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TBE LONGUE POISTE BOLOC.\USr. The Loss of Life Estimated &t From 100 to 150- MX SISTER3 PBRISHED. What CanaMl tbe Flic T-Wocfullr 1 t-ftl . Irlil I* r ..In ll.tti 1 ,-n, p.. r .t i > Hhl-ltr - ~...-l.,l t I.T I 1 I. l,.|. l, Illl, -!I K ,ll Ordered. A Montreal despatch says : Bister Theresje de Jesus, tbe Superioress of th- Aaylnm. although al tbe time of the disas tor she was oonnned on a sick bed in Ihe infirmary, has so far recovered that sbe has taken the direction of affairs into her own hands, with headquarters at Bt. Isidore Cunvent, near the banks of the St. Lawrence, jnt below where the asylum stood. Sbe places the lors of life at certainly twenty, ami possibly fifty. She expressed the determination of at once rebuilding the institution on the moat approved scientific plane, l>oth as regards the treatment ol patients and with a view to preventing the )<*ai i o-ihility of a recurrence of yisler day'* horror. SCEMESOr >>XHOLA11 i.M. It has been a task of the most extreme difficulty to obtain accurate information regarding the origin of the fire, the number of inmates burned lo death, and the im portarit particulars. When the terrible nature of the catastrophe is considered this is not at all strange. Tbe poor sisters incharg'-of tbe institution are naturally overwhilmed by the terrible event, anc tbe conduct cf the public has bad the effect of adding to Ibeir pitiable condition. From the monn nt tbe tire started Longue 1'ointe has btx-ii literally overrun by thousands ol people from Montreal, some making anxi- ous enquiries about misting relatives, others moved by idle curiosity. The nuns have txeu plied with questions until they have been almost driven to despair. The grounds burronnding the outbuildings to day presented a most desolate apptaranoe Scattered around promiscuously were bureaus, bedr, benches, pictures and other effects. TKHI-OUAKV U.UABTEIUI. In the rear uf the any turn are the stables where about ICO men patients wtrequar tered last night under the supervision ol tbe Sisters and fi ur Montreal policemen The sorne is not one to be easily described and m ri l> i. ni to be easily forgotten. 1,\ ing on hea | -i of straw, tbe sickly and feeble were to be seen moaning, gibbering, thriek ing, whil twisting aud jumping weru the more muni) ones on the Door around them II made i.ne tbudder to witness Ihe tierce expression on some countenances. Dr. L>uquetlr, ihe Government Medical Inspector, places the loth of life at certainly CO. On being asked his opinion as to the present sysltrn of placing the lunatics under tbe care of the Sitters, he replied that he was strongly opposed to such a plan, aud should auk the Government to place the cnrables and furious lunatics in ~ email lustiiutiou, where they could have akilled triatmint from a Htati of specialists The harmlm* insane oould, be said, be planed lo gn ater advantage under Ihe care of thu Histers. Amoi'gthe ruins of the asvlum no vestige of the dead uan bu traced. hlMKUH WHO I'KUISIII I'. Many of the inmates are still nnacoountec for, but the. anylum authorities are making up a hit uf those rescued, aud il is expeultx in Ibis way to arrive at an exact know ledge of those who have perished. The rescued inmates an- now scalterud through eat thu various institutions belonging to the I'rnvnlenoii Nuns in Ihe cily. A large number of the female inmates are oontinei in Ihe Ht Isadora Convent at Longue Poiute ; others am al the Fullum Klreut Convent and Ihe Deaf and Dumb Institute inthiscil). Many of the male inmates have, been plaod in thu Kl. Bouoit As)lui nd at the Jesuit Institute al Longue 1'oiute. !!" Uovernmt ill's offer of Ihe large exhibition buildings in this oily has Ii 1 1, i i' i by the nuns, as a luraporary ahi lit-r for the unfortunate patients. Thi work of i ni n. n the building into a proper condition wait ruin inunoud thin morning, am largu number of patients win- n m,,v, , there to-daj. As far us can be asoer tained six Histers perished in thi flames, namely, Histers Marie Urovel Ijouls Urovul, lierm-rise Gilbert, Luminia Bouthillier, Victoria MiNichols, an Mother L>abia, of ihu Haored liuart Order who was an inmate of the furious ward Ths first mintioued nun, him, r Alan. Cirovel, was laid up in the infirmary so sick thai she wa unable lo move. Tbe other three sisters rushed lo ber assistance, but before they oould make their escape they were caught by thu tlames and perinlnil Mother Labis, who was an inmate of thu furious ward, was first rescued from her perilous |Kisitiou with great difficulty, but banlly had she been rescued when she ruslud back into the burning building, and was seen no more. All the lost sisters were very young women, and were con it-etui! wilh prominent families. Tim two i, i, v.l -i,t i- beilonged to Chiooiitinn K.nti r Itouthillier was Ihe daughter of a wealth) merchant of Ht Ours; Hisli r (nl IK tl was Ihe descendant of one of Wulfn's lligliiai.il , Hi, i rn, who settled on the St 1 .ai, i i , afier ll.t conquest, and inarm . a French wife. All tbe sisters were tertiary onus, that is, la) sisters, who take vows of cba.lily and celibacy, b;i '' uice in tlie mai KH' . i.i of the community. mi i .IVIAIIH IX)HH or urx. As lo the exaut number of iomalos who bavu (H riMl.i ,i it is impossible lo give any aoouratr nil ii. as the as)lum authoriliei abcinselves are at sea in the question, anc it will likely be days, if not weeks, beforu the exact nuiutiur is known. In many instanus il.i' inmates escaped the. vigilance of tlieir keepers, and many arc doubtless BOW wandering around the city or the aur- ronniing coanlry. Hrveral were arrested to day, ami brniitihl to places of safaly. It may lake week* before all the stragglers regal he red in aud an exact oouut can be takmi. Hister Therese, tbe Huperior of tbe institution, eslimateslbe numbjr of the lost at twsnty five, bul this is the lowist possi- hie ssiimate. and Dr. Dnquette.the Govern- ment Inspector, places the number of tbe horned at over lifly. It is known by ths ast report to the Quebec Government that there were 1,71*0 inmates instead of 1,300, and this much is certain, that no one will ever know the number of victims. From collateral information it most be that there are 160 dead The coroner, with the Hon. I'n nner Meroier, Judge Dagas, Benator Thibandeau and two Crown Ministers, ar- rived at the scene this afternoon, and if enough material oan be found an inquest will be held. Tbe firemen have left tbe ground, and the beat is dying oat of the ruins. WHAT CACHED THE FIR* ? The cause of the fire is still shrouded in mystery, but it is believed to have been started by one of the inmates. Dr. Duquette, tbe Government physician, who WSH pre-stiit al the time, gives a graphic account of Ihe outbreak of tbe fire. It was just a quarter lo 12 o'clock, and the sisters in charge of the various wards in the female department were preparing for the customary noon day meal. Little did they believe that trial meal would not be partaken of by anyone, and soon after tbe stroke of twelve many would have died a horrible death. To the left of the centre of the bnil ling, is one entera the grounds, is situated the female department. To tbe right is the male department. On the third flat of the second wing to the right are thu private wards for pay patients, and near by was the beautiful chapel of Hi. Jean. In the rear part of tbe private wards, which in some oases contained comfort able and even luxurious rooms, according to the standing of the unfortunate occn pants, is a bathroom. Il was in this bath room that tbe tire originated. How was it started ? There was no fire for anything, nor was there any necessity for il. Tbe place was heated by hot water or steam and lighted by electricity. Tbe statement was fn-fly made on the grounds that the fire was to be attributed to the electrical current. The mechanical superintendent, however, knocks this theory on the head by saying thai then- was no electric light in the bathroom. Then but one conjecture remains, and that is that tbe fire was tbe work of an incendiary. The fire could not have been set by a sane, person ; all these are devoted to tbe institution. Then the spark which ra/.ed St. Jean de Dien to the ground was let by an insane person This is the vtrsir.n accepted by Kister Therese When tho fire bad been burning for some time amok- began issuing through Ihe openings surrounding Ihe closed doors. i--i . , il M HI.K 1-BOTKlTloN. Onoe Btartnl, the tin- was simply a repe tniou of the Toronto University contlagra lion. The flames spread like a tornado through the long corridors until in a com paratively short space of time thn extreme wings of tbe Ian pile were burning as fiercely as the centre. Confusion aud panic of the wildest Kn.it ensued, and probably over KM) poor creatures were consumed in the fearful bla/.e. No words could be too strong in condemning Ihe lack of pre- cautions against fire in such a crowded building. There was only one iron door in the entire pile to prevent tbe Harms from spreading, and i.o adtquate water supply to combat the destroyirg element. All the water necessary for thn wauls of the entaulishmunt was pumped up from the river by a small Worlhingtou engma into eleven reservoirs placed in the most elevated portions of Ihe building, their capacity being six thousand gallons 11. n A quantity of hose had bi-en placed on brackuts in the passages, but there was no s)stmatiu drill in ilmr use, and it could hardly bn expected that Ihe nuns, eucnm ln-ri'd as they were with the care of frenzied paliuuts, would bo equal to such an run r genoy. Then, again, lha greal height of thu building increased Ihe danger and made il mi. ilt impossible lo get the violonl patients out of the death trap. SKEKIMi VuB lltl.Arivi ,. The .1.. aim, ii,,ii of t e asylum continues to be the ab> orbing topic of conversation, and Ihe morv Ihe facts are inquired into Ihe more horrible does tnu disaster apptar. All day Noire Damu street, which leads out 10 Lougiiu 1'oiute. along Ihu bank of lliu Hi. Lawrence, was thronged with vclnolee aud pedestrmiiH making their way to ihu fateful scene. From the surrounding country also the habitants kipt arriving in tuob nuin bers that il was fuund necossary to plaou a couplu of policemen at the- gate leading in to Ihe asylum grounde, in order to keep back those not having special business. It was not nieru curiosity, however, thai brought Ihe crowds lo Ihe asylum gates, for there wnru many in tha throng who camu with distracted hearts to lero if relatives, warmly loved notwithstanding their mental i nlir mil n H, had been sacrificed lu Ihu tlames. They wuru oom lulled tj go away imsatis iii'ii, for it will be several days before any tiling definite can be ascertained as to who 1 1 rmlii .1 and who survived. A Uonlrual durpatch nays : The txcile ment attending thu great tin. al Ihn Longue Piiinie Insane Asylum having subsided to a considerable bileut, Iho authorities have been enabled tu take a calmer view of tbu : iinaii, M Tbs chief objrct of tbe authori ties is now to provile suitably accommoda lion for the unfortunate inmates who iiave been rendend homeless, if snoh an exprus sion may bu used, by 1 1.. fire This is by no means an eay task, ana the services ol tho Hislers are bung tai I lo their fullust capacity. Thu inmates continue tu havu temporary shelter al tbu varloua instilu lions under thu control of thn Providence Nuns. At Ihu mother housu of Ihe nuns in this city there are 300 lodged, whilu 100 have found shelter at thu Duaf aud Dumb Asylum, wliiuli is also controlled by the order. In addition to those, 300 are I i.t,-. >l in the asylum barns, I U at the Ht. limit Asylum at Loni'im 1'mnte,:-" mtiie JfHiii uuuntry house. liO in Ihu l.ongue I'oint school house, 17 in Henatur Thibaudeau's summer risidence at Longuc 1'ointe. At thu Hi. Isidore Convent, Longne I'ointe, tbe private patients and thointirm to the num- ber 160 nave found a shutter. In addition lo these tbere aru a few of the more harm- less patients lodged in private houses. Tho sisters are still busy in preparing lista of the patients now under thnir charge. '1 'In ir task is a very difficult oim, as, in a i.iiu ,n to Ihe large number lodgtd in the various institutions mentioned, msuy of Ihe private houses in the villnge of Longue I'oint and lurronndiug country have taken in one or two of tbe more harmless unfortunates. Whun the lista are sonipleud a comparison with the lis; of the original inmates will show exactly who are missing Thu original list is believed to be saf<i iu the vault, which is buried beneath Ihe ruins, and which will be removed as soon as possible. Ho far ai oan be estimated 1,181 patient! are so accounted for up to the time of writing. The total number of inmates at Government charge on the first of May, according to advices from (Quebec, was 1,2117. This would leave over one hun- dred inmates unaccounted for. KBCATIIl I.UNATIi'S BECAPTDRKn. The authorities of the asylum have been occupied all day v-iih anxious relatives and friends inquiring for the missing, and in many cases have been able to allay Ihe fears of tho anxious ones. The sisters expect that tbere are still many of the escaped inmates wandering about the country who will be secured in time. No fewer than twenty have been captured 10 far. Some of them when captured were in a terrible condition owing to exposure to cold. The relatives of a number of tbe unfortunates who formerly resided in the oily were considerably startled to have them i>lk into the boose, without the slightest intimation of their visit. In all these instances the unfortunates were secured without trouble and returned to the asylum authorities. TUS SK Uu II roll KBUAINtt. The ruins of the deslroyed buildings ars still smouldering and are very dangerous. As soon as it oan be done with safety, the ruins will be searched for remains. It is. however, regarded as very improbable that any trace of the bodies will be found, as owing to tbe intense beat they were pro- bably reduced to ashes. KNOWN TO HAVE I'EHZIIIEb. The following is a corrected list of those so far as known to have perished in tbe tlames : DCI.MIINH ABCUAMHACLT. Vn IIIIUXK BEACI>BY. CIIHIHTINK DI.VKKM. M.. H CAIIII.I.K LA, IIANIK. Aui.rstiNE LACHOIX. MISH LETOCHMET. Miss LF.HAIA. KIMEUE MAIH Ilisr. BBIIKIBT MAUINK. Ku. i Hi, n M.I,. Mhs hi i I us. MtHIE St. I'l M-i. Kin: ST. Loris. MlnH TllEKIUI I.T. Mus. WII.I.IAUS. All these were inmates of the women's ward, and tbe majority were from Montreal. In addition there were Ihe six nuns : Kister lint i iin.uKit. Kister MABIE G HOVEL. Hister Loi'iseGuovEL. Sister (ULUKKT. lister VICTORIA Mi'Nicnou Kister LEIIAIA. This givis a total of twenty-two so far absolutily aicounted for. In addition there are many still missing. Amongst these is Mrs. Mary A. Shahan, of Millbnry, S . nni.ni. who was an inmate of the furious ward, and who it i feared also perished in the dames. This lady, who was a private patient, belonged to one of the best known fannlits in Vermont. A former wealthy reaidi-ut of Si. I'oly carp, named Lantbier, was conducted from bis place of confine- ment, but disappeand before he could be removed to safe keeping. He was stopped once while trying lo go back to ihe burning building, but il is feared that be may have reached it another tinie, as no trace of him oan be found. I'UBHIKH MKIll lr.n'n VIKWH. in inn r Mercier staled to-day that the Government would do all in its [owsr to secure lo the sisters as favorable a con- tract as possiblu sifter the lapse of the prcient contract, which has still lo run for five years. " But," he added, " 1 oanuot yet say txaotly what we can do, or will do. At any rate, wu shall try lo serve Ibu good nuns, aud al Ihe same time see thai the interests of the 1'rovin s are properly secured. We shall bold a meeting to decide upon something definite, as tin sisters will not rebuild unless they are sum ot a con- tinuation of thu contract, so as to make it worth thtir whilu to incur to heavy an ex- pense." Hister Therese, the lady iuporiorrss of the institution, who was ill, bus had a serious relapse owing to Ihe severe shock, an. I is confined lo her bed in the St. Isidore Asylum Die sisters have reoeivjd ex- pressions of sympathy from all parts of thu continent. ALL ABOUT A SEIZL'BE. A Yulice Skipper Uys Hu Cast Before lode Sum. For a reminder of homo ilia WSIKLV TIMKH tills the bill to perfection anil ouly colts II DO i rr \. r 1'restrved violets are a dainty oonfeo tionrry, bat liny are indigestible. LOOK IIKMCAIH 11IH I A*ll. ltenili it fur \teriur A rural , It. n link. . It i n in' u( mm aiul watches: Vvu limy lull them by Umir wurks, I III IIIUVKHT HAN Tim bravust uiau is Imwlio wears. lUtftrillcss ,,| remarks tiul sliuw, Tlio Kirsl blraw Hat I Crispi's wife was snubbed by the Italian .|m < ii uiioe, but alter the premier sent her royal hi){hueM word that if it occurred i m hu would declare the republic in lialy, bho waa cordially motived at court. An i it. irt will be made thia aeaioii to !ii r ulaM . ' the common m-nac, broad st/lud, uw liuelud, beach brown iihoe. George W. White, a Washington bicyclist, while taking a enin a few *veu. ings ao wan dashed against a telegraph puln with a fore* that may kill him, the machine having slipped and " donbled up." Tl'o rnarrUt.., couk. t > ui Uly D.uart i.i n i i. i.l Hootland, with Francis II. in to In- neM by auction ahortly in London It in a quaint old manuicript of nine folio 11. 8. Senator Beok, recently dead, often quoted Burns and oould, it is said, repeat Hootl'a " Lady of tha Lake " offhand. The excavations benn; pursued at Me- c,alapi,li in the I'olnpoiiuesus, undur tin- I|III-,-IIUN uf tin British Kchool of Arcruu ology, have resulted in some interesting discoveries. Thero are now placed in the museum at 1'onip* n the planter oasts of tha bodies of two men and a woman taken from impres- liona made in a stratum of ashes outside the Htabian Kates. News has reached Ottawa that tks Iiu pnrial Uovernrneut baa, or is about to, dis allow the Canadian Copyright Act of last session. HE DEMANDS SATISFACTION- A Wathiopton dispatch aayi: Capt White, of the I'uited Mates fishery vessel Rapid Transit, of Gloucester, M ;s., part of whine car,n was recently thrown over board by the Newfoundland authorities under Ibe new Bail Act, baa made his official statement to the Secretary of Btate. I be following are some of the vital parts of it : I waa ar judged to pay II per ton for the measurement of my veesel and to take one barrel of bait ouly per ton. My vessel measured 80 tons. I was aleo to sign a bond that HO bam la only would be landed in the I'nited States, and that the re mainder of the cargo *hoLl.i bo given to them. In default of this I was to pay a tine of $500 and to have the whole cargo confiscated, and in default of the tine I was to no to prison for three months. Hs said Which option will you take ?" I said, I will do neither one thing nor the other." I demanded time to consult counsel and to communicate with my part ner and the other owner in the vessel. He said, I will give you thirty minutes to decide." He said to thj commander, Bee that my orders are executed. " They were gelling D P steam, and were about to start with me to jail. I sought to communicate with somebody and to secure counsel. lie said, Yon cannot leave here nnti yon deride which option yon will take.' 1 here was an officer at the door. I foun : that I could not do any better, so I decidei to take the tirt option, lo pay the 8HO am: to give to them the residue uf thu cargo anc to sign a bond that <hese 80 barrels woulc be delivered in the I'uited States. THE 1IOBTON HAIUIOB ACT. As scon as I did no he ordered me to heave over my cargo. I said, " I will do no such thing, I will not throw my property overboard.' In an instant Commai'dtr M.Uraw, of thu r'ioma, said, " We will Co it then." I said, " If you do il n, you will do it entirely on your own reMponribiluy." He said, "We will take all the.-o chances," or something to that :!.'.. He ordered two boat leads of men to go to work and to heave over my csrgo, and Dually 1 get ia a boat with him. He came alongside of my vtssel, ordered his men into Ibv hold, and they shovelled out the herring with their large coal shovels. It took them from 9 o'clock in the morning until half pant 10 in the evening, Heady work, to do tin*, lie wished me to go down and see whether there were eighty barrels left. I told him that I did not care whether there were eighty barn Is left or not, as they were tin n uogood to inc. Finally 1 went down and said that there stemed to be eighty barrels there, but that they were all worth - Irns to me. Iba rish were all tramped upon tii I cut up by the boots and the shovels of the men. He said, " All we care about is to leave you eighty barrels." KIT um MIII m ir TUCK. I said, " I dun tini that you put this vessej in s waworih) condition. She was in a good condition this morning. Now she has no ballast. You have thrown over my cargo. I have no conveniences for securing bellas'. 1 have only an old dory, which Itaka" He said, " It is too bad. 1 am sorry. I havo ouly done my duly and can do no more." Within an hour's time be had l-f. The next day it waa blowing a gale of wind. '1 h win. i m, nun,-,! 1 feared that without bal- last we should go ashore. '1 ! next day the wind ha>l modi-rated somewhat. We lufl about 1pm. We u.a io a harbor about four milts distant in i rder to procure bal last. Thin was the ISih or 1 >ih. Wo left thi-rr and proceeded to Ht. Jacques. In I'url Mi.|ii.U n 1 cleared my vessel with the HO barrels on board lor a home pori in the I i iinl Sitles. We Itfl tit. Jacques and arrived al SI. I'lerre that samuevui .: \S i enl lo Ht. 1'urre because that wss the mansl port .where there was a I i,ur.l Hlales coimul. Tha next morning I mler. I a protect with thu I'uited blatis consul tin ri- ai>d left voon after for home. The ji.,1 i ivnti -ii ,i me under the Bait Act of INs'i but hf nii|iosed lhu pjualt) of Ihe new Act of IV.MI I bad loaded my vessel wilh this tuning before this nrw Bait Act look i M .1. I had bouKhl thu herring oil tho 6th, and loaded il on Ihe 7lh. Thu Act m passed April -'nit. IH'.'O, look aSecl on the 8lb, oousri|ueully my he-rring was bought and luadsil. and cu board Ii, fun that Act when into tflect. And 1 never heard anything about this Act until April I t It. wheu the steamer came in. I askrd throughout all these proceed- ings for counsel and for time, and both were refused m HE WBUNO HEE The Revolting Deed of French Teamster. Allrgrd Tcriuilnui in MlMlmilppl. A Brink Haven, Miss., ipeuial sa)s : Ten men who were arrested in Lawrence for beating an old utiiio, Jere Bass, and umrorring his son wi re plsord on prelimi- nary trial beru on Friday. The witnesses relied U|K>II to convict them were so lor rorixrd as lo be afraid to lentil), and the (HUM i ni ,11, fell to Ihe ground, tbonith them in hardly any doubt . f tbe guilt of the accused. lhi> besi citi/x<ns in the vicinity of where the orinm was committed aie afraid to 'h' '!. m-ps in biiugthe guilty parlies to jnslicn for frar of assaesi- natioii or having thtir property burned. Two War* uf Ii .,-!,, k It. Kcv. Mr ('hokor Has your congrega- tion laised your saUry latvly, Brother Thirdlv. Brother Thiidly (from the oouutry)-No, sir . it seldom raises moro than half of it any given yt*r. It is thu man who is too full for utte-r- anoe who mver knows wheu In loaded. Hir George Klliot, the wealthy Kngliih coal operator and haronet, is of ijuite humble origin. In hit youth ho was a orllirry hand in th Durham ooal pits, of which he tncoessively bccaiuo overseer, manager and owner. Obarming drt>si>rs 3an be made of SOoeut gennis striptd flannels One of these towns is win tli half a dozen cotton dresses. HE WILL BE GUILLOTINED. A Paris cable says : A meek, iuoffen- '*, sive looking mac, of middle age, at tb*.j Paris Assizes to day, was tried and con- demned to death for a dcubls crime almost unparalleled in atrocious tatagery. This monster is Jian Vodable, a Paris carter. Vodable used to live with a scanvi-nger Pauline Malii-latra, who after tbree years' experience wearied of her lover's brutal usage and showed him the door. Breath- ing threats of vengeance Vodable went away and remained absent about a month. On tbe morning of November 30ih Mme. Malticlatre found Voaable in her apart- . ment. He urged her to resume her former W relations, emphasizing his entreaties by showing a rupo witb which be said be would hang Himself in case of refusal- Mme. Maldelatre compromised matters by agreeing to spend the day with Vodable. nhe had a daughter. Alexandrite, 12 years old, whom the supposed to be al school as usual. When midday came Alexandrine did not return al luncheon time. Her mother grew anxious, but Vodable quieted her by saying that he had given Alexandrine three sons to get her meal at school. Tbe afternoon was passed by Vodable and Mme. Malnelalre in juaff. ing bottles of wine. As twilight gathered and Ale xandrins still did not return, her mother's anxiety revived. Accompanied y Vodable, she wi nt to tbe school, where she learned that Alexandrine bad noa attended. Then- she went to the poliog statu n. and au inquiry was set on fool, bat nothing could bo learned of tbe miusint child. Finally, tired and disconsolate, Mme. Maln-latre went home, still in com- pany with Yuriable, who passed tho night at ber bouse. Vodable look his leave early in tbe morning, and Mme. Malnulatre set about tidying tbs rcom. While thai engaged sbe noticed a bit of red clotb peeping out from under the bed. The woman staggered back in terrible fear, then she stooped and palled the cloth towards tur. It was her child's dress. A'cxtudrine was found a last. A shriek raig through tbe house, and when lha alarm ii neighbors entered thu room they found the hapless mother lying in- sensible upon the corpse of ihe child. A medical examination showed that a brutal amault r il been committed upon tho girl. Suspicion was at once directed to Vciiable who, after keeping th police at bay for a couple uf days, gave biruself i:p of his own accord, coi.fi Hsiug that be was guilty of tbe crime cf murder. His couuoel at tbe opening of the trial Digged a remand, in order that Vodable might undergo a medical examination. Ibis was refused by the presiding judge, who forthwith began his cross qutsiioning. Vodable answered oomposeilly, almost care- Itssly, and k.pt U i king round the packtd . oun a < if he was a spectator, and tbe persons pressnt were ihtre for his amusement. Vodable bad suffered aev- ttrable condemnations for wounding witb a knife or revolver women with whom ha had lived. He lifbtly ac- knowledged that he had shot one woman and stabbed aujlber in moments of t-x*r pi-rat. mi. but stteiinounly main- tained ttial be bad betn an iudustriou* ^ud temperate workman, adding, " I was a great fiol to bear with ber as long s I did." Coming to tbe mur.Kr, thu judge asked tha prisoner to relate Ihe details. " I found," said \ udable, Alexandrine getting reaily to goto school, and arked her about iho visits paid to br mother. She said sbe could tell me nothing, as it was not her busimss. 1 said, " If )ou doti't tell ire I'll wring your neck. 1 took hr and wrung her neck " A shudder ran through the audience. Vodabls had told tbe tale without a tremor in bis voice, leaning the whiUt unconcernedly over the rail if the nook. Wheu silence, broken by a murmur of loathing from tbe public, bad bien ri stored, be rusumed without wailing for tbe judge. " I h- n I pnhed her uudur Ihe bed. As sbe moved a til I took a rii k aud punhed hor further under." V.ilablu's counsel made strenu- ous efforts to save his i-lu-m'a cock, dt p rl ing him a jealous lover whom pssiou had madiii n> it, but the jury, admirably piulcxs. returned a verdict of guilty. " J y tua t ' remarked Vodable aflir lixleuing impas- sively lo the Hi'utence which consigned him to Ihe guillotine. in . i i !. n INK ltt*. Hi- I ,--- - I I ,1. >!,,, IH.T. ..I, r lli.il l rtrsl Mup|H-d. A I'tica. N. Y., despatch says : Tbe number of bodies found in tbu ruins vf the puorbuute in i'teslon, I'r n>ango county, already number thirteen. Tbe inipr. i luu is grown, . that Ihe loss of life far . \, i.is ths nrst estimate. In the building were many ap-.t tin n ai.il WUIH n, home of whom bad t ot led their beds for months, and others v, ho from weakness of tuiudwiru in- capable of nuilirg ihur way out cf the building in itn niidetof the confunion and ixoiteiiieni winch prevailed. It is brliived that a MiuiLur i f tnesu perished, and thi* belief is strengthened by the discover) of a body this morning at simu dibtauiu fiom the i.enarinni.t wcupied by tbe imb-ciles. There are s> v< ral feet of ashes and dtbri* in the otllar, and thu probabilitioi are that win n the> 5iu ii>rui.vid a iiumber of Louies will be f tin ' Many of tin old peopln bad no relativi'H. tnd :hiy aru ouly brought to mind by ihi rvoolltclion of tho ketver and Ihtir ix. in ; i ions. Bo it is imposuble yet toiay wro an, I how uiai.y are uiiBniug. The buildiig burned vory ' rapidly, as if pitched aud tar nit, and with k,nal Uerce- ness. '' he uro was intensely hot, and the bi hi exists that some of tbu bodiis we-re socompli tuly bnrted that no trace of them can be found. On Monday tho coroner's jury will b< gin the taking of testimony, audit is not i x- pected that the full number of tbofe riM- ingMill bi> known till thu . an the i Hi. , .Is are very reticent The iusauu paupers will b brought to I'lioa to-morruw, and pre- parations are being madu m the Slate hos- pital to reotivo them. A man never gets marripii eo many times that be will not hold his breath at thai parl of Ihe ceremony where trios* i who havo objcctioLS are iiivited to ooine forward.