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*MY TNU1taDAY MOWING
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THCRODAY. JULY U. 1899.
IlWOMTmLP110.
Tortes In opposition are expected to
do a coigWerable amount of howtkng
and gtowltng, and It should excite
no surprise that they bovine more
violent In the dog days than they
were When the wveatber was cool. In
spite of Ita teem and troth, nobody
twho knows then Spee of 1iamUt it
can be persuaded that it cold be
shocked by any species of political
corruption, after steadily support -
los the Tupper+, the Laugevins and
the Carom for so many years. When
it says that tfhmlltdxn was ear -
rd for the Grlt Government again
rtia again by cote 1*1 I and freed,
either protpte terra -ibe -tart that the
only Hamilton melee eefi1eet els tote
Legislature who was ever unmated
b7 the Courts wee a Tory, and
when one thinks of the class of can-
dklates put up by the Tories in Ham-
Utoa from time to time there Is no
--
an explanation of Rbn. J. M. Gib
son's vktories over the Johnny
Burnie' need 'BUI Hancock& Tbellimse
tater calls upon con. A. S. Hardy
to resign the Premiership` Incense
certain Irregularities have been Ids-
_ covered in the West Engin bye -Mee -
Oen. Resign In whom favor' That
of Mr. Whitney. who has
himself been unseated In his
time for bribery and corruption by
agent& When the people d Ontario
__demand pare politics, they will not
apple to J. P. Whitney n>or to H. Cars-
.
arr• raper to point the better way, and ito
will take mon than the seg ttoe
of the Hamilhlo' Spectator to coe-
vla4e tem that Sir Oliver Mowat and
Dire, A. 6. Hardy are. or ever were,
-- a pair of rogues. The b.aokguardeog
pito,: i.d that Spectator was begun
too eerie cad eootitned too long. On-
t til.e eh£tr.11 .,.el ...fL%1!t{ite . OT
hoeeset, oapabte mon for a long term
- d yestim, and that fait is recognised
• by Conservatives aa well as by Lib-
meaaia That ie sot a' 'pithiest reason
why nae party ..bald hermit in office
terever. In the course of nature, an
sp*c:lioo party tdltbatd -grow in
straagte. But -Ibe .Thies al Ontario
lave been poorty led. aid tbeir emi-
tters was weakened by temporary at-
eamoer witt P. P. A.'s anti other suns -
berets wbo bad not the confidence of
the better element of either party.
= Ile name-ca14ing policy of the Spec-
tator was another source of weakness,
for iateiligsnt *teeters knew that
lemur". Mowat -Hurd', Hal VMS
and their celestine, were not the
ecoundre4 and cutthroats tbat their
tacklers accuser represented tbem to
be. So meth was that species of politi-
cal warfare overdone that when the
Spectator now ea tie Kr. Ross a
"Waahiagtott" or Mi. Hardy a "'Mak-
atea'," the words produce no more im-
pression than parallelogram see
hypotheanse weed.
Premier Harte Is not going to ne-
Mga. He Ia going to enjoy a month's
headers and then go back to Itis of-
fline fit good form for another year'!:
had work in Ontario's Interest. Rb
Oee.rnment is not going to be dfested
In the present Honer. nem eten in the
ono general election. unlesm the 'Rory
Oppotttttem can fend saute better ren -
son than has been yet adduced for
making a change. Of all the mud that
they have thrown during the last
eweuey-eight years very little has
moa!!. They may wit West begin by
agencies edmllar to thaw which they
now so violently condemn. but the
'Hary Government will have lett s
tmthrtenttni majority In the House,
Sad t landtng upon Its good behavior,
1t1 1s not likely to di anything in the
next couple of years to arouse the re-
t of the electors 1°ctdore of Ontario.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Qdited States for the turf ll
Aisteseemehrateall
111 amolmt to Mb,11M,7Qi, or
966 mare than ton the tort halt of
1164
Comms de Oaatellane attempts to
scarify the Prince d Mooaooby refer-
ring to bow be gats hie wealth. The
b+sband 01 several of the 1pte Jay
(enamel'* milliont exhibits a' deal
el aadaoity.
After catering an expense of Sete
for rtturrs In the Manitoba erotism
frauds inquiry Sir Charles Hibbert
Tupper left Ottawa and threw up the
preaecuttou of the case without AS
much as reading the documents he
mated for. The country bears the cost
of hie {artisan folly. And lie wou'd
like w repeat the performance on a
greeter scale la the Yukon mutter.
Meer all title tory yams abase
the Women's International Council
being about to buret up because 01
Iatdy Aberdeen's attempt to mono-
polise the leadership. It is refreshing
to read about tee Joyful time the
members had at the Mantels' resi-
dence at Watford, and the °ampll-
mealer terWiebditilir. - Berle* •Ata=
dean haters of the taanadlen press
had their little fling.
Ne :w Jerry IN the breeding ground
of the trusts Some Idea of the revo-
►etlon taking place may be gained
from the fact that during June Iasi
no fewer than 205 leootpanies were
chartered) In New Jersey, 21 of which
were capitalised In excess of $3,000,-
000 eneli ; and since this first of the
year no less than 1.175 companies
have flied articles al Incorporation
and taken out ahartere at the office
of the Secretary of State in Trento:t.
The Brockville Thee. which is
probably the most unfair and un-
scrupulous of Canadian political
organs. nsealls Mr. Graham, M. P.
for not opposing the Cbnmee bill.
Yet, the Brockville 'Moses is the
host ■leveeh and fulsome of the
Wil£ne7 organs. std deflpds- the
'Hwy leader's every word and act.
fa this connection. the Termite
Telegram points out :
it le not teethe credit of Mr. Whit-
ney that oa this question he said
never it word for the people. cad
in the middle watcher of that dis-
graceful all-night session a few die
tingaeshedl Toronto (•onservatives
threw obs whole strength of the Op-
position tato the seals in favor of
the Comma Bei. •
We than try to bear up un deteithe
outrage on Canadian liberty involved
in the appointment of Mgr. Diomede
Falcone' aq Papal Delegate to Can
ade. 'Arrays p ovlded that the gen,
Deman paps his own tloord hill and
%reveille( expenses and does not un-
dertaie to bit as for Peter's pence.
La Vertts says that Mgr. Falcone'
rued to vote In New York State. but
omits to mention wbech site he took.
We hope he will be a good Orli dur-
ing hie reeidende In Canada.
-4--
John D. Roekefelier r the reported
por•baser of the Texada Island iron
miner it British Columbia, and Tacoma
in Washington Territory hops to gat
the .ineltIng works, the attraction
Irtng cheep coke and good railway
facilities. A United States Customs
duty on ore elands in the way of that
trireme, but U Mr. Rockefeller should
succeed bee Inducing congress@ to realer°
the duty. the United States market
for Ontario. Nova Scotin, Newfound -
laud and other (well would also he
opened
THE SECRET HISTORY OF
THrGEKITYMANOER OF U2
Story of the Man Hired by Sir
John to Plan it,
AND WHO WAS CHEATED OUT OF HIS PAY.
Montreal, July 9, -The secret hie- .dares. the ltatttles written on the
face of the map and the schedule I
tory of the gerrymauver of 1ti82 rr , wrote on else olde skuwlug the re-
tort by Mr. Jelin Dago,, editor of malt 0f the obalysa. $Ir John ex-
claimed: "That takes a great load
off my shoulders." The gerrymander
act. as It was catle.l, was empty the
cbart I had nomtructed. expressed in
legal language. The changes were
tet mated M Mire eta++ aa &bee
latlegehrefetethbeestalerTattre
of four esateteadd a better fig
pgrt7
chance 1n a mother of others. 1 re -
the Journal of Caaa Brea, in 11 sign*
ed article In the Maltreal Herald.
as follow.:
'Os theltf#3_ de, IL.. ii ie i6R1.
r'e
I oeMved a note Ironies lellnlberr a[
the Menet*, who represented the
tem trne e'sned erJutatelaeulutuId in
Toronto, millet to call upon him
at a certain hour. I was informed
that tit compliance with the omit.
Lotion the government proposed to
a aetgua-l1ia, uiarpthe .
ttartt''bb�. II wa■ thaEt the .:46.t414
//e.aeppaaring a chart ,bowing the boas-
dlaries pr•opo.ed to bc• establldbd
had best entrurteit to the officers
of tits Department of the Interior,
of which Sir John held the portfolio,
but ;they had failed to draft n work-
abiee plan. I was naked V 1 would
undertake to construct a chart ac -
(vedette to the Wear and suggestions
o tbe speaker. Ou hearing my as
suranoo that 1 felt quite equal to
such a task, the Senator proceeded
to say that 1* wished a chart trade
showing the existing boundaries of
the electoral districts, the voting
strength of each of them, and the
ma jortty at the last election. He
wished she to make this chart quite
lat�e� and to exhibit the statistics
ueelrutl on small tickets, which were
to be pasted over each district, the
ono flied at a piece which had re-
turned a Liberal member to be pink,
and the one over a district which
had chosen a Conservative to b
b:ue. Thea, tk•kete were prepared
by WIIItams, eid1th & McMillan,
printers, Toronto; they were the
aims Mee ire a etaees.sar.,Ilsb. J,
str.) ugly opposer' this plan. as liked
to prove cumbrous and very diffi-
cult
iff
cult to operate from, In altering the
boundaries, but was induced to put
Ore plan to the 1.1..
"The next quertbu was, Where
war the work to be dune/ 1t was
representedi as one demanding the
greatest secrecy ; there must be no
risk of Ute chart being seen by any
outdcler. After various suggestions
11111001111110 REPOORIaT-
The Torles have it lot of stere to
pose as pie -lets and prnttke abut
alta Liberal party being eternally 11r-
gradxcl by the altegathnx made
against certain pxereemx In the West
Elgin cnwe. When did the Tory party
or Ita leaders fall to take advantage
of crookedness'. perfidy and illegality
If occasion offend/ Ukl not the
party defend the outrage on Hon.
Mr. Mills. who war Jim Stephensed
out of his seat In the most dlslx,uor-
orahle manner. That wax the work
of no 'eel)." but wax managed by
rho party leader% and apologized for
by the party pries. and the benefic-
iary of the crtnie agalnet the etre
borate never nadir ree.tltutlon. in a
recent London election, a nnt>rlo es
cbaneter, named Peel, who had ap
peered In pollee court score* of times
and had been frequently sentenced,
was cho.na as A (deputy returning nI
flow. In bis drviaton. though no teal.
lot should be d.povited In a ballot
• box without the deputy seeing that
hie initiate Are on It. Peel, In meet-
• ing tee ballots', threw oat fifty-one
Super -loyal Tories will continue to
kick over the disallowance of the Brit-
ish Columbia bill prohibiting Japan.
me Immigration, though Sir Wilfrid
1 acted
ice explained that
e
n s
Laurier P1
In Imperial Interests, Lord Salisbury
needing Japan for an ally In the event
of complications with Morale, France
or Germany over the partition of
('bins. Tire loyalty that consistsIn
engin( God Rave The Queen is at
n discount -Just like the loyalty that
manifests] itself by puttingeztra cus-
toms taxes on Brit.h goods.
sacked for Mr.' Hyman on the
ground that he could not identify him
own tattler And then look at tote
carefully stalled mangling of constit-
uencies to thwart the will of the
majority when wholesale corruptbm
eine offtelwl turpitude proved unequal
fo the tusk at snaking 'lbr'y prospects
safe! Look At Huron. repeatedly
gerrymandered. until old reltd.ita
ean hardly tell where they are at•
be there an offence against lipsr�.
or law. or any tick an !newish wad
dee pleaMe that Torre have not
town eonvleted of 1t. and Tory papers
have not ea maed f Yea they have
the verve to draw bag faes., raise
timer spinner (f) hands In holy hor
roe, and rv.tllag their eyeballs
beav-enward, thank (ltd that they
are so pare and en millet their wick-
ed Oret appewwaia rause!
'Asst kir fkod, Urfa heap year peae
dor dry,--4hr.s swell.
had been made ant rejicted, offer-
ed to coo the work at my own house.
where i would give up my study to
the service of tbe Government. and
use the help of rouse members of my
family in filling in the tickets and
other mechanical work. The was
agrees to I Levered an electoratepepe
about eighteen !lichee by twelve. and
retie, "alt the Mel up. '0) a' lib -liI
a reproduction on a Targe a•alextbos
chart I made being Rte feet and iii
half by four feet. After met ted -
bus work. extending over several
weeks. for 1 only devoted my even.
Inge to lt, the chart, with Ito mass
a pink and blue ticket... was fen
libel. and a pretty (dollish affair 1t
waw. an I had predicted. Ontario else
tresete.1 looked like some fabulous ant
mal covered with base scabs, blue
and pink. which flattered like see
many tiny wIt . The thing wee
condemned. and fire author of It rester
puzzled. He taw It wasIble
to rearrange the electoral Letrlctx
from such a chert. and invl 1 me
o advise as t, the best way of pro -
:ling.
RAT THE GOVERNMENT DESIRED
member remark111g at till time that
all well arrangements pr eeeted oit
the very doubtafel aawmpt oe that
future elections would proceed on the
sine tinea as past ooes, and that
each party hi the future would tom
esandf the Amts .atlpp)rt...a0 mese
and ne lest. then tt had previously
Hosie. Oe sty saying this to Sir
Jc lei. he maid: 'Quite trite, but eon
e4tuebelea ern garerne.l at gv..x1 deal
by trwlitioty.aa di Orli, are very con
.•rtatlte d e9ie party.'
! to their pt'
WASI'AID.
"My experrearm la this matter shtxr4
ue a warning to young urea when
asked to sei work for a tiovernment
apart from a stat(d salary. My sdvloe
.b: Midst upon a written agreement for
a ftud sum to be paid 011 temptation
of the work. Tke work dolt3 by me in
prtpurhlg the charts for the rd'atri-
butaasa of seats ocst nee otter $300.
Wheu payment ,was asked stir John
put me off with vague progWaw of a
haudaome reward. Yet 1 never re-
celted ase cent remunerated& for labor
which took all my leisure for months,
and dralned me of n tcry large sum
ev inch I paid for aeniatutrr, beside
irons np one room in my houre for
cru ttorerameat saves Some member
allured move for the production of that
chart. If It r not now In the posses-
sions' of tine Goyernnx•nt 1t Inas teen
stolen from the build uge. where I
eats ltdiermee-teean etre•eer, the tate
dtr Jo11u Macdonald, by whist'. instruc-
t:one 1t was mestere u d. '
ANOTHER MAI' l Ol'ND,
Th:- Herald adc4 luqulry tit Lite U--
p.artalent of the lutenor to-dty
showed that there wits 1111 iwpressieu
that the nap from whip the gerry-
trtae:d•r of Ontario In 1t•tre was drawn.
as dtertbed by Mr. John Hague. was
at one time kept to the departmeut,
but that It r oto kwg. r there. The de-
scriptiou of the map. Ila gitea to the
Herald correir otrdrut, c orr. ap onded
to that given by the roan who
claims to have been Its auth .1.
The Herald oorrespo sd ant ntutde
alsotlter d'aootery. however, that
lite epergne map la not the .euly
representation of the voting geo-
dlfayhy of Olgerio that was made WI --
&S" the direetios of the (enervative
gerrymaal3eiers. In the depa_utment
ih a :serge mats mea+.tring about six
by ten feet, and representing the Pro-
vtaoe al Ontario and tee Quebec Coun-
ties of Ottawa and Pontiac. The map
iteee is a weft-finlabed one, 'trapnred
by the draugttsmen of floe Postotfioe
Department in 1891, and representing
the mantles as they exist municipally.
Over this are caret a'iy drawn rhe
iitas of the constituencies ga gerry-
mandered by the set of 186. The
work is fineabed with a nieety1 of de -
tai:. Each township, town and village
is these, with the voting strength of
the two parties marked in Diue char -
eaters. The available vote and the
actual vote palled tore each marked.
Men folhows the Conservative vote,
merited (c), and the Reform vote,
marked (r), Altogether the chart is
a must ertgeninua:y contrived and neat-
er eneoated piece of political machin-
ery, evidlent y dstgoed for uae in the
gerrymander of 189., when in at-
tempt was made to make the wart of
the sweeping!' gerrymander of 1882
mere ocgptata by callivg into requisi-
tion tietlsad exist knife to supplement
tyre aim hacking to pieces the
oo udy organisation, in order to Mee
the electorate and "hive the Grits,"
THE ISUINO OF ST. CROiX. a :1; 4: ' to anity.
The {shoe q a m�1t{aa�rt+
of tier therm are outer
typical t,i3ness
I{111BIIe7 tN� M that all d these
Town in the Tropics. o1''at,� a.. ua`tatakably of volcanic
p et�t n. and they bear evidence of the
wtiih of hie observation
We secured a lat=e number of to -
dirk there and also °bested some ex-
cellent photographs made by a NWYre.
AGARRISION WTH LITTLE TO DO.
Leaving Bermuda four days ago
we steamed due south with-
out slghtlag any ships and
were lmpremed more than ever
with the timeliness 01 this p•trt
of the great dellen. At dayilght this
morning we passed 81. Thomas, and
two boats later 110 Weed of 8t.
Croix loomed up on oar port bow.
Presently aha stn peeped out !rein
heptad one of the high hills of that
voloaple hied. and we were en-
tranced at the singular beauty of
the scent this being our first Intro
duction to the tropics. The ship
tame to smoker about a quarter of
a elle from the More. and in a
taw mlaute�e. ,:,wae&re strroanded by a
ede.ea.pittekeseireeteneed h6
vista( West ladlao Degrees clam-
oring for pemengers to town at a
still II ng alike& Formerly there was
great mafentett canned by this
smemble aaloag the boatmen, but
the offi ne of /los vessel now have
Mr. McNeill, of Mtoe, seers to be
agly without remote judging (rum
what he mid In the debate on the
redistribution bill. Perhaps the
heat of the clay will explain the
heat of McNeill. He interrupted Mr.
Mnkxtk to any that hes naked no
favor and that tbe Conte of Bruoe
could go to the Judges. but when
Mr. Mulock expre.eed Mx grntlficA-
tion that the member for Bruce was
satiefled with the Bill. Mr. McNeill
retorted that It was a yill.tnous
aseswre so far as Brsee was eon -
corned. and " there was uot the
shred of a thread or a filament of
reeoh for Interfering with " that
county, Mr. McNeill nosy not to a
Porte -el,. impartial witness In the
come, but U what he says is true,
Brum will remain as It .. No
bench of Judger would alter the dla-
trlbntkxn of Brow or any other
Monty without snore "bedew of
Mame.
1 was Inform d that what the tbv-
ernment wished) to tercet was a re-
nrrnngement re the electoral dte-
tr'cts, mo far as possible recopnlaing
common unit of representation. This.
however. was to be made sufficiently
elnst'c to allow the groaping of dd.
fermt onetime of the districts go as
to detach Conservative voters from
plasm where they were le excess of
the needde for a makelty and the
attachment of touch voters to dialects
where the new aoneeslon would torn
the male at an electloz In Mow of a
a Lib-
eral
ona(Udlate where
Coat a
one lied hitherto been returned.
Elrotoral districts which were hope-
lessly Liberal were, U possible, to be
atol.hed, ne the aonatituanctes so
thronged as to put the Liberal voters
all together in one district. especially
where they could be drawn away from
A district where they menaced the
Conservative candidate. The process
wee afterward called 'hiving,' which
ie quite appropriate, though while the
work was being done for the het of
1882 tie word was never need. After
making a eolama' chart i tort met)
electoral diatrict and Its surroundings
so hand And wrote upon each the nem•
ber polled Inc each party at the two
prerlols elections. the total number
of ele tore. with the majority In each
oaten. I colored each district to aa to
ellow at a glanc. Its political come
Option. 1 then made n tltor-
ox/gl Moly def thr off:els a returns
of the two last elect'oas, nod took
htxndrMt pt statistics for oom-
pnrlton aid readjuetmept. Some of
the districtie were most difficult to
alter re Aa to .wean the re.alts de.
@ tree. It was said the configura-
tion of seine of these represented
nothing on earth. W the heavens or
the waters ender the heavens. Quite
true, they stepty represented as ef-
fort to fix the tonndartex of alae•
torte dlstrer wecording to two
rules; first. on the principle of equal
representation to aerial numbers of
voters; .Mond. on the principle that
eleetoral di.erten should be meririte-
ed to serve ter intereeeb of the
party In power when they nee re-
arranged. Theme rules do not work
well together. hence the highly et-
esntrie .rapes of some of the dhs
teem on the chart 1 have non -
strutted. Wham nearly completed
It was taken down to Ottnwn
DONE WiTA fSF:tett:eV
" 1 was assigned t° n room close
to that of the Minister of the in-
terne. Into that room 1 ons In
/erected to prohibit the entrnnee
of anyone, even of a Cabinet Minis-
ter, nnime hrolght bee by the Sena-
tor. i remember the petty rage of
one .Mintier to whoa i refused e6-
marten. One day the Hon. Mr.
Aliens, the Mintier of Minn/ Re-
renn., come In and Me the rinart,
upon which he made no 'omment
His &Ilene. alerted the rai,trk
' Why. Atkins. 1 am surprised lit a
strait !need fellow Iles von being In
such a mpany,' to whine Mr. Atkin.
Bare his umeal placid smile One by
ens' ..Feral members were (er emitedl
se t, the reenlist' made In their dia.
triete atwdngert other* being the Int.
J. C R kart, Col. O'Brien and Hr.
thickener notelet1. Tbe latter meds a
tittle fuer over mono haters. bet 14
peewee n(feeebae tbe`'ffb .t t(eeeit was
pot to my "hart It wee down Mir
Jobe MeedenaM. After timely ex
amblag the work dna* oa the borne
The " Invesement Guide" for lane.
seaweed by Henry Clews • Co., of
New York. eorttelns the kited' reports
on railways mannfaotaring and other
noxapaaba - with dsserlptkoa• and
prlca. M bond., etc., and tables relat-
ing to geld amid sliver production. The
a►wuxl(o'iwuet of the pelloy of nntk,nuI
debt paying daring the last decade is
noteworthy. he 1868 the debt of tate
United Benue was $11.480.858.4 la In
L81 . notwitlett►tding the hard
times of the hist half of that deeade,
tale data war 61.099,882,280; in 11188,
1t wee reamed to 61,068,004.695, bet
in 1898 It .cowed at 1111.05e,085,492.
1110 lowest point tenches' hdkg $838,
966,476 in 1898. Had the policy
wheoh was pureed from lse5 en Ite90
been eosllaeod, the natieil 4.14, Of
the Meal Niue week! now he nil
paid off, thug relieving the taxpnye.ra
ceetfiet'eet pnyawfk end giving to
ihe other nation. el the world a ,ansa
valtabte leans d fdeasa
al
}
Prof.
Toil{ 1a=Patsi101 POLICY.
Goldwln rsltb's Idea .1 its
Meseta
The By.4un,:er 1 awry to think that
be ham differed tram some of hoe read-
ers de.
tea
with
e t lx: he has to
ef7 II
regard to tier Vanish -American war
and the presort treatment el the
Ft Mince If he Is accused of hostility
to the Anreriu•nn people, his answer
is that he haw half the American pro-
*.
roplc on his .his•, ned had the whole of
them, except n Violent vection In
(onerous, till they were misled and
maddened by ties fare story of the
Maine." No American name le tet
ter or more favorably known In thia
country than that df Mr. Cleveland,
wbo has ate-tetra/417 .Wosed the
war and everytteng to Which It has
led.
The tnurineti. of a journalist is not
with the etia-r•tee of diptamnt•y, but
with plain tnith and notice. Truth
compelled him to say that "Spain had
made every (trleeaspn In her power,
and that fair time oeght to have
been given her for the redemption of
ber pledges, when war was forced
neon her for the steepens of a politi-
cal party by the nun at W utahbig-
ton, who had the President In their
hands. Truth compelled him to
ray that the charge against the
Fpanlah authorities of blowing np this
"Maine" was manifestly false, and
that the ase mete of it pax shame -
fat Truth compelled' htua to any
that the enverirens had no
claim whatever to the coun-
try or to OW a!Ieglanee of the
Flll4dnost, anal het to treat those pen
ple nus rebels, Mealier them and
ravage tldeir reentry, ons a nuinUret
breech of r114it na wall se of human
-
Ity. Tenth rempes him to ray that
all three deeinratlens shoat taking
up the white man's burden of dnty.
gating efvllisatbn, and extend -
ng the reign of law with fire and
Word, are but Use stale and hollow
pretexta of vlo'enoe and rapine. (1n
the onhjrct the Bystander ham uncal 00
!angnlge stronger than that of the
moot petrlolbe Albertcan* and of the
met reepeetnhle organs of the Amer
lone pmts
Whet thr consequenese of imperktl
Isn to the ['rifted *Hetet will be
Irvine now to appear. Neither the
bloodshed nor the waste of money
wh eh will enrolee up any increased
profits of Cnhnn dor Filipino trade for
ninny year. to roma Are the worst.
The wane are the depravation of
Amer'Mn einoraelsr bad the rem rev
won of the AmeN9an eallim0nwealth,
on which new herpes ter h+t1Sntty
hem I,Ao1
hMilt. Into s vulgar Ildkr
tstn of
he Wee of the Mel world.
rit�ralM opeeply eminating an
of the Declaration d
110dorliliallim ties if flat1.hll upper
fta he
gessisJMII of ta.p., by
the people and Inc 16. will
as.u.edly p.rbe fres Abe
BOTH MEN ARE DECO.
Wm. R. Copplson Buried at
Lethbridge.
CORKWELL DIED IN TORONTO.
Tomato. July 7.-A news idem in
the Mail and Empire on Tuesday last
ateted that Hes. Oappiacee 18 Penning
sheet, was anxJona as to the fate of
her husband, who 1011. Toronto in De-
cember, 1897, to wort on the Crow's
!vest fats r L$ tee lessasd je!-
ebtaiayettenf iud Itemiser ft -
pima died in I.eth4ridge, Alberta, on
October, Pth, 1897, and was buried by
Merarquaree an eenp uyee of Geo.
M. 'falcon, who bead a contract for
bodying Wes who were kilted in the
work. Staff Inemeetar Archibald re-
tie matter well arranged. A oar- mired a letter from (bunty Constable
tad namber of boats are licensed to firi of Walkerfae, yesterday, in
elrillethemmlotelliateen teamess
of this line to apd fro ; these boats
carry as American flag at the bow
std themes are blued by the puler
of obs steamer to thous who wlsb
to go &thaw
A few yams ago the manager et
the steamily eimpeay. whir was
taking a tour amoetg abs Wands, was
amaaed weir* the oorusmotles Mesad
by these boatman. and. flatting that
the °(ricers of the ship were unable
to preserve order among them. ea
they could loo touch a negro with-
out liability; to arrest. the
manager ordered the boatmen to de-
prive. They only laughed derisively;
he tent had the ahlp's fire hoes
brought out and played s powerful
stream of water on the boatmen.
Thea caused a .ensntito among them
and all sought to camps the 'Inez
posted hath by flight. Since that
time there has beau no further
trouble. 1f there la one thing a
West Indian negro hate" more than
another It r an tovoluntary hath.
LARGEST OF THE VIRGIN 1SLAND8
St. Crete, asthe larger4-u1 the Vir-
gin-lielaerle -iwo .44 1s etly 113 miles
long and five allied wide at the widest
point. It eupports a population of
leer than 20,000 people. and ene-
tentbs of these are negrees. It is a
Danish Island, and a garrisou of 85
midterm is In charge of the fortiflca•
time The old fort Is apparently
tumbling down, and the chief duty
of the roldters concis in replacing
tbe stones wben they fall out from
the walla Four toy guar 'of ancient
pattern pointed their noses at us. for
we had cast anchor directly ogisioslte
the fort. A tall fine•looking Dane
came off In a boat, carrying a yellow
flag, and we tbougbt then must be
yetbw fever oo the Oland. but he
proved to be the port phJ.!clan, who,
finding that we were a beatthy-look-
irtg company. fresh from the land of
blizzards, Mauled down alta yellow
flag and gave us permiaulon to land.
As we walke:i up the main street
of tote quaint old town of Frederik.
'tad we felt that we were In a for•
etgn land Indeed. The negroen wbo
flocked around as evoke a peculiar
Argos' which we could n et under-
stand, and In reeponm to our inqulr•
les they all said tbelr language
among tbetnselves fa called "broken
English." When addressing white pee
pie they speak English very distinctly.
We ricin came W the market place.
This is nn open 'square, where Urn
were many strange -looking sad ex•
traordinarl'y dressed oeg•r0 mai and
women. bearing trays os testahes�
or squatting on the ground au
by their wanes, and all chatilk.
monkeys Some sold flap of MN�1t,
colors. red. blue, yellow and' Mee
gated. and looking Ilse pantile. hay -
lag black. abarp nt"r a
parrot's beak. We bongs }ley
oranges for a Danish esat apiece. and
they were delicious napedillos, ewe
tard a 0000annts and all sorts
of fruits and vegetates" were
t
In from the country drtriote
on the Meds of the women. mapy
of whom Walk ten relies to own with
ober heavy burdens and are happy
If they receive as mach as 50 cents
at the end of the day for their pro.
duce.
These negro". are impoverished and
ignorant, though picturesque In their
rites, and withal the happiest lot lin
tenable. I thought I had wen on
some of the plantations of the far
south the lowestade of hiaoks, but
i was n.
m sickegr
Tweet sora
Twenty y ago a
terrible Inserreotion of the blacks 0c -
correct on this Island, and the atro-
dtlee eommltted were horrible beyond
belief. Everywhere yon drive through
the Island gaunt ruins of One old
sugar estates stood as silent wit -
noises of this dreadful episode.
A DRiVE THROUGH THE INTERIOR.
The luxerlanoe of the tropical foli-
age on this eland . a never-ending
sourc.. of delight to the visitor. Ws
drove about thirty miles through the
Interior. orer matntatn roads border-
ed welt magnificent mahogany trees,
wild bananas, fraglpanl, obs flaming
flamboyant' having gigantic scarlet
flowers, oottonwooc'1 trees, to Ibetr,
tamarind, white *amine to bloom,
and a great variety of air -plants or
parasites. The mala roads are hard.
smooth limestone, exeellent for bicy-
oling, and oda one of the amass the
(
wb+nh wy;gmpxa/ad..a edawmealeatiee
arum Teem, who gave thhee 'inform*.
eon as to Cope:hon a death. The bur-
ial, he said, was registered, and every-
thing was does regular.
Some time ago Mrs Sarah C-aukwell,
of Chelsea. Ting., advertised in a Te-
rmite paper for tidings of her eon
(bares, whom she had net seen since
187X. ahem a bay of 16 he left home
to some to Canada. The adve,rtiaement
stated flat be had been heard of last
at Wsterfacd. In ate probability he
(miming man was none other thea tie
Charles Corkwell who deed from an
internal trouble in the General HwIpd-
tal on Jnae 141.1.
Stafflnereeetor A.retibwld'e depart-
ment had bheem tasking enquiries
the matter, and it we* learner that a
Charles Corkwell was married in Wa-
terford. Layer os the search ended is
t'he General Hsst{tel, where, as al-
ready stated, the man died. His widow,
however, u alive, and she believes
that her horded was the than want-
ed, ak•hougb the spelling of the name
iaa:eghtlydieemilar, Inc her lot»band's
member's msidee name was Sarah, and
tae was born In England.
Maetiorkernit.is eglsflflee4arf whetesa-
bber. is a legacy avWi lag her.
That esanons ltaemetl aleetteo.
Interest In the famous. or rather In-
famous Rummell election case has been
stimulated rime Mr. Juetke Osier. at
the recent Wert Elgin trial. referred
to It as the won't
6e ever rd
u It'd !tett
of in Canada. We have been asked
to briefly state the facts. George B.
jeyess Fellows was the ('ourer+ative
�andlda06 In that sessiosable election.
life name was originally (Merge B.
Lyons. but for some reason he had
the word "Fellows" added to 1t by art
aj Parliament. Hie Liberal opponent
was lir. Lone. At the clam of the
poll. Fellowa was declared) elected by
a .strap majority.
As anon as the offlalal return ons
mad' known. everybody aaiealnt_•d
with the locality was a/towealled at
the tremendous majority vote pulled
for Fellows In the town.hlp of Cam-
lbedge. Far more persona were repre-
sented as hiving r enovit id timer cots
for him thea there Were name on the
araemment roll altogether. ane only
ihv for hie Liberal oppones%
There were so election courts In
thole deye and ooatteated elections
were decided by n committers In
Parliament. and to l'ar(lament tide
east was taken. The then Conserv.
titre Government appareettly knew
what elected le Folksiest for the Min-
tier" found a fllmey excuse for rrfuts-
Imk to Invedlgate the charges of col -
meal fraud, and nested Mr. Fellows
without further ado.
So overwhelming was the evidence
of raroallty. however, that criminal
proceedings were instituted against
the Conservative M. P. -elect and
against the returning officer end poll
alert. They wore arrested end pot nn
their trial. and then earn., the expos-
ure to wheel Mr. Jtstice Osler has
referred. The evidence was startling.
it was shown that the election days
were fixed for B,tnrday and Monday,
and as there- was open voting this
wax arranged. so that ■anday might
be spent In Inventing plans to Insane
the eleetlon of 10.. Oovernment can=
( . W e
eI1Ak n See tis in cn c 1
i Wheel 4 eel t m
7 t
wax fn �t1 v
and that hundreela of
otos
were needed to elect Mr. Fellows. and
n meeting was bekt can Sunda In
the returning offlerer'x house to devise
ways and means. The ass stance df a
elererr Yankee had been called In by
the Conxervative managers, and he
had not nosier All the way from the
home of the gerrymander wither -it
being possessed of ee4rcUoadteeaooreee.
The question was, how were the
emelt nesmary to go on the roll, as
having voted. to he obtained f The
gaartetis fixed on a nine( plan. They
local a direeetory a New York State.
and they turned It to account. Whole
pages of laces of peewees living In
Troy. Arbauy and home were copied
11the voters' 11.t. Opwar: of 1140
nnmow thus Required ti on the
40
poll books M the comity of Ro.".11,
as sates recorded for the Conserva-
tive candidate. Nor wan this all. it
was proved that 300 other names
were Inserted from newspaper, end
from dtreetor.de, at the instigation
of the Conservative candidate, after
tete poll had Mooed. The was to make
h eleetftln doehly sure. lee naro-d
InstaImoat of bogus names wee -tftAr-
war(G removed when it was found
that the 'fret raxoally expedient had
►ween mnoroeasfae In provkiing a nuelor-
ity.
The ooantvaas and co-operation of
Fellows' sad of the meanie, otfleer
and the pot clerk, who were his
friends, was &'early proved, and the
jtary broug(btt in a verdict oe petty,
-eery.
the wear sent to the penitsn-
T� wee tardy Neese, for
t�ewt�p ohm Lots bah Moo Owed be-
te
the Ministry retread
Irl i ithe Seemthem. ed indeed f ktahe
meld s&adB, a several Gemstone,
an nearly balanced were the parties
in 16a Hama at the thane. 'flea Pei
lows was kept reember Inc Rosasil for
boo eeserlbars el Poirr amt, butt "thee
the Hones .set Ice the third time he
was is Jae!, atone with h1* other eon-
ltlntnrttlrsateie for the fair tame of
Owed", tee iniquity did not end
thssm. The (e'eerl�)�leorsotof not 1st
the mit wile ded
Lad the hylm.,tteirmtesa ateo so w.l l
toast elessrsfr la Misses They
him out, aid again took him tat t�(r
ottlttasstit, and fina!I7 bee
le-
fsm7 1 r (w.ael4tg nue with a ge-
"hip. hien hsa bees a great fel of
wrong -doter 1n ehrotioras elites then
-lar tan meds -lint notYas see reek
nee Ye' tempter whish eras eonDleted
M We elwV.bhn of tide jell -Mrd to
the wish.-T.oeedoa Advertiser.
proprietor of a large tenger estate
years ago planted a double row of
cocoanut palms for a distance of
Minot three mites. Them have grown
to a great height, and are orowned
with a luxuriant growth of leaver,
enetting a grateful shade ; they were
in foil heating. and earth tree appeared
to have at least twenty cocoanut,
hanging In taunters near the top.
We vetted one of the largest sugar
estates, employing about 500 hand.
anal provided with modern msohlnery.
The reeve was one of great actl,Itj,
a. the grinding of the Bane and
exiraetion of the eager l now at
110 height. An endless procession of
oarta, drawn by small oxen, goaded
oonrtantly by airmen( negroes
on foot and nYe-reeete mounted
on spall ponies riding fnrlouely
np and down the Ione, kept the
mill eupplisd, day and eight, with the
raw aims; anal another? equally long
Ilse of Losser eoold be sere taking the
over of sugar to the port, wham two
bard able beteg lowed Inc this refin-
eries 1n New York. The .egsr leaves
the osntr1i Machines partly puri-
fied. bot nth very dark la eater, the
oh}urs of She plantar being to prodtres
a grad. whish will joist perm tote 95
degree po4arioo'pe ilia" of rweetness
In New Yale
This la the only Ineuetry of import-
ance 1a Hie Mae& and It M su16, AO.
mewed ifs pair ml. Aim IOW
sugar, sauce
►M end
eei.eted
Iwo neral
tea: 0p6p sof
hanks
IJeerl9b•
rod to iso% SWIGS
of till ane to netts the abate -
about tereehkie a the
Ptaltla
mothrn m111 white
lard oda about 65gA00. cat)) It r shad
list i*1 e616ON TNN Pala, I - nab
Market Reports
-OP
-The Week.
Leadtag Wheat Markets.
Followlug are the olarlug prices to
day at Importaut centres:
go • Came.
711-8
NewChi«York , ..„ ,.. ,.. 791-4
Milwaukee , „ 74I-4
Detroit „. 741-4
71111111114 at hared s.
Lo�utt, July 7. Tits (blear' Of -
fl it lhW.l bots rineft,d of a .oleins
otrthaaik of the Minnie Magee at
MsaarlM.s. There ware S0 mese, TA* dr
for aase 6A death, u TA*
6'pt.
73ltl
n
76 1-t
75 es
71 J-4
70 1-e
at.
t T.oais
Hlaasa pelta ............ 705-8
Dt MtLtt, Na 1 bard... 751-2
Greta and Pvsdese.
Toronto, JWy t-Fluur-(hitarb
patents, W bags. 63.70 to sae°;
stralht roller, $8._5 to 68.35; 13ue
garlan patsuta, 64.15 to jl,p5
llllaaltroba oak te'. 68.75 l0 $3,'.81, 4111
on track at Toronto.
WhwG-Ootarb red and whits, ne
70e north and west ; goose, Oak
69e ensue and wast ; No 1 Mautto
hard, 81c at Toronto. and No. 1
Northern at 780. Prices ,are nominal,
-a1pyi;f tonletgeiAtlneal a -ar<-,fie-
Itym- Quoted at 680.
Barby--Quoted at 40o to 41c wort.
Buckwheat-F1rfn ; 48e forth xmi
50e east,
Bran -City uilts sell bran :,t t14
and shorter at $10, in car lots, f ab.,
Toronto.
Carp -Canadian 86c west, and
col. at I7o were Ia car ter
Oatmeal -Quoted at 83.80 by the
bag and $8.50 by the barred, ala
track at Trxonte-
M Diereses* Markets.
Toronto. Apr.l 8.-R.�t. of emu
and hay wore light, but t uual de
liveries of vegetables, fruit, butter,
eggs and poultry found sale at fa.r
pr Oma•
Wheat. Measly . 200 bushels said at
711.2o for rat, and 69 to 71.1' for
(cameNe.
ils, firmer; 100 timbale mid et :te
to 87e.
Hay, firmer: timothy sold at 110
to 1112 per ton for old. and 37 to
68.50 fox new.
Straw cold at 65 to 68 per to:i
Potatoes, 90o to 81 per bag for oW,
and 61 to 61.10 per bushel for w e.
Butter, pientiful, at 15 to 18c ter
rG, the latter pbs being for 'hole.
dairy to .pd010 customers. The 1,01
of butter sold at about 16c per Ib.
Eggs, plentiful , prima fairly firm,
at 15 to 18e per dosen, the latter
pr sr being paid for etrletly new Ieid
arty +Tdua aefh al.gpayO4*34 44 +tire.
Poultry-Offe Ing. wen not iuc.0 y,
and pr cis were firm; chickens nee,
sail at 50 to 80o per pair. while
sprang chickens of good gust:ty
bronchi from 8.5c to 61 per tut r,
Ulterior mkt as low 411 50e.
Parse Protium Whetasale-
a
Jetty
8.-Ua baled ear
iota, per inn, 67.50 to 75; straw,
�'dltroat
baled, car iota, per atm, .00 to et.*
Potatoes. oar Iota per beg, 85o ; but ire,
Moine, Veba, 13. b 140 ; butter, med-
ium, tubs, 90 to 11c; butter, deiry,
lb. rolls, 13c to 160 ; butter. I. rte
rolls, 13o to Ilse ; better, creamery,
3,. rot., 170 to Ile ; emp, choice, sew
rid, 12ltte to 13c ; kiotsse, per ib., le to
733.00:11a,
teats.
TORONTO I ItillTtempts of of fruit were lkim wish
prin.'s Inlriy firm at following prices:
Strawberries, 6 to 7c : raepberriee, 8
to 10e : cherries, oommo.,, 75 to 03e
per basket. with English varieties at
91.25; red currants, 25 to 40* per
bailie -S.. black currants, 41; goo. -
berries. 85 to 411c per basket for etuall
varieties, and 7'e for largo; eecamb r+,
75c ; peas, 20 to 25c ; beans. 40e , new
potatoes. 80 to 85o per basket. and
11.10 per . Caaadlan tomatoa4
$1.25 to 61.50 per basket.
British Markets.
Liverpool. July 8, 12.80. -Iva 1 \ur.
axing, 6s. 1.2d.; No. 1 Cal.. 64.2 t'2s1.
Was.
6.. at
red wtsisr4 ea; .ora, *.wt
:ts. 4 1.44.: old, 6.. 51- 4; pea., 5i
101.2x.. pork. prime western moat,.
'42.. 6d.: lard, prom Western. 26s. '1.:
Amer:can, ref teed, 26. old.. se hoe,
Auetrallan, 25e. 8d.; Amoebae. good
to fine, 2.r. ed.; baton, 1. c., light, _1...
61.; 1. c.. heavy, 28'. 601.; s. c.. heavy,
27e. 6d.: Meese, new colored. 4:...
white, 42..: Wheat, dull; Dorn, needy.
Liverpool - Clore - Spot whset,
Seedy : northern .p11ag. -61. 1.244
futures. quiet: July. 5s. 65.8d.; Sept-,
541 11 1.44., Dt a. 6.. 5'8d.; spot .tor%
.tardy ; 014, 1.. 5 1.24.; futures. quiet:
Jnly, $. 4 14d., Sept•, 3.. S 1 -?.d.;
Oct.. 841 5 3.4d. Flour. 18..
TRADE WITH BRITAIN 0ROWt+,
lu(aLanableo
.)f-orThtehJeBu
lahredmi7.Boa
Mas oftreaTngrl adene'1-
80t
BriiMh .0 how
importstM fiWronlawCaiadulrg incest:
: ;twill 4111
£19,000. (tams 142,000, batter 12(1,10.
chases+ £36,000, hewn ware 1sA,000 ,
lawn wood £840,000.
The drr.r.Aa ■ are : Horuss 148,11011,
wheat fkwr £2'.000„ pate 188,0(10.
000macre.•
'98, 1.109, lemon £97,000, flats £1 ,
.
The chief htcteame la British exports
to Caned•► were: Cotton piece good.
8.50.000, linen 821,000, woolen CAPRI
1.29.000.
The decreases ware: Wool £14,'4111.
worsted 1486"5. 118.000, apparel fust
Mops £81.000.
NO'I'198-
Wool la otfrrfag �y tnely 1s 0.-
tario now, cad price. brise p•Id at
still, a0oesding to tis. vlewao1 death
here, above an export 6011.,
The dammed for Ontario sad Mani-
toba veltsat ear export . "err .low at
iia diernaeot, Inti ptic+e. are at.edlly
m.hntained. The movement In wheat
ppstiooeast toe peat tee Diey"ba. bele
dbwsewIO4, .nd lobs s.tllbet !bis best): market 1.lmowrtala
Tb. ,diene d buMuotas fur the' fir.t
d1f Jdy has bene* 86 per neat. pl'ronGT
than,last year, an 41.0 per te.t.
wastgssaierhere thanbarn 4n n1161.119 fn raiitesethe5 for cls
States, agalate 999 lent parer. and 19
1* Cahapa, easiest 17 last year.
Bradstrs.t's a '1'ssds
Canadlao lradw Malyriy 1` that
they
of tis United soolst •40tH
eattifaetory 0016.1. all etj�ri Wtn1'
tag to a eery heavy vote of bn.t-
800 at g5nsra ly satlsfaetOry 1'wlc' .
RG.eraer laflusrp..*etsraUi £!teat
0.rrsn t►f t Md s! t b'real reports w .9
BM si st
sat-
oriefor • Pod' at
baMe1s
60 lsrr
road, of 'errand
lairOrop volanprut,
f n staid
t r
a where patheaetory, though
healed la soma ssoiose. Brttldi
e►1el
umbla wader reported
Odlectbtu rather tow, wqahile In 1M
Marttlate Plevlaaaa trade is ugh
.04. Toroav> r"
d win
wel
besiese1
are !•'
Iadestrie s.
(�pwt�sO�t�wr d ie
per s9.4' 16. preedd `Ices.. cwt
a� of 9 i shat oar the "'r
rS16sm61Ms lit i j'Mr aRP�� n'
_ of �� the
ey1nutrsd la ons.
Fitlnre" tet �a
weeks
of
t ;+ „ x It SPor
while coops
pores 00014
_h fb t Mort -1St
good and p1Y1(
Wortbnad trimlydr
gate