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MORRY T7/Va.DLY MORNACO
BT lA M.D1LWO11UDT.
TRitYBODAT.- JUNK 1. 11119,
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With *s 111:i for which his
raoe Is noted. Sir Wilfrid Laurier tro-
weled
roweled to bring before hie colleagues
and his party Sir Charles Tuppers
suggtstiou that the re llstrlbutbu bill
should be withdrawn for the version.
In order to allow the Ministers ample
time to get ready for the busleess
that will come before the Interim
-
tto.al Commission in August. Bir
Charles professed to have received
new light on the hatefulness of e
satisfactory arrangement with the
United States. from something that
had transpired at the Peace Confer
and at the Hague- He remarked that
he had tint treated the work of that
Comminloe_!tl_- 1Yawikngtctn .lire►-�p
party aadpeitile-sed t/te.••weN.4a1-
st
to say 1
My lion. friend knows that in eon-
sequenne of the motracted disesteem
that have already taken place this
Hoose 1e in session at a most Inoou-
venlent season of the year ; he knows
the sacrLfloe It is to us on both allies
So speed the mummer away from home.
away from oar puslnees. even In so
charming a place as the city of Ot-
tawa. He know. that they will find
that the city of Ottawa in summer W.
even on the Opposition side of the
House. a little warmer than most
people would care about in June or
July. It is provided In the hill which
the right hon. gentleman has intro-
duced
ntroduced that It shall sot come tato
operation until the dissolution of this
Parliament. The necessity for that
Alrmolut)on will not arise for some
time. a .rtalniy is not pressing. Of
course 1 do not expect a statement
from my right ban. friend to -day as
to the suggestion I hate wide ; it L
a matter upon wli'ch he would natur-
ally confer with his colleagues. But
I would ask him to consider my sug-
gestion I felt that It was my duty,
ander the etrcnmstances and in the
light of what has transpired ye.ter-
da and to -day, to state that. In my
Jno�gmeert. the Intermit. of Canada
would he cou.elted by withdrawing
this meas.re, which '1s of a character
Mesmpsnesle remain here for a very.
long period at this most Inconvenient
ant; most unfavorable season. and
enable the business of the Ilxtse to
be closed and the Government to
address themselves to these questions
in mach a manuer that. on the reas-
sembling of the Commission on the :led
of August, they would be In the beet
possible condition to do everything
that could be done in support of Cana-
dian Interests.
That is cool. U there was a pro-
tracts) discussion on the Address at
the beginning of the session, who but
Sir Charlet Tupper was re.poxirlble
for It? 11e could have tnld his for-'
lowers to quit talking against time
at any moment during that diseus-
lon, and then the Bittlrng. of the
Hoose would not have been conthtued
until the bot season. when life in
Ottawa ie so dlsagreeubie. If there
are mag speeches, and many of them.
in the debate upon the redistribution
bin, ter Charles Tupper will bo to
blame for them also. The measure
introduced by the Government 1.
*mph. and It 111 fair. Obstruction
to its paseago can only come from
T.rl s desirous of perpetuating an in-
justice to their opponents- The
public may believe that Bar Charles
is swelling with patriotism, %hoot
he proposes to make come aacrifi e
himself. Hie can hasten the end
of the session by meeting the redle-
tributk,n proposal in a buai e.s-Uke
manner, giving It a thorough dis-
cussion without resorting to obstruc-
tive delays, and dropping a needed
hint to the Tory minority in the
Senate that the (loverameot must be
allowed to have Its way on the ar-
rangement of the constituencies.
Rtr CftartPe 1s lender of the O;post,
tion. not leader of the Government.
He has the power to obstruet. bat
he need not try to pose es a patriot
par excellence. whtle„Wsme hie
power as a mere obstructionist. 1f
the case of Caused* at Washington
le weakened by the prolongation of
the session at Ottawa. for a need -
• Seely long debate over the redtstrt-
B)R?� LW? 1T *MT.
81r Charles Tu per's revelation of a
chapter of unwritteen history at St.
Hyacinthe the other day wall tatood d
to prove to the Preach Cyanadieue/%het
he heal always been their friend. 11.
trnld that alter the treaty which he
helped to negotiate at Washington in
1888 had shed through Parliament,
he asked Mir John to relieve him from
office, so that lie could get back to
Louden and resume tate work he had
begun there as High ('ummlrk,ner.
At this Sir John replied that he (81r
Charles) itad better resnaltt and in due
time take the lead rsblp cif the party.
Rlr Charles then remind -d his then
Mader of the old compact, and added
that Sir Hector LaiRevin wee the
tight etrc®maor-
"d will std for Lenges-in at once,"
replied Sir John. "He will ouniaint to
follow you. and we will have the mat-
ter fixed up at owe --
81r Charles mkt however. that be
had refuted and perelstcxl in his ad -
trim that 81r Hector ehuuhl les tar
st roeewtr to Sir John Macdonald.
Bayous Sir Charts Tepper, a decade
ago, preferred to goad Loudon Ise Wgb
Commimdo,ier, leaving RIr Hector
I angevin. a French Canadian. to lead
the Tory party In Canada. Sir Charles
thinks the French Came:hank caght to
rally to Ilia support at the next elec-
tiotta That events to be the line of
There are several ways of looking
at this story, aesuntlrtg that Mir
Charles has told the truth about his
oonversatioa with the Late Slr John
Maodortaki In 1889-110. tltluge did not
look particularly hopeful for the Tory
party. t1'he N. P. war pretty will
played out, merchants and manufac-
turers were hard up, the farmers were
therontentrd, and the Patron move-
ment was undo' way. Men who had
been lifelong Tories were demand -
Log reciprocity with the United
States, or some other method
of relief from N. P. oppree-
n to:t. The McGreevy -Connolly and the
Leugevin-Cbarlebota intgaacies
been Perpetrated, and the avenger
war on the track ..f the criminals.
Perhaps It wee berauxe Sir Charier
Tupper smelled defeat that he pre -
ferrel le tw "v 1jdon, odL" & '(1
fray. rather thin In Canada. even at
the bead of the party. That 1t was
respect for Sir Hector Langeate.
love for the French Canadians. which
Influence.! his decision. one can hardly
believe. A good many years before
that, to wit, In 1878. Sir Charles had
been plotting to "throw overboard"
both Sir Jchn Macdonald tad Sir Hec-
tor Langevin, to clear th` way for
his own leadership of the party. Don-
ald Smith (Lord Stratb:vona now)
.tried to tell about It ou May .10. 1878,
see Hansard. page 2563:
Mr. Smith : Nay, further, there
were two gentlemen, members or( th(e
Hose -
BOMB Hon. Members : Order.
Mr. Smith: The day atter that 4th
November -
Mr. Tupper : Coward. coward.
Mr. Smith : Who came to me with a
proposition to throw over the right
hon. gentleman (81r John Macdonald)
and the present member for Charle-
ro!x Mir Hector Laugevin),91 I would
consent to give up the position I had
deemed It my duty to take In the
House the evening before. and would
support the Government by voting
against the amendment of the hon.
member for Lambton?
Some Hon. Members: Order.
Mr. Tupper : Mean, treacheroux cow-
ard.
Mr. Smith: Who he the coward. the
Holme wail decide -it is yourself.
Mr. Tupper : Coward, treaelierous-
Mr. Smith : I could not support
them -
Mr. Speaker -Admit the Messenger.
That chapter of unwritten history
was never completed. Bat enough was
direosed to infhiedlir a prudent man.
with Sir Charles Tupper's record. to
keep mum about lob relations with
_Q1T. Johan Mac'onnld and Slr Hector
Langevin. The French Canadians. like
the F.ngllsb, Irish -sad Scotch Cana
dlans, have the Tupper tribe Mee ep,
and no one of that ams is going to
get credit for self-sacrifice. or for
devdton to the Interests of others.
It is Very generally believed that Sir
John Macdonald knew Sir Charles
Tupper from the ground up, and
trusted trim accordingly.
button bill. Sir (4tarle. Tupper will
be alas to blame, and he cannot
shift fere reepon,lblflty by pointing
to the fact that he 'suggested the
temporary withdrawal of the roil.
trlbutlo. bill. Air Wilfrid Learner
was not promoted to the Premier
ASP to grind axes for Blr Charles
Tapper. but to do the will of the
people of Meade. as expressed by
the majority at the peld
11811 1/13101! •? 180 TIM =T•
dessator Deedaretd'. bill for the
prevention of .leery will get plenty
of support 11 • few more casae like
thlst of Tbtttlsy & Darling vs. Dufort
are reported. It wan tried before
Jeanie* Garland in Montreal. The
p1•Iattffe sued to recover 9'70.75
bstag 5160 for a note for that
asset. ulgned by the female defend
ant, with the autburleatloe 01 her
Iruhaad. dated Augur. 111st. 1897,
and payable at four months. with ls.
teres at the rate of 180 per cent.
per annum sed being $120.75 as in-
terest at We rata aforesaid on 1150
from the 11th of March. 1898. to
date of service. and on $180.75 at
the legal rate and nada Iters. La-
marche plended that she had re -
rel ved no osnsldsratlon whatever
and that the note had been given to
pay her husband's debts and for his
exclusive benefit. The Judge took
advantage of the occasion to de
Moue awry in the moat unmeasur-
ed terms. Raid HO Hauer :
"Peary has free eway and the
harm - it does le Incalculable. tt - le -
to
to be hoped that the bill wide% has
beau Introduced rn' Parldalatis*l wi11'
bring a remedy to the situation. The
motive, for this 1411 are numerous.
but it 1s better to leave this to the
legislation. I may be allowed to
ley, however. that I approve of a
law destined to kill title sad trade
which le disgraceful for those who
engage In It, and whioh only creates
miseries-
" Wlt:oh of such unmerciful people
would consent to place on his door the
wont 'usurer alongside his own moue?
There are few who wo0ld consent to
thea. Rti11 there are among thermions
who reek protection In artloes for
damages U this qualification or equi-
valent titles aro given them. Let us
hope that this trade w111 1)e dose away
with, a trade whish y eo odious even
to those who follow It that they claim
another name than that wh•eh batongs
to It.
" I believe that It Is extremely to
be regretted that the Kate of affairs
often revealed by the judges of this
court should be allowed to exist as
it does. Usury has a fres may, and
the harm L incalculable."
Hie Honor added that be was com-
pelled reluctantly to give the iootg
ment which he gave, het It was ar-
cording to the oonventtoas made be-
l:Ween the parties.
„ My oopso►See el kiwi" )xowoyer .;
Ole Aloes; " he- Sees*
the fact that the wife escapee tier
the harshness of this judgment. Wig
that the husband 1s an insolvent. gees
wearers who make money in this setae
los business carry gold -headed canes,
but their business 1• a disgrace.
" Uesrerrrare gloved thieves. who
c:reatate In society clothed with the
misery which they throw on all sides."
The case of (beef vs. Equitable Life
Assurance 8oclety w111 go to the New
Sort, Beate Coat of Appeal. it in
a ease d much interest to humrers.
Oresff. the plaintiff, was the holder
of an endowment policy In the Fgnl-
table Life for $20,0(0. which he Gook
out In 1882 and which matured In
18101. wheel he received the mum men
tanned, together with $3.982 ase addl-
tiotut, to which had been devoted his
annual dividends or share of the sur-
plus profits allotted to him by the
company. This action le broaght to
recover $7,087.58. 0o the ground that
that mum would be dna and petythi.
181 adlltled tat what he actually re
onset, 1f the eompsay heel allotted
• to hint his portion of Ite whole mus
plea, hie chiles bring that the company
Wag bound to divide all of Its .arpin■
profits among Its policy -holders. and
that lea ar•rtalned Let sarplus on
Doc. 81, 1898. was *48,277,197, of
which he has reeelved no ported. The
nompaay neatends tbat 1f the rote
tract eetbcaced the charter provides
e a well est tie steel/Sine of the
piney, sad both taken together gave
a Sett to plaintiff as Polley holder
to • dlvlelo n of the whole surpina,
. rent eve action at law woad not lie
ler say specific ens DEMI much sem
Bal been alloteed to tic. plaintiff. 1e
mbar wards, If the plaintiff le le law
• MM swim
ll entitled to the aoept
1. Mwteosin
o si n get it 1111 the cern.
to vielolt
rL leaLL.rt 1$vw. w�ii * *18 feta
dS.An .ay r
kh
•QOREO•?IO$a OT WEALTH.
Mr. Flower's death produced only
a temporary effect upon the pries of
the Industrial stocks In which he
wax Inters+ted. Henry flews, in hie
weekly clroenlar, explain,/ why, and
at th•t name time moralises Interest
ingly on the "never w111 be missed'
text. remarklgg that the Wall Street
market rennet be measured by any
single man eoming Into existence or
going out of It. Mr. Flower was pro-
bably worth 810,000,000. Think tot
a mo.nent of the vast money power
whl h barks Wall Street and the bust -
nese tntereeta of the country which
he leaves behind: John D. Rookefal-.
ler, worth $300,000.000; William.
hie brother. *150.000,000; the Acton.
$250,000,000; the Vanderbilt., *400,-
000.000 ; Carnegie. 5150.000.000.
the Goulds. *100.000.000; D. O- M111e,
$40.000,000; Cf: P. Huntington. $40.
000,000. and a great many others
worth twice es muck as what Gov
erupt Flower pompano!. "i give this
array of figure* of individual wealth
to show hew Inadgnlfleant the power
of any eve man is is compared with
a rombinattou of Short Thta le an
age of ctmblatlon, and Wall Rtreet
la now the market of the world fir
apeetilative dealings and Investment
damnedest. The greet wealth of
Europe let morr or less In and out of
this market In both clans ef opera
tion It was thought Mho- .A. T.
Atevrart tiled there would be no out
to take his else. and behold the
change! if he c nnld cora bask sow,
there would be no pis* for beet. now
oeoeld he create one. Wbes fbmap-
dore Vanderbilt died Nes feeling was
the ams. tic 1t was when W.
Vanderbilt departed, also Jay Gold
lied • tont M others. Neem of these
are Mewl now Is hostess affair*,
etqlbe.lrerld as ala asd MP tic Abe
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Me Jack Rosh 1. probably awakaa-
4W to a reanimates that the law has
a r$eaifve mto.nor7 *ad a keg neat.
The boated bat of the city el To-
rous is $21,805,478. There le, how-
ever, a con. Ieeab a leaking fund to
offset thiel lellebeeI.ess.
Just as the LWera1, bring down
the 1(edietrillotkln Bill, to width
they mood pledged by rarely party
platform, ter Charles Tupper ac-
cuses theta of aot keeping a sherd
prink. Sir Charles Is most inop-
portune.
In able age orf (lyapelwia, drag', and
faith amen this advice of the Medical
Record d worthy of being taken to
heart: "Drink lee, breaths more;
eat leer, cbew •sore ; redo lees• weak
more ; clothe leas, bathe more ; worry
las wort move ; waste lea gave
more, write kale read more ; preach
ler+, prectlee 'f.eee:'
4slegram says: "It
iidIfieelt to ase way t
general r'edlitIibution measure shoold
be...latrod.eed east on the eve ut a
swat The next census will be held
is 11101." The Telegram would prob-
ably admit that a fair registration of
voters' is a sufficient object to justify
revision of the voters' lists before any
election. Will it say that a fair dis-
tribution of the electoral diviaioas is
leas important 1 f
Judie Ennatinger, of 8t Thomas
seggets that the coming eselaeary
of the fi dl.nd ng of the Talbot settle-
ment shoed be .narked by some kind
of celebration. The Historical Societies
of Canada afght in the four years be-
fore the occurrence of the one hun-
dredth anniversary do moth toward
a4iug IiJt. Themam in comPletlug eb•
history of the asttlentent, to which
Julys Ermaili.uger has contributed oto
much la his. "Llfo of bbl. Talbot" A
celebfatlnu a the ,event week{ doubt -
kat beteg out many facts kuown to
old re ddate that will In a few years
h ese pets se of reach of the wuuld-
h imorlan.
T"
Is leasee all bicycles and mot:"r
vehicles mast be provided with the
new official Oahe showing that the
owners of the nee hlne. have paid alts
annual tax. The. penalty for noo-
oompllauce with the regulation will
be a stummogs and a Ate. Daring
thealast terve 'days, accordingly. cy
clleta and motor -car men have flock-
ed first to the Mable to "declare"
their machine., and secondly to the
tax -collector's abode to pay their
money wad get their plates. It be
stated already that upward. of 10,-
000 persons who had never paid the
tax before have done so within the
last few day.. As the minimum let-
po.t la 61 on bicycles and 30f on
motor vehicle the above figure rep
resents e considerable num.
WORE ABOUT B1$DEE TWINS.
The theory of the Brockville Times
(for parthsan purposes oply)ts that the
rise In the price of binder twine last
year waw the fault of the Grit Gov-
ernment- it won't allow anything for
the fact that owing to the war the
supply of raw material was cat off ;
and it avers that In Minnesota farm
ers can buy twine much cheaper than
in Canada. It being pointed out that
If twine was cheap In Minnesota a
fraction of a rent a pound would lay
It down at the Canadian farmers'
doors. It tries to extricate itself from
the meshes of falsehood that It has
woven by Baying that It referred to
POMP prison -made twine that the llov•
ernment of Minnesota it belling to
farmers only, agents gett!ng just one
cent a pound commission. And it
adds: " This year the Minnesota
farmer Inas to pay for prison manu-
factured twine from 71.2 to 8 cents
per pound. while the Minnesota mar-
ket quotations are from 98-4 to 10
cents per pound." it should tell that
story to the Marines. The New York
Journal of Commerce saki on Saturday
that trade In that line was very dell,
adding :
The spot offerings of hemp are very
moderate and are heal at 7 1-2e. for
Otte current and 8 1-2c. for good cur-
rent. Cables from London yesterday
quoted shipment from Manila £211,
wli ch 1s equivalent to about 71-16c.
fundi . here tie England. Bleat hemp
was also very dull. with 7c. named
for both spot and shipment.
in view of the cost of the raw
material for the twine being 70. to
81 2c. a pound on the wharf at New
York, and the Brockville Times' little
fairy story allowing the agents a
cent a pound commission, bringing It
up to 81-te. to 91.2e., without any
allowance for cost of manufacture,
waste, freight, etc.. we don't think
either Its Minnesota story or int con-
demnation of the Canadian Govern-
ment will have any glint effect on
an Intelligent public- And no matter
what the cert, It will not be easy
to make sane men believe that by
allowing the free Itnlxwtntl(n of twine
Government has Increased Ira price.
That 1s too absurd.
Hon. John Dryden is eat. Tb. .vi -
dens produned at the trial at Whit-
by yesterday showed that mousy had
been offered to, and' accepted by.
voters, thengb none a them admit.
ted that they had been influenced by
tie money to vote differently from the
way they bad intended to vote. Wit-
ifam Gilmour, a "Reformer els had
not voted recently," tried to get HO
for himself .0d his boys. He got $16
from the Reformers and 95 from the
Conservatives, but Seined to tell how
he voted. Patrick Sullins, a "gonad
Conservative," who "always voted
Conservative," took $8 from a Re-
form briber, but be did not deliver
the gwds; in his own wore*, he "wee
not bribed by Hewitt or any others,.
He was a Conservative and these peo-
ple eaglet not to have approached
him." Tbe ledges were of opiate* that
the iev.stlgstl0s sight to have
gore fartber, but the lawyers on
both .ids demurred at the expense
1.f Mania -ins Zfi THer after sanagh
had been proved to void the .set. Mr.
Dryden was •equltted of any know-
ledge of corrupt practise, sad be will
probably be the e•.Mdate again. In
of the feet that both parties
to have got into the heat of
Speeding too mach mosey in *Settees.
it Mehl sot be a bad phis to distrait.
chime Routh °.tarts for • few yeera
Pere gad MAW hate pleilliter Ice
1at11..4 to Reeeh'. trltdtll
Rev. Dr. Johnston, of Lemur. de -
dee that there was any dramatic et
feet In his protest to the sheriff of
Middlesex against the hanging of
Brown, and says he "neither asked
for the preemies" of the reporters
nor desired their absence-•• He
excuses hint smarm by saying that he
believes Brown killed Toohey, he
never asked for mercy for ,Brown, tint
held his crime to be manslaughter and
not meriting the death penalty. The
Times did not mistake Dr. Johnston',
theory, but It does not think lids
course was war, however well Intend-
ed. Brown', defence was not cvet-
abtent with the nanelaegblsr decry,
and had he desired to put 1t foveae!
after his convictive the effort should
not have been delayed tall the rope
wan about to tighten on kis neck.
Dr. Johnston'. protest might fittingly
have been made to the 1pniiter of
Justine; to SINY e54rltt It could only
ease needless pain.
The hopes of the Kent tobacco -
grower. liavP been dashed. and the
efforts to hold the erop have leen
abandoned. Great quantities ere
being bought at Blenheim at 8e. to
6c. a pound. Commenting on the break
of the growers.' combination the Blen
helm correspondent of the Chatham
Banner says:
TIM. was the last act played in the
mad rush for promised wealth. the
!entering bauble of easily aogntred
riche. being most temptingly displayed
by Interested speakers, who held
meetings throughout this Western
Peninsula last year. Nearly every
farmer was Indnoed to ley need and
step on the fleetly moving train to
Wealthy City," but the bridge cross-
ing " Disappointment River" com
plately coil/good, and the farmer who
sowed the least had the lightest
weight to carry hack to shore, while
those who want in extensively, setting
out trove ten to twenty acres, will
hardly ever want to smell the oder
of Capetian Hump again,. let alone
grow It.
Hon. John Oastlgan sad Mir ('hariet
Tupper had 1t opt In the Hese of
Common yesterday. The Reform
ere are mere spectators Of the gear
rel. Ie refusing to support sir
Charles 'Tupper, Mr. Onstlgan has not
berme a Libernl, end the recent
talk &host the probability of him he
Ing offered n plane In the Laurier
(levermmmet was very /Illy. He said
yesterday that. If 81r John Marone-
Aid. 81r John Thmttsion. tar 81r Mar-
keneb Bowell had releatsed at the
head of the (bmservative party, he
wrmll have emppnrt.d any of them,
Pither In office or in oppostti*4. Mr.
Cnetlgen remarked Incidentally that
Sir Mackenzie Rowell had as little
solidest. le Stir Oharis1 Tepper es
ile had A good many (lonearva
Urea win have not takm an oppor-
tunity to .perk nut Ir meeting, feel
je.t the mete way. One of then
day, the two Tepees w111 get •
Inearene feeling and relier'e the .von
Irvntive party from that bnrd.n of
their lesiersihlp.
The election of ter. Beelthanpt, the
Liberal eandldat. for. the Lmglslatore
Is North Waterloo, o. Teasley. Sae
C = �t > - a - v .. . -OCA• • .
g Merally anticipated, the frantic ef-
fortaol )ti. Tories to prepare a pito
of to fall upon being • sift. -
ken of the way Mewled
was btowkeg- Dr. Laekner got la by
a f1l1 a1 the gesral decide last
year had. was sweated by the warts.
On Tuentey kis saiorltbs la Ika
towns of Berns and Waterloo weee
reduced. and in the Wwashtps of Wa-
terloo, Wellesley *ad Wilmot the
Liberal 0a,dtdate mads sufficient
galas te bring up hie majority In the
whale riding to 111- Thes the hardy
Ooverapant, - wbicb bad reties a
narrow squeak at the general elec-
tion, gain In strength as the
months peal by. Mr. Whitney's
,leeches and Mr. Wardell's dramatic
arrests Aga prosecstloas do not nom
to Ir drawing cards.
TheNew York Herald calls the
negotiation* with the Filipinos •' a
. Int',ter faros." It says the only
terms should be: "Lay down your
arms first and do your talking atter
wards." adding: "Oar position ID
the Philippines 1e bailed on the as-
sumption mf the aotmnlgatr soak-
ed over them. It logically follows
that .tutee who oppose armed resist -
moo to our authority are in rebel-
lion." Yet yesterday at Pittsburg,
John Sherman. who. as Secretary of
State when the Filipinas were aiding
Dewey. may be supposed to know
something of the conditions made.
said : " The war that lir being
waged by the Dalted States Govern-
ment afetlafit,-.she Filipinos le as
creel as 1t 1e annecessary. We pros
Iced them Independence, and Instead
gave them mercies and devastating
Artie. It Is too bad that we ever
got Lato this trouble with those peo-
ple." And Sberman•s regret le
echoed by millions of the beet peo-
ple of the Republic. The editor of
Our Dumb Animals says : " The
more I read of this war upon the
Fillpinoe the more strongly I feel
tit If there isn't a place of future
punishment for somebody, there
oe114t to be.
Casimir Will be Hanged on
June 2.
PERIER JS TO BE EXAMINED.
Ottawa. May 27.-(8pectal)-Don-
ald Porter abseiled with a knife and
butcher�eed hie sweetheart at New
Westmisster, B. C., in a moat brutal
way. He was euppesed to have
des It inn f1t pf jealousy. He was
sentenced to be hanged oa the 30th
that
111, oougsel bas asked for a nom -
mission to eagttbe keno Peeler's In-
sanity, and ..this has been acceded
ani.',Matfett of a seediest examina-
tion. a reapltb of nee month. or un -
t11 June 8010. has been Riven Por-
ter. The surgeon of the New We•t-
mla.ter jail and the surgeon of the
Inane Asylum of Nast piece will net
as a emmlevion.
An ceder-In-C(seuntl has been passed
allowing the law W take 1te coarse
le the naw of the Indian Casimir,
who shot and killed Walter Philips,
at Kamloops B. 0. Casimir will
be hanged on June 2nd. There
soeased to be no motive for the
shooting.
118!&'1' I! 111LZT„1 11
• Oklasae Preaeaer Leswn-- t la
Question IlanIly.
Many are asking re. ry day, "Wbat
Ie militarism, ant how t" 11 1e tic
desperados Into modern statecraft
of the primitive dictum that "might
makes right" It le the trusting of
national power and prtmperlty to the
keeping of standing armies. It Is the
aseumptlo:i that the physical arm of
the state le Its measurement In the
eeencer of the worn It Li a sew
exaltation of the soldier, a fresh
apotheoda of the warrior. it Is eo•
bordlaatlon of the arts of peace to
the trimmed' of battle. the appllca-
tion of modern eaglaeery sad e;teutl
fie physics to the arts of dsrireetlon.
ft 1s reducing kitties to as exact ad-
esoe and hiding the a1'eiefaa of legal
said national murder behind the h*ti-
sounding worda sadtee
inns L of pre Ado. that orepre-
sent the activities of the arsenal,
the fortress and the battleship of to-
day. More than t1H.i it le a revival
of the cheapest bsseliBt, the heroine
represented by physical bravery, the
love of parade. the glitter of gold
lace and the Inaglratio0 of martial
made. It hell base reported that
when It was knows that the President
wan to Imo llreaor g10a4 100 koeha et
Moos le Vie 1 i ,few- of the t.ces.sl of the
Ing fors. that there wee,
applications for appolntm.ate
Militarism Is the nineteenth
aocspeasce of metllsevul pollliN
the grafting apo', the mttd{1BN
the fundamental steins of
and baronial power. Here, le oar etre
midst, within the last year ire have
heard from the mouth of a preacher
of the ravel. • representative of
academic life, that the crack of
Dewey's guns In the Bay of Means
did more to elevate the United Nails
Into the serpent and confides* of
European power than its suture- of
aehlevem.nts over untamed nature
and in tee arta of pose. In the same
spirit we have heard representatives
of religion askleg•that sangon might
be used to opo the ports for the
admission of their " gospel."
Frleeda let us pray that the present
agitation sed the bemefleent oeg�m
that is to convene this week w111 at
least dispel this false glamor *Odell
seisms and art have thrown arched
wee; may It expose the shallow etblos
that *stilly killing 1f only It it* done
with sufficient eclettlfis accuracy' and
aeon a suffieleetly large Neale- May
It at leant eall C%rietlanity hack to
the whom Mie pealed
worMdhaa del of the Founder.
Ighted 1. salt-
ine •• the Prise of Peace," old the
mond a rereading of the beatitudes
thatdrelered that " elle meek
shall t the grab" at:: Nig
A ian be esill-
121tioe.e beAy
the regatta el 1IMtetrlem
011 lino: First. Its aeon-
; 500.8. 1ta cruelty,
Or at War; tilled. l
bleating the metal
elm 11101of
og the Weft
solder khaki
Janda Ch� 1..
o�leo rlakleb Diet r M5a1iag a
RE valat
OOSTIIAN CABE
LOOKS BITTER.
Christie Tai,'. Book Some
Chargee.
BOILS PIOVED OHM
Dumont Throwing Light on Bead-
lnan't Island Otte.
I? B1LOMB8 ?O ?BB D0118I01,
B rtUsb Oolambla Government Will be
so latermed-Oetarto a &ably liver
&sewers Wants-OgilvW'a Report
?Ilett One Mouth to Outs Prem
Otl,awtt• Hat: -*a7 60.- 14110e(el.' -
W. J. C'hrbtte, of Wluuipeg, late Dep-
uty Uolle t.r . 1 Juhutd Reteuue at
that port, stat: examined at the 1•.1411
Accounts Committee bedey In regard
to the charges against H. A. CYrtlgan,
formerly Collector at Winnipeg, and
now at Ottawa. He war crow -exam-
ined by Solicitor -General Fitzpatrick,
He explained tete remain of 1,1. die-
m1,u1, which was because It. would
not go to Calgary a. Collector. He
admitted that C'asnlgaaa - shortage•
were made good la amply to Mr. Fite
patrkk he cold that he remembered a
tat• of John Irwin, of Neepawa. Mani -
toe., from whom sa illicit .t111 was
robed. A chegs) for 912.; was sett him
from Ottawa to give the Informer.
Davie of Winnipeg, who told haw
about it, refused the $23. and he trot
the money In his own pocket. He gave
in els reason for not leaving Winni-
peg to go to Calgary that It was in
the public Interest, and that It wee
not promotion- He, Inowerer, admitted
that he was going to get an increased
e atery, and was to tw a collector. In-
.bssd of a deputy. He also &dodded
that he had a half Interest le a block
In Winnipeg which wan worth 950,-
000. There was a mortgage of 518,-
000 net tel. block .
Mr. Fitzpatrick elicited the■ to
show that Christie had large inter-
mits wake .kept Diet as-W.easigeg„-
Christie Sid that Costigan and he
were good friends ■11 the time they
were together. They played poker and
sometimes Coetigab owed him money
on the game and sometimes be owed
Cortgaa lie dad not think that the
block Ise -was interested is was known
as "The Poker Blo81." Witness ad-
mitted that be mama a mistake in say-
ing that the 08 wkieb Castilian had
received from Virden was kept by
Cagigas from the Loth January, 1897,
to the September following. Castipn
left on 20th January, the day the
money was received, and returned on
February 16th, and the following day
the entry was made of the mosey in
the office. In regard to the two sums
of $tag each for bonding warehouse li-
censes, witness said that rho cash in
such cases was forwarded to the de-
partment with the bond, and in this
case Mr. Fitzpatrick showed that the
bonds were not executed until Sep-
tember, when they were sent with
the amounts to Ottawa. There was
• similar delay In esecatiag the hoed,
which had to be sent to Montreal, in
eunneetion with the sum of $209 from
the city of Winnipeg for methylated
spirits.
Christie mid that he was Vice -
President •ed valuator of the Mani-
toba Trust Company, for which he got
9150 per year. He was also director of
the Manitoba Permanent Loan &
Trust Company, for which be got 970;
be was employed by the Guarantee
Saving and Trust Company, and also
acted for McDnaald L Tupper for the
Let sight years as valuator.
PLEA FOR A 81'BRIDY.
A large delegattm waited on the
Prewler and some of the other 111a -
tatters at noon to -day, asking a sub-
sidy
ubsiy for the Ontario • Raley Haver
Railway, of $8.400 per tulle for 200
miles. A euhrldy for 80 miles of
the road hes already been greeted
The (torernmeet promised to,, �tAve
She matter favorable considekatbn.
The delegation also aaked the (lov-
ernreent to metro' the rates.
OffILVIE'S REPORT.
('ommle,ioaer OgIIvle's report on
the charges against Yukon officiate
will be presented to Parliament
to -day- The report le ,dated 27th
April, and has taken Jest one month
to roach Ottawa.
Mr. ()gUvie goes fully into the
charge., and traumata the evidence.
N. of the charges hair been out -
tamed.
DEADMAN'r( ISLAND.
It la traderet000l that some dorm -
manta have been (Recovered in the
Militia Department to .how beyond
doubt that freedman's. island. which
belonged to the Imperial Govern-
ment In tics first place,
bad bee. regularly transferred tett)*
D.mll ei Government. The papers
will be forwarded to Victoria to -night.
10B/ DRTDEE OUT.
Bleetlos Tattiest for Illegal ,t.te b
•g.sta
Whitby, Ont., May 28, --Beath .On-
tario election was voided by Justifies
Odea and Row and the trial brought
to a conclusion this morning. Several
cases M pereonal bribery by Hewitt.
Morrish and Capt. Balllvan in Picker-
ing township were proven, and re-
spondent'e enamel admitted agency.
Hon. John Mynah, the respondent, at
the end of the several oases which
were proven, was examined by Mr.
Blake a. foibles: "I never heard at
Owe men, except Mr. Titus, until
their names were mentioned In the
examination for diaoovery. i know of
expenditure of money in
nn ezppeerrtr�off
the ion." Their Lordships there-
upon *eland the eteetert veld. ettfi
costs to the petitioner.
he eoe
the following
saes: Wm. G lrnore, Capp John Rol -
!Ivan. Wm. Rtewart, Pat Seellva..
Wm. McCormack, Bryon Liston. Si
mon Hewitt, Wm. Morrish and Ben
Palmer.
&UEEti9Q OU& WAY.
Beams, ter Oalt.Ma Ioomlgs.aee Wt1
Eat be Giem.,
Oteawas, Way 27.-Gteenial,) - The
(Mvernmeet have deeded soot to glee
ars Mone booms, 1n rIsain hip $saints.
ler 0.lblgar lagit$r(Oite.
Canada lel 5ebttng all that 1t deters
flow of this class of immigrated With -
any Lrdnoenente of the kind awn-
Whin flathead .agg the tjelses Vieth -
flay at lea lis by thing anvil.
Jared
McPbarlp was fatally la.
Jared and a ma. named 'Ward massy
hart.
Bu
ar.
4* Meat
d :see Wakeman., a wealthy terser
llttlsg Yy *.ate erase Wilton, N lit
enerskNMR
skit an a tlegt
Ad
Market Reports
-OP-
The Week.
Qrnl. sad Brodlaws Ternary
Tomato, Mar 27••-Pinar-uutene
pilaf/0k Ill ansa.$Y to
Straight, rollers, 95. b $8:Y0 Han►
gr .r1*R palosiae, *8.90 $1717$01.
e,tat ; Maul -
Wheat -Ontario, rod and white, at
700 north .awl Well; goes, etc to irk,
torte abed week; No- 1 Itanitobe Ione
85 l -!o •: �Wi**o. mad' ;No. 1 north
ant at 8114$1.1.4"6.-91. Prices are nwmn.al.
Date -Werra pale gttattd 01 :tl to
81 1-1110 weak
Rye-Qaokd at 54e-
Barlay-Canted at 40 to 18c
w es..
Bunkwbeat-Piro ; 48o its rel, ar.4
800 mase,
Beast -City mills w11 bran ut
and whorls at *16.80, L car lore, 1
a l, Tor•ontn. ,
Corakllgiaaa4&a, IU west, and An.
arbor 41 10 le M trash here.
Pea. -mold st 1.'-o we.� In carlirdicy
OatmrlppQr'tod at $iGgp by
the harret, 00 tratethe 4.2
ai
1110-
.._. K L.algll.gll 1lrebets. - -
ilne.te, Ma' M. --There wan
grala and there mega slily a few leak
of hay, wick a IiwBKtel nrgply of kat
ter, eggs sed
Prices for gran mad ba nominal.
Butter easy. at 14e to 170, the lat-
ter pries oaly beteg paid is • few
instances for very choana dairy to ape ,
i.1160-
cuatomera
1'he bulk of the butter mold at aabedh firm at 110 t0 11e per dose..
Eg
C iokaen, per pals 16o toi 80.-
Turk.ys .old at 11e pori lb-
Sring chickens o to die perpair,
of wQt
which there was a limited ,wpply.
Choioe grass dairy butter is firm
et our wholesale quotataoas.
Dressed flogs - Deliveries were
light, with prices firm at $6.10 to 16..
76, with a few at 95.ti0 per cep
Tats Prods* Wbeesea a as Tomato
Toonto, Pay L1-- Hai baled, ur
lot, per tool"! 97.60 is 95-60 , uraw,
baled, snots, per AS, $4 to 911.61;
potatoes, snots, pee bag, 70e to 76e;
butter, choice, tabs, 1$o to 11. ;but
undiem, tube, tto to lee ; batter, dairy,
Ib. roils. lie to 14o ; butter. large ro114
12Kcttooto 15Ale; ; bu
;.hgoaqt., ,ok.i►cr.arMy
larmaIwla troloalTils,dat
hogs, dressed. fedora. 5
to $6.8.
Bsntiskfgarne.s.
Lirs*pst1.7iae 7r L4d; a
11 speiet�, $a led :No. 1 Cal..
da 8d to 0. 4d; red wieder. ea, cert
, 3.4d
; old, Ds 6 1-4d an
54111.W4 134-245; Pork. pr(M w.siOsrn mplesa
428 54; lard, prim. mestere. 28a Ark.
American, refined, Yd's; tallow. Au.
trailed 25e ad; American. gall to
fine 28s; banns. short ribs. Ilght, not
quoted; I.c.. light. 21e Id ; I.e.. heavy,
25*; ..c., heavy, 2114 Mtrhsat 1 chem
w hit.. 5511a ; ooiaewi. 48a
No. 7 NgMrtb.ee-`lam-+�TTt earls.
ted
'prime M 4d; No.
Cal., 6't 8d ; R. W.. 0a )'**1s. steady
at 5e 9 8-8.1 for July tied 6e 8 1.44
for Sept- Spot slates easy at ds 5 844
for new mixed Atomise sad O a l -4d
for old. Futures geld at 8e 4 7.8d for
Jul and 8. 8 8-81 for Sept. Floor,
Londoe-CIoss-Wheah welling or-
derese4 ; off seek Wyse Iwtferet'
operators ; oa passsp adder sed
n eglected. $d lower.CargoesWalls
icon. Feb. 28a 101-24. Wiestit
blue stem. iron. Jan.. 29. a. Mai"
off man, nothing dol • eg Tame%
rather easier, &i to dei lowed, Spot
maize. Gal.. Fox. Bea, 14 ad: As -
agleam. 17s 84.li. M. float. M$1 6d.
Autwerp-Berl winter wheat, No L,
17f.
Pari►-Cbai-Wheat 281 50e for
May and 21f for,8eps. and Deo. Finer
181 50e for May and 28f to for Sept
and Deo.
>reedetreeeti en Trade.
Trade at Montreal this week has
been setts for tide .salon- The alts
.tion le very attdaatary to manatee
tares and le tratdera The .blpptlnhg
tsetse la very active.
Wholesale trade *1Wholham
been favorably tenement the p.st
week by titter weather. ?heroine bees
en inseams le the shoes of trate A
branch bank LM lately bow opened
at Fort Francis.
Badness at the ('10.1 e0.aleae av of
The activity la b.i'dig flpa'a{taus
prevtosely noted smithies .abated.
Huebner has base quest at Toronto
this week. The cool relay weather
bag been hewing down the ale. bol
dsMrs /er ears rHile tamperer
The d
e mating gob. mu.. 1a
whokale chola Thad fres been *1
isrlwo rd demand for *lewd and the
market 1e blabs, w1th the cfferli
wry Utht
TORONTO CATTLE HASLET.
Export cattle. choice, $4.80 to 96:
light. *4.50 to $40- Bstoherl
stile picked lots $4.50 te $4.66:,
good, $4.40 to 0.50; odic, 94.25
to $4.115; comma. 9575 lb $4 ; Is-
ferlor. $8.50 to $3,75. MEW cows.
eaeh, $24 to $4g. salla Mary ex'
Peet. gaud quality,M $4.25:
median. export. $1.40 to Loads
botches' and sepcietelfa mixed
150 to $4.06. St en il mad-
ame In good• $8.76 to feed-
ers. irary, $4.40 to salver..
each. 98 10 $10. Step. $K cwt.
$8.50 to $4 ; tooh• per ewe. $8 to
25. Yearling lambrl per cwt.
6 to 0.110; awing lambs. each $8.60
to $4.75. Bop, 180 to 800 Iia.
socia $5: 11 t fate. $4.50; hear/
fate. $4.87); sows. $8; stop. $2.
MOTES.
Failures for the week has hese
142 le the Untied 0tatea, agtilnw/
247 1styear.r.and 16 In Canada.
steryear. murk
°deditdeee are :Ky
more favoeebI., 75 pN, rainy
days 1. the middle of tin nth r•
etrtetee trade and wide buyers hold
Mf, bat the warm woollier that ham
prevailed tale week Asa very mach
Improved this outlook.
• Perspe.U,e la 1'.
The sir h-epelee etnst-/g1y dsty
before the protean*. Ipli Mhei nor
thy •asn was Orad lel ono-
Magsgt of Mang se for
worn anal to p41
• tour*"
of sprout,, se pootMepre Imre •
way of doing Mien thryare�est that
every fellow kat% h ip144 t1I with
gwoomotoo. Thorn 'earn one 1.109
!M know Of who epees Imam won't
1boe he 1m the upset W sq jtd. k. end
le" ihe. lI •.Tetras." be said. •' west
Ieeapestly.
t[r Jose. lwetineed for moment.
WHI L_ ,held' esepnpil
4d. " I! Te k1ia tooting
emits!' the *Um toad w the set
glass...
Tor. protMSOr remodeled Omit the
anewer abetted iscre�s elms M Intel'
gown and ' 111*." be maid. "41410 5 dimin
Whoop .ls, dim ft
L "San riail •l
be/11*
"Novell know sl.r s Gist" IM ra'
glet."farther 1 f* swat
a $6 1limo kiwi, It moan too
les be sato,"
imbed
sad