HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-6-4, Page 3DOWN TO DEATH.
, OVER A THpUSAND LIVES SACRI•
FICED AT MOSCOW.
Half.alliillion People at the Free Feast -
Mad Rush for the Tables -Men, Women
and Children Trampled Under Foot.
• Moscow, May 80. -The popular fete of
the coronation ceremonies, at which be-
tween 400,000 and 500,000 people were
fed and indulged hi all sorts of merry-
making, was held to -day on the Moscow
Plain, opposite the Petroff sky Palace,
and was the scene of the first fatalities
that have marked the coronation festivi-
ties. This free feast, which has always
been the popular feature of the coronae
-den, has hitherto been the occasion of a
great deal of crowding and good-natured
fighting for places on the part of the
hundreds of thousands of guests of the
city, but no such gathering was ever
witnessed on the Hodynsky Plain, which
has always been the scene of the popular
entertainments that have marked corona-
tions, ae that which assembled to -day.
The crowds, which began coining long
before daylight, finally became so dense
and so eager to obtain access to the free
food and beer and to the free amuse-
ments, that they could not be controlled.
Men, women and children were thrown
down and trampledupon, and many
were either badly injured or killed, while
others bad the lives crushed out of them
by the fearful pressure of the vast crowd.
The police and military finally succeeded
in scattering the multitude so that there
was no further danger, when it was
found that a number of persons had
been killed,
The feast was held in the presence of
the Czar and a distinguished company of
guests who occupied seats in a large
• pavilion especially erected for the occa-
sion.
SCENE OF THE F.A.TALITIES.
The great Hodyzisky Plain, whereon
Napoleon massed his troops Defers
marching into the City of Moscow, is
flanked on the sides by the exhibition
buildings and the Moscow race course
and extends indefinitely into the country.
Upon it, besides the multitude of people
who enjoyed the hospitality of the city
in eating, drinking and indulging la
all sorts of games and witnessing various
performances, were encamped a vast
army of soldiers, consisting of 83 battal-
ions of infantry, 30 squadrons of cavalry,
7 sotnias of Cossacks and 14 batteries of
artillery, which the Emperor will review
on June 7, the last day of the fetes. The
part of the plain devoted to the festivities
was directly in front of the palace. This
wide grass -covered space was enclosed
with Venetian masts hung with bunt-
ing and shields bearing the arms of the
various cities and provinces of Russia.
and within were booths,, tables, open-air
theatres, merry -go rounds, circuses,
swings,and se. forth, almost innumerable.
Surrounding these were hundreds of
wooden booths filled with food, such as
'bread, cakes, sausages, meat pies, etc., and
in each booth was an immense cask of
malt liquor or mead, the food and
drink being free to all, who Chose to
come and partake of it. Throughout the
night there was a constant stream of
people making their way to the plain in
order to be in the fore front when the
food and presents should be ready for dis-
tribution, and so dense a mass of people
as had gathered there even in the early
hours of the morning was never before
witnessed in Russia, While the rush was
most intense and the curses, shrieks and
howls of pain were at their height, an
unknown woman was delivered of a child
on the field, and the mother and infant
were trampled to death. .
WORK Olt -THE RED CROSS.
The authorities and members of the
Russians Red Cross Society are taking
the best of care of the injured. The dis-
aster has cast a gloom over the festivi-
'ties, these being the first fatalities that
• have occurred during the coronation cer-
emonies The Czar and Czarina, when
!notified of the extent of the disaster, ex -i
;pressed profound sorrow, and the Czar/
.gave orders that everything should be
,done to alleviate the sufferings of the in -
„lured. The calamity was not due to any
• lack of precaution on the part of the au-
thorities, but arose from the eagerness
of the people to enjoy the hospitality of
:the Czar. The fete was held in the pres-
ence of the Czar and a distinguished
company of guests. His Majesty, after
• visiting the booths, the theater, in which
free performances were given, and the
-saloons, appeared at 2.30 o'clock in a
large pavillion that had been especially
erected and elaborately decorated for the
'occasion. As he appeared the choirs pres-
ent sang the national anthem to the ac-
companiment of the massed military
'bands. The effect was grand and soul -
stirring. Later in the day 700 heads of
villages were given a banquet at •the
Petroffsky Palace. The Czar has taken a
most practical way of showing his sym-
pathy with those families who lost a
member in the calamity. He has ordered
that the sum of 1,000 roubles be paid to
• each bereaved family. Many wild esti-
mates were at first made as to the num-
ber of persons who had lost their lives.
n was impossible for some time to ob-
tain any official information as to the
number,but early this evening it was
learned that the loss of life will exceed
100. Some reports place the number of
dead as high at 2,500.
The number of persons killed by the
crush at Hodynsky Plain is much greater
than at first thought. • Heaps of bodies
are reported to be lying in the booths.
In some cases identity is impossible.
Numbers of bodies have been carried
away and numbers still remain All of
the victims were of the poorest classes.
• Death by Violence.
Leamington, May 29 -The adjourned
inquest upon the body of" the man that
came ashore hero yesterday was brought
to a close and the result was the follow-
ing verdict: "That death came by vio-
lence administered by a •blunt instru-
• ment, and that deceased had been killed
some time before being thrown Into the
water. The post-mortem examination
showed a severe bruise on the back and
side of head. The nose was broken and
one eye gouged out. Deceased presented a
respectable appearance and •was well
dressed. Upon his shirt were the letters
N.W.," apparently written with in-
detible ink." ,
On Saturday a feast was 0 prepared on
the Hodysky plain, in Moscow, for five
hundred thousand visitors to the corona-
tion fetes. The immense crowd, in their
eagerness to reach the tables, made a
wild rush, which swept away the police
guarding the enclosure Those in front
'were thrown to the pound, and trampled.
• Under fbot. It is estimated that more
that two thousand people were killed.
TRANSVAAL PRISONERS FREE.
An But Rhodes, Phillips: Yarrar and Ram -
mond Are Now at Liberty.
London, May 81. -The Colonial Office
has received a telegram from the British
diplomatic agent at Praetoria, Advocate
Cloete, saying that all of the Johannes -
berg Reform Committee prisoners expect
the four -who ward condemned to death -
Hammond, Fararr, Phillips • and Rhodes
-have been released. The sentence of
banishment which was imposed upon the
men released has been suspending upon
their undertaking to never again inter-
fere in the affairs of the South African
Republic.
The Johannesberg Standard telegraphs
that the release of all the members of the
Reform Committee, with the exception
of Messrs. Rhodes, Hammond, Farrar
and Phillips, the four leaders, who were
originally condemned to death, has
caused widespread rejoicing in the Trans-
vaal and elsewhere in South Africa.
When the fact became known President
Kruger, to whom the release is due, was
enthusiatically cheered, The members of
the Johaimesberg Exchange .sent a tele-
gram to President Kruger expressing •to
him their warmest thanks for his gener-
ous action, which they declared would
have a beneficial effect throughout South
Africa. The despatch addathat confidence
is felt that the President will extend his
generosity to the four leaders who are
still in jail under a sentence of fifteen
years' imprisonment
• Praetoria, May 81. -President Kruger
and Secretary of State Loy& emphatical-
ly deny the statements made by Seymour
Fort, who was private secretary to Lord
Loah when the latter was British High
Commissioner in South Africa. Mr, Fort,
as cabled here, asserted that Dr. Jame-
son designed to make a rush on Praetoria
and seize documents proving the exist-
ence of an offensive and • defensive alli-
ance between the Transvaal and Ger-
many. Both President Kruger and Score-
tary of State declare that the republic)
would not tolerate the iterference of
Germany, France or any other power in
her internal or external affairs. The re-
lease of the political prisons has caused
great rejoicing here. A crowd enthusias-
tically cheered President Kruger as he
was leaving the executive building after
announcing that the prisoners would be
set at liberty,
NEARING BULUWAYO.
The Fight of Capt. Plummers' Force With
the Matabeles-The Rebels Chased for
Two arnes-sehe cape House of Assembly
-Mr. aterrimsuas Amendment Defeated.
• London, May 29. -The Daily Telegraph
has a despatch from Bulawayo which
gives a description of the fight of Cap-
• tain Plummer's force with. the insurg-
ents. south of Bulawayo.
"Xi was a stirring battle scene," says
the correspondent. "Amid the cheers of
the white troopers and the hoarse war
shouts of King 1<eiarna's men, while the
bills were resounding with Zulu war
songs, the Bechuana rushed. on the
rebels, who were under the protection of
their kopies.. Thera was an incessant
rattle of rifles and of Maxim gtins. • The
troops fought their way, inch by •inch,
through the bush, until the enemy was
suddenly struck by a panic and retreated.
They were chased for two miles, and
had 100 killed. It is believed there were
8,000 rebels engaged, and it is supposed
that they are now massing in thollIMatopo
hills for a final stand. Mr. Cecil Rhodes
is expected here hourly."
Cape Town, May 29. -The House of
Assembly to -day voted upon Mr. Merri-
man's amendment in favor of revoking
the charter of the British South African
Company, owing to the manner in
Which they have been implicated be the
Jameson raid.. The House rejected the
amendment by a vote of 60 to
The House of Assembly then adopted,
without a division, Mr. Sohreiner's mo-
tion to the effect that the House con-
demns the Jameson inroad; trusts that
her Majesty's Government will set on
foot a searching inquiry into the origin
and. carrying out of the same; promises
;assistance to the inquiry; recognizes the
:steps already taken; trusts that her
,Majesty's Government will take further
measures by the administration of the
!territories, or otherwise, to prevent a
;repetition of the inroads, and feels as-
sured that by proceeding in a spirit of
‚mutual conciliation and forbearance com-
plete tranquility will be restored, and
Iurther, discord, so fatal to the peace of
-South Africa, will be prevented. Mr.
1Schreiner's motion also contemplates
that a • select connaitte should be ap-
'minted to inquire into the circum-
stances of the raid as affecting Cape
Colony.
•
The Victoria Disaster.
Victoria l3.0., May 29. -This morn-
ing the coroner opened an inquest into
the causes of the death of the victims of
the disaster, and announced that the
inquiry would be of the Most thorough
nature. He annoneed that all that was
required for the present was the identifi-
cation of bodies by the juries, after which
the investigation as to the facts would
go on. Several people who had been em-
panelled were removed as ineligible. The
number of wounded so far as ascertained'
is between 60 and 70. Four more bodies
were recovered to -day -P. L. Holmes,
son of C. L. Holmes, chairman of Board
of County Commissioners, Tacoma;
Y. H. •Talbot, conductor; Motorman
Farr and Miss Lilly Shirrett, leaving, it
is supposed, many more still in the
water. Many of the victims came from
outside places. No deaths have occurred
from injuries or exposure. Some of the
cars are of a particularly painful charac-
ter. • One entire family is wiped out in
one case and a number of little children
deprived of both father and mother.,
There is considerable talk as to who is
responsible, and heavy claims for dam-
ag3s are likely to be made.
MANITOBA MATTERS.
,Tito _worm a Gold Mining Company -Sadden
1)eath at Stoney Mountain.
Winnipeg. May 81. -An informal meet-
ing of business men was held on Friday
to consider the formation of a gold min-
ing and development company, to operate
in the Lake of the Woods district. The
company will be stocked for $100,000, in
$10 shares.
Mr. Robett Purden, aged 75, died sud-
denly at Stony Mountain yesterday. He
came here from Lanark,Ont, a year ago.
The Bankers' Association of the city
contemplate changing the Saturday bank
hours, the matter having been favorably
eoneiderd at a recent meeting of the
men- ers. The iNia is to close the banks
on Satairday at noo.\r.
The Inland =vane collection for May
,it the )'port of Winnipeg amounted to
AleXandr• mad Cairo and neighboring
owns. had 91: deaths from cholera Wed -
DEATH AT ST. LOUIS.
SEVEN HUNDRED DEAD
And the Awful List Will be Swelled as the
Search Continues --An Appeal for Help --
Scenes of Woe and Ruin.
St. Louis, Mo., May 30. -Save for the
fitful glare of the gas jets in the windows,
saloons and restaurants, and the eleetric
lights of the few hotels and other build-
ings that operate their own plants, the
entirecity was in darkness last night.
Twenty-four hours haye scarce been
sufficient to bring the people of the city
to a realization of the horror with which
it has been visited, and they are yet
dazed. and stupefied. The search for the
dead in the disitiot devastated by the
cyclone was carried on last night by the
aid of torches and locomotive head lights.
Details of police kept the crowds at a dis-
tance, while the air was filled with the
shrieks and sobs and hysterical lamenta-
tions of the bereaved.
Ever and anon the clanging of a gong
is heard in the distance, and vehicles and
street ears come to a stop while an ambu-
lance dashes by to add one more victim
to the record of the dead at one or another
of the extemporized morgues.
The streets in the center of the city
usually active with pedestrians until mid-
night, are deserted, save for those whose
avocations keep them from their families
or friends, while the summer gardens
and other Points of entertainment are
bare of patrons. Griot and mourning
have taken possession of the city. A care-
ful tabulation of the information
gathered by the United Press from all
official sources shows that at eight
o'clock to -night there were 114 victims
in this city that had been identified.
while 15 still awaited identification.
Most of the bodies claimed had been re-
moved to their late homes. The number
missing, the majority supposedly being
in the ruins of the industrial establish-
ments and residences that were totally
demolished, is 'variously estimated at
from 50 to 500. Only a complete earch
of the acres of ruins can tell the true
story. Men and women reported as
among the missing are continually put-
ting in an appearance, while, on the
other head, many believed to be safe turn
out to be among the missing.The number
of injured reported to the police up to
the same hour foots up 189. If these five
are unconscious and unidentified. Of the
list of injured, which is about one-
fourth of the probable total, nearly 100
are reported by the physicians as fatally
injured. These figures relate to the city
proper.
• On the other side of the river in East
St. Louis, where the elements gathered,
themselves together for a supreme effort
towards the destruction of life and prop-
erty, the latest reports to the United
I
Press place the total of dead and missing
at 2013, and the injured at 71. Another
tabulation made this evening by the St.
Louis Chronicle gives these figures: -
Identified dead in St. Louis, 121; un-
identified, 30; injured, 447, I
East St. Louis, identified. dead, 109;
unidentified. 125; injured, 158.
The total n -umber of families who are
without homes, and whose household
• effects were swept away by the storm, I
is variously estimated at from 500 to 800.!
It will be several days before a complete
and reliable roster can be made.
The property loss is estimated in round
numbers at $4,000,000.
Almost a reign of terror prevailed in
East St. Louis last night. Save for a tug
and a few rowboats placed at the service'
of newspaper men and others, whose!
[duties caned them to the scene, the
place has been cut off from communiea- 1
ition with this city since last night, a c
section of the upper or railroad portion
of the Ends bridge having been carried. t
away, while guards were stationed at
either end to prevent pedestrians using
the footbridge. •• I
The thieves and toughs of the city, re-
inforced by scores from the surrounding a
ciountry, started in this afternoon to
pillage the over -turned trucks in the'
‚streets and the freight cars on the siding,
which were filled with valuable
merchandise, groceries and provisions.
The small police tome that had been de-
tailed. to aid the injured, and assist in
the task of searching the ruins, realizing
that they were powerless to preserve
order or prevent the pillaging, Mayor
Bader called on Gov. • Altgeld for aid.
He quickly responded by ordering two
companies of militia to the scene. The
first company arrived from Belleville at s
9 °clock, and the second is en route' B
from Greenville on a special train, and 3
will be on the ground at 1 a.m. The a
Governor himself arrived. late to -night -A
and did the detailing of the troops about f
the vazieus properties to be protected. D
Prior to his arrival a meeting of lead- N
lug citizens was held in the First
National building in response to a call
harriedIy issued by ex -Congressman
W. S. Forman and others, and after a
full discussion of the situation it was
decided to issue an appeal for aid.
Unsolicited, the work of relief in this
city was begun at once by the whole
people. A fleeting of the citizens was
held at nooh at the Merchants' Exchange.
Within forty minutes $14,000 was in the
secretary's hands. Contributions con-
tinued after adjournment. It is not pro-
posed to go outside the city for aid,
though no offering will be refused.
Mr. C. H. Spencer, president of the
Merehants' Exchange, was made chair-
man of the Committee on Distribution,
• and set to work at ones to place the re-
lief money.
The roadway of the Eads bridge was
cleared of wreckage atll o'clock to -night
and a test engine and car passed over in
safety.
It will be several days before definite
information can be • obtained as to the
loss of life and injury to the unfortunate
people who happened to be in the path of
the cyclone which swept over portions of
Miesertri and Illinois yesterday afternoon.
In additiou to the killed and injured in
St. Louis and East St. Louis, the cyclone
mowed down many people as it advanced.
Despatches received to -day by the Asso-
ciated Press give accounts of serious loss
of life and. maimings in quite a number
of places. Appended is a table, sliming
a careful estimate of the killed and in-
jured, based on these despatehes:-
Killed. Injured.
St, Louis 200 300
East St. 'Louis 250 300
Near Centralia, Ill 42 85
Breoltentidge,. Xli ...... , 2 • •
Near Mount Vernon 5 80
Near 'alexia°, Mo. ..... • 13 84
Near Vandalia; Ill 13 ••35
625. • 734.
The number of killed may not be far
from 700, an,1 of the lajuired trill ex -
em tai.it 011 ober.
OUR OTTAWA LETTE
R boasts that he never cast a Liberal vote, 'LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
In Ids newspaper he has made a strong
fight against remedial legislation. Like
Coatsworth, Robertson is an Orangeman,
and has many friends in the city. His
enemies are determined to make a per-
sonal campaign against him. When he
n, was a young man -he is now in the
fifties -he was well known in Toronto as
fit a "dead game sport." The straight Conser-
vatives aver that they will remind the
I public of certain indiscretions. They
re say that the thousands Viet he has
11 devoted to charity have been in the way
he of "conscience money." At the Pavilion
et in Toronto on S,eturday night Dad
ay Coatsworth held a meeting at which the
n- Minister of Finance was present and
e spoke. I happened to be in the city and
P5 visited the meeting. In all my experience
; I never have witnessed a more disorderly
th gathering. The audience was, apparently,
I composed of about fifty per cent, of
re Robertson men and Liberals, and of fifty
ed per cent. of supporters of the Administra-
x- tion. No sooner had Mr. Foster begun to
he speak than pandemonium arose. The
a- antis would not allow him to touch the
d school question for fully ten minutes. A
er gray haired septuagenarian arose, and
he roared: -
"Why did you leave the Government
end then go back?"
"I must make my speech in my oWn
r.
u waTyin'e" uproar
rredcontinued,Fos ter.
and the Minis -
ht ter bent over and talked to the newspaper
at men. He could, not be beard twenty feet
at away from the platform, "Is this To-
t_ ronto justice?" he shouted.
sa "What about the bolt?" roared the
d. anttiTs.hree
cheers for Robertson!" shouted.
THREE WEEKS BEFORE VOTER
WILL END THE FIGHT.
Got Beek at the Premier -To Contest Bra
don -ii. Disgruntled istaiticasearereea
• of ate. Davies -4 Notable Campaign.
But three short weeks remain bete
the day when the people of Canada she
cast their ballots and end the fight. T
Warfare grows more acrimonious. X
sincet 1887 have we seen such an are
of charges and counter.ctkarges. In 0
tario the Government supporters ax
accused of being the agents of the bisho
of Quebec; in the French provinee Mn
Laurier's candidates are charged wi
treachery to Mother Church. And,
am assured, the people of Canada a
soon to be informed that the wink
Grits have been working towards ante
Won. I was told by a Minister of t
Crown the other day that the Consery
tives intend to make the accusation an
that they have evidence that they consid
conclusive. But let us wait until t
time comes before forming an opinion on
the subject.
Got Baca at the Premier.
• In my last week's letter I told. yo
how Sir Charles Tupper had assailed M
McCarthy. At Napanee the other pig
the apostle of Equal Rights got back
the Premier. "Sir Charles has said th
he is ashamed of being ray political gm
father," said. he.. "He is not half
much ashamed of it as I am dishonore
by it," And at Frankville, near Brae
ville; Mr. McCarthy announced. that he
knew some things respecting Sir Charles
that he could not mention in the presence
of ladles. I bee to withdraw my opinion,
expressed a fortnight ago, that Mr. Me-
Carthy is not liable to excitement.
By this time the man from North
Sirneoe has arrived in Manitoba, where
he is to contest Brandon. Before his de-
parture Mr. McCarthy issued. an address
to the Brim donians, Concerning the School
question he said: -
"Is it possible any longer to doubt that
a concordat has been entered into between
the Archbishop of St. Boniface and the
Catholic prelates Of the province of
Quebec on the one hand, and the Tupper
Administration on the other, whereby the
latter has agreed to re -impose a Separate
school system on your province as the
price of the support of the Quebec hier-
arehy in the pending electoral contest?
No one who has seriously considered the
question can accept .the transparent
fallacy that he is merely carrying out the
order of the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council, on which the Prime Min-
ister rests his ease for interfering in your
affairs.
"It would, I hope, be preposterous to
suppose that there is a constituency in
Manitoba, not even excepting Proven -
cher, that will not resent, with indigna-
tion and scorn, the Govemaueut and its
satellites, who thus make barter of your
deareat rights and privileges.
"To add to your degradation, if that
be possible,. you are to be bribed, in the
usual Tupperian fashion, to acquiesce in
yourown dishonor, Were the sons of Mani-
toba to be thus cajoled they would cover
not only themselves with infamy, but
imprint a stain of dishonor on the fair
fame of their province which would
render it a by -word in the history of
British North America. I think I may
safely conclude that no such result is
within the bounds of probability."
A Disgruntled Politician.
To Contest Brandon.
Sir Charles, on being shorn this
trraignnient of the Government, renewed
mis charge that McCarthy was simply a
lisgruntled politician; that he left the
party in a fit of pique and jealousy, and
hat the party could do very well without.
him. The accusation is an old one. Mc-
Carthy says that he is still a Conserve-
ive, but that the men who now lead the
'arty have no right to the title. Why, he
sks, do the people of Canada submit to
being governed by Sir Charles Tupper's
`crew of incompetents?" as he puts it.
He says that the principles of the party
are correct, and that the. change must
come in the leaders.
Forecast of Mr. Davies.
Down in the provinces by the sea Sir
Charles Tupper continues the campaign.
If we hear the truth, the provinces that
are on the Atlantic littoral are bound to
stay by the Government. A few weeks
ago Louis R. Davies, the chief lieuten-
ant of Mr. Laurier, told mime that Nova
cotia, Prince Edward. Island and New
runswicit would give the Liberals a
najority of five. I must confess that I
in reluctant to accept the forecast of
Lit Davies. A capable campaigner and
airly strong man in the House, Mr.
avies is given to over -sanguineness. In
ova Scotia the Tupper influence is pass-
ing strong. In New Brunswick, whence
the Government in the last parliament
1141 fourteen out of sixteen seats,
I do not see any, prospect of great
change. Time Liberate in the provinces of
which I have spoken do not seem to have
the same faculty for organization that
characterizes their party mates in the
inland provinces. They have not, it may
be said, the assistance of men like Israel
Tarte, of Quebec,. and of Alexander
Smith, of Ontario, both of whom are as
organizers, the equal of the famous and
astota.Robert Birmingham. As write,
Mn. Birminghamis in Collingwood at
the meeting of the Orange Grand Lodge.
In Halifax last summer Mr: Birmingham
was re-elected Grand Secretary, while
the post of Grand Master was again ac-
corded to N. Clarke Wallace. Since then,
as the readers of this correspondence
know, there has arisen a schism between
Ala Wallace and Mr. Birniingham. So
strong is the feeling, that the two gentle-
men do not even speak. They have pro-
claimed war, and they have many sup:
porters. Should Birmingham lose his
position as Grand Secretary much of his
in iltionce in the Conservative party will
be neve. He owes his advancemeut me -un-
to his being an Orangeman, and it is
from the Orangemen that Inc must gain
his "pull," to use the vernacular. In
Toronto last week, Edward F. Clarke,
one .of the Ministeria.list candidates in
the western riding of the city told me
that he expected to see both Birmingham
and Wallace re-elected. Mr. Clarke was
at one time expected to be Wallace's op
portent in the contest for the Grand
Mastership. Be intimated to me that he
would not run against the ex-Conti•oller.
A Notable 'Campaign.
In Toronto there is a notable fight.
J. Roes Robertson, the proprietor of the
Evening Tale -grain, has been nominated
as an anti -remedial Conservative.
Against hini rims Emerson Coetsworth,
the exanernber. The contest between
these two will be inemarable. Ma
,qediertson is a rich man, who never has
axe much interest in polities, but who
Toronto, May 39.
PRODUCE.
Eggs -Lighter receipts today put a
slightly firmer feeling on the market:,
and dealers were quoting from 9X to 9%
in the ordinary way, and on Small lots 10o
was being asked.
Poultry -Nothing in. Turkeys are
quoted at 9 to 12c per lb; geese, 7 to 8e per
lb; chickens, 30 to 60 per pair; and
ducks, 60 to 800 per pair,
Potatoes-Unohanged and, easy at 12e
per bag for car lots on track, and about
15 to 17 for bags by farmers' loads.
Maple syrup -The enquiry has •about
fallen off altogehter, and values are, Much
easier. Five -gallon tins sell at 70 to 750
per imperial gallon; gallon tins at 800;
and half -gallon tins at 45e.
Honey -No buying. Five and ten.
pound tins are sold at 9a,:; to 10o per lb;
60 -lb tins at 9 to 46c; sections are
quoted at $1. 80t0 $1.90 per doe= _for
clover, and 80c to 90 for dark, according
to size.
Baled hay -Only the choicest No. I
Quebec wanted; and sales of this are
hard to bring about at $12.75 to $18 for
car lots on track. Ordinary hay is
quoted around $10 to $12.50.
Straw -Nothing doing, and car lots
on track are quoted nominal at about $7
to $8.
Wheat, white, per bush , . • .5
Wheat, red, per bush......
Wheat, goose, per bush....
Peas, common, per bash...
Oats, per bush
Rye per bush
00 $ 76
00 74
53 56
24 59
25
49
39
90
50
08
12
10
30
20
80
18
90 100
30 35
20 25
40
00
48
.Baey, . 38
somebody. A. storm of cheers and hisses r per bush. -- ... .
arose. Finally Mr. Foster was given a Buckwheat 86
Ducks, spring, per pair..- 50
Chickens, per paar. ...... 30
Geese, per lb 05
Butter, In 1-1b. il
Eggs, new laid- ...... 9
Onions, per bush 30
urnips. per bag, 15
Toronto," bellowed Coatsworth. by load
"That's not so," shouted a man in the Potatoes, car lots. , 16
Potatoes, per bag. ..... 20
audience, springing to his feet. "I am Beans, per bush
opposed to you, and I voted. for you last Beets, per bag
time." Carrots, per bag, by load
The meeting went on. Coats- Parsnips, per bag
4.pples, per 7
worth assured the audience that he -
bbl.... .....
would "show Robertson up." "That HAY, timothy .
1 I 5
hearing. )3ut when Emerson Coatsworth
arose the tumult was redoubled.
"Judas, Judas," howled. the anti -
remedial men.
• "The disturbers are not voters in East
man," said the ex-menabar, "has black
ened the character of every man whom
he does not like. His paper has been
mud -slinging organ. I shall let the pee
ple of Toronto know something abou
his reputation. And, once more the
cat -calls arose. Truly, the campaign in
East Toronto should ben notable one.
Last week you were apprised of the
terms of the mandenient issued by th
bishops of Quebec. On Sunday las
Monsignor Lafieche, of Three Rivers,
delivered a significant sermon. The pros
despatches tell us that:-
"Mgr. Lafieche, bishop of Three Rivers,
in the course of a sermon in his cathe
deal church, condemned the principles
enunciated by Laurier in his speech in
• moving the six months' hoist to the
Remedial bill, and declared that 40
Catholic could vote for him or any of his
supporters unless he publicly repudiates
his erroneous doctrine, which is held to
be contrary to the teachings of the
church, and pledges himself to vote for
the Remedial Bill accepted by the bis-
hops. The sermon is the most outspoken
utterance yet made by a member of the
hierarchy, and caused a tremendous
sensation in the district of Three Rivers.
The bishop gave copious extracts from
the Pope's encyclical letters to condemn
what he contends are Laurier's principles,
that a man can be a Catholic in private
life and not in his public acts. He says
Laurier's declaration that he did not
judge the Remedial bill from the stand-
point of a Catholic is the strongest
ratioualistie declaration yet made by a
Canadian Catholic."
One is impelled to think that, if His
Loraship of Three Rivers voices the senti-
ment of his fellow -bishops, Mr. Laurier'scase in Quebec is a bad one. Of course,
it must be remexabered that Mgr. Lafle-
elm is a Conservative. Of the thirteen
bishops in the ecclesiastical province of
Quebec, only two are Liberals. One of
them, Mgr. Begin, the coadjutor of the
Cardinal, was a Liberal until the Govern-
ments took its pro -remedial stand.. It is
clear that the church is against Laurier
and for Tupper. The question is: Will
this fact antagonize the Protestant
majority'? Dr. Montague told me the
other day that he believed. that many of
the Conservatives who are now denounc-
ing the Administration, would. vote Con-
servative when the twenty-third of june
comes around.
"And how do you arrive at that con-
clusion?" I asked.
"Simply in this way," answered this
able politician, "The man who has once
cast a' vote does not often stay at home.'
He wants to exercise his francise. We
have a Conservative majority in Ontario
and I do not think that our supporters
will vote Grit. Nor do I think that they
will stay at home. I tell you, the Con-
servative who will cast' his ballot for
Laurier will be hard to find."'
In Hamilton the Conservatives have
struck what they consider to hen remark-
ably clever elucidation of the school crux.
They have nominated. Rev. R. G. Bovine,
au anti -Remedial Conservative, and
Barker, who is a straight supporter of
the Administartion-Remedial bill and
everything else. By adopting this ex-
pedient the Conservatives of the ambi-
tious city hope to pull both the antis and
the stalwarts. They hold. that the
average Protectionist will not split the
ticket. Mr. Iloville, although a clergy-
man, has learned. some of the wiles of
the politician. He went to a Conservative
meeting the other night, clad. in his
clerical garb. Sundry politicians gentle-
men in the audience saw fit to remark
on his attire. It did. not take long for
Mr. Boville to setae the situation. He
spoke to a frieneof his, who wore light
tweeds and a Raining tie. The two retired
behind the scenes, and when Mr.
Bovine re -appeared, . he wore the light
coat and the clamorous, neckwear.
• And thus you see the effect that
politics has on even a clergyman.
5 50
maw, sheaf . . .... i0 00
- Beef, hinds 05
a Beef. fores 02
a Spring lambs, carcase, .. 3 00
_ Veal, per lb 08 a
4, Mutton, per lb 05 07
" 'Dressed hogs 4 75 5 59
50
2 50
17 00
12 00
07
04
5 00
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
There were quite 80 loads of offerings
e here, including 2,600 hogs, 200 sheep,
t and lambs, 110 calves, and a few milk-
ers. There was not any change in prices
5 of consequence from those of Tuesday,
but the tone was not so good. Most of
the loads sold were mixed, so that re-
- ports of sales would be of no value.
Fortunately we had a good quantity of
buying for Montreal, otherwise things
would have been much worse than they
were. The market On Tuesday was about
cleared out, so that our stook consisted
entirely of yesterday's and to -days re-
ceipts. For shipping cattle there was a
better enquiry, as markets in the United
Kingdom are somewhat better. Export
cattle is worth from 33s.; to to per pound,
with 4 tac for picked lots, but this was
about the limit. Butchers' cattle was
hard to classify, being so various in
grade. For the bulk of butcher's stuff
from 8,11 to 30 was the ruling price,
while 3.1.4 and 334' was paid; and the
following sales of extra choice butchers
stuff were reported to us: A lot of 17,
averaging 1,100 lbs., sold at $3.40, and.
$5 over•, a lot of 10, averaging 1,050 lbs.,
sold at $3.85; and 17, averaging 1,175
lbs., sold at $8.80 but these were outside
the ordinary run of sales, and in no
sense representatnio. Some inferior cattle
sold as /ow as 20, and. trade all round
was slow. From 23!.. to 29sao was the
range for a good. deal of trading, and,
ultimately' the yards were pretty well
soldBulls
siand
rnilk cows are practically
unchanged.
Peculiar New leiements.
The recently -discovered elements,
argon gild helium, the former of which
has been found. to be a constituent of air,
appear to possess peculiar and anonealeus
electrical properties. The latestinvesti-
gations recently submitted to the Royal
Society seem to show a breach between
these and what may be termed ordinary
elements. Fox- instance, helium acts at
atmospheric pressure exactly like other
gases do at exceedingly high • exbaus-
tiona such as are ebtained in vacuum
tubes. Another property ie that of the
enormous length of spark that is pro-
duced in helium and the unusually long,
though loss lengthy sparks in argon.
Other experiments seem to show that in
argon and helium we have elements the
electro-chemleal properties of which are
decidedly anomalous.
Sheep are quoted at 3c per pound, and
834e -with the wool on; yearlings are
worth. 4e, and with the wool on Sc per
• pound. Spring lambs are worth from
$2.75 to $4 each. Choice yearlings and
spring lambs are wanted at the figures
here mentioned.
Choice bacon hogs, $4 to 5.25 per °vita
thick fat, $3 50 per cwt; sows, $8 to
$3.25; and. stags, $2 to $2.25 per cwt All
grades will sell
HAMILTON MARKET
There was a fair run of hogs; packers
were not keen buyers; 430 was paid for
an exta choice lean light weights, but
the general price for this grade was be-
low this; light puts were dull, at 34to
3aelc; and over weights hard to sell; tend-
ency lower.
THE WOOL MARKET
The market for wools is unchanged.
The weather is a little against clipping,
being too cold, and. in consequence the
offerings are light A few lots came into.
the local market to -day from outside*
points, but the offerings by farmers were
nil Dealers are paying 180 fotechoicie-
fleece; 15c for rejections; and 11c for
unwashed.
EAST BUFFALO MARKET.
Cattle -148 cars through and two on
sale; market steady; good mixed butch-
ers' $3.80; choice steers, $4.20; veal
steady good, 5.75 to $4.25; common,
$3.25 to $3.50. hogs -Twelve oars through,
and fifty on sale; market active and 5e
higher for Yorkers; good weight York-
ers, $3.55 to $8.573t ; light, $8.60: mixed
packers, $8.45 to $3.50; mediums, $3.40,
to $3.45; pigs, $3.55 to $3.60; roughs, $2,
to $2.25. Sheep and lambs -Five earn
through and eighteen on sale; market
active and firm; prime lambs, $5.60 to
$5.90; fair to good, $4.85 to $5,50; cull,
and common, $8.25 to $4.75; heavy export
lambs, 54,95 to $5 good. mixed sheep,
$8.-65 to $3.90; culls and common, $1.50
to $3.20; heavy mixed export sheep.
$4.25 to 54.30.
Death of Kate rield.
Chicago, May 31. -Mr. H. H. Kohlsaal,
propriettr of the Chicago Times -Herald,
received, a cable yesterday afternoon
dated Yokohaana, and signed by Lenin
A. Thurston, ex -Minister to the United.
States, from the Sandwich lslands,whmeh
says: "Kate Field cited at Honolulu
May 19, of pneumonia," Miss Field was
in the Sandwich Islands as special eon
respondent of The Times -Herald. and the
last heardfrom her was a letter dated.
May 4, in which she informed Mr. Khol-
seat that she bad been doing a great deal
of horseback riding, and that exercise in
the open air had completely restored. hem: -
health, which before she went to the
Islands had been badly shattered. No
further particulars are known.