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The Exeter Advocate, 1894-5-3, Page 2CREAM OF SHE NEW Notes of what is Goy di' all Oyu the WO. OF INTEREST TO ALL RE BERS.. There were465 fresh eases cif cholera at Lisbon on Sunday, Emperor William is about to retire 30 Generals from active service. An extensive section of a urine near aiahanoy City, Pa., is an fire. The Spring Assizes opened yesterday at Marcie. No criminal cases wereZocketed. Hon, J. S. Ball, Provincial Treasurer of )Quebec, leas a severe attack o£ scarlet lever. Jesse Seligman, a well-known banker of L,ondan and New York, is dead. He leaves 1$15,000,000. Congressman Jerry Simpson, of Kan- sas, is in a critical condition at his resi- klence in Washington. In the English House of Commons yes- terday the royal assent to the Behring Sea Act was announced. Michael Boland, ono of the celebrated 'triangle of the Clan-na-t ael, died at his home in Kansas City yesterday; Ben Tuggle, a colored miner, who killed Fred. Haman, a white man, at Cherokee, Inas., was lynched there yes- terday.' The rifle competitions at the Bislev ranges begin this year on July 9th, and preparations for the meeting are in ac- tive progress. George Dunlord, paid to bo a Canadian, bas been maltreated and run out of town at Palatka, Fla„ 'for making offensive re- marks against Roman "'Catholics. William Little, a farmer living at Ver- ilchoyle, committed suicide at Nilostown Saturday by taking laudanum which he had purchased the previous day in Lon- ldon. Chief Justice Armour is presiding at the !Assizes which opened at Kingston yester- day. Mr. Justice MacMalion is presiding at St. Catharines, and Mr. Justice Street lit Barrie. The London Times says that news of ;the gigautic coal strike and the march pf the Industrial Army again shakes the Idea that the United States is the work- man's paradise. While riding a bicycle yesterday Mr. W. 'A: McCulla, ex -M. P., of Brampton, ran ante a cart, was thrown 'down and $Hocked senseless by the cart wheel :striking his head. There was a large number of visitors to the tomb of Shakespeare at Stratford - on -Avon yesterday, the anniversary of the poet's birth. Many wreaths were laid upon his tomb. During the month of March Great Brit- ain imported from Canada more than ;three thousand tons of hay, and the opinion is expressed that the demand swill rapidly increase. Fred. Williams, a young lad, son of Air. Adrian Williams, No. 14 Hamilton street, Toronto, was run over by a wagon in Queen street east yesterday afternoon landkilled instantly. Chief of Police Young, of Chatham, Ont., has formally complained that in his opinion due and proper steps are not being taken to prevent the spread of diphtheria in Chatham. A convention is to be held at 'Teter- boro' on May 2 to arrange for the sending of a deputation to Ottawa to urge the prosecution of the work on ;the Trent Valley Canal. Corrected figures of the great miners' strike in the United States show that some 13 7,000),. men have •quit work in obedience to the order of the United aline Workers' Association. Isaac F. Bissell, formerly superintend- ent of the American sawmill of Trenton, 1d. J., has been arrested for embezzling $2,000 of the company's funds and for gorging a cheque of $185. The electric lights in the main body of Grace Church, Brantford, went out Sunday night, and, curiously enough, the next hymn was " Lead, Kindly Light, 'Amid the Encircling Gloom." Mrs. Gleiser, an old resident of Water- loo, Ont., while sitting in her pew in the Lutheran Church during a funeral service on Saturday, was stricken with 'apoplexy and died ; aged 79. A statue of Shakespeare was unveiled in Lincoln Park, Chicago, yesterday. The statue was erected in accordance with the provisions of the will of Samuel Johnston, who left $10,000 for that pur- pose. 'The English Cabinet was summoned to a special council yesterday. It was said to have been necessitated by the refusal of the Radical members of Par- liament to support certain Government proposals. Emile Carnot, the Anarchist, who was arrested in London on Saturday, was arraigned iu the Bow Street Police Court yesterday. He said that he and Porta intended blowing up the Royal Ex- change. The steamship Premier, from Jamaica, with at cargo of fruit, was due in Mon- treal some days ago. She left Halifax last Monday morning, and on Wednes- day morning passed St. Paul Island. (.Chis was the last heard of her. There were several slighter earthquake shocks experienced in Greece on Sunday and yesterday. The total number of deaths reported is two hundred and ;twenty-seven, oz which one hundred and ;thirty took place at Maleeina. It was stated in the Prussian. Diet yesterday that the position of husbandry was so serious that it needed earnest attention. During the past decade the mortgages on faints had increased by lane and a half milliards of marks. .August Demers, 61 Montreal, has just entered upon 'his sixth terra in peniten- tiary. He broke a store Window and stole some whiskey with the avowed pur- pose of being sent •to the prison from which he had just been liberated. Frank Payne, a young married man, was arrested a few days ago on the charge of criminally assaulting a 14 - year -old girl of Wellington street, St. 'homas. On Saturday W. 3. Hooper and ;wife, in whose house the assault was made, were arrested as accessories to the crime, and were admitted to bail in $400. Mr. Chas. E. 1t. Vincent asked. the Government in the House of Commons yesterday las to the truth of the report that 1,658 emigrants had been sunt baek to England in 1898 under the United Statee immigration laws. Mr, il!'+Cnndella, ` President of the Board of ICrade, said there had been only 840 ;elnigr'ants returned during 1898, A Meeting 01 the Montreal Board of LCrade has been called for Thursday, in 7rosphnse to a petition, for the purpose of giving an expressign of opinion on the resent aetiou of the Government in nts appointment of Mr. Vanaeso as ship- ping master of the port of Montreal, in opposition to the request, of the greater part 01 the shipping trade; The Pope received the Spanish Bishops yesterday afternoon. He spoke to thorn at some length on Freemasonry, whose growth in Frame, Italy and Spain he greatly deplored. The Bishop of Vit- toria mentioned the offer of the Vittoria municipal authorities to give the Pope a refuge in case lie should feel obliged to leave Ronne, Tho Popo replied that he should remain in Rome to guard the tomb of the Apostles. Counnandant Bootle returned from the West yesterday. In an interview lie said the army will erect large buildings at Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Bran- don, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg, Fort William, Port Arthur and other points. In Vancouver and Winnipeg they will build large labor hotels for the poor. Loudon, Ontario, will also be supplied with a large building, and $25,000 bar- racks are to bo erected in Montreal. Mr. Emory Howe and Miss Lottie May King, both of Belmont, were mar- ried ou Tuesday, On Friday morning Mr. Howe disappeared. It is since re- ported that he is not a Widower, as stated in the license, but that wife No. 1 lives in St. Thomas. Rev. tle H, Carrie, Belmont, refused to marry the couple until Mr. Howe produced proofs of his first wife's death. Then they went to another ministee, who married them. Mary Adelyn Torrance, who was mar- ried on July 16th, 1879, at Toronto, Canada, to George W. Torrance, has be- gun an action in the Supreme Court at New York, against him for an absolute divorce, and Judge Beach yesterday, granted an order for the service of the summons on him by publication. Mrs. Torrance has resided in New York since October, 1891. Her husband lives at No. 18 Front street, Toronto, Canada, where he has resided for fifteen years. A graduate of Aberdeen College, Scot- land, named Bruce, who was'in the King- ston Penitentiary for the third or fourth time, died some days ago' from inflamma- tion of the longs. Last year he fell in the south wing and broke his arms, but the wounds were healed. He was over 60 years of age. Several other convicts have also died from the same disease. Warden Lavell says there has been quite an epidemic of inflammation this epring, both among guards and Convicts, but the rate of mortality has not been greater than outside. The steamer Faraday, after Ianding the shore end of the Commereial Cable Co's. new cable on Wednesday, proceeded to lay out to sea 148 miles of cable of a heavy type. This was completed at 6 o'clock p. m. (Irish time) yesterday. She then buoyed the end and returned to Ballinskelligs to take aboard an anchdr buoy, after which she sailed for Canso, N. S., to commence operations on the American side. During the work of paying out communication was kept up between the ship and the shore through the cable, and the electricians on board report the cable as being perfect. In the Imperial House of Commons yes- terday, Mr. Charles B. Stuart -Wortley, Conservative, asked the Government whether the Dominion of Canada had notified the Colonial Office of the cessa- tion of the royalty of 12 1-2 per cent. on reprints of British copyrights. Mr. Mundella, President of the Board of Trade, said the Government had not as yet received such notice. The Govern- ment was aware that Canada was not satisfied with the international copy- right, and wished to be released from the operation thereof. 'The Government and the Dominion of Canada were still in communication on the snbjet. Two brothers named Ledgerwood, Ar- thur Cox and Archibald White have been committed for trial for burglaries in Arnprior. For some years burglaries had been going on, until finally Detective Coon was secured. He ingratiated him- self with the suspected ones, spent money lavishly, and was to all appear- ance one of the gang. He got their secrets, shared in their nightly orgies and thefts, and finally last Sunday night he and his friends set put for plunder. But by preconcerted action on the part of the detective, the police were put on the alert, and were able to arrest the gang in the very act. Mr. John Robinson, a painter for Messrs. R. Lewis & Co., London, had a thrilling experience this morning. While walking on the Grand Trunk Railway track at Pottersburg, two miles east of London, he was struck by a west -bound freight tram, going fifteen or twenty miles an hour. He was thrown on the cowcatcher, and, grasping the coupling - rod, held on for dear life. The driver slowed up, and, thinking the man had been killed, sent the crew back to pick up the mangled remains. He was aston- ished to find Mr. Robinson on the engine, unhurt beyond a few bruises. He is very deaf, and did not see or hear the train before it struck him. BEIBS GOTS6,000. While 5106,000 Filtered Through Execu- tors' Hands as Expenses. New York, •April • 21.-A Bridgeport, Conn., special to the Sun says : The nine heirs of the late P. T. Barnum re- ceived as their share of the income from the estate last year $6,000. The gross income was about $114,000, and there is dissatisfaction among some of the heirs with the manner in which execu- tors Fish and Hincks are managing the estate. The last report of the executors had not been accepted in the Probate Court, the claim being that the expenses are wholly disproportionate to the receipts. The report of the executors shows that it cost $41,000 to collect $114,000, which came to the estate last year. Clinton Barnum Seeley, the favorite grandson of the dead showman, is push- ing the investigation. PENNSYLVANIA MANORS. The word " manor " is of frequent occurrence throughout rural Pennsyl- vania, and it frequently marks some one of the 60 odd manors conferred upon the heirs of William Penn by an Aet of 1779. These manors, ranging from 200 to many thousand acres, were scat- tered .thickly over the eastern part of the State, and their names have since become the names of many townships. The manors aggregated more than 500,- 000 acres, and included some of the finest lands in Pennsylvania: New York Sun. COMBUSTION IN THE COAL PILE. In regard to the ignition of coal in bunkers Professor Vivien Lewes says : Coal has the power of absorbing oxy- gen from the air, and when in masses of a thousand tons or more, especially when mucb broken and moist, would heat and even ignite. This is due to the absorbed oxygen setting up chemical action with the. hydrocarbons of the coal, and not, ae is generally supposed, from the oxi- dation of the coal itself."--N'ew, York Engineer. Every single aetiou of o life c - , K . y ur 1 ar ries in rte train either a reward or a punishment,however little disposed: we are to admit that each is the case. -Oita Proverb. A GRECIAN SHAKE. Thebes Destroyed by an Earth- quake. TRE KILLED AND THE HOULDU%. Houses Tumble as if of Cardboard -Wor- shippers Buried Beneath the Walls of Churches and Many Talton out Dead - The Government Taking Measures to Succor the Homeless. Athens, .April 22. -The reports, which are comiug in slowly, show that the damage to property as the result of Fri- day night's earthquake shocks was very great throughout the districts shaken. As yet no loss of life has been reported, but a 'great number of persons were injured, some of thein seriously. A num- ber of cases of iujui'y haw's been reported from 'Atalanta, Thebes, Vola, Larissa and other places. The greatest damage was sustained at Thebes. The inhabit- ants are without food or shelter. Despatches received last evening state that many villages in the province of Larissa and Phocis were destroyed. At one place five children `were buried under the ruins of a convent. Five per- sons are known to have been killed at Cataeais. It is feared that large death lists will be reported from many peaces. The walls of the royal palace iu Athens are much cracked. Hadrian's Gate, near the Acropolis, is also damaged. A war- ship started last evening for the dis- tressed districts with surgeons, engin- eers, 500 tents and a supply of provi- sions. Hundreds of people are camping in the fields. An official telegram has been received from Thebes stating that the earthquake which was felt through Greece totally destroyed that town. The inhabitants are in a sad condition, being almost en- tirely without food or shelter, and the officials request that tents and other requisites be sent to them. No deaths are reported as having occurred in the town. The shocl* was very violent at Atalanta, Talanda and Chalcis. Many houses in these two towns were thrown from their foundations and much dam- age done. The towns of Volo and Lar- issa were also badly damaged. Reports from other parts of the country are to the effect that the earthquake was every- where felt, and more or less damage done. Athens escaped without any dam- age. Reports from the districts which were visited by the earthquake of Friday show that the shocks were more severe and the damage done much greater than was at first supposed. The town of Neapille, near Atalanta, otherwise known as Talanda, seven miles north of Mount Talanda, is a heap of ruins. A number of persons were injured in Ata- lanta, and in Chaleis, the capital of Euboea, 17 miles from Thebes. Volo and Larissa have also sustained consid- erable damage, but Thebes suffered most of al]. Its inhabitants will have to be promptly succored by the Govern- ment, as many are said to be without food or shelter. Some time niay elapse before full details of the disaster are ob- tained, though every effort is being made to obtain accurate information upon the subject. Thebes is on a height anciently occupied by the Cadmeiau citadel. It is situated 26 miles from Livida, and has a population of about 8' AtOhens, April 22. -The earthquake shocks that began at 'about half -past 7 o'clock Friday night continued with more or Iess frequency until noon to- day. All last night the shaking of the earth was noticeable, and %he people' of this city were In a state of semi - panic. Telegraphic communication with many parts of the hountry is badly in- terrupted, and it is impossible to get news from some of the towns that must have been affected by the shocks. In three villages, Maiesina, Proskina and Martino, all in the Province of Lo- cris, 129 persons were killed. BURIED UNDER CHURCH WALLS The Mayor of Larymi telegraphs that a heavy shock occurred at Proskina while vespers were being held in the parish church. The walls bf the church fell, burying all the worshippers in the ruins. Hardly a person 'in the church escaped without injury. Thirty Were taken out dead. Houses 'were thrown down in other parts bf the village, and the money loss is great. Some of the villagers are practically ruined. At Malesina houses tottered and fell as though built of cardboard. In this little village 60 persons' were killed. In some cases, entire (Families, fathers, mothers and cbildren, were taken out of the ruins dead. At Martino 80 persons were killed. Isere, as at Proskina, the parish church was the scene of the greatest number of fatalities. BYZANTINE CHURCH RACKED:• In the vicinity of Athens the fatali- ties were less numerous, but the damage to property is immense. The Church of St. Elyse on Cartella Hill, between the Piraeus and Phalerum, has been racked beyond repair and is tottering. The domes, walls and mosaics o fthe famous Byzantine Church of Daphne are seri- ously injured. The Government will be compelled to adopt extraordinary measures to help the poor in the districts affected. The total number of deaths thus far reported is 169, but there is scarcely any question that this number will be augmented when the more remote villages are heard from. EIGHT VILLAGES DEVASTATED: London, April 23.-A despatch to the Times from Athens says that the earth- quake destroyed eight villages in the district of Atalanta. In this district alone 48 persons were killed and several hundred were injured. Accused by a Medium. Pomeroy, 0., April 21. -This city has been shaken by a succession of sensa- tional shocks, which terminated last night in a dramatic tragedy. On March 81st Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter widow', aged 68 years, was murdered on the porch of the houtie of Clayton Staple, her tenant. Staple and his wife were away from home and returned at mid- night, He claimed that when they reached home he fell over her dead body. Officers scented evidence to convict him and were about to make the arrest,when he was accosted by an alleged spiritist medium while spading in hie garden. She accused him of the crime and hintg details of how the deed was done. He turned deadly pale, walked into the house and blew out his brains. Spokane railway then are organizing and deelare for State ownership of rail- waye. The highest price paid for property in London until 1886 wee 1.285 square feet on Old inroad street, solei for £87,000 ; £1,260,000 an acre, Or $6,800,000. MUCH MARRIED COOK. Served Two Tears in Kingston for Bigamy. Wife Hunting as a Fine Art -Ho - Thought. he was Jtetally Ill and Gave the Snap Away -A Letter Found by Ids Wifo. 13uffelo, N. I., April 24. -Five weeks ago en attorney was summoned to the house of Dr. Bennett B. 00011, of N. 3 Niagara Square, to draw a Will for the doctor, who was supposed to be dying. 1)r. Cook has lived in Buffalo at intervals for several years, and has lived in style, although not having much practice. His will disposed of land in West Virginia, a ranch in Califor- nia, securities of various kinds and a paid- up policy for $60,000 in the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Dr. Cook did not have his insurance pol- icy, as he said he had left it with his brother in Parkersburg, W. Va. He said lie did have receipts showing that the pol- icy was paid up in full, and his wife and the attorney began a search through his trunks for the receipts, They did not find them, but Mrs. Cook did come across a pack - ago of letters, some of old and some of recent date, addressed to Dr.,Cook as "my dear husband," and signed "your wife, Mrs. Dick," Tho letters were postmarked De trait. Mrs, Cook carried them to 0 lawyer's office. and instructed the attorney to in- vestigate. Meanwhile Dr. Cook grow bet- ter, and was declared out of danger. Tho Investigation brought out the fact that Dr. Cook had taken to himself four wives. Tlie first was Miss Gordon, of Parkersburg, W. Ve., who was divorced from him a couple of ,years ago, Tho doctor then went to Cleveland, where, lie got in trouoie, and was obliged to remove to Rochester. After practicing medicine in that city for a year ho went to Toronto, where he was arrested for illegally practicing medicine, and was heavily fined. Then he devoted himself to wife -getting, and was married in that city to a Mrs. Brown, whose husband had left her considerable real estate. Two mouths later ,he appeared at Wind- sor, Canada, met and married Mrs. Dick, in October, 1891. Mrs. Dick learned that her husband had committed bigamy and had him arrested, and leo was sentenced to two years in the Kingston Penitentiary. As soon as he was released he carne to Buffalo, represented that ho had just returned from e trip to Europe. and married Mrs. Sarah 13. Armstrong in January. Mrs. Armstrong, or wife No. 4, having thus discovered her husband's crime, made application to the Courts for an annulment of marriage, and the petition was granted yesterday. It is not known whether Dr. Cook really has title to the property which he appor- tioned in the will, but he did obtain con- siderable money from his several wives. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. The King of Portugal is said recently to have applied for $1,000,000 life insurance. President Cleveland intends to try some of the trout waters of Maine this spring or summer. Ada Negri, the new Sooialistia poet of Italy, is a peasant girl, and is only 23 years of age. Mrs. Potter Palmer is now personally managing the Palmer House, in Chicago, owing to the illness of her husband. Rudyard Kipling sends all his stories to an agent in London, who syndicates them or has them published in book form. John Chamberlain says that Chester A. Arthur was the greatest gourmet of hie time and Roeooe Conkling name next. It is understood that John Wanamaker Is the most heavily insured man in the States. The amount he parries is stated at $1,700,000. Carlyle was content with calling Heine a blackguard ; Mr. Ruskin went one better by likening him to a Dead Sea ape,whatever,; that may mean. -Pall Mali Gazette. Shakespeare was the normal product of the Elizabethan age, which had aooustomed Englishmen to great men and great deeds, and had filled them with great antioipa- tions.-Professor Seeley. Gibbon would have smiled a cruel epi- gram if he had been expeoted to thrust a Latter -Day Pamphlet on the social ques- tion into one of his ohaptere on the Fall of Rome.-Frederio Harrison. David Christie Murray, the English novel- ist, whose wife is suing for a divorce, testified in a London court some days ago that, whereas his income from his writings need to amount to $12,000 a year, it had latterly dwindled until he had to apply for pecuniary assistance from friends. Sossuth's practical ability was not equal to his eloquence and his energy. He was one of the men of ideas (they were com- moner forty years ago than they are now on the Continent of Europe), and the ideas ran away with him and, since he had the " magnetic " quality developed to the high- est pitch, they were very apt to run away with others as well. Concentrated Extract. Doubt' is a ball and chain. Hypooris(y;,,ie a losing game. Ambition is essential to suttees'. Ingratitude is the basest of sins. Success is not wholly' a matter of dollars. Borrowed trouble makes many !i wrinkle. Crepe is a sign of despair; flowers, of life. The Duke of Hamilton's tomb Goat ,e900,- 000. Franoe uses 36.000 tons of tobacco annu- ally. He serves hie friends boat who minds his own bueinees. Indians believe that mirages are canned by evil spirits. hisThe wisestdefeatsman. ie he who appreoiates own Make the best of everything. That is the whole secret of life. Knives and forks were not in general use until the seventeenth oentury. The first faotory for the manufacture of white grass for houses was established in 1330. The Chinese claim to have possessed the art of enameling metals from at least 2000 B. C. To overoome the resistanoe of the atmos- phere.- wild dunks and geese usually fly in triangles. A. Liverpool clergyman preaohes euoh drowsy sermons that lately his feet go to sleep while be is in the pulpit, The Birtoingham (Ala.) Colonization Com- pany bas 500 nogroee'booked for deporta- tion to Afrioa. The company estimates that the deportation of the whole rape from America would Dost $225,000,000. A wedding gift has just been forwarded to the Duchess of York front Bombay, oon- 'feting of two diamond bangles oomposed of 40 brilliants. and two diamond earrings enolosod In a box of carved Surat sandal- wood. While engraving •a matrimonial invita- tion, a New York artist made a ourious blunder. The invitation read thus : " Mr. and Mrs, Johnson have the pleasure to re- quest your present. at the marriage of their daughter. A. dark -eyed man was kept for fifteen years in an unlighted dungeon, in Salzburg, Austria. During that time he never Raw a human fade. When he dame forth into the daylight, It was notioed that his blaok eyes lead beoome blue. The oldest piece' of wrought Iron in ex- !stenoe is belleied to be a roughly-fash- toned sickle -blade found by Belton' in leers use, near Thebes. It was embedded in the mortar under the bane of a Sphinx, end on that a000unt is known as the " efokieshlnx. It is nowMu- seum, the p i n the British nfu- seum, and is belleeed to be nearly 4,000 yeiirs old. DOMINION PARLIAMENT Tho $orae went into Committee 01 Ways and Moans, and considered prole- nary resolutions. Mr, Mills (BOth'lvell) thought the Gov- ernor -in -Council o,tF;ht not to have ppower conferred by the Customs Act to trans- fer duitable goods to the list of goods Which may be imported free of duty. The act of the Act was to hand over to the ovornment of tha day, the legislative war of Parliament. Mr. Charlton said this power was abused, and should be repealed, There was too much government in this eoun- y by Orders-iu-Council. Mr: Gibson complained that the power was not fairly oxereiaed. He anew of a se in which Mair Bros,. of St- aathar- es, had boon refused Remission to bring plates free for repairing ships, whom- a. Hamilton firm have been given the iviloge. Mr. Wallace explained that in that se the plates imported were for repair- ing wooden ships, and consequently did not come within the clause of the free t admitting plates free for ships of on or composite. Mr. Davids considered that the Gov- ernment had not construed the power properly. There was no authority to discriminate, but at present artistes were admitted for a special class of manufacturers, while the same privilege was denied to other manufacturers. Sir John Thompson -The object of the war conferred by the statute was that new industries arise the Government might be able to enlarge the free list on their behalf. The power existed in 1877. He contended that the intention of Par- liament was that goods imported free oder this power should be for some spe- cific purpose, and not for iudiscrimivate use. Mr. Laurier called attention to the case of the Welland Yale Manufacturing Company, of St. Catharines, which by rder-in-Council, dated April 13th, 1898, had been given a special rebate of duty paid for motorial used in axes and tools afterwards exported. He considered this was discrimination against all other like manufacturers. Sir John Thompson -It appears to have been a special case. Mr. Mills (Bothwell) -But that was justice to the other companies. Sir John Thompson -But none others applied for the rebate. Mr. Casey contended that distinction had been made in the case of the Wel- land Vale Manufacturing Company, beth had been granted a rebate Con- ary to the spirit of the Act. The sys- tem opened the way for corruption and .favoritism, and anything that put it in the power of Ministers to create an abuse dull be immediately wiped off the sluts book. Mr. Laurier said the case of the Wel- land Vale Manufacturing Company was perfect illustration of the latitude af- forded the Government to discriminate, however honestly intended, between manufacturer and ma,nuufacturer. The Welland Vale Manufacturing Company had claimed an increased rebate and. more than the other manufacturers on the basis of increased duties on iron from 17 1-2 per cent. ad valorem in 1879 o $13 a ton, or about 50 per cent. A pedal order -in -Council had been passed o meet the case, which was discrimina- on. Mr. Foster --Did any others apply and not get a rebate ? Mr. Laurier -I do not know. In 1886 general law was made, which could o taken advantage of by any manufac- turer, bs}t in 1893 a special law was made for this one firm. Sir John Thompson said this firm had come to the Government, and stated that they had a special grievance, and ow could the Government refuse them hearing ? Mr. Laurier -But it was not a special grievance. Sir John Thompson said he thought it was. It referred only to this particular firm and their goods. He would like the hon. gentleman to show a case where any other firm or manufacturer had applied with a grievance, and had not been given a hearing. Mr. Laurier said it was the duty of the Government to publish all orders -in - Council, so that all manufacturers might know where they stood, and what they were entitled to. Mr. Wallace said that was exactly what the Government had done. A re- bate of 90 per cent. was given to all manufacturers who applied and could rove the quantity of motorial used, ete. This constituted the special case, and was done b3' the Welland Vale Manufac- turing Company. A firm was required to rove the export of the article and its destination, upon which they got a ro- und by departmental order. The House went into Committee of Ways and Means, and proceeded with the consideration of the tariff. Sir Richard Cartwright considered it was extraordinary to tax oatmeal 68 ants, and oats, the raw material, $1 a barrel. According to protectionist prin- ciples that meant that the oatmeal would be manufactured in the United tater. Mr. Foster -There is nc danger of any wrong following. If the hon. gentleman wants to add to it I have no objection. Sir Richard Cartwright -That is not my business. To add to the burdens is the privilege of the Government, and is very freely used. Mr. Foster, on the item of uncleaned rice, moved that it be reduced from five -tenths to three -tenths of a cent per lb., but not less than 80 per cent. ad valorem: Sir Richard Cartwright said this sim- ply meant that the Government proposed to continue'a very odious monopoly. For the sake of maintaining 75 people the Government was going to inflict a tax of over $100,000.gpon the people of the country. He would like to know why the Government abandoned the compare- tively, correct principle of securing a revenue from this source. The Govern- ment was going back to the old system. Temporary repentance had not lasted long. Mr. Foster said that the old tariff on uncleaned rice was 17 1-2 per cent., and it was now proposed to make it three - tenths of a cent, or about 80 per cent. Tho revenue last year from this source was $85,000, and under the duty pro- posed it would be $67,000 or $69,000. Sir Richard Cartwright said that the loss, to the people of Canada in main- taining the two rice mills in Canada was from 100,000 to $200,000. That was nothing less than superlative stupidity. Mr. McMullen argued that the system of taxing rice was a burden upon the poor people of Canada. Mr. Wallace said that rice cleaned in Canada was a bettor and purer article than could bo imported. Mr. Haslam said that the Chinese were the largest consumers of rice, because they lived principally upon it. A reduc- tion' of duty on rice would bo chiefly a relief to them- Ile would like to nee it a little higher. Mr. Mills (Bothwell) contended that this was a tax.upon the necessaries of life, and therefore was chiefly borne by the poorer eleseos. that ht Mr. Fester moved theduty on rice, cleaned, be 11.4 cents per pound. ori er as elf po tr ca in in as pr ea lib it w m power as II u 0 h be in h la w con- trary should statute e m t s t ti a b h a t T t f c S In the pew tariff It rr rs plaood at can't. per pound. 'rind motion would make the duty, what it wits under the. old tariff. .Mr. Fraser eontentled that this was is tax of 65 per cont., and was outrag- ous protection. Mr. Foster said the tux was well con- sidered and equitably levied It was known that rice cleaned in. Burmah wa1d�•• - not so cleanly done as when cleaned by, white labor in this conutry. Sir R. Cartwright charged the Gov- eminent with taking into account then interests of the rice millers in the coun- try only, and not paying attention to. the interests of the consumers, Mr. Martin said reciprocity in wheat with the United States would be very rdvantageous the famMani- toba. The farmtoers s=ifil'rr•eders greaoftly from combinations among the local, wheat - buyers, which depressed the value: If we had froe entrance to the American mar- kets this combination could be overcome, , las it would be prartlen•lly impossible for local buyers to combine With American buyers. Mr. Campbell said millers did not want. tho protection of 15 cents per bushel', and 75 cents per barrel. Mr. Wallace said his hon. friend from „ Kent (Mr. Campbell) had comp to him and asked him to use his influence in having the duty raised Tann 50 cents to, • $1 a barrel. Mr. Campbell said 110 had never made • any such application. Mr. Wallace said he did not care what •• the hon. gentleman said. Loud cries of " Order, order." Mr. Campbell denied the statement, .. and said: "I dare the hon. gentleman: to find any proof to substantiate his ass portion. I never spoke to him, or any, member of the Government, 'a`s'king to - have the duty increased, but, on the eon-. trary, I have voted every time against.. an increase of duty," (Cries of " Order.")•• Mr. Ingram -Did the firm of Campbell, Stevens & Co., of Chatham, make any efforts to have the duty increased? Mr. Campbell -Nona whetever, neither, .by letter nor otherwise. Tho following Bills were read a third time : Respecting the Atlantic & Northwest Railway Company -Mr. Baker., Respecting the Bell Telephone, Com- pany of Canada -Mr. White (Cardwell): To incorporate the Duluth, Nepigon & James' Bay Railway t'ompany-Mr, Masson. The House resumed in Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Davin said he would press upoli the Goverpmeet tette consideration as - to whether they could not meet the views of the farmers of the Northwest and Manitoba by removing what was an irritant to those people, believing, as., he did, that very little cvbeat was im- ptobaorted into the Territories or Mani- . Mr. Tisdale said the icon .member for.., North Wellington (Mr, McMullen) had a way of making statements which com- mitted him to nothing. Was he pre- pared to abolish the duty on wheat and+ i flour ? Mr. McMullen said he was in favor of striking the shackles from the farmers, and if that must e•umut ense on wheat and flour, he was willing to commence in that way. Mr. Tisdale said, as usual, the hon. gentleman had ria de a non -committal' , statement. Would the hon. gentleman stand up like a tu;in•-(cries of " Order") • -and a representative of the people, and declare that uw1 r the present United: States tariff and fiscal relations be- tween the countries he was prepared to take the duty off wheat and flour ? Mr. Denison hoped the Government • would see their way to deal with the tariff every day till the resolutions were all adopted. Merchants in large centres. - like Toronto were very anxious that the tariff should be disposed of. The effect: of delaying it was to unsettle trade. He • assured the House that business men desired the matter to be settled as soon as possible. Mr. Paterson (Brant) said he hoped nothing would be crone to stifle the busi- ness of the House. Trade was more un- settled by the nun3.ei•otis amendments - made in the tariff than by the delay in dealing with it. Mr. Edgar objected to the hon. mem- ber for Toronto lecturing the House on how to carry ou 'business. He could • not expect the members of the Opposi- tion side of the House to shut their - eyes and open their mouths, and swal- low whatever the Finance Minister - chose to drop in, as members on the • • other side of the House did. Mr. McMullen said it was outrageous • to levy a tax of 11-2 cents• a pound on starch merely for the purpose of main- taining an enormoue and grasping in- dustry, and also a coinbiue, for there • was a combination between the three factories that manufactured the article in Canada. Mr. Reid said there were eight or nine - stareh factories in Canada, and that a combine did not exist. Mr. McMullen deuied the assertion.. (Crips of " Order.") lie said the only factories manufacturing in Canada were. - at Edwardsburg, Brantford, and Port Credit, which fixed the price at which, the wholesale trade 'vas to sell the ar- ticle. He said that the product of the Edwardsburg company, which was sold' by retail in this country at 5 cents a pound, was no better than starch that could be had for 2 1-4 cents a pound in., the United States. He challenged the managing director of the company, who•• ho said, was present, to show that this, was not the case. Not more than eighty men were employed in these three fac- tories, and the country had to contribute - $75,000 or $80,000 towards their sup- port. p Tho item was carried. -_•_- ONE THAT SHE GUARDS SACREDLY.. One secret that a woman can gener- ally kept is her honest, way -down un- modified opinion of the man who per- suaded her to marry him twenty-five or thirty years agog Excitement over placer gold finds at Al- buquerque, N. M. 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