The Worthington advance., 1885-11-26

rians turned the tables on the Servians, de
feating them handsomely, killing 2,OO(
Servians and capturing 10 guns and 34e
horses. Prince Alexander commanded the
Bulgarians.
A dispatch from Calcutta, by way OF
London cable, ed, says that 5000 people
have been drowned and $50 villages sub.
merged in Orissa by a cyclone, and that
1,A1 square miles in the Moorshedabad and
Huddea districts have been devastated
A terrible cyclone swept over the Philip.
pine islands on the 2lst Eight thousand
buildings, including churches and school
houses, were destroyed, and twenty two
persons killed.
EXECUTION OF RIEL.
Riel the hero or leader of two rebellions
against the English government in Mani
toba, one in 1869 and one in 1885 is dead
having been hanged at Regina, Northwest
Territory, on the morning of the 10th. II
was not until within day or two of the
execution either Riel or the local authori
ties expected the execution to take place
The prisoner claimed that some interposi
tion from above would finally save him
All day Sunday Riel was very uneasy
feeling that his fate was sealed. Father
Andre remained with him most of the day
seeking to prepare Riels mind for the great
change which he was convinced was close
at hand. 1t was not until the special trair
arrived with the warrant that it was actu
ally known the execution would take place
this morning, and Sheriff Chapleau, in the
presence of several newspaper correspond
ents, conveyed the intelligence to th&
doomed man in his cell, and after
the first shock naturally giver
by the receipt of the actual new.
that he was to hang in the morning, Rie
soon appeared calm and was much more
cheerful than he had been for some time
1t seemed relief to his mind to know tha,
suspense was away, to know that in a few
hours he would be out of his troubles, anG
he was calm and satisfied accordingly
Father Andre remained with him all night
busy with devotional exercises and prepar
ations to meet death. About II O'Clock he
partook of supper, consisting of bread and
milk and three raw eggs. He never slept
wink during the night, but remained
praying very earnestly with Father Andre
He was not the slightest excited, but main
tanned a calm, devotional demeanor.
At a. m. Pere Andre, assisted by Father
McWilliams, celebrated mass, and at I
o'clock administered the last sacrament OF
the church to Riel. Riel prayed in his cell
until five minutes before Deputy Sheriff
Gibson notified him that his time had come
supported by the priests, Riel walked with
steady step from his cell, which is st.on
the top of the corridore through the guard
room to the ladder, which he mounted
without a sign of weakness. He ascended
it in sprightly manner and not a tremor
was observed in his legs as he climbed rung
after rung. Preceded by the deputy sher.
ifs and supported by the two priests,
Riel walked slowly down the
length of the loft situated over the guard
room leading to the scaffold, which is
reached through an opening in the gable
end of the prison. Through this opening OF
door could be seen the scaffold, with the
terrible moose dangling from stout beam
above. The poor man at the end of the
furtively through the opening, and saw the
awful moose. He shuddered, slightly turned
his eyes upward, muttered, my God!" and
was again calm. He appeared at this
juncture pale, but calm. Not a muscle ap.
peared to move and there was total ab
sence of that nervous twitching about the
mouth and other parts of the face which
characterizes most convicts as they are be-
ing led to the gallows.
When he was about to take his place on
the drop the deputy sheriff asked if he had
anything to say. He turned to his con.
fessor, Pere Andre, and inquired:
'Shall not say few words?'
NO." quickly replied the priest in
French, make this your last sacrifice and
you will be rewarded.''
Riel turned and remarked in English: 81
have nothing more to say"
Fathers Andre and McWilliams stood
faithfully by him, and to their exhortations
to stand firm, Riel said he was not afraid
to die, II believe in God to the last" he
said, ''yes, to the very last" DR.. Jukes
shook hands with him, when he thanked
the physician for all he had ever done fol
him. The rope was now adjusted by the
hideous-looking hangman, who also drew
the white cap over Riel's face. Then
Father McWilliams was asked to repeat
the Lords prayer. He commenced in
slow and measured tones. The suspense
was terrible, and could not last much
longer. When the words, LEAD US not
into temptation' we're reached, Deputy
Sheriff Gibson nodded to the hangman
who kept his eyes fixed on him. With
a sledge hammer he struck the bolt, which
shot back into it's socket, and as a conse
quence shot Louis Riel, the leader of the
half-breeds and whose name will ever live
in Canadian history.
The drop was nine feet, and the victim
fell with terrible force, so that his neck wa.
broken instantly. The trap door, when the
bolt shot back, changed, and startled al
who stood near. For an instant the body
remained still, but suddenly the nerves
twitched and the knees were drawn up te
the abdomen. This was repeated three
times, and the last time the legs slowl,
Strengthened out and remained rigid. Ir
two minutes the heart ceased to beat, anc
two minutes later circulation stopped. DR.
Jukes felt the pulse and pronounced Rie
dead. The knot had been placed under his
left ear, but with the jerk it moved up te
the base of the skull. After remaining hall
an hour suspended the body was cut dowr
and post mortem performed by DR.. Jukes
Pere Andre urged upon Riel not to at
tempt an address upon the scafold, and
suggested that reprieve might still be or
its way, but this idea Riel strenuously re-
PEELED. He said he knew his hour had come
and that he was not only prepared, but he
would not have it any other way, as moth
ing but the alternative of prison for life
awaited him, and to him death was prefer
able to that. During the night he addressed
letter to his mother and to his sister, which
touched upon the affection he bore them
He added codicil to his will, specifying
that he desired his body to be laid beside
that of his father in st. Boniface cemetery
at Winnipeg, which request will be carried
out. Pere Andre will 60 there with Riel's
remains within few days. His body was
inferred to-day underneath the scaffold
He prayed almost continuously dnrinp the