| Show BY TELEGRAPH pelt felt western UNION TELEGRAPH uni USI A amx AMi H k loan mcAy I 1 C A N WINNIPEG peg 9 A f fearful barf til ill disaster occurred on lake superior off port arthur early this morning the magnificent ironclad iron clad steamer algoma of the canadian pacific wrecked and 37 lives were lost only meagre particulars have been received up to the present hour they consist mainly ot of telegrams to persons announcing the loss of friends mr air C 0 dud dudgeon eon of this city received a few moments ago the following telegram gli algoma goma has gone down do your wife and two children are drowned SI signed ned JOE VIVIAN viviin 11 the steamer left port rort arthur at 3 pm andas and was wrecked off isle royal just outside of thunder bay bly A heavy storm prevailed all sunday afternoon and night and the stean steamer rier oler lay jay to for a time but when the weather cleared slightly the vessel started again 1 but butt made imade very slow progress in the morning a dense fog prevailed and the steamer felt her way along blowing fogoros fog orns she struck a reef reer reef and went down all hands on board being reported lost the steamer was bound for owen sound with passengers for toronto and other points east cast capt moore is master of tile the vessel and mckenzie nephew or oi the hor hot alex mckenzie is the purser later it nov now turns out that the steamer alfonta was coming into port arthur and not going out when the wreck occurred she left owen sound last thursday and was wrecked saturday daylight night the first known of thedis the disaster w was as when the steamer athabasca Atha baska of tile the same line arrived at port arthur late this evening with the crew of the ill fated algoma consisting of af 13 and two passengers who were the tile only ones saved the athabasca Atha baska which left owen sound two days after the algoma came upon the wreck at isle royal and found the crew and two passengers in a perishing condition on the island the wreck had been dashed with the maddened waves the rocks and was finally beaten to I 1 ehe the shore of the island the crew and two passengers saved themselves by taking to the life boat and battling bauling with the waves until the shore was reached the boat was washed over several times but righted acain atrain while the men clung with the despair of death to the sides iley they aliey succeeded in reaching land in an almost dead condition from exhaustion and exposure the storm continued to nae rae rage furiously all night long the rescued remained on the beach watching the wreck bead beau against the rockbound rock bound island and seeing the dead bodies dashed in the surf a against the shore tile the came alon aion along about noon today to day and as the channel was narrow could not a avoid void seeing the wreck and the distress of those on the island A 1 boat was sent ashore and brought the rescued to the athabasca Atha baska which set sail for port arthur were it arrived at about 7 this evenin evening there is great excitement in this city tonight to night as many had friends on board the list of cabin passengers can be had at toronto or sault ste marne marie where a manifest of the passengers is given to the custom the algoma was thoroughly built and was a splendidly equipped clyde steel steamer lighted by the gross tonnage is 1780 length 0 feet breadth 48 feet it was complete in every detail the f furnishing ur was luxurious equal to the finest ocean steamer the vessel cost and is understood to have been insured for it is one of the three steamers alberta atha baska and algoma purchased two years ago bythe by the canadian pacific for lake tra filc le since which time it has been plying steadily between owen wen sound and port arthur doing a bit bil big bic I 1 business rhe the steamer gave the greatest satisfaction REGINA N W T 9 riel has been until the luth dinst preparations are already being made for his execution on that date although the warrant has nou not yet arrived arni arri ved washington 11 9 major edmund mallet of this tills city a well known worker in the french cause in the united states and an intimate personal friend of louis riel had an interview with the president ibis this afternoon and made a strong appeal for the interference of this government to prevent the hanging of riel by the canadian author authorities the president heard nir Mr mallet maliet fully and gi giving the matter thorough h consideration side ratio concurred with mr alt bay ards opinion previously given that it was not a case in which the united states government could properly interfere ter fere BOSTON 9 judge alien allen in the S superior a court today to day clay rendered his decision in the divorce suit of fred J taber from his wife annie J alle alie alleging iii ili adultery with hber pastor hev lev rev sli mr downes pastor of the bowdoin square baptist church tiie th e wife submitted a crossbill cross bill charging her husband with marital infidelity the judge granted the husband a divorce and dismissed the crossbill cross bill NEW YORK 9 bishop foster lectured before the al E missionary conference yesterday his topic being I missionary work in the course of his remarks he said he believed that the roman catholic church was a great christian camp which needed reconstruction and that was the reason the conference was sending missionaries sio sion slon aries narles to roman catholic countries toronto ont oat p the lieutenant governor bas bay an order that every individual in the service of the province of ontario be vaccina ua forthwith nion Alon montreal treal 9 it is suggested that as vaccination is an almost certain preventive of the disease the question should at once be made as to parents who wilfully neglect this tills preventive whether indictments of a criminal character up to manslaughter should not be found where children who have not been vaccinated vaccina ted are permitted to be carried off by the disease PITTSBURG 9 the appeal of the grand lodge of the ancient order ef of united workmen of pennsylvania to amend its charter so as to better con eon troi subordinate lodges was denied in an opinion delivered today to day by justice sterrett of the supreme e me court NEW york 10 the building of a branch by the northern pacific railway ralle raile to connect with the ext extension e n s on of the branch of the oregon railway and navigation company has been planned for a long iong longtime time president harris of the northern Priel tic fic said yesterday that ishad been under consideration since isso 1880 ile he said talat the company would soun build a branch to farmington chetner the oregon company extended its line or not surveying parties had been sent out recently to select the route president smith I 1 of the oregon railway and navigation company said he was in favor of building the farmington branch but did no not know when the tho work oi of construction would be begun began washington 10 the suggestion tion tiou has been made to the regents of mt alt vernon by horace J smith of santa barbara california that groves of trees be planted on the estate these plantations to be made up of plants characteristic of the regions eglons r i they are sent from thus a natural park would be created of special and growing interest the estate needs that a topographical survey be macie made minutely delineating not only the varied surface of the ground and its buildings but also indicating every natural feature inclusive of trees now stand standing InZ doubtless many classes of students in civil engineering will compete for the honor of camping there next summer from june loth to september loth to complete this necessary work without cost to the association i NEW YORK yore 10 in reply to a letter signed by v villiam liliam evarts A S hew llew itt jos W drexel horace porter david dudley field rev robert colser yer yet dr john hall hail henry ward beecher becher geo william curtis and und others inviting her to deliver ner her lec buroon tur on the social and political crimes of utah miss kate field has promised i to do so on the evening of the instant washington 10 lo beardslee Beard slie sile commanding the powhatan has telegraphed the secretary of tae navy from colon that his vessel has been considerably if not seriously damaged in a gale ile he will probably be ordered to take her to key west for repairs as he suggests since repairing cannot be done at colon without with out great expense and difficulty the agreement providing for the reciprocal cipro cal crossing of the international boundary line by troops of the united states and mexico exico Al in pursuit of hostile indians has been extended until nov 1886 the bureau of steam eny engineering lne injerd Ine erD ern construction and repairs are preparing P plans la for the new cruisers authorized b by y congress on cress last winter when completed pie ted the plans will probably be referred to a special board of naval officers of which commodore walker is president appointed to consider the plans for these vessels among the callers on the president yesterday were a party of english tourists who arrived here yester yesterday dav dar from san francisco they are about finishing a years tour around the world there were wera wisht in the panty party allinen all ali men they wre w re very much pleased with what they saw at the white house and particularly w with ith tile the entire absence of formality one of the them in said they had bad called during their tour on the rulers of 21 countries or powers but that on no previous occasion had their visit been a pleasure on account of the numerous tiresome formalities they were required to go through before they had accomplished anat anything hing que qui QUEBEC bec DEC nov io lo 10 A dispatch f from rom antiposti Anti costi states that the sail steamer brooklyn from liverpool for this port reports that a vessel went ashore near heath point on sunday morning later advices advises from heath point state that the passengers of the steamer brooklyn are all safely landed and some are sheltered under canvas at different points along the coast while others are housed in the fis hermens huts at fox bay ten miles from heath point the captain telegraphed for ton immediate assistance and his request was forwarded to the authorities at ottawa the reply said the government steamer napoleon III ili would would be sent to the rescue the steamer will proceed from here tomorrow to morrow at 1 p pm in and it will take two days to reach the wreck coc Cot COLUMBUS umBus ohio 10 the habeas corpus case before the supreme court brought from cincinnati in which is involved the constitutionality of the election registry law was argued today kittridge and macdougall speaking 1 iriki in n favoron favor of the law and john follet 1 making an argument against its constitutionality the tle decision in the case will not probably be rendered before f ore next tuesday at the conclusion of the argil arell argument ment mr alt follet presented a petition to the court on the relation of john brass hears of cincinnati asking a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel clerk dalton of hamilton county to issue to himself and the three other democratic candidates for senator certificates of election the waiver of service and the answer to the clerk were presented at the same time the clerk admitting the tile allegations in the petition and saying tha that he has been ready to issue issie the certificates since the canvass of the vote was completed but that be he has been prevented from doing so bythe by the court proceedings at cincinnati the court assume assumed d jurisdiction and will wil I 1 hear bear the argument at 2 tomor to mor row ST PAUL Minn 10 gen middleton left here ON evening en eu route to winnipeg and montreal via chicago 1 in an interview he said there was no question but that riel would bau ban baug haug and lie he did not believe there would be beany any hostile demonstration when the execution occurred new york lo 10 A montreal treat treal special al says mr alt fitz patrick kiels counsel returned from england today to day and left at once for tor ottawa ile he says kiels fate is still in the balance but it will be decided tomorrow to morrow the re until monday was granted at the request ot of high ecclesiastic authority on ube ibe ground round that the man mau was not ina lna in a proper r 0 pe frame of mind to meet his fa fate te ab bein e I 1 under rider the impression that ills bis life would be spared mr air fitz patrick interviewed the secretary of state for the colonies previous to his departure and was informed that the Imp imperial erial urial counsel would not interfere winnipeg 10 dr di jakes surgeon of the mounted police of montreal dr lavelle warden of the kingston penitentiary tent iary and two other physicians have been beel secretly examining riel kiel at rewina regina it itis is understood to rea tea be a government commission on sanity lavelle expressed the opinion that mel kiel is insane but preparations are going on for his execution win wix WINNIPEG ziping 10 the following lowins fol foi are the names of the lost on the steamer algoma so far as known here william higgins wholesale merchant winnipeg mrs airs dudgeon of owen sund bound and two children edwin frost wife and chil dof owen sound douglas charles buchanan of hillier prince edward county ontario louis zimmerman late of port arthur I 1 G E emerson merson of Ran Ramsgate isgate eng purser mackenzie nephew of olt alex mackenzie wm win mulligan of Me Ale erford thos snelling waiter 6 john scott stott L bates and ballantyne deck hands mrs airs shannon and ladies ladles aid ald gill of markdale barkdale Mark dale daie 1 mrs airs taylor the steward AlcIn tyre tyra is supposed to lost fred knight thomas nic Alc mchenney mckenney henney Kenney and 11 mcclinton waiters GALVESTON 10 A special from centreville Cen treville to thed thel neus News says at midnight last night flames were discovered in the county treasurers Treasur ers office in the courthouse of leon county many valuable records dating back thirty years burned cannot be kears bears duplicated the county clerks safe contained large sums suras of money on deposit which it is believed bellev edwill wili will be found intact the fire was undoubtedly incendiary cen diary in arizin as traces of kerosene have been found new york 10 A london cable to the commercial advertiser says A cabinet council was held at the official residence of the first lo 10 lord r d of the treasury today to day the reply of king theebam to En glands ultimatum having been deen doen read the cabinet declared war against burmah and the formal declaration of war with the queens sanction has been issued the french government and the burmese hll minister nister resident at paris have been notified no titled all ail foreign subjects remaining in burmah are requested to come into the british lines the british are advancing strong the greater portion being on steamers the thie first military operation will be the bombardment bv by the tha ironclad flotilla of the mandah forts GALVESTON 10 the committee of arbitration for the settlement of the recent strike inaugurated in ift this city held a continuous session today to day T the lie lle testimony taken la Is being reduced to writing the situation continues grave the colored laborers all over the city are awaiting the result of the arbitration committees labors with undisguised interest they feel that their interests are being jeopardized by the knights of labor adjutant gen eral jung is in the the city investigating g the thee situation by order of the lav guv jav bernor matters are quiet at houston houton and ani work on the wharves of the direct navigation company was resumed this morning CHICAGO 10 7 the inter oceans lincoln illinois special says A sensation was caused today to day 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