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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1897.
NOTES AND COMMEtliTS..
--
Bradstreets classification. of com-
mercial failures thoughout the Dom-
inion of Canada (Newfoundland fail-
ures included) shows that 67.2 per cent.
of all such embarrasenients were taus -
ed by lack of capital in 1893, 71.3 per
cent in 1895, whereas in 1891 the pro-
portion was 08.5 per cent.; in 1893 it
was 69.4 per cent, and in 1892 only 65.1
per cent. Next among causes of fail-
ures, as is true in the United States,
were incompetence and commercial
crisis. The Canadian and, provincial
failures, due to lack of capital in 1896,
numbered 1,481, and those due to coin-
mercial crisis, only 157, the first being
an increase and the latter a deer ease.
There is a favorable side to reports of
failures due to commercial caisis in
Canada, because they amounted to 7.1
per cent. last year, compared with 8.5
per cent. in 1895, and because they
are contrsted with 8,1 per cent of the
total number of failures in this class
in 1891. Dominion and Provincial fail-
ures, due primarily to incompetence in
business, numbered 203 last year out
of a grand total of only 2,204, or about
9 per cent of the whole.
A close scrutiny of the historic facts
must destroy the theory thatthe perse-
cution of Canadians under the alien
labour law has been incidental to the
protection of the UnitediStates against
the paupers of Europe. True there is
a pretence that the design of the law
was to guard the ports of the United
States against the offscourings of
Europe. The truth is that the effect
of the law has been to harass and
worry Canadians. There is some rea-
son to believe that such an effect was
contemplated in the original design.
The local selfishness of Buffalo and
Detroit used the cry against the paup-
ersof Europe in order to secure a law
to oopressand worry Canadians. There
is no actual dislike for Canada
among the great majority of public
men at Washington. Their apathy is
as useful to demagogues like Corliss, of
Detroit, as their activity could • be, It
matters little to Congressmen from the
interior States what happens to Can-
ada, Therefore they are willing to vote
.for any proposal which can be suggest-
ed by the meanness of border cities like
Buffalo and Detroit. The majority in
Congress may believe that its alien
labor law is designed to keep out the
paupers of Europe, but it allows that
law to be amended by clauses which
are specially aimed at Canada, and the
executive author tries, by keeping
men like De Berry in office, to en-
courage the cruel enforcement of that
law against Canadians. It is a very
pretty fairy story this theory that the
great large -hearted, generoes United
States Congress did not mean to hurt
Canada. Congress simply does not
care whether Canada is hurt or not.
There is reason to doubt the accuracy
of Mr. Laurier's impression that Con-
gress has wounded Canada in ignor-
ance and not in malice. But even if
.Mr. Laurier he right, there is no com-
fort. for Canada in his theory so - long
as Canada is wounded. It .matters
little 'whether malice or ignorance
strikes .the blow.
Seaforth.
• BBJEFs.—Johnr.enrav, of Seaforth,
diedsystry Saiddenly on -Sunday, right:
Ire was standing in front, of Dick's
hotel when he was seized with an
apopletic fit. He was not discovered
for some time, and wasso badly frozen
that he died shortly afterwards.—Mr.
Iledden, of Egmondville, who hasbeen
ill for some time, died on Saturday. --
John Dinney, and wife, of Egneond-
'erne, spent Taesday in Exeter, visit-
ing friends.
At Curwinsville, Pa., in the absence
of thhir parents, the four children of
John Webb, colored, were burnt to
death.
Premier Laurier has replied to the
British Consul -General at T3ra,zil,guar-
anteeing the expenses of returning el-
even more Canadian families, compris-
ing forty persons, from Brazil.
According to official returns the pro-
duction of pig iron in Canada more
than doubled, during the last fiscal
year, 81,607 tons have been produced,
a against 31,611 in the previous year.
Their gentle action and good effect
on ttsta.lstem really make them a
•ejSrect little pill. They please those
ito use them. Carter's Little Liver
s may well be termed "Perfection."
yer s Cherry Pectoral is known by
'arks. The experience of half a
ary proves that no other pre -
On of the kind otons coughing
y$ irritation of tie- throat and
1 tabes so pronistly and ef-
as this.
THE EXETER TIMES
HURON COUNTY COUNCIL. I
The first session of the County Coun-
cil, under the new Act, was opened on
Tuesday afternoon last, the following
members composing the body
P. Holt and RobertMcLean, District
No, 1 ; John Oox and James Snell, No.
2; Geo. McBwen and John Torrance,
No. 6 ; A. Rollins and D. McInnis,
No, 4; T. E. Hayes and, j, B. McLean,
No. 5 ;Arch Hyslop and Henry Mooney,,
No. 6; D. Patterson and Alex Stuart,
No. 7 ; B. S. Cook and Robt. Miller,
No. 8.
Mr. John Cox was unanimously el-
ected Warden.
The first difficulty in applying the
old regulations to the new ana smaller
body was experienced in the appoint-
ment of the standing committtes for
the year. It. was finally decided that
Messrs. Holt, Cook, McEwen, Torrance
and Dr. Rollins be a committee to re-
vise and amend the by-laws so as to
render it suitable to the present status
of the council.
The council then adjourned till 10
o'clock 'Wednesday*
SECOND DAV--WEDNESDAY.
Council resumed. Bylaw No. 6, of
1891, was repealed, and a. new bylaw
passed, regulating the appointment of
the committees.
The council then appointed the fol-
lowing as the Striking committee to
name Standing committees for the
year : Messrs. Holt, Miller, McEwan,
Rollins and Torrance.
The council then adjourned till 3 p.
me at which hour they resumed, and
the Striking committee reported the
following Standing committees:
EXECUTIVE,—Holt, Mooney, Hyslop,
McEwen and Cook.
SPECIAL.— Holt, Mooney, Hyslop,
McEwen and Cook.
FisasamE.—Roll ins, Miller, Torrance,
Stuart and j. B. .McLean.
EDUCATION.—Rollins, Miller, Tor-
ance, Stuart and .T. B. McLean.
Roan AND BRIDGE. —D. Patterson,
Hays, Robt. McLean, McInnis and
Snell,
COUNTY PROPERTY.—D. Patterson,
Hays, Robt, McLean, McInnis and.
Snell.
EisranizaTrox.—The whole Council.
WAB,nnte'S. —11cEwen, Cook, Rol-
lins and Holt.
HotrsE o REFUGE.—John Torrance,
Mooney and Hyslop.
After the report of nominating com-
mittee had been received a communi-
cation was read from the Co. of Lamb -
ton, asking co-operation of the coun-
cil in memorializing the Dominion
Government to place railway com-
panies on the same level with other
proprietors of land under the Ontario
Drainage Act. Rocominended that
the warden anti clerk petition the
Senate and the House of Commons in
accordance therewith.
From County of Fronton:Lc, asking
the council to tiaSS a resolution re -
tariff rates on certain articles. No
action.
A request from D. French, keeper
of the House of Refuge for increase of
salary for keeper and matron of the
House of Refuge. No action.
A large number of accounts, inclacl-
ing those of the recent elections and
the House of Refuge, were sent to the
finance committee.
A tender for county printing was
sent to the executive committee. Be-
ing much higher than .the accepted
tender of former years, was not ac-
cepted, but left to the warden's com-
mittee to deal with.
A motion of McEwen and Stuart
that a grant of $15 be made to each
public library was carried.
Chas. McLennan, of Belgrave, was
appointed auditor on motion of Messrs.
Hyslop and. j. B. McLean.
Moved by Messrs. Holt and Robt.
McLean and Jno. Acheson, Jas. Scott
and W. D. Bright be trustees in their
respective Collegiate Institutes.
Moved in amendment by Messrs.
McEwen and Miller, that Mr. Mc-
Donald be trustee for Goderich, Robt.
McMordie for Clinton, and G. E. Ores-
weller for Seaforth. The amendment
carried.
P. Holt and W. Lane were appoint-
ed auditors of the criminal justice ac-
counts, and Geo. Baird of Stanley, and
A. j• Moore, B. A., of Goderich, on
the board of county examiners.
Moved. by Mr. Hyslop, seconded by
Mr. Holt, that the clerk procure a
copy of the Ontario Statutes for each
member of this council, the same to be
the property of the county. Carried.
On motion of Messrs. Hays and
Mooney the council adjourned to meet
at 2p. in., Thursday.
THURSDAY.
Couneil met pursuant to adjourn-
ment, members all present.
Letter read from P. McEwen, asking
to be allowed to use Maitland bridge
as support for a, salt pipe ; 'granted.
Request of Col. Wilson and Major
Varcoe that the county pay yolunteers
while in camp during) 1897,25 cts. per
day, was not granted.
Communication from Clinton Col-
legiate Institute, asking for a settle-
ment of arrears was laid over till June
meeting.
- • A.request from D. E. Munro, of
Auburn asking a grant of $30 towards
the erection of a lockup was refused.
A request that the village of Hensall
be made a centre for bolding Entrance
and Public School Leaving examin-
ations was granted.
Moved by Mr. Cook, seconded by
Mr. Pattersen, that in the future all
orders for payments of contracts is-
sued by the county commissioner be
certified by a member of this council
instead of the reeves as formerly. It
was decided that the commissioner's
certificate is. sufficient.
• Moved by Mr. McEwen, seconded
by Mr. Torrance,that the usual grant
of $300 be made to Agricultural and
Horticultural societies holding ex-
• hibitions in 1897. Decided that $20 be
• granted to each branch Agricultural
and Horticultural society holding ex-
hibitions. '
The council then adjourned to meet
at 10 a. in. on Friday. •
FRIDAY.
Council resumed at 10 a. m.
A letter from Wm. Coats, secretary
of the clerk's association, asking that
certain expenses be met by the county
was filed. ,
The claim of Seaforth Collegiate In-
stitute for arrears, $228.76 was paid in
flail of all claims. ,
825 was granted to .ea,cli Farmer'S
Institut.
The claim Of • John T. Dickson for
monies alleged. to he overpaid was laid
over till June session, and the trea-
surer was instructed to request pay-
ment of $1,052 67, monies for 1898, and
report at June Meeting.
Regarding payments to be made to
Collegiate Institutes, the treasurer and
chairman of Executive committee to
examine statement of 'figures submit-
ted and that the matter be dealt
with at June session.
The County counnissionerwas placed.
on the pay list at the same rate as the
members, during the session of the
council, and that Inspector of House
of Refuge be also placed on the list
at the same rate as a member while
attending meetings. That the county
clerk attend all meetings Of commit-
tees which may be held outside of
Goderich, and that he be paid at the
same rate as members of the commit-
tee.
The usual grant of $25 was made to
each Teacher's Institute.
No action was taken on the motion
of McEwen and Snell; re-boundaryline
grants.
Education corn, reported that
Messrs. Robb and Tom appeared be-
fore the committee and requested that
699 copies of the course of study be
printed in pamphlet form for the use
of the schools; recommended that the
application be granted,
The reports of Inspectors Tom and
Robb, were examined and passed, and
ordered to be printed in the minutes
with the exception of the visits to
schools.
County property reported that the
jail bad. been examined. and found
clean, and in good order; that Gaoler
Dickson was well pleased with the
incandescent light, and that one more
light be placed in each of the four cor-
ridors, and that the flooring of the
turnkey's room, ordered at the June
session, be attended to at once.
That one insane inmate, who is very
weak physically, be removed to the
asylum as soon as possible.
That an old man. A. Wesley, who
is very infirm, and comesfrom Pepper -
ton, Canuington Station G. T. R.,
be sent there as his time expires on
1st February, else he will have to be
sent to the House of Refuge.
The supplies asked for by gaoler were
granted.
That supplies asked for law library
by Judge Masson be granted.
That the registry office was examin-
ed. and found hi proper shape with the
exception noted.
That the statement of insurance
placed before the committee be print-
ed in the minutes.
That the different rooms in the
Court House were examined and found
clean and well kept, and that Mr. Mc-
Creath seemed to be a very efficient.
officer, and that a new carpet le.‘ pur-
chased for stairs leading to court
room.
Road and bridge committee report-
ed that Westfield, Balls, Maitland and
Eighteen Mile bridges required new
floors, that the commissioner ask for
tenders for the same and that the
work be proceeded. with as soon as
possible. •
That the tender of L. Hardy, $139
for Tiplady bridge be accepted.
That the tender of Mustard and
Guttridge for stone and concrete abut-
ments for Bannockburn bridge at
$5.50 per cubic yard be accepted and
that the tender of the Peterborc
Bridge Co., $1,273.00 for the super-
structure be also accepted.
Finance committee recommended
payment of some fifty accounts.
That the county solicitor draft a
new txddlar and. hawkers license by-
law in accordance with new statute,
and that the present fee be continued.
That W. Lane be paid for actual
travelling expenses for county election,
and reported that the treasurer's
statement of county fina,nses for 1896
were fun and complete and carefully
prepared, and that they be published
in the minutes.
That the securities and bonds given
by the county treasurer had. been ex-
amined. and found to be the same as
those given in detail in the average
report of January 1893, and. that the
clerk procure before the next session
the latest assessed values of the pro-
perties embraced in such securities.
The Warden's committee reported
that they had decided to ask the
opinion of the inspector of 'registry
offices regarding the claims of the es-
tate of the late Jas. Dickson and Jno.
T. Dickson.
That the claim of the Seaforth
Collegiate Institute was a proper one.
House of Refuge committee re-
commended that the reports of phy-
sician and inspector be printed in the
minutes, and two hundred copies of
the inspector's report be printed in
pamphlet form for distribution.
That contracts for supplies be made
for three months with power to extend
them for another term by mutual con-
sent.
• GOALER'S REPORT
After mentioning in strong terms
the improvement brought about by
the introduction of the incandescent
light, shows that there are 17 prisoners
confined, three of whom are under
sentence for larceny, one insane and
thirteen vagrants, all strong and able-
bodied men with the exception of A.
Wellesley who is aged, and weak in
body and mind.
• OFFICER's REPORTS
The Public School Inspectors, road
commissioner, treasurer, House of
Refuge physician and House of Refuge
Inspector also sent in reports but they
are too lengthy for even a summary in
this, issue.
• The report of the finance committee
was read, passed through committee
and adopted.
Report of executive committee was
read and adopted with the exception
of clauses 1, 2, 3,4, 5. • .
The council then adjourned to meet
at 2 o'clock. ,
The executive report was again
taken up, and the following agreed to:
That $30 be granted to. Manchester
1.(ckupt, and $225 be paid to Clinton
Collegiate Institute for arrears claimed
for 1892 and '93. The report was then
finally passed.
Report of county property com-
naittee was read, and after a slight al-
teration the committee rose, when
Dr. Rollins moved, seconded by H.
Mooney, that all repairs and furnish-
ings ordered to be done by the county
property committee be attended to by
the warden and clerk and ,the mem-
bers Of this council for division No. 1.
The report was then adopted as.
emended.
Finance committee's reportwas read
passed in committee and adopted in
council
The report of the education com-
mittee was presented, read, and after
passing through the committee, ad -
tested in council.
The special •Committee's report was
read, went through committee and
peeked In council.
The report, of road and bridge corns
ruittee haying been read, was passed
through committee, and after verbal
amendments, adopted, in council. .
Report& of House of Refuge com-
mittee, was read, and after inserting
the words "and inspector's report,"
after the words :"physician's report"
w rs oacleol y
ed
Moved r. Stewart, seconded by
Mr. Patterson, that the _various lock-
et) keepers in the county be paid $10
on the certificate of the reeve or of
county councillor of the division that
ecaittehdic,kup has been properly kept.
The council then adjourned till 8 p.
in., at which thne it resumed, and after
passing the supplementary reports the
first session of the new council closed.
Mr. Hugh Sutherland, a farmer,
who has lived in Weet. Zorra, for about
sixty years, left Wookstock, on Mon-
day evening to walk to his sister's, on
the Governor's Road, about four miles
west of the town. It was intensely
ahd he was found the next morn -
tag about 100 yards from his sister's
house, so badly frozen that he died
shortly afterwards. From the ap-
pearance of the snow and his body he
bad struggled hard, to complete the
journey, without avail,
John McOuffrey, an old and well
known resident of Toronto, died very
suddenly Tuesday night. While
stepping into a cutter, in front of his
residence, he had a paralytic: stroke,
and died almost immediately.
At the annual meeting of the North
Middlesex Agricultural Society, held.
in Ailsa Craig, the following officers
were elected: President, J. D. Mc-
Ewen; first vice-president, D. Robin-
son; second. vice-president, Peter
Stewart; directors, tseorge Hindminsh,
John Morgan, John Eynon, A. W.
Smith, S. D. Drummond, John Hard,
Win. Headley, Hector Gunn, D. A.
Stewart, M. D. ; representatives to the
'Western Fair, Joseph Rosser, D. S.
Cameron ; auditors, Dr. Gunn, E.
Hun -hi on ; Joseph Rosser was ap-
pointed treasurer and D. A. Stewart,
M. D., secretary. It was resolved to
amalgamate with t.be East Williams
Agricultural Society, as usual.
No one knows better than those who
have used Carter's Little Liver Pills
what relief they have given wheu
taken for dyspepsia, dizziness, pain in
the side, constipation, and di -
ordered stomach.
A Legapy of Dims%
VETERANS OF THE WAR REPAID
IN SUFFERING AND DISEASE.
FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS Mr. John
SHERMAN SOUGHT RELEAsit PROM
THE TORTURES OF INFLAMMATORY
RHEUMATISM.
From the Prescott Journal.
There is no man in the township of
Edwardsburg who is better known
than Mr. John Sherman. He is one of
the many Canadians who at the out-
break of the American rebellion.joined
the army of the North, and to the. ex-
posures and hardships which he en-
dured during that trying and perilous
time, does he owe to long years of suf-
fering which be has since undergone.
The writer remembers seeing Mr.
Sherman a few years ago when he was
so crippled with rheumatism that it
was impossible for him to walk, and
baying heard that a cure had been
effected, determined to investigate the
matter for himself. When the reporter
called at Mr..Shermants home he found
nim in the yard handling an axe and
chopping wood like a young man, and
he found him also quite Willing t� re-
late his trying experience. "I have
suffered with rheumatism for twenty
years," said Mr. Sherman, "and I
have doctored with four different
doctors and yet I kept getting worse
and worse. I was bent double with
the pain in my back and both legs
were so drawn up that I was unable to
straighten them, and for four months
when I wanted to move about I had to
do so on my hands and knees. I tried
many medicines but no benefit and. I
had given up all hope of being able to
walk again. 0,ie of my sons tried to
persuade lime, to use Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, bat I refused to take any more
medicine. At last one day my son
brought home three boxes of the pills,
and after they had been in the house
for over two weeks, I at last consented
to take them, but not because Ithought
they would do me any good. Bafore
they were gone, however, I could feel'
that my back was getting Stronger
and I eouldstraizeten up, It required
no further patriaski" IM get me to
take the pills, Asfm that time on I
began to get better, until now with
the aid of a light cane, I can walk
all over the farm, get in and out of a
buggy, and do most ofthe chores
round the house and barns. I feel
twenty years younger, and I consider
Dr. 'Whliatne' Pie le Pills the most
wonderful medicine for rheumatism in
the world. I began them only to please
my son and it was a most agreeable
surprise to tne when I found thy legs
limber, and my back gaining new,
Strength. I can . cheerfully'recom-
mend Dr. Williams:Pink' Pills to the.
sufferiugrhemnatmes of the world. :
An analysis shows that Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills contain in a condensed forth
all the elements necessary toziye new
life and richness to the blood., and re-
store shattered' nerves. They are an
unfailing 'specific for such disease as
locomotor ataxia, partly paralysis, Se.
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rhen-
Matisna,. nervenS headache, the after
effects of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, neryoue prostattione all disease
depending upon vitiated humors in the
blood, such as scrofula, chronic'erysip-
etas, etc. . They are also a specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppression, iraegularities, mid all
farms of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow of health
to pale and, sallow cha ee, In Mee
they effect 'a radical cure in: all eases
arising from mental worry, overWoek,
'or excesses of Whatever nature.
THEY CO1DE1N TIM TREATY,
setmis. of New Torn Mete, in Their WI..,
tont. Decide That It is Enneccs-
sary and Ethuneeteettatit.
Albany Feb. 1.—In the Assembly to-
day the following resolution was of-
fered and laid on the table under the
'Resolved, If the Senate concur, that
we request the Senators representing
New York in the Congress of the Uni-
ted States to oppose and place on re-
cord the:r condemnation of the pro-
posed treaty of arbitration between
the National Government and that of
Great Britain.
"Be it further .resolved, if the Sen-
ate concur, that we regard this treaty
as unnecessary, and calculated to em-
barrass our Government in its enforce-
ment of the Monroe doctrine and in Its
raations with other powers."
F.ItOM $5 TO $500.
Carl Ranee Is Said to Have liaised a
cheque, oat the Cash and
Skipped Out,
Toronto, Feb. 2.
Carl Bauer has left Toronto.. He
went without leaving his future ad-
dress • or telling his destination. His
departure is due to the fact that Le is
wanted on a charge of raising a, $5 -
cheque to $500. And that he was suc-
cessful was due to the carelessness of
bank officials. The game that Bauer
Is alleged to have worked is very sim-
ple. Its simplicity, coupled with the
carelessness of the bank clerks, enabled
him to get away with the money-.
Bauer, for the past four months, has
been an agent of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. kIe kept a small
personal 'account with the Bank of
Hamilton. On Monday, Jan. 25, he an-
nounced his intention or eloping his ac4
count there, and drew out the few dol-
lars lie had on deposit, He made out
several small cheques, one of which
was for $5. "**
it marked good by the ieltgeerrlhavingt-eei
,,
it is claimed he wrote in the word
"hundred," scratched out the Period
after the figures five, and added two
ciphers, which made it read $500.00.
his cheque with others he took to
the Imperial Bank at Yonge and Queen -
Streets, deposited it as $500, and open-
ed an account. The following day he
drew out all the money there was to
his credit. When the cheque, in due
course, was charged up to the Bank
of Hamilton by the Imperial., it was
returned marked "no funds," and then
the case grew interesting. The Bank
of Hamilton people had maraed the
cheque good, and the Imperial paid
loss.
Mr.
it. Neither institution is will-
ing to admit or be responsible for the
Mr. Palmer, the manager of the Me-
tropolitan, was also tongue-tied, not
that he or his company was interested
in any way, but he had been asked to
say nothing about the case. Batter's
accounts with the Insurance Company
are perfectly straight.
Bauer is well known in the city.
He was for a. number of years confi-
dential clerk for Hawley an). Mem-
berry at the old St. James' Hotel.
When Mr. Hawley ;milt the Grand
Union Hotel Bauer was installed as
clerk and bookkeeper, and remained
there until the advent of the present
proprietor. At the time the house
was in financial difficulties Bauer was
made receiver by the assignee. He Is
a married man, and lived at 57 Wid-
mer -street. Mrs. Bauer is still In the
city.
The manager of the Bank of Hamil-
ton swore out a, warrant for Bauer'S
arrest atter he had left the city.
WOLFF WAS CRAZY.
Re Shot Another Man's Wife and rut a
Bullet Into ItIs Own Head.
San Francisco, Feb. 1.—Mrs. Marie
Sprinzinik, the wife of Franz Sprin-
zinik, -was shot and killed Saturday
night. There was no clue to the as-
sassin, but suspicion was directed to-
wards Franz Wolff, on. whose account
Mrs. Sprinzinik separated from her
'husband. Yesteraay Wolff's body,
with a, bullet through the brain, was
found in a room which he had rented
a few hours before. Wolff's acquaint-
ances stated that he frequently tlueat-
ened to kill Mrs. Sprinzinik and then
commit suicide. As the bullet which
caused the woman's death exactly fits
Wolff's pistol, the supposition is that
he made gcod his threats.
Tree Wiled Five
Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 1.—While two
sawyers were *eating from felling a
large tree, which had been cut almost
through, at Jackson, Saturday after-
noon, the tree came suddenly down i
a cabin and crushed it flat. The
three men in the cabin, Thomas Loll,
Evan Davis and William Bruce, were
killed outright, and Dave Marshall and
Frank Slate were fatally injured. Two
other men were injured, but not fatal-
ly.
Another Ashore on the Elbe.
London, Feb. I.—The German steamer
Persia„ Captain Spliedt, from New York
Jan, 16, reported arrived at Hamburgh
Jan. 20, is ashore In the River Elbe.
Walkerton dealers will have to pay
an annual license fee of $100 instead of
$25, as heretofore.
Poor
is starved blood. It s self
in pale cheeks, white eak
digestion, no appe exhaus-
tion, lack of ne force, soft
muscles, and, cht.t of all, weak
muscles. Your doctor calls it
Anaemia. He will tell you that
the weakening weather of sum-
mer often brings it on.
Scott'l
Emulsion
of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo -
phosphites, will make poor blood
rich. It is a food for over -taxed
and weak digestion, so prepared
that it can easily be taken in
summer when Cod-liver Oil or
even ordinary foods might repel.
SCOTT & DOWNS, Belleville, Ont.
t.
For sale at 50c. and St.00 by all druggists
romprolarbonmaa..._
r,11171CAPT. S011 t
Mooted to Succeed J. M. Vvhlte
In Forfarshire.
Hr. Mate Got Mixed lip In a Breach al
Promise t'ams laith a Clergy mea'h
Datmgitn ii hien Led Ulm to 'aelite
Seat • Countess comb./ Gets lier to -ivory.
—Talk, of tut faioerlai Conference wtae.
the Colonial el.:niters ore ill 1.41lidoll
Geller*: Nell,: by Caine.
Dundee, Feb. 1.—The election to fin
the seat in the House of Comm.ne,
made vacant by the resignatioa
James Martin White, Liberal memo:,
for Forfarstilte, was held en Saturday,
and resulted in the return of Mr.
Liberal, by a vote of 5423
4565 for Mr. Ramsey, ConserVativo-
The resignation of Mr. Whit./, who is
a member of the firm of 3. F. Who.e
& Co., of New York, was caused b.,'
his being made the dee:en:ant in au
action for brea,th of promisa biou,;ht
against him by Miss Ellen mit-ant,
daughter of a Dundee clergyman. im-
mediately after his iesignation in N,, -
v ember last, Mr. White started fer
India.
At the general election Mr. White
was given a. majeray of 422. lie. Wait
then opposed by sir, Ramsey, the pre-
sent defeated candidate. As compaese
with the votes cast ut the Leiteial
election Saturday's to ling rho as an
increase on the part or bah Lama,
and Conservative. The ca.nvits$ was
a particularly warm one, and int L
erals are congratulating thoneavai
upon being able to retain the :Nat by
an increased maeirity. Captain
clan was in Canada. when be wa..
unanimously nOh.iiinted by the Faxfar-
shire Liberal Assoation, but ic re-
turned to Scotland Meetly aftorwaiii
arid made a warn fight for el..etion.
Re was actively supported by Mr.
John Morley, formerly Chief Steretary
for Ireland. Captain Sinclair is no
novice In political life, he havng re-
presented Dumbartonshire in the laNt
Parliament. He served in the Suald.n
expedition in 188e and was Mee -de-
camp to the Bali of Aberdeen when
the latter was Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land. He retired from the army in
1887. From 1880 to 1891 he was a mena
tier of the London County Council, elo
Is a. Radical, favoring Home Rule,
electoral reform, reform in the Paro-
chial Board system of Scotland and of
the land laws and of an eight -Lour
bill for miners, etc..
Immediately after his resignation in
November last, Mr. White started ter
India. Mr. White is a. member of the
firm of 3. F. White & Co. of New
York.
The fight in Forfarshire has been a
remarkable one, and the excitement ha:
been intense since Captain Sinclair's
arrival from Canada. A snowstoim
prevailed all day long and Saturday,
and the drifts were deep, but the en-
thusiasm of the voters was not intIV.-
enced by the weather. Many of them
tramped many miles through the snow,
and voters came all the way fron
Cumberland and London, and even
from Ireland. Bands of plowmen and
bleachers marched in procession to the
polling booths. Lord lia.ddo actively
canvassed in the interest of Captain
Sinclair. The Westminster Gazette,
commenting on the victory of Captain
Sinclair, seers that very few candi-
dates could have overcome the difficul-
ties faced by hint when he returned
from Canada to contest the seat, add -
lug': "The Liberals feared the result
of the peculiar circumstances of Mr.
Win te's redrew out."
LAX( I2 7IP41S'INGLESS.
London Press CA intlactits on the Action of
the .r. e, Commiltee.
London, Feb. 1.—The Globe, corn •
menting on the modificetions of the ar-
bitration treaty, says : " The Foreign
Committee of the United States Serial,
has left the treav meaningless, and i.
would be disereditable to the common-
sense of the Senate if that body shout
approve the trtaty as it has been al.
tered."
The Westminster Gazette says.
"The jingo majority seek to deetro;
the treaty."
The Pall Mall Gazette says: "Tie -
committee is doing its best to mak:
hay with the treaty- It has not dared
to brave public opinion in withholding
Its approval -absolutely, but it has left
the treaty without Value."
STILL A.NOTVER CABLE.
Q.-
Nerotiattlinas in Prozress for n Filre to tne
Ltritish W est Indies
London, Feb. 1.—In the House of
Commons Melee Right Hon. Joseph
Mato. erlain, Secretary of State for the
Colonies, stated that negetiations for
the construction of a British West In-
dies cable are in progress, and that a
prene.ii cable laid by a Franco-A.meri-
can company, would compete with the
British cable.
Mr. Chamberlain also said that the
questi a of an Imperial conference ta
continue the work Of the Ottawa con-
ference, to take place when the Co-
loxiial Premiers came to London, to
be present at the Queen's jubilee next
June, was under consideration.
Right lion. Arthur 3. Balfour intro-
duced the Eclue-tional bill mentioned
in the Queen's speech at the opening
of the session as '" ,at
foe the
promotion of primary education by se-
curing the maintenance of voluntary
schools." • The bill, be said, was lim-
ited to a simple measure relating to
voluntary schools. The scheme ior-
mulated. in 1896, he said, had collapsed
because it was too comprehensive.
Reform in education must be dealt
with, piecemeal, and it was noW pro-
posed that the State grant to volun-
tary schools five shillings per child,
which, in the aggregate,' would aniount
to £616,500 annually.
Tag couNlims DUNS.
The Earl or Com ler', AtillIligSlollA Give Eits
Wile a Divorce.
London, Feb. I.—The trial of the ac-
tion for divorce brought by Countess
Cowley against her husband, Earl
Cowley, was resumed in the divorce
'division of the High Court of Justice
to -day. Evidenc,e, was given which
proved by the -admissions of the Earl
himself that he had visited Brighton
with a woman Who passed as his wife,
and the court Will pronounce Judgment
in favor of the Countets to -morrow.
The Earl was originally proceeded
against a:s having maintained adulter-
ous relations with a Mrs. Cha.rrington,
who, when called to thewitness stand,
denied that such relations had ever c.• c,
Iisted. Counsel for Countess CowhtY
then asked leave to withdraw the flame
of Mrs. Charrington from the oam-
plaint, and substitute a new co-res-
pondent. which ivas granted., It
then understood that Earl
would admit his relations with
woman, making no further defence
his wife's action.
NEARPUL IN TOE EXTREME,
Europeans Have Died From the Plowings-.
Havoc Among Convicts.
New York, Feb. 1.—The Journal how
the folowingfrom London: A cabl
gram from Bombay says: Two in re
Europeans have died in the hospital
here of the plague. The position, of
things is still fearful In the extreme.
Yesterday two convicts died of plague
in the Rouse of Correction and a
number of other convicts were attack-
ed by the malady. The significant*:
of this arises out of the fact that the
House of Correction was planned and
/aid out upon the most improved sani-
tary prineiples, and yet the plague
made its way within its walls.
The medical deputation from EgYpt,
w
qv
hiel, has been here some little e,
visited the jail, where a numb of
convicts were inoculated, with sped ly
prepared prophylactic vaccine by Prof.
Hagfkine. Members of the pollee force
are suffering severely. The positioTh
of Karachi is most critical, ‚and a. per-
fect panic prevails in several other
towns.
G.ENERAL CABLE NEWS.
Mark Lane Express is Surprised at the lk.
dine in Prices in the U.S.
London, Feb. 1.—The Mark Lane Nit -
press says it j surprised at the de-
cline of prices in the United State",
and remarks that the definite crop re-
turns of 1896 do not -warrant any de..
Pression.
Bayard's Nospitiolity.
London, Feb. 1,—Lord Salisbury has
accepted an invitation to be present
at the dinner which United States Am-
bassador Bayard and Mrs. Bayard Will
give in honor of the Prince of Wales
at their residence, No. 83 Euston -
square, on Wednesday, Feb. 3,
German Minister Attacked.
Bangkok, Feb. I.—A Siamese mole
made an attack upon Herr Kemper -
mann, the German Minister to Siam.
yesterday, and for a time the police
were powerless to check the disorder.
An American engineer named Bennett
placed himself at the head of the po-
lice and rallied them to another effort
to disperse the mob, which Was suc-
cessful, and the German Minister was
rescued.
Steamer Lost in the Ice.
London, Feb. L—Advices received. at
Lloyds show that the British steamer
Gardenia, Captain. Rutherford, from
Stettin Jan. 27 for New York, has ap-
parently been lost in the ice of Greif-
swala, Prussia., near the mouth of the
River Rya. The Gardenia. was a ves-
sel of 1205 tons net burden.
CRIME IN CHICAGO.
Two Railway Men Shot to Death by
E,. -
known Parties -A Jealous Mau
Kills Ills Adored.
Chicago, Feb. 1.—J. H. Mitchell a.ncl
W. S. Werth, clerks in the freight de-
pa,rtment of the Wabash Railroad,
were probably fatally shot by unknown
assailants at the corner of 12th -street -
and Michigan -avenue at 3 o'clock this
morning. The police believe the mo-
tive for the shooting was revenge.
Robbery was not attempted. The men
who did the shooting escaped.
011ie Sullivan, 16 years old, was shot
and fatally wounded by Frank Laurer
at their home this morning. Lamer,
who was a devoted admirer of Miss
Sullivan, objected to the attentions of
other young men, and the shooting. was
the result of a jealous quarrel. Later
Lau.rer committed suicide by shooting..
His body was found lying in the street.
VON 11012!," 'WAS DESPERATE.
Shot His Wife and lier Employer and Thew
Billed Himself.
New York, Feb, 1.—Theodore Von
Horn, a cabinet maker, shot his wife
Emily and • her employer, Samuel
Scholhafer, at the latter's residence.
No. 1742 Third -avenue, this afternoon
and then killed himself. Mrs. Von
Horn and Scholhafer were taken to the
Presbyterian Hospital, where it was
said that they would recover. The wo-
man was shot in the neck and left
breast, and Scholhafer was shot in the
left arm. Von Horn shot himself in
the temple. Scholhafer is a, widcrwer,
39 years old, and is a retired grocer.
Mrs. Von Horn is employed by hint
as housekeeper. She had been sepa-
rated from her husband. Von Horn
appeared at Seholhafers house thie af-
ternoon and tried to 'get his wife to
return home with him, but she re-
plied that he drank too much and
could not support her. A quarrel en-
sued, in which Scholhafer took part,
and the shooting followed.
WANT REDUCED PRAWN=
Mr. Blair Tackled by Delegates of the
Halifax Board of Trade.
Halifax, N. S., Feb. A:. G.
Blair, Minister of Railways, spent to-
day in Halifax receiving a delegation
representing railway and trade inter-
ests. Among the men who visited him
were representatives of the Halifax
Board of Trade who urged the adop-
tion of reduced freight rates on the
Intercolonial in the interests of this
port, so as to induce the landing here
of more ocean freight destined for
Upper Canada, instead of having a.
great deal of it carried to Portland,
Me., and Boston. Mr. Blair left to-
night for Londonderry.
TELEG.RAPHIC BRIEF'S.
Items Culled From the Despatches and
Put Into Paragraphs for
Economy of Space. •
The Underwood Belting factory and four
tenement houses at Tolland, Conn., were
burned Sunday night. Loss, $50,000. The
ere is supposed to have been incendiary.
The Mercury took a big drop throughout
New Hampshire Sunday night. It was 20,
below zero in Concord yesterday morning,
and at Newport it was 24 below.
There is said to be a movement an foot
among the gold and silver Democrats et
Kentucky looking toward an amrdgainatiou
between those, two wings of the party.
Chauncey, IL Depew has denied the re-
port that Cornelius Vanderbilt bas rented
a house in Washington hi order to further
Depew's chances for appolntrnent as Am-
bassador to England.
0. A. Eaton & Co., shoe manufacturers
at Brockton, Mast' notitied' their 400 em-
ployes yesterday n.. ...Jag when they ap-
peared for work it lacy were discharged,
and that the fact, ,1* -voald be closed In-
definitely,
Lee E. McFarland, teller of the Seeontt
National Bank of 'Parkershnrg, W. Va.,
is short $43,000 in .his accounts. McFar-
land .was recently promoted from teller ex
assistant cashier, and the defalcation was
discovered when the change took effect. He
yea highly Asspoetad. He has cantestiee
that be loist the enenteenneeelilateela
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