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e Will R ink as 1e of the Great
States en of the V orld.
His Youth, His Entry Into Politics and His Long Period of Power in His
Province—One of the Confederation Fathers --A Great Organizer
anaLeader and a Man of Great *St(ength of Character and Executive
Capacity,
Sir Oliver alowat was bore on July l'9;61•0 Messrs. W. J. Fitzgerald, al.
22, 1820, in what s stated to have B Hophine and George A. Philpolts,
the host of s
been a. modest cottage on Quarry whoa svaafterwards
judge 'of the Couety Court of the
Street. no* know.0 as Wellington Lounty of York. 'Pio Beat of Govern -
street. in the town of Kingston. meat baying been removed by Lord
His father was John Mowat, a na- Syilenhasu from Toronto to King-
tive of the parish of Canialeay, iu to In M :y, 1811, tbe young bar -
Cattiness -shire, North:Britain, a Isar- rioter again took up his abode in
lob situated a few miles souta of lee 'native city, and entered into
John O'Groat's elouse, and conse- partneraisip -with his late principal,
quently one or the most northerly of eir. Reeine Eton 131.rm.3, wpo had
:chapatis:toes on the mainland of Scot- algratel to Kingeion with the Court
land. Jelin Mowat early in life ran of Chancery. Thoy practise:1 1.ogeth-
awaeefrom bome 1.0 serve as a soldier er in the latter (toy Wail 1812, when
under His Majesty George 111. Short- the Court of Chancery returned—
]y after tee self and abdication of and they with it—to Toronto, which.
Napoleon in April, 1811, the First except 4:er a brier residence 01...
Battaeion of the Buffs were ordered tarea, daring 1896 ;Ind 1897, Las
to Canada to take part in the strug- ever isinee boon Sir Oliveles Lome.
gle thengoiug on between Britain Tao /bonswee, on its removal to
teed the'United States. They arrived
in Lower Canada in July, 181.4, and
on Sept. 11 of time year played a gal-
lant part in the disastrous action at
Plattsburgh. In June of the following
year (1815), Napoleon Bonaparte hav-
ing escaped from Elba and again be-
come a n3enace to Europe, tee regi-
ment was ordered to Flanders, but
Sergeant Mowat did not go with
them. He had decided to become a
Canadian citizem so lie settled down
to the avocations of a peaceful col-
onist. All the time her Soldier sweet-
heart had been at the wars a Scot-
tish leesie had been waiting for isim
in his native parish of Canisbay. So
soon, therefore, as Sergeant Mowat
had made a home for Jr, she came
to Canada to join her lover. They
were maeried at Montreal by the
Rev. 4. SOD103erville, la'esbyterlan
mimister,, on June 16, 1819. Mr. (af-
terwaros the Hon.) Peter McGill was
Mr. Mowat's groomsman, and Mr.
Stevens (afterwards manager of the
Gore Bank), was one of the witne.sses
of the ceremony.
Of this marriage were born three
soils and two daughters. The sons
s were: (1) Oliver, born July 22nd,
1820; (2) George, who for many
years practised law in Kingston, in
partnership with the late Hon. Sir
Alexander Campbell; (3) John, ,o -ell
known in his lifetime as the Rev.
John Mowat, M. A. (Edina, D. D.
(Glee.), for seven years pastor of St.
Andrew's Church, Niagara, and af-
terw.ards for more 'than forty years
Professoe of 13.ebrene Malden. and
Exegesis at Queeia's University, King-
ston. 01 Sir Oliver's two sisters, one
became the wife of the late Mr. John
Fraser, of Kingston, and the other
married Lieut. -Col. John Duff, late
of the 4th Hussars, Kingston, Ont.
john Mowat was moderately con-
servative iu his ideas, as in later
'years it was often stated of his son,
despite his leadership in 'llie Liber-
al party. He died on February' 4th,
1860, just as his eldest boy, then
an eminent barrister of forty years
of age, was coming into political pro-
minence. o
Early Education.
. Oliver Mowat was edueated at
private schools in Kingston. Among
his schoolmasters were the Rev.
John Crackshank, afterwards pro-
fessor• or assistant professor at
.h.berdeen University. Among his
scboolfellows weee the late Sir John
A. Maccionald, Allen McLean, Maxwell
Strange, the Rev. 'Walter Stennett,
M. A., afterwards Principal of Up-
per Canada College, and John Hill -
yard Cameron, whose father was
then an officer in garrison at King-
ston.
It was a.t the age of sixteen, in
Michaelmas term. November, 1836,
that Oliver' Mowat filed his petition
for adatis:sion to the Law Society of
Upper Canada as a student -at -law,
and passed the necessary prelimin-
ary examination, coining out at the
head of the junior class. In the fol-
lowing January he was articled to
John A. Illaetionald, les fellow -clerk
being Alexander Campbell, then a
practising lavoyer in Kingston.
Mr. Joseph Pope, ti. M. la, in his
"Lite of Sir 3olin A. alacdonaldeo
deals with this eonjunction of tal-
ented young mew: "On being call -
ea to the hate Mr. Macdonald opened
an office. in Kingston, and lagan the
practice of law on his own account.
in tbe first year of his profession
there entered Ms office as student
a lad destined to become in Ontario
scareely lege eminent than himself.
I refer to Mr. inow i-iir) Oliver Mow-
at, the son of Mr. Meedonaldos in-
timate personal and political friend,
Mr. John alewat, of Kingeton.
After his four years in the King-
ston offioe young alowat came to
Toronto in 1840 to complete his
audiee in the office of the late Rob-
ert Easton Burns, Whose law part-
ner he sulisequently became. He
hoarded with a Mr. Osbore, who
was superintendent of the George
Toronto, istrengsteened by the ad-
niession to it ef the brillia n t
mw-
yir, Philip Von leoughnet, after -
we rile Chancellor of Upper Caned 11
and the •hard-working junior mem-
bers 'built up a eery !iterative prac-
idea
Marriage io Miss Ewart.
During his early residence in Tor-
onto he became intimate with the
family of Mr. John Ewart, at that,
time a prominent biolder and con-
tractor, aed on May 19th he wed-
ded "the beautiful Mies Ewart," as
site was known. The cer e m y
took plaoe iti Si. Aedeewie Church,
and the :late Rev. Dr. Jennings of-
ficiated, The mar riage, -one of tlie
happiest coaceivahle, was dissolved
only by death, when in March.,
1893, Lade- Mowat, the beloved of
all who knew her, paiesed away.
In 18a6 the teeing chancery law-
yer _became Oliver Mowat, Q. C.. and
it
as worth while atkling thee the
eilk was an boom mneho more rare-
ly bestowed in those dilyti than of
late yeares See john A.. elacelo.nald
was then lirehlier and Attorno.-
General, and the ,story Is 't old
that las former seutlen't, meeting
the chieftain un the street, jesting-
ly suggested the appointment of ,
some new Q. Cosa and adaeil : "1
euppose you will put me In with
a lot of your poli Lica] f Servile, and
I don't own tliatei to which Sir
John replied, "No, Mowed, I will
give you a Gazette ali to yourself."
True to his Word, the Canada, Ga-
zette was issued on January eth,
1836, with .the announcement , of
the appointment of "Oliver Mowat,
barrister, to be 0110 of Her ;Neje:s-
age counsel learned in tit° law."
Sir Olivege debut in public affairs
was made in 1.8e7, when he offered
himself as it canaidate for the of-
fice of alderman of the city of
Toronto. He wee elected for Lite
'Ward of St. Lawrence, with ale.
Alexander Manning as his colleague.
He proved to be an energetic and
able altiermall, 011d. 101r0d110041
many reforms in ths City Council
which remain to Oils . • •
•
Member of Par: a Rent.
Having had his petal eit baptism in
municipal (Affairs, Mr._ Mowal, Q. C.,
decided to enter it larger field, and
at the genrail elections of December,
28th. 1857, entered the provincial
political arena in which was dts- ,
tined to becomo 50 110t1th10 a figure.
Allying a linself w ith the 'Reform
party of that day he offered him -
Kelt as mindidate hi South Ontario
in opposition to Hon. 'Joseph Curran
Morrison, .lieceiter-Cielleral Of the
Mactionn kl4jn eller A dMinsitration.
The contest between Mowat and
Morrison in Zeolah _Ontario was one
of the hottest of the campaign. Beth
were eminent at the ba a but Hon,
Mr. Morrison was the tried represen-
tative of tho ridlier and the Reform
candidate o now Man. It is not re-
corded that 'Sir flavor indulged in
the anti -Sammie say, which figured
in the_ campa ign, euelt probably con-
tribuirel to tho crushing defeat of
Mr. thierrieon, who, out of 2,2:38
votes cast, recoiled but 780, the
majority for elowet reaching 778 in
a riding not litiesaly populated. Thus
did -the polithial good fortune, which
corseted :Sir Oliver through his life,
assert hetet- at the outset of his
career ae a legislator. '
He entered Parliament as tbri ac-
knowledged firet lieutenant 'of Hon.
George. Jerome leader of the Upper
Canada ittofee)3101'44. Within six
months he was it tiablnet Minister,
though hie tenure of office was for
the time being brief. On the reale:-
oetion of tee Macdonald -Cartier ad-
ministration, in 'July, 1858, Hon.
Cieorgo Brown, was called upon to
form a Government in -corjunction
With 'Hon. Mr. Dorion, of LOwer Cam -
:ides, -by air Edmund ilea,d, the Croy,
erner-General of Canada. !Oliver
Street . Methodist Sunday Selma, alowat was selected for the Previa -
and it .was at 011.2 , of the annual
gatherings of this Sunday School
that • he made hie eiret paidic soma.
Among tito other speakers time day
were Mr. Hegarty, afterwards Chief
Justio3 of Ontario. •
'Ass
it ,y0itrig Min itISO Sir •Oliver,
thel eon of a ve'terna, tool: an inters
eat in Military affairs, and bold •a
lieutenrintes commission an the First. at Onee embarked on a strong "ecla-
ir:rent:a:Me =M.Litt., and it is records
ed by the intim:tie biographer 11-1'0 eallciaar aaritaaiiineIn- MO/ember,
1Cof
viols:sly Mentioned' he carried the 850, a great nvention othe
colova tre tho oscasioroof the great PartY wee!hold in. Taronto, 570 sick:-
wit:es being present from the 'Melons
gathering of cations from all piirts
constituencies of Upper Canada.
of. Upper Canada, watch. mot at
Early ino the convention Mr. Mowat
gettieneton July, 18•10, to ttr-
es ten ' made ;strong mooch, which, it is
image: foe ti.e restoration
Weekeirommeet, wLieh ivaa blown ianide influenced the deeleion of the
tp 'op 000d. Friday of, that year delegates le it large degree.
At tho •genoral electioe of 1861 Ma
• lo the Bar.' alowee vette again a candidate for
Zit Michileanne Terns( NON -embers South Ontario,- and was elected b,o
1.8* alivo,r..TtloWat, having comalet- Majeor'ity_.of 659 over_ his Opponent,
ed Jae ,stiollea. *Lt.8601.0 to the bar tias time Mr. Rowe. At the flame e'en-
•oi tastier Canaan. The•other. barrie- tion, and on the same dates, july1
t C11t10d during_ theiseenie tom let -and '211d, he_ Was a candidate foie
cial S.ocretery's .portfolio. Me Ex-
cellency, however, refused Hon. Geo,
Breton tile right of appeal to ethe
country; it terlous rupture occur-
-red, and lileiesre. . Brown, Derion,
Miasma et. al ' reeigned after having
been in office but two days.- Tao
matter :consul a gond deal of scan-
dal at tiro time, ' 'Tao Reform party
the City of Kingston in. cipposition
to the Hon. Jobe A. iiisedtalaidebut
woe defeated then .by auar vote.lif
At tbe geeeraa election in June,
180,-. Mr. Mowat was agate a candi-
date for South Ontario, and was
'again opposed by, Mr. William Laing,
*horn he defeated byi 0 majorito of
476. The Govereineut, however, proVe
ed unable to carry on tbe beeiness
of the country. • :
Waen •Parliament reassembled in
May, 1864, it because evident that the
new Administration were tio more
able than their predecessors to car-
ry on. satisfautorilo the bustrien of
the country.. A way out of the dif-
ficulty was found where it was least
expected, however. On the vea34 day
of the Ministerial defeat,. the Hon.
George Browu had presented. to 'the
Roues the report of it Special Com-
mittee to consider the relations of
the two provinces lied the constitu-
tional changes necessary; to put an
end to the existing deadlock In po-
litleal 'affairs. Thereport of the coat-
mittee, of wnioh Oliver Mowat was a
member, recomnataided chaeges In the
direction of a federative system to
be applied either to Canada alone
or to 4111 'the 'British North 'Ameri-
can • Provinces. To- solve the -dead-
lock lime George Brown came few -
ward, and offered to the Administra-
tion the suppore of himself and the
Upper Canadian Reformers in clergy-
ing into effect the - consti la Lionel
changes which his special.committee
had recommettled. Tee offer was ac-
cepted, but Sir Joan Macdonald and
.air. Alexander Galt insisted teat tbe
desired result could only be satiefac-
twiny attained by Lite formation of
tt coalitiou Cabinet in which Mr.
Drown and some of his Upper Can-
adian friends SI100111 have portfolios.
To this Mr. Brown unwillingly ac-
ceded.
The "Great Coalition" was a.ccoin-
.
Dialled on dune 30111, efeears.
Foley, eletiee OIId Duelmnan retiring
Fri:el tilfi11istry, nd benig see -
coaled by UP1•114r8. 11r0W11, Mowat 111111
McDougall. air Meer again became
Pos'anaster-Generia. Oe returning to
their constituencies eiessrs. Brown
and Mowat were re-elected by acela-
matiou. Then came the great end
conolusive union conference at Que-
bec in tee latter. part of 1864. At
this conference .1.11P 11011. Ur, Mowat,
Poslm is -tee -General, wns pie aint and
took an active Imre Tito conference
sat with closed doors anal no minutes
01 11.14 woes -es -flees Wive ever been pub-
liebed. but it .04 stated by alto 0 ivera
Intimate biographer ale" that; on
one point Mr, alowat took - strong
ground rig:alma air John A. Macdon-
ald and 'Mr. Broveu. lle and Mr. Mc-
Dougal! advocated on elective aerate
for the Dominion of Cantata, a pro-
position which WaS OpflOSCld by Mr.
efacdonuld and lir. Brown, 'who fav-
ored the oppointment by lite Crowe
a Senators for lite, Sir jobn declar-
ing that while he Slid not admit thet
the elective system had been ti; fail-
ure, he deeired that our constitution
shevad be, as Governor 8imeoe had
Raid it ought to be, "an imago nml
tranecript of the British constitu-
tion." .
Drew C041 11.4101'01E0lb .
The Original draft of the Act, based
on these resolutions, was drawn by
Hon. Mr. Mowat, whose abilitiee ae
constitutional lawyer wine generailo
recognized, ivit h the assistant...osier
Lieu r. -Col. Hee lit Bee it a rit, aerare
oi the (10.u1erence. Strangely eiiub
during the years immediately 11141-
1 ng Confaleration and immediately
succealing thereto Sir Oliver waesria
moved from tbe inatoil of paitice.
How it came aeoat Was told byhim
En the interview whieli has already
been quoted. "It was &Meg the
ting of that tinnier -mice at Quebec," I
said Sir olives', etbat the 11PWS 0411111:
to Sir John A. Macdoriald of it via.
(lamoy on the Cliancery bench, and he
immediately 1)1185011 Et note toeless tbe
table offeriug me the piece. I felt
501310 scruples abont acceptine on ac-
count of the position publie affair0.
were then in, iind Sir join suggest-
ed that if I would like the Vite-Chan-
e el:tors:1i thiTe wns no .solind reason
en public groueda agninet niy arcopt-
ing it. Mr. George Brown and my
_other colleagues concurring hi this
view, it came about that after the ,
coeference closed I WaS 11-111.10illUld I
Viee-Chancellor."
Sir -Oliver took his seat on the
bench on Nov. 14, 1801, _ and for
eight ;years continued ns a hard-
werkitig, conscientiens judge, The
Government in Ontario had born (ta)'-
ried 011 With 11031. J01111 8011311tvia
Maedotnld as Prettier. In 1871 the
lattPl! INNI0. defeated at polla by
the Reform Oppesition [leaded by
Hon. A]ex. Mackenzie and lion. Ed-
ward Blake, two men who 'hail mine
to the front after the 'struggle of
pre -Confederation days. The ahelition
of dual representation in '872 forced
on iNie$Srs. Blake and Mackenzie the
necessity of choosing between the
House of Comthous and the 011141110
140g1SirttU.TP. They therefore a beaten»
ed the 'novenae firld, and the party
in the Legislature was left without
asi effeotlye head At this junclare
Sir 0.111911. WILK 1114110e11 to etep down
from the benoh and return to politics,
as Premier and Attorney -General
or Ontario: He found ta seat in
North Oxford, was elected ti 33(1 took
the oath of office in Oetober, teee,
In that capacity 113 oontirunit un-
til he resigned to :jciin the ,Cabinet
of Sir Wilfrid in• july, 1.8e6—a, per-
iod of nearly twenty-four years. In
the general elections .of 1875,1879,
18,46, 11-590 and' 1 ',ill he am-
cessfully ' carried his party to vie.
tory, a ressord 'of goad fortune in
politico with which only the oar-
eer of Sir John A. Mae:donee' can
oompare. Tile legislation of all
thosa years. passed la:rouge) las
hands as Attorneyateneral. lEn api.
plied. blitieelf particularly • to im-
provement ot • -the judicial eystern
(abolishing the distinction between
law and equity) and the basis of
land tenure. He 'created the port-
folios of the- Minister of Education
and the alinieter of Agriculture,
Whichwore: formerly eubordinate
departments in :charge of ((amain-
teat:lents. During his termof office
he had freettent controversies with
the Dominion Government :during
the great lanacionalite time, 11°1:a-
bly on the boundary question, the
' appolattaent of Queen% eloansea
tho liquor Deenal. Mae and ether
eases, whichwere carried to the
Privy Council in England, • On all
those questions Sir Oliver took, as
he Woe hound, as Provincial 1roil:1-
).er 10 take, the Pro:v.11watt elate This
Federal Government, to diecharginp,"
Ito daty to the Dominion, took the
Dominion eida, They were inatters
that had to be lent -tied by tho high -
eat court _of the lianeare, and It 'fell
to the lot of SiziOliveres 'GOVern-
arent, 'to Maintain the popultir and
the Willaing eides
ANT
1E
C ALL
ENT T
'NOE
R CK 111
Was Dismantled, St ilor wned and
Sir Tsmas Lipt n Hurt.
Weymeeth cable. Sir . Thomas
Lipton's new cballenger for the Am-
ericide Cup, Shamrock 111., was dies
masted in it squall to -daze shortly)
after leaving this harbor, prepara-
tory 1,o- another trial spin with
Shamrock -I. Her meat, as it fell over
the side, carried several of the crew,
and all the gear and canvas' over -
boned. One man was drowned, and
several persona' including Sir Tho-
mas, who was knocked down a hateli-
way, were hurt. 1t
The man who was drowned was
it brother-in-law :of Capt. Wringe.
He was handing a binocular glass to
Sir Thomas at the :time he was swept
overboard. athe yachts were 'man-
oeuvrin.g in • the Roadstead under
main sails, jibs, foresails and gaff
topealls prior to the start.
Before the start Sir Thomas .Lip-
ton ; Betsey, the sailmaker, and Col,
Sherman Crawford, Viee-Commodore
of the Boent Ulster Yacht Club,
boarded the challenger, which made
a magnificent picture, as, under her
Heusi of canvas, ehe drove past Nothe
31.ead
A later acCount of the accident :
At about 10.40 ante when nearly
a. mile off hore, she went about on
the starbeard tn.:3k te stand 'ati Ito
cross the line, when it sudden gust
of wind, sweeping out of Weymouth
Bay, struek the yacht and com-
pletely dismantled her. Tee weather
rigging screws of her 1110111 shrouds
gave way. nntilier mast carred away
close to the deck. With it went sails
a
and gearing in a callused mass of
wreekage.
Deprived of its shrewd, the im-
mense steel tubular mast swayed for
a. fraction of a second, crumpled op,
like a tube of paper and went over-
board, creating general bavoc as it
fell. So sudden was the calamity that
the yacht lay, wrecked and hapless,
before those On board realized what
had happened. Fortunately most of
the tremencloas weight of tbe gear
fell Dicer of the deck. Otherwise the
'disaster must have been muftiplied
tenfold. As it was, only one life was
lost, that of a member eet the crew
named Collier.
Sir Thomas, who was extremely
distressed by the fatality and the
injury to the yacht, said in an inter -
View that the accident occarred ab-
solutely without warning, and much
quieker thee when Sha.mrock. II. was
dismasted in the Solent.
[Just as a tac::—be—tiveen Shamrock
IL, Shamrock I. and Sybarita was
being started in the Solent, off
Southampton, Eng., May 22, 1901, a
midden squall struck the yachts
broadsido on. The topmast of Sham-
rock II. was carried away, and then
iter mainmast -went by the board,
carrying all her 4301111 with it and
leatang her practically a wreck.
Shamrock I. was also oonsiderably
damaged. Ne one was injured on
board either yacht, but King Ed-
ward, who was on board Shamrock
XL, had a miraculous escape.]
•••••=11.0.1111MIMOIMI,
GIIRT IFIISIIartENTION.
National Meeting to Discuss
the Land Bill.
AMENDMENTS TO BE PRESSED
-
Dublin, April :20.—Ton' National
(4011VC11041 by the United Irieli
League met to -day in the historie
round room of inc eltuislun liouee
here. About 2,000 delegates assem-
bled in the rotunda, wilielt wags in-
capable of boldiag all wito had 00100
from every part of Ireland to disease
tee leise land bill. On the, platform
eat almost every Nationalist. niember
of Parliament, with a ea -altering, of
p•reattee. In the body of the rotunda
was a gathering al loin equalled le
representative capaelty.
Early in the "'toning' Lord Dun -
raven, who 1s simultancouidY PrPsiti-
ing at a. 11lI-rate nice:leg of the land-
lords' commit t oe, h'0111word to John
Redmond._ the Irish ander, suggest-
ing that She lend confeience
recoft-
V('tIO 00 Statadriy, atter the opinion
or the Nationalise tionunittee uti the
laud gees:Lion is known, so that_ both
liendlerds and tenants may teen die-
tesse their motnal °Woollens.
Mr. itedmoial will be unable to ta-
ckle tin the 1Jropl):•7111041 1111111 after
toetay's proeredings, for whiell
lungtny agenda have been orovidea,
coneieting of many proposed amend-
ments to the deleted or secretary
Wyndham's pr-opm€Als, t1.0 chief mov-
ers being William O'Brien aud Mich-
ael Devitt. 'line former, welle eon-
gretalating Ireland on the faut that
the 11.141 bitt oiticed
1)111 acceptlilg in prittriple, after cen-
turies of st.ruggla, ma1 the land'
elicited be restored to the people of
Ireland, will urge tbe delegates to
press am etel m en 10 enlarging tit e i ,
armlet ,ecooe of the bill.
Mr. O'Bri•en, _hews -vat will ask the
conaention to entrust to Peranineet-
aey pose or t 11 o legit) it o f
eventually die 1 i lig in o um mit tee
•seasee •with the nueinememee It was
teamed that Lord Dane:nee Is of
opinion ilea some of the nmentlusents
in this Nationaliete' a,genda, never can
be accepted by tlit? titiveramont, but
that some Of the others m I gh t be 00-
ceptal.
A inotieu to Sreretary Wynd-
ham's irisit land bill as ma meriting
&rapport 'W4119 4101.4101ril by 011 over-
whelming 111113 /Pity 111 'Ohl :NatiOnal
conveetion- byre to -tin ie • This en-
sures the eillifersince appeuving the
bill in principle.
Michael Devitt then received a
great ovat3on. ife demanded the M-
inas° al Co!. Artliur Lanett (W110 is ,
undergoing 41 sentence of life One
arbionment niter liaving been can-
victed of high treason), and (1110 011140
Irtsh agitator, who is still in jail. Ile
inaintaieed that the bill, coven US
emended, •would not ista tin end to
the landstruggle, and moved 10
friendly terms all innendment, to Mr.
O'Brien's motion.- p.roviding that the
Nationelist membere of Parliament
refer time bill back 'Le the conven-
tion for final approval after pass-
ing the coeinsittee stage in the House
of Commons, so thee tbe people them-
selves may .say if they accept It as
amended and -that the convention ilse
merely adjourned instead of dissO1V-
ing. • .
After speeches In opposition by Mr.
Redmond and Me. O'Brien, Mr. Devitt,
'amid treineedous elteering„ NA,Ithdrew
bis amendment, On the 'merits of'.
Whieli tbe conventiori Seemed fairly.
Signally divided, and tile threatened
spat was averted.
After it speech: by T.• P. 0'00011101',
Mr. O'Brienie originol ,mcition• was
earried unanimously,. and the eon-
Nention adjourned until Friday., af-
ter 'six hours' continuous sitting.
ALBANIANS NOT PLEDGED.
Turkey to Sent! Troops to Control
District,
Conetantinople, April; 20,—I1 is now
tiecieratood that the commission eent
by the Satan 10 appeal to Albanians
failed to secure their adhesion to the
reform Salome of the powers, except
cse the Ogrelition that the Albanian:Si
be allowed to 011005e their own GOV-
Ornment arid civil Offloisla and minor
eorteeselOtie be granted ilierei
, The Porto hos deolded to eetabliabi
a, military- earup at Ilerrizoviteb, and
boa 'Ordered nineteen bastta.liene to
concentrate in 'view of possible event-
ual rising of the Albanians. Great
on•easiness has been aroused in Turk-
ish Government che'es by the reports
that the Bulgarians in 'Macedonia
are peeparinse for a general rising
Apr1.1 20, the emend day of tise Eas-
ter festivitiee of . the Orthodox
Chureli.
SIX MEN A1E KILLED
And Several' Injured in a
Mine Explosion,
MINERS PAY. MORE FOR FUEL
rmu.erield W, Va., April 20.—Six men
are reported to have been killed and
several seriously hurt by an explo-
sion at the miees of the Peerless Coal
and Coke Company, near Vivian, 'W.
Va. A powder house near the mine
might fro and its contents exploded.
Tee names of the dead and injured
are not known.
•Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 1.6.—For
years past the miners employed by
the Pennsylvania Coal Company in
and about Pittston have had the
privilege of porelmeing coal for their
OWil 'thS0 at special prices, but all or-
der has been issued that workmen
will have to pay an advance of 50
omits a ton 011 sl.OVP and chestnut,
and an advance of sie cents on pea
coal.
NEVER SAW A BED.
Half of the Children in St.me Vienna
Schools Admit the Fact.
Berlin, April 20. --There was a re-
taarkablo incident during to -day's
eating; of the International Anti -41-
(301.0110 Congroes et Bremen. Dr.
of Vienna, in an address
on 1.1114 before, the congress,
declared Oise one ol the moat need
-
fat it.'re04,ure0 for tite. suppression of
alcoholism WaS some arrangement to
'enable the workiust el:fiesta to earn
on adage ste eubsietrece. Ties doc-
tor Waki t1111 to order on the ground
titat lie wee mitking a political
iind the giertnan admiral
Tilionts•en left the- chamber, pro-
testing egsinet the specoli for 'the
44:1110 3130803).
Dr, 1"10441011, 10.0(tang, disela ini&1
any 'Pollical intention. IP:declared
that 1.111 doctors' know well thnt
hardly ten Pt one inindred pre.Qcrip-
tiono can bo followed by the work-
ingrbion, owing to tbeir potertat Con-
tinuing. he eniai "When o•ne wen-
roldere that in 46C1100IS in Vienna
there are'„forty of whom
twenty -saran 11:11,1l 110N or seen 0.
111S1, 11, 1,F1 easy to understand that
One or the si.o; 51 (Jill for rooting
out nlcOliolionale to relieve the
ere of lila peoplit" Tee etittrment
itaiteed gate 0 tienisation, - • I,
GUARDING ROOSEVELT.
Detectives aix it 15-151.11e Suspicion 01
Danger Zone.
Cinnibax, Monte Aaill 20.—One 01
the cavalrymen who is on patrol
duty in rthe park, guarding the
President, came in ties morning
with a prisoner aft the point of his
revolver. He ewer° with great fer-
vor that he foiled the man hanging
around within fifteen mita( of the
Preeidenias Muni, "eating most sus-
piciously." It was discovered that
tho 'prisoner was an emOloyee of
the hote1 and transportation com-
pany on the company's business.
The roan said thiat ()Very time he
tried to explain this to the cavalry-
man ale soldier poked him in the
ribs With the revolver and he had
no chance to make any explana-
tion. The prisoner went baca to
duty ea soon 00 tho offieerowere
toad of the matter, but the inci-
dent waa regarded as an excellenit.
tea of the militiley order which
seeuree seelusion to the President.
A brief despot -eh from General. 'Man-
ning, oommantling tho British Somali -
lead eapedition ;reports what ap-
pears to haVo been an important de-
feat ot the Mad Mullah on April 11
testa Galudi, with heavy lessee In
killed and immense losses in cattle
naptured by the British foresee ilnee
Brinell loss was one killedi
rrag "4.0e"4..0 'Prag"'Nft9r4.3ZIPKYZ
NEWS IR BRIEF
gligaillenttukalrlonaMttr44%.90, ;
CANADIAN,
The Northereet Legielative Ae-
eenably opeoed at Regime.
Tee Taranto Grenadiers 'will vis-
it St. Thomas en Victoria, Day.
T
ei
nso
leTtot,ruaoato painters' strike leis
be
flaw thousand carpenters of
Montreal have voted to go on strike,
Mr. Andre* Carnegie hive offered
iillarclikbrvially.$15,000 towards a pub -
The young man wags committed
Stnicide 10 Miele Park has been Mee -
tilled as la V. Wash, of Hastings.
Recent storms have washed out
roads and swept away bridges la
Essex.
and all except tile rnacbinists bave
returnea to Work.
fire. Walkers -111e strike was settled
near Frankford, was destroyed by
Mr. Jeremiah Sionnonsi farmhouse,
A: company hies been formed te
proMote .English settlement. in New.
Ontario.
:The Toronto Public Seho,o1 Board
WAS unable to decide upon a eye: -
tem of shortaand.
The postoffice at Arcola, lease
WAS robbed of $2,000 cash and pap-
ers worth about $6,000.
The Victorian Order of aluasesmet
in the Legiatative Chamber. mor -
onto. Lady Minto was present.
The Toronto Board of Control
voted about $12,000 additional for
improvemente in the Exhibitioa
Park.
Rev. Dr. Gorden, Principal of
Queues University, bars made an
appeal for co-operation between
univereitieS.
The Toronto Board of Control has;
postponed the letting of contracte,
suspecting a combine among eon -
tractors
Robert Lithgow, who was injured.
in the runaway at Foxtoroe in which
aollishsisAniin) jileirijeosh net o n was kilied, died
A.ccording to a judgnient ay Re-
corder Weir, Montreal city cannot
008205 buildings in course of oreo,
tion for the purpose of taxation.
The steamship Lake Sinscoe arrive
ed at St. John with, 1,300 immi-
gitunten,gauelharge number of them eta
Tile Ontario Educational Assoeitie
tion appointed a (special committee
Lo discuss matters of policy with
the, Goversenatts
Samuel Miles a three -year -terns
prieoner from Chatham, with, twelve
months to serve in the Kingston
penitentiary, is dead.
twoen Owen Sound and Fart Wile
tilOtmw:ing to the increased tariff on
the C. P. R., a daily steamship ser-
vice will 600111 be established be -
Te grand jury at Quebec found
a true bill against alre. Shirley for
inviting john Guard to kill Wer
husband..
Sir 'Thomas Shaughnessy has an.
aounced the purchaso of the Elder-
tiriempoos. t 5110(1s1Lea m ship Monniou t Is by
Judge alcreavi,sh, who- in vestignted
tte allegid tobecco monopoly, fountt
that the exelnate contract sys-
tem preveDed, but it, was not Ille-
gal.
fahe appoinament of Mr. Z. W.
Leonard as aesietant 'general man-
ager of the 0 P. IL, wiele head of-
afttcemoanieil
titat,nipeg, W414S announced
A. true bill w,as found at the Brant-
ford Assizes ogainet TbOlPaS El-
liott and ti.e directors of the On-
tario Conl Dealerg Aeeociation, and
the trial' is now in progrees.
According te it eitaternent by the
Northwest (Slain Dealers' Assoela-
tion, there is 14,73.3,758 bushe
elle' of wheat to be forwaaided to
lake ports by 'Manitoba and Terri-
torial farmers.;
The C. P, R has created a .110:',1
office, that of "Right of Way
Agent," who will control the Mee
ing out of property In large Oen-'
tres and advise on purchases. Mr.
G. R. Webster is the appointee.
Atte e R ober te, 11 17-ysia r -o 1 d girl,
employed 01: I). 8. Perrin & Company's(
factory-, London, foil down the ele-
vittor opening to the floor tire
et:oriels below. Both her arms were
broken at the wriets, Ler forehead
was badly cut and hew face bruised..
BRITISH AND POREKIN.
Tiv en ty-on e emigr ante Will sail for
Canada this week froin Gen. Boothia
eliarkeet Eneland" colony in Essex..
Tho siettanship Minnesota, launched
ita Now London, Conn., 114 said to be
tlie lamest cargo carrier lin the
world.
General Bonilla, Preeitleat-elect of
Salvador, occupied the capital af-
ter a hard campaign.
Deepatehee received in London Ilene
Colombia say the ratification, of the
Colontisia-United :States Panama
Canal treaty is doubtful.
A Gorman ensign is to be court-
neartlallect feir killing an artillery.
man Who had attempted, while ander
arrest, to oak() hands with
Edgar' CoombeS, son oi the Frew*
Premier, 'leis demanded au invest!.
gation into it newspaper charge
that Ire attempted' to negotiate tb
, corrupt bargain.
The leritishl Court of Chem:cert.
has released. $2,700 of trust mama
on the affidavit of a tateadian ate:
inaeration offielal in °Mee to
mit of a family emigrating to 'Oen.
oda.
The London Chlronicio 'sapper as
Hon. A. W. Seottis propoetti fee
free press manages: between Grease
Beitein, Canada and the other cora :
onies. It says it would have goose
edcuational restate, leading to a.'
better knoWledige iend understanding
01. each ettames afftdra by the Yuri..
'ciao keetione of the Empire.
Bight Hole Sohn Morley, addraii,a'
Ing hio constituents at Montrone
declared that "the, safety .01 olita
country depended upon our pellesei
Let me attract empathy and heap 1
ft*Onl our great coloniee, not by ai
pa roe yetis of ra 0 Will adiniratio t, 1
bat 1)3r reepecting both our co3-01110(k
itnpt ouleoehes:'
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