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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-4-12, Page 6RIG STRIKE ORDERED. Eight Children and a Servant Ciel Burned to peau, BRATS THE TAT1i0 OP BOu"OA0010, CUPID'S QUEER FRANKS, Two Taira go into Divans Baajnaeae' evil Change Partnozsr A Philadelphia despatch says : Behind two divorce suits teat are scheduled for the June term of the. Court of Common+ DEATH OF LORD MANNER, ER, Plans, No. 1, there hes a rather strange -.., and romantic story which bears a strange r +M1aE Cenuris Goats ter ales Rye'a lame_ resemblance to one of the famous tales 'Young Lad Fatally Burned—nazism Settlers for the Northwest. ;Coney's army now numbers 200. 1 Mho Emperor of Austria visited the iliOmperor of Germany, at Abazaia, yes- ,� special train carrying 100 settlers bound for the Canadian 'Northwest left Elyde, Kansas, yesterday. ' The steamer Teutonic, which arrived fromht, experi- Liverpool very heavyTuesday rgerclueing the eloyage. Mr. John Bonuyeastle has just left 4C,ampbeliford, his old home, with fifteen 'horses, worth $100 each, for his home Gln the Northwest. Joseph Walters, who accidentally shot Ns shop -mate at East Toronto on Wed- nesday, is a son of Mr. Thomas Walters, dnerchant tailor, of Belleville. John Wilts' residence at McKendree, Is Va., was burned yesterday morning. Tins eight children and Miss Mollie Hem- trick, servant, were burned to death. Montreal City Couneil has finall ;adopted the east end railway chemo Dud has also undertaken to abolish all level railway crossings in the west end. A Royal Humane Society medal has been presented to Mr. Walter Cumming, :of Campbellford, for saving young :lady from drowning about a year ago. Among the passengerd of the steamer .artbageniten, which arrived yesterday at Halifax from Liverpool, were forty- ;jthree girls for Mise Rye's home at Ni - elegem The house of Ernest Pietz, four miles Oast of Port Colborne, was burned on nae /Wednesday eight, and a unknown, was .bia dboy,burned to death. A despateh from St. Paul, Minn., says that Wednesday's storm was the most terrific that ever swept the Northwest. ;A ;lumber of persons are reported frozen oto death. Mgr. Begin left Quebec yesterday for New York on his way to Rome. It is ;laid that his Grace's visit to the Pope Is in connection with the Northwest taboo' question. The Conservatives of North Hastings :Qnet at Madoe yesterday and nominated he Ontario and Mr Aod . W Ca rcallen for Legis- lature,he Mouse of Commons. .A proposition will be submitted to the 'Toronto City Council to grant a mon- lopoly of the Island ferry service to the 'company that makes the most advan- tageous offer for it. :Loral Hannan, efho was judge of the fhrobate and divorce courts, President lot the Parnell Enquiry Commission, and member of the Behring Sea tribunal, jig dead. He was 73 years of age. ;Phe Behring Sea Bill was presented $o the English House of Commons yes- ;terday in " dummy" form, and its first ,'reading was merely nominal. The full {text of the measure will be given out to -morrow. The Executive Committee of "the 'Unit - ad Mine Workers at Uniontown, Pa., ;have ordered a general strike of 'the 10,000 coke workers 'and miners of the lConnellsville region to go into effect :Next Monday. Mr. Dolph, representing Oregon, has Introduced a joint resolution in the I:hilted States Senate to abrogate the Slayton-Bulwer treaty, which, he says, la a bugbear in the way of the Nicara- guan treaty, and is not practically and Bever has been in 'force: President Van Horne, Vice -President hanghnessy, Messrs. E. B. Osler, R. B. /A igus and Mr. Geo. Macdonald, Mr. Van -jEorne's Private Secretary, visited Niag- ,lira Falls Park yesterday and took a run Byer. the electric road in Manager Grant's private car, up to Chippewa and back. Mrs. Bannister and her two daughters 3 Chatham, who were tried for the iteurder of the infant as reported yester- day, have been found guilty, by the cor- oner's jury. They, pleaded not guilty 'when arraigned before the Police Mag- •!bstrate and will tomo np for trial on j►+londay. The Liberal Association of the city of London, which has many Liberal -Union - lets among its members, recently sent a !farewell address to Mr. Gladstone. In :iinswering this address to -day Mr. Glad - :atone wrote : "Your address helps me tea cherish the hope which I never can .libandon, that the day may, come for the !reduction or extinction of the schism in Dile party, the effects of which have in- truded throughout the whole circle of a politics in a manner whieh appears to ane to have been disastrous on all sides." Levy Doney was shot by Jonas Clark, of adarlbank, about 11 o'clock on Wednes- day night, as the result of a drunken agree. Doney and Tom Girvan went to (;*lark's, who lives at Ballast Pit, be- ltween Erinsvllle and Marlbank, to eettle something Clark had said about Doney. ':lark went to a neighbors, got a shot- rn, and fired on them, one shot strik- g Doney in the eye. All were chums before. Doney came to the hospital for ;treatment. He will probably lose the alight of the eye. Clark is said to have fled. Loudon "Lady Medicals." !An important concession in favor of -'English lady medical students has been graduated to the London School of Medi - :kine for Women by the University Court of St. Andrews, who have formally de - tided that the lectures of the establish- ment shall be " specially appointed by them for the instruction of women in imdicine." Several, valuable awards are 'offered to young women by the London ldehool in competition next month, in- icluding the Dufferin Jubilee; Scholarship dot £25 a year, tenable for four years, Dud a number Of annual prizes ranging iiio-wnward from £80: When Similes Are Ont of Joint. ;its still as a mouse—When the cat's ;away. .As black as a coal—When it burns albite ash. As bleak as a hat—When you're wear- ing a brown bowler. As good as a feast—When you haven't bad enough. Ae sweet as a nut—When you crack a bad in :Ae large es a house --When the family's at baker's dozen. As white as wool --hon your servant isrtashes your dog. ,As wise as a judge --When a judge Jloean't know slang. Will Gltthere—I want to ask you, sir, for your daughters hand. Old Gold - ave you askedher for it get ? ,Will Mitthero—No, sir, I thought better to ,eak to you first. Old Gold And sup• po►seing"I should refuse my eoneent ? i{9ili Gltthere-•-1`u that case, sir,, she ae- pnres me she will elope. • of Boccaccio. The cases are of Tunas vs. Tunis and Henry vs. Henry. In both eases the suite are brought by the hus- bands, and each names the other as co- respondent. summer, The story dates back to last when Mr. and Mrs, Tunis and Mr. and Mrs. Henry, who -were all fast friends, rented a cottage at Atlantic City to- gether, each family paying its share of the living expenses. In the latter part of July Tunis was obgged to start off on a business trip, an, yielding to his wife's persuasion, permitted her to re- main at the seashore. In August, Mrs. Henry began to suspect that her hus- band was too attentive to Mrs. Tunis, and, after the whole party had returned to the city, in September, she claims to have obtained convincing evidence of their guilt Mrs. Henry did not make a scene. She simply ascertained Mr. Tunis' ad- dress and wrote him full particulars. This brought the absent husband home in quick time, and on his arrival he was met by Mrs. Henry, who produced for his benefit, the proofs she had gathered of 'the guilt of his wife and her husband. Mrs Henry and Mr. Tunis then resolved to keep a careful watch, in order to secure more evidence, and now comes the strange part of the story. The two watchers having the same object in com- mon', were thrown a great deal in each other's society, and, it is claimed in the libel in the Henry vs. Henry ease, that the same kind of an intimacy resulted as that which is alleged to have existed be- tween Mrs. Tunis and Mr. Henry. Neither case is likely to be contested, and the decrees of divorce will speedily follow the taking of the testimony. It is whispered, too, that the divorces are likely to be followed by two weddings, in which both the brides and grooms will simply have changed partners. STRANGE SCENE lid A TREATBE. Pigeons Let Loose and Whistles Sounded. The Paris correspondent of the Lon- don Telegraph states that on Saturday night there was renewed disorder at the Opera Comique on the second appear- ance of Mlle. Jane Harding the actress with the English name, who has taken to the lyric stage. Hardly had she begun to sing when a woman, Bitting in the orehestra stalls, released three pigeons, which flew around the house. Some whistles were also blown, the sounds coming from the boxes. Many of the audience rose and called for the immediate expulsion of the promoters of disorder, which was promptly effected. One of them is a viscountess, another a school mistress, and the third carries on the business of dresmaking. Heather as a Dyestuff. Heather contains a yellow coloring matter which is known as " ericin," and is obtained by keeping the plant at the boil for half an hour with one part of alum to ten of the plant and thirty of water. A German 'chemist has exam- ined the blossoms, leaves, stalks and roots of the plants separately, and has made dye -trials on mordanted cotton, with the following results : On cotton mordanted with a strong iron mordant, the blossoms gave a red- dish gray -brown or dark mode color ; the stalks a yellowish drab, and the roots a light red drab. On cotton mor- danted with a weak iron mordant the blossoms gave a reddish gray ; the leaves a yellowish gray ; the stalks a very light yellowish chamois, and the roots a reddish gray medium chamois. A strong alumina mordant gave with the blossoms a reddish medium mode color ; with the leaves, a yellowish mode chlor ; with the stalks, a very light red- dish cream color, and with the roots, a flesh color. A weak alumina mordant gave, with the blossoms, a drab ; with the leaves, a light reddish yellow mode color, and 'with the stalks, a very light reddish cream ; while the roots gave a light flesh color. The blossoms dyed on chrome -mordanted cotton a full chamois shade, and the whole plant, a yellow drab. The author is of opinion that an extract of the leaves and blos- soms could be used in dyeing and print- ing. On wool no mordant is required, and creams, chamois and flesh colors are pro- duced according to the part of the plant used. The use of chrome as a mordant results in the production of more intense shades ; it may be added direct to the dyebath. THE HORNET IS A HUMMER. Rot kalmon Pie. Gut a couple of slices of salmon into small neat pieces, and lay these in a marinade of oil, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, and chopped shallot for two hours or so. With the trimmings and any remains of cold fish (or, failing these, the flesh of two whitings) make a farce by pound- ing it till smooth, and mixing with it some white sauce or Bream, pepper, salt, grated nutmeg, and a few drops of carmine ; line a plain round tin with puff or brioche paste, and spread this all over with the farce, lift the fish from the marinade, and arrange it in athe mould, filling in the interstices with ent- up herring or bloater roe, cut-up mush- rooms, or some truffles ; cover it all with another layer of farce, and then with paste, and bake for one and a half hours. Before serving lift the top crust, 'and pour in a little sauce aux fines- herbes (made by tossing together a lit- tle butter, some mushrooms, minced pars- ley and shallots, with pepper, salt and a grate of nutmeg, then adding about two tabblespoonfuls of Espagnole or veloute, according to the color yon want the sauce to be ; let it boil up, then add a little lemon juice, and ase). Cod, or indeed, most fish, can be used in this Wells A Mellow Baby, Women smugglers have at times been credited with extraordinary deceptions and tricks, but a Parisienne, whose " darling sin " seems to be shoplifting, must be accorded a high place. This woman was accompanied by a nurse car- ryieg a baby. When the day of reckon- ing came, it watt found that the baby had a hollow pasteboard body, which was a very convenient receptacle for the lace and jewels which its fair mother appropriated during her shopping "ex- peditions: Summer Resort Iingegeements. Maid—Gentleman wishes to see you, mem. Hese's hie card. Mise b"lirtie—Um—I don't remember that name. He said, meta, that ,you was to see him, Or else give 'him something of his you, had." at must be some ono met at tbe' seaside in the summer. Take that boli of tinge, and tell him to pick diff hied"' J The English. Torpedo Boat Holds the World's Record, MAKES 28 KNOTS AN HOUR, A Crisis That Can Overbanl Any Vessel Afloat -She ilea Rade a ,Great Record And She May Do Hefter In Future. The English torpedo destroyer Hornet, which is undoubtedly the fastest boat in the world, having made 28 knots an hour, is one of more than 30 vessels of a similar type ordered from several of firms in England at a cost of from £33,- 500 to £39,000. Two of these boats -were made by Yarrow & Co. They are the Havock and the Hornet, says the New York Sun. - They were built exactly alike in every detail except their boilers. The Havock was fitted with locomotive boilers and the Hornet with the Yarrow patent water -tubo boiler.. The disadvantage under which ordin- ary first-class torpedo boats labor is their loss of speed in a heavy sea, and Admiral Fisher, the British Controller, conceived the idea of constructing these larger and more powerful craft after the torpedo type for the purpose of over- hauling the torpedo boats in a storm. The Hornet is a twin-screw boat, 180 feet long and 18 feet 6 inches beam. The deck has a rise of eight inches, and she has the long, easy bows and rising floor characteristic of the Poplar boats. A turtle -back hood protects all her for- ward parts, and unlike most such con- structions heretofore, it extends from the bow back to the after part of the conning' tower. The propellers are three - bladed. The engines are of the tri -com- pound type adopted by the firm, having cylinders 18 inches, 26 inches and 39 1-2 inches in diameter by 18 inch stroke. Under the elevated turtle deck for- ward is a lofty forecastle in which some of the crew are berthed. The next com- partment, back of the conning tower with its steering gear, is also given up to berths, and abaft a separate compart- ment is given to the cook, with fresh water tanks and two berths. From the galley to the engine room are the boiler compartments with two sets of Yarrow water -tube boilers. Next comes the en- gine room, with two sets of inverted triple-expaneion engines, capable of de- veloping collectively 8,600 horse -power, each set of engines driving a screw. In the same compartments are two surface condensers, two centrifugal pumps and engines for driving them, fan engines, steam bilge pump, evaporator and distil- ler air -compressing engines and engine dynamo for the search light, and the engine for steering the boat. Next come two cabins for the men of the engine room and the officers' mess room with its pantry. Last of all, at the stern is a large storage room. Tho armament consists of an 18 -inch bow torpedo tube for firing directly ahead, and two 18 -inch swivel torpedo tubes for side firing, placed on the turntable aft. On the forward conning tower, well elevated above the water line, is a 12 -pound quick -firing gun. There are two 6 -pound quick -firing guns, one on each side, atld a six -pounder plac- ed on a high stand near the stern. There is a water -tight flat, or lower deck, just above the water line, from the stem to the forward stoke hold, adding greatly to the safety of the boat in case of col- lision: Under the floors of the cabins are spaces for magazines and stores. The coal -carrying capacity is 60 tons, which are stored in bunkers along each side of the boiler compartments. The supply is believed to be sufficient for Q run of 4,000 miles at a ten -knot speed. The complement of officers and men is 42: The stipulated speed of the Hornet was 27 knots with a load of 35 tons on board. She was required to make a three -hours' run in the open sea. Ac- cording to Mr. Horace See, who repre- sents Yarrow & Co., at 1 Broadway, a greater speed than 28 knots was expect- ed: On the trial trip of the Havock, last November, it was said that, al- though the maximum boiler pressure was 180 pounds, the test was made with an average of only 160 pounds, ecause Mr. Yarrow desired to show that the required speed of 26 knots could be made with ease. The Havock at- tained more than 27 knots.• It is prob- able that he maintained the same pol- icy in this trial, and that the possible speed of each boat in an emergency would be greater than that recorded. How ALCOHOL AND SPARROWS. the Cotton -stealing Birds Were Captured. The English sparrows have proved a nuisance in the cotton country, for as goon as the balls open they pick out the cotton and carry it off, and some planters have lost, as they claim, hun- dreds of pounds in this way. There is one man, however, in De Witt county that has not ,lost much. When he found the sparrows were committing depreda- tions he produced a quantity of wheat, soaked it in sweetened whiskey, and strewed it along the rows, The spar- rows found it, and thought they had a picnic, So they had, but in 15 or 20 minnutes there was the tipsiest lot of English sparrows ever seen on the face of the earth. They rolled about the ground falling ou their sides and back and kick- ing their heels into the air like a par- cel of drunkards, all the while utter- ing the most comical squeaks. They did not have long to squeak, however, for the boys gathered them up and threw them into bags. The first day they gathered two bushels of drunken sparrows. Three or four days later the experiment was repeated with almost equal success,' and from time to time since. They made excellent potpie, but the survivors have come to regard the plantation as hoodooed, for now very few come about it.—Galveston News. Lo Mei enter' Lumber. Louisiana, according to one who has investigated the subject, is entitled to rank as a great lumber state, having within her bounds 50,000,000;000 feet of excellent lumber, and the prodietion is made that before many years pips singer, as the leading industry of tat State, will give way to lumber: In cypress Louisiana is especially rich. This wood is durable and much in demand for in- terior decorations. Nine million feet of cypress alone will be used in New Orleans and other business centers of the State this year. A Gnu Worked by a Pendulum. The Anetrian 'Government have adopt- ed a new quick firing mitrailleuae—the "Saivator "—for nee in their fortifica- tions on the frontier; The new weapon is half the weight of the Maxim gun. Its average rate of discharge is 800 rounds pee minute, with a maximum of 820. The spatial feature of thit new gen io an oscillating pendulum regulat- ing the speed of fire: "John," she said reproachfully, ae• he came home � at 2• a, m„ your have bean out again, No, my deai+,.'pan,boner, {.phis ;tinge I NO in TUBE MONISWall GORILLAS, Professor R, L Garner on His Ob- servations in Wm, STUDIES IN GORILLA LANGUAGE. Convinced That Exalt Variety ofthelilorihey Species Rae an ehticient lineLon Lang nage--G'arnet's lure in a Cage. Professor R. L. Garner, the sturdy Vir- ginian who lived in a cage for 101 days in the wilderness horse of the African gorilla for the purpose of obtaining evi- dence to support his theory that mo&k- oys have a language of their own, has arrived in New York. The Professor left New York in July, 1892, and his adventures since that time have been quite as novel as the theory in support of which his strange journey was made. To boar Professor Garner tell how he sat at night in the wildest spot in Equa- torial Africa, with no companions except a tame chimpanzee, a native servant and a Winchester repeater, and listen to the hair raising screams of the gorillas which eurronnded the cage that served as his home, is decidedly novel. To hear him repeat the speech in which one of the man monkeys warned his fellows of the invader's arrival is more than that. Professor Garner has long been inter- ested in the language of the monkey tribe. Years ago, while ho was watching some monkeys in Lincoln Park, Chicago, he noticed that a big mandril which was in the cage seemed to inspire the smaller monkeys with intense fear. Then a small monkey emitted a peculiar exclamation. The others seemed to understand the signal, and got out of the mandril's reach in a hurry. The keen -eyed professor wondered what the sentinel monkey had said. That the animal's speech had been a warning couched in intelligent language he did not doubt. And there his investigation of the monkey speech began. The traveller left New York for Africa in the summer of 1892• He heard of Cleveland's election while on the upper waters of the Ogowe River, which emp- ties into the sea near Cape Lopez. He carried with him the section of a wire cage, which, when joined together, formed an enclosure about ten feet square. He set up his cage at the edge of a tract of forest, which was the home of countless gorillas, dismissed all his followers, except a native boy, who acted as valet and water carrier, and sat down to wait for an opportunity to examtersine the big monkeys at close quer- The cries of strange animals made the night sufficiently hideous to warrant the professor's belief that he had found the right spot. He had not heard the cry of the gorilla up to that time, and when from time to time a howl of unusual power was heard outside the cage he kept asking the native boy if that were the voice of the king of apes. The boy replied continually in the negative, and when the first night of the professor's residence in his wire house was half gone he began to get discouraged. " And then," he said to me yesterday afternoon, when I saw him at the Madi- son Avenue Hotel, " something screamed in the bush only a few feet away. I tell you frankly I have never heard any sound eo terrible, and it was simply heir raising. " The boy had been just about to fall asleep. ` It is a gorilla,' he said in a whisper, and then he proceeded to shake with terror, until the cage actually rat- tled. Well, we didn't see the author of the disturbance that night, but the boy had had enough of the jungle. I sent him out after a jar of water next day. That was in May last. I suppose he is still looking for that water, and at all events I have never seen him since. " " I never spoke to any of them," the Professor said yesterday, " but an Esyra man once interpreted the speech which he heard ono of a number of chimpanzees making in the bush • close to the cage. This is his story, not mine. " He said that this particular chim- panzee warned the others that a ' shoot man ' had come among them and would, attempt to kill them. The speaker' was some distance from the other chimpan- zees and he advised them not to cross the open space between -them, as by so doing they would give the 'shoot -man ' —that was myself—a chance to fire. " According to the Esyra man the chimpanzee suggested that the party sep- arate and meet later on in safety deeper iu the bush." Professor Garner is a little suspicious of the Esyra man's veracity, but he says it is generally believed by the natives that the chimpanzees have a language and converse just as men do. The gor- illas which he saw always walked on all fours. From his observations he thinks naturalists have much yet to learn. Here are some words which are select- ed from the monkey vocabulary, as Pro- fessor Garner underetaiids it : ' W -h -o -o -e, meaning food, bananas and the like. C -h -u -y, drink, water,milk. C -h -i, the sound used to attract at- tention, equivalent to the " Say," or " Look here " of everyday parlance. E -g -c -k, the cry of alarm, meaning " danger," or a similar word,expressivo of warning. He paid a visit to the Central Park " Zoo " yesterday afternoon for the pur- pose of seeing Chico, but the chimpan- zee had been removed. Professor Garner will remain here for a few days and then go to Cincinnati to see his wife. He is a stoutly built, good looking man of 46. He was born in Abingdon, Va., and fought an •the Confederate ranks during the Civil War. The Cat and the Oyster Pie. At Grenville, N. C., Mrs. L. B. Hard- ing had an oyster pie for dinner. She concluded to warm what was left for capper and placed the baking tin in the stove. When Mr. Harding went to help himself at supper he had in place of oys- tens a nice well -baked cat—fur and all, The eat had crept in the stove, enjoyed the oysters, and, no doubt feeling good, had coiled up in the baking tin for a nap. Electrical Enid aeeting to Rraiure. There are in operation in France 255 central stations for the supply of elec- tricity an increase of 19 since the com- mencement of the year. Of thee255 eta - tions at work 209 are on the consinu- ous-current system, 89 on the alternat- ing current system, while the remain- ing 7 are operated on a eoinbined con- tinuous; and alternating -current system. Pelted Thom With the Pence• . Lord Crewe once, on the occasion of Nome charitable entertainment, leaned up against a corridor wall, fast asleep, with his hat is his 'hand- Some. wild young men started dropping coppers and half-crowns into the bat until the chink- ing awakened him, when, with gay humor • he pocketed all the silver and peited•'his impertinent benefactor* wiAh the pence -London •frit -$i EN. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE, Mr. Clarke (Toronto) rose to make an explanation with reference to a state- ment which had appeared in the Toronto World, and which had also been printed in the Globe of some days ago. The matter referred to was a statement that he had endeavored to obtain pay from the Dominion Government for two extra days in connection with the Prohibition Commission. He said that in sending in his account, he had included the two days spent in travelling. He had bo- lieved himself entitled to the allowance. The account was returned to him to have these days struck off ; this, however, he had refused to do, but had asked that the matter be referred to the Auditor General for his decision. The latter had said that the rules governing the civil service did not apply, and that he (Mr. Clarke) could not be allowed the amount. He had thereupon expressed his perfect compliance with the ruling, and bad deducted the extra days from his bill. He trusted that the papers mentioned would correct this state- ment, which had evidently been made in mistake. Mr. Hardy rose to correct a report which had appeared in. the Empire, in which his speech in reply to Mr. Wood (Hastings), made a few evenings ago, bad been misquoted. He had been re- ported as having said that if he had heard the hon. member's explanation of the figures which bad caused the discus- sion, he would not have criticized them as he did. He read from a copy of the paper the extract referred to. The im- pression given by it, he said, was en- tirely erroneous. He had made no such concession, and did not wish the report to go to the country in its present shape. Mr. Balfour moved that a committee be appointed to inquire into the condi- tion of natural gas fields in various sections of the Province and the supply of gas therein ; the management and operations of the various companies working the said fields ; and the desir- ability, in the interest of the citizens of this Province, of imposing conditions re- specting the manner of taking natural gas from the ground, the disposal there- of, and the preventing of any improper waste thereof, as well as the most valu- able economic uses to which it may be applied, with power to send for persons, papers and records, and report to the. House with all convenient speed. He said that delegations had waited upon the Government, urging that the matter be looked into at once. Ile was desirous that this committee should get to work immediately to collect evidence on both sides of the question, such evidence to be laid before the House at the earliest possible date. Mr. Meredith thought that the inten- tion of the hon. gentleman was to op- pose the exportation of gas from this Province. Mr. Balfour said that he had heard a good deal from parties on both sides, and had only asked that a committee be appointed after giving the matter ser- ious consideration. Mr. Hardy thought that the appoint- ing of a committee would aid in over- coming a serious difficulty. Mr. Hammell said that investors in gas companies had so many difficulties to contend with that it would be very dangerous to pass any legislation stop- ping the exportation of gas. Mr. Conmee was of the opinion that the legislation asked for was not at all necessary. The motion was carried, and a com- mittee appointed, consisting of Messrs. Awrey, Bronson, Charlton, Conmee, Bal- four, Wood (Hastings), Whitney, White, McCleary, Mackenzie, and Garrow. Mr. Gibson (Huron) moved for a return showing amount collected on account of the Municipal Loan Fund from Con- federation until 81st December, 1871. Also eolleetions on account of Crown, clergy, common school, grammar, and mining lands in the same period, and collections on same lands in the four years ending 31st December, 1893. The motion was carried. Several Bilis were read a second time. On the presentation of the report of the Railway Committee. Mr. Wood (Hastings) rose to call the attention of the House to the action of the Chairman of the committee at its morning session, in forcing the members of the committee to vote on the question in one particular way. He objected to the Chairman's decision as being arbi- trary and unjust, and desired to protest against it. - Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) said the course followed by Mr. Bronson had been very often followed by himself and other Chairmen of committees without dis- approval. He saw no cause for any working up indignation by hon. mem- bers. The matter was allowed to drop. The rest of the afternoon up to 5:30 was spent in committee on various bills. When the House went into Commit- tee of supply, Mr. Whitney moved in amendment " That in the opinion of this House it is necessary for the free expression of the popular will that the use of the number- ed ballot paper shall be discontinued, and to allow the election of members to the Legislative Assembly to be by secret bal- lot." Mr. Whitney claimed that as the law stood it was possible to find out how a voter' exercised his privileges. This fact was often taken advantage of and voters intimidated thereby. Sir Oliver Mowat replied to Mr. Whitney at some length. He said that the system which had been advocated by the hon. member was not in reality a secret system, as the numbering of the ballots and the stubs enabled the vote to be traced should it be desired. The present Dominion system did not give absolute secrecy to the voter, and the method in use in Ontario was as perfect as any which had been devised. He de- fended the record of the Liberal party in this matter, saying that a secret bal- lot had always been advocated by, them," while their opponents had been tardy in their endorsation of it. Mr. Wood (Hastings) mentioned the in- stance of the recent vote of the Street Railway employees on the question of a benefit society as an example of what is effected by a perfectly secret ballot. He spoke very strongly in favor of the Australian system, which had given en- tire satisfaction wherever operated. Mr. Willoughby thought that public sentiment was strongly in favor of 'the secret ballot. Mr. White Bald the question in Ontario was, had the hon. gentleman carried out what he had promised the people, viz., the secret ballot ? The promise had not been kept. Tho keeping of the ballot an its present form would not aid in the de- tection of personation. Mr. Meredith said that the hon. gentle- man had gone a long way back to deny the charge that he had at one time op- posed measures suggested by the Opposi- tion and afterwards adopted them. Con- tinning, he said that it was dishonest for the hon. gentlemen of the Government to allow the present law to stand and time give a free hand for intimidators. '.I'ho numbered ballot was a sham, a delusion, and a fraud. (Opposition cheers.) The Government. was no longer a reform amenanniersomearmats ballet system had been in force, five gent oral elections and a largo number of bye -elections had been contested, Dur- ing the lasttwenty years the hon. gen- tlemen bad had ample opportunity to discover any evils in the system. The hon. gentlemen had not, however, proved their case, and they were advocating ar change in an important matter on whis�hi they had no evidence. He then compar- ed the Dominion and Ontario system of voting to prove his argument that the latter had an advantage, namely, the detection of impersonation. moMr McKechnie spoke in favor of the tion, Mr. Clancy declared that the system was faulty in almost every particular. A division was then taken, and the amendment was rejected, by 53 to 30. Mr. McKay (Victoria) asked for a re- turn showing what system of payment the Government adopted in dealing with stockmen at the Columbiau Exposition: The amount each owner received for fares, maintenance, caretaking, or for any other purpose, distinguishing each amount and giving the name of each ow. Mrner. McColl asked for a return giving a copy of the return of Mr. Stewart, Provincial License Inspector, as to the charge that certain License Commission- ers in the county of Elgin were, owners of licensed premises, and that licensee were refused certain parties on political grounds. He spoke to his motion at some length, reviewing the information which he had on the subject, and holding that a grave wrong had been done by the com- missioners in withholding a license from one J. G. Nunn, in the city of St. Thomas, for political reasons, namely, because he had worked in au election in the Conser- vative interest. The House went into Committee of the Whole and passed a number of private Bills. Several private Bills were also read a second time without discussion. Mr. Ryerson moved for a return of copies of all letters, papers, statements, and documents in connection with the charges of G. A. Dorian against Dr. P. H. Bryce, Secretary of the Provincial Board of Health, with a copy of the evi- dence adduced and the finding of the commissioners. .Ile said that the Govern- ment had been negligent in this investi- gation as in others. Mr. Dorian's illnes precluded his leaving the house, but be thought that in justice to him every opportunity for a full investigation. should have been given. Mr. Harcourt said that the investiga- tion which had taken place in 1886 had shown the charges then made to be friv- olous. He suggested that the hon. mem- ber could bring Dr. Bryce before a Com- mittee of the House, or the Public Ac- • counts Committee, if he wished, and so• satisfy himself that such was the case. The Government had uo desire to shield anyone. The report of the commission had cleared Dr. Bryce of the charges. He would, however, be delighted if the hon. member chose to call for evidence before the Public Accounts Committee. Mr. Meredith said that he could not, but condemn the practice of putting civil. servants on judicial commissions. Ha instanced the appointment of Mr. Win- chester on the Agricultural College Com- mission, saying that his report on that matter was marked by strong partisan- ship and a desire to effect a whitewash. He thought Dr. Rae should not have been appointed on this investigation, owing to his connection with Dr. *Bryce. He did not wish to suggest that Dr. Bryce was guilty of the charges, but he did not think the inquiry had been an adequate one. The motion was carried. Mr. Barr (Dufferin) moved for a re- turn of all convictions under the Liquor License Act in the county of Dufferin during the years 1892 and 1893 Mr. Barr (Dufferin) moved for a de- tailed statement for 1893 of the fees and emoluments of the Registrar of Deeds for the county of Dufferin in connection with his office. Mr. White moved the second reading of his Bill to amend the Division Courts Act. He explained its provisions, the most important of which was to do away with imprisonment for debt. This prac- tice he considered most unfair to the small debtor, and his desire was to re- move it. Mr. Gibson thought an amendment might be made which would have the effect of assimilating the decisions of judges in this matter, which at present• were very varied, some judges being much more severe than others. He al- so thought the judges, in committing, should only take cognizance of payment of the surplus above the amount which would be exempted under seizure. He discouraged the constant amending of the Act, but would not object to the Bill passing its second reading. Mr. Barr (Dufferin) moved the second reading of his Bill to amend the Muni cipal Act. He explained the difficulty which faced municipalities in collecting licenses or fines from transient traders, on account of the fact that by represent- ing themselves as owners of the goods the peddlers could evade any payment. His amendment was designed to avoid the difficulty which had thus arisen, and to make the section more broad in its application to this 'class of "dealer. Mr. Meredith opposed the Bill as being a selfish restriction on the liberty of trade. The Bill was declared lost on division. The House adjourned at 5.50 p. m. The Secret of Bibkh' huccees. "Oinks has written a remarkable - novel." " 'You'd hardly expect it." " No ; you wouldn't. But the scene is^ laid on a steamer S and he doesn't even, hint that the engines pulsated like the• throb of a mighty heart.' 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