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The ttpuble. ever the constriction of
ethe Teed River Valley Railway it
'Xsuitettsaltes EntettMeAtiett (ICAO icou,
• eruttS may Pecur Meaner •time Which
will enttin an appeal tp,foree between
Manitoba Geyer nment ened. the Dentin -
:jou Gp ,ernegent. tit altegether de,
!pen& pn the pm -pinion Government
whether open rebellion with consequent.
.bloodshed will result .Nov that the
danger stage has been reached it would
'be well for the people a eastern Can -
aa would reeell the eausee and course
of the troohle. t1arises out ofehe
enonopoly clause ef•the Cenadian 1atti-
44: Conipanytt contract That ceause
was so obnoxieus that nothiug but Sir
,John Ma.cDpnald's statement titat
Manitoba could not be checked from
,chartaating competing lines to the fron•
tier savedehe centract from rejection
.on its eteeennt elan°. Goldwin Smith
.said et.the time that its insertion did
4not nitwit platter, as e. rebellion oftthe,
people of Manitobp, would end it. All
the ministeial organs reiterated and
;expanded Sir John MacDonald's state-
nnent, and the contrect was passed.
,Then Sir Jahn MacDoneld, with that
;hardihood which haS ver.charaete rised
him, did check Manitoba by clieellow-
ing her charters to competing lines,
(The gremier and his supporters did not
attempt to dony Sir ,jelm's falsehood;
they did eacpso it, hoteever, 'Whey
;said, we pee not bound by the coretract
;to disehow Manitoba chaeters to cow-
Ipeting lines—we disallowthem hecaoee
.yee believe the good of the country de -
attends that course. The people, see-
dng that Sir John has given bitneelf
and thee the Dominion GoVernmeet
was at its back, In the meantime the
petitiens for the injunct:on Are being
argued befoie the Manitoba Courts;
And it appears predahle thett thee' ere
all likely to be refueed en ate gitound
ur another, The prteeipai ground ee
howeven•that injunetions obtained by
indieideMs or eorpprations are power-
leseeageinst a government. This has
forced the hand of the Dominion .Gov-
ernment which had not yet entered the
cerarM against the Manitoba. Govern-
ment. It has done so DOW, and an in-
junetiou obtained by the Fecleretlegew.
eminent against the Local Govermateli
qf Manitoba will be effective as far es.
thelaw is concerned. tWill the imillria"-
tion be granted? That remains to be
sewn If it is granted then the crisis
will cella% It is RS, certain as anything
can be that the people of Manitoba,
indignant over the ,deceptious .that
ham
ve been practised upou dle, and
justly exasperated by the injustice a
being belind end held down under a.
monepely,plAce.d in the heeds of a cor-
poration, ttppeal. to force rather
enes
thubenit. ,Work has been done,
enoney spentnd competition so great-
ly longed for te just withintheir grasp.,
It is not to be suppoed for one moment
that they will retreat. The personell
Df ehe Government of Manitoba may
•change, but as it is the people who
heve driven the Government of the
day into action, a change would anake
0o diference; another Government
evopld be compelled to,obey the wishes
of the people. Is the Doetinion Gov -
in ,
ernept being driven tte iM course by
the people or the Cernedian Pacific?
VQil aneeppeal to tforce (be resorted to
in Order to compel the Apeople of Man-
itoba to submit to a dishonest and un-
istpoltcyi We do not believe it,
•and his Government to the ,OanAdien
Pacific: Company, believe that the.Gov-
,ornment has no other .thought than
that of serviee, the Canadian ,Pactfic
Company. When the Canadien Pad-
4ie Railway Company was on the point
.of failure. when it confessed that it
.could not go on with the ,constraction
,uf the road unless the Dominion Gov-
enennent came to its Assistance with a
,loan, which it conld not obtain ,else
where, the President ot the Company
dared that the Company were willing
to give up the monopoly, and the Fi-
/mama Minister, in introducing the re -
elutions for the loan, declared that
;the monopoly would be ended on the
completiou of the Lake Supirior sec -
;Lion of the road. The loan WRS grant-
ee], the Lake Superior section of the waving a red flag. On looking out the
road was completed, and yet the Gov- passengers were horrified to see the ex-
ernment's prolleises and the Company's press coming at full speed. Before
promises to cancel the monopoly clause realising the danger there was a terri-
were never fulfilled. During all :this hie shock. The express cut through
lime the Manitoba Legisleture, relYielg tha .excursion ifirain. The express
„upon the stetetnents eif the Goeern- eVees badly derneged, bat kept on the
pent that it could not led,ehecked, and rails. Its train practically sustained
n eon the promises that the monopoly no damage. The'scene was horrible.
wotildbe ended on the completkin of Scores of people lay bleeding or dead,
the Lake Superior system, granted,chan wedged among the splintered wood -
tern to cempeting lines, These have work and debrissheieles and greens
en disallowed over and over again in were heartrending, but it was impos-
e;
rte of all declarations and in spite of eible to releaee them .u.i.tefl. tiechanical
ends CS. The, charters grant- appliances arrived. Many were shack-
. di -allowed acco CY to the or- ingly mangled, with arms and legs sev-
gans o 'Nis • evernment, bsise the .ered. Others were almost decapitaeed
people'of the tpion sanctioilledethat: end disembowelled. The dead were
'Course 14 the e latt4fq.leleral eleatoP• laid in an adjeinieg meadow. Some
Axcept in Manitoba, whette‘every cand, ere only recognisable by their cloth,
;Mate was pledged eo support-T*0.0w- me The injured were conveyed in
mute, that question was not before b4impel% ed ambulances to the nearest
people, though in some places some ef-
fort 'ewe made to placeit before there,
.triteptit*einetner gave any mandate to
that tinestion. Y.,tlietak, is every reason
to hiniem, an the confteety) that the
'Net majerity of the peoeMeotOestern
eatNee„. are opposed ' to disafttaweance.
INtee egolet and Mail
po5e i, asSehe. truly independent p
per; only those
foot to tee rleeer
eans adveettee disa.
Yet, the Dominion Government has en-
tered ppon a coerse, which, if persist.
ed in, must inevitably end in an at -
;tempt to bring the volunteers of Onta-
eio.and Qtipbec face to face with those
,of Manitoba, for, as the Goverment
.organa • show by their despatehes, the.
people .of Manitoba are ready to go to,
war, end the Maniteha volunteers will:
change their alleeiance from the Dom-
inion to the Local Goyernment at the.
'eirop of the glove.
The Railroad Horror,
The Midland train was crowded with;
exeuraionists going to Duecaster to see
the race for the Doncaster Cup. Sud-:
denly a plate -lore was noticed wildly
,ners bond hand and,
ent as slavish or-
vanee, end it is
S
epeeelet in
uurnerou toke
am'.putation. ll
Mc to remove wefe
ary. The guard of t11e
had a na,)TOW escape. A mother with
her bahy in her arms was killed While
.the child escaped unhurt. In another
. ,tance a mother and child were both
killted. One man had his head torn
comiNtely off and his b otly was found
.gikfe to sny that they BO iaVly be,
lumber of surgeons Were
ance, 7,1tere were
egs, sone requiring
tri ee was possi.
leo an infirm-
ersion train
sittinglenright in the carriage, The
eainte it ie the policy of 4-11eit master, extrieatio,kwas conducted by imam
Seel g that the DolninionNovernment of a saw ae , an axe,which caused
was dta erretned to disellotvoll chert. acute sufferingie the injured. A curve
il
.ers to tNeipeatioe, and that, herefore, in the line hiAthe express until it,
the railea?tecould not be eo, $tructed was 'within a sliorlistmice of the ex -
et a pit, ate theterpriee. The 'II unite- eursion -train, whenisbe ariver and stro-.
tia '0,)vernatent, Thi.v.cal them* by tip 1;er were seen frantiyly nulling the
poop!! of Xieuitoba,, lArtfretheconstrue: levers. The driver, netned Taylor, in
tit:a of the reiletay :asa puldie work, an old servant of the '''coropaity. He
They ..lid eu under the anthority of % beg net explained hew haeran past the
genere,1 tailway aet which the Dentin- daneer signals. He prefers to with -
tote Goverinnent bed already elloWed. hold his statement. It Ns rumored
The toate wee eurveyed, the flee plan- that the brakes were applied'bet failed
,out, the coetracte let, the grading be- to act. The mejority ofethe victims
gun. Then an injunction was seuered were residents of Shank' altd ilestorpe.
by a Me Browning to prevent the grad- The latest- reports piece the number
iug el the road aeronS hie property. dead at 2.3 and the injured At 804
The rod was graded, heel/ever, betfere Three more injured in the accident
the ieitinction death] he served. Thenon the 1V1idland railway near Doneast.
Al r. Ira ,1 riollin)A little "tick" of build.- er, Bnglend, have die
id,
pig a spur inc of the Canadian Pedfte
.
rteietse the route of the Red River 'toed, , A petition for the rfepeal of the Se*
and relying open the Dominion Goy- Act in Stormont, Thindas Glengarry,
penmen& to refuse to sanction the MOSS- has been; prepared, A d the music has
ing, was beeposed but was abandened, to be faced Once ore, One' of the
if
Thee trick only gerved to prove that the questions which wieenale up is as to
p#nadiaii Pacifie Company were the the success of the m asureduring tbe
rgti Opponent§ 4 the Red River toad, period it has been in opetatiOn,
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wssitet.
J. Matheson,
IME,TER NOUTH.
..0tar,ptook t•wou ossorao4 for the •Bomiovo
rfAkto. bow prices still maintain.
001.113ATER ..-16 ib$,'ougar
'for V1,00 ; 13 lbs, 'white sugar
forALOO,
retlbo tixidev,014 in rreas froin !O .10
eseetilletee,
'Botta ofieee(all $tyles)* IOW prke11,
nicely 4sported stook of
ZIAVVIATAVIS.
FORKS,,SOWIMILEStand GLASS
all sixesloheitp.) Best Machine Oil,
ode. per gal: iCoal Oil as low
as thajowest,
A nice itv settociiifi
42,75.
A 1;90 suit of Beady -made Clothing for
$O. Ordered Suits got up in good style.
Our Dr•ess Goods are mark-
ed dON ivh:to the lowest
otch.
COTTON -2O yds. for $1.00.
A house and lot, also a form for sale. Apply
to
JOHN MATHESON,
Hey postotlice. •
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A. liA_STING'S,
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Ar isfc Shaving,
kiEti r ,Cutting,
Mao pocirg
flair Dyeing,
etc., etc.
'Ladies' 'Work a Speoiality.
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EXETER, Ont.
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alcoved to
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main Street, EXETER.
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WELL ASSORTD
STOOK OF
1REA'DY1MADI---
--BOOTS & SH
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at.ndlmaile wofl Ofthe lighest
Class.
Mal Soncited, And
Satisfaction karanteed
BEO. MANSON,
Exeter.
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For BalanoP df 1887
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Drizzly or rpleneaet'l
eclipse of the motet"!
fury, orymell neree get through
in thne.to Seattle one. tir•iiitnal ex-
traordinary bargains, that !we are
!offering. $1urniturc nf evaey de-
tacription ettaentical et Lea.
Another spell of .,vanther! War in
the east TeMble ottastrophe
M New irorke 113 people see,
cumber) bane fever. :Pollee
ordered out to 'keep back the
crowd from our Warnroome ;
reveral'Fieriouely jammed.
NI (a so.7 etn17fae•
Lodi: orft Tor snOW. Vo,aters with
,eligible daughters, unbang the
!front gate, and -buy one .01 our
:tosy AAA, 'n rammed tu bible
the moat 44441 young man in
,the ernilitry to lime h. short
'order Beds, Spring lfettrassea.
Lounges, tete., .etc., in andlass
variety.
ee mb
Maw in the moon, and :move
weuther.
Vitali ewe:akin
,anr Stock of Caskets, 4.lcdans, Rebel; and
Nrimmings, ,are unexcelled. Reformed
amdcrtaheraone Rings. DO Nirrliell. DO MC
.111i p1iee3 we go‘ ern (=sell es,
nind as mostipe 1..inw they aro vary
anoderate..; oxe male) stand, and make a
.specialty0 ti port of .ur business,
Como and aoe before you buy, Opel) day
and night.
REMEMBER the PLACE
Prew!s old stand,—ono door
north of Molgoes Bank.
Bowe ez Andrews,
WARLIKE REFLECTIONS
May eXist .in the minds of Competitors but that will not prevent utt
' from
SHOWIC OUR ST P-7:
,we rely upon our integrity of purpose to earry us through and are
never troublek witn
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•foe4:
Oar ;Strength lies in DAZZLING BARGAINS /a
Groceries, Crockery, ,ssvvare.
S'uperior in quality and pgwgs which cannot be beat.
Jf yo don't want to buy we:will noe try to force you, but if you do
buy we will do out -best to please you.
Outter and Egg g taken in Exohatge for Goods at highest mark-
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FASON'S BLOCK,
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MAIN -S TREW.11, EXETER.
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Ck.TT NAILS, I3oth Steel and Iron; PAINTS end OILS;
SPADES and SHOVELS.
Barbed Wire Feioig,
Plain Twist Wire Fencing, Woven Wire Feneinp,,, and aelvanized
Wire Feneine-411 bought before the recent aclvccien In prices,
and wilt bp 'sold at LOWEST FIGURES.
AN EXCELLENT STOCK OE LAMP GOOI)8
.A..1V17114"ell C1/1 klutnet.
TINWARE OF ALL KINDS KEPT IN STOCK.
Agents for the RAYMOND Sewing Mathint.
BISSITT BROME138,
MAIN .STREET". EXETER.
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