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The Huron Expositor, 1914-06-05, Page 1• - . eisoneesies FORTYALIGHTH IlICAR WHOLE NI/MBlaR S425 SEAFORTIL IPAY JUNE 54.1914 - { : BULBAR BROS. Publisbarsts $1.00 &•Yeses in 411.411111214. *Greig :06010g. Crtio* iau '• - Prepare for Events inJune Many events taking place in June call for special clothes. This Store specializes in June clothes. Just now we are busy in the drapery department and we are in a position to supply - the most exacting customer with 'all the requirements known to the catalogue of good dressing. For conventional aftairs the Black suit is the most favored or Black -Coat and f, waist coat with grey trousers. —PRICES— Made to your special measure $20 to S30 Ready -to -Wear $12 to $20 And then there are the acces- sories—Fine black hat, grey or tan gloves, the white tie, the white dress shirt, the new collar, the silk hose—in fact we can supply you with every thing excepting the emblem of bondage and the license, and we're equipped and ready for quick service to all corners. Pick Up Your Sunnne Bat NOW Stock of Summer- Straws most complete. You'll find -a variety' now that you won't find later and our assortment is so large --and comprehensive that most every style made is represented. Smart Style Straws for young rnen..„................ 75c to *2.50 Staple Shapes for the middl 75c to $2.5 Panama s for any age $3 00 to $6.00 13 oys'. Straws 25c to $1.00 Sun Shicles 15C to .25 Swell Summer Shiris So great is the variety of our shirt patterns that a large part of the one half of our store is at this time of the -year devot- ed to the services of our shirt dustomers. Buying from the best English, American and Canadian makers of shirts, places us right in the front ranks in the shirt business. If there is anything new going we have it a.nd we have It at the right price. Fine Dress Shirts........75c $1.00 to $2.00 Work Shirts . . ...50c- 75c $1.00 $1.25 Raincoats Selling in Great Quant4ies A new shipment of English raincoats -just to hind are mov- ing out rapidly. It's a coat that everyone 'Mast have. Men and women alike are finding these coats the greatest of all inventions from a standpoint of appearance and service, If you don't want to go in for a high priced coat there are plenty of medium and lower priced coats ranging as they do $5.00 $7.00 $10.00 $15.00 t6 $20.00 Itighest Prices for Butter and Eggs. GreigPlothing Co. The Pig Corner Store SEAFORTH ir ROM ONTARIO'S CAPITAL assamoimiao Toronto, June, • 2nd,' ).91,4. Tbe die has been cast e the leap has been taken and the Ontario 'Legislator° basbeenoiftslally dissolved and the el- ection da has been flied for lelorldaY, Jone 29th, The formal announcement WAS knade on Friday night and the announcement appeared in the' city teepee's, Saturday morning, together with Sir James Whitney's manifesto to the electors. In this deliverance Sir James did not give anYi reasOna the ' or his appeel 4 to` e' people one year, d a. half /so fore the neceie13uwery time. t the real reason, no a.oulyt, is that Premier White neer is in fairly good health and will be able to; show himself :here and there during the campaign and perhapa.'malte a speech or two. Conditions me.'y not he so favorable one year hence. • , Str James has issued his•manifeseo to the electors, recountinee,vythat bee gave ernment has done for thepeople and what they hope to do In the future. The following is hes deliverance -on the Temperance question, which will form the main issue in the contest. ',Says jr James: The license laws have been faithfully enforced in honestfulfilment of pledges and in 'accordance with the moral and temperance Isentiratent of the province, by manywholesome amende ments, by the curtailment ofethe thous during which liquor is sold, and by provisions to aid in enforcing the Cane ado Tenaperance Act where that law le adopted. Under existing laws the people have the right to close shops and bars alike in any locality. This policy has resulted in nine years in the abolition of over 1,200 lieuor licensee; or•nearly one-naif of the Whole number In' the provIece. We believe that the people should be trusted to decide this matter for then-I:selves, and than the dragging of the temperance question in- to the arena of party politics is not! in the beet interests of the cause. We believe, moreover, that a policy that keeps ehop s open while dosing the bars will have a tendencyntos encourage and increase the eine of liqu'or in larne quantities anel the coneumption of it in the home. Tihat ponteye'wes; leave t.,o our opponents. We shall centinue inn. ef- forts .to minimize as far as pessible the evils resulting from the liquor traf- fic an the drink habit. , The addrees concludes with the fol- lowing , necellarle Whitonian delveran- ees: We point, may I not say with 'justifiable pride, to our recordoilostain• rests upon it. Being human we have made mistakes but we have done our best.. We have detractors,: It is true, but they are sindeed a negligible 1 uane titY; and no organized' hypocrisy can to -day, either by means 'of bluster or shameless falsehood; deoeive $41 intel- ligent and fair-miaded electorate. Pro- foundly thankful, then, for', the con- fidence, heretofore given to is, 'we, ask ..you to accept our pledge, Which we give now ,for the fourth .time; that we will, to the 'extent of our abilley, con- tinue to give you the aame faithful service in the future." • N. • W. Rowell, K. C., wile .lead the Liberals in the campaign.- His pelicy is !still one of !advanced temperance le- gislation, with c.e.bolish the bar" as his slogan. There 'axe indications that this policy does not command, the tenant - metes support Of the Liberal party. It has been accepted as the official policy. Mr. Rowell would not consent to re- main in the leadership on any other condition. But there are mans Liberate who are of!the- opinion that the plat- form th too advanced, that the province vvell not support it and that; the Liberal party will not be returned ito power on „it. There have been one or two out- epoken statements Sy prominent Lib-, erals along this line since 'the campaiga began. On the other, hand, to part with the Rowell policy would be to part with Mr. Rowell as the party leader, and this the ,; majority of Liberaes In the legislature do not seem prepared to do. * 0* • .. The Ontario government goes to the 'United States for help in putting into operation its new workmen's compensa- tion act. I. ,B. Limas, provincial treas- urer, has called in F. W. Hinsdale, auditor a the workmen' a compensation commiasion of the state of ,Weshingtons. The new Ontario act and. the Washing- ton act ire in •a number of important respects similar. Sir William Meredith In preparing the draft bill for Ontario had.the help of, the Waehington expert, .and Mr. Hinedale is now asked to pro- vide the necessary organization pla,n, be- fore the act is put into operation. He ,will (get things inishapeefor a. start cd, -the government 'will then appoint bile commission which Is to (have charge of the new -Oistern. Black secrecy, -is ae- _ins' maintained as to the identiey of the commissioners, although et. has been , hinted that a minister. mayedropeoutt of the Ontario government to trelte charge of the work. ' e • • • Toronto has had a rather extensive visit from HR. .11. the Duke of Con- naught, the duchees, the Princess Pa - tilde and all the, aids and secretaries and others who ina,ke up the governbr general's household. This has pleased Toronto, while in the city tine Regal party occupledCraighleigh, the spacione mansion of Mx. E. B. Osier, M. P. There were all oorts of functions and cere- monies and inspections and luncheon: Big crowds of people have (watched the duke and the duchess and the princese goingeand coming through the streets of Toronto, the mayor ecarcely parted with his silleftleat for a week and the merchants of the place nave waxed -rich In the sale of flags. All this. has been rather 'nice for To- ronto, but rather ' hard on the duke, who LEI reputed to be tsornewhat fed up on that sort of thing and would .muoh prefer putting on a cloth cap and bik- ing for some tenet place. The thing that did make life worth living for Ile royal visitors was the Woodbine meet of the (enteric; Jockey club.' The duke of Connaught' has a •weaknees for the sport of kings areal knows a horse when it Is trotted out in (front of him. ;Same with aids and the otbers. With the Toronto visit over, the duke and party will make a to-er through the eastern part of 'Ontario, - visiting most of 'the principal towns and cities. They 'Went through Western Ontario ea couple of weeks a,go. It is probably the last glimpse of the duke for most Ontario people. He goes 'borne in October after a 'trip to the 'Pacific coast. The terrible canamitntwhichrbefel the 1 C. P. R. Steamer, „Empress of Ireland, in the St. ,Isevrreraee, Friday 'morning, has since been the main subject for comment. It hes oVershadowed-thn an- nouncement of, the :Pro-duel:II elections and, has caused sleep. gloom and sorrow in many homes. Tbe blow which has fallen on the Salvation Army in one of the most pathetic incidents of the terrible tragedygore than 150 .repre- sentativea of the eierny, includingmany of the head territorial officerS for the Dominion of Canada were aboard the Empress on' 'their way to London to take part in the .beternanional congress which was to be WA Is that cityith representatives frorle fifty-eight count- ries. While these offiners were t,he pick of the Array and dame from all large centres in the DoMinion, the greatest proportion were from Toronto and the immediate district. „ e Commissioner DaVid Rees, head, of .the 'Army in the Dominion of, Canada arid who had .charge of Newfoundland, 'Ber- muda, and .Alaskan territories as well, 'was on the Empatess and with • him were several other ,enerribers of his family, 'airs. Rees, Captain H. Rees, Miss Rees,' all of Toronto. 'hten. Wed- nesday evening a celebration was held In the arms headquarters as a send- off to the London parte- and the rep- resentatives wine left were innne nigh - est spirits and with a feeling of great hopefulness. It is explained that the reason so many of •the prominent of- ficers were ealling on the same ship was in order that conferancesortight be held on board. Captain Gilbert Beet, one of the bandsmen of Territorial Staff Band, is the only member of that organization left, if the worst fears are realized. He wae to b.ave igen° with the others in the band, but the' death of his nttle girl on Monday, made it impoasible far him to get away. ' 14Ir. Zeller Replies . • Deaf Elepositor.—In last week's issue of the Clinton News -Record, Editor Mit- chell tries to Make political capital by attacking me for theostand, I took in the recent Canada Temperance Act cam- paign. In my then capacity as a pri- vate citizen, I clairntoha,ve ban a perfect right to refrain from advocating. I a measure wench r Considered at best a temporary expedient, and only a pre- liminary skirmish to. the real • 'battle which is now ore not only in Huron, but throughout the province, for -the advanced legislation as advocated by N. W. Rowell and the srogiseshre tem- perance element throughout Ontarib. I supported the C. T.• A. with my Vote, but not with the idea that it was to be the last word hi temperance legi- slation ifi thee Province. If Editor Mitchell is go good a tem- perance man as he pretends to, fe, he ahould help toestrengthen the faith of his readers and picture to 'them the PoesIbility -of a barks Province, such as the majority or lath readers -have prayed for these many • ,years, ,and which condition is manifestly Only made - possible by a united ,stand of the tem- perance forces, irrespective of past party affiliations. With such unity tiee Pro- vince -wide cense a the open bar and drinking club would be speedily banished from the land. , The timee-seerna to have gone by when a few men in any party can dictate what stand the rank and file should take on all important question' euch as the one now agitating the public, and Pe r Jolts men are beginning to think and act for themselves. It is encouraging wben this independe,ce of thought and action is Showing itself o strongly at the present time. I sincerely believe that the coalition of the progressive forces in both parties will Make themselves hea,rd In no un- certain, way on the 29th (of this month. I 'trust that ‘allrevho want more ad- sanced temperance leeislation than the Hanna -Snider brand will array them- selves openly on the sight side of this great issue and forget mere h party !names for the time being. Hidebound party journals of the News -Record type may try eto draw a herring across the trail, but the is- sue as between Rowell and Hanna Is so clear-cut that it is impossible for the elector to be misled by irrelevant . arguments. I confidently and con- scientiously solicit the support of all the electors of South Huron, 'w,ho have the welfare of our fair province seri- ously at heart. Thankins' you for /our valuable Spalce, , - I am, 1.31nCerelY yours,. I.1 E.1ZELLER. Zurich, June 2, 1914. .'• , The Sinking nf the Empress of Ireland Unehecked speed In a fog cost OFT lives on Friday morning when '• the collier Storstadt sink the CanadiatiePa- elite liner Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence River, near •Rhnouski. About 400 were eaved front the whole ehip's company of 1,3g7 crew and passengers. The emend greatest disaster in the historyof the Atlantic navigation oc- curred at 1.45 a.m. The- Empress or Ireland, the finest etearnship a the Canadian Pacific fleet,' was motionlese in the t.Lawrence awaiting the lifting of a heavy. fog. The Norwegian' collier It appears that the-St;;;Stad blundered upon the Empress while running at ordinary epeed. „ Accounts which have thus far been given by !survivors make it clear Mat the sinking of the Empress of Ireland l lifeboats drifting with the tide, a lit - will rank with the Titanic 'disaster asi ter of wreckage, and the crippled col- ohe of the dreadful' misfortunes of ma- lier backing &wily into the fog. One rine history. The feet that stands o,ut of the- saddest disappointments of the was the complete helplessness of most nisaster was the inability of the Stor- of the passengers. They were trapped eta& to rescue many -of - the—Em--p-rees' In their state -rooms and were killed people. Her officers were afraid -for .a or drowned before offieers and crew few minutes that she would sink. Her had time to help them. It was all aver bow was crushed to the water line within fourteen minutes. - and he took in. a great deal of water, The collier wee near to sinking, but but she wets able- ta continue her way was able to make her way to Rimoeski 'up the St. Lawrence to Rimouski and after picking up a few of She sur • land a few survivors from the EmPress vivers from the Empress. Her how was that her crew had 'taken from wreck- ehattered to the waterline from the age or who managed beeewlm to her in collesion. the fog. So far as couldbe learned the col- The etory as told' by the . captain Mori came without warniag. .k fright- of the Empress is 'simply corroborative fu 'blow came out of the fog and ruin- of the above. The Empress WAS halted ed the Empress of Ireland before_ her during a fog, when the collier at full officals knew that danger was near, eaeed struck her amidships and in - It was 1.45 a.m. when the Norwegian Bided such damage that she eank in collier and freightcx Storsta.d, a ship fourteen minutes. So far there does not hardly a fifth of the size of the Tam- seem to be any blame attached to the rem, blundered against her and eut her officers of the unfortunate vessel, down as if !she, had been made of paste- Whatever fault there was eeemeePto be board insteadof wood and irondue to those in command of the at - The collier, weighted with 1,000 tons tacking vessel. The vessel was eeized of coal, was out of her course in the on its arrival at 'Montreal and a searche channel as she came on at a good' Ing investigation' will likely, follow. opeed. She drove into the port side of There was a -total of 1,360 people on the Empress and her steel aheathed board. Of these 951 were lost and 403 bow raked inward and backward. It saved. There were 746 passenger's lost cut through a leSgth of staterooms, and 21.1 of the crew. -watertight compartMente and 'deck Of the first cabin passengerseeigiitY-• beams until there was an enormous severe thirty-one men, twentyesix women gap that opened from amidships. to the and no children were lost, and twenty - stern of the liner. The water rushed in with the power of Niagara. From such stories as the newspaper correspondents can gather hattily from survivors and from mem- bers of the crew it 'appears that Cap- tain Kendall and his offt ere did all that was humanly poesible in the four- teen minutes that the Empress hung on the river. Captain Kendall 'washurt and in great pain, but he showed the pluck and decision of a naval officer. In' the fleet minute of the disaster he ordered young Edward Bomford, the wireless operator .to flash the S.O.S. call, the cry for help' that every ship must heed. He ordered officers and -crew. There were 56 efirst-class passen- stewards to collect as many passen- gers lost, 209 second, :682 third, and egers as could be found, and hold them for the boats. .He had nine lifeboats overside within ten minutes. Big and aowereful as she was, the Empress went to the bottom 'as asteme strike. Fourteen minutes after the collision there was nothing on the surface of the St. Lawrence save . the fact." said afr. Powell. a4k. "I don't know," -was the reply. Mr. Powell stated further- that' no de- putations had yet waited wen Mr.- Zeller and that he did not -know what his views Were on temperance, except that he presumed from the fact that he was nominated by the Liberals that he supported the Rowell policy. ( From The Adverteser.) A delegate asked if Rev. Mr. Powell were present, and that he be heard. Mr; Powell rose and asked permission to make a statement covering only, four lines. This was refused by Chairman LH. Dickeon, and Mr. Eilber alsa said he objected to any clergyman being 'al- lowed to try and sway a Conserva- tive convention. Rev. Mr. Jefferson rose and said that he was a. disinterested party entirely, and asked to be snowed to read Mr. Powelee statement. This request was refused also. ..As a reselt of the attitude of the leaders, roomy temperance Conservittives• declared that they ccraid not do other- wise than etand by Mr.% Zeller on prin- ciple, as he had pledged himself to support the. banish the bar policy, or any move along 'that line Made by Mr James Whitney if it went 'further nhan Mr. Rowell's proposals. Catholic Mutual Benefit Association "Who wrote that for the paper, ed a delegate. A despatch from Ottawa says : The Senate Bill to permit the Catholic Mut- e:al. Benefit Association to'inerease- Ite one men, eight women and one • child rates was reported Vy the House Com - were wers eaved. Of the second cabin - Tuesday. The necessity of the - in - .passengers, 148 mittee on Banking and Commerce on lost, an. enen,13 1w5ommeenn,anicl lweomeheinldraenndwerel len and by the Department of Iasur- creese hag been pointed out by actuar- child .were saved ance, but there was some question as Of the 714 steerage passengers, '584 to whether or not' the matter had been , . women and children were • kst" bro-fght to the attention of the mem- and 1e6 men, ,feur women and no chile hers of the a.ssociation, although the dren were mired. reque4 was made last 'Auguet by the The latest 'official statement) gives C.M.B'Z.A.. convention. Several branches the total -number of passengers and have ince protested against the in - crew at 1,419. Of these 452 were savedcrease, and Major Sharp, M.P., intro- , an. (11,024 lost. There :Were 36. first* stated an amendmentthat the Act, go claes passengers' saved, 47 seconsi-class, not into effect until it has been 434)- 136 thirdeeleues and 23l. officers and proved at a. general meeting called for the purpose. Col. Hugh Clark, M. P. saw no necessity for this, as thanew. rates had to go into effect or the in- surance branch of the society gointo liquidation. The - Minister of Fjnence read a memorandaem by the Insurance - Department which showed that the national fraternal tables would hereto gointo effect or the tdepartment, would be obliged to warn the public that the society was actually insolvent, or cancel its license. The amendment was lost and the bill reported. • Presentation toe5tir Wilfrid Phe -Liberal members a the Senate and othe Hones. of Commons, in Ob ta-wa, aseembled in the COMT11011S ChOM4 be', on Thursday, Of last week and presented Sir Wilfred Laurier with a sir hundred dollar gold Watch and Lady Laurier with a purse of gold. In commemoration of the. fortieth An- niversary of Sir Wilfred -having been elected to parliament. The _presentation was made by Hon, Hewitt Bostock, the Liberal leader of the Senate. There was a profound feelihg of appreciation felt by the Liberal party, he said, for the forty years of distingulehed service which Sir Wilfred had given thice counte ry. "As an Englishman," said Senator Bostock, "I may say that the people of England are perhaps better able to realize your great service to the wintry, than even the people of Canada. YOU have done more than any other Canad- Ian to give Cinada her place in the world and your example is an inspiret- London, Huron and Bruce, His etaT, ion th thoee whodevoutedly /follow you.," therefore, in Seaforth was brief. She To Lady Laurier also, 'Senator Boats& Convention proceengs diwere open only debt.i - • e f _- declared the Liberal party owec6.great Speaking for mernbens of the House of Commons Mr .Hugh Guthrie said that never had a leader more loyal and devoted followers than had Sir Wilfred. "We realize that in you., Sir Wilfrid, we have an ideal leader of hien, the Nestor cf Canadian polities and the Cealahad of debate." Sir Wil - President,' tfleers for the current 'year: - Had there been time, hundreds who went down with the Ship would have survived. Put time there was not. .A. thousand- men and women who tad \been asleep awoke too late to scramble to the decks. They were croshed -or mangled by the bow of the Storstadt, -injured by splintered timbers or over- whahned in the terrific rusle of wat- er. it IS 'probable that eocrea were, killed instantly, but hundredef perish- ed while feebly struggling for door- ways, while trying for . a footing on the ' sloping deckee The terror and eonfusloh of the few minutes while .hp 180 officers and ereev, • Centre Huron Conservatives The Conservatices of Centre 'Huron, held a convention in Seaforth on Thursday of last week. There was a fun representation of delegates..The ob- ject Of the convention was to select Officers for the current year and to, select a candidate to represent the party in the forthcoming Provincial el- ection. The following gentlemen were nornin- . ated as candidates: Dr. cf. A. Macklin, Rev. Joseph -Elliott and, Jarnes Connolly, Goderich; Dee. Thompson. and David Cantelon, Clinton. The several nomin- Empress staggered, listed and sank ' eeS addressed the convention, the Rev Mr. Elliott and Mr. Connolly: withdraw - can hardly be (net in words. The sure De. vivors themselves could not describe Ing, A ballot was taken between those moments adequately. Macklin, Dr. Thompson and,gr. Canto - They came ashore at Rimouski, stun- Ion- Dr Macklin received a majority ned entally as well as physiCally. on the _first ballot: On motion of Mr. m Cantelon and seconded by Dr. Thomp- Tile proportion of the crew leaved fax outnumbered the proportion of pas- son, the nomination of Dr. Macklintrats sengers rescued. That is explained, how made -unanimous and h.e was declared ever, by the statement thathe candidate of the party. 't; an -unusual number of the officers and crew were Addresses were delivered by Mr. A. H. Musgrove, M.P.P., for North Hur- on duty at the time of the -011thion, and Hon W .J. eHannet, Provincial and it *as Impossible for them in the on, . . brief time they bad to arouse andsave SecretaryA summary report of Mr HannaS1 addre,ss will be found in an - the passengers. 'Very few of the first other -column of thts •Issue. Mr. Hanna cabin passengers 'were alive when the arrived -here on the one o'clock _train Eureka and the Lady Evelyn, the little relief steamships; found the wreck 'and and left by auto for' Brucefield in time , to -catch the train going Smith on the the nine overcrowded lifeboats. Only a handful of the second -cabin passen- gers czanaged to get the boats, and the 1 of life among the third-class passengers was very heavy. Thede- tails of the quarter of an hour while the Empress was sinking and of the hour's wait the survivors had /to en- dure while they sat half -naked and terrified waitng for help, cannot be told. There is hardly a man or wo- man who came ashore who can ex- press what they went througb. What was particularly dreadful was - the helplessness of 4the women and chil- dren. Trapped in their berths as they were, manyof therri, imprisoned in state rooms whose doors .had jammed, mahy more unable' to climb to the decks, they were -overwhelmed by the terrific' rush of water. Hardly -more than a dozen women of the scores who took passage on the Empress were alive after the t3h1p had sank. There were 'marry children, some of them ttiblas in arms, among the passengers. A few - ef these were gaved by the courage aid, unselfishness of men wild risked their --lives for the Sa,ke of a. child's,- but most died. ' Bomford and Ferguson, of the wire- less; K. W. Langley, a British Col- umbia rancher, and several of the Sal- vation 'army officers who were brousgbt to Rimouski agree pretty ac -z curately that nearly everybody save of- ficers and members of the crew were asleep a. few minutes before two o'- clock in the morning. There was a ter- rific shock as the Seorstadt hurledher ponderous weight against the Empress, shock that threw passengers from their berths. Then there was a, long, gribelin.g, rending crash as the Stor- Storstadt, hardly, a fifth of the liner's stadVer bone cut deeply' in the liner's bylk, crashed into the • -Empress' port • Inntantii, it /seemed to those wlio told the story, there was a nightmare of sounds ,cries of fear and 'agony. that were too awful to be real. All lights went put at the first eraalt. Moreithan 1,300 persons were -fighting for life in the black•darkness. lloniford and others, who managed to win a way 'to the top deck, saw scores leap into theI sea:- They Oavr leundreds trying to crawl up decks that were sloping pre.; cipitously, lose their balance and fall backWard, into the rising water.. Pas -4 )3engers who could not get to the life- boats In time .Seized chairs, anything looee they could find, and leaped in -- to the river. Very many persons per- ished in the cold water, while cling- ing to bits,of wreckage and praying for help. I It i,s ,Impossible to say how many were giound to death, when the Stor- stadt's bow tore through Itbn Empress' Staterooms. dany survivors were brought ashere sufferbig from broken legs or arms or deep cuts or bruises. Mane died after reacliing Bbnotiskie side and split her fkom amidsbips te the OOreWS. The Empress sank within fourteen -minutes 'There was only time to low- er nine lifeboats. More than a thou - and persons were asleep and were un- able, to get to the decks before they were carried down ba seventeen fath- omsof water. Scores were crushed to death by the ,bow of the Storstadt as it ripped through tiers of etate- rooms. The survivors in the lifeboats and upon bits of wreckage 'were -pick- ed up by Dominion sGovernment steam- ers Nelda reached the 'scene of the disaster 'froth Rimouski. ' The ourvivora were taken to Rimous- ki by 'the Government stearriers Eureka and Lady Evelyn. Later • many, were placed on a. special train- and etarted for Quehee, Captain Kendall, of the Prn- press, was saved; bat he was badly hurt from falling upon wreckage as bis ship sank. The chief officer Was lost. So far as can be learned, no blame attaches to the officers or crew of the Empreas of Ireland, Captain Kendall took the Weal precautions, and to the delegates, but fhe public were ,admitted to hear the addresses of Hon. Mr. Hanna and Mr. Musgrove. There was a good attendance and, a consider- able sprinkling of Liberals,in the audi- ence. The Convention and the open meeting were presided over by , the President, Mr. Af. Broderick, of Sea - forth. The following were elected !f M. Broderick, Seaforth; first vice-pre- sident, H. J. A4 MeEwan, Gederich; se- cond, vice-president,_ William. Jackson, Clinton; third vice-preeidente James L. Smith, Walton ; gecretary,.; i William Campbell, Goderich. Executive: Col- borne, Thomas S.', Hamilton, :Carlow; Hellett, William Rinn, Seaforth; Grey, T. R. Bennet, Bluevale; McKillop, John Scarlett, Walton; Brussels, Alfred 33aek- er ; Seaforth, John Turner;' Clinton, Al- bert, Griege Goderieh, C. A. Reid. 4; South Huron Censeriatives The Conservatives of South Huron met in Hepsall, a 'rue/Ashy last, for the purpose of selecting a candidate to represent them in the fortihecoming election. The chair was occupied bee Mr. L. H. Dickson, of Baiter. The President igr.accou3.ntiLof;WhailliviangniabellenaviallpgpolineteldneaPcsGtil- master at Seaforth. tre. . UT. Henry Horton, of Tuckersmith, former secretary, was appointed pres- ident and leti. R. N. 'Creech, of Exeter, 'oecrettery. The unanimous nomination of the convention, moved by Mr. 3ohtil Sherritt, ex-M.P., of Stephen, and seconded -by 'Mr. John Middleton, of ,Goderich town- ship, was extended to Mr. H.otilber, the late Member. Mr. leilber, acoppted the nomination. AS to the subsequent poprocrtseedalnesof thewLe 9nteudootne prfreor prthease arned- the Advertiser. Those wihh ' attended sthe convention wile know, wfteinthael most !nearly correct. , • (From The Free Pre..)e Rev. E. G. Powell, representing the recent temperance convention held at Hansa, was present at the meeting and sta,ted that he was ;MS 'bearer of a maesege to be delivered belore a candidate was choeen and having reference to the plans of the Domin- ion Alliance. He did not take advan- tage of an opportunity, offered early In the meeting-t-Ltake a place on kthe platform and said he would not -Insist on stating biz cause at .the. close. Mr. Powell denied the •renort appear- ing in Liberal newel:aliens that Mr. Zeller, the Liberal candidate recently nordnated, ,had inven satisfactory ex- planations to the temperance represent °Ii"Tvesha. 't is all papa tot?, it 1003, frid could a/Ways count upon his -fol- lowers for the; best that was in there. It was the earnest hope and prayer of his followers that Sir Wilfrid would be .spared in his present healthi and vigor to lead his party once more to victory. The time was coming. The fssople of the Dominion were rallying behind the man who was the inspires tion of the young, the hope of , the middle-aged, and the rock upon *hiehi Canadian Liberalism, rested to -day. o Sir Wilfrid was -visibly moved and as he stood to reply the gatherin0 theered and cheered again. He skid: "He could claim td be the oldest member of the House, having been el- ected just forty sears ago. That period had its pleasures and, ite palm, and the deepest of its tains -had been, the 'loss of old friends; but he had, come to learn in his long life s that for every friend called away tlaera were many new friends who name . with the after years. For twenty-six of his forty parliamentary years he had been the leader of his pasty, and he could testify to the loyalty of the support he had 'received duringthe whole of that time. He bad had his Share of suecesses and his phare of reverses,, but had always sought to meet success withoat elation and ere - verse without discouragement. —The home of ?dr. William J. Moller near Whitecbureh was bereft of the wife and another with: little warning on areinday • of last week. Mrs. Fisher Willf ill only eight days When he passed, away, pneumonia being the cause of her death. She' WOO ill her oirtyl- second. ;year antd a daughter of %r. and g.rie. ,George Clinks who live aufit north of LUcknow. She and Mr. Fisher were married ten Veais ago. eides the husband she leaves two children, '-On Monday of last week 'Mlle= Cole me, of Ethel, wbo le eight -sr -five . years of age and nearly blind, and 'who makes his home at EL S. Cole's; while attempting to open the door, his hand elipped off the handle And be fell on a mato= the floor, regaittu in a. broken hip. We are sorry to tear a the accident, as it means ITHIOU to an old gientlerean of his advanced ae%. Be was former resident of Oxus tance, Hullett township, where he spent a good many' year. .