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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1894-7-5, Page 44. • lee ',.-e••.7.2"e, E tablished in i877 $, 01121Cag B.A.NICBR, EXETER, ONT. Traetetetsa generalbankingbusiness. IteeitiYeit the Ace:mutts of Merohants ana 0 theta on favomble terms. Offer e wearer rotoommodatien consistent with ate antleonservative banking erinoinies. • Interest allowed on depoeits. Drifts issued payable at any CefOtto ct the Merchants Bank. NOTES DISCOVNTRO, Vorid MUETTO LOAN N Nom; road MORTGAGES. IBIMU,IIMIMMOSOIMMOWIAUCIZAR VOIMM11101.01112WMGIURIVIMMO owe4, goq oitniqo THURSDAY JULY 5, 1894. The Prospect - It might be saying too much to assert that th e result of the Provin cial election has been a surprise to the 11,10wat Ministry, it is stat- ed on good authority that they ex- pected something of the kind, and that one cir more of their most active members had made advan- ces to leading members of the Op- position, looking to a coalition be- • tween the two old parties as against Patrons and P. P. A's, whose in- trusion into Parliament the Minis- try resented. But if the result is not a surprise it is at least a puz- zle to them. They are on the rag- ged edge of anxiety. The Reform - party of to -day is not a political party seeking power in order that it may utilize the opportunity in reforming abuses or adding to the self-governingpowers of the people. It has degenerated into a mere or- ganization of "hungry adventurers" seeking power for what it brings them and its supporters in the way of office and its fat salaries. True th—ey tinker at the laws and • call it the enforcement of reform principles, but that is a mere ex- cuse for retaining a name to the possession of which they have long since lost all rightful claim. Bald- win was an ideal reformer. Mowat is no follower of Baldwin. The result of the election is a' surprise to them in this respect: that as they have not a majority of the newly elected House, how are they to contrive to keep their hold on the treasury of the Province and the high -salaried offices which • it is in their power to bestow upon themselves and their friends, sup- porters and relatives. As they are not guided by any political principle, but by a mere desire to rule and spend the peo• pie's money, it can readily be be- lieved that they are willing to form a coalition with any section of the House which will guarantee their lease of office. It is of course cer- tain that a high-minded gentleman like Mr. Meredith will never con- sent to a coalition, for all coalitions necessarily imply a partial aband- onment of principle. As to the Patrons, they cannot afford to form a coalition with Mowat and Hardy any more than Mr. Meredith and the Conservatives can. They have been sent to the House for a dis- tinct purpose. They are pledged not to accept office or take part in the functions appertaining to the • government of the country, but are • to confine themselves to the criti- cism of such measures as may be presented to the House. Those that suit them they will support those distasteful,they will in a. body • vote against it, no mater from which side of the House the pro- posed legislation may emanate. To do otherwise would be to sign their death warrant, and they know it. With but one half the House elected to support them and with the tendency ' to independence which has been developed by the Patron movement even among • elected Liberals, the Government is in a dilemma. They are more than liable to a defeat when the first knotty question comes up for settlement, and if they be too cau- tious to introduce a bill that will call for sharp differences of opinion they may rest assured that their friends the Patrons will; for they are expected to do soinethil.g to- wards lessening the expense of governing the Province as well as to add to thepeople's control over affairs which are. largely, if not wholly, municipal, There are "rocks ahead." Thousandof people waited for con- veyances to carry theta to the poll a last week. This waiting on their part is evidence of a too general misconception regarding the use of the franchise. Too many look Upon the casting of a Vote as penSOrial favor conferred upon the candidate voted. for; it should really be conaidered as an effort by the voter to ecure for himself the adoption of A is public policy or the rejection of a bad ono. Every elector should be com- pelled to go to the booth, even though he spoil his ballot ; and hi default a fine of e6 should be imposed. This would not only do away with bribing but would teen the Work and an2iety of '4 candidate and the willing workers patty. OTBI$ AND COMMENT The Toronto Telegram riiiberall says of the result of the recent election:— "On the surface the frames present this interesting retail t:—Miniaterialists, 47; Opposition, 47. The opposition have nothing to lose, They are cheerful and hopeful, both Tories and Patrons. The Mitusterialiets may meet the enemy first and then Pottle their inner differ- ences, or they may arrange their home affairs and, then go forth in solid ?hal- and with any reirtforcementa the courts may give them when the appeals and re-counts have been settled, The Patrons say they will sulanait to all winch the law provides, but if the Grits dare to put them to the exRense of a new election ',after a fair and square fight there will be some troublewhen the House meets. The wrath of every Patron will be turned against the Government for daring to interfere with the object which they think they have attained—the balance of power." xxx Better the thinly peopled acres of the new land than the crowded fields and squalid homes of older countries. Sup- posing Canada has a small population I Supposing there are few great cities in Canada What avails a large popu- lation and great cities. Better the wide free acres of an unsettled country than the hunger and misery that en- cumber the site of every manufacturing city just now. What comfort is there for the individual who cannot get enough to eat in the thought that he is a unit in a nation of many millions'? So long as the people who are now here have enough they will not mourn because more people are not here. Canada has less to complain about and more to be thankful for than any, other country, and. he is a poor Canadian who on Do- minion Day would exchange his country's present or future for the present or future of any nation on earth. xxx Dr. Gilmour of West York, John Waters of Middlesex, and. Chas. Drury of Simcoe, all took an active part in the late campaign on behalf of the Government candidates. These men, it is now announced, were some time since appointed to lucrative offices by the Government. While appealing from the platform, as professedly in- dependent citizens, for the election of Ministerial candidates, they were actual ly the bond servants of those whose cause they were championing. The conduct affords a strong argument in favor of the Patron proposal to place the appointment of sheriffs and regis- trars in the hands ef local bodies, Many advantages will follow the adoption of this plan. The Govern- ment -will be stripped of patronage that is used to entrench itself in power '• the people of the locality served by officials will choose those officials, and public servatits will be compelled. to give their attention to the duties appertaining to their position instead of stumping the country for a political party. x x It is utter folly to talk of a Govern. merit majority of 26. The ministry is nowhere near the happy position these figures would indicate. Even on the most favorable showing possible Mowat cannot claim more than a lead of two over the varied forces elected in oppo- sition to him. The most important question to consider, then, is can Meredith unite the various factions arrayed against the Government? We believe he can, and in this way: By pronouncing for "The immediate aboli- tion of the Fee system, and appoint- ment of officers now paid in fees by some local authority; A progressive policy for the development of the dairying and mining industries of the Province. Aplattorm of that kind will catch every Conservative in the House. Practically every Patron will be forced to vote for it. And a number even of the straight Liberal members will hardly dare to go on record against it. The Opposition leader, if these statements are correct, has the power then to com- pel the Government either to accept his policy or suffer defeat. x x John Waters, ex -M, P. P. for West Middlesex, is the man whose opposition was so powerful as to prevent Col, Leys, brother to John Leys, formerly minority candidate for Toronto, from being ap- pointed to the vacant registrarship of North and East lefiddlesex. John Waters is also the man who, during the last session of Parliament when twitted by Mr. Meredith with having his ye upon the vacant registrarship, rose in his place and, shaking his fist at the leader of the Opposition, indignantlyde- nied that he had asked for office or that he would accept office from any Govern- ment, John Waters is the man who refused the nomination in West Middlesex, as tired of political life, and John Waters is the man who was gazetted on Saturday as appointed to the vaunt registrarship, at which offico he affected to sneer. The dog in the manger could not have been more garrulous than this John Waters, ex -M. P. P. Mark his course in the Leys correspondence with Sir Oliver Mowat, Col, Leys did not Suit him as an appli- cant for the position. An outsider, Mr. John Waters explained to Sir Oliver and Sir Oliver explained to John Lays, would not be acceptable, so the man that Watees objected to Was not ap- pointed. The • office was vacant for several years, and as Waters -appears to have had Sir Oliver's ear on the sub- ject, it is reasonable to infer that it was the former who kept it vacant for his own ends. When Waters ;saw the wave of patronion sweeping over the land lie Caine to the conclusion that it was time for him to retire, and he re- tired into the office which presumably he saved for himself. Yet the 'House Will not forget how he insolently re- pudiated the charge of IVIr. Meredith that he had this office iri view Thus the Government preserve places of pro. fib as a 'reward for the faithful, aid the adaptability of the fee system Yin - dice t ed.—no Empire. • T • BxTFn T1s. NEWS 1 asisit4 air " mett The Important tvents 1* A reir WOrtte Roy Rosy Readers. , The funeral of Archbishap Taiie to* place on Wednesday. The trial of Sento, the assassin of Car• not has beenfixed for July 23. The body of a middle-aged woman was found in the Niagara whirlpoel on There - day. Dr. J.P. Siverright was badly injured at Chatham on Wednesday by a fall from a 11°rse -James Allen's carriage factory in Bar. lniingghtto.n was burglarized on Wednesday Conversation tilts held by telephone on, Wednesday between Loam, Ont., and New 'ark city. Richard Perks, an hinnigrant, aged nine- teen, was drowned at Mirth:Ink Thursday while bathing. The United States House has peseed without a division the bill toeadmit New Mexico as a State. Two hundied and twenty Bernardo boys started from Liverpool and London for Canada Thursday. At Norwood Thursday evening Mrs. Rowland Scriver accidentally shot her husband's father. He will recover. An unsuccessful attempt was made Thursday niehe to blow Up the ofilect of the Montreal Witness with dynamite. Word comes from London that Canadian cattle have been placed on the same foot- ing as animals from the United States, A disastrous tornado swept a large por- tion of Minnesota and South Dakota Thurs- day. Eight or ten deaths have been re- ported. The closing exercises of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, took place on Ftiday, and were successful in every respect. Mr. R. j. Graham, the defeated prohibi- tionist candidate in West lilas,kngs, has decided to protest the election of Mr. IV'. H. Biggar. The coal sales agent met at New Yetis yesterday and advanced the prices of all sizes of anthracite 15 cents per ton for July delivery. Mr. Allan Burns, a tea c her in Bislaap Ridley College at St. Catharines, was drowned in the Welland canal there on Friday evening, dotte went ashore on Friday on enter The. old Dominion line steamer rant shoats, Sandy Hook, N. J. She is re- leased in the afternoon. Since January 1 a total of 957 business failures have been reported in Canada and Newfoundland, against 887 in the corre- sponding portion of 1893. A project for an electric railroad from New York to Washington is on foot, and It is claimed that a speed of 120 miles ah hour will be reached. An unfinished building in Reicheniteme, Bohemia, fell Thursday afternoon. Eleven workingmen were killed, and nineteen otters were injured severely. The boiler of Stevenson's saw mill at Cayuga exploded Thursday, killing Jobe Commer and fatally injuring a Wellaott- port man named Franks. David Cravrtord, a farmer in Blanshetok near Granton, was cut to pieties on Ma Grand. Trunk Railway Thursday night. rt supposed to be a case of suicide. New York Central observation train was wrecked near Lewiston, N.Y. co, Wednesday, and four passengers, belong; ing to Niagara Falls, N.Y., were badly hurt. A thirteen -year-old girl, Annie Hiscock of Port Colborne, who was employed as cook on the steam dredge Gen. Mead, was drowned by the sinking of the dredge6 at St. Clair Flats Thursday. The delegates to the Intercolenial Con- ference were formally welcomed at Ottawa Thursday. In the evening the visitors were tendered a banquet, at which stork 100 guests were present. ' No definite appeal has been receive& for pardon in the case of Mrs. Hallidag, the triple murderess. A few letters appeal- ing for her have been received from per- sons who write in almost every case. Mrs. Sallie Chapman Gordon Law, known as "the mother of the Confeder- acy," died at Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, aged SO. During the war Mrs. Law or- ganized the Southern Hospital Corps. Annie Soutar, of Brooklyn, N. Y., ag,ed seventeen, was shot and killed on Friday by her father's journeyman, Michael Gess- ner, who immediately killed himself. Ha had assaulted the girl and feared exposure. Two anarchists representing themselves as journalists, wormed themselves int* the confidence of the man who arrested Santo at Lyons, and after' seit-.tn‘g, his photo- graph, informed him thi his fate was sealed. Alabama miners have issued an address to the Governor of the State, threatening that if the Government does not compel mine owners to come to a settlement and resume operations the miners will resort to force of arms. At a meeting of the boards of health of the Canadian counties bordering on MiChi- gan a resolution was passes'. to flies effect that every "t,alth board in the' Province should take Measure to secure a getiend vaccination of the people. Near Green Castle, Ind., James Snrith Allen, a farmer, Thursday afternoon mars dered his wife and killed himself. His wife's infidelity and interfereece of rela- tives in church matters were the causes given hal Allen in a letter. Signor Inibriani, an Italian Radical dep-, tety, and Major Tassoni, fought a datil with swords in Rome on Wednesday, and both were wounded, the major severely: The trouble arose over a statement made 15'y the deputy in the Chamber, which re- flected on the major. A sad drowning accident occurred on Friday at Browncombe's boat house, Peterborough, a favorite spot for swim- ming, when Willie Drake, 11 -year-old sou of Wm. Drake, stonemason, Perry St., was drowned while bathing. Jacob Htirat, a Canadian'charged at Buffalo with falsely swearing to the period of his residence in the States in ortler to secure naturalization papers, was hold in 81,000 bail by Commisaioner Fairctild, He will be tried in September. The strike occasioned by the Pul;triati boycott condemn to mead. Nearly every road running out of Chicago is involved, and the struggle ie exneeted to be the groetest of the kited ever known in the United States, Who Canadian toads do not expect any trouble. ' Application for a certificate of reagetp, able doubt in the ease of truths VVI wee to have been made before Juetice Bar- i',•tt; in the Stipreme Conrt Ohanibers at :,:`,letv York on Ii'riday, but by ooneent!of sothisel on both sides the application wale peep nod until July 9, In the meantime pe Oilman wilt retnain in the Tontlxi. ATERCOLOIAL TRADE tDiscussed on the Quiet at the Cen- ference at Ottawa. ALLSRITISH CABLE PROJECT The New South, Wales Delegate Strongly in Ravor or the Scheme, -Lord nose- hery Cables 1II ympethy with the work or hhe Conference, OTTAWA, July —At the' meeting on Saterday of ,the colonial conference the sitting was eevoted to a discussion of in terceloniel trade, ' • , Sir Adolphe Caron Presided in the tib- eence of Mr.' Bowen, who went to Belle- tille to attend the .funeral of his mu -in- law. After the Meeting Was over the Post master -General said that the only in forme tion that could be given to the press was that the wholeforma.= wits devoted to discussion of a notice of motion given by Sir Henry Wixon cm the subject of tutor - colonial trade.. Sir Adolphe refused to say what action had been taheu on the egeeseetege. `h-Ate-e",h'it HON. Ir. B. SurToR, IHNISTER or EDUCATION E. S. W. resolution, or as to what ;vas the character of it, It was decided before the conference adjourned that no information was to be given to the press, and. that none of the delegates was to cable anything to his respective Governments. Sir Adolphe Caron again presided at the meeting of the conference yesterday. The sitting, which was of course private, was devoted to the consideration of the project for laying a cable across the Pacific Ocean to connect. British Columbia with Aus- tralia. A memorial from the Chamber of Oommerce, of Sydney, New South Wales, was presented. by Hon. F.' B. Sutton, the delegate from that colony, declaring in favor of the proposed Pacific cable touch- ing only upon British possessions. Hon. F. B. Suitor then presented arm°. lution advocating the desirability of con- structing the cable and suggesting the petitioning of the Imperial Government and the Governments of the various colonies concerned, including Canada, to grant a subsidy to the scheme. Mr. Sandford Fleming read a paper at the conference on the scheme. A gable was received yesterday from Lord Roseberry by Hon. Mackenzie Bowell which read as follows: "I am anxious to express to you as president the interest and sympathy with which I am watching the conference and proceedings which should .be so happy an augury of the future of the Empire." THE PETERBOROUGH CASE - A. Negro in the Company Suspected of Committing Murder.. PETERBOROUGH, Out., July 8 --It is learned in connection with the Beaton murder case that there is considerable new evidence, and if he facts as stated are true the murderer' will soon be in the clutches of the law. It seems that there has been travelling with the circus a negro whose name is as yet unknown, who has charge of the din- ing car. He has always been considerable of a bully, being known to have extorted sums of money and articles from different men. It is said that this fellow and the dead man bad a quarrel that day and they were seen on the dining car together about 11 o'clock on Thursday night by several citi- zens, and as the dining oar was on the Siding near where the body was found suspicion has fallen on him as the princi- pal in the deed. Doctors Pigeon and King held a post- mortem examination on the body yester- day afternoon and they' came to the con- clusion that the man was dead before the car ran over him, and they cannot account for the several other wounds except that he bad been ,beaten with some heavy in- strument. ' The knife wounds are also to be accounted for. ' The theory of accident is now generally scouted, as it is quite evident that the body had been placed there as a blind. Another reason given, which goes to sub- stantiate this, is that the hand which was cat off never bled, which it would have done had the man been alive when the hand was severed. Brakesman Scott, on the Belleville train, stated to a reporter that he was taking to deceased on Thursday night and that he was in the best of spirits and was not in- toxicated. A provincial detective has ar- rived and has taken charge of the case, and is working quietly. The body of the dead man was taken to Made° for interment. 1)101401mi% Aleet.With a Mishap. Moernmate• July 8.—What Came „near being a disaster took place last night near this city. A large picnic party, composed of the advanced guard of the delegates to the great prohibition convention, which takes place here next week, svent to Isle Heron, some distance from the city. When the party was returning le the evening the SteatitOr hike 'heron ran aground in the river. A terrible rain stia the teler storm came on end consternation ensued, The passengers were cut off frotn the shore. Te stemma' is safe, however, but the plc- mcleers had to pate the nieht on board. Dominion My I,, mentroal. HONTHEAL, July e. —Dominion day was entilosiatithi.id;• hon red 'The wheel- mou'e great meet Sod the other sporting .evetite ettraeted large erowtift. The day was generally observe I aa a holiday by the English parties e!' the community, but the It`rench porta,a !al beeline 4 soy meal, eloyee of the deChlre list 0,11fedrrilt 1,i1 4 been a failure as. far AS the 3•'nencli•Clatutiliahs are Coil - • and that the r rightS have been steinatioally ease Al under it. AM* YANKEE LUMBERMEN EXCITED. They maim the Wilson Tariff Will Built the American industry. Pmaiat.o, N. Y., 4.1ily. 8.—A meeting of the lumber exchange was held yesterday to take action CM the clause La the Tariff Bill placing lumber in A finished condition on the free list, 111, S. Burns presided, and the secretary read a uumber of letters from prominent lumber dealers in the different lake cities asking that the association take action by sending a delegation to 'Washing- ton, or otherwise to protect the lumber interest of the lake. Mr. Burns explained that the putting of half and whole finished lumber on the fettle list meant nothing more than the extinction of our planing mill* and the transfer of the industry of Bay City, Buffalo turd Tonawanda to Canada. At the' presenttime there is a duty of $1.50 on lumber dressed on one side and of 82.50 on lumber dressed on both aides, Every lumber merchant present seemed to regard a repeal of, these duties as it blow struck at the lumber market of the Ueited States. George Elias, the bis-t'lumber mail on Elk street, said that if he owned lumber mills in Canada he would welcome tree lumber, but that as an American he bad no use for it, and othred a preamble and resolution's • to the effect that the Buffalo Lumber Exchange was unalteritbly Op- posed to lumber being placed on the free list as detrimetital to the interests. of American labor. Seines Hurd, of Hurd Bros, said ghat the freight would not compensate for the takinp,' off of the tariff. A letter was readfrom a Michigan Con- gressman, whose mune wae not mentioned, saying that the only reardt of putting lumber on the free list would be to give the plaiting mill industry of the United States to Canada and throw thous,ands of people out of employment. Donald' Leslie followed, denouncing the free lum- ber business as an outrage on the Ameri- can workman, Mr, Montgomery, of Holland, Graves & ,Montgomery, said that if dressed lumber , was placed on the free list it would be just so much money taken out of our pockets and given to the Carla - diens. After a long and animated dismission Messrs. Elias, Hurd and Montgomery were appointed to draw- up resolutions to be forwarded to Washington, giving the sense of the meeting. The resolutions as drafted by the committee were unani- mously adopted. THE PLAGUE IN CHINA. Many More Deaths Reported - Serious Situation in Corea. SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.—The steamer Peru, front Hone Kong'brings news that the plague at Hong Kong has become worse, ile disease has broken out in new districts, From the 7th to the 14th of June 70i, persons died from thetpest and 75,000 Chinese had fled from the city. It is reported a Chinese junk with passengers from Hong Kong, who were trying to escape from the plague, capsized and sank in Copo Si Moon Pass. Five tritish soldiers who were engaged in the enforce- ment of sanitary laws have fallen victims to the plague. The steamer Peru brought a budget of news regarding the Corean rebellion, Dis- aster after disaster has been met by the government troops and the fall of the 'government was expected at any time. The garrison of the town of Zeenshu fell into the hands of the rebels on May 31. KILLED AT A GARDEN PARTY. A Young Sian Stricken to Death by a Bolt of Lightning. MILTON, Out., July 3—A fatal accident occurred at a garden party held at the residence of J. F. Richardson, Lowville. About 4:80 a heavy thunderstorm came on with forked lightning. The people then flocked to the barn for shelter. The light- ning struck the barn, passing down an up- right post and killing one: young man named Jas. Coulson, son of John Coulson, Kilbride. A number of people also re- ceived severe shocks. The lightning passed into the lower part of the barn, killing a very fine horse owned by Robt, Harrison, of Milton. e Dominion Day in the Mother Country. Lownow,July 3.—A dinner in honor of Dominion Day was given at the Westmin- ster Palace Hotel last evening. 'tir Charles Tupper, High Commisioner of Canada, presided. One hundred and twenty per- sons were present. In the absence of Edward Blake, M.P., who was to have re- sponded to the toast to the Dominion of Canada, 'and of Sir Donald A. Smith, who was to have proposed• "The Governors of the Dondnion, past and present," the toasts were united and were proposed by Sir Charles Tupper in an optimistic speech, A Crime to Desert a Disabled Ship. Nave Yong, July 8.—United States Commissioner Shields has rendered a decision against Captain J. G. Baker of the steamer Kenilworth. The decision hqlds Captain Baker for the grand jury oh the charge ot having deserted the schooner "Flora Sawyer in a disabled condition at sea. The ease is of special interest be- cause it is the first prosecution under the statute making it a criminal offence to desert a vessel in distress. Civil suits are also pending against Captain Baker. Cap- tain Baker was arrested and hail was furn- ished in the sum of $1,000. Killed Her Pour Children. Aineets, VI., July 3.—bits. Mit- obeli Baker, 22 years old, who murdered her four childreu at Montgomery on Sat- urday, has become eomewhat calmer since her confinement in jail here, and relates additional details of tee events which lid to the horrible crime. She protests her utter unconsciousness of the details of the deed itself, affirming that she was under the influence of morphine whieli she had taken to kill herself. Her maiden name was Lottie Plum, and she Was born of French- Canadian parents. A Respite for ereadorgast. CHICAGo, July 8. —judge Payne has granted it stay of execution is, the case of aesasein Prendergast, because of the present head me Pro tide rgast'e h an gi n g Was ser tor July 5, but the court announced that the execution of the sentence will be deferred until the present hearing is con. eluded. . The Kaiser's ClemeneyAeelahned, BERTAN, July 3. --The Berlin press are unanimous in the praise of the Emperor's action in pardoning the French officers who were congiete,1 of spying upon the fortifieetions of Kiel. Sash anti Door Factory Blamed, Weeeroo, Ont., June /30:—The lierge earth and door factory owned by Me Edwin SIM ttletvondi, With leteber tsml teuteldnety, wits totally deeeroyed- by fire. His reel dance clots by ssved. 'COLO IAL COMTREVE -All the Delegates Attend the Opening Meeting' at Ottawa. LORD ABERDEEN'S WELCOME Each of the lieleilatcs Make a "Attie Speech on ore litippy 0ceasloa-A • iatineaet is 011-eti to the Visi- tors by the Canadian Representatives. Orraava, June 29.—The delegates to the Celonial Conference are all here, They are as follows: Great Britain—Earl of jersey and Mr. W. IL Mercer, the Colonial Office. New South Welee—Mr. P. B. Sutton. • . Cape Colony—Sir' Henze- do Villiere, Sir Charles titus, Mr, 3, H. Ilotthey, r • South Australia—hr. Thomas P:ayford, New Zealand—Mr. Albert Lee Smith. llet>l. Fitzgerald, Mr. Henry 3.Fraser. l V .ix ru I r. N. Siin , Queensland—Mr. A. 3. Thynee, Mr. Wm, Forrest, Henolalu Chamber of Connnerce--Mr. Theodore H. Dave,'. The Canadian delegates are Mr, Miteken- zie Bowell, Sir Adolphe Caron, Air, Geo, E, Foster and Mr, Sauclfora Fleming, The delegates assembled 'in. the Seitate Chamber at half -past ten o'clock, and Lord Aberdeen delivered the opening ad- dress, Sir Thompson followed, and his Excellency then called upon 'the Earl of Jersey and a delegate from each of the colonies represented to 'maks an address. • The Governor-General, in welcoming the delefrates, said they had come together to , discuss matters which were of , great im- portance to the empire as a whole. The objects of the meeting.were well defined. The programme of work was large and important. Australiantrade for Canada Might be very large and great things also might be expected from South Africa. Sir John Thompson said that Canada realized that while there were many ties of fraternalism and patriotism, than matters of hard, matter-of-fact trade, it was to consider these matters that the conference had been stimmoned. Many years of good goveriiment had proved to the colonies thatBritish connection was best; that the prosperity of the colonies depended upon maintaining the tie that bound them to t h TeoEthaerrl loantter say said -there was no precedent for such a gathering. Some 70 years had elapsed since the first colonial • conference was held in Loiadon. It was unfortunate in one sense that the repre- sentation of Great Britain had fallen upon one who was not a member of the Gov- ernment. Hie could assure his hearers • though that his best would be done. The Earl closed with a eulogy of the Cana- dian people who had made the conference possible. Canada had. linked two great oceans with courage and skill. She had Leonine the hospitable half way house of the empire. He was sure that the confer- ence would result in the strengthening of gee between the mother country and, the colionneie&Hon. Nieletilas Fitzgerald of Tas- mania, hoped that the conference would not only result beneficially to the colonies and to the mother country, but that many more such conferences might be held with the same object as this one in view.' Hon. F. B. Sutton, of New South Wales, who followed, hoped the conference would cement the union of the colonies and redound. to the prosperity of the colonies and the Empire. Sir Henry Devilliers, representing Cape Colony, declared the results of the confer- ence would be most important and touched on the responsibilities that lay on' the eleregates. Hon, Thos. Playford, South Australia, • who is a gentleman of ample bulk, created a laugh by loeularly saying though he re- presented almost the smallest colony, he himself -was the largest .specimen of hu- manity in the Chamber. He dealt with the trade question which the conference was to consider. He said there was no sentiment in trade. It was a matter of pounds, shillings and pence. Australia Would not send over anything unless she got something in return. Canada was the same as regards Australia., However, he felt a trade could be built up. He paid Canada a compliment on its federation and said be believed when the delegates went back to Australia and told of Canada's success and satisfaction with confederation they would be able to forward the movo. mime towards the unity of the Australian colonies. Mr.Alfred Lee -Smith, of New Zealand, followed with appropriate expressions of approval of the objects of the conference. • Hon. Simon Fraser, of 'Victoria, said the antipodes wondered at the success of the great Dominion, He congratulated Can- ada on its confederation, and declared that the conference, even if it did not pro- duce any immediate results, the seeds of closer trade relations at least would be sown. Hon. Mr. Sutton, of Queensland, moved, and Sir Charles Mills, of Cape of Good Hope, seconded, a resolution that loyal ,and congratulatory addresses be presented to Her Majesty, which was adopted, after which the ceremonies closed with the singing of God Save the Queen. Thera were upwards of 300 guests in the Russell last eight to the Imperial and Colonial delegates by the Canadian Com- missioners to the Colonial Conference. Hon. Mackenzie Bowell occupied the chair' and the vice chairs were occupied by Ministers of the Crown. His txOdienoy the Governor-General sat to the right of the chairman, ad next to him was Hon. 0, A. Kirkpatrick, Lieut -Governor of Ontario, On the loft of the chairman were the Earl of Jersey, the Imperial delegate, mid Sir John Thompson, the Dominion Premier. • , 'Pellairman, after proposing " The Qiieeii," proposed the toast of ''His Ex- celleitcy the Governor-General." 'Lord Aberdeen made A 'very eloquent reply. He was followed by ,Liene -Governor Kirk- patrick, who epolce of the premier province of the Dominion end its vast resources. Speeches were also made by a number of tile delegates. ' • XI% Fitzgerald proposed " The Catedien Parliament" mid Si,' Sohn Thompson and HMI. Mr. Laurier made able and eloquent re pjjet,, Lord _Aberdeen proposed the hettlth of the ate -harem, end after Mr. Howell re- plied the meeting broke up with the sing- ing of "Auld Lang Syne.' rhea Rumness Meeting of the Conference OTTAWA, JrItte 30c—The first business meeting . of the colonial conference was held • in t116 office of bow Maekenzia Howell, liinister of Trade and Conmiertte. ' The conferenee that in .secrot, 'Ii whusi, however, learned after eltu ineetine sitar lion. ..11aeketrzia Bowel>, was ap poi n ted presidentof the contettice • and Six Adolphe Caron vital 'resident. WANTED, WANTED, WANTED. • Men, Women, Boys.and Girls to buy a lot of Boots & Shoes, the stock is good but it little out in style, WiN offer them for fioc, per pair, Cash. " Straw Hats, last summer fashions sonic as high as $r, and will positively sell each for 25c. Cash. • In Hosiery, never before have we shown so large a ' variety of Black Hosiery absolutely fast. -colors and Stainless. Come and eee them. Ladies and Cluldrens Sumtnel. Vests from 5C; to 35, A lot of Women's and Misses gloves at 50, per parr. J. P. CLARKE, =ma, 4111M1•1•11mrar....mentimavowaccasessemmamorronu MARKET REPORTS. .exoter, June 28, 1894. Falle h . a. e5 g 58 Spring wheat per bush 55 58 Barley per bush35 Oats per bush. . • . C 35 Peas per bush 4 or 6`i as Flour porbbl 400 4 20 Apples per bag, . . 75 85 Potarres per bag 40 40 Hay t cm ton 800 700 Wocaper cord hard ...- ... 300 350 Mood per cord soft 200 225 Butter per lb..................,„ 13 12 Eggs per dosen............ ....... ..,7 8 Turkeysporlb 9 9. Pork eel. bundred... —.... 6 Co 6 ss Hosts, live weight. . . . 4 50 4 60 Geese , . .. ... 5 6 Ducks 6 7 Chicks.. . ... 5 5 London, June 28,1894: Wheat,white, fall, 1001bs...... $ 95 to $100 Wheat, red, fall, per 100iba...... 93 to 95 Wheae,spring, per 100110 93 to 98 Cati.per 100 lbs.. ....... 98 to 1 00 Peas, per 206 As .. 90 to 90 Corn, per= lbs ...... ....,......• .,90 to 95 Barley, per 10C lbs 85 to 90 - Rye. per 100 lbs • . 90 to OP BB u,o ootkow, obeetatopse.r...166. its,.. ...... - 90 to 1 00 Eggs, fresh, single doz....... 1 CI sO tt oe 1 1106:' Eggs, fresh, basket, per doz. 12 to 14 Eggs, fresh, store lots,ver dos ' 8 to 10 B utter, p er lb. large rolls or Buctrt000rk,ssing_lorolls,por lb..., .. 24 to 253. Butter. perlb,1 lb rolls,basiots 20 to 29 . , 17 to 18- Butter,per lb, tub or firkins 18 to 18 Lard, per lb........ ... .. .... .... .. . 11 to Iff Chickens, per pair 40 to 70- Tpuurnkkesi.s, 8 to Sc I; is' r lb: eaeh ... 6• 700 too 1 13. Wheat, spring, per bus .. --..---•,rt Eggs per dozen Barley,Wheat,WWhheeaattgoose,l trIveehdritwinter,benpspeerbbuplise8::::: :11.t....°. 84 .145551127670e it2tttt oo°80:1894.2 54655630776 Peas-..,... .. . .. ,. ............ ....... 53 to 53 Oats, per bus .. ......... ..... 32 to 82 800Hay tot 9 00 Butter, per lb 17 to" 22 DPortertoedesh, °jeer bag' 6 5300 tt to '6 5000 DR. SHOULTS, CENTRALIA. Office opposite Methodist Parsonage. rip WICKETT M. D. C. M., _4. • Trinity University D, Toronto University. Office. Crediton. IT KINSMAN, DENTIST, Li_ • pp, S. SPROIALIST in GOLD PILL- ING, EXTRA T IN G and PLATE WORK. Gas and Weal Anaesthetic's for Painless ex- tracting. 2nd door; north ,of 'DARLING'S Store • T1 ALTON ANDERSON S . 1-2.D• S. Honor Graduate of the To- ronto :University and Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Specialties, painless extraction and preservation of. the natural teeth. Oftloo over the Lan -Office of Elliot, opposite Central Hotel, Exeter, Out, -pp AGNEW L. D. S.DENTIST, J_I.. eLINI0N. Will be at Grab's hotel Zurich on the second Thursday of each month and at Hedgin's hetet Rensall every .Bienaar. J. C. CLAUSEN HARNESS IfAICER, Hens:all Ontario Begs to announce to the public that he is prepared to do all kinds of Carriage Trimming, Furniture Upholstering etc • Carriage and Buggy Tops of all kinds MADE TO ORDER. Old Buggy Tops recovered and 4,tuarle as g,00d as new. , . • • Our harness are well known, as giving perfects tatisfaction, We 'manufacture lately and consequently our prices are low. A call will convince A MAN» an always Be Dressed Well If he goes to the proper Tailor. We have A large range of' Pat- terns to choose from Natty Tweeds, Ser,ges and Worsteds, made up In any style, and. fitting the customers so well that inti- , mate friends do not scruple to ask who tied() your Suit. Our customers never heeitate but answer with ix knowing smile, J-01-11NTS The Tailor, Ii OVERCOATS LEADWE 4, •