ch STEAMSHIPS COLLIDE. THE CYNTHIA SUNK BY THE POLYNE- SIAN IN THE ST. LAWRENCE — FIGHT OF THE CREW DROWNED, MONTREAL, May 22.—A serious col- lision occurred on the river this morn- mg between the Royal Mail steamer Polynesian, of the Allan Line, com- manded by Captain Hugh Wylie, and the steamer Cynthia, of the Donaldson Line, commanded by Captain John Taylor, resulting in the sinking of the latt r vessel and the loss of eight of her crew. The Polynesian left port shortly after 4.30 o'clock this morn- ing and proceeded down the Var- ennes channel. Opposite Point Trembles she perceived the Cynthia, inward bound, From the details obtained it appears that there 1s a dan- gerous curve in the channel at this point and that, through some misun- derstanding of the ‘‘rule of the road,” the Polynesian was brought into collis- jon with the Cynthia, striking her on the starboard bow, and causing such a gap In her side as to sink her In a few minutes, the vessel filling with great rapidity. Those on deck had barely time to rush below and warn the mem- bers of the crew who were off watch and asleep in their berths to get on deck and swim ashore for their lives, The Cynthia carried no passengers. She was from Glasgow, with a general cargo, chiefly of pig iron. Following is a list of the crew of the Cynthia who lost thelr lives: Hugh Irving, chief cook, of Glasgow. Alexander Nicholas, sailor, Glasgow. Andrew Vance, trimmer, Charles McCracken, trimmer. James Low, fireman, Glasgow. James Ferron, boatswain. Charles Blackstock, mess-room boy. David Young, a stowaway [rom Glasgow. John Coates, chief officer of the Cyn- thia, was seen on board the steamer Alcides. He was clad in a suit of clothes borrowed from a brother officer. He was below at the time of the catas- trophe. He felt a tremendous crash and rushed on deck, where he found that the Cynthia bad been struck by a big steamer, which he learned was the Polynesian, and both vessels backing {from each other; he had barely time to observe anything, as the Cynthia began to settle down. It appeared to be about seven minutes from the time he felt the shock to the time she sank. Captain Taylor was on thebridge at the time with the pilot, apd the Cynthia was on her proper side of the river. The colliston occurred in the channel opposite Long Point, about 12 miles from here, The Cynthia, Captain Donaldson, was a freight steamer, and was bound inward from Glasgow, The Polynesia was bound outward with freight and passengers for Liverpool The Cynthia sank in about 12 fathoms of water. Tue survivors swam ashore. The Polynesian proceeded to Quebec in a damaged condition, Quesec, May 22.—TlLe Polynesian arrived here this evening. She re- ceived serious damage, the extent of which cannot be known until the surveyors have made their report. THE CRONIN MYSTERY. WO WOUNDS ON THE BODY COULD CAUSE DEATH, CricAaao, May 23 —To-night, 30 hours after the discovery of Dr. Cron- in’s corpse, mystery of his death had deepened. It has been almost conclu- sively shown that, coulrary to appear ance, his skull was not cloven, or even fractured. There is absolute certainty that the man was not strangled. The doctors are completely puzzled Whenthe post-mortem was Onished the physicians left the station without concluding the written statement which they will band to the Coroner at the inquest. An underiaker took charge of the body when the post mortem was fin- ished, Join Cronin, the brother of Dr. Cronin, arrived from Arkansas, and reached the station in time to see the remains before the physiclans com- menced their work. He positively identified the body as that of his brother. THAT —A week ago W. A. Fighlman shot a man named Dickerson at Trinity, La., who has since died. On the even- ing of the 18th a mob went to the jail at Harrisonburgh to lyneh Fighlman. They were met by a sheriff’s posse, and a number of shots were fired, but only one man was wounded. Willlam Mclaughlin, a private in Lhe Four teenth Infantry, stationed at Fort Ran- dall, Nebraska, shot and killed his sweetheart, Maggle Lowene, on the evening of the 16th, because she had been talking with another soldier of whom he was jealous, *‘Cyclone Bill’ and M, E. Cunningham, two of the party who attacked and robbed Pay- master Wham, have been arrested and taken to Fort Thomas, Arizona, ~ A terrific storm of wind and rain, which afterwards chapged to hall, swept through the Lackawanna Val- ley, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of the 20th. Many houses were wrecked, fences blown down, barns demolished aod whole orchards ruined. Houses occupied by Charles Robinson and Charles White were swept from their foundations and all the Inmates in- jured. —a Heavy SN Nom. accompanied by thunder tning, passed over Oil City, Pa., on the a Soane of the 10th. An oil well on Hancock farm, with a tank full of oil, was ignited and destro ol. Al Rouseville Ay the. dist u was struc tning and burned to the ground. —An earthquake shook Middle Oali fornia at fifteen minutes 8 o'clock on the mi of 3 1 At polis, the San J alley, shocks were quite severe, and in a few cases the tops of i down, TRAGEDY AT PITTSTON. A MAN KILLS HIS WIFE AND COMMITS SUICIDE, PirrsToN, May 23.—A horrible tragedy came to light this morning in West Pittston, where Frank Compton, a laborer, aged about 85 years, stabbed and killed his wife and then committed suielde by cutting his own throat, The report of the crime quickly spread, and many people soon gathered at the house. From the outside door a trail of blood Jed up the stairs to a chamber bed room, where Compton lay upon the floor in a pool of blood, with his throat cut, but still living. His wife's dead body lay near him, the throat cut from ear to ear, she having evidently fallen there soon after getting out of bed. Deside her lay a, bloody butcher knife, with which the deed had been committed, She had slept In a little room adjoining, and the husband had inflicted the fatal wound while she was asleep, as there was much blood near the pillow and a piece of flesh which had been cut away with the great gash that severed the jugular vein, She must have died soon after, the carpet where she lay belng soaked with gore. Compton lived over three hours, dying about 7 o'clock. While struggling and choking | in his death throes he raised from the | floor and motioned as though tracing letters with his finger upon the floor. A slate was brought him upon which he wrote, but the letters were not clear nor the sentecces complete. AS nearly as the writing could be de- ciphered it was as follows: ‘1 have had truble — this is a ofle thing.” And on the other side of the siate: “*And be happy. We was once. So tell bur folks to pray for us that we may go to heaven. Give my watch to brother.” The perpetrator and victim of this crime has always borne a good reputation. For several months past he has suspected his wile of infidelity. The neighbers declare his suspicions were unfounded, and that the murdered woman was virtuous and loving. They had been married over 11 years and had had but one child, which died several years ago. Mrs, Compton was about to become a mother, when she fell a victim to her husband’s fury. - NEWS OF THE WEEK. New Jersey, died In the surf at Pablo Beach. Florida, on the 21st, while bath- ing. He was subject to fainting fits, He was 28 years old. About two weeks ago Miss Annie Dominle, aged 18 years, left Hillsboro, Maine, for a Western trip, and has not been heard from since, Her trunk has been returned by the railroad officlals, but no trace of its owner can be found, —An explosion of gas occurred in the basement of the Vanness House mn Boston on the morning of the 22d. The lower portion of the hotel was wrecked, Edward Levere, Ellis Zardetzski, Her- bert Russell, Nicholas Emery and Clement Saunders were injured, the first four by being burned and the others by being cut by glass, The Littleton Water and Electric Com- pany’s reservoir, covering about eight acres of ground, and situated about 650 feet above the village of Littleton, New Hampshire, burst on the evening of the 20th, doing much damage. Two bridges and a barn were destroyed, and a dwelling was partially demolished. Fields were also flooded and trees up- rooted, —An old man who gave the name of J. W. Rondoll was on the 22d pre- vented from committing sulcide In Baltimore, He was just about to swallow rat poison and jump from a railroad trestle when he was caught by a policeman, Rondoll told a pathetic story of how he had burled four wives, “sand now his fifth wife, after getting in a religious discussion, had knocked him down with a tin pan and told him that bis second cousin John was dearer to her than he, and, overcome at the reflection, he resolved on sui- cide.” —A slight fall of snow was reported morning of the 224, J. F, Ownby, a lawyer, and Rich- ard Moore, **a reckless young man,” recently fought a duel in Ownby’s office, in Paris, Texas, but neither was eeverely wounded, Moore was ar- rested, and on the 21st, while going to dead by Ownby from one of ihe Court room windows. Moore's brothers now A. 8, Slattery was shot dead by Welllng- ton Stines, In a quarrel about some the street In Wichila, Kansas, on the 2lst Slattery at- tempted to fire rst, but Stines was too —Two freight trains on the Phila- | delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad collided on the morning of | the 20th, near Charlestown Station, and eight or ten cars loaded with dry goods and other merchandise were wrecked, and much of their con- | tents were destroyed. The loss is stated at “many thousand dollars.” William Strickland, engineer, was | badly cut in the face and head, It ap- | pears that one of the trains was com- pelled to stop by the heating of a box, | and the other, which was following, ran into it —A severe hail and rain storm in Augusta and adjacent counties in Vir- ginia on the evening of the 20th dam- aging growing corn and fruit, —Donald McDonald, a Sergeant in | the United States Army stationed at | Presidio, California, on the 20th shot | and killed Ethel Anderson, a young woman with whom he was living, and i then committed suicide. Lewis Bird, | colored, aged 45 years, on the 20th fatally stabbed Lis 17-year-old wife, and then cut his own throat, in Chattanooga. He 13 not expected to recover. His wife had left him be- cause he would not provide for her. William Newcomb, an aged citizen of Columbus, Indiana, was fatally shot on the 19th by Jesse avis, a young man who has persisted in paying visits to | Newcomb’s daughter against the wish of the father. —Shaffer & Son’s jewelry store, at Merrill, Wisconsin, was robbed of $3000 worth of valuables on the even- ing of the 18th, Xavier and Mary Arnold, husband and wife, who came as passengers on the French steamer La Champagne, were arrested in New York, on the 20th, as suspected smug- glers, Nothing was found on the man, but in the dress of the woman were found 26 gold watches of Swiss make, and several chains, bracelets and trink- ets, The value of the lot was esti- mated at $12,000, Their baggage was taken away to be searched. —An earthquake was feit at the Lick Observatory in San Francisco at nine minutes past three on the morn- ing of the 19th. The shock was not heavy, but an extraordinary feature of it was the great duration which is reg- fstered on the instruments, Fer two minutes and twelve seconds the vibra- tions were felt. They were from north and south. ~ftave Brodie jumped over the I’as- sale Falls, New Jersey, on the morning of the 20th, and came off without in- ury, 7T1he distance was 105 feet. ~The Grand river, near Chillicothe, Missouri, is greatly swollen and the bottoms are flooded, Great damage and some loss of life is reported. All the ferry boats on Grand river have been washed away, and the bridges are unapproachable, ~The News, of Galveston, Texas, has received information from 215 points in 106 counties, of the average date of May 18th, respecting the cotton crop. All of the information is very favorable, and if the present conditions continue a very large crop will be nade, —Robert Kohn, § years of agé, in ihe absence of his mother from thelr home, in Westminister, Maryland, on the 20th, lighted a lamp and set fire to his clothes, He was fatally burned, Mabel Rice, aged 2 years, while playing in the of her parents’ residence, at isle, Penna., on the 2ist, fell head foremost into the cesspool and was drowned. Her mother jumped in after her, but too late. George Fennel, agent of the h Valley Railroad, was swept over dam at Leh Gap, , on the afternoon of 21st. and hile fishing the Milwaukee river. ne Joust Scheidhelm and Peter Goetz, Milwaukee, Wiseonsin, were drowned on the 20th w in TO sized. Warren Teuch, N . ~The Governor of Michigan has issued a proclamation prohibiting the jmportation of Texas cattle, or any other raised south of the 56th paraliel until the first day in transit across the State, they to be unloaded only at yards designated for “ror the feeding of Texas oply.?”’ Yellow fever is reported - » A in Vera Cruz, Mexico, ~The steamer Alki, at Seattle, Territory, brings pews the bark L'zzie Williams was cattle Syery shoal, on the 22d of were drowued, The vessel and loss, ~—A staging on a new building in tating George Hanscom, aged 22 years, and John Smith, aged 60 years, to the ground, a distance of 70 fest, Doth were fatally injured. William Hewmp- ker, and a boy named Frank illntze were killed in Elgin, Illinois, on the 22d, Ly the collapse of a barn they were moving. Three new cases developed in Nanticoke, the evening of the 224. ~It is stated that President Har- rison has remitted the fine of $100 and costs, aggregating $750, against Sim Coy, a Democratic politician, who is serving a sentence of eighteen months in the Michigan Cily prison for the election frauds committed In Indian- apolls in 1886. His term will expire in a few days. The petition for the remission of the fine was signed by a number of prominent Republicans, in- cluding John C. New, ~"There was a severe white frost in Northern Ohio on the night of the 224. Much damage was done to fruit trees, grape vines and growing plants, -The coat, vest and shoes of Oswaid 8. Shearer, of Philadelphia, together with a vial of laudanum were found on the banks of the Schuyikill river, at Reading, Penna., on the 234, Shearer left several letters saying he was going to commit suicide, because of the life his wife was leading. The river was dragged, but no body was found. Josh- ua F. Ross, who, a few months ago, murdered his uncle, George Hughes, and who, on the 20th, shot himself in the head, dled on ihe evening of the 234 in Gloucester Court House, Vir. ginia, — Robert Powell, a colored laborer in the post office in Washington, D, C. was arrested on the 23d, in the act of rifling a registered package. ~Ten Apache Indians, who were members of Geronimo’s notorious band were taken through Topeka, Kansas, on the 224, en route for San Carlos agency, near Deming, N. M. For the last two years the Indians have been confined in prison at Columbus bar- racks for murder and like offences, but they have been granted a8 new trial Captain Jack was in the party. AMID A A500 FOOD FOR THOUGHT. We are martyrs to our own faults, we stand by every man who is wor- y. A scorner loveth not one that reprove eth him, The fire of jealo burns with little fuel, Sediousy vey Life is not all in getting, but quite as much in helping. geing S A book may live when thé man who wrote it is dead, Silence is one of the hardest argu- ments to refute, Labor is not genuine that has no heart or conscience in it, What a heartless world this would be if there were no tears in it. of smallpox Penna., on f, Which Is Best? If we would be happy, at close ef cach day, i Just count up the good we have had; | Each blessing, each comfort, for this is the | way { The heart will keep cheerful and glad, pale, Just think of our ills, one by one; The cares and the trials; theses never will fail To darken the light of the sun. If we would be solemn and mirthless and | i Ob, many there are who o'ersbhadow the sky Of those they would gladly help on, By fretting, complaining—each glance of theeyo Baying, sadly, “My blessings are gone!" Dut give us the friend that will cheerily sing; “To-day may be rainy and drear, But the sun is above us, and soon he will | bring His splendor the darkness to clea rl" EIR CREST. MYSTERIOUS ORGANIST. THE HK ind hearts are more than coronet, And simple faith than Norman bic od." Years ago, at grand overlooking the Rhine, a mysterious organist, a the sexton entered the church, he a stranger seated at the crepe-shrouded He was with a pale but strikingly organ. 1 { countenance, great, black, me eyes, and hair like a raven’s wing in gloss and color. notice the sexton, but went on playing, and such music as he drew {rom the i no words of mine can The asto: glared that strument BL LE scribe, ished listener * the organ seemed to hav or grown sighed and clamored, as if Walia, tortured human-—that It a 3 3 a . i ¥il ¥ i ot ie human heart was throl through it, When the sexton b music at length ceased Lhe astened fo the strangcr ana who are you, sir?" ask my name:"’ you are he replied, in want of and have come here on i be sure U it ed the sexton, “Why YOu SUTpass m that's dead and gone sir.” “No, no, the stiang then, be tury hi vou overrate me,’ resus sad smile; and to conversation, with a Yininel A Gisinciinea ef as if ( wed from old Hans, and began to the sorrowful strain to a play again, And now nusic from a grand old pean, and the mysterious or- gaunist, changed f grace, place in the face. oking upward full « 3. till from ory ot a happy ruck hin and his countenance seemed not unlike that of 5t. Michael, as portrayed by Guido. Lost in the harmonies which around him, be sat with bis far-seeing gaze fixed on the distant sky, a glimpse of which he caught through an window, when there was a siir around the church door, and a royal party came swaeping in. might be seen a young girl, with a wreath of golden hair, eyes of a vio- let hue, and lips like cherries, This was Princess Elizabeth, and all eyes turned toward her as she seated herself in the velvet cushioned pew appropria- ted to the court. The mysterious or. open on playing. No sooner had the music reached her ears, as if a ghost had crossed her path, The or 1 who had graced thie | royal pew that day. Tie court dress of | velvet, with 112 soft, ermine trimmings, i the tiara, the necklace, the bracelets | had all been changed for a simple gray i i tu} TH 1 back from her gich face. “Oh! Fl th, n” izabe Elizabeth, cried | the organi and he sank at ber feet | eyes, “Why are you bere, Bertram,’ the Princess, i “1 camo to bid you farewell, and as I dared not gained access $ ashied | venture into the palace, J to the Cathedral, anc 1 the adieu I could not trust my lips tc | utter.” A low moan was the only answer. | “You are married on the morrow?’ “Yes,” sobbed the girl, “Oh, Bert | . £¥% 1 ram, what a trial 1t will be to stand al} yonder alter and take upon me the | : OF 7% SRF } 411 A 4 # 2 VOWS Lua 1 dooms me 10 o LVIOS Tuas tt} " GeaLil. “Think o floated from 1 ib streamed over Liu steeds, Dut the n a snow-white pal- saow-while yeivel, 3 sad; and when On Lear- a gush of or- jubilant in sound. struck on her ear like a funeral apd Ara 4 isle, which, though knell, she trembled and would have fal- len to the ground had nol a page sup- wards she entersd the Cathedral. whom she had never be- fore ven. But her eyes rove from him to see the mysterious organist. He was gone, and she was obliged to return the graceful bow of the King to whom she the altar— services Then ber Mechanically she knell at made the responses, lips quivered, and her whole frame grew tremulous, At last her eyes met those of the organist in a long, yearn sighed and clamored, “By my faith,” whispered the King to his daughter, ‘this organist has a master-hand, Hark ye, my child, he shall play at your wedding." The pale lips of the Princess parted, but she could not speak-—she was dumb with grief. Like one in a painful dream she saw the pale man at the or. gan, and heard the melody which filled the vast edifice. Ah, full well she knew who he was, and why the instrament seemed breathing out the agony of a tortured heart, When the service was over, and the royal party had left the Cathedral, he stole away as mysteriously as he came. He was not seen again by the sexton till the vesper hour, and then be ap- peared in the loft and commenced his task. While he played, a veiled figure glided in and knelt at a shrine, There she remained till the worshippers dis- “Madam, everyboy has gome but you and me, and I wish to close the doors.’ The sexton drew into a shady niche “Elizabeth! my queen! look up!” Trembling in every limb, she obeyed. Why did those dark eyes thrill ber so? cheeks? Ah, though the King wore the £ humble person who had been em- ployed to teach her organ music, and had taught her the lore of love, “Elizabeth,” murmured the mon- arch, Bertram Hoffman the organist and King Oscar are one. Forgive my stratagem. I wished to marry you, but I would not drag you to the altar an unwilling bride. Your father was in the secret.” While tears of joy rained from her eyes, the new made queen returned her husband’s fond kiss, and for once two hearts were made happy by a royal marriage. issn AAI SCA 5085 Some Ingenious Playthings. Ye Droz, a Swiss, made an imitation sheep which could bleat exactly like a real ope and a dog whose bark was like that of other dogs. Mailardet is to be credited with a singing humming-bird as well as with an artificial spider, a caterpillar, a lizard, a mouse, and a ser- pent. Cannes made a most ingenious toy for Louis XIV. when he was a boy, consisting of a coach and horses, with coachman and footman and a lady in- side, ‘The coach would ran of itself to the edge of a long table, turn and move along the odge. At a given point, where the king was supposed to be standing, it stopped. The footman got down an opened the door of the coach. S IN BRIEF. nt THE TET NEW i 4 ~AN] lias been struck epth of 160 feet nd. It is said there are mors Al art in ‘aris than ever before, A ead § 1 i reported in Terre llaute, erican and ican lady students, % ws ad lat ue © # 1 # y France, Normand) seonie of wh m1 1g chie i vale it in the —The Centennial ( fot 21 : or $12 per The latter cost ‘4 ¥ aiet w eV ay van, wien ~8ir Arthur Sull This Wears aro Over one oman’'s guns are mouglec on one cal) other 1 Der was rece. loin BiCla Fe A coun price of y } i little ma- few are ariety of the . The original Jace is made low by French and Belgiar workers, and one house alone, Lhal uses only real torchon for the trimming of ladies’ and childrens’ underwear, em- ploys a hundred and fifty different de- signs, wiuch come direct from the makers, ie . 80 Lot ACE excepting through the $ sled chine-made im ym, that v bank- owed his first start in lite to the cir cumstances, of his being seen to pick up a pin in the courtyard as he was go- ing to call upon a wealthy person for the purposes of seeking employment. The man who would pick up a pin, thought the wealthy person, must have some thrift about him, and so he gave him employment and found that he had not mistaken his character, —The number of artificial teeth made in America is increasing very rapidly. Last year three of the largest busines: houses engaged in the trade turned out nearly 20,000,000 of teeth, and this wat not more than half the actual product of the country. One peculiar featur of the business is that the houses which do the most extensive export trade an obliged to prepare teeth of different colors for different countries, ~It is somewhat singular how oflex the omission of a single seemingly in significant letter will alter the entire meaning of a sentence, For instance, several errors are recorded where the jetter *n** has been omitted from the word “window,” invariably placing & “widow' in some embarrassing po sition; as where, on the occasion of a gsreet pageant, a gentlemrn unwittingly advertised “several widows for hire.” —Recently a man named H . while at work in his eld in Soh Tos county, Georgia, found a id coin about the size of a silver f dollar, round, but not near as thick. On obe side was the le of 8 man, and the inscription * us L D. G. Port, et. Rex.,” and ing the date of 1772; on the reverse side was a coat of arms, surmounted by a crown. This coin was evidently lost during the Re- volutionary war, or it may be is a stray piece of some hidden treasure. ~A despatch from the City of Mex. jeo reads: News has been received here of a discovery of great archmological importance in the State of Chiapas, pear the ruins of Palanque, being noth- ing Jess than a large city hidden in the depths of the forests, Some buildings er, i
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