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adia- Vie.. half just and. and sod gal Ma" foe was ad n mot mm lei m. as " be ut M In m of " 31 M 30 ll n CANADA. The Canadian Paeitio will build I b g hotel in Winnipsg this year. The next meeting of the Interna- tiunll 1.M.C.A. will be held in Mont- n: cl In 1901. tunnels Blackwell, of London. has que" the local street railway for $2,- Dm for injuries. It is announced that the Canadian Purim- wnl build a big hotel in “I In- mpeg this your. Lani Minna will receive the degree of Doctor of Laws from the Univer- sity of Ottawa on June 21. Peter A. Meinryres, M.D., of Charlot- tetown, has been appointed Lieuten- ant-Unvernor of Prince Edward u- land a nu- striking catpemors fund oontry.r tors (n Winnipeg have decided to arbi- trme their ditterencos. A (luck of sheep at the farm at Eastwood, owned by Postmaster Pat- terson. of Toronto, were worried by dogs, 50 bitten and ten killed. J ossph Wilson, an agent of the Sing- er Sewing Machine Company. was in- It in'ly kided by tailing off his wheel in front of A street car at Mont- real. The Hamilton good roads debenture by-nw, for the raising of $150,000 for perrument pavements, was defeated at the polls by a majority of 110 lag-rust. Tue Council at Portage, La Prairie has granted the Northern Pacific Rail- Wu) for its western extension a width of 33 feet on Pacific avenue as a right of war. C pt. Porter, son of Rev. W. H. mer, of Brandon], is second officer of iho: steamer Paris, and ‘was on DUN"; when it ran upon the rocks off Falmnuth. h tunniissiun of experts on insanity will inquire into the mental condition of Donald l’errier of New Westminster, who lies under sentence of death for the murder of a woman. Thu new fast service of the Canadian Paciue Railway will he inaugurated elmm the middle of June, pi'UDJbly the ifltit. The tlyer across the continent will he culled the “Imperial Limited." Mr. D. D. Mann of Mackenzie & Minn has signed a contract With the Nova Scotia Government to construct thn Inverness Railway from Port Hustlugs, to Broad Cove, 0.8.. a (liar have of 57 miles. (ix-urge E. Hardy, a clerk in Cars- ley's, Montreal, whose mind became deranged through grief over the death ot his wife two months ago, commit- tail suicide on Sunday by shooting hiltti‘l . The hardware firm of Adam Hope & Co., Hamilton, which compromised “m its creditors on May 21, 1897, at fr) 1 -uts on the dollar, has paid every mince: from Mr. Cram the manager ttt Dawson at the Bank of British Numb America, my the cafes and vault hue been opened and the con- to-ms found intact. Mr. Cran expect- ed to re-open the bank for business on the 28th. and interest. The wife of Chief Logan of the Nova Scotia Micmacs, who was said to be the oldest person in Nova Scotia, dial Sunday at Halfway River, in Cuuroerrtnd County, at tho age of 108 yum. Ber passing of the century mnk was crirured three. years ago by I gal hnring of Indians from all over th. Lower Provinces. Joan N. Scatcherd, of Buffalo, one of "u United States commissiunvrs eh .mming Canada's canals, said they hid cor, before realized the great pos- uihilni .s and the actual efficiency of thr Yr . L.wrence route. With a mini- IU' ru drpth in the canals of It feet, m 11H: blll now been obtained, the The promoters of the Ottawa and Georgiatt Buy Ship Canal have de- pusued 'g00,000 in the Canadian Bunk of Commerce at Ottawa, in aceordits with the provisions at the statute incorporating the c.m- uccox the PM] l' he h hivh Mont: Mo A queer story comes from Cariboo, H. C., to the enact that a Chinaman we atly sold his two little daughters, our to a well known Chinamun at Qtc.snello for .250, and the other to a Cicuautan at Soda Creek. In both ewes the girls were put into wooden bans. holes being bored to admit air, and delivered like any other goods, or small animals, such as swine. It is als, said that white men gave aid in tlt" vendor, both in preparing docu- menus and in delivering the goods. GREAT BRITAIN. Viwo nut Asher, late Master of the Rolls, is dead. A heavy failure in the iron trade has occurred at Glasgow. Gr.. Justin McCarthy denies that he bs 1. o " to leave public life. TU, London Daily Telegraph has dropped its Sunday edition. 'irarh, Mr. LaLouchere's paper, as- aex"~1 onrv more that the Queen's sight u failing. br m Traces have been found of the wreck of the Marcella] Lannes, the new French sailing vessel which dis- nppvnred on March 28 near the coast of Wales. Sir Henry Irving, who has been con- fined to his room with throat trouble is out again, and will resume his re- fi‘Sanl ion of "Wrtreapierrts" at the £yccum Theater on Thursday. UNITED STATES. And. urer land Ex-Secretary Sherman denounces tho was on the Philippines. A duzon New York custom: em- ploy-s have been convicted at taking tips. A [was 52/771ch 797. b.ace GLS, Maud Adams' production of uve. Lhe Smuish United States war is out there have been 6,200 deaths Ive United States army. ~lheck Abbey, the country house hr Duke of Portland, in Notting- ;»hire, was damaged by lightning. resident McKinley has appointed an liter. Ausismm Auditors and Treas- r tor the American West Indian ltr. Kl 7mm” would be more . than ‘ompetitor to be reckoned with. al, as a shipping port, has the G iLiebusdnissa, our $26,001) Recent Hap/getting: Briefly Told. "Romeo and Juliet" in New York in two weeks netted $40,000. Arrangements are being made for . "outerence at Washington on the sub- j on at Jamaica's tariff and reciprocity with the United States. The Gorge Railway at Niagara was sold by the Sheriff at Iekert, N.Y. It was bid in by Mr. ll. P. 8133311 on behalf of the stockholders and credi- tors for 86,184. John Crathy, New York, wholesale papermaker, is disputing the will of his brother, who died in London, leav- ing $1,000,000 to a Roman Catholic Archbishop in Australia. Mr and Mrs. G. H. Kinter, Christian Scientists, are in custody at Buffalo charged with causing the death of a boy whom they "trouted." The lad’a parents are to be accused also. An sutomobile started from Cleve.. land for New York on Monday in an attempt to break the homeless car- riage record between the two cities. The route selected is about 800 miles in length. The historic Oxford Hotel building in Philadelphia was burned Monday, along with the stables. Policeman Rubman was injured while rescuing horses. 52 of which were in the stables and all of which were saved. No in- surance. W. T. W. Ball, a well-known Boston newspaper man, and his wife were found dead in bed in a room filled with gas. Letters written by Mr. Ball dis- closed the fact that it was a case of suicide. Despondency, owing to his continued ill-hmllh, was given as the reason for the act. He was 66 years of age and his wife was 73. I A large portion of Astrakan. on the north-west coast of the Caspian Sea. has; been submerged by an overflow iof the River Volga. ') It is reported that the Americans ;of the Yorktown's crew in the hands of the Filipinos have been subjected to [barbarous treatment. thnvan on the promise of securing McGowan an appuintment in the Fire Department. It is alleged that Sean.. uell secured this money on the strength of representations he made regarding his relationship withthe Commissioner. At Muskogee, Indian Territory, Andrew J. Much-es. the second of the thirty doremmms in the celebrated b'e-minulr burning vases, was found guilty. Mathrs WM a preacher, and at the time of the burning of the In- dians was present and prayed loudly to God to save the, souls of the boys, but made no effort to save them from his felluw-men. Mathes was tried for kidnapping. Edwards Scannell, brother of Fire Commissioner John J. Scannell,of New York, is under arrest on a charge of having accepted $155) from Frank ye- Northern Africa is troubled with a plague of locusts. The bubonic plague is increasing in severity in Hung Kong. The famous shrine at Cl Cobra, Cuba, hay been robbed of jewels worth 825,- GENERKL. Skirmishing is still in progress in the Philippines. Senor Caatelar, the Spanish Repub- lican statesman, is dead. Madame Carlotta Crisi, the once cele- brated Italian dancer, is dead at Geneva. It now seems likely that Newfound- land will soon recon/e awolony of Finlandem. Drvyfus is to be retried by acourt- martial in a garrison town distant from Paris. There is great excitement in the town of Sun 1Jiaio, Mexico, over the lynching of seven coloured labourers. Serious timing is reported at Guade lumps: between the nutue population and British contract labor immi- grants. _ . . The rainy season has started in the Plrl+pines and the Filipinos aroshow- ing great activity in harassing the Am- erzcans. The Cuban soldiers are refusing to accept the muney offered by the Amer- ican Government, and are keeping their (Irma. l The whole northeast coast of New, 'foandiand has been blocked with ice ‘for the last six weeks the result be- ;ing that navigation along the 0035; has been practically impossible. Th-. , people in many seclione are now den llilute of provisions, owing to the in ability to replace their supplies an’ the commercial operations of aimom 1R0,000 people have been virtually Bus The continued drought in Roumania has seriously affected the crops. Sixty per cent of the wheat crop is al- ready destroyed. While some workmen were engaged in filiing shells at the Copenhagen military laboratory, some of the lat- ter exp‘oded and killed seven men, The force under Major Carter has failed to capture the Fetish chief 0 ozlmsheri in the Benin interior, West Africa. Lieut. l'niacki, of the19th Ilussars, has been killed. Three more cases of plague have been discovered at Alexandria, and two deaths from the disease are re- ported. Two cases have also appeared at [wrrizig and two at Ismailiu Tltr, Spanish Cabinet has approved the decision of the Minister of L‘inmce. um to pay the public debt coupon due July 5 until the approval of the Chamber of Deputies has been secured. A report issued by the sanitary in- Spector, reveals revolting cases of overcrowrling in the Kaiserstadt, the. Jewish quarter oi Vienna. In one "boarding house" sixty-three persons were lining in three rooms Sir Charles Ross, representing a United States Syndicate, has offered tO purchase the municipal electric light planks of Shanghai, on condition 'hat the purchaser is given the right to establish tramways. Much anxiety is felt in royal circles over the condition of the health of the King of Denmark. It is announced that unless there is an immediate change for the better, the Princess of Wales. who is now at Marseilles, will start for Copenhagen. pended. MARKETS OF w, WORLD. Prices ot Grain, Cattle, Cheese, att m the Leading Marts. . Toronto, June 2.-1for a Friday there was a fair business done here, though We had nothing like the no- tivity of last Tuesday, and prices for cattle were a little weaker. The receipts were tat loads, includ- ing 1,400 hogs, 250 sheep, yearlings. and spring lambs, 50 milkers, and 30 calves. . Export cattle iajn fair demand, as space has to be filled on the boats. Prices range from 84.40 to 84.90, with ten cents more for selections. The tradtng to-day was fair. In butcher cattle we had a steady enquiry for good stuff, and prices, while nominally unchanged, were not so firm as at the beginning of the week. For choice butcher cattle the range is from 34.35 to $4.50, and $4.60 as an outside price; medium from 83.70 to " and common around $3.50, per ch. There were between sixty and sev- enty spring lambs, which sold at from $3 to Fl.50 e,aoh. Good veal calves are wanted. Rigs are again unchanged. For choice selections, scaling from 160 lbs., to ".00 lbs., Ge, per Ib., was paid; for light fat hogs the price is 41-2e; and thick fat hogs fetch; 4 3-80, per, lb. Bows tetch 36, per lb. Stags sell at gc,, per lb; more hogs are not wanted: Following is the range of current quotations-. 1 Deliveries of grain on the street. to- ldxy were 400 bushels of wheat; red iand white, sold at (74 1-2 to 750 a I bushel, and goose at. 66 1-20; 150 bush- l eis of barley sold at 43 to 43 1-20, and 300 bushels of oats sold at 37 to 380. 7 On the hay market 30 loads of hay sold I at $10 to " for timothy. and 87.50 to !, $9 for mixed; no straw. Deliveries of l dressed hogs fair; prices firm. : Wheat, white, bush. .bo T', 1-2 80 75 ‘ Wheat, red, per bush. . 0741-2 075 W heat, goose, bush. .. 000 0661-2 Whe ct, spring, hush.. .. 0 671-2 069 l Enjoy. per bush. . 043 0431-2 some, per bush. . . 037 038 Ions, per bush. . . 000 037 Hiya, per bush. . . 0 (ill 065 l Pens. per bush. . . 0 00 0 63 1-2 I Poms. tdue. . . . 0 00 043 , Buckwheat, per bush. . 000 055 l Turkeys, per lb. . . 009 0 10 _ Chickens, per pun. .. 050 060 1 Butter, in lb. rolls. . 012 018 \ Eggs, choice. boiling. .. ooo 011 1-2 3 Potatoes, per bag. . . 060 005 1,tJ.r/f,,t'i per Lag............ 0.10 050 Turnips, per bag............ 025 0 40 i, Onions, per bush............ 075 100 l 1Hrsnipts, per bush......... 040 000 [Cabbaga per t!oz............ (P63 070 App " per bbl............... 22.0 330 Timothy hay ... ... ......1000 12 00 Mixel hay "r.................. 750 900 Straw ...... .....e.r..........r..... 5-50 6:0 l'e f, 111mm q.................... 800 90) f'e -f. forvs s......................" _ _ ij/P, Smokers continue Weak. and sold to- day at t.wsu 83.50 to 88.75 per cwt. Feeders are quoted at from 84.40 to 84.55 per owt. Shipping bulls are worth from 83.76 to 81 per cwt. Makers are unchanged at the prices of Tuesday. CATTLE. Shipping, per th. . .84 a '500 Jur, h t choice, do. . . 4t,0 500 L'urtiter, med” to good. 370 400 Bun-h r, Inferior. . . 8 20 310 Yearlings are slow at from 84 to " per cwt. Sheep nre unchanged at tram 88.50 to 83.75 per owt. SHEEP AND LAMBS. vas, per owl. . . 330 Eralliugs. per cwt. . 400 Bucks, per cwt. . . 300 Swing lunba, each. . 200 MlLJShILtS AND CALVES. Cows, each. Calves, each HUGS. (‘huico h gs, per cwt. 4 75 ti co Light hogs, per ch. 4 371-2 g 50 H any bugs, per cwt. 412 1-2 4 371-2 STREET MARKET. Ped, nindq B.................... 1's t fores ...'........._..... Re f, carcass 'o.............., Veal, per lb... Spring lamb .................. Ltpst year mmb, per Ib... Mutton, per Jb. ...... u.. I re trd hogs light......... Dressed hogs heavy fat Buffalo, June 2.--Spring wheat-- Better inquiry, limits fairly steady; No. 1 Northern, 80 1-2c. Winter wheat -Nothing doing; _No. 2y,ed, Ds. Corn -Firm; No. 2 yellow, 380; No. 8 yel- low, 37e; No. 4 yellow, 85e; No. 2 corn, 36 3-10; No. 3 corn, Me. Oats-- Dull and weak; No. 2 white, 31 1-20; No 3 white, 30 1-20; No. 4 white, 29 1-2e; No. 2 mixed, 28 1-2c; No. , mix- ed, 2'7 I-ee. ltye-No. l, on track, of- fered at 650. Canal freights--Wheat, 2 1-2c; oats, l Il-lo, to New York. Flour-Steady, unchanged. Detroit, Mich, June 2.--Whttat elosed:-No. 1 white, cash, 76 1-20; No. 2 red, cash, 77 1-20; July, 78 1-80; Sep- tember, 78 1-2e. Minneapolis, Minn., June 2.--Wheat --1n store-No. 1 Northern, May, 71 IAle; July, 72 5-8 to 72 3-4c; Septem- ber, 71 1-10. On traek:-No. 1 hard, 78 1-20; No. 1 Northern, 72 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 71 1-20. Flour-First pat- ents, 88.90 bo 84; second patents, 88.70 to 88.80; first clears. $2.80 to 82.90. Bran-In bulk, 89.25 to 89.55. " Milwaukee, June 2.--wheat--No, 1 Northern, 75 to Tar, No. 2 Northern, Tt 1-2 to 750; No. 1 rye, 600. Barley c,N.?i, 2, 400 1-2 to Aio; sample, 38 1-4 to a c. Duluth, June 2..-Wheat-No. 1 hard, cash. and May, 77 1-80; July, 77 5-8c; No. 1 Northern, " 5-8c; No. 2 Northern, 70 1-8c. Toledo, June g.-Wheat--No. 2 cash ond May, "ITe. Corn-No. 2 mixed, Mo. 0au-No 2 mired, 286. Bser--No.2 "rub. 61e bid. cloverseed--Prirms, new, ’3771-2 bid; October, 84571-2 bid. Oil Untrhangoti. .2500 ... 0001, .000 005 000 063. ,000 043 .000 055 .009 010 0 12 0 18 0 oo 0 11 1-2 0 tio 0 a [9110 o 50 025 0 40 0 75 1 oo 0 40 0 tio I) Ci 0 70 0 (R) 0 05 5 75 515 007 45 00 (i 00 375 500 375 0'08 500 (roll it Robertson, ”nanny a (10‘. Beet-tal Store Destroyed. A despatch from St. Thomas In”: -Robertaon, Lindsay and company, the largest departmental store in Western Ontario, was completely de- stroyed by fire on Monday night. The building was one of the largest in the city. and was comprised of about six stories. It was comparatively a new structure, being built two years ego, situated in the centre of the city, di- rectly opposite the post office. The fire started in the third tut in the tailor shop at 11.15 p.m., and in a very few minutes the whole structure was a mass of flames. The firemen were promptly upon the scene. but their efforts were fruitless, not B dollars worth being saved. the walls alone standing. The stock is valued at $83,000, tists building at $25.- 000. Insurance on stock in the neighborhood of $63,000, and on build- sing $25,000. . " " The Danish tbtenmet. Orton tomes to Grit " a Fog. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., saytr.--The Danish steamer Orion, Cap- tain Callesen, from New York, May 27, for Copenhagen, carryinga general cargo of flour, pork, poultry. and grain, with a crvw of 15 men, besides 20 shipwrecked seamen going as pas»- engera by her, went ashore on Thurs- day morning at daybreak at Freshwa- ter point, seven miles west of Cape Race, and became 21 tol a1 wreck. _ The new metallic service of the Bell Telephone Company is also badly wrecked seven large cables being broken and tangled badly. Their loss is also heavy. A dense tog was prevailing at the time and lhe ship struck while going at full speed, crushing in her fore cum- pnrlmnnt and tearing out her, bottom. 'l'lw crew and passengers escaped with gram difficulty, but without serious in- jury, bring hoisted up the cliit by coast fishmmen. , The Orion lies filled with water to her second cargo. What is above wa- ter is likely to be saved. Further l'.irllculnrn (will. In the llnrrowlnu Arman“ of Russian: l-‘nmlnc. A despntch from London, ssarc-Par- tieuiars received regarding the famine in Russia confirm the previous har- rowing accounts. The members of the Russian aristocracy have at last awak- ened to a full sense of the gravity of the situation, and money is beginning to flow in on alt sides for the relief of the starving muujiks. linturtun- ately, charity is almost too late. The censor at first prevented the truth trcm being published by the Russian press. Now the facts are allowed to appear. But the famine spectre ts stn1king through the land. Some uuthortiies estimate that as many as 20,000,090 pageants are.starving. - ' $109,000 BLAZE " ST. THOMAS. ZU,UUU,UUU peasants an: munuug. The Rev. Mr. Francis, pastor of the British-American Church at St. Pe- tersburg, who did much to secure Brit- ish and American aid during the last famine, appeals to the British public to-day. He says seven pruvincas, cov- ering 1l?,000 aqua re miles, are affected, and that 5,0J0,003 persons are famine- stricken and will need to he fed dur- ing the next three months. Walnut Cause» Disnnlt‘r cm II» lock "tttnf Railroad. A despatch from Waterloo, Iowa, says ..-.Tis through train from Chicago to Minneapolis, over the Rock Island and Burlingtun railway, was wrecked at 1.15 Sunday warning at the crossing of Sink creek. Eight persons were killed and ten injured. A cluudburst had washed out the sand and gravel roudbed. having the track unsupportvd for a stretch of P' feet. The rails and the ties held together, and there was nothing to indicate the. insecurity of the road. One of the passengers killed was on his way to Minneapolis to be married. At his own request, and there be- ing no other Way of releasing him, the arm of Will Schollun, a cvmmuicial traveller, was sawn off with a cum- m :n hindsaw, not a moan coming from the poor fellow during the terrible op- eration with a crude weapon. After- wards he walked almost unassisted to a nearby tarm-house, but subse- quently died from loss of blood. More " udrlum Pernottn Ute In A prll Than l Any Other ttoath. I Statistics which [LIVE been comifrl-l ed seem to show that there is no monzh 1 in the your whieu is more Liial m; illustrious personals thats April. lien- f for example, is a partial list of those! who have died during that morith:---) Abelurd died April ei, 1112; Marino; Li'aliero, Doge of Venice, April 17.1335;| Raphael, April 8, 1520; Bayard, April! 80, 1524: Diane de Poitiers, April 2:54 156fi; Tasso, April 25, 1595; Shake-i speure, April 28, 1616; Murillo, April! 8, 1682; Mme, de tievigne, April 18, 1690; Racine, April 21, 1699; Mme. del Maintenon, April 15, 1719; Button,'. April 16, 1788; Franklin, April 18, ITN, and Rivarol, April 18, 1804. This is rather an imposing array of names, but the question is. Would it not be possible to obtain an equally imposing array of names of illustri- ous pereonages who died during anoth- er month of the year! Persons who have given some attention to the sub- Jeet claim that there is no month of the year which is more fatal to hu- man beings than another. and the sta- tistics published above are not likely to convince them that they ere in er- tor. TWENTY MILLIONS STARVING. EIGHT PASSENGERS KILLED. ASHORE AT CAPE RACE. A FATAL MONTH. itrsTE 'iE i'iiiiria%eieiatise Opernao- " be Porter-ed This Week Ion-m1- . fatal-act. The London correspondent of the New York Sun ---'at is nearly two years since the Sun announced. on the authority of one of the Queen's principl'l medical attendants. that her Majesty had become almost blind, The statement was ridiculed. and even tonGotrteialtr denied. There comes the melancholy tsontirmtrtion to-day in the news that Dr. Pngenstecker. the eminent German oculist. will en- deavor by In operation this week to restore the sight of one ere, which has been sightless for . long time. The infirmity. which is a partial organic fault of the sight. in addition to a cataract. has made the slow progress usual in such cases, but for a long time now the Queen has been practic- ally deprived ot her eyesight. She has been loath to submit to an opera- tion. and it was only decided on after along family consultation. it was partly to reassure and sympathise with his grandmother that, atwording to trustworthy information. the Kaiser a few days ago made a secret visit to London. Dr. 1"agensteektsr, who is remaining in England until tho Queen is ready to make use of his skill, is a famous operator, who has treated Mr. Gladstone, Sir William Harcourt. and many other promirr,nt patients. The actual date of the open- tion has not been disclosed. but it is understood that it will be performed some time next week. ulckle'l [main-r mm on the I. " 3.. Tnmlly Bertrand. A deapateh from Lower Stewiaeke, N. S., trays-The immense saw mill- ing and lumber works of Alfred Dickie at this Iliev, were cumpletely destroy- ed by fire nu Wednesdxy night. The mill was situated close to the track ot the I. C. R., 42 miles from Halifax. The fire origin med from a spa-k tr, m a passing engine at 6.30 o'clcck in the evening. lt burned with great rapid- ity. The mill was full of lumber. Close to the mill was the railway bridge over the Slewiucke river, and the fire carried along the sweepers to the bridge, which was so badly dam- aged that trains could not pass over it. Telegr ulna were sent to Halifax for assistance, and a special trait; with fire apparatus and a force of firemen was despatched to the scene. Alleged 'i"ratutao-t of Nominal d'tt4e “min. A despatch from Montreal, says: - A deputation of prominent citizens waited upon Premier Marchand and his colleagues in the Quebec Govern- meat on Wednesday morning and pre- sented him with a petition signed by over 5,LOJ citizens, asking for the appointment of a Royal Commission "to enquire into all matters touching the good government of the city of Montreal." _ _ .. . The deputation urged that it was of the highest importance in the interest of good civic government, in view of the numerous charges lately made against the municipal administration. that this cummission be appointed with full power: to act. ' ' ---. ,-..--_ -- V The Government promised considera- tion. I Ilennlnu of. “emu halal sophlc Mer. Iurt Found In - Ir-Idc-nrv. A despatch from Montreal says :-A mysterious murder case is now being investigated by the police. The re- mains of . woman named Sophie Her- bert were found on Wednesday ni.ght in her residence on St. Timothe tit., and the indications pointed to a clan case of murder. Her head had been literally hacked to pieces. The body was removed to tlm morgue and the police are now hunting fur the perpe- trators of the act. Their II; Sir-cl: Brat Pile-Inp- fun-l Freight Tull. A despatch from St. Thomas s'a.vB:- While John Johnston and his two sons Peter and John, were going tor a load of stone about 8 o‘clock Saturday morning they Were struck by a fast train. The father was instantly kill- ed,' and one son was fatally injured, and died a few hours iaLer. 'ihc otis- er had his arm broken. but was nut seaf1ouirlrhurt. ,, ' .-. ... Mr. Johnston was a well-to-do faun- er and highly respeoted tiuvughout the community. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He wasabout 53 years old. Besides his sons be leaves to mourn his loss a widow and four daughters, all at home. He also leaves one brother, Hugh. who lives about six miles from West Lorne. Driver Bull i'onulnlllml for Trial on Three (Ital-gen. A despatch from Brockville 8ay8>- Wm. Ball, the mail driver who was arrested sane days ago on a charge of robbing the mails, was brought before Police Magiatrate Deacon on Monday morning and committed to stand his grill on three charges. namely, steal- mg n cold spoon and nugar longs be- longing to Archdeacon Jones; a gold ring. the property of Miss Walsh, of Ma ttand; nnd n letter addressed to J. Phillips. Sovernl witneuel were ex- amined. <tnbliohing n Itronz prima ”T1713 horses were saved. but the l gag was tsarritsf.about 300 yards The train which struck the Waggon was No. 55, [an freight. The engine of the train was equipped with :1 steam bell, which rings all the lime. {ache one. ASK FOR PROVINCiAL ENQUIRY. MONTREAL MURDER MYSTERY. HER IAJESTY‘S EYESIGHT. BROCKVILLE MAIL ROBBERY BIO FIRE NEAR HALIFAX. FATHSR AND SON KILLED TORONTO the mag- ATROCIOUS CRIME OF A TORONTO JUNJHON WOFAN. MURDER AND SUICIDE, Wu- llnle I’m-um 'tine----." lie Infill tttth an Axer'l‘lu-n Eula-d Ree om- Lire I), Dru-v “HIE. --A hoxrible an! sul case of murdex took place .1 Pine Orchard. nut New- mrket. between 9 and 10 oclock on Thursday morning, in I woll-to-do and highly-respected family. Nobody was present when the cruel act was performed. but the circum- sauces show plainly the chain of events. Mrs. Samuel Jewett. wife of a wen.. known school teacher at Toronto J unc- tion.end formerly at Bogttrtown,eamo home e few months ego, on the edvioe of her physician,to try the benefit at 1 change. being in poor health ever since the birth of her baby ebout nix months ago. She had eleo brought two other children with her, and all were made as comfortable as pos- eible at her horns, being e daughter of the late Jamel Burr. Mrs. Starr. her mother. in very poor- ly, being confined to her bed and um dot the doctor- can. Thursday morning, when Mrs. Jewitt commenced waking the baby by the kitchen stove her sinker went down collar to work some butter. 0n finishing sho came upturn. and found the wash basin and other thing. where they were used. and some of the bubys cioiho‘s. but Mrs. Jewitt was missing. After going to see if her mother required winking she came back bo the. kitchen to see “but her sister was domg. THE CHILD WAS MURDEBEU. On going 'nlo the woodahed a ttop. tibia Slghl met her gaze. There Ibo (inning laLtle. Lube, partly dressed, was lying with its bruins knocked out. It had been struck on awful blow on the side oi the head mm the back of an old axe. that was used in tho wood-shed to chop light wood. The an was left near by and was swim-d whh biood. Miss bun" at once alarmed everybody on the (nu. sent for neighbours and Coroner Scott. at Newmarket. Jewitt could not be found. The murder was cleargy a one ot temporary insanity. and had been de- liberately planned. Insanity rum to we extent in the family. Shortly after, the family physician arrived on his usual visit, but In. Jewitt could not be found. The murder was cleargy a one ot Mrs. Jowott. had sent the two uldel chtldren to the barn to hunt, eggs. tell- ing than that she would soon be ou' there with them. The child Wu! 3 little cros- and tret- ful, but otherwise a healthy and pro- mising baby; still its muther had re msrked to her sister that it would In better if the child was dead. [HE MOTHER'S BODY FOUND. A dospatch from Newmarket. nan. The neighbors Were soon arousal and a party was formed to sou-ch for the mother. they found an apron on the fence new the woods, but failed to find the perpetrator of the awful deed. Diligent setrch wee kept up, and about one o'clock they found tho lifeless form of Mrs Jewitt under s bridge that spans the creek s short distance tram the house. The theory is that she must have been watching the searching party. as they had lank- ed under the bridge a short time be- tore, and that " hen she saw a chance she came out of the woods, took re- fuge under the bridge, and drowned herself in about eight int-hes of water. Dr. Webb, who is unending old Mrs. Starr, came to my a professions] visit about 10 o’clock and ballped to dress the murdered child. Coroner Scott was summ ned and immediately trornruuni. eAvd with County Crown Attorney Dewart, who ordered an inquest to he held. Iron and Home “In. ot " Blond; Infra" Hun:- l’ulud In Lando- Tower. A despatch from London Bars-Un- usually interesting and valuable tlll- ooverles have been made in the Tote.. at of London. In the process of lay- ing the foundation» for the. emotion ot tl new guard-room near the White tower, the Workman out the [brutal wall of the second century. and found a number of periveily-pretierrred flue tiles for the ddfusion of hot air from the hypucaust. The Ldets are ex- cellent specimens. They measure 15 inches in length. tit-il invheu in width, and 41-: inches in depth. While removing the mud frout ttgt subway leading to the rtver and the moat the workmen discovered u rum. ber of iron and tstout' shat. left, it is be- lieved. ut the time. ot the cunfllct be. tween the Royal troops and the rebel: under Wyatt in the. tune a “Maul, Mary," a tim. . an to in being the army worm m e dandy erroneous. and mu in all p liability it is the tusswcl; moth. 31y can in in tumieieut to cause good deal of slum to usrlculaurluu The shot are an in a of mud and grand, thin-k human boesesaudl/uts of ing firing with di-udly e quarters. Thetse acre. not quarters. Iheae are not Iu-oir Thu: " Ma, unch- In A...“ . m " II mung. I '"o"r. A despatch from Balk-ville tbo's-- Consternation has been cameo numug the farming community around hen by the repon that the army worn had made its appearance on the [am of Mm. Boldrick, hh concession '1 yen- dirt-, lot IO, a halt acre of Wooden [and having been denudcd of leaves " completely as though the trees were (loud. Expeyu In" that the rnmunn “anon. ARMY WORM IN CANADA VALUABLE FINDS. us though the trees wen I my that the rumour , the army worm in evi. un. and xhu in :11 pro the tunnel; mulh. he nuftieient to cause a been cause-d amune rtver warm t, left able able 'nglumprau beset with mm. show- ‘Cl tlt clue from ttrt und the l u rum. . it is ho discover discover it