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Vancouver is the Western terminus
of the Canadiau Pacific Railway.
Ten years ago its mite was covered
with the primeval forest, In f+fay of
4 1880, the building of the city began,
T and building' operations went on with
Marvelous rapidity% Building and
clearing operations wont on together.
Fires were raging everywhere on
the site of the coming eity for the
purpose of clearing the land to make
room for private houses and business
blocks.. In July of the same year
fire from the burning log piles was
carried by the wind to adjacent
buildings and a most disastrous con-
flagration began, and in the absence
of any fire proteetion, the flames
leaped from one building to another
till the whole city was laid in ashes,
MVO and except one small "shack."
The buildings were all constructed
of wood, and therefore the work of
destruction was rapid and complete.
Phoenix -like Vancouver rose from
its ashes, turning what seemed to be
its destruction to be the beginn-
ing of greater progress and
prosperity. Drawing about theni
the singed robes of their disas-
ter, the pioneers went to work with
thatinclomitable energy and pluck
which chracterize them everywhere,
to erect a now city upon the ashes of
the old. Stone and brick took the
place of waod, to a large extent, and
the new city went on in, leaps and
bounds till to -day it .is a marvel of
growth and beauty, The city now
contains a population of 20,000
people, and possesses magnificent
business blocks, beautiful private
residences, large and handsome
ehurebes, immensp and elaborately
equipped. hotels, splendid municipal
buildings, miles of asphalted streets
and granolithic sidewalks. The city
. has an electric system of railways in
full operation, with 'every necessary
equipment. The city is lighted both
with electricity and gas. When we
consider that alrthis has been accom-
plished. in nine years, we are con-
strained -to ask the question. Who
can rival the Vancouverites in;
"Goaheadedness?" Vancouver is
situated upon beautifulrising ground„
on the south side of Burrard inlet,
and on the north of English bay. Its
elevated,. position above the eurfaee
of those waters gives splendid
facilities for drainage, and. therefore
a clean, healthy city is the result..
Vancouver is experiencing this year,
' as other cities do, the effects of the
general. depression of trade and
;commerce, as well as the discounting
effects of the "boom" and the present
in mining operations. Van-
couver is the ° "Gateway" through
which the trade from the east and
the west passes. It has direct corn-
nannication by the magnificent and
luxurious steamers of the Canade,
Pacific Railway C,ompany, with
China and Japan. There is also a
line of steamers plying between this
city and the Sandwich Islands, New
Zealand and Australia. There •are
-also beautiful steamers running be-
tween this port and Seattle, Tacoma,
Portland, San' Francisco and other
points on the Pacific Coast, • The
east and west bound trade carried
upon those lines of steamers largely
pass through the port of Vaneouver,
which. necessarily centres there a
iks large amount of haisihess. All around
Burrard inlet. are immense saw mills,
cutting lumber for Japan, China,
Australia, New Zealand and even
Africa, and along the wharves are
seen crafts of every description load.
ed and being loaded with lumber
destined for those countries.'
From tho balconies of one of the
large hotelaa magnificent view of the
city and surrounding country was
obtained, Looking to the north W�
• see Burrard inlet, the whaves and
the C, P. R, station houses. At the
. wharves are many vessels loading
and unloading thole cargoes and the
C. P. R. trains receiving the teas,
' silks, seal skins, &e., of which those
cargoes are composed, to convey
thein to their destination in the
eastern markets, Down the Inlet
ean be seen numerous saw mills, the
brio' huiu of which is almost audible.
where we stand. 0ii the• opposite
shore of the Inlet are seen several
villages nestling' in the shadows of
the snow.eapped Cascade 'Mountains,
which mirrorthemselves in the
waters below. Looking to
the west we see the Gulf of Georgia,
and far away in the distance the
bine line of the mountains of Van.
couver island. Looking eastward
we see the broad and fertile'valley
of the Frazer rivet', terminating at
THE WINGHAM TIMES, NOVEMBER 8 1895.
New Westminster, about ten miles
away, and the smoke of the attuning
factories is seen curling slowly up-
ward.. Beyond we see the Olympian
range of mountains, and still further
in the distance we behold a solitary
peak rise above all the. lest and
pierce the clouds above. This is
Mount Baker, in Washington Ter,
ritory, ;fifty miles away, whose eter-
nally snow -clad summit rises 14,000
feet above its base.
British Columbia expects a bright
and prosperous future, and her vast
natural resources of miuerals, timber
and fish, as well as her fertile valleys,
her beautiful climate, her numerous
and safe harbors, and with all the
progressive energy, push and pluck
of her people, should be a sufficient
guarantee of a complete realization
of her most sangiune expectations.
If we desire to develop a young man
to the highest attainments possible,
we must ascertain the strongest lines
in his physical and mental character.
We must then make everything- in
Ms education subservient to the
development of his greatest natural
capabilities. Upon the same prin-
ciple, a new country must be develop-
ed in order t9 reach the highest pos-
sible condition of prosperity, British
Columbia has immense natural gifts.
Her resources of wealth are both
numerous and abuuclaat. Those
resources mug be developed to be of
any advantage to her, just as the
talents of the boy must be educeted
to be of advantage to him. Natural
resources of wealth are only advan-
tageous to a country in so far as
they are puainto the form of articles
of utility for the people. All the
coal, iron, gold and silver of British
Columbia are of no value to hey
people so long as these remain
buried in the earth, and all her fish
and timberwill not .add one dollar
to her wealth while the fieh are . al-
lowed to swim in the waters of the
Pacific and the timber to clothe the
shoulders of the. "Selkirks." The
above statements are simply truisms
to which everyone will give consent.
It is therefore plain that British
Columbia's future prosperitydepends
almost entirely upon the develope-
anent of her three great sources of
wealth, viz: 'Phe mine, the :sea and
the forest. It must be distinetly
understood that those are not wealth, ,
but sources of wealth, and to change
the formerinto the lettere- not only;
capital and enterprise is 'required.,
but a wise and judicious—trade
policy. Not a policy accepted ha
the interests of party, bat one in-
stituted in the interest of the Pree
viece.
P. MACDONALD.
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Three Famous Minder • Trines
Ended.
Three remarkable murder trials,
says the London Advertiser, were
brought, to a close on Saturday.
At Montreal, the young Irishman
Shortis was found guilty of murder-
ing John Loy, an officer in the Beau-
harnois cotton factory, in which lie
had been 'employed. There was no
question as to the killing of the man.
It was admitted that Shortie slew
him without provocation, and that he
intended to kill others besides him.
The defense was that the prisoner
was subjects to fits of insanity, and
evidence was given to show that in
Ireland, as well as in Canada, the
prisoner had been subject to fits of
mental aberration. In one of those
spasms, it was contended, Sherds
murdered Ids victim.
Insanity ;experts vee examined
in support of the view that the
prisoner was mentally [nen:tensible
at the time the crime wastommitted.
They asserted that it was possible
for a man to have periods of mental
collapse, on which he had no control
whatsoever over his actions. The
prosecution combattedthis view with
threats made by the prisoner
against the mill managers some time
prior to the commission of the
eritne, and the jury, in giving a
verdict of "Gailty," have upheld the
assumption that, no Matter how
Marry mental lapses a man' may
have, if he knows it is wrong to kill,
and proceeds to murder, ho lutist be
held responsible for his misdeeds.
Homicidal maniacs do not got
inueh sympathy from the average
Caciadian lxry
Tho conVietion of Durrant, the
young Torontonittn, who has for
weeks been on, trial for murder at
San Vranelsee, was not unexpected.
Tits erime is one of the most remark-
able in the annals of Wrong.doing.
A.young man of hitherto blameless
etmracter, he has bden tonna guilty
of a most atrocious etinie, HIS
victim. was a school girl, with whom
he was in. love. HO inveigled her
into the cburch, of which be was a
inember,killed her,and then dragged
her body up into the belfry, where It
lay for days before it was discovered.
A similar fate befell another young
girl friend of bis, and if Durrant had
been acquitted on his first trial, he
would have been accused• of a second
crime, equally revolting. What
aided most to convict Durrant was
his anxiety to make believe that the
pastor of the church was the mur-
derer, and the admissions which he
made to a woman reporter who work-
ed upon his sympathy and, his vanity.
What were his motives? No one
has explained that feature of the
crime, But his admissions, and his
fishy explanations regarding his
presence in the church on the day
the girl was murdered, proved the
strongest of circumstantial evidence
against him. Yet he maintains that
he is innocent, and has applied for a
new trial.
It is well that the monster _Holmes
has been convicted of the murder of
Pietzel at Philadelphia. Holmes and
Pietzel were associated in the work
of defrauding insurance companies
—by first insuring a life, and then
providing a bought corpse, upon
which the insurance was collected.
In pursuance of this scheme, the life
of Pietzel was insured for $10,000,
and it was agreed that Pietzel
should disappear, and the money be
collected in the usual fraudulent
manner. Holmes made up his mind
to get.the whole insurance, however.
He chloroformed Pietzel, then
sprinkled him with acid, and set fire
to his body, endeavoring to make be-
lieve that the victim was killed while
experimenting with chemicals in the
establishment carried on by Holmes
as a blind. The insurance companies
were suspicious, and Holmes disap-
peared, taking with him Mrs. Pietzel,
whom be kept in ignorance of her
'husband's death. To cover up his
Crime, he murdered the Pietzel boy
at Indianapolis and the two Pietzel
girls at Tordnto, and there can be no
doubt that if he had not been over-
hauled by justice he would have kill-
ed Mrs. Pietzei also. His one idea
•was to get Ad of every witness
against him. Subsequent investiga-
tion has revealed the fact that
Holmes. has murdered twenty-two
persons, who •at one time or another
he thought stood in his way. He was
an educate& man; but a villain of tbe
deepest dye, who turned his undoubt-
ed talents to the worst possible use.
It is fortunate for this Province that
he has been convicted of one of his
numerous disabolical mime! it Phila-
delphia. If he had been acquitted,
he would have been brought to
Toronto far trial.' on the charge of
murdering the two innocent 011dr-elf,
of Pietzel, and that trial might have'
cost the. Province $141,000. As he,
stood in the dock at Philadelphia,:
Holmes was a man absolutely witha;
out friends. The merciless, heart-
less scoandrel cannot too soon be
dropped fromthe publie eve.
ing in St. Peter's Cemetery, lying
over ids daughter's grave, with bis
brains blown out. A revolver by
his side told too plainly that a
suicide had taken place. Mr. Baker,.
.who bad gone to the cemetery to ar-
range for a funeral to -morrow, dis-
covered the remotes, and at once
notified -Chief of Police - Rankin and
County Crown Attorney Kerr,: who
have gone to take 'charge of the
body.
Mr. John Young Cauickshank, the
lawyer who was shot last night by
John Phillips, died this evening at
5.25 o'clock, He was born at
Plainville; in Harnilton Township,
about ten miles from. here, and was
the son of Mr, Thomas C. Cruick-
shank, a wealthy and highly re-
spected farmer of that township. Ile
was educated at Victoria Mayer.
sity, whence he graduated es a B. A.
He also received the degree of M. A.
from the same University. After
acting fur some years as Principal of
tbe Colborne High School, he began
the practice of law. He was articled
with the late Mr. Sydney Smith, Q.
0. After passing his examination,
and being called to the bar, he
began the practice of lam at Cobourg,
about ten years ago, and. was re-
garded as a shrewd lawyer and a
highly respected citizen. In
polities he was a Conservative, doing
good service for his party, being
Secretary of the Conservative As -
sedation for this riding. He was a
member of the .Ancient Order of,
Foresters, unmarried, and about
38 years of age. -
The motive for which the shoot-
ing took place is as follows :—Mr.
Cruickshank has been conducting a
case in the Division Court against
Mr. Phillips, relating to a lot of land
which Mr. Cruiekshank's client
claimed he had paid for and not
received any deed. Th is property
adjoined Mr. Philips' property. The
case was declared against Mr.
Phillips in the court this week, and
he entered Mr. CruiekShank's office
on Tuesday, and is said to have used
abusive language to that gentleman.
Mr. Cruickshank at once entered an
action for $2,000 for slander against
Mr. Phillips. This so enraged Mr.
Phillips that he committed the
deed already described.
John Phillips, who shot Lawyer
Ornickshank •night, - and • after-
wards committed 'suicide, was a
native of Ireland. He came to this
country about 50 years ago, settling
on a farm about four miles from
Cobourg. Atfter a few years of sue-
cessful farming he and his brother
engaged in the hotel business in
Cobourg. He retired from the hotel
business about 29 years ago, and has
since beet: engaged in carrying and
collecting the mails. Deceased was
about 70 years of age, and leaves a
widow, feur daughter and two sons.
.; The terrible affair has created a
great sensation, as both parties were
well known in towe. They were
both connected with highly respected
families, who have the sympathy of
the entire 'community.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Y. ORITICKSItANK, A PROMINENT..
LAWYER, OE COEGUEG, stun.
Cobourg, Oct 30.—A probably
fatal shooting affair took place here'
this evening about 8 o'clock. Mr.
H. F. Holland, a prominent lawyer
of Cpbourg, had occasion. to call at:
Lawyer J1 V 'Ortilekehank's dike:
about 8 olclok.'"- Ltfiain entering,
Mr. Holland was startled at finding
Mr. Cruickshank in a leaning posi-
tion in a chair, and apparently Sturm -
ed. When asked what was the
matter Mr. ernickshank managed to
make it unde.retbOd that Mr. John
Philips, an old resilient of this tOwn,'
had walked into his office about ten
minutes to 8 o'cloele arid deliberately
fired two shots at him inqttick sue-
. .
Ce851.011. Phihlips hen, making the
remark, "I will finish you this time
thened to gooCruiekshank
said, guess you have finished me,"
whereupon Phillips timed and fired
the third shott. The's';:first' bullet
struck Mr. Cruickshank itt the neck,.
fracturing his The emend
one fractured his right dile* bOne,
while the third One Al:Oared the
tight hand between the thumb and
the first finger. Mr. Holland int -
mediately summoned Drs, 0' GOinall,
Watt* and Brunet, and also notified
the pollee, who have, been in on.
stant Search for Phillips ever since,
but no trade Of him can be found.
Cobourg, Oet, 81. --John
who snot LaWyer Crtilekshanit in his
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It may properly be asked why then do we offer such valu-
able goods at cost now ? The reason can be told in five
words, viz : OUR STOCK .IS TOO LARGE, and
must be sold out during the next month. This is a chance
that rarely occurs to get carefully selected and well bought
goods at actual cost.
D. M. GORDON,
The Anchor House,
Wingham.
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Is still in the field and stronger than ever (not in blowing, like some)
but in special values in Fall and Winter Goods. He has the name of
being the cheapest and he is 10 bound to keep it up. Working
on the Cash System tells the story 110 every time. The customers
know the secret of cheap goads,nRLreto and when they want a dress
oo to the Cash Store, where
or a coat or a cape they go U
they can save from 25 to 30 per cent. Dresses, Suits, Coats, Capes, and
all kinds of children's wear henamtiNn is making up in thIA competent cutter and fitter.e very
latest styles, having secured a Hi
Nothing but the very best and latest styles that the art can produce will be
turned out. Those favoring
to come again. All Mantle
hare cut free of charge.
AGAIN. us with their work are sure
and heavy goods bought
CUTTING AND FITTING A
SPECIALTY.
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Now that summer is over, 1 have lately returned from
the Market, where I have purchased a heavy stock of
goods suitable for the Fall and Winter Trade.
ani prepared to offer you bargains that have never be -
Ladies' Mantles, $4.50, $5.5o, $6.75 and $8, all colors.
Dress Goods a full line.
BLACK GOODS A SPECIALTY.
See our all wool Flannel at to cents per yard.
Men's Fine Srtits and Overcoats made to
order and fit guaranteed.
A full line of Ladies' and Gents' Underwear, Carpets,
Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes and Ready -Made Clothing.
CURTAINS—Chenille, Swiss and Lace, in every
design.
fore been offered in the town of Wmohatn.
A FULL LINE OF FRESH GROCERIES ALWAYS IN STOOL
A discount ()f m per cent off nil goods for cash.
T. At MILLS.