Lucknow Sentinel, 1887-05-20, Page 6111141M tRigSt BILL •
A WO (Wedneadaa) nigl2t's London cable
asp: There was an ellueuellY.large at.
leedeneett the Monae of ComMons today,.
as, strong interest was felt, in the Dillon
lihel,question. • s
Mr. W;U SMitlaannennoOdintheMOnat,
Ocimmons this aft,ernoon that the,Govera.
mentledreselVea that the" allegation thea
the statement by theriondonTificei that Mr.
• Dillon, told a lalsehood while denYing in the
,llonse f ComMons that pa,per's utterance -a
ooncernmg his alleged mlations with Sheri-'
dan, the Invincible, was not a breach • of.
privilege and not unstained byprecedent.
It would, be Against the dignity of 'the
'Meese to summon the Times to the bar
without previously inquiring into the dr-
siumstances. The gentlemen below th*
-gatrigWay, Mx...Smith added, ,aeliest Wet;
•, select committee be einstitated to nqui
forthwith into the allegations of the Titnie.
banned the -Irish nientheris liked' to ilex. tie;
In this way the truth .vnaold be arrived at
and justice one the offenders.
Mr. Dillon said he did not consider the
ordinary tribunals Of England in the pre-
sent state of political feeling on the Irish
gus!tion,fairrY °Pen to the xceMW0 0 the
Irish panty in the House of Commane. He
therefetee maintained that he had is rightto
be heard before a cenunittee. For six years
t,ha Pernealites hadiatien held up to pablie
odium ag criminals.'-.8onr,,Pf them in the
meantime had been imprisoned. Enough
had been done and said these eix'Yeare to
prejndiee the minds of any English jury
Posaltkla to impannel. go.must decline to
take preeeedings in a civil action against
the Times, because he believed be had no
°handed obtaining a verdict,' If, on the
other hands a select 'committee of the mem-
bers Of the EMS° 'should be appointed to
hear his case, he would be contented that it
sbould IA eh constituted as not to include a
i3no Irishreethber, (Cheers.) a • '
. Gladrtone 'intimatea that in the
The ‘, practiceof.. til�.. goose; had beea? 49, •eVent, of heZ Idepteni, of Sir .Eawara
'await itself as far,as possible of judicial
dutar- he 007Ornmenk- thonght Raeh, a
• committee as was aisked.for would be un-
' fitted to consider uci grave questions as
would have to be referred to it for deoleion.
The Government, feeling it to be their duty
• to endeavor to solve the question, had in-
' an:Acted the -.Attorney:General and Ouch
'others -as ho caredtoashoCiate-With 'Tnin
to prosecute, the Tana for -the libel on
Mr Thionwh valiant_ liberty to tided the suggestion; commg as it did Irom the
• such counsel as he saw fit.: Hr.- Smith ,Government leader M the House. For him
;
•
'Claakee roOtiOhr he wiinld move enamend--
thent to the.amen question to the effed
that an inquiry'm
e made by a committee
Ir
' tethe °harps of wilful falsehood; in a
speaCh deliVorocl in the Honse'of Commons
bren_ght in an article by the Times againrt
Mr. Dilloe. (Cheers.), , • ' .'
Mr. W. H. Smith asked if Mr. Gladstone
Wbuireacile fffist motion" at ?ince. --
Mr: Gladetone eaki he was surprised at
• , H-nrged,thceliettee te •OPPePtithe COIirse pro4.
, • . • .'"
,z1:r„:0000iior.oCiiiclemfiedi the law,:
• cepPnentia Jle ,.eald•• he • COM',
00.0erate4 the. ...GskernMenf.: their
• hamiliatinkand.4gding..poSition: Their
• . ..proposal was reQ1Y for a collusiveactiOn.
• at.law.Made:.Wy. the Wiler7oralibel. • Mr,
• .i)TOnnor.here procid,aieopY otthe Times.
• pontaining. :the 'libel. on Mr, Dilion, and
• .flonrishintit'aleft :'he, said purchased
this cepy of the -Vino at one ef't he bo�k-
stslls oWnedliy, the_,,Itight. Honorable' he
• • •.-riMt.4.:Ord. Of Mo.'s; TteaSurYA: is he
for the 00.1tOirOM001:.Who says ao
.7=breach,of .privilego was committed.' •(Irlish
cheers.): Hiaaid therefore deeply interested.,
(Mr. Gladstwie) to make suela a motion at
the present. time would be onlymaking con-
lusnonctitiebuld tend to obscure the
issfie4f the course suggested by Mr. Smith
were followed.: •• -
On moticei , the' debate
was adjeurned. • '
A,laist(Thursdey)„nightee London • cable
saye 7.131te Hoes° Of .0cimmorte thihafter
noon -Consideration of the question 'Of
breech of privilege iii-therinto-Dilloricase
Wahresumed. No member rising to epeak
on the Motion of Mr..T.aewis; that the Con-
duct, at the rinses was a breach' of privilege
and the House take notice of it, Speaker
Peelput before the gen.i3fr the entendment
af Edvierd-Xlerke,•Solioitor-Genertil,
' War 414,VitxtRe!rti-:ntg%et-e.tdoilt, that the House decline to treat the T22/103
e' mes' publication as a breach_ of privilege.
* the dock together. The Insh inembees
reject his propOeitr s ttafair, unjust and
• mipreeedented. .The House of Cemnicine
ought aot betaken. in Aiya ollnei've
action , X.asleN•daniseevativearcissito
• 4
xliteci...-Voltalietro,
ilild.gtfieStatfilpslirtildoel
•Jot l CoiothattheavphsaserVativeatatied axone
e (0617 : • . •
Irzsh voioes-" So you
'.sPeel-Thek Jlerk of the
•Protese Will. pleatieeee: that' fhe words:are
',isaken death,•. , . •P
4. 'Vt. TP•01PriAleOlea' thatajie had „.nize,d the
• word " damned:" He iepeated; 'heweyer;'
• thettfeaCcitieerVetivectivere e lot Of 'cedis,„,
•,
Nr. Speaker said Mr. Tannermnst with:
.„ -WAlia,•e$pratalion andiepologize;' ' •
• ..',1(e..Tanner sahi he WOuld "logo:. 2
• t denounced
the GovernMentfeprepael:- ••
,!air Edward Clarke, ex,Solicitor.General;
`" Meted/in amendment tothe•.QtiverneienV.a,
V*00661;10 the effecttliet the: :Heuse did
coneidee' the. 'Times; statenient concern-
'. itiglitr.. Dillen a breach of 'privilege. Jui-
tifying'""hiti- &Olen to Offering the amend,
Meat,' Sir Edward -deolitied:thet there Was
recordof P,rliument'having athiantitted
•;•st-m- an, to' custedy; for breach 'Of 'privilege;
'aUChaisithehetion a the lynos waB o*
alleged to he, Headded that • 'he aria the
Attorney:Generalwere responsible for,thes•
• adVichen which the GOVeinnient 'Rated. He
'peepOsed to Confine hittaself to ;the :legal
;p0Mteet the case, regardle'isOf
the.- He then/quoted precedents to sh
that the HoteleWais not the proper tribunal
to deitlWith..stiCh'inattisre. Notiorruptitin
dbeen, alleged of *member; not had any
contempt auiegottse-been, exhibited, thich
had constituted the '.;offettce in••peeviage
• easeawhere breach of 'privilege had been
' ; „path. initt,ed.. 'The courehof the prosecution'
•. would be bit stieh.persens as ,the Irish
•. Meth:benght ministate; botlicounsel and
the.Government were asked
• to appointthem they 'would- interpose no
:objection. Sir Edward modifleci. hie amend -
i• :•nient, making it reed that. the. House: de,
• alinee to treat the Times .priblicatiO as a
breath of pritilege: I.'? • ••
Lord Randolph Churchill. admitted Abet
. the case ,presented.eprince facie breach pf
•privilege, but he thought the.Hotiee was not
refusing a judicial iiiqury. •• The only
ferenetrates sato' the form Of inquiry •to be
• adopted,' He regarded a. reeort to the ordi-
•" nary tribunals of the lawone that 'would
• &Zara a better remedy than could he ob-
frOm action by the Ilense.', He deprer•
cated the 'etteolimade, by . Mr.. 0'6:miner
•• on the Governnient leader in the House -
No one outside Mi. 'O'Connor'S own; 'circle
.• 'could be expected to synipathiie With him
•• in such an aseatat:'• It was utterly iinjuati."
,-,fiable.-.From the very languageused, ain,
• .Smith could 'well afford to ignore the
• aintirtiltr • (Oheers.)' If •the Government.
' leader * the Ileume was charged' With not.
• '• ••• taking 'printery' action onl behalf of the
Howse for a:beeaoh Of privilege Committed
against taneof'itimeinbers, he could rettirt
that it was.the leader of the OppOsitien
,Who Ought:to have been expected to protect
his friend's, 'having taken the leed. outside
• the HOusein an agitation for the.repeal,of'
theUnion: , .(Choers.) •• ,
• Mr. Gladstone -I emphatically repudiate
the aseertionof His Lordship.
• Lord Randolph Churchill .respondealt
is true, liovieVer. He the proceeded to•
• Argue thet it ‚would be unwise for the Hone°
t� go beyond • the artioct; the,' Government
- had Proposed. The action of the 'Renee, if
;the Timeepublisher eliotfid. be brought
'befo-tathe bar, ,weuldin, no wire curb or
Corttrol' the -great. power Wielded by the
press of the ceuntry. ,• : , •
• Mr. Storey (Radieel), a new aper :pro-
prieter,-.-You .dan try to 'suppress the press
(Pernellite cheers.) ' •
Lord Randolph Clisirehill- silo* *Mild a
ieittittets • Of inquiry be eeeetitated.2.,
-Would it be, propesed that Members of the
National League be put upon it?.(Cries of
" Certainly 1") 'If ao;there would be nothing
. • in -the whole 'history of jury-packinglike it.
, (Cbtaere.) Beside's; the powers of h comthit.
tee -Would not be equal.to those 'Of, a Court
• law, The, 66Mitittee, indeed, WOnld he
• hopelceelyineotapetent to bottle seeh ques-
• The Parnelhtes onoe challenged a
'division. Thie resulted ins vete of 297 in
favor of thehmendnient te 219' against it.
The aineadment therthecame a substantive
irartfoss, a.nd ,Mr. laradlatigh resumed the
debate. •; • •
451rAlladate.67;5111.
uoniniAtteti be appointed to fikanireinto the
charge Of Wilful • falsehoed made' against
Mr. Dillon in the Time. on Monday. He
saidthe didnot-intendlis• .euggeit, that: the
"in-4mq go beyond the staid° referred ter.
:He objected to"L'Ord'ItendOlph Chtirehill'ta
calling him. the leader ef_the party, of
separation. : perfectly understoOdWhY
Lord'Itandelph didnot Cell it the party of
Home Rule. There :wee a future 'before
Lordliand:olph, in which Home Rule plans
Might figure.' is convenient 'to propose.
"Ttiliiifig to the (ideation of' pri-
vilege,.heTiaid. was , tailcirtunate' . that the
governithent refused . to- ingthre into tho
preistitisharge
against an Irish inember,
while inflicting npon the Irish , bY
means', of 'a perManent • oemion, Bill; a
brand of perpetual dishenon.‘,": Why take
the gee° into a court Of liar 2 , Was it Or-
tedn'tisetlanDillon, vyonlcl get se:verdict,
whatever night be. the proof in; A.; nese
whereParlieMent declared ,olierges• spinet:
a. member. no; lirtieoh pf privilege? ;Nearly
`UM' Ityyeareagco he.went as Coinmisidetherto
the Ionian. Island's. "The Times then said
that the Ionian .4esenibly was coninsitting
treason ctiartlicit the, Conintiesicister. was
aiding and abetting the 'assembly: • He
thoughtthese 'charge's' required redress; and
he took the beet advice on the subject, but
alls of hid advisers` 'mid •ne 'could pot depend
upon securinga fair verdict.- 1he rish
meinhers aniultibe in a still more , unfavor-
able position in a jury.trial, and it was no
yonder they Preferred the tribunal,' of the
House. The Hotted' 41-,s' ,tribunal,
coin-.
potent tribenal-indeed the onlycoMpetelit
one. The . precedents were all en the side
of the AppOintinent of a committee. :There
was thecase of Mr. Butt in '.1854, When it
was held that the accusation that members
were hungry for • 'Aeons.' to which were at-
taChed-ealatieli and pensions deserved an
inquiry: Alter citing a windier of other
precedents, in all of which thechargeswere
less: grave than these .,brought - against -Mr -
'Dillon, he challenged the Governnient to
establish: a single precedent where a prese-
outiOn had' been,ordered.Without the House
having previously 'condemned:the .Act upon
•which the •prosecution *AS based:- He
appealed tothe Government to -alter their de.
termination,whiclpi otherwise might leadto a
arida of the meat "serious , and nithatentous.
iniportance. Thelrish inessibersw1-2-O-ffit'E
been maligned. to an eno.rmOus.eiteet, asked
for a particular course,:Which the majority
refused, forgetting tat they were. acting
againfit‘a, Minority representing nation.
(Painellite • cheers:),' • The, • etwerninent,
could ,. yet, on the grounds : of • reason,
prudence . and precedent aegept his amend-
shoWing the country :that • they had
determin'ed at last -to ,.give even the 'Irish
members fulljuaticte, even indulgent justice,:'
seeing that their honer aid character were
at et,alte. (Cheere.) , • • • '' 7
•77t
eisoned ii Rilthainhana for tieing to
atifY regarding his; connertien With the
Van of Campaigns has been dismiesed.
United 'inland Gaye that Only a fool or an
'enerny of' the Irish partyWould recommead
the .Painellites to ,legally prosecute their
alanderera „
•*4• last (Friday) night's London cable
•says : In the Mouse of Commons last night
hr.r. Thigh Childers fellowed the Attorney.
General: He taunted Mr: Webeter with
PetirelY ignoring Atr. aleastooe'c powerful
argument that railianient lied never ' or-
dered a prosecution' without first declaring
the Offense- MilloPedt, en the ground of
Precedent and fairness, that the Mouse
would agree t� the appointment ,of it com-
mittee.
The debate was resumed in the Hernia
COMMOUe this evening on Mr.:Glapisteneas
inquire
into
to appoint' a committee' to
into the Times" charges- againet Mr: Dillon."
saht nvery_possible, question
seemed werthY' Of inqmry by the *thee ex-
cept at question affecting the character ef its
members. 'The Parnellites did not caret
whether they got.this naquir'y or not, but if
the Government majority refused this in-
quiry the names of Britishgenthimenwould
be Placed on a level with that :of the Indian
Tang. , The Parnellites ohallengecl.the To_ries
to conshat at onceon this queetion.They
would stand on no tetihnioal reference, but
weelLmeet any 'Merges brought against
them. From the decision of the majority
'cif the House'tlie Parnellites would appeal
tothe people lintel& and to other nationa
The Insh people never sent them there to
beg favors,, but to demand their rights.
• MajorSaunderEson said he did not wonder
that Mr. Gladstone tried to whitewash his
Irish friends, Who were now supplying his
• policy,. He challenged Mr. Dillon- to dis-
prove the Times evidence. -
Mr. Dillon -"•1 have Offered to enter
into the chargee fully before •a acninnittee.
X 'shall no longer exchange the lie witb
mertibers • of the House over theme
(Cheers.) • '
wHIELED0TO DEATH, .
, , •
Horrible ;Death by a' Tonng Women's
1,14fal Carelessness.
A Jersey City despatch says: A horrible'
accident ocourredrin,the isinoking and fine
:out department of Lorrillard's Tobacco
Factory, this city, about..2 o'clock, Whit*
resulted in the death of Mrs. Honors
PelTine, &Widow, employed *the factory.
:At tke time of the accident there were over
260 giriSin the room, nieatfef Where- Were
eye -witnesses to the frightful tregedy.
nem -kite vaeking.,,anaelainimaia,
,fleer.,.....,AlInfahersegemeept-stwo--aOreerslint.
death aud the .,girls were "Staii4ing about
chatting, *siting for the paymaster to
aome along. While waiting for the pay-
master Mrs.: Perriaie Went over to the
Opposite . end • of the Mom ' to • Oat
• with • her • friend,. • Miss • Cosgrove.
Only two . the machines were run-
ning, and thetwo inch belts from all the
others had teen detached frointhe pulleys
• and were hanging loose on the revolving
'shaft. Despitethe warnings of Miele Cos-
grove,Mrs. Perrino eat innne.of 'the loose
'ficsathgs and began'swingibg as she • would
have done in a eoup,- holdind: fast to the
"belt With both hands a little way above her
head. The girl's weight meted as 'a 'pres-
sure upen the belt;, •which suddenly Com-
menced t� nivolve, and she ' was borne
.npward with a crash to the ceiling, tenfeet
above, with a frightfnl crash: The girl's
shoulders struck the ceiling an her hands
and 'areas .becattie , entaneled- a shalt
revolving 350 tithes in a 'minute.' - The girl
fell•in almiist the same spot. in •,which, she
had steed. She lay an a mass inion- the
floor and a great stream of .blood triekled
out through her clothing upon the floor,
and she diedsoon afterwards.• . •
• Sir Richard Webster, Attorney -General,
'adniitted that Mr., Gledsione had the
Jame in the Clearest possible Way; • but the.
opinion of the law officers of the Crown• was
unshaken. . An examination for :precedents
showed that there never was a -ase parallel
to the present, that there north was a case
where the Governraent directed an inquiry
into a charge where the authorehip' was
admitted and the party accused of libel
exprearsedwillingnese-to-aufstify,:, (Gheers.)-,
The , House had never dealt with a
charge • of felsehoOd . as, , 0 matter
in which' it should - interfere. • Not a
single: case 'existed in ;modern tithes in
Which h similar label. upon a member of the
House had been treated as ;a breech of
privilege: If such a precedent shotilcl once
be established, there would,probably be a
breach, of privilege every week., It was
idle to suggeSt that conitnom justice,should
not be done in a case of gross libel: Ile
appealed to the 'House to affirth that the
courde proposed by the' proVernment ,was a
mbit honorable' and adequate' ong, and that
a conrt of "laW was the 'proper' plaee 'in
• . atioes °flaw as a court Could. In a Court , which to deal with the oherges. '
. the prosecetion Would proceed at the cost 1. Ao application for the rekeade of, Father
oa. the country, viiththeentploYmentef any Roller, the,prieet of Youghal; who was int.
, •
r 47;
CZAR AND NItHLisT..
He:Willbonunnte their ;alentences-Deter-
• minatIon of the Prisoners.'
•
,A: ,St. J'eterburg despatch sais : • It is
reported that the: Czar hasdecided thatthe
*Sentences of death pronounced against the
Nihilists, convicted of complicity in the
recent attempt to•assa,ssinate him, shallbe
commuted to imprisonment at hard labor
for life in the cams' of all :but two _of the
condemned: ,Pelienolasky, one Of the con-
demned, said he and his accomplices acted
frthefirra conviction that what they set out
to do it was their duty toPerform. Another
Of the prisoners is a young student. He had
just finished his studies with brilliant sue.
cess, having taken the gold 'medal Of the
university Which graduated hint: The
youthavas ).th ardent in the cause of Nihilism
that he 'Sold his gold graduation reedalAca
obtain, funds to enable an accomplice to
leave the Empire. All thcfprisonerepleedea
guilty, end ever Y one refused under threat
of promise to betray any accomplice The
evidence indicated the exietence of • four
-widely ramifying Nihilist organizations,
having head centres at St. Peterburg,
Vilna and in Siberia: Otte of the witnesses
Was a woman. She 'Omitted that she was
the Wife of one of the accused, although: she
said she had never been joined in :Wedlock
to hini by"unnecessary religious fon:lisle..
ties." • She was, on thisadtmssion;arrested
and conducted to prison. • •
Stabbed. to Death. •
• A New WestroinSter despatch
says: Between 9 and 10 o'clock yesterday
Morning J. E. Muir, who has been engaged
for many years logging at SerAieinnoo, wee.
•murdered on the nalway.Wherf in this city
by a Man named Wm, Shearer. The cause
of thetrotible between them is supposed to
be oflong standing. Shearer, who wae'dis-
eharging lumber from a scow, deliberately
walked.upoii the wharf to. where Muir was
'standing, and without any words stabbed
him repeatedly. 'On Mtiir attempting to
'get away Shearer eaeght hint hy his coat-
cfli
aiidachoittly held :firth' until 'the
murder was accomplished. The .murderer
then threw his knife into the 'Water and
quickly gave himself up. Muir ' died in h
ifew minutes:, 'and on‘examinetitha 'eleven'
Meths were found between the neck and the
lower part Of his body.' ;
The, coat-tail flirtation is the latest. A
avrinkled bearieg dusty toe mars,
Means ---"-I have spoken to~your father.'
• Duringthe next three dcsys three thousand
•more immigrants are•expected to arrive in
Montreal.• ••
Two hundred houses have been destrtiyerl
by fire in the town of Nagy Itaxoly, Tran.
Sylvania. The castle' ,of Connt Itarblyi
narrowly escaped deStriotian, •
„
BELLIGERENT. OOLONIPTS‘
041oallal De1egate‘Getaira4 Over Britain
.Policy in the New Hobrides--gnite a
• geene Raised -The Queen's Title to be
•3Further Lengthened, •
A 'lad (-Friday), night's Londeri °Ole
se,ye ; A, meeting of, the Colonial Confer-
enee was held to -daily, With. Sir Henry Hol;
land presiding; when the diat -scheme for
the increase of the -:Australian squadron
was agreed to, as were the resolutions rela-
tive to laying a sub -marine cable between
Vaise,enveg• and AusWalle. A discussion"
was inviteChy the Prealdent as to the pre -
posed to extend the title of the Qaeen so as
to include' distinetreference to the colonies.
The delegates were une,nimonsly in favor of
the extension of the title, subject to the
Queen's pleasure, .,sea suggested that the
terms of the !proclamation of 1858 should
be 'Weeks& yiz., Queen of the United Ring-
dom-e4reat-Britain and Ireland and of
the Colonins and DePendeacies thereof, At
the close of the Confereace an .addreectrwas
presented to far Henry. Holland, expressing
a sense of the manner in whigh he had pre-
sided. Sir Henry Holland': thanked the
delegatee for their I 'Madness and courtesy.
The Conference will' visit Cambridge
to -Morrow. The 'Anal sitting of the Con-
ference will be held on Monday.
• Sir Henry. Helland, Secretary of State
foe theColomee, ennounced-in the Colonial
Conference here on •the 27th ult. that the
Government hoped to arrange with France
for a -joint naval oommission- for the gov-
ernment of the New Hebrides. The Com,
mission, it was stated, wouldhavempower
to.preteot the settlers, trader's and inison-
anes and would alsobe empowered to land
marines to punish th& natives for corn-
niitting outrages and to Maintain order,
the mariners, however, to be withdrawn
when the special work for which they
landed was accomplished.• If the 'scheme
prapesed was (tempted by France it was to
be arranged that the French garrisons now
000upying the chief' harbors of the New
Hebrides ehii1d retire. The publication of
the details is attributed to the indignation
Which the propocial has aroneed among the
Colonial representatives here, many of
whom • are said to be unable :to conceal
their anger at What they deem the sue -
render of their cleans to France. It is
said that Sir Henry Helland's statement
•apiazed the Members' of the 'Conference
and almost bed to a scene, The Anetraliane
all without, exception deprecated any
' Which even seemed to recognize
French pretensions in the Now larelgi-4,
togiu.aeaTinrd.'atitalialonrY:0<eCn-kva3
centesupported Abe epee& Made by 13tr;
Henry' Holland in justification 'Of the Gov-,
ernmentas proposal. The Premier's argn-
ment; however, instead of Mollifying the
incensed delegates, served but to intensify
their wrath. His remarks iniplied.thatthe
Australian demands hampered'England in
her negotiation S with France. ' He main -
tented, tliat---the- c 4oth iiinade a grave
mistake in not accepting the compremise
which the Earl of Rosebery proposed, and
which, the.Premier said. :would have pre-
vented the extension of the evils complainedr
of by the Australians, or arising from the
sending of French' convicts to the South
Pacific?, and the rejection of which made
itnifacult for the English 'Government to
approach FranceWith any request thi%t, she
curtail her liberty Of action a° to the uses
to wlaich she should put her own' territory.
"Surely," ' exclaimed the Marquis; " the
•Colonies do not desire to make the recidivist
agitation a emus : billi." The Premier's
speech increased the dissatisfaction :of the
delegates' to such, an • • extent that 'Sit
Graham Berry, the Agent -General tif Vic-
toria, twitted the: Prime Minister with
having made a Speech that vionldhavebeen
excellent coming from the motitli".of the
French Premier. •'• :
' M. Clittuvat has-beeninittalled asTrencli
resident at Wailes Island, the capital of the
Wallets Ialands group in the. South ',Pacific,
in View Of e posaable British or German
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ItAILITAV DISASTER.
An Intereolotilai Express Wrecked by an
• Enormous SnewsIlde-TwO Men Killed.
• A Moncton; N. B., despatch says: Yes-
terday's express from Qtiebeo was • five
hoursbehirld time: • The•delay wastaused
by a fatal snowslide.three miles west of
•Trois Pistoles. The West -bound accommo-
dation amok an avalanche which had
drOppedon thetrack from ;a high bank in
a clay outtiag, and. both engines and the
four first-class cars ranoff the track and
piled in a heap 'Of ruin.- The fireman of
one of the engines 'maimed Pierre Levasgeur
, was killed, and a brat -Man nained Alfred
Lavard, was so badly scalded that he died.
in a short time: The two engine drivers
•and one of the Ammon crawled out from the
wreck With scarcelyany 'injury. Their
escape is simply_ mina:does. Mr: Mc-
Donald, the superintendeet, was on board,
aticl imbaediately sent for Medical aid and
for the auxiliary cars of 'St: Flavie and
River: du Loup. Owing teethe awkwaxd
position of the wreck between two banks
fifty Or sixty, feet high, leaving no -place t�
dump the debris, the clearingof the linewas
a difficult, matter. The accidentwas- one;
'Which it was difficult to foresee, nothing of
the kind having been known to happen
before. The bankthat fell is an enormous
One, and kecomposed of snow as hardand
'heavy as clay.,
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• A Level Headed Father.
First Man-Umph ! The idea of spending
Iwo for e bicycle for your hoy 1 You11
ruin him, '• , •
Second Man -On thecontrery; I. desire
to keep him Out of hedeepapany.
'.'What geed will that newfangled nen-
trivance d� any one, I'd like to. know'? • He
• can go: where he pleases with it."
young miff
conting home elrunk.on a bicycle ?"
• -A certain current slang phrase has been
traced to no less • 'a 'person than John
• Bunyan. ,•In•' " The ,Pilgrim'S• Progress"
occurs the passage •' " When it id a cold
day for them in a no.tion,,,then they lurk in
thelhedges, though their ordnance lie there,
as leaves that are dry ancifallen doWnfroni
the tree:" •,
•
,-In front of a grocery etore in Bleeeker
street, Xew York city, isn sign en a basket
of eggs which reads as ,folloWs at,'Fresh
eggs 'outranteed. Every egg slated." •'
-"DefineOE Mon strosity,"'said the tcsaaher,
and the, cbildrenA all' replied in ringing
'chorus: "An' lesiva/ice agent ' with the
mumps.'" • ••
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"Ikin'iitic140WATIONA.
11142119irrOW kacoPo Irr01,3 peritrintlen of
Vessol,Pecullar Experlonees,
Wow York despatch "Says The HaiX
and Express says; It has often been thoneht
by mariners and those intimate with.
astronomical; phenomena thatniany of the
sudden and •rnyotezioas; aisappektwes ol
•vessels lest at sea could be accounted fer
by their being struck -by, meteors. and
meteoric stenos. The theory appears to '
have some foundation by the following
statement by Captain Swart, of• the Dutch •
barque J. P. A.; bound for Quebec, andbne
of the first .4taternents of the laud ever:
made public : On eases'ea, .10th the ship,
while in let, 07 degree's, sq minutes north,: -
and ling. 57 degrees west, experienced a
severe storm. About 5 O'clock in:the after-
noon a meteor Was observed flying through
the air. It presented the ,appearance eV -
• two balls. One was very black and the
ether, verybrightly illuminated,. The.
'latter appeared. as - if ready to drop on•
,board amidships. The vessel Was hove to
;Under storm sails and the, meteor dropped
'into the sea close alongside, Malang in
its • flight s tremendous roari
noise.. Mere falling into the tiater
upiper atmeaPhere was eaddenly darken° , •
while below on board everything appeared
like a sea of fire.. The fore° of the:meteor
on striking the water caused the latter to
form heavy breakers, which Swept over the :
:vessel, rocking Iter fearfully., •At the same '
time such a suffocating • atmosphere was
caused as to force perspiration to rim
down4lae feces of all On board, and greatly
oppressed; the breathing from the amount
of sulphur in the air. Immediately after
solid lumps of ice fell on the deck, and the
decks and rigging ,bepanie covered with an
icy crest, imaged by the immense evapora-
tion, notwithato,nding the faet •.that the v.
thermometer registered 66° degree0. The
baitmeter during the phenomena oscillated.
violently, so that no reading could be
taken. After close examination Of the ves-
sel and rigging no damage was 'found on
deck, but 'On the siae where the meteor fell
into •the water the vessel appeared all
black and some of the copper sheathing •
was terribly -blistered. The affair was '
followed by an *breasts of the wind to bur -
tamale force: , „
• SHOT AND ROBBED.
Plueki mot o an Old Sandwich Hotet-
..kwiitasor. abopittat hays Captain John
Horae.,assaf aaetreitohas tor the past
vosmkoonduCtedAhe,-,RoadMouse Int '.18sliA-
Wich, Aistanceie,bove bho mixer
springs. Captain John is 'frequently the . .
only person on the premises. Last night •
he Wits alone, his bedroom btiiiiejustintest
of the bar, with an entrance to it from the
dance hall. Between 1 and 2 :.'o'clock
morning- 'he- was enamel by burglars
mbving in the front part of the building. .
Jumping and grebbing hiscash-hox, which
hekelit at thelead of,his bed, he opened
the deer and found himself face to face .
with one of the burglars: , The fellow had k' •
cooked revolver in his hand , and Poking it
into the landlord's • face demanded • his -
•money or his life. °4 Pll be f you ,get
air -money," 'retorted the Captain, who, in•
spite of his 67,years, is able-bodied. He
made.a lunge at the -burglar; the latter-
loWered his revolver in a twinkle and fired
h bullet which passed through the fleshy,
part ; of his left thigh. "You've done it '•
now,", roared the. stalwart old veteran, °That •
ru fix you:yet," andhe snatched a lather's-
hatchet that was close Athena., The burg-
lars retreated and darted out of the .front
door, Which had been left open in case of,
•surprise. Capt. ;Iona followed, and in the
dim light of the Moan saW fotir inen run.: •
ning down the road. - With nothing on bnt 1
his nightshirt he &coed them with the ;
hatchet about 40 rods and then lost sight •
of thein. On :returninghe 'Sized tip his
•loss. which &Mounted to about 0200 worth
of cigars;,dressed himself and Walked half a •
mile_tothe nearest,doctor...._This. morning, •
although suffering . considerable pain; • the
walked to Windsor and crossed t� his home '
in Detroit. ••
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• 'COLONIAL CONFERENCE. .
The Delegates Present an .Address' to the •
• Queen -Handsome Gifts and Congratula,
•
'.- A Loncloix cablegraxic says : :The Colonial •
delegates visited the Queen* Windsor to-
day to present their address. Several valu-
able presentations were niade • from :the •
•
colonies, among•them being a gold casket •
*tided with Cape diamonds, which was
presented; by the Cape -representatives, and •
a casque of native woods, mounted in silver
and jewels,',from Natal. Both Sir- Alex-
ander Campbell and ,Mr. ' Sandford Flem-
ing were __present:- The address ' stated •
that the Queen's • subjects from distant:
parte Of the ,• Empire;,._ ,assembled. ' in.
London to confer on 'questions affecting
the Imperial possessions;thraughout •the
world, desire to avail themselvesof the op-
portunity of approaching Her Maj t with. ,
ii
tions '
humble, united culdearnest cangr a
on the approaching completion of the
fiftieth , yepr of her reign. Mention---i--a-ah •
Made of the growth of the population Id •
India and the colonic's,. and that the in
of trade and the shipping • revenue
bail been proportionate to the. population.
11.0 oful in,theQueen's Wide dominion is
subject to an other sway than that of even_
and impartial law. • The address conenita- '
lated Her Majesty that after half a con., :
tury's reign, :amidst changes of aYnarties ' •,,
and systems of 'government in ether eosin- '•
triers, the , principles Of law; whieh have
their foundations in the pest, still 'afford
her subjects safety and .proaperty, and the
Empire that stability, which claims the
admiration of thil World. The delegates ,
assured the Queenof the: continued loyalty
-and-devotion-of-her colonial' SulijOis, Mid .
prayed that her happy reign wouldNtill be -
prolonged, and the throne remain este!),
halted it the land in justice and rightemis-
ness for generations to come. . .
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-," There is something in- this little fel-
low ilike»said an appreciative visitor to
a young hopeful be was, trotting on his
'knees, '1 NoW,"`said-lhe boy, " hoW aid
you know I had swallowed kt, penny ?" ,
You can't judge an artist from the way
I h ;
, write. is name, nor WOnlan'S dASPOs1;
lion by the size Of her bfiStle:
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The Bishopof Ontario Will hot. return
.x trona England until the, Middle of Septcni-
bor.,• Iaconsequence the Synod, which is
. usually hold in Onne, will pet be convened
until After his return)16
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