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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-05-06, Page 4I ti 1 - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. or The figure between the parenthesis after each denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisement will be found. Only a Short Time--jackson Bros. (6) Beauty and Health—I. V. Fear. (6) To Contractors—James Bonthron, (5) Notice—John C. Morrison. (5) Horse Routes. (6) Waahing Maohines—J. MeIntosh. (8) Farm For Sale—Charles Avery, (6) 60 Young Pigs Wanted—R. Common. (5) Life Assurance Report—J. Fairley. (6) Eetate of Alexander Robison—R. S. IRays. (6) Boarders Wanted—Mrs. J. Payne. (8) Queen's Birthday Celebration in Exeter. (8) Annual May Sale—R. Willis. (6) Spring Hate—Jackson Bros. (1) Gun Club Notice—J. Anderson. (8) Kelly C,orning to Seaforth. (8) Knitting, SRL—Miss Tytler. (6) Butchers' Notice—Horton Bros. (5) Candies Given Away—Geo. Good.1(8) Band Concert—Gieo. Good. (8) titt *won tzpoitor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, May 6, 1892, Has the Turn Come ? It is a long lane that has no turn. It would almost seem as if the turning point in the political history of the Liberals has at length been reaehed. The good luck of the Conservetives, manifested during the earlier bye -elections, seems to have deserted them since the Government delegation to Wsuthington were forced to confess that they had failed in their attempts to secure reci- procity with the United States. So long as there was a hope that they could acoom- plish this, victory seemed to perch upon their banners isi every coatest, but as soon as their failure became known and they announced their determination to stick to the old policy, their luck appears to have changed. Since then several elections have gone_ against them and in favor of the Liberals. The last was on Friday, when Welland, an old time Conservative constitu- ency, returned a Liberal in the person of Mr. Lowell, by a majority of 267. Previ- ous to March 1891, Welland had been represented by a Conservative since Con- federation, At the last general election Mr. German, a Liberal. vras elected. He was unseated and disqualified and it was generally thought that the constituency would return to its oId love and elect a Conservative. Welland, how- ever, is a frontier constituency. It feels the pinch of the McKinley bill very keenly, and, losing all hope of getting reciprocity through the Conservatives, it has, evidently, determined to try the Liberals. If more constituencies would follow its example, reciprocity might soon be an accomplished fact. The greatest surprise, however, was in Toronto. Toronto is generally supposed to be so thoroughly Tory that a Grit can scarcely live there, much leas gain a seat in Parliament. The election there on Friday was to till the vacancy in the Local Legisla- ture caused by the recent death of Mr. H. E Clarke. The party candidates were Mr. Bigelow and Mr. Kent, the former the Re- form and the latter the Conservative. Be- sides them Mr. Thompson ran as a labor candidate and Mr. McDonald as an annexa- tionist. Mr. Bigelow got 4,938 votes ; Mr. Kent, 4,122 ; Mr. Thompson, 480, and Mr. McDonald 173. It will thus be seen that Mr. Bigelow, the Reformer, had a clear ma- jority of 163 over all the other candidstes, and 816 over Mr. Kent, the next highest and straight out Conservative candidate. For a supporter of Mr. Mowat to be elect- ed in a Toronto constituency is something out of the usual. It can not be claimed, however, that it was due to a change in public sentiment, as there were fully four thousand fewer votes polled than at the last general election. The result is, rather, a protest against the action of the Tory bosSes. Mr. Kent is said to be a. man of no ability, aside from being an expert political ringster, and his candidature was distasteful to a large number of Conservatives. Himself and his friends, however, succeeded in cap- turing the convention, and that institution tried to foist him on to the electors. The result is an ignominious defeat. Convention packing and log -rolling are becoming too common, both in Conservative and Reform politics, in other places as well as in To- ronto. If they were met in a similar man- lier by the people of every constituency, those practising such means to obtain self - advancement would cease, ank conventions would become what they shoild be, a fair and honest reflex of the desire of the whole party. any constituency. In his nomination speech, in addition to declaring himself in favor of reciprocal tradelwith the United States, he said : ' _Mr. Davies' resolution to remove the duty on geode importellfrom Britain met with a responsive chord in his beart. It would keep $9,500,000 annually in the pockets of the people. If he was asked how to make up the deficit he would say stop boodling. (Applause.) Dismiss half the custom house officials. (Applause.) Abolish the Senate. Abolish Provincial subsidies. Let each Pro- vince look after its own revenue, which could be raised by inland revenue taxes, legany duties, etc., and any deficit still re- maining could -be overcome by economy in expenditure. He would abolish the property qualification for voters in the Dominion elections. This country ought to make ite own treaties. He was in favor of the elec- tion of the Lieutenant -Governor and the Governor-General, and a Provincial revision of the voters' lists. He would like to see a railway commission appointed. 'They always had to fight at Ottawa to get common jus- tice from the railvvays. While the Canadian Pacific Railway had done more for this country than the Government ever did, it was only fair to the people that there should be appointed a commission, irrespective of party lines, to settle difficulties on a fair and just basis. THE election in East York to fill the va- cancy in the Dominion Parliament, caused by the death of the late Hon, Alexander_ McKenzieetakes place next Wednesday. The contest is now in full awing, and it will be short and hot. The candidates are Mr. W. C. Maclean, editor and principal proprietor of the Toronto World newspaper, on the ponservative side, and Mr. J. K. Leslie, a prominent Toronto alderman, on the Reform side. Mr. Maclean was Mr. McKenzie's op- ponent at the last election, and was only de- feated by a small majority and his friends have strong hopes of his success this time. He ii straight out N. P.; is a shrewd, sharp businese man ; a hustler to canvass ; a good speaker, and, on the whole, a hard man to butt against in a political campaign. But,0 with all these qualifications, he is a very un- desirable Mall to represent any constituency. His loose views on moral questions should preclude his selection by a moral, to say nothing of a religious people. He was the first to introduce the Sunday newspaper into this country ; in fact the Sunday World is the only Sunday paper in Canada that we know of. In the great Sunday street railway oontest in Toronto a few months ago, Mr. Maclean was the leader and champion of those who fought so hard and so bitterly to have the street cars run on the Sabbath. In short, he is an acknow- ledged leader in all such movements. It would be an insult to the memory of the late lamenteg staneanian to seleot such a man as his successor in Parliament, and it is fer- vently hoped that the people of East York will have a keener sense of the fitness of things than to make any such mistake. Of Mr. Leslie, even his opponents have not a derogatory word to say, He is unobjection- able personally, and he stands upon a plat; form, politically, that should elect him in The Re -Distribution Bill. The re -distribution bill, which was so anxiously looked for by politicians on both sides, was submitted for the approval of Parliament on Friday. Like its prodeces- eors in the same line, it is likely to cause a long and bitter discussion in the House. Hitherto Ontario was the popular field in which the gerrymanderer showed hie skill. This time, however, the changes in this Province are comparatively few, but Que- bec, it is said, has been most unmercifully carved. For the first time in the history of gerrymanders, old Huron has been left un- touched. Perhaps it was found that by no manipulation could it be made more favor- able to the powers that be than it now is, unless they wiped it off the map altogether, and they could hardly do that. As to the justice or injustice of the mea- sure, the details of which are given, in our Ottawa letter, it is difficult for a person un- acquainted with the geography of the several constituencies to speak positively. The Liberals denounce it as a shameful gerry- mander, while the straight out Conserva- tives say it is as fair and just as it could be made. The Independents rather side with the Liberals. The Toronto Telegram, for instance, says : It is a gerrymander if ever there was one." The Mail is also pretty much of the same opinion. The fact that, by the proposed re -distribution, and taking the vote cast at tbe last general elections; the Conservatives will gain seven constitu- encies, shows that they have, at least, not neglected their own interests. The Con- servative gains and losses will be shown by the following statement : LOSSES. GAINS. Maritime Provinces 4 Quebec 6 Ontario 3 M an itoba 2 THE HURON EXPOSITO could not have a more righteous or popular plank in their platform than this. The country will back Ithem up in it. For, no matter what interested politicians or sub- sidized journals may say, the great mass of the people are getting sick and tired of crooked polities as exemplified by gerry- mandering and boodling. The old justifica- tion that one party fs as bad as the other, is getting played out and is losing its foree. What is really wanted now is, laws that will make both parties walk straight. Give the people a chance and as a rule they will do pretty nearly right. It is a good while, however, sinoe they have had a fair chance. In the matter of securing fair and equitable representation the Liberal party in parlia- ment have now a splendid opportunity of arraying themselves on the side of the people and we hope they will not let it slip. meemseeemeemeneen TIIE Montreal Witnees says : Another instance of the servility of Canadian party followers is furnished by the vote on the slight put upon parliam-ent by thel Govern- ment in withholding the report of the inter- views which our government had with that at Washington. It is a rule of parliament- ary prooedure that in debate original documents shall not be quoted unless they are produced. The reasonableneas of this rule is manifest. The Government would 'always be able to refute their opponent's arguments and deny their facts if they were at -liberty to quote from or refer to docu- ments in their possession which their op- ponents were not allowed to see. Yet this is exactly what the Government did in the case of the Washington treaty negotiations, and they gave as an excuse that the conver- sations quoted from were net a Matter of record but were simply unreported conver- nations. It turned out that the negotiations had been recorded and while tbey were re- fused to the Canadian Parliament they were produced in the Imperial Parliament. Mr. Laurier brought the matter up in the House and moved a vote of censure against the Government, which, however, was voted down by the majority, who care little about the privileges of Parliament when the in- terests of the party are involved.1 4 11 Those who know the ground, say that Quebec is worse gerrymandered by the pres- ent bill than Ontario ever was by any of its predecessors. If this is the case, it is bad enough. Although the changes in Ontario have been comparatively few, there are some very glaring and unjustifiable ones. These are referred to as follows by the Mail, which does not often condemn anything done by the Government unless it is really indefens- ible. It says : In Ontario, however, four small changes which really have nothing to do with the alteration of the basis of population are pro- posed. Prescott and Russel lie side by side. Both are Liberal. The strength of Mr. Ed- wards. the Liberal member for Russell, is in Clarence, where he secured a majority of 430. As hie total majority in the county was but 413, he could not be elected with- out Clarence. Clarence is now to be trans- ferred to Prescott, and it ie expected that thus Russell, hitherto Liberal, will become Conservative. This change savours of gerry- mander. London is a doubtful city uow, but West Middlesex is strongly Conserva- tive, London West is in West Middlesex, and it gives a Conservative majority of 113. London West, with ite Conservative major- ity of 113, is to be added to London, thus making the city Conservative. This also savors of the gerrymander. North Bruce gives a Conservative majority of 30. Its neighbor, West Bruce, gives a Liberal ma- jority of 930. In a word, it is a hive al- ready. Port Elgin, now in North Bruce, gives a Liberal majority of 88. It is pro- posed to transfer Port Elgin from North Bruce to West Bruce. Thus the Liberal majority in VVest Bruce will be increased to 1,018, while North Bruce will be made safer for the Conservatives by 88. The North Bruce Conservative majority will go up from 30 to 118. This arrangement has the scent of the gerrymander about. The character of the whole measure may be judged from these samples, and in the face of these it is too much to claim that it is just or fair; that it is not deaigned vastly more in party than in public interests. Surely all must agree that this gerrymander - business is becoming a scandal and a reproach to the country, and that some means should be taken to put a step to it. Neither party attempts to justify it on its merits. But one party claims the right to gerrymand- er because it says the other does. Now, it should be put out of the power of both par- ties to do it. The abominable practice will be persisted in, more or less by both parties, so long as they have the power. It is too great a temptation to remain in the hands of frail, interested, political humanity. The power should be taken out of the hands of the- Governments and given to independent and disinterested persona who will make a fair and honest re-distribution,—one that will be just alike to all, and that will give undue advantage to no particular party or section. We need not look for or expect honest government until some such change is made. It is quite possible that such a change would effect injuriously the political strength of the Liberals in Ontario as well as it would the Conservatives in the Dominion. If so, all right ; if the Liberals in Ontario can not hold their own by fair means, let them go to the wall, and the sooner the better, and the same of the Conservatives in the Dominion. We hope the Liberals in the Dominion Par- liament will move in this direction this session. An amendment to this effect would be more effective to defeat the present measure than any other that could be introduced. And besides, the Liberals IN REFERRING to the unfortunate acci- dent 'which befel a railway brikesman at Brussels station the other day, by which he lost an arm while coupling care, the Post says : " It is about time the Government took hold of this question of car coupling and compelled every railway to procure a coupler similar to the Lehigh Valley Cott -many, whereby the work can be satisfactorily done without going between the cart. Human life is too precious to throw it Away reck- lessly, as would appear to be the case under the present system. ' There is scarcely a day in the year that an accident does not occur on setae of our Canadian railways through thin barbarous system of coupling cars, and still the com- panies adhere to it simply throUgh greed. They place more importance upon the cost of an appliance that would avoid such acci- dents than they do upon the lives of their employes. Of course the Legislature should have stepped in long ago and forced the companies to do their duty in this respect, but if the legislators did this they would displease the companies,and their free passes and other privileges might be cut off, and so the poor railway brakesmen are forced to remain in hourly peril of their lives or "terve. Were it not for the 'favors that members of Parliament reoeive from the railway companies, the companies .would have been brought to time long ago. This is only one instance of the evil resulte of al- lowing members of Parliament to accept bribes of this nature from the railway com- paniee. THE Globe of Saturday last had another batch of electro -type fac-similes of receipts for election funds, received,by Sir Adolphe Caron from Mr. Thomas McGreevy. By these receipts it is shown that in 1887 Sir Adolphe paid out. over $7,000 in Quebec county alone, although his election agent certified that his expenses only amounted to $800. These receipts, however, are pub- lished only as a sample of the evidence upon which Mr. Edgar based his charges:made a few days ago, in Parliament. The Globe also threatens that in the event of the' Gov- ernment persisting in its refusal to grant Mr. Edgar an investigation it will lay the whole thing before ite readers through ite columns, and it promisee several chapters of very interesting reading. In ite own words it is bound to have either " trial by- Parlia- ment or trial by newspaper," but it prefers the former. In reply to the Globe's threat the Empire says : The Opposition can put Sir Adolphe Caron on trial at any time they choose and they know it. All they have to do is to prefer a specific charge, and the committee will most promptly be granted. They know this, but they prefer trial by the mob to trial according to law. In the end they will have to yield ; in the meantime they can make a great noise, simulate frantic indig- nation, and appeal hysterically to East York and North Perth. This is the Grit idea of stateemanehip. To this the Globe makes the following- , rejoinder : What do the Tories mean when they say Mit Mr. Edgar's charges are not specific enough ? If they choose to inquire, Mr. Edgar can tell them from which bank the money came ; that is, he can name the banks which melted the notes which came from the subsidiee in question. Even tenth° Tories would complain. They do not want details ; they dread them, Mr. Edgar has preferred charges that cannot be ignored, and if Sir Adolphe's friends are wise they will grant an inquiry. Let us have a trial, if you like, before a partisah committee like - the Privileges Committee, in which Sir Adolphe has a two-thirds majority, rather than a trial by newspaper. All the Globe desires is a fair field for Sir Adolphe and for itself, and it is quite willing that he should go to a Tory jury. It will abide by the result. What more can be done to secure an honest investigation ? There are, evidently, lively tirries ahead, no matter which way the mill grinds. AT THE ROYAL Aceennern.----The annual exhibition of pictures at the Royal Academy, London, England, was opened last week. The galleries were brilliantly lighted, and there was e. crowded attendance of the brightest people in London, drawn, as al- ways on these occasions, from the artistic, literary, and professional worlds, with a mingling of the most distinguished from social circles. Everybody at &at looks for Ike chief work of the president, Sir Fred- erick Leighton. He has choeen a singular subject this year, The text, as it may in this case he called, is taken from Revela- tions, chapter 20, verse 13 : " And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and they were judged, every man accitrding to his works." "A Last Judgme t," from Sir Frederick was. hardly to be enpected, and some of his devout admirers turned away from the gloomy and awful scene, disappoint- ed and shocked. But the work has been skilfully and strongly done. It i cannot be denied that it is very striking in I its effect, half ghastly and half ludicrous. Many gazed upon it fascinated by i0 combination of horrors. Those who disli ed it at first took another look, and none lee saw it can forget the impression it make . THE DOMINION PA LIAMENT (By Our Special Correspondent.) . OTTAWA, may end, 1892. The bomb shell has been explodecht; iThe Redistribution Bill has been introduced. I might as well say right here that it is a ger- rymander of the worst kindo, cunningly de- vised scheme in the two chief Provinces to maintain the present system wader which a minority of voters return a majority of members to support the Gov rnment. The Bill provides that the House of Com- mons shall consist of 213 m mbers, instead of 215 as at present. The representation will then stand as follows : Ontario, 92, No change. Quebec 65, No change. Nova S'ootia, 20, Loss of o e. New Bruuswick, 14, Loss 9f two. Prince Edward Island, 5, Loes of one. Manitoba, 7. Gain of two. Northwest Territories, 4, Igo change. British Columbia, 6, No ohange. Commencing on the extreme east, the changes are as follows : The three counties of Prince Edward Island hich each re- turns two mernbera now, a e split up into five constituencies, each returning one meImnbNereW Brunswick, the City and county of St.John, now represented by three mem- ber'', is deprived of one, and the counties of Sudbury and Queens, ark ueited into one electoral division. Both of the members who are thus wipediout -in New Brunswick are Conservatives. IThe Geolernment could not help this as the es are only two counties in the entire Provi ce now represented by - Liobenrealms. ember is ta en from Nova Sootia by joining Queens county w th Shelburne. li Queens is now Libe al and helburne Con- servative,and the G vernment hope to make the combined count es retutn ae supporter, but in this they wil probabl be mistaken. It is in Quebec t at the g eatest mischief is done to the Li orate. lontreal, which has now three mem ere, is iven two more, and Hocbelaga whi h has now one member is given two. Ott wit county is divided into north and sout and given oneaddition- al member. This makes four members, which of course ha e to be taken from some other part of the Province. Napierville, which is Liberal, i wiped out and divided up between Chat "auguay and Laprairie. Vercherres, which is also Liberal, is also wiped out. St. John and tberville, which are both Liberal, eturning two members, are united and ade to return only one. Three Rivers and St. Maurice, both Con- servative, are unit d and return only one member. In this way three Liberals and one Conservative re wiped out, but in do- ing this the Gov rnment have carved up the group of thirte n counties on the south side of the St. La rence in such a manner that they cannot in future bp recognized and in such a way as to give the Goverhment, upon the votes of est Marc , a, gain of half a dozen members i that d strict. County and municipal bou daries a e altogether ig- nored in this sha eful ger ymander. The Liberals are hived n Rouvil e and through- out this whole soh me the plan adopted by that arch-conspir tor against the public rights, the late Si John Macdonald, is pur- sued with persist° me In dividing Ottawa county, the south rn and . thickly settled portion is made a nice, easy seat for a con- servative, and the ast territory to be called North Ottawa is left a fighting ground, if any Liberal is breve enon h to undertake the arduous campa gn of st mping it. The total repre entation Of the Province of Ontario is 1 ft unchenged, but the district of Nipi sing, seth a part of East Algoma adde , is give a member, and the City of Toronto is given an additional member. These tiwo additions ate taken advantage of to g rrymander the whole Ni- agara District in t e most fiagrart and un- justifiable manner. North Wentworth and Monck are abolished and the Government will claim that th s is fair; because one is Liberal and the other Cotraervative. But something had to be done with these old constituencies of North Wentworth and Monek, so the Government with the most affectionate consideration for Mr. James Somerville, have pitchforked into his con- stituency of North Brant oVer 400 of a Lib- eral majority from North Wentworth,which, added to his prirent Liberal majority of over 1,100 makes a " Grit " hive, swarmed with a vast majority of 1,500. This leaves it easy to put a considerable majority of Conservatives from North Wentworth into south, where it is badly nee ed, the Govern- ment only holdi4 the son h riding by a majority of 2. Monck was disposed of in the most ingenioult and artf I manner. Two large reform townships are tacked on to Lin- coln, thus hiving, the Grits imMr. Rykert's old riding and gi in Mr. Gibson, the pres- ent Liberal member or Lineoln, a majority of about 900 Then anot er portion of Mon& hi added to South Norfolk to streogthen Col. Tisdale, a Government sup- porter, and another portion of it added on to Welland to inprease the Government's chances in that county at the next general election. What remains of Monck is then united with Hildimand to form the elec- toral division of Monk and Haldimand, and making a safe and certain seat for Dr. Montague, the present Conservative• repre- sentative of the doubtful county of Heidi - mated. If Mr. Gerry could Come over from hie resting plaoe in New york State he would be surprised and delighted to 'find how this Government have I improved upon his unique methods of dishing opponents by Act of Parliament. The v llage of Port Elgin is taken frotn North ruce and placed back in West Brice, from whieh riding it was taken in 1882 by Sir jOhn Macdonald. Then without rhyme or reation an excursion istnade away down into the eastern portion of the Province,and the township of Clarence is lifted from Rinsed County into Prescott County. Clarence furnished the Liberal majority in Russell last election, nearly 500, and this with the present Liberal majority in Prescott, will hive the Grits in the latter county with a majority of 900 or 1,000 and leave Russell the prey of the wolves, unless the people of Rustell resente as I know they will, this glaring gerrymander. Of course something had tee be done to confirm Mr. Carling'e robbery of Mr. Hyman's seat, and therefore the village of Lendon West is added to the City of London and other changes made, which on the basis of the last poll would trutke London Conservative. Putting the gerrymander of 1882 with the gerrymander of 1892, the Liberals of On- tario who are in the majority of votes, ac- cording to Mr. ;George Johnson, the Do- minion Statisticiap and a rabid Tory, to the extenttf over 7,000, are so hived and cut up by Act of Parliatnent that they can only elect one third of the representation from a Province in which they are in -the vast ma- jority. If public opinion will not revolt against this monstrous tyrenny and injus- tice, the standard of publio morality must be very low indeed, but personally I have the very strong °pinion thet at the next general election the people will spue out this Tiv o new memb re are given to Manitoba, nt nauseous Govern ent. one of the new c nstituencies being called Macdonald, after he late Sit John, but the R. rirecise effect oi the changes ill net yet hnown, but from the fact that Ma quette dounty is divided i to two, one- elf of Which has 22,000 of .population and the Other only 12,000 ma es it clear that an e'ttempt has been made to gerrymander the seat of the only Liberal elected West of ake Superior, Mr. Robert Watson. But t is safe te say the Government demi not 1 ve whieh can defeat Mr. Watson at the oils. I learn that an elab rate gerrymaLer of Quebec district was repared by the Gov- ernment which would have only left three Liberals on the south here of the St. Law - !lance from Lotbiniere to Gaspe, but the echeme was killed at the last moment by the opposition of Messrs. Chapleten and Ouimet, who were jealous of giving to Sir Hector Langevin's district a Conservative Fmajority, and also of he Ontario Ministers, ho are afraid of Que ec again having the alanee of power in t eir party. 1 There were some geed debates la t week in the House. The [opposition in ved to abolish the duty on '.finder twine, nd al - hough they showed that the manufa tura of i il his necessary article *as in the han s of a ombine of United States' citizens, called he National Cordage Company,who evy an nnual tax of $420,000 on the farther' of dpanada, yet the Houso rejected the motion en a straight party vote, the majority being 44. The discussion disclosed the fact that the duty which enables this combine to ex - et and charge what they please to the armere, only brings iii to the public treasury he paltry amount Of $6.000 a year. On Thursday,Mr, L'aurier moved a vote of °ensure upon the Goternment for their re- fusal to bring down information as tb what pdanspired at Washirigton, when the three ioisters went to try to negotiate a reci- rooity treaty. He allowed that such a re- use! was without precedence in the British arliament and Mr. Mills pointed outtthat Minister had no right to initiate a die- ussion in regard to negotiations 'with a oreign country without laying on the fable of the House all the documents con- nected with the mieoion. This was, how- ever, precisely what the Minister of Finance had done, and since' his Budget Speech it has leaked out that the proceedings at Washington which ar,e denied to the, Parlia- aunt and public of Canada have been corn- inunicated to the British Government, The Government denied that they were under any obligation to bring down these dome- ents, and their followers sustained them by a majority of 41. I A letter written by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture to the author of an immigra- Pon pamphlet, has c om e out in the House land the Minister of Militia stated that the letter was so improper that an investiga- tion would be held Which it is supposed will result in the dismissal of Mr. Lowe, News of' the Week. . , DEAD, —Baron Clastlemaine, an Irish nobleman, is dead. SUSPENDED. —The Commercial bank, of St. Paul, Minnesotae has suspended.: RE -NOMINATED. —Congressman Springer, of Illinois, has been ee-nominated for a tenth term. I I QUICK PASSAGE. —The City of Patiis made the voyage from Queenstown to New York in 5 days, 21 hours and 14 minutes. GOING TO AFRIGA AGAIN. —Stanley, the explorer, will take te protracted rest in Eng- land and will then return to Afrioa. GRANT Monuetnevee—The corner -stone of the Grant monument was hid in Riverside park, New York, Friday, in the presence of a great throng, EXTRAORDINARY IMMIGRATION. — There were 18,628 immigrants landed in New York during ethe past Week, the largest number for one week on recond. REDUCED RATE 0) INT EREST.—The Bank of England has redu ed the rate of interest from 2t per cent to per cent. Money, / to 1 per cent, DIED' IN JAPAN,—A telegram has been re- ceived announcing the death at Kabe,Japan, of Rev, J. W. Lainbuth, D. D., one of the oldest missionaries of the Methodist church, DEBARRING LAWYER& —The Coloeado Bar Association has resolved to dishier many lawyera in Denver who make a specialty of obtaining divorces Without publicitn, and in short Order. A RAILROAD EAL. —Jay Go Id has bought the Kansas Pity, El Paso an Mexi- can railroad, known] as the White aks, for $50,000. . DEFEATED THIS TIME. —The Wom an '8 Suffrage Bill was defeated in the Imperial House of Commons by a majority of 23 votes. The supporters of the measure are cpnfident of pasiling a similar hill in the next Parlia- ment. . BREAKING A BRIDE'S ANKLE.--Jotin Lan• nigan, of Elizabetb, New Jersey, sued the Pennsylvania railread for the breaking of his wife's ankle on her wedding trip lalt November. She Was thrown down stairs from the upper te the lower deck of the ferryboat Cincinnati. The snit was settled the other day by the payment to the plain- tiff of $1,500. ONE HUNDRED A[TLANTIC TRIM—Cap- tain Thomson, of the Danish steamer Hekla, which arrived' at New York last ,Sunday morning, from Swinemunde and ! Copen- hagen, has j ust conipleted his one huhdredth trip &arose the Atlantic without e single mishap or accident of any kind. A joyous welcome was given him on his arrival with music and cheering. ! CANADIAN APPLES IN ENGLAND. —Mr. Woodall, of Liverpool, reviewing the Can- adian apple trade for the season just closing, says the shipments were the largest on record, the receipts at Liverpooi alone reaching nearly 1,000,000 barrels, i eluding American. During almost the entir period prices were much higher than in reVious years. THE KOCH CURE. —The announc ment is formally made to the world of the to al fail- ure of Dr. Koch's lymph treatment for con- sumption. This ga one of the thou ands of modern illuatrations of the shortnes of the distance between wisdom and folly genius and atupidity. An idea is that of a s vant or nadman according to the success or failure of it. The theory of the lymph trratment was pronounced ridiculous by many eminent medical men, but, inasmuch as it had a respectable authoeship, it was permitted to turn everybody's head for more than a year. ti 1 THE WEALTH OF THE: ASTORS. —William Astor, who died in Paris a few days ago, was in the front rank of the many en rmous- ly rich men the neighboring repu lic has produced.' Hits fortune of nearly fif y mil- lions was accumulated by invest ents in New Yeerk real estate. The Asters have grown fabulously !rich, not by pireducing wealth, but by monopolizing land. They have in their familn the richest man iiving— the Gramme of thel earth. There a,te nine Americium whose fOrtunes exceed $ 0,000,- DOO. William Weildorff Astor, ne hew, of the late Williain Ainor, is the poss seer of $150,000,000. His income has been l'etimat- ed at $17 a minute, 1$175,673 a week or $9,- 185,000 a year. The Travelling Dairy. ' The Travelling Dairy seems to be a suc- eess in Canada, and; if RE. permanent useful- ness is equal to its promise, the C nadian farmer will never have cause to regr t its in- eption by Mr. John Dryden. It was he ho first conceived the idea of se ding a ravelling Dairy through the Prov nce to eine farmers, their wives and da ghters, ractical instructio s in butter-maki g, and no arouse a keener interest in dairy atters generally. For thi purpose he obtained a !small appropriation from the Legislature, lend on consulting With President Mills, of phe Agricultural Coillege, they decided to iiend out Professor 1:11ean and two assistants, Who were to take w th them a complete out - !fib of butter- 'reeking and milk -testing appa- rsaus,aud to hold meetings at various places. 1During the months of July and August three counties were pretty well covered, namely, York, Ontario and Simcoe. Twenty- seven meetings were held in all, the attend- ance ranging from 30 up to 500 people. During September ten of the leading fall fairs were visited, and in October twelve meetings (including attendance at three ifairs) were held in Eesex county. During the coming months, beginning with the present week, it is proposed to re -commence °the work inaugurated last year, and ferm- iers should certainly not lose an opportunity of this sort, which is in the line not only of instruction but profit. Huron Notes. —The assessor's returns for the town of 1Clinton gives the population of that town las 2,400, nominally the same as last year. —Mr. John Harris, of Exeter, has die- ' posed of his excellent stallion Fearnaught I Chief, to Mr. T. P. McHugh, of Calgary, for a good figure. —Miss Ada Granby, of Hullett, passed away to her long home on Tuesday, 19th ult, , after suffering a severe Illness for about three months. —Mrs. W. J. Harris, of Colborne, depart- ed this life on Thursday, 21st ult., after an illness of about 'a week. Deceased was 55 years of age, and was well known and highly respected in the vicinity. —Mr. William Bond, an employe of the Union furniture factory, Wingham, had the misfortune to have three fingers of his right hand badly lacerated by a saw, on Wednes- day morning of last week. —Mr, Robert Wilson, of the 4th con- cession of Usborne, hae purchased a splendid hundred.acre_farm in Plympton township. The farm is a good one, and the price paid was $4,900. —Miss Mary Morrison, daughter of Mr. Angus Morrison, of Goderich, died at the residence of her sister, Mrs.Blenhan, in De- troit, on Saturday, 23rd ult., at the early age of eighteen years. The remains were brought to Goderich for interment. , —Mise Phelps, the lady lecturer, of St. Catharines lectured to crowded houses in Wingh'am, on Monday and Tues- day evenings of lost week. \She was lecturing under the auspices of the Wo- man's Christian Temperance Union. —Messrs. Vanstone Brothers, of Kincar- dine, have purchased the Wingham marble works from Mr. T. T. Watson, and have taken possession. These gentlemen are practical workmen and have had long ex- perience in the business, and know all the requirements, —Mrs. J. Van Allen, of Wingham, is in Toronto at present, whither she went to un- dergo an operation for a most painful disease of the nostrils, under the skilled surgery of Dr. Cotton. The operation has been per- formed successfnlly, and she is recovering nicely. — Word has been received in Molesworth from Neepawa, Manitoba, of the death of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Stewart's only infant son, on, the evening of their return from having spent the winter in Ontario. A tele- gram was also received from that town of the sudden 'death of Mr. James Hutchison, formerly of the second concession of Ho w- ick, where his father still resides. — Word was received in Gerrie last week of the death of Mr. Alexander Wiggins, which occurred at Los Angeles, California, on Friday, 22nd ult., of diphtheria. De- ceased was a eon of Mr. Henry Wiggins, of Gerrie, and was a well-known and well liked Howick boy. He was married about two years ago, almost immediately after which he removed to Los Angelo". —While Mr, Edward Sanders was en- gaged working a saw in W. Andrews' furni- ture. factory, Exeter, on Thursday. 21st ult., he received a severe blow in the body by a piece of board being caught in a cir- cular saw and thrown with terrific force. Although it did not cut the flesh, an ugly bruis'e is the result, causing the young man to suspend work for several. days. —The report of the births, marriages and deaths for the year 1890 has just been is- sued. In Huron there were 783 boys and 704 girls born ; 408 marriages were per- formed that year (816 pereons) the Meth- odists having 329 of these, and the Presby- terians -next with 230. During that year 628 persons died, of whom 130 were under one year of age. —Mrs. O'Neill, of Clinton, who has been in delicate health for seme time, died on Sunday, 24th ult., aged 69 years. She has been a resident of Clinton for a number of years, and was very highly esteemed. She was a member of Willis Church. She leaves two daughters one of whom is em- ployed in the Model ,School, Clinton, the other being Mrs. Johns, of Winnipeg. =The Brandon Sun of a recent date says : " The other day we had the pleasure of shaking hands with Mr. James Weatcott, formerly of Exeter, Ontario. He is farming near Douglas and is doing well. He is the right kind of stuff to make a successful Manitoban. He was recently elected presi- dent of the Douglas exhibition, and with the aesistance of the able secretary, Mr. Berry, will doubtless also make a success of --ftT'he tailor shop belonging to Mr. J. H. Taman, Gerrie was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night last week. The tailor shop of Mr. Sharpin, a few feet distant, was saved with great difficulty, and the Albion hotel, which is just aeroes the street, was also in great danger from flying sparks. Part of the contents of the shop were saved. The building belonged to W. S. Bean, end was uninsured. Incendiarism is supposed to be_thweheialue ser'eturning from a prayer meet- ing, held at a farm hpuse a few miles south of Gerrie, one evening last neek, an elderly couple, who lived just acroes the road, got lost in the orchard, the night be- ing very dark, and were not able to extri- cate themselves until their son " Tani " for whom they called lustily for a long time, came with a lantern and guided them safely home. Their neighbors are now en- joying a good-natured joke at their ex- pense. —A gentleman in Brussels answered the frog problem, in connection with a certain Toronto journal, and sent 15 cents, as per instructions. He was awarded a special prize, a " diamond ring." But before it would be sent he was asked to forward two new subscriptions to the publication, at $2 each, and 50 cents to pay for casket and transportation. The after conditions rather aped the " wonderful " offera- made by these fake institutions, and there is often more than the frog in the hole. —On Saturday evening,23rd ult., the resi- dence of Robert Marshall, of Porter's Hill, was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was at once given, but the flames had ob- tained such a hold on the building that but little could be done to save it or the con- tents, and in a very short time what had been the cosy homestead of Mr. Marshall for many years was reduced to a smoulder- ing heap of ashes, A defective stovepipe is supposed to have been the cause of the disaster. —A distressing case of suicide took place on lot 22, concession 5, West Wawanosh, where Wm. Leddyt Sr., a reSpected farmer of that township, hanged himself on Friday, 22nd ult. Deceased had tied himself to the harrows and was dragged through the field for some time, but finding this would not accomplish his purpose he completed the in- sane act by hanging to a small tree in the field. Temporary insanity brought on by financial troubles was the cause. --Several of the business men of viiing- ham have made Mr. Dowling, of Harriston, an offer as follows: To give him a frame building sixtnefeet wide by one hundred and thirty feet long, three storeys high, set on a stone foundation, and sufficient ground for • MAY 6 1891143 yard;for a term of ten yeans,at the sum of $1 a year. We think that this is a grand offer, but we have not heard whether Mr. Dowling has accepted it or not. The business to ne carried in by Mr. Dowling is a planing aise sash and door factory. —The Postmaster -General's report for 1891 gives the following figures concerning the business done at some offices in this " county, exclusive of money tenders issued or paid. Formerly the business of each post office was published, but this is not done now : Auburn, gross postal revenue, $377.80 ; Bayield, $487.65 • Bluevale, $473.03 ; Blyth,1,515.04; Brusse'ls,$2,559.41; Clinton; 54,603.30 ; Mitigation's, $496.25; Exeter $2,250.65 Fordwich, $607.51 ;Goe. erich, i5,629.64 ; Gorrie, $672,96 ; Hensell, $435.24 ; Kippen, $304.36 ; Seaforth, $4,955.73 ; Varna, $390. 96 ; W ghat; $4,133,51 ; Wroxeter, $917.65 ; Zurich, $777,36. —The Royal. Templars of Temperance of Fordwich had an interesting debate in their Council room on Friday evening 22nd hut, The subject of debate was, " Resolved that a person gets more information by travel- ling than by -reading." The judges after hesring the argument for and against, decid- ed in favor of the affirmative. —Mr. Chapman, mail contractor, of New- bridge, had the misfortune to lose his stable, harness, fowl, straw cutter, etc. by fire the other night. It was the work of fire bugs and although the fire brigade was called out and rendered valuable assistance, yet the fire became master of thee situation Ann the building was seen wrapped in flames. The horses were saved, but they had tut them loose to save them. Mr. Chapman has had a streak of ill -luck lately, having lost a valuable horse by its falling and hav- ing its leg broken. He has supplied its place by buying Mr. L. Young's trotter, —The firm of Smith Brothers &Gibson,of the planing mill and sash and door factory, Brussels, have been compelled to assign for the benefit of their creditors. It was ex- pected that a settlement would be arrived at without closing the doors, but it appears that the Merchants' Bank,London,was press- ing their claim through the Courts and as the money was not forthcoming the firm thought that to let all concerned _share alike, an assignment would be necessary. It is rather unfortunate that this business concern should be placed in this position, as it will, interfere to a considerable extent with the large amount of work they have been doing, There are not many creditore,however, so it is likely a settlement will soon be made and the factory resume operations as fermerly. —The License Commissioners for West Huron met at Clinton on Friday, 22nd ult., and granted the following licenses for the current year Clinton,—I. Rattenberry, Charles Spooner, S. Pike, C, Milne, L. Ken- nedy, J.Lee, J. Rossier (conditional). Shop, J. W. Riter. Goderich,—G. B. Cox, J. Miller, J. C: Martin, W. Babb, E. Swarte, J. McCaughey, D. Currie, W. Craig. Shop, W. L. Horton, Swarts, A. Roe, D. McCormick, J. Dineley, F. Korman, A. Orr. Blyth,—J. Emigh, J. Kelly. Wat- son, J. Mason, 3 months, end the application of .1, Patterson refused. Ashfield,—J. Mc- Donald, T. Griffin, 3. Mallough, L. Smith, DeLong. Colborne,—W. Lasham, 11. Martin, P. McDonagh, J. Hamilton A. Allan. Hullett,—J. Kuntz 3. Bell. N'Vest Wawanosta—John Loughea'd. East Wawa- nosh,—J. Nixon. —A pleasant evening was spent at Alma Methodist church, on the Huron Road, half way between Seaforth and Clinton, on Fri- day of last week, being the event of the closing concert of the singing class held in that place, by Mr. G. Fe Oakes. Mr. Hen- derson occupied the chair and performed the ogee of that office satisfactorily to all. The programme consisted of choruses by the class, quartettes, duets and recitations. Al- though the weather was unfavorable and a number of those who had promised to assist could not be present, yet all went awaywith a unanimous expression of satisfaction with the entertainment. Mr. Oakes' clams are now cloeed for the summer months, and will be resumed at the beginning of the coming winter. As this was Alma's tfirst term all who have heard them sing, speak highly of the progress made in so short a time. ,—A dispute arose one night recently be- tWeen a father and son, one a resident of Goderich township, about the ownership of a cow which the eon claimed as his, and came to the father's residence with the in- tention of taking. The old m_an, who is over 70 years of age, pleaded for it to re- main, as it was the means of helping to sup - 'port his family. The young man got into a passion and commenced fighting hie young- er brother, chasing him into the house. He went to the barn, where his father was standing guarding the cow, knocking the old man down with the pitchfork, inflicting an ugly gash over the temple,renderizig him unconscious. Re then obtained the cow and cleared home. The community has sympathy for the father, and feels that the law should take hold of the young fellow, who deserves to be punished. in a severe way. A Big Storm in Manitoba. A despatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba, dated April 28 says : The storm last night turned out to be, the most terrific ever ex- perienced in this country. " Old Timers say they never saw anything half eo bad in their lives. The cold was intenee, and the snow was blinding. It was impossible to see two feet ahead. People were blown off the sidewalks and traffic had to be suspend- ed. Terrible'havoe was wrought to tele- graph and telephone wires, and great damage was done to property. The Canadian Pacific Railway telegraph service suffered severely. Reports from the west indicate that both poles and wires were demolished for miles, especially between Portage la Prairie and Brandon. The passengers on incoming trains state that the sterna was experienced as far -west as Cal- gary, but gathered strength as it came east, and raged with great fury between the western boundary of Manitoba and the city. The wind was so high that the passengers were forbidden to move from coach to coach, and the few who attempted this say they were nearly blown from the platform of the car. The wire for twenty miles was blown down along with the poles. The wire was carried over immense stretches of country, and could not be found. At Realeurn, 25 miles west of here. Mr. Frank E. Lundy, a lusty young blacksmith, in going a few hundred yards from the station to an hotel, lost his way and was frozen to death. He was unable to see a foot ahead of him, so fierce was the storm. He came from the village of Lundyville, near Lake Manitoba. A despatch from Port Arthur says the storm struck there and cleared out the ice from Thunder bay, opening navigation. No damage to vessels reported. A second victim of Wednesday's big storm is reported, he being James Taylor, a young man recently arrived from Man- chester, England. Deceased left J. R. Sturt's residence, Adelpha, at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by Harry Sturt, with the intention of walking to a shanty four miles away. They missed the trail and were ont all night, and Taylor died of exhaustion and exposure. His body was found 15 hours afterwards, half a mile from Highman's residence. Sturt arrived nearly exhausted and slightly frozen. Andrew Aifieck, a farmer of Cartwright, left his home to drive across the prairie about a week ago since which time he has been missing. Asearch party was sent out, and on Monday they found his horse and buggy floating in the river near town. The river was then dragged, and the body of the unfortunate man discovered at a point only a few yards away. He leaves a large family. MAY 6, BRIEFS. —Rev. Presbyterian pulp He lecaired in thei ing. —On Tuesday owned by Mr, W. Mr. Taman, tailor fire. About 12 te- and in a short tiro gaged end.eavoring but their efforts w made rapid progr not much wind du been a strong s greater part of the of main street wot The origin of the Mr, Doig, -Gate pee), of pacers that will of the sports dank Methoditst church . rear of Mr. Bean's verted into a Blow has been awl new Methodist th old site. Mr. No and the Methodist choice of a man Jot Mr. C. C. Keine, ( vide, is spending Mr. Keine has bee and as he Ls said t safe to predict stil future. Misees R of Mr, John also attending the' brother is, and are eess. We are pie' from the west are those eastern im children, who had attack of diplither So far the diseaee lage.—Our butohe • formed a combine one ishop.—A few Mr. Carter prese daughter, and tho appreciate the pre diets intend to een such time as their pleted.—Last we village, received tl his son, who residi fernia, died mid& Wiggins has the community in hie Careen, who 1AT e4inter in Toronto ay.—At the Mec neon Monday aftern lowing efficers we ding, president ; dent ; Wm. Doig, Secretary ; S. T. rectors, John Per B. Campbell, Ann Armstrong, Wm. McLaughlin, W. . eon.' Life of Alex Mr. Wm. Buck Hon. G. Ws Ross, engaged in prepay Mackenzie, *laic press in Toronto t - could not have be men more familia deceaeed stateeme bther respecte for Buckingham ve duties of privete during the entire Premiership, and aceurate knowled the Administrati of the many trial oulties with whic tend. The forth( ed with much int( important ccontri literature of thee The C The Globe's Ott nays ; In the Hoe Caron chargee w ment moved an drew up a new I PostmastereGenei refer to a royal eontinued throng ing, and at one Cartwright move, daring that the allow the inve from Parliement ta a commiesion mendation of Sir that it viewed ev tion to permit charges and eub by himself or hi proposal that to appoint hie signed to deft& three o'clock 1 Ision was taken. a,mendinent to ti down by a. majo amendment to II carried by the si —Mr. Wm. L art left Milli:Ian up their resider' —Dr. D. Pug in Shakespeare left the other where he purpm —Confirmath Lutheran CIIIII1 24th nit, Twee allowed to tille —Paul Boyd, rested at the st day, for being e costs. —Amos Shiel Marys, has benefit of hit c barrister, of t —Ellsworth of the graduat recent examin Montreal. —About $1 scribed for a. iaS lingford, and is to be erecte —Mr. W, week for Mani home two the , , a let of agricu —Mr. Trey' Ireland and e Munro, on ad-, der the anepie —Miss Bell - left Fullerton former for C latter for Wis —Mr. P. .3' successful at h Business Coll tained a dipie —Rev. T, formerly of Td amination wi ly, having t taken in the i' —It il3 rem Church, Str There is Bald building, an make the ha —On Frid nett, father 4 nett & Bowy like that cau of his thighss in a minute I limbs, howe then dark ire that his life who were to sciatic rheun any relief. ground