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The Huron Expositor, 1898-04-08, Page 12c•-• ....•••••••1.11.! HE HURON EXPOSITOft NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sr The ittre between the parenthesis. cr each one, denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisement will be found. Spare the thne--Greig & Macdonald -1 The Corner fillore-B B. Gunn -1 Spring Busineer-E.11CFaul Can't Afford it-Meltionon & War t War !-Lninecien & Wil3on-5 Loss of Hair-Pret Darenwend-5 Everything Complete -W. Pickard & 0o.-5 Eggs for Sale -Wm. Copp - Bull for Service -James alum -5 ' Bull for Sale James 0:oper-5 Card cf Thanks --Jahn Finla.yson-5 ° Notice -John G. Morrisnu-5 Horses fax SaTe-Expositor OfficeL-5 Eggs for Ilatching-L 0 Charlesworth -5 Bicycles -George Baldwin -8 Butter Wanted -O. M King -8 Building L-ots for Side -Jr hn Sproat -5 Home -wade Bread -Ars.. abam-S G. T. R. Agency -W. Somervi le -8 Shingles f.u,Salc-James Cooper -5 Your Shc-Robert Notice -Fred Kib1er-..5 e -Mrs. G. Bair& -8 Merit Wine Success -W. J. Elliott -8 Furniture, ere -(81-L. & L-8 ftectsoles arld W F. Daly -8 Wall Paper -O W Papat-S Carpets Clearted-W N Waiker--8 Notice -John Dopp-S Paintr and D.dry Supplies -8. Millie t & Co. -8 Erre Lecture -Horticultural Society -8 _ Eggs and Bees -W. Hartry- 8 American Wall Paper -James Graves & Co. -8 Hones to Let -Stark Bros. -8 Watches, ete-Hurober & Son -8 Read-Marti:ton & Kerslake -8 gin Aaron txpositor SEAFORTH, MURAT, lApril 15th, 1898 The. Cruel War. If war should not now be ileclared between the United States and Spann either country must make a big back down. At present writing it looks as if war can scarcely be avoided. The President of theUnited States delivered his message to Congress on Mon- day, and since then it has been moat vigor- ously discussed by both breeches of the Am- ericaseParliament. The feeling of the mem- bers seems to be for war unless Spain comes speedily' to terms and withdraws her control from Ciba. Spain still stands firm and re- f usesE to make any concessions, If she con- tinues thie attitudeSwar may be declared by the United States at any time, as both Con- gress, and the Senate have gone so far that they can not DOW recede without making their country the laughing stock of the whole werld. It is to be hoped, however, even at the last moment, that a more paeihofeeling may grow up, and that the terrible calamity which now threatens may be averted. If hostilities between the United States and Spain should break out, no person can tell when or where the war may end, as other powers would almost certainly be drawn in. The. Plebiscite on Prohibition. Mr. F. EL Spense, the well known temper- ance advocate of Toronto, and aecretary of the Dominion Alliance, bag a long and lab- ored article in Satiirday's Globe, in which., • he pleads for a straight vote on the prohi- bition question and protests strongly against complicating the vote with questions of taxation. MT. Spense takes as his text ar letter from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Hon. Mr. Davis, addreseed to the Charlottetown Lodge, Independent Order of Good Templarsa In this letter, Mr. Davis says The aim and o ject of the Government to obtain the reel mind of the people on t question of preib4bition. To do this th will take caree'nhnt all side issues are 1 out,, and as 'nearly as possible the pla question put, but they think that question as to whether the elector is in fay of total prohibition of the - importatio manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquo should have as part of it the further qu tion *a to whether he is prepared for t impoeition of such new taxation as _ expe ienoe miglat show the workings ci.f such in- hibition call for. Mn Spanse very strongly objects to t position thus taken by Mr. Davis, that t question as to whether the elector is in favor of total prohibition should have as part of it the further question as to whether be is .prepared for the imposition of such new tax- ation as experience might show the work- ing of such prohibition calls for. He claims that to submit such an additional proposi- tion to the electors would be a violation of the resolutions passed by Parliament in favonof prohibition ; thet it would be a .violation of the pledges of the Liberal party and that it would endanger the chances • of an affirmative vote on the prohibition ques- tion, and in this way injure tbe temperance cause. As to the votes of Parliament end the pledgee of the Liberal party, these may de dismissed with but little consideration. The Liberal party promieed to give a plebiscite vote and that if the people declar- ed in favor of prohibition they would enace a prohibitory hew. They never specified in what way that vote should be teken, And it is the duty of the Government to take the vote in a way that they may think will be in the best interaats of the whole country, no matter what interested parties on either side may say for or against their action. If by the vote it was simply desired to see which party, the prohibition or anti -prohi- bition party, were the strongest, then a Straight vote, prohibition or no prohibition, would be quite proper. But, as we under- stand in this is rot the kind of contest the people desire to engage in. It is of little consequence to know which is the stronger of the two, the temperance or the liquor party. It ie-ot great consequence to know, however, whether or not a majority of the people are in favor of prohibition, and whether or not they are willing to bear the burdens which a prohibitory aet would iinp6se upon them. It is only by such a vote that the siacerity of the people cam be tested. Any person who is not willing to bear some burden that prohibition should be effected, isnot particularly anxious for it and would not do much to old in enforc:- ing a law, were one paned. Mr. Spense and every other temperance advocate has sufficient knowledge of human nature to know that there are thomancls of people who would vote in favor of prohibition every day in the week if they thought prohi- bition would not cost them anything, but if they knew it would cost them one or two dollars a year, or even a much less sum, would vote against it. Now, in all candor, we ask Mr. Spense and his friends if they think it would be wise for the Government to pass a prohibitory laweon the strength of an affirmative vote of people of the kind? Lo they even think -it would be in the in- terests of temperance anl morality to do so? If they do, we Would like to. have is he ey ef t in he Or n, es - he r- o- be he their reasons for the belief that is in them. It is all noneense to talk about what Gov- ernmente and parties have promised. That is not the question at issue. The question is, the beet method to be adopted to pro- cure the honestand sincere opinion of the people on a great moral and public question. This being the case, we have no hesitation in saying that the method proposed by Mr. Davis is much more likely to accomplish that object than the one proposed by Mr. Spense and those who favor his view. Mr. Spense very correctly lays down the following propositions, which he says are generally admitted as established; (1) That thoroughly enforced prohibition would be exceedingly beneficial to the moral and material welfare of the people, and (2) that the increased prosperity which wouldresult feem such enforced prohibition would be so gSeat as to completely over shadow the disedvantage or discomfert of the increase f taxatioa neceesery to replace the lost revenue. These propositions are, We believe, ab- solutely correet. Thoroughly enforced pro- hibition. That is the point. Now, we would ask Mr. Spense to say whether are we most likely to have thoroughly enforced prohibition if a majority of the people vote for it with their eyes open and knowing just what it will cost them, or by a catch vote on the bald question, where people vote without the reiponsibility of know- ing that their vote means any- thing to them more than the re- cording of it, or -with the hope that their vote will benefit'Sofrie other fellow and will not cost them anything. Or, does Mr. Spense believe that people who vote in ilia way wilt assist to enforce a prohibitory act, were one passed?: Would they not be among the first to violate it and to connive at its violation by others? We need scarce- ly say that THE Exrosrron is as anxious for a prol4bitory law', properly enforced, as any one can be, and it is because we desire this that we are anxious the people should have an opportunity (Allying an intelligent vote, knowing just exactly what the conse- quences of that vote will be when they give it. A plebiscite vote give in this way, will be of some service, and ! if a majority of the people give sach a vote there is -a fair pros- pect that they mean !what they lay, and that they would sustain the Government and party that would enact such a law, and the law would most likely be enforced. We hope, therefore, that Mr. Davis in his letter above quoted foreshadoWs the policy of the want any catch vote. :We believe that an 30 Government on this ;, int. We do not act passed on the strength of such a vote would be a delusion and a snare. No great- er calamity could Wel the country and the temperance cause than to have a pro- hibitory act unenforced. No suenteact can or will be enforced unless it has 4tieee sym- pathy and sentiment of the people affected behind it With these it can and will be enforced. The vote that will demonstrate most chiefly that the sentiment of the people is in favor of prohibition, or the reverse, . is' the one that should be speared. Such a vote can only be got by placing the whole facts in a plain and understandable way_ before the people, so they can vote knowing all the consequences. To do this, we believe the Government should frame and place before the public the bill they would ask parlia- ment to pass in, the event of the people voting in favor et prohibition, and also the method they ineend to adopt to supply the revenue which would be cut off by the adoption Of the 'act. Why should prohibi- tionists oppose a vote of this kind? Surely they do not want a law that will not be en- forced. They should not be afraid of allow- ing' the whole scheme to be made known. If they are, we think they make a mistake. If the people can not be induced to vote in favor of a prohibitory law,' knowing all the facts and just what it will coat them, it is the best evidence that they are not yet pre- pared for such legislation, aud it would be a most fatal blunder to pass such an act until the majority of the people believe in the benefit of it and show that- they are pre- pared to make, some material 'sacrifices to obtain it. We therefore feel that Mr. Spense and those who are 'acting with him, are making a great mistake in holding out so determinedly for a straight vote and nothing else. They are piecing themselves in opposition to many sincere prohibitionists who desire prohibition in reality and not merely in mune ; they are prejudicing pub- lic opinion ie advance, thus encouraging a diviaion of the forces, and in this way they are, no doubt inadvertently, giving aid and comfort to their opponents. This will be the real result of their firey agitation for a straight ballot and nothing else. We believe the Government are sincere and that they will take the course which they consider beat adapted to bring out the real sentiments of the people, and will thus be most largely in the internete of the coun- try, and they should, in thig effort, receive the united support of the temperance peo- ple.There is not,or should net be,any politics in this matter. The Government are pledg- ed to give a prohibitory act if the people declare in favor of it in the , plebiscite vote. They will carry out that pledge. Oa the result, therefere, they not I only stake the. life of the Government, but the future of the party they represent. , This being the case, they will be worse than foolish if they do not take every precaution to secure such a -vote, or to secure the vote in such a way, as to make it clear that a ;majority of the people are not only willing to vote for prohi- bition, but that they have , the cause suf- ficieatly at heart to Imake eome pecuniaryt and personal sacrifice to secure it and to have it enforced after it is -enacted. If the Government fail to seek such an expression of opinion, they will fail in their duty t� themselves and to this party which they represent. The Ontario Teachers' Pailio,ment, or the thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Ontario Educational Association, was held this week in the Normal School building Toronto. There were over two hundred teaehers from all parts of the province present. In addition to most of the leading educationalists of the province, there were present and addressed the meet- ing, Professor WI.Gardiner Hale, of the University .of Ciiicano) Professor Morse Stephens, of Cornell University • Professor, F. H. Sykes, of Philadelphia and other.1 We notice that the county of Huron wasi represented by the following teachers : Mise K. C. Killorn and Mr. H. S. Robertson, Seaforth ; Miss Ruby Robertson, Goderioh ; Mr. J. H. Lowery and Mr. W. E. Rand, Clinton ; Mr. George Spotten, Wroxeter; Mr. A H, Musgrove, Wingham ; Mr. R. N. Robinson, Lakelet. • Base Insinuations. We had hoped that Registrar Gibson, as Returning Officer, would have come up to the standard we measured -him by last week, and have given his casting vote for Major Beck. But the pressure was too strong for the great man, and he obediently registered the -will of his masters At Toronto, Just like any ordinary member of the machine. The above nasty, venomous paragraph is from the Goderich Star of Imt week. It is meatier sample of the very aimable remarks in which -it has been indulging in ever since the election. It has been particularly offen- sive to Mr. Gibson. Now, will the Star give any good reason, why Mr. Gibson should have given his casting vote in favor of Mr. Beek. We do not know of any. The elec- tion wag decided a tie by one. of the highest judicial authorities in the land. The law cast upon_ Mr. Gibson the duty of giv- ing the deciding vote. Mr. Garrow was the sitting member and all precedent goes to show that in such cases the deoigion should be giyen in that way. Mn Gibson, there- fore, simply performed a duty whieh the law and precedent imposed upon him: Why, therefore, should the Star thus abuse him and eling at him slush nasty- insinuations? Now, how does the Star know "the pres- sure was too' atrone for him," or that an " preasure " wa 1 ought to bear o lan. What evidence has the Star for saying that "he obediently registered the will of his masters at Toronto ?" Produce your evi- dence, Mr. Star, or stand guilty ofedoing what no honorable man or journalist would do, wilfully misrepresent and libel a fellow man. There can be no objection to the Star easing ita political stomach of all the bile possible, as it only makes itself ridicul- oute but when it abuses and libels a respect- able county official, it should be brought to task for its shameful conduct. Editorial Notes and Comments. Aa an evidence of the valuable 'work be- ing done at the dairy school in 'connection with the Agricultural College at Guelph, we note that the number of students in at- tendance during the session which closed on the 25th of March was 110. They came from all parte of the province, nearly every county being represented, and the majority of them remained for the full term of three months. Forty-eight wrote for certificates. And yet, in the face of these facts theraeare some so foolish as to gay that these institu- tions do not pay became the receipts in dollars and cents do not equal the expendi- tures. In the late Provincial elections, 434,000 votes were polled -an increase of 56,000, compared with the election of 1894. The Liberals polled 7,208 more votes than the Conservatives, and the supporters of Premier Hardy number 51 to 42 for the Opposition .leader. This shows .not only that the present Government has the con- fidence of a majority of the people of the country, but that it is even more strongly entrenched in the confidence of the party than the Government was when led by. Sir Oliver Mowat. The city council and citizens of Toronto are making a big rush to get the head offices of the Grand Trunk railway removed from Montreal to Toronto. It is not at all likely they will succeed, as the people of Montreal are not so green as to allow Tor- onto to get ahead of them in that way. It looksarery much as if the manager of the Grand Trunk is simply playing Toronto to get Montreal to give a large bonus to assist in the erection of new buildings there and from present appearances he is likely to succeed. An evidence of the danger of .the very prevalent practise of carrying fire arms was given in the terrible shooting tragedy which took place in London a few evenings age, when an actor in a theatrical company shot bis manager dead. They had a dis- pute and the mauagee struck the actor a blow on the mouth 1 with his fist. The other, in his raga, took a revolver from his pocket and fired, with the result that be now occupies a felon's cell, and will likely expiate his crime on the gallows. Had he not had his revolver so convenient the life of his antagonist would now be spared and his own would not have been in jeop- ardy. This practise of carrying a revolver, although there is a law forbidding it, is be- coming entirelj too prevalent, and sooner or later it is almost certain to lead the one who indulges in it into trouble. There is no necessity for any such practise in this country. Under the heading " Fodder for the Faithful," the Mail of Saturday commences a long editorial as follows "It appears that the question of the spoils has been brought up in the Ministerial caucus, and that the feeling of unrest over the insuffic- iency of the distribution so far made has led to a plain declaration to the Ministers by •the rank and file that they must create more vacancies, and ;give out more jobs." There is no person knows better than the writer in the Mail that this is a lie. The question of "the spoils" has never been brought up in the ministerial caucus at Ot- tawa. The question which was brought up was the continuance in confidential positions by Reform Ministers of Tory partizans who take advantage of their responsible positions and the information they thus gain, to be- tray their employers and injure the Liberal party. That is what the members of the caucus complained of, and theeltlail knows it, but when it suits its purpose better to lie about its political opponents that to tell the truth, it evidently does not hesitate a moment to do so. Our good friend of the Goderich Star is • still in a very disturbed state of mind, and ia as crabbed as a clocken:hen. Everything mains to be going crooked with him and nothing pleases him. A' couple of weeks ago we asked him to state for the informa: tion ef his readers when Mr. Beck " did hold meetings and discus's the queetions of the day on the public platform." Instead of doing this, however, he asks us to look up the report of the nomination proceedings in the Signal where, he says, we will find Mr. Beek did discus; the public questions of the day before the public." Well, we were taking the Star as our guide, and we had not noticed in that luminary any men- tion of Mr. Beck's public meetings and from that we concluded that he had not held any. But, it seems the Star has witheld vhis val- uable information from its readera and now it berates us because we were led into error ljthtri obi:gh:wits shortcomings. And Mr. Bee did discuss, the imbibe questions before th eTOMINATION DAY, when he . go cornered and could not helpit. Wher she, please tell us, Mr, Star. One meetin during a campaign can hardly be l'ealle much ofa discuseion of the public issues be- fore the public. You may as well own up to the truth, brother, and that is that Mr. 'Beck conducted his election from first to lest on the still hunt prineiple andij that every word said by THE EXPOSITOR in reference to this matter is true. r umeeemememee. West Elgin and South .Perth. ; Judge MeLeunan, of the Court of Appeal, handed out his decision in the two election , aplomb; Tuesday morning -West Elgin and Sbuth Perth. Although, in each instance he reverses the decision of the County Judge, the 'balance of tke parties remains the same. . In West Elgin, MoNish, the , Liberal, is unseated, and MeDiarmid,the Conservative, is elected by a majority of one. In South Perth, Monteith, the Conserve-. Ulna is unseated, and M.oserip, the LiberaLis eleeted by a majority �f four. ' THE SLIP OF THE TYPE. r Ii the South Perth appeal, His Lordship agrees with the County Judge in every par- tion1ar except in the fourteen ballotwhere the type has slipped and placed MOnteith's naine in Frame's division. The. County Jud .le o allowed these for Monteith. Judge Mc nnan disallowed them. A subtraction of 1 from Mr. Monteith's poll leaves him withia minority of four instead of a majority of teie. \SE . SEVERAL CHANGES IN THIS. t k gree. • The general average of good raw sugar being 92 degreen the new duty will t be 64 °ante per hundred weight on that e quality, as against 50 cents charged at pres- gent. • But the preferential tariff will deduct one fourth, making tho duty on raw sugar of that grade from preferential oountries 49i cents, as againat 50 cents per 'hundred weight under the existing tariff. Of course, sugar from outside the British West Indies .will have to pay a small increase of 15i cents per hundred weight over the present tariff. The effect of this new sugar duty upon the revenue will be a very difficult question to deal with, and can only be guess- ed at, as it is dependent entirely upon how much sugar may come in udder the prefer- ential rate. It is expected that there will be a large increase in the consumption of West India sugar. At present, out ' of a total consumption of 330,000,000 pounds, Canada receives only 25,500,000 pounds from the Brithsh West Indies and British -Guiana. The duty on refined sugar Will also be levied in future by the polariscope test, taking 75 degrees as a starting point. The duty will be $1.08 per hundred pounds on sugar testing 88 degrees or below, and for every additional degree 1 cents added per 100 pound!. In respect to the financial position of the country, Mr. Fielding stated that the revenue for the current year ending on June 30th next would amount to $39,300,000 and the expenditure $38,750,000, leaving s angelus of 050,000. This will be the first surplus that Canada has had for several years. The public debt, however, will be increased by over $3,000,000 for the pres- ent year. In' he Wed Elgin appeal, His Lordship allow0 four ballots for MoDiar mid which were, rejected by the County Judge, and in* disall ws one whwas accepted, thus ad- ding three to McDiarmid's poll. He allows two fdr MoNish, which were rejected by the County Jiidgee thus adding two to hisi poll. • The result is that ,MoDiarmid, the lCon- servative, gets the seat by a majority of one. The Protests, . The time forlfiling protests in the Previte dal elebtions has now expired, except in the cases where there were recounts and anneals _to the Court of Appealeat Toronto.. There have been 61 protests filed. The list is as follows ; CONSERVATIVE PETITIONS. Hon. A. S. Hardy, South Brant. Hon..G. W. Ross, West Middlesex. Hon. Richard Harcourt, Monk. Hon. E. J. Davie, North York. Hon. Wm. Harty, Kingston. Col. F. B. Leys, London, G. P. Graham, Brockville. W. J. 'McKee, North Essex. S. Russell, East Hastings. T. L. Pardo, West Kent. John Brown, North Perth. Wm, Germain Welland. J. W. Holmes, Haldimand. J. R. Barber, Halton. H. J. Pettypiece, East Lampton. Chas. M. Bowman, North Bruce. John Craig, East Wellington. John Diekenson, South Wentworth. John Matrie, South Wellington. Andrew' Malcolm, Centre trace. W. H. Taylor, North Middlesex. W. A. Charlton, South Norfolk. W; J. Hill, West York. W. C. Caldwell, North Lanark. John Loeghrin, Nipisaing. James Conmee, West Algoma. J. H. Douglas, East Northumberland. B. E. Aylesworth, Lennox. C. F. Farewell, East Algoma. Alex. Lunesden, Ottawa. ' LIBERAL PETITIONS, J. P. Whitney, Q. C., Dundee.. J. J. Foy,' Q. C., South Toronto. H. Carscallen, Q. C.; East Hamilton. E. A. Colquhoun'West Hamilton. W. R. Dempsey, Prince Edward. W. H. Reid, West Durham. A. B. Thompson, Centre Sims:3e. Dr. Jamiegon, ,South Grey. T. D. Hedging, East Middlesex. M. B. Morison, West Hastings. D. R. Meedenald, Glengarry. John McLaughlin, Stormont. George M. Boyd, North Grey. A. T. White, North Renfrew. Dr. John Barr, Dufferin. W. J. Allen, North Hastings. Dr. Lackner, North Waterloo, W. A. Kribs, South Waterloo. Chas. Calder, South Ontario. W. H. Hoyle, North Ontario. , H. Eilber, Smith Huron, C. A. Brower, East Elgin. Dr. Elisha Jessop, Lincoln. G. F. Marter, North Toronto. S. J. Fox, West Victoria. A. Miscampbell, East Simcoe. Jas. Reid, Addington. J. S. Gallagher, Frontenao. C.; B. Powell, Ottawa. THE DOMINION PARLIAMIONT, OrrAwa, April 12th, 1898. Quiet has reigned at the capital during the last week. All the members 'who were within reasonable reach of home have gone to spend the holidays with their families and those who were not had gone to visit friends in different parts of Ontario and Quebec, so that Once Thursday laid there have been but few members in the city. As I write, however, they are returning from different quarters, and to -morrow Hon. Mr. Foster will likely make his reply to the budget speech of Mr. Fielding, which• was delivered just before the holidays._ REFLECTIONS ON 11tE BUDGET. From the budget speech of the Hon; Mr. Fielding, it 13 again made manifest that the Laurier Government is going to adhere to its pro British sentiments, That this will be appreciated by the mother country goes without saying In the first place ,the preferential tariff of 25 per cent. reduction on the general tariff, will be applied exclueively to the Britist Empire and British possessions after the lat of August next. Only those British possessions which will give the same, tariff benefits to Canada as Canada gives to them will be entitled to the lower tariff. There is just one exception and that is in the ease of the British West Indies. In regard to the West Indies, Mr. Fielding'said that the Imperial authorities were now discussing the problem of how to relieve them on account of the depressed state of trade, and it was for that reason that be suggested tho lowering of the tariff in their case, \ because Canada would be lending a helehing hand to Great Britain. Every reference to the pro British character of the tariff was received with immense cheerine. There are but two changes' in the tariff. The increase in the sugar duties will have not only the effect of increasing the revenue'which Will be lost by the prefereutial tariff, but will also aid' in en- couraging the auger cane of the West Indiee in preference to German and beet Sugars. The exact effect of the increase in duty may be explained by saying that refined sugar which nowcosts $1 per 100 pounds, will in future cost $1.24 Yellow sugar is increased in duty about 8 cents on the hundred weight. Raw sugar, which now costa 50 cents duty per hundred weight will in fen are be 65i cents. The present sugar duty is a flat rate of one-half cent per pound, which, by reason ot the low grade of West India raw sugar bore very heavily on those products: The United States imposed their duty by the polariscope test, which makes it a graduated duty. This plan the Canadian Government purposes to adopt, and begin fling with the low grade testing 75 degrees and under at 40 cents per hundred weight TILE PENITENTIARIES. From the annual report of the Minister of Justice, which has just been published and distributed, it is noticed' that there were 1,382 prisoners in the penitentiaries on the 30th of June last. On the same date in the previous year the present population was 1361. The net expenditure on the peni- ntiaries was $311,825. In the Kingston plenitentiary there is the prison of isolation, which is the only institution of the kind in .Canada. It has fully demonstrated the_ superiority of the Belgian system as regards the treatment of incorrigible criminals. It is very evident that the extension of - the dysteni to the other penitentiaries will en- able the authorities to dispense with the " triangle " and other relics of semi -civiliz- ation, and at the same time prevent well - believed convicts from contact with the more vicious and depraved._ ' THE YUKON BUSINESS. Just whit the Governraent will do in re- gard to its Yukon Railway policy has not yet been decided upon. Some say they will build a wagon road from Telegraph Creek to Teslin Lake, giving the contract for the work to Messrs. Mackenzie And Mann. An:. other report is that the Government will go on with the railway, and will dispose of the land grant to Mackenzie and Mann for the building of it at a mere nominal figure, eay one cent per acre. This could be done with- out applying to the Senate. The one thing certain, however, is that the contractors will have a . very lgrge claim for damages against the Government,' which has been caused by the Senate throwing out the bill. They will be able to collect it, even if they have got to apply fon a petition of right in the Exchequer Court to do so. POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS. A feature of the imposition of postage on Canadian newspapers is that an advantage will be given to American papers coming into Canada. _ American newspapers will continue to be carried free in the Canadian mails by virtue of the international postal law. It is doubtful, however, if the bill of the Postmaster -General will become law in its present shape, as manyof the members of Parliament, as well as. newspaper pro- prietors, are opposed to postage on newe- papere. NOT TO BE A IUDGE.. The report published generally in the . newspapers that Maj. Dugan of Montreal, is to be made chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territory is incor- rect. No such appointment has yet been made, tier has the matter come before the Government in any way whatever. Maj. Dupe is police magistrate in Montreal, and has just returned from acting as one of the commissioners to inquire into certain • dis- putes on the Crow's Nest Pass Railway. WHAT THE SUGAR REFINERS SAY. , Montreal sugar refiners say that they are not yet able to state exactly the immediate result of the tariff ohaoges on the Canadian sugar refining industry. Additional pro- tection appears to be given as against the Belgian and German refineriewhom the Can- sdiau refiners have found it difficult to com, pete with in the past. But it is a question now, whether the Canadian industry will not find the British refinera just as formid= able competitors, for, under the perferential clauses, British refined sugars, so long as the crude material is obtained from British pos- sessions are to be admitted free. TIIE LABOR MEN WANT. A depute on representing the executive committee of the Dominion Trades and Labor Congress, composed of • Robert Hey, of Ottawa; Alexander March, D. J. Casey and D. J. O'Donoghue, of Toronto, and E. Little, of Quebec, waited on the Dominion Governmene this week, and way received in the office of the Minister of Justice . by the Hon. David Mills, Hon. William Mulook, Hon. William Paterson and Sir Louis Davies. They asked for an imposition of a poll tax of $500 on Chinese immigrents, the extension of the principle of union wages in all Government contracts, and the legal use of union labels irs trade marks. News of the Week. SENSATION IN GREECE. -King George, speaking to several delegates from Aeginm, Morea, asked the people to "assist in lib - crating themselves and freeing the country from the tyranny of the parties."- The King's words have caused a great sensation. LORD WILLJAM SEYMOUR. -It 18 under- stood that Lord Williani Seymour, uncle of the Marquis of Hereford, has been selected to succeed General Montgomery Moore in command of the British troops in Canada. Lord Seymour wet; born in 1838, first served in the navy as a midshipman'entered the Coldstream Guards in 1855, beeame Major- General in 1889 and Lieutenant General in 1896. His Lordship served in the Crimean War, in the Egyptian campaign, and was at one time Assistant Quarter -master -General. Aims WILLARD'S REmAINS CREMATED. -- The remains of Mfrs Frances E. Willard were cremated at Graceland Cemetery. Although little if anything had been said in advance as to cremation of the remains of the celeb- rated President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, it is stated thalauch a procedure was in accordance with her re- peatedly -expressed wish. M iss Anna Gor- don, Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, the new President of the W. C. T. U., and a few there were preeent. The ashes were taken to Rosehill Cemetery, where services will be held. The ashea will then be interred in the Willard family lot at Rosehill. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. -Afro. Jacob Hiller, of Elkton Michigan, died at the age of 107. Mr. Hiller, who is 109, is also sick and is not Carpected to live. This couple .were said to be the oldest in the United States. 1 hey had lived together nearly 89 years. Their eldest son is 81 yeare old. The Hillers came from Jamestown, Canada. Many a time have they told the story of the war of 1812, which they themselves saw. When they came to Michigan they settled at Marine City, and went from there to Emniett. Not long age the old man cut two teeth, and said that he had given up look- ing for death. He has been very vigorous till recently, but his wife had been an in- valid for years. Now that she is gone he will add cents for each additional de d . ar ently prays for his own release. APRIL 15, 1898* Corner Store Ili hi, to the Profit. We have been talking through the columns of THE Ex- POSITOR for the last month more 1 particularly to ladies. This week we propose to address ourselves to the men, andl tell them in truth that, beginning 4rn Saturday morning, the 16th inst., we are going to show ome values in Men's, Youths' Bins' and Children's Clothing, that will simply astonish them. We would like to sarsome- thing about a man's all -wool Caniadian tweed suit that we will place on our. tables at $5.0O; also a 'splendid range of boys' suits, from 13 to f6 years, at from $3 to $5; some very desirable suits for little boys, thaS we imported from Ger- many, at $1, 1.10, 1.20 Lao, 1.45\ per suit. In addition to the above, we have smart little suits for children, made from linennand heavy gingham, guaranteed to wash, at 1 and 1.25. A great range of Men's ,Overalls in grey and. blue denim, from 55c to 85e a pair. Men's smocks in white check, blue denim and cottonade,, at special prices. - Men's shirts at special prices, from 15c each to $f. Men's wearing Pants at $1 and $1.15 a pair. Our pants at $1.15 are accompanied by a guarantee to give satisfaction. or money refunded. It will certainly pay any person who is contemplating the purchase of clothing to call and inspect qualities, prices, etc. Cr U NIN, THE g CORNER STORE, SM.A.FOR'111-1. Crornarty NOTES. -Mr. Alexander McLaren and Miss Same are at home at present,Mr. Alex- ander spending his holideya and Susie to stay, a full fledged dresrnaker,-Our mer- chant, Mr. Hislop, not to he out done, is on the road again with a double rig, so. you van just hand your butter and eggs from the door step and get there, your dry goods and groceries in return. -Mr. F. L. Hamilton'a assistant blacksmith, who was so unfortun- ate as to get badly burned and bad to leave for some time lately, has returned and resumed work again. -Mr. Samuel Speare and Mr. John McLaren are in Tor- onto this 'Sam combining pleasure with business. Sam is poing to have the latest fashion this summer anyway. -Mrs. Sarah • Hoggarth and daughter, Elizabeth, are this week spending a few well earned holidays at Mr. Peter MeLaughlan't. -Our teacher, Mr. - W. E. Hoggarth, is spending his holidays examining •the prod -lotion papers' for the township of Elma. °Wi *WEDDING BELLEs.-OaeWk. ednesday of last week, the prettiest wedding of the season was celebrated at the residence r, of MT. Robert McConnell, the hero of Sebiudapool, it being the marriage of his daughter, bk. tilde Jane, to Mr. Walter Pomeroy, one of Huntingfield's highly-reepected young men. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. H. Hervey, B. A.,01Clifford, in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives of the contracting parties. The young bride, who is very popular, was becomingly attired in a suit of create cashmere, trimmed with lace and myrtle. The bride was assisted by Miss Bessie Pomeroy, sister sf the groom, while the groom wassupported by the bride's brother, Mr. A. J. McConnell. Notwith- standing the cold weather, about eighty invited gpeste, sat down to a sumptuous feaste to Which all did ample justice. Then came the great array of pretty and usefal wedding presents, an array which has never been surpassed in the neighborhood, thus intimating how highly the bride is esteemed by all her many friends. . •We feel sure that the young, intelligent and energetic husband - will not,ouly have a well kept house but will alsonave a very happy home, made so by the presence of his young bride. No doubt the bride will be greatly missed b her many friend, and especially by her Sunday school class, to which she Is greatly devoted, after taking up their abode in Clifford.Your correspondent joins in wishing them a long, happy and very prosperous life. Kippen. A SETtIOUS ACcioENT. -Mr. John Mc - Nevin, of the Kipper' mills, met with a very serious accident on Wednesday of last week. It seems that he was engaged with others in his mill yard, and was assisting to roll a log onto a skid preparatory to .taking it into the mill to get eawed. In some way or other the log slipped and the men losing control of it, it rolled back. Mr. MeNevin being in its path, he was knocked down and it rolled on him. He was in some way doubled up, his knees coming up against his breast. In this position he was pinned fast with the log on top of him. As soon as possible those with him rolled the log off, and he was removed from his painful and perilous position. At first it was thought he was seriously injured, and after being conveyed to his residence, medical aid was procured. On further investigation, how- , P ever, it proved that no bones had been !.(3 broken and that there were not internal in. 1 d juries, and that further than severe bruises / M and a severe shock, no serious injury was I P sustained. M r.McNevin's numerous friends i T will be pleased to learn that he is recovering 1 w nicely and that he hopes soon to be out and ' ce attending to business again as briskly as : T ever, aa ; to NOTES. -Mies Mulholland and her neice, Ili Miss Duncan, were at London on Saturday. Inu -The soh are closed for Easter holidays, 1 th i and the aCkeraand .-f,:hildren alike are hav- w ing a fi e week for holidaye.-On Thursday to evening last, T. Melts, with a number of of brother Hensallites attended the large gath- ba ering of Oddfellows• in Seaforth, and it is need esti to say a pleasant time Was spent. - Mrs. William Ivison, of this village, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Potter, of Por- ter's Hill. -Mrs, R. Mellis wae At London . during the last part of the week, combining business with pleasure. -Miss Katie Ache son, of the manse, who has not been well of late, isnow doing nicely. -Mr. James Croz ier, of Seaford], is spending a few leisure days at the home of Mr. Joseph Upsliall.- At the last meeting of the Gauld Mission Band of St. Andrew's church, Mrs. John Balfour handed $25.00 to the abowo societ which entitles Mrs. Balfour to is life member- ship of the society. Mrs. Balfour is one of our best workers, whose heartland hand are ever open for the cause of IniSsions.-On Tuesday last, Mrsa'Archibald MeGtigor of Tuckersmith, and her father, Mr. William McDougall, Of Hensall, left -for a trip Among friends in Manitoba. Their _many Ifiends here wish them a pleasant trip and a safe 1 return. -The Mimes Margery And Barbara McIvor, of Clinton, are visiting with Miss Elsie liettleton, at the home of Mr. James McDougall. -Mrs. Robert AfeMordie, who has not been enjoying good health during the winter, we are !sorry to note,is not as yet improved, but her many friends will hope to hear of her speedy reeovery.-Mrs. Wolper, of Berlin, and Mrs. Croft; of Ste- phen, on Monday visited with their sister, Mrs. Shaffer, of the village. -The weather is fine for seeding and the farmers areall busy casting in the seed. -Mr. George Tay- lor and son who were in the Old Country with two loilds of cattle, returned home last week. Mr. Taylor sold his cattle in Glas- gow, and reports markets bad. Ile says - there .15 no money in cattle this season. - Our grist millfor a fe w days last week Was com- pelled to stand idle, not -for want of work, but for want of the right men io their places. At the time of Mr. MeNevin's ac- cident, Ur. James Cooper, Mr. bleNevinss right hand man in the null, was lying in bed sick With the mime's, which left the mill to be its own master for a few days. Mr. Cooper is now better and at his post and the customers of the mill are All receiving his attention as usual'. Mr. MeNevin knows all things are going well when Mr. Cooper is on the move. -Garden inakingand housecleaning will be on the slate for the next few weeks whichwill be a good opportunity for the husbands to ga visiting in order to keep in good humor. -Mr. David Rose, of Dungan- non, brother-in-law of Mr. MeNiven. has for the past week been giving Mr. MeNiven a helping hand in the saw mill -Trade in our busy village is brisk and all alike, mer- chants and mechanics, are busy. No grum- bling of hard times, that being a thing of the past. -Fish wagons are the mot plenti- ful at present on the highways. Those hav- ing appetites for fish are not likely to want for some time. ---Mr. Keating, of Seaforth, - contractor, is hustling along Mr. MeKay's builainge. He has the stable well on the way. • Mr. McKay will have the finest pro- perty in our village when completed. Wingham. 'NoTBs --The Gamow and Markle com- pany, with their performing doge, monkeys and roosters, gave two entertainments in the temperance hall on Saturday. Those wile attended thought the performance was good. -Miss Vincent's lecture on her life, in the Congregational ehurch, on Friday night, was splendid. Mies Vincent illustrated her lecturei lime light views. -Rev. Dr. aecoe delivered a lecture on od- ities and ministerial peculiarities," on Fri - ay night, in the Methodist ch'urch.-Rev. r. McLean, of Blyth, and Rev. Mr. errie exchanged pulpits OD Sunday last. - he Sunday school of Zetland, in connection ith the English church, held a very suc- ssful box social in Zetland school house on uesday evening. The proceeds amounted *S20, which will be used in purchasing a brary for the Sunday school . -A large mber of our citizens took advantage of e cheap Easter rates to visit friends, hile there were a number of visitors in wn during the holidays. --Quite a number our young people attended the military 11 in Seaforth on Monday evening. in n - the el last lived forty -this Al -a It alwa37. Be h years,1 =system Ms far mains oemetS Jet-mt.] no b rriel tw waif; t37 of the at that -or she: Aire IL 1 etrOke =day 43-tety., bear -death I NOT; ,springi for the •' have go their v gelled; day mei Mrs. C. -on Sun; , has sold Mr. -Gni -farming near SI attendir is home Hartleil AM's, a Merrier., Monday -of Mid around is erectt will add and Mr the lat iriends. esely of visiting ' in 11enl confined ainently -Mr. 8 tive* in sone to Davit ford, pro Sunday eubieript tutted fru has stock years haA will rem one W, Arthur j 'will take house. -1 home fro- 118 pract Bolt arTii Abbey. - and Mise :And Buse spending, Ouiniette Easter is !pen -Mrs. V with her: here ear]„i of Mr4 workon and brick two o'cloi sad shoat teachiimil ton, is ho popular s days at h Meters. are visitir -After _Wedneedi ed upon =eonneetio good time lent pros Friday, teacher ing Eastet trnprovi the boys social hek Michigan, plumogral branch of Imre is 4:1 putting it separator. the aepai White, .0 Edna Mar wi soon for ti Wi time ago, Wilke St( Accompan Smoke B -these daa visitin 'Tillie Hai Waseel wave, wa Peck, arr, legiate, -Mr. .43* Mrs. Min ,Good Frit Wingham Sturgeon for Londe and John' coraine, during* home fro -(Dr.) She and Hari Thompsor our StD200 Friday.t -spent the A Thomas, • trAle nets under lb Brucefiel Several o And more :proceeds.-.