Tin* victims were lumbermen. They
had encamped for the night on a crib of
square timber moored to shore near tin*
head of tlie rapids, which at this point
are very precipitous and rocky. All had
gone to sleep without leaving a watch
man to guard tin* crib. Somehow dur
ing tin* night the crib broke from its
moorings ami carried its cargo of sleep
ing men. all unmindful of their fate, into
the surging waters below. 'l’he crib was
broken to pieces on the rocks, and not a
man escaped to tell the tale. The Span
ish flows into the north channel of Lake
Huron at a point north of Manitoulin
island. Near its mouth is a small ham
let of perhaps 100 inhabitants, situated
on the Sioux branch of the Canadian
Pacific railway. 'l'he entire country
around it is a lumber district.
Hot Fighting In Formosa.
Txmdon, May 31. —A dispatch to the
Times from Hong Kong to-day con
firms the news of last night from Hong
Kong announcing that the hostilities
between the Japanese and Chinese Re
publicans on the island of Formosa
have commenced. The Japanese forces
landed at Kee Lung, in the extreme
north of tin* Island, yesterday, and
fighting between them and the Chinese
commenced. Private advices say that
the Japanese were bombarding Kee
Kung.
A Hot Day In New York.
New York. June I.—Yesterdav was
th.* hottest 31st of May of which there
is any authentic record, and it was tin*
hottest day of the season so far. At
eight o’clock in tlie morning the ther
mometer of the weather bureau record
ed a temperature of 82 degrees. At ten
o’clock it was 87. Then up went tlie
I mercury until 3:30, when it had reached
,95 degrees.
