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The Exeter Times, 1894-8-16, Page 4B E.:1! El TJ.MEt Established in 18771 Government they have nothing ONT1 ,rt. ..merWe S'‘ VEIL" BANKM, EXETUR, Trittentete iteaeralbanleinttleastness, eceines the A.ecouuto o efelonante and 0 ta eve ots f severable t ernes . Offere miry aeooramodatien oensietent with mates and swag creative banking prenotpleee Tie terea t Allowed on &Tonto, Drafts issued payable at any tofnee o the Merototata Bank, Nonns Descounenn, and Minnie no LOAN Z ie NOTES and MORTGAGES. wassieteaseessersoptiesetseeirssessussmotessessou. • xptlqit triietJ. TEIURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1894. Let the People Elect Registrars. One of the Reforms demanded bythe Patrons of Industry, as well as by the Conservative party, is that all registrars of deeds, &c., should be elected by the people, and that when their emoluments exceed a reasoe able sum, say about a thousand dollars a year, the sur- plus shall be handed over to the county to lessen municipal taxat- ion. It was this manifestly fair proposition that so many farmers in South Huron voted against when they voted for Mr. McLean and against Mr. Weismiller in June. But Mr. Mowat says the Pat- rons and the Conservatives shall not have their way in the matter. He says that the people must not be permitted to elect these officials, and that he must be permitted to continue the system of appoint- ment because the people are apt to elect bad men, &c. It is not unfair to assume, at, , that Sir Oliver refuses to make this change not so much bee.a use he fears the people are unable to take care of themselves but because the machine element of his party de- sire that he shall hold the offices at his disposal and that the emolu- ments shall remain high and because he himself does not wish to lose the power over the machine element and the loose fish that the possession of such patronage gives him. No prominent man in the ranks is likely to oppot.e the party, even if he knows them to be wrong, and to be injuring the pub licewhen such opposition -is sure • to . destroy the chances he may think he has of securing such a high salaried office. It is safe to say that there are dozens of men in the County of Huron waiting for the genial old Sheriff, Mr. Gibbons, to drop off—may he live to be zoo years old!—in the expectation of securing the office. It is safe also to say that not one of these men does not know and feel that the government of Sir Oliver Mowat long ago ceased to be a reform government. But it would be idle to expect any of 'them to oppose any of his candidates in either of the three ridings, for such opposit- ion and expression of principle would be sure to deprive him of any chance he might believe he had of succeeding to the office on the demise of its present incum- bent which event, let us again hope is far distant. It is thus that the machine element is kept in line even when Sir Oliver forgets that he is the head of a nominally re- form government and becomes more Tory than any premier Cana da has eve: had. By keeping all these appointments in his own hands and taking from the muni cipalities many others which were given them at Confederation, Sir Oliver has managed to keep him- self in power, and by permitting his parliamentary supporters to take these offices themselves, he has held out inducements to them to support him in any measure he proposed; and almost all his most important acts, while professedly reforms, have been in reality re a.ctionary and against the public interests. There is no reason why a registrar should not be elected by the people, nor is there any reason why he should be appointed by the government. Everyone who ever purchased, sold or mortgaged a piece of real estate knows what a registrar's duties are. They are such as any careful man could at- tend to. In fact, in nine cases out OZ ten the registrars do nothing. They hire assistants at very Small salaties—$4op or fioo a year—who do every bit of the werk, which is nothing more than to enter into hooks copies of all deeds, mort- gages, &a., as they are furnished them by the lawyers, arid to per- mit lawyers and othe.:s to search these books to ascertain who are owners, mortgagers, &c, of lands. It is simply an old fossil idea that ticese offices •arc yery important and that the official must be highly paid. Their duties are wholly with and for the people of the country. With the administration whatever to do.. Therefore the TimEs holds that the people whose work they do and who pay them by fees, should say who these officials shall be and what their salaries. The Government should have nothing to do with appoint- ing them, or with fixing their corn- pensation because their duties have nothing to do with provincial affairs, Let the Farmers of the County of Miran look at what some of these gentlemen get. After all expenses of clerks, &c., were paid the sheriff of Carleton County in 1893 got $2,345; Dufierin Co., $2,089; Elgin, $3,o94; Essex, $3.- -075; Grey,,.$4,.4751 • Hastings, $3 e 38t; Huron, $2,294; Kent, $2,829; La.mbton, $2,443; Lincoln, $2,- 716; Oxford, $3,o3x; Toronto East, $8,xo8: Toronto West, $,439; Welland, $3,382, and so on throughout the province. The farmers of the County of Huron ha.ye a hard enough time to make both ends meet, and many Aof them to keep up appearances have even to pay fees to the Huron registrar for the recording of the mortgages they give on their farms. It is a pity that at the late election some of them did not consider what they were doing when they voted for Mr. McLean who is pledged to support through thick and thin Sir Ohyer Mowat, the man who, hav- ing got into office as a reformer, has taken power from the people, increased their taxation and tried to make himself a little "King of Ontario." Bribery is wrong, but people like farmers who have to work so hard to make a living should study their own interests when sending men to Parliament. If they do not lo ok out for them- selves they may be sure the poli tician, bound to follow his leader, will r ot. of the affairs in of the Provcial ilea out itagestion with it X. the Inent when the seerets of the camp • Great Cheonee sign. are all divulged' WHO IS WHO? Hee. Mr. Laurier has not always been a free trader. In 1876 he said in the Reuse of Commons: :'What my honorable friend bas said as to my protective proclivities is per- fectly true, and I do not deny that have been a protectionist, which I am still. It is aeserted by many, aed assumed by others, that free trade is a Liberal prin- ciples and protection a Conservatiye prin- ciple. I beg to dissent from thie doctrine "If I were in Great Britain I would avow free trade; but I am a Canadian, Wan and resident here, End I think that we require protection. It may be eaid, then, this was not the real object in view: but I care little fo- the motive—I only regard the results. We have a .the„ pres,ent inn q. sole' ie nen ,. petite , taiiffeenticille 'firoinefidei for' datikaitin manufacturers against foreign competition. But that is not all. Against the English competitor he has the difference of freight in his favor, and against the American competitor he has the difference in the price of labor. We have -within ourselves the ability to create an industry. If it be shown that we cannot maintain it, unless by legis- lation, either in the way of premium , or prohibitory tariff, then I should be ready to take that into consideration." --Farm- er's Sun. NOTES AND COMMENTS in the Eastern andMiddle States farm properbydepreciated in value in the last ten years by 10.06 per cent. In the Southern States there was an increase of 40.68 per cent. These conditions can- not continue long without re- storing to that portion of the Republic below Mason and Dixon's line its old political supremacy. x x 'Let us insist upon the principalof one language and one school system west of the Ottawa, and Quebec will, ere many years have gone by, be compelled by circumstance to fall into line, too. That Province cannot always remain isolated from the Dominion with whieli it is politically, and the continent to which it is commercially, united. x x x • , •4,1. -.1 FOUR WERE DROWED. FilJDDART IN REPLY! RETAIN FAVOI1SCIIINA near Wallatieburg, ND A Sad itatality on the Sydenham Elver V WALLACEBORG, Out.. Aug. 'eery 1 The Promoter of the Fast steameho IScheme Answers the Aliens, HIS INTERVIEW WITH DUNLOP The natter, nee. Hutidart Claims, A dtalt, ted That it Would be to Their Interests to Discredit the Scheme -Twenty nuotts s a Safe Speed, • Lennon, Aug. 14.—jaines E. liuddart nee belief promoter of the Canadian' Pa- cific Mail line to Anstralia has sent a long letter to the Times rebutting the Allan steamship company's arguments against the peoposed service. He details an inter- view had with Mr. Robert Allan and Mr. Dunlop in which Mr. Dunlop seid; "It is our busineee to discredit your project, but if you are going to succeed' we cannot af- ford to be out Of it." Mr. Allan admitted the discovery that the company opposed the scheme would greatly discount any arguments the company brought against it. Mr. Hucidart contends that the letter sent by the Aliens to the London Times on August 11 is a skilful itud adroit effort to nill the scheme in London, He denies that Canada insisted upon a speed of 20 knots an hour. Even, if that stipulation were made, he says there is no more lia- bility to disaster with a speed of 20 knots than with a speed of 10 knots where ice and rocks are concerned. In conclusion he says that the moment is opportune in every way to ' begin the new seiviee. One of his reasons is that the present liners and those Whiele the American com- pany will shortly float are not likely to be surpassed for many years except by those projected for the Canadian service. Mr. Geo. McPhe rson, of Stratford, waited upon Mr. McNeill, the member elect for South Perth two days after the election and asked him if he intended to support the Mowat Government? Mr. McNeil replied, "that it was his intention to support all measures whicn he considered in the interests of the country, no matter from which side of the House they emanated." "Then," said Mr. McPherson. "a protest will et once be entered against your election." —Mitchell Advocate. x x On the eye of the late election the Canadian Freeman, Archbishop Cleary's organ, showed in detail how many thousand dollars of Ontario's money Mr. Harty has secured for Kingston. It then called upon the electors to ask themselves if a man, who had done so much for them as a private member, would not be able to do a good deal more as a Cabinet Member. And yet the Globe cannot recall one instance in which Ontario's strong box has been used for the purpose of influencing elect- ions. What does it call this?—Toronto News, x x x Mr. McLean in the Huron e; xpositor, speaking of the South Huron protest aays: "Thies is the first Provincial "election petition that hat ever "been filed in the county of Huron." This speaks volumes for our old friend Bishop who has conducted many campaigns, while it seems not so creditable to Me. McLean, who has gone through but one, To think that the hitherto good record of South Huron should at this late day be broken it cause for regret, and the many honest olcl Reformers will stare -with arteezese FROM THE CAPITAL Prince Galitzlen Pays a Visit to General Herbert -The Fast Mail Line. Orrawa, Aug. 14.—Prince Gregorire Galitzien, Premier of the Russian Council of the Senate, arrived in the city yesterday. He does not speak English, but Slavonic, German and French. To a reporter he explained there was not political or inter- national significance in his visit to Canada. He was simply on a pleasure tour, He called upon Major General Herbert, who also said that there was nothing of public importance in the visit of the prince, but that the prince and he were old acquaint- ances. The prince has expressed his pleasure at what he has seen of Canada. He left last night on the Soo train for the west, The Journal says: "It will probably be a blessing in one sense to Canada if alarm about the safety of navigat- ing at high speed the St. Law- rence Gulf . prevents Mr. Htiddart getting capital in England for the proposed line to which Canada is pledged to give three-quarters of a million dollars a year for ten years, and half a million a year after that. Most peowle feel, we think, that this country can hardly afford eight or ten million dollars to cut down by two days the time of her trans-Atlantic steam - v., '%1 ,tt -I The Aberdeens at Pietou, N.S. Preemie N.S., Aug. 14.—The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen arrived by the "Northumberland" from Prince Edward Island yesterday. They were met at the wharf by large crowds, who cheered lus- tily. Thence they were conducted by the Mayor and aldermen, Senator Primrose and John McDougall, ALP., to the front entrance of the custom house, where a large platform had been erected. Here an address of welcome was read and the band played and children sang the National Anthem. The Earl in a few words thank- ed the assemblage for the hearty greeting of welcome. He and Lady Aberdeen were much pleased with the tokens of loyalty and love shown. Three little girls pre- sented the vice -regal visitors with bouquets and for their pretty act were rewarded with kisses. The Oddfellows were present in regalia. Five Thieves Sentenced. WINDSOR, Aug. 14.—Martin Gannon, John Drayer, and Radolph Millbank of Detroit were caught early Sunday morning by the police preparing to row over to Detroit with a bag containing game sand fancy fowls which had been stolen at Te- cumseh yesterday. Magistrate Barnet sentenced Gannon to four months and the other two to three months in the Cen- tral at Toronto. The thievery of valuable fowls from North Essex has been going on for some time. Incendiary Fires in Aylmer. AYLMER, Out., Aug, 14.—On Sunday evening about 11.15 a fire occurred on the premises of Messrs. Doupe and Alexander Milne, burning both gentlemen's barns. It was evidently the work of an incendiary. Insurance on Doupe's barn $200 and $50 on Milne's; total loss, $500. Much excite- ment is prevalent over the affair as of late several fires of an incendiary character have taken place and as yet no conviction has been secured. O'Brien Will Remain in Newfoundland. Si'. JOHNS, Nfld., Aug. 14.—The Col- onial office requests Sir Terence O'Brien to contiren to occupy governorship of Newfoundland another year, although the term expires in November, when his age compels him to retire from service. The British authorities waive that in his behalf being desirous to avail of his ser- i:does in managing Newfoundland affairs. It is understood the Governor will agree, Firemen' Convention in Montreal. Monism, Que., Aug, 14.—A large number or delegates to the Great Fire Chiefs Convention which opens in this city to -day, arrived by boat last evening and were given a cordial reception by the local committee. The Convention will last for the rest of the week and a num- ber of important topics will be discussed. Delegates will be present from all parts of the 'United States and. Canada. sad drowning a0Oldent happened: on the north branch of the Sydenbane near Thernyhurst about seven Miles nbone Wallaceburg. Two daughters of Henry Winters and hie grendebild, a promising girl of about twelve years of age, daugh- ter of Captain M, Sherwood Of this town had been visiting at 'Wm. McAllister; a son-in-law of Mr. Winters, and were re- turning home, calling on a Ur. Johnson, an elderly name who lives on the east side of the river below Mr. Winters, to ferry them over. I -le readily complied. Mrs. Johnson waited BOMB time for hey hus- band's return, cud becoming anxious she went out to the river bank and noticed the boat floating off some distance away but no one in sight. Searehewas humediately made when three hate were found. On .further search the. four bodies were rem-ered. Exactly how the accident occurred will never be known as no one saw it. This whole community as the friends of the drownedaalftail:•renelhlakscauon: gloom over the sad nIlled His Wife anti Stitch -Led. KALAMAZoO, Mich., Aug. 14,—C. W. Brainard shot and killed his wife at Viclon burg yesterday and then killed himself with another shot. Mrs. Brainard lied re. cently commenced divorce proceedings against her husband and this is the alleged cause for the double tragedy. Drowning at ningston. ElINGSTON, Aug. 14.—Peter Roberts, a eon of the captain of tin American canal boat that is in port, Was drowned last evening. nanitretteler Mercier Vol 111. Moterettan Aug. 14.--Ex-Premier Mere elm: WAS erery low last night and, is not expeeted to last much longer. TRYING TO CORNER CHEESE. Montreal Cheese Buyers Creating Alarm on the Other Side. WATERTOWN,,1),T, Y., Aug. 14.—Accord- ing to the authoritative statement of a salesman at Ogdebsburg yesterday, Mon- treal cheese buyers are making a united effort to produce a corner he the cheese market for their own special benefit. The news nes, ereated intense interest in this big dairy country. Warrington. Ayres and the wealthy cheese buyers of Montreal, it is said, have already filled their large cold storages and have ominneeeen renting cold storages about the country. They have agents se - miring Canada and Northern New York. Derbyshire and Smart have men in Jefferson and Lewis counties instructing makers as to the kind of cheese they want. The eyndeleate are buying to hold, expect- s rise in the market. CHAMPION SWORD CONTEST. Major McGuire Defeats Campbell, lb, Canadian Swordsman. PHILADELPHIA., Aug. 14.—Major A. J. McGuire champion broad -swordsman of the United States, and X. R. Cainnbello, cham- pion of Canada met at the Winter Circus building last night in armour and on horse- back in a broadsword contest for the cham- pionship of America and a purse. The con- ditions of the match were the best out of 30 points and McGuire had made 8 points and Campbell° four,' when the latter re- ceived a blow on the right arm that dis- abled trim. and McGuire won by nine points to four. MR. CONMEE'S HEAVY LOSS. His Extensive Lumber Mills at Fort Arthur Destroyed by Fire. WINNIPEG, --Men., Aug. 14.—A Port Arthur despatch says Conmee's extensive lumber mills there were destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, $30000. The electric light plant of the town was also burned. Celebrated the Relief of Derry. PETERBORO, Cat., Aug..14.—The cele- bration of the anniversary of the relief of Derry took place here .yesterday. The kcal Prentice Boys, Orangemen and True Blues have been on the alert and their programme was fully carried out in the best. Each lodge as it arrived was wel- comed and taken to a hotel. The first lodge to arrive was Lindsay, then Lake - field, Young's Point, Buckhorn and Bridge- north. At 11 o'clock a big excursion from Toronto arrived per G. T. R. and another one immediatelyfollowedon the C. P. R noon express. There was a big contingent of the visitors. The decorations were nu- meroua and between Simeon' and Char- lottetown gorge- were general and tasty. The procession took place at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon and was a creditable one. There was about 500 in line and their marching and decorum was excellent. It left the Central park where a large crowd had gathered. After an hour's march the procession returned to the park where the Orangemen were addressed by a number of speakers. The Foresters at Waterloo. WATERLOO, Aug. 14.—The fourth an- nual demonstration of the Canadian Order of Foresters of District No. 2 was held here yesterday. The local Foresters be- longing to Court Enterprise No. 2, having the management of it. The proceedings opened with the reception of visiting courts, bands and visitors, who poured in by rail from all directions. Prof. Mc- Donnell performed on a high wire stretched across King street, doing many difficult feats such -as riding a bicycle, etc. One of those immense parades for which the Foresters' celebrations are noted started from the market square in the afternoon to the beautiful athletic grounds of West- side park, where the games and sports were held. The bands of Berlin, Brant- ford, Galt, Listowel, Tavistock and 'Water- loo were also in line. The sports were at- tended by between 4,000 and 5,000 people and furnished a good afternoon's enjoy- ment for the large crowd present. Barn Burned Near Burford. BURFORD, Ont., Aug. 14.—The barn of Mr.• John H. Jull, situated about three miles southeast of this village, was yester day destroyed by fire caused from a spark of a threshing engine. The fire origi- nated in a straw stack close to the barn, and immediately after the fire was die. covered the whole bonding was in flame; So intense was the heat that they were unable to get out the threshing machine, but succeeded in getting out most of the live stock. The barn, was filled with grain, implements, etc The loss is estimated at about $4,000, which is partly covered by insurance. Destructive Fire at Thorold. Tnonoi.o, Out., Aug. 14.—Yesterday fire was discovered in the basement of the brick block on Front street, owned by Miss Urlocker, of Merritton. and occupied by Win. Williams, undertaker, and ;John Urlocker; furniture dealer. Everything in the basement was burned. Between the fire, water and smoke the furniture and undertakers' goodie on the mein floor were badly damaged. Loss on building $1,000, covered by insurance. John teriecker'a loss on furniture $1,000, covered by in - Florence • 'Win. Williams' loee $000, insatred for $44. The cause of the fire Is not known. A 'Vial in of thc Strike. CSICAGO, Aug. 14.—Tho body of en un- known man was found hangiog from a rope at 108th street and the Niekel Plate railway ttacks. From the condition of the eorpse it is thought the suicide or murder was committed at least two weeks aeo. The police think that the remains Why Her Sympathies Are With the OelestialS in the Struggle. ftkPORT OF A BIG NAVAL EIGHT Twenty -One Large Men -of -War and Many Small Craft Bogaged-Further Con- firmation of the 'yellow Coat Story -The Attack at Wel.Iftsi"Wel,„ LortnOte, Aug. 10.—A despatch from Tien-Tsin to the Central News: The Em- peror of China has directed that a levy for war tribute be made up on the Viceroys of the different provinces. A foreign -war loan is mooted. Chinese troops with European officers are rapidly advent:in ; through Manchuria toward the Corwin frontier. The Shanghai correspondent of the Cen- tral News says; "According to :entices from Yokohama and Nagasaki Japan ie pouring reinforcements into Corea, for the putpose all available fast ste inset's flying the Japanese flage The Jemeieee newspapers are forbidden to refer to the war preparations or to publish any army news except such as is supplied by the government. "The Japanese aim to attack the Chinese before the arrival of the elanclenrian corps. The Chinese fleet makes no effort to leave the coast. Fast Japanese cruisers are constantly watching," A dispatch to the Times from Tien Tsiu says that the English colony, having peti- tioned that British gunboats be sent there, the Chinese goveninient has ordered the Chinese officials to protect all foreignere and missionaries. LONDON', Aug. 11. —The Standard's cor- respondent in Berlin confirms the United Press desdatch of August 3, announcing that Li Hung Chang had been divested of the Yellow Jacket in consequence of his remissness in prosecuting the war. The correspondent says that his information came from a high diplomatic source and is unquestionably authentic. The Em- peror's object in treating the Viceroy as he did was not to disgrace him in the eyes of the world, but simply to reprove him for his dilatoriness. The rebuke merely sig- nifies that the war is to be prosecuted in earnest and that the Viceroy will be held primarily answerable for the issue. The correspondent learned from the same dip- lomatic source that it is China's intention to continue the war until Japan's strength Is exhausted and shens compelled perhaps by the poweis to sue for mercy and for pardon for the Kow Shing affair which greatly irritated the nation. The Times publishes a letter from Pekin which tells in detail of the Emperor's chafing under the leading strings of the Empress Dowager, and of his constant struggle to take the government in his own hands. The writer says the Emperor's knowledge of English leads him to encour- age lone talks with foreign diplomats, with the result that the diplomatic service is becoming popular. His Majesty has taken the matter of official appointments largely into his own hands and instiperseding in a great measure the Grand Council.. Roane, Aug.11.—The Official Journal announces that the government will main- tain a neutral position in the war between Japan and China. SAN Freartorsco, Aug. 11.—Advices by the steamer City of Pekin say a telegram received at Yokahama from Seoul states that the Russian flee is to be seen on the Island of Getsubitle. It is surmised that Russia has seized it. LONDON, Aug. 13.—The British dailies continue to publish vehement denuncia- tions of Japan. Every repulse of the Japanese in Corea or Corean waters is welcomed editorially as would be a triumph of British arms and every Japanese suc- cess evokes a storm of disapproval and appeals to international law. The opinion of the press are not reflect- ed by the British public. The average Englishmen is either unpartizat or hopes that Japan will humble China in the pres- ent war. Among diplomats and others who speak with authority on Oriental af- fairs, however, there is a feeling of hos- tility and apprehension toward Japan. With few exceptions the men who have lived long at Eastern courts or traveled much in Asiatic countries, while imbued with no love for China, express the be- lief that Japan success in the present struggle would be bound to lead to trouble between England and Russia. LONDON, Aug. 13.—The Shanghai cor- respondent of the Central News has been enabled to obtain from an official Chinese source a full confirmetion of the report that Li Henn. Chang had been reproved and degraded by the Emperor for dilatori- ness in prosecuting the war The corre- spondent says: "The Emperor expressed his displeasure at the backward condition of the forces, censured Li Hung Chang for remissness, and in a secret degree deprived him of the yellow coat and the peacock feather and reduced him in rank three degrees. Nevertheless Li Hung Chang re- tains office inasmuch as he has been given entire charge of the naval and mili- tary forces and enjoys all the privileges of Viceroy." The correspondent says that the inci- dent is entirely comprehensible to any- body conversant with Chinese customs. At -the hour when the Central News cor- respondent sent his despatch a stubborn figrit between Japanese warships and part of the Pei -Wang squadron was reported to be in Progress. Twenty-one large men -of - War and many small craft were engaged. The Japanese are reported to have lost heErily, although it is not known that they have lost any of their shins. There is no news to indicate which fleet has the advan- tage. Another desnatch from Shangai, says: It hi reported that 26 ships were engaged in the attach on Wei -Mt -Wei. Whether or not all were warships is not known. The forts and rentals exchanged about 50 shone The forte fired badly ; their simile fell short or vide. The attaches it is thought, were a i'lk;f$ to draw fire in order to weer/Ant the strettent and position of the (.,:ioieege gime, No damage Is reported to have bees dee.' at either Wei -Hai -Wei or Port Anew, Two email Chinese gun. home were eigntel Aug. 0 speeding to- wards Ties -Tette mow?. fet, Fruit Growers, Lonnore, Aug, l--Woodall's report (an enthority) eve the prospect of the Canadian apple trade in Great Britain for thee year is unneually brilliantIt is said, that the prospects for the trade are even better than iv, the bonanza years of 1801 and 1892. The report, farther states that there is scarcely any fruit worth an tention In the British Isles or on the eon- tinent awl that the nu ortation of apples P tire those of a nian who took the place of Mast necesserily be !leave. ilroac t railroad r r. NEWS TOMO OF A WEEK. The Itlipertnnt? Eyelets in is Few Word. For BIM Reader* M.P. for Verelter- aabez Spencer Balfour will be extradited from Brazil. Italy announces that she will be neutral in the (Doreen war, Grasshoppers. are playing great havoc with the cornfields of Tennessee. The Queen of Corea has been granted Russian protection in case of emergeney, The Pullin= company intends to evict Its striking sttriking tenants - for nort-payment of Despatches from Washington indicate tilaever. t thet a r :I muddle is in a worse state than The will of a Bavarine vroman provides ofnw aut50elsaOlpeace, be expended in the cause Crop prospects in the United States are gloomy, according to a report just. issued from Washington. A firm at Sioux City, Iowa, has been: slaughtering -cheap ranch horses and selling the meat as dried beef. A nine-year-old son of Edward °mime, South London, fell from a tree on Satur- day anti broke Isis neck. Mr. Seagram's horse, Saragossa, won the third race at Saratoga Friday, defeating John Cooper, the favorite. Two barns in Strathroy, owned by Mrs. T, Moore, felloeceeter street, Toronto, have been destroyed by fire. - The Berlin Tageblatt says France has one fared to co-operate with the Russian fleet in the China -Japan trouble. 'British iniports decreased £1,450,000 and exports £1,250.000 last -month as coin pared with July last year. An official report says that 2,504 per- sons died of the black plague in Hong Kong during the recent epidemic. Two homing pigeons owned by Mr. Jas. Gairdner made the flight from Montreal to Toronto on Saturday in eleven hours. - Manitoba prohibitionists talk of contest- ing the constituencies in which they are strong at the next provincial elections. R. G. Dun & Co. report 51 business fail- ures in Canada the past week against 25 in the corresponding week last year. At Dixon's Hill on the eighth concession of Markham John Forester, a young farm- er, was drowned while, bathing in a pond. Carl H. Maxwell, a foreman of trolley linemen, was killed in Jersey City, N.J., 'Friday by a live wire. A horse was also killed. ' Sandow, the strong man, was married in Manchester, Eng., Thursday to Blanche Brooks, daughter of a Manchester photo - gr. . Eleven lives were lost by the wreck of a train on the Chicago, Rock Island & Peen fioRailroad near Lincoln, Neb., Thursday night. A London cable says the Scotch credi- tors of James Eaton & Co. of Toronto have consented to a settlement of the firm's din. ficultielso. The ss of sealers in the Arctic Ocean is denied at San Francisco. The reports of great loss of life were sent out by an tuare• liable news agency. Guelph City Council has passed a bylaw providing for the construction of an elec- t= railway in that city next year by Mr. George Sleeman. In the senior singles at the N.A.A.O. re- gatta at Saratoga Bush, Thompson was de- feated by Koenig of St. Louis, and Russell by Hawkins of Saratoga. James Rosamond, the founder of the woollen industries in Almonte, and father of B. Rosamond, M.P., died Thursday morning, in his 90th year. Benjamin Rhodes, a civil and electrical engineer, who recently came to Toronto from Niagara Falls, committed suicide in Toronto Sunday by asphyxiation. The villages in Sicily destroyed by earth - 'quake a few days ago will be rebuilt by the Italian government, and the taxes of the inhabitants will be remitted. Annie, the four-year-old daughter of Hugh Fitzsimmons, Chatham, set fire to her dress while playing with matches and received injuries from which she died. Jake Gaudaur has posted $500 with Mr. H. J. P. Good as forfeit for a match with Thomas Sullivan, the Australian oars- man, now in England, for $1,000 a side. Among the passengers' on board the steamship Sardinian, winch arrived at Montreal Sunday, was Hon. Edward Blake. Mr. Blake is in the best of health. The steamer Algerian met with an acci- dent in the Long Sault Rapids Thursday which necessitated forwarding the passen- gers by train from Cornwall to Montreal. The weevil has done great damage to the wheat crop in sections of New York State. Some fields are yielding as low as six bush- els to the acre as a result of its depreda- tions. An extensive coal mine near Dombrowa. government of Gradno, Poland, is on fire, and several hundred' men are entombed. There is no hope of rescuing the entombed men. The great anarchist trial at Paris came to an end Sunday. All the prisoners were acquitted of the charge of anarchy, but three were convicted of receiving stolen property. Threellistinct shocks of earthquake were felt at Memphis, Tenn. at 11.80 o'clock Thursday morning. Tall buildings sway- ed and windows rattled, but no damage was done. William White, a farmer of Harwich township, was struck by a ef. C. R. train near Fargo Thursday evening and died two hours later. He was deaf and did not hear the train. The Salvation Army cruiser Wm. Booth ran ashore on a reef outside Selkirk Wed- nesday morning, A tug has been sent from Port Colborne to her assistance, All the crew are safe. The Rome police have discovered a re- volutionary band in that city who oorres- pommel regularly . with foreign anatehists. Society wotnen have 'Acted as go-betweens for the correspondents. A Boston deepatch says all the rubber manufactories controlled by the -American Rubber Trust Will shut down September 1 for two weeks or a month, These plants employ 12,000 or 14,000 persons. Four patients from the SS. Balmoral, which arrived at Gransinhurst Thursday from St. Petersburg, are suffering from Asiatics cholera. One of the vessel's Sea- man died the previous day fronnthe dis- ease, A new politioal party has been formed at Los Angeles, California,. called the United Sons of America, The . promoters are ,strong advocates of free silver coinage and G olvtiesisehlitriesinto.rdeoancetrolooeftrormail, wadyaauguntltele- graphterofGeorge M. °Wenn a farmer hying about five miles east of Belkeille, committed suicide Thersday by drowning, kler thee had ref tieed to let her marry David Hone with wheat she was iii love. 1601R6II SALE day for and On Friday and Battu- of this week, 1 will offer cash only, all Union Wool Dress Goods of single fold price. Remember these goods are in every respect soupci and god colors, YOU CAN'T AF- FORD TO MISS THIS OFFER, J. P. CLARKE* at half the selling MARKET REPORTS. azeter, August. 16th i89 Fall wheat verbushe - $ 54 $ 58 Spring wheat per bush 54 55 Barley per bush , 35 35 Oats per bush . ........... 36 30' Peas per bash. 52 50' Flour per bbl 400 420 Apples per bag......... 75 85. Potatees per bag 40 Hay per ton....................- 600 700' Woodper cord hard ......... 3 00 3 50 W ood peecord soft... 2 00 2 25, Butter per lb.......... ..... 15 15 Eggs per dozen...—. ...... ....... 9 8' Turkeys per lb 9 9, Pork perbundred... —.... 6 00 6 25 Hogs, live weight... 4 50 4 50 Geese " - 5 6 Make 6 7 Chicksz. . - • . 5 6 London, August 16th.18944 Wheat,wkite.fall, 100 lbs $ 98 to $1 00 Whheitest srpng. dInfalIPerPelr1)019910.... 3.... . 9 o 9: to 1 99 W 00 Peas, per 700 90 to 100 Oats , per 100 lbs.............. ....... 1 9156 ttoo 10 Corn, per 100 lbs Barley. per MC lbe - 85 to 95 Rye. per 100 lbs ............ 1 00 to 1 00 Buckwheat,Per NO lbs.. icie to 1 1 e 100 cl0 11 to 12 10 S 20 20 Beets, per bus.... Eggs, fresh, single doz.. ..... Eggs, fresh, basket, Per dok Eggs, fresh, store lots, per doz Butter, single rolls, per lb ... . Butter.perlb,1 lb rolls,baskete Butter, per lb. large rolls or crocks'. Butter,perlb, tub or firkins Lard, per lb....... . . ..... ....... Chickens, per Pair-- ...... Ducks . Turkeys, 8 to 90 verlb: earls ... to 1 to 9, to 22 to 20 eg to 18 to Ii to 50 to 70 to 60 to 2G, 18 12 80 1 75 Toronto, August 16 t b Wheat, white, per bus.......... 58 to $ 59 Wheat, spring; per bus. . , ..66 'to 60 Wheat, zed winter, Per bug-- 59 60 Wheat, goose, per bus 5 J 56 Barley. per bus 4 o Oats, per bus . ......... 34 to 3t, Peso ... 55 to 58. Hay 800 to 900 Eggs per Zen 00 to 25 Butter, per lb 17 to 22' Dressed hogs 6 CO. to 6 50 Potatoes, oar bag 50 to 09. HOOD'S AND ONLY HOOD'S. Are youweak and weary, overworked and iired? Hood's Sarsaparilla is just the' medicine you need to purify and quicken - your blood and give you appetite and - strength. If you decide to take Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced to buy any other. Arty effort to substitute another 'remedy is proof of the merit of ilcod'e. • , Hood's Pine are the best after-dinne. Pills, assist digesition, cure headache. Try a box, Thirty-three Protests - Toronto, Aug. 11.—The election of Mayor Savage, of Rat Pottage, as member for West Algoma, was protested this morning. Savage's majority over names Conmee, Reformer, was 6. This makes 38 protests filed, of which two, West Lumbton and East Algarve, have been dropped. DR. SHOULTS, CENTRALIA. Office opposite Methodist Parsonage, HKINSMAN, DENTIST, • LI), S. SPECIALIST in GOLD FILL- ING, EXTRACTING and PLATE WORE. Gas and local Anaesthetics for painless ex- tracting. 2nd door, north of, CARLING'S Store. DALTON ANDERSON S • 1,.D• S. Honor Graduate of the To- ronto University and -Royal College ofi Dental: Surgeons of Ontario. Specialties, kainlese extraction and preservation of the natural. teeth. Office over the Law Office of Elliot & Elliot, opposite Central Hotel, Exeter, Ont. RAGNEW L. D. S.DENTISZ, o OMNI ON. Will be at Greb's hotel Zurich on the second Thursday of' each month and at Hodgin,s hotel Bengali every Monday. A MAN an always Be Dressed Well If he goes to the proper Tailor. We have a largo range of Pat- terns to choose front -- Natby Tweeds, Serg,eso and Worsteds, made up in any style, and fitting the customers so well that inti- tte friends do not Activist to ask who made your Suit. Our customers never hesitate but answer -with a knowing smile, %TOM -11\1"B tik,T 01rJralCJOATS Wt LtAD The Tailor.