St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 49, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 June 1891 — Page 2

WMERTOMNDEPENm WALKERTON, . - - INDIANA \ BREEZY BRIEFLETS. ,> COLLECTED BY WIRE FROM FAR AND NEAR. An Entertaining anti Instructive Summary of the Doings of the Ohl and New World, Embracing Politics, Labor, Accidents. Crime, Industry, Etc. THEY CUT HIM TO PIECES. California Justice Charg d with Turning a Chinaman Over to the Indians About two weeks ago a Chinaman at Bridgeport, Mono County, Cal., killed Walker River, an Indian, through a dispute at cards, cut up the body and threw it into the river. The finding of the headless trunk led to the Chinaman’s arrest It is said that a conspiracy was formed to have the defendant discharged on examination and turned over unarmed to the tender mercies of a large band of Indians, who took him from the courtroom, dragged him through the streets to a back lot and cut him to pieces. “FRITZ” EMMET DEAD. The Well-Known Ac'or Expires at Ilis Cornwall Home “Fritz” Emmet, the actor, uied at Cornwall from pneumonia, contracted a few days ago while bathing. The last moments of the great comedian were peaceful and his death painless. His divorced wife did not know of his illness until he had passed away. Joseph K. Emmet, commonly “Our Fritz,” had been for about twenty years the most popular comedian of his kind in the country. He was born at St. Louis on Marchi?, 1841. BASE-BALL. Standing of the Diff Tent Clubs Accor .ling to the Latest Contes's Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations: NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. sc.i W. L. |?o. NewYorks..2B 16 .636'Clevelands. .23 24 .489 Cbicagos... .25 19 .568 Philadelp’e..2l 25 .457 Bostons 24 21 .533 Pittsburgß. .18 25 .419 Brooklyns ..22 23 .489]Cincinnatis. 19 27 .413 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. p J c. W. L. ^o. Bostons 34 18 .654 Columbus...2s 2) .41'3 St. Louis... .35 21 .625 Louisvinea.2l 33 .421 Baltimores..32 20 ,615 Philadelp’B.22 31 .415 Cincinnatis .26 27 .491 Washingt’s.,ls 31 .303 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. W. L. ^o. W. L. 13c. Lincolns ... .27 16 ,62s Kansas C’ys.22 21 .478 Omahas 25 17 ,59i Hour Citys.2o 27 .426 Minneap’ll 8.28 SO .513 Denvers 19 22 .4 4 Milwaukees.29 21 /SO St. Pauls... .16 23 .3.7 Run D< w' Iy a Tur and Drowned. At Perth Amboy, N. J., three of the crew of the schooner Salamander rowed across the Raritan River in a jawl belonging to the schooner. They spent the early part of the night drinking and left Tottenville about midnight to recross the river to the schooner. While making the passage the yaWl was struck by the tug Narragansett The three , men are missing and are supposed to have been drowned. Still Ca'ching S»als. The steamer Danube sailed from Victoria, B. C., to meet the sailing fleet off the Shumagin Islands and bring back the seal catch already made between British Columbia and the Shumagin Islands, which is reported to number 20,000 skins. The fleet, after delivering the catch to the Danube, will sail for Behring Sea, expecting, as last year, no interference from any one. The fleet numbers forty-nine vesse’s. Sirueg’c ! Op uni Lan led. At San Francisco the inspecting customs officer who found dutiable curios and other Oriental goods on the vessel Omaha says that several cases of finely prepared opium were landed from the Omaha in a small boat. The opium was worth several thousand dollars It is probably the knowledge of this fact that led to the Treasury Depan ment’s order to hold al! goods seized and to make investigation. Four Were Drown’d. At Rockford, lowa, a party of four— Atiss Jessie Rollin, Miss Anna Koehler, C. H. Anderson and A. I). Cooley, the two latter residents of Cedar Rapids—were out boat riding and all were th'own into the river. Their cries of help were heard, but before they could be reached they were all drowned. The river was dragged and all the bodies were secured. Rm I) wn by a Dunken Pilot. At New York, the si op yacht Emelia, with half a score of excursionists, was run down by the tug F. W. Devoe. Frank Jenkins and W. H. Bahan were drowned. The blame for the accident is laid upon Thomas Walsh, the pilot of the tug. who. it is said, was drunk and had set his wheel as he st amed straight

ahead at full speed. '*»Hrldir • < hnrz-d w h E'ictr’city. After a few days’ travel over it by elect! i ■ ears, tl.e great iron and steel bridge over the Tenues co Rive r at Chattanooga. built by the county at a cost of $225,000, was found to be charged with electricity, several pet sons receiving shocks. The trolley wire was cut by the car company, and the danger is thought to be over. Tortured by Ih b'yei At Conneautville, Fa , robbers broke into the house of Eli Brook-, who is over 70 years old, and tortured the old man in a frightful manner because he refused to give up his money. - They built a fire and burned the old man's feet The terrible pain forced him to give the thieves over S4O, all he had. Shut in a Car to Dio. Two engineers and a car full of passengers plunged through a bridge in Switzerland, in the (anton of Basel. Every passenger in the submerged car and all the trainmen were drowned. The number of’killed is sixty, and of injured one hundred. It was an excursion train. Dea h in a Tenem-nt Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brady and son were cremated in a tenement house fire in New Yo: k. The monetary loss was SIO,OOO. . .

EVENTS OF THE WEEK. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. At Asbury Park, N. J., at a session of the general snyod of the Reformed Church in America, the proposition to unite the two churches—the Reformed Dutch and the Reformed German—was J favorably reported. Final action for consolidation will be taken at the next meeting of particular synods, which meets next year, which in turn wil report to the next general synod in 1893. ■ This consolidation of the two churches will embrace 250,000 communicants, 10,- : 000 churches and 1,300 ministers. John M. Hale died at Ellsworth, Me., j aged 94 years. Ho was Collector of Customs during the administrations of the ] eMer Harrison and Tyler, and had held other positions of public trust. The immense'brick structure at Man- | ayunk, Pa., known as Campbell’s mills, ! was burned. The mill is a seven-story building, about 600 feet long by 150 feet wide, and is devoted to the manufacture j of cotton and woolen goods. It has been closed for some time, owing to a strike. The loss is §200,000. At Walworth, N. Y., the Misses Anna and Ellen Walworth, nieces of Mrs. Grover Cl 'land, were married. The former became the wife of Jocph Reed, of Beatrice, Neb., while the latter joined herself to Charles W. Hamilton, of Denver. The ex-President and his wife were among the guests. At Wilkesbarre, Pa., secret service officers arrested Reuben Palmer, a horse 1 trader, on the charge of passing vounterfeit money. A complete counterfeiter’s ] outfit was found on the prisoner. At Colegrove, Pa , lightning struck J two 30,00 C-barrel iron tanks containing I Buckeye oil. Trenches were dug to protect the pump station and adjoining iron tanks. The loss will be §40,000. Coming down the mountain from Lloydsville to Bellwood, Pa., on the j Pennsylvania and Northwestern Railroad at midnight, a heavy coal train got ' beyond control of the trainmen and ; dashed down the grade at a fearful speed i and was piled up and smashed into kindling wood at a curve on the side of ; a deep ravine. Among the debris were found the bodies of the conductor, engineer and one brakeman with almost all semblance of humanity crushed out of them. The accident is supposed to have been occasioned by wet rails and the air brakes refusing to work properly. Benjamin Matthewbon, aged 24, of Br oklyn, N. Y., was shot and instantly killed at Wilmington, N. C,by R H. Trask. Trask is undoubtedly insane. At Boston- W. B. Prescott, of Toronto, Ont,, was elected President of the International Typographical Union. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. The brakes failed to work on a South Shore train going down L’Anse hill, in Michigan. The train plunged madly down the long, steep grade, jumped the track in front of the station, and converted the station into kind ing wood. Engineer Con Harrington was drawn from the wreck with serious injuries. The other trainmen escaped with bruises. Twelve cars were demolished, uno was loaded with horses, and the shrieks of the injured animals added to the horror of the scene. The L'Anse grade is > the steepest between the Allegheny and the Rockv Mountains. Several acci- ■ dents have occurred there At Cincinnati, Lytle A Co., who’osale ’ dealers in boots and shoe-’, assigned. Assets are estimated at §9o,’ 00 liabilities §160,000. The indebtedness is largely in the East. The Colorado Conference of the । Methodist Episcopal Church, 'n session at Denver, Col., vot'd to drop from m> mbership in the church the somewhat notorious cx-cvangclist the Rev. Sam Smail. Mr. Small's connection with the Methodist University atOgdi n. Utah, as its j res dent and other stories as t > a shortage in his accounts are among the causes for this action. Euwaku R yan, a carpenter 59 rears of age, while working at the Denver Hotel at Chicago, bo am ■ thirsty, drank a glass of water, and died immediately. , Harold Stewart, the handsome and talented choirmaster of Grace Episcopal Church. Detroit, fell in love with the daughter of on • of the wealthy pillars of the church, and she returned the sentiment. The girl's fa.her had other ideas, however, and he laid wires with other vestrymen and a demand was made for Stewart's resignation, which was tendered. The choir boys learned of it and the cause, and pledged themselves not to sing until he was reinstated. The vestrymen ar ■ sjid to be weakening. It is probable that the diplomatic papa wi 1 be left to light his own batt'e and Stewart retain’d. The Indians on the Lower Brule reservation hold a grand pow-wow at the agency to decide upon matters relating to their removal to their new reservation. A very large clement among the Indians present expressed a decided wish to be allowed to settle south of ; White River, on the Rosebud reservation. A number of the leading chiefs advised harmonious action. The many

hundreds of Indians present at the powwow left for their homes in a very pleasant humor, their good feeling no doubt being materially augmented by a liberal Issue of rations Elder Gerrard, a Seattle, Wash., Presbyterian divine, was convicted of smuggling opium. He concealed nineteen cans of prepared opium in a large flowerpot, covered them over with earth.' in which was planted a geranium, placed his flower on board a steamer at Victoria and smuggled it across the line Into the United States. His actions excited suspicion at Port Townsend and search revealed the opium. At San Francisco, Collector Quin and several deputies raided Chinatown and seized unstamped opium valued at $13,000. Twelve thousand dollars’ worth was found in one store. In fifty-six out of the eighty-eight counties of Ohio farm lands have declined from ."> to 1.5 । er cent in the last ten years. A stabbing and shooting affray oc- ■ currcd at the grounds of the Holiness Camp Meeting in a suburb of Des Moines, lowa, whit h resulted in the death of ' Fred Kemp and the wounding of Charles Denman and .John Jones Tiie two latter were arrested, as were also George [ Kemp and John Grover. ■ one- says ( •' Fred Kemp caug't him from behind, । but Jones threw him off and commenced to slash right an 1 left with a razor to

defend himself. Kemp received a 'put across the back of the neck, severing She ] spinal cord. yr ! Thebe is a lively stir among ccrtA« departments of the railroad ofllce^M St. Paul, relative to the exhibits tofr' made at the World's Fair. Most of «W1 officials preferred not to be quoted iof cause of the fact that the respective rectors of the roads have taken no d^H nite action, but it is known that a m*^ velous display will 1 e made by the Nomia era Pacific Road of the natural resourJS of the lands along the system betweH St. Paul and Puget Sound, and the sai^ may be said of the Great Northern sy^ i tom. These are now rivals for Pacl£> j I business. Sixty-nine retailers of oleomargarine have been indicted at St. Louis for failure to stamp packages. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS, i News has been received from Frazier, Texas, of the destruction of life and property caused by a terrible waterspout, accompanied by a windstorm, a waterspout burst and in a few minutes the streets were four feet deep with water. All the business houses were flooded. Men with great difficulty succeeded in getting the women to places of safety. Three persons were drowned in Turkey Creek. The dwelling! house of Captain Phillips was lifted from 1 its foundation and carried nearly a mil^f when it was hurled against a tree and ’ wrecked. Phil.ips and one of his daughters caught some floating debris -a^d were washed ashore half a mllo^uW'l 1 where the house was "• , I rwiups .mi ner oabe caught a plank and were washed Intc the branches of a large tree, where they remained till the next day when they were rescued by parties in a beat. Reports give heartrending accounts of fearful havoc to both life and property in the overflowed valleys of the Red River in Texas and Indian Territory. The ri\er has 1 eon out of its banks and higher than known for years. At Fleetwood and Courtney, flats in the Territory, dwellings anil business houses have been swept away, crops destroyed and stock of all kinds drowned. The rush of the waters was so rapid that but few had I tim ■ to seek safety on the higher lands. I and it is feared that many people who I are now miss ng are drowned. Mus. Smart Keakney, the young | wife of the private secretary to Dr. j Brooks, of the Canton ( ompany. was ac- i cidentally shot and killed at Baltimore । whi'e getting some linen from a bureau I drawer. A MiTUii.i: wadding at New Cumber-' land, W. Va., did not take place because I of a peculiar mistake made by the bride j that was to be. Miss Ruth Wylie wrote i a farewell letter, full of ardent protesta- i tions of love, to James Ewing, a former suitor, and through an error inclosed it i in an envelope addressed to Mr. John i Crawford Mr Crawford received the! letter, and after reading it he sent a , note to Miss Wylie telling her that since ; sho loved Ewing so much she had bettor I marry him When the matter became i known the genera’ verdiet was, “Served I her right. ” Nashville lawyers have > ted ( barlie Johnson for their fees for defending John 1.. Sullivan at the time he was fleeing from the MtssUsipj i officers, for the Kilra'm light Train No. 53, the Chicago and Nashville flyer, was wrecked on the Louis* । vide a Nasßijlle Railroad at bulM^*. KyA i Engineer Al Clark was killed. Fireman ■ Gunn fatally injured and two posial clerks badly hurt. The passengers were j shaken up and several were bruised, but ] none were seriously injured. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Deking its term the United States Supreme Court dispo-ed of 617 cases. | This breaks the record. The largest number of <as s ever disposed of by! the court heretofore in one session is 470, A spe< tM. from Washington says: It is reported on high author ty that United State.- Minister Porter has been recalled from Home, not granted a vacation as at first re|nrted. If this is true, ' it is President Harrison'- answer to the I withdrawal from Washington of the ’ Italian Minister, Bar ,n Fava, in the] heat of the Marquis fii Rudini's discom- l fiture over the New Orleans affair, i Both Governments v, 11 now be repre-I sented bv Secretaries of Legation No | one connected with the State Pepirt I ment will talk about the matter. A Washington special says that Pres- j ident Harrison has decided to send ex-| Governor and e\-Senat,or Gilbert A. j Pierce, of North Dakota, as representative to China. Mr. Pierce is now an I editora’ writer on the Minneapolis T»ib- I une. The appointment of Governor! Pier e will likely be followed by the ap- , I ointment of ex-Senator B a ; r as Minis-1 ter to Japan. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. —— The ’ Uiio State Prohibition Convention I adjourned after making the following ! nominations: Governor, John J. Ashen-j hurst. Canton: Lieutenant Governor, j W. <L Kirkendall. Jackson: Supreme ; ] Judge, H. L. Blake, Sandusky; Auditor of State, Charles A. Beeser, Springfield; i member of the Board of Public Works, T. j A. Rodifer,Bellaire: Dairy and Food Com-! missioner, Waldo F. Brown, Butler: Stale I School Commissioner. Professor E R- ! Zollers, President of Hiram College The । platform dec ares in favor of prohibition^ of the liquor traffic, remedying class evils, opposes al en ownership of land and further grants of land to corporations: favors government control of rail--1 roads and telegraph lines: condemns speculations in margins and corners; favors gold, silver, and paper for a cir- ! culating medium, woman suffrage, libera! pensions, better immigration laws, and the payment of salaries to all oflii rials. FOREIGN GOSSIP. The jury in the baccarat scandal case at London returned a verdict against i Sir William Gordon Cumming. He had brought suit for slander against several persons who accused him of cheating. In the game in question the Prince of Wales participated, and he was called as a witness. It was proved that Wales i not only started the game, but that he ; owned the “lay-out,” just like any ordin- . ary gambler. The whole affair is most f ■ scandalous, and will result in Cumming's . I expulsion from the army. - । Sin William Gordon Cumming and ; ! Miss Florence Gai. er, of New York s I were married in Trinity Church, Che|i > ! sea, London. The wedding was private. 1 ! Sir William was perfectly cool and bore 3 himself proudly. Immediately upon ttje

1 I ° f lhc verdict In the । 5 r the plahltlff Offered tc bJRt tie Garner fr °m the engage--19 proposition was scouted by S ? ^ he brlde 19 one of th « rho W„ a a f 1,10 a ’'° Wm ' T - Garner, i it d J.°^ nod on •‘is ya ht, the Monr Iflh 4- Staten Island in July, 1876. , ° da ''£h to rs were his sole heirs. • oGi handsome, and very rich. IV s. -I '-', Helen Garner, the other daughter, 7 ’narriod the Marquis de Bre- - Y' , ’ v* l ® l‘oad of one of the most ancient liver l6 families of France. J Ween Victoria has decided that the We of Fife's daughter (the recently ’m granddaughter of the Prince of! ^alos) Is only entitled to rank as the 'lighter of a duke and not as a prints of the blood royal. Hev. Father Curci, the distinguished ftlian ecclesiastic, is dead, at Romo. FRESH AND NEWSY, The members of an expedition that went to Alaska to prospect for minerals have returned to San Francisco after great hardships. One of their number, •lames Ingram, of San Diego, died of starvat on, and his body was devoured by wolves. A bush fire at Black i " ne ’ One., communicated to and owing to the high wind and lack of appliances to stay -.l*- 1 progress it quickly spread. At least tufty houso--, containing in all 250 famil{eA were destroyed. Lemaitre's Hotel aud several stores were among the e bul lied Hundreds of t>’rao >tH tendered homeless by the fire camped wit in the fields. Moffat’s sawmill, Murray's lumber mill and James Gillies' dwelling at the head of tidewater, Restigoucho County, N. B , were destroyed by fire. Forest fires are raging in the woods opposite Campbellton, on the north shore. The whole Gaspe peninsula, over one hundred miles in extent, is threatened, and the village of Nouville is in danger. Fires are sweeping away the woods between Penobsquis and Anagane and are destroying a great deal of valuable timber. At Richmond, Va ,P. 11. Mayo K Bros.’ large tobacco factories were partially destroyed by lire. Loss about §80,000; fu ly insured. Nine Japanese women, who were re- | fused admission to th ; s country on the ground that they had been brought hero for immoral purposes, were released from custody by Judge Healy, of Portland, Oregon. J. J. (’. Abboi r has been called upon to form a Canadian Ministry, and has undertaken th' task. It was in conformity with his excellency's desire that J. J. C. Abbott undertook the formation of a cabinet, and the gentleman's decision was arrived at with a full understanding with those of his colleagues who had been spoken of in connection with the Premiership, and with assurances from them of their cordial supl>ort. R. G. Di n & Ca’s weekly review of trade: ' ery rarely has such a strain been put upon productive Industry and legitimate business as by the enormous ex ports of gold in May. It is a most significant fact that, after this severe te-t. the state of trade is better for the seas n and more hopeful than it was In Airil. when the great movement of gold had not ttegun. Within thirty days the largest crop of wheal ever grown, It is probable, will be moving to the market The government report and other infq|bi..tion put the price down 3* a cents, — JKle the official ftivorable regarding oats, the price of w|ilch dropped 2 con's, though corn rose nearly I‘J cents. Cotton dropped an eighth t > the lowest point touched for nearly forty ■ yOars. Money was easier in spite of prevtous exports: sliver was lower, and the I rate of foreign exchange declined s > fur | that banker- admit that gold can now lie ] sent abroad only at a loss to those who or- । der It. The Treasury has added about 52,409.000 to the circulation during the week and the receipts of currency for the interior | have been heavy. Kepcrts from other cities show that trade, while moderate in volirme, i as is to be expected at t.iis season, is fairly i large, undisturbed, and exceedingly contii dent as to the future. These accounts show I that capable bu-!ne-- men in all parts of I the country look upon the moderate shrinkj age in present trade as a natural result of , last year’s short cr< ps, and count with i great confidence upon large business with I the full yield promised this year. Tht-ough- ' out the country money markets show mrI prising strength, notwithstanding the 1 ss I of gold to Europe, and, while closeness is ! reported at Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, I St. Louis, Nashville and Savanah, reports j from nearly all cities indicate that nobody lis suffering except speculators. Tn brief, ! the situation is not c< od for gamblers, but I for producers and legitimate traders decld- ! edly hopeful. The business failures occur- | ring throughout the country during the last : seven day- number 244, as compared with a ! total of 247 la-t week. For the c irrespond- | iug week of last year the figures were 212. M ARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. 1 CATTLE —Common to i rime $3.50 #5 6.50 Hogs—Shipping grades 4.C0 @ 4.75 Shes.p -.51 <"> 5.50 Wuevf—No. 2 Red 97 ® -98 ' Coi n—No. 2 .58kj i Oats —No. 2 40 W -42 : Rve —No. 2 61 @ .83 j But Tr:R-Choice Creamery 16 @ .18 I Chei ss—Full Cream, flats 08^® .094^ I Eoss—Frosh 14\.@ .15^ I Potatoes—Choice, per bn 1.20 @ 1.40 INDIANAPOLIS, J CATILE— Shipping 3.50 @ 5.75 ; Hogs—Choice light 3.00 @4 50 I Sheep—Common to prime 4.00 @ 4.75 I Wheat—No. 2 Red 97 & 1 Corn —No. 1 White 63'<>@ .64'^ ’ Oats—No. 2 Whi'e 475*2® ,4S ST. JLOUIS. Cattle 4.00 @ 6JO Hogs 4.00 @ 4.50 | Wheat-No. 2 Bed 98'i@ .90H I Corn—No. 2 51 @ .55 i Oats—No. 2 47 & -48 Rte—No. 2 73 & .75 CINCINNATI. I Cattle 3.50 @ 5.50 ! Hogs 3.50 & 4.75 ; Sheep 3.75 ® 5.25 I Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.01%'® 1.02% | Corn—No. 2 62 @ .64 , Oats—No. 2 Mixed 47 @ .49 DETROIT. ' Cattle 3.00 @ 5.25 ; Hogs 3.1)0 @ 4.50 | Sheep 3.00 ® 4.75 Wheat--No. 2 Red 1.02 @ 1.03 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 60 @ .61 Oats —No. 2 White 48 @ .56 TOLEDO. Wheat 1.01 @ 1.92 I Corn—Cnsh 59 @ .59% i Oats—No. 1 White 48 @ .50 I Clover Seed 4.15 & 1.25 EAST LIBERTY. I Cattle—Common to Prime.... 4.00 & 6.00 I HOGS-Light 4.00 @ 5.00 । Sheep—Medium 4.25 @ 5.00 Lambs 4.75 *i> 6.00 MILWAUKEE. ’ WHEAT—No. 2 Spring 96 @ .97 > j Corn-No. 3 no @ .58 l Oats—No. 2 White 43 © -4 > ’ ; Rye-No. J 85 © -87 J ! Barley—No. 2 ! Poßtl—Mess 10.00 ®10.J5 NEW YORK. Cattle I-’? © U- 99 [ Hogs 445 0.25 Sheep 4 - w © 5 - 50 Wheat —No. 2 Red 4 *‘9 © 1-10 Corn —No. 6j @ .68 OATS-Mixod Wußtrn 44 iw .49 ! I Butter— Creamery *5 © 18 ' l Eggs—Western 1® © 17 I ■ Pork—New 12.0) @l^so

canada’skewphemiKr SENATOR J. J. C. ABBOTT CALLED TO FORM A MINISTRY. Assurance Given that He Will Have tlie Support of the Tory Leaders —Why Thompson Declined the Honor —The Trench dement Greatlv Cisippo'nted. The Hon. J. J. C. Abbott has been called upon to form a Canadian Ministry, and has undertaken the task. I nder the circumstances, Lord Stanley, in calling upon Senator Abbott to ■ frame a government, has done the only th.n g that appeared feasible to enable the lory party to hold control of the treasury benches at Ottawa. Sir John Thomp-on was first called, but lie soon discovered when he undertook the formation of a cabinet that it was a task he was unable to carry to a successful issue. He discovered that the ultra-l’ri testant province of Ontario, which gave Sir John Macdonald’s Government a support of forty eight members, would not accept him as Prime Minister, he having at one time turned from Protestant to Catholic. Sir Charles Tupper’s attempt to wreck the Grana Trn-u Railway, the second largest corporation in the country, put him out of the race, so that Senator Abbott was the only one whom it was possible for the Governor i eneral to call upon, lest he took up Sir Hector Langevin, who certainly, by right of sonority, should have been called. In passing over Sir Hector, Lord Stanley has ignored the French Canadian race. In MV,,. o . nnHiOnturo of Sir Charles Tupper, the Citizen, the Government organ at Ottawa, saida provisional Ministry will be a public proclamation of weakness, a flag of truce never yet displayed by Conservatives. Mr. Chapleau was quite certain that Sir John Thompson would be Premier. He protested strongly against any proCu r HON. J. J. C. ABBOTT. Visional arrangement with respect to the Premiership. He said: “We are fresh from the electorate, and we can form a strong Ministry. Sir John Thompson, to my mind, is the only man who can give a guarantee of stability in the reorganization of the Government and the party. Ho will meet with difficulties, and we believe that our Ontario friends will see that it Is their duty and inter'St to join and cooperate at this juncture., ” John .1. Caldwoll Abbott was born on March 12, 1828, in the rectory of St Andrew’s Parish, c ounty of Argenequil, Quebec. Ills father was the Rev. JoSepLi" ALDuic, rn- a., .. Ry; 1.. -toy from England and settled at St. AmTFiTtV as the first Anglican incumbent. Mr.

Abbott graduated from McGill College, ( Montreal, and at once entered upon the study of law. At the age of 27 years he was called to the bar of Lower Canada. It was not until 1859 that he entered political life as member for his native county in the Assembly of Canada, From that time onward he took an active part in the transactions of the House, notably in reference to commercial matters. He was made a Q. C. in 180.’ and for a short time was member of the Sandlield-Mac-donald Ministry as Solicitor General. In 18G4 he introduced and fought through the House the “insolvent act.’’ probably his chief work as a legislator. In 1867, upon confederation, Mr. Abbott was elected to the House of Commons. In the negotiations of the syndicate, of which Sir Hugh Allan was chief, for the Pacific Railway charter, Mr. Abbott acted as counsel, and through his confidential clerk's treachery the famous private correspondence which caused the Pacific scandal saw the light. In the defeat of the Government at that time Mm Abbott shared, and remained in private life until 1880. He was elected in that year and sat through Parliament until 1887, when he retired. He was subsequently elevated to the Senate, of which he has of ate been the Government leader. Next to the insolvency act. the measure by which his reputation has been mo-t enhanced is the jury law consolidation act for lower Canada. ON FIRE AT SEA. The Steamer City of Kichmon I Threatened with Destruction but Is Saved. The steamship Servia, at Queenstown from New Pork, reports that she sighted the Richmond flying signa's of distress. On making inquiries it was learned that the cargo of the City of Richmond was on fire. The Servia steamed slowly alongside the City of Richmond until Browhead was sighted. The fire had been discovered two days before, when a cabin passenger noticed that the floor of his state-room was hot. He at once gave an alarm and the crew was promptly aroused. On examination smoke was found to be issuing from the forehold The : smell indicated that cotton was burning. Steam and water were injected into the hold in hope of putting the fire out. The Arabs have no “Hello!” in their language. The nearest they can come to it is to throw a stone and hit a man in the back, and then ask him as he turns , around: “Poes it please heaven to give you good health this morning?”— Detroit Free Press. Did you say you were bored by the sermon last Sunday? And did your little children hear you? Maybe yon will bonder some day why your children do not go to church. It is curious about the people who can't sleep nights They can always sleep through chore time in the morning.—Binghamton Republican. A lady wrote to an editor for a receipt for pies, and the editor replied that i he would send the receipt as soon as he . received the pies.

THE PRINCE HARD HIT. UNMERCIFULLY SCORED FOR HIS GAMBLING. Sir Hiiliam Gordon Cumming Has lleenIrretrievably Ruined — Posi.ive 1 loot that He Cheated at Cards— Comment* ot tlie I eading London l'apers. The higest social circles of London have been in a state of feverish excite* ment over the famous trial for slander of the Wilsons, who charged Sir Wm. Gorden Cumming with cheating at baccarat. The Prince of Wales and several others-—ladies and gentlemen—participated in the game, and at the trial it was shown that Wales owned the gambling outfit, and that he has been an habitual gambler. The trial is over, the Wilsons have been acquitted of the charge of slander, and, in consequence, Sir William has been found guilty of cheating,, notwithstanding, the higher circles unite in voicing the most intense indignation over the jury’s finding, and the press, in part, unites in the cry. Bcfor^ the trial was finished, the Prince induced Cumming to sign a paper exonerating him (Wales) from all blame in the matter. But the evidence showed that Wales was cognizant of the cheating. The comments of the leading papers make interesting reading. The Chronicle has a scathing art’cle in which it condemns the jury’s finding and Lord Coleridge’s partiality. It declares no evidence was adduced Inconsistent with the hypothesis that Cumming merely played the well-known coup do trois. It says the verdict means according to the jury that ( umming deliberately cheated an illustrious but impecunious friend by a trick requiring long and toilsome years of practice to acquire, that though twenty years an habitual cardplayer, without provoking the slightest suspicion, he had suddenly plunged into a wild orgie, cheating the only man in the world on whose patronage his social and professional life depended. There is nothing incredible in Cumming’s signing the damning document on the strength of a statement of the Prince of NVales' cringing minions, dooming him to a fate wor-e than death, in order to save what the Prince of Wales is pleased to call his nonor Cumming is not the first gallant Scottish gentleman who has sacrificed both honor and life to thefervid passion of loyalty to the Prince, or whose demotion has been rewarded by cruel and cynical ingratitude. He has this satisfaction, that no other mart without the soul of a flunky has ever run the smallest risk for the sake of the he r apparent's honor. The article, proceeding, flatly a-cuses the Prince of Wales of violating a pledge of secrecy, and calls upon the authorities to indict Sir William Gordon Cumming for the criminal offense of cheating. It declares that if they do not, the public will know what to think, and says that if the Duke of Cambridge shrinks from his duty in regard to the military offense, it is to be hoped that Parliament will not prove so pusillanimous. The Chronicle finally asks what steps will be taken to vindicate justice in a crime which tlie Prince of Walescompounded by signing the compact of Sir William Gordon Cumming; or whether the infamous scandal will be hushed un forever. The Standard says: “Even if the plaintiff comes out the worst in the affair, it must be admitted that the defendants and their friends have a somewhat tarnished reputation. The whole to the end. There is an air ot vulgarity and shabbiness about it, and it must, in

common fairness, be acknowledged thatthe Prince of Wales can't be wholly exempted from the censure passed on hisassociates, and we are sure he himself is acutely conscious of this. It will not be lightly forgotten that the Prince instigated the game and carried the apparatus with him. Poubtlees the painful experiences will prove a lesson that a close and constant circumspection is required over every member of a family the lightest stain on whose dignity and delicacy is felt by us as something of a national disgrace.” The 'Times says the case ended in the only way in which impartial observers relieved possible. It advises the Wilson family, which it accuses of being indirectly responsible for the tragic ruin of a fine career, to remain in social retirement. In regard to the important aspect of the case the Times says: “We express the universal feeling of millions of English men and women w’hen we say that we profoundly regret the Prince of Wales’ connection with the affair. Making every allowance for the monotony of royal existence, and admitting the tact with which he performs his duties, if he is knowd to pursue questionable pleasures the serious public, who are ths backbone of England, will regret and resent it. We almost wish, for the sake of English society, that as the result of this unhappy case the Prince of Wales had also signed a declaration that he W’ould never touch a card again.” Referring to the result of the baccaiat case, the Post says: “We do not desire to add to the anguish over the sad ending of a brilliant career, but the fact remains that the signing of the documentrendered it impossible for eminent and dexterous counsel to rehabilitate the honor which Cumming himself treated so lightly. Lord Coleridge took a just aspect o-f the Prince of Wales’connection and of the morality of baccarat ” Sir William has stood at the head of the very highest social circles, but is now Irretrievably ruined. His expulsion from the army will follow. The Paper Was Misinformed. Surprise and indignation are expressed in social circles at Keokuk, lowa, the home of Miss Kilbourne, over the Washington dispatches containing the statement of the Army and Navy Journal that it had authority for saying the rumors of General Schofield’s marriage are absolutely false. Mrs. and MissKilbourne and their friends are naturally annoyed by the matter. Arrangements for the coming marriage are going on quietly, and the nuptials will be solemnized June 18, as announced, the Army and Navy Journal to the contrary notwithstanding. Was It Suicide or Murder? At Camden, N. J., the body of Carrie Buriyughs, a dressmaker, was taken out of the De’awaae River. A Mrs. Coleman stated that near midnight she heard a scream and a female voice cry out “For God's sake, don't,” and thenshe heard a splash. The police think the woman committed suicide. The best speed of a railway train is> .only a little more than half the velocity of the golden eagle, the flight of which often attains to the rate of 140 miles an hour. _ .