The Exeter Advocate, 1890-12-4, Page 6THE O'SHEA SCAliDAL
Serious
Charges Brought Against
Mr. Parnell
AND CAPT. O'SHEA'S WIFE.
1Painfu1 Statements by Sir Edward Clark—
Capt. 0'4 IleiS.B tiVidet Ce—kleChallonged
the Leader to ight a Duel—Mrs
Practieal confession—Parnell
Does Not Appear.
Sir Edwerd Clark, one of Capt. O'Shea's
counsel, in opening the O'Shea divorce
case in which Mr. Parnell is ocerespondent,
'said that in the interest of his client and
in view of the remarkable pleadings, it
would be necessary to prove the petitioner's
case by sufficient evidence. The petition
for a divorce, he said, was filed in Decem.
ber last. Mr. Parnell had then put in a
simple denial of the charge of adultery.
Mrs. O'Shea did not oontent herself with a
denial, but made oountencharges against
ter laueband, alleging that he had com-
mitted adultery with a number of different
persons, )1i:winding her own sister, Mrs.
Steele. She Mao charged him with
cruelty, and with having connived at her
adultery for a period extending over a series
Of years. The plea almost amounted to a
oonfession of adultery. The husband was
cruelly annoyed at the defendant's charges,
but he (Clark) would be able absolutely to
disprove every possible suggestion against
him. He could show that the charge of
connivance was groundless; that when
O'Shea first heard of the intimacy between
his wife and Parnell he challenged Parnell
to fight a duel on the continent. That
contionous acts of adultery had been
committed by the respondent and co.
respondent would be placed beyond doubt.
Witness would prove that while the
respondent was visiting in Bedford Square
she was visited by Parnell, who went under
the name of Smith. At another house he
visited her as Mr. Stuart. On one occasion
he had to escape by the balcony to avoid
detection by O'Shea.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST PARNELL.
The respondent and Mr. Parnell, Sir
Edward maintained, had actually lived
ogether at Eastbourne end Brookley. Mr.
Parnell, he said, conld not face the evi-
dence. He allowed judgment to go by de-
fault bemuse he dared not go into the wit-
ness box. The criminal law had terrors for
some people whom the moral law could
not bind. He did not wonder at Mr.
Parnell's refueel to answer the charges of
faithlessness and falsehood and betrayal of
friendship ot the man who was trusting
him. Capt. O'Shea stood for Parliament
in 1880. He wasethen introduced to Mr.
Parnell, who dined with him and Mrs.
O'Shea, Mrs. Steele being one of the party.
Nothing exited Capt. O'Shea's suspicion
until 1881, when Der. Parnell visited the
reepondent at Eltham. His annoyance
over Mr. Parnell's approaches to his wife
led Capt. O'Shea to send a challenge
to Mr. Parnell. Mrs. Steele saw
Parnell, who assured her that
there was no ground for jealous sus-
picion. O'Shea wrote to Parnell and
the latter replied that he had answered
ihrough the assurances he had given Mrs.
Steele. Afterwarde affectionate relationa
between O'Shea and his wife were con-
tinued and Parnell was again invited to
Eltham. In 1882, after Parnell had been
released from Kilmetinham jail, he renewed
hie visits to Eltham and almost habitually
slept there. Parnell used to drive from
Parliement to Eitham and Dirs. O'Shea
would gu down stairs to meet him when be
arrived. Sometimes she slept away from
the house when Parnell was not there.
Capt. O'Shea wrote to his wife remonstrat-
ing aginst these visits and declaring his
intention of vacating his seat in Parlia-
ment. Furious scenes occurred between
him and his wife. On one occadon he had
found a portmanteau belonging to Mr. Par-
nell at his home and carried it off, throw-
ing it out of a railway station.
CHALLENoz_ntom 0' 5A.
Sir Edward Clark further said that the
same night an angry scene °conned between
O'Shea and his wife, and the former leav-
ing Wienherat Lodge, where they were
staying, walked to London. The following
day he went to Mrs. Steele's house and
told her of what had happened. It was
then he challenged Parnell, but the quarrel
was erranged through Mrs. Steele's Resler.
ances. In April, 1883, Mrs. O'Shea and
her family went to reside in Bedford
Square, Brighton. Her husband need to
go there from time to time. When he was
not there a strange gentleman was a con.
Ghat visitor. Dire. Dawson, who kept the
house, and two servante would tell the
jury who the seranger was and would
rove that the pair were sometimes locked
In Dirs. O'Shea's bedroom together. At
another house Parnell also visited the
respondent. He was careful always to
keep out of the way of O'Shea, escaping
by way of a back balcony to avoid the
omptein, and afterwards going to the front
of the house and presenting himself as
having just arrived.
O'Shea went abroad ill and during his
:anemic Parnell lived at Elthitm. Rumors
reached O'Shea about his wife and Parnell,
and he wrote to Dire. O'Shea for an
explanation. He also wrote to Parnell,
saying "You have behaved very badly
to cause scandal by your continued visits."
To this Parnell replied: "1 don't know
any reason or any cause for scandal."
PARNELL AND HIS HORSES.
Mrs. O'Shea wrote to her husband,
pointing out that the children's chance of
Inheriting the property of their aunt, Dirs.
Woods, would be dismayed by a mandal.
This occurred in 1884. O'Shea's suspicions
were lulled asleep, and the pair seemed
more confident as to what they could do at
Eltham. In 1885 dare° horses, Preeident,
Dictator and Home Rule, were bought.
The first wee Parnellte hack, the second
was the respondent's, and the last was an
old back for common use—" about the fate
of Which," added Sir Edward with
malicious humor, "1 don't know any-
thing."
After that a new room was built for
Parnell, with access to the respondent's
room. In 1886 a paragraph in the papers
desoribed a carriage accident that hap.
paned to Parnell at Eltham. O'Shea saw
the paragraph and telegraphed to his Wife
salting her its meaning. Her reply, which
was coached in affectionate terms, said :
"1 have not the slightest idea of what it
means, unless it is intended to get a rise
out of you. /t has been made up by Healy
Co. It ie better not to retaliate, for it is
as fighting with et sweep—yoti are sure to
get dirty."
She also sent her husband a letter which
aha alleged be had received from Parnell,
which was false and ineented That letter
Was concocted purely for the purpose of
being shown to O'Shea. Itt it Parnell wrote
• that he had a couple of horses at Ilextre
tint at greets, and that he was sorry, •if any
AtirtOyancie had been winged by the para.
graph. It would be shown that Parnell
slept at Blthetixi that night. He was in a
brougham ,when the aceident occurred.
Afterwerde the respondent and Parnell
went to the stables and removed the borees
and harness leet 01311ent should 001Me home
and seethe/nen
A, mean Ise oteteemen.
Sir Edward next told of a moue that
occurred at Carlsbad while O'Shea was
ataying there. A lady who was reading a
paper began to read a paragraph in which
O'Sheahl name appeared, when suddenly
ehe stammered and was unable to prooeed,
and everybody, of course, became curious.
The paragraph referred to the immoral
relations of the reepondent and Peruell
during the absence of her husband. O'Shea
wrote to hie wife mentioning the inch
dent and telling how the peper narrated
the story of Parnell's etiburben retreat
with hie Aepasia at Eltham and how he
had put the beet face on things by exclaim-
ing against the introduction of the wont
features of American politics into Englieh
palolio life.
FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S BARE.
Sir Edward her read a series of letters
whioh peseeed between O'Shea and his wife
respecting the terms cf the arrangement
they desired to make for ths sake of their
children. O'Shea advieed his wife to con-
sult her brothera. Sir Evelyn Wood and
Charles wood, and expressed a desire to
avoid anything unpleasant in order not to
horm the children. He demanded, how.
ever, that she should not eee Parnell.
Another paragraph appearing in a, Brighton
local paper to the effect that Parnell was
staying with Mrs. O'Shea at Eitatbourne
with her husband's knowledge, O'Shea
wrote to his wife concerning the story.
She replied that he knew nothing of
Parnell's movements. O'Shea always
received specifies denials of this kind. Soon
afterwaed O'Shea returned to London, and
met his eon, who, unwilling to came
trouble, told his father that Parnell was
not at Eltham. The son himself, although
making this statement, took action with
the result that the respondent gave her son
an understanding not to have Parnell at
Eltham. How utterly untrue were her de -
tolerations to her husband that she knew
nothing of Parnell's movements. For nine-
teen weeks in 1886 they occupied a house
together in St. John's Road, Eastbourne.
After this they occupied another house in
Stevely road, Eastbourne, at which Camp.
bell, Parnell's seoretetry, was a visitor.
This occurred before November, 1886, after
the respondent's promise to her eon that a
new course would be adopted. A gentle-
man calling himeelf Fox went to the office
of a house agent and engaged a house on
Trevillion street, Brookley. The gentleman
afterwards changed his name to Clement
Preston. Thie man was Parnell.
Mrs. O'Shea was frequently at the
house, calling herself the sister of the occu-
pant. The house was within easy distance
of Eltham. The next house was taken by
Dirs. O'Shea at York terrace, Regents
Park. She gave as referenoe Clement
Preston, of Brockley (laughter) and
Mr. Parnell, of the House of Com-
mons—two gentlemen in one. The
effects proved that the pair concealed
their intimacy to the last and
cleared O'Shea of the charge of connivance.
The respondent and Parnell used this house
together from 1887 until 1883, she calling
herself the sister of Clement Preston. All
this would be proved in evidence and would
Barely enable the jury to return a verdict
that would liberate Capt. O'Shea from a
marriage that he now looked upon as
shameful bondage.
CAPT. O'SHEA'S EVIDENCE.
At the conclusion of Sir Edward Clark's
address, Captain O'Shea took the witness
stand and was examined by Mr. Inderwiok.
He said:
"1 married Miss Katherine Wood on the
24th of January, 1867. There were three
children of the marriage. After my election
to Parliament I was introduced to Mr.
Parnell by Mr. O'Gorman Mahon. After
that I invited Parnell to the Thomas Hotel
and introduced him to Mrs. O'Shea. I had
an angry quarrel with Mrs. O'Shea on
amount of the vieite of Parnell to Eltham,
of which I knew nothing until I found it
out myself. I wrote Parnell afterward, on
July 13th, 1881. Dirs. O'Shea gave me
assurances tom& an extent that there wee
a reconciliation. I was convinced by Mrs.
Steele that there was nothing wrong. The
arrest end confinement of Mr. Parnell took
place after that.
"As on his release he was not in good
health I invited him to Eltham. Mrs.
O'Shea after that went to Bedford square,
Brighton. I did not know Mr. Parnell
vieited her there. I had a house some time
after in the Medina terrace, Brighton, but
I certainly did not know that Mr. Parnell
visited or slept in that house. In 1884 I
was in Liebon. On my return I heard
vague rumors that Pernell had been seen in
Eltham, I wrote to Patna], who answered
denying that there was any ground for the
scandal that then existed. On the same
day I got a letter from Mrs. O'Shea. She
denied absolutely that there waB any truth
in the rumors then prevailing. In the
spring of 1885 I was in Spain
and in the autumn of that year I and
my wife were at Margate. After that I
went to Ireland and saw Parnell. Then
followed the general election. I first stood
for the exchange division of Liverpool and
afterwarde for Galway. I was opposed by
Mr. Healey and Mr. Biggar. I heard
statements about Mr. Parnell and Mrs.
O'Shea during the contest. I remon-
strated with my wife, but she said her
acquaintance with Parnell was for political
purposes."
Mr. Inder wiok—Did Mrs. O'Shea. tell you
anything about Mr. Parnell?
Witness—Yes, she told me that she knew
that be had been secretly married.
"At that time I had no idea that Par-
nell was a constant visitor at Eltham
After that florae paragraphs appeared in
the papers about Mr. Parnell's visits to
Either], and I wrote expreesing annoyance
at the circumstance. I never knew that
Parnell had homes at Eltham until I was
told so by my eon. Them wadi a conversa-
tion about taking criminal proceedinge
against the newspapere, but as it was
thought that would only make the
scandal worse idea was abandoned.
I simply wrote to the editors
about the matter. After that I went
to Carlsbad. I believed Dirs. O'Shea
was living at the Queenht Hotel, East.
bourne. After I returned from Carlsbad I
got a letter from my wife in reference to
the paragraph vvhioh had appeared in the
newspapers. I suggested that she should
consult Sir Evelyn Wood and wrote that
she should directly or indirectly take no
opportunity of seeing Mr. Parnell After-
ward I saw a paragraph to the effect that
Pernell had been staying at Eastbourne
with Mrs. O'Shea. I immediately wrote
her. I had no notion my wife had taken a
house at Eastboarne. Sante time after that
my tole showed me a pategraph stating that
Parnell had been at Eithara. I showed
Selo paragraph to Parnell. He was much
annoyed. The editors of one or two papers
were written to and contreditions were
inearted. in April, 1887, I emeived a letter
from my eon Gerald. On April 15th 1 saw
Mrs. O'Shea and had a long and 'Manful
interview with her. I showed her inY eon's
letter,"
The letter referred to was then road b
y
Mr. Inderwick, It dommtneicietted matters
relative to the visit of Parnell to Mee.
O'Shea. -The writer said he had beard the
voice of "that ewful soouadrel Parnell"
talking to the dog. He futtber said be
ehould have Weed ta kuock him down, but
he did not wish to upset his mother, who
had tom him Parnell had only 001130 to
dinner and would soon begone. "Perhape,"
the letter continued, e I might to have
kicked him. You,however, know more
about these thiugsthan I do. But if y u
Wish me IO kick him it ehall be done on the
first opportunity."
Witeese continued—I knew nothing
about Parnell's home being placed in the
stables. I did not know of my wife living
in Regent's Park. After that I heard Par-
nell had been living with Dirs. O'Shea at
Brighton. I then filed a petition for di-
vorce.
Mr. Inderwiok—There is a serious charge
against edit as regards Mrs. Steele. Is
there any truth in that charge, or is it as
absolutely and entirely untre as are the
other °bargee against yon
Witness—Yes, certainly, they are bll
false.
There was no arose -examination, and
Capt. O'Shea left the witnese box.
Two photographs of Mr. Parnell and
Mrs. O'Shea were then handed in se
evidence.
OTHER WITNESSES TESTIFY.
Harriet Ball, formerly in the eervioe of
Mrs. Dawson, of Bedford square, Brighton,
was the next witness. She remembered
Mrs. O'Shea staying there five or six years
ago. O'Shea came there, as did also another
gentleman whom she identified by a photo-
graph me Parnell. He would come every
day and at all times.
Q.—What happened when he °time ?
A.—The children used to go out for drives.
Nobody else would be in the house.
Q, --How long would they be together?
A.—For hours. He usually stayed till 11
o'clock at night. This was a frequent
occurrence. On one occasion Dirs. O'Shea
went oat late with the gentleman.
Q.—Did that gentleman ever sleep in the
house? A.—Yes, one night.
Q.—Was Mr. O'Shea in the house on that
night? A.—No.
Q.—Did Mrs. O'Shea and the gentleman
drive out together? A.—Yes.
Q. -.-How did the gentleman enter the
house? A.—He need to let hinaself in.
Q.—Do you recollect on one oomeion
going to Dirs. O'Shea's bed -room to Emmet
to her? A.—Yes. I heard voices. I tried
the door and found it looked.
Caroline Pothers, a widow residing in
Cheltenham, was the next witness. She
testified that towards the end of 1883 she
was caretaker of a house at West Brighton,
which she let to Mr. and Mrs. O'Shea.
Two or three days after the family arrived
a gentleman appeared, whom she identified
as Mr. Parnell, He went by the name of
Charles Stewart. He sometimes called
when O'Shea was there. He need to drive
out Mrs. O'Shea in the night time. They
were together in the dining.room for several
hours on one ormasion, with the door looked.
They were in other rooms with the doors
looked. The young ladies said their mother
did not want to be disturbed when she had
anybody with her. Parnell slept fre
quently at the house when O'Shea was not
there. He was in the drawing -room one
time with Mrs. O'Shea, with the door
looked, when O'Shea rang the front door
hell. Parnell escaped from the house and
then went to the front door, rang the bell
and asked to see O'Shea. He did not
escape by the stairs. 'there was a balcony
outside the windowand there were two rope
fire escapes in -the house. (Laughter.) Wit-
neee saw Mrs. O'Shea once go upstaire, pull
down the blind and go into Parnell's bed-
room. Mrs. O'Shea carried up hot water
to Parnell's bed -room.
THE INDIAN SCARE.
Government Convinced that the Situation
is a serious One.
A special from Pine Ridge agency, S.D.,
says: Two of the best and most relieble
resents in the Government's employ
reported to Gen. Brooke on Friday night
that 150 of the Wounded Knee fanatics,
including some of the most deeperate and
treacherous redskins in this part of the
country, had moved to White Riventwenty
ranee north of here, and had again begun
the dance in a wilder manner than has
been known thus far. The moats say they
talked with several of the leaders, and the
latter all declared they and their associates
had fully determined that they would shoot
any Government officials or soldiers who
attempted to suppress the dance. This is
considered by far the most sensational
news that has come to Gen. Brooke
since his arrival. All the Indians in
these 150 lodges are armed with Wine
cheaters, navy revolvers and knives, and
they have large quantities of ammunition
and provisions, and also. are receiving heavy
reinforcemente hourly. Gan. Brooke re-
ceived a telegram from Gen. Miles last
night, giving him power to call as many
troops to this point as he deemed expedi,
ent.
The War Department has authorized the
number of Indian smuts in the division of
Dakota to be increased by 500 men. Gen.
Schofield says that every hour that passed
without an outbreak brightened the pro-
spect of a peaceful settlement of the pend-
ing disturbance.
Col. Cody (Buffalo Bill) has been ordered
to the mat of Indian trouble, and left to.
night for Omaha. Col. Cody had ordered
the Nebraskit State militia to prepare for
service at an hour's notice, and Governor
Thayer at once sent a telegram to Buffalo
Bill, whose military office IS General of the
Nebraska State militia,.
NEARLY
A MUREMR.
A Former Ontario Man Fouliy Abused
At Crystal City, man.
A Crystal City despatch says : Robert
Naiemith, who lives near here, was bru.
tally attacked by a neighbor named Foieee,
awl 18 10 a critical condition. Armed with
a heavy fork Foieee went to Naiemith's
house and ettecked Naismith without the
least warning and felled him to the ground,
cutting and hacking him with the fork in a
terrible manner, leaving him unconecious.
Foisee proceeded to smash all the windows
in the house. Finally he haft for hie own
piece, expreseing the hope that he had fin•
tehed his victim. The cause of the attack
was some mistinderstandirig about threeh.
ing. Dr. Riddell found Naismith suffering
from a number of dangeroute wounds, the
more serious being those about the head
and face. Foisee was arrested. He comes
from Elmwood, Ont., and is a son of Louis
Faisee who was frozen to death on the
prairie ibout three Jeers ago. It is gen•
orally censidered it bad case. Naismith
was well known here having lived near this
pleas fax a couple of year. He came
originally from County Lanark, Ont.
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The English Foreign Office has promised
to extradite l'adlewsky, auspected of hew-
ing assassinated Geri. Seliverekoff in Parisi,
if he is arrested within British territory.
The natives who murdered Kriegel and
Hostel, officsiala of the German East Africa
Company, clueing the rising at Veva, haste
been executed.
Goelin—I just gave Win piece of my
mind, dOncherknow. Dolly (ttexionely)—
Itotv could you spare it 7
ItlifittliUTION OVIiRTOOK
A Russian Administrative Officer Killed by a
Nihilist's Poisoned Bullet.
THE ASSASSIN ESCAPES.
A Paris cable says : General Seliver-
etoff is dead, The wound correotly de
scribed as slight, proved fated, for mall as
it was and comparatively harmless to look
upon, it was inflicted by a poisoned bullet.
Sucli projectiles show no mercy. Nihilist
is stamped on the face of the mime ; that
Nilailtena which prating politiciane have for
months mot described as being dead. The
fohowing particulars completely describe
the mode ot perpetration of the poison,
assassin and the motives which dictated it
They are communioated to your (roam -
pendent by an offfirial holding a high posi-
tion in the Russian diplomatic service, per-
sonally familiar with the whole public life
of the General. The Note are that at noon
yeeterday the concierge at the Hotel Bade
was accosted by a man attired in the
typical oostume of a Raesian, or rather
Polish, emigrant. He said ; " I have a
letter for General Seliveretoff, where are
his rooms ?"
Being told where to find the apartment,
HOUGH Anibal() EXPERIERCSE.
The Lake Huron Arrives After a Thrilling
Eighteeu-Days' Voyage,
1,300 HEA.D OF OATTLE LOST.
A Montreal despatch says : Auother
terrible omen experience was reported by
the Beaver Line Lake Eft:iron, which
arrived in port on Tuesday with a big hole
in her etarboe,rd bow and other damages.
The plates on the starboard bow for a
length of fifteen feet are smaehed in, and
two plates aft of the hawse bole are otove
in. The Lake Huron left Liverpool on
October Slat, and experienced a sucoession
of strong gales with heavy head seas till
near Belle Tule. A hurricane blew on the
8th and Again on the 11th. At 4 o'olook
on the morning of the llth a very heavy
sem struck the ship, damaging the bows,
Water come into the forepeak, and the
vessel was detained twenty-four hours
repairing damage and shifting the cargo,
which had to be moved aft to prevent the
water coming on board. While assisting
in the shifting of the oergo, the
dootor, Mr. McKee was knocked
down by some of the he:Minas and severely
injured. He was laid up fur several days,
but is now about. Nearly all hands had to
assist in the work of shifting the °ergo,
the men continued "How are the roome
The forepeak was filled with water when
situated?" He was told which number
was the bedroom and which the parlor.
He then went upstairs ; the concierge'8 sus-
picion, strangely enough, not being aroused
by the close interrogatory of the foreigner.
The Pole went up to Gen. Seliverszoff's
room. He wee admitted after explaining
his errand, and the valet withdrew He
then handed the general e letter, and pre-
sumably shot him while reading it, as the
document, an invitation to a soiree at the
Frenco•Prussien Club, was found on the
floor. The man was seen descending the
stairs in great haste by the General's ser -
vent, who shortly afterwards knocked at
his master's door and received no answer.
He returned a second time and opened the
door, when he found the General seated
at his desk, pen in hand, and dripping
with blood. An alarm was at once given,
and Dr.Portarlier was quickly on hand,
and inspite of all his efforts General
Seliverstoff never regained consciousness
but died yesterday.
The letter brought by the seaman quickly
led to hie identification, but untortunately
not to his arrest. Information gained at
the Franco-Raseian Bank shows that he is
a Polish Hebrew named Padlewsky, who
was employed by the club se messenger.
He is 36 years of age. An investigation
of his lodgings was immediately oarried
out, road documents were found that con-
clusively proved Pedlewsky to be a Nibi.
list. Most important of all, however, was
the discovery of a number of bullete of the
same oslibre as that found in the wound,
and a hasty analytical examination proved
them to be poisoned. Padlewsky, my
informant tells me, bas undoubtedly
emaped to England, and the police
authorities have communicated with their
colleagues in London. It is feared, however,
that owing to the large number of Nihilists
who inhabit the worst and most intricate
alums of London the criminal will find an
impenetrable hiding place.
Gen. Seliveretoff had betrayed great fear
as to his personal safety, allowed no one to
approach him before his servant had
ascertained his business, and kept a loaded
revolver constantly at hand on his desk.
The deomeed ineieted on his servant sleep.
ing outside the bed -room door, so that no
admiesion could be obtained except overbie
body, and frequently the General would
start up from his bed, seize his revolver and
make a close inspection of the apartment.
No wonder he was nervous, for General
Seliverstoff, who at one time was chief of
the dreaded third motion or political police
of Ennis, wielded all the terrible powers
known as the administrative procees,other.
wise Siberia for life without trial. He was
removed from this important post in order
to take charge of the force surrounding
the person of the Czar, and was held
absolutely responsible for the safety of the
sovereign.
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RITITA.LISM IN THE CHURCH.
The Highest Anglican Dignitary Gives
Judgment Against the Bishop of Lin-
coln. ,
A London despatch says: The Arch.
bishop of Canterbury hes delivered judgment
aminet Rev. Dr. Edward King, bishop of
Lincoln, who was charged with ritualistic
practices, regarding the jurisdiction of the
Ecclesiastical Court end his obligation to
obey the rubrical direatione in the Prayer
Book. The Archbishop suspended jade.
ment in regard to the Bishop's xubcical
irregularities. The mixing of water with
the wine used in the act of consecration,
the Archbisop holds, infringed on the law
of the Church, but the use of a mixed
chalice prepared beforehand did not offend
the ecclesiastical law. The charge against
the Bishop regarding abeolution was dis-
missed, not being eupported by the evi.
dence. The Archbishop decided that De.
King's action in turning his face to the
east during communion and thus making
bis manual acne invisible was illegal. The
acts must be visible to the congregation.
The singing of the hymn " Apes Dei"
during ooromunion was not illegal Dee
Arehbiehop holds that the placing of
lighted candles upon the altar for ceremony
during the eervices when they are eot
wanted for light is not illegal, although
suet' an act is distestefal to many com-
municant. The Biehop, he says, is quite
unjustified in makieg the sign of the oroes
in pronouncing absolution and the benedic-
tion. Each side was adjudged to pay ite
own costs.
The Sarnia's lexciting Experiences.
A Halifax despatela says : The Dornin.
ion Line mail eteamer Sarnia, which ar-
rived this morning from Liverpool, had
very strong gales from the southwest to
northwest, with heavy cross ems. The
ship was toseed about a good deal, and the
oargo slightly shifted and damaged. The
decks were repeatedly swept by gigantic
waves from all sides. The lifeboats were
badly damaged, a portion of the port bul-
warks stove, ventilators carried away and
the roof of the cattle ailed crnehed in. One
of the stewetrds was knocked down and hie
body bruised by a heavy sea. On Sunday
afternoon at 2 30 the Vancortver, bound
home from Quebec, was paned off Cape
Race. Yesterday morning a largo three -
masted steamer apparently steering in this
direction Was sighted.
Eva Ohicets to Her Husband's Will,
A New York despatch says: This being
the return day of the citetions in • the
matter of the probate of the will of Robert
Ray Hamilton, counsel fcir Evangeline L.
Hamilton, nee Mann, appeared in court
and filed objeotions to the instrument being
probated. Dim. Hamilton alleges on infor-
mation and belief that Hamilton wise not
sound in mind when be executed the will,
and that he wee influenced and coerced
into making it.
A velvet factory at Ly01113, Viands, was
burned on Saturday. Loos, $130,900.
the boat arrived at Quebec, but it was
pumped out on the way up. The detention
to the boat was not oaneed by the captain
taking a southerly course, but it was
simply s fight againet wind and wsves ll
the way over. Some days the eiagines
woul& be kept at bit speed, and the
vessel only progreseed about thirty miles.
Up the gulf a etrong northwest gale blew
with high seas, but no further damage was
Sons. Besides the damage to the bows, a
great deal of woodwork on the upper deck
was swept away. The wheel -bone was
started and the chief steward's cabin was
buret in and the panelling broken. Captain
Murray, of tho Lake Hurometates that this
has been his worst experience on the St.
Lawrence route. Of the fifty-four horses
that were on board, seven died during the
passage, and, with the exception of two,
the remainder were landed in good condi-
tion. Temporary repairs will be made here,
and it is the intention to get the vessel away
by Friday.
CATTLE LOSSES.
More cattle losses are reported from the
other 'side. Following the losses to the
Linda and the Straits of Magellan, news
was received today that the steamship
Circe, of the Reford line, had arrived at
Glasgow with a large number of cattle lost,
the loss probably amounting to over 100
head. This makes a lose of over 600 head
in the peat week, the Linde losing 354 head
and the Straits of Magellan 161 bead.
Among the thippers by the Circe was J.
Eakins, of Port Hope, 200 head. These
are serious losses to live stock exporters,
coming at the and of an unprofitable sea-
son.
Further advices from Aberdeen to -day
report very heavy cattle losses. Out of the
Circe's cargo of 412 cattle 200 head were
lost, and of these 187 head belonged to Jas.
Eakins Ss Co., of Port Hope. e he steam-
ship Seem had a cargo of 630 head,
shipped by Jas. Eakins & Co., and every
one was lost. The vessels arrived at
Aberdeen to -day. The loeses of the Eng-
lish companies during the past week are
reported to be over e52,000.
TEE CAUSES OF LOSS.
Cattle losses is to thie time had been so
slight that the cattle were not insured to
their fall extent, shippers generally carry-
ing one-quarter themselves, and they will
not only have to stand this loss, hut the
cattle which .3.) not perish on the voyage
are landed in such a poor condition that
they realize only very low prices. As one
shipper mid, "we do not know where this
thing is going to end. There are a number
of boats out, and judging by the experiences
of those that have landed their cattle it is
very unlikely we will escape further lose."
Another gentleman connected with ship-
ping said : " If the insurance companies
would not at this season cif the year take
risks on cattle that are pladed on the upper
decks these losses would not occur. In
spite of the terrible weather that has been
experienced, shippers still persist in ship-
ping °stile on the decks, protected only by
light scantlings, which the first great wave
would sweep away."
THE FINANCIAL FLURRY.
Excitement in London—Run on a New York
Bank—hxtraordlnary Measures,
A London cable says: The Stook Ex.
ohange to•dey was a prey to unfounded
rumors. There is nothing in the monetary
situation to create uneasiness. The Bank
of England return will probably exceed
£14,000,000 and it is expected towreach
£16,000,000 a week later. Every faoility
will be given by the Bank of England and
other banks to borrowers on 'nooks and
other securities. The country banks have
ceased to withdraw money from London,
and tbere is every appearance that the
enb.aonte panio is over. There was a
sharp rally this afternoon all around.
Prices did not fully recover, but the mer -
kat was reassured, and business, which had
been practically impossible wise resumed
even in the most speculative stocks.
The money for the payment of the Jan.
nary coupons of the Argentine 10aDS
and the next coupon of the Uruguay debt is
already in heed. The etatement that bills
drawn by Baring Bros. after Saturday
would not be accepted is denied. Whey will
be accepted as usuel. Rupee paper% fell 1
today, Argentirms 1 to 3, arid Urnguay 3.
On the Paris bourse prime were irregular.
There was a general recoveev toward the
01030, but an uneeey feeling prevailed.
Prices were unsettied on the Berlin bonne.
At the close there wee a moderate recovery,
but the last quotations ehowed a general
decline.
THIS GUN W AS LOAD tCD,
But a Comrade Was at the Wrong F.nd
When it Went Off.
An Exeter despatch says : A serious
accident but, fortueateiy not a fatal one,
ocourred in the swamp on the Lake road
near Exeter on Wednesday. Several men,
among them one young man named Davy
and another by the name of Griffie, the
latter carrying a double-barrelled gun
loaded with No. 4 shot, were going to their
work in the swamp, when, in some un-
known =inner the weapon exploded,
alined the whole charge striking young
Davy in the back of the head. The dis-
tance was under 100 feet, fortunately too
great for the shot to do more than enter
the scalp end perforete the right ear. The
whole party reterned at once to town,
Griffin feeling much worse thati the
wounded man. Gun, axes end wedges
were left on the spot, and a doctor at once
sent for. He dressed the injmed Illan'S
wounde,and it is expected he will be around
in a few days. Both the partite are
Englishmen fee= Devonehire, and came to
Exeter about two years ago.
The Frontons° election trial hart been ad.
joarned till Deo. 29th,
WARD TALKS
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every desire to be loyal to Mr. Stanley, it
is impossible for rue ionger to palliate
silent. Mr. Stanley bee raised all the eide
issues of the Jameson.Barttelot stories and
other matters in order to evade ihe wain
controversy. Be my or may not he
boldhoorel
ponfunoircio7at hr a.aa reaeni I" gebbonantre:i gIt att hvn.r,touu_iroleitial brat eti,iiu)1tyaarraci
officers with irresolution mull disregard of
instructions, he feared he might 0110 Lay
have to answer a oharge for which he him-
self was responsible, so he celleated all
the tittlmtattle of tale -bearers and at-
tacked his enbordinetes." After stating
that Stanley's column was not above re.
prowl, and that he himself had buried
dead men Stanley had left ou the road,
Mr. Ward asks why Stanley ieft inexperi-
enced officers in otterge of the rear, know-
ing that they could only carry out his .
ordere and drive the load.bearers with
greatest severity. Why hod he appointed
Barttelot, whom he disliked as much es.
13arttelot disliked him, and who he knew
was unsuitable for the work, to a position
of momentous responsibility at the
supreme crisis of the expedition? What
must be thcught of Staeley turning back
on Tamboys, assuring Berttelot he had
made a wise choice, and selecting hint to
guard the interests of tho expedition
during hie abeenoe ?
Mr. Ward declares that with all his am
knowledged faults, Maj. Berttelot, with
splendid loyalty to the beet tredith ne of
hie service, held sacred every inetruct ion of
Stanley to the last. In the face of starve -
tion he refused to open the stares Stale y
had warned him were essential to the en 4`
use of tlae expedition. Yet Stank
accused him the major) of disloyalty. Says
Mr. Ward "Thera was no reason for him
to refuse us food anri medioire but hie
stolid sense of discipline. To have taken
the law in our own bands would assuredly
have led to bloodshed. Stanley tenet take
a portion ot the blame. By his exemple on
the march up, he initiated among the
members of his staff the feelieg of indiffer-
erese to human suffering and among the
load -bearers a fatalistic acceptance of their
lot as mere beasts of hoiden. By appoint-
ing Barttelot under the oircansetetneee he
deliberately risked disaeter, to use no,
stroi3ger word, by vague instructions. He
placed Barttelot in a position of bewildering,
alternatives. By an alleged agreement
with Tippo Tib he put Beritehet more or
lees at the Arab's meroy and left him
abandoned. By publishing the affidavit of
a negro valet he demerite dead men. He
can answer for himeelf whether he should
not bear some of the responsibility tor the.
disasters which befell the rear gueld."
CLERGYMEN'S BETTER HALVES..
17iv:esorokf.Famous New York Ministers but
Little identified With Their Husbands'
iv -
Clergymen's wives do not all believe that
they are hound by their position to per-
form parish dutiee. Dire. Lyman Abbott,
the wife of Henry Ward Beecher'e suc-
cessor, Saye, for examtle, that a minister's
wife is, first of all, a wife and mother, and;
that the duties which she has in common,
with other matrons ere to be atteeded to,
firet. These accomplished, she looks upon, ,
any church work which may than 00n.
front her as 86 privilege, but not aa
duty.
Dirs. Charles Parkhurst, wife of the pas-
tor of the Madison Square Congregational:
Church, New York, holds similar views,.
but adds that if a minister's wife is not in
sympathy with her hushand's work her
usefulness is impaired. De. John Hall's
wife seldom sees the public. This is also,
tree of the wife of the Rev. William XL
Taylor, the higheensaleried pastor in New
York—he draws $16 000 annually—and ofe
Mrs. Richard H. Storm, of Brooklyn.
Mrs. Henry Potter, wife of the Bishop of
New York, shuns the publio when at home,,
but has a large circle of privitte friends:
She divides her time between this oity ande
Newport. Neverthelese, Mrs. Potter ande
her daughter are indefatigable voluntary,
workers in the misaions of the city. Mrs.
Rainsford, wife of the fashionable rector of
St. George's is more of a SCOlety woman..
ban a church or mistion worker.
Mrs. Arthur Brooks says thet e womani
should always be in sympathy with her •
hneband's work, whether it, be that of a •
clergyman or layman, but that perish
work with the wife is entirely e matter of
choice- Like other clergymen's Wives in ,
town, she will not make the first calla on,
members of her husband's cbureli. Voung
Mrs Winchester Donald, wife of the
rector of the Church of the Ascension,.
New York, feels that the petzieh
demende nothing of her, but sats she
would not be satiefied mikes ehe was •
identified with the intereets of the church.
She makes the flan call on her hmb
parishioners because she think s it pleasant
to know the people one meets tat church.
Mrs. Heber Newton lived twenty miles,
away from New York until this fall,
bemuse she thought . country air beneficial
to her children. Now that her childten are •
grown she has moved irito the rectory on
Madison avenue, and will probably tette an
interest in pariph work.
THE ItENVENIM IS NIX MONTSS.
O'Brien and Dillon Found Guilty by the,
Cionmet it gents of Balfour.
A London ceble Bays : In the court at
Clonmel to -day a verdict of guilty was.
rendered iimieet William O'Brien, Dillon,
Patrick O'Brien, all of whom were mem-
bers of Parlismant, John Cullinan, Thomas
Walsh, Patrick Welder mei W. Bolton,
who were claerged with conspiting to ,
induce the teneuts on the Smith Beery
estate not to pay rent. William 013,den
alici Djiln wem each sentenced to two
terms of imprisonment 31 eix months each,,
but the sentences are to rua concurrently..
Patriek O'Brien and Cultinen wete each
sentenced to six menthe' imprisonment,,
and Walsh, Mockler and Bolton to four
months each. All the sentences were with-
out labor. Father Enraphreye, Thomas J.
Clondon, M. P., Dardel Kelly and David
Sheehy, M. P., who were indicted on the -
tame °bargee, were found ob guilty and
discharged.
The Earl of Derby has subscribed £1,001Y
for Gen. Booth's seheme of social rogenera-
tion. The Diadem& of Queer slurry eende
£100 to this Salvation Army leader, and
promises a yearly donation for the cense.
He asks an interview with teren. Booth,
saying that he believes the General hie
engaged ha the host work that a man on
lay his band to, but be deeires it to be
distinctly undereitood that he opposes
Christianity, which, he says, has failed to -
help the poor. He concludes by saying
that he sends his mite as " Reverent
Agnostic." Other donations of £100 and
smaller sums cattinue to arrive.
The Medieo.Chireirgieal Sooiety of Mont.
real will send two of its members to Berlin
to study the Koch process for the cure of '
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