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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-7-30, Page 6TRUE ORTUREN, BuTogaup. Their Grandanother Arrested ohargea With the Awful Orinle. BURGLARS FIRST BLAMED FOR IT. The first deepatch from Joshua, Teaass, was apparently misleading as to the author a the crime, as it said. : NVeclneeday morn- ing at 1 o'clock two men went to the house of Geo. Newberry, hying two miles west of Joshua, and demanded admittauce. Mr. Newberry being abseut his mother supposed it wee him returning and opened the door. The men forced their way into the house ,and demanded the money that they sup- posed bad been received by. Newberry a few days before. The old lady told them she had no money about the house. Theysthen ,grabbed the lady who is 65 years old took her to the yard gate and tied her with a rope to the post, and then gashed her throat. One man remained with the old lady on the outside, while the other went into the house, where three children were sleeping, The oldest, a child of 7 years, was awakened, when the man asked where her papa's money was. The child told hins she would not tell, and would tell her father of his trying to get his money. The fiend took her out of the house bite the Yard and cut her throat with a. butcher's knife. He then went back into the house and got the second girl, aged five, carried her to the yard, and cut her throat with the same knife. He afterwards carried the baby boy, two years old, into the yard and killed him in the same manner, and piled the bodies together. He then washed the knife and left it lying on the table. The old lady's neck has seventeen gashes, but she is still living, and gave the account of the affair. She cannot recover. It is supposed the murders were for the purpose of robbery, as Newberry bed just got $500 damages from. the Santa Ire Railway Company for killing his wife. Joshua officers are scouring the country for the murderers. A later despatch from joshua, Texas, however says : Mrs. Newberry was arrested yesterday, charged with the murder of her -three grandchildren Monday night. Facts kave been developed which barely leave a• doubt as to her guilt. TUE SING SING SILLIJG1111E14 nigh priests of the Star Chautber Make Their Metal Revert, A New York despatch says; The officiel report of the executien of the four murderer on July 7 last at Sing Siagprisoo wise filed in the county clerk's office by Wardell Browis to -day. The papers filed include the war- rants and the post mortem stateinent of Dr. Carlos F. McDonald and Dr. Samuel 13. Ward, which latter rtme as follows: SING Sore, N. Y., July 7. To Ron. W. R. Brewn, Agent and Warden of Sing Sing Prison: Sin, -The undersigned having served as phy- sicians at the executionsiby electricity this morning of James 3. Slocum, Harris A. Smiler, Jesepli Wood and Scheneek Jugigro, at the prison under your charge, hereby submit as you triegisc:st the following report of their observe- s. All the condemned walked into the exe- oution room unrestrained, with firmness and without assistance, seated themselves in turn in the electric chair without the slightest pre- test or resistance, and quietly submitted to the adjustment of the restraining straps and elec. 2. In each case unconsciousness was produced instantaneously by the closure of the circuit, and as pomplete and persisted without hater - motto's until the heart's option had entirely ceased, and death certainly occurred. In each case death was manifestly painless, 3. In compliance with the statute an autopsy was made in each case aa soon as possible by Dr. Ira T. Vangiesen, of New York, in our pre- sence and under our supervision, with the result of revealing the same gross changesin the blood and tissuespreviously observed incases of death by the action of strong eleetric ourrents. Speci- mens, especiaaly of the blood and of the nervous system, were taken by Dr. Vangiesen for the purpose of careful microscopical examination, and the results will be forwarded to you os soon as such examinations are completed. In concluding allow us to congratulate you on the completeness in all their details of all your preliminary arrangements, on the uniform good. order and decormn which prevailed during the trying ordeal, on the resulting -demonstration of the rapidity and painlessness of this method of inflicting the death penalty. The experience of to -day has proved to our satisfaction that this method is superior •to any other yet de- Canros F. MormNALu. M. D., Saiurron B. Waal), M. D. FOUTY LIVES IOST. —r, - The Death -Dealing Cyclone Swoops Down Vpon West Superior. A West Superior, Wis., despatch says: In an instant this afternoon, by the giant play of a oyclone, half a hundred human i beings were caged n a death trap. .A num- ber of buildings were ravaged throughout ASSASSINS laRCHED• the city, but the extraordinary cliznaxof the _ storm was enacted in the hotel being con - Frustration of a Plot to Murder the Pollee of Middlesboro, Ky. A Middlesboro, Ky., despatch says A desperate attempt was made to assassinate the Middlesboro police force yesterday afternoon. About 3 o'clock a lot of dis- reputable characters who frequent Gun Springs'a low drinking and gambling; dive anst outside the city limits, concocted the plan to murder the officers. They accord- ingly stationed about fifteen of their gang in ambush along the Louisville and Nash- ville road, and two of their number began firing their Winchesters. These two were Gillies Johnson and Frank Rossimins. Chief Maples, with a posse of officers, went =pursuit of the paha and were led into an stanloush. Over a hundred shots were ex- changed. Special officer Dorsey. Williams was shot through both thighs and Patrol- man Tupper was shot in the leg. The police force wasforced to retire. A posse of 100 citizens, armed with rifles, soon captured both desperadoes and lodged theni in jail. About 4 o'clock this morning a crowd of masked men entered Jailer Doolittle's sleeping apartments at the city jail, and with pistols to his head demanded the keys to the jail. The jailer was forced to give up the'keys. 'The crowd then went into the jail, took Rossimms out, and led, him to the big bridge over Canal and Twentieth street, where he was shot several times. A rope was then fastened about his neck, and he was swung over the side of the bridge until 7 o'clock, when he was cut down. .A card was tacked on the bridge rail, just above the body, bearing this inscription: "Warning—This is the fate of all would- be murderers." NEW MEXICO'S VISITATION. The Dreaded Grasshoppers Overrunning the North and West. A San Antonio despatch says: S. P. Lawson, a prominent stockman of Deming, N. M., has arrived here, and gives an account of the grasshopper ravages in the northern and western counties of Ne' Mexico, where he says thelioppers are doing incalculable harm. Some farmers consider them the seventeen year locusts, which ravaged the west during the seventies. The locusts are moving east and north in two principal swarms. They have stripped veg- etation and the leaves of the trees and left nothing but the dry alkali earth where they have struck the ground. Where the land is cultivated they have ravaged the ground of everything in sight. They move in bunches four and five miles wide. One bunch has devastated Colfax and Moira in the north- ern part of the territory and is spreading into Colorado, Kansas and the Pan Handle of Texas while another bunch will reach the Central Texas line by winter. They do not make much progress after flying,but the eggs they lay hatch, and a new batch flies eastward. They will keep moving in this way and lay billions of eggs •in Texas and Kansas for next season's hatching. They Object to Convict Miners. A Knoxville, Tenn., despatch says : For some time the Tennessee Coal Co. have been having trouble with the men in their mines at Briveville. Filially it was concluded convict miners should be employed. Yes- -terday 40 convict carpenters were taken there under guard. Last night 400 miners informed the guards the convicts Must be taken away. The convicts were accordingly marched to Coal Creek, where they were put on a car and brought to Knoxville. The officers of the Tennessee Coal Company have called on the State for protection, and the Governor is expected in Knoxville to -morrow with three companies of State guards. Took a 50 -Volt Current. A New York despatch says: Patrick Fitzsimmons, a 16 -year-old employee of Lyons' restaurant, received a eevere elec- tric shock this morning while turning off one of the small incandescent burners in the place. He was rendered unconscious for ten minutes, and groaned and frothed at the mouth. He was taken to the hospital and examined. No signs of burns were found. The power of the shock was only 50 volts. Dr. Thirdly—Your loss is a sad one, my dear Mrs. Youngwidow, but you must not give yourself up to despair. Try to find consolation in your grief. Mrs. Young- widow—Oh, I do, doctor. I'm trying to think how -eery beeoming mourniog is to me, —Mufasey'e Week2y. Voting Prince C4eorge of Wales is covered with tattooings of mermaids mid such. Gen. Booth,the Salvation Army leader, ' ptoposeS ;hiring his toof the 'World, to buy holdin the western part of the United r Staters t� foisted a colony: similar to that which he hats eetablithed in England, where he hces abOut 129 inch at work. structed at the intersection of Lamborn and Third streets. Over two score unfortunate work -men were the victims. Scarcely five minutes elapsed from the moment when the men, full of energy, were progress- img with their tasks till the frightful whirl was miles distant in its path of de- struction and the remains of the begrimed and mangled men in the ill-starred hostelry were being brought out of the debris. It was with the utmost difficulty that the un- dertaking of getting at the real extent of the disaster was prosecuted. Two corpses dragged from the ruins formed the basis of about the first genuine information, and dispelled the faint hope that no life had been sacrificed outright. The rescuers were Ihusdered and the misery of the wounded doublyintensified by water -soaked garments, the result of the downpour of rain that ac- companied the atmospheric eddy. While the dead and wounded were being con- veyed from the hotel, vague reports began coining in of the wreck wrought in other localities. The indications were that the damage in the country district would be almost unprecedented in this section. KICKED TRE "LILY.' Jealous Baird's Brutality Spoils Mrs. Langtry's Beauty. A London cable says: Several stories are afloat with regard to Abingdon Baird's assault on Mrs. .Langtry, about which there has been a good deal ot gossip. The follow. ing story was told by some one who saw Mrs. Langtry just after the assault had been conunitted, with the blood streaming from her face: Some time ago Mr. Baird bought York House, Regent's Park, for Mrs. Lang- try, and also paid off her debts in con- nection with the Princess Theatre, of which he is at present leaseholder. On a recent occasion Baird returned home unexpectedly and found ayounggentleman dining svith lairs. Langtry. Without more ado he proceeded to turn him out, and then he went,for "the Lily" and knocked her down. Then he kicked her in the face in such EC way that it is said she is now disfigured for life. Mrs. Langtry had to be carried to bed and at- tended by a surgeon, who declares it is probable she will never be able to act again. Mrs. Langtry began an action for assault against Band, but when he sobered up he repented of what he had clone and went to the house. Then to prevent this action he paid her the sum of £25,000 in Bank of England notes. ROOM FOU TIIE LEPER. A. Genuine Case of Leprosy Discovered in a New York Laundry. A New York despatch says: Inspector Dillingham, of the Bureau of Contagious diseases, who was called -upon to -day to diagnose the case of Chin Hop Sing, a Chinese laundryman on Fifth street pro. flounced it a genuine case of leprosy of eight months' standing. The leper came here eighteen months ago from San Francisco, and went to live with his conntrymen on Mott street. When the nature of his disease became apparent the other China- rnen ostracised Sing, who started business on Filth street. He has had a good run of custom, but the reflections of his inauy pat- rons must be anything but pleasant just now. There are said to be three lepers in the city at present, but aside from keeping posted as to their whereabouts the health authorities take no special cognizance of the cases. Exiled Maytians Resolve. A New York despatch says: The Hay- tian revolutionists who were exiled to I Kingston, Jamakm' met in general assembly of June 29th andelected Gen. Ansellem general -in -chief of their forces. The new commander has issued an address to the people of Hayti, in which he says : " I only want to attain one thing, that is to deliver the Martian people once more. When this gteat work is accompliehed Hayti may confide the direetiOn of her future destiny to him whons it thinks the worthy." BUNCO S'I'EEREIIS IN PAIRS, They Rob and Maltreat a Couple of Trust- ing YatuiceeS. A Paris cable says ; A couple of bunco ateerers found their avey over here last week. Two Amer/cone suffered teVerely at their hands, The first was Charles Dresbach. The American lawyer met a follow-citizeu on the Boulevard. The steerer asked for a light The pair got into (lonversation, walked down Avenue de 1'0,pera together to the Hotel du Louvre, where they had a drink. There they were joined by another American, with a pronounced Irish accent, who introduced himself. At 3 o'clock they returned to the Boulevard, ordered dinner in a private room in the a/easels dOre; the well-known restaurant. When the cham- pagne began to flow the Irish - American stated he had just in- herited from an uncle in New York a colossal fortune, amounting to from thirty to forty million clonal's. He only needed money sufficient to enable him to cross the Atlantic. Mr. Dresbach promptly took out his purse and offered to pay , his passage. The warm-hearted Irishman refused the offer, but was so touched byMr. Dresbach's generosity that he threw his arms around his dear friend's neck and embraced him heartily. When he left a few minutes later Mr. Dresbach was minus his pocket -book, which contained a $500 bill, two $20 bills and twenty-five sovereigns. The saine evening an American resident here, Mr. Charles Burnside, after leaving his friends at a restaurant noticed. a gang of four men following him. When he reached the Rue de Provence one of them jumped on his back and another kicked him violently on the shins. Mr. Burnside is a burly man, full of courage, and he resisted to the utmost ; but he was finally knocked senselese by the united blows Qf his antagonists, who robbed him of 1,700f. and left him covered with wounds from their cowardly attack. PROPAGATING. CANCER. The Charges Against Bergiuman and Rahn, the German Specialists. A Berlin cable says: An official report on the cancer -grafting operations of Drs. Berg- naann and Hahn has been issued. The re- -port denies that the treatment was experi- Mental. After the patients were operated .on for cancer, pieces of sound skin were grafted on the parts operated. on, and pieces from the tainted places were sewn in the wounds caused by the removal of the sound skin. The operation was performed with the consent of the patient: and was done at a period when the profession was still igno- rant whether cancer was contagious or not. The treatment resorted to proves the con- tagiousness of cancer, as was recorded in a paper read at the Medical Congress in 1889. The report adds that Dr. Leidig isincompe- tetent to pronounce on the subject,. and that he erred in asserting that the treatment was an experiment. BLOODSIERD FEARED. Riotous miners capture Military Sent to Restore Order. A Nashville, Tenn., despatch says: Governor Buchanan has ordered the entire State militia to Briceville to protect con- victs at work in the mines at that place. It is stated 2,000 miners are marching to the seat of war. It is feared there will be trouble before the miners will yield to convicts taking their places. The State troops and convicts were cap- tured at Coal Creek by the miners this afternoon. The Chattanooga troops, who belong to the labor organizations, are charged with a betrayal of their trust. The troops were brought here at 4.30 m m. large crowd was° at the depot. Loud de- mands are being made that the Governor send a force to oust the rioters. It is re- ported here that the Governor will ask President Harrison for a. force of regulars. A RASH OFFICER Slays a Man Whom the Czar Mad Acoiden. tally Wounded. A St. Petersburg despatch , says: The latest rumor regarding attempts upon the life of the Czar, which rumor caused a momentary terror in St. Petersburg, was that an officer had tried to murder the tzar with an axe. The report arose from the fact that the Czar was amusing himself im forest chopping a tree, when the head of the axe flew off and struck an attendant in the face, wounding him. The Czar went to the assistance of the wounded man and got some blood on his hands and clothes. An officer of the guard approached them and thought the Czar was in danger. He called upon some soldiers to rescue His Majesty, and before an explapation could be made the wounded attendant was cut down by the over -zealous soldiery. The Czar caused the officer to be punished for his action. FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES Carry Away Bridges and Wreck Mouses in Pennsylvania. A Pittsburg despatch says : The tem- porary trestle of a new 'Panhandle Railway bridge across Cork's Run, six miles below this city, was washed away by a sudden flood yesterday and three workmen were drowned. The body of one was recovered and identified as that of Thomas Coleman. The other two were foreigners, and their names have not yet been learned. About the sametime an immense landslide came down the hill below Dequesne heights and fell on a Chartiers street car. The roof was crushed in, but none of the passengers were injured. It has been raining hard since 11 o'clock on Friday night, and considerable damage by washouts and landslides is reported along the lines of the railroads. All the small streams are running bank full. Plantation Mantis Fight. A West Point, Miss., despatch says : There was a riot among the colored popula. tion on the Captain Fred. Broil plantation on Friday night. Two young bucks had a difficulty about a girl, and proceeded to cut each other to pieces with hoes. Some fifteen or twenty men, women and children then took a hand in the fray, and an inven- tory showed one woman with her brains oozing out of a frightful hole in the back of her head made by a hoe, one boyin the same condition, and two 'Jocks frightfully cut and bruised. Everyone engaged in the affair was more or less hurt. and at least two deaths, perhaps more, will result. /float ho Advantages of Education. • Pedialo News • -` I tell ou said Undertaker Colwell, of Dhow:gleam, Quin., a rich widower, announees thet he will marry the girl who will go up svith him in a balloon, the ascension to take place on August 15th. It- is stated that Qtteen Victoria's family circle now numbers fifty liviug deecendents, including song and dangliterei gra inlsons.; and granddaughters, great._-_g„randsons and gen t- grancidaughterS, but Wales gives her /bare Concern than all the others combined, An album containing the Arnow:ea! of 15,000 tradesmen arid »kmel has been , presented to the Marquis of Bute e telt en Of appreciation o'f aseeeptarice al LIAO, MayoraltY of pardiff. .Bill," Smoky Mike, the burglar, " we hard. wcwkin' thieves don't make half as much meney out o' thebusiness as them dude bank peeeidents and Pennsylvania efAcials." 1".12hat's so, Smoke," returned Bill. " An' that just shows the value of eadication, which I has frequently remarked." "Rev. Anna Shaw, whose pleas for woman suffrages are made npon the novel groued that there is too much " father" and not enough " mother" in our government, is below the average height, of rotund form, and epealse rapidly, with It efear eniniciation. Anna, Katharine Green has dramatked "The Leavenworth Case." SIRE IGOST HER MAGER Because the Emperor of Gerniany Did Not pallet With llor. A London cable says: A lovely etory about the Emperor s visit has just leaked out. Miss Merge Tenotaut, the famous Lon- don horsewoman, made a bet of £.50 last week with a society man that he would dance that night with the Emperor at the state ball. This caused excitement among society people who learned of it. Nobody dreamed it was possible even for such a beautiful aaid drawing young woman to dance with the Emperor on a bet. Next morning bright and early Mies Tennant was riding up Rotten Row Hyde Park at a furious rate. She met die Emperor arid full stall' on horseback, also two officers who knew her and joined the beautiful horse- woman, and elle turned and followed the Ein- peror. Suddenly Miss Tennant's horse grew frantic. No one but herself knew ot the sword -blade spear, driving the animal to madness. With a mighty leap in the air, the horse rushed towards the Emperor and came within a few incises of knocking him out of his saddle. It was a terrific struggle. Miss Tennant rode like a goddess. She then turned to the Emperor, muttered apologies and blushed. The young monarch paid her some compliments, and rode by her side for some time, then rabied his hat and bade her good-bye, and said he hoped he would see her at the baldest night. Victory seemed swum. The swell who made the bet offered to compromise one-half, Miss Tennant was so confident that she refused. When night came she attended the ball, so did the Emperor. Vanitas va,nitatani he never even looked at her. 0,1 cows. TO IT." "150 the Job Properly and Please Every- body" -A Murderer's Callousness. A London cable says: A terrible murder was committed in Smith's Buildings, Ber- mondsey. Robert Bradshaw, aged 54, and his wife Emma, aged 51, had resided at No. 24 in the buildings for some time. The man, it is said, has more than once assaulted his wife, and a day or two ago she obtained a summons against him at Southwark Police Court. On Saturday the warrant officer called and left the summons. After his de- parture Bradshaw said to his wife : "Well, von won't be able to appear at the court on Monday." Shortly afterwards he almost cut off his wife's head with a razor. He then left the house. Meeting Police Constable Wm. Archer, he said: "1 was just going to the police station to give myself up, for I have murdered my old woman. He was conveyed to Grange Road Police Station. Ori the way he said : "1 own to it. Do the job properly, and please everybody." The police, on reaching the room, found Mrs. Bradshaw lying on her back, dead, with a gash in her throat. Blood bespattered the room in all directions, and the woman ap- peared to have had a struggle with her. mur- derer. When charged at the station, he said: "Quite right. I have done it." AGAINST 111115. MAYBRICK. The Insurance Suit Results in a Verdict for the Defence. A London cable says: Judgment was given to -day in the action brought in the interest of Mrs. Maybrick against the In- surance association to recover the sum of $10,000' insurance upon her husband's life. The court decided that Mrs. Maybrick had murdered her husband, and that conse- quently she could not recover the amount for which his life was insured, as his death was caused by the person for whose benefit the action was brought. Mrs. Maybriele, is the, woman who some time back was arrested on a charge of poisoning her husband, a Liverpool com- mission merchant. The trial developed many sensational features, and resulted in the conviction of the accused. Mrs. May - brick was sentenced to be banged, but the matter was laid before the Home Secretary, who recommenclecl the Queen to commute her sentence to imprisonment for life. STOLE THE SPARKLERS. A Sharp Pa Pair Mke Away With a $10,000 Tray ofRitunonds. A New York despatch says: Robert Howe, a young bookmaker's clerk, has been arrested on a charge of stealing e $10,000 case of diamonds from the jewelry estab- lishment of Carl Warnicke, No. 12 West Twenty-eighth street. The robbery occurred on February 6th last, and the police have been at work on the case constantly. On that date the prisoner, or a man who very closely resembles him, called at the jewelry store with a handsomely dressed woman, who said she wanted to buy some diamonds. , They examined some rings, but finally con- cluded not to purchase and left the place. A tray of diamonds valued at $10,000 was ' almost immediately missed, but the couple could not be found. On Friday night Iloee, who answers the description of the thief, was arrested on Broadway. The police are now searching for the woman. onowNED IN TUE I'ACIFIC. Two Parties Meet a Sad Pate off the British Columbia Coast. A Vancouver despatch says: A man named D Wards and his two sons, aged 11 and 12, together with two men named lVforrison and McInnis, were drowned here last night by the upsetting of a sail boat. A man named mato), one of the parts- was rescued by the crew of the United "Slates warship Marion. Four midshipmen belonging to the flag- ship Warspite left for a week's campaign and fishing, and their leave expired several days ago. Canoes and other articles be- longing to them have been found, and they have undoubtedly been drowned. Their names were DeMontinorency, Johnson, Brown and Caldwell. Perished in a Cave-in. An O'Brien, Fla., despatch says Will Davas and Mac Sietrunk went out a short distance from here to -day to dig for phos- phate. They dug a pit three feet wide, fifteen feet long and about fourteen feet deep, when a part Of the sides Caved in. Sistrunk got out of the pit and told. Da,vis he had better come too. Davis would not do so, saying he did not think the banks would rave any more. Suddenly the entire side of the pit gave way, burying Davis re completely. Sistnk dug down to Davis' head but found him dead. The body was removed last night. Davis was an English- man. John is no Jay. John Wanamaker "I never in my life used such a thing as a poster, or dodger, or handbill. My plan for fifteen years has been to buy so much space in a newspaper, and fill it up with what I wanted. I would not give an advertisement in a newspaper of 500 circulation for 5,000 dodgers or posters." This is the expezienee of all busi- ness meta A sensitive num in Fifth street market got highly affionted because a passing Wass band Stanek up " MarchingThrough Georgia " just as be was half way through Georgia wa,teneseleess---Pitihdelphist Pecrerd, 1 Mr, Mulock introduced a bill to tunond the Coneolideeed Revenue and Auclit Act. He said that it would be within tlse memory of honorable gentlemen that at the com- meneement of tide session a statement was laid upon the table, showing the amounts of the Goyernor-General's warrants issued during the recess since lest session for the carrying on of the public service. He said that a reference td that statement showed the gross amount of the warrants to be $1,310,876.38, and it appeared from this statement that there was only expended $750,646.60. In addition to the precautions at present provided for, before the Gover- nor -General's warrant could issue, he pro- posed that the report of the Minister having charge of the service for which the grant is asked, should set forth on the face of it the facts and circumstances which warranted him in asking for this special grant, that that report shall be referred to the Minister of Finance for his endorsation, after which it hall go to the Minister of Justice. Mr. Costigan introduced a bill in restraint of fraudulent marking. He said that the law at present dealt only with the article of white lead. Sir John Thompson introduced a bill to amend the Copyright Act. Sir John Thompson's bill to amend. the Patent Act Wat3 read a first time. Mr. Bowell said that $2,500 had been paid to doctors and others who had attended those injured in the accident at St. Joseph de Levis on the Intercolonial. In reply to Mr. Taylor, Sir HectorLauge- vin stated that it was the intention of the Government to devote a sum of money to the erection of a montunent to the late Sir ajusolrawaacclonald on the Parliament grounds tot Bills for the relief of Adam Russworm Thos. Bristow, Isabel Tapley, and Mahala Ellis passed their second reading on a division, and were referred to the Com- mittee on Private Bills. Sir Hector Langevin moved that the time for the reception of reports on private bills be extended till July 28th.—Carried. Mr.1a8c8cmSts°1nervi .of payments for extra work from lle moved for a return of all The House went into committee on the bill respecting the Winnipeg & Hudson's Bay Railway. Mr. Dewdisey, replying to Mr. Laurier, said the part of the railway affected by the bill was about 300 miles. The shares of the company sold numbered 10,500, and the amount so far realized was $285,793. Sir Richard Cartwright complaiaed that the papers in regard to the Washington ne- gotiations had not yet been printed and placed in the hands of members. Mr. Mills (Bothwell) said that the corre- spondence in relation - to Mr. Foster's mission to the West Indies had not seen laid on the table. Mr. Foster promised that the papers would be brought down forthwith. The Bill providing for a grant of $80,000 a year for twenty years to the Winnipeg & Hudson Bay Railway Company was read a third time. After Recess. The following bills were read a third time: Toamend an Act to incorporate the Montreal Bridge Co. Respecting the Saskatchewan Railway and Mining Co. To incorporate the Chatsworth, Georgian Bay, and Lake Huron Railway Co. Mr. McMullen said that the Government in pretending before the last election to be anxious to secure reciprocity On the lineepf the treaty of 1854 had been guilty of prac- tising a gross fraud upon the people of Canada. The supporters of the Govern- ment were now arguing that reciprocity in natural products would be injurious to the interests of the farmers. Mr. McMullen said the iron duties bore heavily upon the farmer. The member for Haldimand did not use iron exceptwhat was in his medical instruments. Mr. Montague—And in the tinctures too. (Laughter.) Mr. McMullen said the investigation now taking place showed how loosely the affairs of the country had been administered, and how highly demeable it was that there should be a change. Mr. Ives moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. Girouard presented the report of the Privileges and Elections Committee, asking for a reduction of a quorum, from 21 to 11, in order that the committee may meet while the House is in session. The report was adopted. Sir John Thompson, in introducing a Bill to amend the Electoral Franchise Act, said it and the two other Bills he proposed to move contained many of the recommenda- tions of the committee to which were sub- mitted a number of Bills on the subject in the early part of the session. The present Bill proposed to enact that a voter must be a British subject at the time of being put upon the list, leaving out the words "by birth or naturalization." It was proposed also to extend the time for the preliminary revision by adding fifteen days, making the date of concluding it -August 15th. Under the Bill no person's name could be removed from the list by reason of qualification being incorrectly stated. Another section pro- vided that the revising officer as further security shall state the number of names on the list. The part of the Act relating to the declaration of British subjects would not come into force till January 1st next, as the forms were now out and an imme- diateenneiecehange would cause great incon- vSir John Thompson, in introducing a bill to amend the Dominion Election Act, said it proposed that deposits should be made in legal tender or in the bills of any chartered bank doing burliness in Canada. It was proposed to restrict the transfer of voters by way of agents to two in each polling booth. Provision was made in the case of the loss of a ballot box for the taking of DOMINION PARLIAMENT evidence by the returning officer, and the necessary machinery,was provided for get- ting an order from a Superior Court judge compelling the County Court judge to make a recount where the aggrieved party is entitled to it. The returning officer shall report the candidates who have the highest nutnber of votes to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, who shall gazette them in the order in which they come in. Sir John Thompson moved the first read- ing of the bill to atnend the Controverted Elections Act. Mr. Mulock moved that the evidence taken as to the Langevin block before the Public Accounts Conunittee be printed. Sir John Thompson objected. The re- quest should dome from the corniaittee, Mr. Ives, upon resuming the budget de- bate, said that Mr, McMullen had isaid that the Conservatives were opposed to any kind of reciprocity with the United States. Mr, Giroutird moved that messages be sent to the Senate asking them to give leave to Senator Robitaille to attend as a witness before the Privileges and Elections Com- mittee and requesting that they allow the granted to the Public Aceounte Committee to inquire into tae payment of $600 to G, A. Burgeoia, late Post -office Inspector of Three Rivers district, Mr. Laurier said that he had inquired yesterday about the absence of the Superin- tendent of the Printing Bureau. The HOuse was informed that the gentleman referred to was absent on leave, He would like to inquire whether the leave of abeence was still running; and when it was to expire. Mr. Chaideau said the leave of absence was passed upon a special order of the phy- sician of Mr. Seneca', Dr. Church, of Ottawa. The leave of absence had not ex- pired. However, he expeeted the Superin- tendent back in a day or two. Mr. Moncrieff eaid that the petroleum in- dustry at Lambton ima been attacked un- fairly by hon. gentlemen opposite. The Standard Oil Company- had got control et the natural gas,supply in Welland ceunty, and he objected to a foreig,n monopoly get- ting a foothold in the Dominion. He dis- Feted the claim of the speakers on the op- posite side of the House that reciprocity would Canadians their oil at one-third the price now paid. Unrestricted recipro- city would check the development of the rich oil fields of Canada by placing the sup- ply of the country in the hands of the Americans. As a rule SUMMERtlepeoip1175wI 111)Ot :an. afford it— and some who can't—take holidays in mid- summer, but it is a mistake to invest too • much money in a summer cottage, like ' those granite mansions on the islands be- tween Gananoque and Clayton. One gets 4. • weary of going to the eame place every year, though that place be gorgeous and comfort- able. The travellers who sojourn in hotels have the best of it, for they can go where. they choose. One curious phase of opinion on the holiday question is exemplified by a correspondent of a Louis paper, who writes: I get one every year, and don't know what t0. do with it. It's only two weeks in length; but it costs me a mouth's salary, throws me into debt, and starts me into the cool weather with a disgruntled mind. and a sour stomach, Some people may say the tone of this effusion is conclusive evidence that the dis- gruntled mind and the aciduleus stomach are already with the writer before the opening of his offiseason. Yet the fact is not to be disguised that he has only put in print a feeling of coyness or mistrust, which in more or less degree lies been in the minds of his fellowdvacationists in other seasons. Vacation itself—the abstinence from ac- customed exercise, and the transition from the fresh fruits and vegetables and the rich milk and butter of the city markets to the canned delicacies of the summer re- sort—is not necessarily a bad thing in itself. The expense and worri- ment of getting summer quarters ; the frantic chase for health; the effort to catch fish in depopulated streams, and the attempt to put as much bronze on the cheek in a fortnight as would require two months for its development -.--these are some of the minor considerations that somethnes cause allusions to vacation as the season of rest to. fall with sardonic meaniug on the ear. But. this, after all, is the vain, presumptious setting up of individual experience. Opposed to it invincibly, is the gen- eral judgment of mankind, which sends highly intelligent people in great throngs to the mountain tops, and. myriads of other equally intelligent people in vast, seething multitudes to the brink of the river, the lake or sea. These vast tidal movements of our species at the coming of each summer must be something more than the impulse of fashion or fatuity. At all events, the voice of the people, if it be not, always infallible, is far more to be trusted than the isolated croaks of an embittered few—who would probably never be happy though they should get a whole month off, with an advance of salary thrown in, and quarters beside the sea next door to a merry-go-round. Oild Jots About Vegetarians. Robert Purvis is a vegetarian. Susan B. Anthony is a vegetarian. The noted vegetarian, Henry L. Fry, of Cincinnati, is now 84. Battle Creek (Mich.) vegetarians have organized a society. The vegetable food is regarded by Japan- ese as Sho-Jinmono, or the food of spiritual progress. The lenness Maga,zine is trying to prove that consumption is largely due to fiesh eating. At the Embankment Iron Works, Lon- don, the heaviest sort of work is being done' by men who subsist on vegetables. A Japanese correspondent of Food, Home. and Garden says; "1 must be bold enough. to say that the eight or nine -tenths of the. whole population in my country are truly - vegetarians. Edison stopped eating meat until his liver began to "work right," and then he back- slid from vegetarianism ; whereat Food,. Home and Garden gives him this slap : "It is the old story repeated: 'When the devil) was sick, the devil a monk would be. But-, when the devil was well, the devil a monk. was he.' " iirkat 3111. Of Bain Means. Few people can form an idea of what is. involved in the expression: "An inch of rain." It may aid such to follow this curi- ous calculation: An acre is equal to 6,272,- 640 square inches; an inch deep of water on this area will be as many cubic inches of water, which, at 227 to the gallon, is 22,000 gallons. This immense quantity of water will weigh 220,000 pounds, or 110 tons. One-hundredth of an inch (0.01), alone is equal to one ton of water to the - acre. OW to Behring Sea. A Victoria despatch says : The seal- ing commissioners arrived this morning - and. leave to -night by the steamer Dan- ube for the Behring Sea. They had a long conference with the, Board of Trade and the Sealers' Association in regard to sealing matters. One of the sealing schooners arrived a few days ago. She w,as ordered not to enter Behring Sea by an American, cruiser. A number of other sealers were also warned not to enter the sea. They have not come home. This generally be- lieved none of the sealers will leave here on orders from an American source, but will dodge the cruisers as long as possible. Setzutes are expected, The Dowager Countess, of Shrewsbury, is one of the most prominent philanthropists in England. She has spent most of her time and money in improving the condition of the poor on her estate and has established several lodging houses and "convalescent homes" for the indigent and Sick. A nil= is usually as small as he tries to make other men feel. The credit of having Manufactured the largest gun in existence is claimed by the Krupp Company. The gun, which is the property of the Russiaii Governelent, is made of OA eteel, weighs 233 tons, and has tonitnittee the use of one of their committee a caliber of 13a inehes, soul a barrel 40 feet rooms. in length. It fires two shots per minute, Mr. phoquette moved that leeye he and each charge costs $300.