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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-2-25, Page 2et NO MERCY FOR FENIANS, A Motion for Amnesty Provokes a Debate in, the Gammons. TEM MOTION REJECTED, A London cable says; The debate on the ninendment to the Qtaeen's address moved Joy Mr, jolin E. Redmond, the Parnellite leader, and suggesting anniesty for Irish prisoners convicted of connection with dyna- saite plots, woe resumed tocley in the Rome of Commoas. There WAS A thin attendence, loci but few of the prominent ;bones were present. M. Timothy Harrington mid that the priseners had been convicted on an indict- ment charging them with a politioal offence, -and that it was a gross outrage to treat them aka ordinary criminals. Why not extend Me them the distinction which all civilized nations usually do when political and other Offenders are punished? Mr. McCarthy aid that the Fenians were wild and possibly foolish revolutionists, but that dynamite outragee did not form any paten! their programme. Home Secretary Matthews aroused etteers and leughter from the Conservative benches by remaking that the speaker, having been once clozely connected with Fenianism, ought to have given his valuable assurance nu to the omission of outrages from the pro- Oral:1MM to Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt when that eminent member of the Opposition was engaged upon the subject. Mt James G. Fitzgerald, M. P. for Long- ford, said that Sir Wm. Harcourt was the real jailer of the Irish Parliament parish- ioners, and could doubtless induce the Gov- ernment to liberate them if he desired. Sir Wm. Harcourt arose mind profound silence and was listened to with the gravest attention. He aid that he had not sbirked the debate. Ile had listened attentivelY to the remarks of the hon, members on both Ades of the House, but had failed to find therein any reason for ("hanging hisprevious views. He said that inquiries made with the greatest care since the conviction of the prisoners had. confirmed the finding as to their guilt, and no reason to remit their punishment had been alleged. The statement that the convicts were linniens, and that the Feniaus had compelled the Liberals to adopt the principle of Home Rule for Ireland, was contrary to the fact The truth of the case was that the Feniana had been the greatest obstacle to Home Rule. Dr. Jos. E. Kenny and Mr. Patrick J. O'Brien, of Tipperary, spoke in favor of amnesty, while murmurs arose from the benches against the prolongation of the debate. Mr. Thomas Sexton said that the fact that the whole of Ireland had a passionate desire for amnesty ought to suffice a justifica- tion for asking the Government to exercise its power of clemency. Mr. Pierce Mahoney, M. P. for Meath, said that the prisoners had suffered suffi- ciently, even assuming their guilt, and that it would be no more than just on the part of the Government to exercise mercy. Mr. Henry John Roby (Liberal), M. P. for Eccles, said that the crimes of the con- victed men were essentially political. The prisoner Daly was entitled, on the strength of evidence brought to light since his con- viction, to a re -hearing. Mr. John Dillon said he would personally vouch for the fact that Daly, as a Fenian, abhorred the use of dynamite. He appealed to both parties to exercise clemency, which, he said, they would never regret. Mr. Henry Joseph Wilson, Liberal, mem- ber for Holmfirth, Yorkshire, said that he thoroughly agreed with Mr. Roby that the crinaes charged ageinst the prisonere were political, and Daly ought to have a hearing, even if the Government didn't see ites way to grane an amnesty. The motion for amnesty was rejected by a vote of 168 to 97. HE REFUSED TO ANSWER. Manager Damao or the Great Eastern Line Before a Federal Grand Jury. At Springfield, Ill., the United States grand jury is looking into alleged violations nee Inter -State law by officials of certain Ots eomnanies. The Grand ^41.nd transportation ncler a Trunk is suspected of benimaneee--._ . the eury had Richard Dowle, of Deteolta manager of the Great Eastern Fast Freight Line, before it to ascertain wbat he knew of the matter under 00nel-dad:ate:an rees axe unwilling witness, and refused to answer certain questions on the ground that by so doing he might incriminate himself. One of these was: Did you bring with you certain papers ordered to be brought and described in the stibpiena served on you in Detroit?' For this refusal he was arraigned before Judge Allen for contempt. The judge held that the answer would not that the question was et incriminate an- _ ^ he jury proper, and upon returning a, . room Mr. Dowle made answer. Then came the questio'n "Have you any private books, papers and telegrams that you were commanded to bring belonging to you except as an official of the Great Eastern Fast Freight Line ?" This queation Mr. Dowle declined to answer, whereupon the grand jury took a recess. The present inquiry seems to be a continuation of that con- ducted at a former term of court, which resulted in the indictment of a. Wabash official for giving rebates on certain ship- ments of flour through Detroit to Montreal. Buffalo Courier. It Was Stuffed. A London cable says: An incident aris- ing from the masked balls given at the Covent Garden theatre led to a hearing in a police court on Thuraday last. A man named Lowther, who had been an occupant of a box, was summoned to appear in court to answer to a charge of assaulting a police- man. Lowther and his party had with them a lay figure dressed as an old gentle - roan. Abtention was drawn to the box by the eccentric tricks of the old man. Finally a row occurred, and there was great excite- ment, when finally Lowther burled him headlong from the box. When some of the people on the floor rushed to his assistance they were chagrined to find that he was only a stuffed man. Some people who bad keen sense of the ridiculous insisted on the expuleiett efIe ()genders. Conatethlee were sent to the box, but when they tried en eject Lowther he struck them. The result Was the'issuing of the summons. The magistrate refused to regard the aee seriously. *There were 3,761 deaths in London during the week ended jenuary 23rd, and only 2,623 bitths. laeeneep —Replying to a question put to the eminent in the mme of Comm 0 _eel day regarding the. ep reisluitu" te;feeetelet Stundisto ey the Rnian oVernmetit, Mr. &thee Lowther, Parliamentary Secrettery of the Foreign Unice, said. the Government did not intend to remonstrate with Resent against her treatment cid religion§ sects Otiose the people oppressed were Brien& nobjecte. Judge—If I let you oft this Uhl.) will you Foulke teat to come baele liere again t Pei- elotero-Yee sir. The fact its I didn't cone° vOlutitterilithis time. GERMANY'S NEW DANGER. Emperor William Alarmed at the Growth of the Anarchists. AnnItleentIVne SBASURES OONTEMPLATED, A New York despatch of last Monday night says :—The neen's Berlin letter says : The reactionary influences in the Imperial Court have been set in motion again by the recent troubles with the Anar- chists in Spain. Persona of the tendencies manifested ip the Biernarckr riegein aretry- ing to move the Emperor to return to the poleoy of repression if nob persecution of social Democrats atcl Anarchist's- Some of these men are of the stalwart Conservative Buttkamer stripe. Most of them how- ever, are courtiers, whose interests incline them to oppose all liberalizing inclinations of the Emperor. In Mainz a definite plot to murder has been disoovered, it is said, among the Anarchists. A oldier guarding the powder magazine there wale set upon by three milked men with clubs and revolvers. Several bullets struck the soldier's metal helmet and glanced off, but one penetrated to the skull and made a Blight scalp wound. The sentry was able to fire his ride twice Teton the men had time to reach him, with their clubs and they were frightened away. The three men have not yet been found, but the police are seeking them in the haunts of the social Democrats and Anarchists of the city. A large reward has been offered for their apprehension. Anarchists are suspected also of setting the • fires at Koenigsberg castle. Recent arrests of Nihilists in Se. Peters- burg led the Czar at once to the belief that Nihilists and German Anarchists were working together, and this conclusion was communicated to Emperor William. Several Berlin detectives were dispatched to Si. Petersburg, where they are conducting an investigation for their Government. All these discoveriee Yave staggered the Em- peror, Who thought that the Anterolusts were harmless and had bon finaun Mem selled by lais efforts on behalf of the laleoriog men of the Empire. He spoke of the matter at length with Minister Miguel at Count Von Caprivi's last Parliamentary dinner, and de- nounced the Anarchists as grossly ungrate- ful, in view of his clemency toward them. "1 am now convinced," he said, "that if I ever again pardon a convicted Anarchist I shall be guilty of a great wrong toward my loyal and peaceful subjects. It has been my hope that the more moderate Socialists would abstain from the extreme views and acts of the Anarchists, otherwise I should not have hesitated to deal with them all more severely than has Lein done before." Theo words have delighted the members of the reactionary parties and after the re- cent disclosures they feel confident that they can move the Emperor to anything if they only can induce the police to co-operate with them by bringing in sufficiently exag- gerated reports and rumors. The Emperor's intention to summon the Council of State is known now to have no connection with the effect upon agriculture that is likely to be produced by the commercial treaties, but with the spread of Anarchism. His resolu- tion to act has been rendered specially timely by the preparations of the Socialists for May -day demonstrations. It is expected that tlae Government will require that the leaders give guarantees that the processions and plonks and meeting will be conducted with perfect order. Should these guarantees be lacking, all demon- strations will be prohibited. The present programme of the leaders is for a gigantic affair, and it includes every town and village in the country, the intention being to excite as many as possible of Ger- many's 250,000 coal and iron miners. The German Embassy in London has sent Cap- rivi full reports of every hearing in the recent trial of English anarchists, and fur- ther details have been requested for a final comprehensive summary of the case. ALL HANDS LOST. A Nova Scotian Vessel Earned in Mid Ocean. A New York despatch says: The identity of the ship seen burning on January 16th, about 1,200 miles southwest of Cape Clear, Ir(4alac1k tee neeeln in ni;d ^^-^ estiteneaed. fihe Was the Nova Scoiian ea ea- nener ery,, clipper Lootliana, which left this port with a Large cargo of refined petroleum, in cases, on December 31st. She WaS coinmanded by Capt. Boyd, and carried a crew of 38 men. She is the only oil :ship overdue at a European port, and there is no doubt that she was the vessel that the steamship Egyptian Monarch passed on January 16th. Capt. Irwin, of the Egyptian Monarch, re- ported. after reaching Liverpool on January 22nd he sighted a wooden vessel burning fiercely. Judging from the dense black smoke and from the odor, he thouglet she anus laden with oil. Her masts were gone. H :t was stadtdin.en• g, and to it Capt. wo mn clinging.er bowelli Before a boat. Irwin eaw ta could be lowered the nnevelerit eneeppen and fell into the sea with the tin° mom, wile dis- appeared. Believing that elle beats from the burning ship might hie in the neighbor- hood, Capt. Irwin remained near until dawn. He saw no signs of the crew on the waters. He concluded that if they had suc- ceeded hi launching a Mat it had been swamped. The steamship Imperial Prince raw the burning ship at eleren o'clock on the morning of the day the Egyptian Mon. arch left here. The weather became thick I just after the Imperial Prince eighte4. tee; flaming craft, and when the mist left noth- ing was seen of her. The ,Loodiana was owned by Bennett, Smith & Sons, of Wind- sor, N. E, and was insured for $40,000. She measured 1,820 tons. TIER LIFE FOR HER SISTER. One Girl Tries to Save Another and Both are Crushed to Death. A despatch via Chicago says: A terrible accident occurred at Cameron, near Wheel- ing, W. Va., on Wednesday night, by which two beautiful young girls,- daughters of William Criswell, a wealthy citizen, lost their lives—one of them while heroically attemptineg to save the °eller. Estee C'eat/ Georgia riswell, 14 and 16 reepectively were walking along the Baltimore de Onao' tracks, and while attempting . to moennne front of a west -bound train ESSIO *""" — ell v'he the engine was almost tipoe ' rseeing her sister's danger fact that the stema her, Georgiel, , and ignoring the death, TOShed - e. ..est was almost certaiii stumbled and her rescue. She too a k -p. as struck by the locomotive • --men Essie was cut in two by the •The Lev:eaten (Me.) police are greatly bothered in theit liquor raids by the eleetric alarms with which all the saloons of that city are provided, and they propose to arrest the °add° loungers , who -press the button while the bartehder "does the rest." An equestrian- ettetue of the Emperor Erederiok is to be erected on a hill in Alsace", on a Ispett overlooking the field of Worth: The statue is to coat $60,000. "So dark, and yet so light," tee the DEM maid when he looked at hie new ten ef coal. Eteldilene Or Menne InWeene. Ak Yliddcrale e Elopetneltis la Worcester. A Worceeten Mao., despatch says: Elopements lieve become epidemic here, aud the huebands of the town are alerraed, An exodus of wives' liars set in that threatene o smash many a hearthetone and to rube the oleos statistics of South Worcester, In the past ten days three women left their homes, and one tried to, but failed.. All are English, and all were employed at Whitall's carpet Mill. Philadelphia seems to be the objective point of the runiewaye. The epidemic started a week ago Monday when Mrs. Charles Lloyd, a widow, who keeps a hoarding house on Douglass street, suddenly left town, leaving her nousehold goods with her brother, with orders to sell them and forward the proceeds to Philadel- phia. The same da4; Charles Smith, her favorite boarder, also bought a ticket for Philadelphia and left town. The following day William Jenkins, upon returning to his heme, found that hie wife had stripped the house of furniture and clothing and taken her two children and disappeared. Her husband says she did not even leave nim a pair of trousers. She had run away more than once before. So far as is known, she bad no companion in her flight To -day it was developed that there were two more waywardawives in the neighbor- hood, one of whom had skipped, bue the other was prevented from going by her hus- band. Harry Page, one of the young men in queseion, came to this city from Phila. delehia a little more than a year ago, and went te work in Whitall's mill. He went to • board with a fellow weaver, Thomas 1'. Turner, while his friend boarded with a neighbor. Turner • became suspicious of Page's • relations with his wife, and .last week ordered him out of the house, Page thereupon gave up hi8 job in the mill and left for Philadel- phia yesterday. Men Turner also clisap- peered, taking with her all the money she could secure and such valuable articles as she could carry. Her sewing machine and other bulky articles she sent to the freight station to be shipped to Pbiladelp_hia,. Her nesbaod etopped the shipment and notified the police, — - The othee young man had a row with the husband of his bonding mistress, and was ordered out of the house last week,Wednen day. He threw up his job at the mill on Thursday, and left for Philadelphia on Sat- urday. The woman had her trunk all packed to go, when her husband discovered the scheme and stopped it. The married men at the mill are consid- erably stirred up over the elopements. One of them eaid to -day that he was thinking of Chaining his wife to his loom in the mill during the day until the epidemic had spent its force. DEBARRIPS FRESHNESS. Detroit Officials Claim Ms Conduct is Wholly Hiegel. A. Detroit despatch says: Referring to a Buffalo despatch stating -that three Grand Trunk employees, working in that city but residing in Stratford, had been returned to Canada, the Evening News says: This is startling news formerly Detroitemployees who live across the river, and a visit was paid to the collector's office this morning to learn if the law is to be enforced here. Collector Hopkins is out of town, but Deputy Collector Tillman gave the desired information. "They have done that two or three times in Buffalo," said Mr. Till- man, "but when we asked the district attorney's opinion last October he made a long search, and was unable to find any laws bearing on the subject Mr. Hopkins is now in Washington. I think I shall call his attention by telegraph to the action of the Buffalo authorities." " What was the result of former attempts to enforce such a rule in Buffalo?" "I don't know," replied Mr. Tillman. "Has the Detroit collector received any notification of 811Oh a law?" "None whatever." "Have any complaints been mane against the practice of allowing Canadian. residents in work in Detroit?" "None that I can remember."' The investigation showed 39 leetroiters worked in Walkerville, while only 15 Walk- erville residents worked in • Detroit, so in the case of Walkerville, al; least, the ad- vantage would seem to be on this aide. • Amin WAS IN A TRANCE, But ignorant Friends Came Near Burying Her for Dead. A Warsaw, Ill., despatch says: Mrs. S. Wilson, living twelve miles south of the city, becnme suddenly ill last Saturday and to all appearances died. She was dressed for burial, and arrangements for the funeral were made. No physician was called On Monday a neighbor was sent to Wareow for a coffin, but got drunk and did not reiteh home until Tuesday morniug, Wheie the watchers began to raleice the simposednorpse in the -emu the woman threw up her mow end caught one of the ettemitente ty both wrists. With difficulty bee fingers were re. leased. By the aid of a mirror respiration was detected. Restoratives were applied, and in a few hours Mrs. Wilson was able to talk. She is too weak to say much about her experience while in the trance. She says she knew preparationswere being made for her burial, and it was by an almost superhuman effete she threw up her arms and clutched the wrists of the attendant. nhe moven A. LONG NAP. • A Girl Who NM Not Been Awake ,in Eighteen Months. An Indinapolis despatch says: There is in this city a sleeper that beats any yet reported. In the Insane asylum is a patient named Bridget Pendegrast, who has not been awake for 18 months. About that long ago she showed symptoms of drowse, nese, and in spite of all efforts she soon set - tied into a deep slumber, from which she has not yet awakenen. Diming the day she sits in a rocking cheer near a WiRdene) at night is placed M bed 1,1y eaeeee ; e ne, lids can be `ei ea -max -toy toroth ne" orbs stare out in blesalt tianner. leer only food is milk, of Whiele islet i8 given about three quarts a day theough e silver tube in her nose that Venliects with the throat. She is gradually Wasting away, and as no effort can arouse her it is not likely that she can live much longer. Her eyes are Oozed, but the • Sugar Better Thatt Starch. In doing,up fine lace do not use any starch, but in the last rinsing water die - solve a little fine white sugar. Cologne Water la a Cure. For poisonous wounde made by ingots, such as mosquitoes, etc., apply eologne water.' Not only hos Rithinstein declined muni- ficent offers made to pernade him to give plane recitals in Arneriea, but he' orer ovadert propoeitions of this sore right where he in hi Edrope. -The grettteee test) of faith comes_whert We are Milted to believe then cell .neighbor'* eine Will be fin -even. • „ KR& OSBORNE'S CASE. The Woinalt lit the no/retro Bonner". to 1040 Tried for /Perjory. A London cable says IVIrs. Florence Ethel Osborne Was this morning brought from Holloway jail to the Bow Street Police Court, where she was arraigned before Magistrate Sir John Bridge to °answer the cherge of perjurer made against her in con - election with the libel nit she brought against Mrs. Hargreaves, who had charged her with the theft of a quantity of valuable jewelry, Th 6 court room was packed with friends of the Osbornes and Hargreaves and others. Mee. Osborne was attended by her husband. She was dressed in black, and whim she was placed in the prisoner's dock elle wept bitterly, bowing her head in her hands. Capt. Oehorue stood beside her out- side the dock and held one of her needs in his own, and tried to infuse her with courage to face the ordeal before her. Mr. C. T. Gill appeared for the Treasury to prosecute the charge. He produced the formal evi- dence of perjury es shown by the records of the higher court, and then called as a wit. nese Mrs. Hargreaves. Mrs. Hargreaves repeated the evidence she had given in the trial of the libel suit. She stated that the jewelry had been restored to her and that all the costs incurred by her in defending the libel suit had been paid back to her. The witness was then asked if she had seen Mrs Oeborne since the latter had returned 'to England and given herself up to the pre lioe. With every evidence of deep emotion Mrs. Hargreaves seid she had visited her at the jail yesterday. Mr. Spink, the jeweller, was called to give evidence regarding the purchase of the jewels. He identified Mrs.- Oeborne as the lady from whom he had bought the jewelry. After further evidence, had been tenon the magietrate asked Mrs. Osborne if ehe had anything to say concerning the charges against her. She answered "No." The prisoner was then committed for Arial. It was developed today that the Treasury prosecutiot of Mrs. Oeborne is based on a charge of larceny as well as perjury. A BRA.VE JACK TAR. A Sailor Carries a Life Line Through the Surfand Saves a Crew. A St. John's, Nfld., despatch says: The Prince Edward Island schooner Avenger was driven on the rocks twenty miles from St. John's on Saturday in a blinding snow- storm. While the vessel was pounding to pieces the boat was launched and imme- diately swamped. Death stared the crew in the face. Captain Rice called for a vol- unteer to swine to the shore with a lifeline. Murdoch Gillis responded. He was carried shoreward on the breast of an enormous wave, but the shore was composed of pre- cipitous rocks, upon which in the tumult of the waves it was extremely diffi- cult to effect a landing. There were in the sea a number of barrels of oil, which had been swept from the vessel's deck, and impeded and hindered the swim- mer. Gillis could not obtain a hold upon any point on the shore, and was obliged to give it up. He was drawn back on board the vessel, where he rested an hour, then he tried again, this time being successful. Getting his hands in a hole in one of the rocks he drew himself up, and by catching points of rock be succeeded in climbing to a spot on which he could fasten a line. Then he drew ashore a larger line, and by means of this the captain and crew all got safely to the shore. Gillis had nothing on but his drawers, undershirts, socks and a pair of slippers. In this scanty clothing, hatless and shivering, he walked five miles to the nearest lighthouse, where he obtained more clothing, and the party proceeded to St. John's, having lost everything but their SUNDAY TIPPLING. Minneapolis Provides for the Running of Saloons ou Sunday. A Minneapolis despatch says : The Minneapolis City Council has repealed all existing liquor laws and passed a new ordinance. It is designed to permit the running of the saloons on Sunday. Under the old ordinance, as fast as saloons were opened on Sunday, membere of the Crusaders' Society made complaint against the violaters of the law, and they were taken into the Municipal court and heavily fined. In the new ordinande a clause distinetly states that "MI proocution shall be commenced for any violation of any provision of the ordinance except upon complaint of a police officer. The police ofecers receive their orders from Mayor Winston'who is in favor of the wide open policy. The saloon -keeper is further pro- tected in a section in which it is provided that in case of revocation of licenses the city shall refund to the holder thereof a sum of money proportionate to the amount paid for such license for the unexpired term thereof. EPIDEMIC TYPHUS. 'New York Alert:tied Over a Disease Int., ported With liefogees.n A New York deepeteh ffeye t Thirty-six cases of typhua ft3%.1- were discoveredthis afternoon by the inspectors of the Health Department of this city. Fifteen cases were discovered in the building.occupied by the TJnitecl Hebrew Charity Association on East 12th street. Twenty-one more eases were located at 5 Essex street and in a house on Monroe street. The victims are inen, women and children. The places were, fumigated and the ',none removed tee Nam peen.- • --err Thia is ifie eagle as the hunger typhus fever of Russia. It is said to be the worst of all fevers. Over 200 Jews recently came from Marseilles on the steamship Maasalia, and it is supposed that some of them contracted the disease during the voy- age. The inspectors are now scouring the city to arrest an epidemic of the disease. , MART AND THE 1111180.14A115, She tirade a Brave nforeeppee, ind die Fame. • • num Was Slow, A Pittsburg despatch says: Miss Mary Seville, who lives with her mother at No, 840 Penn avenue, was awakened about 3.30 a. In. on Tuesday by a hand on her fore- head, and, opening her eyes, saw a man standing over her She was speechless from fright. The intruder aid:s"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you,' Then he went to the sideboard to tale some silver. By this time young Miss Seville was 'able to scream. The man grabbed her by the throat and almost strangled her, but she broke away from his grasp. He caught her again and tried to keg her with his • hand, but she bit his thumb so hotel that he bad to let go. She then ctrabbed him by a hand- kerchief that he had around his heck and succeeded in throwing him to the &Or. loosened his hold, and shesucceeded in open- ing the door and getting outside, and as the door closed with a Spring lock he could not follow her. A policeman responded tceher senates, Itit the burglar had escaped. Little May ans. ellownig the • ratites nie the album to the visitor,. anelqon 'coining tee the picture of her fatheneteefiret eon& she said "Theft@ my elder meeker -le • , • , you he initamealtase t e.Shema You will hoot to apply tteepo,nighene.netent,i thin the " eniniume p1eas 'k inippfc4,..:., 14: THE WOOL AND MS MOM% Green EootIS 11/85 a Erik IR rare* . lug the Pair. A Montreal despatch says; rt isnot often that an ordinary red brick costs a thousand dollars, but Inapector Goulet, a Canadian Customs officer at Rouene Roint, has one in his poesession. The brick has a story, The green goods men of New York have lately been doing a rushing trade amongst the habitants of Quebec. They have sent cir- culars all over the province, $5,000 worth of green goods for $1,000," This was tempting, and proved fatal to the honesty of A number of habitants. They subecribed $1,000 amongst them, and deputed one of their xtumber to go to New York and bring bank 35,000 in counterfeit bills which cannot be told from the genuine ;Article. The delegate saw the green goods men and received, as he supposed, the " sniff" all right. Satisfied with the result of the deal, he looked affectionately from time to time at the black box which con. 'Mined the precious package. At Rose's Point Ofncer Goulet said to him, "What have you got in the box ?" Oh, nothing," replied the habitant, but the way he said it and the way he looked at the box made the officer suspect that there was something in it. "1 would like to see it," he said. Whether the habitant knew that Goulet was an ofecer or not does not appear, but he said to him, "Look hero, I have something in the box, yon could never guess what. No, not if you tried all day. I have $5,000 in a package, and I got that e5,000 in New York for $1,000. Don't say anything about Goulet opened the box and found—a common red brick. The habitant turned as pale as death, and staggered back the picture of despair and rage. Qoulet took the brick into nis own custody, and hats given it to the Montreal police as a curiosity. A. PLOT THAT FAILED. Six Montreal Jail Binds Conspire to Break Out of Prison. .A Montreal despatch says Adesperate attempt to break jail was an anged for at the Montreal prison yesterday, but was frustrated by the confession of one of the prisoners. Thomas Litzenberg, for whom extradition papers were granted in Ottawa yesterday, was the ringleader. He is wanted in Chicago for jail -breaking, shoot- ing with intent to kill and burglary ; and he has been in jail here for the past, two weeks awaiting extradition. Yesterday afternoon he forced his way past one of the guards, and ran into the governor's office and asked him if he had any letters for him. The governor replied "No," at the same time reprimanding him for coming to the office against the rules. It is thought thus trip to the office was only a ruse on the part of Litzenberg to nee how an escape could be managed. Litzenberg used very abusive language to the governor, and dared him to put him in the dungeon. About half an hour after this a guard came to the governor and asked him to see a prisoner who would make an important -communication. The prisoner told a most singular story. Be said he was one of six prisoners who had formed a, conspiracy to break out of the prieon that night. In the cella of one of their number would be found a knife ten inches in length, which was to be used with- out mercy on any of the guards who at- tempted to stop the outbreak. In another cell would be found a bunch of skeleton keys. The informer said he had been COM- pelled to enter the plot against his will, and had been threatened with death if he divulged the secret. He dare not go back to his cell without protection. The gover- nor took action at once, locked all the sus- pected men in new cells and then searched the old cells, where he found the knife and bunch of keys. A HIGH meter That May !'et Cost Meredith Stanley, or Cin- cinnati, Ms Life. A Cincinnati despatch says Meredith Stanley, the bridge -jumper, made what in all probability will prove a fatal leap yes- terday from the Cincinnati and Covington bride, a distance of over 100 feet, into the Ohm river. Only a few weeks ago Stanley and his wife made a successful double leap from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway bridge. Since then they have been on exhi- bition at a dime museum in this city. Stan- ley is now lying in bed suffering intensely and unable to talk.--enlis side is badly hurt, and it is feared he has received fatal inju- ries. A party of men a few weeks ago raised a purse of $25 which they offered to Stanley and his wife to leapfrom the bridge together. Yesterday morning she refused on account of the sum being too small erne the water too cold. She accompanied her husband down town and then we . n purseAt the hour named he walked out re'e to see her mother, while Stanley wen- • ' #ti river,telling her he intended iedd/33, the jump. All knowledge of te o proposed jump was confined to ame who had subscribed the th -- Ante the centre of the bridge and made the leap. As he jumped he ow a pine of wood floating in the water, and turned his body in the descent to avoid striking it. In con- sequence he fell on his side, and when he vsaenryk sinooton.theww4teruclidei4didvnineotupreadp,meaes aeon that he was hurt. A. boat took him to the shore, where he was dressed and taken home. Those who subscribed to the purse were alarmed at the result, and Mine off without handin: 6v6r ttc, GREAT RAILWAY SCHERK Railways WILL Abandon Chicago Stations and Build aBeit A Chicago despatch says: The Times says a decidedly revolutionary inove is ohn.- templated by the various railways entering Chicago. Rather than elevate their tranks they will transfer their base of operations. It is proposed to beild A new belt linewebh which emit ivied will melte connections cut - side the city, all tracks, depot, and other property within the city limits to be nb- solutelv ebannened. It is proposed to ell ell railroad property in the city limite, 4nd it.is believed that the amount so ed will build the belt line, all rew depots, nd pay all expellees attending the change, 4nd then leave a 'surplus of more than $10,0 000 in the aggregate. Behind the ech ne are all the Vanderbilb roads, including he Chicago & Northwestern and six other c n- paniee. The motive for Ohs radical de r- ture is the agitation resulting from the claly horrors at grade crossings, the los of lif in , the Aggregate being appalling. "Easy, my bear," he said, as she mug ed .against his manly breast. "You're a en fish thing," elie responded pettiehly, "yo re afraid of my crushing your hateful ld cigars." "No, my dear. I have a$10 ill • in my pocket and Pne afraid you Eal break it.'• In Belgium the inral folk maintain t t -leap Year is not only unpropitious for 11 farthing operations, but that through t the year the young of the domestic 'mini will not thrive as at other times. A4qUarry of. to' tared cement, stone h been diseovered in the "ravines of Na .SOutli Africa. 'Neat by,are exteneive co cleitheiten which estipply the bun Vs burn t ittinta— • " • - • • `t: ElorrlIffe 1.47fileatnlifelet 17:114ZEOr Maluott*. oeslist enticea. A Santiago despatch sane : A prisoner' who was formerly an officer in 33ahnecedaes army Was recently soused by some Cone gressional sympathizers of killing a soldier,. There appears to have beeu no evidence ageinet him beyond this,but he was selected to pay the penalty of the soldier's deatha. The dead body of blze soldier and the prisoner were tied together face to face for Oven -by -four hours, and at the end of that time the prisoner was taken into the jail yard and shot and killed. In view of this case, and of the foot that a hundred more or lea eimilar eases have occurred in Chili since the fall of the "wicked and tyrannical dictator " Balmaceda and the establiehment . of a constitutional government, the refugees in the American Legation have refused to. abendon their asylum and trust to the, mercy of their opponents, Spring Assizes, 1884. NOME mom, VALCONBRIDGE, C. 1. Orangeville, Tuesday, 1st March. Sn Catharines, Monday, 7th March. Milton, Monday, 14th March. Brampton, Thursday, 17th March. Toronto, Criminal Court, Monday, 21st March. Toronto, Civil Court, Monday, 2$th March. notenwaspenie CIRCUIT, ARM017R, C. J. Woodstock, Wednesday, 2nd March. Stratford, Monday, 7th March. Goderich, Monday, 14th March. Walkerton, Monday, 21st March. Guelph, Monday, 28th March. Bernie, Tuesday, 5th April. Brantford, Monday, llth April. Owen Sound, Tuesday, 19th ApriL MIDLAND CIRCUIT, ROSE, 0. 3. Barrie, Tuesclay, 1st March. Hamilton, Wednesday, 9th Merck.. Belleville, Monday, 21et March. Picton, Monday, 4th'April. Whitby, Tuesday, 12th April. Lindsey, Monday, 18th April. Peterboroe Monday, 25th ApriL Cobourg, Monday, 2nd May. EASTERN CIRCUIT, MACMARON, 3, - Cornwall, Tuesday, 8th March. Brockville, Monday, 141h March. Naponee, Monday, 21st March, Kingston, Thursday, 24th March. Perth, Monday, 4t1i April, Pembroke, Thursday, 7th April. L'Orignal, Wednesday, 13th April. Ottawa, Monday, 18th April. SOUTRWESTERN CIRCUIT, STREET, 3. Welland, Monday, 21st March. St. Thome, Monday, 28th March. Simcoe, Monday, 4th April. Cayuga, Thursday, 7th April. Sandwich, Monday, llth ApriL. Sarnia, Monday, 18th April. Chatham, Monday, 25th April. London, Wednesday, 41h May. The Spring chancery courts. - BOYD, C. Toronto, WodneSday, 20th .ApriL Woodstock, Friday, 1st April. Barrie, Tuesday, 5th April. Stratford. Monday, llth April. Whitby, Friday, 20th May. Lindsay, Wednesday, 25th May— Peterborce Tuesday, 81st May.. FtIttalsort, London, Monday, 4th Aprlf; . Goderich, Monday, 18th April. Walkerton, Monday, 25th April. • St. Thomas, Monday, 2nd May. • Sandwich, Monday, Oth May, Sarnia, Thursday, 12th May, Chatham, Monday, 23rd May. ROBERTSON, J. Ottawa, Thursday, l'Ith March. - Coburg, Thursday, 31st March. Cornwall, Monday, 18th ApriL. Brockville, Monday, 25th April,.Kingston, Monday, 2nd May., Belleville, Monday, 9th May/ MEREDITH, Zle Brantford, Tuesday, 8th Morel?, Owen Sound, Tuesday, 15th March. Hamilton. Thursday, 7th April. Guelph, Thursday, 28th April. Simcoe, Monday, 16th May. St. Catharines, Thursday, 26th May. Weight ora Dollar Bill. In the treasury one day this wen question came up as to the wee dollar bile Scales of perfect acepe brought into requisition and te - discovery was made that 27 r weighed exactly as much piece. The latter just :pa However, the bills h‘e-ie crisp and new...p. near ednintesfan'tiesru....e,h.showedy more the as came, mraol Etig teen e. ennoble - perfectly :daisy for re,- weignedi n ea, ery paper donate oalaiis we.4d 0- t. holrloaurghotihne. 3V01ti, contentro-usly accumulates dirt, per- einaatiop. and grease'so that after a year of uhee te is perceptibly heavier. ' Dn. Din= R KEELEY, of Dwight, Inn lectured in Philadelphia last week before the Bi -Chloride of Gold Club, of thee ne'e on his now celebrated gold cure free nennienenee nese. Among other things nein ander said Items about thirt- thaerdrunkenness NVIS 1 a dis- t ago that 't t ease 01)" Occurre d etnooturiabe t" *cet a ed rationally as other - ForvIsixteen years I worked hard, experimenting for some remedy that would bread up the rythm of inebrIty. My discovery - of the bi-chloride of gold as a specific for thep disease of drunkenness and morphine habits,. was made fourteen years ago and proclaimed, to the world but was entirely ignored by the' medical profession. De. Keeley laid particular etree upora peeleien theet J. 'WEIS no difference; between inebriety, typhoid fever and any other germ disease caused by germ poison. He denied heredity in drunkenness, which he gaid was a disease of acquirement big cultivation and that there was but mse: moue for it—alcohol. He alluded anthee manner in which appetite for alcohniamor- . phine'opium and chloral was often con- . tracted through being prescribed by physi- sicians during the illness of their patientsn and said it remained entirely with the physician what that man should be. If there be heredity in dr.unkenusso why were not the daughters, at well mo the sons, e. afflicted? Dr. Keeley said thae ?After five years of treatment he eoncluded„that he wanted a better remedy ands ("Mod his e doors and they remained, closed until 1887, when he re -opened them, since which time he had cured 16,001 at Dwight, Ill. ; 30,000 •e by the home treatinent, and 12,600 in the - forty institutes scattered throughout the e country. 11 - November num- bee) will place a board above the thicken- e newt at much a distanotethat Chanticleer a will knock hie head against it when • he ,••• stretches up leis teak, the; bird will be so astonished that he will forgot to crow and, , Baby can sleep undisturbed.—Babnitood. A networkmf electric" elevated railroads m about to be built in Bernet., Arabi Pasha', the exiled.,Egyptima mill* • chief -maker, lives on thee island of Ceylon amid cocoanut groves hautten by squirrthe and magpie robins. Mme. Schlieman is careniog, en, the work of the famous expleret who, discovered the • ancient Site of Troy.. She id a Greenue woman and aneecompliihed, She, • Mrs. Y. N. Durnphy hes sucepecled to the business onber-lateheenatde who as tle* largest billposter oil the Peeine goo -Men