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deb ear the edge of the sidewalk was
AN APPALLING DI
taketsllout the bedy of Patrick Slattery wlio
wee working for the Subway Company.
A horrible sight was that of 4 humau arm
extended from the wall at the east end of
Probably Fifty LISOS Lost at a New
the building, the lingers etretched out
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appeeliog for help. me arra wixs
black aud cm it rested the burned skull. As
the afternoon advanced the police, under
Inspector Williams, had all they could do
to keep the thousands of people who had
been attracted to the scene horn breaking
through the fire lines: Scores a men mid
women were begging to be 411owed to get
inside, so that they might see if Any of the
bodies taken out of the ridiss were those of
their relatives or friends. All the dead
bodies as fast as they were recovered were
removed to the morgue'except the bodies
of the children Aisne Haegner and Johnny
Gibbs, which were taken to their homes.
Up to 9.30 p. m. nine bodies had been dug
out of the ruins.
THE BUILDING oorinsenenre
The building was originally erected by a
man named Taylor, and was known as the
Taylor building. It hada frontage of aboub
150 feet on Park Pim° and of 35 feet on
Greenwich street. It was condemned thir-
teen years ago by the building department.
There are all sorts of theories as to the
cause of the disaster. Chief Reilly, of the
fire department, Was of the opinion that a
boiler supplied by the pipes of the Steam
Heating Company had exploded, but the
officers of the company denied that their
supply pipes connected with any pipes lead-
ing mto the wrecked building. Another
theory was that the boiler in a restaurant
had exploded. Then ib was said that some
cheinicels had exploded in the drug store.
The most plausible theory of all, however,
is that the wreck was caused by the shaky
condition of the buildiug and the vibration
of the heavy presses running in the litho-
graphing and printing establishments of the
upper floors. It is generally supposed that
there was an explosion of some kind, but
the collapse is accounted for in no other way
than the one mentioned. There was practi-
°ally no mortar between the bricks, and
when they were looked at after the smoke
and fire had subsided they were as bare as a
board. It is said the building is owned by
Mrs. Crain, mother of City Chamberlain
Crain, of this city. The damage is about
8150,000 to the building, and the loss to the
occupants will be about the same amount.
York Fire.
A GREAT BUILDING WRECKED
lay a Mysterious Explogion—The mush to
teem pe—Saa Se eitea—n ge;ing tat corpses
chaistly Sigist.
A Sunday night's New York despatch
gives the followi°na details of the explosion
'disaster reported.on Saturday: At 1.'?. 30
o'clock yesterday an explosion occurred in
the five -story brick building extending from
No. 68 to 74 (inclusive) Park Place, and in
snoment a frightful rumbling noise was
heard, and the whole front portion of the
walls collapsed and fell outward in a pile on
the street. It is believed that 50 lives were
lost in the ill-fated building by being crushed
to death under the debris or burned by the
tem fire that followed the explosion and
collapse. About 50 people escapedfrom the
building with their lives. All the fire com-
panies in the lower portion of the city were
summoned to the scene, the police reserves
were called oat, and the wildest excithment
prevailed throughout the city. Up to 5.30
o'clock in the evening; only six bodies had
been dug out of the ruins. Only one person
was taken out alive, and that was Mary
Haegner, 9 years old, who was found under
two feet of debris near the edge of the side-
walk. She had been sitting with her sister
Anna, who was younger than herself, on a
doorstep, and when the explosion occurred
started to run, but was pinned under the
felling mass of wreckage. Anna was dug
out dead, as was 5 -year-old Johnny Gibbs,
who had been with the little girl. The fire
burned fiercely, but the firemen by heroic
labor got the flames under control within an
hour and a half, and began the work of dig-
ging at the ruins for the bodies of the vic-
tims. Ambulances were summoned from
several hospitals, and the dead waggon
came from the morgue. The work of the
searchers for bodies was kept up all night,
and will be resumed to -day.
DIGGING OUT THE BODIES.
The first body was dug out of the wreck
just two hours after the explosion. It was
that of little Mary Haegner, who was alive.
Her father, Frank Haegner, is the janitor of
the building, NO. 61 Park Place. When he
heard that his children were crushed under
the heap of brick and debris he was crazed
with grief. As the firemen lifted Mary out
of the debris and held her up in their arms,
the little one saw her mother at one of the
windows opposite, and exclaimed "There's
eny xnamma. ' A cheer went up from the thou-
sauds of bystanders. The child was found
to be uninjured except for slight contusions,
although her clothing was coated with dirt
and blackened with smoke. Her miraculous
escape fs due to the way in which some joists
fell, forming a sort of arch, which protected
her from the falling brick and stone. Mary
said her little sister and the boy Johnny
Gibbs, who had been playing with her, were
lying near by. She had heard Anna groaning
-and. crying. In ashort time the bodies of the
other two children were dug out. As the
many streams of water drenched the burn-
ing pileestruins the flames subsided, and
the firemen of the life-saving brigade were
enabled to get to work. They could only
dig for the dead, however.
B.ESCUED X TIME.
Roundsman Taylor, who Was passing
near the scene of the disaster when the
explosion occurred and the walls began
falling, ran to a hardware store in the next
block, and securing a dozen axes, distr.'.
buthd them among the by-standers and fire-
men, who cut a hole in the side wall of No.
74) Park Place, through which 17 persons
crowded. They were all bruised and
blackened, but none of them fatally injured.
Dominick Barker, cook in the restaurant of
A. Peterson was at work in the kitchen in
the basement of No. 74. He escaped as if
by a miracle. He said he was standing at
the range when he heard the explosion.
The next. minute the whole building seemed
to be falling about him and he was knocked
to the floor. Finding that he was not
hemmed in by the ruins, he groped through
a hole in the wall, and finally found his
way into the basement of the building on
Greenwich street, through which he gained
the street. Two others who were in
the basement escaped through the same
opening with the cook. A. W. Lind-
say, proprietor of the type foundry
on two upper floors of No. 74 and 76 Park
Place, is said to be a brother-in-law of In-
spector Williams, of the police department.
He employs about twenty girls. They all
escaped by means of the fire escape. Mr.
Lindsay said: "The girls and myself
were preparing to go home when the explo-
sion occurred. In a moment we heard a
rumbling noise, and I shonted to the girls.
We all rushed to the corner of the building,
and as we ran we heard the wall behind us
falling."
THR/LLING INCIDENTS.
' Policeman Joseph Bock was at the corner
of West street and Park Place when he
heard the explosion He ran to the scene,
and when he saw that nothing could be done
from the front of the building he went
-through a basement on Greenwich street,
and thence made his way with Fireman
Vredenberg to the side wall of the burning
building. They had axes and crowbars
with which they dug an opening through
the wall and rescued three employees of tne
restaurant who had been imprisoned in the
basement Others coald be seen in the
basement, but they were held fast in the
rains and the flames soon enveloped thOM.
THE DANGEROUS WIRES.
One man running from the scene of the
wreck came in contact with a live wire, and
was knocked down. Frank Burns, of the
Photo Engraving Company, was Man upper
window opposite the scene of the wreck.
He said he first heard an explosion an then
rinnbling sound. Then he saw the front of
the building, Nos. 68 and 70, wabble and
sway, end the walls fell with a deafening
crash. As the walls began to fall the people
opposite say many persons tried to jump
from the windows, but the walls crushed
down upon them before they landed on the
ssideWalk. The crash was so sudden thet
none of the pedestrians passing on the side.
walk in front of the Taylor building were
seen 40 escape. 11. W. Detzler, who had
charge of the Art Department, Of Lieber &
Mass, lithographers, en the third and fourth
,floors of 74 and 76 Park tlace, said he and
eighteen other men were at work when they
heard the exilic:ikon. They all escaped by
meanie of the fire escape at the Greenwich
street end. Deteler and his men helped th
emcee the girls from Lindsey's type foundry,
OHASTIAI SIGHTS.
1Vleanwhi1e the firemen were hard at work
on the Park Place side. Streams of water
were directed on the burning mass trom
every available point. At 2.40 o'clock the
'body a A young ntatt was taken from the
east end of the debris with the elothieg
aCompletkly burned off it. Prone utidet 641 wedged elk lessee ,theileees Taess melees
RAnf STOPS THE WORE.
Seventy-five Italians were engaged al
through last night and to -day removing the
debris from the burned buildings on
Park Place. Two companies of firemen
kept at their dreary task of searching
for bodies. Their efforts resulted in the
finding of five badly burned corpses. The
bodies were taken to the morgue immedi-
ately. These were all that were recovered
up to 6 o'clock.
The complete list of the identified deadup
to 10 p. m. : Leonard R. Cole, 40 years,
Brooklyn ; John Gibbs, 4 years, New York;
Sarah Ann Heagner, 6 years New York;
Michael Slattery, 55 years, B. Peterson,
21 years, New York; George Low,15 years,
Brooklyn; Gustav Zeikler, Hoboken N. J.;
Joel Heidrich, 12, New York; Otto 'kaiser,
New York; Charles Breitner, New York ;
Frank Hatch, 33 years, New York. Besides
there are a number of unidentified bodies at
the morgues.
At 8 o'clock to -night a steady downpour
of rain stopped the work of removing the
bodies from the ruins, the men being forced
to quit -work and seek shelter in the adjoin-
ing buildings. The ruined structure, with
its tottering walls, presented a dismal pic-
ture but all through the pouring rain
anxious watchers stood outside the fire
lines patiently waiting to hear some news
that would be a clue th raissing friends and
relatives. It was reported late to -night
that the number of missing would reach to
86. The total number of bodies taken from
the ruins up to the time the men stopped
work to -night is 17; the number of identi-
fied is 11.
A New York despatch says: Superinten-
dent Brady, of the Department of Buildings,
stated this afternoon he was of opinion
that the catastrophe at Park Place
was caused by an explosion of naphtha or
some other explosive matter. He was satis-
fied that the upper floors of the building
were overweighted, and had direct evidence
to that effect The building, he said, was
condemned Feb. 21st, 1885. The wall on
the Park Place side was in good condition
then.
At 5.20 o'clock the workmen unearthed
the first body since that of W. H. Ellis,
taken out at 11 a. m. It was the forty-
second body recovered. It was the body of
John M. Hillis,the truckman, who a few
minutes beforethe fatal crash left his horses
In the street and went into Peterson's restau-
rant to get his last meal. Hillis leaves a
wife and eighb children. He was 41 years
of age, and lived at 75 Gouveneur street.
At 7.05 p. in. the forty-third body was
brought out of the ruins. It was that of a'
female, but in such it frightfully mutilated
and charred condition that identification
was itnpossible. Only a portion of the trunk
was intact the head being crushed into a
shapeless mass, the arms and lower limbs
being almost entirely destroyed. It was the
most sickening sight yet of many results of
the fire. Every particle of clothing was
gone. tater, however, it workman found
some fragments of a dress which belonged
to the body. It was black goods with a
small white dot.
At 8.30 this evening another bruised form
was found. As it was being raised by the
firemen the head dropped off and disap-
peared in the black depths below. The
torso was clothed in rags and seemed to
have been once the form of a youtag girl of
17. "Anyone looking for a sister or a
lady," shouted Capt. Allaire. One poor
man bent, over the horrible sight, gave a
muffled cry, and hurried away, burying his
face in his hands.
Between 9 and 9.30 p. m. four bodies were
recovered from the centre part of the ruins,
making a total at 10 p. m. of 48 bodies re-
covered. Body No. 45 was that of a male
adult, 5 feet 6, and about 17. The body
was frightfully crushed and scalded. No. 46
was also the body of e male adult. It was
badly crushed, the legs having been cut off
from the knees and the hands being entirely
gone. Fenn teeth were missing from the
upper jaw. No. 47 is said to resemble
Louis Rosenfeld, the missing bronze powder
dealer. No. 48 was the corpse of a male
aged about 22, smooth -faced, and with jet
black hair. It wore dark trousers, white
socks, blue jumpers and apron. It was
unidentified. Inti de another hour two
more bodies were brought to the sutface,
making 50 thus far reeovered. One of the
Italians was seen searchieg it coat in the
reins. He was arrested and a pocket -book
was found upon him, which he claimed was
his own.
Papers found on the forty-ninth body
proves it to be that of John Hyland, aged
50, of Pennyan, N Y. Of the 50 bodies
recovered 38 have been positively identified.
Contractor Crimmins, who now has charge,
is pushing the work of clearing away the
debris With great vigor. -
Body Ne. 50 was the most horrible sight
yet reeealed, It was a male abed 30 yeers
Aug, 26,2 as tri, --At 1.30 6. m. two more
bediee Were brought to view, but they are
bodies discovered in the ruins. The 51st
body is thist of a man. The 52nd has been
identified as that of Jennie Flower, 19 yeers
old.
BLOODY DOINGS IN GRANADA
Revolutionary Uprising FromptIT geelled
by Government Troops,
DEADLY STREET FIRE.
A special cable to the New York Herald
from Granada, Nicaragua, says : A
desperate fight occurred, here to -day in
which the Chief of Police and eix men were
killed and many *Abets were wounded.
There had been more or less friction in the
country for some time and it was feared
that it revolutionary movement was on foot.
The Government had made all the over-
tures to the opposition which it thought
consistent with its dignity and safety, but
they had been declined ; then it was de-
cided to take measures which woulcl prevent
any possible attempt at rebellion. In pur-
suance of this policy ord.ers were
issued to arrest Gen. Zavilla An-
sehno, Rivas and Enrique Guzman
this order was executed this morning. As
soon as the men were arrested and before
they were gotten to the prison, a number of
their partisans got together and made a
desperate attempt to rescue them. A volley
was fired into the guards which wounded
several of them and killed the chief of
police. The guards returned the fire with
fatal effect. The Government was fully
prepared for just such an crude, and rein-
torcements were immediately sent to the
beleaguered guards. With the reinforce-
ments, short work was made of the friends
of the men under arrest and the streets
were quickly cleared, not, however, until
several interchanges of shots had taken
pipe° in which six men were killed outright
and fully fifty were more or less seriously
injured. After order had been restored the
streets were patrolled by bodies of troops,
and to -night all is quiet. &villa, Rivas
and Guzman were sent to Managua in charge
of a guard sufficient to render hopeless any
possible attempt at rescue. An Italian
hotel keeper of this city, who appeared to
be one of the ringleaders in the trouble,
this morning has been arrested and accom-
panies the three first mentioned th Managua.
Other arrests are probable. The Govern-
ment has taken every possible precaution,
and there is apparently no reason now to
fear any attempt to overthrow it
A CHANCE FOR BLOOD5IIED.
'Railway Strikers Threaten to Shoot Any.
one Who Goes to Work.
A Peoria, 111., despatch says: Owing to
an error in telegraphing the men who were
to take the railroad yard strikers' places did
not come hereto -day. The strikers have
been driven from the yards of the Peoria
and Pdkin Union Road by deputy sheriffs,
and all are drawn up in a long line along
the C. B. & Q. tracks. Sentinels are
placed at each entrance to the yards to
notify the strikers when the new men
arrive. The strikers say they will shoot the
first man who attempts to couple a car.
The Toledo,Peoria, and Western made up a
through freight at Hilton this morning and
sent it down through the yards. It was
no molested, as the train was not made up
here. The situation is growing desperate
for the business men of Peoria, and some
decided action is demanded. Railroad
officials say cars will be moved to -morrow if
the new men and Pinkerton men arrive.
SHOT A STOKER.
Mutiny Alleged as a Justification for a
Homicide!
A New York despatch says: The story
is told in shipping circles to -day of how
Capt. Bakker of the steamship Obdam,
which left this port on July 18th for Rotter-
dam, two clays later shot and killed one of
the coal stokers. On his previous trip Capt.
Bakker shipped about twenty coal stokers
in Rotterdam. On the trip over here there
was some dissatisfaction among the stokers,
but they were afraid to mutiny. When the
ship left this port, however, to return to
Rotterdam, the men grew sullen and there
were good grounds to fear a mutiny. Capt.
Bakker was told by a man named Boel that
such a move was ripe and the captain went
down into the coal hole and warned the
men. One of the stokers picked up a fire-
man's comb, a heavy iron instrument, and
made at the captain. The latter drew his
revolver and shot the /nail dead. The man's
name was Duzer. In Rotterdam Capt.
Bakker was placed under $10,000 bail.
Youths Who Played Desperadoes.
A Knoxville, Tenn., despatch says: On
Wednesday two boys aged eleven and fifteen
years, armed themselves with revolvers and
knives and proceeded to act the part of
desperadoes. When two and a half miles
from the town they saw a man named Marsh
with a team coming towards them. They
asked permission to ride, got into the
waggon and after riding a short distance
one of the boys asked Marsh if his horses
would run if he should fire a revolver.
Marsh said they would. The boy then got
up and stabbed Marsh in the back with it
large butcher knife, inflicting a serious if
not fatal wound. The boys were promptly
arrested and placed in. jail.
Were the Children Murdered ?
An Irontown, Ohio, despatch says : Geo.
Hamilton and his wife went visiting yester-
day, leaving their three childeen, Hestie,
Edith and Emma, aged 8, 4 and 2 re-
spectively. When they returned the
children were missing. After it long search
the little ones were found confined. in an
old tool chest, where they had died from
suffocation. The mother is almost insane
in her grief A stick fastened in the staple
of the chest indientes murder, and the police
are investigating the case.
A Murderer Filled With Lead.
A Shelbyville, Ind., despathh says : City
Marshal Bruee Test night, while attempting
to arrest Charley Hawkins, a desperate
character, who was creating a disturbance,
was fatally shot by the latter. Hawkins
was promptly arrested and lodged in jail.
Later in the night a mob of 500 men
collected around the jail. Six of the mob
finally gained an entrance and brought
licserkins ou t, took him to it tree mid hauged
him up and shot him full of bullets.
And Then this War Began.
Henpeck—I believe that therereally is
.
something in the saying that Friday is an
unlucky day.I remember when I proposed
to my beet girl on a Friday,
Sniith—And she rejected you?
Ilenpeck--No ; unfortunately she married
ine.
Harry Stayer—Have you heard the latest,
Mies Flimsy? Miss Finney—Yes; I mob
heard the cloth strike 12.
Robert Mantel' will begin his next. season
oe August 31s4 in Yonkere. Itis repertoire
will embraes "The Corsican Btothers" atid
" IVfonlatte," and he HILLY Ms() be Seen in one
Or two tt*p1a3 dtirims the season.
PREPARING FOR BATTLE.
13almaeeda'S Opponents Steal
Upon Him.
March
LIF}. AND DBAT1f URI:MGM EXPECTED,
VAtrAnAxso, Aug. -- The insurgent
army, numbering nearly 10,000 men, landed
yesterday morning at Quintero Bay, twenty
miles north of this city. They were brought
down from Caldera on eight transports,
three tugs and four warships, The point of
i
landing s fifty miles from. Santiago, where
Belmo,ceda's forces to the number of 10,000
have been stationed. Quintero Bey is the
entrance to a fertile valley, and at in a
direct line with Santiago and Valparaiso.
The Balmaceclists have anticipated a move-
ment south on the part of their foes, but
they believed Coquimbo would be the first
place ettacked. It now appears that the
hoveringof the insurgent fleet in
the neighborhood of Coquinabo Bay
was only a scheme to deceive
lialmaceda. By coming so far
south the ineargents leave the large force of
Balmacedists at Coguimbo, many miles to
the north of them, and helpless to render
aid to the Government army in this neigh-
borhood. The landing at Quintero Bay
was therefore a complete surprise to the
President, but as soon as he learned the
news he acted promptly. By his commanci
it large force was sent north to meet the
enemy.
The Esmeralda, commanded by Seim
Palma, is just outside the harbor. It is
expected she will be joined at once by the
other insurgent war vessels from Quintero
Bay. It looks as if in conjunction with the
advance of the land forces upon this city
the fleet will open are upon the forts
that defend this harbor. Unless some of
the Government gunners turn traitors it
does not seem likely that the fleet can
silence the forts. A fierce fight is immi-
nent. On its result depends in all likeli-
hood the complete overthrow of Bahmteeda
or of his opponents. The rout of the
President's forces would undoubtedly be
quickly followed by the capture of
Valparaiso and Santiago by the victorious
army of the insurgents.
200,00e OF
Origin ofthe Beneficent Order of the King's
Daughters.
Although the King's Daughters nave a
membership of 200,000 there are thousands
of men and women who have never heard of
the society.
The creed of the organization is expressed
in the lines of Canon Kingsley:
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be
clever;
Do noble things, not dream them all day
long,
And so make life, and death, and that For
Ever,
One grand, sweet song.
The Order was founded by ten women in
this city on January 13th, 1886. A little
company of women met on that day at the
residence of Mrs. F. 13ottome, of Gramercy
Park.
Of the various names proposed for the
Order the one suggested by Mrs. Irving was
most favorably received. The new Order
was therefore called the King's Daughters.
At this first meeting a badge of purple
ribbon was selected to he worn with or
without the Maltese cross, upon which were
the initials I. H. N.
There are now circles of these good
workers in. twenty-three States.—Yew York.
Recorder.
The Perfect Woman.
The New York Recorder is an able news-
paper and all that, but it carries presump-
tion too far when it informs its readers that
a woman 5 feet 3 inches tall should weigh
130 pounds and measure 24 inches around
the valet, 31 inches around the chest, 8
inches around the forearm and so on. Why
should the do all these things? Whence
comes this rule ? Is it, then, that a woman
of 5 feet 3, who has it 22 inch waist and
weighs but 120 pounds, may not be beau-
tiful, healthy, strong and well formed?
Shall the lover go round with calipers and
tape line to choose a wife? Shall the girl
with the 22 -inch waist be expected to diet
so as to gain the other two inches, or shall
the young lady with the plump .forearm
undergo medical treatment to shrink it to
eight inches in diameter? There is a deal
of nonsense about tMs perfect woman. As
well attempt to define it perfect rose or a
perfect landscape. The woman of 5 feet 3
inches, or any other height, is a model
woman when she possesses a good constitu-
tion, keeps herself in health, and is satisfied
with the figure nature gave her. —Boston
Globe.
Women and the Steam. Famine.
It takes sand to run an engine ; so it does
run it woman.
There is usually a great bustle about an
engine ; so there is about a woman.
It makes a fellow mad to get left by an
engine; so it does by a woman.
An engine is an object of much wonder
and admiration to men and of fear to horses;
so is a woman.
When an engine goes off the track it
usually takes a man or more along with it,
so does a woman.
An engine is known by its company; so
is a woman.
An engine will sometimes blow it follow
up if he puts on too much pressure ; so will
some women.
What he Wanted to Be.
New York Herald: " So you want to
get religion?"
" I do."
"What do you want to be—Baptist,
Methodist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian,
or what ?"
"To tell the truthI hadn't thought of any
of them ; I want to be a Christian."
A Clever Rival.
Buffalo News : "1 hear that your rival
has been successful in becoming engaged to
Miss Cumrox," said it young rnan to his
friend.
"Yes, I did my best, but he was more
clever than I."
"Indeed? How was that ?"
" He knew enough to let her father beat
him at billiards, and I didn't."
In Chicago they are telling this story on
Sam Jones. Recently he was addressing a
crowded audience and said: "1 want every
one in this congregation who wants to go to
heaven to stand up." Of course alreost
everybody rose. Then he said "Now, I
want everybody who wants to go to the
other place to stand up." At first no one
stood up, but -finally a long and lank and
skinny individual in the back seats, about
as fat as an umbrella, arose ahcl said "1
don't exaetly vemit to go to the other place,
but I am willing to stand up rather than let
the preacher stand all alone."
A careful study Of the negatives of the
moon Made With the aid of the great Lick
telescope hoe revealed the existence of many
'unknown objects there, including great
crater mountains and rifte elatterris in the
'unlace of the anion, ae well as some of
those mysterious objects that go under the
desoriptive name of bright stresina or rays.
'.Il0111114E. .$CAFFQ.Lll SCENE.
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A Illurderor's Dead Almost Toro
From His Body.
" YOU CAN'T SPEAK NOW,"
But the Priest Pushed the Holleman Out
of the Way,
Invineoors Aug. .—John Conway, the
steamship fireman, who was convicted and
sentenced to death for the murder of the
boy Nicholas Martin, whose body was
found on May 9th floating in a sailor's bag
in Harden dock, was hanged this morning.
As Berry, the hangman, was drawing the
black cap over Conway's head the latter
shouted: "Hold on, I want to say some-
thing." Berry replied: "You can't speak
new," and was about to pro-
ceed with the execution when the
priest in attendance hastily interposed,
pushed the hangman on one side, and held
Conway's hand, while the condemned man
in broken tones, asked forgiveness for his
sins. Only when the unfortunate wretch
host done speaking and when the priest
had replied to his plea for forgiveness, did
the latter permit the hangman to proceed.
This incident caused intense excitement
among those present, but it was nothing
compared to the scene whieh followed. In
due course of time the drop felland Conway
disappeared from view. Immediately afters
ward the priest began to read the confession
of the hanging man, in which
Conway said he was intoxicated
when .18 murdered the boy and that
his reason for taking the boy's life was that
he had morbid curiosity to observe the
process of dying. While the priest was
reading Conway's confession a sound
was heard from the scaffold as ina
quantity of water wait falling. Investigation
was made by the hangman and the prison
officials, and to their horror they found
that the sound was caused by blood
pouring upon the prison floor from
Conway's neck. The fall had been
so severe that the orhninal's head had
been practically torn from his body; in
fact, the head was only held to the body by
the muscles of the neck. The hangman was
blamed for the bungling.
CHINA DISTURBED
By the Plotting of Secret Societies—The
Trial of the Rioters.
A San Francisco despatch says: Advices
were received here to -day from Chino, and
Japan. The Chine, papers print a report
that the son of the present Chenese Minister
to England, France and Italy has been
arrested charged with being a prominent
member of a secret society, and is th be
tried for that offence.
Rumors were prevalent at Shanghai,
July 27th, of a serious rebellion at Ronan,
but it turned out to be only a raid by
bandits. The British Consul at Kauko was
stated not to have been satisfied with the
perfunctory trial of the Wusuoli rioters,
and remonstated so effectually that the
Viceroy ordered the case reopened. The
Chinese Custom officials of Chin Kiang
arrested six men charged 'with being mem-
bers of the Kolao Hui secret society, which,
it is said, fomented the present troubles,
and they were held for trial. . A constable
of the native court was arrested by order of
the Viceroy, but was promised pardon for
giving evidence against others. The Wen
Chow authorities have captueed eleven of
the pirates who created a disturbance near
there recently.
A CAROLINA. VENDETTA.
One of the Factions Attacks a Church and
Fatal Fighting Follows.
A Greenville, S. 0,, despatch says : At
Mountain Hill Church, a rude place of wor-
ship used by the foot washing Baptists, in
the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 25
miles above this city, there was a bloody ,
affray yesterday. The people of the neigh-
borhood are gennerally moonshiners, and two
leading families, Durhams and Iowards,
form hostile clans. Richard Howard led a
party of his kinsmen on a raid on the church
yesterday while the congregation was as-
sembled. Luther Durham and Richard
Gosnell, who is a deacon of the church,
undertook to arrest them. Josh Howard
shot Luther Durham fatally. Luther then
shot and killed Massone Howard. Dick
Howard was also shot, but has disappeared.
The Howards were routed, but the congre-
gation dispersed without concluding the
communion service. This makes five men
killed in this feud within three years. One
of the Howard clan is now in jail under
sentences of death for murder.
Willie's Fervent Thanks.
Willie wanted to know what Uncle Will
said "it blessen' " at the table for.
Mamma told him it was because he felt
very much obliged for his dinner. After
that, as soon as the family were seated at
the table, after lifting his chubby hand to
command silence, he said, in stern,
measured tones, " Pm -very -much -obliged -
for -this -dinner."
He adhered to this simple form for several
months, when, one evening after playuig
all day with the little boy next door he
added, " You-bet—Pm-very-much-obliged -
for -this -dinner."
Mother Eve Again.
"What dM that lady have the screen
across one end of the room for, ma?' asked
little Johnny, who had been making a call
with hisenother.
"1 suppose she had something there she
didn't want seen," replied his mother.
" And that was the reaeon ma, that when
you thought she wasn't looking you peeped
behind it ?"
At the birth of it child in lower Brittany
the neighboring women take it in charge,
wash it, creek its joints, and rub its heal'
with oil to solder the cranium bones, It
is then wrapped in a tight bundle, and its
lip are anointed with brandy to make it it
full Breton.
Chappie—You do not seem very clear
about Jennie's reception of your proposal.
Johnny—We all mettled, dear bot; I have
the refusal of her.
It is not strange that very few men know
themselves intimately. Most people like to
avoid disagreeable acquaintances.
Mrs. James Brown Potter is at present
residing in Paris with her parents. She
and Mr, Bellew will play in October at the
West End Theatre London. Both Mrs.
Potter and Mr. Bellew are hopeful of mak-
ing it Visit to America soon, when they will
playin "Hamlet."
England carries about 58 per cent of the
sea-born.ts merchandise of the world.
One hundred and twenty-seven millions:
is the ntiniber of boots and shoes said tt . be
manufactured yearly in Great Britain.
In Spain the infant's face is ewept
witi a pine -tree bough, to bring good
lnek.
VON MOINICE'S 3MMOIRS.
Interesting Reminiscences of the Tranco-,
German War, '
WAS GAMBETTA .A TRAITOR?
LONDoli, APS. -- The lehg- exneeted
memoirs of Count Von Moltke are printed
to the extene of five columns in to -day's
Times. The Count touches very lightly
upon po1ibia1 natters but confines his
attention almost exclusively to the military
details of the war of 1870. He reviews at
censidsro,ble length the incidentsur-
roanding the surrender ef 1VIetz and the,
alleged traitorous conduct of Marshal
Basaine. This disloyalty on the part of the
general, he rather iseeentnates than
palliates, and goes even further than this,
and introduces the name ef Cfambetta into
the possibility of Basaine being a part of it
political plot which had for its object the -
throwing of the dictatorship into the hands
of Ganibetta and his fellow conspirators.
Von Moltke's criticism on the bat-
tle of Sedan, gives many facts.
that will be entirely new to the-
reeders of history and gives additional.
interest to that marvellous cavalry fight.
Much space is occupied in attention to the.
exploits of the then King William, and it,
will probably excite some conament that
ho has passed over with only it enrsor3r
mention the coonection which Prince Bis-
marck enjoyed with the empire. Volk
Moltke indulges in it lengthy discourses
concerning the general calamity following
all wars and the desirability of adopting
some method by which they can be avoided.
He compares the esprit de corps of the,
Prussian army with what he regards as es
selfish indifference of the French, or per-
haps, more properly, their lack of stamina,
for the want ole suitable leader. The book
is written in an easy and. therefore a terse
and pungent style, and the Times, in print-
ing these extracts from it, pays a highs
cotnpliment to VotiMoltke's literary talent.
FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
Bessarabian Peasantry Subsisting on Mush—
rooms and Wild Fruit,
THE MISERY WIDE -SPREAD.
A St. Petersburg cable says The stories:
of misery in this country are alinost in-
credible. In Bessarabia parents are actu-
ally offering their children for sale in order
to lotp, food, and dealers at Constantinople.
hearing of this have purchased through/
agents in the Russian villages a considerable,
number of female children. Many deaths
have resulted from famine, and families nsay
be found actually perishing from hunger -
and huddling together in their common
misery. The stewards of Crown hinds and
forests have been instructed to allow the
peasantry to enjoy free pasture and freely
to gather mushrooms, which are largely
consumed among the lower classes of Rus-
sians, aud to gather wild fruits in the forests
and woods of the State. This, however,
does not answer the demand for substantial
food. The famine cripples also the finances
ot Russia, and it is believed that for this
reason there will be no war for many
months. The collection of State and local
taxes in at least twenty provinces will fall
considerably behind the usual amount. Be-
sides, large sums are required to prevent
whole populations frona perishing of starva-
tion. The Government authorities, being
now aroused, are exerting themeelves with
energy, and the distribution- of reliefeis
going on as rapidly as possible. When a
quantity of grain reached Marinpol, in the
Province of YakaterMoslay, on Tuesday
last, the people were so weak with want,
that they were hardly able to come and gets
their portions. They gathered near the
place of distribution, presenting a pitiful
spectacle with their wan faces and wasted
forms. A force of police was present to,
preserve order, but instead the police ha&
in several instances to keep the applicants
from falling through sheer hunger and
weakness. Nor is the misery confined to.
the lowest class. Among the applicants at,
Marinpol were noblemen and tradesmen,the
latter ruined in business through the loss
of custoni on account of the famine, and the
former deprived of the margin between,
their debts and their income, on which they
haddepended. The prohibitionof the export of
rye was none too soon if the more frightful
results of famine were to be averted.
EXCITEMENT IN A MORGUE.
A Child Certified to be Dead Proves to be a,
Lively Corpse.
A New York despatch says: Keeper
White, of the morgue, yesterday afternoon s
in looking over his dead bodies found that
he had one that was living and apparently
in the best of health. The body was that
of a child. It was a boy a.nd was brought -
to the institution by the father, Wilhelm
Dooly, a German of No. 1,465 Second-.
avenue. The father when he brought thee
child to the morgue had it wrapped in a.
newspaper and had a still -birth death cer--
tificate which certified that the child ha&
been born dead. The supposed dead child.
was handed th an assistant in the morgue awdf.
was consigned to it small wooden coffin. It
was placed on the right side of the structures
near the entrance. The death certificates
was then brought to Keeper White by his
assistant, and as usual us such cases hes ,
'started out to make an examination of the
body for the purpose of seeing if there werot.
any marks of violence on the body and get-
ting a description of the remains for these
records. On arriving at the coffin contaiiill
ing the body of the babe Mr. White heaidi,
some commotion, and lifting the lid of thes
pine box found that the young one was Iiv-
mg and kicking about. Not losing a Min --
late he seized him and ran to Bellevue Hos—
pital with the child in his arms, and asked,
that a doctor be sent for, Dr. Schneider -
came, and said the child was apparently ins
good health, and assigned the case to Wards
No. 31. The child was doing well at 11.
o'clock lastnieht
New Post Offices.
The following new poet officee veere estab—
lished in Ontario on the 1st inst. : Beg,
Island, Prince Edward • De Grassi Point,
(Runnier office), Earnsefiffe Sim '
coe S. R. ss.
Heron's Mills, Lanark, W. R. Kepler,
Frontenac ; Long Branch, York, W. It. ;„
Mainsville, Grenville, S. R. ;
Cotner, Stormont; Osaca (re -opened) Dur—
ham, E. R. ; Parliament street, Toronto,
Centre ; Shallow Lake, Grey, N. R. ; Silver
take, Victoria, N. R. ; The Metta.was (re --
opened Summer office), Igssex, S. R.
Besides "A Yorkshire Lass," of which.
the London critics spoke in it very un-Eng--
lish though very complimentary way last,
winter, the repertoire which Miss Eastlaker
has selected for use in her American tour
will include Jerome K. Jereine's latest,
play) "What Women Will Do," and
Wildon Barrett and Sydney Gruhdy'a
" °tits)."
A little girl says : "1 doti't liko peachee.
The whiskers on them fill my teeth with
hairs."