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Sir Henry Holland, Secretm‘gof State for the Colonies, announced in Lin: Colonial _s\Conference here on the 27th nit. that the Government hoped to arrange W103 France _ for ajoint naval commission for the gov- ernment of the New Hebrides. The Com. mission, it was stated, would have power to protect the settlers, traders and missionâ€" aries, and would also be empowered to land marines to punish the natives for com- mitting outrages and to maintain order, the marines, however, to be Withdrawn when the special work for which they landed was accomplished. If the scheme proposed was accepted by France it was to be arranged that the French garrisons now occupying the chief harbors of the New Hebrides should retire. The publication of . the details is attributed to ‘the indignation which the proposal has aroused among the Colonial representatives here, many of Whom are said to be unable to conceal their anger at what they deem the sur- render of their claims to France. It is said that Sir Henry Holland’s statement amazed the members of the Conference and almost led to a scene. The Australians all Without exception deprecated any policy which even seemed to recognize French pretensions in the New Hebri- aes. Lord Salisbury, who was pre- sent, supported the speech made by Sir Henry Holland in justification of the Gov- ernment’s proposal. The Premier’s argu- ment, however, instead of mollifying the incensed delegates, served but to intensify their wrath. His remarks implied that the Australian demands hampered England in her negotiations with France. He main- tained that_ the colonists made a grave mistake in not accepting the compromise which the Earl of Rosebery proposed, and which, the Premier said. would have pre- véited the extension of the evils complained <. by the Australians, or arising from the se ding of French convicts to the South Pacific, and the rejection of which made it difficult for the English Government to approach France with any request that she curtail her liberty of action as to the uses to which she shbuld put her own territory. “Surely,” exclaimed the Marquis, “the Colonies do not desire to make the recidivist agitation a casus belli.” The Premier’s speech increased the dissatisfaction of the delegates. to such an extent that Sir Graham Berry, the Agent-General of Vic- toria, twitted the Prime Minister with having made a speech that would have been excellent coming from the mouth of the French Premier. Picot-edged ribbons are the most fashion- fible for all sorts of trimming. M. Chauvat has been installed as French resident at Walles Island, the capital of the Walles Islands group in the South Pacific, in View of a. possible British or German occupation. Horrible Death by a Young Woman’s Blayful Carelessness. A Jersey City despatch says : A horrible accident occurred in the smoking and fine cut department of Lorrillard’s Tobacco Factory. this city, about 2 o’clock, which resulted in the death of Mrs. Honora Perrine, a widow, employed in the factory. At the time of the accident there were over 250 girls in the room, many of whom were eye-witnesses to the frightful tragedy. There are ten packing machines on the floor. All of these except two were shut. down and the girls were standing about chatting, waiting for the paymaster to come along. While waiting for the pay- master Mrs. Perrine went over to the opposite end of the room to chat With her friend, Miss Cosgrove. Only two of the machines were run- ning, and the two inch belts from all the others had been detached from the pulleys and were hanging loose on the revolving shaft. Despite the warnings of Miss Cos-. grove, Mrs. Perrine sat in one of the loose beltings and began swinging as she would have done ina soup, holding fast to the belt with both hands a. little way above her head. The girl’s weight acted as a pres- sure upon the belt, which suddenly com- menced to revolve, and she was borne upward with a crash to the ceiling, ten feet fave, with a frightful crash. The girl’s oulders struck the ceiling and her hands and arms became entangled in a shaft revolving 350 times in a minute. The girl fell in almost the same spot in which she had stood. She lay in a mass upon the floor and a great stream of blood trickled out through her clothing upon the floor, and she died soon afterwards. He Will Commute their Sentencesâ€"Deter- mination of the Prisoners. A St. Peterburg despatch says : It is ‘ reported that the Czar has decided that the sentences of death pronounced against the Nihilists, convicted of complicity in the recent attempt to assassinate him, shall be commuted to imprisonment at hard labor‘ for life in the cases of all but two of the‘ condemned. Polianoksky, one of the con- 1 demned, said he and his accomplices acted from firm conviction that what they set out to do it was their duty to perform. Another of the prisoners is a young student. He had just finished his studies with brilliant suc- cess, having taken the gold medal of the university which graduated him. The youth was so ardent in the cause of Nihilism that he sold his gold graduation medal to obtain funds to enable an accomplice to leave theEmpire. All the prisoners pleaded guilty, and every one refused under threat or promise to betray any accomplice. The evidence indicated the existence of four widely ramifying Nihilist organizations, having head centres at St. Peterburg, Kief, Vilna and in Siberia. One of the witnesses was a woman. She admitted that she was the wife of one of the accused, although she said she had never been joined in wedlock to him by “ unnecessary religious formali- ties.” She was, on thisadmission, arrested and conducted to prison. You can’t judge an artist from the way he writes his name, nor a woman’s disposi- tion by the size of her bustle. “ ‘ It is the little things that tell,’ says an old adage. Yes, especially the little brothers.” It is expected that Michigan Central freight trains will be running into London by the end of next week. The coat-tail flirtation is the latest. A wrinkled coat-tai1,bearing dusty toe marks, means : " I_ have spoken to your father." Tfie Conference will visit Cambridge to-morrow. The final sitting of the Con- felgnce_will be _13e1(_i 01} Mpnday. Colonial Delegates Get Mad Over Britain . Policy in the New Hebridesâ€"Quite a Scene Raisedâ€"The Queen's Title to be Further Lengtliened. V A last (Friday) night’s London cable says: A meeting of the Colonial Confer- ence was held to-day, with Sir Henry Hol- land presiding, when the draft scheme for the increase of the Australian squadron was agreed to, 'us were the resolutions relaâ€" "ve to layianv a submarine cable between ‘ "W and 'Australia- A. discussion was invited by the President as to the pro- posal to extend the title of the Queen so as to include distinct reference to the colonies. The delegates were unanimously in favor of the extension of the title, subject to the Queen’s pleasure, and suggested that the terms of the [proclamation of 1858 should be adopted, viz., Queen of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Colonies and Dependencies thereof. At the close of the Conference an address was presented to Sir Henry Holland, expressing a sense "of the manner-in which he had pre- sided. Sir Henry Holland thanked the delegates for their kindness and courtesy. BELLIGERENT COLONISTS. WHIRLED TO DEATH. CZAR AND NIHILIST. A London cablegram says : The Colonial delegates visited the Queen at Windsor to- day to present their address. Several valu- able presentations were made from the colonies, among them being a gold casket studded 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 parts of the Empire, assembled in London to confer on questions affecting the Imperial possessions throughout the world, desire to avail themselves of the op- portunity of approaching Her Majesty with humble, united and earnest congratulations on the approaching completion of the fiftieth year of her reign. Mention was made of the growth of the population of India and the colonies, and that the in- crease of trade and the shipping revenue had been proportionate to. the population. No one in the Queen's wide dominion is subject to any other sway than that of even and impartial law. The address congratu- lated Her Majesty that after half a can tury’s reign, amidst changes of dynasties and systems of government in other coun- tries, the principles of law, which have their foundations in the past, still afford her subjects safety and prosperty, and the Empire that stability which claims the admiration of the world. The delegates assured the Queen of the continued loyalty and devotion of her colonial subjects, and prayed that her happy reign would still be prolonged, and the throne remain estab- lished in the land in justice and righteous- ness for generations to come. An Intercolonial Express Wrecked by an Enormous Snowslideâ€"Two Men Killed. A Moncton, N. B., despatch says : Yes. terday’s express from Quebec was five hours behind time. The delay was caused by a fatal snowslide three miles west of Trois Pistoles. The west-bound accommo- dation struck an avalanche which had dropped on the track from a high bank in a clay cutting, and both engines and the four first-class cars ran off the track and piled in a heap of ruin. The fireman of one of the engines named Pierre Levasgeur was killed, and a brakeman named Alfred Lavard was so badly scalded that he died in a short time. The two engine drivers and one of the firemen crawled out from the wreck with scarcely any injury. Their escape is simply miraculous. Mr. Mc. Donald, the superintendent, was on board, and immediately sent for medical aid and for the auxiliary cars of St. Flavie and River du Loup. Owing to the awkward position of the wreck between two banks fifty or sixty feet high, leaving no place to dump the debris, the clearing of the line was a difficult matter. The accident was one which it was difficult to foresee, nothing of the kind having been known to happen before. The bank that fell is an enormous one, and is composed of snow as hard and heavy as clay. A New Westminster (B.C.) despatch says : Between 9 and 10 o’clock yesterday morning J. E. Muir, who has been engaged for many years logging at Semiahmoo, was murdered on the railway wharf in this city by a man named Wm. Shearer. The cause of the trouble between them is supposed to be of long standing. Shearer, who was dis- charging lumber from a scow, deliberately walked upon the wharf to where Muir was standing, and without any words stabbed him repeatedly. On Muir attempting to get away Shearer caught him by his coat- collar and forcibly held him until the murder was accomplished. The murderer then threw his knife into the water and quickly gave himself up. Muir died in a few minutes, and on examination eleven stabs were found between the neck and the lower part of his body. ' The Delegates Present, an Address to the Queenâ€"'Eandsmne Gifts and Congratula- (ions. Plucky Fight of an Old Sandwich Hotel- keeper. A Windsor despatch says: Captain John Horn, sen., of Detroit, has for the past take years conducted the Road House at Sand- wich, a short distance above the mineral springs. Captain John is frequently the only person on the premises. Last night he was alone, his bedroom beingjust in rear of the bar, with an entrance to it from the dance hall. Between 1 and 2 o’clock this morning he was aroused by burglars moving in the front part of the building. Jumping and grabbing his cash-box, which he kept at the head of his bed, he opened the door and found himself face to face with one of the burglars. The fellow hada cocked revolver in his hand and poking it into the landlord’s {ace demanded his money or his life. “ I’ll be â€"â€"â€" if you get my 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 a bullet which passed through the fleshy part of his left thigh. “ You’ve done it ‘ now,” roared the stalwart old veteran, “but \I’ll fix you yet,” and he snatched a lather‘s hatchet that was close at hand. The burg. lars retreated and darted out of the front door, which had been left open in case of surprise. Capt. Horn followed, and in the dim light of the moon saw four men run- ning down the road. With nothing on but his nightshirt he chased them with the hatchet about 40 rods and then lost sight of them. On returning he sized up his loss. which amounted to about $200 worth of cigars, dressed himself and walked half a mile to the nearest doctor. This morning, although suffering considerable pain, he walked to Windsor and crossed to his home in Detroit. -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 is a cold day for them in a nation, then they lurk in the hedges, though their ordnance lie there, as leaves that are ary andfallen down from the tree.” â€"“ There is something in this little fel- low I like,” said an appreciative visitor to a young hopeful he was trotting on his knees. “ Now,” said the boy, “ how did you know I had swallowed a penny ?” â€"In front of a grocery store in Bleecker street, New York city, is a sign on a. basket of eggs which reads as follows : “ Fresh eggs guaranteed. Every egg dated.” â€"-“Define amonstrosity,” saidthe teacher, I rish party in the House of Commons. He and the children all replied in ringing 1 therefore maintained that he had a. right to chorus: ” An insurance agent with the be heard before a committee. For six years mumps"’ the Parnellites had been held up to public VOL X VIII COLONIAL CONFERENCE. THE RAILWVAY DISASTER. SHOT AND ROBBED. Stabbed to Death. Sir Edward Clarke, ex-Solicitor-General, moved an amendment to the Government’s proposal, to the effect that the House did not consider the Times statement concern- ing Mr. Dillon a breach of privilege. J us- tifying his action in offering the amend- ment, Sir Edward declared that there was no record of Parliament having committed a man to custody for breach of privilege, such as the action of the Times was now alleged to be. He added that he and the Attorney-General were responsible for the advice on which the Government acted. He proposed to confine himself to the legal points of the case, regardless of party poli- tics. He then quoted precedents to show that the House was not the proper tribunal to deal with such matters. No corruption had been alleged of a member, nor had any contempt of the House been exhibited, such as had constituted the offence in previous cases where breach of privilege had been committed. The course of the prosecution would be left to such persons as the Irish members might nominate, both counsel and solicitors. If the Government were asked to appoint them they would interpose no objection. Sir Edward modified his amend- ment, making it read that the House de- clines to treat the Times publication as a breach of privilege. Lord Randolph Churchill admitted that the case presented a prima facie breach of privilege, but he thought the House was not refusing a judicial inqury. The only dif- ference was as to the form of inquiry to be adopted. He regarded a resort to the ordi- nary tribunals of the law one that would afford a better remedy than could be ob- tained from action by the House. He depre- cated the attack made by Mr. O’Connor on the Government leader in the House. No one outside Mr. O‘Connor’s own circle could be expected to sympathize with him in such an assault. It was utterly unjusti- fiable. From the very language used, Mr. Smith could well afford to ignore the assault. (Cheers) If the Government leader in the House was charged with not taking primary action on behalf of the House for a breach of privilege committed against one of its members, he could retort that it was the leader of the Opposition who ought to have been expected to protect his friends, having taken the lead outside the House in an agitation for the repeal of the_Uni_on: (Cheers) Mr. Tanner denied that he had used the word “ damned.” He repeated, however, that the Conservatives were a. lot of cads. Mr. Speaker said Mr. Tanner must With- draw the expression and apologize. Mr. Tanner said he would do so. Sir \Vm. Vernon Harcourt denounced the Government’s proposal. Mr. De Lisle, Conservative, rose to a point of order. He said he had heard Mr. Tanner (Home Rule member for Middle Cork) say the “ Conservatives are a damned lot of ends.” Irish voicesâ€"“ So you are.” Mr. Speaker Peelâ€"The Clerk of the House will please see that the words are taken down. Mr. Gladstbneâ€"I e'mphatically repudiate thg asgegtior} qf _I{i§_Lorf1§_l}ip. Lord Randolph Churchill respondedâ€"It is true, however. He then proceeded to argue that it would be unwise for the House to go beyond the action the Government had proposed. The action of the House, if‘ the Tinws publisher should be brought before the bar, would in no wise curb or control the great power wielded by the press oi the county. _ Mr. T. P. O’Connor-condemned the Gov. ernment’s proposal. He said he com- miserated the Government on their humiliating and degrading position. Their proposal was really for a. collusive action at law made by the valor of a libel. Mr. O’Connor here produced a copy of the TimFs containing the libel on Mr. Dillon, and flourishing it aloft he said: I purchased this copy of the Times at one of the book- stalls owned by the Right Honorable the First Lord of the Treasury. It is he speaking for the Government who says no breach of privilege was committed. (Irish cheers.) He is therefore deeply interested as a party in the case against the editor of the Times. The two men ought to be in the dock together. The Irish members reject his proposal as unfair, unjust and unprecedented. The House of Commons ought not to be taken in by a. collusive action. Mr. \V. H. Smith announced in the House of Commons this. afternoon that the Govern- ment had resolved that the allegation that the statement by theLondon Times that Mr. Dillon told a falsehood while denying in the House of Commons that paper‘s utterances concerning his alleged relations with Sheri; dan, the Invincible, was not a breach of privilege and not sustained by precedent. It would be against the dignity of the House to summon the Times_ to the bar without previously inquiring into the cir- cumstances. The gentlemen below the gangway, Mr. Smith added, asked that a select committee be constituted to inquire forthwith into the allegations of the Times. The practice of the House had been to divest itself as far as possible of judicial . duty. The Government thought such a committee as was asked for would be un- fltted to consider such grave questions as would have to be referred to it for decision. The Government, feeling it to be their duty to endeavor to solve the question, had in- structed the Attorney-General and such others as he cared to associate with him to prosecute the Times for the libel on Mr. Dillon, who was at liberty to select such counsel as he saw fit. Mr. Smith urged the House to accept the course pro- posed. L Mr. Storey (Radical), a newspaper pro- prietorâ€"You can try to suppress the press ingrelgrld. _(Ifa_rng}_lite ghgersi Lord Randolph Churchillâ€"How would a committee of inquiry be constituted? Would it be proposed that members of the National League be put upon it? (Cries of “ Certainly I”) If so, there would be nothing in the whole history of jury-packing like it. (Cheers) Besides, the powers of a commit- tee would not be equal to those of a. court of law. The committee, indeed, would be hopelessly incompetent to settle such ques- tions of law as a court could. In a court the prosecution would proceed at the cost of the country, with the employment of any counsel the Irish members liked to name. In this way the truth would be arrived at and justice done 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 question fairly open to the members of the E rish party in the House of Commons. He A last (Wednesday) night’s London cable says : There was an unusually large at- tendance in the House of Commons to-dny, as strong interest was felt in the Dillon libel question. IRELAND’S CRIMES BILL. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, lVIAY 19, 1887. Mr. Gladstone, who on rising was loudly cheered, moved an amendment, That .a committee be appointed to inquire into the charge of wilful falsehood made against Mr. Dillon in the Times on Monday. He said he did not intend to suggest that the inquiry go beyond the article referred to. He objected to Lord Randolph Churchill’s calling him the leader of the party of separation. He perfectly understood why Lord Randolph did not call it the party of Home Rule. There was a future before Lord Randolph, in which Home Rule plans might figure as convenient to propose. (Cheers.) Turning to the question of pri- vilege, he said it was unfortunate that the Government refused to inquire into the present charge against an Irish member, while inflicting upon the Irish - people, by means of a permanent Coercion Bill, a brand of perpetual dishonor. Why take the case into a court of law ? Was it cer- tain that Mr. Dillon would get a verdict, whatever might be the proof, in a case where Parliament declared charges against a member no breach of privilege ? Nearly thirty years ago he went as Commissioner to the Ionian Islands. The Times then said that the Ionian Assembly was committing treason and that the Commissioner was aiding and abetting the assembly. He thought these charges required redress, and he took the best advice on the subject, but all of his advisers said he could not depend upon securing a fair verdict. The Irish members would be in a still more unfavor- able position in a jury trial, and it was no wonder they preferred the tribunal of the House. The House was a perfectly com- petent tribunaliindeed the only competent one. The precedents were all on the side of the appointment of a committee. There was the case of Mr. Butt in 1854, when it was held that the accusation that members were hungry for places to which were at- tached salaries and pensions deserved an inquiry. After citing a number of other precedents, in all of which the chargeswere less grave than those brought against Mr- Dillon, he challenged the Government to establish a single precedent where a prose- cution had been ordered without the House having previously condemned the Act upon which the prosecution was based. He appealed to;the Government to alter their de- termination,which otherwise might lead to a crisis of the most serious and momentous importance. The Irish members, who had been maligned to an enormous extent, asked for a particular course, which the majority refused, forgetting that they were acting against a minority representing a nation. (Parnellite cheers.) The Government could yet, on the grounds of reason, prudence and precedent accept his amend- ment, showing the country that they had determined at last to give even the Irish members fulljustice, even indulgent justice, seeing that their honor and character were at stake. (Cheers) Sir Richard Webster, Attorney-General, admitted that Mr. Gladstone had put the issue 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 case parallel to the present, that there never was a case where the Government directed an inquiry into a charg! where the authorship was admitted and the party accused of libel expressed willingness to justify. (Cheers) The House had never dealt with a charge of falsehood as a matter in which it should interfere. Not a single case existed in modern times in which a. similar libel upon a member of the House had been treated as a breach of privilege. If such'a precedent should once be established there would probably be a breach of privilege every week. It was idle to suggest that commom justice should not be done in a case of gross libel. He appealed to the House to aflirm that the course proposed by the Government was a most honorable and adequate one, and that a court of law was the proper place in ~Which to deal with the charges. The Parnellites at once challenged a. division. This resulted in a vote of 297 in favor of the amendment to 219 against it. The amendment then became a. substantive motion, and Mr. Bradlaugh resumed the debate. A last (Thursday) night’s London cable says : In the House of Commons this after- noon consideration of the question of breach of privilege in the Times<Dillon case was resumed. No member rising to speak on the motion of Mr. Lewis, that the con- duct of the Times was a breach of privilege and the House take notice of it, Speaker Peel put before the House the amendment of Sir Edward Clarke, Solicitor~GeneraL that the House decline to treat the Times’ publication as a breach of privilege. ' An application for the release of Father Keller, the priest of Youghal, who was im- prisoned in Kilmainham for refusing to testify regarding his connection with the Plan of Campaign, has been dismissed. United Ireland says that only a fool or an enemy of the Irish party would recommend the Parnellites to legally prosecute their slanderers. A last (Friday) night’s London cable says : In the House of Commons last night Mr. Hugh Childers followed the Attorney- General. He taunted Mr. Webster with entirely ignoring Mr. Gladstone’s powerful argument that Parliament had never or- dered a. prosecution without first declaring the oflence. He hoped, on the ground of precedent and fairness, that the House would agree to the appointment of a. com- mittee. Mr. Gladstone said he was surprised at the suggestion, coming as it did from the Government leader in the House. For him (Mr. Gladstone) to make such a. motion at the present time would be only making con- fusion, and it would tend to obscure the issue if the course suggested by Mr. Smith were followed. On motion of Mr. Bradlaugh the debate was adjourned. The debate was resumed in the House) Commons this evening on Mr. Gladstone’s motion to appoint a. committee to inquire into the Times’ charges against Mr. Dillon. Mr. W. H. Smith aéked if Mr. Gladstone would make that motion at once. Mr. Gladstone intimated that in the event of the adoption of Sir Edward Clarke’s motion, he would move an amend- ment to the main question to the effect that an inquiry be made by a. committee into the charges of wilful falsehood, in a. speech delivered in the House of Commons brought in an article by the Times against Mr. Dillon. (Cheers.) odium as criminals. Some of them in the meantime had been imprisoned. Enough had been done and said in these sixyears to prejudice the minds of any English jury possible to impunnel. He must decline to take proceedings in a civil action against the Times, because he believed he had no chance of obtaininga verdict. If, on the other hand, a select committee of the mem- bers of the House should be appointed to hear his case, he would be contented that it should be so constituted as not to include a single Irish member. (Cheers) ' Editorâ€"Your spring poems have not been printed, sir, because you did not com- ply with our regulations. Spring poetâ€"May I ask where I failed ? “ Certainly. The poems were signed with an assumed name. Contributors of spring poetry are required to enclose their real name and address, birth record, baptismal record, police court history, marriage certificate, divorce proceedings, if any, together with a full and frank confession of all the evil they ever did in their lives}; “My gracious"! Do you need all thafi as a guarantee of good faith ‘2” “ No ; we want it for publication.” The Publisher of the Black Pamphlet Assessed in £500 Damages. A last (Tuesday) night’s London cable says: The trial of the suit of Sir John Brannon against Wm. Ridgway, the pub- lisher, for libel, in accusing the plaintiff of being aFenian and a former ally of the Invincibles, was continued today. Mr. Ridgway then stated he was unable to call witnesses who could prove his charges, because the disclosing of the name of the writer of the Black Pamphlet, in which the charges were made, would endanger his life. Neither could he call in the de- tectives from whom he obtained the infor- mation, to substantiate the allegations against Mr. Brennon, because it would involve a disclosure of secrets of the pro- fession. The plaintifi had been brought into court as a stalking-horse for others, who dared not appear. Counsel for Mr. Ridgway declared that the Black Pamphlet was written by a Fenian whose destruction would be certain if his name became known. Mr. Brennon’s evidence showed that he associated with and assisted the worst dynamiters in Paris. Counsel held this to have proved the case against him. The Judge, in charging the jury, said the de- fendant had not proved justification. The jury awarded the plaintiff £500 damages. “ What is the question that we are asked oftenest in life ‘2” demands a. writer. The question most frequently asked in life, we should say is : “ Are you sure that you love me ?”â€"â€"Roston Courier. Veterans of the army and navy in Mon- treal district, about 1,000 in number, are making arrangements to parade with the volunteers on Jubilee day. The Canadian Cruisers Find No Trouble in Looking After the Americans. ‘ A Halifax despatch says : The cruiser ‘Triumph, on the station occupied by the 1 Terror last summer, called into Barrington yesterday. She has visited within the past few days all the harbors and usual resorts of fishing craft between Liverpool and Bar- rington, and is nowon her way to Pubnico, the western limit of her beat. Capt. Lor- way reports having boarded and hailed fifty American schooners since he assumed his present command. All these vessels came in for the purpose of shelter or re- pairs. The crews always manifested the utmost willingness to comply with the regu- lations, and in every instance so far had promptly carried out their instructions. The recent rough weather had caused an unusual number of American fishermen to seek harbors along the section of the coast, but all took the first opportunity of proceed- ing to sea. and required no extra warning. All intercourse between such vessels and the shore is carried on strictly by day and subject to the excellent rules adopted by Capt. Lorway, of having the boats row alongside the Triumph and report both go- ing and returning. No dissatisfaction was ever expressed at this plan, which prevents all possibility of violating the customs laws. Capt. Lorway had seen no disposi- tion on the part of fishermen to create any trouble. The station was a difficult one to oversee, on account of its great extent and numerous harbors. After the cruise to westward is finished the Triumph will pro- ceed to prospect the eastern boundary of the patrol, in order to look after vessels in want of bait. The magnetic power of soft iron is more than twice that of lodestone and 1000 times that of ferric sulphate. Miss Marjory Kennedy, second daugh- ter of the late Scottish vocalist, is now Mrs. Alexander Yule Fraser. Mr. Fraser is mathematical master in the Edinburgh High School. Long life to them I A writer says: “When you have occasion to say no, make it positive.” Can’t; no is negative. Brevity produces some very remarkable specimens of what the philosophers call nominalism. One of our correspondents had occasion to go into a. store to inquire for Dr. Abercrombie’s works, “The In- tellectual Faculties,” and “ The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings.” When asked for them the bookseller solemnly replied: “ I know I haven’t any moral feelings, and I doubt Whether I have any intellectual faculties ! ”â€"C/n'istian Advocate. A good organist will know how to tune his reeds and read his tunes. “ Yes, my child, yes; dun is the future tense of due.” Mr. Dillonâ€"“I have offered to enter into the charges fully before a. committee. I shall no longer exchange the lie with members of the House over them.” (Cheers.) Major Saunderson 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. Healy said every possible question seemed worthy of inquiry by the House ex- cept‘a question affecting the character of its members. The Parnellites did not care whether they got this inquiry or not, but if the Government majority refused this in- quiry the names of British gentlemen would be placed on a level with that of the Indian Thug. Thel’arnellites challenged the Tories to combat at once on this question. They would stand on no technical reference, ,but would meet any charges brought against them. From the decision of the majority of the House the Parnellites would appeal to the people outside and to other nations. The Irish people never sent them there to beg favors, but to demand their rights. Taking $1,000,000 is called A: 100 000 u u u u u u u u u u u The Gamut of Theft. (Washington Post.) 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 1,000 500 100 50 25 one harm a u u u u u u u u n Genius. Shortage. Litigation. Insolvency. r Irregularity. Defalcation. Corruption. Embezzlement. Dishonesty. Stealing. Total depravity. War on society. Modern Newspaper Regulations. WATCHING THE FISHERIES. THE RIDGVVAY TRIAL. An Editor's Experience. WHOLE NO 1,503 NO. 51. Our Ottawa correspondent telegraphs this (Thursday) afternoon: Mr. Gor- don, M.P., British Columbia, re- presents the district where the explosion took place at Vancouver Coal Company’s mines. Every miner in the pit, he tells me, was a personal friend of his own, and consequently he feels very ill over the calamity. The mine belonged to an English company and was worked by a perpendicular shaft. Two small explosions took place at this mine before. There were also several casualties. It is understood that the Davy lamp only is to be used but as miners can see better and consequently do more work with a naked light, it is just quite possible that some Chinaman disregarded the rules and caused the explosion. Gibson, the under- ground manager, who had so narrow an escape. was Mayor of Vancouver. The explosion evidently took place in the air shaft, thus destroying the van, so that no pure air could be sent into the mine. Gor- don has telegraphed for further particulars. Latest Particulars. A despatch from Nanaimo, B. 0., this afternoon, says : Jules Michael, who was injured in the explosion in No. 1 shaft of the Vancouver Coal Co.’s mine, says he was sitting in the cabin, at supper in No. 2 shaft when he felt the concussion. All scrambled out, but became inSensible, and only one was saved of his four companions whose dead bodies came up in the cage with him. Several could hardly appreciate their miraculous escape, owing to the dazed feeling which all felt who came out from the deadly pit. He represents theexplosion as having been terrific. Everythingbecame dark at once. John Lynch, who was badly injured about the face and head, and had his hip fractured, has been demented ever since the explosion occurred. His talk is about work in the pit. It is- thought he will not recover, having inhaled gas. The otherqgtore not injured seriously, though all were badly shaken up. Samuel Hud- son’s he'i‘oic death is unaccountable. He was a miner of great experience, While those who went down with him to rescue their fellows were comparatively in- experienced. He died from the effects of after damp. His brave deed was one of the bright things in the carnival of misery. All day yesterday gangs of men endeavored to extinguish the flames in No. 1 shaft, and it is believed the fire is under con- trol. The Merryweather steam fire engine did good work in pumping water from the harbor down the air shaft. It is absolutely impossible to think of get- ting at the imprisoned men until the fire is subdued. There is danger of the gas being driven into the fire and a second explosion. Even now fears are entertained that the Whole place will be blown up. If it should occur the catastrophe would be the greatest recorded in the history of coal mining. _ All hope of rescuing any one in the mines has been abandoned. It was proposed to cut a ditch to the salt water so as to at- tempt to put out the fire in No. 2 shaft by turning a stream of water into it, but the scheme was abandoned. The mines extend out from the shore more than a mile be- neath the waters of the harbor, and as one looks over the waves it is hard to imagine that beneath are imprisoned many dead fathers and sons of this city. AROUND THE SHAFT THE SCENES ARE HARROW' ING IN THE EXTREME. Mr. Ridene and Mr. Scott, of the Wellington mines, went down yesterday afternoon, at the risk of their lives, in an endeavor to make an investigation as to the manner of procedure. Mr. Chandler, of the Wellington mines, has been inde- fatigable in his efforts to assist in the work of rescue. Several physicians are in at- tendance tendering all the assistance in their power. The business houses are closed. The collieries are shut up and the entire population is gathering at the scene of the disaster. Wives, terror stricken, crying children‘ and sorrowing fathers hover in the vicinity and mourn their terrible afiiiction. Oc- casional showers of rain cast a dreariness over the ghastly scene. The imprisoned miners were all old settlers, their faces were familiar on the streets, and there will be a void in many homes. The cause of the explosion is un- known. It is generally supposed to have been an explosion of coal dust. The tale will probably‘never be told. A Hundred and Fifty Miners at the Bottom of the British Columbia Mine â€"No Hope of Safetyâ€"Heart-Rending ‘ Scenes. A Nanaimo, B. 0., despatch says: A terrible explosion of gas took place on Tues- day evening in the No. 1 shaft of the Van- couver Coal Company’s mines, in which there were upwards of one hundred and fifty miners at the time. The first inti- mation those on the surface had of the ex- plosion was a terrific shock, followed by an outburst of thick black smoke through the air shaft.- This was quickly followed by a second one stronger than the first, carrging pieces of wood, miners’ lamps, etc., hun reds of feet into the air. Inafew minutes flames commenced to issue through the air shaft with a loud, roaring noise. In a short time the fanhouse caught fire and was quickly consumed. In the meantime nine white men and four Chinese were brought out through the hoisting shaft. Rescuing parties attempted to reach the entombed men, but have been unable to rescue more than fifteen up to this hour. The rescuers were overcome with the after- damp and had to be rescued themselves by others. Sam Hudson, one of the rescuing party, succumbed to the. effects of the deadly after-damp. The scene around the shaft head is most heartrending, the air being filled with the lamentations of the friends of those imprisoned below looking for the missing. At this hour, 2 p.m., but little hopes are entertained for the safety of the imprisoned men. The fire is still raging, but it is thought it will soon be got under control. ’ The rescuing party will again attempt to go below. Aim (Friday) night’s Nanaimo, B. 0., despatch says: One more body has been brought up, that of Andrew Hunter, mule driver on No. 1 level. Six other bodies were seen there. Scott, of Wellington, has been carried out and is doing well. Samuel Hudson was buried at 3 p. m. by Rev. Mr. Good, the Odd-fellows and the Masons per- forming the ceremonies. There is no hope of saving any more of _the men. This ivs thé saddest day ever known in the history of British Columbia. There are AGONIZING SCENES THE NANAIMO CALAMITY. Seancer Any Hope of Saving the Imprisoned Miners. ‘ABOVE GROUND. Mr. Joseph Dennis, an engineer on the Michigan Central, at St. Thomas, has in- vented a. fire-proof and safety stove for railWay coaches and applied for a. patent for Canada. and the United States. The stove is so constructed that in case a collision occurs hot water passes into the fire box, extinguishing the fire. THE ECONOMICAL GIRL. She’s a dashing little student Of economy, and prudent, InAa‘ most painsteking fashion, Youi‘ oveitcoat would maké l" M. Zola, who held for some years the pen of a. dramatic critic, alwayspersistently maintained that the stage ought to be an exact copy of real life and that it was quite as possible to be true to nature in a theatre as in a. book. The newest fashion in ladies’ hats will doubtless cause a flutter of pleasurable excitement among the fair sex. Ladies are always susceptible to the changes of a fashion plate, and the more startling the departure, the more earnest the gossip over the new mode. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription is a positive cure for the ills which afflict females and make their lives miserable. This sovereign panacea can be relied on in cases of displacements and all functional derangements. It builds up the poor, haggard and dragged-out victim, and gives her renewed hope and a fresh lease of life. It is the only medicine for woman’s peculiar weaknesses and ailments, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satis- faction in every case, or money refunded. Read printed guarantee on bottle wrapper. The Pope received a. novel Easter egg. The egg was of ivory; the interior was lined with white satin upon which nestled a magnificent ruby and diamond ornament. The offering, the value of which is about £2,000, was made by Lady Herbert, of Lee. The Vatican at Rome has 25 chief courts, 8 principal atairways, 200 ,minor stairways‘ and 30,000,windows in its 11,000 chambers. The library has on its shelves 26,000 manu- scripts. Of these'16,000.are' in Latin, 500 in Greek and 3,000 in Oriental tongues. The printed volumes in the library number about 100,000. First Msmâ€"Umph! The idea of spending $200 for a. bicycle for youf boy! You’ll ruin him. Second Manâ€"On the contrary, I desire to 'kgg}? him my; ofibgd pompaqy. _ _ “ W‘lmt good will that neAw angled con- trivance do any one, I’d like to know ? He can gq yvhere he pleases with it.” “ Did .you ever; hear of a young man coming home drunk on a. bicycle ?” It Didn’t Take, A Sunday School teacher asked a little girl of her class if she had been baptized. "Yes," said the little girl, “two times.” - “Two times? Why, how could that be ? ” “ It didn’t take the first time,” said the little girl.â€"Wide«Awake. â€"Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister of the President, has accepted a. place as first asslstant in a, school for young ladies in New York city. â€"'I‘he longest continuous run on any railway in the world is that made by the new Saratoga. limited train on the road from New York to Troy, which runs the entire distanceâ€"148 milesâ€"without a stop. â€"â€"A medical authority says that in warm weather people will find their systems cleaned and cooled very comfortably and beneficially by swallowing a goblet of fresh water, not iced, with a little table salt dissolved in it. The threatened insurrection by the Greek population of Crete against the Porte’s authority has quieted down. Archbishop CorrigenY of New York, is one of the youngest prelates in this coun- try. He is now 47 years old, but was only 33 when made Bishop of Newark. His man- ner resembles that of the late Cardinal McCloskey. He is an indefatigable worker and is quick to make decisions and put them into execution. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Fisherville village will shortly be furnished with a. new pipe organ. built by Mr. Spencer, of Ha.milton. It will be 10x6x13, contain- ing 416 pipes, and will cost $600. Among the prominent clergyman who are mentioned as likely to succeed Right Rev. Dr. Binney in the Bishopric of Nova. Scotia the name of Rev. John Langtry, rector of St. Luke’s Church, Toronto, appears. Mr. Langtry was Prolocutor of the Lower House at the last meeting of the Provincial Synod. There are 101 white men and 50 Chinese still in the mine: Forty-seven of the .whites are married men with families. Some of the young wives with small child ren are frantic with grief, standing around the mouth of the fatal shaft. ' Others are dazed with weary watching and tears, silently watching the cage ascending from ‘the depths below, where their dear ones i are. Dense volumes of smoke continue to ‘ascend from this shaft. A large gang of men, principally sailors, are down this shaft fighting the fire with desperation. It is hoped the fire will soon be under control. One thousand five hundred feet more fire hose are being sent by s ecial train, from Victoria, which will be at down the cage shaft and salt water pumped down. The bodies of William Campbell and Michael Lyons were recovered to-day horribly mangled. The latter was discovered 700 yards from the shaft. Other bodies were seenalittle further in, but could not be reached. The men are working in four hour shifts. All posible is being done. It would be madness to penetrate the mine, as another explosion might occur. The mine extends for miles under the harbor, and looking at the peaceful water it is diffi- cult to imagine the frightful catastrophe enacted a few hundred feet below. The worst has yet to come, when the bodies are brought up. People do not yet realize the dreadful catastrophe that has blighted the city. The mouth of the shaft is eagerly watched hour after hour by an eager crowd of men, women and children, Chinese and Indians, all too terrified to talk above whispers. Relief is much needed and can- not come too soon, as the destitution will be terrible. Many of the men leave large families, who have not the necessaries of life. - The total amount paid in to the endow- ment fund of Knox College to date is 3152,- 135. 88. The total amount subscribed is $198,095.17. Rev. L. Newton, a. graduate of McMaster Hall, has accepted the pastorate of the Victoria. Baptist Church. gag: very few people in the city that have not lost relatives or friends. One lady lost husband, father and brother, and is frantic with grief. All she wishes now is to see her dead. husband’s face once more. He was to have taken a holiday that day and gone off bicycle riding, but being a. rainy day he postponed his pleasure trip and went down into the fatal pit, never to return alive. One gentleman from Victoria has five brothers, a brother-in-law and an uncle imprisoned in the mine by the deadly I wblildfemllv haveuyou knm'v ; And she lookea up with her eyes unglancing, Most bewitchingly entrancing, Agg my‘thoughts flew back to courtship, Many happy years ago ; Soon her gaze grew fond and fender, And I then began to ponder Some qweetvwgrgig de Whisper to her - Of a. liberty I’d take ; But she smiled a smile platonic And she said in words laconic : “ What a. splendid lop pf cairpet rags A Level Headed Father. To â€"Day’s Church News. The Ladies’ Favorite. A Novel Easter Egg.