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A Butte. Mont., despatch of Sunday says: This city was shocked today by the sensational suicide of N. W. Wilson, ticket agent in the Northern Pacific Railway office here. Wilson was a popular young man in both business and social circles. He was a Canadian. In November, 1886, Wilson came to Montana at the instance of Major J. E. Dawson, of the Montana Cen- tral. Before coming here Wilson was Grand Trunk ticket agent at Windsor, ()nt. He has also occupied a position as ticket agent and station master at Woodstock and Ingersoll, Out. For some years he was relieving agent along the lino of the Great Wr stern before its amalgamation with the Grand Trunk. He was a man of unusual ability, and until recently of verycorrect habits, but he fella prey to prevailing vices in this city. Wilson had been drinking torthe past three days heavily, and while doing so had gambled at different places in the city. He had the entire confidence of General Agent McCcig. and it was his habit to take the ticket receipts from the office each day and buy drafts at the bank to remit to the Northern Pacific at St. Paul. \Vilson made his appearance at the office every morning in his usual condition and McCaig suspected nothing. He dis- covered this morning, however. that for the last three days Wilson had not remitted as usual. Last night Wilson played fare and lost about $600. He had played in the house before and his cheques were ac- cepted. This morning Wilson went to the Northern Pacific office as usual and was at his desk when Mr. McCaig came in. Shortly after the arrival of McCaig at the oflice a representative of the First National Bank came in and told Mr. McCaig that a number of cheques had come in signed by Wilson in favor of gambler Dowd, and they had been thrown out. Wilson heard the re- mark and turned pale. Mr. McCuig called Wilson’s attention to the fact and W'ilson said he would go out and buy the drafts at once. This occurred at 10 o’clock. Mr. MoCaig knew Wilson had no money to buy the drafts, so he went and informed Wil- son's friends of the deficit, and they readily agreed to endorse his notes and square him with the company. P. L. Foster, who roomed with Wilson, heard of the trouble and went to his room about 7 o’clock. The door was locked and Wilson inside. Wilson evidently thought the oflieers were coming to arrest him. He swallowed four ounces of chloroform and shot himselt through the head, and died in twenty minutes. The jury returned a verdict of suicide. The remains will be sent to Chatham for burial. goes Would boycott all the Emma through[ 7 An' Eifgel a good deal better at my son More he I s‘pose this kinder talk from me may sound a little odd, Bein‘ as how I‘ve Imus drank my share of forty- rod ' But if I ’had to live again the years that’s passed Lm‘ gone I‘d undertake to organize a temperance club of one - For now. that you are lenvin' home ter steer yer own canoe, 80mg) theoyries I have (111115 hold is sorter fallin’ A Montreal despatch of Sunday says: On Monday night last a freight train on the Canada Atlantic Railway bound east ran into a siding at St. Justin, and eight cars were badly smashed, entailing a loss to the company of $515,000. Investigation showed some one had misplaced the switch and fixed the light signalling the road was clear. Private Detective Grose, of Mon- treal, was sent for by the company for the purpose of ierreting out the perpetrator of the outrage. His inquiries have led to the arrest of A. Beanchsmp, a discharged employee. The evidence shows that Beau- ohamp, since his discharge, has been in- dulging in threats against the company, and it will be shown that he was in the vicinity of the place of the accident on Monday night. He was arrested at Cassel- man and lodged in jail. A former Chathamltc's Devotion to '11mm Leads to a Sad End. 'tis. Still, bar-room talk nu’ sioh does more than drink tar npsil a man, Fer the mind absorbs more poison than the stomach ever can ; So of ye will indulge, my lad, don't hang about the but, But down your booze an’ plank your (lung Im’ get away from that; Fer, barrin' liquor-men themselves. that‘s no one over rose That made it his headggartogs Mr. Deedsâ€"Thirsty? Try this water. That‘s another advantage of the house. 'Ihat there’s a splendid cistern; bound to be full when every well in the neighborhood dries up. You’d never get such a complete establishment for the money if it hadn’t been for the death of the owner. cnme. I know those bar-room games use up a heap of cash Im’ time ; An’ every little while, you know, the reg'lar drinks will come, Until your head goes swimmin’ on a reservoir of rum ; Sometimes you‘ll jaw about the game, and likely come to blows, For ye don't know what will happen What” the corn juice flows. They say the wise man takes his drink and goes about hm btz, Tho" I think he is n wiser one who lets it be what Prospective Purchaser (stopping to ex- pectorate)â€"â€"Did you bury him in the cis- tern? {001757 advice, , An’ never go to a. saloon to play at cards or d100, F513 '7 I don’t hold play at cards itself is any Seedy Individual»When I’m well dressed I can borrow more money on less credit that} _any mag iu_the city: Seedy Individualâ€"Say, can’t you take me__v_vith ygu opt We_s_t and give me a. job? a Chicago' Business Manâ€"What can’you o ? Chicago Business 'Manâ€"By Jinks! Come right along. I’ll take you into part- nership. I knpwyou _th_ink I don't know much, but take a N0 Cards. Ethelâ€"Why, mamma, I would as soon think of marrying papa. as marrying old General Starbuckle. Ethel’s motherâ€"Well, I married your gather, and I guess you are no better than on your nose, An' don't be foreverlonfln“ Miss Beacon (of Bostonâ€"“ Do you never feel an ineatiate craving for the unutminj ableâ€"a consuming desire to transcend the limitations which hedge mortality, and commune, soul to soul, with the spirits of the infinite '2’3 My son, afore you leave your home I want ter any to you, That's lob of pitfalls in the World to let young roosters through ; So limp n, padlock on your mouth and skin your weather eye, But ‘nfejmr advertise yourself as being monstrous . y_n Don’t run to dross-0f all the sorts with which the world is strewed The most consumed useless thing is what they call a (lood ; An' don‘t be “tough” an‘ wear your hat a. tilted Mr. Slowpay’e Jest. They had had toast every morning for six weeks. “ Madam,” said Mr. Slowpny, “ I am not nit-aid of pie; 1 can bravely face home- made biscuit; I have never been known to fly from sponge cake, but,” and here he wiped the perspiration from his brow, 'but, madam, I quail on toast." Omaha mailâ€"4' Yeâ€"ea. Kinder." GAMBLING AND DRINK. Probably a Casa 01' Revenge. Whur the Com Juice Flows. A Valu able Talent. A Familiar Flavor. Ho Did. When the corn juice flows‘ â€"Harpcr’s I'Vecicly. Whar the corn juice flows What the com juice flows A Lisbon deepetch Boys: The funeral of King Luis took place yesterday. The cortege started at 2 30, and the funeral car was completely covered with beautiiul wreaths. Another carriage was devoted to floral offerings. Following were carriages containing the representstivea of Germsny, England, France and Turkey, and the royal mourners. The last carriage was oo- cupied by King Curloe, the Duke of Aoetu, and the Duke of Montpeneier. The oortege. which was followed by a large number of deputations from trade and other societies, arrived at the Pantheon at 4 p.131. The Papal nunoio, the diplomatic body, and the members of the royal household were in waiting in the St. Vincent Church. The remains were blessed by the patriarch, and 101 guns announced that the body had been consignedto the tomb. Queen Pie. and the Duchess of Aosta, accompanied by maids of honor, Visited the Pantheon and remained a long time in silent prayer. The Widow placed on the coffin a wreath inscribed : “ A souvenir of the soul and heart and of the eternal love of thy inoonsolable wife in death and life, Maria.” The Duke of Edinburgh was unwell, and was forbidden by his doctors to attend the funeral. He therefore sent an officer to represent him. Towards evening the Duke improved. A Baltimore despatch says: Carl Graves, fireman. and Ludwig Loder, seaman, sur- vivors of the crew of the steamship Earn- moor, tell a horrible story of the way they sustained life by cannibalism for days. Loder says: The only food we had the first 15 days in the boat was a flying fish and a few raw small birds divided among 11 men. The sixteenth day Wm. Davis, a seamen, caught me by the throat and made a dash at my head with a knife. He out me on the right cheek, the scar from which still remains. He was told to kill me by August Plagge, a fireman. When Davis began to out me, some of my com- panions caught him, while others shouted “ Kill him I Kill him i We want some- thing to eat; we are starving.” Plagge, Davis and others in one end of the boat decided that I should die. As I was pretty fat, I suppose they thought I looked invit- ing. Plagge was placed an watch that night, but he was missing the next morning. No one saw him go overboard. On the 17th day Wm. Robinson lay down to sleep. When they called him they found he was dead. It was determined to eat his flesh, and William Wright, the cook, was ordered to carve the body. The first thing d he was to smash in Robinson's skull, and from the fracture each one sucked the blood as long as it lasted, which was but a little while. Then the cook stripped the flesh from the ribs. The next day the flesh in strips was placed on the top of water-tight compart- ments and dried in the sun. After taking out Robinson‘s liver, heart and other parts which would furnish blood to be sucked, they threw his mutilated body into the sea. Two days after Robinson’s death third engineer Thomas Hunt died. His body was also out up for food. “ In about three days," said Loder, ” the limbs and feet of all began to swell, and several have since broken out in ugly sores. We think it is poison from the human flesh and blood.” Graves and Loder say tney have no recollection of the taste of human flesh, so great was their mental anguish at the time. The Inlmbitantsof Surrounding Townships Getting Alarmed. Kingsviile, Gosfield, Leamington and Mersea have issued proclamations calling upon ratepayers to get vaccinated. Medical men haVe been hired to go to each school- house. McKee, the school teacher, who nursed Snyder, is down with the disease, and according to his own statements he was in Windsor on Wednesday last. The evening previous he escaped from the island in a small boat and landed in Bar- row. Wednesday morning he took the early train for Walkerville, and then crossed to Detroit. That evening he went to Windsor, took the Michigan Central train for Amherstburg, and then hired a rig from Albert Fox, of Amherstburg, and drove to Harrow, returning with the boat to the island. Another case developed yes- terday, and the inhabitants of the island are panic stricken. Captain McCormick, who, died, has been sickly all summer, and he attended Dr. Snyder. His father, A.M. McCormick, and brother, Norman McCor- mick, are also down with the disease, and it is feared that it will break out in some of the villages on the lake front. Midnight Mechanics Make a Haul at St. Joseph, Mo. A St. Joseph, Mo., despnteh of Thursday says: At 2.30 this morning three masked robbers entered the residence of Judge Henry Kelly, and going to the room Where the judge and his wife were sleeping, one of the robbers covered them with his revolver, while the others searched the room for valuables, obtaining $600 in jewels, gold watches and money. The robbers then searched the bed for valuables and lastly took the rings from Mre.Kelly’e fingers. 0n the judge stating that he had no money concealed about the house, he was struck over the head with a revolver and threatened with death if he did not tell where the money was. The robbers escaped. After Seventeen Days' Starvation, Bend the Body ofa Dead Comrade. A Franklin, Pa", despatch of Friday evening says: A number of school chil- dren found a bomb loaded with dynamite near the school-house on the Galloway farm. near here, this evening. While at- tempting to open it with a knife it ex- ploded, with terrible results. Two children. named Fitzgerald and Roger,are fatally hurt, While eight others are in a. serious condition. Fitzgerald’s arm was blown off and his facewns terribly disfigured. Roger’s right eye was blown out and his face her- ribly lacerated. The others are out about the head and body by the fragments of the bomb. which had been made by some one for the purpose of killing fish. The residenoa of ex-Mayor Ballard, 0! Lexington, Mo., was burned Tuesday night. Mrs. Ballard, who was of unsound mind, perished in the flames. Acting Secretary Batcheller has up pointed Milton M. Holland, of Washington. to be chief of a division in the Second Auditor’s office. Mr. Holland is awell- known colored lawyer. Funeral uftlw Late King of Portugal. VOL XII Investigating an Unlucky Find. BMALLPOX AT PELEE. ROBBED A JUDGE. THE LAST 0F LUIS. CRAZED SAILORS, Alast (Thursday) night’s Chicago de- epatch says: The Lronin trial formally began this morning. The court-room was crowded. State's Attorney Longenecker at once began his opening address to the jury. He saidâ€"Tho evidence that we shall introduce will be to show a conspiracy to murder Dr. Cronin. The evidence we shall introduce will be that in the conspiracy which was formed and carried into execu- tion, terminating in the killing of Dr. Cronin, all the conspirators are liable for murder, and that the punishment for con- spiracy ends in the punishment for murder. That is the position we take in this case. The same hidden hand that worde and moved this conspiracy, that concocted this scheme, was again working in this com- munity to lead the people to believe that Cronin was still alive. Not content with having beaten out his liie, not content with having laid him to real. inn. sewer,the some conspirators that brought it about were again at work for the purpose of blasting the character and reputation of the man they had murdered. {the State's Attorney proceeded to speak of the motive of the crime, and said that in order to show what that motive was it becume necessary to examine into the history in this country of the organization known as the United Brotherhood, com- monly called the Ulsn-na-Gael. Before doing this he reminded the jury that they were not trying the Clan-ns-Gael, but the prisoners at the bar. Mr. Longenecker then proceeded to sketch the history of the Clun-ansel in this country, saying it was made up of patriotic Irishman, Irishmen who Went into it for political effect and Irishmen who went into it for the money there was in it, and that its object was to free Ireland by force of arms as soon as a. favorable opportunity offered. Hedeolsred that the Triangle was supreme; that the oaths of the members made their com- mands superior to the laws of the nation. Mr. Forrest objected to this line oi state ment. Judge McConnell warned the State’s Attorney that he was making these statements at his peril. A Winnipeg despatch says: Burke, the Cronin suspect, is said to have confessed to his fellow-prisoners while in jail here his connection with the Cronin crime. One of these men is Heffer, who has just been released on a charge of manslaughter. Heffer’s statement is said to be most cir- cumstantial, giving names, date and minute details. He says Burke told him that Dr. Cronin was murdered in the Carlson cot- tage on the night of May 4th, and that he was present at the commission of the deed, together with a number of others, whose names he gave. After the murder was committed the conspirators put the remains in a box and took them to the lake shore in an express waggon. They threw the box into the lake, but it would not sink and drilted ashore, so they putit back into the waggon and took it to the city and hid it {or the night. On the followxng night they set forth again, intending to sink the box containing the remains into the lake by means of weights, but becoming suddenly panic-stricken with the fear of capture they dropped the body into a manhole and threw the box into a vacant lot, Where it was found on the following day. Burke mentioned the namzs of those ordering the commission of the crime and those taking part in it, and he also told who it was who paid him money to leave Chicago and go to Europe by Winnipeg. These names Heffer gave to his lawyers. The story throughout is most circum- stantial. This fact it is that leads to the strong belief in its truthfulness entertained by those who are fully acquainted with it. The story also corroborates exactly the statements by Gillette and Mills, two other prisoners. Heffer says he is willing to go to Chicago and give evidence in the matter. The authorities here have notified the State authorities at Chicago of these state- ments by Gillette, Mills and Hefifer, but have not as yet heard anything in reply. The State’s Attorney saidhe would prove what he had said, and he accepted the re- sponsibility. He procetded to say that when Sullivan, Feely and Bohmd got con- trol of the Executive Board they changed the plan of work of the organization, inau- gurated the dynamite policy andimplanted in the constitution the clause commanding perfect and unquestionmg obedience to the commands of the Board. Thu defence again took an exception to this line of statement. the State’s Attorney then spoke of the adoption of the Triangle as the symbol of the Executive Board. The membership did not know who constituted the Triangle, so secret was it, but nevertheless they obeyed its orders, and were sent on various apecxal missions in England in the way of active work and under nseumci names. Notwithstanding this secrecy those men were betrayed by the Board to the English authorities, and twenty of them are now in prison. This was, he declared, to enable the Board to steal the funds, and when at last a showing was made the Board claimed that the Order owed them $13,000, while there was $250,000 in the treasury when they took charge. Several witnesses were then examined. A Fridsy‘s Chicago despstch says: Dr. Egbert stated the facts revealed by the autopsy which he made upon Dr. Cronin’s body on the day following its discovery. He described the wounds, and gave it as his opinion that death resulted from them. All the wounds were upon the head. The skull was not broken, except a small piece of bone was chipped off at the corner of the left eye. The witness described the condi- tion of the internal organs, and exhibited the stomach and its contents to the lawyers and the jury. Dr. Egbert said the stomach seemed to contain only vegetables. Among them he distinguished corn, and there were others which resembled cabbage and car- rots. In his judgment the doctor was killed within three hours after having ester]. The Story of the Murder as Tpld by Burke in Winnipeg. WHAT THE AUIOPSY REVEALED. The cross-examination of Dr. Egbert developed that none of the wounds on the corpse were such as wouldneeessarily cause death. It was impossible also, the doctor admitted, to say whether the wounds were inflicted before or after death. He had tried to ascertain, but was unable to do so. He had not ascertained that the wounds aflected any important nerves or arteries, and he could not swear that they in any manner affected the brain. If death had resulted from the skull wounds, it would in all probability have been caused by concus- sion of the brain. The usual post mortem evidence of such a result, the heart and the lungs being filled with blood, was not found in this case. The question was putâ€"" In it not scien- RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, NOVEBIBER ’7, 1889. HOW ORONIN DIED. A Louisville, Ky.,despatch of Wednesday says: An engagement has occurred be- tween the Howard and Turner factions near Harlan Court House. James Deane, of Howard‘s party, was killed and five others were wounded. Three of the lurner crowd were wounded. A correspondent at Pineville telegraphs as follows: Wilson Howard and one of his principal henchmen named Jennings are among the wounded, and it is said Howard’s injuries are pro- bably fatal. The Turners have been in possession of the town for more than a week. Their leader is John Turner. aged 17. Howard’s forces have been in camp one mile from town. There are about forty men in each crowd, ah equipped with Win- ohesters and revolvers. Yesterday morning Turner led his followers in an attack on ihe Howard camp. The attacking party got in the first work, but were finally driven back to town. A report reached Pineville today that the Howard forces in Harlan, enraged by the battle of yesterday and the probable fatal wounding of their leader, left camp last night and started for Harlan Court House, intending to kill everybody that belongs to the opposition and burn the town. Human Flends Wreck a Train and K111 Three Men. An Indianapolis despatch of Friday says: A north-bound freight train on the Lake Erie and Western Railway was wrecked at Kokomo at 4 o’clock this morn- ing. The engine, with eight or ten care, was thrown from the track. Twelve oil tanks exploded in quick succession, setting fire to the box oars attached. Two cars of merchandise and [our of coal were con‘ Burned. Engineer Mehl, fireman Edward Burnell and head brakeman John Spell man wexe thrown beneath the oil care and burned to a crisp. The accident was the work of wreckere, this being the third at- tempt nmde in that vicinity within the last two months. rl‘he train employees killed lived at Peru, Ind. Lead an Old Pensioner to a Terrible Death at “’indsor. A Windsor despatoh of Wednesday says: Wm. Brown, an aged British pensioner, was burned to death in the Essex House stable fire last night. About 9 o’clock one of the boarders of the hotel saw a small flame in the loft of the barn. An alarm was turned in, and in an incredibly short space of time the fire department was on the spot, but the fire had gained such headway that the whole upper part of the barn was in flames. During the progress of the fire the question what caused it was often asked, but no one could give the slightest clue until about 7.30. When a fireman was going through the burning building he stumbled over something, and looking down he saw it was the body of a man. Grabbing the body he dragged it to the open air, where, upon investigation, it was found to be Wm. Brown. Nearly all of his clothes were burned OE, and the face and one side of his body was burnt to a crisp. The dead man has for years earned a precarious living in Windsor, and has often figured in the Police Court as a com- mon drunk. Last ;evening, shortly before the fire, he was seen near the barns con- siderably under the influence of liquor, and it is supposed that he lit his pipe and lay down on the hay, causing the oonflagratiou, and being too drunk he could not save himself. Kentucky Factions A tmmpt the Settlement of an Old Feud. The last witness of the day was the undertaker who removed the body after the post mortem, and who testified that it re- mained in his charge until buried. A London cable says : The subter- rcnean river recently discovered in France, in the Miers District of the Department of Lot, has now been traced a distance of seven miles to a point beyond which the three daring explorers who undertook the task did not dare to venture, as the river there takes an abrupt plunge into the bowels of the earth to a depth impossible to fathom. It took three days and nights to accomplish this journey of seven miles and return, the greater portion being done in a folding best made of sailcloth. Miers is in the heart of a. wild and mountainous country, in the deepest recesses of which caves and grottoes are found, some of which appear to have been the abode of our troglodyte ancestors. The subter- ranean river was first discovered a month ago at the bottom of an abyss known as the pit of Padarae and was then traced a distance of two miles. The whole seven miles so far explored are in utter darkness except at the point where the river was discovered. It abounds in cascades and passes through a succession of grottoes sparkling with stalactites. Preparations are being made for further explorations. Dr. Charles W. Perkins, who at the request of Dr. Egbert assisted at the post mortcm, testified that in his opinion death did not ensue from blood-letting, but from concuasion of the brain. The latter organ was too decomposed to afford any infor- mation. It is nearly twenty years since 511.1308 handkerchiefs or those with only a small oantre of finest linen lawn, were carried. The Se elegant accessories to a lady’s toilet coat all theiway item 95 to hundredq. Dr. Egbert repliedâ€"“That is true.” Dr. Egbert was of the opinion that: death had ocunrrei through excessive loss of blggd, but there was no certainty of it, he 3&1 . tifically true that you physicians found no evidences in that body that were certain and conclusive of the form of 663th ?“ Explosion on a Cunarder. A Holyhead cable of Thursday says: The Cunard liner Cephalonia was seen rounding the Skerries and making for this port at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Upon her arrival it was ascertained that she left Liverpool this morning at 11 o'clock, bound for Boston, and that as she was nearing the Skerries an explosion occurred in the etokehole. Second engineer John M. Farlane and {our firemen, John Price, John Malcolm, John Webb and John C. Price, were severely scolded by steam. They were treated by the ship’s doctor and afterwards landed at Holyhend and admitted to Stanley Hospital. It is not known how the explosion was caused, as the machinery was examined before leav- ing Liverpool. The vessel will return there. An Indiana. widower. for demonstrat- ing too soon his belief that marriage was a success, wns hanged in efiigy. He married again two weeks after his first wife’s death. WITH “’INCB ESTER. RIFLES. TRAI N WRECKERS' “'ORK. France’s Underground River. WHISKEY AND THE PJI’E Mr. Ralston said : We were about three miles from Deseronto a half a mile or so from shore ; we were at tea, and heard someone calling out “ The boat is on fire ”; I rushed to the cabin and put my coat on ; the smoke was intense; heard a woman cry out “ Will somebody save me and the baby ” ; I then caught hold of a chair and with it smashed three of the Windows in the cabin, and got out, I don‘t know how ; the first thing I realized was that I was outside of the cabin, climbing between the windows, with the chair in my hand; some one said to me, “Give me the chair and I will throw itin the water”; I told them that I required it, as I could not swim; I crawled along near the water wheel, caught hold of a rope and let myself down, hand over hand, until I reached the water; the flames had made such rapid headway that the rope that was sustaining me was burned through, and I was precipitated into the bay; my chair then stood me in good stead, as with it I managed to paddle along to a brace under- neath the boat; I caught hold of that and held my chair underneath me; I called out loudly for help ; fortunately my crits were heard by the captain who, with another man, came in a row boat; they came within 30 or 40 feet of where I was, but the heat from the burning vessel was so intense that they could not come nearer; the flag pole of the Quinta had burned off and was swimming close to me; it was being pro- pelled towards me by the captain and the other man, and I assisted in guiding it towards me by means of the chair; I caught hold of the end of the pole; they called out, “ Have you a secure hold?” I replied in the affirmative; they pulled me shoreward as fast as they could row; I was very much exhausted, and taken at once to Deaeronto, where I was attended by the physicians; my opinion is that the fuel being used on the boat was not what it should be; it consisted of light pine cut- tings from saw mills in that section; apile of this stuff in the fire hold became ignited and before it could be extinguished the steamer was in flames. I believe that not more than five minutes elapsed between the time of the breaking out of the fire, until the vessel was doomed ; nobody said a word about life preservers; not a cabin passenger knew of the existence of such an accommodation; had they been reminded of them by the crew, I think the result would have been different. Another name may have to be added to the list of the loan, as a. man named George Robinson, of Piston, was to take the ban for that place last; evening. and nothing can be learned of him. The fire leapad rapidly from deck to deck and, although the firemen were quickly ou; (/f the fire- hole they were compelled by the advanee of the flames to hurry to the promenade deck, then to the hurricane deck, from which they were forced to jump into the water. The steamer Deaeronto was soon at the scene of the diaaster and conveyefl the remains of the dead to Deseronto. She afterwards made the Quinte’a trip to Picton. The Quinta was the largest boat of the Deseronto Navigation Company. She had been, three years ago, made nearly new. She was valued an $18,000, partly cov- ered by insurance. The steamer is burnt to the water‘s edge, leaving the hull and machinery in fairly good shape. She lies in shallow water. Capt. T. Donnelly said he never inspected a boat that had such a fine fire apparatus as the steamer Quinta. He inspected her last May. Capt. Christie‘s mother and his 12y“)!- old brother were unable to leave the ladiea’ cabin, so dense was the smoke and rapid the flames. Mrs. Stacey, the helper to the cook, and her little son were in the dining- room and were unable to get out. Fireman Thomas Hart had his right leg badly sprained and bones broken. He was also severely burned. Engineer Short lost {$200 in money in his trunk. One of the passen- gers, Mr. Hart, of Believille, lost his over- coat and a. purse with $40. The crew lost everything. Mrs, Christie was 50 years of age and a resident of Piston. Her son, the captain, is about 24 years of age, and has been on stenmboats for some time. The Steamer Quinta Destroyed and Four Lives Lost. A Desoronto despatoh of Wednesday says: The steamer Quinta was burned about three miles from Desercnto on her way to t‘icton about 6 o’clock this evening. Four persons are supposed to have been lost, Capt. Christie‘s mother, his young brother Uhurles,the ladies’ maid and her young son, named Dnvern, of Trenton. As far as can be ascertained the passengers were all saved. Three or four have severe burns. but; the doctors report none seriously injured. Many were chilled by being in the Water. All the survivors have been brought to Desoronto and are being pro- perly cared for. The fire, it is supposed, started in the furnace room and spread quickly to the Whole boat. The captain ran her ashore only a short distance away, where she lies almost entirely destroyed. All the freight, baggage, etc., were burned. The steamer belonged to the Rathbun Company. Assignments in Ontario. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re- ports the following assignments in Ontario: Arthur, J. A. Macmillan, joweller, assigned to J. A. Galloway, Toronto. Brussels, W. J. Jackson, tinware, eto., assigned to W. M. Sinclair, Brussels. Melbourne, Robert Fletcher, stoves and tinware, assigned to Wm. A. Gunn, London. Ottawa, G. Lind- say & 00., stationers, eto., assigned in trust ; C. P. Pelletier, dry goods, assigned in trust. Toronto, Isadore Miller. hard- ware, assigned to R. Jenkins, Toronto ; H. Sells dz Sons (W. H. & J. A. Sells, props), manufacturers of cider, cider mills, eto., assigned to Sherman E. Townsend, Tor- onto. Wingham, Kincaid Bros. & 00., man- ufacturers of chairs, assigned to Thee. Bell, Wingham. A Columbus, 0., despntch Hays: About 700 miners employed by the Columbus and Booking Coal and Iron Company in the Hocking Valley have struck. They are progressive union men. About 400 Knights of Labor remain at work. The union men refuse to work unless their organization is recognized in the committee and the cheque for mine expenses granted as before May 1315. The Grand Duke Nicholas. once a regal high~roller, after being stripped of all con- trol of his estates and interests by his nephew, the Czar, is now corroding under 9. malignant cancer in the head. He is such a. dismantled wreck that he is only sustained by injections, and wearin waits in a. darkened room. from which even his immediate family is rigidly excluded, the happy moment when the cancer shall have eaten through his carotid and he can bleed to death. Big Strike of Miners. FIRE AFLOAT. WHOLE NO 1,630. NO 19. A Thursday‘s Montreal despatch says: A terrible dynamite explosion occurred in St. Jean Baptiste ward early this morning. ‘ The city is constructing a sewer on Panta- ,leon street and considerable blasting is ‘necessary. About 6 o’clock the black smith‘s assistant, Jules Chartrand, went to light his fire, and at the same hour Godefroi Filion, the man in charge of the explosives and blasting, also went to kindle a small furnace or hell stove in his shanty for the purpose of drying two cartridges Which had not been used the previous day, but 1 had the exploder and fuse attached ready for use as soon as the operations oom- menced at 7 o’clock. What occurred is told by Pierre Filion, foreman of the works : “ The fire was kindled to soften and dry the two cartridges, which were placed at some distance from the stove. There were forty cartridges besides in the shanty, each about ten inches in length and an inch and a quarter thick. When the fire was fairly started I opened the stove to put in more coal, and my idea is that at that moment a spark must have fallen upon the fuses. Anyway, I suddenly per- ceived that the fuses were all ablaze, and, seeing that an explosion had got to come, I rushed out for my life, and had hardly gone a few yards from the building when the awful explosion took place. As already stated, Jules Chartrand was then in the blacksmith’s shop, and the unfortu- nate man was hurled into the air, to what height no one seems to know, and fell a corpse to the ground about thirty feet off." Dr. Jette, who was first on the ground, found life extinct, but the body still warm. His impression was that death was instan- taneous. The body was completely naked, nothing remaining but the boots, and the stockings themselves had been torn off at the junction of the boots. The shock was distinctly felt in the upper part of the city. Houses shook, windows rattled and people were awakened from their slumbers. A number of persons received serious injuries from broken glass and debris thrown by the explosion. Along Laval avenue and Pantaleon street there is not a single house but has window glass broken. The damage increases as the scene of the disaster is approached, and the blocks forming the corner of Laval avench and St. Jean Bap- tiste street have hardlya single pane of glass left. The same may be said of Pan- taleon street, but where the destruction is greatest is in a large block at the corner of Pantaleon and St. Jean Baptiste streets, immediately facing the scene of the accident. This house, which belongs to Mr. Plcuffe, butcher, looks as if it had been undergoing a bombardment for several hours. Not a single pane of glass is left in the windows, the blinds have been torn off, some of the doors almost wrenched from their hinges, the inside walls are falling in in many places and the whole presents a most dilapidated appearance. There are about eight tenements in this‘ block and the occupants had to seek new lodgings wherein to pass the night, as it did‘ not seem safe to remain on the pre- , mises. The spot where the dynamite shed stood is now marked by a large hole, some ten feet in diameter and six feet ueep, instantaneously dug out by the explosion. The spot where poor Chartrand fell is marked by a small pool of blood, in which lies a piece of torn clothing, probably a vest. As to the shop and shanties, with their contents, all that remains of them can be seen in the shape of almost imper- ceptible fragments, scatter-(d for acres around the scene of the explosion. A piece of the bellows in the blacksmith's shop is the only thing to which a form can be ascribed. Jules Chartrand, the unfortunate victim of this accident, was a young man only 21 years of age. He had been married two years, and leaves his wife with twin babies only a few months old. A number of friendn of Mr. C. A. Sadlier, late Clerk of the Manitoba Legislature, waited upon him last evening and pre- sented him with an address and awell- filled purse prior to his departure for Toronto, where he will enter Wyclifi‘e Col- lege and study for the ministry. The Canadian Pacific officials positively rcluse to make connections with the North- ern Pacific until compelled to, and a local squabble of considerable interest is at pre- sent going on. Mr. Jas. Ross, contractor of the new Regina & Long Lake Railway in the territories, purchased a very large quan- tity of ties along the line of the N. P. R. south. In all he expects to bringin about 250 cars to be used on his railway. These cars are arriving in the city daily, a number coming in to-day, but so far the C. P. R. has refused to allow a transfer to be made to their line, so that the material can be sent to Regina. It is said that the C. P. R. management has been approached at different times, but they always take a stubborn attitude and say these N. P. cars shall not he transferred on their line until they are compelled to receive them by order of the Dominion Government. The N.P.R. has offered to put the tracks together temporarily. taking up the connec. tion as soon as the ties are over, but the C. P. R. will not consent to this. The ties will likely have to be transferred to C. P. R. cars by means of teams, which will cost the contractors considerably more: Egan Bros. have finished their grading contract on the C. P. R. Souris branch. 3nd will ship their outfit into the city this week. On Monday they start work on the Winnipeg & Southeastern Railway. TheOSbeamer Colville arrived at Selkirk from Moose Creek at noon today, having on board the body of an Englishman named Harry Ewing, who was accidentally shot in Wm. Robinson’s lumber camp. While one of the workmen named Dan Cameron was handling a. gun it was accidentally disâ€" charged, and the contents lodged in the head of Ewing, killing him instantly. Cameron gave himself up. That Was the Experiment Montreal Sewer Workers Tried, Mntoheesia and Stoney Panhtwo Indians confined in the barracks at Fort Saskatcheâ€" wan, escaped on Tuesday evening. They walked out past the guard, who was short- sighted. A policeman outside noticed them and raised the alarm. Stoney Paul was captured before he reached cover. but the other got in the bushes nnd_eacaped. Superintendent Whyte, of the Canadian Pacific Railway, denlea his company has been seeking to obstruct the Northern Pacific in bundling ties for the Regina. & Long Lske road. He says every reasonable facility has been extended. A verdict of not guilty has been rendered in the Heffer manslaughter case. Landlndies are famous gossips; they pay greut attention to mowers. WITH STARTLI HG RESULTS. WINNIPEG NEWS NOTES. DRYING DYNAMITE ! '1 he Earl of Levon and Melville died yes- terduy from the effects of iuJuriea received in a. recent carriage accident. The deceased Scotuh peer was born in 1817 and succeeded his father in 1876. His half-brother, Ronald Ruthven, horn in 1835, succeed! him. Special Auditor Munro, the Toronto ac- countant, engaged to audit the books of Treasurer Wright, of Essex county, has pre- sented a. statement to the council showing that the county owes the treasurer 611,- 272.36. Edward Malonoy has been arrested at Kingston for robbing Archibald Campbell’s house at Marysville. A Deseronto news. paper man learned the desoripfiion of the thief, found him on the train, and on arri- val at Kingston had the fellow turned over to the police. He has been idonsified. A youth named Cranker, of Rockport. is said to have shot his father out of revenge, because his parent put a bullet through a dog which the boy insisted on taking with him on hunting expeditions. The election to fill the vacancy in the Quebec Legislature for Joliatte county takes place today. Mr. Bazinet is the local Ministerial candidate. Mr. 0. Pan-null: represents the Conservative interest. It is stated that during the last voyage of the Umbria from Liverpool to New York a fireman was accidentally roasted to death in the engine-room, and that he was buried at sea. wnhoufi any entry being made in the log. The second biennial conference of the Young Women‘s Christian Association of the United States and Canada began yea- terday afternoon at the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association at Baltimore. Mr. O. E. Beebe presided. Delegates were reported from 50 associations, an increase of twelve during the past two years. About 100 delegates are in attendance. Charles Brafilaugh, the political and social Reformer and member of the English House of Commons, is very ill, and it is feared he is dying. Wm. McMillan was arrested in Toronto yesterday charged with being the forge: 0! the fraudulent cheques made out in favor of City Treasurer Gondy. A colored man named Charles Taylor, Wm; arrested at London yesterday. charged with aggravated assault committed in 1885 on a. barber named Williams. also a colored man. The two quarrelled at a dance, and in the melee Taylor bit off a. portion of Williams’ tongue. Taylor skipped, but he returned to London a few days ago, and Constable Crawford nabbed him this morning. Thirteen men, all sailors, have been sen- tenced at Aachen for smuggling corn into Germany. Their operations during the past year aggregated hundreds of tons of grain. The National Missionary Convention of the Christian (Cumpbellite) Church is in session in Louisville, Ky. Six hundred delegates from the United States and Canada are attending it. The Bossiere line of ateamships have taken an action in Montreal against Robert Bickardike for 84,839. Defendant had taken all the space for cattle on the wrecked steamship Geographique for the nbovamentioned sum. and as the bill of luding read that the freight was to be paid “lost or not lost," the present action is taken as a test case to ascertain whether a claim can be instituted under such con- ditions. According to Mr. Charlebois the Grant Northwest Central Railway Company will build two or three hundred miles of road next year. Samuel Letters, who shot Fred. Logan, of Napanee, on July 20th with intent to kill, has been arrested and will stand his trial at Napanee. The steamer Vulcan attached to Captain Wissmann’a expedition, has been wrecked on the East African coast. The natives killed a. number of the crew. The Lavalâ€"Victoria trouble is now At an and, all the Victoria school students have come to terms, and the regular courses of the new school were proceeded with peace- fully yesterday. Ernest II. Adams, an employs of Hy. V. Skinner, agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in New York, has been arrested on a charge of commiting forgeries to the amout of $2,500. A convict named Lepage, under sentence for two years for passing counterfeit coin, escaped on Monday from Kingston Peni- sentiary. Servia has abolished the Servinn Con- sulships in Germany, and entrusted all her consular business to the Russian Consuls. A Servian Consul has been appointed at Moscow. Mr. Gladstone made an address on Satur- day, in which he contrasted the workmnn'fl position to day with that of fifty years ago, showing that during the half century there has been an increase of 50 per cent. in wages, while clothing and food are both better and cheaper. The Central American Congress has ap- proved the basis for the union of the Cend tral American States. One of the men on trial for the murder of Inspector Martin at Gweedore has been convicted of manslaughter. It is reported that one of the suspended Kingston post office clerks will be reaps pointed to a Government office. C. G. Crickmore, a well-known lawyer of Windsor. has disappeared, and no trace of him can be found. Capt. Wissmnnn, desiring to purchase gunpowder, made application to the Zanzi- bar Government, which refusal} to supply him unless its demands for the restoration of certain buildings, which it alleges the German East Africa. Company occupier} without; leasing or paying rent for them, were complied with. Wm. Mayne, a prisoner at the Central, Toronto, hanged himself in his cell Mon- day evening. The barge Condor, laden with grnin. in aground in the main channel at the Gulopl Rapids. On Friday afternoon some little boys were playing on Queen street, Toronto, at the corner of Morse street. One of their number, a small boy called Edmund Onge, living at 5 Russell place, was knocked down by a. street car, which ran over his legs, severing them from his body. Dru. Bur- gess and Doolittle performed an operation on the little fellow, but his recovery is doubtful. It is now atated that the missing Mexi- can bonds were not stolen, but were mis- laid. Lieut. Gravenrenthmf Capt. Wisamnnn'a expedition, has dispersed Uhiet Bushiti'l forces. Two hundred fugitives from Crete have taken refuge at Syra. The death is announced of the Earl of Orkney, also Mr. John Ball. F.R.S. It is expected that the Dominion Parlia- ment will meet the last week in January. As before reported, the schooner George '1‘. Simmons, of Camden, N. J.. was wrecked ofl False Cape, 30 miles south of Cape Henry. in the storm of last Wednesâ€" day night. When the vessel was first seen sunk in the breakers by the life savers. on Thursday morning five men were lashed in the rigging. One by one the doomed men have been swept away into the sea. Lent night two were left, and at sunset this evening only one remained, ana undoubtly he will share the fate oi his ahipmntel. The October term of the Supreme Court opened yesterday. TELEGRAPHIO SUMMARY.