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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-5-1, Page 2Bor 0 Bob leso Nig bet 0 beoo littl rem stor 'sato Ger O p thei able awe! got t was in a a de the CS we long and all quie GOO, port his p .enth !am decla dlit often nnis to sh the a whio the affix ment John 'Max Si Br as we llurn cubes Vero possi oat t seoon and a sixes, lower draw by th to kill forget Heist Th hagen Gold wrote hack The n friend Club,' "1 ha youre. burie month forgot had n oultiy on the at Ke prear Bober Meek deepl Th to be chain him t the w the t for hi glass Fon nut hi The tuner to the So t of des order elsugh 1. himse 2. throat 3. J self. 4. G took 1 5. Haven city. 6. throat. eion to cepted, his ini Carl Hie n only r commit left ale 33etweo A H says : log at 1 the BI ment • private and stb in an wouncle outlaws rosettes W&8 son but lite firing b airman those in which pickets. take pia reach t will not termite:: have be S A Cy loaded shootin mornin who we drede o them b The ho WaS red Millet treal, it avoid t be kyle torero t country -So °there f Prof. the Into horse po limit to it should DEATH THE STAHL WE. ItrdletatittiOtte tattlXtET. tetteettoott tte sordid Import Witectueted be Sege Itzielielt ottotionouorth 41, Lond-on °age of teat nie,ht loop; Mr. .., , . .. ., . 000011eO, Chanaellor a the Extatequer, presented the budget in Oct fiOnee Ot 00m. nutes teobty. je Begets the expene,„ exceeded the estireatee, be. 411,600,, eta the receipte emeeded the , eetimanti by over . , :g3e,e000re,00000s.sa.Tehvesdruti50,8741.00o0h. 91Tio.hebehyseerr- duty eAgeeded the estimAtea by i€r0.000. The cloy en)' eeetege epirite eeepeOpa the eatienatee by £421,000, on' home 4/rite by O1,010,000t end on wine by 412,000. The total recall:4a from eloohotie beverages exceeded the estimetes. by 61,800,000, The duties on coffee, °ogee and ohicory showed a decrease of 417,500, while the duties on tee shewed an increase a L40,000: • In the Souse of Commons todlay Poet. raaeter.General. Itaikes said he hoped' the renewed negotiations with the 'United States looking 0 the establishment of a parcel post between area Britain and that country vetted be gioceseftil, Oommenting On the gloss revenue freizi alcoholto beverages of £29,265,000, Der. Gosohen said the figures shoytea a nniver- : sal rush to the beer barrel, the spirit bottle and the wine decanter. Everybody Bee.med beet on toesting the national prosperity and increasing the revenue. it was a dr* orinistance that must be deplored. A °loser exeinination would not diminish the enr- prise for the largest incream had been -of all Ale ripirits in the world -from rum. (Laughter.) The rum WS6 drunk Mainly ae seaports. In 1888 the number of drams taken ree,ohea, 245,000,000. en esge, . 275,000,000. It was an extraordinary hie- torioal feet that in the years 1875 and idida, the greatest drinkieg Yana reootaea, theta was • preoistly the same rush and precisely the moo proportion of reveal° from the different epitits. ' Inoreased pros. parity, therefore, meant a .great inorease in the consumption of alcoholic drinks. The 'postai receipts exceeded the esti- mates by £100,000. The revenue from telegraphs exceeded the estimatee by £90,000. ' The ' exact .eurplue reached £3,221,000. He amid - the national debt during the last three years had been diminished L28 32$ 000. This • was the . 1 1 largest reduction. of the debt dining the same length of time, Mr. Gosolien teal. mated there woad be an eicoenditure of £86,857,000 daring the coming year, and a revenue of L90;406,000. Ile proposed to allot £300,000 to military berraoks and to devote O100,000 to the equipmen of vol. unteers. The Indian.and Colonial postege . rate would be reduced ,•to .twopenoe heti penny by any route. The apprentice agree. ment stamp would be reduced to haf a crown, and the stamp on health insurer:et: polioies and the duty on gold and silo, r plate would be al:tabbed.. The tipplersovho had _largely , produced the surplus, would have a donee to ' redeem themselves, owing to the redaction of the tea duty by twopence per pound, (Cheers.) He opposed the abolition of the tea duty because it was the only vehicle whereby the nononnoker and non-drinker could oontribute to the revenue. The duty on currants would be reduced from 7 to 2 shillings per owt. The inoreased beer duty would be taken off. The inhabited house duty would be reduced, and all working. class tenements ander twenty pounds rental would be exempt from the house- tax. (Cheers ) He proposed to raise revenue for county council purposes by an increased duty of sixpence per gallon on epirite and threepence per barrel on beer. (Hear, hear, and Oh 1 oh 1.) This would yield £1,000,000. He hoped the Wean of temperance would be satisfied, and that the publicans event& take a broad view of the question. • Mr:Goschen said he trusted that the budget would be recognized ae an endeavor to afford relief inoarions direo- tions without resorting to violent mete sures, . . Sir Williane'Vernon Harcourt tiongratu- Wede Mi. Gosohen upon the country's setts- factory financial prospect. , Mr. Mundelln, complained thet nothing. had been done for free education. Mr. Gosohen promisea the subject would, be dealowith at the next session. There ws,s no likelihood, he said, of a general election before that, and in framing the present budget he had kept the question in view, and • could already see the way to obtainina £500,000 for the purpose. He hoped alio before he left office to deal with the currency question. • ' Mr. Labonohere said Mr. Gosohen tried to please everybody and would satisfy nobody. Mr. Nolan said it was a. model .eleotion- eering budget. Mr. Sexton sad a gross injustice had been done to Ireland, and the Parnellitee would resist the Government's proposals by every means in their power. Formal resolutions were adopted author- • • th ' ' ci • • f d' t' Th nang e propose merman o ti les. e a Gla stonians discussing the budget in the lobby called it a "die:relation bnaget." alIPRDIait lii -WHOLZEMLE . , . . , at i -a6 of in a y , a n : I I 1 e , a ,the .hole, tube 'which sponge through the to the the some, eed•to able IIO3 resemblance a prison their headed dynamo the place which sponges forth the gen as fa where. When - courts, strong looks peeve° t owp who, se Hoperia. roome I, t.Pa-That erne]] dragged long strewn and that .an by late's .., ef survival on eardinele in Pottle!' in about lit'etiifl A eattee.r. BOLT ow Dieasoi DOMINION PARLIAMENT.crinunaticia . ' again° Briat' ch g99ac. Waa . . In' "1irit.e8CILil1oor expreesed his Amazement thet the b/overninent eo eoelly proposed te a tttatkethnaechneeiehTett°e"htethPe°;.)1'ct at .94 131"e The item eased. et. • • oere Festetl° Moved that. a datY of 25 per ' Crtelanta• aaant ere;abliftePr telav:en,fertrtbesheadned PthasA iateItt jetrhsard.m' Cpeesretwa reitgrelitiyobhsietrbyeediettheart. - - t.' --.. )•-• • • a est of e few. wuraeremen toattered up an He urged the duty abt'ulti be removed. ' ' Mr Foster announced the following t, ' • - th n f uit trees and °" 414°8 in ' se dutiescil'e t Irt for grafting, eeingf 10 per cent. aa valorem grattingloth a uP°n WD -- duty ° the - had been plaoe by resolution, were Fit upon the tree list ; gooaeberry buehes, de. a f 2 t to 1 oent ; ta e vines "ere 1r0ere' t een dis from oeVnts to 2 -- t'Ztitn;gtose°cenecthaene eces°.tiet20 cents and less reduced from 5 mute to 3 cents; apple ' trees,, i -inoreased from 2 oente to 3 ambit ; plum treat, reduned from 'd cents to a cents. The amendments were carried. Mr. Foster moved the adoption of a binding twine duty of 25 per cent. act valorem,. Mr. Muloole said it was time them was a reduction in this duty. :Be moved that binding twine be platted on the free liet. . Mr. Watson opposed the duty on binding . twine, which bore very heavily tie Northwest. He oonld not understand why the Northwest °add eupport a Government who would impose enoh gi, atty. They re - • hog to market a long • distituce, and when he NS'AS asked how he came out be replied,. "I did not make onottnioneytbut I had a terrible time, with the hog. Northwest • members who got their feet under the Ministerial tables were rot doing • much good, but they were having a time of it with the hogs. (Laughter and cries of " Order.") • ' • • Mr. McMillen said that in consequence of the heavy duty on binding • tWine, it had. become a serious quotation among farmers whether they shouldtnot throw • away the binder and go back to,the reaper. Mr. Ban said that the most satiefitotory • ' :thing the Government . could do for dar- mere would be be make a deorease in this , duty. . , . • The amendment by lartMolock was •put and lost on a vote of 36 to 60. ,Mr..Foster'e • • a ' motion came . 11.1r. Foster explained that the objeot of increasing the duty on timbre-11es by 5 per cent. to 35 • per cent. Was to encourage factories. At present umbrellas Were not manufactured in Canada but a faotory was • • , about to be established in•Toronto. Sir Richard Cartwright. asked what peti- portion of the umbrellas now imported did the Government expect newleotories would provide. . Mr. Foster -Probably about half. Sir Riohard Cartwright -Then that will cost the country 465,000, as that is half of the duty now collected. The itena passed. , Mr. Falter explained that it was pro - posed to increase the duty on ready-made clothing and wearing apparel by 2i cents per pound. . Sir Richard OartWright saiti this was a specific duty, and would fall heavier on the workbag classes. The item passed: Mr. Foster I - d th t ti ere one a ere was an increase of 2,-A• cents per pound on the fol - lowing articles: . Manufactures composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca goat or other like animals, viz., blankets and flannels of every desorip- tion, cloths, doeskins, caesimeres, tweeds, coating% overcoatinge, felt cloth of every description, horse -collar °loth, yarn, knitted gooda, viz., shirts and drawers and hosiery, 10 cents per pound and 20 per cent. ad valorem. Sir Richard Cartwright pointed. out that this meant a duty of $1.40 on eaoh, pair of blankeite, and . it would be imposing an enormous tax on tettlers coming' into Canada. Hr. Foeter announced the following ditional changes: Bird cages from 30 per• cent. to 35 per cent. Brass, -copper, nails, rivets and burrs, formerly 25 per cent., in- °reined to 1 cent per lb. and 25 per cent. Boots . and shoes 25 per cent. ad valorem. Manufactures of leather 25 per Oent. ad vaiorem. Barrels containing iinseed oil 25. Per cent, ad valorem. Lime juice, fortified or containing not more than 25 per cent. proof spirit, 60 cents per gallon it 'contain- ' ing more than 25 per cent. proof spirits, $2: per gallon. Lime juice, sweetened and proof spirits, 40 cents .per gallon. Lime mice and other fruit jaioes, not alcoholic. and not sweetened, 10 cents per gallon. Granite . and freestone, doomed, and other. balding stone, except marble, 30 per bent. ad Valorem. , Grindstones end allkinds of f ' d t anay grin s ones not less than $2 per ton. . India rubber clothing or olothing made. waterproof, 35 per cent. ad valorem. . India, , rubber surface waterproof clothing, 10 mote, per pound and 25 per cent. ad valorem. Bieenits of all kinds, not sweetened, 25 per• cent, ad valoret,n. ' Mr. Foster' moved that silver, German, silver and niokel silver, rolled or in sheets,. be placed on the free het. The resolution WOO carried. Mr. Foster proposed that the duty on non -elastic webbing be reduced front. 25 to 20 t d 1 twebbing 30 t 25 per cen . an e as ic o • Per cent- ' ..-- Owl Elseede .Iteularttable liteeere of Orlon. 92e4•11011*.rbInwIllireni otilltilitneP:fteltliteetne3Ser! dererelien.Eleey, who wee banged Friday, wee given to the public), and it it is ell true t. - • .,. , . as wt) more, it, ware on career ot orime Prtlatta14-Wtaitestjltrrwhanaiscaurt Plta:lateocli; ea , 4124 • ei itIntelna°04t 011 rtlahte, .:71:431601e" lath.78 rt hyo ertriga 2:i be2o0yh overey ewllrasa: lieu.° ce • but thwlhe : PI:rd.°, 'telt OAF:, serving eight pint9ianpa• te beg°„eatta a.er " e trae lease itton career of clime, which oontinued for ten yeare. tint. he became 9ap*mbimetitaten1 dkapabiaearat9nandd Oratatrh4ierageovoefr pine a cards, Soon after the\ he joined an oathltetuad organized ., band al peerderers who had head. robbere t . quarters in 'Ohattan0Oga, end., Wend the principal southern oities. White. man Was the captain . and leader of Ake ,hand.. They robbed storm and reel enatit and committed highway d robbery whenever opportunity - offered. The tear - of the S gang bad.e° PlventiTa for klecrUng °Pc° Wes, which is desoribea by _utterly s fol •, .--7.-r. 1 ---. owe: " EIS usualway OWa f ng Ills to 0 put ha kt 3-41 about the eize ot a cigar box' light it And then wrap it uP so as to loo like handle, It 'terns very slowly and teats no smoke, and usually takes from four to, Biz honre to explode, roakipg a. very, slight noise. About dark he oarri ea it to a mer- chant and asks him today it in a sadill le morning, wheo he will Pall and get ie. Some time attermidnight he goes hack and unlocks the door twe alWayslaave ktiteethet and takes the nacuey out will fit. any look) . of the sate. He wouldenever let e# k how he made the m. achine.. He al hwtTivt evey of blowing them open when fOund them looked." Elsey a d other At Fulton, Ga., in 1885, . members of the gang murdered a "naerphant and robbed and burned his store. rhi 1886 they robbed and Murdered three wlaite men in Chattanooga and threw their bodit into the Tenneseee River, The sem _ • e yea the murdered and robbed two men at ome Ga.. and committedfour highway rob eons in Knoxville., Tenn,, securing several sand dollars. At Pinsont.Ga., in tis tater part of 1886, Elsey .auddhree .otbe anter- dared and robbed his grandmether, osa MoCorner, a negro woman 70 year old. Elsey had lived with her a while an new she had 034Q. He planned the oar r to secure the money. In 1887 Elsey assisted'in the murde o f white man. and woman in Mobile, An In 1888 Elsey murdered Mrs. Harg Coln county, Ga., by splitting her ead (pen with an ase. Mrs: Hargrove hid pdoo in a trunk, wh • which he secured and that he oame tca-Alaliame. His two movies here ' were the killing of an unknown pedderand the Meadows murder, for which else:Otte . t bengal ' Elsey's confession concludes as foliate " I will have bring this to a close, al cannot spare any more time on it. Wilk I have mentioned only a few of the my otimes I have committed, I have ma *toned the most important ones. I ham been a gambler and a thief ever since 1 Nes a small boy, and I have been a mnrderr and a robber ever since I was 14 yeara .oll. I can remember all the crimes I have eon- tnitted. I followed my, crowd most of the time for five years. I have been implicate( in the killitag of 21 people -18 men and women. Nineteen were white and two ool. ored. I have no idea of what I have stolen '.1er of how many burglatiee t have been Implicated in, nor of how tinny safes. have helped to blow open, nor of how ma ,y People I have helped to rob. I have a. w fe and children at Atlanta. 1 w , another woman here two mon hs Defeo was arrested." seedi• . Whle ieWilt be Shot 'Through. Ittoniedee Next Attendee'. An Aeburn, N. Y., despetoh gays ; Next 1) . t. Monday the ele4 unique and dee$y inn eating execution An the criminal history of , . , . . the OeuntrY Will take Place here Within the alretnettl'atralewentllwallleea•t tAl4einerxyitefortwalenattyietrweer krieltillinsi i nio,kinKms we:. aento i ebtrehtrowl emeoretlarcli orai forat :hti annpeiwpaii yae a ateeldle and 9r, °anions fellow, who believes what be has leen told, that death will come to him almost minlesel " I ant happier today than ever / was tbheafotrIty" all,: asbelYea•to,a'alowta fAoratbuantentet Ilatull was. gang to get hanged I would be in Buffal9 jail now and fell of whiskey, as was when I was there And people weuld • come to gee me and make fun of roe t but now I am a new man. I love Jesus and am not afraid." xeenotee's neraenous rowcat. ' At one time Kenunler had a gees , t passi o for writing poetry,or doggerel which passed for poetry, but now he says he hart no lei- sure for poetasting. " I suppers I ought to write seine. poetry on the chair," he (mid recently, "but I ;have no time now. I are thinking too mnela on Jesus." "Tell them 'what I was and what I am," .t he nye to his visits". wen them what I was when I teem° here. Whiskey did it. I was full of whiskey most of the time,! was • . fall of whiskey when I lay in Buffalo jail, Fell all the while. But now it is gone . Out of me, , and I am glad I shall never . • He did not look that way when he first oame to Auburn. . Hie faos ,w. as bloated, and he wore a brutal, dogged' expression • . .. . • -. that was almost inhuman 113. Its ferootty. A SHETCH OP HIS LIFE. K ' k emmler .has_ his the de few.end nomwns fact s regerding buldeart1T, 14t, vt"Ilejosee to have been devoid .o inot en . e was bornehe says, in Philadelphia, at.N. o. 2,530 North Second street, on thee9th of May, . . . 1860, so that ha will almost see his 30th birthday: .'illien 17 'yeas of age he zoo_vhed to Lamaism e. Pa., and wento work a briolloard Then he moved. backte Phila. delphia and earned a precarious hang as a hoekstere and fi_nally, eighteen mt_orethoe before the murder, he moved lineal° and met the Woman who was usually called his wile, ong • th h h r married her. e neve d h Both had bad tenipers an Int were addicted to drink. They had terrific: , a 't - quarrels, an i was no enoopamontexh- perienoe for theowto indulge cuthe l'Lle threttein.g duet. wdioh ti iLdleneehr. e killedeves and linable of bot . .as e.her, end he stoutly maintains that it was a simple mention who should kill the other. e . . - 11-• h' a • t• h • Acoor ing to is Norm ion e xs o t 7 inches in height and weighs 1 ,37 pounds; he is dark complexioned and has kind bine e es and brown hair and beard. i Y h lth " h"and ' ' Say I. am ea y, e said, in better health than I have been in in three years, and I never was so happy as at the present time because of tmy trust us God and faith in Jesus Christ, and on the 91 o this May will e year& o h fM 1 '11 b 30 t age." He can remember no friends outside of , . _ . the prison walls who care a rap tor him. The boys with whom be played in child- hood are dead or gone their ways, and he cannot remember one man, woman or child who has a kindly thought for Wil- liam Roomier. Point me out if you oan, 1. ' • h' ' It Id a more °vetoes We than is. t .wo.0 be ver hard to find it I ani thinking tt ,,,, , _ ---' The night • into wwheoh he he is .goinig is scarcely lees opaque than . night worn huah he came. Ala me I it is sad to t:tek of a 1 a w ose one rig no n w" 11 h ' b • ht t ' S'- —The the solitary cell of a prison, the key to whioh unlocks the gates of death, and the visits of a gentle hearted woman pointing ont the way to God l THE TNETHIMENT OF DEATH. The chair is ready for the sacrifice. The latest form of a chair is a oomfortable,one with an upright back and arms that are adjastable to those of the man .who sits in it. ' There is a leather covered pillow for the head to rest against. Fastened to the back is an adjustable figure 4 Which oan be raised or lowered so as to cane down over the head of the condemned. Theteola. ague of the thing irvery simple. Through lower outer angle of the. 4 there is a and through this will pass a rubber containing a rod of steel or copper, to a wet sponge is fastened. .This will tonoh the crown of the con. demned man's head. Another pipe, with webbing inside and a sponge, will .pase t/ae seat so as to touch the base of spine when the man is strapped firmlY his seat. This will ba accomplished by use of several straps, one pasaingaround ohest, another around the abdomen, which will draw the webbing against the • hi the 11 b fi 1 t w i e e arms In e rm et a rap- those of the chair on which they will rest. The feet will rest on a comfort- foot -rest, after the fashion of thoee in in a barber shop. Indeed, tie strong of this instrument of death to ' • le b ab er s ob oar as already caned the officials to speak of electrocution in roughly humorous way as a bald. ahave. The electricity will be generated by a which has been plsoed near to power -room, 1,000 feet away from the of execution d th - m 1 t d , an e en a 0 wires will cionneot it with the rods and have all been strung in readiness ' •(1' eir work.worse There is nothing uncomfortable about chair save the deadly current which with it, and if death•b the s er e 1 tt b y padden and pitinlese as its advocates . it will certainly be the most meroi- means of capital punishment used any. , ... ibte Etoy of it iiridgePort) 004411 Suittide, .f/lub, The House main resolved itself into Commutate.° cif Ways and.Means. . ., r Briee drew attention to the position ' . .. - • of nurserymen in eegeed to the tame. They had several orders Jaove in the 'united states, andea Alien were note allowed to come ie nuclei the old duty they could oot be tilled. ! rTrlieehd id. hui 1 ys.rayri p r o p o ea d. would p r lt o,,, ti e a 1 Y "t, be It -hang 6 o'clock Mr. Speeker lett the chair. ,,, • . Mr. brien resumed bia obaeistations, regard 'to the duty on nureerv stook He t " ' e - ' quoted from a letter written by a Pen- adian nureerYman,, stating that he had erdered grime vines from New York for which he baa to pay 08 e thousand, whilst I the duty rao t d t ' 430 tlaoue nd. • a lazin e .9 _ a . a - The writer etate that it would pay him to give up the etook rather than pay the duty. I In justice to the fruit.growing sections of the country, and the peace/ of the Govern- ment being to protect there, it was dear- e n able that fruit•growing trees ehonld re . . . . main upon the free list. They were to the frait-growere what raw material was to the nnoutitoterer. The least that the Government could do was to let these fruit trees come in free. What the fruit- growers in his section were afraid of was retaliation, because ,in Detroit and in the neighborhood they found a market for, their small fruits. He was afraid that even now it was too late. Many of the • . farmers would have to re -order, and thus the sellers would lose the pure/nee money. Mr. Mitchell remarked that there was a 'When the duty on iron was inoreased two years ago, eeveral ipportere in Montreal were allowed to bring in non pipe under the old male of deties.. Mr. Foster -Only in the case of oon. . ' - ' • tracts. . • . Mr. Mitolaell.,- oontipuing, said the Gov- eminent would show justice and discretion • • . if they abolished OA duty on freeh fruits an d vegetables. Mk. Somerville observed that ell t orders, taken from, farmers for fruit. treee were in thershepe of oontractet..and had to be adhered to. The 'fruit growing industry win, b000mieg , a. day important ' one., in Ontario and the ether Provinces and the , farmers. were more interested than the peisoine who made the setae. The treat should' therefore be admitted duty free. ' It would be a great injustice to the farmers and fruit growers if the Goveinenent t d the dutythe st k coining in exao e e. me. . op , this year. • Sir Richard. Cartwright remarked that, this was an exceptional case, and prece- dents were not wanting. 'Under Sir Francis Hinolte, in. 1871; a bounty, he believed, was paid to t ' ` • ea merchants, on the ground t hat their stock .was depreciated evhen the duty; Was•rembved. p was of the,grestest postai. ble benetit•for fr nit-growere to obtain 'fresh , . stook. In many parts of the country fruit trees were dying out, and it was desirable to replace them with fresh gook from the :United States. or somewhere. Mr. Waldie said . it must be remembered ' that nursery stook was perishable He did ' not think tbe loss should fe,11 on. the Moe cent dealers. wo. .. MoMillan•pointed out thatthese trees ooald only be imported in . the spring. Farmers had to prepare 'the ground for these trees, and if they were not able to obtain the trees when required would have to prepere.the ground a eecond•time. Ur. Foster said it was impossible to pro- nalso wine the taTiff changes would be, and the people therefore malt '• take their chances. With reference to the preocadent of the tea duty, it was not analogous, and would be an extraordinary one to follow. other case, of iron, transcended the ase now under consideration. At the same 'tt 'me as the change in the iron, duties took place there were other changes. It was in the case where the goods had actually been shipped and sales ' made in this oonntrY that a reduction was granted. It was int.. possible to grant • the remission asked and shut the door on other and far larger interests. He supposed the persons who would •,sriffer, the most would be Ameri. can 'nurserymen who had agents in this country. . Mr. Lei:trier remarked that if the duty were imposed for revenue purposes he would s agree with 'what the Finance Minieter said, but it was not so. it was inzposed simply to favor a few individuals. Mr. Howell said in changes in the tariff some persons must suffer. He could see no differencebetween the case of the nnreeryrnan and the dry goods ,merohant. 11 11 were right and proper to grant the privilege to one party bor.:muse the Bales were tnade before the tariff ' was inoreana, it was perfectly right.to allow it to another. Mr. Foster announced additional changes the Government proposed to make on the d ty n te ' The tariff as amended 'a 11 - ° mee ' ' • ' ' I 3 cents per pound on fresh and salt meats. He proposed to reduce sat meats to 2 cents per p Oland end leave fresh mean at 3 cents. There would be no change on mess pork,but the barrels would be made free. The discussion: of these items was de. ferred. Mr. Foster announced that the duty of 10 per cent. on mustard seed would be struck out and the article added to thefree list. • . Mr. Foster moved a change which places the duty on all liquid paints and ready- mixed paints at 30,Per cent. e duty as Th d originallyproposed wan 25 per cent. and 5 cont a pound. Tit hang° would effect a • '41 e ° - w reduction. • The amendrnent,was adopted. Mr. Foster molted an amendment to ' the duty on wall paper to provide that the duty on white papers, grounded papers not hand -made, and satin p h 1 b epees aal e three oen te on eao h roll of eight yards or under. ' This is aroinorease of one cent. The amendment' was adopted. • . • tented, Mr. Foster moved the , reduction of the day on lead pencils from 35 per cent as . ' ' proposed in the resolution MOO per :tent. The amendment was ado.pted. and Mr. Fostermoved that pion:thee() be re- • , . - duced from 25 er cent. as proposed in the , P to 15 per cent. Carried. home Mr. Foster moved.that garden, field and th ' d f g • her 1 • th r r Fl he er see or a non a oro e pn pose bulk or Lowe paroele be reducedfrom 15 or t ' • • 10 Per °el" de proposed by the resolution to per c • • out r ent •Carried Mr. Footer proposed that the duty on else. • , • . end spades, shovel and spade blanks iron or steel out to Shape for the same t , . d •• and - . '' el per, , ozen .. , p per cent. ad - . . ' ' ' Mr. Madillan hoped thia would not be like beoause it would press very heavily . . abort the agnoulteriste.- Bit Maned Oartvaright Obiterved that the t tte e ' ' 1•11 ' ' . tient co no con t u to tax iron fare taxing agriculturist§ enamenaly mo her than need be. 'g • ' , 114 I ' " • /elite oh suggested that the day of 25 man cent. ad valorem be dropped, letiyitag• h of 41 per dozen. , men, Mr F t brt d th t h 1 are . os er o erve a a eve a were f t d • th•country,d • ' so nee int is an dwing h competition could be obtained 'eery 1 ' ' p le Sir Richard Cartwright pointed out thet dietinetion spite of the a My 40,006 shOyels and anima'. ere 'm °tied' la t • t 1 • rit v...... - --, ..." . 1 13_ a . Ye.(l ro.. ,-,--eet...,-,- q IllE, 04.SW 0I0 TUB DIA, BridpRatt, Cowl., aeapatah earn irt Louie Stevenson's horrible but netting atm in the " NeW Arabian Its," entitled "The Beloide Club," has nd the imagination of the wildest brain me a terrible reslity in that bustling 1 manufacturiug town. The facts ere trkeble. Some five years ago, one ny night, six men were gathered lei the ?rk of John Kenzie. There were five nuns and one American. All were of touliar , mortise (audition that male ethane' company partioulerly agree- They were drinking law and railing nst lite geoerallY, when the &amnion o the &II:roping question whether life worth lilting. There was no interest :ything to them, and they all fell into p fit of moroarness, Suddenly one of umber etatled the others by Raying tat is the nee of bothering enrselvee tr O Let tet organize a suicide °luta aesides settling the matter we will then Ave something to live for." .A1.1 so- gad, and the proposer of the scheme, Leavenworth, city editor of theBridge- traveler, drew paper and penal from ooket and drafted e constitution and of .initiation. By the provisions of the red eligible. a °lab 'was to meet monthly, " or et," in Kenzie's saloon, and on each rereary of its birth the members were eke "poker dice." The one making mallest ant was bound by the vow to a he subscribed to kill biinself within taming twelve menthe. Those who d their names to the gruesome docu. were. Max Eleisterhagen, Wm./Wet:Orel, Kenzie, Windell Baum,•Carl Roberts, Ptalzenheim and George'Leavenworth, ng the dioe," ahouted some one, 11 shake now; we won't wait. a year. el for the next that dies." The ivory were produced. Each man had three ts, in whioh. to seonre as high a hand as ale. Heisterhagen and Kunze, the low- re, tied on trays and had to shake a a time. The latter threw three fours pair of deuces. The former got two two fives and a four. His oast was than any of the others. He had 1 death in the lottery of the dice and 3 terms of the competot be was pound himself within the year. "Don't to kill yourself," they cried titter trhagen as he said good -night. t Was the last seen of Max Holster- alive. He went to his saloon on tweet, unlocked the door, lit the gas, a note, took a pistol from a drawer Z the bar and blew out his braies. ate was addressed to " my respected s and fellow -members of the Suicide ' and the message was simply this : ve kept my oath; I warn you to keep They did. Heiaterhe,gen was . with all the honors. The twelve- t passed, and the suicide wait almost ten. The members of the " club " o sought with much enthusiasm to tee each other's acquaintance. But anniversary they all chanced to me.et izie's saloon.' There had been no •angement. "11 is fate," said 18, "bet us throw the dice." William 4 lost. They then draiak and drank -. t spell of that former meeting seemed upon them. A hideous rairth un- ad each one's taupe and impelled o chant the charms of the grave and eeriness of life. A chair was set at ble for Heisterhagen. They shouted s ghost to join them, and placed a W liquor in front of the empty seat. r menthe afterwards William Meckel I throat, and Carl Roberts went mad. teed man was given an expeneive 1, and the one dead in life was taken Middletown Asylum for the Insane. he horror horror went on, and the summery ihs until the present time, giving in the names of the victims of self- ter, is as follows: ax Heisterhagen, ealoon•keeper, shot f. rilliam Meckel, sign painter, out hie ,hiallenzie, saloontkeeper, shot him- eo. Leavenworth, newspaper man, .adanura. 'andel' Baum, proprietor of the New Hotel, out his throat in New York . rm. Me.ybie, letter carrier, out his The latter had applied for admis- the Club, and would have been Ito- but he killed himself the night of dation. . Roberts, the President, still lives. toriety is not appreciated, and his ply to a:atom queries ia. "191 , suicide if I want to, bin if I'm not ne there will be a murder first. AN UNWILLING BENEDICT. — • ran Stewart Got Drunk, and Woke up Iffrrled Mat. , A Buffet° despatch says: 0- H. Stewart, a prominent Emit Buffalo man is the hero , in a sensational ohepter that has jnat come to light here. The story in substance is as follows: Katie ' Ginter, a pretty young woman of the blonde type, has been madly in love with Mr. Stewart for a number of months, but np to last Friday her' charms had failed to impress Mr. Stewart, but in an ungarded moment Mr. Stewart became intoxicated, and Katie • saw her obanoe. Aided by her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Hatch, the people with whom Stewart boarded, she hustled her viotim off to a minister, and married him, Ind the next morning he fouled himself the poesessor of a marriage certifi• cate and's very pretty wife. Mr. Stewart was seen by your correspondenttlais morn. ing. He .was by no means. it happy man, He said : "1 was drank when I was mar. ried, and remember very little about it. Katie is a good girl and a pretty girl, and comes 0 nice people, .i not wan et 1 'hut I did t t get married, beesese I'm engaged to another young lady anyway. Katie seentea crazy about me, and would not let me alone. The }leeches helped her. I found her in my room when I woke last Tuesday d IV d d ' th an e nes ay morning s. I suppose at was done to force me to marry her. I never intended to marry her. I don't know What to do." . Mrs. Stewart' was alio seen. . She claims that her husband, was sober wbenthey wore married, and•that he wanted to marry her badly. She aleossid that•the only thing. of which she was afraid was Mr. Stewart skipping the town and leaving her behind. The girl' fatherdh f • d f 1 tl s an er rien a ee gra& y distressed' at the turn affairs have taken. • Mr. and Mrs. Hatch deny having had any. thing to do with the affair. ' - To °Boss Two COPTTINBNT. . - — , The Grand Trunk's Scheme to Compete V; ith the Canadian Vaellic kallway• A New York despatch says: The Herald says' it is settled that there will be • more railroad building this year in the North- west Territories than for several years. A prominent gentleman has just errived from London, Where he weut to confer with the Grand Trunk offioials in regard to a • pro- posed line from 'Winnipeg west to 'Victoria, B. 0 , Yialrailoottver Narrows and Yellow ... t - • Heaa Pass, the route originally selected for t • he Canadian Pacific Railway by the Mao- kenzie Government. He says that in con- vereation with the Secretary of the Grand Trunk that 'gentleman made the positiveaffinn assertion that surveys of thetCansdian Northwestern Territories, from Winnipeg to Vietoria, would be commenced this spring.. He said the Grand Trunk and . Northern Padua would unite to build the turesome road, and build it, too, without any tin. neeessarY delay. A. W. Ross, i member of Parliament for Manitoba, said the Hod. son Bay road.will commence thisfall. The Penton manilla% Southeastern and the Calgary oe climb Edmonton will shirt, and the Lethbrid • de ge son Montana wi e comp e e , as well as the any '11 b 1 t d Reeinst et Long Lake toad to Prince . Albert. in ee NT - • . • • Mr. ainwmght, of the Grand Trunk, it is reported, denies al knowl d f the e ge o e projected work outlined abase ball, , • 'k A PITOKED BATTLE n Kentucky Troops and a Erandra of Mountaineers. trlem Court Hone°, Ky., despetch A. deadly fight ocourredthis morn- .20 &Zook, 17 miles east of here, in , :cit Tifountaina between a detnon• d State troops, corasisting ' of 16 t Lient- Mat a P 1 ia, t . on and Sergt. a 1 n, tut 30 outlaws,who were ' fortified old learn. Five soldiers were d. It ie not known how manY were killed, as they atilt have on of the barn. Corporal Blanton t in after reinforcements and knows etas he left immediately after the teen. The troop have the biro ded, and it will be impossible for side to map°, as the only two roads Lead from the place are cot off by Ibis believed a severe fight will m as soon as the additional troope le place, for the outlaws swear they surtender and the soldiers ere de.. a, and want revenge for those who in shot down. Than anentidel. The mean est man in the world is the 0" Who will fall in love with a sweet, pretty • girl, and • , . Who will haunt her until she falls in love. with him, and Who will take It ' er away from a eon. happy home, and Who will marry her and shut her up in a• ' place he oalls his home, and Who will doom her to a life of hard work . 13earing and r ren, and caring child a , Waiting up late at night for hitn to time- . full, and El ' t f It s h kl n a hat aving on o on e o expo se ev spends for cigara, ot lunches, be matineeee. . . . ., . cocktails and • .- . , . . . Who will then die and leave her; with- . ,.. . . ..,.. a me insurance policy, 01 anything, steep Walkers. There existed for long a popular delusion -founded on isolated oases -that aom- nambuliste might engage in the mint yen. proceedings with perfect safety, unless:odder:1y awakened. Tradition has, however, not been 'supported by feat% Repeated instances have shown that if .a in a oondition•of eleep is tempted to on to a sloping roof, that same per. le a la e o a an - s l• bl t f 11 d tO be killed as .one making the • attein.pt wide awake. An illnatration of this has just been given . England by an Unfortunate gentleman - • - -- ' who, addicted to walking an his sleep, fell re e ,• lei ro the land' g of hitt bedroom to the . - thirty 'feet below and fractured his II • • ' n . The melaneholyaocident ought to be useful warning not to leave 'known b I' t b ill ' 1 t but n is a y emse yes a night, watt*: over Ahem and preseree them eew taiaairet. , ' ' ia towawERseTe Totirw - St. Andrews, Scotland, Lookits s Best. eee ""en the markt gowns of the students, vtinter are movin g about these venerable , and those narrow lanes with their resolution savor of the sea, then St. Andrews its beat, /o ke • ' e most like itself, and. o t h e • in e t e odd blending of a university •th - ' ' V91 an east -coast fishing village 1 foot ., , e e - " a m its salience, its dafferentia, the logicians say Owel s rit •11 t t ' , z e te co ri a o in ' Where else can you find lecture. ebovele oh 1 h • • • rind ape s, so ools, within a few ,, d,a nn re yenta of a natrow and perilous 0e a pier built of h di t. valorem ' uge rn ey ou stones from the fallen Cathedtel, and , the macre breaking on Vent desolate sande, imposed, hete and there With the 'gaunt ran' on timbers of wreolli? When Oat note all this mingled I 'a - ' - t h d Govern nape as wa 6 e the keep and the wale of ii, great pre- . without castle t of ' . , , he Scene feasts and torturea, hi °turd a ' th b ' er and nurtyrdonase e waken of an ago when the chtirch leaned per the. titailed SeSillar arm, ' and when duty Were fighting znen, then you have brief the historical inagd) f St A d 1 o . n rows. mann • , mewhat ;exciting occupation. ;net, 0., deepateh says: A waggon vith nitro-glycerine shells, used in g oil and gas wells, exploded this ; with tetrifid force. Tveo ram e on the waggon were biome hon. yards, and nothing was left of at the striper; of their clothing. started nee were killed, end the waggon •• . toed to kindling wood, dent , e Snfrocated by oat a A Le Salle III , dee etch a e • A fire somnant - • e •, p . s y . lest night in a lover levet of shaft to No. 2 of the , Spring 'Valley Coal Com- tut" pony's mines. This forenoon Superinten- johrellustice with a gang Of men went to check the en ' k fla es. They sent boo e which - ware understood to be to blowe eff the adr.sopply.. This was done. frorn ' • ' The •eh ft q i ' • • e toddy filled w th gas, and s,ppro Enstice, N. P. Akeyeon ana Jacob William- the were atiffooeted. Their two cOm• wind potions were teemed before losing ben- p . gauge, , . " ' , At the Virettfl Bobby -What animal is that, pa ? • is an old hyena, Bobby. Bobby- w hy, pa, that doesn't look a bit. you Ma doesn't know whe,t she talks - t hall'- • the time, does alis? - - , . The Wind Blows to mita it storm. , • ' '1 When a storect is adyancin.g the wind . to Meet., it. t Thee a wind blowing, ' ' d t • `n • t - the east or,eteet Inset i dna es, the of a etOrrtil m the west. :Whet etch ' ' te, ' storm oebtre has paned, however, , the changes and followit the Storm. It a e Moo hal a geed barometer and a evind h t IIprettytry hoe a e oan e oorreo w coining. Without the inarnments - '1 cl b' w t h d d . h see e a on a may e a o e , an w en n in v• • .di f 41 goutheast, o e mo ing ram y nem e there are indieetione tte the preeentie Of mojettu•e in the air, a atom ite not ittOno — AnfoJio• . i...i. If ' t o ie " Angeles " it; at pregent in Mon- below having been teken into Canada to order ' shut 0 pityeaent of 430,000, which would • l eho.rtly, by the United States Cue. he painting having been in that , ohne On six months. son , te gitle ate pretend fot time tied segotteeees, ir the fun Of it. Chobason says that the aynareo of !Is will develop froth 2.000 to a,000 deelared wer, and in there is practically no and Is inoretne he seer; no tonal why destroyed int go ar , , • I ' ' beyond than figural' • , The man who has to ask his wife for oar. . and tobacco ;annoy has no need of oren- a . th • i vo . , . , -Train robber, to pasaenger in Pull - • . - Pull- 1 ' -Be not a arme , a tee an • gen to ' ' - -' 1 - • " • ' what few valeab at youhave lat you , . . . ., .. . weloorneto. I ;mulct be ohliged, hovt. , i - - - - - - t er, if scone gentleman would, dieeot. nee ce • - et e t • e • • ..... 8 Dorsey p ar er . - - - • Th° goat 'Seems to haveadhieved the .. .. of being the heed worker of the , e . . alu,Filtana•• - -000 er the Pietnteroinet, ferninine hate storin'is Erickson, the alleged prophet who th . , o that San Frenoisoo road Oakland t other plebes in California Would be and by tidal waves, is now e reving roneh Mailed it the I Wan d at St kt f n e asv um oc on. or , eta . , to . It isidt necessary to belong to any par- ales chnrch or to eitlaer• politica party ornehtodearn how to lisle or how to lie in Whitt You oatch.-David A. dards in shodelblenks cifii.nm. ,... 8110 Uflitod t8tCe 1ere again the d ti. it exec!thy like a wash -basin.