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T A Creal Loss of Life ml Properly Friday Morninf. THE RICHMOND HOTEL BIRNED. The Terror-Stricken Guests Find Escape Cut Off. THE AGONY OF THE SITUATION. Men and Women Fleeing With Streaming from Them, Blood AHB HOBBIBLT BCKHED AHD BRUISED. Th« Dtui, Wcsided and Miitinf , Firma BoriiMl Ont ksd luiinECe. A \%kX (Friday) night's BuCFkIo despatch (,'iveB the foUowing particulars of the burn- ing of the Kichmond Hotel : Fire was discovered at 8. HO this mornint; in the new Richmond Hotel. The hoase contained a large number of guests, and their heart- rending shrieks could plainly be heard. Ladders were raised and as many as pos- sible saved. Hi. James' Hall and other ad- jacent property were burned, (iuests from the burning hotel were seen runningthrough the etreelH, but scantily dresued, seeking places of shelter. K«-veral men with blood streaming from their faces were running about the stntets shouting for aid. They had been cut by glass in the windows of their roomu in trying to make their escape. Carney's sal(K)n was converted into a hos- pital. Kight men and women were there HORHIIII.V niK.NKli A.Vll HKllHF.D, besides many others who had escafied with nothing on but their night clothes. At 4 o'clock the entire Kichmond, St. .lames' Hall and other property in the block were on fire. The whole place burned like a tinder box. The corridor in tlie centre of the building acted as a great fuimel, and as the flames streamed upwards, wrapping themselves «b<jut the woodwork of the several tltxirs, the guests found themselves imprisoned by a wall of Hre. Many attempted to e8ca]>e by the windows. Ihe roof of MurdixKB gallery and I'alacio's cigar store, adjoining the hotel both situ- ated in a one anil a half story frame build- ing â€"was crushed in by the falling walls. It is stated the fire originated in the cloak room. Hergeant .lordan saw three women fall back in the Hanies from the windows on the south side of the hotel. It in stated that the spat* o<!cupU'<l by the ruins of Oeighton's saloon and i'alacio's cigar store contains the remains of several unfortunate gueats who ji'Mprn rmiM riir. uisi"i»s on that side. A numlier of children are missing. Two little giiln were rem ued by firemen. Three of the hotel girls Hre thought to have be<'n burned to ileatli. ]'. H. Bryant, a New York tranllint; man, in very badly burned al«)iit the feet and hands. M. W. Harne, one of Orli-aUH' irioHt iirominent citi/XMis, is biirne<l al>out the hands and wrists. The number of tliosv iiijure<l is not exactly known. .Many dragge<l themselves to neighboring hotels and saloons and had their liurnR<lreHwi|. A number of itiHUrance men were in thelmiln ing and Hevcral of them were badly injured. \V. .1. McKay, of Niagara Falls, was one of these. He fell from the tire esca|><' and hurt his back badlv. Another ('. \V. DulwiH, of Syracuse was w'verely burno<l alxmt the face and hands. W. H. Ilowey, of Rochester, was also scorched. Mrs. Mann, wife of one of the proprietors, an<l her young daughter were severely burne<l. Mr. KtatTord, proprietor, and family are safe, though prostrated. Mark ()slK>rnn, one of the hotel clerks, formerly of the Continen- tal Hotel, I'hilailelphia, is missing. It is supposed he was killed. THK INKNOWS I'KAO. A dead man lay in front of Dingen Itrns.' store covered by a niattraHH. I'lHiple who thought it might 1m' Suiit. Morford, of the Michigan Central liniiroad, lifted up the covering, but turr.ed it down again, saying it was not tbe man. .Morfonl was after ward found. The dead man had black hair and a full fa(!e, which was covered with blood, and could not bn recogni/.ed. rKKIHIIKUTMKOColl I.A( K (IF HTIIKNOTII. A middle-aged man, with close-crnpiH'd black whiskers and of heavy huilil, made his esca|>e from the seiinnd or third tlooi on to the roof of .lanie.H Oeighlon's saloon building, a frame structure two stones high. He iTiust have txten severely burned internally, for he was unable to acqiit the moans of escape afforded by a small ladiler raised to him. He started to descend, but, after proi»!eding a few steps, ho lost his balance and topnled over on the sidewalk. Ha struck on his head and died almost instantly. The Ixxly was later identified as that of Wm. I'nrc^ll, of this city, local •gent of llradttrirt't. THF BXTKNT OF TIIK CnNKLAllIlATlnN. By H o'clock the lire was undAr control. Nothing but the walls remained of what was once a aplendiil hotel. The Boston clothiers were burned out, also Ulrich \ Kingsley and I'eter Paul ,V Bro., Imok sellersi .lames Creighton, salimn ; Mur dock, photograph galiurv. and .lose I'lacio, cigar manufacturer. This was as far as the Ore went on the Main streia side. VVahle'a music store is uninjured, except by water. On Kagle street was Ht. .lames' Hall. Nothing in left of this except the walls. On Washington street tlie tlrc^ went as far as Tony Smith's saloon. This build ing was burned in rear ami ruined by water in front. Kathur asingularcircumstancnis that the elegant residence of .Jowott Kichmond, for whom the new hotel was named, was destroyed hy lire a few weeks since. A CANADIAN VICTIM. At the undertaking rooms of Bra<ly \. DruUard is the body of Wilson I'uro*ll, > I < lost his life by leaping from one of the morning. Purcell was for a number of years a reporter with R. G. Dun 4 Co., but lately has been engaged in the inveutment broker busineHS. He was about -12 or 43 years of age and single. He was a man of some means. The body was horribly burned, the jaw being fractured and the whiskers and hair burned. It is said his home was in Chatham, Ont., or Btrathroy, where he has a sister. Coroner Kenney took oharge of some of PurccU's personal effects and paid the certificate of deposit in the Buffalo Loan, Trust .V Safe Deposit Co., where he has a box. Purcell's friends in Port Arthur and Toronto have been notified. A THRII.l.INO EXPEBIENCE. Home thrilling scenes occurred at the burning of the Kichmond this morning. " I was on the fourth floor," said Mr. C. O. Beggs, of New York, " in a room close to the elevator. The first I heard was the fire indicator. I jumped up, pulled on my clothes and stockings, and opening the door leading into my friend Devine's room, awoke him. He sprang for the window, and I went back into my room and opened the door leading to the hallway. A burst of fierce flame drove me back and burned me terribly, but I had presence of mind to shut the door, and going back into the room, shut the connecting door between our rooms to keep the smoke back. Then I broke the window with my hand and got out on the ledge beside Devine. We stood at the corner of the building, and along the Kagle street side three or four rooms we saw a fire escape. We could not reach it. Then we went back into the room and found another door leading into a short hallway. It was locked. We dashed our shoulders desperately against it, but it would not budge. The fire was (Vtting hotter every moment, and the smoke was suffocating. Finally we broke a space through the upper pmel barely suflicient to crawl through." The small hallway commanded the fire escape, and they made their way to the ground. Mr. Devine was entirely unhurt. Mr. Beggs cut his right hand badly in breaking the windows. A large piece of flesh was gouged out of the wrist, so that the pulse could be seen to beat. His remarkable presence of mind certainly saved his life. He says he will go on to New 'Vork to- night. " I lost my head," said L>evine. " Beggs 8ave<l both of our lives." A. N. MKHIUAM, OF TOBONTO, representing ('ox it: Co., stock brokers, was on the third floor. He heard the indicator, and thin.kii'ig it was morning call, leisurely touched the button in answer. A moment later he heard the cry of fire, and dressing quickly ran down stairs to the parlor, where he founil a crowd of guests and others. Near the rotunda the haat was terrific, and he was badly burne<l about the head, face and hands. The stairs to the lower flixjr were gone. " Let us run through the kitchen," crie<l a woman, and she started, but she fell overi:ome. Mr. Merriam fears she was lost. The rest of them eHca)>e<l to the balcony and were lowered to the ground on ladders. .Mr. Kunisev, of New York, is very seriously injured, and is nut expected to live. He was on the fifth floor, and as he rushed out of his room in his night I'lotlies he ran against Mamie Mann, the little daughter of Mrs. W. ,1. Mann, in the hall. He grabbeil ihe girl in his arms in his flight an<l jiini|M.d with her from the window to the roof of BuniieH'sf MuiuMim. He picko<l his way with his little ( liarge to the edge of the building, and | both were brought down a laddi-r by the lirenien. Mr. Uumsijy was taken to the Fitch Hurtpilal in a dying condition. He was seriously liurntHl about the shoulilerH, face and arms, and he ha<l inlialtHi flames while climbing out of the wimlow. It is Hiip|H)S«Nl he cannot live., •JVhile getting out of the window he buriU9feai|iie Mann'K heail in hisnight gown and tjS^ilptected her from the fliinieH. He was rfraff; this niorn ing in delirium. I'alling louv)|and continu- ally for the little girl he reScneH. KilwanI Whalen, a travelling HaleMiiai(r4if Newburg, N.Y., was awakened by the llcciri<' l>ell in his room on the fourth fl\i4r, and was fumbling for his watch to sei'^Mlat time it was when he heard the ahrieks and yellH of the people in the Imlls. ()|M>niHg W\* diH)r he saw the smoke and flames, whereu|N>ii he started for his window andjiini|H'd down to the shed below. lleHides sustaining several severe fractures, he is also terribly burned alH)ut the face, hands and feet. His feet and legs are burnt nlnuiHt to the Imiih', and some of his lingers iire burnt off. If hU life (»in be saved, which apiHMrs doubtful, his legs and several lingers will (.robably have to tie amputated. He was groaning with pain this morning and trying plurkily to encliire his Hiifferings. W. ,1. Mackay. elevator ; then he went back, woke up the domestics and brought four of them down the back stairway to the Kagle street en trance. All were badly burned on their way oat. Minnie Neller, a servant, whose home is in Cbippawa, Ont., and Kate Pierce, another servant, once reported dead, braved the flames and smoke in the halls and stairways from the fifth floorand were rescued from the third story window by the firemen. Both are burned badly about the face, hands and legs. Nellie Walsh, another servant, rushed out of her room on the fourth floor when the alarm was given and ran up to the fifth floor to reach the roof. Here a man caught her and threw her back, and meeting Mat. Shannon on the floor below, she clung to him with three others and was sa.'ed with them. She was badly burned. Maggie Morris, another servant, is at the house of relatives on Elk street, suffering with severe burns. She came down with the party of girls saved by Shannon. JIMH.SO IjoWN TO DEATH. Photographer Van Norman, of Brant- ford, Ont., who occupied a studio in the burning block, detailed his experience. " After I liail heard the alarm," he said, " my wife and sister-in-law and myself had no time to finish dressing. .lust after waking up I heard crashes on the back roof of my studio, caused by persons jump- ing through the skylight, and dragged out two poor fellows. One was so far gone that I had to pull him out by the hair. The other seemed crazed ; but I got them into the street. While this was trans- piring I heard several more crashes and shrieks of people as they jumped, but did not hear a sound after they came through the sky-light. I am sure that at least three bodies will be found under the ruins of the back part of my gallery, as it would be impossible for any one to get out from there alone." LOSSES AND INSCRA.NCES. .\X present writing the police report ten dead in different places, and it is the belief that there are from 2.'> to :10 killed wounded in all. The furniture of the hotel was insured for »4t;,0<)0 by Messrs. Worthington .V Sill in thirty different companies. On improve- ments to building Stafford A Co. had *13,000 insurance in seven different compa- nies. They are also insured 54,500 on ales, wines, li<|uor«, etc ; on billiard and pool tables, f 1,'iOO ; and other [lersonal effects, SH,500. The plate glass in the buildings is insured in the Metroiiolitan Plate Glass Co. for S1,'.M3. The insurance held by the Buffalo library on the build- ing, including St. .lames' Hall and scenery, is JH.',,()00, placed by Messrs. Smith, Davis .VCo. The insurance held by the Buffalo library on the rental of hotel is 517,000, and on St. .lames' Hall SH.OOO, placed by Messrs. Smith, Davis A Co. THE BIl'HMONll WAS sri,E.\tll.I,Y FITTED II' at an expense of 87.">,000. Fuller A Townseiid, of the Boston Cloth- ing House, estimate their loss at 9.'>O,06O ; fully insured. Peter Paul ,V Bro.'s extensive book and printing establlHlinient was entirely cleaned out: loss unknown until the pa|>er8 THE RED HATS. w|l an insiiranc^e man from Niagara Falls, was awakened by the electric btdt In his room on the third floor, ami taking In the danger at a glance, rushed out into the hall. In his rtighl he fell/hrough a skylight on the second floor -^ and lande<l on the fl(K)r below. He managed to got out on the balcony and got to the street on a ladder. His left arm and back are bruised and cut by glass. , AMOMl THOSE Wno ESCAI'KIi frort* tiie hiirning building wore ; Peter V. Daly, agent of the Krie Itailway iuToronto; A. N. Merriam, of (lox .t- Co., Toronto, who ia badly injured, face and hands burned ; Thos. Muirtford, Sinxtrintendent of the (Canada Southern Railway, St. Thomas. 1 AHIN 1011 THE INJlREn. Kverything .lossihle was done at the Fitch and Kmergency Accident hospitals to soothe the sufferings of the injured. At the former a class of trained nurses were assisting the physicians, while the Sisters of Mercy were diligent at the Kmergency. .\t the Sisters' Hospital aro four injured persons, as follows : Maggie Mulrey. Fan- nie Harvey, Mary Nelaii, all domcsticB at the Hii^hniond, burned and, it is feared, internally injured. The throe girls ran down stairs through the flames, and hail a narrow escape. George F. Michael, coiii- niercial traveller, is suffering from shock, but no bones broken. Mr. Michaels had a thrilling escape. He tried to usc^ape hy climbing hand over hand along an electric light cable to the roof of St. ,Ianies' llall. Throe others got on the wire and broke it down. Mr. Michaels fell about H.'i feet. Mathew Shannon, hoiiHe man, is in one of the wards at the General Hospital, burned alxiiit the face and hands. Shannon sloft with the elevator boy, ,Ioe Flaherty, on the fifth floor. When he hoard the electric alarm he Doa<l servant ; Purc^t'll, (Islxjrne seciireil from the safe. The insurance w|ll )ver the greater i«rt. t'lbr«*^(^ Kingsley, books, loss »;t">,006; fully iiisure<l. Henry Smith, builder, had not yet C(Mn- pteil his contract on the Kichmond build- ing, and had Sh,(KH) worth of iinflnisheil work on hand unpaid for, on which he holds iiiHiirance to tlie amount of S."i,000. A llEVISEll LIST. Kate Kent, servant ; Minnie Kelly, Kate Pierce, servant ; Wilson of Dun, Winian .v Co. ; Mark day clerk at the hotel ; - ,John- son, ^Toronto railway man; Kate Wolf, of l.fll|>j»)rt. servant. ThadMiig are .lacob Kahn, New York ; Maggie Miilrach, BnlTalo ; Mary Nolan, IlulTalo ; Kdward Wliilan, Newburgh. Those who were burned or seriously injured are as follows : I. H. Finch, Scrantoii , F. K. Moore, Cleveland ; W. A. Ilauen, lleli'iia, Mont. ; C. W. Debois, S\raiiiHi.; W. .1. Mann, Mrs. Mann and .lennie Mrtiin, Buffalo . Hon. M. W. Parse, Olean, N. Y. ; .Mat Shannon, Buffalo; Clias. C. Hidwell, Buffalo ; Minnie Weller, Buffalo ; Mrs. Kate Pierce, Buffalo ; Nellie Welsh, Buffalo ; Nettie Harvey, Buffalo ; Marry Davis, New York; Geo. F. Michaels, .New York ; W. J. Mackay, Niagara Falls. \ servant girl named Walsh isbelievcMl also to he aiiioiig the dead. A lll'FFAI.O I.AWVKK HnliKi> HiinM-irio IIU ll<><l-r<iiitlii n Kll uf .>lelMlieli4>ly, A Buffalo, N. Y., despatch says : About 1 1 o'll.iik yesterday morning the hoAy of Alva N. Brown, aged about :t'2 years, was discovered hanging to a bed |xist in his riK)in on the lop floor of the Studio Build- ing in West Kagle strwjt. Dr. Warren, who inailc hii examination, says death resulted almost iinniiMliately from a broken neck. There were bruises on his feet which showed I hut he had kickeil himself out of bed, anil from all appeaiaiices he had been deail at least fifteen nour>;. He \yas clothed ill his pants and shirt, and wore a large diamond ring. Mary Ann Fields, janitress said she bad not seen him since Wednes day. Deceased had occupied these rooms, w hiih ari. beautifully furnished for elevei years. He lias a sister, Mrs Thomas K. Hrunton. of Newmarket, Out. The remains were taken to Brady ,V Drullard's uniler- takiiig rooms. Coroner Diirnoy has charge of the case. Brown was a lawyer by pro- fession and had considerable money. He was subject to melancholy fits, and it is thought that in one of these he committed the rash art. Ta»rhrrcau and Gibbons at the Roman Conslitoryâ€" High Honors to the Cana- dian and American OlffnitHrles. A Itome cable says: A public Con- sistory was held yesterday in the Bala Regia. It began at 20 minutes past 10 o'clock and concluded at noon. The pro- cession was headed by the consistorial advocates with attendants, arrayed in crimson robes and ermine capes. They were followed by the cross-bearer, came- riers, prelates, bishops, archbishops and cardinals. Then came the Pope, who was borne on the Sedia Gestatoria, flanked with fiabelli or white peacock feather fans. He was accompanied on each side by noble guards in blue ; the Swiss guard, officers and purple and crimson robed attendants. When the Pope descended from the Sedi he ascended the throne, which had been covered with purple cloth and cloth of gold for the Icnten season. The canopy over the throne was backed by a tapestry of perina del vaga, depicting Faith, Hope and Charity. At the base of the throne were two lions couchant, bearing red banners with cross keys. The cardinals occupied benches arranged in a long parallelogram in front of the Pope. The consistorial advanced to the throne and read the instance for the beati- fication of the persons under consideration. This concluded, sixteen cardinals left the hall to bring from the Bistive chapel the eight new cardinals : ArchbishopGonstables, of Toledo ; Mgr. Aloiz, Mazella, ex-Nnncio at Lisbon ; Archbishop Taschereau, of Quebec; Archbishop Gibbons, of Balti- more; Archbishop Bernadow, of Seno; Archbishop Placeo, of Rennes ; Archbishop Langenieux, of liheims, and Archkishop Giordani, of Ferrar. Kach new cardinal was accompanied by two others. Cardinal Taschereau was accompanied by Cardinals Bonaparte and Zeigliara, and Cardinal Gibbons by Cardinals Melchers and Moz- /ella. They proceeded, and bowing thrice kissed the Pope's foot and hand, received the Pope's double embrace and then retired. They again advanced to the Pope to receive the hat, which was brought in on a silver salver. Kach cardinal knelt as he came before the Pope, and the hood of the robe was placed over his head by an attendant. The Poiie, taking the large reil hat, placed it on the kneeling cardinal, resting his hand on it. The cardinals then made obeisance to the Pope, concluding with a double embrace or kiss of peace. The Pope received Car- dinal Gibbons with marked affection. Car- dinal Taschereau was calm, thougli he showed signs of great emotion. The Cardinals then gave the kiss of peace to their colleagues of the Sacred College. When Cardinal Gibbons came to Cardinal Mozzella each offered the other hearty con- gratulations. Cardinal Mozzella was once a professor in tite Jesuit College at Wood- stock, and is an old friend of Cardinal Gibbons. The Pope then deiiarted, followed by his escort. Crowds lined the Kala Ducale, through which the procession pa8se<l. Cardinal Gibbons has Oeen ap- |X)inte<l to the following Sacred C'ongrega- tions : Propaganda, Regular Discipline, Indulgences and sacred relics and studies. Cardinal Taschereau has been appointed to the following : Consistorial Bishop* and Kegulars, Kcolesiaatical Immunities and Propaganda, Monsignur Kirby, the vener- able. .\ student read a Latin composition, expressing joy over the promotion of the cardinals and a Latin chorus praising them was sung. Cardinal Taschereau resx)nde<l in Latin, expressing his appreciation of the honor conferred upon him. Cardinal Gib bons siH)ke in English. I I |ir windows of the burning hotel this I woke up the boy and started him down the Illviiree Worli Unt the .Senate. An Ottawa despatch says : The Senate will not be without work the coming session. Notice has Ixicn given on hohalf of Mr. .loliii Montelth, proprietor of the Monteith House at Hossoau, Lake Muskoka, that he would apply at the next session of Parlia meiit for a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Monteith, on the ground of adultery Kud desertion. Mr. and Mrs. Monteith were married in I'arry Sound district in IHmO, and lived thoro for some years. The family then moved to Lake Kossoau, where Mr. Monteith purchased the Monteith House. Here Mr. Monteith alleges an iiitimaoy sprang up between a bnrkoeper einnloyed in the hotel and Mrs. Monteith, and she went off with him, leav ing her four children behind. i TIIK OLU FOtiOIK.S. Uld the I.ontifkn ('orporHtlon Kptfnil 3Iuney ^ to Clog the Wheels of l*roKresH '.' \ London cable says : The Parlia- mentary Committee, appointed to investi- gate the charges against the London corporation, held its first session to-day. Lord Hartington presiding. Mr. Firth, formerly a member of Parliament, d«|iosed that he had examine<l the accounts of the cor|>oration. He found that a special com. mittee had been appointed in \xn'l to oppose the Reform Bill, and that there was ex|H'nde<l by the committee a total of »'i.'>0,000. He said that, practically, the city accounts had never been audited, notwithstanding the fact that the corpora- tion employed socalled auditors, who, the witness said, were livervmeii without practical knowledge of their duties. The meetings held in support of the Keform Bill were raide<l by roughs, who had l)oen supplied with forged tickets of adinisslon by corporation officials. A man named lIo<lgo made an affidavit that he had been engaged to bribe roughs to break up Reform meetings. Mr. Scott, City (,'hamberlain, being sworn, presented a written official protest against the pro<luc- tion of the corporation's accounts, on the ground that the House of Commons exceeded its rights in demanding the accounts, and acted in a manner deroga- tory to the rights and privileges of the cor- poration. _ â€" â€" - â€" ^ . lll'KIKU ALIVK. I' .-iilMrkMhlti Story Kererrliig to the Sup- posetl Death Hiitl Iteeovery i»f h Young .Man. A Providence, R. L, despatch says: The .'iiiirrmMias this stoiy on wh,it it declares ox(«llent authority : " .-V young man named Stainton, whose home is in Fall Hiver, died as his friends believed, two weeks ago Men day, from consumption, at the house of his brother, a physician, in Boston. Other doctors were called and pronounced the man dead beyond i|ue8tion. Nevertheless, the consumptive's medical brother believed life was not extinct. As the rest of the family insisted on burial on Thursday, March Hrd, Dr. Stainton visited the tomb every six hours to inspect its inmate. On Friday the body had moved slightly, and, after much disagreement in the family, the i^oltin was brought back to the luuise. On Saturday, March ">th, the supposed corpse opened its oyos, and the body began togrow warm. On Sunday consciousnesH was re- stored. Late last week Stainton was up, dressed and in good spirits." EOYAL DRAWINQ-EOOM. How the Qneen and the Princesses Looked in Their New Clothes. NERVOUS YOUNG LADIES PKEBENTED. A London cable says : The second Jubilee drawing-room was not so largely attended as the first, though there was an immense crowd present. A drawing-room of to- day resembles very much a drawing- room of 1837, but those of fifty years ago were held in St. James' Palace, while nowadays they take place in Buckingham Palace. London "society" hasgrown, too, within the last fifty years, and consojueatly the crowd of high-born dames and their daughters who are eager to pay their respects to the Queen has increased ia numbers. The debutantes are as nervous in this Jubilee as they were fifty years ago. For half a century the " coming out " girl hag rehearsed in private the awful ceremony by which she is latuee into society. In the secrecy of her bed room she has pinned a sheet to her skirts to represent a train. She has bobbed before the chairs posing as royal highnesses, and has done her " level beat " not to turn her back on any of the said chairs. But the debutante of to-day is as awkward as the debutante was when his late Majesty King William IV. was gathered to his fathers. Full of pluck when she starts to be presented, all the courage has oozed oat of the tips of her fingers before she has reached St. James' Park, and by the time she has got into Her Majesty's presence the pushing crowd of women has " knocked her so silly " that she hardly recognizes her own name when the Lord Chamberlain announces it. She has kissed the Queen's hand, she has made several " bobs," but in her nervousness has forgotten to notice what the Princess of Wales wears. Then all of a sudden a page tucks her train under her arm, and the debutante scuttles away, bewildered and befogged, trusting In Providence that she has not turned her back upon a royalty. The youngest member of royalty present was the Princess Victoria of Wales. She wore a skirt of tulle, draped wilh/ai7i« and festooned with bunches of white roses intermixed with foliage and tied with ribbons. The corsage and train were of rose pink pvutt de loie. The train was lined with /(ii7/r and the trimmings were of tulle. On the train were bunches of rosea tied with knots of ribbons. The ornaments were diamonds, rub'es and pearls, and on her corsage the princess wore the Order of Victoria and Albert. The Princess Beatrice wore a dress of pale primrose satin and crafie trimmed with clusters of shaded feathers. The train and bodice were of pompadour satin to corresiwnd. The head-dress was a tiara of sapphires and diamonds, with the obli- gatory feathers and veil. The ornaments were sapphires and diamonds. In addition to four other ordfers she wore the Hessian and the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family order. The Princess of Wales wore a dress of red embroidered satin veiled in fine point de gaze and looped with bunches of poppies. The train was of embroidered satin, and was drai>ed with ;/oifi< de ijazr. The corsage was made to corres|>ond. Her Royal High-, ness wore a tiara of diamonds, with feathers and veil. Her ornaments were opals and diamonds. She wore six orders, including that of her Danish family. Uer Majesty the Queen displaced her customary sumptuous black satin. trimmed with black ijinpure, and the white tulle veil, surmounted by a diadem of diamonds and |>earls. Her necklace consisted of four rows of large pearls. On her corsage were the ribbon and star of the Order of the Ciarter, together with a perfect blaze of other orders. It being the 40th birthday of the Princess Louise, she and the Marijuis were celebrat- ing the event elsewhere. The Queen's face was wreathe<l with smiles, and she bore the fatigue with great good-will. Only two of the ('abinet Ministers were present â€" the Lord C^hancellor and the Home Secretary, Mr. Henry Mathews -to each of whom drawing-rooms are comparatively novel affairs. A SAD DEATH. striking Kxeniitlllleatlon of the Kacl That Ihe Way of Transgretsors is Hard. .An Akron, Ohio, despatch says: Two months ago William Wiese, holding a responsible {>o«ition in the empio) of the Schumacher MiUingCompany, disappeared with upwards of »1,.500 borrowed from employes of the mill, where he acted as a sort of banker. He also took the funds of the German Lutheran (Church, of which he was Treasurer. His wife was left in straitened circumstances with two children to care for, and on Friday the first infor- mation of Wiese's whereabouts came in a letter from him, dated Tilsonburg, Ont. He inclosed some money for his wife and children and asked whether he would be prosecuted if he returned. The help intended for the wife came just a few hours too late. A third little one had been born to the almost heartbroken mother, and her grief at her husband'sdesertionand anxiety for her little ones made it impossible for her to rally. Friends immediately sent a message announcing his wife's death to Wiese. He telegraphed that !u would come at once for the funeral and thin fac« the conseijuences of his crime. A Merced, Cal., farmer has poisoned over '20,000 jack rabbits in the last four years, and yet, in spite of the warfare against them, they are increasing in number and are becoming a veritable plague to the Merced and Fresno farmers. A(< nscienee-Slrieiien Thief. An Ottawa despatch says: The Secre- tary of the Department of Railways and Canals to-day received an unsigneil letter containing 82 conscience money. The unknown writer stated that the amount en- closed would be sufficient to pay for " a worn-out blanket 1 stole when working as a navvy on contract 42, Canadian Pacific Railway, Lake Superior section, five or six years ago." ♦ Ah Aaron True, of Clarke, Canada, was going through the woods the other day, accompained by his dog, which is part collie, part Newfoundland, he came suddenly upon a big gray wolf. The dog at once tackled the boast, and for half an hour the battle raged ; but finally the dog got a throat hold and strangled the wolf. Denver Nens : There is no valid neces- sity for the racing indulged in by the police patrol waggon. 'The ordinary drunk will keep. This is one of the uses to which alcohol ia put."