The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-03

rrlrhtrnl pathway Colllslon.

NINETEEN MEN REPORTED KILLED AND
THIRTY WOUNDED.
NV telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
TORONTO. January 2.-This morning on
the Grand Trunk railway suburban train
left the Union station at GAO O'Clock. One
OF the cars attached was filed with en-
ployes OF the bolt-works who live IN the
city, and who nre conveyed TO their daily
labor by this means, the trains stopping
for them opposite the works. After turn
ing n curve at the Parkdale boundary
freight train was observed coming city,
ward. but the impetus Of both trains was
too great 10 allow the brakes TO do duty in
time, and the result was shocking tragedy.
Nineteen OF the men employed at the bolt
works are now reported killed and twenty
or thirty wounded. The conductor OF the
freight trim. George Barber, is said to be
responsible for The horrible affair. as he
was running his train without orders. He
has been arrested.
TwENTY-sEvEN REPORTED KILLED.
TOR0YTO. January 1.-The latest ac.
counts place the number OF dead at twenty
seven. Several OF the injured are so badly
manned that they are not expected to re-
cover. The inquest vii! be held this after
noon.. A Jury has been empaneled. and
has viewed the bodies. The affair casts
gloom over the city. The wounded are
lying in the hospital, and several doctors
are giving them every attention. An eye
witness describes the scene mt the wreck as
heart-rending in the extreme. The mutt
lated bodies. the groans OF the dying, and
the shrieks OF the wounded. was enough
to appal the strongest. The newspaper
offices here are crowded with citizens
eagerly awaiting bulletins.
A BeIIigerenf Inn.Kceper.
OTTAWA, ONT, January 2.-Donald
McMulin. who keeps sort OF halfway
house on the River du Licvre. about six
teen miles above Buckingham, undertook
last night TO put disorderly crowd ont OF
his house by using Il sword. One OF those
expelled made his way to tie rear OF the
premises, and. finding shovel, attacked
McMulin with'it, intlictinga severe wound
on his shoulder. McMullin. 1t is said, then
took up loaded musket and fred upon his
qS>aiaRts, wounding two Of them.
MIR. BiGgar Uses Hard Language.
GBy cable to the DIspatch.I
DUBLIN, January -Des 1ite the procla-
nation Of the Lord Lieutenant prohibiting
gathering OF the Nationalist at COote
Hill. County Cainn. Hon. j. &. Biggar.
member Of Parliament aud member OF the
organizing committee OF the Irish Ma
tional League. arrived at the depot there
and was enthusiastically received by large
crowd. The magistrates and force
Of police were also present at the depot.
The magistrates waited upon Mr.. Biggar.
and handed him copy Of the procla-
nation prohibiting the meeting. Mr.. Big
gar mounted a ear and drove of, followed
by his friends and the police. the latter
preventing any assembly OF the crowd IN
mass-meeting. rs was expected. At din
ner given in his honor in the evening by
I the Nationalist Mr.. Bis,ear made an adj
dress, in winch he said that he was not
aware how Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant
OF Ireland, obtained title 10 his property,
but unless some successful prostitute or
church-robber amaSsed il years ago, Earl
Spencer would probably at the present day
have been q drunken horSe-breaker.
The Murder OF Licutcnant-COlOnci
AudeiIIiu.
| ST. PEIERSEUEG, January 1.-The official
who was with Lieutenant COlOnel SuGekin
when he was killed last Friday night in a
| house near Newsky Prospect, and who was
badly wounded nj the same time. has died
OF his injuries. An investigation OF the
circumstances connected with the affair
shows there was desperate struggle be-
tween the aSsailants and the two dead men.
! Blood has been traced from the room in
which the attack was made to The street, al
! iording evidence that one at least OF the MUIR
dcrers must have been severely wounded.
| II has been ascertained that four Nihiists
committed the deed. the principal lcaGer
thereof being an cX-artilery officer named
Dceaief. who is believed TO be identical
with Jablouski, the Nihilist. The latter
| has been arrested. Colonel Sudekin and
his companion were attacked while they
were sitting with their backs TO the door.
.JablOuSki was formerly member OF the
Terrorist PARTY. but became apparently 4
convert to monarchical principles. and has
denounced to the authorities twelty-seycn
| Nlhlists.
The nlurdcr Of Sudeikin has caused great
dismay at the Imperial Court. The num-
Der Of Scntines OF the Gatchina palace has
been quintupled. 1t was proposed that the
Imperial family should remove secretly TO
the Peterhof' palace, but General Tchereyn
has undertaken 10 guarantee the safety OF
the Car in the Gatchina palace, which l.
thirty miles southwest OF the city OF St.
| Petersburg.
The Is.anG-OEBrcfOn SwindIe.
TIE MARQUIS De RAYS AND HIS ASSOCIATES
CONVICTED AND SENTENCED.
PARIS. January 1.-The trial OF the Mar
qUis De Rays, charged with inducing many
people TO subscribe TO IN alleged prize
Tor the colonization Of the island and port
Of Breton, in the south seas, two years ago ;
with the misappropriation OF funds, and
also with inducing several hundred per-
sons TO embark and settle upon said island,
most Of whom persisted through pryation>.
was concluded to-day and sentence was
pronounced. The Court condemned the
Marquis De Rays to four years imprSon-
ment. -Four OF his associates were also
convicted and sentenced to prSon-two OF
them to two years each, one to eight
months, and one TO six months. All OF
them were fined 1900 francs each. Two
I others were sentenced to one and iiyc
years Imprisonment respectively. THREE
Others charged with completely in tn
swindle were acquitted.
Resigned the RcctOrs!iip.
LONDON. January 2.-IIon. james Russell
| Lowell. United States Minister, has re-
signed from the rectorship OF st. Andrew )
University, to which he WAS recently elect
ed. Minister Lowell resigned because OF
the difficulty that he would encounter in
properly discharging his duties as rector
OF the University, in view OF his position
as Ambassador OF the United States. His
resignation is greatly regretted by his sup
porters in the recent election rs we'll rs by
the officials OF the University
Catholic Items from Rome.
LONDON, January 2.-Thc Rome CORE