The Signal, 1899-6-15, Page 2•
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SSUBBDAY. JUN 16. 1,800.
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r..: bhf Canada arownetc
wen eathdied to have ki duce, both
in tate Previncee and In the Dominion,
the leaders of their own party -even
In whole houeety they have perfect
ouotkieooe and for whose ability Way
have the gr'ateet admiration. They
are satldkxt with the bushiest c'o udl-
tlona which prevail throughout ( n-
ada, under Liberal rale. and they
look forward to event greater im-
provement when the transportation
system shall have been oomp feted,
and when with Increased revenues
under a reduced tariff the payment
of the public debt shall be undertaken.
ft r _ eeug to observe $hat _the
, atte--nrilo
ekLitt•te:•call-!.„!e hl�p.tt
«re -
joked" tkatella-had Jived lie gage. -the
triampb and the vindication of SIr
John Macdonald's pr•Iaclples. and
wbea you see a Tupper, out of Ultfoe,
rejoicing ut. anything, it may be eaten
for granted that there M lot much
left for other people to find fault
with. The Toronto World. which
' dose not always ase things eye to
Itte_Witelt *k_galelifeaLIPAPPer. is also
lata lejelcent' moot!. In its editorial
- out the decoration -al IM• t Msacdeewnkl
monument,. It vewtarka that, " as a
mattK'.01 tact the prseent Would
bare no s.rprls.. toe Bar Joan Mac-
donald. The cosbtr'y le beipg run
pretty ranch as be valid like to see
Ie run, and pretty mock as It was
ruaatag when he beld.eta destinies lu
his bald. Sir John tlnllded Letter
that; W knew.. lhr 'Mat/eaten edifice
whisk bis p ollUeah oppotnen% not
only cannot pull .town. U they .Mailed
bat which they have no desire to pull
down. The acts of his opponents tee-
tify more to the genius of 1MC John
Macdonald than doe. the eloquent
language and the praises of his
There Is Dome dttticolty in critlels-
bag, rho' proo..dklgs of a Tory meet-
ing bed in a graveyard or around
a osuolaph. But we can all recall how
sten 81, John Mao3oasid used
to desertbe himself av the one thing
needful to secfye le' leans da even a
co olerste �y�gee of peoeperltee and
even Tupper could not be more em-
phntk• thin be was in portraylgg the
calamities that would follow the ex-
pulsion of' the Tories -from office. Are
we to einderafand from the World
that the odd man did pot mean a_
worth of It that he was only talking
.( to catch votei, and tett he knew in
hLL heart that the Country: would be
DIA as well, er better. off with a
Liberal Government at tbe head of
flu affairs? That Is oar own opinion. af-
ter a pretty careful study of Sir Jobn
MacdorakI's life. We do not believe
that he had any eore confidence In
the N. P. -the policy of protertton-
ae a sienna of adding to the country's
wealth, of litereasing wages, or 01
providing addlUonal employment for
the people. than the Times had. He
thoroughly understood, from the be-
ginning and Meth the end, whit an
unmitigated fraud be was practicing
upon the public, and It was to him
a constant wonder that the swindle
was not detected and Its author
driven from ofliee:' It -was to stave
off the pon4bment that he knew be
richly deserved that Sir John forced
through Parliament the gerrymander.
of 1882 and the franchise net df
1885-merusares whleh he well knew
would canoe his memory to be exe-
crated by the victims of the injustice,
thus ,perpetrated. It was because he
well knew that the N. P. was
N. O. that .,Sir John went op
and down the country Ir
1891 telling his hearers and the world
at large the false story that hal( the
population of Canada was made op of
atuexatknlerte and of men who
wanted to well their country to a for-
eign power. Had ho had faltp Is the
!smell/once and the efficae>'-of tee N.
1'e he would not have resorted to such
extreme mestsur.s for the salte of
dying in oilier.
Sir John Macdonald knew -we all
knew -that the N. 1'. duties would be
difficult to get rid of -that mischief of
that kind is more easily done than
Burd -that vested interests were
growing up na*er the protective sys-
tem that would be powerful, no mat-
ter which party was in °Elbe. He
knew that It teak thirty years -from
1843 to 1874 -to get entirely rid of
pxltectl.ve dntke In Great 'Britain,
and of coarse lie did not expect [kat a
Liberal Government In Canada could
perform In three years a task that
had token thirty years to complete In
the Mother Vomntry. We think he
olio knew. and freely apprmtated, how
little confidence the people of Canada
had or ever would have, In flu Charles
Tapper, wham neither N. i'., nor
gerrymander, nor franehise act. nor
all these countered, could keep fn of -
flee, once the electors had a chant%
to net at him -
Certain private interests will doubt -
les he disappoint., bet the decision
of the Government to grant no char-
ters to Yukon railways title year.
while the boundary question 1e in tilt
Pete, will his generally regarded as n
prudent .trokn of policy. The opening
and administration of the Yukon gold
dl trist have coat a lot of money, and
the investment would he a poor one
If all the trade of the district went
to brill ep United Abates pities 81r
Wilfrid Lanrler wants to know
Whether Tips aad Mkageay belong to
Canada or the United States before
he does anything to develop them tato
railway terrain'.
IS 1113 LM gibs reveeae *1 that
Qma%d State. Materna wsa $1a,-
311t,47'h 1t is ens ever ale,m3,os •
lliYa, t
0.1M•D• £XD RIM AIORTIL
The publk,atkoa of it Parliamentary
paper by the Brutus/ povernmeut
makss plain the present status of
the controversy regarding the -flaw
kat boundary. The United ststeu can
have rxr legal rlgbt to any territory
in .truerka, north el the forty•nlnth
parallel, except the territory whleh
way pxurcham,d from Rluwln in 18117-
'erUt was dolt then Riordan wee
Bridsb, and it 1. BrItbah P1141. To de-
termine the true boundary between
Canada and Alaska it 4. neoeesary to
correctly Interpret the treaty of
11125 between Great Britain and
Iturrin. -11l the territory that was
aequirvl for Rime a by Vitus Beh-
ring, and that was oonoedsd by"Brl-
Min by the treaty of 1825. bektagr
to the United States; tic' rest be
Iottga' kr ('anada-
Tha Britlm and t'anadiau Commis-
rlorters nt Washington pxopo.e.t to
submit the declare to three jurbits,
one to be appointed by Britain, one by
tba ldfateo-,aa,f 1g1
eleti eke t ' 'ilio fdTorrleg,*Tie
BortilUd vWW'esdePtt Karo olieF5d' -
,A. -adverse badIi or prrscrlpt
durjeg a prided a1141dJeer..iball.
make good the title. The arbttrp-
tors may bold exclu.lve political con-
trol of the district as wee ado 'set-
tlement thereof, tuffktent to eon-
stdtate adverse heeding or make pre-
scriptive title. .....
B. -The arbitrators may recognise
and give effect to rights of claims
resting on any other ground vaihd ac-
cording to international law or pehn-
elplbe of International law that the
arbitrators may ydsem applicable to
the case, which are not in contrayen-
%on of rale A.
U, -In determining the boututary, If
the territory of one party shall be
found by the tribunal to have been at,
the date of this treaty in occupation
d the subjecta or citizens of the other
party, such effect shall be given to
such occupation as reason, justlee, the
principles of International lave, and
the eclattiee of the case require.
elm United States Commissioners
made a eounter proposaj that the
question should be referred to sax
jurists, three to 1.' appointed by' 'Sri
thin and three by the United States,
which was rejected on amount of the
strong probability that such a jury
woukl "break even." Another de -
mend was that the boundary should
Toe'What: le aoeottdnnee Wath' `1b'
Rnseo-Amerk'an treaty of caution -a
moat peculiar claim, for Britain was
not h party to the proceedings of
1867, and U Russia undertook at that
time to convey to the United orates
one foot of territory that belonged
not to Russia, but to Britain, the
egnveyanee was only a quit -claim on
Russia's pert, In no way affecting
the valWlty of the British tithe. Old
John Hull la not In the habit of thug
permitting others to dispose of his
property. The I-nitrel States also
proposed an amendnten; to rule 1', as
follows.
In considering the ".oast- referred
to in sake treats., it is understood
that the coast of tbe continent is
intended, and that all totem and set-
tlements .n tidewater settled un-
der authority of the United estates
aril ander the jurisdiction of the
United States at the date of this
treaty shall remain within the ter-
ritory and jurisdiction et the tented
Ste tes-
The British -Commit lone'.. regretted
that they were absolutely unable to
accept the auggewtd m•dificatio n to
the prcpoietton, lecaa*e the amorist -
cd �toverlent' tribunal did not provide
a bunal whk'h would amesmrily,
and In the poedble event o1 differ'neees
of opinion. finally dispose of the ques-
tion'. and because the amendment to
rule C was n marked and Important
it•paftnre from the mks of the Veoe-
mtelan boundary reference, whlcb left
all such guewtiow a to be determined by
the tribunal, and because the words
added by the United !Matra claim that
an effect should be given to their oo-
ctepattan of land In B►itWh territory
which notice, oration and the equities'
of the [ase d, not require.
The corn &admen; alto objected that
the language teed with reference to
the come was exposed to misconstruc-
tion, and they were of opinion that It
war tbseisaa to further preps the nego -
tiatlom at prexent, and that they
most refer the matter to their Govern.-
priest
lovern-
nw it for an exchange of clear. In re-
spect to the coned -Mutton of the trib-
unal.
There the matter stands. The United
States wanted to play the game with
load -CI dire. They wanted to have all
the points nettled In favor of the
United States In advance of the ants
mlado n to arbitration -to repeat In
1,399 the fame that was enacted In
178.9. That game will not work. The
Brlthah and ('nhadlan representatives
on this oxcasdon are not Vaughan" and
(Wwnklt Inst poen who know their
rights and cannot be wheedled out of
thein. roulade r not going to be
trk'Jrrd Out of any d her territory In
the Yukon dietrlct, and, l*tl►e Yan-
kees get It they mast take jt ley force.
A New fork mart has just given a
yore pecoillar verdict. and one that
well Illustrates the uncertainties of
law- A man sort by ,theft $1.230 In
a sleeping rar, and recovered a ver
diet for the amount. The Appellate
Court reverses this finding and holds
that while the sleeping ear compaples
ore not Wearers d the personal pm
perty of etheir passengers, they are
not absolved from liability on the
ground of negligenee. But the roast
hotele that the measure of damages
le not the anent of money that the
passenger lost. Met such sum as he
might have been expecte'h to carry.
If he earrled It and took It. In view
of hie etatkrn In life, tics length, dnra-
tlon and porpoises of the journey and
the probable eontingeneles that might
be eapact..l to arise during the jour
trey. The mart orders a new trial. at
whleb the damages mask be proved
along thl. line.
New the York (onaty Soho.' in
specter promotive to abolish the pro
mrtkn examinatlsi. Mr. Raw' N-
fouYe aro tergknning Ih hear fruit,
attd Mabel/me It 1e the pnpnlarlty
the Mii4Mr's mune Wet leads OW
Mall and Empire in seek to=
seat the movement as
ow in appeallta es' Rf>•. lMmg' wires.
TM. 1411101 10/ 1.0SPl?AL1TT•
The Weeesulnster, Iu an article bawd
upon Mt.- PAW'S exhortatkm on' howl-
t,llty. remarks that Iblege ars differ -
tint now frog[ what they were in
Rome. epi Corinth, ani esta Mener la
1'aslie day, yet the apostolic exhorta-
tion -anode and le as binding today
ens 111 was wheu It was oommatded
IONS ►M�ba tlA.Mr �o
aad that church members be geek to
entertain srtrangeia Our contempo-
rary hte ot.aor ed that "the grace of
IucnphLUty declines as the church
memberPrtllh become rich and Increased
La tele world's go:4. So gr•(gtng and
No much of neoetatty ltaa the oke -time
hospitality extended delegates to
('hutch courts beeonte that in the
larger and wealthier denominational.
whose members could beet afford to
keep open door. It le propo..d to ac-
cept tbe fact d Christian luhosplt-
elity and behave accordingly." This
bag reference to the resolution of one
of the Retie:dee (Yeee oinfereaabol-
•8116- 11110t111teth.:rh'inb• '
161y- b
sot meet the app val of the Writ-
" ' eliesiaffis •fflsitrMorrisiegt
Iottotu, of lintel( of tete taa>R�W >rs
to allow hospitality." and " the Mies -
Mon strikea deeper than any eoMkder-
ntlona of omit or conveuleooe- The
expenditure of a few thousand dollars
for entertainment by a Metlicdest
conference or a Presbyterian General
Amerubly' is a mall mutter as ewm-
Iytre with the Christian culture of
the people which the glad and generous
hospitality to which I'aul urged the
e'h rches to really if lt:directly pro-
moted.
romold. No Christian hs 'perfect and en-
tire, wanting nothing,' who is not
given to hospitality: And h'aul's word
soggeste the putting forth of effort
In older that this grace be culUvatrd:
it dope not grow readily. it nisi. be
lot -tura d. t put'tunities must be
sought for 115 exercise. 1t la the dan-
ger wheel threatens the life avid
spirit .d oar churches which stakes
the question of Christian hospitality,
as It now ',reveille itself. one not of
oust, but of siul-eultur•-" l'araeiug
from the Inhospitable to the ho.pit-
able. the Wewtminttter antclnd
"To those wit) are given to h.w
pitallty 1t does not need to G• 'skid
ttrgr•tt- eetel/a' Nr a iPw etete•eswnrd.
Many a. time thee w4 come" ns
strangers prove to Ise angels of bless-
ing. 'Some of t&e str,nget and ea
crwkrt frlendsblpe bare grown out
of the cb-tnos meeting of host and
guest. The lives of tba hoepitable are
ludeed enriched by tic' coming In 'of
a Christian brother from some far -
of church, whose character ha.
been :developed through strange ex-
perientei In strange surrounding.,
and whose views of life and (-trite
Ilan terries are new and full of sug-
gestion."
The idea rontalnei In this la.0 parn-
grape le as important -Koh true."
Bat it .ometimes occurs that the
etranger guest brings •more trouble
than blowing. His hours of rl.ing201
going to bee ani of coming to meals
do not conform to the ru oma of the
hours of which he is a.guest, and
theebead of a family who is detained
from the work by wk'. -h he earns his
daily breath cannot be expected to
take a friendly interest In the sub-
jects of conversation which the guest
Introduces, at the late .breakfast ta-
ble. Then 'the billeting sjtstem has
been overdone. `especially ranee the
era of cheap excursions set In. Tb'
city woman. wire 1s id -the habit of
paying full rates for herself aril h'r
children when she ga't to a country
or sea -tilde hotel fqr it summer hafl-
day. does not see the justice of some
eoentry erbool ma'am (-wventloe de-
Isgals enjoying a week's shopping and
tdgbt-weing in the etty for the price
of n 32 reduced -fare ticket. with free
board thrown in by the onnventlon
billeting agency. Many people prefer
the freedom and Imdependenee of
Mopping at it hotel, and the idea has
meow n tont tb ro woode own _..CITna-
tlons have not 1e 1 them on that mad
tlaould be kindly guided In th•tt di-
re•rtlod.
into were an established Institution
for the entertainment of travellers
even before St. Paul's time (Luke 11. 7).
Inthe early part of the present cen-
tury, when Conferences were often
hell in small Canadian towns or vil-
lages. It was nroesary that members
or delegate► should be entertained in
private bones, for the hotel nccom-
modnt'on would have been 'mite in-
adequnte. There were few newspapers.
n trip of • forty or fifty miles from
home was considered a hong journey,
and the stranger or ridtor with news
anti new Ideas was always welcome.
But tl..,preaeher and his wife got the
worst of It in the long rno, for pions
formers and their families found It
convenient to get meal. anti horse -
feed nt the parsonage, wtittmnt money
and without price, b►hen they hnd
business In the town or village The
preacher's house was n met of free
lfethtbdlst Cavern. and the prenoher's
wife conked for and fed scares of pep-
ple whose visite were not made with
the sole object of displaying their
triendellp for the Inmates of the
put rson age.
We do not dhderstand that the abnl-
ijion of the billeting system means
that there shall be nn more entertain-
ing o[ conference members fa private
lanes:• Preen* vett' stiff tervttw ser*
welcome friends, but the perfunctory
shifting of board bills from oma poc-
ket to another wUl erase- The invit-
ed guest will know these that he Is
not regarded es on inevitable iatlic-
tioa, and the gentleman or lady who
puts np at a Istel will be happily In-
dependent - et any obligation- Not-
wi hsteading the Westminsters re-
ference to St. Paul and his doctrines,
we expect (het the example of the
Hamilton Methodist Conte/onto in re-
gard to hell ti.g will he generally
followed, for the billeting system is
undeniably unpopular,
The`oWRidon Timot nnmmnoed this
meriting that the British Onvernment
bae eosraated to reooesid.r its atti-
tude toward the Nellie *Ade project
AA the moult at soviet representa-
tlom from Casella and the enlonie , and
G
now inclined to willies RrItlah ere -
Or g-semmry capita.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
e ast r phsaleg another orop of
tobacco, noewltbsteillu ng eke- Muds
Wasting el the hopes of fortune en-
tertatatsd by many gs(rwers al the
weed last year. A Meld* uorrespOsd.
eut at the aloft* Record tall:
There will 4e. foyeee--nlerkagad W
with that MOS tnlwlse-
ost sheens: times* array a
tit the emialtairie tea day ha
• Ertretoba000. I
dtsossttla good .baps bet 40818118.
le
hhnrlf. Visions of a t�g�gs►
wands b the acre at ten or twelve
one* wore Loa aauub for his stability
and be ferthwl$k endeavored to bay
up the ttrslep on 1ho erproied re
eelpt& A good many articles were
bought to be pakf for out Of Oast
tobacco and they are not paid fur
yM. 1 was told to -day of year's=
who had rased h to buya
who pur b,a81Q betides Martens to lie
tobacco to hele them out. and .o
they bare to give up tate horse acid
buggy. It alien seised rather herd oa
thy buoy malt ani he will have a
'stock c,r aeepad-hano1 Wgg:ev to Ow'
ea- ..,,,,kms.- - a.
';j4.
fast. ?o►
.tlabbate 0Odrveao., &ad toe reports
received lead to the conclusion that
Sunday le In 8cotinud something
more than a mere holiday. It is
felt that " wast to he oombatted
with In order to secure -a right ob.
lien anee of the Sabbath V general
religious; indifference. Where it ex
kite it diverted the Day from Its
true_ purpose ; and the time encour-
aged it to step Into the open and
adopt ntetaxrds that flaunt do serre-1-
nest- Idling, recreation. pleasure
seeking by various means were In-
dulged in by *bone who disregard its
*erect use. which begot the mala
fide traveller. Trafficking among
smaller shopkeeper.. it their towns
pr•vntled to a certain extent; and
.'.,mpletnte came front the Presby -
termer of Olaagow. Dunfermline and
h:scones Falkirk. Kilmarnock and
Ayr, Paisley, and Stirling. of the
opening of Italian lee cream shops
on the 14sndel. aad the moral Iniery
they warn doing to our youth." On
the whole, however. the Sabbath is
frttTy well Observed la the land o'
NO CNAOTEOS CAAMTEO
For Railway Lines to the
Yukon
TILL BOUNDARY SETTti3
Ottawa, June t. -The announcement
was evade in the House to -day by the
Premier that the Government had de
aided that in the Fables intoner no
charters for railways into the Yukon
would be greeted this year. The
pounds aastgoed for this ooureo wereri
that it was uaderablo la the pre -
ono narettled tate of attains regard
ing the ry to take any steps
which would It la building up or
atreagtleuLog interests antagonistic
to the Oanadien °outeattoa, and also
that in the possible but not probable
event of the decision oh the boundary
queatioa befog adveawe to this ocuutry
the Goverameot would not be hamper -
odds its determiwatics' to construct a
railway' from tidewater exclusively
but It dors aot appear teat that lieinid
(wallet ei any way with the ultimate
mMi,lemeat et the botnOsry. At the
same trite t gotes with t1M sigh Iwo,
Prime 1t1*YKer that the oaoetrsaften
of a railway Jn lapos-taatt for the eet-
tlement of time o.n$ry. and if the
ultimate deaden of the boundary
�J
abovki say that Stagu 1)yls and
the Lotus Canal DIM 11 Vnitcd "tetra
territory. 1 quite AgreeAgreeWith the
Prime Illnieter Shed we MO* then
`pltpve ail �(lmy'8 R
ptlirafell
ooatsratbatIoa from a pleas anareibte
A l80u
folly ou Canadian wat.oh the
ooantey to the of q' of fiemlea. As
uo subsidy is as It dam ao4 ap-
pear to me that the wro.oate8tsd are
IfMienit waren* aren* thppe eutp$luta ee8m
the railway at the b
Mr. N. Clarke Wallace declared that
the Government had earns to their
- present posins had
late In the been Os+ aal•.M
erd thin
klau Wine
aad 18 simply meant now that thew
cines thready estebllehed waggrow
larger and greater to eoas. inallac- If
by the modus rh'ema the America*
hat uoutrol of • strip of territory
for two years It was a bad Whig for
Cnnnda, because le halt41l rte ter-
r.tory over to the A jai ,.Q
las del them to MWet if wjail
"Je-r3eyoledid fe3•n1Ea -
bandit over again 'to- tj- -aaadhies.
F.mtvwcmita,
-no t. F. 1., perKa-ps from Ed -
h otild k7 which a Tina territory
opened ap, and we would
he independent of the Americana.
Mir .Wilfrid Leerier replied that he
had already stated that if we ciuld
nut settle the question au as to
bare nooses to the Lynn Canal. then
oar polloy would he to build a rail-
way down to a harbor in Canadian
terribeteo With regard to Mr. Mac-
le1 to bred • railway to
.ld-'red
EdaeOntrn,ley t•&tltsmhf.could also 1* ron-
'
HO1'J81t IN SUPPLY.
Toronto Cotferen -e has appointed
a ..pectnl committee of five to
aetertttln the farts relating to
Lha alleged ntteranees of lion. Mr.
Tarte about the 'Antesettl teeth .list..
Rev. Dr. Stone, In seconding the re-
,o'utku. which carried unasemenny,
said that "hs, did not wish 10 em
banass the fovernment, bet that If
Mr. Tarte had use 1 the language im-
putes] to him In the public peese it
w e an la/alt not only to the Metho-
dize.; at the Island, but to the whole
boly from the Atlantic to the Paci-
fic, anti that 1f tk9 report+ of his
utterances were .rue, he must be
mace. to apologise or retract or the
Methol st Ckorch would kaow why."
And .hall Trehawaey diet etc.. etc.
We wppoae Unele Sam dtone carries
the Methodist vote in his coat-tail
locket and can dirmose'of It as be
chemise. Bat we do not suppers be
would give his own vote to Tupper,
even 11 Tarte were to prove that
every man on Anticosti Island was
a wrecker. The committee bas no right
to hold Mr. Tarte resent/Able for
newepnper reports, while the Hansard
report in accessible. Take that for a
tesla, and no sensible Methodist can
find the slightest cause of offence. if
Tarte had said there were tvome red-
headed men and eaotas wreckers on
Antk.ostl. It would not be the duty
of every red-headed man in Canada
to "avenge the lath" by voting Tory
at the next eIoetkm. The avernge
Metho-ftet ought to have an much
feriae at the avert(p' red -healed man.
We never hear d Mather:WA laymen
getting together and bragging. about
how they will make their preachers
rote, and the boot on the other leg
dos not fit any better. it would look
better for three preachers le, refrain
from premixing to do chi., that or
the other thing with the Methodlt
vote, until they were a good .heal
sorer than they are now of their
ability to deliver the gao.11 Meth).
datado r,t vote at the crack of nay.
man's wblp.
?B* SAX .10S1• BoAL•.
• Oaeatm.nmon to Mak. Inquiries
IRsgwrding the Lest -
The laniter of Agriculture, Elba
John Dryden, has decided to recom-
mend to the Provincial t3overnment
that a oemmlsel* be appointed to In-
vestigate the whole *testae of the
San Jose scale. When Lbs *latent*
of the pest in Ontario was fleet dI.-
oovered a careful inspection of fruit
orchards and the destruction d
every tree infected, was ordered. Af-
terwards the scope of tbe art was
so.newhat enlarged, eo am to psermlt
clumps of trees, where the scale had
appeared, to he destroyed Thr
measures taken to stamp out the
pea appear to have aroused roared-
erabie oppontltion In the fruit dis-
tricts, although tie evil Ie one re-
quiring vigorous treatment Pending
the aetlon of the comm4tlon the de-
struction d trees will probably be
suspended bat the Impanel* et or-
chards will proceed.
An Adm melon by the Inemy-
faf
talent*
L awe e.ltate Shat the
r�egfrlbatlan measure
has ham a genuine t0 me. In
the fine d the adv that woe
taken of them In the 1t was not
reasoahle to suppo ne that the Liber-
als wood treat the Opposition with
an mush roneeit'rattoe. If I were a
Literal. L would be inclined to pay
them hack In their own coin, And If a
t'rswswrativey 1 would aons-pt the mew-
sare without any q*lbbling or hea4-
tatIn kn.wing that were the Govern-
ment en inclined they e ukl hare mads
it emelt wove. for sic.. in private eon-
tvAitAexn. Ctwlserratives admit that
the rrd1Mtrthetlnn 1e a 1qIr .neo!, Nil
they bare tr. Ellin 18 14' party pore
p AM the lit
will to kept tap,
they atRwm ns, t e whole anmmer, at
the *opine, of the people. -Brants, Ot-
tawa.
As the rel Ronk island • Pa-
eVM wewtiveind express train pelted
Into Genesee, 111., 110 .leas south of
Celewgn. at 9 50 o'eknt hat eight.
three etre left the tra.k and were
td fel brntn abe twsMing into i sttrooak
pp�lepv na were mite ed skeet.aAwn rNr!
tr•alri l0o5asotive ambled,
sir Charier
chrempieeped the
AT MT*
to Mintel tear •
of which there ate -bah! • a dean saw
before the House. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
• lao informed the Howe that Ohara
had been no change in she position
01 the negotiations re.peo(iag the
Alarepin boundary since he mads his
t oommuaiutim to the Honer. In
su ly, the estimates for the Inland
Revenue Department were pasted and
the House adjourned at 10.40.
Yr. Maclean (Sart York) asked that
the Premier lay on the table certain
correspondence which he referred to
lice other day with the O. T. R. Com-
pany in reference to the *Meanest
of the teaokmea's strike.
The Premier replied teat for oer-
tain reasons ninth he deemed impor-
tant he -preferred udt to bring the
papers down arra' Monday.
Mr. Sato* laid os the table a ropy
of the evidence taken la the investi-
gation held by Mr. Ogilvie epee the
complaints against the officials in the
Yukon. He moved that the paper* be
printed.
DRUMMOND RAILWAY BILL.
Upon the order for the third read
ung of the bill authorises& the ac
gnartltn by the Deka fou of the
Drummed Cosa4y Railway Wag
called, Mr. Foster asked that the
debate be deterred until Tuesday
no there west utUl some lntoresa
whkoh- bre .eaimed for that 1*
nor yet lei' lief' '01 `•ileo Mawr
The Premtpe tt reply. expremed
her reeding*- tic meet the wisher of
the OpporHkea. tut called attention
to the fad that the Homs had al-
ready &peat a very'• bug time upon
tars bill, end ha supposed the Hous
would agree with ktm that 1t was
Important the bill eiatld be disposed
of. It the bill wise allowed to stand
over, It mart be on the understand-
ing that the bill would be dlamamed
of at Tuesday's sitting.
(lel. Prior asked U It were true
that M,r. Ludgate. to whom a lees!
of Deadman'. and bad been grant-
ed. had thrown op the lease and left
the ooautry-
Dr. Borden. Mlairtar of Militia, re-
plied that noth8Og wee known to
that effect in kW dapart/nent.
Mr. McNee Inquired whether the
Government le taking any active
Mem towards obtaining a fast At-
kaatla service.
Sir Wilfrid Laarler replied that
the Government was taking active
elope In that direction all the time..
YUKON RAILWAY POLICY.
The House weal into eupply at 5.50,
taking up the inland revenue .514-
nateu. In the item of salaries an in-
crease of 310,000 had been asked, but
ter Heart Jay laked to have this re-
duced to 33,000, The lacrosse, he said,
wea owing w the feet that 90 new ia-
duatries have been establiahod which
are ((oder the metro( of hie depart-
ment. These comprise oar' new distil-
lery, twenty breweries and malt -
houses, tweak -eight cigar factories,
five tobacco factories and forty-twe
beaded warshomae.. A great many of
(brae were in the Northwest and Bri-
tish Columbia,
On resuming the Committee of Sup-
ply, Mr. Geo. Taylor read a letter trona
r, George F- Deaae, of Lansdowne,
tion Treasurer of rice Township of Leede
aaaaadowee lase[. le which he
Td i,ermed that two carloads of men had
been sent there by the Grand Trunk,
half negroes. The first night there
was a great deal of shooting, and he
found bullet hole. in erase proximity
to his windows. On makingcomplaint
five men had been arresteand were
to he triad yesterday efteraooa.
The Inland Revenue estiraatea,
amountingto $411,(5ars
0, were ped,
and the ouse rase at 10.40 p.m.
lnATHl1f WORSHIP 1s. M0WI RSAL.
• Ohl** Joss -Boase ceremoniously
Opened.
Montreal report : A Chinese "joss"
house, the first heathen place o1 wor-
*bip in Canada east of British Colum-
bia, has been opened in Montreal. The
dedication d the temple took place
last Sunday, and was en imposing af-
fair. The "temple" consists oI a suite
of rooms oath. third story d a build-
ing on Lagauchetlere street. The
larger one had been decorated for the
occasion, and a shrine had been set
up. The central figure wan an idol
representing a man in a sitting poe-
tare. It was ever two beet high, and
- made of wood, and lavishly gilded.
The idol is called "Thom kiln," Ind was
brought from Canton, oro.aln` the
Pacific on beard the last C. P. R.
steamer. It oily reached Montreal a
day or two before the dedication. in
front of the idol were displayed a
savory smelling roast pig, roast fowls,
fruits, sweetmeats, rice, and wine.
Two temple -keepers in long Wue
robes officiated as priests, and about
a dozen Chinamen waisted as worship-
pers. In an adjoining room, during the
ceremony, an ioressant clatter was
kept up with gongs, cymbals, and
drums, while in the hall firecrackers
were let off. The officlatiag China-
men, amid sileaee,removd the rad pa-
pers that covered the eye. o1 the god,
and the faithful, kneeling, and bow-
ing three times three, sang the incan-
tation,
lbsn the divining blocks were
thrown up. These Works resemble
ti form a hottest. They are made
of the root of the bamboo- They
are thrown up into the air, and 1f
they fall one with the flat aide and
one with the roundel side upwards,
this Is regarded a. propitious. A
down times they were thrown dp,
bat nares orape name down favor-
ably. Oona one of the Mocks felt
under tete shrine Itself. and two Chin-
amen went In tenth of it on their
hands aad knees. Finally one of
those officiating remarked that the
devil most be there, and the blocks
were ab cried for the day.
Then came the sacred jar of ham -
boo splints, which la 'baker until
one of the splints falls out. it hearr
a rnimb.r, whit* oeorreepande wltl
one of the temple -keeper's book
prayers, and the answer Is Rev
under that number. Paper mane
amounting In vales to about '-
cants, was lighted and offered n, •
the jos, and then an adjournment
WSW made to another room.
The vlaniL which the god had Heft
untouched were plao.0 before his
worshippers, who did Ort follow hie
example In that raspsat, for a
cora-
mossy *raptness dedbetlag the temple with
Its Image of Thom Sta."
(:HRI8TTAN WORKERS PROTEST.
Theante *teeter to wltnese the
ceremony was Rev. Dr.
y
the Preabyterlee divine, who �hes
Cbr. btla1Jlg greatthews( (Intni.e.Msnd wW
w'sa pr
rswgt to pr'avatlt [tie Chrkettan
parttrlpatlpg In the
neremcay. The introdnotbw of
heathen woaehlp itaw *used a greet
wheat
ed In (trklNaal woe kamfnget
Chinese, aad a vigorous protest has
berm seade•agalnei It.
Kelmd to midi uie With ^Mar.
On the motion to go Into reapply
Sir Charles/ Tupper asked for a de
clue/dim of policy by the Govern
went wttb reference to the charter
Mg of railways to the Yukon. He
OOnfesred that he was greatly sir -
prised. when the Senate threw out
the Yukon Railway bill, to find that
the Government, for reasons which
he had never been able to under
. land, determined that no px•rsen
else should have the right to Iulld
48
and, In fact. that no further
charters should be granted for that
pu rpose-
Sir Wilfrid Lnurler-1 am very much
obligee to my Ian. friend for bringing
this
question to the attention of the
Horne. 7 may say that we do not
objrot and would not object to any
scheme to build a railway from waters
that are absolutely and without doubt
In Canad%nn territory to the Yukon
country. But we hate decided objec-
t:on, and i think my hon, friend will
agree with me when he gives his at-
teatlon more closely to the matter, to
granting a charter to a line Into the
Yukon from tum (reputed territory be-
tween Canada and the United States
At the present Limn moot of the ohar
ter; wlh'ch are asked for are to Meld
a railway on the Dalton trail, that la
to say, from Pyramid Harbor towards
Dawson City. At the present time
Pyramkt Harbor 1s In the disputed
territory. We claim the ownership of
It and the American claim the owner.
ship of It, nod they have at present
practical) poeaslon of it. as they
have of the Lynn Canal, Well. If we
were to grant a charter, and I helteve
It 1. so provbiet In those which are
asked for. It would have to bresupple-
mented by American legislation, and
e n we would bit providing for railway
oommunleatlon from the waters of
Pyramid Harbor, whlcb are practi-
cally now in possession of the Ameri-
cans, towards Dawsoe City. If we
were to grant that we would only be
ooluPlierithig the egoeatlon of deter -
min ng the boundary between us and
the Americana We claim thlt the
ixoundary is at the entrance of the
Lynn Canal and that eoneonently
the whole of the Lynn Canal
to to. The Americans claim. bonolV
other hand. that the boundary palma
around the Lynn Canal, that tile,
ebo.ld bare all the shores monad 1t.
OW it to may that they should he
ooaflrmed In the poseesebn of Skag-
nay, wbkh they now hold. of Dyes
old d Pyramid Harbor. If we were
torrent this new eksrter from Pyra-
mid Harbor we would ereate on the
anther side of Lha Lynn Canal another
Mario* city, and H there were an
.testa ciyr.-. eh--Pr'amid
amt & oft Berber cat Stegner, Aril
eider that when we mom to the
point of settling that bosMary those
powerful interests would weiga cn-
ormoneIy at Washington against our
oontemtkon of what la the true bound-
ary, therefore, *nder these elrenm-
aRaaos. we belie* that we ought to
delay the granting of these charters
from Pyramid Parlor to the wa-
ters of the Lynn Canal until the
queralemi of the hnnndary has
trap Retitled In some way
or another. M we believe 18 will yet
has nettled. M the reoternition of oar
contsntloe of what IR the true bound-
ary Ilea.
lib ("barks B the com-
mon oosemm'$ of Mee House. 1 arty
bit permttted to am a ramie remark.
I fat! to Ma how Nw erndrgrtion of
• others` hi ihrey Mae &XI one 10 "'W
.tttemsnt of 88.. boundary. _ to be be dasetn end. 41 le .ver le
mlrv4 by tndepesdpm3 tete* t ,n*4
Puerta I lits Oona wept to any a Woad
farther, teeante L am IMO��3!�la
that the Right Ree, Palms 11■listeT
hall &trtod ee the enaeh glen Which
b t•11erl!e N ic he• mae4/ary
N nfe latsee 8 et tweed%
frena Itiroato, Jgpeparable wafering of tsethe
sensate for 19 pare, Jams Mar -
Melt, of N.. 176 Ramesh etre*, ds
aided to give op the bard*, aad to
(st Bator'I*y he tilt hb throat 41.
though he le apve at present, the
dm'taw 4o not hold out any hopes
of his recovery. Mondial has lived
with his wife at the *obese men -
Untied fee usan7 ysaran nd bee -
lintels M people had a noting as►
gs rtwp8e with the Ws man, who,
the weather permitted, amt
out In trait of hie door lel • x1115.
John A. McGee. ftatt Pallchnee kat
tiled w petition In bankrnp4.•y, sew-
ing iiabilities aggtegwslag 3150,000.
The failure appear* eine have ban etre
to Mews leoureed In shipping ventures
In the Ataekan trade.
One Wlae may be raid la kr* (1lf
It doe= tht•o�t the her-
�ttiiuppe.ttlg a h ttpcer tW3
Market Reports
-4P-
The Week.
Xsatliag Whose Markets
Following are the clyslug_
_IM*-, e•pertagiwaaters -
Cash. Jul
Charlie
eee .i. - $-- i-- eu 751-1
oe
Mllwaahe.... , ..- ,... 077 G1 t.l
Bt. in•:t ... - u 78
Toledo ,.. ......... 077 0 77 �
D.trvAt, red ., ._ .-. - (1781.1
Detroit, whits . _
Duluth. No. 1 aurth, 4073 8-4 0 70 34
helm eapoUr.- 78 83
Toronto. red -. ... 0 72 1.2 --
'fervent, Na 1 jwrd
(aro) .1. •-. -- 01451-2 --
Orate aad Produce.
Thom*. Jesse 10„--Flour-G quarto
.sVlet ro�a $8.23.70der
traittor.511,85 ; Rio
pttaaMani-
tuba _ Prte�� .15 to S ;
ea • iRW UAW.
75 all
y
t
Tho �r5it:; .a
beet ; orteit, 67 b e -
•
l's, J1e �".,
11 tit -rrtow a`n. .genu iai uta
Oats -WAN* cab 'Minted at No
wort.
kl'e-Quoted at a
Barley --{jeered a54t 40 to 4& west
Buckwheat -Flora ; 4b, north cry
50o e ► -
BraasA--('1ty mill sell bran et Me
and shorts' at $15, in car kers, 1 .t la,
Toratia
torn-OanaQaa Igo welt, and .tam.
Icon 41 to 43c on track here.
Peso-Soldat tiro Inlet in ear luta
Oatmeal -Quoted at 38,90 by the Dna
and 38.90 by the barrel. on track at
Toronto.
St Lawrie* Markets.
Toronto. Jane 10.-Rceelp4 01 farm
produce were large, 1.000 bushel., of
grain, 20 loads of hay, with a of
straw, and the usual satarday's d"ht
eel d butter, egs's and poultry
,
Wheat, steady ; 800 bushels *old .as
fofkrws: Wblte 751-2 to 77e.rd
751-2 to 778., aad goose at (0
Oats, firmer. ".All buah.M /111u: at
34 to 378.
flay, master; timothy sold at 31(1 W
$Y' per ton, and e:over at 37
Straw, steady, at 31 to 37 per t.e.
Potatoes. firmer. at 30 to lite tet
bag. Butter, plratlful, at 12 to 17e per
lb„ the latter area coaly being hail
for &sleet dairy rolls to spsalal rue.
tomer& The balk of butter tr.,
'Tareeer talon* Bate at 11 b VS-
pee
4 -per 11
Reit firmer, at 12 1.2 to 15e. per
doe
Poultry -Turkeys sold at 10 te l.a
per Re; (thickens, 00 to 75c. per psalr
for last year's birds.
Spring Nulckaas-Tete supply
equal to demand, at 80e- to $1
pair.
Parse Prods Wholesale
Toronto, June 10 --Hay. baled, ear
lots- per ton, 37.50 to 3850: straw,
baled. our Iota per ton. 34 to $4.50;
Potatoes. oar let& pee bag. 70 to
75e; bettor. choice, tots. 9 to Ile.;
butter, mod(nm. 8ahs. 9 to lis, bet-
ter. dairy, ih roils, 18 to 14x; batter,
11►rge rolls, 12 to 13&: batter, cream-
ery, Ib. rolls. 17 to 18a. eggs. choice.
new laid. 12 to 121.2x; honey. per
Ib., 8 to 7e.
Lithe' Meets*
Liverpool, Jar 10. 12.80 p. m. -
No, 1 Icor., epilog, els 3 1.2d; No. 1
CaL, no stock ; red water. 6r 11 1.2d;
oorn, new, ks 5d; cid, It14-1 3-4d ;
peas, 54 10 1-2d ; pork, Mao west
ern mem, 44e 6d; lard, prime west-
ern,
estern, :204 6d ; American. refilled. 21a
lkf; tallow, Australian. 28. 6d; Am•
orlcan, goof to flea 23s; *owl. snort
Ole, light, not quoted; 1. 5.. light.
3(Ir; 1. c., heavy, 20s 8d; a c..
heavy, 28s 6c1; cheese wall. 4111;
roared, 458 61,
4ve*1 -Clpse -Hoot whip dale
wheat, futures steady. et d 10 7 -ed
for July and 5e 11 7-8d for fiepf.
fIpot melee quiet, at 31 5d for new
mixed American, and 811 5 8-4d for
old; future* quiet at 8/ 5 1-44 for
J
18.ey 34.aad 8. sid far Sages ar
Pim, Minn-,
London --Close - Wheat, off eoaet.
nothing doing. Ou peesapt quieter
and hardly any demand. Cargoes
mixed American sail grads. steam,
June 1110 9d. off cleat, notMag d°-
rag.
uung. On passage, mdse. hat steady.
Spot male, Gal-, Fox, less., 181;
Amerlpar mixed, 17& Rens, 8. 1f
24m.
Antwerp -Red wtntsr wheat, N� 2,
14 1-2f.
Paris -Close - Wheat, 201 lar for
June and 201 00c for Sege. and
Dee. FICar, 4,81 20o ter. Jar and 2141
10c for tspt. aad Dee.
std
[oar
lsadet*e•e's ea Trade.
A goox1 average hainern le doing in
the Dominion of (Janda. Torowto
reports trade retarded early In the
week by noel aad wet. bat improved
later by warm weather. The old
agrasmmt bstwern the Caaadtaa
manafaetorers �ld the groos'u has
been abrngatad. but n rev► Ona agrwsd
epee will allow of taus of paadlaa
sugar at lower rat, whlslh, N V s1
ill
weheo4 tuporta d refuted
ro.. dihe Onitrd 5.attma 'I7.e Inmhe.r
trade la unsettled by .n.ertalrty W
to tariff retg*latlogr en ,ger4
Lbs United $tate& A**I80 D bme
r oo iem ersare arofft ooh volume.
.SeamDer "
1s light In thegMaritime view%
owing to oonserratlre aotlea by buy
era, Advlos from Newfota4laa41 how-
ever, are encouraging. Retail trade
Is !nett, owing to weather m*detions
InBMW' Colombla, are jobbers aro
*elves Falluren for Iasi week num
bere4 oat 1a
7 Itgatal3 psertans
Week, 21 In the ofl��8g week
a ear age M Int 1�1• N fa 1890
and 27 In 189G. Bet!�ge for
at
the week aggregate $$$, t e
week and o peat. strut* f e Provo"' esat, ease 8145 eor-
' afg it For its
! rbatp wa'e 14 per
emit. heavier than those of April end
28 pcent,81 M hea18rltrser [banest last ysr.
while for the flue -teethes period the
gt 1n er of 1
Lf* Plane of 0nadaloepe.
There
le strange w11d sass In
a kmt ka kroOea of .ad sielled the 'Tth b by the
'Lal b She wail rt a t►afn isles each
d tieaa�ae between tea etlel d
taw bat inrgla soon tbmni Best a
phr bep so* and the e3i1M of "
a easy whits leallaelise or
Whet Innsi
'west et atta�tfes�A6. two
40
plant/.or arse WUaaew tllkI•Ifatbesid,stI dla atwd
8Ya rib plait pg(11!•oea 89180 r etas
aid 7utluw h1Ro3ll- w_- the pleat
Nl.tere Is ae *8.8.8 that It tallWlea m)1'
°mmt.fy wawa la sal gam knew.
lelism a man mane how mai ow
wanes wavy a widow who hurls hi"
lent a r80b husband it meow him
Ilot faifere, hat lbw alts, ie ertme -
J. R. Lowd6
•' ' W4, dos
angry whale be
eiliSy and you
Mag Iles
hnsbasid art
pitat bile
tiles ► ii d�