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The Exeter Advocate, 1890-11-6, Page 2RAGGED AND FAMISHED, Irish Tamers and Laborers With Their Wives and Children rITEOU$LY APPEAL POR HELP, Terrible Story of Want from County Cork —Nothing but Diseased Potatoes to Eat —Wept Bitterly Because There Was No Work. A London despatch to the New 'York Sun says Telegrams from Sibbereen, county Cork, state that a heart- rending scene was witneaeett yesterday at the meeting of the Board of Guardians for the Poor Law Union of Scholl. Believing that the guardians had the power of reliev- ing the distress caused by the failure of. the potato crop, a crowd of ragged farmers and laborers, some of them bringing their wives and children, Booked- into the town from Mizenhead, Cookhaven and other remote seaboard dim triots. Not a few were half naked, and all had a starved appearance. The sympa• thizing towns -folk formed the poor crea- tures into a sort of procession, wbioh marched to the Board room. Some of the visitors carried on Woks black cloth ban- ners, upon which were written in rude ohmmeters, " Work, not charity, we want," " Thousands for coercion, not a penny for employment," and other similar devices. They besieged the Board room to the accompaniment of sobs and wails, and told pitiable tales of their sufferings, They deolared most of their people were already half -starved, and the only things they could get to eat were', diseased potatoes. They were anxious to get work, and would prefer that to any other form of relief. Some of the Guar - diens were deeply affected, but they were compelled to toll their wretobed petitioners that the law did not permit the Board to grant relief in the form demanded, although if any of them claimed shelter room in the workhouse moat be found for them. The people wept bitterly upon receiving this reply and retired disconsolate. There is grave reason to believe serious distress prevails in the remoter districts not only of Cork but of other counties, but the autho. rities are still engaged upon their prelimi- nary inquiries. THE MANITOBA SCHOOLS. The Constitutionality of the Recent Act Argued Before the Court. A Winnipeg despatch of last (Monday) night says : The excitement over the aboli- tion of the Separate Schools is waxing warm. In an application to quash a city bylaw for the collection of school tares, heard before Judge Kiilam to -day, counsel for the Roman Catholics attempted to show that the repent school legislation was nn. constitutional. Attorney -General Martin appeared in person, and made out a strong case for the Province. He cited the New Brunswiok case in support of his argument. The general opinion of the large number of lawyers who heard his argument is that it was incontrovertible. He filed an eflidavit from Rev. Prof. Bryce, Betting out that the Presbyterians are the most numerous in Manitoba, and that it is their firm belief that the Public School system will produce a moral, religions and intelligent people. Alexander Polson and John Sutherland, old settlers, made affidavit that the schools existing prior to Manitoba entering Cm- lederation were purely private sohoole. Their affidavits were filed to offset one made by Archbishop Tache, setting out quite the contrary. The judgment in the ease will be looked forward to with great interest, as the present case is undoubtedly a test of the constitutionality of the recent. aohool legislation. GEORGIA RACE RIOT. Four Whites and one Negro Shot in a Tar- pentine Farm War. An Atlanta, Ga., despatch says : Only meagre reports can be obtained concerning the reported race riot in Coffee °entity. Four white men were shot down, B. E. Mc• *Jlendon, Frank and Themes Seers and John Hendrix. None of these are dead according to the latest reports. The Geyer. nor received a request to crder oat the militia, on the ground that the white people are at the meroy of an armed mob of negroes. He accordingly ordered the Way. cross Rifles to proceed at once to the scene of the conflict. The negroes are being led in riot by one L. B. Vern, a white man engaged in the turpentine business near Stokes' turpentine mills. Stokes and Varn and Thomas Seers had a dispute about a tract of land. Varn put his men to work un the timber, and Seers shot one of the negroes and drove the others from the woods. They returned in the afternoon and fired into a crowd of Varn's hands. Varn's negroes, to have revenge on Seers, armed themselves and made an assault on the settlement, with the above result. At last accounts matters were somewhat quieted, and it is believed there will be no other trouble. Sawn to Death. AMontreal despatch says : Three Rivers, it appears, had a fatality as well as the larger.oity. This morning a young man named Tetranit, aged 19 years, went to the great milling establishment of Ross, Ritchie & Co., near the Trifluvian city, and while looking at the machinery in motion, standing near two circular saws, hie legs were aooidentaIIy struck with a block of wood, throwing the poor fellow across the saws in question. One of them oat off the left leg in an inetant, while the other made a fatal wound in the abdomen. Willing hands at once extricated Tetrault from his terrible position, but nothing could save his life. After suffering terrible agony, during wbioh the last rites of the church were administered, death came to the young man's relief. While the victim was being carried to his home he expressed a desire to see his mother before dying, but this last wish was denied him, as the vital spark went out before the house was reached. Ugly Passengers To Carry. A Socorro, N. M., despatch says : Yes- terday morning as a sonth.bound train on the Santa Fee railroad pulled out of Soc- orro three men boarded it. After the train passed San Sanlome the strangers entered the Pullman aleeper and looked the door, then drew their guns on the porter and conductor and relieved them of their sur- plus Dash. They then introduced them- selves to the passengers, going through most of them and making quite a hani. They jumped from the train in the Basque do Apache grant, taking to the hills. They got about ,x1,500. The robbers were dressed as cowboye. The railroad company has offered x1,000 reward for their arrest. The 8-year•old son of Colas Billman, of 'Wlahta, Ran., fell into a tub of boiling water yesterday while no one was prevent. Within et few minutes the servant retnrned and found the chh11d with its flesh eomplotely +coked. A HARD MASTER, The Starviog Tenants of a Wealthy Germaq puke, THEIR MI$ERABL'i FOOD. A Berlin despatoh to the New York Suri s ems : All lent week from Tuesday to Saturday the ai i. mirage familiee of Germany were bus)reading letters of iuvitation to Csetle Mandan, where the Duke of Ratibor celebrated with elaborate festivity the 50th anniversary of his elevation to ducal rack by Frederick William I.V. The Duke, who is a brother of the Governor of Alsace•Lorraine, immensely riob, and the landlord of fifty weaving villages in Silesia, where there are 20,000 inhabitants, the poorest and moat neglected of the entire Empire. Belonging to his domain are the districts of flybniok and Sohwientalowitz, where hunger never quite ceases to levy its toll of victims all the year around, and where the women and ohildren have to exist on a diet of weak coffee, poor potatoes and a soup made of sour flour. The men at times enjoy the the luxury of a piece of baron, or a sausage when pay-day Domes. Tho town of Miplojitz also belongs to the duke. This is the plane where a few weeks ago the poor weavers ran a line over the river to the Austrian Bank to which was fastened a bag on a pulley to bring aver into Prussian territory small quantities of flour, that necessity of life being 35 per Dent. cheaper in Austria than in Prussia. The Duke's guards soon stopped this and the weavers went on starving. In all the accounts of the Duke's jubilee there has not been a line to indicate that he has made it an occasion for bettering the condition of the people. They were fed on pork and beer for once in 50 years, but no permanent benefit has been affected or promised and not a single newspaper has been outspoken enough to remind tue Duke of hie duty to his suffering serfs. STABBED HIS GIRL'S BROTHER. A Westwood Youth is Bound to Have His Girl at A11 Hazards. A Peterboro despatch says : A stabbing case occurred at Westwood, a village m this county, last evening. Ae usual, there is a woman in the case. James McDonald is a farmer, living near Westwood. His dough• ter bas been keeping company with a neighbor's farm band, a young man named Robert Wilson. The girl's parents forbade her to aseoaiate with Wilson, and suspect- ing her intentions warned tier that if she accompanied Wilson to the Nor weed exhi. bition Met week she would behoree whipped. The young woman, however, disobeyed their oommands, and was seen at Norwood during the exhibition in company with Wilson. Fearing to return home she hid from her parents, and her whereabouts is not yet known to them, though Wilson is believed to know all about her. The day after the fair Wilson was met by the father and mother of the young woman, who demanded to know what he had done with her. Not receiving a satisfactory answer they assaulted him and left his eyes in mourning. Wilson came to town on Satur. day to demand legal protection, but did not enter an action. Last evening Wilson and young Sam McDonald met at a black- smith's shop in Westwood. A quarrel ensned, and McDonald struck Wilson, and the latter retaliated by drawing a knife and stabbing his adversary in the side. The wound was not serious, McDonald being able to gee around to -day A warrant has bean issued for Wilson's arrest. He does not deny knowing the girl's whereabouts, but refuses to divulge the secret. It is believed she is among friends in Seymour township. ,iBAD OR ALIVE ? A Mother Receives a Strange Express Parcel—Ie She Alive. A Lancaster, Pa., despatch says : Mrs. Caroline Settley, of New Holland, a smell village 12 miles from here, received a box by express from Mt. Vernon, O., on Sunday, on whiob, above the address, was written the word "suicide." When the lid was removed Mrs. Settley was horrified to find that it contained the body of her daughter, Helen. The woman summoned phi sicians and asked that a post-mortem, examination be held. As the doctors were assisiiog in removing the body they noticed evidences of death were not there. No rigidity was apparent, not a sign of decomposition. The girl was placed in bed and a closer examination made. The hands were found to be warm and a slight flueh appeared on the cheeks. Restoratives were applied, lent to no avail. These conditions were the same through- out the night and all of yesterday The Physicians are puzzled and wonder how it is possible for a vestige of life to remain afrer the confinement in the box for such a period. The authorities have been notified and are doing their utmost to sulve the mystery. Another Fatal Railway Wreck. A Kansas City, Mo., despatch says A tail end wreck occurred this morning at 7.20 o'clock on the Union Pacific Railway, one mile and a half west of Armondale, a suburb of this city, in which nine persona were seriously injured and the engineer of the Rook Leland train was fatally hurt. The Rock Island uses the Union Pacific track into the city. An east -bound freight which leaves the depot before the Union Pacific passenger train was delayed near the scene of the accident this morning, and as there was a very heavy fog the train men placed torpedoes on the traok to warn the following train. The passenger en- gineer, warned by the torpedoes, stopped his train, but before a flagman could be sent back to warn the out -bound Rook Tsland train, which was following, the Roca Island train oraehed into the Wathena Pullman eleoping oar of the Union Pacific train. The Rook Island engine was com- pletely wrecked, and the engineer was buried under the debris The fireman jumped and probably saved hie lif., hut received severe bruiies. The damage is estimated at 3160,000. A Jack -the -hipper 8lotim. A London cable says : The " Jack -the• Ripper " mare has again ° aimed a sensation among the polioe and the reeidonts of the South Hampsted locality. Tonight in secluded part of that neighborhood/tessera. by were shocked by finding in an obscure alley the dead body of a woman, whose head bad been very nearly severed, while her body showed evidences of kinks and bruises in thomeelvee enffioient to muse death. While no knowledge has yet been obtained as to who the victim was, it seems evident that ehc was a woman of low repute, and thin was sufficient to start the city "Jack-tbe•Ripper" The police actively began enrolling for the murderer, but tittle) far no arrests have been mads. The stearn.fittcre of Chicago,to the aorta.. her of 400, Amok to -day for an advanoo of 10 per cent. in wages. TUB VOICE Or THE DEAD. Maj. Barttelot's Diary and the. Charges it Contains Against Stanley. A London despatch says : The diaries and letters of Major Barttelot, the murdered commander of Stanley's rear guard, are published here to -dap. They contain serious charges against the African explorer. The book was edited by the dead man'e brother, Walter Barttelot, who in the preface says : " It is not likely that tide book would have been written or one word of its contents ever been published had justice bean even partially done, or even kindness shown, by the leader of the expedition to the officer who was left at Yambuya with his impedi- menta, stores and baggage." chargee of malignity, ingratitude, misrepresentation and desertion are then brought against Stanley, besides other lees important accusations. Mr. Barttelot asserts that his brother's diaries and lettere, se well as the testimony of the surviving officers, show that Stanley made it utterly impossi- ble to oarry out hie orders, as he took all the strong, able men and those of good character with him, leaving to the rear guard the sink, feeble and incorrigible. Major Barttelot'a diaries declare that Stanley threatened to blast the major's reputation with Lord Wolseley and to rain his career in the army. Mr. Barttelot gives his brother's words : "Altera:srda turning to me, Mr. Stanley said that it was in his power to rain me in the service. I said to him that this was an empty threat, as it would take a great deal more than he could say to do that. He punished me afterwards by making me march to Leo- poldville with seventy men who were noted for laziness and incapacity for carrying loads, warning me that it 1 lost a single load I mast stand the consequenc_e."f---Mr. Stanley refuses to be interviewed -Min the subject. The following is a typical passage : " Mr. Stanley actually Celle us," sayy.itIr. Barttelot, " that he suggested that carriers, if '!'ippon did not bring up the rear column, should advance by making marches of six miles at a time, four times, over Darkest Africa. No one but himself would dare to put such a suggestion on paper, for fear of the storm of derision it would provoke. The idea is a splendid conception of the ridioaloasly impossible. Just think what this brilliant suggestion meant. The distance to Albert Lake is over 600 miles. To go there by journeys of six miles made four times over means to go over every six miles three double journeys and one single journey, that is seven times, so ...hat to cover 600 miles a march of 4,200 miles is to be made, which would take them 84 weeks, or more than a year antMam4alf, always supposing no accidents and fair roads. Imagine five officers at Yambuya with such: a proposal before them, to- gether with instructions that the loss of the loads would be absolute ruin to the expedition." The general opinion is that Stanley is morally forced to meat these charges with a full and candid answer. LAUDSNUM AND THE R,?ZOB. A Campbellford Woman's Rash Haste to Leave the World. A Campbellford despatch says : Mrs. Beattie, aged about 30, wife of Jae. Beatty, cabinet maker, committed anioide at noon to -day by cutting her throat with a razor. While her two eldest ohildren were at school sbe left the baby, aged about one year, and went upstairs to her room and comm-tted the act. Evidently she had mamm— as as her brooch had been taken off' and p ace on the wash -stand and her dress was un- buttoned at the neck. The wash -basin was lifted from the washstand and put on a box to the left, and over this she stood and made the fatal out, as the spurting of the blood on the wall shows. The razor fell on the floor between the box and the wall. Con- siderable blood ran into the wash -basin, and then, becoming weak, she fell to the left on her faoeand thus was found, probably`not more than fifteen minutes after the deed was done. On the wash -stand beside the brooch stood a wine -glass is which were a few drops of laudanum, and it is presumed she bad taken a dose of this as well. Melancholia with suicidal tendency was likely the cause. as else has been in a des- pondent mood for two or three weeks, and told her husband that something terrible would occurr, but mentioned nothing particular. An inquest is not deemed necessary. STANLEY ,AND BARTTTLOT. The Dead lion's neother'B Bcjoinder-- What Ward Bas to say. A London cable says : The Central News Agenoy has received a better from Mr. Walter James Barttelot, called forth by the interview with Stanley. Mr. Bart. telot says: "It is of cense for Stanley to deoide when and how it is incumbent on him to reply to the charges contained in the recently published volume of lettere and diaries, which are universally ad- mitted, even by those who question the wisdom of my action, to call for a prompt answer, and I, of comae, make no com- plaint on that more. I will ask, however, to bo permitted to say that, in so far as Stanley has indicated in advance the materials on which he relies and the nature of the reply wbioh it is in his power to make, he has not even shadowed forth in the most distant terms a Bingle fact or argument in answer to the specific accusations wbioh it bee been my painful duty to bring against him in vindicating my brother; but has resorted instead to veiled threate of an exposure of conduct on the part of my brother at which he never hinted before in the long private communication to my father, which does contain eight separate charges. Whether this reserve on hie part bas been due to a consideration for my family, as he asserts, or to the circumstance that there was no foundation for these entirely new personal accusations against my brother, are gees - ions that have yet to be determined. For the moment I am content to say that from neither point of view has Stanley at. tempted to meet orindiceted any immediate intention of meeting the indictment against his own act in oonneotion with the mar guard, gravely as hie honor is by common consent involved." WARD Is suoaoED. Your correspondent saw Herbert Ward to -day with regard to Stanley's reply to Barttelot. He does not consider it his fault that he and Stanley are not on good terms. .He said through being in the rear guard and absent most of the time, either taking despatches to the coast from Bartte- lot for the committee, or in oharge of the oamp at Bangala, which is 1,000 miles from the coast, he was not in a position to talk. The said camp on the Upper Congo consisted of 125 men, the weakest in the body, and was in command of Ward and Bonny. Ward, Troup and Bonny landed at the Yambuya camp goods and men in August. This camp was commanded by Barttelot. Stanley's letter of instructions stated that Barttelot would receive 600 carriers from Tippoo, but nothing was received from the latter. Promise after promise detained the rear guard until it was impossible to move. To have marched from Yambuya, as Stanley suggested, was impossible, as he had left the bulk of the expedition's stores and ammunition to be carried through a dense forest by men utterly unreliable. He acknowledged the bad character of those in the body. From the time the tragedy at the rear guard commenced with Tippoo Tib's continued procrastination, and the Zanzibarie and Soudanese became sick and died, no news reached the Yambuya mar guard. Month after month of horrors passed, and as Tippoo sant no aid the Damp became pow. erlese to aot. Stanley, it was calculated, would retnrn five months after his depar- ture. Nine months after Stanley left Bart- telot sent Jameson to make a teat effort to get a carrier to Tippoo, and Bent Ward to the coast with a letter of instructions. e -c nmittee.lator replied that if they could not march in accordance with the orders they would remain at Yambuya until Stanley arrived there or sent fresh orders. Ward was ordered to remain at Bangala, where he heard of Barttelot's death and saw poor Jameson die. On his return from the coast he was instructed to collect the remainder of the expedition and bring them to the coast. While on his journey he heard Stanley had taken Bonny and the rear guard back to Emin. In '° Dark- est Africa " Stanley takes too harsh a view of the rear guard, that suffered so much while doing their best. It is not difficult to observe that Ward was much shocked at the manner of Stanley's attack on Bartte- lot. It is noticeable that Ward, referring to Barttelot's mode of death, called it murder, and speaking of the relief of Emin, said : " When Emin was taken prisoner." SHIPPING TROUBLES. War Between Vessel Owners and Dock Unions Seems Inevitable.; A London cable says : The Executive Committee of the striking dookmen in Mel- bourne have sent a cable message to Lon. don saying the strike has not ceased. The men will not give way, and they have no doubt of the ultimate success of the strike. The trouble between shipowners and em- ployees at Liverpool will probably end in lock oute. At a meeting of the Sunderland branch of the Shipping Federation it was stated the central authority in' London was arranging for a general loek-ont should the sailors persist in their hostile atti. Jude. The Shipping Gazette says the ship owners' business is being ruined by the tyranny of the new unionism. The pros. pect of an immense federation of every trade remotely connected with shipping has convinced ship owners that something must be done promptly. The Times confirms the statement that enquires have been been etarted as to the practicability of a general laying tip of vessels in Britieh ports. A Young Scoundrel Gets BIB Deserts. A Father Point despatch says : A young man named Fox, only 19 years of age, recently employed on the railway, wastried at the criminal court sitting at Rimoneki for outraging an old woman of 82 years of age at St. Flaviea Met spring. His trial terminated yesterday, and be was sen- tenced to twelve years in the penitentiary. The outrage was committed on the main road, Fox stepping out of a carriage and attacking his victim, whom he chanced to meet. His brutal action was witnessed by two of his companions, in the carriage, who turned a deaf oar to the poor old oreetare's erica for help, and merely laughed at her entreaties. Fox's com- panions were severely rebuked by The Honor Judge Larne, who commented in scathing terms on their meroilesa, inhuman disregard of the poor old creature's en- treaties for help. Yesterday an unknown negro boarded Conductor Marshall's train on the Houston & Texas Central. Railroad at Navosata. He refused to pay his fare and had some. words with the colored porter. The Dona doctor threatened to put him off the train, when he drew a revolver and fired three shots' at the porter, killing him instantly. He then pulled the bell oord, and as the train slowed up, jumped Off and cooped. FENIANS IN SESSION. The Oath of Secrecy Abolished—To Get Money—For War Purposes. A New York despatch says : The bi- ennial convention of the Fenian Brother. hood closed et Paterson, N. J., last night. More than two hundred delegates were present, representing all sections of the 'United States. The most important action of the convention was the unanimous endorsement of a recommendation of the general secretary abolishing the secret oath of the organization. Hereafter ail trans- actions of the Brotherhood will be open, and the public will be free to 'attend all meetings. In his report the general secre- tary attributed the disruptions in and dis- asters to the Irish organizations during the past two years to the fact that men with selfish and personal ends to attain had, through the misuse of the secrecy clause in the constitution, forded themselves into power. A special committee was appointed on the future of the organization, and in their report recommended that the Fenian Brotherhood hereafter be an open organiza- tion, and that military and naval com- panies be organized, and 90 per cent. of the reaeipta be devoted to this purpose. The companies are to be known as the Fenian Volunteers, and will be held in readiness to assist the United States in case of foreign war. The New Orleans Murders. A New Orleans despatch says : Antonio Morohez, one of the Italiana amused of oomplioity in the murder of Chief of Police Hennessy, was arrested yesterday. A short time afterwards his son, Aepero, a lad of fourteen yearn, who had been arrested immediately after the crime was Committed, and who had on his person about l200, hat was released, was re -arrested, and with him a negro who said the boy had told him that on the night of the murder he had been stationed by his father at the corner of Rampart and Basin etreets with instruct- ions to whistle twice when Hennessy tip. peered. He did so, and thne warned the assaeeine that their victim was approaohicg. An Acute Spasm of Virtue. A Fort Wayne, Ind., despatch says : The Catholic Chtfrah at Monroeville gave a fair last week, and on Saturday night a grand lottery distribution took place. The Morn- ing Journal here published a Iiet of the Inolty tioketholders, and the Postmaster deolared the paper advertised a lottery and could not be cumulated through the mane. The entire edition was thrown otic And re. turned to the publishers. The Morning thralls was also thrown out of the mile for pnbliahing the name of the winner of a Sofa pillow, wbioh was disposed bf by lottery for a poor family, IT WAS. A Gl EAT BLOW. A Northeaster Uarriee Ships up Leaving Them High suet Dry.. A New York despatch Bays ; A furious rainstorm has prevailed here for the paet 24 hours. The wind blew a gale all night, reaobing a velocity of 60 miles an hour. The tides are very high. Along the Sound port the water relied up into the villages, flooding the cellars and carrying vesaele hundreds of feet inland. At (Meter Bay a large sohooner was lifted on top of the dook. Many trees and telegraph poles were blown down in all parts of Long Island Large numbers of bathing -hooses and other buildings were broken up and washed away. There is a tremendous surf along the New Jersey, Staten Island and Long Island coasts. The wires to Fire Island and Sandy Hook are broken, and vessels cannot be reported until they arrive at quarantine. The damage to ehipping in the harbor wee confined to the blowing away of light spars and sails, Several of the piers at the lower end of the oity were flooded. OCEAN MTEAMFJII ASII01113. A despatch was received from Far Rock- away, L. I., tonight, saying a large ocean steamship was ashore beyond Long Beaob. The wires along the shore are down, and no particulars can be obtained. The steamer was reported to be a four. masted vessel, and it is thought she may bo the Obdane, of the Netherlands - American line, which was expected to arrive on Wednesday. The only other trana•Atlantic liner doe and not re. ported is the Ciroaeeia, ' but she is not a four -master. IN BOSTON. A Boston deapatoh says : An old- fashioned northeast storm has prevailed in this section since last night. It was most violent along the waterfront. At Revere Beach the wind and tide played sad havoc. The Woburn house, built on the shore at the north end of Crescent Beach, was lifted from its foundations, and settled deep in the sand. A photograph building was wrecked by the waves, and thrown up against the railroad saloon building. A small yacht was lifted bodily by the wind and waves and deposited on the bed of the Boston Revere beach at Lynn, R I. The bowsprit projected across the tracks, and was struck by a train from Boston. The boat was thrown over in such a posi. tion that the projecting mast was struck by another train so forcibly as to throw the boat back into the water, where it sank. Along the south shore the stormisreported as the most severe since the big storm of November, 1888, and it seems to be increas- ing in intensity to -night. At Provinoetown to -day the sohooner Emily Bell broke adrift, and is now ashore. The coaat is closely patrolled to -night by men from the lifesaving stations, but the tremendous seas would render their efforts at rescue almost unavailing should their services be needed. The storm has been unusually heavy in Southern Vermont. Brattleboro' reports two and a quarter inches of rain, and raining. The hill towns report from two to five inohesof snow and swollen streams. PROBABLY NOT THE RIPPER. That Borrible Lon on Murder—The Woman's ClillanEolind Dead. A London oeble says: The body has been identified as that of Mrs. Hobbs, the wife of a porter employed in London. Mrs. Hobbs left her husband on Friday, taking with her her little child, whom ahe carried in the perambulator, which was found near the place where the body was discovered. An investigation shows that Mrs. Hobbs, who was found murdered in the South Hampstead locality on Friday night, had no quarrel with her husband. The mur- derer stole from his victim a gold ring and a parse. The child which Mrs. Hobbsbad with her was eighteen months old. It is still missing. Earther inquiry develops the fact that Mrs. Hobbs on Friday started to visit a woman named Nellie Piercey, an intimate friend of her family, who was married bat had separated from her husband. A search of the house in which the Piercey woman resided resulted in the discovery sof blood everywhere. The windows were smashed, and a bloody carving•kaife and a bent poker smeared with blood, and to which adhered several looks of woman's hair, were found. Mrs. Piercey was arrested charged with murdering Mrs. Hobbs and her child. Hobbs, who is saspeoted of complicity in the crime, is being closely watched. The dead body of Mrs. Hobbs' child was found to -day in a olnmp of furze bushes in a field adjacent to the road in the neigh- borhood of South Hampstead. It was discovered about a mile distant from the place where its mother's body was found on Friday night. There are no external.marks of violence on the body, and it is believed the child met its death by smothering. When found the infant's clothing was eater. .ated with rain. THE QUEBEC ARSON TRIAL?. Tho Delawares A cquittod of the Arson and and Bailed on the Murder Charge. A Quebec despatch says : In the Dela- mare trial to -day the Crown oloaed its case and evidence for the accused was com- menced. Gauthier, against whom true bills for arson and murder were also pond- ing, was the first witness. He swore that on the evening preceding the fire he left a lighted lamp as usual in the bar, and was wakened by cries of fire. He merely bad time to escape with hie pante and coat on. On rushing out he noticed Delamare and his wife patting on their clothes, Delamare having only his pante on. All three jumped on a shed in mar of the hoose and finished their toilets in the yard. It often happened that they had to eend out for liquor when austomera came in. After hearing this evidence Judge Boeso said he diel not think the proof sufficient against the accused, and the Crown anewered that it would leave the case to the court. Judge Bosse, addressing the jury, advised them to bring in a verdict of not guilty, as the proof was iusuffieient. The jury with. oat leaving 'the ^bei:, returned a verdict of " not guilty " a aitiat Delamare, his wife and Clanthier, WhO, were admitted to bail on their oven recognizances till next term on the accusation of murder. Mot Death Instead of Hor Lover. A Quebec despatch says : News reached town today of a melancholy death which ooanrrod in the village of Hedleyville, situ. ated on the other side of the Dorchester bridge. At an early hoar last evening a young woman of French-Canadian extract - Mon, about twenty years of age, was pro. eeoding along Anderson street, waiting for the coming of her lover, when she suddenly fell dead one the aidewelk. Willing hands were soon around and the was raised up, bat on investigation the` discovery was made that the spark of life had fled and the young woman wee a corpse. There was considerable excitement in the village when the sorrowful intelligence spread. Tho girl ware to have been married abortly. dean Ingelow is a enema -hoed layy with snow-white hair and indomitable indnatry. She sande prose composition to several Engllah magazines. A COSTLY E.A.RNYARD,. Ghat About James Stinson's. Ohiosgs,/ Establishment, A HAMILTONIAN'S £4 2 HOES. Si8hta to be Seen on Drexel &venue. (O iicago i.ewa,) Though hundreds of persons pass up and down Drexel boulevard hourly, and vehicles throng the flower -bordered driveways all day long, but few of the passing multitude know even the names of those wbo are BO fortunate as to possess the beautiful man- sions which cluster in this moat aristocratic portion of the oity. AO one Domes up from the region of Jackson Park one of the residences which first attract notice is the large brick man- sion, somewhat antique as to architecture, but nevertheless imposing, which stands on the northwest corner of the boulevard and 50th street. It is the home of R. D. Fow- ler, President of the Anglo-American Prot vision Company, and one of Chicago's. wealthiest citizens. The groande are artie, tic in their arrangement, but perfume no • portion of the establishment is more attractive than the very extensive conserv- atory, which, glittering among the trawl and shrubbery surmoauting it, is as pia. turesque a bit se one can find in a day'a journey. And the interior fully meeete the expectations of the,visitor who has viewed the plane from the outside. The rarest plants from distant climes mingle their perfumes with our own fair rosea and other flowers, lovely in their very commonness. An expert flower gardener has the place in charge, and, with a corse of asetetants, keeps his glass roofed provit,ce in a state• closely bordering on that of the beautiful Eden. One of the oldest bowman the boulevard is that of tE. P. Darlington, on the wee side of the driveway, near 47th etre° Among the massive buildings of brick an � stone surrounding it this wooden structure, with its quaint tower and pointed gables,. seems to have strayed into ite present situ- ation like a memory from the olden time. Despite the numerous mate of paint which adorn it, the dwelling shows its age, with- out showing any sign of decay ; and with its massive tree oompanions and old-time surroundings it serves to show the Chi- cagoan today how Chicago appeared inthe " used-to•was." Across the boulevard from the Darling. ton place, nestling between two towering. mansions, stands a curious, one-story little affair which invariably attracts attention. It is of red pressed brick, without windows,. egaare, and with an almost flat roof, ani can be construed by the imagination into anything from en icehouse to a prison cell. It is nothing more or less than a private art gallery, belonging to Charles E. Gifford, the Board of Trade man, whose residence is just north of the curious -looking struc- ture. The absence of windows gives space for the hanging of the artist's work, and light is obtained through glass in the roof. The collection is a fine one, ranking among the best private art galleries in the oity. The entire block between Drexel bottle. vard and Cottage Grove avenue, and 94th and 45th streets, is taken no with the buildings and grounds of James Stinson,. President of the Terra -Cotta Lumber Com- pany, and formerly of Hamilton Ont. This• place ie the wonder of all who see it. That a man, no matter how wealthy, ehonld use as a door yard a piece of property, worth Mom to x500,000 is something not readily f' understood. But the proprietor thorongbly understands it himself, and thief ie all that is necessary. Mr. Stinson isebont 55 years of age, and his neighbors say he is eccen- tric. His hobby is trotting horses, and for the gratifioation of hie love for that portion of the animal kingdom the wealthly old gentleman has turned his expensive pro- perty into a stook farm; and righs in the centre of one of the most fashionable reeidenoe portions of the city he raises colts and oalvee, cheerfully indifferent to the fact that the ground upon which his pets sport and graze is worth hundreds of dollars per square foot. The mansion which stands in the centre of the grounds is old-fashioned, and could hardly have been said in its best days to be an architectural triumph, but the house apparently is the least considered portion of Mr. Stineon'e establish- ment. He is unmarried, and with him lives a widowed sister and two ohildren. Back of the house austere a collection of barna, stables and granaries which would drive the average farmer wild with envy. An extensive brick stable furnishes accom- modation for the more blooded and aristo. °ratio of Mr. Stinson's horses and cattle, while those more plebeian in their standing occupy stables elms pretentious. About a hundred horses, brood mares and colts are oared for by a force of fifteen or twenty men, and several fancy balls and cows lend their influence to the collection. Most of the horses are of trotting stock, and some of them are rather fast. One in particular, the young stallion Nutmeg (record 2.19), by Nntwood (record 2.18D, and others have records pretty well down. Mr. Stinson devotee his entire time to the care of his stock. On pleasant days he begins early in the morning and drives all day long, first one horse, then another. His men, on such occasions, have the next horse in order in readiness, and when the old gentleman re. trims from one drive he stops from bis sulky into the one in waiting, and away he goes for another spin. The park policemen are all web ao- 1 quainted with him, and are kept beim puff- o ing along after Mr. Stinson, shaking their canes and ordering him to drive afowiy, se he rips recklessly along the driveways. Runaways, collisions and smash-ups are not unusual incidents in the eccentric horseman's career. " We frequently have to rescue Mr. Stinson from perilous posi- tions," said one of the gray -coated guardians of the park system ; " and we never get any thanks for it, either. Just to show you how queer he is :: Some time ago he was driving a mettlesome young steed along here when it became frightened, and started for Jackson Park rather sud, denly,leaving Mr. Stinson rolling in the, dust. He was unhurt, and pinking himself' up, walked back to his own gate, where he• oat down on the sidewalk, evidently enact- ing somebody to catch his horse and return, it. I happened to be mar the railroad at the time, and catching and recognizing the horse, I drove her back to the house. "' Well, is this your horse, Mr. Stinson 2'' I asked, ao I reined tip in front of him." "' Well, I believe it dons look something; like one of mine. How did you come to bo with it young man 2' " "' She waa-running away, and I caught her dawn by the railroad and brought her beck.' "' Was she running or trotting 2' "She was trotting,' I replied. "' Trotting naturally 1' " I told him she was, and he got up, birnsbed off bis trousers, and remarking,. ' Well, yofa can go now; took the horse and Changeetarted." for another drive without a word of Notwithstanding hie peculiarities Mt. Stinson is, in a quiet way, very liberal, and, many a worthy charity liths received sub. tantlil evidence of hitt benevoieaoe.