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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1894-7-26, Page 4eq' X 111 .R 1‘..; B. Es abli hed in iffrt XL, BA.N ER, I"ER ON T Trenseett a general bankiabustness, Receives the Accounts of alemhants wet Others on favore.ble terms. .; Offers lwery savitommodatien eettaistent with sere and conservative banking prineiplee. Interest allowedtm deposits. Arafat batted peyable at IMF tofilOo G the Merehants Bank. Xeres Dtsomoneere and 1/105Err0 LOAN str Nores and Mouraeora. tessesease...............eaaetsesee.serat !2&t Itittg tOo THURSDAY JULY 26, 1894. The Fee Question. The demand of the Conservative party,as well as of the Patrons,that all office holders should be elected . - , whose compensation is paid direct by the people, is one that is sure to succeed in the near future. Clerks, Assessots, Tax Collectors, Municipal Treasurers, &e., will be taken over by the government, for iif the principle of government ap- pointment is right in the case of a registrar it is right also in the case of all other officials. Some reformers who have evi deutly given the question lit' le or ne study say that if the Provincial Government should be forced to surrender to the people the right of electing certain officials it now appoints, the Dominion Govern- ment should also permit the people to e'ect customs, inland revenue and other officers. The difference between Provincial and Dominion officials ought to be clear, What we contend for is the broad prin - ciple that where • people pay an official by fees the people should exercise their right of saying who the official shall be and what the fees shaliarnount to. In otherwords, we sa,y, let the people be supreme There is no good argument against the proposed reform. Such would have been law long ago but that the Mowat Government found the patronage useful in keeping itself in power and the leading Reform- ers preferred taking their chances of securing offices from the Government as rewards for party services to running the risk of being • selected on their merits by a dis criminating public. The standard argument of the Patrons, that if the people are • competent to elect members of Parliament, who make laws, they are competent to elect Sheriffs. Regis tram, Jailers, Division Court Clerks, Bailiffs, License Inspec- tors, Commissioners, &c., who • merely administer the la.ws,appears to be unanswerable with respect to the question: "can -the public be trusted to elect good men?" But the question of the right of the public who pay these fees to say who shall hold these offices and what their pay shall be remains to be considered. It must be recollected that the 1VIunicipal Government we have in the Province of Ontario was given as a direct result of the Mackenzie and Papineau. rebellion. Those 'triptakt.iits§- ,,a,tetwa ' s a -4 cause the leadingheelere., of the 1 (1:1(Ili n[IOUS a RIGHT party would rather "stand in" with i3UU the member who controls appoint meats than run the risk attend- ing election bythe people, The i reformer who s willing to reform poly within limits circumscribed by a barb wire fence erected by a goy - eminent whose chief elm is to keep in office is a very ptior specimen of what a reformer was understood to be when the great teforrn party of Caeada wa.s into existence. NOTES AND COMMENTS The Liberal papers announce that the Liberal party will protest again, sb the return of several Patrons. Wh a a pity that they should unseat people who, they say. will support the Mowat government, and open up constituen- cies which may elect Conservativesl x x x Oliver Mowat passed his 74th year within a certain. equitably defined Monday. APParahey he has yet a sphere ; the municipal councils within the municipal sphere; the Provincial Government within the provincial sphere; and the Domin- ion Government supreme also in matters clearly appertaining to their duties as defined by the British North America Act, which is our constitution. There can be no misunderstanding of this pro- position unless it be wilful. Let all fee paid officials be elected by the people because they do busi- ness for and with the people in dividually and have no essential connection with either the muni- cipal or provincial governments. Let the municipal bodies elschall officials whose salaries come out of the treasuries these belie c mtrol such as municipal tree su rers,clerks, Assessors, &c. Let the Provincial Government appoint ad control all officers whose salaries come out of the provincial treasury, such as departmental officers;and let the Dominion Government if necessary be restrieted in like manner. The positions of customs and inland revenue officers, however, may be properly said to bear the same re lathe to the Dominion Adnatnis. tration that 'the -position of tax col- lector bears to municipal goverment, The power of appoint. ing and controlling these officials should therefore remain with the body responsible to the people for their conduct. If the Patrons see to it that these necessary reforms are carried out—and they are in a cc their views — they will not have existed in vain, much as the old parties may dislike their entrance into the field of active politics. / movement of Reformers who were dissatisfied because an oligarchy known as the Family Compact, getting possession of the Govern- ment, distributed amongst them. selves, their friends and supporters all the public offices. On the re- commendation of Lord Durham, who inquired into the cause of the rebellion. the British Government decided to destroy the Family Com- pact by lessening the powers of the Central Goyernment and giv- ing to the people of the several districts the Municipal Govern- ment we now enjoy, the under- standing being that local self- government was to be developed and enjoyed to the fullest extent the people might desire. The sys- tem was only partially applied, however. The Central Govern- ment surrendered its patronage piecemeal. IR the early do's Robert Baldwin, the most eminent Reformer since the rebellion, ad. vocated making elective all officials paid by the people. His agitation failed then. It is being renewed by the Conservative party to day under their liberal' minded leader Mr. Meredith. Why should a prov- incial government appoint a sherift or a registrar? On what equitable • ground can they rest their Claim to a right to fill such offices? The duties such officials perform have little or nothing—in the case of a registrar absolutely nothing—to do with the functions appertaining to Provincial Government. The business of all such officials, in- cluding Division Court Clerks, bailiffs, &a., being ettirelywith and for the people of the county, muni- cipality or judicial division, as the case may be, the people should insist upon saying who shall fill such offices, as well as how much • they shall receive and whether pay - meat shall be by salary or by lees. The tendency of all governments is -toward reaction and in- creasing instead of -diminishing their powers. The people sh.ould always keep a watchful eye upon those who administer their affairs in order that they may oheck such tendencies, for it -is clear that the more power the government takes to itself, the less must remain with the people. As the Patrons hold the balance of power in the Legis- lature, and can put in or turn out either party. there is almost a. vet. fatuity, if their representatives re. main true to their order, that the people will soon have given to ahem rights which were usurped by the government of Sir Oliver Atowat under the pretence of mak. ing reforms. If they do not, we may in the end expect that the power of appointing Municipal it Ward's Liettnent cares Colde, do. good spell of working years ahead of him. Sir Oliver is eleven years you ng- er than Gladstone, ten years younger than the Pope, and five years younger than Bismarck. The Queen is just a year older than the Rremier who has broken the record in point of long ser- vice to the public. x x x The Liberal party, appears to have deoidee, after all, that Government house at Toronto must be done away with. As the vast inajority of the people at the late election voted for the change, the Government has taken. the limit. But they have no principle. They resist all reforms until forced to make them by popular opinion. If the government had any respect for theta - selves they would resist the Patrons and the Conservatie in this matter. x x x The indications at the time of,writing ell point to the probability that the Wilson bill will not be substituted for the McKinley bill until probably a year hence. It is hard to say which of the two parties will be hardest hit by the electors at the next presidential election, though as one-third of the House of Representatives will be elected this fall, the result of that election will show us just how the republic will go in 1890. x x The London Advertiser will have it that soaps which are admitted at a low rate of duty under the French treaty are a luxury. That being the Liberal view of soap why did the party raise such a howl a few years ago when a humorous editor of the Mail said the delegates to a Liberal cauvention in ..o were stall" d91-11--bettb? And maybe it explains why the Liber- als were unable to appreciate or under stand Sir John litracdonald's statement that "these hands are clean." x x x The 'Tiser is very much worried over the prospect of liclowat's failure to com- mand a majority of the Assembly when it meets. It finds great consolation in the assertion of a Liberal paper of British Columbia that there is not the remotest probability that the Govern- ment will fall for want of members. What a B. 0. paper says about Ontario affairs must, of course, he true, but still the mathematical mind of the On- tario man will try to ascertain how 46 can out vote 47. • T X x In silver and gold the farmer may be poor indeed, yet in the glories of day, in the mysteries of night, in sunriee, and sunset, in sighing winds and rush- ing waters, in twilight and storms, in all the wonderful and grand operations of nature he maybe rich indeed. Like ,music, true poetry exalts human nature. Its mission is to purify. It fills the sky of life with rainbows, and creates ideals towards which we strive. If the goal of the universal brotherhood of man is ever reached, the poets in every land and the poems in every language will be found to have contributed much toward the result. The Huron Expositor says the Ontario municipal system was plannedby the trainers of the con- stitution at the time ot Confedee• ation. The Expositor ought to know better. Ontario's municipal system dates back to the early 4o's, and is a direct result of the rebellion of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie, who, with the reformers of that time, complained that all the pub- lic offices were taken by the Family Compact, who held nearly all the seats in the Legislature because they made constituencies to suit themselves. In 1791 the imperial Parliament passed what is known as the CoestitutionaI Act. By that Act responsible government was given to Canada. It was at the same time divided into Upper and Lower Canada, each province having its own parliament. In I84o, in consequence of represen- tations made to the Imperial Government by Lord Durham, who was sent to Canada to inquire into the cause of the rebellion, the provinces were re -united for legis- lative purposes. The municipal institutions Ontario now enjoys were given to this province, then called ttpper Canada, by the united parliament under powers given it by the Act of rfito. They were not planned by the framers of the Confederation Act, as the Expos- itor says. They would have been given Lower Canada too but that the church, whose will was supreme then, as now, objected, It did not favor the granting of too much self government to people whom it felt quite competent to govern it- self. Hence while we have local self-governtnent here they have in stead, • government by the fab. riclue, which is really a part and parcel of the church organization.. Ib levies, collects and handles the taxes, subject always to the control of the church. Upper Canada, it was expected, would gradually ex- tend the system of municipal government, SC that the people would secure more direct control oftheir affairs; and even so ad. varioecl a radical as Robert -Baldwin was defeated at the polls by Reformers, because, like Sir Oliver Mowat, he became a reactionary, or at least wished to, stand still, after he got into office. The trouble with reformers is that once in office, and enjoying its sweets, they forget their pledges to the people. They object to parting With the patronage be. cause it enables them to keep their hold upon their ionowerg, and be. r.,/ it. nt extol Ia getptn. Openiut Will. Not Be Delayed as Asserted mi the Other Side. THE SURVEYORS IN 1-A8RADOR Utters Reach. the Capital Announcing time Safety of the El txtx-The Speech • From the Throne Delivered at Prorogatiou-Brinte era Discharged. °wawa, July 24,—The speech from the throne at the prorogation of Parliament yesterday Was delivered by the Goveruor• General with unlisted brevity; and was as follows: Iionoreble Gentlemen of the Semite—Gen- tlemen of the House of Catutnone: In bringing to a -cone usiou this labori- ous session of Parliament, bare to thank you for the assiduity anti zeal with, e hear, you have attended to the varisme matt, is Which bays been. brought before you. congratulate you lipoa the runtime fact that the invitation which any Govern meet extendva to the, (iteseremSate of the Muer colonies to send representatives to Canada to cuufer on matters affeeting their urntual interests was so promptly accepted; nod that her Majeety's Government also en- hanced the Cavity and usefulness of the conference by sending a 'representative to assist at its deliberations, it is confident- ly in pea that the results of the conference Will be found beneficial to the colonies and to the empire generally. The ratification of the treaty of commerce with France will lead, I hope, to a large increase in our exports and an extension of friendly rela- tions with that company. I trust that the arduous work which has engaged you in re-acljnsti.,g the duties of customs will aceomplish the desired result of adapting the tariff to the present conditions of the vttr:ons classes of our population. The attoetts of the session will show that toe Ions affecting many public inter- ests here been revised stud greatly im- proved by your t taid I observe that yon have likewise made geuerens provi- eit.n for public improvements which are 41,e,ignka to increase ‘the facilities ,are travel and transportation throughout the country; Gentlemen of the House of Commons: I thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for the services of the current year. Hou. Gentlemen of the Sennte—Gentlemen of the House of Commons: in relieving you from your present duties, I pray that your labors may be fruit- ful and of benefit to the country, and that on returning to your homes you will find that a generous harvest is about to reward the toil of our farmers, and that the bless - logs of Providence have been likewise be. towed abundantly on all the other interests of the people whom you represent. The Surveyors at Labrador, x x Three weeks ago Mr. McLean, in his paper, .he Expositor, accuses 'ran TIMES of deliberately "lying" during the campaign which resulted in his pro - tem, election by the overwhelming majority of 22 in this riding where the smallest Liberal majority heretofore has been about 200. When one party accuses another of "lying" he ought to be able to point out the he. Tap nuns therefore very courteously asked Mr. McLean to be specific and let the public as well as ourselves know what the lie was about. This request we made in justice to both the Timms and the Expositor—that THE TIKSS might be in a position to withdraw any false testimony it may have borne; and that Mr. l‘doLeau, might thus be Set right, This request the Expositor has ignored. The fact is, the Thins said nothing about Mr. McLean that it cannot prove to the hilt. By his silence he admits that we told the truth, and therefore that the Expositor itself was guilty of falsehood both when it denied the truth of the cherries we made against him and when he afterwards accused us oklying.T Mr. McLean, since becoming desirous of occupying a seat in the Legislature, has been very abusive. Ete has grown too reckless in the use of the email but extremely offensive word. "liar." Now that he stands self convicted as e falsifier perhaps he will be a little more careful Of the reputations of other people, 'who are equally as honest and truthful as himself, though may be not so fond of posing as ‘iurieo Xe other medicine has equalled Hoed% Sarseperille in the relief it gives in the severe eases of dyspepsia, sick heft deshe, D. H. Keeley, of the Government/tile- graph service, has received n despatch from the agent of the Hu,disOn Bay Com- pany at Mingan, Qtte..,...atagng that letters dated Grand Falls ;' Hamilton river, June IsaBe-eiiisec'eived from Mr. A. P. Lowe, who is making a Government survey of Labrador. They reported the party in good health. Mr. Lowe expects to arrive at Mingan towards the end of August. Masonry on the ,`Soo" Canal. Mr. Schreiber, Deputy Minister of Rail- ways and Canal, denies the report con- tained in a despatch from the American "Soo" that the masonry on the. part ot the Canadian locks now nearing completion was defective. He stated that some 800 feet of wooden revertment crib work had been shoved out in a few places by earth filling. This was on account of winter work. The defects had been repaired, and would not delay the opening of the locks, which takes place some time next month. A. Tax on Bachelor& Mayor Cox, who recently started a move- ment to tax bachelors, has asked Assess- ment Commissioner Pratt to prepare a list of all single men on the voters' lists with a view of bringing the statute labor tax into operation. The mayor 'thinks a city by-law authorizing the taxing of the bathe - .tors will be necessary before the statute can be put in operation. Government Printers Discharged. Forty-two employes have been discharg- ed from the Government Printing Bureau. Considerable ill feeling is expressed in labor circles because the list includes several of the oldest members of the staff, who were looked upon as permanent em- ployes. Among them was Antoine Cho- quette, who has been steadily employed for sixteen years, All are Conservatives. An Old Railroader Dead. • BRANTFORD, July 24.—Henry Yates, an old aud respected citizen of this place, died at his residence here. Mr. Yates was one of the best known railread engineers in Canada. In 1858 he came to Canada as chief engineer of the Great Western rail- way, and later on he was contractor for the building of the railroad from Buffalo, Goderich. After this line was corn: pleted he was appointed chief engineer of the Grand Trunk railway, About 1878 he was partner with the late John H, Strat- ford, contractor, and built the Air line of the G.T.R. and part of the Canada South- ern railway. Deceased leaves a wife and three sons, A Scene at a Wedding Ceremony. MoranriaL, July 24. — A sensational scene took Mace at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Chinch yesterday. The marriage was being celebrated of two young Irish people, John Riley and Maggie Baker. The young man's family objected to the marriage and after the ceremony, as the couple were leaving the church, one of his sisters appeared on the scene sand with shrieks caught hold of the bride and en. cleavored to stop her. After considerable difficulty she WAS taken away and the couple hurriedly left. The scene mated vita a sensation in the neighborhood. A. Benefit Association in Liquidation, Lounex, Ont., July 24,—The Canadian Masonic Mutual Benefit Association, after twenty,. tero years existence, found that, owing to the increased assessments con - advent upon the extreme old age of its Members, it should not tenth= doing business on the old system of assessment, Rod the Inspector of insurance has adored that the association go into liquidation at once. Mr, Andrew Ellis, secretary treas- urer of the association, is the liquidator. Another Am.erleau Steamer Seised. A101211671117110, Ont„ july 24, — The Government Cruiser Petrel seized the Meta American pleasure steamer Louis on Lake Erie last evening for infringement of the Canadian fishing laws aud towed her here. She is the property of the dusky Vish. Compaoy. .DONINION.PARLIAMENT • Came.ine, July 1$.e -In the nom Lieut,. Colonel Tisdale brought tip the reriestion of the saspension of Col, Povsell, the Adje. taut -General of Militia, by Major-Geueral Herbert. The Colonel, who represents South Norfolk and who Is a follower of the Government, read from the lew on the subject to show that the Adjutant•General was most unjustifiably suspended by Major General Herbert, • who commands. the Canadian militia. He pointed out that there was an existing fallacy thet the Major.Generel was an Imperial officer, and above oritieisna. It was true that he led rank as an Imperial officer, bat he was nevertheless an officer of the Canadian Government and under the coutrol of the Minister of Militia. He held that the Major-Geueeal was totally unacquainted with the needs of the Canadian mill ia and that the sooner he resigned it would he the better for his own reputotion anti the interests of the force. Major Sam Hughee, who represents North 'Victoria, declared Major-General Herbert as commander of the militia to be a failuee. The Minister of Militia defeutlekl the Major-General to some extent altheugh he did not say he was right in saspendine the Adjutant -General. • The matter dropped without any motion being made on the stthject. The outcome will be that Canada will likely heteafter appoint its own general front the Oauttdian Illtltit Ie evening Sir John Thompson said that the charges which Mr. Tarte had inane in the House against the judges of Quebec were not sufficiently explicit to warrant him to allow an enquiry lute the same. He would, however, make a depart- mental inquiry into some of the points raiSeTTdA 0NVA, July 19.—There Was very good progress made with the business before the House yesterday and the outlook is that prorogation will be reached on Mon- day next, if not on Saturday. The Premier announced that morning sessions would commence to -day and would be held until the end of the session. The whole of yea- terday's afternoon session was devoted to a disenssion of the money subsidies to railways. The first batch of resolutions, amounting in all to over $1,400,000, were adopted. At the evening sitting a vote was taken on the James St. George Dillon, of Mont- real, divorce bill, which has had such a narrow rim in both Houses of Parliament so far. Last night it was carried and finally passed by a vote of 67 for and 22 against. The opposition to the bill was that both parties were Catholics and the church is against divorce. • In the House at itight Sir Rithaad Cart- wright moved a strong resolution condemn- ing and censuring the Government for the Curran bridge affair at Montreal. Mr. Haggart admitted that the Govern- ment was robbed, but so far has notabeen able to catch the thieves.. „ •* Cartwright's annandaie"n-t was defeated by 86 yeas to 74 live. Oi,WkJnly 20.—The House divided •yeaferday on a resolution of Mr. Mulook to throw out the bill granting to the Can- adian Pacific railway deawbacks en' ma- terial to be used in the construction of new iron bridges on the road. The amend- ment to the bill was defeateJ by a large majority. It had only in all sixteen sup- porters. The bill was read a second time The whole of the afternoon session was devoted to the passing of another batch of railway subsidies, They totalled $8402,- 000, all of which were passed. Sir John Thompson stated that proroga- tion would take place on Saturday after- noon - motion of want of confidence by Hoe. Mr. Laurier against the Government for paying to the Connolly's $43,621 for the Kingston graving dock while a large suit by the Government was pending against that firm, was defeated in the House by 61 nays to 24 yeas. OrrAwA, Jhly 21.—At the morning session of the House yesterday, on the motion to receive the report of the RailwayCoMmittee, Eon. Mr. Laurier moved an amendment providing in effect for the investigation of railway accounts in the Publics Accounts Committee, in the same manner as other public accounts. The House divided on the amendment, which was lost by 20 for and 50 against. The House then weet into committee on other resolutions, after which Sir John Thompson's bill to amend the Dominion Election Act was taken up and given a third reading. In the House at night Mr, . Daly, in an- swer to Mr. Laurie; said that prorogatien would take place on Monday. The tariff bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. Haggart withdrew his railway pass. eager ticket bill, which provided that before a rebate would be given for the re- turn of a ticket a receipt would have to be given the company that the party asking the refund was the owner. Messrs. Mills, Sutherland and Mulack opposed the bill, and Mr. Braggart said he would drop it. OTTAWA, July 28.—When the Rouse met on Saturday morning Mr, Davin asked If the Government would deliver binder twine manufactured at Kingston Peniten- tiary in the Northwest Territories at the same rates as they were doing in Ontario. Sir John Thompson said that the Govern- ment could not afford to do this without a loss to the country. In reply to Mr. McLennan Sir ,Jahn said that if a suitable site could be procured iii Glengarry for a reformatory, for which $10,000 was put in the estimates, he would select onethere. Sir John in moving the House into com- mittee on the franchise bill explained as to hie dropping all the bill except as to the revision of the list acts and the changes in the redistributed districts. The time for commencing the revision was August1. Ho vrould introduce a bill next year carry- ing out the other portion of the loi11. Laurier said that it was probably as good that the Government had left the bill to the last day of the session beoause if they had another, day, they might again change their mind, He thought that the first of September instead of the first of August would be a better time for COM- itieneing the revision. They were within ten days of the first of August and, as the work had to be attended to by members of Parliament he suggested that the first of September mull& be MOTO suitable for the. Sohn explained that the intention Was to commence as soon as possible after, the passing of the act, so that the pre. liminary lists would be ready • by the tied Of O()NE:oL Iii was decided that the revision for the preliminary lista would begin on the first of August and be finished by the Zest of October, and that the final revision would COPan101100 on the first of Ootobill• And be concluded on February 28. Montreal obinamen indignant. liONTII,EAL, July 10.—Montreal China- men aro very much incensed over a deci- sion of the Montreal council to impose a z of $100 on Chinese laundries and they ova to fight the Lae In thb courts, TEI11101 ON TORPEDO rrencli Sailors Struggle Desperately With Flame and Wave. FIRE CREPT FOR THE MAGAZINE After a Hard Pight the Hen Case Out 1,4 Ahead in an llixeiting Rao* for Life -A Recruit Who Attempted to Xsolipe Placed in Irons, PAWN, July 21, —The new torpedo boat La Grondeur ran into the harbor, at Bon- logue yesterday at a high rate of speed,and Wee at once abandoned by her crew. She had been partly burned and, was filling 'with water. Te Crrondeur was attached to the fleet now. insameavesing in the channel. During the early morning she collided with the armored cruiser Jean Bart. The first ex- amination of her hull showed that she was Willi damaged- turd the water was entering so fast that it would be a raoe for life to get heninto port. She was beaded for Boulogne. Fuel Ives piled on her fires until she was runniun twenty-eight k.nots an hour. Her boiler plates grew red hot, the woodwork caught fire and the flames rapidly spre ad beyond. the control of the crew. The twenty men maiming the vessel tought the fire with desperation, preserving perfect disci- pline despite their growing agony as the /lames spread toward the magazine. Only one man, and he was a recruit, gave up hope arid tried to jump overboard. He was caught in time, however, and was put in irons. Eventually the fire was checked when but a few ft et from the magazine by the influx of water through the hole made by the Jean Bart, and the men were then able to quench it. Water continued to flow in and the vessel would hare foundered with all on hoard had the been kept at sea half an hour longer. DID LIZZIE MOODY SUICIDE I Time Inquest at cooksviiie Adjourned for a Week. COOXSVELLE, July U.—The coroner's inquest on the death of Lizzie Tush, wife of William Moody, whose connection with the Williams tragedy is well known, was held here on Saturday evening, butnothing was done ancl the inquest was adjourned for a week to await the result of the post mortem examination. This woman's mysterious death on Fri- day morning is exciting tuansal interest in the community, and revivAng again for public norenlent the murar of the Wil - Barna couple and the trial and conviction of MacWherreil as the one guilty of the crime. Since the time of the tragedy Mrs. Moody has been mentally unsound, the cause being attributed to the suspicions set &fleet among her neighbors by the tongues of gossips, who seemed bent on fixing stigma on the Moody family in con- nection with the crime. The woman was engaged at her household duties when she fell to the /loon and expired a few minutes later. Dr. Button of this place, who was sent for, expressed the opinion that death was due to strychnine and an inquest and post mortem examination were ordered. There are some who prefer to believe that the poison Was administered by others,. but the general opinion is that the woman died by her own 'hand. Hence the result of the incrust is 'watched with considerable interest. B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION. The Salutation of Plage Creates Much Enthusiasm -Officers for )95. TOSONTO, July 21.—The great Baptist convention assembled here presented a • magnificent spectacle yesterday at the salta tenon of flags. Secretary Dr. Wilkins was in command. Ladiee were chosen as standard-bearers of the state flags and under the escort of the speakers for the re- spective states they marched 'to the plat- form, where one minute speeches were given by the representatives of the various delegations. The great audience rose and greeted the marching standard-bearers with the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldi- ers." The reception given the banners of Ontario and Quebec when they were raised was Magnificent, the audience rising en nesse and singing "God Save the Queen," folloived by cheers for the Queen and the President of the United States. , The following officers have been elected "for the ensuing year of 1895, the election being recommended by a committee and received with applause and general awls, - maim: ' President—John H. Chapman, Chicago. Vice-Presidents—Frank Harvey Field, new York; J. N. Shenstone, Toronto; Rev. Gee, R. Taylor, Georgia. Recording Secretary—A. M. Brinckle, Philadelphia. Treasurer—Frank Moody, Milwaukee. Drowning at Milian& Mtelatere, Out., July 21.—Mrs. John S. Melville, of this place, was found drowned in the bay here yesterday. Before day. break she left her house. The other mem leers of the family did not miss her until 8 a.m. She had been ailing for several months and her sister, Mrs. Gregory, ar- ranged a search party at once. The body was found about half a mile from the house in three feat of water with the face downwards. Mr. Melville is in Muskoka in a shingle mill. Deceased was about 50 Years of age and leaves one child, a boy. GREAT BARGAINS Mon 1, Boy: It, airr: FOOT WEA.11. 3 pair boy's boots No • r, $1 85, for $1 00; 5 pair boy's boots Nos. x, 2, and 5 $1 50 for 50c ; 2 pair Misses' boots No. 2 $r 4o for 50c; 2 pair Men's Gaiters No. 9 $2 2$ for $r 25; 2 pair.plow boots Nos. 9 and ra $2 2o for $1 oo ; i pair lace boots No 9$2 85 for $r 5o ; pair waterproof boots Nti). $ $2 75 for $r 75. Also a lot of Ladies' and Misses' prunella lace boots rang- ing in price from $r 40 per pair. Will sell them for 25e. per pair. Come and get them not later than this week, The above are odd pairs left and theylmust be sold for CASH. For all regular goods, pro- duce will be taken. Bestlquality wanted. Eggs 9c. Butter 16c, J. P. CLARKE. Killed in a Gravel Pit. • WoODVH,Lst, Out., July 21.—While load- ing gravel on the farm of W. J. Moore, near this place, Henry Silverthorti, a young man about 20 years of age, was killed by the earth caving in on him. When a doctor reached him it was found 'that death had been instantaneous, his neck being broken. Deceased was a re- spectable and industrious young man. His parents, who live in the Township of • Thorah, have the sympathy of the whole 'community, , • gement Works Deetroyed. Owns Spume Out,, July 23.*-Yesterclay a disasttons fire broke out in the Owen 'Sound Portland cement works, destroying all their valuable machinery. The stook ,of clement was saved. Owing to lack of titorage room and an over supply of cement on hand the works Were aimed down some ,few weeks ago. Loss probably 08,000, on ,which there is a =sorted insrirande of $12,000. The cause of the fire is unknown. , , Itilled 'While Bathing, W'mnsoit, duly 20.—Anthony Shitippa- cases employed by the Natural GAS CO. :near Weil mine, went to the river to 1 'bathe. A logging train came along on the bank above some of the logs rolled off 'lid striking Shiappaoaese inetantly killed 'him. He resided in Detroit, and leaves a its Mitl, three children, MARKET REPORTS. Axeter, Juiy25, 1894. Pail wheat per bush. ... t, 54 $ 68 Spring wheat per bnah ..... 54 58 , Barley per bush...83 . 35 35 Oats per bush 36 . 38 Peas Der bush 62 52 Flour per bbl.... ............ 4 00 420 Apples per bag..- . 15 85 Potatrec per bag ..... .... ....... 40 40 Bayt ....e ton . 6 00 7 00 Woueeer cord hard ..... ... ... 3 00 3 50 Wood per oord soft.. 200 225 Butter per ib 15 76 Eggs pet dozen... ...... ....... ... 9 a Turkeys per lb 9 9 Pork per hundred------------.. . 6 GO 6 25 Ilogs. live weight. .4 60 4 50 Geese ; , , 5 s Chicks 5 6 London, July 25,1494; Wheat,white. fall. 100 lb e . $ 98 to $1 00 Wheat, red,fall. per 100Ths...... 98 to 100 Wheat.sprinR, per1001be ...... 98 to 1 00 Cats, per 100 lbs.. ............ ...... 1 16 to 115 Peas, per 108 ... 90 to I 00 oetro oer lbs.., ...... 95 to oo Barley. per 10C the 86 to 95 Rye. per 100 lbs l00' to 100 Buckwheat, per 1.00 lbs... 00 to 1 00 Beets, per bus. lbs..........00 CO to 110 ggs, fresh, single dos 11 to 12 Eggs, fresh, basket, per dos 10 to 10 Eggs, fresh, store lots, per doz 8 to 0 Butter,single rolls, per to 22 Butt er.peribil lb rolls,baskets 20 to 20 Butter, per lb, large rolls or oroekr.... . 78 fo .25 Butter,per lb, tub or firkins 18 tos- 18 Lard, per lb. 11 to 12 Chickens, per pair 50 to 70 Ducks, 70 to 80 Turkeys, 8 to 9e ner cash ... 60 to 1 75 Torentoauly 25 1894 Wheat, white, per bus..... $ 58 to $ 30 Wheat, spring, per hue. . . 60. to 60 Wheat, red winter, per burl 59 to 60 Wheat, goose, per bus 56 to 66 Barley. per bus 46 to 46 Oats, Per bus ................34 to Be 55 to 58 Hay 800 to 900 Egg3 per ....... 00 to 25 Butter, per lb 17 to 22 Dressed hogs-- .... : . 6 20 to 6 50 Potatoes, nor bee.. . 60 to 011 — - • — 13rrbish Grain Trade. Lonclenjuly 21.—The Mark Lana 'Express,. in -its weekly review of the British grain trade sars:--English -wheats b eve declined in London 6d. In Liverpool California and American red winter wheate have fallen 2dper canal. Corn dropped Of. minting barley Is. and grind- ing barley 41 Oats andbeanshavebeen steady Toeday the markets are inert. Fine English tv beats are 28s. per quarter. Poreern wheat is dull, at, an average of 8d. cheaper, Plottr is 3d, andeorn 3d. Corn, steady. BarTay, beans and peas are quiet. • Conductor Alex. McRae, of the Winni- peg electric railway, fell under a motor Thursday. His left arm was taken off and his head terribly cut. His re,covery is doubtful. DR. SHOTJLTS, CENTRA,LL.4:. Office opposite Methodist Parsonage. rp WICKETT M. D. C. 111., J.- • Trinity -University M. D. Toronto itniversity. Office. Credit"' HKINSMAN, DENTIST, LD, S. SPECIALIST in GOLD PILL- ING, EXTRA.° TING and PLATE WORE. Gas and meal Anaesthetics for painless ex.. treating. Sod door: northof CARLING'S Store issk, "Sr D ALTON ANDERSON D.D. S • L.D• S. Honor Graduate of the To- ronto University and Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Speoialties, painless extraction and Preservation of the natural teeth. Office over the Lan -Office of Elliot & opposite Central Hotel, Exeter, Ont, AGNEW L. D. &DENTIST, . Will be at Greb'S hotel Zurich on the second Thursday of each month and at liodgin's hotel Hensel' every unodaY, 1142.1.1.017,e ..^16.104.••••••vwx0 A AN an always Be Dres8ed Well If he goes to the proper Tailor,. We have a large range of Pat- terns to choose' from — Natty Tweeds, Serpi' and Worsteds, made up in any style, and fitting the customers so well that inti- mate friends do not scruple to ask who made your Suit. , Our customers never hesitate but • answer with a knowing smile, The Tailor. IN 4+ OVERCOATS NVE LEAD