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& â-  THAT POISONED OANDY. Some Important TestimoDy Ooroner's Jury. Defore the A PAGE AGS OF 8TRY0HNINE. A Bt. John, N. B., deepatch of Wednes- day Hays : The MacKae imiaest was con- tinaed thia eveniii);. Ualy toor wituestjes wore examined, bat the evidenoe was of nach more importance than any before submitted, and iudicates that the aathori- ties liavoaKOOd case. ThoB. L. Uay teeti- fic'd to leaving Uev. Mr. Shaw's box of candy at the Glebe office. T. B. Barker, aenior member of the firm of Messrs. T. B. Barker iV Bona, said Mc- Donald entered their employ aboat two months a|{0. He was eni{a|{ed in the sau- driea department, and had nothing to do with the compouodinii of medioinea. He left work at il o'clock each evening, and if there after that it was by recjaest to do apeoial work. McDonald bad been in their employ some years before, bat they knew he was not the same boy now, as he had been insane. He was always nervous, bnt they never noticed auytbinx out of the way in his actions. li. W. Barker, junior partner iu theQrm, said he considered McDonald mentally and physically soand when he entered their employ about two months ago, and he never noticed anything out of the way with him uutil Friday or baiarday lam, when he seemed very nervouti, and dropped a parcel be waa doing ap. He was shown the candy boxes and said tliey were similar to some imported by them lu lHH7 from S. K. Stewart .v Co., Aberdeen, with combs in them, German strychnine, he esitl, waH importud in one ounce parcels, consisting uf eight drachm bottles. One parcel now in the store had only seven buttles, bat he believed the otncr could bo accounted for through the order book. He was aware that William Hsinee, the ollice boy, had lent his key tu McDonald, who bad a duplicate made, anil as a couse<|uouce a new lock waa put on thi- door on SaiarUay lant. lie did uot know of any locs'j conibd IU their eslabliuhment, but the VjOTunvT did played eight packages, the couliMitd uf four boxes which had been found in the store by the police ollioera. They dometiratb pur- otiaseU paper from C. L. Ntldou. lie idun titieil duiue uamples of McUouald'd writiiit<, but could nut uleulify the addrcdues on the candy packages ad his. W. b. Uerow, bookkeeper in Barker's, said be worked after hourn every night in the week. He was u«aru that MoDumild bad a Uiiplicaie key uf the office, and be- lieved he uiied it, fur he bad fuuud him in there ou (our ilitloreul ucoasious. TliufSrat time was two w< .kri ago to night, when lie was wruing a letter at tlir desk. A few dayx later be uaw him in llie buck shop, at tb<' end uf a table in a atuoping pueitioii, â-  bout litteeii feet (rum where the styrch- nine waa kept. A week ago Saturday night he met hiiii i^oing nut of tliu duor about seven ii: tnu iveiiing with a parcel imiler bis arm. Ue explained that he had been trying on a uew p»ir of buots. Un the Monday mi^ht fullowiiig McDonald caiuu into the olliue about i o'clock and anke<l if Haines was there. He offered to aesiist with the work, but, being refused, went out. McDonald wad always rational in conversation and very i|uir;k and obliging, but somewhat nervous. (Jn b'riday he w»d more nervous than usual, and hung about the oHioe more than was his woiii. WitiiesH also noticed a peculiar louk in Ins eyes ami thuUKbt him aick. Uia dUMpiuions were arroQdi'd somewhat, ami on Haturday at noon he ottlUd on the Comuer und Chief of I'olioe and examined the boxes, but was satiHiled there was none like them in the eetablishmeut, and do reported to .Mr. Barker. Afterwards he found the comb boxes. The brukeu package of strychnine was found at the bottom of the pile, with the wrong end turned out so as to hide the broken label, but it was poseible the pack- age could be accounted for. This evidence caused much surprise, but aome of a more startling nature is expected to. morrow evening. A Ht. John, N. B., despatch of Friday Bays : At tho iiKjuest this evening con- siderable circiinidtuutial nvidenco pointing to McDonald as the sender o{ the boxes of poisoned oandy was adduced. S. ,1. King, Podtuffice Inspector, said he was now salistied tln' packages were mailed between S.l.'j and H.15 o'clock on Tuesday eveniijg, October 1st. II. Is. I'tttrs, head clerk in Medara. Bar- kers' wholeeale store, said he noticed that McDonald v^aa more nervous than when he wurked there dome yeai-s ago, and hid memory waa defcutivc. Ue considered hiin more nervonu on Friday than Udtial. On Friday inormng last he had a conversation with W. 8. Barker, who said it might he some person in the store wbu had sent the candy. His suspiuiona were also aroused because McDonald had been seen in the store at ni|{ht, when he had no business there. He found boxes iu the store .miliar to these contuining the oandy. ilurker''< reason for suspecting McDunald waa be- oaiise ho hud been of unsound miml. Uerow had told him he did not like to have McDonald there at night, iiud Wasson hud seen McDonald in the store standing at the desk the night the candy was mailed, bat he disappeared in h few minutes. Be was shown the entry book of the store and identified McDonald's writing, but would not oxpreen the opinion whether the letters " cit," of the word "city," in one order were the same as the letters of the address ou one of the pack. ages. I'olioe lospeotor Weatherhead told of the arrest of McDonald and of searching his clothes, finding some brown paperthe same as that tho boxes were wrapped in, a mem orandum book, loaded revolver, box of oartridgoa and some trinkets. Ue alno searched his room in Mrs. Barker's house, but the only thing found was some more of the brown wrapping paper. W. B. Oerow, the Itarkora' bookkeeper, wonid not express an opinion whether the entries in the book were in ink of the same color as the writing on the packages of candy. W. B. Barker, bookkeeper in the retail store, said he had lent his key to the wholesale department to McDonald on one occasion. Ue went on haturday evening, the -1st or '28th Hentumber, and aaw AIc- Doniild standing with his coat of! behind the drug table. Uu said, " Uello, Will, what are you doing back here at this time ' poet of night '/" McDonald replied, " Finish- ' order. ish np some work." On Friday morning last he talked over the poisoniofi case with Peters, and both were of opinion that it was done by some person of unsoand mind, and asked could it possibly have been Mc- Donald. Peters said there was a bare pos- sibility of Buoh being the case. McDonalil had asked him to go fishing on Sunday once lately, and when he refused started to argae with him, saying Banday was the same as any other day to him and clearly showed that he had no religious belief. TUK CKOMN CA8B. arrest* for Jury Fixing;â€" Important Move- inenta uf the iToHfltcutlou. A Chicago despatch of Saturday says : Judge Uorton issued an order for a epi;cial grand jury, letnrnable at 12 ;S0 p. m., to investigate the attempt at jury fixing in connection with the Cronin trial. Al Hanks and Mark Solomon, Criminal Court bailiffs, are under arrest, charged with packing the Cronin jury. It WHS aboat midnight when the special grand jury in the Cronin murdtr case adjoarned. Their report was short and formal, except for an intimation that the jurors believed the plot to be more wirie- spread than was indicated by the six in- dictments returned. All tho indicted per- sons spent the night in jail. Secret oonfereno<B and rumors of further arrests tell the story of new developments iu the Cronin case. To-night the Slate's Attorney and his uKSOciates were in private session. All the lawyers for the defence were generally believed to be inclose confab elsewhere. At II p m. it was known that a new arrest hail been made, and the pris- oner taken for concealment to an outlying police station. Two other arrests were expected before midnight. Edward Utugland, who confessed to having engaged in a plot to fix the Cronin jury, implicates Kavanagb and (J'Donnel as the men through whom be was drawn into the basiness. Uoaglaod says he revealed nothing until be was confrunled by his mother, who inadvertentiv admitted his connection with the plot, lloagland is nut iiniiir am si, but is obliged to report to the Stale's .Vttorney every half hour by telephone. A NAUIlUtV mCAPK. A F»rtt KiprrpM .Iniiipn tlie Tntck >'|.ar n Ilrldse. A Hahwiiy, N. J., dtdpatch of Sunday says : The fabt Philadelphia express tram on the I'l-nnsylvauia railroad, due here at ll.l'i a.m. to- day, made up of two combioa I tion parlor cars and three coaches, passed the main depot hero today four minutes late, running liO miles an hour. The ei.gme, just as it reached the east end of the long bridge, jum(>ed the track, and wad followed by the live cars. The crash waa terrific, and was heard a quarter of a mile away. The train ran along the ties for 200 feet, when the coupling brik" between the cars and each car dhot in a nifTerent dirci' tion. There are (our tracks there, and the cars were twisted around iu such a way kh to completely wreck the roadbed for .")(K) (vK\ aiil the cars themnilves. Although the p«H.H. angers were deriounly ahakeii up, it is modt remarkable that the only persuns injured wen- two ladies cut by ll)lng glasd. Mr. DeWolf llupper, the actur, wad a pas Henger. The accident w«d uwinu to the spreading of the rails, which were new, and it id said had not been properly spiked. Trallio was delayed all the afternoon, while an army of workmen were building a new roadbed. A UKttlttllA Kal'l>. TH08B DSADLY WIBB8. Kdlson Hays No Inaalatlon Will Make Tbem .Safeâ€" Be Haa a Plan. A New York despatch of Sunday says: Kxpert Wheeler examined the eleotric lit<hl wires where the lineman was killed on Fri- day and reported before the Board of Elec- trical Control yesterday that they were poorly insulated. Mayor Grant then de- cided to have the wires cat down, bat an injunction was granted by Judge Andrews, returnable to-morrow, ordering the Mayor not to interfere. In an interview today Mr. Thos A. Edi son said : There is no insnlation which will make an electric wire safe. Wbnn under ground the high tension wires will burn out the tubes, the dangeroos current will creep into yoar houses, and will come up the man- holes. There is one way, aud onlv one in my opinion, and that is to regalate the ten. sion ander similar regulations as those gov. ering the pressure on steam boilers. For example, one single shock of a five hundred volt pressure would hardly affect a man clos ing the ' urrent between two dangerons wires. Yea can increase the tension to 800 volts with accommodating blocks al live volts between, and while such a pressure might injure it wookl not kill. It would probably give simply a strong nervous shock, but, as for insulation, there is no insulation m the world which will remove the danger. The greatest caution cannot prevent a human being from occanionally closing the current. Perhaps yesterday the wirta crosned in Harlem. A porter sweeping out some office can form a connectug link which will leave him dead ; and, as I say, the subway will only be a qaestion of baroed-out tubes and of deadly accident u, perhaps less occa- sional. The only solution is to restrain the tension of the current as I have said, exactly as the pressure on a boiler is regu- lated. Attaches of the Board of Electrical Con- trol yesterday afternoon ap(.eared at the corner of Chambers and Centre streets and commenced to cut down two improperly insulated wires belonging to the Daft Elec- tric Motor Co. The wires were out all the way up Centre street. The autopsy on Peek's body waa held in the presence of a number of physiciars The unauimoaN opinion was that the man was instantly killed by the first electric shock he received. The fund dropped into a box on the pole on which Lineman Peeks met bis death was hy today's offerings increaoed to *1,UU3.h:{. Hardly any one passed the pole without dropping something tor Peeks' family. m A DKlCADFt'L, AFrAIK. .Mm. I>Hlljr and lii'i' Threr .Siiiia Uuriied tu a Cliiirred Muiifi. Pit , despatch says: At a small village thirteen Thr Vlrlhii of a lla-adly A>imult Taken tlitt I. WW liilo Hiif (>« II llandM. An Augusta, Ua., despatch of Sunday says : The second bloody chapter in the terrible history which began with the shooting of C K. McUreuor in his own yard on December Pith, \ml, was enacted upon the streets of Warrenion, Ga., yester day, in the killing of J. M. W. Coily by C. E. McGregor. Cody had junt ridden in from tho country. McGregor walked up to him and fired three balls into him. Cody died instantly, (^ody was indicted at the April term o( the court with assault with intent to murder McGregor. Cody was nndnr ^2.r>0U bonds to appear for trial at tho October term, but when tho oourl con vened Cody was not present, and although a bench warrant was issued for his arrest, he could not be fonnd. McGregor said that ho had decided that if tho court would not punish Cody for his attempt to aaasssi- nate him he would do it Inmself. Mc < iregor is an ex-member of the Legislature, (kdy was a prominent citizan. Intense feeling prevails, and the oituins fear there will be further trouble. McGregor is in cuatody. A mystery surrounds the original cause of tho trouble, but it is generally asserted there was a woman in the case. A II lliriirliit(.d NIeer at L.ar|;e. A Saturday's New York despatch says : Two Texan steers escaped from a slaUL>h- ter house in West lUth street to-day. One was afterwardd captured in Riverside I'ark. The other, a harmless boast, wandered down town. The ory of " Mad bull I " caused a crowd to uhase bim to Broadway. The steer at length reached Madison square and rushed across the park. 'X'he animal was now pnrsned by a crowd of .1,000, headed hy several policemen. Ho stopped at Eighth avenue and Twenty- fifth street exhausted. Twelve policemen opened fire with nnoertain aim from a safe distance. Three bullets entered the steer's body, and be moved up a block bleeding profosely. The shots maddened him, and he twice charged the crowd, knocking down a dozen men. Tho crowd stampeded, and tho policemen then managed with aome difiioulty to finish him. A Bradford, Davis Switch, miles from here, last night the dwelling ol Patrick Daily was burned, and his wife and three send, aged PI, 11 and U, respectively, perished in the lUmes. While the family were at supper the father stepped to the ook dtovo )o turn u0 pan of the uas. He uniutontiuually shut the throttle lit;ht, and, un reversing it agaiu, the huusu was filled with gas. An explosiou followed and m an instant the entire place waa in flames. The three boys and the mother fell ou the Ujor overcome by the beat and flames. Mr. Ditlly rushed out for assistance, but all efforts to save the unfortuuates were futile. > he huude was entirely consumed iu a few minutes. The charred and blackened bodies presented a sickening sight. Mrs. Daily's limbs were burned Irom her body and her iciestines exposed to view. Her lledh was cooked to tho bone. The three sous Were not so horribly burned as their mother, bat their blaukeued bodies could not be iileutitiid until placed side by side. The gas pressure was very strong, the pipe running direct from a neighboring oil well to the cooking stove. Mr. Daily is severely but not fatally burned about the head and face, aud is almost cra<;ed with grief. BOYAL TOASTS. Tlic Czar and Kaiser Drink fVlne and KzchauKe Coiupliiuentji. A Berlin despatoh says : Instead of leaving the Bussian Emtiassy after a few minutes' stay, as pievionsly stated. Em- peror William remained to attend a dejeuner given by the Hussian Ambassador. Count Botiuuvalofi presided, and the two Emperors and all their attendants were present. Count Schouvaloff, raising hia glass, welcomed the Czar, and called for three cheers for His Majesty. There was a hearty response, aud the baud of the Alexander Hegiment played the Kussian National Anthem, the Czar speaking in Prenob during the repast. Emperor Wil- liam left the EmDassy at 12 AO p.m. In the afternoon the Czar drove out in an open carriage, surrounded by cavalry. He vidited the ex-Empressts Augnsta aod Prederiuk. Ou returning to ibe Embassy the Czar retired fur a short time for rest and qaiet. At 4 30 o'clock Prince Kismaick arrived and remained in conference with the Czar antil dix o'olock. The Chancellor upon leaving was escorted to hia carriage by Count Schouvaloff. A dinner in honor of the Czar waa given thia evening in the White Hall of the Sohloss. at »bich 140 covers were laid. the Czar, dressed in Uhlan uniform, sat between the Emperor and the Empress, facing Prince Bismarck. The Emperor, in toasting the Czar, said : " I drink to the welfare of my honored friend and gaest, the Emperor of Russia, and to the continuance of the friendship which baa subsisted between oar hoasea for over a haudred years, and which I am resolved to cherish as a legacy from my ancestors." The Czar, replying inP'reooh, thanked the Emperor for bis friendly senti- ments and drank to bis welfare. Turning then to Prince Bismarck the Czar raised his glass and drank to the Chancellor, who stood np, emptied his glass and bowed deeply. There was a similar exchange of courtesies between Emperor William and the Russian Ambassador. Ex Empress Frederick will give a din- ner in honor of the Czar to-morrow. Ihe iuvitationa are limited to Koyal personages. Tbe Russ an Imperial yachts Derjava and Czarina have left Kiel, retarning to Copenhagen. Tlie Deadly "Live" Wire. A New York despatch of yesterday says; An electric light lineman named John Peeks was killed at Centre and Chambers streets this afternoon by a live wire. He was employed by the Western Union, and preseuled a terrible sight as he died on the network of wires iu midair, while the deadly fluid actually made hia body sizzle, and the blood to pour to the sidewalk and over the clothing of horrified spectators. Tho acci- dent, occuring in tbe middle of the dky in one of the busiest parts of the city, was witnessed by a large number of people. The man's body lay limp and motionless over the mass of wires attaihed to the cross arm of tho pole. The firemen brought a ladder and one went up with a pair of shears to cut the wires. The man was found to be dead. He probably touched tbe electric light wire by accident. The body remained wtiere it was until the firemen went to the factory and had the current turned off. An KpldeiiiluoC Trphoid, An Oaklanil, Md., despatch says : An alarming epidemio of typhoid fever prevails at Aurora, W. Va., fifteen miles from Oakland. It is said the entire neighbor- hood for miles around is infected. There IS scarcely a family without one or more of its members prostrated, and in some looalitiea there are aoarcely enough healthy persona to nurse the sick. Tlie Olorloiin Fnliira. Tailor (100 years henoejâ€" Uere ia a bill for yonr suit, sir, #.50. Professional humorist Ah, yes. I left my nheck book at home, but (producing a wad of M.S. 8.) I presume yon have no objection to my paying yon in jokes. Tailor (receipting bill)â€" Certainly not, air. They are always good at any newa- paper cflioo. Nothing looks more like a man of aenae than a foul who holds bis tongue. The bookworm never makes a batter- fly of fashion. The waiter girl is different from a She is not born ; she ia maid to All AlKint a Love AtTatr. A Piqna, O , deapatch of Wedneaday saya ; Henry Hoffman and Lawrence Hun- ter, each aged 45, courted the aamo woman. Hunter was the favored suitor. Hoffman became jealous and called on Hunter to- day. The men exchanged a few words, when Hoffman tired two shots into Uunter. Hoffman killed himself. Uunter cannot recover. Knew the Hex. Annie â€" Oh Charlie, I found oat some- thing to-day that I promised never, never to tell ! Charlie (settling back)â€" Well, I'm ready. Philip Lamoreaux aud Chriatina Moneite have been held for trial for the murdor at Casaelman, Rnssel county, of Oliver Mon- ette, the husband of the woman igged vessel ia ashore at Mille- uebec, on the north ahore. She |ue Terpsichore, and lies four the shoala. The crew of fifteen veasel will be a total wreck, manuscript, withr / A full Vaohea, ia the bi miles out I are safe. (>uuT UI9 tviric The VlllaliiouA De4*il of a Dmiikeu Colure<l Uaii at WiuiUor, A Wednesday's Windaor deapatch aayj : John Marsball, colored, 32 years old, oas lived for some timd in Windsor aod earned a precarions living by working on the docks iu snmmer and doing odd jobs in winter. Uis home ia a one-story, three-roomed shanty, a mile and a half from town, ou Gjyeaa etreet, near the Teoumseb road. Last night Marshall was discharged and paid off, and, iu accordance with his usual caslom, got drunk before going home. Uis wife upbraided him and be became angry. " Go split tbe wood tor breakfast," said tho wife. " I won't do it," was his reply. " Yoa will breakfast in hell to- morrow," was Marshall's threat. Mrs. Marsball had heard bira make threatd be- fore, and laughed at him. In the bedroom hhng a muzzle-loading shut. gun. He got the gun and cocked it. Mrs. Marsball was now scared aud started (or ontbide. Mar- shall shot just as his wife waa leaving the room. The charge of bnckahut and slugs with which Marshall bad loaded tbe g'lu a few days before tore through the woodwork of the door,and some of the shot entered hid wife's right shoulder, making a bad wound. She fell on the steps and Marshall ran away. Neighbors heard the shot and took care of the wounded woman, but did not report the shooting, which took place at U 30, until after miduight. Chief Baines detailed an officer to watch tbe ferry while he and others hunted tor Mar- shall in town. Provincial Detective Fred. Campau aud Patrolman James learned that the man had crossed to Detroit, and reported the fact to the Detroit police. Detective Baker and two Canadian officers found Marshall at I3li Rivard street thia morning and arrested him without trouble, aud he is now sate in the Windsor lookup. Marshall does not seem to appreciate his situation, and said after his arrest that he did not mean to shoot his wife. Mrs. Mar- shall ia in a precarious condition. Her right ahoulder is Qdtd with shot and badly torn. There are four children in the family, the oldest being 8 years aud the youngest 2 years. TBLBGBAPHIO SUMMABT. Hli-rilCD THi: VLAU. CliUaicu SocialUtH Let Olf Huiiie Wlud and Talk ufKevululloii. A Chicago despatch ot Sunday says : When tbe American flag waa brought out by the janitor at the hall, where a Socialist mass meeting was held here to-day it was greeted with hisses. There were probably a thousand men and women preaent. The red tlag was then unfurled and was greeted by a burst of applause. Bergiua E. Shivitch, of New York, spoke. He de. dared tbe hanging ot the Anarchists the graveat crime ever perpetrated in America. This and every Dtterance ot the sort was loudly applauded. Bhevitch said he was prouil of the city in which the e.\ecation occurred, because he felt that one day it would be the Paria, the city of the revolu- tion, of America. An awful discontent was smouldering in the hearts ot the laborers, and would soon burst forth iu fiery revolution. It was useless and idle to think this revolution would be peaceful. Several other speakers took a milder tone. In the course of a ornsade againat gamb- ling in Madrid a judge last night entered the Casino, one ot the most ariatocratio cluba in that city. Ue found the rooms full of senatora, depntiea, generala, judges and other diatinguiahed persona, all of whom made a vigorona proteat against hia action. The reaalt ot their proteatationa waa that only four meniala were arrested. A lad named William Watson, who livea at I'i.'i Kiohmond street, Toronto, met with a serious accident at noou yesterday. He was crossing C<huroh street at Adelaide when he waa knocked down by a passing expreaa waggon. One ot the wheels passed over him, breaking one ot hia arms. Wat- son was just recoverim' from a fall he had at a building on Quei Henrik Ibsen, tl labors very slowly, hia works until the not long ago. dramatist, .i rewriting looking otion. â- Â«^-- â- /. >' .-•**^ ^S General Boulanger will remain in Jersey daring the winter. Prof. Deidesdorf, the well-known lanaoy specialist of Vienna, is dead. Chakir Paaha, the Governor ot Crete.has reijuested that he be recalled. Mr. John Dale, postmaster at Thorold, died of apoplexy on Salurda/. There will be only one Democrat in the Senate of tbe State of Washington. Both lugersoll and Wiarton, Out., have decided upon adopting electric lighting. In compliance with the request of Presi- dent Carnoi, the French Miuiatry will not resign. Judge Baker, of Chicago, haa retnsed to release Woodruff, one of the Cronin sus- pects, on a habeai eorput. On Sunday last. Rosary Sunday, the Archbishop of Kinijston confirmed in St. Mary's Cathedral 332 persona. It ia stated that the Argentine Govern- ment are about to sign a convention with members of the syndicate of 188U for a loan ot 940,000,000. The Minister of Jastioe at Ottawa haa decided that the Ontario legislation incor- porating certain asseaament inauranoe companies ia invalid. According to hia friend Edmand Yates Wilkie CoUina had long been in the habit ot taking daily enout^h laudanum for goat and nerve disorders to kill a company of sildiers. Plans are out tor fourteen new stations on tbe line ot the C. P. R. between London and Windsor, and several local contractora have pat in tendera. The buildings are to be completed by January. Dr. Healy, Bishop of Clonfert, baa been appointed Bishop of Waterford and Lia- more, in Ireland, the See to which rumor had it some time ago Archbishop Cleary, of Kingston, waa to be transferred. At the Kingston Assizes yesterday the bail bonds of young Twitcbell, son of the recent United states Consul, amounting to $3,000 were called for, but a legal objection was raised on behalf of the bondsmen. Last night Mr. Scott, ot Gait, jumped otl' the C. P. R. train at the " diamond " at Peterboro', in order to save himself a long walk to hia cousin's home, and being thrown to the ground r. ceived painful bat not serious injuries. The Regents offered ex Queen Natalie a large aum ot money provided ahe would accept their prupoaed conditions and depart from Servia. The ex-Queen indignantly refused the offer, saying she considered the proposal an insult. Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday 'after- noon an unknown man enticed a 3 year-old child named Alice Bridget McCurry, of 'J Simcoe terrace, into the basement of the new Academy of Music, Toronto, where he criminally aasanlted her. There waa a riot at Bristol yesterday afternoon ou the arrival of a number of laborers to replace l>00 gas stokers who are on strike. The newcomers were hooted and pelted with stones until Ibey took to their heels and disappeared. The German military estimates for 1S91 do uot provide for any iucrease ot the army effective, but 120,000,000 marks are asked for new artillery, firearms and am- mnnition, and grants for tbo staffs of the two newly-formed army corps. The Paria correspondent of the Times says Piiooe Ferdiuaud of Bulgaria was induced to go to Munich by Prince Bismarck, who tried to induce tbe Czar to receive him, but without success. A 3-year-old daughter ot Mrs. McLatchie, ot Logan avenae, Toronto, swallowed some morphine on Friday afternoon, but Dr. Burgess was called in time, and by the use of emetics saved the ohild's life, Michael McCarty, Toronto, was driving a butcher's cart down Ontario street Sat- urday morning, aud at Gerrard street was upaet in turning. He waa thrown heavily to the groand, and hia right leg badly frac- tured. Samuel Hitch, a middle-aged English- man, convicted of indecently assaulting a 6-year-old child, received twenty-five lashes in the Truro, N.S., jail on Saturday. The cat " used was borrowed from a man.of- war at Ualitax. Two Buffalo " gentlemen " the other day dropped three dogs into tbe Niagara River to see if they could swim through the rapids and whirlpool. They did, aud, dog- like, went back to the masters who had so little regard for their lives or sufferings. Aa an indication of tbo strained relations existing over the amalgamation ot Victoria and Laval Bohoola ot Medicine, on Satur- day one ot the Laval profeasora waa struck by an egg on bis shirt front. The student who threw it said he could not get a rotten one. On Friday, at the residence of George W. Irwin, near Leamington, Mr. Irwin's son, about 21, waa preparing to go out ahooting. While loading one of the barrels of a double-barrelled gun the other barrel, which had been previoualy loaded, waa dis- charged, the conlenta passing through the youug man's head, killing him instantly. Ue was an only son. Sir Benjamin Samuel Phillips, ex- Lord Mayor ot London, and second member ot the Hebrew faith to occupy tbe position, died yesterday, aged 7'.*. Last year he retired from the Court of Aldermen, and was succeeded by his son, Mr. George Faudel Phillips. The 0. P. K. express while coming into the London station last night left the rails when near tbe freight shed and plunged on to a switch. The track and roadbed were torn ap for some distance, but the passen- gers escaped with a shaking up. A gang of men made the necessary repairs daring the night. Alfred Pugh was sentenced to threo years in the Penitentiary by Judge Elliott at London yesterday for robbing hia brother ot a aait ot clothea, a vahse and an over- coat. Tho youthful criminal baa aerved five years in the Keformatory. Since hia sentence expired he haa been mixed up in a host ot petty crimes, which have made bim a bnrden to hia family. After atoaliug his brother's property he went oS to Ingeraoll and Brantford, where he lived tor a week on the proceeds, and then on his return he stole a shawl owned by his mother worth S14 and pawned it. Seeing there was no relief his friends decided to let the law take ts coarse.