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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-2-22, Page 2UNDER A CLOUD! TIBILLIlle TALL OF HUMAN' LIM CHAPTER XXXI. yearningly upon hint till her bosom heaved with a long, deep sigh, and raining her MAI BODE TO YEAR, hands toward :him 0100 more She laid them For a few momenta nothiog wee Held, tenderly upon his heed. ""Maiyol '" and Guest paid no heed to his oompanton, but stood bent forward listening for spine exclamation of surprise uttered by Stratton, ora word from .Myra. But all was afloat as the grave, and, with Ws Paine increasing the rapidity of their beats, he gazed at the faint, narrow streak of light, almost within reach of hie hand, Where the edge of the inner door was with• in a quarter of an inch of the jamb, "Ought Ito have let her go in alone?" he asked hinieelf. "Ought I not to have sent is Edie, too—la there any risk ?" Then, quick aa lightening, followed thought after thoughtas to the peril to Which, through hie and Edie'a scheming, Myra might be exposed ; and he saw him- self afterward face to race wi father and aunt, bearing the brunt of their reproaches for what now began to seem a wild eaoap- ade. Ha was brooghb back to himself iu the midst ofthe semi-darkneae by a low, (latch- ing sigh, and he turned sharply round to ace behind him, as in another frame, the outlined figure of Edfe. Be took a step toward her quickty,but she draw back right to the groat balustrade of the landing, and supported herself against ft. "Edfe," bo whispered, trying to take her hand; but she repulsed him, and turned her back to look down the opening to the hall. "bldte," he said again quiokly ; and this time he caught her hand. "Don't touch me 1" she said in a low, passionate whisper. Guest gazed at Ger wondetiugly. At first he merely attributal her actions to her anxiety on her cousin's behalf, but her words contradicted that; and, utterly as- tounded he stammered out: " Edie—speak to me—have I offended you? What have I done? " Oh, nothing. It is I who have been foolish," ehe eaid hysterically. "Girls are so silly sometimes." "Then these is something," he said eagerly. " I have offended you. Edie, dear, pray tell me." He took hold of her unwilling hand and, in apite of her effort, drew it through his arm, and led her towards the short passage in. which Brettieon'e door was plead. Aa he spoke he raised her hand passion- ately, and yet reverently, to his lips, and the next moment he would have pressed it warmly, but the kiss was upon vacancy, for the hand was sharply snatched away. " It is all false 1" Dried Edie in a low, angry voice. "`Ido nobbelieve a word." Edie i "' he wbiapered reproaehfuily, " Do you think 1 e.m blind ? Do you think because I am so young that I am a child? " " 1—I don't know what you mean," he faltered, utterly taken aback by the silent vehemence of the passion displayed by the quivering little lady before him. "It is not true. You are deceiving me. You, too, whom I did think honest and true. But you are all alike, tad I was mad to come—no, I was not, for I'm glad I did, if it was only to learn that you are ae full of duplicity as your friend." "Am I? Well, I suppose so, Edie, if ou think so," he cad dietnally. " But The effect of that touch was electrio, With one bound Stratton leapt from hie chair toward the firepleee, and there stood ab bay, as it were, before the door of the closet, gazing at her wildly for a few mph • eats, as if at seine uareel'thing, Then e hands went to his brew, and the intensity. of hie gaze increased till, as . rhe took ono step toward hlm with extended some, the wild look in his haggard fate changed to one of intense joy. "Myra I" he Dried, and the next moment he had olaeped her in his arms. For the moment ib wee a different man from the wretohed being who had crept book to his roome heartelok and despairing, while, after shrinking from him with the reserve begotten of the doubt end mieery. which had been her portion for so long past, the warm clasp of hie arms, the tender, passionate words he uttered,end the loving caresses of his halide as he drew her face closer and closer to his swept away all memories of hie lapse, and of the world and its ways. He had held her to his throbbing breast—he, the man to whom her hoary had first expanded two years before -and she knew no more, thought no More of any- thing but the aupreme joy that he loved her clearly still Brief pleasure. She saw his eyes gazing peseionotely into herd, full of the newly found delight, and thou they contracted, his brow grew rugged, and, with a hoarse sigh, he shrank from her embrace, looked wildly round, and then, with a shudder, whispered "You here --here i Isere ? It is you ? —it is no dream; but why—why have you come? It is too horrible." "Malcolm 1" she cried piteously. "Don't—don't speak to me -don't look at me with those appealing eyes. I cannot bear it. Pray—pray go," "Go ?" she said, raising her hand to his arm, "when I have at all costs come to you like tbis I" "Yee, yes, go—at 0000," he crled,and he shrank from her ae if in horror. "Malcolm—dearest 1" she moaned ; "you shrink from me. What have I done ?" He was silent in the terrible struggle go- ing on within his breast. He groaned, and covered his face with his hands. Speak to me, dearest," she murmured ; and, emboldened by his sorrowful manner, she clasped one of his arms with both her hands, and laid her cheek against it as ehe spoke. "Speak to me and tell me, too, that you forgive me all that sad time of my life, I tell you again Inver loved him. Our marriage was the merest form, and I came back from the church wishing Chet my last hour had come, I know now; you need not tell me, dear—you shrank from me at the last ; but you did not know my heart,• Malcolm—you could not see how its every pulsation was for you. I lay it bare before you now Maloome—husband. I claim you, dear. I cannot live on like this, my own, my own.'.' She had crept closer and closer as she spoke, her hands had risen to his shoulder, and atter trembling there for a few mo• menta, they clasped his neck, and she buried her face in his breast, eobbing aa if her heart would break. Then her tears emoted to freeze in their source, and ehe shrank away horrified and chilled by his manner ; for he thrust her from him with an angry gesture, and his face was convulsed as he made as If to rush from the room. But be turned back to her, and she sank upon her knees before him. 'No; you do not know; you cannot know," he whispered hoarsely. "Myra there is a gulf between us that can never more be crossed. Go, dearest, for Heaven's sake, and try and forget that I ever said words of lova," SEINLO that bit Mark had returned, and was Qom. ing to meet them on the landing, etartied by the man'it words ; "Mise Myra lass oome borne, sir, very ill," The admiral would have sent qtr for medical help, but Myra insieted that oboe wee better 1 and as oho began Go recover herself the o14 man aakad eagerly ; '" Where was It• -Yat a theater t" A dead ailenee fell alma the group, and Guest gave 'Edie a leek of agony ae the thought ooaarred to Nim ; " Will for. bid cue his bquae now." i" Well," pried Sir Mark testily, for he had reaohed home early goneequent upon a few monitory twinges, which he dare net stight, are you all deaf 7" " I will tell you, dear," eaid'Jlyra, toll. Ing herfabher'e nand and preeeingit beneath her cheek. '" Don't be angry with any body but me, and try and remember that I am no longer a girl, but a suffering woman, full of grief and pain," "My poor darling 1" he whispered, bending down to kiss her. " But tell me —were you taken ill at the theater ? Why, what dose it moan ?" " could bear 3t no longer, father," said Myra slowly. " I have been to see Maloolm Stratton." "What 7" "To ask him to explain." "You—you have been toeee that sound. rel—that--" "Hush, dear I He was to have been my husband." "And you—you actually went to see him—at his rooms ?"' Sir Mark wiped his forehead, and looked' fiercely from one to the other, as if hardly believing hie child's avowal to be true; "I could not go ou like this. It was killing me, dear," "And—and you asked him to explain hie ouraed conduct?" raked him �l "Andandwhat wleat?" panted the old man furiously. " No ; he did not explain, dear," said Myra, drawing her father's arm about her neck, and raising herself a little from the couch so ae to nestle on hie breast. "It is fate, dear. I em never to leave you now. I%ep me, dear, and protect me. It is not his fault. Something terrible has happened to him—something he maid not own to, even to me—who was to have been his wife." "Edfe—Guest—help 1" panted the ad- miral. " Myra, my darling 1 She's dying 1" " No, no, dear," she said, with la low moan, ae she clung to him more tightly, " a hale faint—that's all. Ah 1 hold me to you, dear," ehe sighed almost in a whisper. ' Sake—with you., And then to herself : " He said his punishment was greater than he could bear. Malcolm, my own— my own I" (To BE CONTINOED.) we came here to try and get out of a fog— She looked at him in wonder more than 1've got fartber in. I didi't know I was dread, but the prime object of her mission aitch a bad one, though, and you might be Dame now to mind. fair to me and explain. Come," he cried, "No," she said. ""your mind is disordered ohinging his manner, and speaking out in a frank. manly way, " this is not like you, little womao. If it's to tease me and keep me at a distance because we are alone here in the dark it is not needed, Edie, for God knows that if a than ever loved a woman, I do you." , What 1" she cried ; "and act toward Myra as I raw just now?" "Toward Myra?" "Yea ; I know she's a hundred times nicer than I am, but I did think—I did think -0 Percy, how could you kiss her hand like that?" He caught her to his breast as she broke down into a fit of sobbing, and held her, there. 0 Edie," he said, " you silly, blind Mae thing 1 Why, I never even thought, oh, but go on," he whispered; "I am no glad—jealous of me like that I Then you do love me dearly, and you can't deny It now." Edie made little effort to escape from the close enciroling arms which held her tightly, fluttering likea bird; none to deny Guest'a charge. .11 wee very lonely and dark upon that staircase, and in another moment she would have baen shrinking from her tom- panior'e kisses ; but, moved by the same impulse, they sprang apart, for from Strat- ton's room a wild, appealing ory broke the silence of the echoing stairs. with grief. I cannot leave you like this. Toll me, I beg, Malcolm; you do repel me because of my past ?" "No—no 1" he said wildly, "For that? Great Heavens, no 1" He reeled, and would have fallen heavily but Myra held on to the hands which clutched hers so fiercely; and, as a wild appeal for help escaped from her lips, she saved him from etriking his head violently as he sank insensible to the floor. "What bait 1 " oried Guest excitedly. She told hfmin a few words, and he ran into the other room far water, but Stratton was already coming to, and after drinking with avidity from the glass Guest held to hie lips, he rose shuddering and pale. "Take her home," he said in a husky whisper se he nee. "Quick. It is too hor. rible, Weak and faint, I cannot bear it." He motioned toward the door, and Guest turned a look full of perplexity toward Myra. "No," she eaid firmly. "Edie, dear,stay with me. Mr. Guest, go to my father at once and tell him 1 am here with him who is to be my dear husband, who io siolc almost unto death. Tell him to cine ea once with a doctor and a nurse." Aa she epoko a look of joy shot across Stratton's face, and he took a step toward her with outstretched hands, where she stood between frim and the door beside the fireplace. Then, all at once, his face changed, and they thought him mad. "Nu," he oried fiercely ; "it is impos- slble," He ran aurae, and Sung open both inner and outer doors. "Take them," he whispered fiercely-- "take ercely—"take them back, man, or it will he too late. You will matte me what you think." Myra would have stayed even then, in spite of Edie's hands trying to drag her away ; but, as she burned yearningly to Stratton, be shrank away with such a despairing look of horror that she yielded boatel/ to Guest's strong arm, and suffered him to lead her hack, half insensible, to the oarriago, into a corner of which she sank with a low moan, while all the way home the beat of the horses feet nod the rattle of the wheels upon the pavement', seemed t0 form themselveo with terrible iteration into the words she had heard fall from Stratton's lips, and she shuddered ae now, for the first time, ehe gave them with a terrible significance : "My pumahment is greater than I can bear." She grew mora and more prostrate as they neared home,and was so weak that she could hardly walk up the steps into the hall, but ehe recovered a little, and, holding tightly by Guest's and Edio'e arms, mended etow' forward slowly, almost gliding to the back ly to the drawing room, to find that the FLYING MACHINES. OST, CHARGED_ WITH YflT1it�f i1 �`1lst,g , ivin broblte and was nlat'rled in Mo S 1 f til 1 tl TWO TORONTO BRoRERS ARREST- ED FOR KILLING AN EMPLOYEE. Wan" etrother in Goal—'WWillfank 4. /wells to mete Alleged Vlellni—,l Two iron; Old Trngo4r--,WA11a 'Woe llonvily 1r. eared Just ,tefore 111a 11eatI', ,Dallas T. Hyalite and Harry 1', Hyams, brokers, of Toronto, were arroeted in that pity on Wednesday onauharge of murder,and if the change eon bo snbntantiated in the wit. netts box the triol of bhe;aoeuead men will die. Gloss as strange and terrible a story of care• fully planned and heartless orime as Sae Over been written 1» the criminal annals of Canada, 0n the 16th lathery, 1890, William 0, Wells, a Young Engflahman, 23 years of age, employed se a bookkeeper by the Hyamo Bros„ storage agents and brokers, Colborne street, Toronto was found lying dead at the betbom of the elevator theft in the warehouse. Harry Hyams disco ver - ed the body and gave the alarm, and when the remains were examined it was found that the left aide of the head was crushed in, causing in Stant death. The explanation given of the affair at the time was that Wells was making some repairs at the foot of the old. fashioned freight -hoist shaft, that the weight which balances the hoist, andwbioh weighed 500 pounds, had become unhooked and fallen from the third storey directly upon the head of the young man in the cellar. Coroner Aikine was notified and made an investigation, but was satisfied' by the representations made to him, and con• aluded that an inquest was not necessary. When the Wooer of the deal youth came to be settled up it was found that there was 536,000 insurance on his life, 831,000 of which was carried by the Mutual Life" In- somuch Co. of New York, and the balance in the Mutual Accident Association, The policies were payable to deceased's sister Martha who was engaged to be married to Harry Hyams. They had only been issued a couple of months previously and but one premium had been paid on each. Those facts led the New York company to invests• gate the ease on their own account, but nothing could be discovered to j notify any suspicion of foul•pplay, and the money was paid to Mise Wells and nothing furbher was heard of the case at that time. In May last Harry Hyams and Martha Wella were married and shortly afterwarde moved to Montreal. Two weeks ago they returned to Toronto,and have been staying at 67 Gould street, where the brothers were found by the deteotivea and arrested on Wednesday evening. They May be Perfected, but Man lllatself W111 Never be Able to Fly. Mr. Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the famous gun which bears his name, is firm believer in the possibility of so far perfect• fug flying machines that they may be used in warfare. He has been explaining his views on the subject to a contributor to Cassell's Saturday Journal, who has been to see him at his English residence at Bexley. Mr. Maxim thinks that highly civilized nations, able to make and use first. rate machinery, will in the near future utilize flying Machines in their armies. This .node of warfare, he believes, could ,be carried on in spite of armaments and weep. ons of war as we understand them now,and if one civilized nation uaed flying machines in such a way, others would be compelled to follow suit. At the same time, he hes no faith in navigable balloons, the whole thing being inherently wrong. In France, especially, attempts have been made to navigate balloons, and vast sums of money have been spent upon them; but no balloon has ever been navigated against even a very light wind. Another point, Mr. Maxim thinks,is•this, that man will never bo able to fly by energy derived from hie own muscles. Aman with eunisient energy would have to weigh seventy.five pounds to have forty.pound muscles to his arms and seventypound muscles to his cheat, and he would have to have a breastbone twenty-eight inches deep. CHAPTER XXXII. e WOMAN W00ES—IN VAIN. "No, no, don't come with me," whisper- ed Guest as he sprang toward Stratton's room, but Edie paid no heed to his words, and was close boleind him as he passed through first one and then the other door, drawing baok,thougb, the next moment to close them both. A few minutes before when Myra had performed the same action she had stood gazing before her at the figure seated at the table; and the attitude of dejeotion,the abject misery and despair it convoyed to her mind, swept away all compunotton. Every thought of her visit being unmaiden- ly, and opposed to her duty toward herself and those who loved her, was forgotten. Her hands were involuntarily rained toward him, tad ehe Stood there with her lips apart, her head thrown back, and her oyes half closed and swimming with tenderness AS her vory being eeemed to breathe out the one word—"Come I" Bub Stratton might have been dead for all the change that took place by that dim- ly lit table, He did' not stir ; and at last, fleeing that he must bo suffering terribly, and, taking the thought eloeoly to her breast that. ib was. for her sake, she moved Henry SMOTHERED IN MALT. Humphrey's Terrible Death in a Buffalo Malt House. A despatch from Bnffalo says:—Henry Humphrey, employed in a malt house, was drawn into a sohute on Tuesday, from which malt was passing from an upper to a lower bit. The 12•inch vont caught the man fairly and he began a great battle for his life in the maelstrom of grain passing down the satiate. Two companions working with him were unable to alford9lim any assist, once, and inch by inch Humphrey went to hie death. Down he went eat of sight. In a few moments the epont was closed. Wheu he was dug out 20 minutes later, it was found he had °leashed the malt and had gripped it so tight that be had squeezed thegrain into hia fingers and into the palms of ]Iia hands. He was four fest deep in the grain, and it was more than two feet above hie hands, which were otretohed straight over his head. He woo dead before the spout was stopped. evel'.a c *Be tut one were provisionally aopepted, itut afterwards afra, ldyatne became alarmed, and, de, olaring that silo had been misled, had no'idea that.ehe had applied for anything like (o largo an amount, sought, through her solicitors, to oanool the application, The request was greeted by all but the Mutual Life who held the application for 350,000, and legal arms were taken to cannel them to oanoel tt, the matter being still 1n abeyance. Tax ARREST. The Cream has been deliberating tor the past day er two upon the new evidence adduced in this strange case, and it was only at 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening, afteralengthy consultation between Crown Attorney Curry, Coroner Aikine and Inspector Stark, that Detective Cuddy was iustruoted to swear out a warrant before Mr. Hugh Miller, J. P. Tile in. formation charged that the accused, ""on January 10, 1693, did feloniously, wilfully and with malice aforethought, kill and murder William C. Wells." Detootivea Cuddy and Davis immediattly set out in quest of their men and towed them ae already described. The prisoners were taken over to Agnes street police eta- bion, and after a brief detention were sent to the gaol, They appeared at the Police Court on. Thursday morning, but the pro. oeediuga were of aiformal oharaoter and a remand granted for a week. MENTAL EFFECTS OF INTENSE COLD. A INmhuttlotr In Will Poiret and alWeak ening or the Memory. Extreme cold, as is well known, exerts a benumbing influence upon the mental facial lea. Almost every one who has been ex. Posed, for a longer or shorter period, to a very low temperature, has noted a diminu. tion in will power, and often a temporary weakening of the memory. Perhaps tite largest scale upon which this action has ever been studied was during the retreat o the French from Moaeow. The troopf suffered extremely from hunger, fatigue and cold -from the latter perhaps most of all A German physician who accompanied a detachment of his countrymen has left an interesting account of their trials during this retreat. From an abstract of this paper THE YRISONERS' CAREERS. Harry Ilyams was interviewed by a re. porter on Friday last, and made the follow. ing statement to him:—""We were born in New Orleans, where our father practised medioiue. At an early age my brother and I were sent to Germany to school, where we spent four years. We afterwards re- turned to New Orleans. After our father died we came to Kingston, Canada, where we engaged in manufacturing kid gloves. This was nine years ago. Seven years ago we closed out our Madness in Kingston and came to Toronto and engaged in general brokerage and loaning business. About five years ago we met Will Wells and hie sister Martha, who is now my wife. Will Wells had about $1,200, whioh he gave us to invest. We put part of the money in chattel mortgages and lost it. The seour- ity taken, however, was approved of by Wells. My brother and I were taking out some life insurance on the endowment plan as an invest- ment, and we advised, Wells to do the same, He arranged for a policy in the New York Life for $30,000. I paid the first premium, 8334, out of the money Wells had given us. Shortly before this we engaged Wells to work for us, as we had taken a warehouse in Colborne street, and were carrying on a general auction and storage business. It was while eh. gaged in his work in the warehouse young Wells met his death. I =not say any more about the accident than your paper already knows. My brother and I felt keenly the suspicious circumstances. We did all we •coold. We notified Coroner Milieu, who made an investigation on the premises. The life insurance companies also investigated the matter, and I am told the city deteotivea also made an investiga- tion. All I know about these investiga• Moue is that Dr. Aikins did not consider an inquest necessary. The insurance com- panies paid the policies, and I have heard nothing from the deteotives," of his chair, to stand' there looking down butler had hurried up before them, and ONE-FIFTH DESTITUTE. The Condition or Ono County of Neb- raska, A despatch from Greely Centre, Neb„ says :—Tho dietress in this part of the State ie appalling, No picture of the suffering has been over- drawn and a great many sadeases have boon snppreesed. Hundreds of families have nothing to eat and no fuel, and chil- dren are to nearly naked that they are kept from school. At lomat one-fifth of the people of this oaunty have become county charges. It is impossible for the people to care for the destitute and unlessa large amount of outside assiatanoo is rcoeived at ouoe many farmers and their families will perish. The people are moat in need of clothing. Soma of the beat farmers, whose lands are uninoumberod, aro as destitute as tenants, because they cannot Cealize on any kind or class of sureties, A great many of the Heating population left the State last autumn and all who are here are actually reeldents, moth of them owning theft homce., `.upRI7AMY 2 t 1890 MANY TT PERRL A' SEA TERRIBLE TALES OP AFFFERING T'QLD BY IKCOMINO CREWS. Wroeka and 011ier ntatiolers—A Alai/oiler Basked to P50008 Ap' Nova fle0tla anti Fourteen IPrOwurd—flee lenders pastels llelpates—Oaten Greylloauds Piave Fearful Rattles With the $ts!'m•kethedi Venues. A despatch front Liverpool, N. 5,, says; —The eoheoaerClara E,Friend of and from Gloucester, while trying to make harbor here Saturday night, wont ashore on Neil's Ledges, two milee from here, and became a total Wee, Her orew, consisting of 12 or 14 men, were every one drowned. The reseal is fu a thousand pieces. The Drew were nearly all single men, and the greater number of them hailed from the provinces, Six bodies have been recovered. One man's face was smashed badly; another had Ilia leg broken. The other five wero in good condition.' No more. bodies have as yet been recovered. The veas(l was pro. bably trying to make the harbor, and it being foggy ran too olose to port and got in the breakere. She is now bottom up. SnirwREOKED, BHT RE800ED. by Dr. Rosa, we find that of the earlieat symptoms referable to the sold was a lose of memory. Thiswas noted in the strong as well as those who were already suffering form the effects of the harpahipa to which they had been exposed. With the first eta pearanoe of a moderately low temperature (about 5 degrees above zero Fahrenheit), many of the soldiers werefound to have for- gotton the names of the most ordinary things about them, as well as those of the articles of food for which they were perish- ing. Many forgot their own names and those of their comrades. Others showed pronounced symptome of mental dieturb- ance, and not a few became incurably in. sane, the type of their insanity resembling very closely senile dementia. The cold was probably not alone reeponaible for these effects, for a zero temperature is rather stimulating than paralyzing in its action upon the the well -fad and the healthy., These men were half•eterved, poorly clad, worn out with Yong marching, many already weakened by dyeentry andotherdiseases, and all mentally depressed, as an army in defeat always ie. It needed, therefore, no very unusual degree of cold to produce the psychic effects oboerved under other circum. stances only as a consequence of exposure to an extreme low temperature. MORE ABOUT THE TRAGEDY. Further investigation of the case led to a revival in the interest therein, and the whole of the circumstances connected with the death of young Wells in Hyams' ware• house have bean canvassed and discussed. There were several me.ttert which gave rise to suspicion at the time of the tragedy c (1) Wells was but 22 years of age, yet hie life woe insured for $36.000, of which 530,000 was in the New York Life, and but oro premium had been Haid; (21 the premium in the New York Lite, which amounted to $334, was paid by Hyams ; (3) at the time of the tragedy Brune was the only person in the warehouee ; his brother was at the barber's ; his clerk, Mr. Aylesworth, had been sent to transact some busineeaat North Toronto, and the typewriter, a young woman, had not yet arrived at the ofiloe, having been given lettere to deliver person• ally on Monday morning before reporting for duty, ANoT1tER INSORANO5 SMOTE. Another aeries of oiroumatanoes in coon. notion with an attempt to place inauranoo to the amount of. $300,000 upon the fife of Mire, Harry Hyams, sister of the dead man, and wife; of the younger Fattener, hes a siggnifioant interest in the light of last nightie arrest. Very recently, in feet hot more than two weeks ago, when Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hyams returned from Montreal, applloations were made to various life insurance ootnpanie6 for insurance upoh the lady's life. Among thorn were the follow- ing :-Equitable Life Insurance, 580,000; Mutual Life of Now York, 330,000 ; Sun Life, 520,000 ; Standard of Edin- burgh, .510,000; Standard of Edinburgh, additional application, 575,000 ; United Steeds Life, $20,000; Mattel lieoorve Fund, 526,000 Confederation rife; 310,000, a total of 5200,000, The applications In each instance were deaoribed ae Mrd, Martha Wolfs Hyeano of Montreel,,boro ou March 11, 1$70, at Somerootohire,'England. The application further stated that the father of the agpllcant died ab the age of 41, and her mother at the age of 30, and one broth- er waft killed at the age of 22, She bad no Armeii TWO BANDITS KILLED. Shot by a Texas Cowboy While Aft empt ing to Rob a Store. A despatch from Claremont soya:—On Thursday night Jim French and Slaughter Kid undertook to rob the general merahan dire store of W. B. Patten at Catooaa about two miles south of here. The bang dito were recognized ae they rode into town. They dismounted before the store of W. B. Patten, when a Texas cowboy from within opened fire on them, instantly killing Slaughter Kidd with his second shot, He The Wilson line steamer Francisco, Captain Jenkins, which arrived at New York from Hull, had on board nine ship- wrecked seamen, On Sunday a four master schooner was sighted', showing signals of distress, The ace wait making a clean breach overthe vessel, washing her fore and aft. The steam pumps were working, but apparently foiled to free the vessel, os she became more waterlogged every mo. meat, After standing by for eome time, the starboard lifeboat was successfully laauehed. The captain and crew of thesohooner jumped from the stern of the vessel and were qulekly hauled into the boat. The vessel proved to be the four - mooted schooner George A, McFadden of Bach, Me., 1017 tons, commanded by Captain C. F. Wallace and owned by W. T. Donald of Bath. HEIRLESS WITH sato COAT OF 80E. The steamer Santiago, which arrived at Now York from Cienfuegos on idonday, brings 40 of the: shipwrecked crew of the steamer: Cienfuegos. The steamer Laurade, from Goosaw,.S, 0., arrived on Monday morning. She bad a succession of severe westerly gales, ao• oompanied by enormous sena from Hatteras to Barnegat, during which the vessel was thrown on her beam ends for 24 hours, shifting her cargo. While in this condition the steamer iced upon the aides and rigging in a solid mass, becoming almost helpless and unmanageable. DEAD BODY IN A LIFE BUOY.. A despatch from London says :—An in- quest was held at 'Harwich upon the body of a man who is supposed to have been the physician of the Elbe. When the body was picked up it had a life buoy attached to it, and upon the clothing were the initiate " H. G." PILOT BOATS DRIVEN 0IIT TO SEA. A New York Herold special from Sea Isle City, N. J., says :—Grave fears are entertatned for the safety of the New Jer eey pilot boats E. 0. 'Knight, J. Henry Edmunds and the Delaware pilot boat l;.D Tunnell. They went to sea Wednesday and have not yet been heard from. All were staunch boats and old seamen think they have been driven far out to tea by the northwest gales, and will turn up safe. The harbor pilots have had their share of the discomfort and peril inoident to the Iate severe weather, Fourteen hoots of the New York fleet are still out at sea, and from most of them no report hos been received. The crews andpilots on board number near- ly 200. The J. H. Stafford was doing station duty outside the bar, but on Friday stood out to sea to escape being blown ashore, She has not returned, and six pilots who took vessels over the bar on Saturday were compelled to stay on tba ships and make the ocean voyage. The position of almost every buoy in the harbor has been changed by drifting foe. ' via OREOIAN'S YARD BATTLE, The steamer Grecian, from New York•..^ for Glasgow, arrived at Greenock on Mon- day. She experienced terrific weather throughout the trip. Nineteen hdtaes, 61 cattle and a large number of snap were swept overboard and lost. TOWED IN AN ABANDONED SHIT. The steamerMaryland,from Philadelphia for London,arrived at Valencia on Monday forenoon with her bows badly damaged. She had in tow a disabled steamer, which had been abandoned by her craw owing to the exhaustion of her supply of coal.. FOIIR DROWNED OFF GALVESTON. The sloop Scandinavian was wrecked in the gale Thureday night, 25 miles east of Galveston, Texas. Capt. Bowlekis saved, but four men of the orew are supposed to have been drowned. fired a third shot at Jim French, but mis. sod. Having no more cartridges, he secret- ed his revolver. French entered the store and accused the cowboy of kiliiug hie partner in prime, but the cowboy pros tested that he had no gun, hence he was not the one; whereupon French turned and shot Manager Irvin'chief clerk of the store through she body. Ir. vin drew a revolver and returned the fire, shooting French through the body and the right eye. - French managed to reach hie horse, andmounting, rode to u house a short distance away. The owner of the house at once informed the town officers, and a crowd assembled to capture the dying bandit. The latter, hearing them approach, raised himself and looked out of the window, and at that instant received a load of buckshot in the face, almost tearing his head off. He died instantly. Mr. Irvin's death is expected hourly. WILL AN EXPLOSION COME? A Report tllict the Balkans Are Getting Ready for au Attack on the Saltan. The key to the Eastern position is not. now Armenia, but Mauedonia. It is under- stood that in Macedonia mines have been laid for an insurrection which is intended shall involve Bulgaria, Servia, and Greene in active dispute for a division of the ter- ritoiy of Turkey in Europe, finally leading the groat powers to intervene, According to on artiole in the London Speaker, which is suppoeed to disseminate the ideas of the liberal Ministry, the Macedonian question will probably soon become a burning one and its solution will htally dieposo of the rale of Islam in Europe. According to the programme the signal for an explosion ie to be given in 141acedohia by an emitting of the Christiane there, The inhabitants of this faith aro an a majortty,fn that country, and besides they have triande ober at hand who are ready to take their old* in any abating. cnoy. It is assumed by the writer hi the Speaker that tho powers will not use force to prevenb Bulgaria, Oreeoo, and Servia from takingpart in a revolution inMaoedo- ilia, and these propositions put into the Mem of threats may be,partly aimed at the Sultan in order to coach him into assent to an Anglo•Russien policy in BEATEN TO DEATH. The Tate, Which Met lIlolae nanny iu Nertlierii Lumber Camp. A deapatoh from Sudbury says :—A man named Melee Dubay arrived in Sudbury on Saturday evening last and went to the Montreal house, where he askedfor a bed, slaying that be wet a dying man. Dr. Mulligan was °ailed in, and with Dr. Good. follow did ,all that could be dole, but in (pite of all their efforts the man died on on Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock. Dubay stated to the authorities that he had been Working at (Amities camp, near Worthing. ton, and that Ge ego Shannon, John Gibson and another inn. whose name he 'did tot know, had made a murderous aesault on him whilst he was in bed and had beaten him with pant doge and sticks of wood, and had threatened 10 tear the black heart out of him. Coronet MoMueohy, of North Bay, and CroWn Attorney Metcalfe, of Pam broke, were notified and arrived Tuesday night, Meanwhile information was laid. before Police Magistrate Gallen and Pro- vinoial 0onstablee Carmohael and Gams ware despatched to the camp, about 40 miles away, to arrest tate /3001 00 charged, who will be hold on a charge , of oauaing Dabayfe death, Verir Simple" • She (musingly)—" Lovo le, a etraugo compound. He- " It isn't a compound ;,it's a simple —very ample."