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The Huron Expositor, 1898-04-29, Page 1D implement eget*, and beet machinee manufac- Vilna end White thi from this station t e_tert and Mrs. Remy th on Sabbath last,httend- Oirs-Cook's -father, the late of Zurieh.—Quite at num- 'ednestlay to attended the toefield.—Miss Gibson, of Mrs. Wm. Moir.—Mr. Thomas, formerly of thie It week on a visit. er, eounty publics school a ill with typhoid fever, [ down the fore part of n Tuesday. Sickness is h Mr. Alexander had not- Ittad which it was thought etter able to endure than oal adviser wee pleased fie was making, and his arse was looked for. 60.111111011.1110111mmaalowelneene Pulse of Spring oness is rong. may . say is _ the very erfection.". If/tying and omm.enced in real earnest, r now means business. tnery travailing !" The Ribbons,. the 'Laces, the Chiffonas -4 are all marked cheap. teeing a sort of a picnicith a doubled up stock to aticee much their own: Lew Spring Hat or Bennet a cent more than yeti' are ey. Here are two special. School Hats, 90 and 25e. Sailpr Bats, 50 ari4 50c. /ring Dress. it yet ? If not, we in-- pind a half hour with us- ess "shall be," and what are two very important but easily solved here. 'este, we show aome very- , Challies and Ginghaans, • 12te and 15c per yard. ican Fancy Wash Goods [ and Blouses there are rer a hundred new pat- - a, 84- 10c, 12ao,15c and some very choice New Most 12ae,i18e, 25c, 35e yard. Here's a group of' from the cheapest to the es; new blues. new greense new Pin Checks, new pew Serges, amstrea and s Irts ; and faney Silks for Waists. You will be how very moderate. are - seed Dress Materials. kragnetizers. odaat spot cash fignrea. theopeople and, mimes - Store. eitin gs 11 Capes ad Skills -Underwear Mayes Opened Fell, Designs Curtains See Them Goods Fompany, h Dry GoodsStore visitor* THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,585. 1-101:1-S—E—OUTES. SEAFOR II, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 189 MoLEAN BROS., Publishers. SI a Year in Advance. Take the The following stallions will travel dur- ing the season of 1898 as follows: The Kentucky BredTrOtting Stal- lion, ST.' BLAIS. P. MCGREGOR, Proprietor. The Kentwikey bred trotting stallion, St. Blain, will stand for the improvement of stock this lawn at his own stable, Brueeffeld. The FadhionabIe Bred Clydesdale Ma.cBE.A,N (6030). WILL1Am & Jolla MeGevito Proprietor. Monday, May 2nd—Will leave his own stable, one tulle east of Leadbiny, and prooeed south along the Side road to John Campbell's, 7th Condeision, for noon ; thence to Dick's hotel, kileaforth, for night. Tueiday—To Robert Marcy's, for noon; theme floe* so John Staple's, Hinburn,for night—. Wed- nesday—North to Archie Read's, 10th Ounoession, Hallett, for noon; thence north to John Young's, Boundary Line, for supper; thence east to Wiliam TsylOte, 9th Concesdore Morris, for night. Thum. day--South along ,the Town Line'MoKillop, to Moines Seattie'e, frir noon; thence east to his own stablw for night. Fridayo—Will proceed north along the Side road to Hugh Stewart's, fah Concession, Grey, for noon ; thence north sf mites, then west to Zillisx's hotel, Brussels,. forrnight. Saturday—South along the Gravel road to James MoDonald's, for noon ; thence south to his own stable, Leadbury, where he will remain until the following Monday morning.- 1586-2 The Imported Heavy Draught PRIDE OF GLASNICK. GEORGE MARTIN, Proprietor. Monday—Will leave his own stable, Lot 20, Con- cession 13, Hibbert, and proceed to James Balfour's, Town Line, Bibbert;for noon • George Harrow's, Kirkton, for night. Thesday-46bn Callan, Town Line, Blanchard, for noon; thence by way of Rus- • seldale to; Oliver Harris', Fullerton, for night. Wednesday—Royal hotel, Mischa% tor noon; Henry Veto's, Alernholan for night. Thursday—Ous. Eisler's, Logan, for IL oon ; Prendergast's hotel, Dublin, for night. Friday—James Atkinson's, Rib - hest, for neon; thence to his own stable, for night. Saturday—Will proceed to Henry Anderson's, Us - borne, for non; thence to his own stable for night. 1585-3 The Imported Clydesdale Stallion, CRYSTAL CITY. WILLI Voll HABEIRK, Proprietor.. Monday, May 2nd—Will leave his own stable in Harpurhey, and proceed by way of Roxboro to James- Dorrance's, tor noon ; thence north 11 miles, and west to Kinhurn, for night. Tuesday ---No: th by way of Matlock, to Timothy Nolan's, for -noon; thence by way of Walton to Alexander Gardiner's, for the night Wednesday—South by way of Lead - bury to Jpho Grieve's, for noon; thence east to John Muirsy'e, MoKillop, for the night Thine- day—South to James Evan's, Beechwood, for. noon ; thence East and south by the Town Line to Dublin, at Prendergaet's hotel, for the eight. Friday—West by the Huron road et- miles, then south to Patriok O'Connor's,. for noon; thence to Carlin's hotel, Staffa, for the night. Saturday—West to Kyle's hotel, foi noon; thence home to his own stable, where he will remain until the folloaing‘ Monday morning. - 1585-2 The Lrnported Shire Stallion, FEN MAN: J W. RUTLEDGE, Proptietor. Monda3 , April 25th—Wil1 leave his own stable,Lot 34, Conce sion 4, H. K. 8, Tuckersmith, by way of Broadfoot's bridge along the 2nd Concession, Tuckersmith, to Granton ; thence to Malcolm Mc- Ewen's, Stanley, for noon; thence south et miles, thence west 11 miles,thence north to John Stewart's, for eight. Tueeday—Will mewl to Charles Stewart's, Goderich township, for noon; thence to River hotel, Reynold, for night. Wednesday—Will proceed ssuth along tbe Bauble Line to Robert Snowden's, for noon ; thence south to Larvae's, far night. 1 hursday—Will proceed 11 mike east, milea ecnith, and 11 miles east to Justin) Melleck's, for noon; thence uorth to Blake,for sight. Fri- day—Will prcceed 'east to G 3then Line, then north tcrWilliam Pollock's, for ncon ; thence to Varna, for eight. Saturday—Will proceed to Graham's hotel, Brucefield, for noon ; thence returning to his own stable, where he will jemain until the following Monday morning. 1585-2 The Imported Clydesdale Stallion, ELEVATOR. LIVINGSTONE & MCKAY, Proprietors. Monday, pril 2.5th—Will.leave his OWD stable, at Staffa, and roceed west to Kyle's hotel, for noon; then weet to James Berry's, tor the night. Tues- day—South ..to John Moir's, Hurondale, for noon; to Exeter, at Hawkshaw'e hotel, for the night. Weduesday—South-,west to Crediton, at Bill's hotel, for noon-; then south-east to Moffattli hotel, Oen- trans, for the night. Thursday—South by way of the London road, to Mere' hotel, Clandeboye, at noon, and remaining over night. Friday—North- east to Fred Davin', Biddulph Town Line, for noon; then to Winchelsia, at tireaey Heywood's, for night. Saturday—To Thomas McCurdy's, Them: s road, Farquhar, for nocn ; then by way of Cromarty to his own stable, remaining until Monday morning. • 1685-2 The Imported Belgian Draught Stallion, BISMARCK, (No. 4020.) .tori N GALBRAITH & GEORGE MULDOON, Proprietors. Monday.—Will leave his own stable Lot 18, Conces- sion 11, McKillop, and go to Thomas O'Harra's, 9th Concession, for noon ; north to John Ray's, for eight. Tuesday—To Oliver Turnbull's, Concession 16, Grey, for noon; thence to Walton, at McKim's hotel, for the night. Wednesday --To Alfred But. ton's, Concession 8, Morrie, for noon; thence to Blyth; at Queen's hotel, for night. Thurelay—To William kW's, Conceesion 14, Hullett, for noon ; thence to William Alexander's, Concession 10, Mc- Killop, for the night. Friday—To William Storey's, Concession 6, for noon • thence to Dick's hotel. Sea- -forth, for the night Saturday—To Robert Camp- bell's, Concession 8, McKillop, for noon; thence to his own stable where he will remain until the follow- ing Monday morning. 1585.2 Imported Thoroughbred Clydes- dale Stallion, DALMUIR, (6550), J. W. RUTLEDGE, Proprietor. Monday, May 2nd, will leave his own stable Lot 34, concession 4, Tuckersmith,and proceed to James Mc. Queen's, 2nd concesaion of Stanley, for noon, then south 11- miles, then west to the Parr Line to Robert Stevenson for night. Tueeday—will proceed to Hills Green, then to J. S. Cooper's, Kippen, for noon, then South two and a halt miles, then east to George McGonigle's, " for night. Wednesday—will propeed to Robert LeatherlandOefor noon, then by may of the Mill road, to his own stable for night. Thuraday—will proceed to Levi Wiltsers, London Road for noon,then to Dowson's Hotel, Clin- ton, for 1 hour, then by way of Huron Road, to John Alnia,for night. Friday—will proceed along the Huron Road to the Town Line, then north 11 miles, then east to James Aitcheson's for noon, then to Rert Devereaux's, Huron Road eaatifor the night. Saturday—to Robert Fortune's 2nd Con- cession, Tu6kersmith, for noon, then by way of Egmondville to his own stable, where he will remain until the following Monday morning. PUBLIC NOTICE. T-lrie annual meeting of the members of the Publia Libeary,will be held in the reading room, on Monday next, May 2ni, at 8 o'clock p. m. The Illustrated and iother paper(' (for the six months, commencing July 1st), together with several volumes of Reviews and Magazines, will be sold as usual. WILLIAM MOORE, Secretary. 1585-1 NOTICE. I have received the assessment roll for 1898, from William Evans, assessor for McKiliep, on the llth of April, and those wiehing to see the roll an do so at any time, at iny residence, and any portion wishing to appeal condo BO before the 61h of Hay, as any changes required can be made by notice: Court of Revision will be held at Jones' Hotel, Leadbury, on Monday, the 30th of - May, 1898, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. JOHN C. MORRISON, Township Clerk. 16834 Advice f a Frien • and READ THIS. How often you hear the remark, "take the advice of a. friend and do not do this or that." Experience has taught a lot of people that before taking the advice of friends, if a man will only ex- ercise a little of the, quantity !called horse sense, he will, as a general thing, be- able to dis- pense with the- tedious advice �f friends. Stir up the grey matter in your own brain, anil think for yourself. - Without wasting too much space in talk, let us get right to busi- ness, and see if we can think out the right place to buy your Spring suit at. What is the consideration that weighs with you? Det you just want to go a certain price? or do you mind the price so much, if you see what you like? Let us see the styles we carry. In Men's knockabout suits, we show good values at $5.50, 6 50 and 7.00 For something high class, -we call par- ticular attention to the Men's Suits at $8, 10.00 and 12.00. Let us still think hard as to whether you will leave your order for a goOd suit. We are showing great values in new tweeds at at $13, 16.00 and 18.00, made to order. And, again, have you. thought what kind of a hat is going to cover that thinking - cap of yours? Have you seen our lines of black, brown and _fawn Fedora Hats at 95c, $1.25, 1.50 and 2.00? We have no desire to blow, but when we say that we show the largest range of Men's Hats in the county, we mean it. We will leave you this week with the following few lines to think about, should you require the, like as summer comes in: Four pairs cotton sox, 25c; three pairs cotton sox, 25c; :two pairs black cotton, 25c; one pair of Cashmere, 25c. Straw Hats and Sunshades -10c, 12c and 15e. Black Shirt l at 65c, 75c, $1, and 1.25. '- Sumner Underclothing at 50e, 65c and $1, a suit. Boys' School Pants, our own make, at 50c, 65c and 750. Boys' Suits from $2 to $6. Umbrellas - and Raincoats in all grades. The newest cambric linen and , lawn thins at 75c, $1, 1.25 and 1.50. - WE HAVE ONE PRICE :TO ALL MONEY BACK IF WANTED. GREIG cE MACDONALD CLOTHIERS. On the Wrong Side of the Street, in the Strong Block. SEAFORTH, - ONT. ITSM C. P. R. in Travelling. Rate to the Coast still $25. Use the 0. P. R. Telegraph. Use Dominion Express- Money orders in remitting, payable at par any where in Canada or the United States. Our Accident Policy costs little; insute in the Canada Accident Policy. &said J. Macdonald, Agent for C. P. R. and Dom. Express. A GREY Bpy's EXPERIENOt OF THE IKIJONDIKE. Mr. Alexander R. Stewart, son of Mr. Alex. Stewart, of the 16th concession of Grey, who, with a couple of other young men left home a few months ago with the intention of digging up gold in the Klondike, writes home to friends as follows : FROM VANCOUVER TO FORT WRANGEL. On the 4th of March he write-: We are on board the steamer bound for Fort Wrangel and we expect to get into port to- morrow. We have had a very tedious journey ; a long trip through rook and islands and we have been four days and nights. It Wan very rough last night and for some time they thought we would all be lost. We had to anchor all night in a bay it was so terribly rough, but we have very good board on the boat and did not get sea- sick, although there are 75 passengers on board, la bound for the ;gold fields. We have poor accommodation) as we sleep down in a hole 20x15 feet, fifty-five of us and eat there also. We have 35 horses on board, 4 yoke of oxen and a great number of dogs packed round on the deck so you can scarcely move. We are nearly past Queen Charlotte's Island now, where there are lots of geese, ducks deer and bear. We were amusing enmities shooting porpoises and whale ; I shot two porpoises with my rifle. We meet from ten to twelve vessels coming back every day, and we elm the wrecked steamer Corrona " on the rocks. They are raising her. She ran on the rooks the last time she was up. This is the first trip for our captain. There are so many veesels going that they have a hard time getting men to take charge of them. You can see little tugs pulling great big steamers. We have had a very rough trip, the veesel was turned and tossed as if she was nothing, and there were some very sick people, as it was very rough going round Milbank. After passing through Lake Stiokeen we arrived at Wrangel, which is quite a' town. There are no regular streets, bet they have side- walks all over, A person has to be very careful in walking as the boards ate not nailed down and yon might fall, into some queer holes, four or five feet deep. We ex- pect to get on the ice to -morrow.' There is no frost here,although we are 1,000 miles north of you. Some are turning back already es the road is very rough, and dangerous. We aro going to try our best, although we may fail. Ibis very uncertain when you may hear from us again, as it will be hard to get letters posted. TREY COME BACK. From Vancouver on March 24th he writes: The boys and I arrived in Van• couver again safe and well from our trip. We went up on the Stiokeen river some miles and it is a thing impossible to get through with water on the ice, as there has been no frost and people cannot get through. The furthest that any one has gone up is 20 miles, and there are thousends who will have to turn baok,as it takes a pile of money unless you can get up on the ice ; $100 a ticket from Wrangel to Glenora, and $80 a ton freight, and then you have 150 miles to gO after that on land before you strike the ice again at Teslin lake, and then you are about half way or so. Unless you can get up before the snow goes it would cost a lit tle fortune. It is all a fraud the route by Wrangel and it never will be a right road unless it goes from the coast of British Col- umbia. McKenzie & Mann, the railroad contractors, are stuck fast on the ice about fifteen or twenty miles and the steamboats never got off the island at the mouth of the river. They tried to haul their sleighs but the ice was not strong enough, as there are lots of holes in the ice, and men and horses might disappear through them forever. About twenty miles from here the snow is from ten t� twelve feet deep on the ice and very soft. There has not been a party gone through here since last fall and still. they try to go % There are lots of men steying in Vancouver who will not attempt to igo fur- ther. Honorable Edgar Dewdney is writ- ing a piece for the papers advising the4r party to give up their trip. He came dotni on the same boat as we did with some of his men who were sick. We lost considerable an our outfits, and I have heard [Since re- turning they are sold for $15 or $20 com- plete on the ice by men returning, as they are glad to get what they can for them. I have seen any amount of men comine crying down the ice, saying they had spent , all the money they had for their outfits, thinking they had nothing to do but pull Pp the river, and as they had no money, haa to sell their outfits for what they weld get and turn back. There were tweny-eight stowaways on the boat we came back on and there are 1,000 men in Wrangel who haven't got a cent to bring them back to Vancouver. The town will be flood d with men. It 18 impossible to describe th hard- ships and suiffering that manand best has to undergo. It is one thing to reOd the paper about it and another thing to llritness it with your eyes. There are you4ig and strong men and old men also trying, but it is an impossibility to go that route at pres- ent. • Canada Conference of the Evan- - gelical Association. The 34th annual session of the anada Conference of the Evangelical Asso iation was heldait Waterloo, on Thursday, April 21. Bishop S. C. Freyfogel, of Re ding, Pennsylvania, opened the conference with devotional exercieee, and gave an aaprop- riate and impressive address, which was well received. Rev. J. G. Litt wale ap- pointed secretary, with Rev& 8. R. Knechtel and A. Y. Heist as assisants. The presiding elders were stationed ail- fol- lows: Rev. J. P. Hauch, south -die riot ; Rev. M. L. Wing, west district, and BevD, Kreh, north district. Rev. W. Yos , of Cleveland, Ohio, addressed the conference in the interests of the orphan home at Flat Rock, Ohio, and of the general missionary , society. Rev.George Johnson,of Naperville, Illinois, financial agent of Northw tern College and- Union Biblical Institutead- dressed the conference on the educatenal advantages afforded to the Evang Heal young people at that college. Bi hop Freyfogel addressed conference in behaU of the Ettangelical school of Theology, van- gelical Reading Circle and the echo 1 of Systematic Bible Reading. Tavistock was chosen as the place for holding the iext annual conference. On Friday evening, the Biehop gave a lecture in the town hal in behalf of the Young People's Alliance of Waterloo. The subject was " Looking inward, looking outward, looking upwatd." The address was exceedingly interesting and instructive, given with descriptive.1elo- quenee, and was listened tomtit attentively -by the conference. Rev. G. Heinmillet, of Cleveland, Ohio, editor of Der Christlieher Botschafter, addressed conference in 'the interest of the church periodicals. lUhe Sunday services were seasons of di e power. At 10 a. m. the Bishop preached a powerful ordination sermon from Mattliew 28 • 19-20, to a crowded house.- In the afternoon, Rev. L. K. Eidt was ordained 1 elder, ind Reeds. J. G. Burns and W. 0. Hehn j deacons. The missionary meeting was onducted by Rev. , G. Heinmiller. Betwe n $1,200 and $1,300 was raised for the Canada Conference Missionary Society. The eonference closed with the Sunday evening services held in the town hall. The BishoP again preached a grand sermon from Nana 50 :2. The minieters were stationed -as follow : East strica—Berlin, S. R. Knechtel ; Wate le ,G. D. Damm; Campden, W. J- Yae r ; Morriston, J. H. Grenzebach ; Bien , E. °Eby ; Rainham, Samuel. Haut+ a d J. G. Burn; Hespeler, C. G. Kaat ; amilton, G. F. Haist • Niagara,W. 0.He n ; Gaineboro, E. H.Bea;:a ; Arnprior, C. Io1 nder ; Pembroke, J. Wilhelm ; Gold n ke E. Becker ; Rorkingham, W. E. B es ; BaLinsehere, to be supplied ; Tor- onto, L. 1. Wagner: W t District, --New Hamburg, J. Um- baoh a d H.J. Holtzman ; North Eaethope, M. a rer ; Tavistock, F. Meyer ; Sebring - villa E Burn ; Stratford, J. M. Moyer t Miiifert n,G. Finkbeiner ; Maitland, M. Cle e ;Zurioh, A. Y. Heist; Dashwood, A. IV. awyer ; Crediton, J. G. Litt; Ful - lea n S. Krupp • Aldboro, G. H. Wagner ; Midtlf ton, H. H.leobold. Neat District,—St. Jteobs, D.H.Brand ; El ira D. Reider •'Wallsee, L. Wittiok ; Lis w 1, J. C. Morlock ; Normandy, H. A. Th m 'Carrick, G. Braun; Mildmay, 0. S. ;Finbeiner ; Hanover, J. A. Sohmidt ; Cheale G. Fa Braun and J. W. Beau; Port ;gin, Theo. Hauch; Nippissing and P try 'ound, L. K. Eidt and E. Gioia:11er. • TIe Representative of Spain in the Umted States. Hits DEPARTuism FROM WASHINGTON. (min Luis Polo y 3 Barnabe, formerly S nitah Minister to the United States, pessed out of the jurisdiction of that coun- tra at 1.30 o'clock Thursday of last week arid promptly established headquarters at the Lafayette Hotel in Niagara Falls, Odt- aOio, !within fifty feet of the Camadian end of the upper Suspension tBridge, leading aroa to Niagara Falls inthe United States. D,uri g the afternoon and evening he receiv- ed c mmunications frdm agents in the United tats, conferred with Spanish supporters and sent telegrams and cablegrams to con- fide ts ie Waehington, New York, Havana, 'ars and Madrid.The entire former Spanish Legation was with him, save two men who wasn't to New York from Washington. As a alain Spanish diplomat on neutral soil on the border of the United States, he was as active as he could have been on his busiest clay as Spanish Minister at Washington. 'frPolo left Washington at 7.20 fil'clock on Wednesday evening in the special 'Pullman car Japan, over the Pennsylvania Railroad. With him were Senor Pablo Soler, first Secretary ; Senor Tomas Aguaroni, Setiond oecretary ; Senor Antonio Pia, attache; Senor Bernard Almeida,attache •' Captain R. de Carranza, naval attache, andCaptain C. de In Cosa, military attache.. Two Spanish servants accompanied the party. The ser- vants took aboard the car a huge hamper of food. The party refused to eat the buffet food,and even declined pepper and salt from the negro waiter. They were cautious to the point of open anxiety and uneasiness. Senor du Bose, first secretary and Senor Galarze third secretary, did not accompany the party. They left by way of New York. This change made Senor Soler, first secre- tary, with the former minister. The trip was almost without incident. The party had plenty of wine aboard and several of them eventrially fell back on Bass's ale. Cap- tain de Carranze became very animated be- fore he fell 'asleep. George F. Foster and Charles La Salle, two United States Secret Service men, were on duty to see the party safely out of the United States.; Polo also had E. C. Wilson, a Pinkerton detective, with him. Senior Soler carried Polo's pass- port. It read : United States of America, Department of State. To All to Whom These Presonts Shall Come. Greeting :—Know ye that the bearer hereof, Senor Don Luis Polb y Bernabe Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary of Spain to the United States, is about to travel abroad, accompanied by his family and suit. These are therefore to request all officers of the United States, or any State thereof, to permit him to pass freely, without let or molestation, and to extend to him all friendly aid and protection in case of need. In testimony whereof I, Jokm Slietman, Secretary of State of the Mated States of America, have hereunto set my hand and mused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed at Washington this 10th day of April, A. D. 1898, and lof the indepen- dence of the United States of America the 122d. JOHN SHERMAN. ThetwoSpanish servants took turns staying awake during the night. The oar oame north on the regular train over the Northern Central, connecting with the West Shore at Rochester. The train bear- ing the party was due to reach Buffalo at 10.15 o'clock. It was 40 minutes late,arriv- ing at 10.55 o'clock. The 10.25 o'clock Vain for the Falls did not wait for the party. Polo and his suit breakfasted in their car on the way up from Rochester. They were more at ease than when they left Washington. On the Canadian side the _party drove rapidly up to the Lafayette Hotel. They had announced they would stop at the Clifton House, but it was closed. Also, the Lafayette is nearer the bridge, standing just across the road from the entrance. Polo and his party were greeted at the hotel by Proprietor Williams, the clerk and the por- ter. 'They occupied all the rooms on the- firet floor. It was 1.50 o'clock when they reached the hotel. Captain de in Casa ask- ed at once for mail and telegrams. None bad been received. Polo looked worried. The party went upstairs where the Spanish Consul from Toronto was waiting. There was a short conference. Then Polo himself appeared on the stairs leading into the hotel °ffi‘Seee "Send for a telegraph messenger at once," he said, and went upstairs again. As be vanishid the legation's baggage, 22 trunks and bags and 2 swords, came over from the United States on an express wagon and was carried upstairs at onceThe mes- senger boy came and Polo sent a short mere sage to the Austrian Ambassador at Wash. ingt9n. Then the party had luncheon, finis ing at 2,30 o'clock. After luncheon the two United States Secret Setvice men said good -by to Polo' and his party. Col. Thomas H. Young, chief of Ontario polic , and two assistants succeeded them as ewe t to _Polo. The Canadian police were froze out, for the entire party went up - stair and for an hour and a half Polo was busy with his secretaries writing cipher meas t 3g e40s. A o'clock they reappeared, entered carri ges and drove direct to the Great Nort western Telegraph offifie at the Grand Tarn station. There Polo sent a telegram to th French Minister at Washington and a tel gram to Senor du Boac-in New York. They had to go over wires in the United States. Polo then laid own a cipher mes- sage to Congest° in Ha ana and a cipher message to the Span h ambaesador in France. Last but most important he filed a cablegram to Sagest& n Madrid that cost $300 cash. There were bout 600 words in it. Polo, himself, filed he dispatches while his suite stood snout hi . "The cablegrams to avana, Paris and Madrid I want sent ' Halifax and, kept .out of the United St a ," said Polo. "The dispatches to Washi in and New York must go by the United t bates I suppose." Three opetators at on set to work send- ing the menages. Polo and his suite stood about listening intently until the last word had been sent. Then they drove away. Polo, Soler, De In Casa and Agnaroni, oo- oupied the first curia e. They conversed earnestly while the ca gas drove thtough Mowat Gate and up t e reservation, past the Dufferin House to he islands and up to the Burning Spdng. All alighted three times on the way and lo gazed long at the falls.He was much premed and made a long speech in Spanish to his suite as he leaked at the tumbl' g tolerant. At the Burning Spring all saw the sulphurous blaze and felt the fiery heat. The keeper of the spring asked the par y to register their names. The suite 1..ked at Polo, who shook his head, and no e signed his name. During the day and vening Polo stead- fastly refused to talk. "All I have td say is I have nothing to say," he said. At midnight memlbe of the party still were up, evidently wa ting for a reply to the $300 cablegram to tagasta. It was ex- pected before mornin ARRIVAL I TORONTO, Senor y Barnabeethe accompanied by his di ing seven most in arrived in Toronto o guests at the Queen' plans at present are for some time, and it orders to find a suits dence. A FRIEND 0 Spanish Ambassador, lomatic staff, inolud- resting looking men, Saturday, and are hotel. Senor Polo's to remain in Toronto staid his agents have le house for his read - DEL VAL. Senor Juan de Bose who accompanies tbe Embassy, though a ti pical Spaniard in ap- pearance, has the ac ent and address of an aristocratic English an. He explains this by the fact that he as for six years with the Spanish Embus in London and had been previously edu ted in London. He is personally well aoqu inted with the young Spanish diplomat M onseigneur Merry del Val,- who visited th a country some months ago. . . ' He is marvellous y brilliant," said Senor de Bose, ;" and ver much trusted' by the Pope." ,. From ar Lands. ! Rev. Dr. MoDonal , of Seaforth, has re- ceived letters from t o of his former 111311i13 - tants who are now 1 boring in distant lands, and from which he b s kindly permitted us .to make the followi g interesting extracts. The first letter is f om the Rev. Donald Guthrie, late of Wa kerton; but who recent- ly resigned his char e there and removed to Richmond, Virginia on account ofrm. Rev'. D. A. Fowlie, ho has been statied Guthrie's health. he second letter is f om Re for the past year i the Alberta district, with head quarters at a place called Dune. burg. Rev. Mr. G thrie writes on April. 15th, from Richmon , as follows: , "You will be ple ed to learn that Mrs. Guthrie bas picked p wonderfully since our arrival. The diem e is glorious and our surroundings are oat congenial in every way. Already Mrs. I uthrie has gained 12lbs. in weight, that is e aetly a pound per week. Op leaving home w decided to make for Richmond. Dr. B attie of Louhville, who is a distant relative of Mrs. Guthrie,advised this, as the valley f the Mississippi is most unhealthy. He wro e to Dr. Moses D.Hoge, of Richmond, a ver kind letter of recom- mendation in my b half. I came to Rich• mond and was e rdially received by Dr. Hoge, who invited me to preach for him and then offered me a ositioh ' as hie assistant for three months at a salary of $100 per month. At the e d of that time, the agree- ment was, that eh uld it prove satisfactory to all parties, I w to remain on as col- league and succe son The three months term expires next week when, I believe, a unanimous call is to be given me at a prob- able salary of $2010 per annum. "For two years Dr. Hoge had been look- ing about for an ssistant and had almost given up in despa r, when I came along from far distant Caned . He is a most genial man to work with. " is position here fie unique. He has been the miter, and the only pastor, of the Second C mail here for fifty three years. He share the honors with Dr. Pal- mer, of New Orl ans, as being the "Orator of the South." 51 course his best day in the pulpit is pas and gone, but he has still considerable fire and enegy. My apprentice- sbip of six mon hs in Seaforth has materi- ally aided me in my work here. In both cases I have onle pleasant recollections of my work as ass tant to two of the Grand Old Men of the Church. "I have rece'ved nothing but kindness from the people of Richmond. The South- erners are warm hearted, and whilst they do not love the ankees, they do love the British. We a e at present on the verge of war, and the w ole country is heated on the subject. She d it come, it will do a great deal to heal the feelings of the South in re- gard to the Uni ia. I had the pleasure of seeing General itz Lee, when .on his return from Cuba te ashington, the other day. He is the -idol the South. I shall be glad to hear from ya u, and will . reply by giving you some of m impressions of the South." REV. R. eowere's LETTER. Rev. Mr. Fo lie, whose letter is dated March 2.5, says': "In the first place we are, at the date of rating, just about buried in snow, with the thermometer ranging 10 and 15 degrees bele zero ; not very spring-like, is it? Well, e have been practieally abut in for six week, Trails have been barely passable, and entry traffic generally sus- pended. The onsequence is that my con- gregations all anter have been very un- satisfactory. 1 ften have I driven -to both stations and fo &not a soul present. Some days, on action t of the rough weather, I do not leave myI arding house. The roads I are so bad, the days so short, and when one takes into ac ount the danger of being caught in a ba ard, be bels rather inclined to stay at hom I don't know that I will remain longer fter my twelve months are up' If lams • t at liberty I will return home in May r June, via Chicago, &Pima Minneapolis, to. Of co tree Klondike is all the talk just ow everywhere. The eastern train arrives f equently in three sections, most of them ohig through to Vancouver, whilst many re going via Edmonton. The people in this section of the country do not seem to h ve the fever very badly, partly became they are too well acquainted with the climate and the_physical conditions of the sectio to be traversed, and partly because they hink there is a very good Klondike her in supplying the wants of the Klondik s themselves. All sorts and conditions of people are going through, the great majority of whom have no idea what- ever of what is to be encountered. Why, one young fellow wrote to Calgary, asking if his bicycle would be Of any use to him. Another man on stepping off at the depot mad, "Thank goodness, the worst of the journey's over." Pin afraid there will be a lot of sadder and wiser men returning home before the year is very much elder. "I ant glad to hear from my old Seaforth friends through you, and am glad to hear of your success. You must ear ainly have had a very successful annivers . I am only sorry I wasn't within boun ; however, it can't be helped. I am still in splendid health, and in good spirits -at the prospect of being able to return home, at least for a while." Canada. —Engineer Leonard Jones,Pf St. Thomas, was killed in a collision on the Grand Trunk Railway at Tilsonburg. ' —Andrew Davidson, an old man, who flagged for the - Grand Trunk. Railway at Perrytown station, was knocked down by the engine of the noon train on Friday aehe was croseing the track. He died two hours later. Davidson was very deaf, and did not hear the, engineer's signals. —Robert Frazer, one of the employes of E. D. Tatou at Tilsonburg, had the misfor- tune to poison himself with poison ivy about two weeks ago while working at the Port Burwell diamond crossing. He has suffered intensely, wbieisody. eneeoly, theeruption being extended over th —Brantford's latest public building, Vic- toria eohool, was formally opened Wednes- day of last week, in the presence of a good-, sized gathering. Hon. G. W. Ross, Minis- ter of Education, -performed the -ceremony. The new school cost some $14,000. Deans mont Jarvis, of Toronto, was the architect. — The executive committee of 'he Metho- dist Women's Foreign Missionary Society recently decided to send out two new mis- sionaries. Dr. Anna Henry, of alarkdale, will be sent to China and Miss Elliott, of Toronte,to Fort Simpson British Columbia. An appropriation of $2,540 was made for an addition to a girls' school in 'Tokio. — A fire broke out in the dry goods store of J. Beaulieu, in Etchemin, Quebec, about 2 o'clock one morning last week and spread to the adjoining houses, and was only extin- guished after six of the beat houses in the village were dettroyed.. Several neighbor- ing houses were partly damaged. Loss about $25,000. Insurance small. There are no fire applicances in the village. —The furious gale from theeast,one daylast week,dia much damage along the water front at Barrie. The new Grand Trunk Railway track between Allendale and Barrie stations, built some time ago for south -bound trains, was so badly washed out that it cannot be used until repaired. Boats, lioathouses-and docks got a severe shaking up. — The comity of Middlesex loses one of its oldest -inhabitants by the death of Mr. John Mollhargey, sr., of Biddulph, who passed away on Tuesday morning at the ripe old age of 84 years. Having been a resident of the county of Middlesex for 77 years be was widely known and had the reputation of always being most kind and generous to - the poor and &filleted. — When General Isaac Brock was on his march to Queenston in 1812 he stopped over at the farmhouse of Daniel Ostrom, in Sid, ney. A baby was -there and he dandled it. That baby died the other night in the per - Oen Of Isaac Brock Ostrom, one of the oldest natives of the township. He was a Conser- vative, a Methodist and an Orangeman. Two daughters and his widow survivehim. — The proceeds of the benefit concert ten- dered to Mrs. W. D. Emerson,at the Grand Opera House in London last week ,amounted to about $250. Mrs. -Emerson is the wife of the actor who shot Manager James Tuttle in the Music Hall on the night of April 1. The circumstances of the ease were such as to create universal sympathy for the actor's wife and infant girl. —The Ontario Department of Agriculture has received the first return of the ofaciel destruction of orchard trees affected by the San Jose scale. At Kingsville 498 plum, pear, peach and cherry trees in the orchard of one man have been burned by order of Government inspectors. The owner will be remunerated to the amount of 25 per cent. of the value of the trees, which will here- after be agreed upon. — Gaw's planing mill, Place d'Armes, was burned down one morning last week, involving a loss of $12,000. The place was insured for $5,000. The cause of the fire is unknown, for the fires were all out when the mill was closed last night. This is the third time the building has been burned. Mr. Gaw ,will not likely rebuild. The loss is severely felt, as Mr. Gaw bad many orders thfitil. ---Aleading hotel in Toronto has re- ceived requests for quotations on suites of apaitments to be occupied during the com- ing summer by two New York families. The head of one of the families is a promin- ent officer in the United States Army. He will go to the front, and his wife, who is in delicate health, will come to Toronto, to escape the excitement which is sure to reign in the big American cities during the war. —Mrs. Mary Sloan, of Hamilton, took a quantity of carbolic acid m mistake for a cough mixture at an early hour one morning last week. The supposed medicine was ad- ministered by her daughter, who made the I not uncommon error of getting it in the dark. Mrs. Sloan was in a low condition when the doctors arrived, but they have hopes of saving her life. She is 62 years of age. —An enhappy occurrence is reported from South Finoh,where Mrs.Johia McInnis, wife of a prominent citizen, attempted to take her life by cutting her throat with an axe. She inflicted an ugly gash and lost a quantity of blood before she was discovered. Mrs. McInnis will recover. She attepted the deed while temporarily insane. This is the second time she hat lost her mind. As soon as possible the unhappy lady was re- moved to Brookville Asylum. —Not since Vancouver, was destroyed by fire in 1886 has there been such a conflagra- tion as that which took place theta early one morning last week. The fire started on Timson's wharf and soon assumed disastrous proportions. A number of Canadian Pacific cars were soon in flames. The fire jumped to the New English Fish Company's build- ing, the bait shed and roof of the peeking shed being soon aflame. No estimate of the damage has yet been made, and it is not yet fully known what has been destroyed. —David Van Norman,J.P.,one of the early pioneersof York county, died in Keswick,on Thursday of last week,at the age of 83 yeara Mr.Van Norman was bottle in 1815 at Kingt sten. He came of U. E. Loyalist stock, the brothers in his father's family having fought under General Washington while he was still commanding British forces before the war of independence. After this they Bete tled in Canada some of them locating at LongPoint, Lake Erie, and engaged in the i iron ndustry, manufacturing the first stoves made in this country. When quite a young man, Mr. Van Norman visited the Town - ship ot North Gwillimbary, • and -followed school teaching for two or three years, after which he acquired land and commenced far- ming. During the troublous times cultnin- ating iti the rebellion of 1837 he esponeed -the cause of William Lyon -Mackenzie. For participation in the rebellion he was, with others front the neighborhood of Sharon and Newinerket, imprisoned for alength ot time in Toronto. After trial he was released and immediately returned to the farm. Mr. Van Norman early identified himself with the interests of the community in which he lived. He leaves.. widow and ten children. —Wheat reached the remerkable price of $1.12 at Fort William, last week, and that without any special assistanoe from the war scare. The price is the highest point record- " ed in many, years. The benefit tosafanitobans 'is less -than it would have been had the -ad- vance come at almost any other time of the year, and yet there wall be ,considerable pro- fit come to the Province. There are a large number of ecattering farmers stilt holding wheat and to them it will mean a nice profit: --Between January let and April 18th, 27,100 people have gone to the Klondike distrist from Pacific coast points, and 2,800 people have come out. Canadian Pacific - efficient report a large decrease in Alaskan business. This( they figure, will continue until June, July and August, when, it is ex- pected, another great math will 844 for the gold fields. BY that time news of the year's finds -will have reached the rest of the world, and id euro to start a new stampede to the nortb, unless the returns aregreatly disap- P:LrontTninthoand Ontario who are eager for agere.l are hundreds of Canadians Tin chance to take part in the ,tisaar between the United States and Spain. Mr. William L. Searelathe United States Consul in Toronto, is inundated with applications from Cana- dians who want to join either the American army Or navy. They are chilling personally and by letter at rate of from 30 to 50 a day, and -if required thre would be very little difficulty in obtaining 500 men right in Tor- onto. —Mr. John Bland, one of the most prom- inent figures in the commercial field in Western Ontario, -died last week at the family residence, London. In business circles paricularly will the lonnekeenlyfelt. Mr. Bland suffered from internal cancer, and was ill nine weeks. In the hope of regain- ing heaity he spent a few weeks at Battle Creek, Michigan, eanitarium, but reoevery was impossible. Mr. Bland was a member of the firm of James Wright & Co., heed - ware merchands and was widely known as a successful business man. He leaves a widow and family of four boys' and five girls. —The girl recently taken arm Indians in South Dakota and given to Tarton,a rancher at Moose Mountain, Assmiboiaawhe identifi- ed her as his daughter lost several years ago, turns out to be the daughter of a equaw who died at bloonjaw in '91. The child's father was a white man.Her Indian relatives are now taking steps to recover her, and would seem to have ample evidence to suc- ceed. The Turtons brought the girl home from Dakota with much rejoicing, believing that Pinvidence lied restored to them their lost child, but most people who saw her be.. he was of Indian extrsetien. —Major Evans, commissioner for the Canada Trust and Loan Company, died very suddenly, April 20th. The deceased was in his usual good health that day,and attended to business as usual. He had lately been appointed manager of tbe head office uoTor- - onto, and was making arrangements to leave the following evening. He was taken auddenly 111, and died almost immediately, the cause of death being heart disease. The deceased, who Was in his 68th year, corns menced his career in the military, having regi- ments, and serving in the Indian mutiny of lbsee58nattached to the 16th and 29th . —About 200 immigrants arrived in Mont real last week over the Canadian -Pacific Railway from Halifax per steamer Numt- dian. Most of them were English, bound for the Northwest, but some will remain in .this province. English immigration to the Eastern tewrships has been on the incresee of late years, it being found that there is ample opportunity for improvement and in dependence without going to the Western provinces. This opportunity has been en- larged through the Migration of many of the Eastern townships people to the fresher lands of the Northwest and British Colum- bia. The Self -Heat gmigration Society, of London, England, has sent many hundreds of people to the toWnships during- the past, ten years,- and is 'etilA engaged in the work. —A fatal drowning accident, resulting in the loss of two lives, occurred on the river in Cornwall, 'recently. Two men, Richard Martin, a pensioner of the, British -Govern- ment, aged about 45 years,and. Jerry Fraser, a young man about 25 years old, of Boston, , iMassachneetts, who were employed on Brennan & Foster's contract on the Ottawa, and New York Railway on Cornwall Wand, had been in that town one morning last week and while there Martin drewbiz pens aim They went to the paper mill to row across to the island in the afternoon. Mar- tin was somewhat ander the influences of liquor. They were seen to upset in the swift current on the oppoeite side of the river, and drifted down clinging to the boat. That was the least seen of them. Why no attempt was made to rescue them is it my- stery, as the accident occurred in front of the town and several people saw it. In the evening the boat was found floating with a coat, a hat and a pair of socks in it. —Thomas Bell, the convicted highway- man, has been sentenced, in Stratford, by his Honor Judge Barron, to one year in the county jail, 011 each of the four ocepits against him, the sentences to run concur- rently. —As we briefly mentioned last werk,Viam. Alexander, public school inspector, died at his home in Stratford on Tuesday, April 19th. Mi. Alexander was the second son of the late John Alexander, of the eounty of Enniskillen, Ireland, who came in 1832 to Canada, and settledan Caledonia,Haldimand county, where Willf&M was born on Janu- ary 15th, 1844. -He obtained his education &jelly at the Goderieh and Caledonian high schools, Victoria College at Cobourg, and at the Normal school at Toronto. Having qualified for the teaching profession, he en- gaged successfully as public school teacher in , Senate Itainham Centre, Thorold (then called Beaver Dam), and finally for five years at Millbank, in this county. He had taught about ten years in all; when in 1871, at a comparatively early:age, he was honor- ed by the appointment as public soiled in- spector for Perth county, at the hands of the county council. He continued to dis- charge the duties of this office for the wnole of Perth until 1877, when the county was divided into two inspectorates John A, Moran becoming inspector for the south riding. Mr. Moran resigning a couple of yeara later, gr. Alexander again became in - sector for the whole county, and so eontine ued until his death. Deceased leaves a wraiifsee. and four children to mourn his de -