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and brokers' In Montreal he visited the office oil " r.
bbe broker and cashed nine a5 Bank England notes.
which proved to be spurious. lie then passed on 10
Halifax. and repeated the operation there Fox Is De-
bieved to be member Of the same gang, and Is known
as sweene. lie has been identified by somervne weir
the who five years ago cashed 1000 OF oogus
circular at the Office of William Weir banker ana
broker Of this city.
1t is now thought other clerks in the Bank oil Mon
treal also implicated in the Bernard defalcatons
Some time ago the bank discharged one OF its CLERKS
because OF his irregular habits He II seems was cogu
Zint Of the frauds that being perpetraed Dy Der
nard and his accomplices II he had any, ana leVlen
blaekma upon them, living entirely upon the proceeu
of this business. -.
The live stock exporters here protesting against
the reduction I'm the size Of cattle stalls as agreed upon
between the Government Inspector and the steahs"P
agents.
The glandcrs epidemic is becoming more serious every
day. Out OF 200 horses brought down from the Nest Wy
the Canadian Pacific railway thirty have died or save
been shot, have been sold to horse dealers
In stable OF thirty Eorses three had to be shot tou"!
and the woodwork OF the stable burned
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POUNDMAKER SEEKING PEACE.
ASKING TERMS OF GENERAL MIDDLETON.
HOW THE NEWS OF RIELs CAPTURE WAS RE-
CFIyFD RY THE INDIANS.

HOW THE NEWS OF RIEL's CAPTURE WAS RE-
CEIvED BY THE INDIANS
WINNIPEG, May 22.-A BattlefOrd dispatch
Of yesterday says At sunset tonight Father Cochin
and twenty-five other prisoners, bearing white ag ar
rived from Poundmakers camp with letter
asking upon what terms q surrender would
be accepted He wants the reply IN
two days. He also sent with similar let
ters to General Middleton. This action caused by
the arrival of four half Breeds who reported the capture
of Rel The created CONSERVATION in the Indian
camp the braves hiding their rifles and removing their
paint council held and its result vas a
decision to send in the priest and prisoners.
The prisoners sent in with Father Cochin include twenty
captured in the Eagle Hills; Fontaine, the
captured scout, Bremners and Sayres OF Bresaylers
Settlement, and two women in male apparel Twenty
one women and children from Bresaycrs Settlement are
held as hostages. The teamsters say they were well
treated by the halfbrceds They were obliged TO work
and at night guarded by party OF In
dians. POundmaker frequently had difficulty
in protecting them from the Indians
Frog Lake. The Indians say that he ill-treating
the prisoners. Father Cochin will start tomorrow for
POundmaker with letter from Colonel Otter stating
that he must negotiate with General Middleton, but that
hostilities must in the meantime cease.
OTTAWA, May 22.-Sir Alexander Campbell said In the
Senate this afternoon that the Government had received
dispatch from Batcford confirming the report OF the
surrender of Poundmaker and his band.
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LAKE suPERLoR eoLD YIELDS EAIL TO Paw 0Ur.

Ii NE NtfEhiOh upLD fiELDo ram ~ Nv N't'
ST. PAUL, May % (Specidh.-The gold and
silver the north shore Of Lake superior which
few months ago set the Western speculative world by
the ears has just been revived. Duluth correspondent
says that six months ago John q. Emery, OF Bay CITY
Mich, OF the Emerys who have been among the
heaviest investors In lands supposed TO contain god or
silver H. o. Nightingale, OF East Tawas, Mcn tner as
sayer A. H. Amsden, OF Georgetown, and COlOnel u A.
Duncan, OF Denver mining experts, left Dulth 10 eh-
plOre the lands owned by the Emerys A week ago dr
Amsden passed through Duluth ell his way nome ana ~
II was reported that no traces ot god or SILVER
were found. After few days inc local
papers published the story and pronounced scneme
on part OF the Colorado t0 cause loss OF fah
the gold discoveries that lands could Dc Dought lor
a song. .-
Last night Mr.. Duncan, one of the Colorado experts
on mis- way home repeated the statements made Dy Ds
companions. He that he came mere thlbkhY the
region was worth investigating and was pepareu II tho
reported discoveries panned out TO invest Tor Denver
syndicate. The first assays he made we're faDuIousy
rich In silver Being suspicious OF thelr accuracy nc
essayed the lead with which they had been made anu
found II rich I'm silver Then using other lead ne iouu
the samples he had before essayed worthless anu ts
the case with all the other samples picked up He
accounts for the presence OF tho silver in ii
the lead by the fact that the party feared IL
the inside OF tea chest and that the silver WAS Tea
chest silver. Some think that while Duncan Is right as
regards the lands he examined, both gold and SILVER w
be found In the country In paying qnanute1 ine
Emerys have over 1000 acres OF land Ihe whoIe num-
Der Of taken up Is about $4,000 over S2ooOOo
has been spent In buying lands. exploring ana assaying
The excitement bids fair to Increase.
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FLAMES IN MOUNTAIN FORESTS.

EAsroS. Penn, May 22.-Mountain fires
have been burning for week north OF stroudsburg.
Monroe County. and IN the vicinity OF Bushki great
deal OF territory has been burned over Great damage
done hy the fires To the farmers well %
the interests. forest fire has also been raging
between Bangor and Penn Argy and j. stil doing con
siderable damage. The nre- on tho Blue Mountain. IN
the vicinity OF Danicsve, northampton County. which
were party subdued two weeks ny rain storms have
broken aresh and are spreading rapidly Tho forests
are dry and unless rain comes soon great deal OF valu
abe timber will be destroyed After suudOwn the fires
AT each NJ the places mentioned resemble hugh torch
light procession.
WATsOSTowN, Penn, May - tNpccidD.-DcstructiNe
fires have been raging in Sugar Valley and on White
Deer Mountain for the last week The burnt district
covers twenty five square miles aud II Is estimated that
over ~ 900 worth OF rails. ties and young tmhcrha
been destroyed. Tue flames were eXuugushed by tho
henVY ralns OF Inst nglt and today
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House adjourned until June A.
REscUING THREE snIPwREcKED CREWS.

QUEBEC, May 22.-The bark Brilliant which
arrived here last night from Porsgrund had board the
crews Of the bark Bayard, Captain Andersen, from
Drobak. for Metis and Of the Mary Loulsa
Newcastle Captain Gref, from New-York for Liver
pool Captain Andersen says that May @, when the
weather thick and foggy, the Bayard into ice
near banks OF Newfoundland In latitude 46e longi-
tude 4Se The remained board the vessel until
Tuesday afternoon when the icebergsrcame humping
against the bark completely surrounding her. and smash
ing In port side. They then took 10 the boats and
the ice where they remained for three days and
three nights. All the provision they able 10
bag OF bread and this, with fresh water found
keep themselves clear and fron being swamped by the
heavy Ice vigorous watch had 10 be kept at night
They finally rescued by the Mary Louisa OF New
castle, bound for Liverpool. They taken aboard
and the captain stated that they had struck
time before and the vessel then leaking badly.
Captain Andersen had been aboard Just about our
when the Mary Louisa began % sink. Both crews mum
bering thrtyve persons, left the steamer In three
boats and proceeded west again. On Monday morning.
May IL. they sighted the bark Brilliant, bound for
Quebec BY loud shouting they attracted her attention
She immediately hove 10, and took all hands oil tOard,
bringing them TO this port
PARRsBoRo, n. s., May 22.-Capsn Mildbrodt, OF the
lost German bark Goethe, who, with the OF that
vessel landed a West Bay yesterday by the bark
Agsntyr, reports having encountered ofextreme
violence in latitude 800 longitude 53o, which in on
May a. and continued without abatement for three days
that the vessel would have be abandoned On May 10
bark Agantyr hove In sight and rescued the OF
the sinking vessel The Goethe was covered with petro
leum and burned 10 the waters edge.
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THROWING TRAIN FROM THE TRACK.

POUGHKEEPsIE, May % (SpeciaD, The Mon
treal express which left NowYork at IL o'clock last
night the Hudson River Railroad was
composed Of two baggage cars, express car, one
smoking car, ordinary passenger car sleeping
car and two drawingrOom cars. 1t due at High
lands Station at los a. As it passed out Of Fort
Montgomery tunnel, the engineer ahead Of him in
the glare Of the headlight pile of ties the track
lie pulled the air brake but it late The loco
motive mounted the obstruction and leapng along left
the track and buried itself In the mud The engineer
kept his place and was unhurt The fireman jumped
from the engine into the marsh by the side Of the track
and was also unhurt The trucks OF both baggage cars
were jerked from under the the tender was laid
partly down the bank and the express wrenched
from the rails. The shock in the OF the train was
not great, as the train running slowly The ties
were five in number and tied together. They must
have been placed the track after the passage OF
freight train hour previous soon after the occur
renee wrecKing train arrived and in hour the de-
bris was cleared AWAY
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DRAGGED UNDER THE WHEELS oFA CAR

PITTsBURG, May % (SpeciaD.-At an early
hour morning when Of the on the Penn i'm
cline started Its trip. two passengers were aboard
One was Policeman Lennor, the other an unknown Ger
man. As is customary the departure of the car the
conductor telephoned the Office tho upper terminus
the number OF passengers but when the car reached
destination Ofioer Lennox was alone
search Immediately begun by the light OF Ian
tern and portion Of a mans body was found lying
the JUS back OF the Wheels while other por
tions strewn along the track. Portions OF his
clothing found in Liberty-st, whore the had
scarcely gone the length OF ITSELF showing that the aco
dent II such II was, lTed the foot The dead
mans pockets teached, but they contained nothing
except physicians prescription drug store In a
town in Nebraska. II would be impossible for him TO
have fallen the guards unless he did II intention
ally.
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GENERAL GRANT DEPRESSED BY THE WEATHER.
General Grant felt denressed when he cot up


at a. m. yesterday. He did not have good night.
There irritation in his throat all the time and In
such position that 1t could not be allayed by the use OF
cocaine He felt apprehensye and requested that Dr.
Douglas remain with him during the night There was
discharge OF mucus from the nasal passage and
the liberated surfaces into the throat, that caused
hacking cough at times and racked the invalids body
Tho mucus became hardened in the throat
and dry, and induced choking sensa-
ton and slight spasmodic cOntractons. The General
given hypodermc injection Of morphia and fell
into htful slumber about midnight that lasted until
about o'clock. From this time until he dressed
for the day lie dozed In his chair His throat was eX
ceedngly rOublosO about daylight and then 1t be-
a light breakfast and spent the morning quietly. His
throat improved in condition during the morning and
when Dr. Douglas called In the afternoon IL appeared
less and the irritation had nearly all disappeared
The invalid expressed himself feeling relieved and
thought that he would gradually improve II the
weather should become settled and warmer. The
air In the Park during the last drive
that the General took affected his throat nJuriously
being the combined effect OF the cold ana dust
ished He felt so much improved toward evening that
he looked over pamphlets containing the record Of
the Ncsburg campaign that sent To him from the
War Department at Washington bur he did not add any
material 10 the book His labor will he CON
fined 10 revising MS manuscript every word being care
fully considered before 10 Is sent TO the publisher The
General told Dr. Douglas when he called In the evening
that he feeling much stronger than In the morning,
and thought that he was going to pass good night
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RCMOR or ANOTHER JUMP From THE BRIDGE.
After Robert Z. Odlum had made his fatal

leap from the Bridge Frank" Livingstone, jumper
and acrobat, who has been performing at
Hurry Hilrs place in Houston-st. for
some time was heard 70 declare that he could
and would perform the feat that killed Odlum
Last night Livingstone was missing from his
usual hauuts and 10 was reported that
he had kept his word aud jumped from the Bridge
Gus" Hill, the club swinger said that some friends
OF his had told him the evening
that Livingstone had jumped from Bridge
aud had been picked up in the river
by some friends who watched the leap from row.
boat river. Harry Hill said he had heard that the
acrobat after being shed OF the water, had been
taken 10 the NewYOrk Hospital. The two Hills declined
to state how much truth they thought was in the
story. At the New-York Hospital nothing was known
OF such occurrence
At the Bridge I'm response TO numerous questions the
policemen said that they had not learned of such jump
aud expressed disbelief IN the story Livingstone has
said that he has jumped three times from High Bridge
distance OF / l6 feet.
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QuARRkL OWE MArKE11,s ExrRA p1r1oY.

ST. LOUIS, May % (SpeciaD.-The quarrel
regarding the proper person act agent to bring
back Maxwell which has been in progress between the
Prosecuting Attorney Mr.. Clover and tho Board Of
Police Commissioners, assumed critical phase to-day
The Prosecuting Attorney compiled the papers in the
ease and had man whom he wanted to send TO Auck-
land The board Induced the Governor TO suggest the
PRESIDENT two men Of its force choo sng Messrs 0Ne
ana Tracy The States Attorney got mad and threatened
NOT TO surrender the papers to the State Department
haess bis suggestions were followed He sent his man
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES-BY TELEGRAPH.
nEAru EROM TOO MUCH MORPHINE


PORTSMOUTH, N H., May 22.-Edgar Robinson, age
thiry-ve, formerly OF Boston, and atterly OF
and Philadelphia died last night IN Ooardngh0use In
this city, from an overdose or morphine IL Is said that
he was formerly connected with newspapers In Boston
and New York.
A FRATRICIDE KILLED BY OFFICERS.
ST Louis, Mo-, May 22.-JelersOn Rodgers, worth
less fellow sikeson, in Southeast Missouri, NOR
tally wounded his brother. Rodgers was traced TO
pont near Essex yesterday and in attempting 10 resist
arrest by the officers was killed by Deputy-Sherid
Shelby.
HANGED WHILE PROTESTING HIS INNOCENCE.
LITTLE ROCK, May 22.-Go0dwln jackson, colored,
who beat sandy Redmon colored, TO death with
fence rail In November, was hanged at Clarendon
Ark, to-day. The execution was witnessed by large
crowd Jackson Gied protesting that he did not intend
to kill Redmon but struck him for threatening to strike
Mrs. Jackson
HANGED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
GALVESTON, May %. Jasper Rhodes, q mulatto was
hanged ut 1890 to-day In the jail In this city for the
murder of his wife In October.
SHOT IN A QUARREL OF DRUNKEN men
ELIZABETH, Penn. May 22.-In drunken brawl last
night, Fred Goldshohm fatally shot Isaac Cook,
young eolored man.
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MATTERS OF INTEREST IN THE DOMINION.

MONTREAL, May % (SpeciaD.-One of Pinker-
toms men has identified Hail. who is implicated in the
recent attempt TO pass forged circular notes,
Der OF the notorious Gleason gang OF American forgers
whose operations have been wide and successful Hall
ts known by the name Of Edward X Marshall, alias Al.
Wilson, alias Frank Boxer He wanted In Chicago for
forgery and reward OF $500 been offered for his
arrest He served term of Imprisonment in Sing Sing
for similar offence He is believed to be the who
successfully operated In Chicago last winter where he
passed number OF spurious Bank OF England a5 notes
He subsequently visited Toronto Hamilton and Mon
trea and succeeded in place deraudng bankers
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COMMENCEMENT AT CORNELL.

ITHACA, May % (SpeciaD.-The faculty of
Cornell University this evening selected the speakers
for the June commencement follows Frederick
Douglass Cumming, Tully, Abraham Lincoln as an
Orator Harry Falkenau, Chicago The Poetry OF the
Future as FOreshadOwed In the Writings OF Walt Whit
man >" 4; Francis Madison Jarned Chicago, " The Claims
OF Idealism James Mccall, Bath Gambetta and the
Third Republic -" Miss Charlotte Smith, Smiths Mills,
The Personal Influence OF Three English Queens !;
StOddart Marc Stevens, Rome. William H. Se wards
Place among American Statesmen" There will be sixty
IlInNn
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TRYING TO NAVE FUNERAL IN THE FAMILY.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May % (SpeciaI Com
plant OF an attempt at Wholesale poisoning was made
by Mrs Margaret Godrch, OF No G72 St. Clair-st to-
day, against her husband, Miles Goldrioh. She took
some sugar to the Health Officer and asked him to
examine it, He found enough Rough Rats mixed with
1t TO kill whole family. The woman SAYS that she
found the sugar in the bowl tho breakfast table It
said that Goldrchs daughter refused TO give him
her weeks wages he became enraged and declared that
there would be funeral In the house soon.
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TIE BRITISH TROOPS IN TIE soUDAN.

LONDON. May 22.-lt is estimated that, owing
to the lack OF dock facilities at suakm, 1t would take
until November TO unload all OF the Berber railway
plant lying in transports of Suakim. The Admi-
ralty are therefore debating the advisaby OF ordering
transports home with the plant in order To ton
mage. expected that than $500 troops Will
be left at Suakm.
The British have evacuated Otao and returned to
suakim
DoNGoLA, May 22.-El Mahdi is retiring his troops
everywhere He himself ia retiring toward label Etri,
leaving his steamers at sobat. on the White Nile.
RoME, May Z2.-In Government circles - Is denied
that Italy has intention OF cyacuang the SOudan
OF the allie ged prevalence OF tphu fever among
the Italian troops MassOwah. The stories about
cessiVe mortality untrue.
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THE READING GENERAL MORTGAGE.

PHILADELPHIA. May % (SpccidD Hugh II.
Penny, through his counsel sas W. Petit, hled In the
United states Circuit Court this morning claim against
the Reading Railroadaskng that the amount due on ana
secured by the bonds issued under the general mortgage
be asccraned ana the respective rights OF the holders
the bonds in question against tho holders or the
income bonds be determined and also, that IL be de-
creed that the bonds Issued under tho general mortgage
lien for only such amount, not including those
bonds about which the legality OF issue has been raised
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4 HILLSIDE MOrING FoUR FEET Az HOVE.

PIrTsBURG, May 22.-Ihe hillside for quar-
ter OF mile long the Fort Wayne Railroad at Agnew
ten miles this city, is sliding at the rate OF four
feet an hour Some ten twelve houses ana the rail.
road track itself in danger OF being pushed
into the river before tomorrow night. large number
OF men are work. but they have been unable to check
the slide. The hillside began TO come down this after
noon The slide deep not being merely upon the
face Trees being moved bodily roots and all, and
threaf ems demolition 70 all below.
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THE FIRE RECORD.

HER BONES FOUND IN THE ASHES SHE MADE
LANCASTER. May 22 (SpecidD. barn OF
Eli Mylne of Pequa Township was destroyed by hre
night 1t contained sixteen fat cattle two horses
two cows thirtyeght tons Of tobacco twenty tons Of
hay and large quantity OF grain. all Of which were
burned The building set on fire by Mrs. Albert
Martin a weak-minded woman living In the neighbor-
hood. Her bones found in the ruins this morning
She had been melancholy for some time and several
weeks tried to burn herself to death in the house
Loss $4,000; Insurance. $4,000
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ArAcHES COMMITTING DEPREDATHOYS

GALVESTON. Tex, May pa dispatch to
The Netcs from FL Paso, Tex says 1t is reported on
good authority that the hpaches under Geronimo
moving In the drec ion OF nsbOro and committing
depredations along the route. They WILL It thought
try 10 cross the Santa Fe Road Mutt Station
way TO Mexico Three companies OF cavalry reported
TO have been ordered To Oyertake or intercept them,
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ORIGIN OF TIE CINC[NNATI FRI

CINCINNATI, May 22.-The boy, John Myers,
gave an authentic account OF the origin OF the FIRE
in sulliyans printing house in sixthst yesterday
He says he stumbled in dark passage where gas
light was burning and when the bcnzine bottle broke an
explosion followed. Myerss feet werc saturated with
the benzine aud took fire. Miss Mamie shepherd who
Jumped from the third story and caught on tar
paun and thought not 10 be fatally injured died today
Miss Emma Pinchback. who was saved by means OF "A
rope had her hands horrhlyburned that is thought
she lose her right forearm The other persons H.
fured are doing well
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NEWS NOTES FROM LONDON

LONDON May -.
THE Poor IN IRELAND.-Sir Charles Dixie mas gone :"
Dublin to attend the meeting of commission Tor hou'
ing the poor. lie will be the guest of Earl spencer
A LIBERAL ELECT Din the Parliamentary clectiOn en
which held today In thJ County OF Antrim 70 III
the vacancy caused by the death of James Chale Con
servatIve Mr. Sinclair, the Liberal candidate defeated
Mr. ONeill The Conservative, by poll OF 3oh Vo'es
against 3.s32.
Mrs. WELDoN's LBEL SUrTs.-Mrs Weldon Is now pre-
pairing bring action for libel IN France against Gouno
ROchefOrt and Albert Wolff She will base these actos
the criticisms her conduct by these men III
French newspapers.
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to Washington with the papers and the police board sent
Mr. Glover to-day wrote the police board that
they did not their home he would instruct
his messenger to come back with the papers wee
President Blair said that he would not call his man,
0Ne back as he there to get the papers from the
President Mr.. Clover then telegraphed to his mes
sengeT 20 home and not to the papers TO he
State Department unless his suggestions were carried
nnf
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RECOGNIZING A HOTEL THIEF

PHILADELPHIA, May % (SpecidD A hearing
was given G. II. Pearson ut the Central Station thls
morning He charged by Samuel H. Austln' Jr''
with having robbed his room at the Hotel Lafayette
The prisoner was recognized as old hotel thef aud
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ABSENT FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

LONDON, May 22.-A great deal of comment
was caused by the absence from their places the
opening OF the House OF Commons this afternoon Of
three members Of the Cabinet, who were expected TO
certain questions the paper These Ministers
are Mr. Chamberlain president of the Board OF Trade
Mr. TrevelyaD Chancellor of the Duchy OF Lancaster
and Sir Charles Dixie, President of the Local Govern
ment Board.
Tho unnse adinnrned I'll Inne 4
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FLAMES IN A rURFAcroRY.

Fire broke ont yesterday morning in tn c
enrnchouse OF Ferdinand Hosch's fur factory at no.
7sO Flushingave. Brooklyn and burned for two hours
Three buildings were destroyed. involving loss ON
stock aud machinery Of $4,000 insured for $1,000
The the buildings 5000. TIE hrc extended
the tailor shop OF Nicholas Rtuch at No. 155 Flush
ing-avc, involving loss OF $1,000