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dollars in direct taxation to the
I government and paying a million
dollars more to their mueicipal
taxgatherers than they would have
been asked to pay if the government
by its misappropriation of muni-
cipal reyeeue si had not driven the
councils to make up the definieecy
by levying and collecting a higher
rate. The 'I' eige must rPpeat
what it said before. A. mean who
compels another to steal may not
be a thief in a legal sense, though
be is morally guilty. So a govern.
ment, which misappropriates mul:i •
cipal revenues must be held no
countable for any iucreased thrall
ion the municipalities are forced to
make in consequencetof such mis-
appropriation of their fund.
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TEATREDAY, AUGUST 2, 1894
• The License question.
A county contemporary, a reform
organ, is,excessively annoyed be-
cause THE Times in a recent
article stated that the Mowat
Government had -for many years
past been systematically robbing
• the municipalities of the province
• of moneys under the cunning pre-
tence., of reforming the liquor
• license law. Our critic goes out
• of his way to state that the offend-
ing article was not written by the
editor of the TINES, but by some
"budding politician whose head is
too big for his brains," Other
epithets are freely burled at a
supposed writer, showing quite
clearly that the critic attributes
the authorship to some individual
towards whom he entertains a
• strong personal antipathy grow-
ing probably out of the recent
election. However, what the
• article contained rather than who
wrote it, is what concerns the
people who pay taxes.
Me. McLean 711aims that the
2.rticle contained no proof that Sr
Oliver Mowat hes broken faith in
the matter of the license questien.
,kto proof was adduced because
none was necessary. Every
person whose memory reaches
back to the time when the licens-
ing power was taken from muni-
cipal councils remembers well
that Sir Oliver promised that one
Conservative would be placed on
every Board of Commissioners. It
is almost certain that there is not
a Conservative on any one of the
license boards in the whole pro-
vince. If that is not "breaking
faith" the TIMES does not under-
stand riwhat "breaking faith"
means,
eareful audy of thej following
figures will convince the intelli-
gent taxpayer that he has ben,
most unfairly dealt with by the
Mowat Oeiverneiente But before
going into the figures let It be
noted that when municipal govern-
ment was given Upper Canada the
councils were given control of the ,
funds raised from licenses in order
that they might have revenues
- with which to carry on municipal
government, build bridges, roads,
&c., without resortfito heavy
taxation.
In 1876-77 from 3938 licenses
granted the revenue was $439,457
96. Of this the municipal councils
were allowed to retain kir expendi-
ture for roads, bridges, etc., the
sum of $281,243.5,8. In 1892-93
from 3413 licenses the revenue was
$664,169, �r$124,712 more than
in 1876.77, Of this vast increase
the municipalities were banded
back $289,996 as against $28i, -
In 1876-77, apaltry $8,000 in-
crease. Had the municipal
councils been treated fairly they
would have been given the entire
increase, ehich, in ten years, as
these figures show, would have
been one and a quarter million
dollars. Had they received that
armee it, the tax payers would have
to pay one a quarter million
dollars less than they have paid to
the municipal tax gatherers. In
these days when wheat is sating
at fifty cents a bushel, this would
have materially lessened the
-alert-lens of the local tax payers,
who, no doubt, whenever they
look at their heavy tax bills, de-
nounce their municipal councila
• for extravagance, losing sight of
the fact that the 'councils are come
pelted to increase taxation because
the moneys Whicji should be
banded over to them for municipal
purposes are misappropriated and
spent by the provincial govern.
• tient.
Anyone but a thick and thin
supporter of the provincial
government will admit that these
are startling fienres, and that they
reveal a state of affairs which de.
nnaud a remedy. When Sandheld
Macdonald left power in x872 the
expenditure of his government was
a trifle °Vey one million and three
quarters. In r892. under Sir
Oliver, it had risen to a trine Over
four million dollars. • In spite of
thi,i huge aid lolly alarming in-
crease the Mowat Government
boasts that it has not had to n-
eed to direct taxation, But the
rA'.e ayarwillnot
OTES .AND comMBNTs
"Free Trade" is to be the cry of the
Liberal party at the next election, yet
the Tiser ends fault with the govern -
mast when they effect a treaty with
Franca which lessens the dui, on
several articles.
An incident deserving of notice in
connection with the acceptance of the
French treaty ,by the Dominion Par-
liament is that the French members
voted almost in a body for it, simply
as a means of showing hbw strongly
tinged with Frenchiam they are. Mis
axlx x
There are 46, or say. 47 members
elected to support Mr. Mowat. There
is but half the house if 47, and one
less than half if 46. There are 27
straight Conservatives and 17 or 18
Patrons of Industry. Mr. Mowat, it
is clear, cannot rale the House by
means of a straight Liberal vote.
"lee' x
is *
The Japanese colony in California is
ready, in ease of necessity, to arm and
equip 4,000 men and send, them home
for the purpose of aiding the mother
country against China. They will, in
addition :es, this, if need be, send a con-
tribution of $10,000 in cash, if this is
a fair specimen ofJapanese ity to
native land the Mongoliatse have a
mighty hard summer's work before
them.
x x x
In the new Ontario Legislature the
professions will be represented as
tollows :
Farmers
Lawyers
Merchants
Doctors
Lumbermen
Journalists
43
18
9
6
5
' Cattle drover, miner, marble worker,
banker, foundryman, tanner, one each.
xx x
The municipal debt in Ontario cities
emanated, in 1890, to nearly $71 per
capita. The taxation in townships in
the Prolific° bowed from .$$,694,000
in '81 to $4,599,000 in '92. In the nine
period the levy in towns and villages
;lumped im from $1,336,000 to $2,452,-
000, while in cities it advanced from
$2,144,000 to $4,757,000. We are
striking a pretty lively pace in the
patter of mem textitIon.
x 3 X
The Waterloo Star (Lib.) is vigorous-
ly protesting against the proposition
that the Frenchin Ontario shall be
represented in the Cabinet ef the Pro-
vince. The Star iff emphatieally right;
and in accord with oursentiments. We
made a huge mistake in acknowledging
the principle of sectarian representation
in tb e Provincial Government. Instead
of aggravating that mistake by giving
recognition to racial claims also, we
should rather -retrieve the error already
committed and except Mr. Meredith's
declaration that race or religion shbuld
neither be a passport to, nor a bar from,
public office.
x x x
It is folly to contend that the selling
price of property is a safe basis for
the assessment of property. Selling
prices fluctuate, and in real estate the
relation between price and value is not
always intimate. Often the selling
price of property is determined by the
number of fools who may be chasing
real estate at the given time. The more
fools the higher the assessment, but the
fact that somebody offers to take land
at a dertam figure and pay for it with
promises proves nothing more than that
some one is more sanguine than sen-
sible. Property is worth more than the
rental which a poor shanty on a , good
lot will bring. Property is not woeth
a cent morn than it will yield when
utilized to the best advantage and land
should be assessed in proportion to the
returns which it will yield when rightly
used.
x
A protest against the election of Mir
M. Y. McLean who was returned by a
very smell majority as member for
Soath Huron at the last general elect.
ion, was yesterday lodged. at Osgoode
Hall, Toronto, Serious charges of
bribery and corruption are made in the
petition. The compilation of evidencs
has been proceeded with quietly and
imostentationely, but it is reported that
a large number of instances in which
time electors were bribed or spirited
away by agents of Mr. McLean to pre-
vent their voting for Mr. Weismiller
have been discovered. It is also alleged
that there is good evidence that voters
were bribed by direct • payment of
money by leading agents of the Liberal
candidate, while scores of supporters
of Mr. IVIcLean, who had no right to
vote, will be accused of swallowing the
oath, and illegally voting. Some deputy
Returning Officers even refused to ad-
minister the oath when asked to do so.
Since the protest Was resolved on, Other
instances of corruption, bribery and in.
timidetion on the part of Mr. McLean's
friends are etated to have come to
light, and no doubt additional evidence
wilt yet be forthcoming. The old
habit of one constituency sawing off With
another will not be fellowed as regards
South Huron, the petiti000r, we under-
stand, having guarded against this in
the petition.
THE EXET1311
TiMES.
V 1\-*F1I iSWEPT BY FORIST FIS.
iIIRFII mmense Pestraction to PropertY
NortIkern
Lost Their Lives 'While Bathing' in
• the St. )fauriee, River.
GIRL DROWNED AT TORONTO
A Young Matt Killed, 'by a Hick From a
Colt--Cloreland Boy DrOwnini at
Port Stanley—Tales of Tra,
gody Told by Cana-
dian Wires.
Sr. Joule july 30:—.Ernest S.
Ruel, aged tile, yeengest son of James
Ruel, collector of customs of the port. was
drowned on 1(e.atiebetiassie elver at Rothe-
say on Sarniday eVenitig. • Be had been
taking part in races by theRothesay Coupe
Chile and , ehalleuged a 'ompauioix to:, an
extra race. Thu challenge was accepted
gud the two young men started. Rue' fell
behind and when some distance ,ont lila
competitor on looking round wee horrified
to see Ruers etePty canoe drifting with the
tide, From the positioe of the limbs and
the fact that there. was ito Water ,in his
stomach, the physicians: who viewed the
body believe Reel was steteken in hi, canoe
front bent White or brain affeetion, re-
sulting from over-exertion, andthat •life
Was extinct era he fell into the water.
Iflhleci on the Track Near Hamilton.
Heenneore, July 80.—An express train
on the G. T.R., coaling from Toronto, ran
down and killed a man who was walking
between the tracks uear the Desjardins
canal bridge about two miles from the
city. The body was brought to the city,
but the identity of the man could not be
learned, The body is that of a young
man, 18 or 19 years of age, neatly dressed
but with no money in any of -the pockets.
On the corner of a handkerchief found on
his person the mime "Whetateve" was dis-
covered, The young man had evidently
-walked a considerable distance, as the
soles of his shoes were worn thin, Coroner
'White has ordered an inquest to be held
this evening.
• Drowned in Humber Bay.
TORONTO, July 30. —A young man named
Sheppard hired, a rowboat on Saturday
from Walter Dean's boathouse on the
Humber Bay, taking with him two sisters,
the Misses Johnston. They had not gone
far before the boat upset and all were
thrown into the water. A. gentleman went
to their rescue, but the elder Miss Johnston
sank before he could reach theba. The
young man and the younger sister were
brought safely to land. They had applied
for a boat at one other boathouse, but on
account of the roughness of the water the
proprietor advised them not to go out and
refused to hire his boat.
Patal Accident at Penetang.
PENETANG, Out., July 30.—A. very sad
accident happened on the railway track
about four miles south of here on ‚Satur-
day. Joseph Robins, a laborer, who is
very deaf, wes walking on the track when
the engine of the mail train struck him,
throwing him about forty feet and landing
him in the ditch with one leg and both
arms broken, and spine injured and the
skull crushed in on one side. When struck
he had a cat in his arms and.a dog leading
with a chain. Neither were injured, His
injuries will prove fetel,
Drowning at Port Stanley.
Pone STANLEY, July 30.—A. sad drown-
ing accident took place here last evening
when Mr. Samuel Walcott of Cleveland,
Ohio, bet his life while bathing in Lake
Erie. There was considerable sea on and
the undertow seems to have carried him
too far out and he became exhausted be-
fore he could get back to the shore. The
young man with several others from Cleve-
land has been stopping at the Fraser
house for the past ten days.
Palled By a Rick From a Colt.
SEAFORTR, Oct., July 80.—While hitch-
isig up his horses on Friday a young man
named Charles Murray of the township of
Tuckersmith received a kick on the abdo-
men from a colt, which terminated fatally
on Saturday night. His internal injuries
were of such a nature that doctors were
powerless to do anything.
Fatally injurecl in a Runaway. • ..
Hammes, Out., July 30.—While Pat-
rick OSIelia, aged 69 years, who lives
three miles from here was horse -raking on
Thursday, the horse ran away throwing .
him from the rake. He was seriously in-
jured internally and about the head, hone
the effects of which he died yesterday.
Three Boys Drowned.
THREE EWERS, July 30.—Three lads
iartailoinaette
edTanagdeeldeentewoeeltivrE; Vpreerrenstrrownaneg
here while bathing in the St. Maurice
river. Their bodies were recovered yester-
day.
An Aged Sian Killed.
Haws:Emmen*, Ont., July 30.—Laurent
Harlick, aged 75, was killed on Saturday
by a pile of lumber falling on top of him.
GALT AND PRESTON RAILWAY.
Tito Two Towns Now Connected by a Per-
fect systein, of Blectric Railway.
Gan.; Out, July 27.—An important
step in the development of Galt and Pres-
ton was inaugurated yesterday by the
otacial opening of the Galt and Preston
eleetric street railway. Special cars hay-
ing on board the officers of the company,
0, P. R. officials, members of the muni-
cipal councils of Galt, North Dumfries
and Preston, shareholders; and representa-
tives of the press left the terminus of the
read at the Grand -Trunk station, Galt, and
conveyed the guests on a tour of inspection
of the road, the power house and electric
equipment, thence to the Delmenite hotel,
Preston, where a lunaliedn was partaken
of with a list of toasts prepared for the sea
casion.
• A Commercial Traveller Suitides.
LONDON, One, July 28.—G. P.. Hibbett,
of Toronto, traveller for Joseph Douse
law stationers of that city, who has been
staying at the Grigg house here for the
past tow days, was found dead in his
room yeeterday. It is a clear case of sub
oldie as the transom was /mina tightly
closed and the jet open. Hibbett had been
drinking hard, mid the previous afternoon,
when one of the bell boys went to hee TOOnl
In response to a calls he found time gee
turned on and caned !Ribbon.% attention
Se the feet,
Bail Refused for etre. elartiev,
Tomettro, July 26, —.application Was
Made befOre Judge Street for bail itir Airs,
Hartley, confined at BrantfordObliged
With the murder of her husband at ow
Durham. The application was refeeed
lima gra, Mittley Will have ko remain in
jail tibtil the opening Of her trial in
Ottober.
Menem, Ntrite, July 80.--Noreliera
Wisconsin hai been swept by the worat
Prost Ares in the history of the state, Re-
ports indieate. that 4eyeral towas heve
been burned withen a reatue of 100 miles
of Ashland. To the south, Phillips, the
county octet of Peek county, a thriving
town of 2,000 inhabitants, has been wiped
Out, Fifield, juet email of Phillips, ie
Price eontity, lute Dean, destroyed. Taylor
Minty, tileeetly saute of Price, is laid
waste, and Shore's Crossing has oeee de-
stroyed. •
TO :briefly summarize the fires have
burned as follows: The city of Phillips;
entirely wiped out; city or Mason,: prate
*ay destroyed, with the Mite Itieet
Lambee Company ;led 30,000;000 feet of
lumber; headquarters of the Ashland
Lumber CoMpaily near Shore's Crossing,
entlrOIY'Vliied out; a special train of tit,
mum ma
consisting
neeatoalizsl date),
motives all burned, broke thrott.Ili roc
burning bridge near etshlend Junction
camps'of the Thompsou Lamber Company,
burned at White River; two bridgts uij tme
main line of the Chicioo, St. Paul, eliane.
apolis. and Omaha Rulirumul, one near Aeli•
lead Junction awl one near Maspii'; brid 4es
on the Wiseonsin Central, one at Chelsea
anti. the other at Phillips, both on the main
line south of Aehlend.
The heavieet lesere are the John R.
Davis Lumber Company, 8500,000; and
Fayette Shaw, a tanner, e200,900. The
danger Will not be passel until rain fells,
The big marsh below Plover is threatened,
and those weo have hay cut there are
endeavoring to seveit. The sathe state of
affairs' exists at, Milledore, Sherry and
other points west of here. ,
einevaincene, July 80.—Twenty people
at. 1,%:lairted to have lost their lives at
Plidlipe. The following : telegrain has
been reeeived at the executive office at
Madison from Clarence Snyder, of the
state board of eontrol wltm is at Phillips:
"Over 2,000 people without food or shelter;
every energy of our people should be put
ferth to relieve this suffering. Food and
tents should come at once by 'spealia train.
Comainnicute -with Ben- W. Davis as SOOn
as passible there. Tlie • scene here is one
of the deepest woe: There were several
deaths from burning and. drowning."
THE WORK OF GRAVE ROBBERS.
A Stolen Body Pound After Three Years
in the Salmon River.
Conerwann, Ont., July 28.—While two
Fort Covington boys were fishing at the
head of Plum Island, at the mouth of the
Salmon river, they discovered what looked
like a htunan body in the rushes a short
distance from the shore. They immedi-
ately went to Dundee and told what they
had seen. A coroner from Huntingdon
was sent for and went to the place indb
cated and found the body. It was brought
ashore and it was found that the eyes,
nose and part of the face were gone. The
hands and feet were mutilated, but other.
wise the body was in a good state of pre-
servation. The corpse was dressed in
black and around the neck was a bedcord,
which was rotted away. The coroner did
not consider an inquest necessary, but sug.
gested that word be sent to the relatiees of
the late P. Purcell of Fairfield, as in his
opinion the body ivas his, Subsecie„ently
some of the Purcell film* cae or and
from the clothes and the fact that a piece
was torn from tle skirt of the coat they
tlang-fit that their long -lost felation had
been discovered. ''r"letal
Ma Purcell died in Nova Scotia en My
1, 1891. His corpse was enibsilnied SY a
Halifax undertaker and brought to Feir.
field for interment, the funeral ttiking
place at Flanwean's Point on May 6. On
the night of May 14 the grave was opened
and the body removed. It was originally
thought that the body was anchored in
deep water in the river, but it could not
be found though dragged and dived for by
an expert. Should this have been the
case and the body discovered on nun
Island be that of Mr. Purcell it has lain at
the bottom of the St. Lawrence these three
years and only been releasee by the rotting
of the cord which held it down.
WELLMAN IS HEARD FROM
But the Authenticity of the News is
Doubted in London.
DOM:row, July 30.—Carl•Siewes, the Nor-
wegian Arctic enthusiast received a tele-
gram from the captain of the Erling, a
Norwegian sealer which arrived at the
Island of Tromsoe, Finmark, Norway.
The captain • said that near Amsterdam
island in latitude 84 N. and longtitude 9,
the Erliug spoke to the Ragnvald Jan, the
steamer conveying the Wellman party to
the edge of the pack ice.. The Ragnvald
Jarl signalled: 'Please report nearest'
touching place, All well on board Raga.
vgd Jan, and full of hope." The Rags -
veld Jul, the captain of the,. Biding also
telegraphed, had been beset by pack ice,
which had delayed her progress consider-
ably. Bat when spoken Wellman and his
party were free of the peek iee, and they
should now be well on their way to the
,north, pole. ,
In a letter published this morning Mr.
Felden says ot Walter Wellnian's Arctic)
expedition cud its probable whereabouts:
"I' fear that the Erlking's news of Mr.
Wellmaa and his party is unreliable. The
absence of a date and other facts lead me
to conclude that the Erlking met some
sealer which had communicated with Mr.
Wellman between May 10 and MayeI7,"
FIRE'S AWFUL HARVEST.
Over Two Hundred Horses Perish in n
Washington Conflagration.
,
WASHINGTON. July 26.—The warehouse
and stables of the George W. linOXExpress
Company, otleupying over a quarter of a
block at Second and B streets northwest,
were destroyed by fire yesterday. Three
firemen lost their lives. Over 200 heavy
draught horses, nearly all of the company's
express wagoes end the contents of the
large storage building were burned. The
Adams Expless Conapeny's stable, adjoin-
ing the Itnox building to the north, was
also almost entirely consumed. About 150
horses were there, but all were taken out
by the hardest kind of work on the part of
the citizens and policemen. Eight two-
storey houses on the alley north of the,
Itnois building, apd two small frame hotieee
back of the Adams stables were destioyed,
Six or eight other houses were more or less
damaged. The total loss will exceed n
quartet of a million deters, tibout half
covered by iueurenee.
Moro Election Protests ,
TORONTO, July ate—Three more protests
heves been filed against MagWOot.), 0011,
seteratiVe member for North Perth; Bice-
arde LiberAl member Mt Bast Potet-
borough, and German, Liborel member for
Weiland, Thus far ten tfroteete , hate
been registered, six' agitheit iteforraere,
three against Conservetiree, and oem
Spinet the P,PA, membetesieet, for West,
letetbtoie
CANNOT FAVOR BRITAIN
Existing Treaties May Ear the Way
tQ Commercial Federation.
THE VEXED CATTLE QUESTION
Henry Chaplin States That Nine,Tentits of
British Agriculturists Favor the
43°IItilount
tio7 oilttoheC!leItetstile-
tProm Canada,
LozneoN, July 31, —In the House of Com-
mons yesterday Sir Edward Grey, Secre-
tary to the Foreign Office, in i'eply to a.
question from Sir Albert Rollet, the mem-
ber. for South Islington, saidthat the
treaties made by Great Britain mid Bel-
gium, iii July. 1862, and between Great
Britain and the Zellverein. in May, 1685,
were still honored by the authorities or
each country.
These treaties aid net prevent deffee-
ential trade relations beiwrbaccorded by
Great Britain favor of the colonies,
whereby the colonies would be given ex-
clusive couimeeciel privilegee of entry on
British markets, but they au prevent
differential treatment of tariff questions
by the colonies of Great Britain in favor of
the mother land.
This is a new discovery, and it is thought
. t,
that it may place an obstacle nettle way
of accomplishing the idea of tegrand com-
mercial federation which was formulated
mid welded into shape at the recent tater
-
colonial conference at Ottawa. '
Restrictions on Canadian Cattle,
Henry Chaplin, formerly president of
the Board of Agriculture, directed atten-
tion in the House in the eVening to the
Government's attitude towards the impor-
tation. of Canadian cattle, Nine -tenths of
Britain's Agriculturists, he said, approved
of the restrictions upon the cattle trade
wit a Canada, believing that these were of
the highest importance to their interests.
Nevertheless the colonial office had brought
pressure to bear upon the Board of A.gri-
oultere to get these restrictions removed.
The Colonial Under Secretary had even in-
sinuated that Canadian cattle had not been
affected with the pleuro -pneumonia. This
insinuation was entirely unwarranted in
view of the reports made on the subject by
experts. '
Me Chaplin • did not press the Govern-,
ment to reply to him and the matter was'
dropped,
GENERAL WOLFE'S SWORD.
Speculations as to the Mysterious Pur-
chaser—Boy Drowned at Ottawa.
OTTAWA, July 31.—Hugh McDonald, a
clerk, 23 years old, was drowned on Sun-
day in the Ottawa river while bathing.
The reported purchase of the alleged
sword of Gen. Wolfe is each day adding to
the mystery surrounding the "prominent
gentleman" who is said to have bought the
precious relic. The latest names men-
tioned are His Excellency the Governor-
General and Sir Donald Smith.
The prize list for the annual matches of
of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Associa-
tion was issaed yesteaday.. The competi-
tions, which are all to be with the Martinis
Henry rifles, begin on 27th of August at
Rideau ranges. There are 911 prizes, re-
presenting $7,000 in cash, exclusive of
prizes in kind, All the provinces will be
represented. About 500 marksmen will
compete for the prizes.
A Prominent South Dumfries Man Dead.
PARIS, Out., July 31.—Mr. Louis de la
Pierre died suddenly at his residence in
South Dumfries yesterday from heart
trouble. The deceased has been unwell
for some time, but no serious consequences
were apprehended. The news of his death
came as a shock to everybody. No man
has been more prominent iii the public
affairs of the county than Mr. La Pierre.
He was an old member of the Masonic
fraternity, also warden of the county of
Brant for a number of years,
Four More Protests riled.
Tonmero, July 31.—Four more protests
were filed yesterday representing, the con-
stituencies of South Brant, represented by
Hon. A. S. Hardy; North Lanark, won
from the Reformers at the general election
by R. J. Preston, Conservative; Center.
Simcoe, represented by Paton, Reformer;
and Kingston, where Dr. Smythe defeated
Hon, Win. Harty by one vote. This makes
fourteen protests in all, of which eight are
against Liberal seats, five against Conser-
waive, and one against a P.P.A. member.
A Ticket Agent Skips Out.
MONTREAL, July 31.—George Patch, a
well-known young ticket agent who was
employed at the Windsor Hotel ticket
stand in this city, has cleared out leaving
considerable liabilities behind him. Patel;
had been leading a high life for some time
'and as he only received a moderate salary
he was unable to stand the pace. It is
supposed he has gone to the States. His
indebtedness here will amount to over
$5,000.
Twelye-Xear-Old Girl Drowned,
ORARIADITETOWN, July 31.
Winnie, Me -Lean, aged 12, daughter of J.
McLean, M.P., Souris, fell over a bridge
at Hillsboro' river, Alonnt Stewart, and
was drowned. She was visiting her armee,
and crossed abridge to the post -office with
another little girl. It is supposed that on
her return she leaned too far over the rail-
ing of the bridge.
Prince Calatzin Will Visit the Northwest,
Mcalranare July L.—Prince Galatzin,
the Russian ' nobleman who is now on a
visit to Canada, arrived here from Quebec,
and in the afternoon he met ex -Lieut. -
Governor Royal, of the Northwest, and
Mr. Dain, M.P. and made arrangements
fermi tour of the Northwest. lie will leave
for there to -day.
Drakesman lenied at Little York,
TORONTO, July M. --Themes Klein a G.
T. R. larakeemae, who resided on Edward,
street, East Toronto, was killed by a fall
from the top of a freight trein at Little
York yesterdey, The tetiti had just started
for the city. Itiely had been a brakesnaan
for three years. He leaves a wife and
thtee children.
Grain Illevator Destroyed.
LISTOwEL, Out,, jnly BI. --V esterd ay
fire brolse out in A, etoyee'e grain elevator
which Was totally destroyed, together with
a large etnount of wheat and oats, The
fire Was eaused by young lads with
matches and. cigars. The insurance will
ptobably cover ties lose.
Billed by ii Grand Trunk Train,
Mosenteete July 31,—James
aged 40 'ream was killed last night while
attempting to get on a Grand Ttutik train ,
at Wellington street. He slipped and fell,
and the train *tett over hie body, killing
him almost instantly.
NWS .T7IOB9:AWEEK
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Ii4I4010,0,
TherQsentorrkaaypas,
passed the
1
Sidi -Anarchist bill 200 to 30,
James Eaton & (4,- Toronto,have
assigned, with liabilities of e182,0.
Elgin Snider was droned while bathing
in the Greed rivereiear Brantford.
Ottawa's three 'electric lighting ()matte.
ales were on Saturday Amalgamated into
The heat is excessive in Europe, and
many deaths from sunstroke Are reported..
The Thiegyella Line Wednesday reduced
its steerage passage rates from New York
to $12.
Extensive experiments with an under-
ground trolley are to be made in Wash-
it*Ttl'electors ' of Oldeoutiini and Sagaii'i
nay voted Thursday le favor of repeal of
the Scott act.
Ten thousand people Attended the Win-
enipeg Exhibieion Thursday. It wits Citi -
sous' Day. .
AI ertha Johnston, aged 18, a domestic,
was drowned in - Hum ber bay Seturday
afternoon,
The 200th anniversary of the establieli.
meet of the Bank ot England 'was cele-
brated' Friday,
Widespread destrdetiole Of crops by hae.
Winds is reported in Kansas end Nebraska.
one company,
The conviction and sentence of Jelin Y.
McKane have been sustained by the New
York Court of Appeal.' ,
"Con" Beery, a life convict, who killed
a Montreal -Policeman . in 1875, died in
Kingston peefteetiary, Friday.
Archduke William Of , Austria was
thrown; from a horse and killed Sunday
afternoon in Bielen, near Vienna. '
Ohislers is spreaeing with alarming ra.
pidity in Austrian Galicia.. Traffic across.
the Russian, frontier has been prohibited.
A. E. Forte' was Thursday sentenced to
a year's imprisonment : for embezzling
from time City of Winnipeg's sinking fund..
,
AtDeytestowe, Pa., Phureday Wallace
Burt, a lielf breed Indian; was hanged for
the murder of an old couple named Right.;
ley.
Mexico has asked Chili: to join in a
monetary conference to consider. the estale
liehment Of a ratio between gold and 'sib
James Richardson of the wholesale leath-
er firm of Hue, Richardson & Co., was run
over and killed by a train at Longueuil,
Que.
John Dineen, an elderly man, was run
down by a trolley in Toronto. Thursday,
receiving injuries which caused his death
that evening.
Reports from Illinois, Iewa, Michigan.
Wisconsin, Nebraska and Kansas show
that the heat on Thursday was the great-
est in years.
While repairing a fence at Castleford,
Renfrew county, R. Ferguson, a wealthy
farmer, was struck by lightning and in-
stantly killed
Fierce forest fires are reported in Sloane
County, B. C. The towns of New Denver,
Three Forks and Watson were almost com-
pletely destroyed,
While playing on a raft at Brookville
Friday afternoon Leo Shinnick, agedseven
years, was drowned. His body- has not
yet been discovered.
The' schooner Katie Me was seized at
Halifax Saturday, a =Monts officer having
found four fourteen quarter cages of rum
contained in the hold.
Twenty-one head of cattle on the Ex-
perimental Farm at Brandon, Mann., have
been slaughtered, owing to the existence
of tuberculosis among the herd. -
Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady
Churchill passed through Montreal Satur-
day en route to the Pacific coast in the
C. P. R. private ear, "Iolanthe."
The British bark Wni."Le Chaure has
been wrecked off Cape St. James on Pro.
vest Island, 600 miles from Singapore.
The entire crew of thirteen men were
drowned.
The Sultan of Morocco has arrested
Muley Omar, his brother, in order to break
up a conspiracy at Fez to overthrow him.
Muley Omar is said to have been at the
head of de plotters.
In the United States Senate Friday
afternoon the motion of Mr. Gorman that
the tariff bill should be sent back to eons
ference without instruction was adopted
by a viva yOee vote.
Hamilton Board of Education decided
Friday night to " sell the Pearl, Market,
Wellington and Hunter street schools, and
to build two ten-roont schools, one in each
enaioftrLb
he ocibty.
Sdneformerly of Toronto, whose
wife was found shot to death at Nanaimo,
B. 0., on June 8 last, and who was arrested
neitt day, has been released on $500 bail.
This is thouglit to be the end of proceed-
ings against Lobb.
Acontract hbeen closed. between F.
E. Hickley of Chicago and the Niagara
Power & Development Company of Model
Oily, N. Y. for the placing of $5,000,000
worth of the company's bonds.
Bradstreet's states that 82 business fell-
ures were reported from the Dominion of
Canada for the past week ngainst 43 last
week, 33 in the week a year ago, 22 two
years ago and 20 three years ago.
The Keewatin Water Power Company
expect to furnish power for Winnipeg es-
tablishments over electric wires from their
new dam. " The current will have to ba
transmitted over 140 miles of wire.
The body of Patrick Purcellesthe disap-
pearance of which over three .etirs ago
created widespread interest, has been
found floating in the River St Lawrence
below Hopkins' point, near Dundee.
Metchant E. Perry, 16 years old, wee
arrested Thursday at Fort Wayne'Lid.,
for threatening to blow up the biggest
boildiag in the town, He ie a reader of
dime novels, and has studied Clienitstry.
The steam yacht Alert of Clayton was
cut in two in a collision with the steamer
Islander at Rotind Island Park, River St.
Lawrenee, Friday. The seven passengers
and creW of the Alert wore rescued.
Wm. Martin, an ex -convict, and one of
the most skilful counterfeiters in the
United States,.'w is arreeted in New York
Friday while hi the act of making counter-
feit silver dollars, lie was held hi $5,000
Charles Wilson; colored, aged 24 ypers,
was hanged at SI. Louis Thursday for the
murder of another negro moiled Mose
Iledgee. The murder Was occasioned by
jealousyover the affections of •a colored
girt
The United States treasury lost Thurs.
day $2,300,000 in geld, including $2,e00,-
000 at New York and $100,000 at Boston,
for export. This drain on the gold re-,
serve reduced it to 858,036.000, the lowest
point ever reached,
Agnes Riddle, the ' 0,year-old daughter
of John Riddle, engineer at the Crelele.
pomp houses at Datinville, was drovened in
the canal at ti) at tOwn tlinTailay. She
was playing on the pier and accidentally
fell into the water.
GREAT BARGAINS
Boy:
roorrwicem.,
3 pair boy's boots No r,
$1 85, for $r oo ; 5 pair boy's.
boots Nos. i, 2, and 5 $r 50 for
50c ; 2 pair Misses' boots No. 2
$1 ao for 50c; 2 pair Men's
Gaiters No. 9 $2 25 for $x 25;
2 pair plow boots Nos. 9 and io •
$2 20 for $e oo ; I pair lace
boots No 9$2 85 for $1 5o ;
pair waterproof boots No. S
$2 75 for $1 75.
Also a lot of Ladies' and
Misses' prunella lace boots rang-
ing in price from $r 40 per pair.
Will sell them for 25c. per pair.
Come and get them not
later than • this week. The
above are odd pairs left and
they'must be sold for CASH.a]
For all regular goods, pro-'
duce will be taken. Best quality"
wanted. ,
Eggs 9c. Butrer 16c.
J P. CLARKE.
DIARIEBT REPORTS.
AReter, August, let 1894.
Pall wheat per bush. — $ 54 $ 50
Spring wheat per bush.. ... 54 58
Barley per bush-- .., . 36 35
Oats per bush 25 38
Peas per bush 62 53
Flour per bbl. 409 4,20
Apples per bag,........ 76 85,
Potatrna per bag 40 40
Efay t cr ton 600 7 Oil
.300 351)
NV 00,1per cord soft..2 00 2 25,
Butter per lh..............,15 15.
Eggs per dozen........„.. ..... 9 8
Turkeys per lb 9 9 "
Pork verbundred 6 GO 625
Frogs, live weight... ....... 4. 60 4 50
Geese i . ....... „........ . . ...... 5 6,
Ducks 6 7'
Chicks... ....... ........ ..... .. . .. 5 5
Woodper card hard...........
London, August ist ,18941
Wheat,whiteefall, $ 98 to 91 00'
Wheat, red; fall. per 100 lbs...,,, 98 to 1 00'
Wheat.spnng, peri0Olbs 98 to 1 00
Oats. per 100 1 16 to 1 18 -
Peas, per 100 lbs.... ..... 90 to a 00
Corn, aerie° . . ... 95 to 1 00'
Barley, per 1061 ba 86 to '95
Rye. per 100 lbs. . .......... 1 00 toh 1 00,
Buckwheat, per 10. ....... . 90 to11-00
Beets, per bus. . I CO to 1 10
Fggs, fresh, single doz... . .. n to 12
Eggs, fresh, basket, per doz10 to 10
Eggs, fresh, store lots, per des 8 to 9
Butter,single rolia,per 20 to 22
utter.perlb,1 lb rolls,baskets 20 to 20
B utter, per lb. large rolls or
crocks .. 18 to 20
Butter,perib, tub or firkins 18 to 18
Lard. per lb 11 to 42_
Chickens, per pair . 50 to 79
... . 70 to 80,
Turkeys. 8 to Sc tvei•IliTea.e.h...... 60 to 1 73
Toronto, Angeselst 1894'
Wheat, white, per bus..... .... 9 58 to $ 59
Wheat, spring, per bus .. - .. • ......60-
45tt to 4660
Wheat, red winter, per bus-- 59 to dO
Wheat, goose, per bus 56 to 56
Barley. per bus .. . .. .
Oats, per bus.. .. . 34 to 36
Pens................ . . ....... 55 to 58
Butter, per lb
Eggs per dozen
Hay.
17 t000 o 2225
. . ..... '13 00 to 9 00
pDorteasstnedesbo Jeer bag 6 2500 tic ic, 6 5000
,
41••••
Beware of Green Fruit.—Now that the -
heal ed tcrm is appreachinepeople should
pay rartieel sr attevtion to their diet, above
all thmge ner iding enmipe Oust end stele -
vegetables, which inusmishly bring on
Cramps, Choleric Da orbits, Diarrhoea.
Children are particularly subject to coin --
plaints of that kind, and no mother can
feel safe with( ut a tattle of Perry Davis'
Pain Klee): within easy rtach. It is a eafe
ante, and speedy cure for the dieorderte
aamed, and no family medicire chest is
complete without it. Ash it r the Big
25e. Bottle.
DR. SI-IOUL'I'S,
CENTRALIA. .
Office opposite Methodist Parsonage.
TwICKETT M. D. C. M.,
° Trinity University SI.. D. 'Toronto'-
iv
Er 'ay. Office, Ceediten.
KINSMAN, DENTIST,
r,D,s.spEarat/sT in GOLD PILL--
'INS, EXTRA T IN G, and
PLATE WORK. Gas and local
Anaesthetics for Painless exe
trashing. Cud door north of '
CARLIN G'S Store
ALToN ANDERSON D.D. S
_IL/ • L.D. S. Honor Graduate of the'
von to II/live) sity an d Royal College of Hen aid
Surgeons, of Ontario. SPrcialties, painless
extroation and preservation of the ratural
teeth. Office over the LawOffice or Elliot ,te
Elliot, opposite Central Hotel, Exeter, Ont.
110P1 AGNEW L. D. S.DENTIST,
0LIN1 0N.
Will be at Greb'e hotel Zurich:
on the second Thursday of each
'month and at leodgin's hotel'
ilensall °yore' mender.
an always
Be Dressed Well
,q If he goes to the proper
We have a large range of Pat-
terns to choose from — Natty'
Tweeds, Serg,ee and Worsteds,
made up in aily style, and fitting:
the custoMers eo well that heti-
Mate friends do not scruple to
ask who made your Suit. Our
customers never hesitate - but:
answer with a knowing smile,,
J-01-11\TS
The Tailor.
OVERCOATSt
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