HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-11-5, Page 71i OUR OTTAWA LETTER
THE FORMER DICTATOR OF NEW
BRUNSWICK GOES TO PLAY
HIS OLD ROLE.
.A Junketing. Trip—The Minister or Public
Works at Winnipeg—The Schoel Question
I Not Settled—A. Retraction and Apology—
' Reconstruction of the Tariff.
From Our Own Correspondent.]
Ottawa, Oct. 27.—Since last week
there has been a hegfea of Ministers.
For a fortnight only those within easy
call of the capital will assemble in the
Privy Council chamber. Dr. Borden, the
Minieter of Militia, is in Nova Scotia.
Minister of Finance Fielding is in New
York. Mr. Blair has gene to New
Brunswick to make preparations for
fighting the protest which has been
lodged against him. In the bieleotion
in which the Minister of Railways
was returned to the Commons the Grits
dispensed with a free hand "reasons"
why their candidate should he elected.
.And these reasons, the petitioners ageinst
Mr. Blair's election assert, appealed
strongly to such voters as were willing
to accept coin a the realm as an
acknowledgment for their voting for the
Ministerial candidate. The Government
newspapers have announced that Mr.
Blair's visit east has chiefly to do with
the management of the Interoolonial
railway. Doubtless this statement is true.
In parliament last session the Minister
of Railways announced his intentions
elearly enough. He informed the House
of Commons that, upon representations
being made to him that any employe of
his department had worked against the
Grit candidate ho would immediately,
and without investigation, discharge the
offender. Even the right of trial is to be
denied the accused by this former dicta-
tor of New Brunswick. The assurance
that the employe exercised his right as
a citizen is to be taken as being good
and sufficient ground for his iestant dis-
:missal. Already Mr. Blair has discharged
more than a hundred employes of the
Interoolonial railway. Those who re-
main may well view with apprehension
his visit to New Brunswick. They are at
the mercy of the Grit wire -pullers. A
oomulaint against them, whether well
grounded or not, is sure to result in the
loss of their positions. Mr. Blair's an-
nouncement was made, we are told,
without the concurrence of the other
mein bars of the Administration. Their
consent was not required. In his depart.
meet a Minister is supreme. The other
Ministers have nothing to say as to his
methods. The recruit from New Bruns.
wick has full, liberty to carry out his
eIi
rogramme of wholesale decapitation.
1 A Junketing Tri,,.
I When the Liberals were in Oppositicn
"the elongated air. McMullen had a ses-
sional fit of the horrors when he came
across, in the Auditor General's report,
the items for the traveling expenses of
alinisters. The private cars in which the
members of the Administration traveled
when engaged on public business were
regardwi as being so many juggernauts,
crushing the overburdened taxpayer.
The Opposition of those days agreed
with the raucous voiced statesman from
North Welliugton in denouncing the
eastern. The Grit press, headed by the
virtuous Globe, delighted in expatiating
upon the iniquities of the Tory Minis-
ters for whom an ordinary first-class
ear was not good enough. But times
have changed, The Government's private
oars have not been sold by the trium-
phant Grits, They have been retained,
and are in commission quite as often as
they were in the old days. That eminent
and straightforward publicist, Israel
Tarte, is the head of a large excursion
party of his friends, whom he is treating
—am the Dominion's expense—to a trip
to the Pacific coast. No sensible man
• will deny that a Minister of the Crown
• Is entitled to certain privileges when
traveling. Many a hard day's work,
with his secretary at his side, is done
by the holder of a portfolio as he travels
through the country. But the free excur-
sion system is hardly defensible. Mr.
Tarte says that he goes to British Col-
umbia on public) business. His statement
will be accepted by the people who
pay him his salary. But it is hardly
necessary for the Minister of Public;
, Works to take with him three ladies, two
of them members of his family, and two
gentlemen,who happen to be full privates
in the Government ranks in the House
of Commons. No 'such junketing trip
has been seen in Canada for many a
day. The country pays the shot. The
country pays for the delicate viands that
are consumed by the party of sightseers;
the country pays the cultured Ethiopian
"gentleman who cooks for the disting-
uished party. A year ago Israel Tarte
was several removes from being a mile
lionaire. Even now he tells us that he is
glad to be a Minister, because his salary
'will help him to pay his delete. In a
twelvemonth the cheerful Israel leaps
from poverty to affluence. He travels in
state. He whirls westward, joyful in the
consciousness that every mile removes
him further from Mr. W. A. Grenier, the
II proprietor of La Libre Parole, and the
„ man who says that in 1891 Tarte played
the part of a blackmailer. The trial of
the case which the Minister has brought
against Air. Grenier has been set for
next month. In the meantime the editor
of La Libre Parole by telegraph apostro-
phizes Tarte thus:—
"Montreal, Oct. 24,, 1896.—Hon. J. I.
Tarte, Winnipeg, Man. Sir—Rumor
'bare is that your trip is a flight. You
have stated that you will be absent for
five or six weeks. Do not forget that I
am the accused party and that the trial
is fixed for the beginning of November.
I hope that you will come back like a
man in time to substantiate your
charges; no bluff; S. V. P.; business is
business. (Signed) W. A. Grenier."
Minister of Public Works at Winnipeg.
• It is evident that Mr. W. A. Grenier,
besidoe having an unquenchable hatred
of Mr. Tarte, is possessed of a lively
sense of humor. To a Montreal news-
paper man the other day he said that he
was in possession of evidence that would
erove the truth of everything that he has
mild respecting the Minister of Public
Works. Tarte still asseverates his inno-
cence. When he arrived at Winnipeg he
found that there wee serious trouble in
the Liberal camp. Joe Martin still belle
over with rage at felifton's suoteies. Mate
tin now saw; that be is a Liberal in Do-
neinion politics, but that he is deter-
mined to fight the provincial Government
at all times. Greenway and Sifton he
blames for his being put aside in favor
of the latter, For years Sifton and Mar-
tin had been good friends, In the Hotel
Manitoba the other night Martin walked
past the Minister of the Interior without
so much as looking at him. The Liberals
of Winnipeg had decided to ,giee Tarte a
public dinner. Martin's following en-
tered into the plan with enthusiasat
until they found that their favorite had'
been assigned.to an unimportant place in
the toast list. The Martin men an-
nounced that they would stay away from
the dinner unless the unlucky :Joseph
were, given a prominent position. Finally
the matter was patched up and the din-
ner came off. Clifford Sifton, exultant,
was there. Eit) made a speech, in which,
it limy he remarked, he did not give any
explanation of his sudden change of
opinion in respect of the school system,
A few months ago Mr. Sifton was of the
opinion that to no class or denomination
should any exceptional privileges in re-
spect of education be extended. Mr. Sif-
ton has forgotten that opinion which, he
said at the time, was a conviction. He
has secured the portfolio of the Interior,
with a salary of eight thousand a year.
Martin has had to succumb to his power.
Everything is rosy for Clifford Sleben,
and, if we are to believe what Winnipeg-
gers say, it is with a severe case of
cranial enlargement that be takes his
way to Ottawa. Martin has reconsidered
his resolution to abandon politics. He
now gays that he will run against the
Government candidate when the by-elec-
tion shall be held to fill the 'vacancy in
the Legislature caused by Sifton's re-
moval' to Ottawa. If Martin enters the
Legislature it will not be long before
Thomas Greenway will have to sue for
peace, If I know Joe Martin, Greenway
will not get it. Martin's determination is
to be premier of the province. Greenway
now has but one strong man in his Cabi-
net, Hon. J. D. Cameron. Mr. Cameron
is favorably disposed towards Martin. It
seems certain that with Martin in the
Legislature, Greenway's downfall will
only be a matter of time.
The School Question Not Settled,
The Liberal newspapers have nothing
to say concerning the sable/11in the ranks
of the Manitoba Grits. The Globe, which
pores as being, not an organ but a well-
wisher of the Government, has been the
only paper of Liberal tendencies that
has defended the exaltation of Mon. In
his own province the new Mtnister of
the Interior has few friends. Martin's is
a stronger personality. Martin is the abler
man, When Laurier decided to take Sif-
ton into the Government it was not be-
cause his new recruit possessed any
strength as an administrator. A bargain
was made, a bargain that entailed bene-
fits to the Premier of Manitoba as well
as to Laurier. We are told that the School
question has been settled. The statement
is untrue. The School question will come
up in parliament. The people will be
apprised of the terms of the bargain that
has been made by Laurier and Greenway.
Already the Protestants of Manitoba
have begun to show their dissatisfaction
with the arrangement that has been
mooted. They point out that in districts
In which there is a majority of Roman
Catholics the schools will be to all in.
tents Roman Catholic schools. Greenway
and Sifton have said repeatedly that
under no circumstances would a Protest-
ant scholar be compelled to receive in-
strnotion from Roman Catholic teachers.
We have heard in the past a great deal
about the rights of minorities. Now
arises the case of the right of a Protest-
ant minority to have Public schools. But
the' bargain has been made, and the
unlucky Protestants who live in Roman
Catholic districts must submit.
A Retraction and Apology.
Last winter the Halifax Chronicle, a
rabid Grit organ that was edited for
many years by Hon. W. S. Fielding, the
present Minister of Finance, made a
scandalous attack on Sir Charles Tupper.
The then Secretary of State was accused
of having profited by his management
of the sale of Dominion toads in Eng-
land. $ir Chagos promptly took legal
proceedings against the newspaper. Lass
session while these proceedings were on
foot James F. Lister, the Liberal who
sits for West Lambton, made a scandal-
ous attack upon Sir Charles in the House
of Commons. Lister is a lawyer, and
would be supposed to know that he was
transgressing all the ethics of his profes-
sion by referring to a case which was
almost sub judice. He preferred, how-
ever, to shelter himself behind the privil-
eges which all members of the House of
Commons enjoy, and to make a brutal
attack upon the leader of the Opposition.
Sir Charles, in his reply, gave Lister such
a condign chastisement as the House of
Commons has seldom beard. The fair-
minded Liberals made no concealment
of their contempt for Lister, who sulked
about the House for a day and then left
for home to return ne more before the
close of the session. The Halifax Chroni-
cle has now been compelled to publish a
full retraction of and an apology for its
slanders against the former High Com-
missioner. The editor has stated over his
own signature that he had no grounds for
the publication of the lying story, and
that he regrets having done so. Sir Charles
• vindication is complete, but he has se-
cured it at the cost of large solicitors'
fees. It is most regrettable that a public
man should be compelled in self defence
to pay out a large sum of money in
order to exonerate himself from a
charge laid by an irresponsible newspaper
writer. The former Premier had no
choice. He had either to plead guilty to
the charge or to go down into his pocket
in order to prove the baselessness of the
charge. Few Canadians will be anything
but pleased to hear of the result of his
prosecution of the editor of the Chronicle.
The Conservative Conference.
The Copservative conference that was
held in Toronto this week was in every
way a success. Few of the Conservative
members of the Dominion parliament
and of the provincial Legislature were
absent. Sir Charles was welcomed by a
thoroughly representative gathering,
which was unanimously in favor of his
retaining the position of leader of the
party. Plans were adopted for a more
complete organization, and local com-
mittees will be formed by prominent
Couservatives all through the province.
In a few days Sir Charles apd Lady
Tupper will leave for England on what
the veteran statesman terms their "wed-
ding trip." Some few weeks ago, it will
be remembered, Sir Charles and Lady
Tupper celebrated their golden wedding.
Sir Charles will make a stay of some
length in England.
An imperative engagement in British
Columbia, where he has large mining in-
terests, prevented Mr. Clarke Wallace's
presence at the convention in Toronto.
To an interviewer Mr. Wallace said that
if possible he would have attended the
coneention. One of the most important
transactions of the convention W .IF to
divide the province of -Ontario into three
districts for the purposes of organization,
A provincial executive was formed with
a strong membership. The prospects are
that the party will hecome thoreughly
well consolidated under the ziew system.
Heretofore there has been ne defined
bond of union between the various Con-
servative associations of the province.
leach was working, so to speak, "on its
own hook," The new system will mal@
the organization, complete in that the
whole party in, the province will be in
touch with the central office.
Reconstruction or the Tariff.
The three Commissioners—Sir Richard
Cartwright, Mr. Fielding and Mr.
Paterson—who have in hand the recon-
struction of the tariff, commenced their
work last week. The manufacturers
throughout the country are in a state of
apprehension as to the outcome of the
deliberations of the • trio. Fielding and
Cartwright are pronounced Free Traders.
At least, they were a few months ago.
Paterson believes in free trade in every-
thing but biscuits. From the three the
Canadian manufacturer and the Cana-
dian workingman can hope for little. Re
has been stayed with pledges and com-
forted with promises. The stern realiza-
tion will soon come, and then be may
find that Laurier's "sunny ways" have
been replaced by the rough and rocky
road of hard times.
, MASSAGE VERSUS BATHS.
French Beauties Rave Deserted Rubbing
in Favor of Tubbing.
Massage has lost a little of its vogue
in Paris for the treatment of °MmHg, and
now they are starting an establishment
which is sure to Introduce a new and in-
teresting feature into Parisian life,
bringing with it the Roman and Eastern
customs of old. It is a bathing club,
where all sorts of baths will be prepared,
after the old and foreign receipts; SSW
milk, such as Queen Isabella, of Baearld,
used every morning; rose water, lemon
juice, barley, Mecca balm, etc., will be
found there, and even the famous bath
of Marie Czewertinoska, the beautiful
mistress of Alexander I„ of Russia, who
plunged herself every morning into the
contents of a cask of Malaga Wine, after
which ceremony the sliver tub was
emptied and the rine sold It seems that
such a With is simply perfect as a skin
feeder.
Marie Anteinette's bath which was
prescribed by her doctor, was a compound
of aromatic herbs mixed with a handful
of salt. She took it cold in summer
and tepid in winter. Later on Mme.
Tallien had brought every morning to
her house twenty pounds of' strawberries
and two pounds of raspberries, which
were mashed in her bath of warm milk
and water. Another preparation used by
Eastern women is composed or barley,
rice, barrage, thyme and marjoram boiled
together and then thrown into the water.
Soil and Wool.
We have not got far enough along in
the sheep business in the West to study
carefully the minute details of wool
growing nor to note the differences that
soils and olimate make in the quality of
the wool. It is said by Stephen Powers
In Wool Markets and Sheep that the
clips from the New Hampshire and Ver-
mont sides of the Connecticut river differ
slightly owing to differences in soil. The
granite soil produces a fiber different
from that grown on a limestone soil,
and the rank black prairies of Illi-
nois yield a wool from the same family
of sheep coarser than that grown on the
fine grasses and sweet running waters of
eastern Ohio and western Pennslyvania.
The nitrogenous soils of the prairies do
not form as clear, dense and strong fiber
as the strongly potassic and silicious
soils of the Ohio hills. We have not the
slightest doubt of the correctness of these
statements. We do not see how it can be
.otherwise,
The differences, however, in the qual-
ity of wool on account of the character
of the soils are scarcely as great as those
produced on the same soil by different
care and keep. Any check to the growth
of the sheep, whether by reason of pro-
longed drouth in summer, by reason of
disease, or by reason of semi -starvation
In the winter.' must necessarily make a
weak spot in the wool corresponding to
that period of the growth of the freeoe.
We are told that wool experts by testing
the strength of the fiber oan tell without
other knowledge quite closely the time
of the year when the sheep received this
set back. Since the farmers of the West
have begun to study dairying they have
discovered many very fine points in con -
neaten with the production of milk and
its manufacture into butter and cheese.
It will be so with reference to wool grow-
ing when we get down to the business.
—Wallace's Farmer.
White Cannibals.
The question has recently been asked
by a French scientist, whether white peo-
ple were seer cannibals, An English
journal says that so far as the records of
primitive man are trustorthy they show
that, whether white, brown or black, he
was a cannibal.
Within historic times the evidence of
Homer and Herodotus shows that the
inhabitants of Northeastern Europe and
of the Caspian region were strongly sus-
pected of oannibaliem. Again, there is
the authority of St. Jerome in support
of the statement that the British contin-
gent enlisted by Theodosius were canni-
bals and that cannibalism was the rule
rather than the exception among the
ancient Sages.
There is a white -bearded race 'of sav-
ages among the forests of the Maranon,
in South America, supposed to be de
soended from deserters and stragglers
from the Spanish conquerors, who are
believed to be cannibals, After the Eng-
lish conquest in the foprteenth centuey,
parts of Scotland were reduced to such
fearful desolation that in places the un-
fortunate inhabitants were driven to
cannibalism through sheer lack of food
During the first half of the seventeenth
century the cannibal family of Alexander
Bain, or Sawney Beane, flourished on the
coast of Galloway. Before its extermina-
tion the family consisted of eight sons
and eighteen grandsons, six daughtere
and fourteen granddaughters. One of the
girls, a mere infant, was spared the fate,
which overtook the rest, but she had
hardly completed her twelfth year before
the inborn (waving for human fish 'broke
out, and she was burned to death for the
crime of cannabalisna.
Measuring Gelatine.
The granulated gelatine may be
measured by the spoonful. Turn the con-
tents of a box out on a paper and divide
into four parts and it will be found that
each of these portions is about one even
tablespoonful. That is, one tablespoonful
of granulated gelatine is equivalent to
one-fourth of a boiful of the ordinary
shredded gelatine.
LOUIS XIV. COATS
Of Tan Mohair Showing Narrosv StrlitOs of
Black.
After all, what is prettier or more sat-
itifitetorY than the Louis XIV. coats,
which are still worn, thought in exodined
effects? A charming ooat 0. this sort
is made mein tan mohair to go with a
mohair skirt, showing narrow stripes of
black.
The skirt is perfectly plain, but so
gored as to bring the stripes into sharp
points at each gore, all around 'the skirt.
A rustling lining of tan taffeta stets off
the skirt.
The jaunty little coat fits like a
glove, and has a short, fleeing, skirt, set
out over the hips.
All the seams are piped with tiny
cords of black satin, and a piping of the
same is used as a finish along the edge.
Broad revers of tan velvet, overlaid
with big jet sequins, flare away from a
snug vest of white satin, ornamented in
double-breasted fashion with small, flat
gilt buttons, The collar is a stook built
quite high, and topped by a star-shaped
collar of tan velvet, piped with black.
The sleeves have only a slight fulness
at the shoulder and are tight fitting
from the elbow down, with only a pip-
ing as a finish.
The fetching hat worn with this suit
has a low oval crown and rolling brim
of velvety tan felt edged with a f nil mar-
about ruche and trimmed on top with
clusters of black oetiroh tips and green-
ish cooque feathers.
IA hen Girls should arry.
A girl should marry when she is cap-
able of understanding and fulfilling the
duties of a true wife and thorough house-
keeper, and news before. No matter how
old she may be, if she is not capable of
managing a house in every department
of it, she is not old enough to get mar-
ried. When she promises to take the
position of wife and home -maker, the
man who holds her promise has every
right to simpuse that she knows herself
competent to fulfil it. If she proves to
be incompetent or unwilling, he has
good reason to consider himself cheated.
Na n atter hove plain the home maybe,
If it is in accordance with the buabnd's
means and he finds it neatly kept and
the meals (no matter how simple) served
from shining dishes and clean table linen,
that husband will leave Ms home with
loving words and thoughts, and look
ahead with eagerness to the time when
he can return.
Let a girl play the piano and acquire
every accomplishment within her power,
the more the better, for every one will be
be that much power to be used in mak-
ing a happy home. At the mune time, if
she cannot go to the kitehemif necessary.
and cheerfully prepare jut as good a
nieal as anyone could with the same
material, and serve it neatly after it is
prepared, she bad better defer her
marriage until she learns. If girls would
thoroughly fit themselves for the posi-
tion of intelligent housekeepers before
they marry, there would be fewer dis-
contented, unhappy wives and inure hap-
py homes,
Perfumes.
It is an interesting thing to know that
four thousand two hundred species of
plants are gathered and used for com-
mercial purposes in America. Of these,
four hundred and twenty have a perfume
that is pleasing, and enter largely into
the manufacture of scents, soaps and
sachets. There are more series of white
flowers gathered than of any other minor
—eleven hundred and twenty-four. Of
these, one hundred and eighty-seven have
an agreeable scent, an extraordinarily
large proportion. Next in order come
yellow blossoms with nine hundred and
fifty-one, seventy-seven of them being
perfumed. Red flowers number eight
hundred and twenty-three, of which
eighty-four are scented. The blue flowers
are of five hundred and ninety-four var-
ieties thirty-four'of which are perfumed,
and the violet blossoms number three
hundred and eight, thirteen of which
are pleasantly odoriferous.
Removing Stains.
Grease marks on cloth may nearly
always be removed by the application of
a hot iron over blatting paper, but in
the case of oil, a paste should be made
of fuller's earth and cold water, and laid
on the stains. When dry brush it off. If
the stains are of old standing, or very
bad, it is often necessary to repeat the
process two or three times. Wine, tea,
and coffee stains are always difficult,
and sometimes impossible to remove.
For the latter on cotton fabrics the yolk
of an egg mixed with 'glycerine should
be tried; wash this off with warm water
and iron the material on the wrong side.
For wino and tea stains the simplest
and safest method ' d is to immediately
sponge them with cold water.
Flight of Bees.
An agriculturist of Westphalia
made a bet that twelve bees, released at
a distance of three miles from the hives
at the same time as twelve pigeons,
would travel over the ground as quickly
as the birds. The first bee entered, the
hive ontequarter of a minute before the
first pigeon reached its ciolumbary. Three
other bees arrived before the second
pigeon, and the remainder of the com-
petitors reached home simultaneously.
Thole(' Beef Tongue.
Wash a fresh beef tongue, put in a
kettleful of water, stand over a slow
fire, add one teaspoonful of salt, lee;
dozen peppercorns and four whole Moves.
Simmer gently until the tongue is per-
fectly tender; take up, remove the skin
and garnish with parsley and currant
jelly. Serve with egg sauce.
COAL IN ONTARIO.
DISCOVERY OF THE DUSKY DIA"
MONDS IN LARGE QUANTITIES.
Prospects of the Development of a llieh
Coal line in the Sudhury
tion of the Black Conti try.
Toronto, Oct. 31.—Considerable ex-
citement has been caused by reports of a
visit just made to the Sudbury district
by Capt. J. A. Currie, says a Globe
writer. Some excellent specimens of an-
thracite coal Were found in Balfour
township, about 17 miles west of Sad -
bury, showing that the coal is equal in
quality to that produced lathe celebrated
Lehigle Valley coal Maid of Pennsylvania.
The new mine is located on the line of
the C. P. R., and is about 24 miles from
Georgian Bay.
A syndicate recently bought 800 acres
of laud in that vicinity. The mine is
eitunted on lot No. 10 of the first conces-
sion of Balfour, and occurs in the
regular slate formation; this immediate
locality has been placed in the geo-
logical map as belonging to the Cam-
brian formation, but other authorities
place the formation as carboniferous. It
is stated that the anthracite found in the
United States occurs in this same forma-
tion. The outcrop is from six to fifteen
feet wide, and is tilted up at an angle
of from 70 to 80 degrees.
MAKING THE TEST.
Some of the coat taken out was put
into a forge and tried. It burned nicely,
with a pinkish flame similar to that of
anthracite; there was no sraell of Aut.
phur, the heat was intense and it lasted
longer than much of the ordinary
anthracite will. The ash was pink -colored
and contained some sand.
The owners are intending to press de-
velopment work through the winter.
Already American capitalists have
shown a desire to assist in the work.
However, as there is a market right at
hand in Sudbury the management ap-
prehend no difficulty in the matter.
There are four smelters in a radius of
twelve miles. and as there. is very little
sulphur in the coal it should answer the
purpose of coke. This alone, if all should
turn out equal to expectations, should
prove an immense impetus to iron in-
dustry there. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain
owns an iron mine some seven miles
away. There are two Bessemer plants
lying idle near by, at the Murray mine
and at Copper Cliff. •
THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT.
The commercial situation of the find is
excellent. The station of Larcdtwood on
the C. P. R. main line is a quarter of
a mile distant, and on the level land a
siding can be xun down to the mine
without grading. Anthracite coal is ad-
mitted free into the United State e mid
should this mine prove the big thing it
is expected to develop into, it occupies a
position to compete with 'Pennsylvania
coal in the United States west of the
Soo, anti as far south as Toronto and
Kingston. For port there is the mouth
of the Spanish River not far dietent, so
that it is evident that should the mine
prove valuable it will have every facility
for entering into competition with the
coal barons of the United States,
e NEWS FROM INDIA.
A Sepoy Runs Amuck, Palling Two Officers
and 'I no Soldiers—A hospital Attacked.
Simla, Oct. 29.—A Repay belonging to
the Brittsh-Indian troops, stationed at
Fort Sandeman, ran amuck yesterday
evening and killed Lieut. Yeates of the
Royal Engineers, Lieut. Downs of the
Bombay Lancers and two private soldiers,
besides wounding Lieut. MaoLacbten.
The murderer was eventually captured.
London, Oct. 29.—Cablegramsereceived
from Bombay say that the drouth con-
tinues, with no sign of abatement, and
that the crop situation in India is daily
becoming more serious.
Bombay, Oct. 29.—Measures taken by
the health authorities to prevent the
spread of the plague have excited much
Indignation among the natives. Asa pro-
test against the regulation compelling
the isolation of sufferers from the dis-
ease, a mob of 3,000 natives to -day
made an attack upon the hospital here
for infectious diseases. They did consid-
erable damage before the police succeed-
ed in dispersing them. The leaders of the
mob were arrested.
THE MYSTERY -SOLVED.
Mr, Wm. Maynard's Body Found Off Straw-
berry island—Drowned Whale Fishing.
Orillia, Oct. 31.—The mystery con-
nected with the disappearance of Mr.
William Maynard, merchant, has been
solved. His body has been found floating
In Lake Simooe, just off Strawberry
Island, by his brother George. The fun-
eral yesterday afternoon was largely at-
tended. Mr. Maypard,it will be remem-
bered, was out fishing. 'hon the body
was found it was seen that he had suc-
ceeded in getting off one of his rubber
leggings and one of his boots while in
the water.
The demand for deer licenses is so
great that the supply has run short.
Nearly 200 have been issued in town,
Mn John Regan, the issuer, having had
to telegraph for a second 100.
Jake Gauclaur has gone to Flat Rapids,
Severn River, for the hunting season. A
good portion 'of the town's population is
in the same vicinity.
Extending Canada's Trade.
Stratford, Nov. 1.—At the meeting of
the Board of Trade the committee ap-
pointed to oonsider the circular received
from the Department of Trade and Com-
merce relative to extending the export
trade of the Dominion submitted a
reply, which was adopted, and will be
sent to the department. The communica-
tion states that in the opinion of the
board the export traffic in horses, swine,
sheep and eggs would be largely increased
if reciprocity with the United States
were secured, while the exports of butter
would be Increased if cold storage on
Atlantic Vessels were extended. The
board also recommends the placing of
eolernercial agents in such countries as
the South American Republic, Australia
and China. These agents should be men
acquainted with the trade conditions of
Canada and be prepared to Investigate
the necessities in the way of manufac-
tures of the countries to which they are
sent. The agents, it is urged, could place
themselves in communication with the
business men of Canada and supply
any information. The board has appoint-
ed a committee to interview the Govern-
ment Tariff Inquiry Committee and urge
such changes as they may consider neces-
sary.
The Countess Cowley has brought a
suit for divert,* against her hueband on
the grounds if adultery art* atgetretga, •eoramon, $1,50 to $1.76.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
LIVE STOCK MA leKE'TS.
Toronto, Nov. U.—The naerket hero
to -day was absolutely featureless, and
practically unchanged; all told we had
70 loads of stele on hand, comprising
2,000 bogs, 850 lambs and sheep, only
a dozen calves, end about the same num-
ber of milkers.
The shipping trade was dull, and
prices ranged from 33t to 3 5-8c, with
an occasional shilling more for selections.
Butchers' cattle quiet; the weather is
against the trade, and plentiful supplies
of fruit and poultry also affected the de-
mand. Sales for good stuff ranged trona
nee to .3c., common sold around 20. and
"siting" often were below this figure.
The heavy rain of the early morning
probably kept some possible buyers away.
Lambe sold rather slowly, at from 8 to
1.8c per lb.; and export sheep are
worth 2%o per lb.; really good lambs
and sheep are wanted, but they must
both be good to fetch the prices quoted
here. Calves are slow at unchanged
prices. Milkers cold somewhat better at
from $22 to $30 each. Hogs remain
steady and unchanged at 3 7-8o for choice
"singers," and Meat) for thick fat home;
but these figures are the top prices.
PRODUCE.
Eggs—Limed eggs are the principal
sellers now, The market holds steady,
and the demand is fair. Fresh gathered
sell at 15c; limed, at 13 to 140; cold
stored, at 14 to 15c; and new" laid, at 17
to 180.
Potatoes—Easy, and offerings only'
moderate. Car lots, on track, sell at aoa
per bag. Dealers sell small lots out of store
at 40 bo 45o,
Field Produce—Car Jots of turnips, on
traok, are quoted at 10c per bushel.
Dealers sell small lots, out of store, at
25c per bag, onions, at 60o per bag; car-
rots, at 25c per bag; and parsnips, at 40o
per bag.
Poultry—Liberal receipts and a light
demand is causing an easy feeling.
Chickens are quoted at 25 to 40c per pair,
and dressed stock at 80 to 45m turkeys
are 7 to Sc per lb.; geese, at 5 to 6o per
lb.; and ducks 40 to OW per pair.
Apples—Small lots of dried, delivered
here, are quoted at 2 to nee°, and evap-
orated at about 4 to 5o,
Beans --Dealers are quoting 75 to 80o
per bushel for choice hand-picked stock,
and 60 to 70e for ordinary beans.
Baled Hay—Market feels stronger for
No. 1 and extra choice, but the stooks of
No. 0 being offered are too plentiful, and
the feeling is easy on this grade. Select
hay sells at $11, oar lots on track: No,
1 at $10.50, and No. 2 at about $9. Deal-
ers quote two -ton lots of No. 1 hay, de-
livered, at about $11.50 to $11.75.
Straw—Unchanged. • Car lots of oat
straw, on track, are quoted at $6.75 to
$7,
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Butter—Market eteady for all select'
stook. Inferior stook is plentiful and not
salable. Creamery moves moderately.
Quotations to -day; Dairy, tubs, strictly
choice, 13c; do., low grades to medium,
8 to 1 '
0e• large rolls. 130; pound prints,
18 to l50; creamery tubs, 17 to 19e;
pounds, 18 to 200,
CheeF a—Prices steady, Summer makes
sell at 0 to 9eec and late makes at 10 to
lie.
DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
The weather is a little warm for
dressed hogs, and buying on the street
to -day was limited. Farmers' loads sold
between $4,50 and $5.25, but the prices
got easier as the day went on. Packers
bought car lots of selects, between 130
and 150 pounds, at $3; mixed at $4.751
and heavy at $4.50. Provisions are
steady, but demand is quiet. Quotations
are: Barrelled pork, shoulder mess, $9;
heevy mess, $11.50; short cub, $11.50 to
$12.
Dry salted meats—Long clear bacon,
car lots, 5,!M; ton lots, 5eset; case lots,
do:4u
1 ibeolite,l, 7ieeats—Hams, heavy, 100;
medium, 11e; light, 11 to Maio; break-
fast bacon, 10 to 10tec; rolls,• Ws; backs,
9 to 100; picnic) hams, 634 to 7o. All
meats out of pickle lo less than prices
quoted for smoked meats.
Lard—Tierces, iilec; tubs, 69eas; and
pails, 7o; impound, 3 to 53ac.
BREADSTIIFYS, ETC.
Wheat—Outside markets were firm to-
day. Liverpool closed firm, and Chicago
advanced rather wpm than lc from yes-
terday's close. Ontario wheat was strong,.
80c being paid outside for both red, and
white wheat. Manitobae were very firm.
For No. 1 hard, afloat Fort William, aitt
was paid this afternoon, and several
oars, Toronto and west, sold at 90o be-
fore the advance in Chicago. The tone of
all kinds of wheat here this afternoon
wasFiollurrirtTone a gond deal firmer.
Straight rollers middle freights west,
could be sold readily to -day at $4.
Peas—Demand moderate at the lower
prizes. Car lots of common Peas Bold
to -day at 48e north and west, 44o middle
freights west, and 45o was quoted east.
Barley—Demand is only moderate just
now, but after the presidential election
it is expected that quite a brisk trade
will be done. Owing to the decline in
oats old low grade barley lately taken
for export as feed is dull and not speci-
ally wanted.
Bye—Car lots east are quoted at 35e,
and west at 34c.
Buckwheat—Unchanged. Car lots are
being taken at 81c west, and 82 to 38o
east.
Wheat, white, new 00 83
Wheat, red, per bush 80 SI.'
Wheat, goose, per bush00 60
Peas, common, per bush48 eft
Oats, per bath . 25
Rye, per bush 00 34
Barley, per bush 88 40
Ducks, spring, per pane.— 40 60
Chickens, per pair 80 40
Geese, per lb 05 07
Butter, in 1-1b. rolls16
Eggs, new laid 15 17
Potatoes, new per bag 35 45
Beaus, per bush
Beets, per dor 09 10
Parsnips, per doe 9 10 .
Apple', per bla 40 75
Ray, timothy. ... . .. 13 00 14 00
Straw, sheaf................ 10 00 al 00
Beef, hinds.....—. ........ 04 06
Beef, force 03 0E4
Ienbri bl sb , carcase, ,5 00 6 00
05 7
05
1v Mutton,reigepdelIpahogs 0040 5 25
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo, Nov. 2.—Cattle --- Receipts,
about two oars. Market quiet. Hogs—
Receipts 50 cars; market quiet; Yorkers,
good to choice, $3.55 to $3.60; rougba
common to good, $3 to $3.10; pigs, com-
mon to fair, $3.25 to $3.40. Sheep and,
lambs—Receipts fairly liberal; market
slew; lambs, good to choice), $4.10 to
$4.25; culls and common, $3.25 to $3.50;
Canada lambs, common to choice, $4.30
to $4.40; sheep, good to choice handy -
weight wethers, $8.e5 to $3,50; culls and,