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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-06-09, Page 44 "" - THE HURON EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr This figure be6ween the parenthesis after each one denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisement wM be found. Keep Posted—Jackson Bros. (1) Wanted—Daniel McGregor. (6) Bargains—James Canning. (ii) A New Sult—H. F. Edwards. (8) Pasture to Rant—Win. N. McMichael. (5) Special Bargain Day—A. Weseloh. (8) Bargain Days—Good Bros. (6) Potatoes Wanted—Thoroas Stephens. (8) Hay Forks and Slinp—Brown & Menzies. (8) Bargain Day Sale—D. Weismiller. (8) Binder Twine—J. M. Gibson. (6) Galt Carnival—Thos. Ballantyne. (8) Bull for Sale—Wm. Carnoehan. (6) To Machine Agents—Thos. Yellin. (8) Visit to Your Neighborhood—Chas. Cluthe. (8) Reliable Photographer—A. Bauslaugh. (6) Comfort—Robt. Willis. (5) South End Clothing Emporium—N. T. Cluff. (6) Underwear—Hoffman & Co. (6) Entire Satisfaction—Wm. D. Trott. (5) Cool Underwear—Jackson Bros. (6) Summer is Here—Bright Bros. (5) Own a Customer—Duncan & Duncan. (5) For Wedding Presents—R. Mercer. (5) No. 3 Company Attention—Alex. Wilson. (8) , Zit* *urn Cxpooitor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, June gth, 1893 The Reform Convention. - The great Liberal Convention which opens at Ottawa on June 20th, and which will last for two days, bide fair to be one of the most important political gatherings that has ever taken place in this country. For the in- formation of those of our readers who may intend going, we give the following inform- etion : Delegates, official or alternate, and all ladies accompanying them, will be enti- tled to a return ticket free on complying with the following regulations : At the railway office; where the ticket to Ottawa is pur- chased, it will be necessary for each person to secure frem the railway agent a " stand- ard certificate," and to take it to Ottawa and present, it to the secretary of the con- vention, who will thereupon indorse such certificate so as to entitle the holder there- of (on presentation of sucb indorsed "stand- ard certificate" to the Ottawa railway agent) to a return ticket free. The tickets will be good for three days preceding June 20, and for three days !titer the close of the conven- , tion, Sunday not included, At Ottawa arrangements have been made for special and very moderate rates at the various hotels. Delegates wishing inform- ation or desiring to secure accommodation in advance can do so by communicating with Mr. H. A. Bate, honorary secretary of the Ottawa Reform Association. nearly mute this diemand than any other that he is enabled inspire so much public enthusiasm and po ularity. The old par- ties should take no es. The old Govern- ment party is so okled to the monopolies and railways that it dare not declare for liberty and freed° so that we need not expect much from t. We do hope for bet- ter from the Liber le. They are free to act aud it will only be the grossest stupidity that will keep theml in thg old worn-out and unpopular track. The Bounty en Iron Smelting. Great disappointMent has been express- ed in some quarters because Sir Oliver Mowat's Government refused to grant a bounty from IIthe Treasury of On- , `ti tario to encourag4 the smelting of iron. Two of his supportirs from mining constit- uencies voted with the opposition when the question came up,!and the World, of To- ronto, in a very long editorial,pointed out to Mr. Meredith that his refusal to aid the iron industry Was the weak spot in Sir -Oliver's armor. It seems t us, however, that this is a very simple mat Government was ver to tamper with the iron industry. If iron i am1eiting is profitable we need have no fear , that the industry wi I not soon be taken up whether the Ontario Government encourages it or not and a decided negative is more likely to have a good effect than a half promise. If it can riot be made profitable in Ontario without tha exercise of paternalisin on the part of the Ontario. Government, it had best be left seve ely alone. However, we think it pan be m de profitable, and we are pretty sure thst i the best method to make it sole to lop off &little protection, ire - stead of ad iing morr. We expect some of these days to hear that the Government hail been asked to give a isounty on every bushel of wheat giown. It Would surely be as sere sible as much of the other protection we en- joy. The best aid that can be given the iron industry is to secure for the finished product an enlarged market. The removal of the American duty on pig iron would do more for the industry than the entire rev- enue of the Provincial Government if given as a bounty. i er,and that the Ontario wise, indeed,to refuee Why AR This Enthusiasm 9 Mr. Delton McCarthy has held another great meeting, this time at Woodstock. Ile was as enthusiastically received there as he has been elsewhere. The largest hall in the town was not large enough to accommodate the audience, A ladle& association of the town presented him with a gold headed cane accompanied by a complimentaty address, and every person seems to have been stirred with enthusiasm. Mr. McCarthy, in his apeech, worked along the same lines ass at his former meetings. In referring to the meeting editorially, the Woodstock Sentinel - Review says : As Mr. lVfcCarthy was quick to divine, the element of curiosity no doubt took large numbers to the meeting. They wanted to see and hear a man, hitherto unknown here 'personally, whose political course has re- cently been on everyone's lips. Mr. Mc- Carthy is not an orator ; he is not a great public apeaker. He is clear and logical ; he attempts no tricks of popular oratory ; in- dulgea in no flights of eloquence ; nor by any warmth of his own does he stir the feeling§ of others. His voice in its opening cadences gives one a curious reminder of Sir Richard Cartwright's without its strident force. Mr. McCarthy must be at his beat in Parlia- ment or in the Supreme Court. There are 'many men in both political parties who are superior to him as a platform speaker. This is, no doubt, a very accurate pen picture of Mr. McCarthy as an orator. He is, it will be seen, a very ordinary man. There are dozens of Others on both sides of politics who are much more attractive speakers than be, and yet not one of these could attract hundreds to hear them, while Mr. McCarthy draws thousands. Why is this ? Why is it that this man's " course has recently been on everyone's lips ?" Hundreds of others have, in times past, turned against their former political associates and struck out for themselves as Mr. McCarthy has done, and they have at- tracted but little attention. Why is it, then, that this apparently very ordinary man can excite the enthusiasm and draw the crowds hi hear him that he does ? It cannot be on iacount of his anti -French and separate school policy, because he now gives that a, subordinate place in his platform. It can, therefore, only be accounted for by the fiscal policy which he advocates. By this he has ',truck a responsive chord in the bread of the great masses of the people. They know the terrible failure the National Policy has been and they are sick and tired of it. They desire an entire and radical chang • Mr. McCarthy proposes just such a eh& ge ; hence his popularity. His pro - posit -on to give to Great Britain the same liber 1 treatment that she, extends to me appe Is to the loyalty and generous-spirit- ednes of the Ganadion people, while his offer t the United States and other coun- tries ppeals to their sense of fair play and tuati e, and u.nderneath it all there ie a feel- ing that by such a policy the taxes would naturally be lightened, greater economy in public business consequently ensured, and proportionately increased prosperity be the nateral result., In his tariff reform policy itIn McCarthy has struck the popular chord, and if either of the old parties wishes to get ahead of him they must go him one better in the way of increased liberality and de- , creased restriction. A reconstruction of the tariff, with the N. P. still as the basis, as is proposed by the Governibent, will not do. A reconstruction for merely revenue pur- poses, as propoaed by some Liberale,will not do, either. The people want something more radical than either of these proposed changes. They havebeen so deluded and swin- dled by tariffs that they know them to be a snare and a delusion, and they desiee to get rid of this most cumbersome and wasteful method of collecting revenue as soon as pos- sible. The party that will meet the public view in this matter, is the party that will receive the populor _vote at the next elec- tion, no matter by what name it may be known. It is because Mr. McCarthy more The Chinese Question. The Chinese question is occupying a large share of the attention of our neighbors, the Americans, just now. The immediate cause of the interest aroused at the present time is, the pronouncing of the Geary Act constitutional by a majority of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Geary Act provides that all Chinese not presenting themselves before certain officers within a certain time for registration shall be depert- ed to China. This Act violates the express it conditions of two treaties with Chine, ; i is a little, mean, contemptible piece of pe se- cution, and, to say nothing of the breach of trust, is unworthy of a great nation. We do not claim that the Chinese are all model citizens, but from what we cenllearn,after e. careful study of the question, they are, in the main, industrious, peaceable and law- abiding. We doubt very much if the emi- grants from any European country can show so clean a record as the Chinese in the United States. In fact. His their peaceable nature and harmlessness which subjects them to so much persecution. People who were more apt to defend themselves and their rights would suffer much less molestation, for bul- lies are generally cowards. , enjoy the igood things he has won at so I 19th and will be given a reception and an great a cost. The Argus say.: " George address of welcome. As a pleasant prelim- inary to the Convention the Liberal leader will be asked to open the new Reform Club rooms in this city. An alarming osblegram hu been reoeived from Great Bofritthsein to the effect that the lunge Of NOM animate exported from Canada are under suspicion of disease. Moir formerly of St. Mous, but latterly & lieutenant of Mr. BirmiUgham, the Conser- vative organizer, has received his reward at last. He has been appointed Canadian cus- toms officer at St. Paul, Minnow:Its, and left foe his new labors this week. This will, no deiubt, be good news to the balance of the Conserystive office -seekers here, whose kith in the Government polioy of rewarding - its henchmen will be thus strengthened. -The System And Not The People at Fault. In view of the ridiculous arguments ad- , vanced by their representatives before the Behring Sea Arbitration Court and the Geary Act providing for the deportation of the great majority of the Chinamen from their eountry, the people of the United States appear in a rather enfavorable light before the people of the other Great Nations. Yet the fact probably is that the great ma- jotity of the people of the United States are opposed to the unfair and dishonorable Geary Act and have no faith in the argu- ments advanced by their Counsel regarding the seals in Behringse Sea. This may seem strange and people may ask in astonishment how that can be, since the people are their own rulers in that Republic, which has been so widely heralded teethe land of liberty and equality. The matter, is very simply ex- phsined. This anomalous condition of af- fairs is caused simply ,by an evil and corrupt system of polities. There is in the United States a very large class of men who make their living by politics, who make it is busi- ness, and give their time to nothing else. They live mainly by patronage, that is by obtaining Government " Soaps." There is a still larger class who hope some day to make their Being by politics. These two bodies of men, ai may easily be seen, wield a tremendous influence in the country and their influence is seldom for good, because they really care very little for the welfare of the country, but only for their own pock- ets. Their moral sense is distorted, they have little of no sense of justice and of " the eternal fitness of things,t' and the conse- 1 (menu is that many things are done in the name of the United States which the vast majority of thc people of that country are ashamed of in their secret hesrtle yet so strong are the ties of party that they are upheld and defended until a wave of right feeling sweeps over the country and people are awakened to a sense of right and justice. When the people of the neighboring Repub- lic learn thet it is neither safe, profitable nor condtieive to the good name of the country te. leave its Government in the hands of ward heelers, saloon hangers-on and unscrupulous hack lawyers, things will be changed, for we believe that the people who form the back -bone of thatiRepublic are as steeinch and true as any people can be. One must not judge of a country by its poli- ticians. THE St, Marys Argue makes the ing reference to a dent of Huron Mr. M oir on his in transit to the British market via , Mont - former county . good THE DOMINION CAPITAL. (By Our Special Correspondent.) °wawa, June 6th, 1893. The knighting of Mr. Carling hes great- , ly gratified the opponents of tin pot titles in Canada, but we understand very well down here why this unexpected honor has been conferred upon a man whom Sir John Thompson would not have in his Govern- nient at any price. e It is bi solace to his wounded feelings for being kicked out of the Department over which he so long presided and to whioh he clung tenaciously until the last moment The Ministry has been afraid that Mr. Carling might possibly throw up his seat in Parliament and that is the only connection in which Mr. Carling is of the least importance to the Government. He holds an important teat in the House and the Government knew well that if he were to resign in disgust at his rude treatment London would elect a Liberal in his place. The trade returns for the first ten months of the fiscal year show an increase in im- ports and (-exports and they are made the text for editorials in the Canservative press telling us how highly prosperous the coun- try is and what grand strides we are making under the benefioient rule of a Conservative Government. Setting aside the fact that thel increase of imports is about double the incOase in exports, thus maintaining that adeerse balance Of trade which the present Golvernment always held `to be ruinous ta the country, it is interesting to note that the trade returns for the last fiscal year, 1892, complete an exact period 'of 20 years during which we have had our present sys- tem a trade returns. This has led to an examination of the figures for this whole period Which has been divided into two. • It naturally divides itself into a first period of ten years from 1873 to 1882 and from 1883 to 192, Sir Leonard Tilley announced that the National Policy had just got *under way in 1882, so that if the country has progres- -Bed satisfactorily for the last ten years the figures will show it and the contrast with the previous ten yeare, which mimed Mr. Mackenzie's Government, will be marked. It is found, however, that our agricultural exports have declined during the last ten years at the rate of three million dollars a year compared with the -previous ten years. It will not now be clainied in the light of the census figures that the home market has grown to such an extent as to diminish our exports of farm products and in any event the greater area of land under cultivation and the tremendous . surplus of wheat in Manitoba and the Northwest, would have been far more than sufficient to meet the home consumption even if that consumption increased as the National Policy promised it would. There is nothing left, therefore,but to realize the fact that something is wrong and that Government interference in trade has caused a tremendous loss to the farmers of Canada. Perhaps the most surprising re- sults of an examination of these two periods is that it shows a remarkable want of pro- gress in regard to manufactia-es, the very class of articles which the National Policy was specially intended to develop. In ad- dition to that we have been spending hun- dreds of millions of dollars during the last ten years to open up new channels of com- munication between the Provinces in the ways of railways and canals and with foreign countries in the way of subsidized steam- ships. Notwithstanding all this, however, the figures show that the last ten years of exports of manufactured articles amounted to $49,000,000, and during the previous ten years commencing in 1873 they amounted to $41,000,000. Taking into account the in- creased number of employes in the Industri- al census, it would show that each man was producing for export considerably less than each man was producing in the previous ten years. As the population has left the country and has not been materially increae- ed It would be idle to pretend that the loss hf this foreign trade has been msde up in the home trade. The only explanation is that the manufacturers have found the home inarket so profitable by reason of the pro- tection afforded by the tariff that they have failed to show 'sufficient enterprise to hold their own 'in the foreign markets, an ex- planation whichtheir tenacious hold of the ome market would go a long way to sup - ort. The progress of the country " cannot , e estimated by its foreign trade for ten 'months but when you take periods of 10 years you have a bird's eye view of the actu- al progress either forward or backward. The Minister of Finance and hie satellites, the Controllers of Customs and Inland Revenue have held their demonstration in Cardwell for the purpose of offsetting Mr. MoCarthy's recent demonstration in the same constituency. Each side claims to be the strongest there but the Orange Grand Master, Mr. Wallace, revealed his fear of Mr. McCarthy by devoting his entire speech to him. Many Liberals entertain the view that Mr.McCarthy is doing good work in On- tario which the Liberal party will receive the adventage of, but there was never a greater mistake. Mr. McCarthy has prob. ably not yet entirely broken with his . old idols and he is talking for tariff reform and tariff revision. This is not the point at all._ Mr. Foster is going to revise the tariff andi he will claim that he has reformed the tariff with a great deal of truth, but so long as the protective principle is left intact in arrang- ing the tariff, so long will it be vitally de. fective. If Mr., Foster made a horizontal reduction of 20 per cent. in the tariff it would not ma,ke the tariff any better so far as the iujustice of the thing is concerned. It would simply make the unjust burden light- er, but so long as the people are compelled to pay a price for a home made article great- ly enhanced by the absence of that competi-, tion which is the life of trade, so long will a tariff making this possible be an unsound and unwelcome piece of legislation. What the Liberals demand and what they must place clearly before the countryds the aboli- tion of the National Policy and not its re- form. The old principle that the best way to reform an evil is to abolish it is a good one. The tariff on, binder twine was reform. ed or revised (whatever you may like to call t it) st season by being reduced from 25 to 12. per cent. That 12i per cent. was left there as a protection to the binder twine combine and a revision or a reform of the tariff on those lines is not the Liberal plat- form, se will be seen when the convention passes upon the subject this month. Mr. McCarthy's appeals to race and creed are not countenanced by the Liberal party, whese traditions and history are entirely opposed to the making of party capital out of such questions. Itlis said that Mr. Mc- Carthy is now declaring for a tariff for rev- enue only. If this is so it is satisfactory but the Liberals must not depend on Mr. Mc• Cartby in the slightest degree. Reform Meetings. EAST HURON. A meeting of Reformers of East Huron was held in Brussels on Friday last. There was not a large 'number present, although nearly every municipality in the Riding was represented. The chair was taken by Mr. Archibald Hyslop, the President of the As- sociation. After the transaotion of consid- erable business of a purely party nature, in- cluded in which was the best method to be adopted for the proper revision of the Pro- vincial voters' lists, it was decided that the Central Secretary should notify the chair.- , man of each polling sub -division to have the list of his division thoroughly scrutinized, and that Mr. F. S. Scott, of Brussels, be appointed to see that this duty be attended to by the chairman. The following delegates were appointed to represent the Riding at the forthcoming Liberal Convention to be held at Ottawa on the 20th of this month, viz : A. Hyslop, Grey ; J. A. Morton and W. Elliott, Wing - ham ; Robert Miller, Turnberry ; J. R. Miller, Morris. The following were also elected alternates J. A. Cline, J. A. Mc- Lean, J. Neilsns and D. M. Gordon, Wing - ham, and W. Wightman, Belgrave. Short addresses along the lines suggested by the following resolution, were made by Dr. McDonald, M. P., Thomas Gibson, M. P. P. Messrs. Thomas Straohan, Grey, J. A. hiorton, Winghain, and others. The following resolution was unanimously adopt- ed, viz.: Moved by Thomas Straohan, Grey, seconded by Robert Armstrong,Morris, that this Convention disapproves of the present tariff as being unjust and burdensome, eipecially upon the farming and producing classes, and we desire that our delegates to the Liberal Convention support a policy whioh will reach absolute free trade as near- ly as the conditions and requirements of the country will permit. We also wish to re- affirm our confidence in our honored leader, Hon. Wilfred Laurier, and his colleagues in the Dominion Parliament, as also to express our unbounded a,dmiration for the economic- al and judicious policy pursued by Sir Oli- vaeffraiMrso. wat and his colleagues in Provincial SOUTH HURON. A meeting of the Reformers of South Huron was held in Dixon's hall, Bruoefield, on Monday last. There was a fair but not large attendance. The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. John Hannah, and the Secretary, Mr. Thomas Fraser, attended to the duties pertaining to that office as usual. After preliminary business a com- mittee consisting of the Secretary, and Messrs. D. D. Wilson, Robert McMillan and M. Y. McLean was appointed to pre- pare a series of resolutions to be submitted for the consideration ot the meeting. While the committee were out,Mr. Archibald Bish- op, M. P. P., who was present, was call- ed on and delivered an interesting sddress, descriptive of the legislation passed at the last session of the Ontario Legislature. Mr. John McMillan, M. P., is at present in the old country. The committee on resolutions submitted their report, making the follow- ing recommendations : lat.—That this meetine desires to express its continued confidence in the Government of Sir Oliver Mowat, and approves of and commends the wise, economical and judici- ous policy which hiii\been pursued by them. 2ad.—That we desire to express unquali- fied confidence in Sir Wilfred Laurier and his colleagues in the leadership of the Liber- al party of the Dominion, believing that their course in the past has been dictated by a desire to advance the interests of the country, and we feel that the same wisdom and honesty of purpose will continue to characterize their public career. 3rd.—That we recommend our delegates to the Liberal Convention at Ottavea,to sup- port as a policy of the party, such . resolu- tions as will : 1st, at least provide for im- mediate free trade with Great Britain and an expressed offer of free trade with every other country in the world that will extend to Canada similar privileges ; 2nd, the re- construction of the Senate so as to make it elective instead of appointive, if it be deem- ed inadvisable to abolish it altogether, and that the constitution be amended according- ly ; 3rd, that the superannuation of Civil servants be abolished ; 4th, that legislation be enacted to properly control the railivey companies of Canada so that they will be unable to discriminate against the people of this country in favor of the people of a foreign country. which has been accomPlis churches have been greatly have admitted many membe follow- The Act of last session providing for the resis ° branding of cheese is being put in force by the Customs department stationing an offi- congratulate cer at Montreal to ,see that American cheese de t well known luck, -He has ed sadly from the straight but narrow path real is not surreptitiously brsnded as Cana - of his youth, and has wandered far in the dian. devious ways of political sin, but still THE All the indications point to the Liberal EXPOSITOR has a soft place in its heart for convention on the 20th inst., being a great the wanderer, and hopes he may long live to success. Mr. Laurier will arrive here on the FOUND GUILTY. — Win who was arrested on a oh pistol in Downing street, La and sending a threatening Gladstone, was found gull oommitted as a lunatic, to her Majesty's pleasure. MUNIFICENT GIFT.—Mr. of the New York World, h to the building fund of Co The trustees asked for $2, they have $550,000. JUDGE LYNCH.—At De Saturday, a mob 'Meseta and lynched Samuel J. Bus made a criminal assault upo H. Vest in Mount Zion tow day. STOPPED WORK.-- The Glass Company at Kokomo ploying 800 meo, has been ly. Its branch plant at been cloud, throwing 600 An overstocked market is t END OF THE HOMESTEAD charges of murder, etc., ag and others, of the Carnegie as well as those against the tives, were dropped in is morning. In turn, all the been arrested, and were as released on their own reco virtually ends all the Ho connection with the strike These resolutions, especially those relat- ing to trade, the Senate and the railways, elicited a most interesting discussion, which was taken part in by Mr. Bishop, Mr. Fraser the Secretary, Messrs. D. D. Wil- son, Vcratson and Campbell, of Seaforth, McLean, of Tuekeremith, Beek and Mo - Ewen of Hensall, Dr, Staubury, Bayfield, Mr. McMillan Hullett, and others. There was not a grea't diversity of opinion. Some favored even a wider measure of free trade, while others appeared afraid to go quite so far, but on the whole the condemnation of the N. P. was unanimous, and the general desire was that trade should be as free on all sides as the circumstances of the country will permit, and the final decision arrived at was that the resolution expressed the feelings of all about as nearly as possible, and it was adopted unanimously. On the resolution respecting the Senate some thought there should be no reeonstruotion, but that the old hulk should be completely abolished. The resolutions, after this full considera- tion, were all finally adopted. The follow- ing were appointed delegates to attend the Convention at Ottawa, viz.: D. D. Wilson, Seaforth • Alex. Mustard, . Brucefield ; George icEwen, Heneall ; H. Smith, Hay ; A. Bishop, M. P. P., Usborne. A number were also appointed as alternates. News of the Week. BAG OF DIAMONDS STOLEN. --A $10,000 package of diamonds was stolen from the house of Mrs. Charles Colburn in Boston on Friday. , OPEN ON Soeireve.-The Chicago Fair was open last Sunday but the attendance did not realize expectations. The British and Colou- ial buildings were locked. WILL PRACTISE LAW.—Robert T.Lineoln, ex -Minister to England, and son of the late President Lincoln, has returned to Chicago and will resume his law practice. MAY VISITORS. —During the month of Msy more than a million people paid to visit the World's Fair. REV. DR. BRIGGS SUSPENDED.—The Pres- byterian General Assembly has suspended Rev. Dr. Briggs from the ministry of the Presbyterian church. STEAMSHIP GIVEN UP FOR LOST.—The steamer Morayshire, 100 days overdue from Java, laden with sugar consigned to the British Columbia refinery at Vancouver, is given up as lost. Insurance papers have been filed on the cargo. NEW CURE FOR CANCER, —Dr. Patscheff, of Moscow, claims to have discovered a cure for cancer, and will ahortly explain his sys- tem, whioh consists mainly of baths and the vapour of sulphur, before the French Medical Institute at Paris. .ICHE MARVELOUS MILLS REVIVAL. —The Mills revival meetings at St. Paul, Minne- sota, ended last week, have been the great- est revival movements ever held in St. Paul. Nearly 7,000 names attached to cards indi- cating the piper's desire to lead a Christian life, remain as written evidence of the work ed. All the benefitted and s. m Townsend, ge of firing a, don, England, letter to Mr. and has been e held during oseph Pulitzer, given $100,000 amble College, ,000, and now 1 I I 4 tur, Illinois, on the county jail the negro who Mrs. VVilliam ship last Tues - Diamond Plate Indiana, em - lolled indefinite- Iwood has also ea out of work. e reason alleged. CASES.—All the Ind H. C. Frick teal Company, inkerton detec- urt on Saturday trikers who had et untried, were nizances. This estead oases in last year. SUICIDE. —Agustus Vick" rson, a Board of Trade speculator, committe suicide at his room at the Metropole hote in Chicago by strangling himself with the silk cord of his smoking jacket sometime b tween 8 and 9:30 o'clock Saturday night. espondency and Bright's disease are suppos d to have been the cause of the suicide. HONORS FOR A WOMAN RADI7ATE.—Miss Florence Bascom, of Ba timore, the only woman who has been allow d by the John. Hopkins University to offe herself for a de- gree, finished the examin tions last week, and the report is that she as eignally suc- cessful. Her thesis on the ottani° rocks of South Mountain is praised s the finest ever received in the geological d partment. AN UNEXPECTED FIND. James Hickey, a diver, living in Detroit, fo ad instead of his dinner when he went ho e on Friday at noon, a note from hie wife, saying she loved another man and had g ne off with him never to return. Hiokey aspects a purser on one of the lake boats as he allurer of his handsome blonde wife, and has started after the couple with two revoll ere. SUCCESSFUL RAIN MAKE .—C. B. Jewell, the Rock Island rain make began opera- tions in Kansas,Friday. e sent his appar- atus up in a cloudless sky nd in six hours rain fell. Huron:No A Bicycle Club has be Goderich. —One of the citizens of the stars and stripes on t day. —Wm. Hall, of Varna, patent fer a wire stretcher .and is looking for agents. —The prospects for an a ported to be very poor this of the county. —The East Huron Gazet from Gorrie and will hereaf Mildmay, —Mr. William Best,of th of Hallett, lost a fine sprin of last week. —Over five hundred pe Trivitt Memorial church Queen'a Biethday. —lt is expected that St congregation, Winghain, pipe organ and have it for u of the new church. —The other day Mrs. Do accidentally fell down stair hurt herself pretty badly, s out the fracture of any bon — Kam Lee, at ene time Celestial Empire, but now in Goderich recently maki for starting a laundry ther — A wildcat was seen in bush just north of Gerrie a few local sports were soon failed to come across hie cat —A gang of framers are b timbers in shape for the ere barn for McEsven & Geiger, premises in Hensall. The 60x100 feet. —Dr. Meldrum, of Wingh New York and will remain i the Polyclinic Hospital in tb lst of September. During office will be occupied by Dr. Toronto. — The small boys of Blyth nic on the 24th of May in th peeler, who was at Zurich, s crackers by the wholesale a other forbidden amusements. —F. Raddatz has received for the new bridge to be buil this summer. His tender w other tenders were : Robert J. W. Fogel, $399 ; L. Hardy mann, $500. —On Wednesday, May 24t daughter of Mr. Wm. Fen Wawanoeh, was united in ma residence of the bride's father J. Mason. A large number f guests were in attendance. —"Miss Garfield," owned b George Roe, of Winghsm, took second ino Thomas races on Wednesday the 2,50 pacing race. It took deoide the race. Maude L,, o let place. —The trustees for Knox oh were elected at a meeting held the purpose and are as follows Cole Chris. Michie, Morris ; David Dunbar and Peter Wawanoah. —The Goderich fire brige,d out on Saturday, 27th ult., the back part of D. K. Strac being on fire. The firemen we scene and had the fire under c order. —Word has been received o Mr. John McLaughlin, of Rap` toba, The deceased was abou age, and was well known in H he has many relatives. He w resident of Wroxeter. —On Wednesday of last wee B. second daughter of Mr. Th eon, of the 17th concessioa of united in marriage to Mr.Geor of East Wawanosh. There seventy -live guests present an was an exceedingly happy one. —Oa Monday of last week Burns, of the llth concessio was on his wsy home from Wr taken suddenly ill when oppo Day's. He was carried into dence and a doctor immediatel We are pleased to learn he is —The estate of the late J. J borne, delivered last week to of the Falls Reserve 18 head averaging over 1,500pounds, a the scales at 1,980 pounds. T fine animal, girthing over 8 fee sold at 5o per pound. —If reports are to be truste be enough celebrations in the c lst of July to more than mak lassitude displayed on the Goderioh, Brussels, Gerrie, es. n organized in lyth hunt out e Queen's irth- as applied for a e has invented ple crop are re - year in all parts e has removed er be issued from llth concession colt on Monday ple visited the Exeter on the Paul's church ill purchase a e at the opening zer, of Clinton, • although she e escaped with - 8. resident of the f Stratford, was g arrangements fifty delegates were present from the sur- rounding liedges. After the general routine of business was over, the claims of Blyth, Wroxeter and Mount Forest regarding the celebration for the coming 12th of July were brought up and discussed. The dechdon was in favor of Mount Forest There will no doubt be a full turnout from the district on that day. —While the lacrosse metal between Kin- cardine and Luoknow juniors wen in- pro- gress at the latter place on the 2etth„a Gode- rich sport wagered 25 cents on the result of the game, with a Kincardine man, which he won, but the Kincardine man had no change. On Tuesday of last week a post office order for 25 cents was received by the Goderich sport.. —The Angeles, publiehed by the Young People of Rattenbury street Methodist church, Clinton, was issued for the last time on Saturday, 27th ult. During its brief ex- istence it made a good many friends, and was a bright and clever publication, °reflect- ing much credit on its editor-in-chief ; but as it was being issued at a loss, it was deem- ed best to diecontinue it. —The 4 -year-old son of William Taylor, 10th concession of Grey, lifted up a trap door in the barn floor the other day, and there being no hinges on the door it fell through to the floor of the stable under- neath. The little fellow lost- his balance and went headlong after it, alighting on his head. The wonder was that he was not killed, but he escaped with a few bad bruises. —Dr. P. Macdonald, M. P., has let the contract for the erection of his block of stores in Wingbam. Mr. Neil McGregor gets the excavation, stone and brick work and plastering, and Mr. H. Kerr the carpen- ter work and painting. Both are Wing - ham tnen. It is expected that work will be commenced on it this week, and the con- tract is to be oompleted by the 31st of De- cember, 1893. The cost of the block when completed will not be much short of $12,000. —Thomas Michie jr., of the township of Esquesing, county Of Halton, bas fallen heir to property valued at several thoussnd dol- lars, being a part of the estate of his uncle, the late John Miohie, who died on the 23rd of April last. The young man above refer- red to is the fourth surviving son of William Michie, of Morrie, but he has resided with his now decessed uncle in the shove men- tioned county for upwards of 16 years. Hie many friends in this vicinity join in congrat- ulating him on his good fortune. —What might have proved a serious acci- dent happened on Friday of last week, near St. Helens. Miss Edith Durnin was return- ing home, when the whiffietree'broke, caus- ing the horse, a spirited young beast, to run away. Fortunately she kept the animal under control until turning in at the gate, when the horse, breaking loose from the buggy, jumped over the bars into the orch- ard, gsllophig round foe some time. Al- though somewhat shaken up at the time, we are glad to say Miss Edith is none the worse for her adventure. —There was quite a little excitement around the Bank of Hamilton,in Wingham, for an hour or so on Saturday, May 20th. A Dv -Aber of farmers had delivered their stall -fed cattle that day and the gentleman recieving them bad placed them on the cars and consigned them to a gentleman in Montreal, intending to pay • for them when they went back to the bank. It was an hour or so befote they could get in com- munication with the buyer in Montreal, and in the meantime the cattle had gone for- ward. However, all's well that ends well. —The other day a couple of young fellow. came along to Mr.Nixon Sturdy's, Goderich township, and one of them engaged with Mr. Sturdy to work for a year. Mr. Sturdy told the the young fellow that he was going into Goderich, and he could stay in the etable until he came back. Mr. Sturdy, by - the -way, is a bachelor, and he locked up the house and went to Goclerich. When he came back the young men were terrhere to be found, but traces of them were quite manifest. They had broken open the house, ransacked it pretty thoroughly, taking among other things a couple of suits of clothes. He laid information against them, and it was learned that they had gone to Kincardine where they were arrested. Mr. Thomas dundry brought them back and they are now in jail, awaiting trial. —Mr. William Nethersole, of Kent, Eng- land,who is a representative of the Farmers' r. A. Strong's ew days ago. A in pursuit but hip. re getting the tion of a large n the flaxmill uilding will be m, has left for attendance on t city till the is absence his W. J. Ross, of ad quite a pic- absence of the tting off fire- d indulging in the contract at Cranbrook s $375. The Lang, $464 : $460, A. Ray - Miss Ida, ick, of East riage at the to Itir. John at the St. last week in four heats to Toronto,won roh,Belgrave, recently for : Albert T. John Taylor, • Scott, East was called bout 6 p. m., an's foundry e soon on the trol in short the death of City, Mani - 70 years of wick, where s formerly a Miss Jennie mas William - Morris, was e L. Walker, were about the occasion as Mr. John of Howick, xeter, he was ite Mr. John r. Day's resi- n ummoned. covering. Fisher, Col - X. Balcbler, f fat cattle, d one tipped is was a very • They were there will unty on the up for the th of May. Ingham and Bayfield are all in the ring wi h announce- ments of big times on Dominimi Day. —The semi-annual meeting 1 the Loyal 1 Orange Dittrict Lodge of Howl k, was held in the Orange hall, Gorrie, last Friday after- noon. The meeting opened at two o'clock, with Mr. John Dane, jr,, as eh irman. Over • Club, at the Central Chambers of Agricul- ture, London, England; is inspecting this county as a representative of the farmers of that part of England. He was in Clinton on Wednesday of last week in company with Mr. McNaughton, of the firm of Daly & Company, Guelph, and together they visit- ed different sections adjacent to that town. Mr. Nethersole was very much surprised to find so excellent a country here, stating that it was far superior to what he had expected, and he would return with a very favorable report indeed. He believed that many of the monied farmers would come out here, and said that, while he had visited minty other countries, nowhere had he seen a country that impressed him so favorably all round, and was so moral in ite tendencies, as Ontario. He had not seen & drunken man since he came to the Dominion and heard hardly any improper language. —Mrs. Jane Willis, (relict of the late James Willis) died on Tuesday of laet week in Exeter, at the advanced age of 90 years. She had been a. very hardy woman and en- joyed the best of health almost up to the time of her death. She went to bed on Mon- day evening in her usual good health, but on Tuesday morning on going to her room the inmates of the house noticed that she was in a kind of stupor, unable to speak or move. Medical aid was summoned but was of no avail and she gradually pined away until death claimed her. Deceased was a native of Ireland and came with her hus- band to this country in the year 1832 and located on lot 20, London Road survey, Us - borne, where they were the first settlers— and indeed the first between the point where the London Road left the township of London and its point of junction with the Huron Road, where ' Clinton now stands. The log house built by Mr. Willis was the first white man's habitation in a section of country extending over 20 miles in every direction. One remarkable incident that occurred in Mrs. Willis' early life is worthy. of note. On an occasion during her hus- band's absence, she was roasting a piece of venison over the fire on the hearth. The door of the shanty was open and while she was in the act of changing the position of the "roast" a monstrous gray wolf bounded in- to the apartment quick as lightning, snatch- ed the savory morsel from her hands, and as quickly disappeared with,its prize, leaving the victim of the robbery` to compose her ill ruffled nerves and med tate on the selfish- ness of the denizens of o r Canadian forests. She leaves four eons and two daughters. masseeetem......... Morris vs. County of' Huron. Our readers will remember that the town- ship of Morris preferred. & claim against the County of Huron for a percentage of the chat of maintaining the bridges in that town- ship of a hundred feet in length and over, in accordance with what was contended are the provisions of an amendment to the municipal act made during the session of 1891. At the January session of the county council it was agreed to refer the matter to arbitration. The county selected Judge Toms as it$ Arbitrator; the Township select- ed Mr. Wm. Clegg, of Wingham and Mr. J. A. Morton of VVingham, was chosen the third arbitrator. The following docaments, which explain the present condition of the dispute, were laid before the council at its present session: THE SOLICITOR'S OPINION . Mr. J. T. Garrow, County Solicitor, says in a letter to the council : As you are aware, an award was made in the above matter, a copy of whicia here- with enclose. You will observe that two ei the Arbitrators concur in chsrging the Cowl° ty with forty per cent, of the cost of main. taining eight of the bridges in question tor the next ten years, including the present year. The award also directs the County to pay forty per cent. of the township's colt of the referenoe, and seventy per cent. of tee Arbitretors' feet. The County will also have to pay its own costs. Judge Toms, as you will see, dissents entirely, and agrees with what has been my contention throughout. Acting upon your instructions I appeene from the award, and the appeal was argued quite recently before his Lordship nie Justice Ferguson who has not yet giver: judgment. Until'he does give judgment the County should certainly not act upon or recognize in any way the award, watch, there is good reason to believe, will be nee. mately set aside. Of course the questions presented are almost wholly new. VVe have had no legislation of a similar character, ane the matter is, therefore, one of considerable diffioulty, and will, possibly, not be contid- ered settled by the judgment of any one judge, and a maeter which the County coun. cil should consider at its present session is whether, supposing Mr. Justice Ferguson differs from his Honor Judge Tome the County would be inclined to go any further by way of appeal. It is necessary to eon. eider that at the present session, because appeals have to be taken within fixed pea. iods after judgments are delivered front which it is insended to appeal. The mat* could, of course, be left in my hands, or (which I would very much prefer), left with you and your committee instesd of the coma - oil taking any direct action. The Judge be. fore whom it was argued, Mr. Justice Fer- guson, is a very painstaking and careful judge, and I look forward to his judgment with great interest, as I have no doubt it will go long way towards elucidating whet everyone admits is a very difficult and ob- scure section of the municipal law to deal with, I should also say that during the session of the House just clamed, au act was introduced to repeal the Sections in question by the member for South Huron, but was withdrawn because it was introduced -too late in the session to receive cereful eration. There is no doubt, Iithink, that a - more deliberate attack upon the Section in question will be made at the next session, I mention this for your guidance in dealing with the demands which I understand are being made by other Townships to be put upon the same footing as Morris. Yours truly, J. T. Garrow. WHAT THE AWARD PROVIDES FOR. _ The following are the provisions of the award, signed, however, by only two of the arbitrators,_Mesers. Clegg and Morton, Af- ter preliminary verbiage, rendered necessary we presume in legal eenae, the award provides : 1. That the county shall contribute noth- ing toward the maintenance of the two bridges known a.s Ard's or Farrow's bridge and Clarke's bridge. 2. That the County slaall contribute to- wards the maintenance of the other eight bridges, being.bridges 100 feet in length or more, and being : (a) The bridge known as Rattan's bridge, (c) The bridge known as Hogg's bridge, (e) The bridge known as the Sunshine bridge, (1) The bridge known as the Bodmin bridge. (g) The bridge known as Gallagher's bridge, (h) The bridge known ' as Armstrong's bridge, (i) The bridge known as Brandon's bridge, and (j) the bridge known as Martin a or Vanalistine's bridge, all within the said Township of Morris, forty per centum of the cost of maintenance of the said eight bridges hereinbefore last mentioned, for the period of ten years, in - eluding the present year 1893, to be paid as the work and materials are done and provided. 3. That the County shall pay the Town- ship on the t. cale of the High Court, forty per centum of the Township's costs of the reference ; and the County shall also pay seventy per centum of the arbitrator's fees. The Township shall pay thirty per centum of the said arbitrators' fees. In all other respects each party to the reference shall pity its own costs. And the said Isaac Francis Tome, the ar- bitrator appointed by the county, declines to join in this award for the reaeone con- tained in a memorandum signed by him an- nexed hereto. WHAT JUDGE TOMS THINKS ABOU'T IT. Judge Toms says : As I am unable to agree with my brother arbitrators, I win briefly, give my reasons : 1. The section 533 (a) is a, difficult -one to construe, 1 give my opinion with great diffidence. I think the Legislature intend- ed only tie give relief where a township was so burdened with brides required for the convenience of the public in addition to their other ordinary cbligstions that their taxation was all out of proportion with the other Municipalities. 2. The aibitrators are entitled, in my opinion, under sub -section " b" ( " the ar- britrators shall amongst other matters, &c ") to consider the MMOUnt expended by the municipalities upon the building and maintenance of highways. 3. Morris contends that the intention of the act is to equalize the expenditure for bridges over 100 feet in length, Were this the case the Legislature could easily have arrived at that result by enacting that the Bounty should assume all bridges over NO feet in length ; this would equalize, the ex- penditure to a cent. 4. It will be seen by the schedule that, with the exception of Turnherry, the ex- penditure of Morris for roads is the lowest on the list .0090. They say that their ex- cessive bridge expenditure prevents them from building roads, their total rate for roads and bridges is- .0187 ; compare this with Stephen .0828, Grey .0246, Maintop .0245. 5. The average rate over the county for bridges is ,.00574. Stephen is .0065, Grey .0094, if Morris is right Stephen and ,Grey having bridges over 100 feet in length could obtain relief under this act, while Mokillop could obtain no relief, the bridge rate for that township being .00574. I can see no fairness in Maintop, with a rate of .0245 for bridges and roads contributing to the expenditure of Morris with a rate of .01S7 for bridges and roads, and I cannot think that the Legislature intended to perpetrste such an injustice, and I am therefore led to construe the section in the manner indi- cated. 6. The average road expenditure over the county is .0193, thst of Morris .0090 ; in al- seased value and population Morris is abed on a par with the municipalities I have men- tioned, Stephen, Grey and McKillop. 7. Ail municipalitieis have especial bur- dens which, however, they may control, but they are required by law to repair highways and bridges and may be punished, and are civilly responsible for damages in case of de- fault. This ia a primary liability upon all municipalities, why under section 533 should bridges alone be considered ? 8. 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