she didn't want to» be shown. She was even of such a. retiring nature that ehe declined to go down and see hie folks. He, however, stood all these, but the Auction sale was too ranch, and he broke it off then. His °roes examination by Mr. Guthrie amused the spectators so ranch that order was frequently eerionely dieturbed. After much heeitation be declared he never wain engaged. He gelid the expreseion "backing out" in his letter meant hie sister backing, out from being brideernaid and not hinstelf. He wanted always to do the equare thing end be thonglet be bad done go. Mr. Laidlaw, of Toronto, for the defend. ant, occupied an hour and a quarter' reviewing the depreeeed state of the farm - ere, and piatured mortgage sales, and claimed that the boy's feelings were 30 badly hurt as the girl's and that the jury ought to set off the one against the other. The jury brought in a vercliot for Miser Gray for $500 and costs. WILL SWIM THE RAPIDS. A Young Germantown Man Starts for Niagara Falls. A Philadelphia despatch °aye A new candidate to struggle for aquatic honors in the seething waters ,of the Niagara rapida has come ant of Germantown in the person of Joseph Dougherty, a yonng man of 28 years. He is an athlete and expert mit:timer, and accompanied by Stewert Brophy, a welnknown plumber of Germantown, has jest Averted for tbe scene of his dangerous feat, in the performance of which he hopes to rival Paul Boynton, Steve Brodie and the other immortals of their ilk. 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