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The Exeter Advocate, 1892-1-21, Page 6THE KHEDIVE DEAD, Tho Egyptian Monarch Succumbs to au Attack of Influenza. HIS SON WILL SUCCEED HIM. A Cairo cable says : The Khedive is dead. He had been suffering from in- Iiuenza, which developed into congestion of the lungs. This was complicated with a cardiac affection, and this afternoon he suo- numbed. The death of the Khedive was entirely unexpected. It was stated last evening that he was in no apparent danger from the attack of influenza, when suddenly the com- plication set in and developed with startling avidity, Two physicians were in attend- ance, but they did not appear to realize that the Khedive's condition was critical until this morning, when it became generally known that the ruler of Egypt was danger- , ously ill. Groups of people gathered at the gates of the Helouan palace, where the Khedive was lying. At 6 o'clock this even- ing (Cairo time) a bulletin was issued stating that the Khedive was in a critical condition. It is believed that at that time he must have been dead. At. 7 o'clock his death was aunounced. He will be suc- ceeded by Prince Abbas Pasha, his eldest son who was born July 14th, 1874. The Khedive had been ill for a week, and had been treated for simple influenza until yesterday, when an acute disease of the lungs and kidneys supervened. Three European doctors were summoned and every known remedy was administered with- out success. The Khedive succumbed after a long period of insensibility. The Vice- reine is inconsolable over his death, and has retired to another palace. The heir to the throne, Abbas Pasha, has attained his majority under the Mohammedan law. He has displayed ability and force of character. The present Cabinet has the confidence of the country. The funeral will take place to -morrow. The body will be placed in the mausoleum at the citadel mosque. Mohammed Tewfik Pasha was born on Nov. 10th, 1852, being the eldest son of the .Khedive Ismail. On August 8th, 1879, by a decree of the Ottoman Empire, he suc- ceeded to the Viceroyalty of Egypt, his father being forced to abdidate. He was the sixth ruler of Egypt in the dynasty of Mohammed Ali Pasha, who was appointed Vali or Governor in 1806, and who, in 1841, prevailed upon the Sultan and the five great powers of Europe to settle the hereditary principality in his own family. He was succeeded in 1848 by his son, Ibrahim Pasha, who died two months afterward. The next in succession was Abbas Pasha, a son of Mohammed Ali's second son. He was strangled in 1854 by order of the Sultan for attempted treason. Said Pasha, a third son of Mohammed Ali Pasha, was the next ruler of Egypt. He died in1863, andwassucceeded by his nephew, Ismail Pasha, second son of Ibrahim. In 1886 an Imperial firman conferred upon Ismail the title of Khedive instead of thatof Vali. At the same time the law of succession was altered from that which had been established in 1841. Instead of succession devolving as heretofore, accord- ing to the usual principles of Mohammedan law, upon the senior male descendant of the founder of the dynasty, it was to go to Ismail's eldest son, and thenceforth m the same order of primogeniture, excluding the other branches of Mohammed Ales family. This favor was granted to Ismail by Sultan Abdul Aziz in consideration of a large money payment. The consequence of this arrangement was the accession of "ewfik in 1879, instead of Halim, the fourth n of Mohammed Ali. He is described as a loyal and honest man, neither cruel, vicious, extravagant, nor an intriguer. He -was married in January, 1873, to the Princess Emineh, daughter of El Hamy Pasha. He leaves two sons and two daugh. ters. The heir apparent is Abbas Bey, born July 14th, 1874. The body of the Khedive was enclosed in a plain Arab coffin. The remains, guarded by an escort of soldiers and accompanied by a few body servants, were taken from the HeIouan palace at 11 o'clock in the morning and were conveyed by rail to Cairo. All the Ministers and the members of the household were waiting at the station. When the train reached Cairo the coffin was removed from the funeral car, and a procession was formed. Slowly and with many manifestations of mourning the cortege proceeded to the Abdin palace. The coffin was escorted by a detachment of military. From the palace the real proces- sion was held to the mausoleum. Theroute was lined with British and Egyptian troops. At the head of the procession were a number of camels loaded with gifts to be distributed among the populace. Then followed Major- General F. Walker, commander-in-chief of the British troops in Egypt. After him came a number of men bearing banners, sheikhs, dervishes, representatives of the various local bodies, the members of the minis- try, Government officias, judges clergy- men, diplomats in full uniform. After these came representatives of the household and harem, and then followed the coffin, which was borne from the palace to the mausoleum by servants. Immediately be- hind the coffin walked bands of wailing women. Then came a number of carriages conveying the widow of the late Khedive and the members of the harem. The rear of the procession was brought up by Gen. Grenfell, Sirdar of the Egyptian army, and a regiment of Egyptian troops commanded by British officers. The utmost order marked the whole ceremony. Upon the arrival of the procession at the mausoleum, the Mellalis prayed, after which the coffin was placed in the vault. Religious services will be held to -night and for several nights afterward. A .lealous husband's Crime. A Newark, N. J., despatch says : C. S. Quackenbush shot his wife Annie, mortally wounding her. He then placed the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and shot him- self through the head, expiring instantly. Quackenbush took his eldest daughter to Montreal last week and the other day he wrote his wife asking her to send on the other children. He came from Montreal this morning. Quackenbush was 46 years old and a.wealthy retired insurance broker. He claimed that hie wife was extravagant, and she said, he was insanely jealous. Ile Dried the Dynamite. A Bellaire, 0., despatch says : In a stone quarry operated by Henry T. Day, on Rock Hill,the employees placed 40 sticks of dyna- mite aroundpa fire to dry, It ignited, and John Walters, with a board, pitched the dynamite away. It went off with terrific force, and Walters was blown 100 feet across the road and fatally injured. John Smith and seven Italians were seriously hurt. The residence of Frank Nelson was wrecked, and other houses badly damaged. The value of property in London has trebled since 1856. The post -office at Gibraltar is in charge of Miss Cresswell who is paid a salar of 8 for her Cresswell, dditici i' $2, 00 work, In I n to her regular duties she has charge of the Govern- ment telegraph office and several subordinate poet-ofrioes fn Morocco. KILLED FOR IMPOLITENESS. A Toronto Man's. Tragic Death hi Chicago. THROWN OUT OF A WINDOW.. A Chicago despatoh says : Edward Hur- ley, a carpenter, hailing from Toronto, Ontario, died at the hospital last night. His death was caused by the injuries he received two weeks ago in the Hudson Hotel, at No. 391 South Clark street. Daniel Clark is a porter employed in the Hudson Hotel. He states that about two weeks ago he went into the wash -room on the second floor and saw Hurley, who had been stopping at the 'place for several weeks, washing his feet in a basin and using one of the face towels. He told him to stop, but Hurley took no notice of him. Clark hurried off and told Chief Porter James Carey what Hurley was doing. Hurley had been caught doing the same thing several times before and Carey be- came very angry. He rushed to the wash- room and told Hurley to leave the place. Hurley, with an oath, struck at him and soon the two men clinched. Over and over upon the floor they rolled, each fighting for supremacy. Finally Carey lifted Hurley up and hurled him through a window on to a shed, the roof of which was but a foot below the window. Hurley was badly out about the face and body and several arteries were served. Dr. Carey dressed Hurley's wounds and advised those about to look out for him as his case was serious. Hurley remained at the place all night, but the next morning D. H. Loveless, the proprietor, told him to go. He went and after wander- ing about for several hours, hungry and penniless, found his way to the county hospital. Last night at midnight he died. Carey has been arrested on a charge of murder. WRECKED STORM. A Revenue Cotter Runs on the Rocks and Becomes a Total Wreck. A Manchester, Mass., despatch says: The United States revenue steamer Galla- tin was wrecked off Manchester at 11.15 this morning. The accident was due to the heavy snowstorm prevailing at the time and the mistake of the pilot as to the exact position of the vessel. When the vessel struck on a sunken ledge the engine was stopped and backed, but the ship was fast. She began pounding heavily, and the cap- tain called the men to man the •boats. In the meantime the ship was rolling heavily and filling rapidly, as a heavy sea had carried away the skylights. The smoke- stack going by the board to star- board struck and instantly killed J. Jacobson, the carpenter, and carried the body over- board. The vessel was sinking fast, and all hands took to three boats and sighted land on the port side. They pulled in, and after attempting to land on the beach, reached a rocky cove on Eagle Head. The officers were taken to the Manchester House and the crew sent to Boston. The crew saw a small schooner capsize off Magnolia with four men clinging to her, but lost sight of her in the blinding snow- storm. At 4,30 the storm had abated sufficient to sight the Gallatin, which had broken in two, the foremast being all that was standing. The hull was submerged. The vessel is a total loss. The officers and crew lost everything, as it was less than ten minutes from the time she struck until she filled with water. The fault seems to lie with the pilot, who lost his reckoning. ACCIDENT OR CREME ? A Man Captured After Leaving a heavy Plank on the Track. A Rome, N. Y., despatch says : The passengers on the , train leaving Windsor Beach on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdens- burg road at noon yesterday had a narrow escape. The train consisted of the engine, baggage car and two passenger coaches, and the coaches were crowded. Near Rattle- snake Point the road makes a sharp curve, and here the engineer saw a man a short distance ahead leave the track and run up the hill. The brakes were instantly applied and the engine came to a standstill only ten feet from a three.inch plank fastened between the rails, with the evident intent of ditching the train. The engineer and fireman gage chase and captured the man. When the passengers learned what had happened there were excited cries of " Hang him," " Lynch him," and " Kill him." The prisoner was not injured, how- ever, and was brought to Rochester and handed over to the police. He gives his name as John Able, and claims to live in the city. His story is that in carrying the plank, which he found in the Genesee river, he became alarmed at the approach- ing train and dropped it to prevent being run over. TROUBLE OVER A BURIAL. Police Stationed at a Cemetery to Prevent a Riot. • A New Bedford, Mass., despatch says : James F. Moore applied to -day to have a grave opened in his lot in St. Martin cemetery, in which to bury his daughter Mabel, but Mr. Smith, pastor of St. Lawrence church, refused permission on the ground that the girl died without the rites of the Catholic Church. Mr. Moore, his wife, and other daughter are Catholics, but. Mabel was an attendant at Grace Episcopal church. Mr. Moore secured legal advice, and acting on it procured a man to dig the grave. The cemetery gates were locked, but the father expressed hie intention to bury his daughter in his lot. Father Smith applied to the mayor for police pro- tection, and officers have been sent to the cemetery to prevent a breach of the peace. Mr. Moore is one of the best known sporting men in New England. A 'Wealthy Suicide. A Troy, N. Y., despatch says : 'A well- dressed stranger was found dead this morn- ing on the highway at Hoosic. He had shot himself in. the head, a revolver being found in his hand. On the ground around him were $100 in currency, three drafts for $1,000, and one for $15,000, issued to bearer by F. S. Sargeant, cashier of the Security Trust Company, of Nashua, N. If, to the Commercial National Bank, Boston, dated January 2. The currency and drafts were torn to pieces. The body was afterwards identified as that of L. N. T. Parllu, sup- posed to be a jeweller living at 20 Factory street, Nashua. It is believed he wandered from home while mentally deranged. Shot From Ambush. A Liberal, Kan., despatch says : In Springfield, Seward county, this morning the sheriff and three deputies were killed by a squad of men in ambush. It is sup- posed to be the outcome of aplot to kill Thomas Bodkin, judge of the judicial dis- trict. It is all the result of the famous Stevens county feud, which began in. July,. 1888, and has continued with few interrup- tions since. The output of the Baldwin locomotive works last year was 918 locomotives, of which 101 were compounds. The output for 1890 exceeded this number by thirty. five, HENRY IRVING'S SON Tries to Shuffle Off this Mortal. Coil, But Fails, STRANGE REASON FOR TIIE ATTEMP A London cable says : Henry Irvi-ng ha hardly finished reading in the mornin newspapers to -day the critics' praise of hi triumph at the Lyceum last night when h was summoned from glory to misery by th attempted suicide of his son Lawrence, th second son of the actor, who was recently member of a Shakspearean touringcompany He was a capable actor, but labored unde the disadvantage of oomparisons with hi father, whom he does not nearly approae in ability. It is said that he sometime complained of this, but nobody took hi remarks as more than an expression o opinion, or connected therewith a deep seated sense of wrong. The young man i known to have aspired to be a great Shak spearean actor, a rival if not a superior to his•parent. He labored hard to improve himself, and inthisway probably overworked his brain. The Benson Company opened at Belfast on Monday. This afternoon young Irving attended a rehearsal of " The Merchant of Venice." He was well up in his part, and it was noticed that he put more than usual energy into his lines. But he gave no evidence whatever of disturbance of mind. After the rehearsal he went back to his lodgings, and retired to his room, closing his door. Other actors of the Benson Com- pany were lodging at the same place, and one of them was in a room just below at the time Irving retired. The fellow -actor heard a pistol shot in the direction of Irving's room. He took little notice of the noise at first, thinking that Irvingeor some one else near by was going through a private rehearsal in a part that involved the discharge of firearm. With this idea the incident passed from his mind ; but in another moment his attention was arrested by a curious, horrible sound that made his cheeks blanch and his flesh creep. It was like the groan of a dying man, and there was no acting about it. The actor rushed upstairs into Irving's room. Across the bed lay Irving, twisting in agony and uttering the abund that had attracted the attention of his associate. Blood was streaming from a bullet wound in the right breast, and a pistol on the floor with the barrel still warm and a curl of smoke still floating near the ceiling told how the deed had been done. The covering of the bed was already deeply soaked with blood, and Irving was losing strength rapidly. His fellow -actor asked no ques- tions, but hastened for relief. Surgeon Fagan speedily arrived and administered restoratives, at the same time taking care to stop tele flow of blood. Prof. Sinclair was also called in, and an attempt W9,9 made to get the bullet, but the probe failed to reach it. It was found that the bullet had penetrated the apex of the lung. At last accounts Irving was in a most criti- cal ,condition, but the professor and Surgeon Fagan have not given up hope of saving his life. Word was at once sent to his father in London. Irving's friends claim that the shooting may have been accidental and notan attempt at suicide. The young man is in no condition to give any account of the affair, and the doctors willnot permit him to be questioned for fear of hastening fatal results. His friends say that if it was a case of suicide it must be attributed to overwork, as the young man is not believed to have had a liad habit or embarassing associations. It appears that the news of his eon's at- tempted suicide did not reach Irving until the play had already commenced at the Lyceum this evening. The actor retained his composure remarkably, but this was partly attributed to the 'fact that the an- nouncement of the shooting was accom- panied by a reassuring telegram from the doctors in attendance upon the young man to the effect that they hoped for his re- covery. The theatre was thronged by an audience enthusiastic as that of the previous night. Irving determined to proceed. He even kept the contents of the telegram to himself, and the officials of the theatre were unaware of the terrible news that he had received. It is now said that he put more pathos than before into the lines of the fallen and broken-hearted cardinal, and that his face bore an expression of pain that was something more than the effort of the actor in a pia a g a e e e. a r s h. a s f s MURDER IN A SALOON. Bloody Fracas in a Trout Lairs Drinking Resort. A Sault Ste. Marie despatch says: News has reached here of a bloody fracas, which will lead to murder, in John Navin's saloon at Trout Lake, a small station in the south- western part of this county. The trouble was started by several roughs who became drunk, and then refused to pay for their liquor. Jack Helwig, the leader of the gang, became very noisy and belligerent, and refused either to pay his bill or leave the place. When Navin threatened to throw him out, he struck at the saloon -keeper, who immediately rushed behind the bar for a weapon. Before he could reach it, how- ever, Helwig pulled out a revolver and fired twice at Navin. The first shot missed him, but the second pierced his back, and he fell fatally wounded. A man named Myer, who started to assist Navin, received a flesh wound in the arm from a bullet fired by one of Helwig's friends, and another man, whose name could not be learned, was also slightly injured. All the parties involved have escaped, except Navin, who is now lying under the care of physicians, with no hope of his recovery. Robbed a Corpse. A New York despatch says : Anna M. Dunigan, 70 years of age, fell dead this evening on the street within a few doors of her house in this city. Before her body was removed to her apartments her fingers were stripped of three valuable diamond rings, and a bracelet of gold and enamel was torn from her wrist. Mrs. Dunigan occupied rooms with her son, Charles W. Dunigan, one of the principal performers in the Lillian Russell Co., now playing here. When the woman fell several men rushed appar- ently to aid her, but, as the result shows, to rob her. Her gloves were torn from her hands on the pretence of chafing them, and the rings were deftly slipped from the fingers and the bracelet from her wrist. The rings and bracelet are worth. about $1,500. " Land 13111" Allen, the man who was in- strumental in securing to the people of the United States the Homestead Act, thereby giving homes to the homeless and opening up the hidden treasures of the Weat to the hardy pioneers of the older States, himself died without a home and almost without friends a few days ago in an Ohio poor- house at the age of 88. " I wouldn't mind my wife's having the last word," said Mr. Meekins, " if she would only hurry up and get to it." A Bible recently issued from the Oxford University press is only n inchesin length, 2einches wide and Of ati inch in thick, ness. NORTHWEST LIQUOR LAWS. The Legislative Assembly Adopts a Pecu- liar License Law. TEMPERANCE MEN DISSATISFIED A Regina despatoh says : "Prohibition in the Territories received its death blow to day when Bill No. 22, entitled, ' An ordin mace respecting the sale of intoxicating liquors and the issue of licensee therefor, received its second reading in the Legisla- tive Assembly. Mr. Cayley, the member for Calgary, made a long and lucid explan- ation of the Bill. It provides for three °lasses of licenses—hotel, restaurant, and wholesale. The fees proposed are : Hotels, $200; restaurants, $300; and wholesale, $200, The municipalities are also au- thorized to charge additional fens, not exceeding the above. A Board of Com- missioners is proposed for each license district, who shall have discretionary powers in granting licenses, and in appoint- ing inspectors and fixing their salaries. The boundaries of the license districts will be fixed by the Lieutenant -Governor in Coun- cil Druggists will be licensed to sell alco- hol iu quantities not exceeding ten gallons, and liquors in quantities not exceeding five gallons. In districts whore no licenses are granted, an officer, who must bo a member of some temperance society, will be ap- pointed to sell liquor for medicinal pur- poses, the profits to go to the Lieutenant- Governor. There will be a chief license inspector, who will reside at Regina and perform the duties of clerk. Local option clauses are provided, based on those of the McCarthy Act. The onus and expense of taking a vote is placed on the prohibition- ists. Applicants for licenses outside of town municipalities are required to procure a petition signed by ten out of twenty of the nearest neighbors. The pro- posed hours for closing are 10 o'clock on Saturday nights, and 11.30 on others. Gambling, betting, dice throwing, and all playing for drinks are rigidly prohibited. Fines for infractions of the ordinance are heavy, and in nearly every case the penalty for the second offence is forfeiture of license. The other provisions are much the same as in Ontario and Manitoba. Mr. Cayley claimed that the bill was framed to meet the temperance sentiment in the Territories. It was strict, and was What the country wanted. Mr. Olivier severely attacked the bill, claiming that it was exactly contrary to what was wanted. Instead of being re- strictive it proposed a license to every little place over the country, and, apparently, the only stock -in -trade it required a man to have was a keg of whiskey and a tin cup. He denounced the ',Alias a practical joke of Cayley's. There was no further debate on the second reading." REV. DR. ABBOTT'S VIEWS. Scientific Evolution Endorsed — Religion Must be Progressive. A Boston despatch says : Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, of Brooklyn, delivered last night the first of a series of lectures before the Lowell Institute on " Evolution of Chris- tianity." A notable audience was present. He announced that the object of his course was substantially as follows : " Evolution is the continuous progressive change of phenomena according to certain laws and by means of resident forces. Religion is the life of God in the soul of man. I accept the verdict of all modern scientists in favor of evolution. I agree with them that all life proceeds by a regular and orderly sequence from simple to more complex, from lower to higher forms, and I desire to sbow that religion is itself subject to the laws of evolution, and that the Chris- tian religion has proceeded by a regular and orderly sequence from simple to more complex, and from lower to higher forms, and by means of a force or forces resident in humanity itself. Assuming the truth both of evolution and of Christianity as a divine life, I shall attempt to show how the latter has grown up in accordance with the laws of the former ; that the Bible is an evolution of man's consciousness of God, orthe history of the growth and knowledge of the life of God in a specially endowed and chosen nation ; that the Church is the growth of the human organism inspired by this- life making its way against error and super- stition and gradually conquering paganism ; that theology is the necessary mixture of truth and error, the truth winning its way over theory by intermingling with it. We shall not be surprised to find errors be the Bible. • We shall remember that it is the work of God as it is expressed in human lives, struggling through the imperfections of human intellect and human passion. We shall not be surprised to find limitations of knowledge in Christ himself. The word of the Bible to us is not ' halt,' but ' forward, march.' " A SILENT CREW. A Fishing Schooner Found Drifting With Ten Dead on Board. A Halifax deepateh says : The steam tug Progress went out of St. Pierre Miquelon the other day for a short cruise. Just out- side the harbor the tug came across a bank- ing schooner, bottom up, being carried to and fro by the current, and took it in tow. When taken into St. Pierre the schooner was righted and placed in a dock. It was then discovered that the ill-fated craft was a fishing schooner belonging to La Croix, of St. Pierre, which left there early last sum- mer with a crew of seventeen men, and which disappeared while at anchor on the banks during one of the heavy gales in Sep- tember Iast. When the water was pumped out it was a grewsome sight that met the gaze of the explorers, for in the hold lay ten bodies"more or less decomposed and dis- figured. The vessel left port, as stated, with seventeen souls on board, and it is supposed the other seven must have been on the watch when the vessel was over- turned, and were, of course, swept into the sea and drowned. All these months the vessel has been at the mercy of wind and wave with the remains of the heads of so many households within, and it is a curious circumstance that it would drift from the Grand Banks all the way back to St. Pierre, from whence it started on its fatal voyage. in a Cataleptic Trance. A Philadelphia despatch says : Mrs. Levi Yost, of Ottsville, Buck's Co., Pa., to all appearances died on Sunday of pneumonia. The body was prepared for burial, and her relatives from a distance were sent for. On Monday what was supposed to be Mrs. Yost's corpse showed signs of life. The physician in attendance at the time of Mrs. Yost's supposed death was called in and made a very careful examination, and found that instead of being dead she was lying in a trance. Many signs of life are now apparent. The woman has been re- moved from her coffin, and her bedside is surrounded by the relatives who had come to attend her funeral. " I am at your service, ma'am," as the burglar said when the lady of the house caught him stealing the silverware. The theatres in London regularly employ over 12,000 people, IU011110liS Or EXILE,. The Sufferings. of Russian l.Ceing ees la the Last End of London. A London cable says : The almost in- credible poverty and misery existing among the immigrants from Russia was illustrated again to -day by one of the numerous in- quests which are so common among the half-starved inhabitants of the East -End, The case in point is worse than ordinary, however, and the publication of the details has elicited many expressions of horror that such things can exist in a civilized community. Tho inquest was on the body of a babe that had died almost as soon as born, and the testimony showed that the child had remained naked, exposed to the chilling air of the wretched apartment occupied by its parents, until it died from lack of warmth and proper care, It ap- pears that the mother, who is the wife of an unemployed Russian Jew tailor named Cuahneer, was herself without any clothing except a tattered pair of shoes, a pair of stockings, and one other garment. The parents could not obtain food for themselves and were nearly dead from starvation. There were no bed clothes in the room. The neighbors of the unfortunate family were nearly, if not quite, as badly off as the Cushneers and could render no assistance. Surgeon Dukes testified that he knew of many' cases almost as bad. He encountered three of four oases of death from similar causes every day, Numbers of aliens, he said, arrive in London daily whose destiny is starvation. The jury found a verdict that the baby died for want of food and care owing to the poverty of the parents. They also adopted a resolution as a part of the finding that the admission ..f aliens ought to be prohibited unless the new- comers could prove their ability to support themselves and families. The members of the jury,all of whom were workmen, then went down into their almost empty pockets and out of their small means made up a purse of twelve shillings for the unhappy Cushneers. When Coroner Baxter handed the gift to Cushner the recipient +e11 on his knees weeping, and repeatedly kissed the coroner's hand, stammering out such thanks as he could find words for. WANTON BRUTALITY. A Little Girl Seized and Savagely Beaten by an 'Unknown Assailant. A Chicago despatch says : With her life in the balance, her face bruised and battered almost beyond recognition, and her breast and shoulders covered with the black marks of brutal heels, beautiful little Louise Hagen lies atler home on Washington boulevard, the victim of a most daring and dastardly outrage. While returning to her home about dusk on Sunday, along Laflin street, she passed a man whose actions frightened her. She ran to within a few hundredfeetof Madison street, when the man, who had pur- sued and passed her unobserved, sprung out of an alley and struck her a terrible blow on the back of her head with a monkey wrench. The blow would have felled the strongest man, and the fragile form of the poor girl sank limp and insensible to the sidewalk. Then throwing a handkerchief across her mouth and face, and holding it by the ends behind her head with one hand, the villain seized her at the waist with the other and dragged the senseless form into the filth and gloom of the alley. The entreaties of his victim only seemed to have the effect of increasing the savagery of the brute. With a murmured curse he struck her in the face while he stooped over her prostrate form. Then rising to his feet he stamped his heavy feet upon her breast andshoulders. Alarmed by the footsteps of a passer-by the brute fled. , The bleeding and half unconscious girl was taken to her home, where physicians pronounced her condition as critical. The police are working on the case. A COWARDLY MINE. A Paymaster Shot From Behind and his Office (lobbed. An Ishpeming, Mich., despatch says : John Gleason, paymaster for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron -Mining Company, was murdered in his office here last midnight. Most in- tense excitement prevails. There is no clue to the murderer. Mr. Gleason was work- ing on his books alone and so far as known no one save the actual miscreant saw the deed done. The body lay in front of the safe, making it evident the paymaster met his death while attempting to defend the property of the company. There was a wound in the back of the bead from a 32 - calibre revolver. When found, very soon. after the shot was fired, Mr. Gleason was still breathing, and lingered two hours longer, when he expired without having re- gained consciousness. He was discovered by the night-watchman. The police were notified at once, but no a trace of the murderer has been found. The perpetrator of the horrible crime took a number of valuable black diamonds, used in drilling, Mr. Gleason's gold watch -chain, and about $250 in money. THE EXPRESS DEAL. The Grand Trunk Likely to sorb the Dominion Express Co A Montreal despatch says : " The Dominion Express Company and the alleged deal with the Grand . Trunk is the topic of conversation in railroad circles. Neither Mr. Cheney nor. the Grand Trunk authori- ties care to speak, but it is the general impression that there is something on the carpet. Sir Richard Cartwright and Mr. George A. Cox, of Toronto, are both heavily interested in the Dominion company and have been paping frequent visits to Mon- treal recently to consult with Mr. Cheney. A gentleman well posted in G. T. R, matters states that it is generally understood the G. T. R. will absorb the express business of the Dominion and that the change will come in the near future." He Strangled the Envoys. A London cable says : Advices received here from Tangiers show that the Moorish Mission, sent to Touat in order to arrange for the formal annexation of the oasis to Morocco, failed to accomplish their object. The Touatans told the Moorish envoys that they had reconsidered their desire to have the Sultan of Morocco for their protection, and that they now preferred to form a con- nection with Algeria—in other words, with the French. When the envoys returned and reported their failure to the Sultan the latter was deeply incensed. Tho envoys were thrown into prison, and subse- quently by the Sultan's order they were strangled. The Empress Eugenie's small and elegant foot, once the admiration of the French court, has now, it is said, become sA ellen out of shape by gout and rheumatism. This foot, in the days of its fame, was so Cinderella -like in its tininess that its dis- carded shoes could be worn only by children, for there was no woman in all Eugenie's train whose foot was small enough to fit them. A western lecturer has 'selected for his subject, r` A Bad Egg." This subject often strikes a lecturer unfavorably. Everyday 240 mail trains arrive and leave Cicago. Its number is unequaled, it s said, in any, other city.:. ATTACKED BY ANARCHISTS. Xeres, Spain, the Scene of a Pierce. Street Fight, MANY OF THE ASSALEANTS CAPTURED? A Madrid cable says : Last night a band of Anarchists from the country surrounding Xeres made an attack on that place, intend- ing to pillage the town. The gendarmes however, had got wind of the affair, . and when the Anarchists reached Xeres they were surprised to find a strong band of gendarmes waiting for them. The Anarch- ists were armed with fowling pieces, and though their plan of pillage was frustrated they determined to punish the people for thwarting their designs. They made a desperate attack upon the guards of the town, and a stubborn fight resulted. The gendarmes held their ground, and finally charged and routed the enemy, The latter returned, however, and the firing continued until this morning. The military authorities despatched a force of cavalry in pursuit of the Anarchists, which captured a majority of them. The prisoners will be arraigned before a court martial, and their punish ment will follow swift upon conviction, The Cabinet Council to -day discussed the Xeres affair and ordered the authori- ties to deal with the rioters with the ut- most rigor. The audacity displayed by the Anarchists in attacking a city where a battalion of infantry and a regiment of cavalry are quartered is regarded as alarm- ing and inexplicable. The attack made by the Anarchists on Xeres was commenced just as the people were leaving the theatres and was directed principally towards that quarter of the city inwhich the prison is situated.,Theintention of the Anarchists was to liberate the prison- ers confined in the,institution. The troops stationed at the prison made a sortie, how- ever, and repulsed the rioters, while the gendarmes were routing a number of scattered bands which were creating dis- turbances in other parts of the city. After a stubbornresistaece by the Anarchists, th ree• of their number were killed and twenty were more or less seriously hurt. An in- nocent spectator was killed during the fight by an Anarchist. This rioter, with 30 of his companions, was placed under arrest and quiet was finally restored. CRAZY OR A TICTILI ? A Man with Thousands at His Credit Tramping the Streets. A Brooklyn despatch says : A dejected, forlorn -looking individual, bearing the aris- tocratic name of Gaston De Leon, was arraigned in the Lee avenue court yester- day on the charge of vagrancy. The man tells a remarkable tale. About two months ago, he says, he left Rio Janeiro, Brazil, for this country to collect from Drexel, Morgan & Co. $110,000 deposited there to his credit. He stopped in Havanna on his way here, and claims that while in that city he was beaten and robbed by a gang of thugs of all his ready cash and the papers which proved his identity. On his arrival here he went to Drexel, Morgan & Co., but they could do nothing for him, he declares, unless he produced the necessary documents to prove his claim. His trunks and valuables, he says, are all at the Custom House, but he cannot get them, having been robbed of the checks in Havana. He did not know what to do. He was sore -footed, having walked the streets, living in the hope that he might meet some one who could justify hie claims. For days be had gone without food, and he had not slept in a bed since his arrival in this city. The manner of the man was earnest all through the re- cital of his story, and the police are inclined to place some credence in his tale. At the office of Drexel, Morgan & Co. it was stated that the man had called there after the money, but, of course, they could not give it to him without positive proof that he was the man he claimed to he. The police and the customs house officials are in- vestigating the story. DeLeon also stated that ho was connected with the family of the Count of Paris. Ten years ago, he further stated, he left Paris and went to Brazil, where he carried on a successful commercial business. Thejustice to whom DeLeon told his story committed him for examination. KNOW THE GROUND. The Dublin Dynamiters (snow the any of the Castle. A Dublin cable says ; The examination of workmen at Dublin Castle, with reference to the recent explosion, was without result beyond the discharge of the suspects. The official report concludes with a distinct affirmation that the explosion was planned, and that the plotters aimed to blow down the walls supporting the Council Chamber. The explosion was timed for 2 o'clock. The Council convened at 1.30, but was post- poned at the last moment in order to enable Lord Zetland to attend a Christmas fete at the poor -house. The explosive was ignor- antly handled, and took the wrong direc- tion. The inquiry left no doubt that the conspirators were iu intimate touch with the work and life of the castle. Lord Zetland and his wife are thoroughly alarmed, and the double chain of guards and military detectives has been renewed around the -1 viceregal lodge. AN INSANE GIRL Fires a Barn and Arming herself Defies Der Pursuers. A Columbus, Wis., despatch says : Lydia; A. Walker, the seventeen -year-old daughter' of Samuel Walker, living in Catamus, four miles from this city, was yesterday discov ered in the act of setting fire to a barna.;` belonging to Julius genie. She sought to " escape by running, but finding her pursuers - gaining upon her she drew a large butcher knife and defied arrest. Two blows from a club were necessary to compel her to sur- render, and when finally safe in jail at Juneau she confessed to having committed fifteen deeds of outlawry in Calamus during the past three months, including the Inutile ation of much valuable live stock, the burning of a school -house, and the destruc- tion of other property. The girl is of unsound mind. McGlynn in a Methodist Pulpit. A New York despatch says : Dr. Edward McGlynn, the ex -Catholic priest, filled the pulpit of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington square, this afternoon. He was introducedto the large congregn.tion,. present by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Stone, and was received with a round of applause as he stepped to the pulpit. He prefaced his re-• marks by a reference to his trouble with the Catholic Church authorities, and alluded feelingly to the number, of his followers, members of the Anti -poverty Society, who were present in the Church. He then spoke for an hour on "The Crime of Poverty." It is said that there has been but one thunderstorm in Arizona in fourteen years. In the secluded village of Oodwada, in India, there is a sacred fire that has keen, burning for twelve centuries if the atolls of the Names are true.