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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27th, 1896.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
' While the Liberal leaders are en-
deavoring to purloin the Conservative
policy for a, false line of steamers, a
section of the Liberal press opposes
the party. They should also oppose,
as they have in the past, in the N.
and. the whole policy of the Conser-
vative party. But they will not do so.
The experiments in stock feeding
which have been going on at the Cen-
tral Experimental Farm, near Ottawa,
for the past three years, has been
brought to a conclusion for the pres-
ent. They have demonstrated that
the best food on which to feed either
ranch cows or steers for the market is
Prof. Robinson's ensilage, made of
torn, sunflower seeds and beans.
- fl
The two Ministerial elections held
Tuesday -that of Hon. Mr. Patter-
son in North Grey and Hon, Mr. Blair
in Suhdury and Queen's, N. B., re-
sulted in each case in a victory for
the Government, a s was generally
anticapated. It is so seldom other-
wise, when a newly appointed Min-
fster is presented for re-election, that
none but the most optimistic of Con-
eservatives looked for is different ver -
+dint
x
The action of the Canadian banks in
discounting UnitedStates currencyhas
'occasioned a good deal of comment
across the border, and some of the jin-
go newspapers have been disposed to
regard the circnmstance as an in-
tolerable insult. In. some cases, how-
ever, a sensible view of the matter is
taken. For instance, the Springfield
- Republic, says that the people of this
country "could not fairly be expected
to accept this silver at its nominal gold.
value while facing the possibility of
action by our people throwing the
-coin down to its actual value.
x x
The last volume of the Etatistical
year book gives some interesting infor-
raation relative to divorces in Canada.
In Canada, under the Union Act, 1867,
divorce is one of the subjects assigned
to the Federal Parliament. As, how-
. ever, some of the provinces had. estab-
lished divorce courts beforeConfeclera-
ton, they have been permitted to
continue the jurisdiction which was
conferred. upon their courts. These
provinces are: Nova Scotia, New
Brunswiek, Prince Edward Island, and
British Columbia. In Ontario, Quebec,
Manitoba, and the Northwest Terri-
tories divorce can only be obtained by
legislation -an act of the Parliament
of Canada being necessary. The statis-
tics show that since Confederation
211 divorces have. been granted, of
which 54 were of the Dominion Parlia-
ment and 157 by the several provincial
courts. Prince Edward.Island has not
granted a single divorce in the 27
years. The general figures give an
average of eight divorces a year for
the whole of Canada.
x
It is a question whether Grover
Cleveland, in his Venezuelan message,
orEmperor Williarxi,in bisBisinarckian
policy, is most responsible for the
slaughter of the Arnmeian Christians,
Cleveland, with histhreat, diverted.the
attention of British public opinion
from the Armenian question. But for
his action the British public mind would
have had to occupy its mind with the
enormity of the Turk's crime in Ar -
Mania. The result would have been a
change which would have forced the
British Government to save the Chris -
Cans in Armenia, just as it has now
saved the Cretan Christians. Ac-
oording to Bismarck the integrity
of 'Turkey in Europe is the basis of
Gerineny's -"true foreign policy. His
purpose was to force England to assist
in that work or to force England to
defy the united nations of Europe-
Ieird. Salisbury joined the so-called
European concert. With its discord in
Armenia, and harmony elsewhere Ger-
purposed to include the revolu-
tion in Crete in that programme of
European concert, Britain declined and
the inclicatiOns now are that Rustle
and France will break away from Ger-
nriny's policy and that the Cnristians
'of Crete will be emancipated frona the
thraldom of the Turk.
The Latest News.
Mn Tabckerty of Belleville was kill-
ed by the eledtric ears.
Fire-deatioyed the exposition build-
ing and a lot of frame structures at the
Buffalo Driving Park.
Mr, Elliott has sold the Wiarton
Echo plant and goodwill, to Messrs.
Atkinson and Newman.
Bush fires are raging in British
Columbian New Westminster. is sur-
rounded and threatened on every side.
Lightning on Sundaymorning struck
the spire of the Presbyterian Church'
at Niagara Falls, causing$400 damage.
Mr. S. Hallgrinson, a farmer of
Glenbone, fell from a load of hay,
strikinte on the back of his neck, dying
two dayslater from his injuries.
D. 3. Kenny, of Mount Forest, lost, a
cowfrom the murrain. The stomach
Was also panctined by a hairpin, and
it contained a long tack and aquantity
of nails. .
A. boiler in Mr. GeorgeTaylor's shops
at St. Thonias, exploded. on Saturday,
and, although a number of persons
were close on hand neserious injuries
are reported.
At Huntington, Ind., Wallace's
show tents were wreekedbythe storm.
The horses and menagerie stampeded
and. mach property was ruined. The
elephants caused a panic.
Mr. Ambrose Winters was drowned
at Fisher's Mills, Hespeler. He was
alone in a boat, and as Ile bad suffered
from epilepsyfor years, it is supposed
that he fell overheard in a fit.
Little Davis Cullen of Newbury,
met with a serious acddent on Tues-
day. *While taking listings away from
the stave cutter, the knife caught his
little• finger, and the next one, taking
a piece off both.
Great crowds of visitors were at-
tracted to the Knights of Pythias
encampment at Cleveland on Sunday,
it being estimated that 50,000 spectaa
tors witnessed the dress parade of the
Second Oh lo Regiment.
The marketing of grapes in the
grape belt of Chautauque county, N.
has begun. Tb e result of the rav-
ages of the recent hail storms is now
apparent, and. the damage in Pomfret
alone is estimated at $10,000.
The 9 -year-old boy of Mr. McPher-
son, of Tilbury, was visiting in Flet-
cher, and attempted the other day to
separate two fighting dogs, when both
animals turned on him, biting him
severely around the chest and body.
Rev. 3. H. Long has resigned the
pastorate of the First Unitarian
Chilled), Hamilton. He has purchased
a controlling interest, in the Windsor
Review, and by Sept. 1 expects to be
installed in the editorial chair of that
paper.
The clerk of Metcalfe has received
a notice from the Lieutenant -Gover-
nor to the effect that a numerously
signed petition was receiyed by him
from the ratepayersof the municipality
praying .that the Provincial Auditor
inquire into the municipal accounts.
The city council of Ottawa has
passed. a by-law making it compulsory
for bicycles to carry a bell. Some rid-
ers opposed to the law have fitted
their wheels with cow, bells; and now
there's music in the air. One hard-
ware firm sold aver one hundred cow-
bells in one day.
Sarnia Observer: Some time Mon-
day night an attempt was made to set.
fire to the Congregational Church. A.
window in the blsement was broken,
and coal oil poured on the floor, after
which some paper had been lit and
thrown in, but in some way failed to
ignite the oil.
A daughter was born at Toronto
last Wednesday to Wm. Gillivary, a
corporation labourer, and his wife.
Gillivary is seventy years old, and his
wife was sixty last month. They
have been married five years; and
have had three children Mrs. Gilli-
vary has been married twice, and ey
her husband had eighteen children.
A three-year-old child vvliose -par-
ents live in St Roch, Q, is alleged to
have been miraculously cured at La
Bonne St. Anne Sunday. The child
was unable to walk, owing to a stiffen-
ing of the joints of the legs. Atter
having venerated the relics, the child
is reported to have arisen and walk-
ed away with his mother.
Canadian imports for July amounted
to $10,270,272 --an increase of $1,715,782
over last year. The duty collected
shows an increase of $58,216 for the
month. The exports show an increase
of $415,026. The total trade betterment
is, therefore, $2,180,808, as compared
with the first month of the preyions
fiscal year.
Wilber Ryan, of Ingersoll, on Thurs-
day went down the river to indulge in
shooting birds. He was carrying his
gun butt downwards, when the ham-
mer came in contact with something
which raised it, but not sufficient to
keep it cocked, and it again descend-
ed, discharging the contents into
Wilbur's arm at the elbow. One of
the smaller bones was shot off
while the rest were badly shattered.
The reported illness a few days ago
of Hon. W. D. Balfour resulted. in his
death at Toronto on Wednesday even-
ing. Only four weeksago Mr. Balfour
was appointed Provincial Secretary in
the Ontario Government and had but
fairly entered upon his duties when he
was suddenly seized with hemorrhage
of the lungs. His death took place in
his rooms in the parliament buildings.
He was but 45 years of age.
James T. Henry, agent for the Sun
Life assurance Company, atWoodslee,
was killed on Monday by a freight
train on the Michigan Central. The
train was starting on the track, and
Henry wanted to get °lithe other side.
.A young roan named Angus Taylor
cre_pt under the train and got through
safely, and'Henry tried to get past in
the same way, but was caught by the
wheels of the train, which suddenly
started He was horribly mangled.
One day last week, on the fern] of
one jackson, at Rapid City, a govern-
ment wellborer named 'Seery w $
found murdered. A young English
boy named Gerhold, enaployed on the
farm, was suspected and arrested.
Monday in jail he wrote a long letter
to his parents confessing the crime to
jno. Chambers, Reeve of Fenelon them. He says Henry did not treat
rod ex -Warden of the county of Vic- him well, and in a, fit of teniper he
toria, died at his home, Fenelon Falls, loaded a shotgun and nearly blew the
Monday, man's head off.
ea,
IT WAS FOSTER'S DAY I
Ex -Minister of Finance Hits
the Liberals Hard.
That Speech. From the Throue Was Like a
"Drage-There Was a Table Spread,
Zut No Viands, But Lots or "Tarte"-
Ile Slates the New Government For
Throwing Liberal Principles to the
Four Winds iu Their Very First Acts -
They Do Not Practice What They
Preach -Sir Richard Forced to Accept
Whip Taylor's Denial -1n the HOLM it
Taik, Talk, Talk.
Ottawa, Aug. 25. -(Special) -Two or
three minutes sufficed to clear off the
routine and then the debate on the ad-
dress was resumed.
Mr. Foster, who was greeted with
warm party applause, addressed his
opening remarks to tertain observa-
tions of the mover a yesterden. Mx --
McInnes, he said, had given as evi-
dence of the depressing effect of 18
years of the National Policy that
numbers of people, many of them per-
sons of culture and relinement, were
oiling in applications for Uovernment
situations to such an extent that the
lives of members and Cabinet Min-
isters were becoming a burden to
them. Mr. Foster thought this was
rather an evidence of the wide and
consuming hunger amongst the Gov-
ernment's life-long followers after 18
years in opposition. It rnigbt also be
looked upon as evidence of a full cri')
from which a liberal hand was ready
to deal out to theae tried and true and
cultured followers the great and the
small gifts for the time being at the
party's disposal. If it was evidence
of depression at all it was of the de-
pression which would settle by-and-by
on nineteen out of the twenty appli-
cations for office. The cultured and
cultivated were indeed making their
applications. Even old members were
missing. Mr. Foster's longings had
been satisfied with an office at $100
a year and Mr. Xing of New Bruns-
wick had had his desires met by an
appointment as postmaster of Marsh
Hill at no a year. Following Mr. Mc-
Innes' speech, he found that the
young member had been learning of
Sir Richard Cartwright, for he talked
of "The ungodly use of godly influen-
ces," and when he spoke of the Na-
tional Policy he took pattern by Mr.
Davies, who termed it a policy "ac-
cursed of God and man."
Greater modesty would have better
become the young member, whom he
recommended in future to avoid these
apostles and prophets of disaster.
The Premier yesterday had referred
to the earthquake of June 23, but
where did the earthquake take place?
Not in Prince Edward Island, where
the Liberals were in the minority; not
M Nova Scotia, where with all their
arts and power and aid of the Pro -
official Government the Liberals
could not command a majority; not in
New Brunswick, where they could
only get four seats out of fourteen.
In Ontario there had been no earth-
quake. Mr. Laurier could not com-
mand a. majority there. Neither could
he in Manitoba.. Quebec. where an in-
sidlous landslide, rather than any
earthquake had occurred, had put
Mr. Laurier in power. Even in Rri-
tish Columbia the earthquake had not
extended there,divisions in the Con-
servative ranks due to honest differ-
ences of opinion giving the Liberals
two Conservative seats. Taking up
the Speech from the Throne Mr. Fos-
ter remarked that the Premier had
little to offer the House and country.
No man had been able to float so lone
on simple words out of sybich nt
definite meaning could, be tak-
en as the present leader of
the Government. (Hear, heare
Mr. Foster called attention to the
violation of all Liberal principles by
the deliberate refusal to vote moneys
and then for the new Government to
have recourse to nGnveimer-seerternrs
arrant. A Governor-Oenerars war-
rant was asked foe aro given witherst
hesitation in Jelly for $1.000,000. Of thie
amount. however. the documeet tented
yesterdev ehoweri they enule onl -
rend $600.(s10. Some careful. prmiort
Finance Minister asked few one million
dollars, where only $500.000 was necee-
sary. The same thing wns done in
the month of eneust. Now. if le- a
einvernor-0,erteral'e warrant. two mil-
lions could he annrepriated for depart-
mental saleries, why ne+ twelve mil-
lions, or th irty-sie mill inn s ? ( Tree r
bear.) How the •Iveltle wenie ro-
soundod with Libeese deneureerrente if
the Conservativee had done this! NTRY-
be the Con eervativee wente not lin-r•-•'•
gnt aexevernnr-Geecrel'e warrant.
Mnnoqition Pees 1 lle t if they ha
how the charges wenld 1"nr-e llaen "'mg:
on the aetion of an ieignitous Tory
Grevernm Fait! (17*.nr. b ea a)
Talk about wobblersbut in front of
him was the berre weiehler or all.
Sir .Pieherd Cartnnereht lau el- ed.
Mr. Foster. confirming snie Viet
five years azo Sir leinhare heti de-
nminrad the oot4no rf filo t,tttpr•.1-ror-
servatives in eeeuring a riovernnrearn-
erars warrant for uneepectso ces-
renses on the Tnteeenloeiel atilt -v.
The air was 1,1"" Wit"' lee denuneia-
tinns. But what hen •-
Cartwriebt to see. now? Whet bed be-
come of his cheeishel ceneietions of
five years ago? T -T. (Mr. lroeter) wns
safe in aesertine teat no Tory GrOrn"O-
ment had ever reeorted enee aesiee,
as that pursuers by the Lieera.1 elev.
ernment in thie matter. eer len<qe-
proreeded to critiriee the pereneme of
the new Minietry end cbeffee the Lib-
erals for their disappoieree beeee.
Where was the Sage of T3othwe'l to-
day? Way h
yin7Waey down in the groves or tbet
wandered disconsolate nnd
alone. The bosom friend of Me. Law-
ler to-rlay took refuge in poetry and
philosophy from the canker a -el bit-
terness of dieappeinted bene. (Leurrh-
ter.) And away down in tha Girvhoro
shore there might be at that moment
the ponderous form of the friend of
Mr. Laurier, Mr. Fraser, but
who to -day was lamentine his cruel
fate in haying to give way for a man
new to Dominion warfare. (Lausrh-
ter.) Tben there was a gallant colonel
from King's (Domville), another dis-
appointed man, and the prophetic-
lookin rs adherent of the Liberal party,
Mr. Ellis, who fought their battles for
twenty-inire years, but who had been
passed over for another man new in
the field of Dominion polities.
To -day the late member for Winni-
was in torture and wondered whether
the same recognition and kind-
ly reward for Past serviees
would he meted out to him as to Mr.
Tarte. (Laughter.) Why was he not
Minister of the Interior? Wae there
another dealeen? Was somebody to he
fixed before they could decide on a
man, and was there s. consideration
floating around for somebody? As re»
gards the meagre bill of fare in the
epeech he might ask why no leg,cla -
ton had been introrinced. Where
was Mr. Muter* with his zeal of two
years ago and his desire to reilere
the Governor -General's salary to 835,-
500 per annutti? What about Mr. Days
proposan to curtail the expenses
of office? Why no legislation cover-
ing that? Then there was Mr. Lau-
rier's promise to controllers to in-
crease their salaries to now Why no
measure on that point? Probably the
Premier intended to do it with a Gov-
ernor -General's warrant. ersitughtere
Where was the franchise measure
which was to, be introduced, and what
had become of the ninth and last
plank in the Liberal platform in favor
of P. Plebiscite on prohibition? Then,
above all, why Was there not a tariff
xneasure?
He proceeded to recite from speeches
of M. Laurier ahd Sia Richard Cart-
wright and others their views on the
iniquities of the present tariff. If pro-
tection and the National Policy was
so bad why would the Government
stay their hands for nine months?
Probably the reason why Sir Richard
Cartwright was not able to carry out
his deelarations was because he was
not sitting in the seat that he de-
clared was to be his. (Laughter.) A
tariff measure could not go through
the House before April, May or June
of next year, and why shoted the peo-
ple of this country be "bled white"
for that further period, as Sir Richard
Cartwright put it?
Alluding to the Manitoba school
question, the Liberal papers were now
announcing that the question was
practically settled. There was to be
no commission, no investigation and.no
further evidence. If this question was
settled by the Government as an-
nounced and to the satisfaction of the
minority, if it gave the minority all
their rights under the constitution, it
would be settled to the eternal and
everlasting disgrace of party politics
in the Dominion. What did be mean?
Not that he would be sorry to see it
settled, but if the Manitoba Govern-
ment settled it in conference with
the present Government they would
settle it on a bares that they had re-
fused to the late Government
and publish to
th
that the two had ae • swee°rrekit
understanding. (Loud cheers.) Time
would tell if he was right. The
last point he wished to allude to was
the new evangel of the new Govern-
ment. They 'wanted principles of
liberalism, but set them at deflance at
every turn. No Government had the
right to step in and interfere while the
indictment of a meinber was before the
courts. But in Nova Scotia they bad
slipped In and invoked the Chiltern
Hundreds system in Mr. Foster's case
to get him out of the way, while a
petition was pending in the courts, Mr.
King in New Brunswlck had been tak-
en out of court by giving him a $10
postoffice, Nothing of the kind had
ever been done before. It was inter-
fering with the courts of law for party
purposes and could be pursued in the
ease of every Liberal member protest-
ed. So, too, this recent use of the Gov-
ernor -General's warrant was one never
Intended by law. . The Liberate might
take the same advantage to tide them
over party disturbances.
This Speech from the Throne con-
tained nothing, but in the press there
Is to be found a speech from the man
in front of the throne dealing with a
Most important international question.
'verse he insinuated that the neighbor-
ly relations with the United States
had been interrupted, As a matter of
reenrel, Canada had, while standing to
her rights, in which she had been sen -
ported by Great Britain, done so with
a consistency, urbanity and courtesy
that won the commendation of the
United State" themselves. Mr, TA/MI.1n
was in this interview simply carryine
out the sentiment of ebis Boston
sPeech. wherein he said Britain'e con-
duct during the • Antericap. War ef
1e60-60 was a disgrace., He offersi to
give free ports, free fishing within the
three-mile limits and free markete to
the United States. When the Treaty
of 1888 was made by the Conservativss
It was denounced as an ignominious
surrender, yet it preserved the tie -se-
nate limit and gave the United States
vessels the right to resort to nue
ports to ...trade in .supplies only, Now
Mr. Laurier proposed far greeter p-i-
vileges. He went further, -he toek
the canal question, and deelered 0"
the authority of the leader of the Onv-
ermiient for a joint deepening and
completing of the canal from the heeri
of the lakes to Montreal. and for the
joint control of them after they are
built. When brought to hook about
It. Mr. Leerier defended himself by
misrepresenting the contents of an or-
der in council, which appointed a
deep waterways commission and by
declaring he was only following- the
Conservative policy. He challeneed
Mr. Lander to repeat that misstate-
ment. The policy of the late Govern-
ment, as shown by that very order in
council, went 130 further than to an -
point a joint commission on deen
waterways and report thereon. There
was not the least indication of svhat
the Government's poliev rovnuld be
when that report was brought in.
Hod Mr. Laurier received that re-
port? Did he know the estimated enet?
Re wanted information on the Merit-
toba school question, Mit non- he.
without report or consultation, 'pledgee
the country to an, expenditure of
neventy-five minter's, which woelst be
nur share at least, and to beneet 25
American farmers to one Canadian
farmer. And whst is more, he allows
the dangerons initial sten of a control
In vital waterways to he given to a
arPat rower, twenty times more pow -
trent than we are, with all the creenli-
rations which mny result therefrrre.
The instincts of Canada are for a fu-
ture of her own, said Mr. Foster in
conclusion. She will develon her own
pronerty, as a self-susteining nation.
And it would be unfortunate when
Mr. Laurier triert to negotiate, Or his
successors in offine tried to neentiate
with the United States, te be met on
the other side by this statement nf his
as to what be ',Armed he willine to con-
cede in exchanee for a very small con-
sideration. (Prolonged cheers.)
Sir Richard Cartwright began with a
jolse. He contended that the logical
explanation of Mr. Foster's remark in
reesard to Sir Charles Tupper's having
sacrificed his lucrative office was that
Mr. Foster thoueht the Conservative
nartv would nnt have been beaten had
Sir Charles Tupper remained ie Eng-
land. The late Conservaelve. adminis-
tration he accused of corruntion and
incapacity, and the treachery to Sir
Mackenzie Bowell led the pereir to
buck on the late Ministers. Beselee,
Sir Charles made the mistake of tak-
ing a new departure at the last
election of for once trusting the
saints rather than the sinners. net to
judge by his speech of last night, he
egged not try it again. (Laughter.) Sir
Hichard ridiculed The Mail's compute,-
tiern.of the party vote, quoted by Sir
Charles Tupper. and claimed thnt, in-
stead of a. popular majority of 25.00,
the Conservatives were in a minority
of 1.500. But it was a matter of more
immortance that the Liberals had a
majority- in the House of 35 0- 40--
(crie.s of, Oh, oh) -and of the Lieeerel
members not one owed his seat to
corrupt practices, while one in three
of the Opnosition were petitioned
against. (Laughter.)
Sir Richard defended the Governor -
General's warrants as emg necessitat-
ed by wholly exceptional circum-
stances. Would Mr. Foster, he esker!,
have desired that the Government's
re itsvay and canal ea, ployee, "a n evsn
the poor clerks theee rlepertm.","- "
should have remained unpaid? The
1 Opposition were justified in refusing
pupplies last session, just as the Gov-.
eenoteGeneral was to be Justified in
refusing to sign a warrant for them,
because that Government did not have
the confidence of the people.
Sir Richard, immediately after din-
ner. took occasion to announce that
there had been two eleCtions to -day,
and to the delight of .the Liberals pro-
eeeded to give the majorttles of Messrs.
Blair and Paterson, Theo, taking up
Mr. Foster's charges against Sir Rich-
ard, he endeavored to justifY the a4 -
tion of the Government in issuing th.e
Governor-Generars warrants.lie claim-
ed that the Government had secured
the very best legal advice within their
reach, and had adopted the oilyemeans
known to the constitution to nieet a
public emergency, consequent upon
the action of the late Government.
Rad the late Government not acted
unconstitutionally in keeping Parlia-
ment until its last legal limit, this
itate of affairs 'would never have arisen
Referring to the election isstie he said
Ito noticed Mr. Taylor in his place, and
Would like him to explain if it were
bete that he had said he had been sent
Lo Owen Sound to announce that Re-
medial LeglEilation was no more the
policy of the Conservative party, and
that if they voted for Mr. Paterson
they voted for Quebec domination.
Mr. Taylor denied having made the
statement.
Sir Richard Cartwright said he was
of course bound to accept Mr. Taylor's
ptatement, which, however, differed
born the newspaper reports, and he
Welild have to square himself with the
newspapers. The Minister then took
ap the tariff question, and mentioned
that time was required in order to see
what reductions were necessary. He
lefended Mr. Laurier from attacks
Made on him for The Chicago Record
Interviewand bontended that it was
the highest statesmanship to eultivate
friendly relistions with the United
States. He read from the recent pa-
pers of Lord Russell at Saratoga on
this point, and commended them to the
Opposition and people of Canada. (Lib-
eral cheers.)
Mr. Ives twitted Sir •Richard with
having been kept under during the re-
cent campaign and allowed out only
a few days before polling. In four or
five ridings in which he spoke his
observations had the effect of de-
feating the Liberal candidates and in-
creasing the Conservative majorities.
(Laughter.) He proceeded to some of
the influences which operated in Que-
bec to secure the Liberal majority.
There the ground was ready for har-
vest. The argument that carried the
province could be summed up in a
very few words, "Hurrah for Laurier,
one of ourselves! ' Another potent
reason was the lavish, corrupt and
abominable expenditure of money in
the constituencies. (Liberal laugh-
ter.) Talk about sixteen to one in the
States, here was a case of ten thou -
nand to one. Confederate money was.
bought at fifteen cents a bushel and
Used to pnrchase votes in one con-
etituency. The coupon system was
used, Five dollars was to be paid if
the, Liberal candidate was elected.
That was the first coupon. The see-
ond was $5 if Mr. Laurier were re-
turned to power, and the third cou-
pon $5 if the candidate became one
of Mr. Laurier's ministers. (Laugh-
ter.) That trick was successfully
tried. Then the influence of Rouge
clergy contributed largely to the land-
slide in Quebec.
Mr. Stenson (Richmond and Wolfe)
in a maiden speech said he could not
allow these statements to go unchal
lenged. He protested against the
charge that the Rouge clergy had
worked against the Conservative can-
didates. That statement was false. `
(Loud cries of "Order," which led Mr.
Stenson to withdraw the word.) He
concluded by stating that Mr. Ives
must have known he was not speak-
ing exactly according to facts, a re-
mark which caused great laughter.
Mr. N. Davin held that the Liberal
leader, by delaying to give relief at
this session to the Northwest, had
aliehated from himself all sup-
port in the Territories but that of any
hard and fast Liberals who might be
there. Speaking in passing, he admit-
ted Mr. Laurier's insincere effort to
get together a strong Government, but
In discarding the old members of the
party he had adopted a policy which
must yet justify itself. True, he had
brought in the Bengal tiger (Sir Rich-
ard), but he could say "I have pared
his claws and drawn his teeth;" while
for leaving out Mr. Fraser he might
plead the excuse that he did not want
an elephant on his hands. (Laughter-)
Mr. Davin feared that in keeping up
this uncertainty about the tariff Mr.
Laurier was laying up a store of dis-
tress in manufacturing centres during
the winter by reason of uncertainty
as to tariff issue, after which Mr. Oliver
(Alberta) in a maiden speech declared
the people of the Northwest were not
disappointed because the duty had
not been removed from agricultural
implements this session. A removal of
duty next winter would be as well.
Be twitted Mr. Davin with having
less right than anyone else to speak
for the Northwest, representing as he
did only the gentlemanly returning
officer who did the final act for him
in the last election.
Mr. Quinn (Montreal Centre) moved
the adjournment of the debate, and
without further question the House
rose at half -past 10 o'clock.
5111 1114U1ICENZIE ACeEPTS.
The Ex -Premier Yields to ihe W1110111m0IIS
Wish of Ms Colleagues,
Ottawa, Aug. 25.-(Spcnial)-Sir
Mackenzie Howell is 'to lea0. the Op-
position in the Senate. This is as
predicted by me the other day. To-
day he was waited upon by a large
deputation of Senators, headed by
Senator Miller, and presented with a
requisition signed by all of the Con-
servative Senators in the city asking
him to accept the leadership of the
Conservative members in the Upper
House during the present Parliament.
Senator Lougheed in the Senate this
evening introduced a bill to amend
the Insurance Act. It provides that
all policies of insurance negotiated by
United States companies in Canada
to residents in Canada shall
be payable in legal tender of
the Dominion, notwithstanding that
there may be a stipulation to the
contrary in policies. The object of
this bill is to meet a contingency
which might arise in the United States
by reason of a free silver policy be-
ing adopted in that country. The
present position of the policies of in-
surance negotiated in Canada of Uni-
ted States companies is that upon
payment of these policies maturing
payment in most cases, if not in all,
is made at the head offices of the
companies in the United States. The
Canadian policy -holders would, there-
fore, be compelled, if silverbecame
legal tender, to accept payment of
their policies in that coin, Which is
only worth fifty-two cents on the
dollar. As all premiums are payable
In gold it is urged that there can be
no valid objection to making the poll -
eine payable in the same coin. The
bill is likely to give rise to an inter-
esting discustdon In the Upper House.
Urediton,
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Iflying visit Thursday last,--
Bninvs.-Dr. Browning 'paid our
town a
Mrs, Treitz, of this village, has moved
on the farm with her son Charles, and
the house vacated by her will be oc-
cupied by Mr. Ceetreicher.-Dr.
Wickett's sisternwhohas been spend-
ing the past week in the village has
returned to her home in New Haven,
Conn. -G. Zwicker was in London on
Thursday last. -..-Rey. Wm. Yager, of
Waterlog, spent, the past week in this
vicinity: -The Zuriell baseball team
has again failed -to nia,ke their appear-
ance to play the return match. No
doubt they knom what the result will
be. -Henry Schwartz is at present
very ill and there is little hope of his
recovery. -Mr. John Preeter was in
the village Wednesday last . on busi-
ness. -Miss Melinda Schwartz has •re:
turned home from London. -Miss Car-
rie Wineb, Miss Melinda Beaver, and
Miss Williams, are sick with typhoid.
fever. -Rev. D. Gray conducted
Quarterly service her Saturday and
Sunday last. -Mr. Dan Sweitzer and
wife, who have spent the past six
months in Napierville, Ill. are back to
our village again. -Ma. Geo. Holtz -
mann, Jr., has had his dwelling re-
painted which is among the finest in
the village.
•••••••••••••
Sir Mackenzie Bowell has been ap-
Pointed leader of the Conservatives in
the Senate.
Wm Baker, *of Owen Sound, Ont.,
dropped dead of heart disease at Jack-
son, Mich„ Sunday.
Young Gerhold, who is charged with
the murder of Mr. Joseph Henry, near
Rapid City, confessed the crime in a
letter written to his parents.
Dr. H. A.danns, Reeve of Einbro, is
out as an independent candidate for
the vacant seat for North' Oxford in
the Ontario Legislature, in opposition
to Mr. Pattullo.
The Coroner's jury found Harry
Badgley and Bert Lyons guilty of the
wilful murder of Charles Murray . in
Toronto last week, and George Badg-
ley accessory before the fact.
A little 8 -year-old daughter of Rev.
0- W. Pinch, of Montreal, who hae
been visiting in St. Thomas, had a
finger alniost completely cnt off by
having it caught in the iron gate in
front of the house,
'While trying to save his brother Al-
bert from drowning Wednesday after-
noon, Howard Atkins, of Charlotte-
town, P. E. I., a boy of 17, met his
death. The other boy was rescued by
a third party in a boat.
Ben Reid, youngest son of William
Reid, of Sparta, was kicked t in the
face on Wednesday night while lead-
ing a horse to water. ',rho young fel-
low had his teeth knocked out and his
face terribly lacerated.
Monday even ing,while atteniptingito
kindle a fire with coal oil, Mrs. John
Queenville. of • Stoney Point, was
frightfully burned about the head,
arms and chest, and doubts are enter-
tained as to her recovery.
Hon. Wm. Paterson, Controller of
Customs, was Tuesday elected. in
North Grey by a majority of o 7er400,
to replace the late member, Mr. John
Clark, Hon. Mr. Blair, Minister of
Railways, was elected in Queen's -Sun-
bury, New Brunswick' by a majority
of Over BOO
The drifting ashore on Sunday, near
Grafton, of the small boat in which
Mr. Peale and Miss Darch, of Bow-
ntanville, went out in on Sunday, the
16th inst., destroys the last ray of
hope held by the friends of the young
couple.
A mound was opened by some tour-
ists' on Pelee Island lately, and the
bones of a mound-builder were found.
There was nothing to indicate how
long the skeleton bad been there. It
was well preserved, There are indi-
cations of the 'work of mound -builders
in many parts of Essex.
HEART DISEASE
IS CURABLE.
ALFRED COMDEX oF WEST &TEE -
FORD, QUEBEC, COMPLETELY CURED
OF HEART DISEASE OF FOUR YEARS'
STANDING BY Dn. AGNEW'S CURE
FOR VIE HEART -A PENREOKE Lass
()TIRED OP THE WORST FORD' OF
CHRONIC CATARRH BY DR. AGNEW's
CATARRIIAL POWER—DR. AGNEW'S
OINTMENT FOR PILES AND HIS PILLS
FOR LIVER ILLS.
Four Most Remarkable Remedies.
The development of science in re-
cent years gives hope for the curing of'
many of the worst forms of disease
that afflict humanity. Even so dreaded
a complaint as heart disease is curable.
That is being demonstrated almost
daily by the use of Dr. Agnew's Cure
for the Heart. It positively gives re-
lief in any case within half an hour
after the first dose, and this often
means the saving of a life. Alfred
Couldry of West Shefford, Que., suf-
fered from heart disease for four
years. He found no relief until he
made the acquaintance of Dr. Agnew's
oure for the Heart, and says: "After
using eight bottles of this medicine I
know nothing of this dreaded trouble."
Catarrh in its worst forms is deem-
ed incurable. But here is what Mrs.
George Graves of Ingersoll, Ont, says:
"My little daughter Eva, aged thirteen
years, four years ago was taken with
catarrh of the very worst kind. We
used all known catarrh cures and doc-
tored with the most skillful physicians
for over threeyears, but with no avail.
We considered her ease chronic and
incurable. Last winter I heard of the
fame of Dr. Agneiv,s dataerbal Pow-
der, and was persuaded to try a bottle,
and I must confess, for the sake of all
suffering humamity. that after using
two bottles my child was completely
cured."
Dr. Agnew bus given to tbe public
four valuable specifics, and all alike
do the most satisfactory work. Rio
famous ointment will cure the worst
case of itching piles in from three'
to Six nights, andone application alone
will bring comfort.
In an age when there is no end of
liver pills, it says much for •Dr.
new's Liver Pills that they win friends
wherever known. Ten cents is the
charge for a phial of forty, doses. Sold
by CLuTz.
almanInamonmsom.....maimor.
In some conditions the gairi?
from the use of Scott's
Emulsion of Cod -ver (3-W-
li1
is rapid. For this reason we.,
. put up a 50c. size, which is.
sough for an ordinary cough!
or cold, or useful as a trial for!
babies and children.
In other conditions gain
1
riquat be slow, sometimes
-
almost imperceptible, !ilealth
can't be built up in a day. For
this Scott's Emulsion must be
taken as 'nourishment, food
rather than medicine, food
prepared for tired and weak
digestions.
SCOTT'S OMULSION has been endorsed by,
tho medical profession fortwenty years. (Ask .
year doctor.) This is because it is always i
palabia-slways uniform -always contains.;
teas purest Nerweelan Codelver 011 and Hype.'
- Pot up in so cent and Shoo sizes, Tho
senspbitee.
Amu else may be enough to cure your
ceugh et help your baby.
Scott ftx Bowno. Belleville, Ont.
Tize trial of Dr. Jamieson cost the
British Government$250,000. It came
high, but justice had to be done.
Marriage Licenses
—ISSUED AT—
HICK'S JEWELRY STORE
No Witnesses Required.
A complete Stock of Jewelry, Silver-
ware, etc.
Repairing receives careful and per-
sonal attention,
R. HICKS,
Central Telephone Office
,
cr-nlocks
ell the clogged
avenues of the'Bowels,
Kidneys and Liver,
carrying oft, gradually
without weakening the
system, all the imeuri.
des and foul humors of
e secretions ; at the
ame tifne Correct-
ing Acidity of the
Stomach, curing BM-
ouiness. Dxstcpsia,
Headaches,Dir.zineps,
HeartburniConstipt-
tion, Dryness of the
in, Dropsy, Dim-
ness of Vision. Jaun-
dice, Salt Rheum,
Erysip 91as, Scrofula,
Fluttering of the
Heart, Nervousness
d General Debility;
ad tkese and many oche
similar complaints yiel
to the happy influent
of BURDOCK BLOOD
BITTERS.
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T..141 Wu RN a Co,
TOROti.70.
When the Mercury gets up in-
to the nineties you wont mind it
a particle if you will come and
see us first and provide yourself
with one of Grieve's cool summer
suits. We have a big range and
we arc bound to clear thei:44..all
out by the 1st of August. , Don't
wait until Siou melt, begin. to be
comfortable now.
See our $2.00 summer pants
made to order.
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Green,
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PURPLE and COPPER SUL-
PHATE.
Full directions how to suc—
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Headquarters for Fishing
Supplies at
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