Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1901-3-21, Page 4The the .4 kilt% THE,, EXETER The Molsons Bank sCHARTERED BY PARI,IXSIENT,1355.", glicl tip Capital 00,000 serve Vend *2.050,000 Reed, Wee, Melt; JAMBS NI.IsIOT, se., pAIMANAGS11 Xenon advseeed to need rine= en their DW e note mite eels or more dereer at iper Dentper amitun. Exeter Bra le Open every lawful day teem 10 a. in. te3 p m naTURDAYS, le ft..46, to II& nt• =rent rates of intertet nowed on nepeetten DIGIKS01.1 ne CARLING, N. D. HURDON, sol4CireltS. stalessert Zot; Dec. WM, '05. Calendar for IVIaroh, 1901. ... 3 10 17 21 31 MONDAY .... 4 11 18 25 TeruereeT 5 12 19 26 . 6 13 20 27 Teroasaax........ 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 20 - 2 0 10 23 n Y. MARCI NOTES AND COMMENTS.. Now that Hon. Air. Gamow, the bn tario Minister is without portfolio is., alSo without a seat, he may take t, certain degree of satisfection in re- fleetleg that the registrership of 11n,n rou county has been kept opea ell this time. * * Whetter the charge made by el, IL Cook, that be ;was offered aSena- torship for 010,000„be true er false, why should feat the charge be inves- tigated? Innecent people baVe nothing to fear. If the cliarge is false it will only recoil ou Mr. Cook bimself. et, * * * Whoa you divide $100,000 among all the towasbips in Ontario, bow much would each one get? Figure that out before threwing up your bat enthusi., asticallv for G. W. Ress's good roads MO& Figure up also that for every dollar of Governineet usepey the municipalities effectea receive, they must spend twee • * The statute labia^ system no doubt bad its use in pioneer clays before the township bad reaclied the stage a completeness in organization which , would enable it to become distioet Nei employer of labor, aka the time bas1 come when the performative of road titalelug can be one tinge efficiently under tbe control of the munpality, I through its counel, Let ewer one g speech taken from be coxisider the aavisability of abolishing delivered in the Rouse the statute labor system, and a sub. last week, by Jobn stituting therefor a system which will for Nortb lidalasex. empower each townsbip to keep a will be seep, is auxious certain numb& of skilled men with ere ebould bevy cbeap umebiries an the roads dining the e. months of May, June, and, a necessary Itrt of July. The er. Job leaxerrittallortle Middlesexa paeast weold not ; I have listened. with a good deal of ins IlecessarItY be greater than at present TWINE QUESTION. terest to tbe discussion tbat bits been , aea the results would surely meow. see progress eeaagat. e may eee thee mend the continuance of sach a sye- Ws is a question of considerable Ina tem. In fact. it is already past expert- terest to tbe farmers in North Middle. mental stage, lima:area as about 40 sea, the easing. woks* thaw tbehonour Ontario towuships have already adopt - to repree.eut. may eity that I am a ed it. ni ferer, and I never was more proud • of being so than I am to -night, wIten An interesting pontdi ibas been valgs I° beard the bon. aielliber for Halifax, ed rep-al:lug liu.gh John Macs GU Rothe, getting MS aud eallieg donators prohibitory liquor law for hires:elf a farmer, whom .1 mit Weems Manitoba, widen Las beeu found ultra ed en authority ie ene liteet: wealthy sires by the courts. Mr. Alitedonald coal merehants done in NOVO, Scotia, DOW explains that the measure as This biuder twine question is one of passed by the Manitoba, Legislature Considerable importance to the agrieua was not the measure he ornally bevel counettetaity. The hoe. geutlensan drafted, but be was eonepelled to yield Who hes just spoken lain Frame pro- to the indication of temperance leadeie pfleee tbat the isoveteauent Should go making tbe measure so extreme that out of the business altogether, That it secured its own defeat, As origin - bon. gentleman, mid some otbers who :Illy drafted. the measure was not so leave spoken on that side a the house, , eXtreilie as to be unconetitutional - he have bad a good deal to say, but they aimed at the prohibition of the sale of bave all failed to suggest any way by liquor by the glass and the doing which the businees could he carried on away with bars, and treating, all of on business lines. The bon. member which would baye beeu witbin the for Guyshorough started Out to draw , power of the Legislature. Here was comparisons. I do not think that is an exemplification of the impractica- the proper course to pursue ea this bllity of theorists. It is a safe principle nestion. It would be just about as that what cannot be eradicated or re air to argue that, because a man leas moved, must be managed or controlled had bis hat stoleu at sorae time :moth- as best it can, until such time as it er man would be jastitied in gong and can be eradicated or removed. Mr. taking bis boots. The lion. gentleman Ilugh Jobn Macao:mid aimed at con - states tbat it costs 7e cents to produce, trolling the liquor liminess to the ut- this ,tavine. I have not beard any; znost a the power of the Legislature, argument put fortb that would sbow .bus mOving his measure practical, but Ws Rouse that the government ever the temperance leaders would not ac - offered this twine at a time when it cept tbe mere control of the business was possible for the farmers to obtain but must have it eradicated root and et, at any such figure, or at any Nur° branch all at once, ivith the result that that would be a fair price, as their ad- they have gained nothing, but lia,s-e vertised price to farmers was 1.1 cents ' inflicted injury to the catten they de - to 14 cents per pound. Soule wild sug- sired topronnete, and ernbarrassineet ' 1 d f • tb side n ever- been oftered to the farmer as I othersil of the House, but tbere hOA posed to assist tbem to achieve their un the geverunient that WaS e n n pr 111 la desires, add before., Att less than 11 cents for best quality's Now, it eeeins to me this is a state of affairs wbich should exist, The mo- tion before the House, 1 approve of in the raain, though I do not believe ex- actly in that one -cent proposition I es think it possible that some way could be devised. by which this twine could he sold to the farmers at a less price than nearly double what it costs to enaduce. I was thinking, when listen- ing to some hon. gentlemen opposite that if they bad been in my riding previous to the 7th of November last, they would have had some difficulty, notwithstanding the talent they ex- hibited here to -night, in convincing the farmers that they haye been prop- erly dealt with in this matter. The result of the election in my riding shows that the policy of the govern- ment in refese.nce to this binder twine question as well as other matters, had been distasteful to the farmers, On - tenon has spoken out against tit gov- ernment on this matter, and I believe, amongst, all the bad things that have been done by the government, no action that has been taken has pro- moted the interests of the opposition more in that province than the action of the governmeet on this very ques- tion. It was not on account a the un- popularity of our late member, or on abcount of my own popularity that the campaign in my constituency resulted. es it dkl, but it was the action of the government on this and other ques- tions that placed me in this House. I do not wish to detain the House,ot to enter upon a lengthy discussion of the matter, but ray idea is that this binder twine was offered at a time when_ the farmers could not avail themselves of the often The offer was made so much in advante of the time that they actually needed it, the time that Many farmers were not prepared to purchase it. I think if the government desired to assist, the farmers they would leave the offer open until the 1st of July. Tnat would give the ample time, and if they then found that orders were not coming ia from the farmers they Would have an opportunity of sending merit out and in some way disposing of the twine throughout the country. I believe the matter has been very badly handled. ill the past. When the b '''es-antesse...-tneinber for West- Elgin, (Mr. Robinson,) referred to the question the other day he stated that he wee an independent man. • We should show, on both sides of the House, that we are all independent men. It does seem to me that we should show our independence on these lines, notwith- standing the fact that we may be sitt- ing on one side of the House or the other. I know what I am speaking about when 1 say that if any hon. gentlemen, sittting on the other side of the House, representing a teeming community, who votes against this motion will be giving a vote contrary Lo lee own opinion, and which, apart from political considerations, he would not glee. PRAISE FOR GRAND fRleasalt. {1.64,1180.1114 4140.1111 HAD TO DROP THE Clitin. VVhitney Sharply Calle Down Mr, Andrew Pattullo m r atoise of tile 4',5itelkett Affidavit Cassel; scene to the TAegislature-Bremier Ros* Gets a lIoast-A lioutimr of Bala Were Road a Third Time, After Their Verbose Titles Were Amcriclea-Agri$ cultural Cototoltteo,' TOrentO., March Whaa looked like a te-picel millatfalie Monday af- ternooa sitting ef the Legislatetre was transformed into the scene et a hot battle are.stereny afternoon by tr Carseallea's motion to inapt:mud tile Bossard. affidavit. He eeplainea that since putting motien on the order paper he had dieCeVered thee It was out of erder. Such a metal) could only be made at the time the papers were read. Ile personaBY considered it lowered. the dignity of the House for members on both sides to reed affidavits by knewie perjur- ers. Mil 0,4 13ossord. BrebalAy to ten or fifteen dollare affidevit could be precured raeltiug falee. Oe- Xauator charges epeeist, any mem- ber of this nous°. 110 thought the rules sboule. be amentlea to prohibit the reading of sucla documents un- less they were in the couree of 11} lar evidence given in a eourt or be. ore eounnissiou. Premier Ross Was ratteer gaelneg in ein ehog the sentiments of eir. Carseellen, arid, as a eft50 in point, reed a letter from. Iienry A. Bren- ton. who deuied, the correctness of the affidavit. read by Dr. Jamieson, M. P. P., from Joint Vail. Charge Reputed. Air. Whitney said there was a great deal to be Mid on the other side. It was a very short tura teat the Pre-. rater had made, It should not be forgotten that Bossard hail been given a hotel lieense since mak.ing his affidavit. Remembering how the Premier had listeued to the readiug of that affidavit with demonstratious of almost ebildish. delight, it was, under the circumstances, rather soon to .1.1ave a cliange of heart. Hon. J. AL Gibson added a, few nice words about Ala Carseallen's sentiment. and charged Mr. Whitney with haying initiated the practice. Mr. Whitney: That's not So. Proceeding, the AttOrney-General said that it Bossard lia.d 31.10,(10 false affidavit he could be prosecuted for perjury. His anidavit was made in Ontario, and it was not necessary to go across the Detroit River to • get it. Aneeng the mariv complimentary letters received by the passengers de- partment of tbe Grand Trunk Railway system On its service on the through trains between Boston and Chicago and Montreal, is one from a prominent business man at the Huh, who writes to G. T. Bell, general passenger and ticket agent, in part, as follows : - "When I visited Denver I travelled in both direction between Boston and Chicago via the Grand Trunk Railway and nothing could. have been better, especially the sleeping car service, without change, on the 3 o'clock train from Chicago eastbound, and on the 11.30 a. in. train from Boston, west- bound. The dining car service, on the Grand Trunk is unsurpassed by any in the country, and has very few equals and, in fact, it might be said that there are perhaps two or three roads that have reached practical perfection in dining car service, and the Grand Trunk is one of them. The cafe -ear system (not a buffet, but where you can get things that are eatable and de- sirable, perfectly served) on your through day trains, especially em the run betveeers Montreal and Toronto, is unsurpassed, both as to accomnsodes tion and cuisine. "In addition, I believe that there is no traveller who may select this route between tbe East and the West, but will like myself, have nothing but words of praise. At all times it is in- teresting travelling through Canada, and the road between Montreal and Toronto is especially beautifulalong the St. Lawrence river." Mr. Eii Boice, of Clandeboye, has purchased the farm of Mrs. Brownlee. of Mooresville. Mr. T. Harlton, of Shipka, lost his valuable driver the other day, the re- sult of an accident, The animal in some malener came in contact with a protruding nail in the stable, cutting the top of its head badly, thus causing death. What might have been a very serious fire took place in Winchelsea school on Monday morning last. Mr. Miller, the caretaker, put in the fire as usual Monday "morning and left the school about 8.80. A short time after Some of the children arrived, when they discovered the building full of smoke and fire coming through the register which caught from the hot air pipe. WRIT AGAINST BICYCLE TRUST. • Windsor, March 12, -A wri t has been issued by Murphy, 'Sale & O'Cennor, barristers, of Windsor, which will show up the workings a the bieycle trust in Canada. F. S. Evans, of Windsor, is the plaintiff in the action and he alleges, iti hie statement ot thstrbe has been badly used by the promoter of the trust. and asks fot heavy damages. rettehett Defiant. Mr. Whitney retorted that the At- torney -General had not yet beard the last word of the affadavit, which he (Mr. Waltney) had read, male by a man who was under Horn J. AL Gib - son's protection. There was nothing under heaven he was more proud of than of the use he mash) of the Prite chat affidoxit. Through a, member of the I7ouse of Commons, and through bis voice in the Legislature, Pritchett defied the Attorney -Gen - BRITISH PRESS 13 AR.OUZED. Penland That Government Shall Uphold British interests. • Situatioa s Serious and Their Is g #Possiliillty That the Russian and Bri- tish Troops, Nog to Hostile Array. May come to Dle.)dsioal at Mjnutct --True .Story of the paliway Winn- isgiated. New York, tfarelt 18. -The Sue's Sunday Special front London says: Tee enaspera.tion and apprehension pf the European Government's over the Chinese situation are now con- siderably intensified, eSPeelellY in England, where the newspapers gen- erally to -day do not a.ttempt to dis- guise their anNiety, and make de - =ands that the Governnecut shall upe leeld Britisb interests, as it has done heretofore. The Wrgae Siding -story. London. 'March 18. -Tile Weekly DesPatch, which foretold the nego- tiations for surrender ,between Qom - mender -in -01110 Botha of the Boer army and Lord Kitetener, proteesed Yesterday Morning to give tbe real CAUSe et the dispute between the British and Russians over the rail- way siding at Tien Tain. The paper seas the quarrel is one of QUI etand- ing ead origivated, aecerding to an o lciai despatch, in an order given by a Russiaa °facer to his men to tiosit a station where a. British In- diau regiment wae statioped. A. young English lieuteeaut who was tbe only ottleer with the Indian troops, declared that if the BUSSilla$ advanced ten yards further be would order his men to Are. Shots were actually exelmeged, but when the matter was reported to Gm Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee, lo ordered the Russiane to retire. `I'esey obeyed the order but sacked every village OR tbe way. The incident greatly excited and keeuly incensed tho Italian, troops, according to the ofecial records. says Tim Dispatch, and. they are now beyond control,. They axe chanting their war songs and ere eager to light AIMED 'rayon. Ruslian and UMW), rorees Pate Racb Other in HOStlio Array. New York, March 18. -The lierald printed yesterday the following de- spatch: Tien Tsln, Saturday, 1.48 p. in. -The situation here could not be Inpre serious. The Chinese are enjO hag the spectacle of Russian an.d Eng islt troops, drawn up In hostile array, with the possibility of blood- shed et any minute. Yesterday the English railway au- thorities put men to work building a skiing near tho station. The Rus- sians drove them off for trespassing on their new concession. The laborers, who were roughly handled, returned, supported by sev- eral hundred British troops. The Russians responded by calling out their whole force and preparing for battle. Upon seeing this the Brit- ish desisted from their position of eral to prosecute him. bringing back the laborers to Work Mr. Pattull0 begaxi to say that Mr, by force. Whitney was the father of the Prit- ; Gen. Campbell, commanding the chett affidavit, but before he reach- English, and Gen„ Wogaek, COM - ed the last word Mr. Whitney stop- mending the Russian force, had a ped him and dared him to make the conference, and both sides agreed not charge. The valiant member prov- to break the peace for 21 hours. In - ed of Falstaffian courage, and die- formation regarding the situatioo creetly dropped the charge. Ete sub- has been cabled to London and St stituted the plaint tare tb.e Liberal Petersburg. party had been on trial for several t Intense anxiety as to the outcome years on the affidavits of self -con- of the affair prevails here. The Itus- fessed scoundrels. sians are entrenching themselves in The impounding resolution was their conceesion; withdrawn. No itTftitixtein the Situation. Mr. Pattullo was caught up by the Tien Tsin, March 17. -There is 110 Speaker for attempting to introduce change in the situation developed by a municipal amendment bill, the -the Anglo-Russiaa railway dispute date of which has expired. here. The Russian and British forces Agriculture Committee. are still represented by small de - 1 tachmenies, with ofkers, encamped on The first standing Committee on opposite sides of the railway siding. Agriculture appointed after several The utmost friendliness is exhibited sessions of Opposition agitation. was towards each other- by the opposing nominated yesterday. It is compos - parties, but, as a measure of precau- ed of Hon. John Dryden, Hon' e-' tion, the guards have been reduced Davis, Messrs. T. Barber, Breith- , to 27 on each side, in order to pre- aupt, Brown, Burt, Caldwell, ° vent any possible collision during ar neuter, Charlton, Dickenson, Doug- las, Farwell, Guibord, Hill, Hislop ,. the negotiations. A Russian general Relines, Leys, Loughrin, Pardo, Pat- arrived from Pekin last evening. tullo, Richardson, Smith, Truax, Li Hang Chang Very III. Taylor, Allan, Brower, Beatty Pekin, March 16. -Li Hung Chang (Leeds), Carnegie, Crawford, Demp- again is seridhasly ill, and his phy- sician says his life hangs by a sey, Duff, Eilber, Penis, Fox, Jes- sop, Kidd, Little, Macdiarmid, Me- threa.d. Laughlin, Reid, Robson, Tucker, Whitney, Monteith. stn Editing Elt. Government Has Proclaimed. a State of The House had an editing fit in Siege in Several Large Cities. • connection with the verbose titles oe, St. Petersburg, March 18. -In con - certain bills up for third reading, 84-, sequence of the riotous disturbances ter which the bills were `read a third following the .demona.trations Pre - time. moted by uniyersity students, the Some time was occupied advancing Government has. proclaimed a state several private bills without amend- of siege of Odessa, Moil and Rarkoff. ment thrpugh committee of the It is reported that Count Tolstoi, ‘, who, ever since his excommunication, whole. chances of urvival Slim. has been londlY cheered wherever he e Mr. Lucas reoVed the second read- has made his appearance, is taking bag of his bill toamend the law re- an active part in the disturbance at latisig • to trustees, The Attorney- Moseoiv, where the situation is coin - General consented to the bill going plicatett by a strike of the op' era - to the Legal Committee, but intim- tives of several large factories. seta that its dhandes of surviving the ordeal were extremely slim. „ Mr. Wardell's bill to empower Hamilton and Ottawa to pay their Police Magistrates as Police Sqom- inissioners was sent to Lgke its chalices in committee. •ji The House Will • go Into supply again this afternoon. Th k Legisla- ture will also sit this ening, and be chiefly engaged on money votes. ItESSIAN STEDENT TROUBLES. A 81,000,000 Fire Si. Louis. St. Louis, Mo, March 19. -Fires supposed to have started in the iCe house of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. yesterday, was fanned into a great Conflagration and spread over five acres of buildings. Among the builAings reported burn- ed are the MissOuri Car and Foundry COmpany and row of flats. Short- ly after 3 o'clock it was reported that the fire was under control, af- ter having burned property estimat- ed in Ira1u0 at $1 000 000 Silt EDWIN ARNOLD BLIND. But He Thanks Heaven For His Unim- paired Mental Powers. New York, Ma.rela16.-The Herald says that a letter just received in New York from Sir Edwin Arnold shows that he has been obliged to relinquish much of his active liter- ary work, owing to blindness. 6 In hie letter he says "My condi- tion would be a sad one without patience and resignation. I never despair • and ,go on with my work thanking Heaven for my unimpaired mental powers!' Mr. Bettypieco Loses Ilis Daughter Forest, March 16.-a-Iteinette, aged 1,2 years, youngest daughter of II. 3, Pettypiece, M. P. l'., for East Lainlitorn died here yesterday morn- ing, OWing to her illness, Mr. Pet- typiece has been prevented from re- gular attendance at the present ses- kiOli of Parliament. THERSIION OFOR[NOIR LESS 811011TION. Boers I....4=ms It But C'nntInUe 011" COMManders IleAtato While Meet; ing at Pletersher,e.--Itate of Those Who Hae Sorrendered is Oge III:Atter et • oerfsiagratteu-Leaders io Africa in Coutemuicaties$ With. tho Boer cern, tgittee at Amsterdam, London, March 18.-A special dee spatch from Standerton says -the Tioere are massing at the statione on the Delegoe line, and the leaders aro conferrlag daily at each station, and !so nt 1'ietersburg. Nothing trampired except that the fate et the Boers who, have surrendered ie one et the eublects of the cliscuse sien. The leaders are in eommueicas ton with a view of a gerieral sure reader, wtth the Boer Committee at Amsterdam. It is stated that the manufacture of ammunition is pro- cee4inneg.erverZslY' uitere at aleterseere. Loudon. March 18.-A. special de- epetelt from Durban. Natal, says the Doer cenanutudere are holding a. Meeting at Pietereburg in Northern, Tranevitel to discuss the position and the advisability of cientinsiatien of the war. Throe Thousand nritielt Tr410p5, Loudon. March 18,--Neer1y 8,000. troops sailed from Southampton on Saturday for South Africa.. mar /34adit*lit rage co1uoy, Linton, Cape ColfellY.) Fridaee March 1e. -The Boeree passed threuelt here yexterday morning. They looted the steres, seized, for- aged end burned whet Wheat theY could not carz7 off. :Notorious Abel Beastoue cauelia London. March 18.-A. despatell teem Gess. Nile/101er,, dated trove Pretoria. March 16, anUOMICCS that the uotortous Abel Lammas ot Lee- denburg, Itas been brougat in with his family by Col. Park's column, Bawer% Commando Broken rg , Cape Town, March, 17. -Gen. De - '5 compreado has been broken up at Senetea, Orange River Colony. BOER CONYOT oareunna, Boer Invaders Abandon, Xotositton or Going diCvigtenTuQnwifer arlc.11 jrGeiv--(*)A ecnQraugleati tho Boers near Petrusburg (a, towu not far from the borcler of Cape Col- ony and - the Orange River 0olouy). Tho British captured. the Boers' con - The burghers under Commandaut lestetzenger, with one pom pom, who aro within 14. miles of ForaBeaufort, have been cutting the King Wil- liam's Town telegraph line. They aro being closely pressed by the Brit- ish under Col. orringe. Some of the Boer invaders have apparently abandoned their intui- tion of coming south, and Mare pois- ed northeast through Adelaide. The commando which recent* vete cupied Maraisburg is reported to have divided into small parties with tho idea of concentrating again. Some of them passed through Kam- astone yesterday. Col. Donald's col- umn is pursuing them. There were eleven new eases of plague yesterday. The Plague In Cape Town. Cape Town, March 17. -Nine $aw cases of bubonic plague have leeete officially reported in Cape Town dur- ing the last IS hours. Six of these are colored persons, and three Euro- peans. MORE OthADTAN SOLDIERS. Lake Ghatup:ain Landed 28 lleturning on and 1.000 Immigrants. Halifax, N. S., March 18. -The Royal Mail steamer Lake Cham- plain, which arrived yesterday from Liverpool, brought 28 returning Canadian soldiers and 1,000 steer- age pasaengers. The immigrants were composed of different nationali- ties, and the majority of, them are bound for the Canadiafi Northwest. Over 500 of them were landed here, and they kit for the west on a spe- cial train yesterday. The others were taken to St. John. The steam- er was detained at quarantine f or several hours, owing to some cases af measles being- discovered on board. au]t Ste. Marle, March fgrestigatiOn conducted by Making AMMUnition, tWeen Britieh and BOaa, Ian% 0°Q'Nfuljedrfno7uunord: h-..'toehniti°,itAtulertcw1;allus8Qt1:71.:71a. at.on WaiderSee Interfered Be" Tee nosaenteeer-insobief to Ching. Rae DtvortcL the 1zxtuatt1,1 t f the Two Great AlileS-Whe J218131310 faT •lapistitesie see etereesea o eesestrattee aterrtseu Also seen* epee., Fas verable News Froin clone, London, Afar -CIA 3.0.•-eThe Times this neerniug makes the following an- nouncement: "We learn tbat Geont. Woe Waltlersee bee interferred Otnateander-in-Obief of the 'allied tome in China to put an endto the mutually bosale attitude of the Bra tieh and Mittel= areope .et Tn Tsin." A semisofneial statement Was teen.. eel thie evening to the effect that the mach talked -of a$SliranCee of tho Rd$SiAli. Foreign Minister, Count efenesdeela to Sir Charles Stewart Scott, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, were -made Feb, 6, and .evidently referred to the Russo-Chie eese agreement, concluded at Port Arthur lase November. awl not to the Mancburian COriVelltiOn. Inquiries at the Chinese Legation yesterday Afternoon were rewarded, by tbe reply: "Tits Excelleticy has gone to bed," which was presumably the celestial equivaleut ot assurenve that the Chinese Minister preferred to. say nothing AS to the TOOSt TO- - developments. The Japancee was equally- non -committee. It is understood that one official view is that the dispute may eventu- ally be referred to arbitration. lto.sia*$ Orin 1,coseffea sew., London, March 19, -Dr, Morrison, wiring to The Times from Peltbs. nye: "Chinese efecials say they boom been illferilled front St. Peters- burg that Rusela abandons her clean to excluelve rights in Alongolta. and Turkestan and eonsents to modify 4 the etteneentey of her .coutrol of the civil administration at Manchuria, agreeing that the tonvention &hall be published as soon as 'it, is sigma In Si. Petersburg, a fortnight hence, "This is 110 first check inflicted upon Russian. diplomacy in China, since Lord' Salisbury was cajoled In- to the withdrawal of the Britisb. troops from Port Arthur in 1898: • and it cannot fail profoundly to • eo.odify the situation by convincing the Chinese that there still exist ine tern:atonal combinatious capable of maintaining the equilibrium ,or the far east." Britain% Influence Ifas Net Declined, London, March 19. -Replying to. Sir Ellis Aslimeadsliartlette (Conserd valve). in the 'rouse of Commons yesterday, Mr. Balfour, tbe Govern- ment leader. Said the Government did not possess any 'infornuseion in- dicating any decline in British inane once in the Yangtse Provincea. THE LAST STEP TAKEN. Manitoba 'Railway D.rgain Bade Law by Assent of Lieut.-c.overnor. ' VVirinipeg, March. 1G. --The Lieuten- ant -Governor came down to the Leg- islature yesterday afternoon and gave his assent to the bill empowering the Government • to lease the N. P. Bs, also to the Supply bill. D1sa lowanoo Askrd For. Las Levelling there was an immense mass meeting of citizeus called • to diectiss the Act, and by a vote of 6 to 1, according to Conservative chairman Mayor Arbuthnot, it pass- ed a strong resolution asking the Dominion Government to disallow the bill. TUB 1105CAL JointNnY 831.'Grx. ' Duke and Duchess or Cornwall Left Lon- don Friday. London, March 16. -The Duke and the Duchees of Cornwall and York started yesterday afternoon on the firq stage of their tour of the four quarters of • the globe. King Ed - Ward, Queen Alexandra and other members of the Royal family, ac- companied the traveler's to Ports- mouth, whence the steamer Ophir, with the Duke and Duehess on board, will sail to -day. Small gatherings along the route cheered the Royal PersOnages. Col. Vidal, A. A. G. Ottawa, March 16.-Lieht.-Col. Vi- dal succeeds Lieut. -Col. Cartwright as Aisistant Adjutaut-Geiteral. The lattey 181 nyoe inspector cd„musketry„ came to his (loath by freezing, an that, Allea Macklin, the foreniaal;,;„ who comeelled him to leeve the Jana ber camp in a, betoser soowstoria, wen - personally reseonsible for his dentete IThe ,Can,rownintormAatttioonrnbeye 1h4r4 doigareciust ' Maelein, and that the necessary nee to make every effort to effect tie, ere structioes be given to the presecuta ing attorney 4.4 the Michigan Smile rest. If captured, he will be extram t . _ .. . Farina in the )irer. 1 Port "broil, search 19. -The body, of Peter 13uiger, the man wlici dist- appeared Feb. 23, found in the river at. Butler stre doek SaturelaX neetaing. The Neat, was clear, anct' Lewis' lir tbees s' k body resting 0/1 t110 bOtt0111. It is thought tbee Bulger fell from the dock. Ills relay itiTeS in Guelph, Ont., have been noe tided. °melee Merck 19e -The rente.ins °I I Peter llulger, son of Martin Bulger, ,! a Well-IMOWlt farmer of Puslinelt. ,-i were brought, home Sunday legal Pert Huron for interment. The pare ticulars are imagre regarding hie death. comitica or TUE wan. Zord Salisbury Says the Government Has Promised no Investigation. London, March 10. -In the Ilona° of Lords yesterday, the Premiers Lord Salisbury, replying to enquiries on the subject of an investigation in- to the conduct of the war in South African said the Government had hot made any promises to institute an investigation, De :eared that a full, just and equitable enquiry woued lead to a renewal of the same species of regrettable discussion as occurred during the exchange of speeches be- tween Lbrd Wolseley and Lord Lans- downe. Still, if the Government should be urged to make an enquiry, it could not refuse without casting suspicions upon the army. Lord Rosebery wished to know when the Govertunent had washed its hands of the enquiry, who had prom- ised'it? Lord Salisbury suggested the ap- pointment of a preliminary commis- SUn to enquire into the promise, whereupon the subject was dropped. Pence Prospects Hopeful. Pretoria, March 18. -The prospects of peace are considered still hone,ful, The Boer losses last month were 160 killed, 100 wounded, and 1,000 captured and surrendered. Owing to the heavy rains, General French's transport difficulties are still enormous. . British Troopship in Tow. Island of Ascension, March 18. - The British stearaer Norhara Castle, which sailed from Southampton lVfaxch. 2, via Madeira, March 6, 181. Port Natal, Durban, with 337 trotips and mails on board, has arrived here in tow' of the British steamer Ton.- gario, from London, February 27, •via, Tenerife:, March 9, for Table Bay. The Norham Castle burst her cylin- der when five hundred miles north of Ascension. Hoer at New Orleans. New Orleans, March 3A -S. Pear- son, a Boer, Assistant Head Direc- tor of the Commissary in the Boer army, is in New Orleans to try and stop the deportation of Americau mules and horses to South Afriee,, • liarringten,s Inauguration. . Dublin, March 19. -Volleys of or- anges were thrown by the students of Trinity College at Mr. Timothy Har- rington, the new Lord Mayor of Dub- lin, as the inauguration procession passed the college yesterday. This was the only hoetile demonstra,tion on the occasion of Mr. Ila,rrington's inauguration as Loo Mayor. The police prevented the people in the procession from storiting the college enclosure. May Be Tried For Murder. , Rat Portage, March 19. -Dill Ran- dolph, well-known ixi Toronto, who/ recently killed One -Armed Sullivan at Rainy Lake City, may have to stand trial on a charge of murder. County Attorney Pratt of Itasca „County, has just returned from a visit to the scene of the tragedy and intimates that he may. decide to pro- secute Randoph. 41, Carnegie Sift For Windsor., Windsor, Ont., March 19,-Winds0g is the latest Canadian city upon. which Andrew Carnegie has offered leateli his bouaty: $20,000 far the ereetion of a, suitable building, to bie used as a free public library. Tlie, gift is eautingent upon the city gore raiment agreeing to furnish the site and to appropriate not less than *2„,:so0 aunually Sr its maintenance) lilugsteu Labor Troubles. Kingston, Ont., March 19, -The striae ot the jeurtieyiatla painters heel ended, and the men returned to work yesterday morning, the eneeeeesa, giving an Jaffe:Aso ot 1e cents a day and nine hours. The threatened trouble at the lovoe motive works between tbe menage* meat and the maelainists was eatise futurity settled. lee Crow Was All '4:we5). phuadelphia, Merch lea -The schooner Margaret D. Roper. rape. Cranmer, arrival here early yester- day and reported that she had coee Hike with and sunk the sebooner A. White. from Pluiladelphia for Bose ton. Sunday, off Absecon. Thtiv cleared up the mystery of the report- ed collision. • lamond yes Clo sig Life Age airteatr,_ liness with •'nd Beauty. Do you ever., eto dye over your faded and unsie "Y MITI:1101LO Tens. of thousands in ' Nelda do this sue. cessfully and a have not tried economy, we say, "there is wo ‘ To those' who" work of true OM d wrniotrypiiitti tiltIoNAnidl E. IlD to do the work resses, suits, skirt% capes, ets, blouses,. silks, ribbons, etc. ea :lowed and made t'o lot, ns warteeta , new goods at small death" nets for. Dyes. Ask your dealer for mem; as a package of one of thC'ionahle' colors of Diamond Dyes We. -e you several dollars. This woek renew- ing and transforming can min e well done when you use the ,triond take no common substitute. 1 Lawyers Aro Not Gentlemen.‘ While ex -Justice Bookstaver t on the Supreme Court bench ite as special officer or attendee' punctilious old German, who al% stood. guard at the door lea.dinit the justice's private chambers wo the justice was within, One dal i• prominent lawyer and two of IS Clients called and asked if the ,.1i tieo would 'receive them, The officer threw open the door an called out loudly to the justice: "Shudgei Two shentlemane and ' lawyer vents to speak Mit youN The three gentlemen laughed. "Vor vhat you laff, eh?" "Don't you count me a pieta man?" asked the lawyer. • - ea . "Aeh, you're a lawyer only; "alt-r--- different,"-New York Mail., Cr , g -i STRIKES A RICH FIND. "I was troubled for several, years' with chronic indigestion and nervous debility," writes F. J. Green, of Lan- caster, N. E., "no remedy helped me until I began using Electric -Bitters, which did me more 'good than all the --dike medicines I ever used. • They have also' kept my wife in excellent health for years. She says Electric Bitters are: just splendid for fetnale troubles ; that they area great tonic and invigorator for weak, run down wonien. No other medicine can take its place in oin fainily." Try them. .Only 50a Satis- factiou guaranteed by all druggists. THE LADIES' FAVOIUTE. LaNa-Liver Pills are the ladies' avorito Medi- • jeine. They cure Constipation, Sick Readgehe, Biliousness and Dyspepsia without griping, purging or siekening• . - WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY , ' There's no rest tor those Lireleas iijtlh nworkers-Dr. \King's ••'New' Life -Pills, Millions are always busy, curiug Tor- pid -Liver, Jaundice,‘Billiousness,Fever anaAgue, They banish Sick Hiaclache, drive out Malaria. • Never grip or wealtep, Small, tpste nice, w'ork wore clersee Try them, 25c. ,at all druggist. Children dry for CASTOR IA.