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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-8-6, Page 211111111111/ DAYIIIGHT RANK RUMMY, Rheapere &gage Bank Offieers in °waver- sation and Sneak " $4,000, An Easton, a,, despatch says ; Four 'thousand dollars was stolen from the Easton National Bank on Tuesday. Three men were engaged, in therobbery.First a nicely. dressed inn entered, and going to the dia. vomit window, asked: What is your wane ?" "Bixler," answered the clerk. "You are the man I want to see, then," said the stranger. I represent the Bixler estate in Germany," and then he began to talk with Bixler relative to a fortune left in the Old Country for the Bixler hefts. After some conversation no left. A few minutes afterward a man stepped to the teller's window aud addressed Chief Book-keeper Frank Sleter, who was serving in the absence at dinner of Jacob Holt, the teller, He aeked Mr, Bioter to accept $.90 which he proffered, and hold it for a note which would goon fall due on the bank. Sleter told him it was not the custom to do business in that way when the makers of notes kept no account at the bank. How- ever, the stranger could open an account if he liked. While saying this $leter was counting the package of money. He found it to contain $78, and told the man to take it back to the plaee where he got it and have the mistake coirrected. The stranger got Sleter to count t again, and then saying he was satisfied the package was short, left the bank. He had held Sleter's attention bout three minutes. A few minutes later Sleter missed a package of $1 bills which had been in a safe in the rear of the vault in the rear of the counting -room. Wm. Hackett, the cashier, returned from dinner at 1 o'clock, and Sleter informed hint of the loss. An investigation was made at once, and it was found that a package con- taining $4,000, mostly in $1 bills, was gone. The package was bulky, and how the thief got it out unobserved is a mystery. The thief is a man with a beard, well dressed, and wearing tennis shoes with rubber soles. Slater saw him come in. While he was talking to stranger No. 2, stranger No. 3 went to a desk at the left and began to write. Sleter does not remember seeing him after that time. The theory is that the man entered the cashier's room from the lobby; entered the countingroom, crept under a table, and gettinginto the vault, grabbed the first package he could, making his exit from the bank softly. Just a foot away was a smaller package containing $100,000, and within a space four feet square and twelve inches from his hand was $10,000. The whole affair took place in less than five minutes. CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL. Matter Language Used by a Mlnister's Wife. A London cable says: Among the clos- ing incidents of the Congregational Council was the proposed union with the Baptists. The proposal excites discussion in both com- munities. Dr. Noble's suggestion that the union scheme be first tried in local councils Ands general acceptance. The official organ of the Baptists says that a close federation of the Church upon a mutually acceptable basis -will strengthen them fora common attack upon the enemy's forces. If the united local councils succeed, a longer conference is certain to follow. Dr. Good- win'svindica.tion of Congregational orthodoxy roused Dr. Parker's ire. When interviewed, Dr. Parker said he would rather not speak on the subject...at lafge ; that his wife had written a letter.which fairly represented his yin thoughts. The wife's letter excels in %song language. She compares .Dr. Good - min to a theologian corpse that had lain in the gra.ve for 200 years, and had been drag- ged, out stinking with the grave clothes not too gracefully draped round him. To much more of this style of criticism. Dr. Parker adds that he was on a bed of sickness ten days, yet the delegates preaching in the Temple failed to remember him in their prayers, thus exemplifying their unholy 10,s1vmism and that they were so much con- cerned about their own orthodoxy as to neglect the simplest decencies of civilization THE MINING RIOTS. ill:forts Being Made to Effect a Compromise and End the Trouble. A Knoxville, Tenn., special says : The general impression is prevalent that the Governor will come here this evening, and that some compromise will either be effected between him and the committee of miners, or that the troops will be sent im- mediately to the scene of the trouble. The only way in which the matter can be com- promised, it seems, is for the lesseesto with- draw the convicts. A Knoxville speeial, timed 11.30 a. m., aays : Governor Buchanan and Attorney - General Pickle arrived at 8 o'clock this morning. They were at once waited on by a deputation of miners, who are trying to effect a compromise and avoid bloodshed. The Governor is determined to establish law and order, and the troops are anxious to be on the move, especially those who were driven off on Monday. All sorts of rumors regarding the resistance to be offered the troops are afloat, and the Knoxville people encourage the strikers. STANLEY BREAKS A BONE. — Ite Falls on. Rocky Ground, Fracturing kis Left Ankle. A Geneva, Switzerland, despatch says: Henry M. Stanley has met with a. serious accident. According to information re- ceived here from Murren, where Mr. Stanley is staying with his wife, the explorer had started to walk from Murren toward the Schill Valley. While passing through a wood he slipped on some rocky ground and fell heavily to the earth, fracturing his left ankle joint. Two English doctors who were stopping at Murren were summoned to the spot. They bandaged Mr. Stanley's legand then had the explorer conveyed to Murren, where Dr. Playfair of Kurhaus is attending him. A Young Girl Butchered. A Hazelton, Pa., despatch says: Mrs. Garoyerwent huckleberrying yesterday limning and left her 13.year-old daughter at imam to mind the baby. When she re- turned in the afternooh she found her daughter dead upon the floor in a pool of blood, her throateutanda large ca,rvingknife close beside her. Her clothing was torn in numerous places. The box containing the savings of the family had been rifled, and the theory is that the thief was detected, and to screen himself added murder to theft. There fit no clue to the murderer. A statute to the Pope will be unveiled in Baltimore in October, at which Cardinal Gibbons will offieiate. Princess Christian has settled tl,000 yearly on her daughter, Princess Loins°. rrinee Anhalt' e father gives 800 with a furnished house in Berlin, Queen Vietoria gives £500, and Emperor William gives rzoo and two carriages and four horses, and pays the salaries of a lady and a gentleman. —Bieyles no longer can be riddea in Danish dities faster than the speed of a cab, & decree et the GoVernment. TER MHTINOHli GUARDS. They Banieade Themselves and Make Terme for Their Leaders. THE OFFICERS BLAMED. A Loudon cable give i the following addi- tional particulars of the disaffection in the Coldstream Guards : The officers accord- ingly repaired to the company rooins and argued with the mutinous privates, setting forth to them the disgrace which had fallen, upon the Grenadiers, and holding up to them the prespeet of being exiled from England. Filially the rebellious privates consented to parade, and were conducted to St. James' park in full marchieg order for their usual chill. But, arrived upon the parade ground, the oehavior and bearing of the Coldstreams was so glaringly iusuborclinete that their officeris conceded that it would be advisable to march them back to Wellington bar- racks, This was done, the men returning to the barracks with the consciousness that they had at least won a partial victory. The officers, however, issued orders con- fining their commands to the barracks for Lhree days as a punishment. In addition the officers ordered that the ten senior privates of the mutinous companies should be placed under arrest, with the view of trying them by court-martial for insubor- dination. No sooner did the main body of the ex cited Guardsmen hear of this last order than ninety of them barricaded themselves in a room in the barracks, and declined to emerge until promised that the ten senior privates should not fare any worse than their connades. A considerable time was spent parleying with the mutineers, and they were finally persuaded, on the ground that they would make matters worse for all concerned, to open the door and listen to their officers in an orderly manner. The mutinous Coldstreams were then addressed by General Hardinge, who, by judiciously stroking the soldiers' backs, figuratively speaking, succeeded in quieting them down. The mutiny of the Coldstreams is another illustration of the feelingof discontentwhich has been growing in certain corps in the British army for sorne time. Excessive drills, excessive punishments, excessive severity on the part of the officers and non-coms., with small pay, are said to be the causes of this discontent. The Times confirms the story of the mutiny of the Coldstream Guards. It states that the work of the young men now com- posing the battalions, which was excep- tionally severe during the German Emperor's visit, caused ill -feeling when the parade was ordered on Monday., but the officials quelled the disaffection, and the battalion paraded as usual. WILL 'UPHOLD LAW. The Tennesse Authorities Will Not Com- promtse With Rioting Miners. A Knoxville despatch says: A mass meeting is being held at Coal Creek to -day, the result of which will not be known for several hours. The miners are perfectly quiet, and there are no troops nearer Coal Creek than Knoxville, 35 miles distance. The solution of the trouble for the present depends on the result of the meeting now being held. The im.pression is that in view of the extra session of the Legislature called to meet in September the miners will acquiesce in the decision of Gov. Buchanan to send the convicts back to the mines until the Legislature takes action on the convict lease question. If thy do not, troops will almost certainly take the convicts back to Briceville to -morrow. At a mass meeting of miners at Coal Creek to -day the committee which conferred with the Governor here yesterday made its re- port, and said the committee had received concessions and the miners ought to grant some. This did not meet with universal ap- proval, but by unanimous vote it was de- cided to accept the report of the Committee on Resolutions. The gist of the resolutions was that the convicts should be returned to the mines, the miners guaranteeing that they would not be molested. The militia will be ordered home. Sixty days will be allowed to convene the Legislature, during which time no convict shall be molested and no property destroyed. The Miners' Commit- tee returned to Knoxville this evening, and is nova in conference with the Governor. The conference between Governor Buchanan and the Miners' Committee ended without result. The Governor declined to consider the proposition for an armistice on the ground that it would be an implied com- promise with violators of the law. ON A MlURDEREWS TRAIL. New Hampshire Detectives Scenting Out a Montreal Refugee. A Montreal despatch says: Three detec- tives and a Boston newspaper man arrived here to -day in search of Frank Almy, who lately murdered a young lady . named Christie Warden at Fall River Junction, W. H. Ahny was.a farm laborer at Fall River Junction, and paid attention to Miss Warden, which that young lady did not reciprocate. Then Almy shot her in the breast. The murderer is about 28 years of age, five feet eight inches in height, and has a dark moustache. After the murder he fled to Canada, and was traced to Sher- brooke. He had only 35 cents in his pocket, and it is thought he proposed to beat his way to Montreal. There is a re- ward of $1,000 for his apprehension. It was rumered here to -night that Almy, the New Hampshire murderer, had sailed on board the Allan line Mongolian, but the truth of the statement has not been con- firmed. Messages have been sent to the English authorities to keep a look -out for him. AN OLD COMBINATION. The Fool and the loaded Shotgun Get Together Again. A Wheeling, W. Va., despatch says: A distressing shooting affair occurred at a private picnic near here to -day, by which Miss Sarah McGowan was killed and Miss Kate Kinney and George Weatsell serionsly wounded. While the pickuickers were en- joying the Music of a Mandolin club, Andrew Height came up with a shotgen and Joseph Fahey took it from him, at the sante time asking if it was loaded. Height said it wee not, and Fahey pointed it towards the crowd and swapped it. The gun was discharged, and Miss McGowan caught most of the tents in her face and died in ten mime es, Weatsell will lose one of his eyes, and b is face was badly torn. Miss Kinney was wounded in the hip. Illinois has a larger railroad mileage than any other State .112 the Union ; or to be more exact, it has 10,163 Miles of main linea and 2,928 miles of sidings. Mrs. Alexander, the British hovelist, is of Irish perentage. A pen picture repre- sents her as tall, handsome, eomewhat portly of late years, endowed with a feeell- IICSS of complexion that has defied middle ego, with fair hair and blue eyes; the is a atriking figure anywhere, a charming com- panion and a admirable conversationaliet RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. What Will Happen if the Grand Truk and the Oanadian Fad& Get Together, A Montreal despatch says The rumored big railway deal has caused considerable talk in business end other circles here to- day. It was alleged that besides the three roads mentioned -yesterday, viz., the Grand Trunk, Canadian Pacific and, New York Central, that the Boston & Maine road was to be included in the deal, which, if consummated, will forin the greatest rail- way combination ou the continent. " Probably the idea," said a well-informed gentleman to -day "is to form a great trans- continental pool between the 'Vanderbilts, the G, T, R., the C. P. R. and the B. & M. to work agaiust the Gould and other American Pacific roads with termini at New York, Boston, Pertland and Hali- fax, a line of transatlantic steam- ers in connection therewith. If the arrange- ments are carried out theselines will control the traffic of half the continent." The G. T. R. people here still claim to be ignorant of the deal. A private cable front London says that the riunor published last night was cabled to London and affected both the stock of the C. P. R. and G. T. R., the latter advancing El 12s. Ocl. a share and second preferences LI 10s. Brokers seem to think that if the deal is carried out the stock of both roads will advance rapidly. The head of a large express concern says the story is current in Boston and is credited there. " What would be the effect of the deal ?" was asked of a railway man to -day, " Sinly this, that the G. T. R. and C. P. R. working in harmony with the Vanderbilts could carry freight from the great west cheaper and more expe- ditiously to the seaboard than any other roads on the eontinent." The Globe has the following from Lon- don : The sudden arrival of President Van. Horne of the Canadian Pacific Railway in London, coupled with the fact that Messrs. Chauncey Depew and Homer are also here, attracts attention in city circles. The official statement made in reply to inquiries is that Mr. VanHorne is only here for a few days on strictly private business; but the statement meets with little acceptance. The belief in many quarters is that the result of his visit will probably be seen in large financial operations. Sir Heury Tyler, who sails next Wednes- day, will spend two months in Canada visiting the chief points on the Grand Trunk system. The chief object of his visit, it is understood, will be to promote better rates. AN EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED. Seven Persons Instantly Killed and Many Injured at Middleton, 0. A Cincinnati despatch says: News has been received here by telephone from Hainilton, Ohio, of a collision of trains at Middletown, attended by serious loss of life. The Dayton Cash Register Company yester- day gave their employees and the friends of their employees a picnic excursion to Woodsdale Island, four miles north of Hamilton, and thirty miles from Dayton. The ' excursionists went by train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Road. They fined all the cars in a very long train, and spent the day at Woodsdale. They were mostly young people, composed of about an equal number of men and women, with a few children. It was after 9 o'clock when the train started to return to Dayton. A little after ten the *in stopped. at Middle- town to let off excursionists who stopped there. This was 20 miles south of Dayton. While the passenger train was standing there, a freight, at a high rate of speed, ran into the rear end of it Three cars full of people were overturned and wrecked. Seven corpses are lying at the depot at Middletown, and twenty wounded people, many of them fatally hurt, are cared for at Carlisle. A Dayton, Ohio, despatch says: The excursion train ran into at Middletown broke a draw bar while pulling into a siding, and in the delay of recoupling the i freight train came along. The cars nto which the freight ran were ploughed into a mass of debris and dead and crippled human beings. It is said the wounded number fifty. Scores had their legs or arms broken or were otherwise horribly injured. News of the disaster spread over the city like wildfire, and the depot was soon filled with anxious families whose relatives were on the unfortunate train. THE PILGRIM FATHERS. Unveiling a Statue to an Early Pastor, An Amsterdam cable says: At Leyden to -day a ceremony of greatinterest was wit- nessed in the unveiling in St Peter's Church of the memorial erected there in honor of Rev. John Robinson, pastor in Holland of the Pilgrim Fathers, and one of the passen- gers on the Mayflower, who settled in Plymouth in 1620. It was a most impres- sive ceremony, and was witnessed by a large crowd. The exterior of the old church was prettily decorated with flags and flowers, and the town of Leyden was dressed as for its most festive occasion. Miss Edith Palmer removed the sheet which enveloped the memorial, a handsome tablet, suitably engraved, and as it was un- veiled three flags were hoisted and saluted. The first flag was the Dutch ensign, then up went the Stars and Stripes, and finally the British Union Jack was run up to the truck. As these flags were hoisted the military band present played "The Star-Spangled Banner," "God Save the Queen," and the Dutch anthem in succession. The proces- sion, on its way to the church, was headed by Dr. Palmer and Dr. Fairbairn. Daring the ceremotiies in St. Peter's church that edifice was crowded to the doors. The responses were made in the Dutch lan- guage. The civil and military authorities and representatives of the University of Leyden were present at the unveiling in the church. DeasimecTivel STORMS. , Great. DJIINIagl• by Hail in Dakota and nen. IleS0t1D• An Aberdeen, Da., despatch says: Re- ports are coming in of a destructive hail- storm twenty-five miles north of here on Teesday. The track of the storm extended from tinsiner eastward for over 100 miles, and was from one to four miles wide. In some localitiee great damage was done. hailstones of great size fell near Westport, some measuring fourteen inches in circum- ference. Marks etin be seen to -day in the hard roads where the hail truck. Many farmers lost the entire wheat crop of from 30 lo 100 aeres each. The loss will foot up many thousands of dollars. —" If that's my wife outside there," said the condemned murderer suspiciously to the ptison chaplain, "1 want to know what's in the package silent carrying before she comes too near." "it is a, prayer book," said the chaplein. "1 saw her Wrapping it up just easy,' "Thee see her," replied the gin I ty vete-tell, £1 gloom of satisfaction light- ing up his eye. I thought perhaps she had bought me a new neektic."—Cothier and Purdsher. THE ST. MAITI)E HORROR. The Disaster the Reeult of a Fiendish AO of Revenge. TSB AWFUL DEATH ROLL. A Paris cable gives the following addi- tional particulars of the railway disaster at St. Mande: The majority of the victims were women and children. The wrecked carriages consisted of one first-class, two second, -class and a guards' ran. The first was completely shattered. The work of rescae proceeded slowly during the night until, dawn. People then began to flock to the melte by thousands, many seeking friends who had not returned from the fete. By daybreak there were 20,000 persoue around the station, and the school -room and Town Hall, where the bodies of the dead were lying, were besieged by distracted people. Inside there was a constant suc- cession of heartrending scenes as in the dim light afforded by the lamp the identifi- cation of the charred and mangled bodies proceeded. A man searching for missing relatives suddenly came upon the bodies of his wife and daughter. Llis cries attracted his brother-in-law, who in turn reeognized a grandchild lying deacl, and learned that his wife and his mother were in a hospital dying. 'A man who for a long time had, been rushing about half demented seeking his family stopped a litter entering the school -room, and found it bore the charred bodies of his wife and baby, the latter being only a few months old. Five of this man's children were on the train, and only one was rescued living. The bodies of the others were picked from the debris. Most of the bodies in the town hall were scorched beyond recognition. , They owe their identification to some special mark. The fire that broke out after the accident was fiercest in the first-class carriage, from which twelve bodies have been recovered so badly charred that identification is impos- sible. Among the injured sent to Tye hospital, a number died immediately after admission, and many are expected to suc- cumb. The earliest workers to go to the rescue were the fire brigade of Vincennes and the soldiers in the barracks in the vicinity. These worked without cessation until 9 o'clock, when the line was cleared. An inquiry into the cause of the accident shows that the second train left Vincennes at the regulation interval of five minutes after the first train. The latter train was delayed at St Maude owing to an enormous crowd of excursionists. The station master at Vincennes blames the driver of the second train for the accident. When this train was starting the station master advised the driver to go slowly, as there was a train in front of hinn but the man paid no heed to the advice and went ahead at full speed. This driver at first alleged that all the signals indicated that the line was clear, but an inquiry confirms the report of the officials at St. Maude Vin- cennes that danger signals were shown. The driver now asserts that he has been the vic- tim of an act of revenge on the part of some one who severed communication with the Westinghouse air brake, thus preventing him from bringing the train to a standstill the instant he perceived the lights in the rear of the stationary train. The stoker of the second train declares that when the train left Vincennes the signal discs indi- cated that there was no danger ahead. On reaching Port Tournelle'close to the station of Si. Maude, where the line curves, he caught sight of the red lampson the rear of the front train. He then tried to put on the brakes, but they failed to act properly. A leading official of the railway blames the public for crowding into the rear van, which he says was intended to remain empty. The greatest number of dead were found beneath the ruins of this van. From the force of the collision the engine mounted the top of the rear van crushing it into fragments. An official statement makes the number of dead 43, and the number of injured 104. Among the victims are the Marquis and Marquise of 1VIontferate. An artillery lieutenant climbed to the top of the burning carriage to rescue a girl, but fell with her into the burning mass and neither was seen again. It is reported that warrants have been issued for the arrest of the driver of the second train and the traffic manager at the Vincennes station. IIIINTENG A CRIMINAL. Almy, the Hanover Murderer, Believed to be in Montreal. A Montreal ,despatch says: The search for Almy, the Hanover murderer, still ghee on here, but with hourly diminishing chances of his being found in this vicinity. The clue which the American officers and newspaper reporters ran down, as they alleged, locating the arrival of Almy here at noon lest Monday, has been exploded. One of their principal pieces of evidence was that Almy had a diver watch and the man they followed had pawned a similar one at Richmond Junction for a ticket to Mon- treal. This afternoon Detective McMahon found that man, when he turned up at the depot to get his watch for which he had sent the money yesterday. He proved to be it man named Robiliard, of Drummondville, Que., who had been work- ing in East Boston. Summoned hurriedly home by his wife's serious illness in the ex- citement of starting he had forgotten his funds, and had to leave his watch to enable him to finish his journey. The latest rumor about Almy is told by a C. P. R. conductor. He says Thursday evening he was going up with the Ottawa local, and just as the train was starting from St. Martin's Junction a man rushedd out of the hush on the opposite side of the track from the station and boarded the reeving train. He threw him - elf into a seat as though exhausted. He had no ticket, but gave the conductor a 25 , cent piece, saving how far -will that take me?' "To gt. ;lose," was the reply. "All right, I vrill get off there," he answered. And as tbe train rexched St. Rose the con- ductor law his strange passenger get off still on the opposite Bide from the station and insh off into the woode. The conductor states he matetly answered the now pub; Haled description of Frank Alms', Beason Knocked EndwayS. Mr. Boren (buying a railway ticket) -- What became of the ticket goner who used to be at thie window? . Ticket agent—He's in a lunatic asylum, "Vou don't say so. What drove him crazy 1" " A shock." "Shock, ch'l" " Yes. One day a man came to his win- dow, bought a ticket, paid for it, and walked off without stopping to aek a string of foolish questions.—GoodArelfA —The Russian Gianni Duke Sergius is very religious. --Ex.1Cane Milan has got leave from the Chureh to nierry again. --The Du ze of Fife's baby is niekaittmed " Duffiet" in the royal family. —The world is round like a ball and flat at both ends like is church Sociable. DOMINION PABLIAMENT. Mr, Wallace moved that the order of the House, that witnesses who appear before the Public Accounts Committee be exam- ined under oath be reecinded. Mr. Speaker ruled the motion out of older. Mr. Barron moved that all Accounts from '88 to '91 for salaries and extra services or otherwise in connection with the Post Office Depertment paid to J. G. Poston, A. C. MacDonald, M. P. Wright, E. A. LeSneur, Miss Kate Falconer, Miss Jane Craig, A. E. Meighen and Alice Graham be laid before the Public AccountCommittee. M. Bowell said that Mr, 13arron should move that these papers be laid before the House and not before the eommittee. No notice of this motion had been given. Mr. Devvdney, in answer to Mr. Bain,said said that twenty-three applications had been received by the Government for work- ing or purchasing an amber deposit in the neighborhood of Cedar Lake in the North- west, but no privileges had been granted. Mr. German moved for a report showing the lessees of the boxes in the Kingstoupost- °ffieerin1889. M.Wallace moved the third reading of the Bill to relieve Adam Russmore. The House divided on the motion, which was carried on a vote of 89 yeas and 23 nays. The following divorce bills were read it third time on the same division: For the relief of Mahala For the relies of Thomas Bristow. For the relief of Isabel Tapley. Mr. Wallace in moving the second reading of the bill to amend the Mt to prevent com- binations in restraint of trade, said it pro- posed to enact the provisions contained in the bill as introduced two years ago, but rejected by the Senate, 111r. Mills (Bothwell) said that if pro- tection were reduced the combination to the extent of the reduction of the protection would be done away with. Protection pro- duced the combines, yet Mr. Wallace o - posed to make combines criminal, when they were the outcome of the protective policy of the Goverment. Mr. Barron said that the bill did not go far enough, inasmuch as it did not define what was an unlawful aet under the meas- ure. He was of opinion that Mr. Wallace was more desirous of appearing to be anxious to abolish combines than to abolish them. Mr. Gillmor said that he believed Mr. Wallace was desirous of abolishingicom- bines, but it was it very hard task n this protected country. Before free trade was adopted by England that country was full of combines. Mr. Mulock said that the combine in sugar could not have existed had sugar been on the free list. Combines existed in free trade countries, it is true, but they were not so easily formed as in a protected coun- try. He said that combines were the progeny of an institutionof the Government , and. now they were about to commit infanti- cide. They were the legitimate progeny of illegitimate conditions. ie House went into committee on the The Chairman read the proposed amend- ments, which were to strike from the exist- ing Act the qualifyingwords "unduly" and "unreasonably." The bill was reported and stands for third reading. Mr. .Lister presented a petition signed by 15,000 members of the Order of Patrons of Industry, praying for the removal of the import duty on binder twine, salt and sugar and the placing of these articles on the free list. Mr. Tupper introduced a bill providing for the inspection of ships. He explained that -under the law as it exists at present the Government inspection of ships is prac- tically confined to hulls. For the greater security of sailors and workingmen employed when the ships are loading and unloading, this bill makes provision for the inspection of tackle. Mr. Tupper introduced a bill amending the Acts respecting the harbor of Pictott, in Nova Scotia, and defining the powers of the four Harbor Commissioners. Before the orders of the day were called, Mr. Davin asked the Minister of justice when the report of the investigation by Mr. Frederick White, Comptroller of the North- west Mounted Police, into the conduct of Commissioner Lawrence W. Herchrner would be laid on the table. Sir John Thompson replied that the re- port had been prepared, and would be brought down in a few days. NIAGARA CENTRAL RAILWAY Deputation at Ottawa Looking for a Bonus. An Ottawa despatch says: The Mayor and Ald. Saunders formed part of a deputa- tion consisting of President Oille and S. Neelon, St Catharines, accompanied by Messrs. Wallace, Coatsworth, McKay, Ryckman and Henderson, M. P's., which waited on Premier Abbott in the interest of the Niagara Central Railway. They asked that a subsidy of $3,200 a mile be given to the road, making altogether about $121,000. The project includes the extension of the road to Toronto and on to New York, and Mayor Clarke dwelt on the advantage to Toronto of having another trunk line par- ticularly in view of the question of cheaper fueml.r. Abbott, in reply, promised to con- sider the application, but added that there were two questions to be considered : (1) Whether the Government would give any railway subsidies this session, and (2) whether this case should be treated as an exception. There were eighty applications already in, some from parts of the country where there were no railways at all. These ought, he thought, to be supported in preference. As to the general question of Government policy, his own mind was against granting any subsidies, but his col- leagues might take a different view. A Tell Tale Corset. A bashful young man who has been call- ing on an up -town girl for quite a long time and could never summon up courage enough to pop the question was mak- ing his regular call one night last week, and, as usual, occupied the dark parlor with the object of his admiration. Not is sound was heard from the pair until ten o'clock, when a shriek like the whistle of a Dela- ware river ferryboat healed from the gloomy depths of the parlor. The father of the house rushed itt and, turning up the light, found the young man with his arm around the girl's waist Making the best of it bad situation, he immedi- ately told his feelings to the old gentleman, and the engagement was closed. The young man was for it time at a loss to know whence the tell-tale shriek originated. He afterward learned, however, that his future wife wore a recently patented electric corset provided by her father, which when pressed, sounded the alarm. —Philadelphia Record. An air ship is called a she probably be ei61180 it refuseto be guided by any known contrivance. --Queen of Portugal Is one of the best horse -women in Lisbon, where she attracts great attentiou when she tided around in the morning. "t• ::::lftljtbll441 The EI:::edOra17118 Vat Nukes a (40041 IraiwYels• (Daniel Dougherty in the Oa/teeter.) Eminence and fortune at the bar are not. found often united. The young lawyer' whose aim ie riches will not become emia neut. Inc who aspires to fame will rarely make a large fortune. Push, cheek, trick- ery, may for a time be successful, but the. true lawyer will starve rather than resort, to any indirtction. An indifferent lawyer may be an excellent business man. 13usia neseabilltiss afi'ord opportunities for SPeC11.- lotion, for fortunate investments, A business lawyer may become the associate. and co-partner of the capitalist, and by negotiations and management soon be On the high road to much wealth. To wreck iss fortune or start a trust iney bring wealth, but will not bring fame, Eminence at the• bar may be aided by natural gifts or severe training—a legal mind, eelf-demal, incessant study, absorbing devotion to the science. The student, not the business man, makes, the eminent lawyer. The lawyer may aspire to fame by a seat on the bench. If he succeds, then away with the possibilities, of fortune—even of a competency, Sheri.% and county clerks May become rich, judges. cannot. If the lawyer be eminent, he will doubtless enjoy a handsome income, and, dying, may leave his family a competence, but not what in these days is called a fortune. A. great lawyer never speculates. Very few of the really famous lawyers of our country have, dying, left large fortunes. I venture to say the lawyer should confine himself exclusiveln.atas his profession. To combine the practice' of" the law with any other calling, however im- portant, respectable or lucrative, is de- rogatory to the administration of justice. The advice 1 would give, the rising prate titioner would be to train his mind to' habits of severe study and a love of the law as a science; never to deviate a hair's• breadth from the nicest integrity, to be faithful alike to the client and the court, ii TIAB, Wth those before ncidentally alluded to, are some of the qualities that • will surest help the climber to the top and keep him there. POINTS FROM PARIS. Pithy Pickings Prom til0 Latest Frenkb • Capital Letters. Gold finds increased favor on ladies' hats and dresses. A pretty waist is made of bengaline trimmed with Chantilly lace. A nice baby mantle of pique has the skirt portion laid ni hollow folds. Balayeuses come into use whenever dresses are, as at present, worn long. Blouses are greatly worn. Light zephyrs and musseline de lame are the materials. In children's hats the Heligoland style leads, as it affords protection against the sun's rays. For winter children's capotes will be favorites. The styles are very nice with ruche borders. Serviteurs, washable and heavily starched, of plain, white or colored cretonne are quite - popular. The Summer Girl's Diary. 9.30 a. in. Ate breakfast—wondered: where the men were. 10.00. Went to see where the men were. 0.30. Found the men playing tennis— wished I were a man. 11.30.—Talked with the other girls about the men, and wondered what I would do if - I were a man., 12.30 p. m. Went to lunchon with the men—wondered why there are not more men. 2.00. Took a nap and dreamed about me57.00. Played tennis with one of the men. las8t..00 to 11.00. Danced with the men. 11.30. Engaged to one of the men at 11.45. Went to bed after saying "A -men."" A Slight Misunderstanding. It is almost an affliction to be deaf; any- how, it is it little embarrassing at times. A certain city editor went out to report a party, the other evening, where the home was blessed with a new baby. Accompanied by his best girl, he met the hostess at the - door, and, after the usual salutation asked after the baby's health. The lady, who was quite deaf, and was suffering from the grip, thought he was asking about her cold, and told him though she usually had one every fall, this was the worst one she ever had ; it kept her awake nights a good clea1. at first, and confined her to her bed. Then noticing that the scribe was getting pale - and nervous, she said she could tell by his. looks that he was going to have one just: like hers, and asked him to go and sit down. The paper was out as usual that week, but the local editor has quit inquiring about babies.—Ex. Apropos of Proposals. Philadelphia 1?ecord : Maud—I wish Jack' would hurry up and propose. Ethel—Why, do you wish to marry him ?' Maud—No. I want to get him off rine hands. Fashion Note. Texas Siftings : Miss Hightone—Are yon going to the country this year? Everything is so green and lovely. neap Mise Elite—No, Pm not going. Green is not becoming to me. The Queen of Saxony maintains three physicians whose sole duty is to attend to the ailments of the suffering poor. The Queen pays the physicians out of her cdpa private purse. A member of parliament proposes that the Scotch deer forests should be bought and converted into popular farms and pleasure is £0,00ay grounds. The 1) rmeenatr .r e tal of these areas ea Chicago's statue to Grant in .Lineoln Park, has been completed and put in post - tion. It will not be unveiled until next October. —Australians are the greateat tea drinkers. First Farmer—How's yonr wife Farmer Peart ? Second Farmer—Oh, she's corn- plainin' some. First Farmer—I thought she'd be under the weather when I see her pitchin' hay in the field t'other day. Second Farmer—That didn't hurt her. She walked half a mile after a new bonnet yesterday, and 1 calclate the walk was too much fot her.—jaciac. It is a curious little fact, and worth remembering that on the same day, Aprll 23, 1616, that William Shakespeare died in England, Minguel Cevantes, the celebrated Spanish author of "Don Quixote," died in SPainlVi ,—inneapolis Tribune : Miss Smooth— That flower on your coat is a bachelor's but- ton, 18 18 not, Mr. Allaine ? Mr. A.—Yes, Miss Smooth ; why do you ask? Miss S.— I vvas wondering if I touched the button would you do the rest? —To be fashionable in Paris the beard must be worn as the Ressians wear them -- ragged, ir sc ti gt th pi in .4.1e ktehl .45 e a ,mal get ,ehl .are •clea CI 'COSI IC IC kin( ,the IC that Tette '4F( 4all 'had two 'thin time " help that into ' grim coul. 441 my I tom their and time • to $1 the 11 Mare tours of tw condi Ro for in Mb, twen the h Thi ISOM maths Augn ut.e tte,