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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1895-3-7, Page 4T The Maisons Bank (011.411TERED BY PAR1IAlt,tENT,1800} Peitlan Capitel - $2,000,000 Reet Furad 1,000,000 IIeted Office, Montreal, VirOLF4ASTA.N THOMA.S,Esta, Ornannan Manatenn nloney advancen to gotta fartuers on their Owe note with one or nore endorser at 7 per trent. pet annum. Exeter 13ranob. Open every lawful day, from a.m. to p.m SATURDAYS, 10 a.m, to 1 p. re, Current rates of interest allowed on deposit E. E. WARD, Manager. Established in 877 E. BANKER, EXETER ONT Transacts a, generalbankingbusinesa. Receives the Accounts of Merchants and Others onfavorable term. Offer, every accommodation eensietent with safe and conservative banking principles. Interest allowed on deposit'. Drafts issued payable at an offlo, o the alerchantsBank. ler zetOTES DIMWITTED, and MONETT() Loan on NOTES and YfORTGAGES. 1111•19111111111•11114414 THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1895. The Liberal Leader's Policy.. The speech of Ur. Laurier, the Lib- eral leader, at Mhntreal the other even- ing was, as would be expected, an eloquent deliverance of well-turned periods, but it was barren of any of the new announcements as r egards his party's policy which had been an- ticipated by some newspapers. Mr. Laurier adhered to the trade policy laid down at the Ottawa convention, a policy of free trade on a tariff basis, but did not accept the opportunity to inform his audience what he was going to do after adopting such a policy. Re would tear down the protective tariff, and provide a revenue to meet the demands on the public treasury in some way he or his party have not yet decided upon. Such a policy will hardly be accepted in Canada, for Can- adians will uot throw down a Govern- ment with a defiaate trade policy. a policy that hes built up Canada's indus- tries, a policy that protects the farmer as well as the manufacturer, Canadians will not throw down such a Govern- ment and such a policy for en uncer- tainty that would overturn 'business and be followed by such results as were experienced in. the United States when a tariff reform party was given a lease of power. Besides this the Liberal policy has already made its record in Canada; for its dananiag history is written in the depression of 1878 and precedin g years. Some of the refer- ences of the Montreal press to the speech are to the point. The Montreal Gazette, referring to the speech say a: - He (Mr. Laurier) is for free trade, re- gardless of consequences. He had no word. of explanation to make that would modifyathe cold severity of the Ottawa convention's platform or his own declarat- ions thereon. There it, if the next election puts him in power, to be no tampering of the wind to the shorn lamb. The revenue will be raised in the manner the Govern- ment finds most convenient. In his 'Winnipeg speech he did not promise a reduction of taxation. Neither did he in hie last night's address. He proposes only to change the basis of the general imposts. He told the people of Winnipeg that the Libra alg would, if they got the chance, take off the duties on manutactur- ed articles, and that there would be a difference made in the present tax im- posed upon raw materials to be used for manufacturing purposes. Generally raw materials used for manufacturing purposes are now free. A change must mean that they will be taxed by a Liberal Govern- ment. Mr. Laurier's declaration last night meant this and nothing more. He had, be repeated, nothing to add to ihhat he hal already said.' "Inasmuch as those who listened to the great Liberal orator last evening were enthusiastic-, so has the reading of the speech delivered at Windsor ball caused the greatest indifference. The address W&8 as brilliant in form as it was vague in character. Not only have the people learned nothine as to the immures the Liberal party intend to introduce. but not a single one of the burning questions of the day has been touched upon. The Hon. Mr. Laurier dealt exolusively with the old:question of protection and free trade. On these t ; o questions the Can- adian people have pronounced themselves, and nothing leads ue to suppose that their decision will be reversed at the next gen- eral eleotion. In order that the people of this country may be tempted to change their opinion, it would be necessary for the Liberal party, through the voice of ite chief, to indicate once and for all what the people would gain by going back to the disastrous policy of 1878. " La Presae, an independenb paper which is looked i upon n Montreal as the journal of the working,ntia, says of the speech and the policy it commun- icated Om the American market be obtained? The Hon. Mr. Laurier la too well posted in the national policy of our neighbors to implanter for an instent that such a thing is poreible. The Areetioans look upon the establishment of the cultom tariff as a pieee of international policy and complete. ly beyond the possibility of °article inter- vention, TiliS is the aommart policy of 'Deinocrata and Republicans alike, and it otrnaequently eaolades all possible idea of a treaty of reciprocity with the United Statee. Hoe. Mr, Laurier declared lass evenieg that the arrival of the Liberals to power would tring about a change from a protective to a revenue tariff; but, as is shears the ease, he omitted to say what he would tax to make up the deficit that the alinot complete abolition of custom &Wert Weald muse to the Federal treas- ury. Leas of those floe phrasee and more positive declaration would baye been more Eittisfaetory to the people of Mont- real and to the followers of the Liberal leerier, The people of the 'Dominion will 0SO regret that Hou Mr. Leader did not nee word or two regarding the inteutiene of the Liberal party toughing the trouble. IMMO question of the Manitoba sehoole. Perharet the eilenoe of the hon. gentleman la due to the desire to be courteous to his hearers. We was theu epeakitig in the west end, but DO doubt the bon geuttemen will etienie out hie w hole mind when be addresses the people of Montreal Esse Let us hope also. that he will be heard ere long amongst us.° A. Manitoba Opinion. The opinion of the Protestants in Manitoba on the vexed sohool question ought to be of some use to the people of this province in coming to a decision on the merits of the case. Here is an extraob from an editorial in The North- west Baptist, published in Winnipeg: Tbe position of The Northwest Baptist on the school question, all along, has been that our legislation is not on such an adamant bailie of righteousness and ungainsayable prinoiple that it clan turn its teeth to the storms until they blow their cheeke empty. When rights or sup posed rights of a legal abort have been peaceably enjoyedfor a term of years, Befficient generally in civic affairs to quiet titles and give undieturbable possesmon, it ta. impossible ta allay feelings and heal wounds, we seat rights are confirmated by. a pretenee at reverting to fundamental prInciples. Had the olean straight thing been done in 1890, eliminating from our public school systera every testige of se- ceded religions instructitn, the unneces- sary pretence of which has confIrmed Roman Catholics in the opinion that it was not common schools we were after but Protestant schools, no doubt our legislation would have outridden the storm, although it is to be doubted that there would have been anything like the storm that has been experienced during these lad three year/. .Ihut now where are we Politics aside, what should be done? He is no triend of Canada or Manitoba who says, "Ohl it is not our funeral, let the Dominion Government settle it," In all soberness we sak, can politics ever settle this question.? We believe not. Neither courts nor cabinets are the right place to adjudge thrs matter. The Privy Council, without determining what rights of the Roman Catholics have been invaded, clearly indicates that there is a ease for investigation on the part of the Dominion. Let Manitoba recognize this decision. We are a part of the empire. We cannot an- tagonize Great Britain or even the Domin- ion, when the Dominion's authority in snob a matter is established by the highest court in Great Britain. There ought to be a readiness 00 the part of Menitoba-we mean the Provincial Goverement-to be a party in discovering where our legislation has wronged our Roman Catholic fellow citizen,, and upon discovering willingly make every endeavor to do them justice. NOTES .AND COMMENTS. -- Rumor has it that Valentine Rath will withdraw from - the forthcoming contest as Liberal candidate in North Middlesex; in fayoe of the Patron can- didate, Mr, Brock. A member of the Manitoba Legis- htture proposesto redude the member- ship of the issembly from forty to twenty five Trwenty litre men are quite enough,. to legislate fur the Prairie Peovince. And, tor the matter of that, fifty vrould be sufficient to make laws for Ontario. Sir Richard Cartwright says thab "In England the poor man is almost entire- ly free from taxes." What nonsense! In England the poor man pays a tax on his tea, on his coffee, on his tobacco, his beer, all of which he finds needful; on the window panes in his dwelling, and in a hundred and ten ways the poor man in England is taxed just the same as elsewhere. He is taxed. directly, and taxed indirectly. Almost every man who has a fairly living income is taxed upon it for national purposes, sixpence or so in the pound. In Cana- da, the poor man has his tea and coffee free, his molasses free, his sugar free, and if he foregoes the use of foreign luxuries, and will eschew tobacc o and liquors, he can live entirely free of national taxation. In England he cannot so escape. The Slanitobe Legislature on Friday gave notice that it will cut off the sup- plies for the residence of the Lieuten- ant -Governor in that Province at the end of this year. This move is a wise one. One of the mosb grotesque of the many follies in connectoin with our system of government is the price we pay for mere ornamentation. We al- low the Governor-General double the salary that is paid the President of the United States. We pay the Lieutenant - Governor of Ontario pp() more than is paid the Governor of Ohio, $4,000 more than is allowed the Governor ot Illinois, $5,000 above the remuneration granteal the Governor of Massachusetts or Indiana and $9,000 in excess of the allowance of the Governor of Michigan, And, unless we are mistaken, in no case is there an official residence provided for the head of a State Governor across the line. The Globe on Monday came out squarely against Federal interference in Manitoba, Itsays, in effect, that if the CathOlies of the Western Province have grievances, the Legislature can be relied upon to remedy them. This is a wise position. The first decision of the Privy Council declared, in the clearest pos- sible language, that the western Pro- vince had the constitutional right to abolish Separate schoole. The second merely stated, in more obscure language that there is power at Ottawa to grerib remedial legislation to the minority affected by Proyineiiil legislation. Even if it le admitted that the Roman Catho- lies of Manitoba have grievances the situation will riot be changed. The duty of remedying whabever grievances exist must lie with the Provincial Legislature, which knows all about them, and not with law makers from Ontario, Nova Scot's and possibly New. foundlanth Who derive the knowledge poseessed in the matter at second-hand, There is only one sale course to follow -- to elloav each Province, within the imuts laid down by the conetitution- itheolute freedom of action. Manitoba has not gone heyona those limits. She must, therefore, be left wholly free from outeide interference. North Waterloo Co iservatives have nominated Mr, Joseph Ill Seagram for the Common& Mr, James N. Grieve, M. P., was nominated by the Liberals of North Perth on Saturday, It is proposed to rodeo the number of members in the Manitoba Legislatuos from 40 to 25 and the number of Cabi- net Ministers from five to three.. It is now d efinitely decided that Judge U. A. McHugh is to retire from the bench and be the Conservative candi- date for the riding of North Essex. The Dominion Voters' lista are now all in the hands of the printers and will be finished by the end of this month. The eiectiona will take plates in May. Mr, A. F. Campbell, ex•11. P. R. for East Algoma, was the clime of the Consegvature convention of Peel as a candidate in the coming Dominion election. In twenty-three years the cost of civil government in the Province has increased by 100 per cent., while the population has increased by but 80 per cent. Mr. Marter was more than justified.in saying, in the budget debate, that these figures indicate a reckless waste of the people's money. In 1874 the total number of licensee of all kinds issued in the Province was 5,185. Last year the number was 3,276. In 1876 the number of committals for drunkennees was 3,868, and in '94 there was a reduction to 2,274. A decrease in the number of drinking places has been followed by a decrease in druek enness. It is a ease of cause and effect. The provincial grants to High Schools amount to between four and five dollars for each pupil in attendance. The grants from the same source to the public schools are only about fifty cents for eaah pupil, And still only five per cent. of those who pass threugh the Public Schools reach the higher grades. Against this discrimination in favor of the few Mr. hlarter was justified in pro- testing with all his might. The deputation which waited on the Mowat Government the other day asked that the standard which obtains in Tor- onto be applied to the whole Province in fixing the number of tavern licensee to be issued. In that city there is one tavern to 1,200 people. If the same standard were applied throughout Ore tario the number of tavern licenses would be about 1,700. The number actually issued last year was 2,841. A reduction of over 1,100 in the number of drinking places in the Pro- vince would be a great reform; the Legislature has undoubted power to carry it out, and the temperance people should insist on seeing it put into effect. Toronto has been visited by another million dollar fire. On Sunday morning Simpson's large new store on the oor- ner of Yonge and Queen streets, was burned. to the ground, Jameson's and Sutcliffe's were burned out, while a dozen merchants around suffered more • or less severely. The origin of the fire is a mystery, though thought to be the work of an incendiary. The fires of the last two months have caused more damage than was done in the nine years previous. The total for the nine years, from '86 to '94 inclusive, was less than $2,000,000, as against two and a quar- ter millions for the first two months of '95. The only year that anywhere near approaches the record so far made in this was 1890, wheu $487,000 worth of property was destroyed, the fire at the University accounting for the greater part of it. The fire protection is its - adequate, and the insurance men say that if better appliances are not pro- cured at once, they will cancel all policies within the business portion of the city. • 'A crick in the back,' a pain under the shoulder. blades, water brash, biliousnces, and constipation, are symptoms of dis- ordered stomach,lkidney, liver, aud bowels. For all ailments originating in a derange- ment of these organs, take Ayer's Pills, REETIMATISM DIJILED IN A • DAL-Soutb American Rheumatic Cure. fax Rheumatism and Neuralgia, radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remark- able and mytterieus. It term:roes at once the cause and the disease immediately dis- appears. Tbe first dose greatly beneuts 75 cents. Sold by C. Lutz, Druggist. 818 CATARRH RELIEVED Is 10 TO 60 Mouttes.-One short puff of the breath through the Blower, supplied with each bottle of Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder'diffuses the Powder over the Rarities of the nasal pre- sages. Painless and delightful to take, relietes instantly, and permanently cure Catarrh, Hay Fever Colds Headache, Sore Throat, Teresina' and Deafness. 0 cents. At 0. Luiz. At Vaileyfietd, Que , a young Irishman named Bertie Shortie &dosed the office of the Montreal Cotton Company, when Mr. John Lowe, misted by two of the office clerks, Loy and Wilson, were making up she pay. After getting possession of Mr. Lowe's rovelver, Shortie shot and wounded Wilson, fired a bullet into Loy'a heart, and shot at Mr, Lowe. who ran into the vault with the cash, about $12,000. The desperate criminal then tunsed his revolver ett Watchman Lebeouf and killed him. The details of Shorn& hunt for poor, wounded Wilson, who had crawled away, and big cunning attempt to lure re r. 'Lowe out of the volt, make up a. 'to of crimerv seldom equalled in fereeiasa Robbery appears to have been the motive. HEART DISEASE. A Tenet -no PHYSICIAN SATS IT NEVER EX. isrs vnenone rem PRESENCE Or SOME KIDNEY Disease. TORONTO, March 4 -The number of sudden deaths due to boort disease is ap- venue. The mediani profestion is devot ing more attention to the heart and itt ailments at the present time than ever be- fore, and many pbysicians are making a specialty et diseases of th's orpan. A Tor- onto doctor, who devotes- meets attentam to this branch of his realise arid to your reporter to -day "I have yet to learn of a *tingle ease where heart caseate caused death, in which a pot* mortem examin tion did not show the existence uf Bright's disease, cliabetee, or some other disease Dodd's Marley Pills will cure all clieeass et the kith:gars and thus ward off the danger of heart dieeate. E'll SCORCHED A rn IIIIruRD 1t1111E 111 Toronto's Big .Departmental Store is Totally Destroyed. LOSS WILL BE OVER $800,000 Alt ireur corners are Tonne end carmen Streets Destroyed -Several Firemen Rijn% ed Inc end larisut peeted-Largo Crowds Visit the Scene. Teuton°, March 4 -For the .third time within two mouths Toronto has been visited by a most disastrous conflagration. At 12,30 Sunday morning a third fire was started, this time at 'the comer of Yonge and Queen streets, the ceutral feature of it beiug the magnificent new (leper tme n tal store of Robert Simpson, whieh was burn- ed to the ground, b analog and sto :k beiug a total loss. Numerous buildiugs arouud were burned and the thtal loss will amount to between $800,000 and C000,u00. The in- surance will probably reach two-thirds of this amouut. The origin of the fire is a mystery, but there is grave reason to be lieve it was incendiary in tharnoter. Simpson's store WAS A six -storey building, standing on the 8 authaeest corner of Yonge and Queen. streets. 11 Was put up last summer and a portion of the carpentering work was hardly finished. Four of the floors were stocked and two empty. The building was worth $125,000 caul the stock about 050,000. The fire started in the rear of Simpson's and the flames spread with great rapidity: A general alarm was rung at 12,35 and. the full. force of the fire brigade was soon on the scene. By one o'clock the flames had spread to each of the four corners and the fire threatened to engulf several blocks. The steam fire engine was in action and gave valuable aid. The water pressure was good, but the firemen could not pretend to cope with the flames at the top of the high Simpson building. Wall after wall fell and myriads of sparks,»e scattered over the southern portion oral& city. The clothing store cfr. Jamieson, north- west corner of Qu en aud Yonge, was soon a total ruin, with all its contents. Sutcliffe & Sons, .millinery and dry goods, imediately north of Jamieson's on Yonge, was gutted with a total loss of stock. G. McPherson, boots and shoes, next door north, was half burned, and south of Simpsou's on Yonge Wanless, the jewel- ler, suffered severely .iu the rear though the front was uot much hurt. Weil C. Love, druggist, next door south, suffered slightly. Over Jamiesonfs store opposite Simp- son's was what is known as Agricultural hall, the property of the Ontario Agricul- ture and Arts Association. In it were a very valuable collection of records of cattle pedigrees and other official stock- breeding records avhfcheannot be replaced. All were a total loss with the building. Further west on the same side of Queen street was the Cnieen street front of Sut- cliffe & Sons, which was gutted; next came the Queen stands': front of the T. Eaton Co's great departmental estab- lishment, which was but little injured. Across Yonge street the fire again did great damage. At the north-east corner stood the Henderson block, Occupied by J. Bonner, gentlemen's' furnishings, and Miss M. E. Brisley, milliner. Both were burned out. The C. F. Adams Co. came next north, and the roof of this place was badly burned and their stockagreatly in- jured by water. At the south-east corner of Yonge and Queen stood the Imperial Bank building. This escaped damage in the lower part, but J. F.' Brown, with a large stock of furniture upstairs, was burned out, and Milne & Co., next south, stove merchants, was burned out, and C. M. Henderson, next adjoining, also lost everything. Dunfield & Co., gentlemen's furnishings, and the Tremont House hotel, further south, were about three- quarters burned out. Around on Queea street east again the Pythian Hall was somewhat damaged but fortunately escaped severe injury. The two features of the fire after the Simpson building had gone were the questions as to whether Eaton's great store would be saved, and the burning .of Knox church steeple, Knox church 'standing next to Simpson's on Queen on the south side. About a quarter after 3 the steeple fell over into the street, the bell having fallen out a few minutes earlier. With regard to Eaton's the store would undoubtedly have been burned but for the aid rendered the fire brigade by the specially drilled brigade of Eaton's employees. These were early on the' spot, and, with strenuous exertions playing on the roof and front of their building the fire was prevented from spreading to it. It was about 3.15 before the fire was fully under control. Three firemen were injured somewhat seriously by falling walls and, otherwise, but none fatally. Chief Graham sustained a sprained ankle. The losses are eatimated to be roughly about as follows: Simpson, on building, 3125,000 to $150,000, on stock 3350,000; in- surance, on building $100,000, on stock $250,000. P. Jamieson, loss on stock 3125,- 000; insured for 328,000; on building (owned by the Arts Association) $15,000, insurance 810,000; insurance on stock, breeding records, etc., $45,000. Sutcliffe & Sons, loss 3100,000 on stook; insurance, $45.000. Loss on two separate buildings facing on Yongs and Queen respectively, $10,000 each ; insurance two-thirds, Loss �n Knox church, 310,000; insured fully. Gourley, Winter 8e Leeming, pianos, loss by water and fire, 35,000; insured. Tremont house, loss 318,000; insured for $10,000. Dunfield & Co., $5,000; insured. Henderson & Co,, auctioneers, 35,000; in - sired. Milne & Co., 340,000; insurance, 3215,000; J. F. Brown, 825,000; insurance, $4,000. Mips M. E. Brisley, stook loss, 37,000; insurance, 4000. 3. 13onner, $8,000 on stock : insurance, 34,000. Pythien ball, los $1.0,000. The fire spread to St. Michael's hospital and the Metropolitan church, but only for a Moment, being fortunately quickly ex- tinguished. The scene of the ilre was yes- terday and to -day visited by probably 100,000 people. The congregation of Knox church held services in the school room. It is probable the new building which Mr. Robert Simpson will build will not be more than four stories in height, the architect having expressed the opinioe that it, would, be unwise to build any high- er then that. Coroner A. J. Johnson has issued his warrant for an inquest late the cause of the recent fires. The enquiry will be held at the Police Court, probably next 'week. 1111,014.111119111111111.11191. TOPlOS OF A WEEK, Vie Important Events in a wear tiVerde For Busy thermion. Brantford will petition for a free postal deliverr. Burglaries bate been frequent in Brock- ville lately. NO trace of the thieves has been found: Brantford City Council has recommend- eediahtereednuteotiosilexotefeuthe hOtel licenses from .A. crazy young man at Outrement, Que- bec, killed his sister on Monday by meth - lug her head with a hammer. The Canadian Retail Furniture Associa- tion has been formed, with Mr, john Hood - less of Hamilton as President. The bye -election. to 1111 the vacancy in Haldimand caused by the unseating of Mr, Sean will be held March 10. • Mr. Joseph Bengt -rim, the horseman and distillery, was nominaten in the Conserva- tive interest in North 'Waterloo. Dr. Clarkson Freeman, ex -Mayor of Milton, died suddenly on Saturday night after raking in apparently good health. The Chancery Divisioutil Court has de- cided that it is illegal to maintain a pool- room in Ontario for betting on foreign races. The fifty-third United States Congress adjourned without passing the hill provid- ing money for the payment at the Behring Sea awarrls. The water will be let out of the Corn- wall Canal on March 10 to allow of aamount large ooff rtiliatlg ‘rsoit?•tyitibneing laid before the openillg Prof. John Stuart Blackie, tbe well - len own Scotcli author and Greek and Latin scholar, died on Saturday morning. He was eighty-six years of age. A sawinilt casualty has occurred 12 miles from Aclelphi, Ohio, in which four men were killed and two others fatally injured. A defective boiler was the cause. Builders say that from indications of preparations now in progress that 1895 will be one of the best buildingseasons in London's history, partly owing to the church fires. Mr, Wellington Parliament, a respect able farmer, whose natant was near Con secou'shot himself dead on Sunday morn- ing. Ill -health is supposed to have unbal- anced his mind. The Speaker, London, Eng., hails a short poem on Samson, in a volume of verse by Frederick Geo. Scott, published in Toronto, as probably the best American poem for many years. At Osgoode Hall on Saturday Mr. Jus- tice Oster gave judgment dismissing with costs against the petitioner the petition against Mr. McNeil, the Patron member - elect for South Perth. Alex. Lawson, editor of Yarmouth, N.S., Herald, is dead, aged 84. He was the oldest editor in the Maritime Pro- vinces, having edited the Herald con- tinuously for sixty years. Martial law has been declared in the province of Santa Clara, Cuba, as the re- sult of the uprising Of the two insurgent bands, one of them under the law of the notorious bandit Matagas. . The grand jury at Sherbrooke, Que., have brought in a true bill against Josephine Begin for the murder of Joseph Hebert, The case will likely come before the Criminal Court to -day. Announcement is made of the engage- ment Of Miss Mary Leiter, daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, the well known Chicago millionaire, to G. Curzon, M.P., eldest son of Lord Scarsdale of England. Emma Palmer, whose mysterious death through poisoning at Gcruverneur, N.Y., has created so much excitement, is a Can- adian, hailing from the village of Mait- land, five miles below Brockville. The War Office is very reticent respect. ing Major-General Herbert. They say they have no knowledge that Herbert's resignation has been handed in, nor official news of his visit to England. Five Anarcbists have been sentenced at Rome to terms varying between a year and a year and three months. They were convicted of placing the bombs which burst near the Ministries of Justice and War. A writ has been issued on behalf of Mrs. Martha A. Davies of Hamilton against Bracey Bros. for damages for the death of her husband, Herbert A. W. Davies, who was recently killed by dynamite on the T., H. & B. road. Tweah-undred of the new Lee-Metford carbines have arrived at Ottawa for the purpose of being served out to the Mount- ed Police. This weapon has been adopted by the British military authorities for the Itnperial cavalry. Sixty sail of Nova Scotia fishing vessels, all fast sailers, will compete in April in an ocean race of 120 miles off Halifax harbor. The Government cruiser King- fisher has been entered. The prize atvill be $500, subscribed by citizens of Halifax, with $20 sweepstakes added. Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 1880 to 1888, has been appointed 'Governor of Cape Town and High Commissioner for South Africa, in succession. to Sir Henry Brougham Loch, who was recently recalled. Early on Saturday raorning fire broke out on the.premises of Arthur A. Dicks, upholsterer, 220 St. Helen's avenue, To- ronto, and when the firemen succeeded in subduing the flames they found the re- mains of Mrs. Dick, burned almost beyond reliTailltietrTi°n.. Webb, formerly. a well-known temperance and labor advocate of Port Colborne, Ont., lately engaged in Buffalo in the insurance business, died yesterday of pneumonia. He was last year a candi- date for the State Legislature from the firstInadn::,athrolioccrn ti e rnutoeb n the Interoceanic Rail- way,etwen Panama and Colon across the Isthmus of Panama, ten ears were completely slaattered, and sixty- five passengers were killed and terribly mutilated. Forty passengers were seri- ously injured, and many of them ;Win die. • The transatlantic steamshinrepresentta tivee at New York have sent a communi- cation to the Trunk Line Association, In effect they call upon the iailroacls to boy- cott the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and the Chicago and Grand Trunk Rail- way on immigrant passenger business from New York to the West. A letter dated at Kjollefjord, Feb. 24, has just reached Hamnterfast, Norway, which says that a telegraph inspector at a mountain station between Lebesby and- Langfjord saw a balloon moving in a southward direction. • 11 is believed this may possibly be carrying despatches from Dr. Nansen, the &retie explorer. Mr. Joseph Oetave Arsenault, who bah been for many years a prominent figure in the public affairs of Prince Edward Is- land, Will Mt the chair la the Senate loft vacant by the appointment of Mr, How- lett as IsiententtniaGoirernor of nine° Edward Island. MANITOBA SCROOL CASE Argument by Mr. Rwart on Behalf of the Minority. A DRAFT BILL PRESENTED Mr, O'D000g110,0 Makes A Strong StAt41- moot ht rnvor of the Present Publto Schools -Mr. McCarthy Replies for the Manitoba Government. O'TTAIVA, Mara:, 0.-rArguineut in the Manitoba appeal linbehalf .of tire Catholic minority was resumed ntstertirty. Iu continuing lits argument air. Ewart said the pledges had been given at differ- ent times by Premier Green way that the Separate schools should not be ebrilished. But he saiti if no such prowl(s nil been made he would lingua that rei est should nevertheless be given the ROLEAll 011.010 - lies. He maintained the difficulty M. teaching Catholics and Protestants in the same Schools by history. Henry VIII., he k stud, was regarded by Catholics ae the disturber of pence in the church, and tQatilnetesit"13M1oltorcYlyllavlaz‘tryaesiguntod by . 11310°staeisci. that the whole giaristion should be left to the province. In other words, they want- ed it left to themselves. They were in the majority and could do as they pleased. 'Was it fur the purpose or being acted upou that the clause provultug for reme- dial leaislittion witS plaCod in the cOuSti. tuiiOn , or WaS it put tiler° its it piece of argament 1 it to be used if the Catholics were in the majority, but not to be used when the Protestants were in the majority ? It WES a constitutional gear - trance like many others whieli Canadians enjoyed under the• constitution, and therefore the Governor-General in council was not only bound to hear the appeal but to act upon it aucl extend relief. Here Ma Ewart preseuted the draft of a bill width be had prepared and which he said ought to be set to the Manitoba Gov- erment, asking theta to pass it. That bill contained tbe measure of relief which the Roman Catholics desired. It was similar to the Ontario Act and did not ask for the repeal of the Act 011590. Mr. O'Donoghue; a member of the school board of Wiunipeg, a Roman Catholic and a regular attendant, at church, made a strong statement in favor of the present Public schools, showing that they would be acceptable to the Catholics but for the intervention of the elergy. The French scbools were inferior and Catholics got a better training in the old Protestant schools. He was elected. to the board de- spite the protests of Bishop Langevin and got 90 per cent. of the Catholic vote. The voting was by ballot. OTTAIVA, March 0.-Wheu arguinent was resumed yesterday morning on the Manitoba school question, there was nol as large an attendance of the Ministers as on the previous day. Mr. McCarthy, in opening for the Mani- toba Government, said he did not appear on behalf of the Manitoba Government, recognizing thistribunal sitting ia judicial capacity. The judgment of the Privy Council gave them power to pass a remedial order and that order being made and disobeyed, the Parliament of Canada would have the power to decide whether it should be enforced Or not. Ife did not recognize them Is anything more than advisers of his Excellency the Governor- General. He aleErwished to point out that Mr. Ewart did not represent the Catholics of Manitoba in any concrete or proper form, there having been nothing done to obtain the views of the Catholics though he did not object to his appearing and arguing the case. He thought he could prove to them, however, before he was through, that Mr. Ewart did not repre- sent the majority of the Catholics. Mr. McCarthy then followed Mr. Ewart's example in opening his case from a his- torical standpoint, covering the ground, however, itt a far more complete. manner. A COLD-BLOODED MURDER. A Discharged Employe Shoots Down Three Men and Locks Tip a Fourth. VALLEYFIELD, Que., March 4. -On Fri- day .aight while the paymaster of the Montreal Cotton Company, John Lowe, assisted by two of the office clerks, J. Loy and Hugh Wilson; were making up the pay ready for to -day Mr. Shortie, who was lately the private secretary .of the man- ager of the mill, entered the office about 11 o'clock. When the clerks had about finished making up the pay Shortis-reach- ed over the counter and managed to get the revolver which Mr. Lowe always keeps close at hands He first shot Wilson over the left side. Both Loy and Lowe thought it was an accident. The former made for the tele- phone to get a doctor, whilst tbe latter went to Wilson's assistance. Before Loy reachted the telephone, however. Shortis took deliberate aim, shooting bim dead right through the heart. He then fired at Lowe but missed, hitting Wilson again over the forehead and cheek. Lowe, see- ing how matters were, grabbed the pay - boxes, which- contained $25,000, and ran into the vault with them, pulling the massive doorafter him. Shortie asked him to come out, and he said he was locked in, telling him to give the knob a sharp turn and let him out. Time turn, of course, fastened the combina- tion lock securely. During this parley Wilson crawled down two flights of stairs and out to the firehole where two stokers were at work. Before they reached the office Nightwatchman Maximo Leboeuf had been shot • dead and thrown down stairs by Shortis, who then cut off the telephone wires. The men then entered and overpowered him, his re- volver beiug empty. ;Wilson is in a °rid - 'cal condition, and Lowe, who was in the vault three hours, may also die. . VAT.A.Energan; 'Que., March 5. -The fun- erals of the tsvo' unfortunate victims took place in a blinding snow storm. The weather, however, did not prevent an enormous crowd from being present -on both occasions. The Catholic 'cathedral and the Presbyterian church where the services were held were packed to the doors. The preliminary examination, avbich was commenced at three reclock yesterday afternoon, was rushed through in quick time. There was really nothing new in the evidence, it being a rehash of that given at the coroner's inquest. Shortis was as stoical as ever. Mr, St. Pierre watched things but clicl not make any ob- jections and bad no evidence to offer: The prisoner had nothing to say, and pleaded. not • guilty, after which her wes committed to Beaultarnais for trial. He will be taken there to•morrow, so as to give Mr. St. :Pietro a • elmace to topsult with b im-'•, '"• t sash - as • a Stook Takin,g. 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