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Popular Education. Now that the little ripple of excite- ment over our school trustees’ dis- qualification hes subsided, and proper steps have been taken to fill the vacancies lately brought about, the; Board of Edumtion in a. few days, with its full strength of membership, will be again engaged in prosecuting the important work entrusted by the public to its charge. The responsibili- ties that rest upon our representatives on the School Board are second in im portance to none that belong to other public trusts; and it is to be regretted that the attention of the community at large is not more frequently directed to matters afi'ecting the progress of our schools, or to the work of the Board. There is perhaps no better test of the real standing of the people: of a community than the interest the} take in educational matters; and we do not believe that questions of this kind have received that attention from the ratepayers of the town which their importance deserves. It has often oc- curred to us that it would be well to consider whether the policy of our Board has not been too liberal in the direction of higher education, at the expense of our public schools. “78 do not refer to the work of the present Board of Education alone; our remarks! apply to the Boards of former years as well. Has not the attention given to and the money lavished upon our High School or Collegiate Institute been altogether out of proportion to its claims upon the public at large com- pared to those of the schools which supply the important training com- monly called “popular education”? The public schools are par excellence the schools of the people. Fully seven on; of ten of our young people are compelled by force of circum- stances to go out into the active duties of life before they have much more than crossed the threshold of our High School; and it is the bounden duty of the public to see that the con- is perhaps no class that requires more tender care, more careful training, or more comfortable and pleasant sur- roundings, than the younger pupils in attondancg at our public schools. To been, in the right direction. Refer- enws to the past are of service chiefly as a guide to future action; and we believe we voice the sentiments of by far the largest majority of our rate- payers in recommending a. change in the direction we have indicated. Were the question raised why it is that a specialist has never been enâ€" gaged in connection with the fifteen forms in our public schools and the junior forms in our High School to teach the subjects of writing, drawing, and the commercial branches, would the reply be that such subjects are not of suflicient importance to the hund- reds of pupils concerned to justify the necessary outlay? Specialists in science, in the higher mathematics, in the languages living and deed, have all alongbeen supplied without regard to cost for the benefit of the few, and yet side by side has existed the “long ditions surrounding the schools that supply the wants of so large and im- portant a class are the very best pos- Bible. The Interests of so important a class should be allowed to suffer on no considerations whatsoever. Has the policy of our own Board, or of Boards of Education in general for that mat} ter, been guided by such consideraâ€" tions? We think not; and we believe that the best public interests have suffered seriously in consequence. Too general is the complaint amongst our business men that thh all the cost of youtn‘are’ sent upon the world unable to write a good band, write out an ordinary receipt, make out an account, compose a decent English letter, or know the difi'erence between a day- book and a ledger. We do not wish to be understood as reflecting upon the efficiency of our public school teachers. We believe them to be not only eficient, but faithful in the per. formance of their duties. Nor do we Wish to be understood as having a de' sire to unnecessarily throw obstacles in the way of the progress of our 001- legiate Institute. The speculation has been entered upon, and by all means let us make the best of it. It is use- less at this late day to argue that the children who may have the good fortune to enjoy the latter; but to the large majority whose school days must end earlier in life the prospects are not of quite so pleasant a. nature. Such reflections simply establish our con- tention that the tendency of our s:hool legislation is not, and has not present able staff in the old union school building could have been made to meet all the requirements of higher education in this district for many Years to come; or that the expendi- ture of one-third the cost of the hand- some Institute building in the erection have been more in accordance with the policy of “the greatest good to the greatest number.” The contrast be- tween the accommodation and comfort of the East Ward school, the Francis stret school, the old Union school, of a less pretentious central public school, and m necessary 1mpr0vements in the sex eral ward schools, would em, and the elegant quarters the new Institute will afi‘ord, may be a. pleasing one to the small number of our town ’Gbe Watchman. THURSDAY. OCT. 25th. 1888. meet the wants of this class, an efi'ort was made some four years ago to establish 3 Kindergarten department under the charge of the Board. The scheme fell through on the- score of enforced economy. In the meantime the handsome new Collegiate Institute has been erected as a monument of the enterprise and wisdom of our Board of Education. In educational matters ‘as in other afi'airs, too little attention is too often paid to the quality of the foundation upon which an imposing superstructure is sought to be reared. The union of High and Public School Boards has a tendency to foster the error which we believe has existed too long. The interests of the High and the Public _S:hools:are largely distinct, and the governing bodies should be en- tirely independent of each other. The establishment of the fifth and sixth forms in connection with our public schools, and the separation of the Boards, would, we believe, be in the .nterests of popular education. No other remedy suggests itself to us for the proper settlement of a. matter of vital importance to the community at A French ofiicer who attended the re- cent Italian review has a very poor 0pm- ion of the discipline of the soldiers. At the Toronto Hunt Club races on Saturday afternoon, one of the jockeys, named Cook was fatally injured. , Mr. Laboucher says Mr. Parnell has obtained overwhelming evidence that the Times letters are forgeries. The Chinaman at Semis who was re- fused re-admissiom into the States has disappeared, and is supposed to have es- czped secretly intu the land of the free. Three experts, Messrs: Mason, Ham- mond, and Wood, were appointed on Saturday to exmnine into and report on the management of the financial afi'airs of the city. ,n .. Mary Smolinzky, a pretty 19-year-old servant girl, is under arrest in New York. charged with having attempted to poison the entire family she worked for with Paris green Official returns show that the effect of the new system instituted in the British army last year, of greater lenity in the matter of runishment, has been attended with very satisfactory results. Detective Murray arrested Hannah Bond at Thorold on Monday in connection with the Galt poisoning case. She form- erly lived with the Lowell family in Galt, and is belived to have sent the poisoned candies. Mr. Froude. writing “on the subject of C nnmercial Union between Great Britain me]. her colonies, says that if England does not offer Canada suph a union the Ameri- It is stated that Premier Mercier has re- ceived a. communication from Rome in- forming him that the Pope has given his final decision on the allotment of the ulna. _'---.v-- -__ $400,000 for the settlement of the Jesuit estate question, to the effect that three-fourth of the amount shall revert to the Jesuits. and the rest to Cardinal Taschereau and Laval University. tically lost. Suit was brought at Philrdelphia Satur- lay by Mrs. Krause for damages against he Athletic Baseball Club for injuries batted over the fence of the Athletic Club grounds on J uly 18 last. The ball struck the lady on the left breast. and her physi- cians say that tl e injury is de reloping in~ to either an abscess or a canserous growth which will shortly require a surgical oper- ation. The writ against the club was serv- ed yesterday. Mr. Duncan Sinclair, of B1ttincau,Dak- writes thus to the Globe: “I am over three score and eleven years of age, all but four years of that time I resided in Canada, and during these four years I have resided is the territory of Dakota, and the knowledge I have acquired of the people and the method of working their institutions in such as to make me utterly opposed to the annexation of Canada to the United States, either politically or commercially, and I would warn the peo- ple of Canada to give a wide berth to such decoy ducks as Erastus Wiman.” The “decoy duck” is good. Afi'airs in Winnipeg in connection with the crossing of the Canadian Pacific track by the Red River Valley railway are fast approaching a crisis. The lines are expect- ed to meet daily. The Canadian Pacific have large force on the spot, and the Man- itoba authorities intend proceedi with a host of supporters to see that the ' .e is laid. Meanwhile the Winnipeg magis- tra'. es have notified the Militia. Depart- ment in Ottawa that they intend calling out the militia. to quell any disturbance that may take place. V uok Out for Conant-fella. Wmnson, Oct. 23.â€"A number of coun- terfeit $10 bill: on the Bank of Commerce Are in circulation. They are said to be at imitations, but the shading of the fig”: comprising the word “ Ten ” on the {nee of the note is unlike that of the non- ELxmA, Oct. 23.â€"The Third Ward Lit- erary Club, a social organization of this city, went on an excursion to Perl: Station on the Elmira, Cortland, and Northern Rail- road, lawin this city Sunday morning at 8 o’clock. W en eleven miles north of this city, and while running about thirty miles round a. curve, the engineer, Thomas Dur- ant, discovered an open switch, but before he could do more than reverse his engine the locomotive and baggage cur plunged into a creek. Durant was found clinging to the lever. He received a. bed shaking up. P. Butler, the firemen, esca. d with slight bruises by jumping. D. errick, the bag- gage master, end John Travers, in charge of 3 number of beer barrels, clams, and other ediblee, went down with the car and were buried under its contents. They were taken out and found to have received several cute and bruises. The four passenger cars were not derailed, but the passengers were thrown about and bruised, Another train was mode up end most of the excursionists re- sumed the trip. The switch was left open by n trnin wrecker, and the company will Ipsrenopeinltofindtheguiltyputy, Decking 3100.000 ”amazes trons James G. Blaine and In Wife. New YORK, Oct. 23.-Gen. Martin T. McMahon, Gen. Roger A. Pryor and Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, counsel for Mrs. J ames G. Blaine, jr., are about to begin a. suit at the instance of their client against her hus- bsnd's parents, ex-Secretary J smes G. Blaine and Mrs. Blaine, for (lama es in the sum of $100,000 for alienating her usband’s sfl'ections. Young Mrs. Blsinc does not sue for divorce for she is a rigid Catholic, and her ideas on the subject of divorce are inac- cordance with the well-known rules of the church. Besides, those who have the au- thority to speak for her say that she is still ottsched to her husband, and, above all things, desires a reconciliation with him. She says that her husband’s parents have come between herself and him, so that he has deserted her and refused to answer her letters and telegrams imploring him to send her some token of his sfl‘ection. and, in 3 word, he east her off. THE WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS. A Locomotive and 3::me Cu- ot an I: cunlon ’I‘nln Thrown Into a Creek. YOUNG MRS. BLAINE TO SUE. andthe Dominion will be prac- Editorial Notes. Detective Hurray Aneu- llnnnah Boyd ll Thoroldâ€"She Denie- Any Knowledge 0! the Gun Polsonlnz (Sue. THOROLD, Oct. 22.â€"-The mystery sur- rounding the now celebrated Gall: poisoning ease Was broken in upon Saturday after- noon. and strong hopes are entertained that it will be speedily dispelled and the perpe- trators of the crime brought to justice. 3,__ > 0â€"1:: OI>mOmU $3.1 v>w4.0:u>. .202 _2 mm20.20 41mg. THE FATAL CHOCOLATES‘ uuwna u. may vs“..- w--_°e, The first arrest was made on Saturday. Detective Murray, of the Ontario Govern- ment detective staff, has been working on the case ever since the time of the poison. ing, except four days which he spent on an extradition case in Buffalo. On Saturday his investigations led him to this place and to the house of a prominent citizen. He stated to the lady of the house that he wished to see the servant girl and explained the nsture of his mission. The girl was called into the presence of her mistress and the detective. She said her name wasAnna Bond. When the officer told her her name was Hannah Boyd and that she was charged with being implicated in the Galt poisoning me she trembled and nervously denied that her name was Hannah and that she knew an thing about the case. he circumstance, as may be imagined, caused quite a. sensation in the family. Anna in a. lively, good looking girl, with bright brown eyes, banged hair and a. good figure. the has been serving in the family for some months and not the slightest suspicion was entertained that she was connected with any wrgn g dping: WI U155 nun-45. Detective Murray made the arrest and taking his prisoner with him drove to Mer- ritton and took the train there to Berlin. The prisoner was brought before D. Spiers, J. P., charged with being implicated in the poisoning of Meta Cherry of Galt, and was remanded for a. week. She is now in Berlin jai_l. Miss Boyd was a servant girl, it is said, in the Lowell family at Ga. t, for some time. She has not been in Galt for several months until recently. A few days before the pois- oned chocolates were sent from Toronto to Galt she asked leave of her mistress to go to Galt. She stated that she hzul received a telegram from her sick sister, that she wished to visit her and that she would rc- tnrn to Thoruld the next day. Her mis- tress allowed her to go and she kept her word, returning next‘day. \tht her real motive in going to Gall: was is not known, and the mere fact of her going there at that time counts for little. In connection with other facts, however, and her actions while there, it may count for a. good deal. i,t -_ Mt. Willruth fears she mai’y ndw Be" uniting the 99: oi; magi- The police theory is that His. Willruth is in the home of some friends of the family, who have neglected to inform the husband of the fact, They agree that if a thief had removed her' 111 the cab he would have re- leased her after chaining her vsluahlu. Her reputation in Gult is not that of an honest, upright airl, but rather that of one whose pretty looks and indisereetness mutually contributed to her way of life. It may be that an atl‘aire (l’mnour is at the bottom of the insidious attempt on the lives of three fmuilies and the death of little Meta. Cherry. The authorities will give little information concerning the case, and decline altogether to state what evidence is going to be brought against the prisoner. They say that a statement of the facts in their possession at present would prejudice the case. The only thing they care to say is that Hannah Boyd is srrcsted and that the preliminary trial will take place on Mondav next. u to the paint shop in a. cab, and saying t at he was a relation of the woman and he would take her home, he placed her in the cab and drove away. At this point all traces of the women is lost. Mr. . Willmth spent yesterday searching the hospitals and the Morgue, but nowhere could he learn anything concerning his wife. He said that she was fifty years old and sickly, and be discarded promptly the idea. that she was kidnapped for immoral urposes, but he feared that some thief ha. resorted to this bold move for the purpose of robbery, as his wife were jewelry of some value. Two Hours afterwards Mr. Willruth re- ceived a. call from a. strange man, who in- formed him that his wife was sick in the paint shop. He hastened to her assistance, and was thunder-struck to learn that a. well dressed man, whom noone knew, had driven While Ill and Unconscious :1. Slranger ne- muvul lh-r In 2i Cal). New YORK, Oct. 20.â€"A singular case of disappearance was reported at Police Head- quarters yesterday, which has all the ele- ments of kidna ping for the purpose of rob- bery. Mrs. Fri-ederick Willruth left her home, No. 125 Thorn‘strect, Jersey City, Wednesday afternoon and came to this city to shop. While on her way to call upon her husband, Henry Willruth. who is engi- neer in alarge building, N o. 419 Broome- street, she was stricken with paralysis, to which she is subject, and two men carried her into a. paint shop on Park-street near by. The woman recovered suficiently to give her husband’s name and place of business and relqpsed into uncopsciqusness. Sunday Wltnesses n Recurrence o! “I. Street Car Dluurlmnrcs. CHICAGO, Oct. illâ€"Judging from the ex- rience of Sunday a ternoon and'Saturduy night, the imported conductors and drivers in the employ of the North Chicago Strcu; Railway Company will continue indefinitely to have a. hard r anal to travel. Fully 300 of the old hands are now out of work, mainly owing. they claim to an unfair construction placed by President Yerkes upon the agree- ment of last Sunday. Allthesemenandthcir sympathizers are intensely bitter in de nunciation of the new man. Clyliourne- avenue and Halsted-strect were the scene of disorder yesterday. At this point huge timbers and loads of brick were thrown tlons resembling in some respects regulation barricades. The neighborhood is densely pulatcd with worlzing peopie, and thes'o . . emg Idle on Sunday filled the sidewalks, Bein idle on Sunday 151‘] win ows and housetops. All women passengers and several men on the first car to approach had been fright- ened ofi‘ by crowds of yelling boys before reaching the obstructed corner. A couple of strangers in the city, a. reporter, the cou- ductor and driver and the two policemen acting as guards were the only ones who re- mained. When the car was brought to a halt the air became bl'ick with missiles fly- ing from house tops and windows. The car was literally bombarded, the lead in this part of the affair being taken by women mixed in the mob. The riot virtually ended with the arrival of the patrol wagon filled with police. The crowds were dispersed without serious trouble. The mob reassem- bled immediate y, however, when the wagon departed. A prisoner was rescued from two omcers who were left behind and the pair of policemen were being roughly handled when the wagon returned again in the nick of time. No one was seriously injured. Chluenenow Avoid taxman When Crosslng me l-‘runuer. New YORK, Oct. 22,â€"The Chinese ex- clusion bill will take some revenue from ths Michigan Central and Grand Trunk Railv ways. As both these lines cross the Cane: dian frontier, the. Chinese dare not take them when bound for Western points. When Chinsmen now go into railroad offices to purchase tickets they insist upon goin by way of Pittsburg and cannot be induce to change their route. The New York Cen- tral, \Vest Shore and other lines which run inconnection with the Grand Trunk and Michigan Central Road are losing the trade of these people, nearly all of whom went that way. The Canadian Pacific, it was claimed a. short time ago, shipped on an average 25 Chinese each day to Pacific coast points, but the Exclusion Act has put a. stop to this also, the Chinese wishing to keen a far away from Canada. as possible in crossing the continent. Should be Arrested. Loxoox, Ont, Oct. 22.â€"â€"A woman is now traveling through the villages between St. Thomas and \Vindsor, inducing girls to go to Detroit, and from there they are taken to the north woods of Michigan for immoral purposes. She holds out as an in- ducement lucrative positions as saleswomcn in Detroit, and so far has secured a. large number of respgctable girls. WAS MRS. WILLRUTH KIDNAPPED. THE EXCLUSION ACT- RIOTING IN CHICAGO ofan l Ilefei-rina to letters V implicating Mr. l Parnell and others in crimes, Mr. Web- ' utcr promised to produce before the commis- l sion all the letters which had been men- .‘ tioned in the trial of the O’Donnell case. ‘ He then went on to recount the history of the league’s connection with agrarian agita- tors zmd showed how they were related to g Feninnism. He recited instances where Davitt, Devoy, Walsh, Egan, Brennan, and intthcw Harris had held communication with the l’m-nellite party and declared that they Wei-c linked to that party by common aim and interests. ‘ Here a. recess was taken for luncheon. [ “'hen the court reassembled the Attor- ney-Genernl resumed, quoting from s eeches of Nationalist leaders made from t eyear 1879 onwards. THE CASE OF THE TIMES Au lutprcmion Said tobe It." by the Speech I'hnl Tim-e In no 'Absolule Legnl I'rool or :lm l‘lmrgcs. ' LnNIwN, Oct. 23.-â€"In openingThe Times’ cesc yesterday before the commission ap- pointed to investigate the charges against the irieh members of Parliament, Attorney- t-uncr.;'. Webster said it would beahown that many of the men mentioned in The Times [articuiurly had personally taken partin :z-imcr. of the worst kind, while with scarce- ly :ux)‘ exception the persons mentioned had never dcmnmccd outrages or crimes; Owing be she failure of the National Lea. ue to compiy with the commissioner’s or er re- garding the discovery of bank books The 'i‘imcs’ commel had been unable to shape their cause a: they had ex ected to, still van without the bank boo 5 they would prove that money had been paid by the ions-11c to men appointed for the actual com- \. mission of acts of violence and crimes. Some of the men thus appointed were connected witlrthc American league and some were rev \iclcd with moucy from funds obtainedin re- hml. From the outset of the Land League’s existence and since the formation of the National League, Mr. Parnell and his colleagues had been intimately as- sociated with Irish-Americans who were advocates of dynamite. Remarkable evi. deuce would be produced to prove this con- nection and to show also that an extraordi- nary number of untraced crimes were due to the iricitcmcnt of the league. When the court adjourned for the day Mr. W'ehster was apparently only a small way advanced in the presentation of his case. The vagueness and general character of his statement left an impression that The Times has no absolute legal proof of the truth of its charges. Instead of producing evidence that Mr. Par- nell and his ussoeiates were accom- plices before or after the fact, with the Phoenix Park murderers, he will at‘ tempt to justify The Times’ accusations by raking up outrages attributed to members of the league and trying toconnect them with Parnellites. Mrs. II. B. Stowc‘s Condition. Bos'rox, 31:133., Oct. 23.-â€"A private letter received in this city from Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, sister of Harriet Beec er Stowe, says : “ I have been at my sister’s house for two days, watching by her bed- side. Mrs Stowe rallied Wednesday and, though feeble again. it is quite possible she, may continue wit_h us for Beige flay: longeg, ’Tfif‘ He thrust the blade twice in her right leg, inflicting one ugly deep gash, and then in the endeavor of Miss Smith to ward ofl‘ the attack, he drove the knife blade into her hand. Her screams brought the other pupils to her assistance, just as Lange was longing at her throat The boy then rush- ed out of school. Miss Smith’s wounds were at once attended to. Mr. Webster seemed to be hampered by a dread of committing himself beyond the most cautious statement. He spoke in his worst form, proaing along in dreary monotone without the least display of rhetoric. There was an utter absence of points in his statement, and his exposition of The Times’ case was a. generally disconâ€" nected one. ' Eleven-Yenr-om Albert Imago Attacks Miss Lena Smllh. Bnooxm'x, Oct. 23.â€"Miss Lena. Smith, a teacher in the colored public school at Flushing, L. I., is confined to her home in the village suffering from the effects of wounds inflicted upon her by a. colored pupil in her class named Albert Lange. Miss Smith was unable to attend school yesterday. Lungc. who does not bear .8. very good reputation, although only 11 years old, attacked his teacher with a. cheap pocketknife while she was in the act of chastising him. What tire Bloodhound: nave none-The [Mlle Reporter and Ill: Small Dog. LONDON, Oct. 23.â€"-Whilebigbloodhounds and policemen have been ractising and doing nothing, a very small 0g from Til- bury has been gaining’glory for himself and a. little local reporter who owns him. The reporter confident in his dog, took him to the cellar in Whitehall where the trunk of the murdered woman had been found, and together they soon unearthed one of the woman’s missing legs. The police, very jealous, succeeded after much trouble in getting one of their bloodhounds in the dark cellar, but there he would only lie down and howl, so he had to be dragged out again as a failure. . But though they have failed as detectivestthewiemason to beliqyeejw ing the criminal, which is more than Scot- land Yard can boast of. The wildest fairy tales are daily told of whatbloodhounds can do in the way of tracking. A murderer, particularly if an ignorant man, though readv to defy an army of policemen, might tremble at the picture of a bloodhound can- tering slowly but surely behind him on a race to the gallows The three weeks’ in- terval of rest which the murderer has hitherto allowed himself between murders has just expired and there has been no fresh deed of blood to keep up the fiend’s repute. tion. 150 Dead and “'oumlcd lllcmllled. Roma, Oct. 23.â€"A despatch from Potenm says that there were 400 passengers on the train which was crushed by a. land slide a few days ago. One hundred and fifty dead and wounded have been identified. Many of the victims are unknown. Scores continue to be unearthed. Soldiers are working hard at the wreck. The work is impeded by cold and snow. An entire theatrical company was killed. Several headless and armless corpses have been found in the neighboring river._ ' A mother who had been driven mad by the catastrophe refused to release from her embrace two dead children. A young priest was buried for two hours and when extrica~ ted it was found that his hair had turned white. An entire family consisting of six peg‘sons was killed. ' ' 9 Two carriages in which were thirty carabinecrs sustained no damage. The carabineers were able to assist in extricating the victims. All the oflicials attached to the train were killed. It is estimated that 200,000 cubic metres of earth fell upon the line. Many of the passengers who escaped with their lives left the scene immediately after the accident. It is therefore impos- sible as yet to tell the exact number of the killed. Canadian [Barley In Bufl'nlo. BUFFALO, Oct. 18.â€"T.'1e steambarge mu. gara. arrived here yesterday with the first cargo of Canadian barley of the new crop; It came from the Bay of Quinta, graded choice No. 2 and consisted of 26,042 bush- els. It was shipped here by C. H. Mc- Laughlin of Toronto, and was sold throuvh George Samlrock to V. Loewer, Yproprietiw of the Gambrinus Brewery, of 1\ew York City. The price was equal to 90 cents cash. This is the most important barley deal yet consummated here this fall. Maltsters have been holding off, claiming that the prices asked for barley have been higher than the mall: trade warranted. Youxcsrowx, 0., Oct. 23,â€"Peter Kerry, an iron worker, was quarrclling with two men on the Ashtubula. and Pittsburg Rail- road, near here, yesterday afternoon, when he was struck by a train and hurled twenty feet, his neck being broken. His two com- panions robbed the remains, securing his purse and watch, and then ran away. .Oz_zmm0 m_I mZmO omm mmkw0m>> J<mw2m0u>m2rm0h STABBED HIS SCHOOL TEACHER. Robbed the Dead Man and Skinned. THE WHITECHAPEL FIEND. pyeg weeks, I! he: 'hold; ‘on Iii; in Ln Alleged Truly Wrecker Captured In Missouri. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22. â€"A speéial to the Post- Dispatch from Springficlgl, M0,, says: De- tective Davis, of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, has captured and‘lodgcd in jail at Van Burcn, Ark, \V. , L.._..-_L-,l ‘nn‘n Three Murderers :uul Mncteen Thieves Escape From l’rlson. Sromxu FALLS, \V.T., Oct. 23.â€"A big jail delivery occurred here last week by which twenty-one out of twenty-eight prisoners escaped. The cells in the large cage were left unlocked and the prisoners cut a. hole in the cage, seized and bound the grrzlnrd, gagged him and locked him in the Jar . Seven prisoners confined for petty of- fences declined to escape. Among the escaped are three murderers and the others are thieves. Abllucllng Two Girls. PHILLIPSBURG, N. J., 0ct.18.â€"-This town was thrown into a ferment of excitement this afternoon when it became public that two girls of good reputation had been enticed away by Mason Houtzman. He is the same man who was drummed out of Park Ridge, N. J ., about two weeks ugp. He first appeared in Newark claiming to be a. preacher, and induced Mrs. Eliza. Berry to believe that it was sinful to live with her husband. She then moved to Purl: Ridge, living in a. house owned by her husband, where she was soon joined by J ane Howell. Houtzman soon took up his abode with them, and their scandalous conduct caused the people of Park Ridge to take him out of the house, cut ofl‘ his whiskers and long hair, horsewhip him, and drive him out of the town. â€"- - . . an u a; wuuuusca no 106., 600'.) 00168 I“ 1030., 625 boxes at logo” 300 boxes at O Y $1 PER m flute terms, 700 boxes on commission: NOW IS THE TIME __;1'O SUBSCRIBE. 364 boxes dairy sold at 10c to llc., also 70 Wigwam «229, am’ Address THE EMPIRE; Tqmto ._._â€".._._. The cheese market at Utice manifested a weaker tendency and a. decline of fie was recorded. Transactions were 4410125, 3735 boxes, at 90; 12 lots, 982 boxes, 100; 1 lot, 150 boxes, lOfic; 10 lots, 879 boxes 101c; 3810125, 2312 boxes, logo; 18 lots, 1323 boxes, 10§c; 1610ts, 1416 boxes, on commie- sion. Total, 10,797 boxes; ruling price 9§c. ’h-ansactions one year ago, 13,789 boxes, ruling price 10%. . The cheese sales at Little Falls were as follows: 2500 boxes at 10c., 3830 boxes at 1030., 625 boxes at logo“ 300 boxes at private “(my 709 _box_e§ ,an commission: sumsbmx‘s nsronr. Beerbohm reports: Floating cargoesâ€"- Wheat, steady ; corn, nil. Cargoes on pas- sageâ€"Wheat. and corn, quiet and steady. Mark Laneâ€"Wheat, steady; corn, turn easier; flour, quiet. French country mar- ketsâ€"Firm. English farmers’ deliveries during past weekâ€"-â€"\\'hcat, 71,680 qrs.; average price, 315 1d, was 303 Nd. Liver- goolâ€"Spot wheat, firm; corn, moderate emand. Corn, 4s 7d, {.d cheaper. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Liverpool reports: Wheat firm ; demand fair; holders ofl'er moderately. Corn, steady ; demand fair. Spring wheat, 88 3d ; red winter, 85 3d ; No. l 0.11., 83 5d. Corn, 4s 713d. Peas, 6s 5d. Pork, 783 9d. Lard, 46s 3d. Bacon, short cleared, 485; long cleared, 46s. Cheese, 508. ’ CHEESE MARKETS. Ofl'erings at Buffalo were 5200 boxes most- ly of the last week of September make, afrading opened weak and the bulk of the offerings were held above buyers’ views and will be shipped out in first hands or held for later ofl'ers. Eleven cents was the highest bid received, llic. was the factory men’s figures and except on a. few small lots there was no compromise, these at llfic. were the 1‘ only sales. nun uuu u. ..-- -s, . He came to this town Thursday last with the two women, having a. letter of introduc- tion to Mrs. Mary Richer, of 210 Harris- strcct, in which he was represented as a. minister amd the two women as his co- lahorcrs. Houtzman was very attentive to the two daughters of Mrs. Ricker, Lizzie and Jennie, aged 19 and ’22. Saturday morning Houtzman quarrclled with Mrs. Richer, tel- ling her that she was not fit to have charge of her two daughters. He was or- dered to leave the house, and did 30, taking the two girls with him while Mrs. Ricker was out. Monday morning Lizzie returned for her clothing and was detained by her 1v; nu.“ vgv '“"'U "â€" W 7 mother. Later on the two women came for her, and, using abusive langua. e, were arrested. To-day Jennie and outzman were arrested in Easton as they were taking a. trail for Park Ridge. BI: Jlm Bcglcy Convicted. HAzsumox, Oct. 20.â€"Big Jim Begley was arraigved for trial at the Police Court yesterday 0'1 9. charge of committing an aggravated assault upon Mrs. Margaret J ucksou on Tuesday night lost. He pleaded not guilty and elected to be tried by the Police Magistrate. He had no counsel. Mrs. )Iargm‘ei Joclgson, a. very respectable spring wheat was wanted at. 81. 21, - i 2 red winter at $1.9" .--, and for Nomi}? $131 $1. 21 was bid. No wheat; was offered by sellers. woman rcEidir g at No. 354: Huglxson-street north, swore that. a few minutes after 10 o’clock on Tuesday night, as she was passing the corner of J ohu and \Vood-strcets, a. man jumped out from the doorway of a, house and caught her by the shawl which she had over her head. She let the shawl go and then the man grabbed her, threw her down and kickchler. She screamed and he ran away. She recognized the prisoner as the man who assaulted her. On call yesterday afternoon at the Board of Trade sellers ofl'ered three cars of No. 3 bar}ey atg 70c., buyers dig] not, bid. No. :7 No w heat was recei\ ed ycstex day. Pre- sent quotations: Fall 01 spring, ' $1.20 ta $1. 22 , goose, 94c to 90¢. About 200 bush- els of 0an were received at 43c to 44¢. 01 barley 4500 bushels were received at 63c tc 79130. No peas or rye received ; quotation: for the former 66c to 68ca and fon the latter “‘i‘oriliic-llizifrence Mrs. Beglcy, the prison- er‘s mother, swore that Jim was homeâ€" about half a mile fi‘om where the assault ...l... -v v v-v-n- on T licsday night. In rebuttal Constable Cameron swore that at 9.55 o’clock he saw Jim Beglcy in an alleyway on Guise-street, between John and Hughson-strcetaâ€"half a mile from his,homc. The prisoner. be said, was going in the direction of where the as- sault; was committed. Begley was found guilty and sent to the Central Prison for 23 months. A Farmer's Serious Lona. anmnan, Oct. 23.â€"-At about 11.30 pm. Saturday Mr. Alex. Oxtoby’s barn and out- buildings near Udora. were burned to the ground. In the barn was all of this year’s grain, iii-o valuable horseS'und a threshing machine belonging to Messrs. Moore Scott of Udorzi, and in the outbuildings were eleven pigs, all of which were consumed. I‘nc fire is supposed to have originated from some flying,r sparks from the threshing en- gine. Mr. Uxtohy’s loss is estimated at $3000 with only $200 insurance. Messrs. Moore 6'; Sean’s loss on separator is 8500, no insurance. Terrible Charge Against Nine Well-Known )lontrcalcrs. Mox'mmL, Oct. ENEâ€"Nine well-known residents of St. Cuueéonde, a. suburb of Montreal, are charged with outraging in a most brutal manner a young and prepossess- ing French-Canadian girl named Permult, who, it is alleged, died from the effects. She was buried last Saturday; but on the facts of the case leaking out, the coroner has ordered the body to be exhumed. The case promises .to be. very sensational. The doc- tor who issued the death certificate will also be arrested. Leading Features of the Grain and Produce Mag-Rein at Home and Abroad. TOROXTO, Oct. 23. â€"St. Lawrence market yesterday was very flat. Little stuff was offered and the demand was poor. Price: wer_e unchanged. A RAICROAD HORROR AVERTED. ,inst BIG JAIL DELIVERY. TRADE AND TRAFFIC. firema: A FIENDISH CRIME. _.â€"â€" The winner of the Panama prize of is u. tailor of Paris. St. Thomas, 01115., has forwarded $102 to the Parnell defence fund. Typhoid fever is prevailing to an alarm- ing extent at Essex Centre. .1 7‘. LL- Dan-MI £20,000 ._=, . M. de Lesseps declares that; the Panama canal will be open for traffic in 1890. The price of coal in London has advanced mm pkillinns a. ton. owing to the strike of ‘Tbe city of Toronto will endeavor ‘ gotiate a. loan of $600,000 for current at 4:} per cent. ' , n The price of coal in London has auvzmccu two shillings a. ton, owing to th-: strike of mmers. Emperor William is said to be an incess- ant smoker of cigarets heavily charged with opmm. ... u A.- .u. w_,é , The public schools at Athens, 0., were closed yesterday on account of the ’preva- lence of diphtheria. n4,_ To be given toevery subscriber to tho Erin“ EMPIRE PAYING ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE. At tile {fox-onto Hunt Club races o_n Satur- day afternoon one of the jockeys, namec} Cook, was fatally injured. .Nâ€"Iâ€"r. iQBouch-ére -says Mr. Parnell has obtained overwhelming evidence that The Times letters are forgeries, wu um 1n we hands or everv Farmer in the Dominion this fall. the Pubusigers have had prepared a Handsome and Lite-lure Bust of _ 813. JOHN MACDONALD, THE EMPIRE since its establishment has met with unprecedentegl success, and already stands in the proud posiuon of Canada's Leading Journal: but. in order m place the WEEKLY ann‘mx in the hands of eve Farmer in the Dominion this fall. the Publis em hum hm! On Thursday last 3 burial vault in 3|?ine Grove, Pittsburg, 01113., was broken mto, and two bodies were stolen. “fork on the railroad tunnel under the St. Clair River has been commenced and will be pursued with vigor. It is r.umored that thia King of 'Wurtem- burg was received at Nice with kisses and cries of “A has la. Prusse.” A committee of the French Chamber of Deputies will inquire into the scheme for a. sea. canal from Rouen to Paris. . One of the patients in the smallpax hospi- tal. Toronto. died on Saturday afternoon. The other‘paticnts are doing well. ........ ~--v---- _-_ __ r O r P. K. Emerson, of Mono, Minn, was rob- bed at bu home on Sunday of $9000 in notes and negotiable wheat checks. An agitation for an increase in wages has been started among the Claycross coal min- ers. Thousands threaten to strike. Dr. Mackenzie denies the report of a German publisher that Empress Frederick revised the English proofs of his book. Railway tméic thl'oughout Greece is im- peded by heavy floods, which have convert- ed some districts into huge shallow lakes. A movement is m ked of to provide a new building at Westminster for monuments to gligtinguished dead, the Abbey being nearly full. A case of supposed smallpox is reported from Granby. in the Eastern Townships, and £316 Montreal authorities are taking precau- nous. Hannah Boyd, the girl arrested in connec- tion with the Galt poisoning case. formerly lived in Hamilton, where her' parents still reside. Mr. Robert H. Cowdrey, the cundidateof the United Labor party for the Presi- dency. has been sued in Chicago for a debt of $200. The oficial report of the railway disaster near Potenza. limits the number of Persons killed to 19 andwthe number of mjured It has been decided to make a grand vol- unteer display at the Lord Mayor’s show in London, instead of having the usual exhi- bitiou. The by-law granting a bonus of $25,000 to the St. Lawrence Pa er Company was car- ned in Morrisburg, 1117., on Satureay by a. large majority. The Chinaman at Sarnia. who was refused re-admission into the States has disappeared and is supposed to have escaped secretly in- to the land of the free. Meetings in memory of Emperor Fred- erick were held in fifteen German town on Thursdaymid the Berlin palace in Unter den Linden was draped with crepe. WEEKLY EMPIRE A bylaw will be submitted to a. vote of the ratepayers of Torontq next month to rovidc for $300,000, the balance required or completing the Don improvements. Thomas B. Barry, who has been expelled from the Kni hits of Labor, is, in the opin- ion of Genera Master \Vorkman Powdcrly, one of the most despicable scoundrcls living. A Mary Smolinzek, a. pretty 19-year-old mm? 03:.- {a “will“. «mum-6 4» \'mn Vnw‘v E‘éar ged w: h huvxng attempted to poison the entire family she worked for with Paris green. Official returns show that the effect of the new system instituted in the British army last year, of greater lenity in tho matter of punishment. has been attended with very satisfactory results. An influential deputution from Peter- borough Thursday waited upon the Minister of Justice at Ottawa and presented a. peti- tion praying for clemency towards Farley, under sentence of death for murder. The Washington authorities have informed a. Canadian correspondent that there is no United States law authorizing the free entry of horses into the States for working pur- poses during the winter or any other season. London city circles are very suspicious over the withdrawals of gold to'the extent of $10,000,000 on account of the Russian Government. The theory is that Russia is hoarding gold in preparation for war next spring. The Ontario Mining Commission. while in Ottawa, took evidence regarding the region north of Lake Nip pissing, l=¢uid be“ .dering on Cross Lake, Lake Tomagaming and the Montreal River, and found that the district is reported to be very rich in silver, copper ‘nd mica, with traces of gold. Ate. convention held at \‘Varkworth yes- terday Mr. Edward Cochrane, ex-M. P., was unanimously chosen as candidate for East Northumberland in the Dominion House. ' While the bloodhounds, for the capture of the Whitechapel murderer, were being exercised Thursday morning, they followed a scent that had been laid for them, got out of sight and were lost. Doctors Bergmann and Gerhardt do not advise that Dr. Mackenzie and his German ub.ishers should be indicted for libel, but r. Bergmann is quite prepared to fight a duel with the English specialist. Mr. Adam Hudspeth, M. P. for South Victoria, has been taking energetic steps to have Canadian barley introduced into the Eu lish market. He has forwarded samples to ‘nglish brewers for an oflicial report. CANADA’S LEADING PAPER. 'NEWS‘OF THE WEEK. (Height, 11 inches.) to ne- ‘ wants The Finest in each individual line at the lowest living Prices, No trouble to show the goods, call and examine them th will compare favorably in qualiq and prices with am in I? county, ' e A complete range always kept in stock. including Hats, Caps, Shirts, Collars, Ties, Cuffs, Socks; etc. Everything in Rubber Coats, from a six year old boys size, up, at all prices. Doheny Block, 3 doors east of the MAN, WOMAN CHILD Open to every person in the Dominion and United States. .A. PRIZE FOB EVERY 3, KING STREET EAST, .TORUNTO. come and see us as we know we can suit you as far as prices and good goods are concerned. CARPETS’ shipped to a firm which had failed, we will give out Lindsay friends the benefit of the purchase. \Yhen in the city cal] and see the value we can give in Carpets. OIL GLOTHS, 8: WENDOW FURNISHINGS, This Department is booming under the management of our firstâ€"class Cutter, Mr. P. T. Bond. _ Large Stock 01 Material for Light Summer Loats on hand. - a we are Giving 3 311/3 Discount off Last Year's Prices. Having purchased at currency for sterling a Consigmnentof An elegant stock Next door to Ha Milton’s Carnage Show Roam. 217/ C 042‘s, FURSJ. HERS. FURS. Polite attention and ample attendance given to every one. Shoe Store Agent for BUYING ONE OR MORE PAIRS OF BOOTS OR SHOES AT GREAT FALL SHOW. To Our New Shop with I NEW SWGK No admission fee required. ORDERED CLOTHING. Doors open from 7 a. m. until7 p m. Dry Goods or Clothing U fiderc/oz‘kz'n g of every descrz'pz‘imz. : for Swiss Steam Laundry, Toronto. A70 Befz‘w’ Val/21:2 A 721' have In China Mattings GENTS FURNISHIAI’GS. 257/ Caps, . MAGUIRE. MCCRIMMON BROS. THE PALACE If you want a Bargain in i of fine at} 64257227658“, F257 Cdflgs’ Fur Col/am C3“ Cwfiq WWI. BEATTY 8: SUN Furs just arrived-â€" . J. GALLON. Daly House.