The Signal, 1899-12-14, Page 2Mom-
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MANITOBA MID THU DOMINION.
The lateat return, seem to snow that
Hun. Hugh 31ohu Ifectionald has Mr
1410101 41 me.lisrity le the Matelot,*
legislative. and he may therelOre
expect to he coated upon to form a
Government and to ititiuluirter the
affair* a the Pruulnoe. Manitoba ren-
net gain mall, awl we eau ouly hope
that she will not lose much, by the
change. Mr. Oremiway maintained
the rights of the Proyinoe when thee
were hi need 01 defenve. lie broke the
railway monopoly that had been im-
paled upon Maultoba by the Govern-
ment of Sir John ILseakeiald. and he
preiented the Goiersiment of Sir
Charier Tupper (nen interfering with
the Maiiitoba ache& spottiest Had the
Tories been now in power at Ottawa.
the Maidtarbens would not haveauken
the risk of entrusting their Pnolnelal
intereets to the MOH of ellr John Mac -
(innate. But they know that Sir WII-
frit Laurier will not afill't them with
it 111/1111111 monopoly, nor undertake to
trespass upon the rtrht of the Poo
ince to menage 114 0444 0411001•yetent.
A good deal has been said about
Hugh John Maedonald tring favorable
11) Goiernrnent ownership ot railwaye.
What ran be do? The Canadian
Patiflc Compnny owns nearly all the
vine -nye tn Manitoba, And Hugh John
has been for years the soacitor of the
Canadian Pacific. lie (amid not ex-
proprinte that company's properties if
lie would, and be would not if Ile COW.
anyone who expets him to encourage
strung cumpetition against the Cana-
dian Pacific will he grievinuay
pointed. Mr. Macdonald may manage
Mar financial and other a ffalra of
Manitoba econornicalir. tee that will
go to prove that he needy the no to
prove that he is his lather's on, for
economy Was not the prominent fen
lure Iti the Int!' Sir Joint Meedonald's
sealmoso„It Ilesta itishEs.O?es not run
Manitoba betel over .. camia.".
Menitobaini isle have great cause to
be thankful.
We redice that anne Toriee UM -
tag lu Toronto last night, were
phease 1 to regard the success of
Heat John Mae-iomeel In Manitoba
as a rit of 'Cory vietory in the
I/carnelian electiona. Hon. Dr. Mon-
tague remarked that " that fight
Mr, Sifton had made hie own. and
therefore the remit wits as much a
corideninatkm of Six Willie.] Lourfer
ea it mut of Mr. tireeuway." That
diversion of extracting !sunbeams'
from t-ueumbers amuses Ontario pet,-
p's. who bare seen the Liberal Gov-
ernment of the Powince suitained
tn election atter election, while the
Tortesbit oillee at Ottawa were do-
tter their tavern to carty the Pro
vitae for their political Irlegie. Who
dope not remember Mr John Macdou-
Mire attacks et Toronto on • that
little tyrant llowat.- and hie elo-
quent setting out • of "Marlys end
Pardeeis and Lemke,. and 'monies, -
which tieklet the Tories (e'en to
their toot but had no effect In de
lodging the Mowst Government?
Se Charier; Tupper, we also remit
came to Hamilton to 'help defeat
Colonel Gibion when he wee A
member of the all-powerful Govern -
talent nt Ottawa. but,' he m%tht as
well have etayel at home. Plenty
of men in Manila/be, who for one
reason or another voted against the
tireenway Government on Thursday
last, will vote hi favor of the Laur-
ier Government when the Dominion
electiOull come Mi. The Manitobana
have cleman to put their Provincial
huskiest, into the lien 1. of Hon.
Hugh Jobe Mncaostald, who " baton
potatoes." ow I lie w ill douhtlene oto
what be eon ae Premier or Mand
tribe to help the Dominion Ouneerva-
tivers. But It wireael takia several
Hugh Johns an I it WiI0111 army of
Tupper. to ronvince the people of
tatnade thnt the Laurier flovern•
meet baa not done well for the Do-
minion.
THE TRUST MADE THE TARIFF.
aud it did nut mime (ruin the inAlitt-
lecturers whom those atocumplished
prinecitera methabitt Ur- eziffete•atd
that when the trait wee formes) all
the plants oould have beau boaglit
fur 112,000,000. h was capitalized
at 1350,000.000. That la, securities
repreeenties $311,000,000 were put
out representing prone that would
probably accrue if the treat and
Camerae together excluded compe.
tition„ and it wee $10,000,000 of this
capitalisation that went to the pro-
teutere. The money came trona the
public to whom *neuritic* were of-
fered representing 25 per cent. of
business aud 75 per cent. of power
to gumtree douse/tie cusupetition,
while Cougrees auppreseed h./reign
competition.
As to the 'truths, Mr. GrUfeth tee.
tttIed that he wits nutting 20 per
cent. out of the Maumee when tin
plater were at the lowert point they
had touched. tailrace then wages and
materials, have gone up, but the prloe
of platen has advanced iery much
more. The triad has an arrange-
ment with the manufacturers of nee
chinery which maker it &Maori...lips-
poesible for an wielder to get a plaut
to go into the buelnees, and thee have
an addatkutal guarantee againet com-
petition. The rnIted Stater pea
pie are paying a Amp price for the
privilege of enriching the Thiplate
'Cruet.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Sauthern Cantered& orange detriet
will haricot this year sixteen thou
sand enflame of oranges,
Mr. Colby. ex -II. P.. has notified the
Tory party, through the Montreal
Gazette. that be will no longer fight
11. battes. Mr. Colby is something of
• poiltical weather prophet, teed he
cieTs not no the eettcoot7---
The Helletille ()uteri° Is experience
Ing the effects of tha growing time.
It comes to hand now double it* former
size. and koded with practical eil-
&nem of Ito popularity wilit11
clientele of adveetiaere. AndlLaterelpei
its success.
rs'Irdirentierverittriatert.• •ftia
LUy Lanitry's- latut matrintonlai
venture events So have rt reformAtive
tnfluence. At her husband's repeat
oche hi quitting the turf and selling her
race horse'. Ile thinks the pursuit of
raciset anheixaming for. a 'rotten. He
teems to nave it streak of good sense.
It la said that the great impetus
given to railway building in China
is due to the discovery of vast coal
bola. In Shan -Si protinas one or
these bode is said to be 18,500 square
miles liter**, the coal being tbe best
anthracite. China, it is believed.
votilyet beetnee the greatest coal.
producing country in the world.
The Fruit Growers' Association is
detno a good work in dealing with
ribitionesty in apple packing. and lia••
ner secureet the (au -operation of the
Minister ot Agriculture. 11 te to be
hoped that mine plan may be bit
upon that will make It possible to
trace and punish the guilty persona
who are doing so much to destroy the
apple trade. Every apple grower la
intereatet sin the matter.
Rev. Dr Robertmn. Superintendent
01 rredhlterian Missiona la the North.
wee, says 40,000 settlers have en -
the weed this year, and 5,000
name are expected.' He wonting very
highly of the (Otte:lane and Doukho.
bora The settlementa a're all mak-
ing good peewee and although maw
of the people ',tart swierely handl-
enpped. they paws' great spirit and
hopefulness. and are good frugal and
Induetrioas.
Those fool Tory papers whieli, Iti
their eagertwee to find excuse for
aseelline the Liberal Government.
complained about Martine tiwir train
'•at the nriparthly hour of seven rent,"
will be Interment in learning that the
iformehold Ouarda, the flower of the
British army, were marched pot of
London In the dead of the HIgirk.
Awful! wasn't it Let the Montreal
Star rocreem it little over thls "out -
After all the bometing that has
been done Rivet the McKinley tatriff
making the tinplate inluetry in Om
Unite! Stater. it 16 somewhat inter-
esting to leern on no leen an author-
ity than Mr. Griffeth. the heal Of
the Toed, that it was the -tinplate
indastry that made the tariff.' flis
evilence before the hnhortrial Vow
manikin shoves thet the neanufsictere
of tin pintos la simply a branch of
the genetral iron and steel trade. and
when tbe roiling milts found the de -
mewl for railway met,441:0 declining
they tnntel to another form of pro -
(tartlet', and wriekl hese done about
the Name if the DleKinley tariff had
not been pampa. Further evidence
of the is found in the fart that the
reduetion 01 duty by the Wilerm 1)111
heal so particular effect In ehectring
the growth of the tin plate bushman
elan at a time of great dePreralinn.
It Is int" in this an In most in.
Menem that an 1.1,0.09'11y protect.
lie duty la procnred hy a powerful
Whereat. inetend of hiving offereihY
Congress for the creation a an in
rivalry. When the iron and steel In
toned waa powerful enough it pro-
rated the high duty ori tin platelet
Mgt ea tbe ehipbuiloina intereett
seems now to have reached a point
of enonmerehti pew *III political
inflames euffleiGIA-40-ambie 11 ea
obtein sommodo a Isar front the
Goveressent. Detail% tinplate was
'wetness'', and the Treat weal
e natilel to tat the United States !
people se it wilehel. Jan whet
It token net of tbe people twiny he i
itleallest tor Oho feet thee the minuet 1
ineetertible statement that the pro.
nutters oi the treat reerived 810,
ventage) In, lls•Ir Mime eras corrobor.
abet tea otter dity by Mr. Oelffetti,
imo h was slot inertly 1110.000,000,
The 1-reted Rtates Supreme Court
holdthat the Pipe Treat le an 11
legril concern. The decision la based
chiefly OD ttIO fact that it is not
a single corphratIon, but a combine.
tion of corporatimiso in various, States
operating In restraint of trade in
violation of the Inter -State Commerce
tct. The next move of the Treat
erili he to go through the form of or•
entering na a single eorporatien,
when it can laugh at the low end
the public.
A. W. Wright, the head of the To1"7
maritime in Ontario, the other
night at St. Thomas, -referred to Mr.
Matenish, the I iberal candidate, se,
"41 menn, sneaky, rhiekesetatling
Soot" Of course Mr. Wright thinks
hineelf n gentleman, but there are
decent Seetrimen ansong the Comer -
%ethos who will reset the importa-
tion of "gentlemen" of hie ilk Whi-
ned them. And probably Mr. Mao
Mali hita loathing to learn of ledepee-
denee, honeerty end candor frost the
hnneer on of Toryism. Mr. Maculsh
hes earned a thing by honest toil.
Albert II. Mohler, it mining engineer
from the Transvaal. now In Montreal,
bays the war will last two years.
Pertherrnore, he any,' the Roos have
Johannesburg well fortified and will
reAst to the indt. lie iumerta that
'the Isuot thing the Boers will do he
-
fore they are entirety •rinquiehol *111
he er, rase Jotteamobaseg to the
ironed, to leave not a mingle build-
ing "dandling They will also blow np
the relates and ruin Um machinery to
arenge therneelvea upon the eapititi-
tate who have provoked the war."
We tittek the noels wIll tweltoote
fore following such it perenioN1100.
knell wanton rieetrnetbresese would
probabij aware for thane reepostelles
an stirY dienre from a high beam, and
etvitilmtkon eros7d arrprove each pun.
lehesent,
THE MANITOOMF.CTIOIS,
Late Returns Give Hugh John
a BareMajority,
PLEA FOR THE AXE
TO PLL CRIMINALS.
WHICH MAY BE INCREASED.
Winnipeg. Dec. A. -Waylaid retuiela
received today from the miti3hof
pole01 oonatituatelers reported aa lit-
oumplete last sight Wheats' the de-
feat of the Oreenway thaverrunent ky
a auldi tunjueity. Foilowtog Are eke
latest figures/ received :
SEATS CARRIk:D BY tiOYk.ItNMINT.
Buttful Pialas-R. C. Coale 91
hirtie---C. J. Yield*. 150 tne:ority.
tairilion-jit Jerome. 06 turtharitY.
behind/ere-C. #. louse. 110 major
Ky.
Lakeelde--Jamea-IlicKevtio, 15 ma
Lariadowne-T. C. Norra. 16 tuu
jordy.
La Venuelyre-W. Lagiutodlere. 88
majority.
Lorne -J 111dd1l, 90 snatsaarity.
Mbane14um-11. U. Myers. 211 major-
ity.
Mountain -Thomas Greeryway." 82
mu }Jetty. '
Rhineland -V. Winkler. 118 maks.
lty.
51. Bonifece-8 1 A Bertrand. 28
majority.
Fouth Brandua-F. 0. Fowler, et
majority.
eprherfleid-T. 11. tiusith. 83 lusher
ity.
Wedbourne-E. L. Morton. 150 ma.
j(wity.
Wiruilpeg CeuirreL-1). H. Magdalen,
115 majority. Total -16.
8EAT8 CARRIED fiV OPptirtiTiON.
Atondate-Janies Argue. 77 major-
ity.
Brandon City -Dr. lifelnula. 8 'ma-
jurity.
Cypress -George Steele. 100 major-
ity.
Emerson -D. 11. McFadden. 112 ma-
jority.
Klierney-Gso. Lawrence 113 um -
}Deity.
Maniton-Robert Rogers, 98.
Moron -H. Waddell. 21.
Nionta--C. U. Canto/ell. 150.
Norfo.k--It. Lyons. 50.
NOrtft Bremen -T. E bireauwood. 17.
lortage Praire-W. (Jeri lel, 118.
Rockwood -1. Riley. 48.
Russell - 14. A. Mullins. probably
elerted.
Asereareartod..101-14eAlatt.,.7:.aPie
Orate. 269.
taka t ci ewe n -W. Ferguloo, 11.
Thompson. S.
Turtic )Jountain-J. Jolinson, 190.
Vinien.-,lanees Sweetie', 54.
Winnipeg South -H.
60.
lilaulpest Xneti10Dreil4J11101, 229-
Woodiendso-ROP. Roblin. 100. totni
LNDEPENDENT.
Resenlekl-W, Hospeler. B.
There are two eiectione to be held
next week, la Gime and Dauptile
There le one poll missile( in 101010.
vrtilA may change the result. and put
that district In the Gdeernment I -01 -
mum
It he replete, and there seems Ilo
he many indientione evideriell et
it. tOat the outaidere from the
brought in a very large Aram of
money. The Free Prose says:
" There were men nmiong them who
never hal any connection with as
Ontareu bye-e'eCtIdni other titan
money. Their presence here was
an Inamit to the'sProvinoe. and if
protein. are lodged their methods'
will utvioubtedly he expueed. Noth-
ing but the lavish U.S 01 -corrupt
imam would hare 10 ebaken a Gov-
ernment that stood hOh in public
esteem or no literal's& the etrength
of the Opproltion thet was admit -
'taffy extreasely weak both in per-
sonnel and policy."
heveral Beploable _entrain, ere re-
ported from St. Boldface constitu-
ency, where Mr. 8. A. D, Bertrand,
Liberal. wag elected yesterday. While
Mr. Bertrand waa addressing a
meeting at 1 o'clock the morning
awl being congratulated ori hie vic-
tory, lite handsome house wa. get on
fire by some unknown ineendiary.
end burned to the ground. On the
nOght portion to the election the
stables 01 Thomas Holland. one of
Mr. Bertran ior prominent wriPOort•
ers. was burnel down, the fire being
of incendiary origin. ani lase even-
ing au attempt wax ma,le to burn
Mr. Bertran Os eammittee rooms- M.
Bertram' lie one of the moat highly
resopeete1 buirowsre men (if Winnipeg
and St. Bontrace, and the outrage
haa enueed tritenee Indignation.
ATTITI7DE OF THE RAILWAYS.
The C. V. II. maintained a neutral
istititede throughout the election, but
the- forces of the Northern Pacific
were strongly nrrayed against the
clover/aroma Mr. Jemen Veber, soli-
eitor of the Northern Pacific, parading
ste an Independent, exhausted every
remource in ',terrine the infinerela of
the Northern tactile Ratiway against
the tireenway Government. The KO -
len letter to Mayor Andrews, charging
the Oreenway Governmeat with A
breach elf faith, was no doubt an im-
portant factor In the result, particu-
larly in Portage la Prnirle, where
Hon. itobert Wateon wax defeated.
A gruitlemen enme sat the way from
Toronto to register an Oppoeition
into, and on arriving In the city found
that lila name wan mit on the list.
fin le feeling deplete/net irith the party
manager', who gave him the little tvx-
version for nothing.
At. Brewton 11 Coneervatlie persiona-
tor, John Berry, was arreeted at mon.
Ife teak the oath that he WPM a well-
known Brandon laboring men named
David Berry. He Wen warned h,v the
Liberals not to permeate When the
Conserviathew got him under liquor
they sent tilna to vote.
tO"', I. •
Claim That Electrical Executions Are
Needlessly Cruel.
HELP FOR MINE VICTIMS' FAMILIES.
Seven ladle" Recovered From the Carbonado Miaa--Three Trains le a
Railway Wreck --Two Men Killed and Clue Badly Meet - Brutal Crime
of Paterson, N. J., Strikers -Cour of the Pleads Jall -OM Takes
Larbolic Acid and Dies.
New lark, bee 12.-4'mity Gaudiest).
(laughter of a Bodine: In Ube:ware.
and described we young. pretty and
ot an artistic temperament. went
into Prospect l'ark last night. lay
'tore on the mound whore the ruts
garden Worn,' in summer. and drank
three ounces, of oarbolic acid. No rea-
rm be given for her euicida. itt her
pocketbook was found it poen+ refer-
ring to (kettle
ADVOCATED THE AXE.
New Yfitlf, Dec. 12. -At the anttual
useeMeg of the New Twit Ooclorty of
Matical Jurisprudence last night At-
torney A M. Sherman. in an address".
'nun etreuuousty opposed eXecUtiotte
by electricity, (teetering that the in-
terred between shocks was an e'er
rotty of anguish to the victim. He an -
arrest that the time would ones
when the dynamo would hare to be
aupptanted by the ate.
Other sp.takeei a Ill that 11'4e -teethe
a the laelloal mote/Mon are for the
ab""hg oI celsital lomehment. Ad.
iocatei of the garrote anal guillotine
ell had their say before the disome
alagt waa closed. -
STORM IN TNEIL21413. "
Loodisa, Dec. 12-11 heavy snow-
Morel interfering with traffic he
railroads awl street ear Hass, in vase
kers parts of the emote?. llikating
lum commenced. and Mega, and rac-
ing have been stememled.
THREE TRAINS VdriitCrEIX-• •
I ItUatielphia, Dee. disastrous
ereiseitaerteaskoomseelelei.ketke Meetko
of two emit, *Re serious,' injury of a
Wed and the destruction of about 840
care occurred early to-ditY on Mot
New York diviton of the Pennsylvania
Willi -cad, between 1 lainsbaro and
Princeton, N. J. Engineer opeogler amt
Firemen Honecker were killed, end
Kralosoma Zeghauut wits dengerouely
hurt
Three trains were dernaged in the
nerideut. The first, 14119tbC)4100j. parted,
and the rear care crashed into those
ahead. Before the trecks could be
cleat -ed an aril/wee, tow n raa into U h
wreck, end was sows followed by an-
011111Or frNght going lit the same (line -
tion.
it was the engineer, fireman und
brakeman of the train that were
killed and injured.
A BRUTAL CROKE.
l'atersoa. N. J., Dm. It -Am ttra re-
sult of an seaman by strike's %Moo
a man oho bad closest to work, foor
Men were placed under arrest yester-
day atternooa to await tire result of
injureas infileted upoo their v.ctitn,
who is in a serious condli.ost.
Takak an bas been working only
for a few days. Yesterday afternoon
his was met in Grand street by (our
of the Summit ateliers, who had ap-
parently come to Poterson with a
set purpose. They were S. Koljoian, G.
Pa ryougear, John Swot* ar ha and An-
dreas leurkjian. Tbese four men had
with them some red pepper, whit+
thay threw at Takaktan. SOtfte el it
struck him a141 he was bait blinded
07_11. Them he wee •ttaeked by the
four men and theca -era down on the
triewaik, *Dere he "fetae-beaten end
jumped upon. Afterward his logs
were place -1 across tire curb, like at Ito
to be broken, ant ble aseaRants, it is
declared, were •ttempting to break
them when the crowd that had gath-
ered. interfered,
The lour men were penned in to the
crowd to await the arrival 01 two
"triteness who were approaching. All
den *Me peetei toMieo eiPP4K t
/coked np At pollee headquarters.
HELP roft, THE NEEDY.
Carbonado, Weorb., Dm. V, -A relief
coeamitt•ee haa teen organ1410 and no
appeal homed to the pohlte for rub-
Leriptkaar for the familier of the deed
sled injured In P,ntuolay's urine :Loci -
dent. (one more miner turneti up- alive
-Matt. titbit*, it Finn. Pelee bodies
were taken out tate Met night.
A BORE AGENT
DOES SOME BOASTING.
81C SIN ON TIE LAKES.
Greatest Gale of the Season
Lashes- Erie.
TELEGRAPH LINES ARE DOWN.
Cleveland, Ohio, Deo. 12. -Ow. of the
heaviest gales of the year prevails on
Lake Erie toalay.'the wind blowing
at the rata a fifty miles an hour
from the southwert.
Very few vesemis had ventured ont
Ade last evening. the Weather llama
having yeeterdny gent ont weights
of the approaoh of the Koran. ,
Telegraph and telephone flesh are
Medi; penetrated.
Fosse Hedy to the Hey.
Toronto, Bee. Vt.-While Arthur
1Retriger, M14 001010 114614. 000•1011
Newman, 100 Farley septum, were
welting along the water froet, neer
Owl foot of flattetret street, "bnrit,
after noon ?woodsy, they saw the
body of a male Infant floating in the
bay They notified P P Aillionn, and
Um body was Meteorite to whore, nnti
later resmotted to the morgue. The
chip' wee asked, and wow only a few
Meta old.
Says Kruger Will Not Surrender Till
the Last Ditch.
BOER WOMEN WORSE THAN MEN
_
IrlsO Magistrates With Boer Sympedides &mitred of Offloiee---A Challenge
to Brice Boat and florae Recing-Remerriage of a Co-respoodent 1.
a Notorious Case-- -Sir Richard Tarrant to Bu114 Women's Mentes Nee
- --News of Loudon.
el the Associated Press has &woven.
London, Dec. 9.-A representative consouniettlheiutteutersitm,otnhatAilidr:ttestannwitiliwe hfearelitangktufm
ed the whereabouts of Mr. Moutagu
An a tequel to Emperowr11.'illiam's
White, the former Boer agent here. cent visit to England, Queen Victoria
who, after apersitag the recent weeks has intimate -1 her Intention of MU -
with Dr. Leyte at Brussels, has re- oerferrrulnalliile/lowOccion rpricto".41111.0hportoorpreurinon t1:;
turned to his homa in England, will probably occur duriag the totem's
where he is living quietly. While he 'Nit to Potsdam in 1900whothe
has no official connection with the recipient will be 18 years ot age.
Twir stir tvhaose.41, Mwrt.io %iv' hawse. ktheesaps winitbtotseitht tc:nar. neet-7
el01litionu05flzoshrathffri1)edite.110140,41b11
tw1
4
14
en41
1'whowter7h
Boers. Ha has been invite -I to lecture hIrv:de wtrthLeb
fi. wrtecn,n.who war, at
it:ro
11 te mid that therm Lori'lar.1 will
rare again In England next assion,
and that W. C. White°, will have a
101 01 home here.
ONDENT MARRULD.
Liett -Cotten/tern and Lady ‚&*.
were manic.] before a regis-
trar a few hours after her hunlannit
3.- Blundell Leigh, had an abeolate
'Nacre, OW grant*" lulol, Coltenhem
being the ro-reispenderit.
Reports have bosh current that
Areliihnia FOrlea in dying, but rt rep-
ressentative of the Aumeated Prem
learne that they are unfounded. The
eelobrated war cOrrepoundent has heen
In par heoltio drielhg the bast few
years, but he lo no worse. lie tester
Ilyine quietly in London with hie
Amerlean wife.
WAKEN HIN MIXT CARR.
Sir Reboot litreenit, on whole %Inas
tbe Mills houses, Now York, were
built, and who planned London's Hew-
WONIEN WOUILD PREVENT IT,
ton tomato, as the Poor 111-n's Hotels
for the IloPr womPn, thongh mousey
, are called, intends establishing
iitilegmatle And biking Iltte part oil sonlisr inetItution for women. He has
the /affairs of men, when aroused to recei„.1 en °up,. of 440,040 from 8
the Nemeth pitch are. perhaps, t more personal friend In America te this
merinos fneto- than &ha Boer comman- met Sir Mehard Tarrant etas inter -
doe The British puelic le only het, viewod by the representative of the
beginning "r 110A. P., brit refueed to Civet • the name.
The emote' offered w4 1 one
house holding 563 women. The hairl-
ine is intended for the use of may
woman able to pay eighty rents per
week for a room. The inalitutlen will
he welf-aupportieg, anl interest wall
Pr011iablr be paid on, the 1641000
anTrUnited States, but has dee ined.
Mr. White intends to return to
Johannesburg, where he has muck
property, when the war is over. But
he dorbta if his holdings titers aro
weeth much, believing tba Boer* will
wreck the towit anI mOsee before sur-
rendering.
A LITTLE BOASTING.
"W. no looger," adiri Mr. White.
"hilts cable concoction with Presi-
dent Kruger, so 1 ans unable to
speak defietely regarding Boer
opioion 01 tha progress of the war. I
do bellave, however, that after botb
eiden have had mete fighting they
will grow tired-, AIM an offer by Pre-
si.dent McKinley to arbitrate wilt he
accepted. l'resident Kruger will not
surrender until the last ditch, and
that will slot be reachet 10fore bit-
tles are fought far harder than ha•e
yet marked the campaign. Even if
Presateet Kruger wished to mike
terms hp could hot 40 00. The
ifileffeetion In Ceps Colony. Alien
the fighting In n11 over, nothing will
have been acoompilidwit for tha Petah,
tierrearh relleale obadient, will take no
pert and no interest la Internal mat-
ters, harboring wl racial tenitriti
the memnry of the! wrongs. Islet le-
an/ling hate of the English Int.) thoir thouoe (h. sain
I given Interest
itionervos offropr)ng, time laying the free.'
peer* of continual unrest.°
CA*/ RE PUNISHED.
RegiNcIN(1 TWA (TORR.
The 10111,1501 of Midi liagiatentes ex- owed sh•t • wellies of foreign •s.
The Frearh Appeal Omens halo dm
h Ilet leg tendencier to Nystleathie with tiewerly Can he ponialeet fn Frames
the Mere pontificate nt 4 Ilionly ratty,.
Mr. Santoro o'Kelly, Chairman of the si*4 * ie. foeberiftim 4.444 a sm..
tie tahatery. 'ft.. elecielOn wee read-
aktim. while It le mist thAt A 'umberbaatse ,
Mere County Council, le the loWwhi Weida D1=15, who in Pebruary
wioat for Ude °Mance.
of (OA Magistrntes In the ' west asibee of Kajyr Pentsmrdi and
hen* been nalrod hy the Lord I hen- V.pta)n Dreyfus were dragged into
realer for An Papintuation of their
etypechree, whieli is a probated+ prelim- the trial, which was followed by ter -
holey to their ramlorril.
A l'Tril RRICE. Trona Di Musette being a foreigner
Ions appeals on the ground of
sod therefore not 'Cable to punish -
Hr. JA WO Brice. Liberal member of aunt. New tblit point has he.. too
'ornament he, the Pouth lotriatere of (aided, further averielneeta will take
Aberdeen, 1)0* been ohnliengted to no pier* and the trial to be one
sign Ids swot, by 005 of PO leading et the longest MOWN rte.
.Hon. wiii:em PAtereon will emu*
at (Ivrea Seoul en the lelit Met., aid
aa the following overlies at Cb.t.-
woi'l b.
Matireo Gramen le reported to be
stirring up the Culliaas to fight the
United States, vliteh is rednetng Hee
mtalbse alt. iron* la the Weed.
[Market Reports
--Otto
The Week.
•
LEADING WEIRAT M4R1CSTI3
Following are the elute% prima se
importaut wisest outres to -day :
Deo. May.
09 64 3-4 $0 69 14
New York 0 71 1-4 074
St. Louie 9673-4 9 71 14
Toledo ....-.. - 1167 074
Detroit, rat .. 0 63 1,e, 0721)-8
Detroit, white 0 - -
'Muth, No. 1,
Northern ... -.0 113 5-8 007 5-8
Minneapolla 0 45$-4
TORONTO HIDES ANC' WOOL.
Hides 7 1-4 to 9 1-20; hides. cured.
9 to 9120; cabala& No. 1. 100
kunbeklms. fresh. 115 to 900; p.bta.
fresh, 65 to 90c; r
8 1-2 to 4 1-20; wool, fleees. 15o to
113o; uowashed fleece. 9 to 9 1-2o;
palled. super, 15 to 16 1-2e; tallow.
rough. 1 1-2 bo 3 1-4o.
TORONTO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Following 1. 11'. range of current
quotations: Shippces. per owe.. $1 So
$1.62 1-2; butober. oboice. per °Wt.
9835 to $4.25; lubber, obedient to
aa to $8.50; butcher, inferior.
good. 12.75; Mockers. per cwt..
$425 to $8; sheep. per owe., $3 to
841.25; lambs, pee cwt., 38.50 to 114;
books, per cwt.. 12.25 to C2.50; cows.
each $g5 to 330, calves. each 12 to
1110o *bolo" bogs, per est, $4 to
$1.87 1-8; Said hola per owt„ 34;
heavy hogs, per owt„ $8.75 to 14.
Grata and Preemie.
Toronto, Dec 9 -Flour - Ontario
pauses, In bags, 33.311 to SOTO;
straight rollers, 118.85 to 33.45, Hun-
garian patents, $8.90; Manitoba bak-
ers', 38.60, all on track at Toronto.
Oheat--Gaterio red and White, 65c
north and wart; 6/8a north and
weet ; No. 1 Jobe liard, 731-2e,
Toronto. end No. 1 uorthera at
74 1-2c.
Onte-White oats quoted et 25 1-2c
west
Barley -Quoted at Mie for No. 2
wart , feed barley, 85 to 86c.
Rye.- at 50e north and went.
Bra ty IOUs soil bran at 31e,
and shortie at 316 in car iota, 1. o.
Toronto.
Buckwheat -Firm. 4010 north and
51e. east.
Corn -Canadian, tC to 83o wart;
American, 40c on track here.
Oatmeal -Quoted at 38.40 by the
bag sad zamo by the barrel, oa track
all Toronto, in ear lote.
°Thetiooltst, Ole Monts -mei meet, fee
inemettiste shipment.
00 Lawremeo
Toronto, Dee. 9.-800e1111e of farm
produce were large. 8.150 bushels of
grain, -25 loads of bey. one of 'tom,
a few dremeed bogs, and the Will&
deliseries ot butter. eggs anti poultry.
Wheat -Red and effete *nee easier,
900 bushels selling at 67 to 68 1-2c.;
goose, unchanged. 40G bushels at 69c.
Ratio!. fires: 1.200 tuaheie *old at
42 to 43 3-2c.
Oats. li10547, 800 illeediele selling st
to 29c.
lir/. unchanged; of or load selling at
53c.
Hay, steady, ZS Neel' selling at $10
to $11.10, per tost for timothy. and
etilei at $9 to 111950
Straw. one load mold at icor ton.
Dramed Hogs -Pekoe unchauged at
$5.25 to 35.311) per cwt.
Poultry -Torbay' sold at 9 to 100.
per Ib.. geese 6 to le.. chhimne 40 to
75e. per pair, decks 60 te Wk. per
pair.
kissiA. eel. WS?e ahltail Rik
allfreaterTiereee IOU/KO borehole et
Vold .a0I1 WOK, _ts ._p_leeat Mold
11.10"PIN11/10,11114 gmel
-111. it06.
Fares Produce Wholesale.
Toroert o, Dee. 9 -Ha y, haled, ear
iota per ton" NOS to $1.75; straw,
baled. car Iota, per too, 31 to $4.50;
potatoes, car iota. par beg, 27 1-2c to
40e; butter, elides tribe 17o to 18:.;
medium tuibs. 14e to 150; dairy. lb.
roUs, 18 to Ilk; ereemery, lb. rolls,
Me to 23e; creamery. boxes, Ole to
glte ; large roils, per lb., 170; eggs,
betd. 17e s neer had. to FM holm!.
per lb., Ile to 19o; turkey', per lb., no
to lo; gamy, pee lb., flo to lc; desks,
per pair, 40c to 60o; chickens, per
pair, 25o to 50c,
armee Maricsts
lAverprool, bee. 9. -Wheat, North-
ern srprioo, 5s 1114.1; No. 1 let, tis
110 to ea 241; red winter. feo 60;
awn. Se 6141; pees, 5. 54; pork,
prime sesame meas. 571 SI; lard,
prime weetern, 27s 111; Amer:can re -
Mort 29e: tallow, Auetrallan, 25e
Od; American, good to fine, 2510 4I4 ;
bacon, long clear, light. 85e; heavy,
540 51; short clear, heavy, 8311;
cheese. colored, Me: white, 57s;
Wheat flew; corn firm.
Liverfolot-Orme-Spot, wkeat firm;
red winter. 6e 8-10; smelters inning.
5e 11144; futures quiet. March and
May, fie 10-1; .pot corn, then, se
• ; futures, slowly. March Rs 6-
1-41. May fie 6d; float, 17. 44.
London -Close - Wheat cargoes
welting at cretporte, 1; off the coast,
buyer* and setters apart ; Oil Pal-
mtge. ostlers asking an at:Basco of
31; corn. off the ',oast, nothing do-
ing on pelmage. firmer, with bet-
ter enquiry. 3d !debar.
MIDS.
In Chicago to -day timothy *sod
closed steady •t 112.40 per 100 lbs.
for December and steady at 32.50 for
March. Clover closed bee lower at
$7.50 for December and $7.75 for
March. itt Toletto old fins clover
seed MIle ooed higher at 40 for Dee.,
and steads at 1K.50 tor arch.
In Chicago yesterday timothy weed
closed steady at *2.40 per 100 lbs. ferf
December and steady at 02.50 fess
March. Clover closed steads at $7.75
for Denember and I3.05 lor March. in
Toledo old petrol clover seed clouted be
higher at 35.50 for Deeember anti 5e
high** et $540 bld tor htareh.
MANCHF.SITER ROW= MARKET.
Andrew Clarosmt & Pons, Manehooter,
Eng, report butter anti ehense mar-
kets as follows:
Butter -We have to report it brisk
market and as adrence made in the
priest for Danish and Swedish of
tleilto 4e per (+wt. The arrivals to
port shewed an inoresse of quite 450
make, but they have bean More evenly
divided. Rome cloning, which were
running Irish ensues, have now
turned to Denlah. =Saes had
Vmarket in
adlan has been more Inquired foe.
at hardootoing pekes. We (Moto as tne
der
Choteset banish anti Swedish, 110
do 12114 , choicest Irish creams. 110e
to 114a , eholesee Auertratian, 1044 to
1081; choiceet Canadian. 104. to
1061.
Meese -The fight between ha
porters and destare still nonthoues.
ihe Utter taking MD &clam' minim -
manta. A little free busing would
e tiflein prime quickly. me (motorises.%
white and ilekared at 521. to 37s.
Oata-One hhilessaud Mohair said.%
28 to Mho
Bartel, - Fifteem hundred buabei.
sold at 41 10 4110.
Peaa-One load iMial at 60u.
Beeter-Okaall (Alerting,. ewe o
noodersee deemed at le to :zoo fin
(*Um poMed rella
goips--Moderate reoselpter ; netutrui
desisted at 25 to lie for Meetly
USW WM alad 82 IA 28u foe fresh
PoultrY-rtlf),....____$ 'alio releeilde awl
Ma* dentana owasesser rare geuteo
a% 25 to tOo. deeka 40 eo 600, sem*,
Itc, turkeys $ 10 9c.
Potatoes -Very few offered- Dego
by the Weeple loild ale medal at
40 ea 450, eon *mailer quantithe
at 43 to 50e.
Dreenisd Hogs -Market unchauge•
at $4.25 to $3.40 per cwt.
Hay And Straw-FUteen loads or
hay sold at $10 to $11.130; mil&
hay sad clover. $0 to $9.50.
atraw offered Soday.
Bradstreet reporte an lecrease of 1,-
390,000 busbebe - this week la the
worlde elation upply of wheat. toot
of Rockanelj..sd 1.290,000 beat,
els, and in Europe and afloat lucreueo
100,000 bushels. tkam tocreaead
000 bailee, and mita increased 101,-
000 bushels.
Mocks of wheat tri store at Port Ar_
thur and Fort WIttlato on Dec. ng
were 1,663,765 bushels. as &intuit 1,-
719,706 Umbels 00 NOV. Mith, end
662,499 barbels a year ago.
Bradstreet*" en Trade.
triads to
astr:tory. The movement of graiu
01iads at Wiestpeg ar
:e
last tnos4h was considerable and the
money oirettlatioa of the Province la
larger than seer before at this time
of the year. The prise Of wheat io
mot as high as farmers would like
to see it. The fanners have been
making; liberal purohaaes at country
points and retailers are well sup-
plied witk cash. The wholesalers at
Winnipeg are doing a good business.
Business coedit ioas at Montreal are
entirely ea tefactory. The holiday
trade is enlarging, the spring 'rads
fa expandiug and the prospects are
thee tithe racedb's saint will be lane
sr titan they were fe November.
Values continue to advance in mast
lines. Profits en Abe pest seasoa's
trade bare been large. I'hate ia a
very keen demand for messy sad
mosey and rate. montleas firm at
previous quotations'.
There is • good demand ter staple
In.. at Vancouver an3 Victoria.
There is, of course, no lameness beisg
done anis los the Northern Minim
country. TO. holiday trade la also
causing an Minimised demand. Mocks
are not large sad that makes holden
of ••rious lines Dow is deemed Very
firm. Provisions are in good deleted.
A recent feature of the provislon mar-
ket at Vancouver wail an advance is
the price of fresh Inggli to 65:-.
Busineas at Illentiltoo has bee,
moderately active this week, but it la
certain tkat if the weather had been
colder sales would hare been larger.
Merchants are looking forward lo a
drop in the mercury to stimulate
sales. Payments to Om wholesale
firms ire reported to be prompt
for thin eeneon although the grain
inarketiags have been small ,ately
owing to tLe moderate denuad.
Moos: is In good deemed- The tear
of new Mehl/dries betas started to
Hamilton is encouragiag to bailees"
melt.
Wholesale tradeat Toronto has de-
veloped some features ot idtoreet
tbis week. The sales have !tot been
showing much increase- Velma coo.
tinue to advance. Woollen good' arc
firm. Hog products bays been rather
quiet.- Live hogs have advanced 14n
per lb. There is a good demand for
hardware "ad metals with a stroll
upward tendency in some lines. Pay-
ments from the retail trade arc
good.
Grain deliveries In the Thema, al
Londoo hare been small this Week.
and business as far as the farmere
•re concerned - bag sot lase fen
active, but the retell city trade has
been very active lately, the unfaosr-
able weather having apparently made
little hispreesios on the sales tempt
of hes•y wiuter atuff which is rertaln
to move out More actively with the
first void amp. The farmers are
wall supplied wIth cash sad meetry
purchases tale mouth are likely to
show a large increase.
I VERY COOL CUSTOMB
n the Maki
1oel".-.(41ere4rereiPAGFR'Aliethlirr*.;
lie story of the awful night of the
torture end death spent by 146 Brit -
ti prisoners in the Beek Hole of
(Joliette en Julie 1810, 1856, has leen
,cod with a feeling of horror lot
Peri,' 11 oenturl and a half.
In cm old paper recently resurrected
a gaenti la this city there twits
rand there awl grephic student of
roe eight of /uttering and death as
told la the words of taus of tie aur-
,
irbe7
I would em froeonfinine of the prisoner's la this
sem this tale that
.4444 twouimingeonan attnecialetilhut and torrid
itight rather thau
4.1411. as the prissouerd were orderuiJ
ado the Black Hole, near whicit they
aro. beiug guarded, after menu *C-
owie to fled it more eultaillor loca-
tion. and they bed mitered and died
chiefly because uo ous would or.:er
their removal when 11 wee discovered
that the dungeon was literati, a
once of death, without Ordere from
the Nabob. who wee asleep. Ids at-
tendants fearing the conseouence.1 of
awakening him.
In an hour after the door cluipad ou
the littler of hie merciless a
Pumber were dead. and Moil the
rest were raring *setae's,
phrlinioera(ouranir
anhoduwesatertesCrly 103 of le 146
were (1284, an awfu mor-
tality, which probably duvet those
who ourrivei from a similar fate.
When the order of release was lewd
twelve boars had not expired since
the fatal door waa Owed, but unlY
twenty-three hell -dead victims aur.
bed. and marched out into the morn-
ing light and air. Moat of 11*00,0 loons
Here beweediately re'eased, anti told
L, go where they pawed. The story
.J.taraniesrelsorguardtsfoliuws:
. .
tinheterPrigintiew ergiewItit00 t irstlihriniagouto ruistirrale%
Mr. Motweit, fhe chief man Mattaii.4
found lila uotortunate cont-
end oilseed Ibis coffiagration In
to laffecate Sheet betweeu 410 two
Usioielecesere tmeglood their no=,
thielk flame on either hand that
teeth skies of the fort were already
in flames. which npproached with sio
lindens aseembled and surrounded by
Several Oulidlogs on tbe [birth sad
ch Ade a the eastern gate
the fort extended a range of
bamberi, adjoiaing to the curtain;
itnd before the chambers it ',uremia.
or open gallery ; it was ot embed
masonry. and Thtended to 14*11*
the soldier" froso the Arun rein,
lo being low. almost totally ob-
i the etwoubers bolded trent
itav, aad air; and whIlat some
el lille guard were looking in other
FAR of tdee factory for proper
pie01111 to mulles the prieceers der -
tee MN night. the rest ordered
Mom 'to assemble la reeks endow
the veramtai on the right hand ef
the mateway. where they restahled
ler souse time with es little mug&
nue ot their Impending fate, that
they Omitted among themselves at
aeruniter oidity of the disponi-
tine, and aneuresi themselves', with
toonjecturiag whet they would next
ileAboseurderede 8 ot4I'ciock times who ho
boa sent to etamine the rooms re-
ported that they had found none Id
10, 11). on which the pen-
dent offtoer commanded the prisms -
to to go into one of the wale
which stood behind tbes along the
It wars the COmmoM deingeon of
the garrison. and was called
Biallincity""leoi the primers. knowlei
tee piece, began to expostulate,
men which tbe officer orderel
ern to out Gown those who beet-
tatett MI which the prisoners obey -
td. tot before all were within the
teen 4005 410 throsied that the last
Karol will' diffkmity. Tits guar '
enteduitely ciosed and locked tbe
lee. confining 146 persona iti
men oot twenty feet (square. With
sly two small window,, and tbese
are obstructed by the verandn.
It was the hottest season of the
r and the night uncomfortably
'try, even at this period. The .s-
tn pressure oe their bodi•
last ass another sad tate Winter -
heat which prevailed as soon as
door was abut, convinced the
ners that was impossible to
e ehrough the tOght In this hoer.
ptce°66:eeeanf
resnIilledlei. *lidielvyil°L.Qmaide att
col the_ door. but without effect,
it opersed inward, •t which many
ales trustier will fright and suffer-
retnotleoi' fitwhell6wiheadtoPol,ae.4031011at
to remain 100&pote-1 both is
ad and body •5 the only means of
Tering the ,plght, an$ hie rentoa-
RIVP/1 PretitICAld • Alert Interval at
set, dorieg which he •pplied to an
Jetnaiddar, who bore souse marks
humanity ta his eountesaitee, pro-
m" te give MID Mae thousana
In the eternity he he wort,/ sop -
the prisoaere lobo. two chant-
nahWos iun wee: to try, but
relief (amid 'be espeoted, as the
Iwoken
impossible, when Kr. ifolwall
g in a few minutes, alai it
nsleep, and no one dared
with the fatal sentence that
tiio meantime every admit, had
sel their tut/edam'. The Grit
of thoir colefinemene was a pro-
le -1 continued sweat, witkoh soon
wed Intolerable thirst, sumeeri-
1T oternelatiog pains In the
e, "Oh dttfieuiloy of breathing,
• 0.11.4 Ihl'• • ir,,."4111sellptt• hribui°twriwariohlraltb.:414011heeemita"abliU1;..Widollirelair:11:eritoliellt7:711"(111""edpnetruhillie:rt4trrivabwibpbt::.ftrik:nrrhpilmerbilinrtt-1
Nit._.17i4.4ithpahotrof:0:170.ext,pedhonvziehlhnn,tudrw,beetinsantdhoustireerlivrare-e;
tee same time, and, after remain -
41O. which, ftP before, re -
tonne... were again ramie b) love
trampled to death by their aorta
several, unabie to rise again.
ntsirtiil??wahie lit F:Water, w-
folt ; lit,he:
rn
rooJI7neidimmoIirtel
stie water to .
to the winewaleo Matelohie on.ent.ne,, iwsell
threelfill Pomp of doe( rIvr
11/4"114 el'imiosivretrve, tnflorctent,,:"--
ennishlimet,etrirc
e.
t ntrihirly serve '
Walked into a Hospital to Get
Neck Mended.
mi••=11.1.•
rummg BilTPLY
Dee. 4. '00. Deo. 5, IRE
Wheat. ... 66.778.000 24,148.000
Dorn. ... 11,712,000 50.841.000
Oats. he- 6083,000 ne644,000
Wheeit &cream 1418.001 huh. hurt
weak. as atmeinst an Intoreese of 746.
000 Moto the correwpond week a
Mei year. Clore La,n.ij 140.000
hail. lase weak. amid nate leuweased
304.000 Melt.
Dee. 7.--Ora10 reesipte ou the
Arent siheillet be wow, fah.
A SURPRISE FOR THE SURGEONS
New yeek. Dee. 9. --John Morierito
of Dobbs' Ferry, has exrdted the won
derHoupioltabeI. yankerephyskotanet at St. Janet"
4.65toielinthe h°1osptd. %aline Drwlertl171
asked him what ailed hint. Moriarity
replied that his reek was broken fiv•
week" Ago by a tall frost 4 scaffold.
Asked where he had come from he re
piied tomis.rery.
hat hehardwalked six sa
freinw
It WM hard for the doctor to he
levet the flor', bat he promptly hod
Mortarity pet to bed. It was found
that the man's $a0104101% that hisi
..unineetrnanktelpwaparauesal bobrokentienobh.gedWa.eorrect10 sodorgt; aThr
de
Dr. A.i1.1111eiskler Dead.
Brookline. Deo. 11. -News lies been
received by Mains* here of %be death
la Ot. Paul, Memo yeetordar a Dr
A. E. fienitier. Damsel was the
younger* son of the date Rev. E. .1
ftenkier. of this town, and a brother
.4 Judge Ranklme 01 sa. cathertera
and Judge Settler, of per*, �pwis
a graduate of McGill, but 11.041 pear
tiled hIli profess** In Bt. Peel for
MAnY yleirL 'The reamiss wiii 1**
Nought byre for lutetneent on Titers
day.
tleree Senators 111.
Ottawa, Mee. 12.-(Speets0.--. tkrr
1101"tors are seid to be eery W. Ann
dot likely to he able to take tkelr
outs again. They are Reeatersereen.
a Gilt; %Mesa, a /Vegetal ;" dud
Mr 'reek Nordtb, Toronto.
Fell DE • Teals and Was KUlled•
ArroprIor, Ont., Den. 12.-184* 1.4113"
faannery, daughter of the toweshie
clerk 01 Pakenham, wee found alone
Ode the C. P. R. treelre Mire weal id
itle tantalum fibs eOldeeto
elt
tr=illied oil 6 "Illt"
Throe IK Med frp
alInnahLeff. Vet I1e-38 *Or-
,
Ida
R 0., hest weak, a vas assiefl
ar4 was rue, w 4.*,.
He Med at 1‘. ' 4-wn
other men were •Witb•
In fortpekght • more or
ottleat,
r*tritious-
la Reseraelio, :71,. •
netted a* :
ataatIn.
*be
• ar
- eking* ne
, moo' free
newel Gear'
aw,..__Imow whin were 11
Min and in the
‘I'lv peewee
'et