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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-6-9, Page 6Ta MAURITIUS CALAMITY. TWeleeIndeed Perieh' in the Great Riarrieane. A GALL FOR SUCCOR, A London cable says: In the House of Commons to -day learon de Worms, Perlias Inentary Under Secretary a the Colonial Office, reed a telegram fully confirming the mews of the frightful leas ot We by th eyolone at Mauritius. The telegrem atated that oneethird of Port Louis Was destroyed. Among the buildinga wrecked were the Royal College and 24 churches. Many sugar nulls in the country wer completely demoliehed, and the valuabl Machinery employed in the grinding of th tam and boding the product, vacuum pans and centrifugal& were badly damaged. It is states' that in the city of Port Louis 600 persons were killed. In the various country districts thus far heard from 300 persons lost their lives. There was no loss of life among the British troops on the island, although a number of the soldiers have been injured. Sir Charles Cameron Lees, Governor of the colony, is making every effort possible to restore order and assist the injured. The hospitals are unable to accommodate a tithe of the patients, and Inane, hundredof dwellings in town, village and country are giving refuge and such succor as they can to the crippled and injured sufferer& The dead were buried as rapidly as possible, many of them being thrown together into a common grave, as there was :no time for elaborate funeral services, and it was feared that the corpses in that tropical climate must cause pestil- ence. In some Motions whole families were ent off and buried beneath the ruins of theirs dwellings. ,Baron de Worms stated that Lord Knntsford, the Colonial Secre- 'tary, had communicated the facts of the disaster to the Lord Mayor of London and that the latter would open a fund for. the benefit of the islanders. The mayor of Port Lewis has cabled to the Lord Mayor of London as follows "A third of the town is destroyed. There are thousands of vio- tims. We appeal to your generosity." The lord Mayor cabled in reply that the citizens of London felt the deepest sympathy for the sufferers and he pronused immediate relief. Over 21,000 has already been subscribed and will at once be forwarded. Advices from Mauritius are to the effect That the devastation caused by the recent hurricane was simply enormous. Business at Port Louis, the capital, and at other towns on the island has been and is still greatly interrupted. The people have not yet recovered from the shook of the terrible Isurzicane. General business is suffering greatly in consequence of the inability of the merchants to get help to load or dis- charge vessels in port. .All the crops have suffered from the disastrous storm, and some of them are completely ruined. The hurricane was accompanied by one of the heaviest rain storms ever known. The water fell in blinding sheets and with tremendous force, beating the foliage from trees and even dashing the birds helpless to the ground. In an instant small streams became roaring torrents, leaping down the mountain side and carrying death and destruction in their paths. The water spread over the country and rushed sea- ward with irresistible force. In some cases the growing crops were carried bodily into the sea. It is thought many persons lost their lives in these floods, having been caught by the water and carried off into the ocean. The greater part of the fatalities were among the laboring classes, Africans, Hindoos and Chinese, who do much of the work on the plantations. The latest despatch from Mauritiuri states that one-third of the capital city of Port Louis was destroyed. Among the buildings wrecked were the Royal College and twenty-four churches. Many sugar nulls in the country were demolished, and the valuable machinery was badly damaged. It is known that in Port Lards alone 600 persons were killed. In the various coun- try districts heard from 300 persons lost their lives. It is believed when the death roll is completed it will be found that over 1,200 persons were killed. The hospitals in Port Louis are filled to overflowing with the injured, and tents are erected in the hospital grounds to accommodate those whose injuries demanded instant attention. Nearly every house in the city has one or more of its inmates under treatment. In Port Louis alone 1,000 people were injured. There was no loss of life among the British troops stationed on the island. Though a large part of the crops was destroyed, no famine is apprehended. The Government has taken measures to relieve the distress. A11 OLD MAWS CHIME. Beats Iliss Wife's Bruins Out and; Then COMIntta Weide. A Kalamazoo, Miele, deepatch saes : The first case et murder in Ialairuezeo comity in Ove r SIX years was reported from a place near Augusta yesterday afternoon, It was a double tragedy, an aged fouler killing his Wife and then committieg Aujoide. Gilbert Roswell and wife, wile lived on a farm air - teen miles from laere, have had continuous trouble since they were wedded five years e ago, both having previously keen married. They eiwned adjoining property. Two months ago Mrs. Roswell left her husband and had her household goods removed to the city, where she tented a house and had been living with her son. At that time Roswell e. mede many threats that he would get even with her and would not allow her to live e unless she lived with him. About ten days ago Mrs. Roswell had trouble with her son over his prospective bride, whom he had taken into the houriehold. The eon left for Texas, and his whereabouts is unknown. Mra. Roswell tired of living alone in the city, and went to her country home yester- day to eject Roswell from the premises that she might return without molestation. Her niece accompanied her. The old man, who is 65 years of age, objected, and hot words ensued. Theywere in the kitchen, together with Mra. Jennie Barton, wife of Mr. E, J. Barton, who lives near by, when Roswell took a rolling -pin and beat his wife on the head until he killed her. The room where the crime was committed presents a horrible sight. The woman was left lying on the floor, her head being crushed and battered almost into an unrecognizable mass. Roe - well then put a revolver to his own mouth and fired upwards. He lived but a few minutes. Both were dead when Mrs. Barton returned from the neighbor's where she ran and gave the alarm. FOR HIS OWN LIFE. The Fee For Witiels Col. King Will Plead at Memphis. A Memphis, Tenn., despatch says : Next Thursday will be presented in the Supreme Court of Tennessee at Jackson the maims apectacle of a distinguished lawyer arguing his own cause on an appeal from a verdict which condemns him to death. The man is Col. H. Clay King, of the Memphis bar, who is Under sentence to hang for the mur- der of David H. Poston, a brother lawyer. The crime was committed on the street in this city on March 10th, 1891, and was most delibrate and unprovoked. The appeal was taken on points of law which are •in themselves of unusual interest. By the rule of the Supreme Court attorneys are limited to two hours for argument, but Col. King has taken his case entirely out of the hands of his counsel, and, owing to the peculiar circumstances attending it, the court has agreed to allow him three hours. Lawyers from every part of Tennessee and from other States will be there to hear him. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. A Boatman Plunges Forty-five Feet Over a Waterfall. A Rondout, N. Y.,despatch says: A thrilling scene was witnessed at Rifton, Ulster county, to -day. A young mairfrom Pbiladelphia, who refused to give his name, but who is interested in a phonograph, went sailing on the Wallkill Creek. Hie little craft got into the current and its occupaut, being all cozitrol of it, drifted helplessly to- warde the falls at Riftom Just as the boat reached the falls the man gave a jump over the falls, clearing the rocks below and striking deep water. Those who witnessed the scene were horrified, expecting never to see the man alive again. The stranger after going under the water three times struck out and remised the shore in an exhausted condition. The boat was dashed to pieces. The young man is the may person who has ever gone over the falls and come out alive. 'When the water is low in the creels the falls are 45 feet high. The bather fee etat of bellicose individual. He has his little brushes right along * he lathers people, and he ticcaehinelly rimnshes their mugs.. —" Their the guests went Mime and the neighbor i went te sleep," is the Wey a local weekly Winds np it amount; Of a lively •Imlay given down town.—Peiladelpizia ...Record. DI -FORCE ASKED BY 41111XISTER4 Rev. Dr. Henry S. Selsuhl Wants to be a Single Man Again. A despatch to the Chicago Sunday Herald, of May 22nd, dated Sioux Falls, S. D., May 21st, says Rev. Dr. Henry Schuh', a Lutheran minister, of Hamilton, Ont., has begun an action at Madison, S. D., for a divorce. Dr. Schuhl is a Parisian by birth. He graduated at the leading university in Paris and then accepted a professorship in bis alma meter. While teaching he met his present wife, Brunette Schuh'. She was piquant and handeome. After a month's acquaintance they were married. Soon after the marriage, which took place in Paris, Nov. 20, 1878, the young man was ordained as pastor of the Lutheran church. He was given a church in Paris. But his wife's conduct was not that of a minis- ter's wife. She was passionately fond of society, and those who called on her, it is alleged, would not be supposed to come to talk with the pastor. .After six or eight months Dr. Schuhl moved to the United States, settling firat in New York city, where his wife's conduct excited even more comment than in Paris. Then he went to Montreal, where he remained for two years. From Montreal the doctor took his wife to Hamilton, Ont. One day in January, 1890, the doctor, after a visit to an adjacent city, returned to find his wife gone. On the table , was an envelope con- taining a letter in French. It was from his wife, who wrote that she could no longer endure the restraints of a minister's wife. She said she craved society, and closed with the statement that she had eloped with her lover. The couple were afterwards heard from in Kansas City and New Orleans. They are now supposed to be in Paris. A. JORDAN 11.0MANCE. Cyrus Nixon. and Lavine Gerlock Could llet Be Happy Together. A St. Catharines despatch says: Last summer Cyrus Nixon, of Jordan, met a Miss Lavine Garlock, a young American, and fell in love with her and at once proposed mar- riage. She was not feeling like getting married to a man of 60 without some in- ducement, which was made in the form of a marriage settlement of a small but 'valuable fruit farm and handsome residence. They were married, but happiness apparently did not follow. Shortly after an eviction was in order, Cyrus getting into the piemises while she was in St. Catharines getting legal advice and barring her out. He then brought an action to set aside the marriage contract, and made the trustee of the mar- riage settlement, a Mr. Zimmerman, one of the defendants. The case was calla at the spring sittings of the Court of Chancery yesterday morning, and some most sensa- tional evidence was promised, but the law- yers got to work and effected a settlement, whereby all statements of impropriety on both sides were withdrawn and the farm made over to Cyrus subject to a charge of $3,500 to be paid Airs. Nixon. Thereis also another mortgage on the premises which the old gentleman assumes. THE wOCil AND HIS MONEY. How a Not Too Honest Farmer Lost His Little Pile. A Buffalo despatch says: Mr. W. A. Thompson, a Canadian farmerof Chepetowe, Ont., arrived in Buffalo this morning from New York. He was a victim of the gang of swindlers known as green goods men. It was the same old story. He went down to New York on the understanding that he could buy $7,000 counterfeit money for $500. He was met by one of the swindlers at Poughkeepsie, taken to New York, planked down his five hundred dollars, saw the bogus $7,000 counted out and apparently put in a box which he was cautioned not to open till he reached Buffalo. On arriving here he opened the box, and found it to contain some paper and a piece of brick. He departed for home a sadder and a wiser man—out his $500 and hisexpenses to New York. The Alien Labor Act. A Buffalo despatch says: Mr. Teiper, for- merly of Hamilton, Ont., recently established the Buffalo Bridge and Iron Works here. Mr. Taper apparently favors Canadian labor, and a few days ago discharged two American workmen to make room for two Canadians The latter, Williamand Joseph McMaster, fell in Inspector De Barry's way, and were yesterday run out of Uncle Sam's territory. A Delightful Ending. When Dorothy saw Jonathan coming she ji ran to meet him with a cry of joy, leaving a scorching flatiron upon her father's Sunday bosom. They were soon after married and lived happily together in wealth and luxury. The dime museum on its travels: The Sword Swallower—Great Scott! This won't dot There are thirteen of us sitting down to dinner. The living skeleton—Thirteen nothing! There are only twelve. You've rnimounted the tweheaded girl. I wish I knew," said the boarder, looking at the bunch of asparegue on his plate and handling his knife and fork with tome degree a hesitation and uncertainty, 44 jUSt how atiparagus ought to be eaten." "It ought to be eaten sparingly," grumbled the landlady), under her breath ; " it cot me 15 Waste a buliCh."—Clacago Tribune, TUE GREAT CYCLONE. Kansa& TOWN Wreaked and Over NO • Killed and Injured, REPORTS FROM FOUR TOWNS. The Wires Down and Information Hard to Get—Deseription of the Storm— Kansas City Suffers severely—Bull& Inge Reduced, Instanter to Their Original Elements. A special to the journal from Wellington, Kansas, says : This city has had a visita- tion frora the funnel -shaped cloud, which ploughed its track through the business part of the town with immenae destruction of property. and Some IOW Of life, just how much it so impossible to tell at this writing. A heavy storm of wind preceded the cyclone about half an hour. A few minutes after nine o'clock the cyclone struck the city, corning from the southwest. There was no particular warning. Everybody was indoors, and the cloud passed with it de- structive rush and awful roar unseen. Washington avenue, the principal business etreet, is lined on both sides for blocks with ruin& Fire broke out among the debris of Col. Robinson's blocks, and a woman, Mra. Susan Asher, is eupposed to have perished in the flames. A solid block, of brick buildings, contain- ing half a dozen stores and the _Monitor Press and printing offices, lie a tumbled heap of brick and mortar. Just across the street a laborer named Fanning was taken out of the ruins,and there are supposed to i be other bodies n the ruins. Hundred oi dwellings are either totally destroyed or more or less damaged. The city was in darkness as broken znains made it necessary to shut down the gas works and save destruction from fire. lion. Jas. Lawrence, candidate for Attorney -General, had an arm broken. Walter Forathen was taken from the ruins dangerously injured, and his brother was talking for an hour be- fore his release. Seven bodies have been taken out of the Phillips house ruins. Two members of the Salvation Army are expected to die from the injuries reoieved. At Squire Smith's residence seven persons were more or less injured. The streets are littered with torn roofing cloth, awning, and broken timber. Desolation in Its Wake. A Wellington, Kas, despatch says: It was just 9 o'clock when the tornado descended upon the town. The Lutheran Church was turned completely over, the Court House demolished, the Presbyterian Church reduced to splinters,and of the Specknott block on the principal street of the town, composed of a half dozen brick buildings, there is nothing except a pile of brick, mortar and glass. The Standard block, consisting of six brick buildings, was completely wrecked. In this blockthe • Wellington .Daily Mail and Sumner County Standard were published; These plants were utterly destroyed, as were the Monitor Press and the Voice in the Specknott block. The foundry and stove 'works were also levelled to the ground. On Washington avenue every house on each side of •the street was unroofed, and the back walls are out of many of them, and the windows are generally smashed. The Opera House is a wreck and the Philips hotel a complete ruin. The hotel proved to be the most fatal trap, for half a dozen bodies or more were taken from its ruins. The principal church is in splinters, and great damage was done to the Rock Island lumber yard. The school house is a total wreck. There Is only one telegraph wire between hem and the east, and it is a very difficult matter to get despatches over it. There is a wire up west of Danville, but despatches from there report a disastrous cyclone at Arizona and Harper. The telephone system is a com- plete wreck. In fact every wire in the city is down except one. About 200 men are at work clearing away the debris at the Phillips house wreck. The Santa Fe rail- road ran a special train from Wichita, bringing a corps of fifteen doctors. Harper in the Track. An Anthony, Kas., despatch says: A cyclone swept through the city of Harper on Friday night at 7.30, destroying mane, lives, injuring a large number of people and doing an immense amount of damage. The first news of the disaster reached here this morning, when a train came from there in search of help for the town. A special train was made up, and, with physicians and nurses aboard, started for Harper. The scene in the devastated town was one of ruin and destruction. Hardly a building in the entire town from end to end escaped demolition. It is almost a miracle that more lives were not lost, as -the death list contains now only six names. Many were seriously injured, and scores received slight wounds. The storm formed northwest of the town, and moved upon it from that direction. It was a genuine cyclone, and wherever it struck nothing was able to withstand its terrible force. Its point of origin seems to have been just west of Crystal Springs. In its course it sties* that village and com- pletely demolished it. No definite news of the loss of life, if there was any, has been received here, as all communication by wire is cut off. The relief train that proceeded to Harper from here went on to Crystal Springs, and may return to -night with the details of the storm. Trainmen of the Santa Fe report that eleven people were killed at Harper during Friday night's cyclone and that seven met the same fate at Ar,gonia. All the wires are down, and ib may be late to -night be- fore the details of the storm can be learned. George MacDonald in the Pulpit. • George MacDonald, the famous novelist, has been preaching lately in London. One who heard him lately in the pulpit of Dr. Allen desceibes him as of medium stature, of manly and sturdy appearance, his face luminous, his voice thatof an old man, husky, broken and delivered with effort, although he is not more than 67 years of age The discourse was delivered without notes and aroused a good deal of interest in the congregation, leaving a profound impression of earnest, spiritual sincerity, although the strictly doctrinal statements were not strongly marked. ebrge Mac- Donald is a Universalist. Gen. A. D. Streight died at Indianapolis, Ind., yesterday morning. He WAS one of the sufferers in Libby prison during the war of the rebellion. He planned the historic scheme for escape by which 108 officere secured their freedom. --Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage will leave for a preaching tour through England, Ireland said Scotland June 15th. To his congrega- tion in the Tabernacle, last Senday, Dr. Talmage said: "Deamatie preaching is what its needed in these cley& and the old style of dry religinati preaching is now of no Us to attract the attention of the people. The proper thing for minieters to do is to pub a lot of fire into their sayinge and freshen tip generally." TUE LONDON OFTRAGE, Two Young Women of the Struggle With ,Five A London despatch says: The Dreenefe Corners' criminal await case was continued before 'SquireaJ. B. Smyth and Lacy to -day. Misss Lizzie McGeary, who gave evidence lab Friday,was recalled and ,swore that that they did not stop at O'Leary's grocery or at Mr. Hart's place. Ie Was on family business that her sister Kate went th see thepeo.ple. O'Leary is a 0011sill Of theftrli. MOAlp1110 Was mistaken when he said that they stopped at McNeil's and Webb's. They had no refreshments at either piece, and no liquor on the way out. Miss late Megeary, a sister of the previous witness, began her evidence by stating that when they were crossing over from Yoong's hotel te Carroll's five young men came out of Young's, three attacked Lizzie and two grasped the witness. Witness said, "Leave me alone; I am a decent girl. If you don't I will give you a smack in the mouth." One a the two went over and struck McAlpine with a stick. The other knocked witnees down with his fist. The scuffling lasted about ten minutes. Lizzie got away from the three who were struggling with her and came to witness' assistance. She came and hit one of the fellows in the eye with her fist. The witness identified Thomas Lee as the man who was struck in the eye. He returned the blow and hit Lizzie on the temple. She was stunned by the blow. Both of the girls screamed for help. Two of the men took witness by the arms, and dragged her down the road backwards, her feet trailing on the road. They flung her into a ditch. She got up on her feet, nd then the shortest of the men hit her in the chest and knocked her down again. Two men were standing on her outstretched arms when she came to, and bad their hands over her mouth. She identified Thomas Lee as one of the men who had hold of her arm, and gave details of the outrage •which followed. She fainted, and when ales recovered conscious- ness she was in Mrs. Young's'on the lounge. She was over with Chief Williams and saw the place, which was about 150 yerds from Carroll's driving shed. Mrs. Carroll and Mrs. Young, the wives respec- tively of the hotel -keepers, also gave evi- dence, and an adjournment was made till to -morrow. SileteiDE ENDED ALL. Domestic Infelicity. Blackmail mod the Sad Consequences. A Bay City, Mich., despatch says: F. W. Tompkins committed suicide on Wednesday by taking carbolic acid. On May 18th Tompkins brought suit against Warren Ellsworth for $15,000 damages for alienating his wife's affections. Ellsworth is a prominent merchant and the head of a highly respected family. For several years he had been in the habit of visiting the home of Tompkins, but nothing was suspected by the husband until ten days ago when Orrin S. Ryerse, a brother of Mrs. ago, ac- companied by a constable, broke into the house during one of Ellsworth's visits and surprised the couple together. It was claimed by Ellsworth at the time that it was a case of black- mail on the part of Ryerse and subsequent develomi pments tended to bear out the state- ent n a measure, for it has been shown that the brother bad known of his sister's infidelity for some time past, and laid his plans to entrap her wealthy visitor. In one of the pockets of Tompkins' clothing was found the following note: To the People: Don't persecute my children for my fault. I have done this myself. Oh, Orrin, God help you. Your object was money. My blood is on you. God be merciful to me a sinner. (Signed) F. W. Tonsrxnvs. This is taken as evidence that Ryerse instigated the suit, and that the disgrace proved more than the husband could bear. Ryerse's real name is Ryerson, and he is a member of one of the most prominent fami- lies in Canada. Tompkins came from Lock- port, N. Y. eight years ago, and was highly respeCted. BLOODY MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY. A Victim of Chicago Thugs Slays One of His Assassins. A Chicago despatch says: W. J. Jones, Manager of the Sandwich, Illinois, Manu- facturing Company, who has been under the influence of liquor for several days, with a considerable sum of money on his person, was called from his wife's side just when he had reached home last night by a message stating that his presence was re- quired at the Ogden House. That was the last seen of Jones until his body was found this morning in a dark street near the hotel. He had a bullet hole in his abdornen and his skull had been crushed. lie had a revolver clutched in his hand, and was still alive but speechless. A block away, close to a blood-stained hack, the dead body of one Jack Wade was discovered with a pistol wound in the breast. Wade also had a revolver. The driver of the hack, Tom Orogen, has since been arrested, with a man named James Maher. The indicatious are that the double tragedy happened at the point where Wade's body was found, and that Jones' supposed corpse was dragged through the yard of a disreputable house with the intention of concealment, when Jones recovered again, showing fight. Maher, Wade and Crogan are all hard char- acters, and are supposed, with robbery for a motive, to have sent the message which de- coyed Jones from home. It is probable that he did not succumb when atm,* on head, and that a remarkable pistol duel be- tween himself and Wade followed on the lonely street at midnight. A SLANDER CASE. One Collecting Agency Obtains Damages • from Another. A Bracebridge despatch says : TheAssizes for the Dietriot of Muskoka opened here to -day, Chief Justice Armour presiding. Collins vs. Baker was an action for slander. The Union Credit & Protective Association, of Toronto, represented by Mears. Collins & Andrews, who have established a some- what extensive business through the Dominion as collectors of bad and doubtful debts from slow and impecunioue debtors found a rival in the business in the defendant Baker. The latter, in soliciting business at Gravenhurst and elsewhere, is alleged to have made the slanderous remarks in question to patrons of the plain- tiffs' association for the purpose of inducing them to transfer their collecting patronage to himeelf, and in a few cases, it is said, he succeeded in doing se Hence the present action. The plaintiffs established by evi- dence that the statements made by the defendant which, constituted the slander were grouedlem and untrue. No evidence wise offered in defence, and after a filiort absence the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $100. Duke Charles Theodore, of Bavaria, has clueing the past three months treated at his private sanitaritnn in Merain 123 oases of disease a the eye with reinarkably suecess- ful result& A cable Saye he never takes any pity for his services, and hi reluctant to treat any eacept poor patients who cannot afford to ertiploy regular practitioners DOMINION PARLIAMENT. Mr, W, F. Maclean, member for Rae York, was introduced by Mr, Diekey an Mr, Hugh John Macdonald. .41 message was presented from His Exce lency containing further supers respectin the enforcement by the Newfoundland an thorities against Canadian fishing vessels o the Newfoundland Act respecting the eat of bait to foreign vessels ; also a report o the Royal ()commission ou the Civil Servio Act. The House went into supply on the ite $5,000 for Orillia Mr. Ouhnet said the total cost would b $19,600. Mr. Mulock commended the expenditure and poiuted out the contrast betWeen tha and the expenditure of the same amount o the post -office in Laprairie, where th Annual revenue was only $400. The item passed. ee On thesitera $14,000 for Petrolea publi building Mr. Macdonald (Huron), in critioizin the expenditure, pointed to the fact tha only towns and cities sending supporters o the Government to Parliament wer favored. The Chairman (Mr. Sproule) called him t order as not speaking to the queation. Mr. Macdonald mid he was speaking to the question in his judg.ment. After furthereclisouronon the matter was dropped. On the item $10,000 for the public build- ing in Smith's Falls. The following bills were read a third time and passed: Railway. eoting the Ottawa City Passenger To incorporate the Dominion Millers' Association. The House went again into Supply. On the item of $10,000 for the 'Calgary post office and Custom House. The House went into committee on the Criminal Code. It was agreed to let section 141, dealing with the misconduct Of officers entrusted with the execution of writs, stand. actthe clause defining perjury Mr. Davies brought to the attention of the House the fact that a witness under the present law was subjected to a most severe kind of examination, even to matters relat- ing to his private life and every incident thereof. He wished to know whether the English bill ought to be added to. Under the bill of 1884 the words "whether the evidence was material or not" were left Out. Sir John Thompson said that it was thought that whether the evidence was material or not should be a matter to be left to the tribunal dealing with the circum- stances pertaining to the particular offence for which the prisoner was tried. Mr. Davies argued that legal authorities of great weight argued that a statement which did not bear on the direct issue :be- fore the court and WAS not strictly in ac- cordance with truth should not be as severely dealt with as those which bear on the direct issue. Sir John Thompson said that if a witness were examined on a question not material to the issue but material to his credibility, and the court was misled on that point, it was plain that the court was liable to be misled on every point. Mr. Davies pointed out that the statute as at present existing simply said that it should be deemed and taken to be true that the allegation pronounced untruthful should be material. Mr. Masson pointed out that a witness might make a misstatement rendering him subject to prosecution for perjury when in fact he might never bave intended to make a misstatement. Clause 150, providingpunishment for con- spiring to bring false accusations, was amended so as to make the limit of punish- ment fourteen years' imprizonment instead of ten years. Clause 152, providing that anyone con- spiring to obstruct justice should be liable to seven years' imprisonment, was struck out. Clause 154, providing one year's impris- onment for everyone guilty of compounding a penal action was amended by making the punishment a fine not exceeding the peennalty compounded for, instead of imprison- mt. Clause 1711s directed against blasphemous libel. It provides that whether any par- ticular published matter is blasphemous libel or not is a matter of fact, and no one is guilty of blasphemous libel for expressing in good faith and in decent language any opinion upon any religious subject. Mr. Davies urged that this matter should be left to the common law, as no difficulty had arisen on this subject and the existence 'of this law might lead to partisan prosecu- tions and cause much ill -feeling. It was inadvisable in this free country to import the ill -understood law of older countries on the subject of blasphemous libel. Sir John Thompson said that the clause was not new, and when crimes were being stated and defmed on the face of the statute It was desirable to have such a clause: Clause 180 relates to offences of sending certain articles by post. SWUM A makes it a crime to send through the post books or pansphlets, etc., of obscene or indecent, immoral, seditious, disloyal, scurrilous or libellous character. Mr Mills reminded the Government of a speech made in Woodstock by Mr. Sol White, M. P. P., in favor of annexation,and said that, while this was allowed under this clause, yet he supposed that if the speech were printed and copies circulated through the post -office that would be a criminal offence under the statute. • Sir John Thompson—Not unless it was disloyal. The mere agitation of the ques- tion or speaking in advocacy of a change in the relations of this country with other countries, to which change Her Majesty would be a party, could in 110 way be con- sidered disloyalty. • Mr. Laurier suggested that this clause oonoerning sedition should not be in the chapter dealing with ()Memel against morality. Sir John Thompson said he had no objec- tin%" disloyal " from this section. n to striking out the words " seditious" This was agreed to, hue the clause as a whole was not passed. AFTER RECESS. The House resumed in committee on the Criminal Code and the discussion of clause 180 was continued. Section 0 of this clause is directed againat those sending lottery circulars through the mails. Mr. Laurier suggested that these pro- visions should beincorporated in the chapter relating to lotteriea. Sir john Thompson agreed with this eiew, and the sectioh was passed with the understanding that it Should be incorporated in its proper place when the chapter on lotteries is teachecl. Clause 2049 which is taken from the Re - vied Statutes of Canada, la amended by that it shall not be illegal for any- one to become the custodian of any bets made on the racecourse of an incorporated association during the actual progrose of a race meeting. Mr. Davies said this WaS actually legal- izing betting on race& Oe moment we wereettlittiods and the next lax. Vett for- bade a game of skill on a railway car and, then allow gambling in a race, Mr. Memoir said the difference was that card -playing in cars was objeetionable to. many of the passengers. This would not hold good in herseg•ace shows. Clause 207, dealing with the disposal ofe dead bodies, was amended in expunging the word e which make it criminal te disinter a, dead body, even from lovable motives." The committee rose and reported progress, , having permed ninety-three clauses. Mr. Laurier asked what the House would take up 00 Friday. Sir john Thompson --Government noticee. of motion. After that the Redistribution - Bill. When we have finished that we will, take up the Criminal laee. Mr. Laurier asked if the wrib had been issued for the election in Pontiao. He had, reason to believe the leader of the House - had been misinformed. Sir John Thompson mid he was sur- prised to hear that,as he was informed, i the writ had been ssued last Monday or Tuesday. Mr. Laurier—I understand it has not, Sir John Thompson—If not it will be. issued to -morrow. The House adjourned at 11.30 p. re] A DOVIII1E LIFE. A Medina fillants'j beetle( Reveals the Fact. that Pe Was a Bigamist. A Medina despatch says ; Quite a sen- sation was caused here yesterday by the announcement that A. B. Hathaway, who died here a few days ago had two wives living at the time of his death. Hathaway was over 80 years old and was the father of several children by his first wife, who died years ago. He afterwards married but the - second match was not a happy one, and a few years ago Mrs. Hathaway No. 2 went. West on a visit. When she wrote for money with which to come home, it is al- leged that the husband would not send it, and she was thus kept in exile 2,000 miles from home. A certain Mrs. Croxen was in the mean- time taken into the employ of Mr. Hatha- way as housekeeper, and pleased him so well that he fell in love with her; last, summer the pair took a trip to Canada, attending the Toronto fair and visiting other cities in the Dominion. To -day a will was brought forth in which Mrs. Croxen is bequeathed $1,500, and the use of the family residence on Park avenue for life. Mrs. Croxen says she was legally married in Montreal to Hathaway, and produced a. marriage certificate to that effect ; she has,, however, never changed her nasne. Mr. Hathaway left quite a large estate. WILLIE LIKED WOMEN. And as a Proof of It He Married;Three Wives. A Watertown, N. Y., despatch says: William W. Rice is a deceiver and bigamist. • There are at least three women living within the borders of Jefferson county, New York State, who have looked upon him as their husband, and after practising decepe tion upon the third victim be deliberately told the second wife of his perfidy andi crime, and when the two last victims were, discussing the truth and veracity of each, other's stories he, in the presence of both„ unblushingly told them that he was the band of of each. One wife resides at Alex- andria Bay, No. 2 at Adams, and the third. - was a foolish Gamancque maiden. East, Thursday he met his last victim, Miss Hattie Pecor, daughter of Louis- Peeor, Ganancque, in Watertown,. N. Y., and walked home with her. There— after she met him daily. She loather place by remaining out late with the fellow, and her sister objected to Ricekeeping company with her. On Wednesday they were mar- ried, Rice giving his name as Write Them wife No. 2 heard the story, went to see the, Pecor girl, and Rice acknowledged his crime. The women wanted the deceiver arrested, but he fled and is still at large. He was making for Canada. MARRIAGE IN GERMANY. The Courts Decide that a Religious Cere., mony is Ennecessary. A Berlin cable says: The Town Council of Gelenan, Saxony, having discovered that, one of their members named Hoffman had. never been married by religious ceremony,. but only by the civil code, seized upon gibe pretext to practically expel the delinquent, who was not popular among his fellowe. They therefore refused to allow Hoffman's vote to be recorded on any question •that came before the body. Hoffman appealed to the High Court of Justice of Saxony, which has just rendered a decision in the case, holding that a civil marriage being valid in law, Hoffman had committed no act which would disqualify him from sitting as a member of a municipal council. The, town fathers of Gelenan are accordingly ordered to admit Hoffman to a full share of their deliberations and actions so long as the term for which he was elected lasts. A. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. A Widow and Four Daughters Murdered— .A. Dead Negro Ja. the Cellar. A Long Tree, Ky., despatch says: On,. Friday evening a neighbor called at the house of Mrs. Scott, a widow, living with. her four daughters near this city, on an ex- tension of Kentucky avenue, and discovered:. the dead body of Mrs. Scott lying on the, floor in the kitchen. Help was summoned,. and an entrance to the house was forced. In different rooms the dead and horribly Muti- lated bodies of the four young women were found. A trail of blood led the searchers to . the cellar. There they found the body of a negro, about 30 years of age, with his throat cut from ear to ear. It is not yet known whether he alone committed the murders • and then killed himself, or whether he had participated in the criine and the other also, killed him. The house shows no signs of having been pillaged. • The Plain. Skirt Is Going. Though the clinging sheath skirt is still in the height of fashion, there is a strong ,effort made to considerably enlarge its cite, cumferenoe, and to make it more elaborate by means of fiat tabliers, by inserted panel pieces both on the front and sides, and by slashing the skirts to show a plaiting be ; also by placing fan -plaited trim- mings and passementerie bands up some of the skirt seams. Puffed borders are also used with a band of ribbon twined in and oiit. Spanish flounces are put ob very deep and rather full, with a tiny gathered lace trill as a heading, and another fanoy for skirt trimmings is that of placing full rosettes of plaited ribbons in two colors all around the front and sides of the skirt. —The saloon -keepers of Sioux City have offered to guarantee a fund oi $10,000, to be applied to the repair of streets, bridge& etc., damaged or destroyed by the &ad, on een- dition that the city a.utlistritiee permit them to resume business. They agree further to pay a monthly fine Of $50 each. The mayo has refused the offer, —The sway of the drink demon is best , exemplified when it victim needs two side.