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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-12-31, Page 4THE .. exact ricate) Chas. H. Sanders, Editor and Prop THURSDAY, Deoelilber 31st, '96 .THE TARIFF Some of the most interesting evidence said before the Tariff Commission since its arrival in 'Montreal seems to indi-. ante that a little honest, road work ought to be done on several sections of thetariff, Whether i should belevelled Ca ff; Wha lie G s t 1 1 d upor Levelled down at these points may he a nice question, bat the gentlemen who have complained of its uneveuess certainly appear to have made a prima facie ease iu favor of its being :levelled at all events. Mr. Iaearment with his intricate tangle of cutlery du- ties and \1r. Greenshields with bis sev- en kinds of tariff on buttons are fair examples of the difficulties that the ex - eyeing schedules present, at least to no- vices A. man may become learned in the interpretation of the Egyptian hie- a'oglyphics or even of Canadian law; but it is hardly business to insist that no one shall attempt to import any goods iuto the country until he has ta- ken a collegeeourse iu custom house complexities, The tariff ought to be made as sim- ple and as certain of interpretation as ;possible. There is something greatly 'wrong with the way it is written when :one duty is charged on an article in Toronto and quite another duty in Montreal. It ought not to be impossi- ble to draft a tariff which would leave no room for eispute as to the amount of duty to be levied on any article at Bill well known to commerce. This fould be accomplished in two ways— by, so far as possible, imposing level dirties on articles of a similar character and by more careful definition ampli- ded by a more detailed specification. Thus the tariff might ,be increased in size, many more articles being men- eioned by name, until the limit of con• venience called a halt. A careful cies stheation of these articles under sub- heads would render it easy to find what was wanted. Mr. Fielding will have considerable scope for his zeal in rectifying the in- equalities of the tariff, in making it slain to the ordinary business man and in bringing kindred items to a level. am•Pmell PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS. Tfaere is every indication that Pre. shier Hardy will appeal to the Electorate of Ontario soon after the approaching session of the Legislature. Liberal (Candidates are being put in the field, Then the Ontario Premier is shrewd enough to bave the elections over be• fore the Plebiscite on Prohibition is tak- en. That is a question that will arouse passion equal to the school question. If the plebiscitecarried he would becom- pelied. to promise its strict observance and if it did not carry he would be beseiaed for amendments to the On- tario Liquor act. He would be between the devil and the deep sea,a position he could evade only by an early election, Then he would likely want the election ever before the expected row at Ottawa begins. That would indicate an early spring appeal. If the Government fails to pass some vouch needed reforms and economies She coming session, the Opposition stand to win. Many causes tend to favor the Conservative Opposition. The iudispos- sen of the Government to reform abus es; their long lease of power; the fact that one party practically controls Can= ada and the fear of collision between the governing bodies, All those causes favor the Opposition. Hardy and his (Government can only escape defeat by judicious and needed legislation. At present they have little to appeal to the "people on. THE CORN I PALL ELECTION On Saturday last an election took place in Cornwall to fill the seat ren- dered vacant by the death of Dr. Ber- gin, a Conservative. The Laurier government made stren- nous efforts tocarry the riding and suc- ceeded in doing so by a majority of 467. Shrewd people expected the govern- ment to carry the riding on the grounds that bye elections (especially soon after election) go with the government.. There is a. large Catholic vote in Cornwall and it will be interestiug to know whether they followed Lauiier and Tarte or not. Tarte and a local parish priest had a good hot row on. Consequently there would be consider able influence usedagainstthe govern- ment. The result shows in any case that Laurier is still capable of playing tt shrewd political game. Mr., George Kaiser a farmer near Aurora, hanged himself in his barn. A Friend's Hint. (To the Editor of the Witness,') Sir, -I was first induced to take this noble paper by our minister from the pulpit, in denouncing bad literature and recommending good. He recom- mended the'Wituess' among the best family reading for old or young. Short- ly after I sent for the paper, and al- though over a score of years ago; I have been taking it since with pleasure and profit, The price is very moderate indeed. The 'Witness' is a true Daniel taking a firm stand for righteousness, teulperance, and everything that makes for the good of man, and the glory of the Creator. Now, I have a request to make of two of the highest professions in the /arid—the press and the clergy ; viz., that the press shall kindly give this item room in their journals -the ouo to copy from the other, etc.; and that ministers of the gospel shall speak of and recommend the 'Witness', to their people, as it is such a power for good wherever known. JOHN W. McKENZIE.; Glen Oak, Ont. Ditinicipa 1 Nominations Municipal nominations took place throughout Ontario on Monday. Fol lowing are the candidates in this vi- einicy, BwDULPU--Reeve, A. 1. Hodgins; Deputy Reeve, Geo. Westman, both by acclamation; Councillors, John Abbott, James Toohey, S. A. Arran and. J. O'Brien, BLA\s nARD—Reeve, R. Berry (accla. mation); Deputy Reeve, G. Ullyott, ac- clamation); Councillors, A, Mariott, W. S. Dinsmore, J Fotheringham, C. Rob iuson, W. Gowans. CLIIT0N---Mayor, Robert Holmes, (re-elected acclamation;) reeve, D. B. Kennedy, acclamation; deputy reeve, S. S. Cooper, Thomas McKenzie: coun- cil, St. Andrew's ward, A. Armstrong, H. B. Combe, Jacob Taylor, J. 0. Gilroy; St. James' ward, Geo. Swallow, John McMurray, J. B. Hoover; St. John's ward, Wm. Cooper, Chas. Overbury, Thos. Walker, J. A. Ford, Oliver John- ston; St. George's ward, S J. Andrews, S. G. Plumber, W. C. Searle,' Gonnnici --Mayor, J. R. Shannon, acclamation; Reeve, Wm. Proudfoot, acclamation; Deputy -Reeve. R. Thomp- son, Dudley Holmes. HAY—Reeve, Rabt. Mcefordie, Moses Geiger, John C. Ralbfleisch; Deputy Reeve, August Ehnes, by acclamation ; Councillors, Ales. Thomson, John Voel- ker, Robert R. Johnston, Wm. B. Batt- ler, Wendel Schmidt. LUCAS—Reeve, Ralph O'Neil anis Alex. Braithwaite; Councillors, George D. Hodgins, Albert E. Stanley, Thomas Webb, F. F. Downing, Wm. Banton, Jr MCGILLI'VRAY TOWNSHIP—Reeve, J. D. Drummond, acclamation; First Deputy.Reeve, Thomas Prest and Jas. Darling; Second Deputy -Reeve, R. Hutchinson; Councillors, Vivian Grieve and Marshall Miller. MITeLu ee—Mayor, Isaac Hord, ac- climation, Reeve, John Whyte jr., Alden Burritt; Deputy -Reeve, John Whyte, jr., Wm. Ryan; Council, south ward, A. J. Blowes, James Jones, Wm. McLellan, Richard Thorne, Wm. Honey; north ward, H. O. Anderson, J, H. Cop- M, Phinnimore, Geo Larkworthy, John Yareo; west ward, A. Murphy, Wm. Machan, Fred Dufton, Thos. Mc- Laren. PARicUILL—Mayor, A. M. Miller, ac- clamation; reeve, Wm. Boyce, J. Hall; councillors, ward No. 1, Neil, McPhee, Wm. Ritchie, W. W. Sutherland, accla oration; ward No. 8, J. S. McInnes, A. G. Garden, J. H. Cunningham. Srnrrtxrr—All the old council were re-elected by (acclamation.) SLAIN:Walt—Mayor, R. Scott, B. B Gunn, Reeve, Jas Beattie, Jas Watson; Deputy -Reeve, Alex. Wilson, Wm. Smith; Councillors—East Ward, J. G. Wilson, J. Turner, J. Darwin; North Ward, R. Winters, W. Ament, F W. Tweddle, D. McIntyre; South Ward, Geo. Sills, J. S. Roberts, J. Gillespie. UseoleNn—Reeve, John Delbridge, Matthew Clarke and Alex. Duncan; Councillors, South west ward, John Hunter; South-east ward, William Del - bridge; North-east Ward, Fred Hun kins, all by acclamation; North-west ward, Walter Keddy and Thomas Haw kins. WI eanest—Mavor, Dr. Chisholm, R Vanstone, J. A.Marton, G. McKenzie, R. C. Sperling; Reeve, Wm, Holmes, T. Gregory; Deputy Reeve, Charles Read- ing, John A McLean, A. Forbes, James Angus; Councillors—Ward 1—G. F. Robbins, A. il?. Rcbinson, Joseph Galley; Ward 2—G. Vanstone, G Shaw; Ward 3—John Wilsou, J. H. Hiscox, Joseph Forbes, Henry Kerr; Ward 4, R. Kings man, D. M. Gordon, Thomas Gregory, James Angus, J. McIntyre, Charles Reading; Ward 1, A. Galbraith, "Chas. Barbour, George King; Ward 2, J. A Martin, J. J. Helmuth; Ward 3, Thos. Bell, acclamation; Ward 4, Wm. Button Dr. Kennedy. Have You Ever Tried ? Have you ever tried to dye over your cast-off garmemts? Thousands in Canada answer t Yes; and very successfully,' too." To those who have not attempted the work we would say, "There is money in it if you use the Diamond Dyes." Old dresses, mantles, jackets, coats, pants and vests and other articles of wearing apparel can easily be recreat- ed and made fit for wear at a trifling. cost. Ten cents expended for some fashionable color of the Diamond Dyes will save you sevele.] dollars This wonderful transformation and money. saying work can only be done perfect- ly by using the Diamond Dyes. Ask. your dealer for them; be snr.l you re- fuse all substitutes, , JAPANESE REVENGE, EYE -WITNESS CONFIRMATION OF JAPANESE BRUTALITIES. Really - Towns and Villages Dostroyed— it,tthless Butchery of Gliinose After Pro- mises of Protection. San Francisco, Deo. $r).. --A correspond- ent of The Japan Mail reiterates state- ments made by eye -witnesses and pub- lished in detail some weeks ago conoern- itg the operations of the Japanese troops in. Formosa. Thirty villages at the lowest estimate have been destroyed, and eye- witnesses to the atrocities place the number at not less than seventy. Many towns were destroyed whose inhabitants took no part whatever in the rebellion. Proceeding, the correspondent says; "Regarding the twenty-nine caught pretty much at random, dragged to see their graves dug and then ruthlessly butchered, I have the story from an eye- witness, wbo is ready to bear testimony if need be. As to Chinese preparing food for Japanese and then being butohered, it is true. "As to the Prefect of Bunnim issuing a proclamation to bring back the people,. and when they did return being butch- ered by soldiers, my informant saw and read the proclamation in question, and the slaughtering took place on the two days following. "I myself have seen the Chinese mal- treated. 1 myself have seen graves desecrated. Women who were violated casae' here and to ono of the lady mission - fades bore witness to the fent. Since. the Japanese arrived in Formosa I have several times traveled from Chang Wha on the north to Tang Hong on the south, and in the villages I have heard dozens of storieso the same effect. If all these things had been done in a time of war one would have little or nothing to say, but they were done in a time of nominal peace," San Francisco, ,pee. 29,—Advices from China stats that Yang ,lu, Chinese Minister to the United States, will soon be succeeded by Wu Ting Fan. MANY BURNED TO DEATH. • Further .Details of Clic ]tatiitway 'Wreak ]rear Birmingham.. Birmingham, Ala,, Deo. 29.—Few further details are obtainable as to the terrible railway wreok at the Cahaba River bridge yesterday. The railroad officials bave a list of 21 dead, that num- ber of bodies having been taken out of the river, but the belief gains ground that there are more dead bodies yet in tbo river. The railway officials, however, say the place has been thoroughly searched. It seems impossible to ascertain how many passengers were on the train, Nearly all had round trip holiday tickets and had been away from home to spend Christmas Many were on their way back to the various mining towns when the disaster occurred. Only one ticket was sold out of Birmingham for the ill-fated train, Conductor Connell, who knew better than anyone elaethe number aboard, was kiIIed and burned in the wreck. Arman named. Libbs and bis wife gob on the train at Gainers sixmiles this side of the wreck. They are missing, and it is probable they were burned in the wreok. This rens the list of known dead tip to 23. Others to the number of six, who were supposed to bo missing, have been accounted for. The only persona of the train to escape anburt were, three little children of Mrs. Walker, who was slightly injured. It is thought that fully one-half of the dead were cremated alive. A farther examination of the bridge shows that the spikes on one side had been drawn for a rail length, which Indicates that a rail was moved oat of place to deliberately wreck the train. The story that three men robbed the dead and dying as told by one of the survivors has not been confirmed, Brewery Tank Exploded. Guelph, Deo. 28.—Leo Messner and Alex. Sohwinn, employed at Sleeman's brewery, are to -day confined, one in St. Joseph's hospital, and the other in the General hospital. About half -past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon they met with an accident which almost proved fatal, and evidences of which they will in all probability carry to their graves. They etered a large brewing tank at the brewery by crawling through a hole. While at work sohlaoking the inside of the tank the lighted candle they bad ignited the gas that had formed in the receptacle, and soon the interior was ablaze. The Hien crawled out, but were horribly burned about the faro, hands, and arms. They were taken to the hos- pital, and will recover, but it is thought they will be marked for life. David Fraser, a -reporter on the staff of the Aberdeen Recorder, Aberdeen, Washington State, for a wager of $8,000 is making a journey afootfrom that town to Boston, Mass. He arrived in the pity on Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock; and remained all night at the Welling- ton, and ]eft for the east this morning. Windsor News. Windsor, Dec, 28.—J. D. Mathers, general storekeeper at Rnscomb station on the Michigan Central railway, bas made an assignment testa. Pinohin, of Windsor, for the benefit of his creditors. Is is stated upon good authority that thelaw costs in the now famous vase of Curry v. Curry, which is .at present being tried in Toronto, aggregate over $350 per day. John Burton, proprietor of the Royal hotel at Essex, was found hanging by a rope in hisroom at the hotel at ten o'clock to -day. The body was quite cold when discovered, and Burton had evi, dently been deadsome time. No reason for the sot isknown. John Cave,: an Essex hotel -keeper, was fined $50 for selling liquor illegally. He was allowed to come to Windsor in charge of a constable to get the money from Cave's grandmother. Cave went in to tark ostensiblyto his relative, but as soon as, the door closed behind him he walked through the house and departed by a rear door and took the ferry for Detroit. He has not been seen since. Burned to Death at L akelield. Lakefield, Deo. 26. — Mrs. George Postlethwaite was burned to death here this evening. She was subject to fits, and is supposed to have fallen in one of these with a lamp in be hand, and set lira to her clothing. She was burned to a crisp, and the room was on fire when her husband came in at 6 o'clock. Col. White and Col. Grey, two of the Transvaal raiders, were reThased from Hollowaygaol on Saturday, 'their tern, of imprisonment having expired. The Best Way to Cure Disease is to establish health. Pate,1 ricl blood means good health, Hood's Sarsaparilla is the One True Blood puri Bier. It tones up the whole system, gives appetite and strength and causes weakness, nervousness and pain to dis- appear. No other medicine has such a record of wonderful cures as Hood's Sarsaparilllt. Hood's Pills are the best after-dinner pill; assist digestion, prevent constipa- tion, 25o. Around About Us. Clinton: The other day while Albert g O 11 1' ell was cru' bin 1 in ithe . o r a s �, ,, s o l farm of Tyndall Bros., be had the misfortune to lose half of the right thumb in the mashtnexy, Seaforth: P. D. Wilson, has return. ed from the old country. He had a very tedious passage across the Atlan- tic. He was on the boat forthirteen days, and while in mid oeean the end was blown out of one of the boilers' and one of the engines was disabled. Lucan' The news of the death of littleKathleen McComb, which occurred r on Tuesday, was a surprise to many, as few bad heard of her illness. She was attacked a few days before • with inflammation of the lungs, and sus• cumbed very quickly She was a bright little girl nearly five years old Clinton: Mr. R. Holmes, editor of the New Era, and mayor of this place, is suffering a severe affliction, He has already lost two sons in a short time, and has at the present time two more sons lying at the'polnt of death, as well as his sister-in-law, who came to nurse the sick ones. Lime: Our readers will regret to hear that John Bawden has purchased a property in London and, with his family, will move to the city in the. spring. Mr. Bawden is town assessor, a member of the Public School Board and in all respects a good citizen, whose removal will be a Loss to the municipality. • Staffia: Mr. James Hill, one of our popular young, men, has joined the betiedicts, by, taking unto himself a wife, in the person of Miss Harburn, daughter of Mrs; James Harburn. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are very popular, and their many friends wish them a long. and happy life. Mitchell: A quiet wedding took place here ou Wednesday afternoon at rhe residence of John S. Coppin, when. Samuel G. Coppin, son of W. H. Coppin, of Broad Estate,' Cornwall, England, was married to Miss Elizabeth Pearee, a niece of the late Mrs. 3. S. Coppin. The ceremony was perforned by Rey. J. W. Holmes. and only the friends of the contracting parties were present. Seaforth: Mr, Geo. McTaggart cheese maker, had a narrow escape from a very serious accident a few days ago. His horse kicked him in the face, one calk of the shoe hitting him on the chin and the other ou the end of the nose.. Fortunately he was too near the animal to get the full force of the blow, and escaped with slight wounds, for which he is, no doubt thankful. Clinton: The marriage took place on Thursday, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr, and Mrs, W. Doher- ty,ofthis place, of Mr. Geo.'A. McKee, clasical master in the Ridgetown Col- legiate Institute and Miss MargaretH Doherty. The ceremony was perform - ad by the; Rev. Mr. Millyard. The bride was supported by Miss Lottie Me Cutoheon, of Strathroy Collegiate In- stitute, and the groom by Mr. J. P. Doherty. The happy couple will visit Midland before taking up their resi- dence in Ridgetown, Clinton: Mr. Horatio Hale, died on Monday morning in bis 80th year. The deceased was widely known and hitt li- ly esteemed. He was a member of the British Association for the Advance- ment of Science, at one time vice prasi• dent. He was probably the highest authority on Indian linguistics, and also a well-known anthropologist and ethnologist. He leaves a widow, two sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Mr. W. B. Hale, is a resident of Chicago and has also distinguished himself in sceiutific matters. St. Marys: On Wednesday morning Mr. John Fairies and family received a severe shock. His daughter Sarah, who returned from Flint Mich., on Thursday last for a few days' rest, was found dead in her bed. She was out to church on Sunday and made some social calls on Tuesday and retired to rest apparently as well as any time since her return. Her sister Maud slept in the same bed and was not aware of anything unusual taking place till she attempted to wake her in the morning. Maud called to her parents that some- thing must be wrong as she could not wake her sister. When the father and mother hastened to the bed and saw her, they realized at once that their child was beyond any assistance from them. Her body had become quite rigid. Her death is a great trial to the family, and there is much sympathy expressed for Mr. Fairies and family. The cat's° of death is not positively known, but it is supposed to have been heart failure. She was 41 years` of age. ,oto Isousness Is caused by torpid liver, which prevents diges• tion and permit's food to ferment and petrify in the stomach. Then follow dizziness, headaches insomina, nervousness, and, if, not relieved, bilious fever or blood poisoning. 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MAN r, ,*ries T k nAT THE EAC -SIMILE SIGNATURE — p F ER OF EVERY BOTTLE OF Criteria is pat up in one -size bottles only, It is not sold in bulk, Don't allow anyone to yell you anything else on the plea or promise that it is "just as good” and "will answer every pur- pose," .tar See that yon got C -A -S -T -O -B I -A, Tho fao- �. punier �%ae 1713 o aY si aturo ovee of wrapper. ITIGictbitY EXEIMIOEID ---THE WORTt OF THE -- FOREST CITY BUSINESS & SHORTHAND COLLEGE, LONDON, ON . Is far superior to that of the ordinary business school. Patronize a eollege of known merit, and your success is assured. College re -opens Jan. 4, 1597. Catalogues free. I.. C 2. BUILDING. J,. WESTER ELT PPINCir Wanted—An Idea Who can think or some simple thing to patent? Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDERBURR & 00. Patent Attor- neys. Washington, D. O., for their $1,800 prize offer and net of two hundred inventions wanted. Goderich. About one o'clock on Monday morning the store on Handl ton st. occupied by W. T, Fellow, and owned by lit O. Johnston, was discover- ed to be again on fire. As the blaze had not got beyond control a few citi- zens were soon at work with pails and in a.few minutes it was put out. The fire started this time at the back end of the store, but how it originated is at ,present unknown. Only for the timely discovery aad the exseediugly calm eight we should have to record a serious fire. 410 The Latest News in Brief. The best way to,cure disease is to drive it from the system by purifying the blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Miss Sims,who was shot by her Ioyer, Homer Howell, about three weeks ago. in Montreal, died in the General Hos- pital there. Mr, Richard Bryan, of Merritton, fell from a Grand Trunk train, breaking his leg, He lay out in the cold all night and was badly frost-bitten. Porter, Teskey St Co of Montreal, dealers in fancy goods and fishing tackle, assigned at the demand of the Bank of Montreal, with liabilities of about $33,000 direct and about $15,000 indirect. Mr, W. S. Campbell, Treasurer of Brant County for the past twenty years, died at Brantford, He was stricken down at the Warden's banquet a few days ago, but lingered until Christmas morning. By the recent arrangement made by Hon. Mr. Fisher in Washington the 90 days' quarantine on cattle and horses will be abolished by both Canada and the United States and a rigid inspec. bion at the border substituted. Christmas morning ere on East 33rd street, New York, destroyed property valued at nearly a million' dollars and rendered 100 people homeless, Four buildings, including Sohmer's piano warehouse and the New York Polycline Hospital, were destroyed. Mr. Frank Maxwell, a teacher of modern language at Winnipeg, quer relied• with his wife, and she left him and took a position as.;housekeeper. Mr. Maxwell called to see her, and she threw a dipperful of boiling lye into his face. Maxwell is frightfully burn. ed, and will probably lose his eyesight. A pretty complication has arisen over thef t that thetf d d 11 a0 a Bra or mo a tes gave their respected teacher, Principal Wilkinson, a little present a few days ago. The Minister of Education got wind of the affair, and as it is strictly against the model school regulations the certificates of all the modelites have been withheld pending inquiries. Miss 'moo fa Cora Wheeland, the only pipit who did ttmieo- not take part in the presentation,; has reenters received her certificate. of WANTED. rZNTLLLI.G.MeiT 1JEV, with good .edu- cation to whom 5010.00 and expenses for the first years would be an inducement, Write with full particulars, The Manager, 49 Richmond $t., West Toronto, Ont. Mrs. McManus, wife of Patrick Mo. Manus, who is employed is Griffin's pork factory, had a close call from a ter- rible death Thursday morning She had taken hot ashes from the coal stove and was emptying them in the yard when her apron and dress caught fire. In a moment she was enveloped, in: flames. Mrs. McManus had the prep ence of mind to roll over in the snow,' thereby extinguishing the flames. She was painfully burned about the head and hands. Emile Teabey, of Sandwich, was shot in the head Saturday evening and narrowly escaped being killed. Ile was working in his barn behind the house, and heard a gun go off, and immediately felt a stinging sensa- tion on the head directly aboye the ear. When the doctor arrived he found that the ball had not entered the skull, but had struck on the side and glanced off. Constable Mathers was notified, and found that some boys had been shooting with a rifle in the back part of the town, but has not yet found out who the boys are. About four o'clock Wednesday morn ing the turning factory of Mr. Fran Munger, south east of Union and abou ten miles from St. Thomas, was dis covered on fire.. A strong wind wa .blowing, and the building was Hoon destroyed, together with the contents' which included, besides handles, sever- al grists, the firm also being engage in the cbopping trade, The loss and in surance has not been ascertained. Mr Munger seems very unfortunate, losing an arm some time ago in the same building. Simultaneous with the bur ing of the build;; g, Mrs. Goodwin, Munger's mother passed away. The Birth of the New Tear Let the bells ring out their silver 'chime, Let their music vibrate through the frosty air, For unspoken joy, is earth's sublime, In its terrestial mantle of winter fair For another year is born to time, A restless child, in robes, of white, Brought on the crystal wingsof winter clime At the closed shades of passing night. Oyer the misty hills and frosty skies, Nearer and nearer with the whirls of earth As sweetly to the arms of time it flies, With a welcome joy, of a New Years birth. E• H STS 4 IA Por Infants and Children. IS an wrapQuery 4A�C4� p6rs+' r.