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side sheeting. , GARAFRAXA RH A M. a . Toronto AGENCY. BESTFRIEND RNESS OIL re now prepared rTLy, © tity of Sash, d the differâ€"â€" nnection. class lot of ar, IN ADÂ¥AXCE litor & Propristomn LE iN CANADA. McFARLANE a cheap. zed _ $2,000,000 1,000,0008 rineipal in te ‘Ir:flt()hlp Uulm d k of Cana®@ ocing Shop, and. All hand ness transacted Drafts s on all points. Deposâ€" st allowed at ourrans Morning, so that all orders 11 kinds promptly oF ARLANE, e Waggons actory. HARNESS. TOW K. WORK .a.th al ING DER * . C 8 | â€"» y pounds nank depos:ts of $1 ntion aad ov.’hn: x at a distance. KELLY, Agoens,. egs. Also t o firstâ€"class BANK. Ges. P. Reid, Manager «+ bicycle ride to His machine and 35 hP 1 Jeffe bicvele YEARS at ourreont It is stated positively in Washin been settled, nor any indemnity g:: id to Great Britain by the Venezueâ€" rn Government. t’::unt" Sarabh Haviland bhas been reâ€" d _ from the state prison at Jackâ€" son,. Mich., after serving a term of 30 years. She will visit her daughter who the despatch says "lives in Canâ€" The tcarpemouho!ho Bug:lo are on strike for an eightâ€"hour + 4 The strike among the sil.p-bmlders «t Cleveland, Ohio, has ended. The Obio river is dangerously high t St. Louis and continues to rise. &tight persons lost their lives b‘voy- clones in Oklahama territory on Wedâ€" nesday. Epecials from various points in Kansas bring details of disasters by cyclones on Tuesday night. A terrific storm of wind, rain and hail passed over Wuhin{’t:n on Tuesâ€" day, and broke qt the binet meetâ€" ing in progress at the White House. At Washington fire sw a whole block of commercial bnildlz’:-. opposite the Emithsonian Institution Four fireâ€" me;:uweu crushed to death by falling wa Mr. Chamberlain, the Secreturg of State for the Colonies, presided on Thursdaimnicht at the South African annual dinner. In his address he exâ€" pressed regret at the small progress which had been made towards the reâ€" conciliation of the Dutch and English in South Africa. UNITED STATES. The carpenters of Buffalo are on strike for an eightâ€"hour day. A manifesto signed by Mr. Henry Labouchere and eighteen other Radiâ€" eal members of the House of Commons has been issued, announcing the forâ€" mation in the House of an advanced Radical section. At a meeting of the antiâ€"Parnellite members of the House of Commons on Wedn«da{y, it was resolved to make earnest effort to bring about & reconâ€" ciliation with the Parnellites, and to reconstruct a united Home Rule party. Bir Donald Mackenzie Wallace, of London, at one time a well known newspaper man, has been offered the t of British Ambassador to Turkey rouoceuion to Sir Phillip Currie. According to the report of the Britâ€" ish Board of Agriculture, five per cent. of the Danish butter submitted for analysis was found to be adulterated, while Canada‘s samples were all pure. The lrish National party have decidâ€" ed to call a national convention of reâ€" frenntative Irishmen from all xrtaol the world to meet in Dublin in Septemâ€" Bir John Russell Reynolds, ghylicisn- inâ€"ordinary to the Queen‘s household and .zreeldent of the Royal College of Ph lans, is in a critical condition, ..5 growing weaker. Owing to the block of _ Government business in the Imperial House of Comâ€" mons it is almost certain that an auâ€" tumn session will be called. **Tme Prince of Wales is going to pay £ visit to Mr. William w‘a?dogf Astor at Â¥livedon in June. men are being dismissed from the loâ€" comotive shops because the Grand Trunk :15'"“" intended having their engines tâ€"in the United States. A Halifax evening paper announces that the scheme of coast defence which is being prepared for submission to the Canadian Government estimates that three fast cruisers, with quickâ€"firing 'um. would be necessary on the Atâ€" antic to cover the Gulf of St. Lawâ€" rence and coast waters of Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. Col. Stacey,pwner of the St. Thomas Etreet Railway, has made an offer to electrify it, provided he is !ivon an sight or ten year contract for street lighting. | esn o ~a . Regulations respecting uarantine bave been issued ‘;;creviug form as amended by an orderâ€"inâ€"Council passâ€" ed on the 4th inst. The byâ€"law removing the government of the iospital from 8llmnicf:ol politics to a board of Eovernora was passed by the Hamilton City Council on Monday Michael Horn and Mark Tompkins have each been sentenced at Hamilton to 12 years in the wniunturhtor waylaying and robbing Mayor ckâ€" ett‘s cashier. It is denied bere that the G. T. R. is disamissing men from the locomotive ahops, or that the company has only intention of having their engines built in the United States. Mr. Thomas Fred 8. Kirkpatrick brotter of the Licutenantâ€"Governor of Ontario, who was in the Civil Service for the past twentyâ€"three years, died in Ottawa on Thursday morning. A mass meeting was beld at St. John,. N. B., to protest a;ainat the acâ€" tion of the Federal Government in omittin' that port from the _ tenders ealled for the fast Atlantic line. ‘ The Montreal coroner‘s jury q;polnb- ed to investigate the killing of the Belgian Rousseau by Pons, his French brotherâ€"inâ€"law, _ returned a verdict &.t flons had acted in selftâ€"defence, and e prisoner was set at liberty. Mr. Filfihugb, of Montreal, representâ€" !r. ays, the gencral manager of rand Trunk railway, said that e was no truth in the report that April deposits in the Government savâ€" Ing banks amounted to $236,905, makâ€" ing $17.865,259 on deposit at the end of the month. Lieut.â€"Col. A. H. Macdonald, comâ€" manding the Guelph Garrison Battery, is about to retire after 25 years‘ serâ€" vice. He will be succeeded by Lieut.â€" Col. Nicoll. Repor‘s have been received at the Marine Department of a terrific storm en the north shore of Lake Superior. Application will be made at the July zm of Parliament to incorporate Hudson Bay and Pacific Railway Company. Dr. Wm. MocN. _ Jones, principal medical officer of the quarantine staâ€" tion at Vancouver Island is dead. Bayard Pitton, aged 7, of Hamilton, was Yi"n 7 years in the Industrial Echool for attempted larceny. A project is on foot to build an elecâ€" tric road from Hamilton to Alberton, through Ancaster. The next annual m_eeting of the Royal ,::nety of Canada will be beld in Haliâ€" x. The Red River at Winnipeg has reached its bighest point in years. Interesting Items About Our Own Country Oreat Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. h'l|l)f British warship Intrepid is at THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE [K NE N A MISHIL GREAT BRITAIN wWwaPLD OVER. ! In connection with the subject of | Canada‘s navy and in line with the : proposed national defence of the Doâ€" ‘ minion, it is stated at Halifax by good | authority that a scheme of coast deâ€" | fence is now being prepared by a naval expert for submission to the Ottawa .: Government which involves the purâ€" | chase or construction of several swift | armed cruisers which will have headâ€" l quarters at Halifax, their speed to be such that a day‘s run will carriethem ’ from this point to nng point in the Bay | of Fundy or Cape Breton and enable | them to outrunm foreigx.::lipper steamers plying to the Cana ports. \ _A German military court has senâ€" tenced Count yon Kotze to two years‘ | imprisonment in a fortress as a punishâ€" ment for his duel with Baron von Minnie Allen, now in K;ioon at Wauâ€" pun, Wis., claims that she killed Montâ€" gomery Gibbs, a Buffalo lawyer, for which crime Sadie and Clarence Robinâ€" son are now suffering. Minnic Allen (nee Clarke) says she was born in Owâ€" en Sound, and passed part of her life Schrader, which resulted in the death of the latter. It is stated that the filibustering steamer Laurada, bound for Cuba, has on board three cannons invented _bg Josef C. Perrault, of Montreal, whic are of such a deadly character that they c«zuld annihilate an army in a few minâ€" utes. Two of the liberated Johannesberg Reform prisoners were unable to p.aK their fines, and the Randers forthwit subscribed the amount, Mr. Barney Barâ€" nato, heading the list with a large amount. in Toronto. Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, heirâ€"presumptive to the thrones of Ausâ€" tria and Hungary, the eldest brother of Emperor Francis Joseph, is dead. He was sixtyâ€"three years of age. _ Several thousand persons took part in a demonstration in Paris on Sunday, near the statue of Jeanne d‘Arc, deâ€" manding the establishment of a nationâ€" al fete in her honour. The news from Crete is of the gravyâ€" est character. The Turkish troops in the district of Sphakia are surroundâ€" ed by insurgents, and the latter are being aided by the inbabitants, The daughter of General Hippoflivto. lately deceased President of the Hayâ€" tian Republic, is at *)reaent in Paris for the purpose of perfecting herself in the French language. Advocate Cloote has been agpointed British Diplomatic AJgent at_Pretoria in succession to Sir Jacobus De Wet, who resigned a few weeks ago. . A chandelier fell in an opera house in Paris on Wednesday night. In the ggmc that followed one woman was illed and several persons injured. A despatch from Vladivostock says that quiet has been restored at Seoul, and :lhat the King of Corea will reâ€" turn to his palace from the Russian Legation. The British, French, and Russian Emâ€" bassies at Constantinople have each reâ€" ceived cheques for ten thousand pounds as indemnity for the outrages at Jedâ€" dah in May last. fere in politics. * * mt Warlike rumours are prevalent in Samoa, where the rebel chiefs have corâ€" dially received a German warship, causâ€" ing uneasiness. Col. Liebert, of the Prussian service, has accepted the mission of organizing the Chinese army, and will leave for China next week. + Two steamers will leave Hamburg mext week for German Southâ€"west Africa, with 416 soldiers and 200 tons of war material. Mr. Cecil Rbodes has telegraphed to Cape Town saying that if he effects a junction with Caft. Napier the Mataâ€" bele rebellion will be broken. Emperor William has prohibited the entry of the Cologne Gazette into his castles and residences. It criticised him. The gaol at Pretoria, where the Joâ€" hannesburz reform brisoners are con. hannesburg reform prisoners va;;‘; c;;- fined, is in a most unhealthy condition. Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony. and Sir Graham Bower, Imperial Secretary, have sailed for England. Emperor William bhas offended the clerical party in Germany by declaring that clergymen have no right to interâ€" The report that the Cuban insul."- gents are using explosive bullets is confirmed. A despatch from Cairo says that a death from cholera is re’Forted among the Egyptian troops at Tourab. eP etaSatett utPc soanicadat .4 CESC MBVMD y TCC _Luv boot and shoe manufacturers are active, the factories are mostly running | full time, and the leather market is firmâ€" time, and the leather market is firmâ€" er. The most favourable reports are from Kansas City and the Pacific coast. GENERAL. Mark Twain bas been lecturing to crowded houses at Johannesberg. It is stated that the Mikado contemâ€" plates a tour of Europe and America. The port of Antofagasta, Chili, was visited by a destructive cyclone on Sunday. : Cairo, Egypt, had nine deaths and 11 fresh cases of cholera on Sunday, and Alexandria 20 deaths and 783 new cases. The British warships Cordelia and ?dogawk have arrived at Newfoundâ€" and. ’ Une of the most successful munn{ _men of Colorado is said to be Coun James Portales, a member of a famous old German noble family, who has been in the west about twe{vo years. He is a skilled metallurgist. There is little, if any variation in the reports of the New York commercial agencies as to the condition of business in the United States during the week. We are assured that there is no reacâ€" tion, though the movement is emall and the ‘‘waiting" condition continues; in fact, trade is suffering from the !¢â€" tween seasons‘ period, and few orders for immediate delivery are being placed. On the other hand, railroad earnings are 8.6 per cent. larger for the month than a year ago the tonnage movement castâ€" ward from Chicago is increasing, busiâ€" ness failures show a marked decline, and the general tone among commercial men is une of confident and assured exâ€" pectancy. The iron trade is rather an uncertain quantity just now; but the . _It is reported at St. Paul, Minn., that the private fortune of Archbishop Ireland, estimated _ at $1,500,000, has been dissipated, owing to the depression of real estate in St. Paul. The Co#liss amendment to the Unitâ€" ed States Immigration bill, which renâ€" ders all contracts with aliens to perform labor in the United States null and yoid, was agreed to in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. h Congress on Wednesday agreed to the Corliss amendment t’o ghe United States Immigration Bill, which renders all contracts with aliens to perform lal_)gr in the United States null and void. OUR COAST LINE DEFENCE. â€"and the law not only won‘t let me arrest ber, but makes me support her. ter, my good Irate Strar Irate Strangerâ€"I‘m going to have that woman arrested. S%xe inveigled a dollar out of me on false pretenses. Can you arrest a woman for that? Yes, giree! i My! my! Law is a curious thing. Why a regular fury of a woman inâ€" veigled me into marrying her, by false pretensesâ€"pretended she was an.angel Shortly before 8.15 p.m. on Thursday the wheel started, with quite a numâ€" ber of people on board, and everything went merrily until 8.20, when the strucâ€" ture stopped revolving. At first litâ€" tle or no attention was paid to the matter, but as time passed and the wheel would not budge, those who were able to do so left the cars, and steps were taken to rescue those who were imprisoned higher up. _ Ladders were procured, and, later, fire escapes were used. But in spite of all these efforts quite a number of ?eople were compelled to remain aloft.. _ About midnight they got hungry, and every means was devised to feed them and make them comfortable for the night. Eventually they | went to alee&). but awoke this morning early an very hungry. _ By means of rogu, cans of coffee and baskets of bread and other provisions were hauled up fo them, and the work of trgmg to revolve the wheel was resumed. But it was not until noon on Friday that the Frimners were finally released, amid much cheerinf from the crowds who had assembled to witness the rescue. An Accident to the Earl‘s Court Wheelâ€" A Number of Persons Imprisoned all Night in Compartments Three HMundred Feet Above the Ground. A despatch from London says:â€"By a curious coincidence, while the memâ€" bers of the House of Coammons were practically confined in that soâ€"called most comfortable of all clubs, a numâ€" ber of people, men, women, and chilâ€" dren, were undergoing somewhat simiâ€" lar experiences at Earl‘s Court. Quite a party had entered the great wheel there known as the "gigantic wheel and recreation tower." _ This structure is an imitation of the famous Ferris wheel of the Chicago World‘s Fair ; but it is larger, the highest point of the London wheel being three hundred feet from the iround, while the top of the Ferris wheel was only 264 feet high. ie 9M R: mediate cause of the collapse was the removal of part of the foundation walls. There were but few tenanta in the building, and they were advised that they need not be disturbed by the rehabilitation. When the Western Union moved out of the Brown building, which is an old, decrepit structure of forty years‘ atandinfi their dgna.mos and engines were taken out of the basement, and contractors were emgloÂ¥e.d to remodel and reconstruct the building. The imâ€" S@chnert‘s barber shop, next door to the failing building, was crushed like an eggâ€"shell. It was full of barbera and customers, and it was certain that all of them did not get out alive. Quickly responding to an alarm, a force of firemen were put at work oleaning away the ruins. The men worked with feverish haste, hburling brick and broken iron â€"and timbers into the street, for they heard as they worked, the AT)nized cry of men beâ€" neath them. In the street, a terrible illustration of the disaster, flowed a stream of blood from those who hbad been stricken down in the middle of the street by the falling debris. WORKING IN THE RUINS. Like good, solid lifeâ€"savers, the fireâ€" men turned to and worked as though their own lives depended on the strugâ€" gle. A groan was heard from beneath the heaps of bricks and timbers, and the rescuers worked like Troga.ns. Afâ€" ter twenty minutes‘ work they dragâ€" ged a mangled piecce of humanity from the pile. An ambulance bore him away. At 9.40 the gang of firemen working in the middle of the ruins over the sidewalk were noticed to sudâ€" denly redouble their efforts. Soon afâ€" ter the strong arms of three firemen fiulled & iv;oung fellow from the debris. e was able to stand by himself and rub the mortar and dust from his eyes. He bad been imprisoned under ten feet of brick. The great crowd beâ€" g(‘t,tn cheering when they first saw him. hen they saw he was uninjured a loud, hearty cheer rose for his miraculâ€" ous escape. He is Robert Castler a {oung steamfitter, who was in the celâ€" ar, and heard the first crackinf warnâ€" ings of the impending ruin. He lookâ€" ed up and saw the rafters and joist giving wa{. He sprang quickly into the part of the cellar that is under the sidewalk. A moment later the whole structure was about his ears. He was tightly penned in, although he could breathe easily. He said there were two steamfitters mand two belpers in the cellar, and he did not see them as the building fell. He thinks they may have escaped infjury. as they were in the rear part of the cellar. brick building 8 and 10 Seneca street, part of it forming a portion of the Brown building, recently vacated by the Western Union, collapsed with scarcely & moment‘s warning while a large number of men were at work in the building, remodelling it. The falling walls went down upon a couple of smaller brick buildings adjoining on the east side, and practically demolishâ€" 9.20 o‘clock on Thursday morning. What seemed at first to be an awful ealamity, involving great loss of huâ€" man life, had taken place. A little later it was, however, learned that the loss of life was not so great as at first feared, but it was certain that several lives bad been lost. ‘The fourâ€"storey Ten Persons RBuried in the Ruimsâ€"ITwo Dead Bodics Rocoveredâ€"Some of the Burrounding Mouses Badly Damagedâ€" Carpenters Were at Work in the Buildâ€" ing at the time of the Accident. A despatch from Buffalo, N. Y., says: â€"A loud crash, the breaking of timbers, sound of falling brick, shrieks of men, united in startling people in the vicinâ€" ity of Main and Sencca streets about COLLAPSE OF THE WESTERN UNION BUIL DING IN BUFFALO. CURIOSITIES OF LAW, Meekâ€"looking Gentâ€"What‘s the matâ€" THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. BURIED UNDER BRICKS. ALL NIGHT IN THE CLOUDS. FALL OF THE WALLS. |_The trade situa ion at Montreal is litâ€" tle changed since a week ago. A markâ€" Iedly cautious spirit is shown by buyers ‘in most lines, and the passing volume of | business cannot be recalled more than moderate. _ Sugar refiners continue to report an asonce of demand, and grocâ€" ery retailers seem to be just filling their wants from week to weefx. In dry goods sorting business is hardly so good as it is getting on to between seasons but the improvement in collections lately noted seems well maintained. _ Wool importâ€" ers say that mill men are only buying ‘in limiled quani{ities, and apparently | want cheap lines only. A cargo of 1,500 ‘bales of cape wool for this market is now unloading in New York, most of twhich is expected to go into store. The leather market shows a little improveâ€" ‘ment, and some important transactions ‘are reported in sole, in which line there are indications of some firming up. Hides are stiffer in Chicago, and under better local demand, dealers have adâ€" | vanced their quo‘ations to butchers a full cent since last week. In metalsand ‘hardware, there is rather more in small lots, but no very important deals are to be noted. Sheet zinc and spelter are | both advanced. Dealers in oils paints |and g‘ass still report a fairly steady movement. Prices for now cheese have ‘opened low, an i for choice creamery butâ€" | ter the quotation has hardly got beyond |15 oâ€"nts, a very low figure. ‘}he money market has eased off a peg, and call funds are now available at 5 per cent. Pike‘s Peak, where gold was first disâ€" covered on this side of the Rocky Mounâ€" . The cross on the dome of St. Peter‘s in Rome is 440 feet above the pavement of the portico. was ages ago removed. C Mount Sinai, the mountain from which the law of Moses is said to have been delivered, is 8,000 feet high. tains is 14,820 feet high. The pyramid of Cheops is 548 feet, but about thirty feet of the former top Mount Shasta, the celebrated volâ€" cano of California, is 14,450 feet. There is no mountain 10,000 feet hiih on the American continent east of the Rockies. Popocatapetl!, 17,775 feet above the sea, is regarded as the highest elevaâ€" tion in Mexico. Mount Olym&xs, whose summit Homâ€" er made the abode of the gods, is 9,754 feet high. db pe fap e Etm The dome of the Capitol in Washingâ€" ton is 300 feet above the pavement. The Eiffel tower is 990 feet high. Vesuvius, the famous Italian volcano, is 3,932 feet high. The famous Mount Hood, of Oregon, is 11,570 feet high. The Washington monument is 555 feet from base to tip. The statue of Liberty in New York harbour is 305 feet high. One of the léiG%hest peaks in the Andes is Sortaa, 25, feet. The towers of the cathedral of Coâ€" logne are 511 feet high. $X . Stromboli, the island volcano, off the Italian coast, is 3,850 feet high. The trade situation at Toronto preâ€" sents no new features. Reports generâ€" ally are not as satisfactory as we could wish, and probably with the exception of dry goods and millinery, business is quiet. The near approach of the Fedâ€" eral elections bas an adverss effect. Stocks of nearly all classes of merchanâ€" dise are large, and the tendency _ of prices is consequenitly downwards. Proâ€" duction has increasel more rapidly than requirements demand, and this cannot be betier illustrated than the returns of Canadian banks which show an unâ€" precedented line of discounts. _ Goods are not being sold as frequently as they ought to be but cash advances are made on them and funds are being locked up. There is a further decline in wheat and hoz products this week. Butter, cheese an d iive stock &re very low, and the outâ€" look for wool is @nything but bright. Manufactured goods, too, are extremely low, while a year ago the reverse was the rule. A favorable feature is the imâ€" provement in railway earnings, owing greatly to the more liberal movement of produce from Western‘points where large amounts of grain were carried ovâ€" er from last season‘s crops. The money markets ace s eady. Prime commercial paper is discounted in Toronto at 6 to 61â€"2 per cent. and call loans are still quoted at 51â€"2 per cent. Canadian vessels, whether steam or sail, are at a disadvantage, compared with American craft, in the carrying trade of the great lakes of this conâ€" tinent._ because so many of them are built of a limited size to go through the canals to Lake Ontario and Montâ€" realt ; whereas the later American craft are of much greater size, not requiring to go farther east than Buffalo or Lake Erie. The largest of these are 300 to 400 feet in length, and able to carry 100,000 to 200,000 bushe!s of frain on a draft of sixteen to eighteen feet water. Some of the latest Canadian steamers can, however, carry cargoes of 50,000 to 70,000 bushels. We hear this week of some new vessels of the Kingston and Montreal Forwarding Company, nameâ€" ly the " Thrush" capacity 47,000 bushâ€" els of wheat, and the " Lapwing" and *" Hiawatha," 40,000 bushels each, which g0o up to Port Arthur, Lake Superior, where they load wheat at Fort William for Kingston.â€"Monetary Times. The visible supply of wheat in the United States and Canada decreased 854,000 bushels last week, which is much smaller than had been anticipated. The total is now 58,146,000 bushels as against 56,483,000 bushels to yEear ago. Thg amount on passage urope increase 800,000, andptahe total is 30.&0.000 bushâ€" els as against 43,920,000 bushels a year The offerings of cattle are heavy at Toronto end prices demoralized. Exportâ€" ers sell at 3 1iâ€"2¢. to 4, and the best butchers‘ stock at 8¢c. to 3 1â€"40. per lb. During the month of April the deâ€" posits in the Government savings banks amounted to $236,905, making $17,265,â€" 259 on deposit at the end of the month. The earnings of Canadian Pacific for the week ended May 14th were $404,000 an increase of $82,000. The stocks of wheat at Port Arthur and Fort William are now 2,228,862 bushels as against $70,749 bushels a year Business Man. a At Toronto the money market is unâ€" fha_n_ged at 5 1â€"2 to 6 per cent. for cali Consols have been very strong the past few days, advancing about one per cent. to 113. ' Some Items of Interest to the Busy THE FIELD OF COMMERCE. HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH. ‘"‘But here at last comes the august object of this unparalleled manifestaâ€" tion, the successor and beir of _ Ivan the Terrible. His handsome and manâ€" ly young countenance is t;:ale with the prodigious sensation which sucha scene must naturally excite, and he . holds his gloved right hand almost perpetuâ€" ally to his regimental cap. He bends his head gently to this side and that to acknowledge the _ boundless welcome. Every man is bareheaded and every women is waving a kerchief or shawl or violently crossinF her loi.l bosom in prayer for ‘the little father.‘ ‘"The Czarina also sat all alone, dressâ€" ed wholly in white, even the jewels, rls, and diamonds seeming to mar g;atheir color the effect of this pure apparel, which caused hber to resemble a marbie saint withina golden shrine. Most unmistakable were the affection and loyalty of the crowd, and I saw more then one poor peasant woman‘s eyes fill with tears of sheer joÂ¥ to beâ€" hold this fair lady. One honest fellow fell upon his knees to say his prayers as though he bad seen something Diâ€" vine, till a Cossack bundled him back into the crowd." - ‘"The Cossacks‘ guard were gloriousâ€" ly uniformed in scarlet and gold, ridâ€" ing little, weedy, Romanâ€"nosed .Ukâ€" raine nags, with only a snafflie and bridle, and with gold and black banâ€" doliers, looking quite fit to pace in front of the Czar. "After these came upon the scene alâ€" most the chief interest for me personâ€" ally, since I saw gravely and signifiâ€" cantly riding along as the vassal friends of the great white Khan all the chiefs of the Central Asian kingdoms and provinces over which his eafiles cast the shadow of their wings. But these and other Eans of the pageant palled before the Grand Master of Ceremonies, borne haughtilf' onward in such afolgi- en chariot as I thought existed only in beaven or in classical pictures, holdâ€" ing a wand of gold topped with an emerald as big as a walnut. I note that a Catholic Archbishoi of Ameriâ€" ca has been deprecating the abolition of war by arbitration. %le would have been consoled by the ?ecucle I witâ€" nessed toâ€"day in the Red squareâ€"a dazâ€" zling _ illustration of _ the _ pomp, pride, and _ circumstances of â€" glorious war. i Craphic Penâ€"Pictures of the Gorgeous Entry Into Moscow â€"Sir Edwin Arnold‘s Vivid Account of the Scenes in the Old Capital. Bir Edwin Arnold, who went to Mosâ€" cow on behalf of the London Daily Teleâ€" graph, in his despatch to that paper deâ€" scribing the scene at the Kremlin, exâ€" oclaims:â€"‘"Why cannot one write in fcolours? There was never anything seen on any stage like that living kalâ€" eidoscope of fanciful attire, of fantasâ€" tic hues and embellishments, visible around me, particularly in the Oriental element, and all the far Eastern naâ€" tions. The officials from Khiva wore magentaâ€"coloured velvet robes, gold embroidered, and sugarâ€"loaf hats. Now China contributes a dazzling group wtih flowered satin frocks and vermilâ€" ion buttoned hats. Now a bevy of magnates from Lake Baikal astound the eye with furâ€"trimmed brocade and long red boots. Now I recognize the grey surtout and amber capâ€"strings of the Coreans. Owing to the fact that nearly every kind of craft in the city was engaged for the day, boats were bard to proâ€" cure, and the work of rescue was somewhat slow. Steam and naphtha launches were hurried to the scene, and the boats of the various warships in the harbor were most active. Scores of people were picked up and taken to places of safety, but many sank before the eyes of tge rescuers before they could he saved. Up to 10.30 p.m. 62 bodies have been taken from the lay. Twenty persons known to have been on the bridge at the time of the accident are misging, and it is supposed that they have perâ€" ished. The car register shows 90 fares, and it is probe@ble that over 125 were on board. i P T comlP eAta es ds t mcA isute s cScicd When the bridge broke there were several carriages on it, and Cthese also were precipitated into the water. Superintendent Wilson was driving one of these, and had his five children with him. _ He succeeded in saving himself and four of the children, the fifth a little boy, was wedged between some iron bars and was drowned. LEFT THE TRACK crashed through the railings and fell into the water, 75 feet below. The fall was so sudden and unexpected that all the passengers were carried with it. The car floated for a moment and then was carried down lg' the weight of the metal work attached to it. Those inside were unable to escape and were drownâ€" ed like rats in a trap. Some of those on the outside eucaged by swimming, but many stunned by the fall or unâ€" able to swim were drowned. It is believed that 50 or 60 persons were drowned, but it is as yet impossible to ascertain the exact number. It will probably be several days before the real extent of the disaster can be learned. As soon as possible the work of“vrscove{mg' _the bodies was begun, of James Bay. A sham battle at Maâ€" caulay Point was on the programme on Monday as part of the celebration of the Queen‘s Birthday and nearly the whole population of the city had gone out to witness it. The electric carse running out to the scene of the batâ€" tle had been over«crowded all the foreâ€" noorn. _ Every car was full not only inside but as many as could do so clinging on the outside as well. The car to which the accident happened conâ€" taining about 80 persons. Even the roof was occupied. In crossing the Point Ellice bridge it Amn Electric Car Loaded With People at Victoria Falls Into the Bayâ€"Fifty or Bixty Drowned. A despatch from Victoria, B. O., says: â€"The most terrible accident that ever took place in this vicinity occurâ€" red about 2 c‘clock on Monday afterâ€" noon, when an electric car fell through the Point Ellice bridge into an arm CORONATION CEREMONIES. THEROUGH THE BRIDGE & Mighly â€" sanitary, Whey Will â€" Preserve Bodies For Centuries, Glass coffins are now being made. Glass tombstones bhave long been used in Pittsburg, Pa., and that city takes the credit for first introducing the use of glass coffins. and was not known to have any eneâ€" mies. â€" He was thirtyâ€"five years of age, and bhad married just before he settlied at Tunis. â€" Besides his mission work, be looked after a dispensary for the Arâ€" abs. _ A very painful sensation _ has been created in Tunis by the affair. At firet it was thought that the cul;iriu might have been Europeans, but three natives bave now been arrested on susâ€" picion. The use of glass coffins, among other advantages, will relieve the fears of those who dread being buried alive. They obviate the necessity for haste in disposing disposing of the dead. When closed thedy are impenetrable, while the face and form of the dead are always visible to the watchers. Under ground, glass will last longer than any material and will preserve bodies for centuries. It stays the proâ€" cess of decay, for neither water, air nor earth can penetrate it. Nothing can escape from it. It is indestructible, exâ€" cept by intense heat. Glass coffins can be made as cbupl{ as any other lithic or metallic material. . The main part of the glass casket is cast in one piece, one and a half or two.inches thick. The lid is cast with a tongue on the underside, which fits into a groove, and after the body has been placed within the interstices are closed with wtur-rroot cement, and effectually made airâ€"tight. A gortion of the lid being of clear glass, the face of the dead is visible. Glass coffins are much chagr than wooden or metallic ones. They car be *made as u:r.hl. 6 cast in moulds, as those !:t: other maâ€" terial. From a byg standpoint they are much superiOrs 3 who was at the head of the North African Mission, bad long been resiâ€" dent at Tunis. In the month of Auâ€" gust, last year, be was removed by his society to Sfax; and in January he setâ€" tled in his new hbome, a bouse with & large garden, situated about a mile from the town. Beins a man of stuâ€" dious hbabits, hbe liked the solitude, which unfortunately enabled the murâ€" derers to Perpelmw their crime unmoâ€" lested. t was a terrible tragedy. Doctor Leach, his wife and their elder child, a little boy six years of age, fled from room to room as their assailâ€" ants advanced, and the last stand was made in their bed chamber, the door of which had been broken down. When the victims were discovered b{ the Comâ€" missary of Police and the British Viceâ€" Consul, the doctor was found _ lying dead on the floor, with ten ghastly wounds inflicted by a dagger and an axe. His wife hbad been stabbed in four {)laoes. and was also lifeless, while the little lad hbad sustained a fearâ€" ful gash in the neck. Only the baby, which was still in its cradle, had been sg:md. With regard to the motive of the crime the utmost mystery prevails, as none of the valuavles in the house bad been touched. It has been sugâ€" g:t:d that the assassination may have an act of vengeance; but Doctor Leach was a mild and amiable man, Details 0/ the Brutal Killing of Pr. Leach and Family at Max. A despatch from Paris, says:â€"Furâ€" ther particulars now received from Tunis show that the report of the murâ€" der of Doctor Leach and his family was, unbappily, only too true. The doctor, The City ha.{;iul. which fortunately survived the storm, is filled to overâ€" flowing with mangled men, women, and children, and the morg% within two hours after the end of the storm, T esmaly To provide oihe, queriers Por cessary other or the reception of the dudq ETEAMERS sSUNK. In addition to those who were killed in their bhouses, and in the streets, hunâ€" dreds of daad are beneath the waters of the Mississippi river. Of all the gumo on the levee when the storm oke out but one is now afoat. All the others have gone down, in many instances every soul on board being lost. Among the boats destroyed is the excursion steamer Great Republic, one of the largest steamers on the lower river. Not a man escaped from hber, end it is said she was crowded with exâ€" cursionists when the storm came. THE CITY a WRECK. The centre of the city is a« wreok. Many buildings bave been demolished, and others partially wrecked. The streets are utterly 'unfnuble to street cars, and in meany {;loes prgfimfia on foot is m matter of great ficulty. To add to the borrors of the catastroâ€" sge. the electric light plants were renâ€" red incapsbieâ€"of service, and _ the gas lamps are also shut off, leaving the city in total darkness. Fire also broke out in several portions of the Oitl){' and the fire department was unable to make an effective fight because of the chokedâ€"up condition of the streets and the large number of firemen who were engaged in the imperative work of rescuing the dead and wounded. IN EAST ST. LOUIS. The scene in East St. Louis is apâ€" palling. â€" The tornado struck that city with terrible effect, and it is now estiâ€" mated that 300 persons are dead in that place alone as a result of the wind, flood and flames. The tornado was folâ€" lowed by an outbreak of fire caused by lightning, and before the flames were got under control All‘operly to _ the value of nearly $3,000,000 was destroyâ€" ed. The tornado passed in an easterly direction, and it is reported that Vanâ€" dalia amfd Caseyville, in Illinois, sufâ€" fered severely. One regort slates that the railroad d?ot in Vandalia _ was kl:larg away an thirty people were ed. dollars are very m e, owing to the almost total destruction of the Lluuph wires it seems certain that the number of dead and wounded will amount to fuMly 1,000, and damage done to millions of cent years overwhelmed the city of St. Louis on Wednesday night in the shape of a cyclone, which began shortly after 5 o‘clock, and for thirty nln::" tore its a t with a vum :t“mcfl"ler ?h";: wmfl-y' an hour. Althougb reports from there A Frightfal Bestructien of Human Lifeâ€" Criand Sland at the Race Track Blow» DEBATH IN THE WHRLWIN) COFFINS MADE OF GLASS NOW. Trafilc Paralyzsed. One of the greatest disasters of reâ€" . LOUIS VISITED BY A TERRIBLE CYCLONE, MURDER OF MISSIONARIES. A t ‘to e yMy* y \yt +