HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1890-05-30, Page 3DOMINION PARLIAMENT
Mr. Gironard said i was his painful duty
to move the adoption of the report of the
Privileges and Elections Committee on the
a charges which had -Veen made by the mem-
, ber for South Oxford (Sir Richard Cart-
wright) against the member for Lincoln
(Mr. Rekert). The committee had given
the matteroareful consideptt as r ,.-
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" n= asi r7u��,ainta arts nnecessary- a hoped
the report would be adopted by'a silent and
emwrlirnaterotc. He moved the adoption
of the report.
Mr. Mnlook said he did not wish to die -
ones the report except to emphasize one or
two pointe. He wiehed to congratulate
the Government upon the fact that one
member of the Cabinet, whose name had
been -mentioned in this correBpendenoe,had
been completely exonerated. He was also
pleased to see that other public men out-
side the Houde, who had not had the op -
opportunity of defending themselves, bad
e'.v4.JfS as.eeamr.. W i.r.�q'.�
Mr. Casgrain pointed out that this case
was an offenoe against the dignity of Par-
liament. He thought it should lead 'the
Government to introduce a measure whioh
would wipe out this temptation; by enact.
ing that no member ehould direotly or
indirect/1y receive favors from the Govern-
ment...efi
The report was adopted unanimously.
. Mr. MoNeil moved the adoption of the
report of the special committee on the
Bremner tars.
Mr. Blake said there was a serious ques-
tion involved in this motion. The matter
winch formed the sableet of this report had
been brought up before the House foe sev-
eral- years past, and the Government had
been cakes upon many times to apt. Upon
one occasion the Government acknowledged
it was their duty to act, but there was not
the slightest indiootion that they had noted.
He thought the Government should say
what they had dote and what the result of
their action was. The evidence taken in
this - case --showed -_ that -been
a grievous aot of misoonduot
and impropriety' on the part of
Shia m tier was referred to the committee
an oft ter, and that there had been grievous
wrong one to a Canadian enbjeot. When
it was rumored . that it might be accommo-
dated in some way. , It was suggested that
reoo'mpense might be paid, and the sum of
.$3,500 was mentioned. This sum was to
be ptiid not et r.he poo4ets-pf-therapeopia set
this Dominion. .'his money should be
paid by the man who had done the wrong.
Parliament should not indemnify either in
reputation or in pocket any person who
had done wrong, but he should bear the
' oonseguences. Gen. .Middleton had re-
.oeived Amore and rewards, end should now
receive any, censure that was due him.
The artioles of war were strongly condemna-
tory of such a proceeding as the present one.
The seizure of goods was a military crime.
Was the Commatider-in-Chief, he ached,
exempt from those orders? Was he juati-
fied in doing atter the rebellion what he
told the common soldiers not to do in the
beat of battle ? It seemed to him that
this was utterly disgraceful. He -could not
understand how it was possible that any
' man in the posit;on in whioh Gen. Middle-
ton stood could ever for an instant have so
far confased,his moral sense as to have
been guilty, of the act of whioh he had been.
It was said that the plunderer had been
plundered,•that the goods when taken from
Bremner were afterwards taken from him-
self. He supposed that those who did take
them had an ew:tole right to them as Gen.
Middleton. That, however, made no dif-
ference. The course pursued by the Gen-
eral was a disgraceful one. He hoped the
Government would Bee that the General
paid the loss and withdrew from the service.
(Load applause.)
Sir Adolphe Caron said he desired to deal
with the matter in the most open and moat
frank way possible. He considered the
action of the General was the result of a
moat unfortunate error of judgment on his
pars. (Hear, hear.) It -was stated in the
report, end the General himself, after ob-
taming' information which unfortunately'
he did not poseeae at that . time, had dis-
Covered the fact that he had committed An
. illegal act, and nobody regretted it more'
than the General himself. He (Sir Adolphe
Caron) had heard the General express the
deep regret whioh he to -day experienced
that such an order should have been given
by him. It was for them to be impartial
and just in dealing with this question, and
it was only fair that they should remember
the services that Gen_. Middleton had
rendered to Canada. It `must be remora,
. bared et the time the order was given the
General was in a preocoupied state of mind,
whioh a certain extent migut possibly
.socoun , or the want of 'prudence whioh he
dieplaye . He repeated that he could not
forget the services the General had rendered
to Canada, and he thought they should
show that fair play and leniency which -he
ooneidered, ander the oironmstanoes, Gen.
Middletoin was entitled to.
Mr. Lister argued, that Gen. Middleton
ahould be held responsible for all the fors,
because if ho had observed the duty he
owed to himself as a general and se an
honest man, he would not have been the
first to despoil Bremner of his furs and give
orders for them to be scattered about
among the members of his staff. Gen.
Middleton waited five long years before
indicating his willingness to settle for any
of the tars taken. He repeatedly denied
that he lead taken any portion of them, or
knew a tything about their disposition. It
was only in the investigation of the com-
mittee that Gen. Middleton evinced that he
knew anything of the matter. It was only
for the sake of unanimity that Gen. Mid-
dleton, in the report, was treated with the
utmoet ooneideration. '.Che report might
have been much more severe that it was.
It' was said that Gen. Middleton com-
mitted this aot through an error of
judgment. In his letter to Hayter
Reed, however, he asked that the
`ispoaal of the goods ehould not be
zde pnblio. He caked if this was not
hf that he knew he was doing a wrong -
net. It was absnrdfor the Mitlister of
lig"
i hto say that le gentleman who' had
l; a forty odd years., in the British
gree not know he was violating the,
the chttlations. Bremner, through hie 1
ante of', was broken down in health
congreSfa he Minister
ed ethat th yet ould' xouee
Port itlinera, It was an inorediblo
lemon in the position of
%lid hive so far forgot -
.
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a
himself destitute of the common feelings
ividuai
n. Mid.
it Was,
ate to
gnired.
ad, ab-
out to
uenoes
of hgmanity as to despoil a poor ind
like Bremner of his property. Ge
dleton's usefulness had gone, and
the duty of the Government to intim
him hieeservices were no hanger re
'Having been guilty of the act he h
solute full juatioe ehould be meted
him, no matter what the oonaeq
might be.
Sir Jcthee, Meedemate
..
ilea matter`ebou d have been left
member for West Derham ,e..ho, bad macre
trot atut examfnation Into the subject, and
whose remarks were certainly delivered in
a spirit of justice. He did not think that
the hon. member for East Lambton was
juptified in making the statement that the
report was a oompromise and might have
been more severe. Be tboughtit_was an.
naperslon upon the committee, who had
presented a unanimous report. Sir
n
Fred Middletowas an officer of great
experience in China and in India, and there
was a good deal of radical con
issued was 132 and the number of returns
brought down in reply thereto was 96. The
number of public bills and orders of the
aeeeion which ahared the fate of the
" slaughter of the innocents " was 17. The
number of notices of motion which Shared
a eimilar fate was 21.
The -changes in the personnel of the
Senate during the session were : Mr.
Lougheed took the place of SenaeteiI
t neh^i.;, .' sant"-" s3sadeee m a' i t Miall -the
to the
a
However, General Middleton was decidedly
wrong in this respect. The hon. member
for Weet Durham had proved beyond a
doubt, if proof were required, that Gen.
Middleton's conduct deserved condemns -
tion and in as strong language as might
well be used. There was no doubt the
General had anted wrongly and illegally.
The confiscation was sneerer of judgment,
and the appropriation of goods, it seemed
to him, was illegal and improper and could
not be defended upon the eame grousde.
He thought the report ought to be adopted
ley the House. , Mr. Mitchell eaid there should be no
difference made in this case than there
would be in dealing with the. case of the
meanest private in the service. One thing
was clear, the General got the fire.
Mr. Kirkpatrick—No.
Mr. Mitchell—They were put on board
the steamer •on whioh he wee. We only
have his statement that he did not et
them. If a barglar, after taking the swag,
sere a polio/ an and drops the stnf a at
ie no excuse. He contended it was he
duty of the Government to compel n.
Middleton to refund the money, to ie-
mies him, and report him to the Horse
Guards. '
Sir John Macdonald saidthere had been
no attempt at palliation. He had ren
mended the House to pas he severest o n-
demnation on Gen. Mid ton's conduct.
-he-Gt r� nu co'ititY-rf ve a • en y
notion until this report s passed n h
by the House, and who that report s
known it would be for em to consider
what they should' do. -
The motion was carried nanimonely.
Mr. Daly introduced a 1 respecting e
Winnipeg & .Hudson Ba Railway. The
bill provided that the ti for completion
should be extended till June, .1896.
Mr. Heasin introduced bill to extend
the tine for the completion of the Q ,-
Appelle & Wood Mount Railway for
three yeare. He said thi was necessary
on account of expectationsthat had not
been realized.
Mr. Bain (Wentworth) k exception
bills'being introduced at is late stage f
the session.
Mr. Barron celled dttent to the letters
which appeared . in Le C etdien bean
upon the McGreevy sca 1, whioh pur-
ported to show that the member for Qu
ben West (Mr. McGreevy) d been able
acquire information from the ' Public
Works Department which enabled him
get lower tenderers to withdraw in order
that the tender 'of Connolly & Larkin
might be aooepted.
Sir Hector Langevin said
ing about the matter what
Mr. Laurier denied the a
Le Canadien bad made age
party. As far as they
they courted the fullest i
It was not so late in the se
ask the House to enquire in matter.
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r. Blake said these revelations were
ing more interesting, and afforde
ple warrant for the view of them th
taken by the member for NorthViotori
- Barron). He was surprised that th
inter of Public Works had not heard o
before, and hoped that he'would no
a a thorough inquiry. It was plea
rmation was acquired in advance as t
were the iowest tenderers. There mus
e been some complicity on the part of th
ere, and this should be inquired into.
moving that a subsidy of $166,400 b
ted to a railway from Ottawa to Mor
nee,
r John Macdonald .stated that a corn
y was formed to build this road
Med the Ottawa & Waddington Rail
Company .but he believed the Govern
t had been advised'that the charter o
company had expired. Under thos
instances it was decided' that the Bub
should be given for a railway from
we to Morriabnrg, leaving the quote
of whether the charter of the first
any was still in existence to be decided
egai way. '
Blake condemned the oonneotion of
Hickey with the Ottawa & Morrisbarg
way, end gave documentary evidence
to show that Mr. Hidkey had endeav-
to sell out the charter of the road, and
no effort was made to proceed with its
ruction.
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Hickey denied the ohargea, and said
Effort was made to oonatruot the road.
John Maodonald moved the grant of
00 to the Pontiac Pacific Junction
ayCompany, for 7 miles of road
Hull to Aylmer.
- Blake said this was nothing more or
ban to enable the Pontiac & Paoifio
ion Company to buy out that portion
Canadian, Paoifio .Railway between
and Aylmer. 'Why, he asked, should
untry purchase a portion of one rail -
or the purpose of making a present of
nether?
Chapleau defended the grant, and
though be was formerly connected
he road, he had now no interest in it.
following isa summary of the Leg.
o work of the session : Number of
troduced in the Common°, 94 ; Bills
need in the Senate, 16 ; total •
Bilis
, 110.' - The following is an analysis
e Bills paeeed : Government, 38 ;
and General, 1; Railway, 42; Bank,
dge Oompaniee, 5 ; Inenrance, 2 ;
Companies, 2; Divorce, 2 ; Naviga-
mpany, 1; •000atruotion Company,
entli Extended, 2 ; Manufacturing
; Board of Trade, 1 ; Boom Com -
1 ; Orange Incorporation, 1 ; total,
The
nntliie"
af.'or aril and addre°sca
of Mr. Schultz, appointed Lieut.-Goverhoe
nor
otigaeaM.hiet Mr. Mon the Mabe of the
late, Mr. Rodier ; IYIr. Murphy the place of
the late Mr. Thomas Ryan and Mr Mao -
Laren the place of the late Mr. John Mac-
donald.
In the House of Commons Dr. Montague
took the place of Mr. Colter for Heidi-
-mend, and -Mr. Mackintosh the 'place of
Mr. Parley, deceased. The following Beate
are still vacant : Kent, N. B. in conse-
quence of the appointment of Mr. Landry
toe County Court Judgeship ; New West-
is o m ; Lincoln, Ont., in con-
sequence of the resignation of Mr. Rykert,
and South Victoria, in consequence of the
death of Mr. Hudspeth. Shortly before
the opening of Parliament Mr. Colby, M.P.
for Stanstead, was appointed President of
the Privy Council in the stead of Sir John
Macdonald,\ appointed Minister of Rail-
ways and Canals: Mir. Wood, M. P. for
Brookville, was 'elebted Deputy Speaker of
the House, to fill the vacancy paused by
Mr. Colby entering the Cabinet. With the
exoeption of the longsession when the
Franchise Bill was under discussion, the-
-seseion-has been then loageat ehnoe Con-
federation.
THE LAST CF THE SESSION.
The House assembled to -day at 11
o'clock, when bills received from the Senate
were taken up and ooneidered and amend-
ments made to them concurred in.
In reply to Mr. Mitohell, Sir John said
that the fishery question at Washington
was progreesing satisfactorily. He received
&deepateh to,day, bus-itr was notesplan
tory enough, and he asked that it be re-
peated. Mr. Tapper, he said, had been
dangerously ill there, and was now on his
way home.. He was elowly recovering.
A dieoaesion took place on the Bremner
°furs. question. Sir John promised that the
Government would do what it oould to
aid Bremner in getting a settlement, no
matter whether the Government was liable
SI
The House adjourned at 1.30.
His Excellency, the Governor General
prorogued Parliament et 4 o'clook. The
following is the
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE
Honorable Gentlemen of the Senate.:
Gentlemen of the House of Commons :
In bringing to a close this somewbat protracted
session of Prdin eat I desire to convey to yon
my beat thanks for the diligence with which you
have applied yourselves to your important
duties. .
THE BI'ODUS. VIVENDI.
The negotiations respecting the Behring Sea
question are still in progress a Washington,with
good prospects of a favorable result. Meanwhile
the continuance for another year of what is
known as the "modus vivendi" will serve to
show our earnest desire to cultivate the most
friendly relations with the United States Gov-
ernment and people.
TARn! TINKERING.
The readjustment of the Customs tariff, calcu-
lated as it is to promote the development of our
agricultural, manufacturing •and other indus-
tries,will, I doubt not, receive general acceptance
from all classes.
EA1Om G LEGISLATION.
I am gla�d to believe that the Act relating to
banandkig withlll be found to guard the interests as been most carefully sofo the
public and to be sufficiently liberal to those who
are more Immediately affected by its provisions.
The measure relating to bills of, exbhange,
cheques and promissory notes will doubtless
render more certain and plain the law relating
rego ard uniform in alese most all respecmake the ts thow in ugh-
out Canada.
CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENTS.
The amendments to the criminal law include
a great number and variety of provisions, all of
which will probably be found useful, and several
of which were urgently demanded for the public from
welfare.
TIILEGRAP$IO SUMMARY.
Mr. J. M. Loranger, Q. C., of Montreal,
died Yesterday.
Count Herbert Bismarck is very popular
in English society cirolee.
The next Papal ooneistory will probably
be eld
:^t c-..landel retie nes k,k+ataa,.,
-- lifeissonier's painting of 1814 was sold in
,Paris on Wednesday for 131,000f,
Bogosolov
the Alaska
after it
lapse of seven an years, isagain inin aoano� state of
great activity.
Rneaia has ordered an immense supply
of smokeless powder cartridges from the
factory at St. Etienne.
-Josephw s struck by t lightning on ords house atFalls,
burned. Mr. Lord was killed.
The steamer Harold, bound from Bilboa
to Glee ow has
wno
Mr. Charles Wilson, of Woodstock, hoe
aooepted the Conservative nomination and
will oppose Mr. Mowat in North Oxford.
John G. Carlisle was elected U. S.
Senator by the Kentucky Legislature on
'Saturday, in succession to the late Senator
Beek.
The waterworks bylaw for $10,000 and
the electric lights bylaw for $2,000 were
carried on Saturday in Markham by narrow
majorities.
A daughter of Lord Lytton will be one
sof-the bridesmaiderof-Mazy Anderson.
Monseigneur B1ais was consecrated at
Quebec yesterday as Coadjutor Bishop to
Monseigneur Langevin for the diocese of
Rimoaski.
Miss Margaret Isabella Blaine, daughter
of the Secretary of State, was married on
Saturday in Washington to Walter Dam -
reed), of New York. -
A strike has been ordered by Cloak-
mr-kars'-Union, Na. --17-01 Phiia�c elphha, and
800 Russian Jewish tailors, with their
helpers, have left work.
The marriage of Miss Ward, the dangle -
ter of Mra. Alexander Cameron, of Toronto,
to Prince Oarsman de Chimay will take
plane in Paris on Thursday.
It is officially announced that the new
Brazilian'oonstitntion will be promulgated
Jeetakeeteeeoleadeafteetward-evall-be-eubmitteele
to the Assembly for ratification.
A billhas bGen, introduced into Con-
€ress providing for reciprocal rights in
affording assistance to wrecked vessels on
American and Canadian waters.
Rev. A. F. McGregor, Toronto,,preaolied
a sermon yesterday in defence of the action
of the Ministerial Association with refer-
ence to Sunday military parades:
Snit has been brought against a Winnipeg
teacher to restrain Jim from imparting
religious instruction, on the ground that he
is violating the new School Act by doing so.
The Duke of Connacht will arrive at
Winnipeg on May 25th at 6 p.m., and re-
main till noon the next day. He will occupy
Sir Donald Smith's residence at Silver
Heights. '
Jacob S. Reeinger, for many years super-
intendent of the county roor farm at Free-
port, I11., was murdered with an axe on
Saturday by an insane man named William
Wilhelm.
At the next Coesistory, three bishops
will receive cardinal's hats. Mgr. Sar
then, Vicar Apostolic of Western Chili.
will bo transferred to Pekin in a similar
capacity.
One of the boilers of the steamer Ville de
Tangiers exploded yesterday at Marseilles.
Three. of the crew were killed and four
badly injured. The steamer sustained
much injury.
The Premier of New South Wales was
thrown from a cab Saturday while driving
Bolmain. His leg was broken by the
The accident was caused by the horse
ng fright and bolting. -
en. Boulanger has written a letter
ng that he no longer desires any inter-
ary "between.'Jaimeelf and hia sup,
re, and he therefore dissolves the
angist National Committee.
Thomas McCheane, consular agent of
the United States at Portemonth, Eng.,
has committed enioide at Sonthsea Castle,
near Portemonth. He shot himself with
a revolver. No reason for the sot is known:
Referring to the coming marriage of
Stanley to Miss Dorothy Tennant, the
artist, a ' special cable says the oouple
were engaged over four years ago, prior to
Stanley starting on his expedition to find
Emin Paaha.
The Brooklyn, N. Y., Customs Officers
made an immense seizure on . Saturday
aboard the Leading Wind of porcelains,
rich silks, rags, laces and shawls, whioh
the captain acid he brought over for the
purpose of decorating his cabin.
Tho Neilson shaft at Shamokin, Pa., is.
on fire, having 'oanght from the burning
timbers of the breaker, whioh was destroyed
on Friday night. The lower levels are
filled with gas. Twenty-five mules at the
bottom are dead and nineteen on the top
levels will probably be suffocated.
FOR THE WORKINGMEN.fall.
The creation of e. Bureau of Labor Statistics taki
G
stati
medi
porte
Boni
will promote the investigation and study of the
questions which affect the relations of capital
and labor, and which are now engaging the
attention of all great nations. It will likewise
aid the diffusion of information on all that con-
certs the occupations and well being of; the
working claeses. In some other measures of the
present session your desire to improve the
laws which apply particularly to those engaged
in industrial pursuits will likewise be recog-
nized.
PROMISCUOUS LEGISLATION. '
The various provisions to amend the Laws
relating to railways, to patents,copyrights' and
trade marks, and to the Department of Inland
Revenue, ked likewise the enactmonts to im-
prove
ltstatuteshe
ndianpopulat on are ell management
to promote
the efficient admini.tration of the departments
to which they relate, while a largo amount of
private railway legislation indicates a spirit of
enterprise throughout the country whioh it is to
be hoped will lead to a substantial development
of the railway works of the country. ..
WAYS AND MEANS.
Gentlemen of -the House of Commons :
I thank you for the liberal prodision which you
have made for the requirements of the public
Service.
BLESS .YOU, MY CHILDREN. '
Honorable gentlemer'of the Senate :
Gentlemen of the House Of Commons
I,,take leave of you for the present with the
earnest hope that in the eoming season our
people in every part of Canada may be blessed
with an abundant reward for their labors and
may witness a marked advance in the prosperity
of the Dominion.
Scandals are like dandelion seed=they
are ariow-headed and stiok when they fall,
and bring forth and multiply fourfold.
The Princess Bismarck 'ia described as
the model of a practical, methodical Ger-
man matron, with an eye to every detail of
household management and economy.
Frederick Spitzeris dead ; the moat suc-
cessful ouriosity dealer in Paris, and a
familiar figure in artistio society there.
Life is a adored trust to all. Heis at
fault who doe° not take due care of hie own,
he is guilty who,does not respect the Ulises
of others. -
A needle, one and a half inohee long, was
recently removed from the side of Mrs.
Counsellor Cole, of Fredericksburg, Va.
Mrs. Colo says that ebe swallowed the
needle forty years ago, and has never felt
any inconvenience from it.
THE orad LATION LIAR.
Three liars were trying their skill and taste
The fisherman first told his scaly tale;
The political liar camp next, and his words
Made the angler with envy and Spleen grow
pale.
Actor them the Circulation Liar starts,
And facts take on such shapes and forma nil-
couth
That the politician's and the fisher's etylos
Compared with his seem like the nakod.truth,
—Toronto' i.'aFof"tr7^,
--Swell !adieu are wearing blue glasses.
Bastino Ipoldo, an Italian, employed in
washing windows upon the second story of
the Interstate National Bank, New York,
Saturday evening, planed hie hand upon a
" live " wire of the United States Mamie -
sting Company. He gave a shriek, and a
moment later fell to the sidewalk dead:
The Porte has not yet replied to Rnssia'a
claim for the payment of the arrears of the
war indemnity. M. Nelidoff, the Russian
Ambassddor, in an urgent note 2to the
Porte, demands the payment of the arrears
from the new loans, otherwise, he adds,
Russia will reserve the right to take fur.
cher ,measures.
The Anohor line steamer City of Rome
sailed from Qaeenatown at 12.30 p.m.yester-
day for New York. The Guion steamer
Alaska sailed at 1.20 p.m., and the Cunard
steamer Auranie at 2 p:m. All went ahead
at full steam direotly they cleared Queens-
town harbor. There is heavy betting on
the result of the race.
Mies S. Andrion, the publication of
whose name by the Kingston collecting
agency has caused her serione illness, has
tined for $2,000 for " libel and for oanein
to be printed and published pertain printed
matter calculated and intended to in 'are
and defame her nsad,'ian erndca cameo
to -hatreds _. l::.. 1 1? her
o�e7al(if sed r�i clicnle.
At the trial of the chiefs in the oopper
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syndicate in Porte it has been proven that
M. Seoretan, as director of the Societe des
Metaux, distributed fiotitioae, profits for
1887 _and need improper means to bull
copper, raising the price from under 1,000
francs per ton to over 2,000 francs, and
clearing within two months 10,000,000
francs.�rrL�
deette.1 . ,-tri,._'c4neeeeeP? eseese Mr ode .-.oc...rst;^' 'A'ti:,,,:
was drowned in the Humber on Saturday
evening. The body was discoveredin the
river early yesterday morning.
There is a proposal on foot in the United
Statee to confederate all the Roman Catholic
societies, to'preserve Catholic rights and to
prevent any enoroaohment upon their
privileges. '
-The Queen yesterday, assisted by the '
Bing of Belgium, unveiled a statue of the
Prince Consort in Windsor Park. Tho
statue was the jubilee offering of the women
of England.
Kingston Penitentiary staff, has created
something of a sensation by making
charges' against nearly all the officers of
the institution.
A new list of dead beats has been issued
by the Kingston grocers. It contains no
lees than 650 names, whioh include those'
of clergymen, Government offioials and all
classes of citizens.
Jgstice Stirling, in London yesterday,
granted a conditional order for the volun-
tary. liquidation of the Direct Meat Com-
patty; remarking that the direotora would
do well -to -make a-fnIl-explanation.
Albert Gray, a lad of 16 yeare, who went
to Grand Rapids, Mioh., six weeks ago
from Toronto, fell from the log boom north
of that city ,yesterday and was drowned.
The body has not yet been recovered.
. Henry M. Stanley, in an interview yes-
terday regarding the German movements in
Africa, said he was wearied of England's
apathy and pliancy in regard to the opera-
tions beingoarried_on.by thaflermans. ,_
In the House of Commons last night,
President Chaplin, of the Board of Agri -
cul are, stated, the Government would not
allow the. importation of store cattle from
Virginia, because the°State was seldom free.
from pleuropneumonia, and there were in-
feoted districts near it. ,
In the Chamber of Deputies yesterday
the minister of. the__TrAwanr,y--auung,
amendments to the budget, effecting a re-
duction of 15,000,000 lire on the army and
navy estimates and other retrenchments to
the amount of 11,000,000 lire. There still
remains a deficit of, 9,000;000 lire.
The body of George McMaster, a nephew.
of the late Senator McMaster, was found
floating in Toronto Bay about daylight
yesterday morning. Deceased had been
missing from the city for some days, but it
was enpposed he was travelling for the firm
of McCready & Co., Montreal, represented
by him in Ontario.
A Coroner's jury at Parreboro', N. S., is
investigating the death of Bill Drysdon,. a
sailor on the barque Corsair. The vessel
is commanded by Capt. " Bully " Brown,
who bears a hard reputation among sailors
and in ports where be has visited. Tho
jury suspect foal play on hie part. Dryedon
is alleged to have been brutally ill-treated
on the ship.
Mr. R. J. T. Muokle, Indian agent - at
Clandeboye, Man., writes "I hereby
characterize the statement with referencia •
to me iza the Rykert Commission report as
an unwarranted, gratuitous and infamous.-,;
lie from beginning to end, and the report,
lacking my evidence, is a feroioal insult tease
the people of our Dominion, and Lincoln's '.
in particular."
At the Congregationalist annual reunion
yesterday the committee recommended that
an international oounoil be held in London
in -July, 1891. The committee proposes
that the council ehall consist of 100 dele-
gates from England, 100 from America,
and 100 from the rent of the world. Rev.
Dr. Storrs, of Brooklyn, into be asked to
preach the inaugural sermon.
The charge of oriminal libel brought, b'y
Hon. Teomas .McGreevy against his accus-
ers in Quebec Dame up for preliminary
investigation yesterday. 'Much to the sur-
prise of the onlookers, a postponement
until October was asked for by the defend.:
ants, and this is taken to mean that soma
high-up people at Ottawa would rather not
have the trial gone on with at preeent. The
delay was granted.
Mr. Skelding, a Winnipeg hardware
merchant, fell asleep last week, and did,
not wake up for five days except when
aroused by the doctors to give him nourish-
ment. The medical men are puzzled to
account for the trouble. The man was in y
good health with the 'exception of being a
little al'eepless before his long snooze. At
last reports he was recovering from, the
stupor and was getting along well.
Mary .Hughes, aged 50, the wife of Petro
Garneau, was found dead in bed at her
reeidenoe, St. Valier street, Qaebeo, Sun
day afternoon' by a man named .Charles
Brown, an employee of the Gas Company,
It seems the woman -had been drinking
heavily. Brown was looked up pending
the coroner's inqueet, whioh was held thin
morning, and a verdict returned of death
from " Congestion of the lunge brought on
by the excessive use of liquor." , .
—Gold pasaenientrie onffs are chic on a
cloth gown.
—The girls are wearing jackets just lila
men a dataway ooata.
—A. bright silk rosette at the throat baa
crowded out the jewelry.
—Nothing lowers a persons atandin1
faster than being a chronic grumbler.
—The most unhappy oreatnre that tip
pears in public or private life is en,ex•boae,
—A fanatic may be cured by eaperienoe,.
but a fool is a fool from the cradle to the
grave.
SOMETHING NEAR IT. '
Sometimes the boodler is the man'
Who didn't consummate hie plan,
But he came near it, very near it. ..
Be fooled with money not his own,
Ile should have loft the stuff alone.
So let him stow and sweat and moan,
Or something near it.
The oat has nine lives, whioh" shows
that nature had a pretty fair idea of what
the oat would have to go through.
Countryman, , in dime museum—say,
Bub, what sort of a curiosity be you ?
Freak—I am the boy that never whistles.
I4ever fat the -suer -g° -down, v"ithout3luing,;-
aome kind dot that will make, your pillow
bolter:
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