The daily witness, 3 février 1898, jeudi 3 février 1898

[" a Mee MV ST Ee ow EE EE EET ~ A TUG OF WAR,\" | Our Two Great Raîtways to Have a Trial of.Strength.\u2014\u2014\u2014 A LITTLE COMPETITION PROMISES TO MAKE THINGS LIVELY.The people of Canada sustained, in the creation of the C.P.R., enormous burdens chiefly in the hope that with the completion of this great system they would be relieved of the moemopoly im: posed upon them by-thm Ge =.ny In this they have been in a great measure disappointed, as the two systems ||: have generally agreed upon a uniformity of rates which has elunipated the very principle which hundreds of millions of dollars were spent to ewbablish.Later indications would point to the possibi- l.:y of a healthier state of things in the not distant future.The abrogation of tae arrangement between the two companies a3 to the business of the line be- rveen North Bay and Toronto, for instance, may lead to a new departure in policy, while the independent stand taken by the C.P.R.with regard to the western associations, with which the Grand Trunk is affiliated, may have an effect distinctly advantageous, in the way ni a competition of rates, to the public generally.Mr.Hays, the general manager of the Grand Trunk, made a statement in the \u2018Witness\u2019 yesterday, giving the views or the company in respect to thai agreement.Looking at the map it will be seen that a pert of the original scheme for the creation of the C.P.R.contemplated the building of a line from Toronto to Sudbury.Pending the: fulfilment of this feature of the great scheme arrange ments were made with the Grand Trunk, which acquires the Northern railway, by which their business would be done by tse Grand Trunk over\u2018the line between Toronto and North Bay, where it would he transferred to the C.P.R.transcontin- ec'al line.This, it has beep contended, > the naturel route \u2018for dian business which hag vedatié to theo interests | oi our own Fort while Toit\" busi es del never lost sight of The tii © making the\u2019 connection, to and Sudbury.so as to\u201csecure an independent link inc the gfeat system.- The project is likély to be carried out now, aithough the C.P.R.authorities are reticent, owing to the disagreement between two companies touching the rates fr and use of the Grand Trunk road.The latter company, it would appear, have held the view that the Chicago route, owing to the longer haul, would pay them better.The C.P.R., recognizing that the North Bay route was the most natural as far as all the vital interests of the North-West were concerned, offered the Grand Trunk the differ ence which the longer haulage of the Chicago route would realize.The Grand Trunk, it is said, responded by propos ing a series of new regulations governing the use of the present route, which the C.P.R.could not agree to.Br the Chicago route, it is contended that business will be diverted to the United States, while by the North Bay rue :t will make for the building up \u201ctour own North-West, in connection with which the C, P.R.has spent millions of dollars.: B- continuing the North Bay rout: \u201c22 advantage would be mutual, it is con- i by the C.P.R.for the latter \u201cmv would be im a position to give «\\rrnd Trunk return eastern business.ll rever, the arrangement has come to vi and the C.P.R.is using the Sm.+ Falls Toute.It is highly prob- 4\" \"1: a solution will be found in the \u2018 z of the line from Toronto to \u201cii where the main line of the sys Te \"1 be jotned further west.In rnection there was the rather sen- = - «nnouncement, made to-day, that Le! P R.had reduced the fare to \u2018rom the uniform rate of ten 1m] forty cents to nine dollars, \u201cin fare being fifteen dollare and There was even the state- \u201c a further reduction might be \\Naroll, the general passenger ager, said, in explanation, - Lion was simply taken a3 a measure, the Grand Trunk \u201cis certain knowledge, broken ont as to the rate which had \"Ve do not want to force a nor do I wish to appear as mak- a.We are simply protecting =.The rate has been cut; \"v.and we will be prepared to - business by answering mea- Grand Trunk make furthor uid you respond?+ desire to accentuate the Lpinion as to matters be- \u201cvo empanies.What we will émtwiity suggested will be to nes?- to the statement that the + hid determined to sever | \u201cSens with the C, P.R, _ > nutter having refused to ap- menced the cut in the Toronto rate, Mr.Bell, assistant passenger agent, said to- dey, that while Mr.MoNicoll wee doubt leas a most ingenious gentlemen, he could scarcely call him an ingenuous one.As a matter of fect, he did not know what Mr.McNicoll meant, as the Grand Trunk was unconscious of having committed any offence in the line indicated.THREE DANGEROUS - SHEBEENS \u2014 Closed by the Provincial Revenue Police.} \u2014\u2014 \u2018 ONE EACH IN MONTREAL, STE.CUNEGONDE AND OUTSE- , MONT.The Provincial Revenue Police yesterday afternoon succeeded in securing three convictions for the illegal sale of liquor, which will have important results, as it practically closes up three of the most flagrant and dangerous -sheheeng: in tha: Sd pa Ratalle, ex-hotelitèper, of.Mie gende, S015 Notre.Dame, atreet\u2026 This Place has been for almoët a year the re- srt of the worst clases, Dances, were held every Monday and the Ste.Ciine- gonde police finding themselves powerless appealed to Chief Legault for his as sistance, , with the.result that Mrs.Ra- telle was yesterday fined a hundred and twenty dollars and costa or three months in jail.Judge Desnoyers was the convicting magistrate and in passing sentence declared that the time had come to wage unrelenting war aguinst all the dens which curse the city.He also de ciared tbat the so-called temperance beer was against the law and that it was only the cover for immoral practices.- \u2018The next case was that of Mary Ann McDonald, wige of D.Seguin, 40 Pap- inreau avenue.In this inétanee the neighbors had put in.most determined complaints to Chief Legault, who acted at once.He found thet the place was a rendezvous for all the east end tough characters and wharf rats who, when winter came hung round, fighting and drinking and terrorizing the vicinity.The woman was fined a hundred and fifty dollars or three months in jail.The \u2018third case wae that of J.BS Savage, 785 Mount Royal avenue, Savage's place was a great meeting house for the poorer class of carters and teamsters.In this instance also the neighbors complained.As the place was in Outremont and not in the city, he escaped with a fine of a hundred.and twenty dollars, or three months in jail.In each instapce a delay of one month was given, but when the new amendment becomes law, which will te very shortly, the convicting magistrate will not be permitted to grant delay, but punishment must follow immediately on conviction.BARNJUM\u2019S GYMNASIUM.Miss Constance Grier and Miss Birdia Smith have offered a silver medal, to be competed for by the \u2018 Lilliputians\" of Miss Barnjum\u2019s Gymnasium.This makes the eighth medal already offered for the coming competition, thereby proving the high appreciation of the work 80 splendidly carried on at the time-hon- ored \u2018 Barnjum Gymnasium.\u2019 OUT OF POLITICS.MR.W.W.BUCHANAN REFUSES TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR EAST HAMILTON.Hamilton, Feb.3.\u2014~For some days thére has been talk around town that Mr.W.W.Buchanan would be a prohibition candidate for thé Tegislature, in East Hamilton, against Ald.Carscallen, Conservative, and Mr.James T.Middleton, Liberal, the late member.Ar.Bushan.an, however, énoignoes | be a candidate foe any constituency at ally severe \u2018winter is causing Much dis especially feeling the pinch caused by the continued cold- weather.from two hundred and seventy-five to three hundred families are relieved every week by the board, nearly all of \u2018whom the relief supplied and, as a rule, \u2018the remainder also prove worthy upon enquiry into their several cases.Mr.Chas, Alexander, who presided at the board\u2019s ing, at the Protestant House of Industry, funds.but children, sickly men unable to work if they could but who could not get any, old people long past work of any kind\u2014 all these and more were among the ap- must come in.The German citizens of \u2018side, when another car crashed through, 0 ; ot neetng to be held in Chicago 2 Western rates, Mr.Me- the coming election.injrring him wrthat lw died.The seo- = car came: from a train in \u201cof James Ainsley, who has had fifteen es oY © ' .Ce > MONTREAL, \u201cFRURSDA Ÿ,.FEBRUARY » 1¥ experienes in shunting cars, Fol.\u2018rns religved of a sack of gold valued at Towing the usual practice, this car was {four hundred and fifty dollars, in a poker ban retwrmed ie ee ; +] : Jeu 1 ts brekes wher it Bad gone far Or some reason-\u2014owing the ice, Ainaley said\u2014the brakes did not hall, and-the car continued en abont thirty feet, NEW NO BETTER PS THAN OLD.Interesting Mesting of.the Licensed Victual-# THE MEMBERS ARF NOT AT ALL; AFRAID OF QUEBEC.+ The Licensed Victualers\u2019 Association afternoon, \u2018yesterday LEW Dy cin 73 SOE TE ; The report.of the banquet committee wila\u201d] vin socom bad been ped.There was on discussion on the action of the Licorne Commissioners, in refusing to renew té old licences, and granting as meny new certificates to as many mew applicants.Works.Compeny hes secured \u2018the con- It wes stated that there was very little difference between the old licerife holders who bad been refused and the new ef: plicants who had been successful.It] was further alleged that two of the new] certificates granted were being Lob.& purely speculative purposes.It was suggested thet in view of the large number of applicants it was impossible for errors not to creep m, and in view of this the rresident, vice-president and secretary were appointed as a committee to attend the meetings of the license comminsioners when matters affecting the tæude were di à .pi There was also some criticlemt on the: practice, which it was alleged had crept: in of late, of granting permits to people to sell liquor who did not have a license.The matter is to be further discussed at a future meeting.: \u2019 J evecugh, jury, companyf held ite firm regular meeting of the vent ln tract Local Houses es to their views: 1, probébition; 2, On.blue question of tapvingl the plebiscite vote taken on the pres : it) bs set _\u2014- um?0 HELP, URGENTLY NEEDED.There is no doubt that the exception- tress and suffering amang.the poor.of all classes in Montreal, and it ie not 2 -mat- ter \u2018of surprise that the various charitable organizations have all they can do to cope with the existing distress.The Protestant Board of Outdoor Relief is An average of ere known to be genuinaly in waat of weekly distribution of relief this morn- expressed his hope that the citizens would quickly come to the assistance.of the board, which is now some fourteen hundred dollars behind in the matter of As the applicants came into the room in turn to be relieved every case waa referred to by one or other of the gentle men present, who possessed particulars of the same.Widows with no means if they had it, those who would work plicants at this morning\u2019s distribution.There are a good two months more of winter and unlezs the operations of the board are to be suspended more funds the city have already responded to the appeal of the board.It now remains for the other citizens to help those to whom warmth and a sufficiency of food and clothing is just now a luxury instead of a matter of course.\u2018EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE\u2019 AGAIN.The coroner has returned from St.Leonard de Maurice, where he went to make inquiries into the death of Mrs.Sepacartier, of that place.The conclusion -reached was that she had died from natural causes.\" \u2018The coroner\u2019s investigation into the death of Patrick Dunn, of 19 Richardson street, showed thug.thisuman had jugt ve ceived a ear i frapd Trin È at Point/St.OR ; to cleaned, ang was about 8lesing the gates from the in- Pore oe bin sie ri as thst phere is No need for Unit-d D » to itory should be administered ; that American vèssels be prohibied ing laws.of to charge.but in the Uni Joint\u201d returned TIT Victoria, B.C.the Ki | \u201cLOOK, OÙT FOR, THEM.{ Toronto, Feb.3\u2014The .Polson Iron act from an English syndicate for the building of a steamer to be used on the PY lutions were passed carrying goods from one : to another in aceordance with the coast.Transport Corporatioer tent north by the Bostowits last night to inaugurete the Stickeen route upen which the company propose to operate.From Stickeen Island the party will proceed over the ice h Creek Pértage to Lake Teslin, leaving mup- plies along the way at mations, consisting of great circular canvas tents put at distances of fifteen miles.Last night's expedition consists of forty men with forty horses and eleds and all necesæiry pro visions, Mr.i 1d C.A NEW YORK PARTY.Buffalo, N.Y., Feb, 3.\u2014Five scekers after nuggets in the Alaskan from.Eastern New York Stafe Buffalo yesterday.departed for Toronto, where they will buy their entire outfta.thoy will take the Canadian Pacific to Victoria, and on Feb.15 they propose to sail by way of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company\u2019s line to Dyea.From there they will tramp it over the Chil- coot Pass to Dawson city, which they hope to reach by May 1.TROUBLE AT SKAGUAY.Skaguay, via Seattle, Wash, Feb.2\u2014A4 riot occurred here yesterday on the arrival of the steamer \u2018 Alki\u2019 from Puget Sound between \u2018local longshoremen and the crew of the steamer.of the \u2018 Al-ki\u2019 had brought a uymber of Indian longshoremen from Juneau to discharge the vessel's cargo, and as soon as the steamer made fast to the dock and the Indian laborers began work, trouble began.A mob of at least a hundred men set upon the Indians, striking and beating them in a ferocious marmer.The first mate of the steamer imterfered, but in a moment he was knocked down.vy the enraged mob.kle, of the steamer \u2018Alki,\u2019 ordered the hot water hose turned on the crowd, but the order was not executed.Had it been, serious loss of life would have inevitably resulted.Several of the Indian longshoremen were bady cut and bruised, nd fatalities resulted.A pariey was subsequently held, which resulted in the white ongshoremen securing work of discharging \u2018Alki\u2019 | the ; Indidne bing keps on Skagiay is rapidly.dilag wp most notorious bunco and confidence men of: residents of the \u2018the , UT hd verdict, of \u2018excusable émicide,\u2019 and the coroner ressed himself as satisfied ae It is understwod tin will be by ed with their decision.that-a heavy civil ac- rought against the railway FOR TAT.Betéists Columbians Anxious to Get Even With the United \u2018States.WOULD TAX AMERICAN LUMBER AND GIVE MINERS\u2019 LICENSES TO BRITISH SUBJECTS Drei, of We.| di pas hou » EE pin, which game.stopped Vancouver, B.C., Feb.3.\u2014The steamer \u2018Islander\u2019 sailed last evening for Alaska to ! with over three hundred passengers and all the freight she could carry.She hes | aleo a number of horees, and nearly all ithe Klondikers have dog teams, Amongst | passengers was Major Strickland, of the North-West.Mounted Polies, who; is returning after a brief-ieave of abscnee.YUKON RELIEF EXPEDITION.Washington, D.C., Feb, 3.\u2014General - Merriam, commanding the Department of the Columbia, has potifiéd.the Acting of War.that be has completed info the door.The ; Toroûto, Feb.&\u2014Quite a the detæils of the reliné expeditions to-be \u2018ederate 85 and a be o sent out By the gévernmerit to the old be Hosting around the city; and pro-, [gion in Alaska and to the Klondike, are\u201d among those ho have been amin.| Mand and to take.temporary \u201cstation at |: ded.© 1, oo [lave bem swin Dyea, where he is to establish pret \u2014 and supply depot.Captain George ANOTHER YUKON len, assistant qua aber, is deu homes vo orme.| mi re PE sary of the expedition and in to repoft to Major Rucker at Dyea.Captain.D.L.Brainard, comminsary.of subsistence, has pureaing and abusing wie oF to pu ing and disbursing o of the expedition.Captain Eldridge with a de- = K ocheuking of Lieut.E.W.Clark and fifty enlistéd men of the 14th Infantry, together with First Lieutenant Kem), assistant surgeon, and two enlisted men of the hospital corps, fully armed and equipped for escort duty in the interior of Alaska, with a hundred rounds of rifle ammunition per man, are ordered to proceed from Vancouver barracks to Dyea and report to Major Rucker.First Lieut.Guy H.Preston, of the 9th.Cavalry in charge, with Lieut.Jas.A.Ryan, 9th Cavalry, and the pack trains from the Department of the Platte, are also ordered to duty at Dyes.Orders.have been given to the chief commissary of the.Department of the Col- - ONLY.umbia to ship by steamers from Port- \u2018&üge and material prosperity of Canada \u2014-\u2014 land and Seattle about Feb.5 twelye.dulag the reds bit Las Just Closed.The thoussnd complete rations, with proper credit of Canads has never ood 20 high he Vancouver, B.C.Fab: 3\u2014A public proportion of subsistence, stores, and pro- Surops Man 3 nd arord Tuasonable i meeting was held here last night Reso- PETLY; And aisd tandem and single sleds, peop ni peine he ucurdeus of to Major Rucker at Dyea.THE ANCIENT CAPITAL wrging thet Klondike Fishdries | Commission, and Captains Koe- jointly, nig, of the \u2018Druid,\u2019 and Demers, of the \u2018Campana.\u2019 Speaker Tessier and the Hon.Chas.Langelier lave for Montreal tonight to represeni Bis pilots at the sittings to be now held in Montreal.- THE 10 BRIDGE.For the first time in fifty years the ice bridge in the north channel extends to the very foot of the Island of Orleans.Usually, it does not go below La Bonne Ste.Anne.À solid ice bridge has also formed over the south channel as far down as Ide Madame.LOST IN THE BUSH.\u2018Two men named Laliberté and Lamon- tagne are reported lost in the bush in Dorchester County, and it is feared that \u2018they have perished, as they have not besn seen for thrée weeks.They were engaged in lumbering, but went off deer hunting one morning, since when nothing has been heard of them.NOTES.\u2018The \u2018Evenement\u2019 office had a narrow escape from destruction by fire last evening.Fortunately the flames, which broke out in the editorial department, were perceived and suppressed before they had gained too much headway.About .a hundred dollars\u2019 worth of damage was one.A gang of a hundred and thirty-five \u2018men left here laut night by C.P.R.for the Crow\u2019s Nest Pass, British Columbia.H.W.Gardner, arrested for forgery, has been remanded to await instructions from Montreal.CL THE THERMOMETER READINGS.Newboro, Ont., Feb.2.\u2014Thermometer twenty-two below zero this morning.North Wakefield, Que., Feb, 2.\u2014Ther- mometer reached twenty-four below here G di port | 3.\u2014An expedition Mining, \u2018Trading & and thence across the J.MeLennan is in old 5-lds reached This morning they On Saturday The eaptain this morning.Pembroke, Ont., Feb.2.\u2014At eight p.m, it was eighteen below zero.\u2018Summerstown, Ont, Feb.2.\u2014Twenty- six below zero here this morning.Springfield, Mess, Feb.8\u2014The cold wave which moved into this section yés- terday morning reached a climax this morning, with temperatures ranging from eight to seventeen degrees below zero, according to location.It is the coldest day of the season by seven degrees, Detroit, Mich., Feb.3.\u2014The icy cm.bargo on business and traffic in Michigan has not yet been lifted.Intense;y cold weather followed a heavy fall of the [snow and a severe wind stil prevails, making the work of clearing away drifts toerd Le Ae |r guy « .No fréight, traine haye nT arty af; Grasid Topids fm the north with the |dizice Monday, and towns Wn the upper part of the lower peninsula may get short Then Captain Hen- for.the better.P, dig ae Je 1s of Are te :; 8, 1888.Page Onx Cine.7 © Department; Mr.Arcand, of the Quebec Bel \u2018of .provigions, unless conditions change |.PARLIAMENT MEETS Third Session of Eighth Parliament Opened by = the Governer- ; General.SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.SOME IMPORTANT LEGISLATION © FQ BREEN gn ares sano vio oi us DOM] AE PRÉBISCITÉ AND THE + REPEAL OF THE FRAN- \u2019 CHISE LAW.Ottawa, Feb.3\u2014The third session of 3 the \u2018eighth parliament was opened this afternoon at three O'clock by His Excel- lenoy the Goverpoë@eneral, the Eurl of Aberdeen.He was: escorted from Gov- ur ernment House by a detachment of.the : Was received by a guard of bonor from à the Governor-General\u2019s Foot Guards, com.: manded by Capt.Tyrell, Being bated i on the throne, and the House of Com- § ; mons having responded to the.summons, ZUNE His Excellency delivered the following 3 i speech : \u2014 sai SPEECH FROM THE THRONE, Hon.Gentlemen of the Senate: Gentlemen of the House of Commons: I have obseryed with great leasune th : remarkable advance in the political tmpor- D A SRE te Flip.A by the substitution of a of on our indebted- exists.CANADA-AND THE MOTHER LAND, relations: setae Canada ansé tha remainder of tho Spire, and will, I trust, TE perial trade.\u2019 THB KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS.The ext, à prom t action for the preserVation of law an order in that distant and almost inaccessible 1locality; measures will be laid before you for that purpose.À contract has: been entered inte, subject to your approval, for the com- Pletion at the earliest possible moment of à op and rfver communication rough Canadian territory with tha Klondike -and principal gold fields, which it is to Canada th à will secure ( e portion of the lucrative traffic of that coun- ry.THE WAVE OF PROSPERITY, The bountiful harvest with which we Laye been \u2018favored by a benevolent Providsnee, has contributed greatly to the incrense of cur prosperity, and I am glad to note that the trade and commerce of the Dominion, 8nd moro eapecially the amount and values of her cipal Sxports, have increased greatly ring past sightsen months, and there is gooû.reason to believe that this improvement.may.be retained if not augmented, during the remainder of the present year.I observe with pleasure that certain gov- ertment contmdts, recently let, contain provisions ealouniated to supprass the evils of the sweating system.THE ESTIMATES.Gentlemen of the House of Commons: The accounts of the past year will hs laid before you.The ostimates for the succeeding year will likewise be placed upon the table at an eariy date.; THB PROHIBITION PLESISCITE, Honorabie Gentlemen of *he Sénate: Gentlemen of the Housé of Cammous: \u201d Measures will de sudmiitted to you respecting superannuation, the repeal of the present franchise act, and @ plebis-ite on tbe question of ; probibition.and ol .measures commen to your earnex coupideration, invoking the Divine blessing upon the important deliberations into which you are again entering.On the reassembling of the House of Commons it was agreed to take the speech into consideration to-morrow.\u2018 DECIDEDLY COLD.\u2014., Toronto, Fob.3\u2014The following ars the maximum and iminimum- temperatures :\u2014 Kamloops, 40-20; CHIgary; 16-12; Pest Arthur, 8 below\u2014i2 below; Parry Sound, 6\u201423 3 below; Toronto, 16\u20142- below; Montreal, 4 A below\u201410 below, Quebec, 4 below\u201416 below; 4 Halifax, 2-12 Prebebflities for the next twenty-touy hours: Generally fair.and de- cifediy coll CU i Montreal, Feb.3, 1498.Readings by Hearn & Harrison's Standard \u2018 Barometer at noon to-day, 30.23; yester: cue - day 3M08;.to-day, temperature, max.\u20188; [a .Tim; ~~ §; yesterday, max, \u2014 2; in.\u2014 18, vo \u201c= Blgnifies below zero.10° rm EN LY Sh Eh.i & di a Sin TERE ' \\ CULLEN\u2014RODGER\u2014On Jan mirably Adapted 7\u201d for Wedding Pre- .: sents.< - 2261 ST.CATHERINE ST.E M.ROBB, D.V.S., (McGill), 5 _ Veterinary Surgeo ».48,580,852 Drummond st._ Everything up-to-date.Always on hand \u201cHIGH CLASS SADDLE and CARRIAGE HORSES for sale.- FINANCIAL.AGENT \u2018Government, Municipal and Railway Se- ;- curities, Bought aod Soild.First clase tecorities Suitable for Trust Funds always on band.Trust Estates Manuged.Montreal.3:10 to 25 Percent Off JUATCHES CLOCKS, MILVERWARE, \" CWTLERY, SPOONS and FORKS, £e, = JOHN WATSON, \u2019 Importer, D - 2174 ST.CATHERINE STREET, ponfition Bufiding, 3 doars East of Phillips sq \u201c- Open unti! 9 Evénings.\u20183 Slag 2 he Live ETCHINGS, © 5 Se per sevare.fuck.Minimum for any single {Etching Be : drawing extra, if required.iBpeciai rates for large ftunntities, i 'WITNESS' PRINTING HOUSE, : Corner\u2019 Craig anû EBleury streets Cotton Fabrics.We wish Including Ginghams, French Per- - cales, Dimities, Silver 8ilks, ete, ranging in price from 180 35e; to \u201cbe cleared at 12%4c., Price cuts In ail lines of Riderdown .Comforters, Scotch Blankets, Cana- , dian Blankets.A light purse can bar bed comfort now._ Blankets worth $4.85 for 83,38: 35.10 \u201cfor $4.08; 35.95 for $4.78; $7.50 for \u20ac6; Comforters werth $2.50 for $1.60; $0.50 for 18.60: $5.25 for $1.29; 38.50 \"Numerous epds of Dress 4\u20ac WEDDING X wm BEIM.pi] | oue and the current strong.wf gallons of liquors, more than two- \"| here again.| of the company managers is to hold back {tion he can demand any price.| the geders on hand, orders placed early THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEB.3.WESTERN : RIVALRY.Vancouver is Making a Strong Bid for the Yukon Outfitting - Trade.WARNING TO GOLD SEEKERS DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES IN STORE FOR THOSE FLOCKING NORTH.; .Vancouver, B.C., Feb.8.\u2014The Hon.Edwin Dudley, United States consul here, received a telegram yesterday from the \u2018Assistant Secretary of State, Mr.Day, stating .that the charges hitherto levie on Canadian goods passing through Dyea and Skaguay to Yukon would be abolished and that an order to that effect would be issued to-day.Vancouver, B.C., Feb.3.\u2014The Vancouver Board of Trade has established an agency in Seattle to afford information of Vancouver's advantages over American cities in supplying outfits for the Klondike at lower prices and of a more suitable character.The result has been so detrimental to Seattle outfitters, as the miners realized the saving they could effect by outfitting in Canada, besides getting their miners\u2019 license before they started for the north, that the news papers of Seattle are calling on the City Council of that place to impose a heavy license fee on any representatives of Canadian cities who may go there.It is realized here that this a most significant admission on Seattle\u2019s part that she cannot compete for the trade, a fact which is amply \u2018confirmed by comparisons of Canadian and American invoices of outfits and supplies, the duty on American outfits being about thirty percent.Toronto, Feb.3\u2014The Church Mis sicnary Society has six missionary clergy- mer in the Yakon district, two laboring smong the miners and, four among the A _ \u201c \u2018A WARNING'FROM DAWSON.The Rev.Mr.Duvernet, secretary of the Canadian branch of the Church Missionary Society, has received a letter dated Nov.20, from the Rev.F.Flewel- ling, of Dawson City, who went there two years ago.As a former letter from him last July was given publicity in the Canadian press, he asks the secretary to publish the following :\u2014\u2018My earnest advice to those who are thinking of eom- ing here is \u201cDon\u2019t come.\u201d The country is already overcrowded, and the supply of labor is greater than the demand.Few of the newcomers succeed in staking claims that they can afford to work, and unless they have capital and can buy claims, they have to hire with the fortunate claim-owners.There are a considerable number of capitalists either here in person or represented by agents, and no claims are sold until the actual value is paid.Of course, there is some speculation, but conditions are entirely different from those of nine months or a year ago, when the richness of the ground was not realized and men bought claims worth tens of thousands of dollars for a few hundreds.The prevailing prices soon consume a laborer\u2019s earnings.A miner needs a house, and logs have to be brought a great distance.Rough green lumber costs $140 to $200 per thousand feet at the mill.A sheet iron stove costs thirty-five dollars, dry wood fifteen dollars a cord op the shore.Food of any kind, if it can be got at all, now costs over a dollar per pound.Last year therm was suffering because of lack of provisions ;.this year, although three or four hundred men were compelled to go down the river four hundred miles to winter where the steamboats were stranded, there will be greater suffering.\u2018If any man reads this who is still determined to come, let him bring a good outfit with him.There are several reasons why provisions are so scarce.The summer is short, and the Yukon navigable only four and a half months in the year.Sand-bars in the river are numer- The transportation companies are looking to their own intereste, and there is more profit on liquors.Intoxicants are brought in, to the neglect of food.In the summer of 1808 1 saw boats discharging hundreds \u2018thirds of each cargo.This summer I saw one boat which could not get over the shoals at Fort Yukon, put off all the food supplies and come up here with only ; liquors, returning for the rest of the cargo, but too late in the season to reach s \u2026 + THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1808.= 4 \u2014_\u2014 down each order, which he did, especially in flour, and yet sells flour to others who never placed orders, at fifty dollars per fifty-pound sack.\u2019 THE \u2018CORONA\u2019S8\u2019 PASSENGERS.Fort Wrangell, Jan.29, via Seattle Feb.8.\u2014The steamer \u2018Oregon,\u2019 of the Portland-Alaska line, on her wav 1, Alaska anchored off Lewis Island and rescued the passengers of the wrecked \u2018Corona,\u2019 who were not taken off by 11.Al-Ki\u2019 last Thursday.The sea wig choppy and a fresh breeze was blowing from the direction of Dixon's entrance but the transfer of men, women and children and the personal baggage wo.made with expedition.One of th ship's boats, which was in charge of tl.second officer of the \u2018Orcgon\u2019 drifte | about four miles down the straits, and was not picked up for five hours Tu occupants, several men and Mrs, Ed Fu- ter and babe, suffered a great deal irom cold, and were well-nigh exhauste About fifty of the \u2018Coronas\u2019 passengirs were left on the island.Thev would not go on the \u2018Oregon\u2019 unless Captain S:e phens would agree to take all their baggage, outfits and animals.Thev had about twenty-five tons of supplies on the beech.As it would take several days to get all the stuff aboard, Captain Stephens would not comply with the re quest.The people left on the island are well supplied with provisions, tents and bedding.They will probably stay there urtil some boat comes along and picks them up.\u2014\u2014 GUELPH FAT STOCK CLUB.Guelph, Ont, Feb.2\u2014The annua\u2019 meeting of the Guelph Fat Stock Club was held yesterday afternoon.There was an excellent attendance of the men; bers.According to the president's address and the report of the setretary- treasurer the last show was one of the most successful in the history of the orgamization.After all expenses ars met there will still remain a mice balance to the credit of the club.The feeling of the meeting was that the next show will be much larger even than the last, and it was urged that preparations commence earlier, and more accommod:.tion be provided.It was decided that the next show be held in December, the dates to be fixed later.CANADA\u2019S GRAIN-CARRYI TRADE.The Toronto \u2018Globe,\u2019 commenting Mr.Meighen's interview with the \u2018 ness\u2019 in regard to Canada\u2019s grain-ca ing trade, which it re-prints, declares problem to be one difficult of solutic but one which should engage the atte tion of the government, and suggests commission to investigate and repor.upon the subject.The \u2018Globe\u2019 says :\u2014 The port oto 1 is closed for almo pat the east At la therefore ects y for us to contemplate the necessity of car- Tying the freight in question by rail from elevators on the lakes to St.John or Hall.fax.That prospect should not, at first sight at any rate, be discouraging.We will shortly have between Montreal and St.John and Halifax uninterrupted communication over a government railway which has been steadily losing money because there was not enough business to do.This affords room to hope that any arrangement which would throw the carriage of western produce in the way of the Intercolonial would be doing a double service to the country.The traffic that reached the Intercolonial would come to it over other Canadian roads with a general swelllng of receipts all round, which of itself would be a distinct national gain.The handling of a greatly- increased quantity of traffic would be a good thing for labor, and would have the usual effects in imparting vitality to allied callings and occupations ; increasing, In short, the number of people who can earn a livelihood here, and that is truly the root problem for Canadian statesmanship.It ls patent that to any solution of the matter the help of the rallway companies and the steamship companies is indispensable.It is not, it is true, wholly a matter of freight charges, but that is certainly of the first consequence.The bushel of grain must reach the seaport at as low a figure at least as it can be carried to an American seaport, and the ocean rates must be as satisfactory an those of New York.Th« rovernment policy of encouraging our trade with Britain will fit in with this programme excellently, for to have low ocean rates there must be freights in and out.That the railways are disposed to encourage the carriage of grain In winter to the seaboard is apparent from the recent action of the C.P.R.in reducing the rates by eight ceuts per hundred pounds from Fort William to Montreal, and on export shipments to St.John after the close of navigation.There is a point of course below which produce could not be transported with profit, hut wholesale handling of a commodily frequently allows of economies which were either not thought of or not practicable when lesser quantities were all that had to ba provided for.The establishment of great elevators east of the lakes, of which Mr.Meighen specks, would constitute one of those facilittes which often change the whole aspect of a problem.The railway to Duluth for which Mr Greenway has been negotiating for some time would form a decidedly disturbing element in such a programme as we have been discussing.What he is endeavoring to sr- cure is a rallway which will carry gra! from Winnipeg to Duluth at ten cents pr hundred pounds.It would be rash to co:.- clude that he will fail, and who will de\" v that there exists ample justification for his attempts te secure such a boon?How cou!! eastern Caneda fairly ask the western furi- er to forego something that would be equ!- valent to adding, even at the reduced rate which will soan prevail, four or five rete to the price of every hundred pounds wheat he grows?To tell him that to d =\" would be patriotic would be nothing to :\u2018*\u201d point.Why should he be speclally ca +! upon to make sacrifices on behalf of :r- tional projects?The remedy lies with \u2018* Canadian Pacific- Railway.That comps 7 should make such a reduction in {ts rnt : The policy of at least one provisions until in the face of starva- The companies individually announced that they would not accept.any orders for out- ; fits until cash enfficient to cover the order in full was deposited.This manager referred to above declared late this antumn thet he was unahle to fully meet SUITES \u2018in (he summer, and would ba as to remove any hopes of getting be: terms in other directions.The Manic: farmer neither wants to add to the pros\u201d- cial debt nor to injure the Canadian ro: but he wants lower freight rates, and if \u2018- cannot get them in one way he will in other, and nobody will blame him.Mr.Greenway concludes his arrangemer:s and gets a road to Duluth the C.P.R.w'! have to cut its rates willy-nilly.Better cut them before the threatened arrangement is concluded.It will be too late when th bargain is made.The country bas a res! interest in the matter.for if the Duluh Mine is built the stream wil be diverted at to cut | ita source od 112010120212 248 Af a fh a a 2 aw.a.0 TE 3 = 5 & a OE O RD Pct Tm rrr ett TCO et er WN BN at bd hd A ey dd om m0 \"9 ra e ® 0 en Oo JT OT - a Fw EFY ITER =mIIVMESEYEM ITE B11 7 fF EW VE FEET WW ww Fat Fw WW ITV WS woe 7 Ved TY S20 TY 6 AQ THURSDAY, Fssuaer 3; 4 JAMES A OGILVY & SONS PC Sul e Rl res ASST 0E TRE IE used for.yard, One piece only of Brown six Mats LINENS!.0000044 5000004 126 Mr.Seanlan\u2019s store.The till had \u2018à pried open, as wall as the regis- \u201ctut not a cent was missing, although [»rmer contained twenty-four cop- Mr.Popper always removes \u2018bia : :nto the safe upstairs.Had the zara lifted up the box im the till 7 dollars\u2019 worth of postage stamps : have been found, but they had \u201cme to take any valuables as Mr.\u201cer scared them away when he opts window to see who was there * time the alarm rang.It is -h: that the large assortment of new \"ws and soaps which Mr.Popper n displaying attracted the thieves.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 GOLD SEEKERS.wall set-up Englishmen passed 4 P- R.yesterday on the way to Non die There were ten more to- + lat ter from various districts in «ol States.The C.P.R.em- are kept busy checking baggage.\u201crals are looking forward to a 0 \"men in the party this morning +t have been less than- sixty years | >.Neither age nor family.tieæ ap- | » be a hindrance.The desire for n formne has reached almost every 2% the opposite poles of opportunity | UK RESPONSE | To any of our advertised Speciais enables you to have re as many of these Specials tro sold out the' day following the advertisement.; IMITATION GREY PERSIAN LAMB.We have one piece only of Imitation Grey Persian Lamb, 4 inches wids, suitable for making Winter Capesand every: purpose that Persian.This line was retailed previously at 300; to clear now at 8.00 SILK MANTLE PLUSE _ HE brows, 3 10chee wir wrth 1.Mar.now Less 10 Percent for Cash.$2.75 SILVER TOWELS, Reduced to 82 per dozen, PURE LINEN TABLE NAPKINS, $1, 81.20, $1.50, $1.65, $1.75 per dozen One Yard REMNANTS of CREAM TABLE LINENS, at 18¢, 200, 22c.and 266.pre 0 +3 business in the spring.One |; Lau) we, Méatis Fia oT por Tard, LINENS1 - VALUABLE DIAMOND MINES.a diamond mine near Pretoria, is con- Tamouds tussethed, of To He saw H | diamcnds E35 Regular Monthly Meeting Last Evening.\u2014_ .THE WATER SUPPLY AND CON-| STRUCTION OF SEWERS DISCUSSED., The regular monthly meeting of the last evening.Mayor Dunlop presided, and all the councillors were present with the exception of Councillor Denis.Mr.Henry Collins was \u2018appointed to audit last year\u2019s books and accounts.Tenders for manhole covers and\u2019 rings were received up to eleven o'clock\u2019 yes.awarded to Garth & Co, the manhole covera to be the same pattern as those |! supplied \u2018to the Corporation of West- mound, Mr.E.Brunet was appoinied drain inspector for the sewer to be constructed on St.Louis street by Messrs.Keegan &- Heffernan, to \u2018whom the contract had been awarded at the last meeting.An application from the Outæemont- Court, I.0.F., to rent the hall for their meetings on the second and.last -Tues-: days of each month was granted.1 The Mayor and ' \u2018were the tion the Jot of land preséatéd by Mr.Watson for a public park.proposed park will be bounded by Viatur, Quebec, Bloomfield and Outre-\" mont avenues.The town solicitor reported on the deeds, and after considerable discuasion in reference to the agreement betwéen the town of St.Louis and Outremont for the building of a sewer on Hutchison sireet\u2019 jointly, and also the macadamiring \"of the strest, the matter was referred Back to the committee.Councillors.Joyce, Languedoc, MeKen- zie and .Hall .were appointed a - tion to wait upon the Montreal | Vater & Power Company with reference to supplying water to the town of Ouire- mont .throëgh.St.Lonis du Mile End.Councillors McKensie, -and.Hal}, together with the secretary, wese wese appointed to confer with the Corparatier of St.Louis in reference to the deeds re lating to the x sewer connections.Councillor McKengie brought up he | question of the.dog tax: and Councillor: Cook thought that the first of May and | Pretoria, Feb.3.\u2014A government inspec- | St.tor who paid a surprise visit recently to a Town Council of Outremont was \u2018held | terday and the eontract was: last evening |i secretary ; authorized to sign the deed conveying to Lit.- IÉ-AM.Jacques loses the M is stp ride SLOSS T54:00 or sa ope Owing to the action of the City Coun a ES > Perienced - in.gi seats on the Road tees.By the nee bya the are as folows:\u2014 ~ +\" to chairmanships of committe that eve.ey be shelved \u2018as members of practical?ly non-spending committees, It is pretty well known that AM.Rain- \u20ac ville will retain the chairmanship of thé Finance Committee, and that Ald.Btev- enson will still hold chief place on \u2018the, Fire Committee.For the chairmanship Beauso- \u2018probabilities aus; that Aid, ; Bet will get the plom Nis said | Prefontaine will use all his i help Ald.Brunet.of the Fouls 1t is expected bo.wil Committee.- Ald.Wilson will.demand a sedi on the Road.Commitee, * When the number of \u2018commitiees was on the Road or committees; both represent.East Ward, which is.no \u2018longer entitled to usurp two seats on.the committee.| the council will not be surprided if AM | Ames gets the chairmanship ot'tbe' Wa- Toe which ie is given much credence, that, this Lu A We | bite ess y #7 ;| the results of of the - % cil, at its last meeting bine ao] end aE Sa à power-oving aldermen - anit \u2018Finance ions] cil should not Be entirely shunied off) & little or no importance, not should IY of the Road Committee a bitter ght is 4 Aldermen Brunet, SRT reduced the number of commitiess Yad ward \u2018should have a representative either'| fl Finance It is known that cbrtain members of | 3 just to the French members [46 to say FEEL i an > AD di LG RS ne +50 = this being the case either Ald.Beausoleil og or Ald.Marsolais will have to: retire 50 from: the Finance Committee; as.thay }i44 °szipn and social position RER SMS in EE EE 4 2 , ac + SEIMEI BE 2 A 0 1 ~~ $7 ries 1 2 2 \u2018Dresses at Halt-Prigs, timbres.- Li ne rene rm Super i Sarin ad Qent\u2019s ré wifhhce- ot - Camibrio\u201d \u2018and Muslin A 3 Shirt -Walsts at-Filz-Price.sx = ins far.SEE | Be de aie dat Toroutt GE Ufbrenas\u2019 for TE.CHARS, à \u201cph So ws 4 .fo Tot on Ye Bat potially fine : bar ining, Sitting, - me BARCANS- FRE LAS TREE M wind, ap.with.Special clearig sa \u2019arlor, pra ap and Odd \"Chaire in.; xphoi Istered.and in cotton,\u2019 for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.\" gains to, ilinery and: Für 5 Department.The balance \u2018of iisncd\u201d and Chiidren\u2019s coune 2\"! \u2026 20 peands} Pc.Biome.FRIDAY and.SATURDAY BARGAINS.satan Buse, Tn Wind ) Made-up Brüsselé, \u201coff, a and and, Kats Beate air ouate, Cut-.iments monts ai OO &t 33 1-3 per.a te choice stock.of Door Mats, wi and.Rubber Mats, Hearth Rugs, \u2026 Remhante, \u2018che yard wide, Wilton .Stair Carpet, at 50.percent.cum, aa dis.2 Dolls aù \u2014 cost and Toys.; Lt and Dean Pliage Dolls, 76 Der Damaged T 78 percent.Toys, 50 tn Colored Dress Goods.: \u201cSilk Grenadihbs,\u201d sn\u2019 \u2018Blas: \u2018and, White, JL, Sm au \u2018 e sek and\u201d Maube, Black and Green, Stone Buhdiag LE.looks, \u2018special line, Black-and Cardinal, 27 ineltes wide, 80c at 35e and Mc.Lot] Toy Sailor Suits, to clear at \u201cSieighs, : Te, worth 2.0.per yard, less 33 1-3 percent off, se Good pt the vaine discount ne Cho to Mors Furhiohings Dept.SR \u201csn in a in - À speoiai\u2019 table of = Lined ; .o en's.M A Black: Dress Goods; eu in Klé-and Mocho, New Spring Goods.\"| Men's Buck Gloves and Mitts, wit - 1 Oloth or: JañaBekin' jinings, less 33 I; RT, bats & small case of New percent.ond at Tes Lau er NO Eo fn Mor Pen \"Ties, wif lined; LOVE an Nod Flannel Bbirts, \u2018less dessa 20.percent.\u2018 stock, lows 3 persist, vo) ws Tn ettra for co.Re Eniltsh \u201cles, \u201call i fdr à .a nes pair, ry Back Coys Bo: reife ne Disck Tread Hose, at he pair, 45e | VER FRAT \u2014 \u201cMoslins, ole.aD Covers, 8 15 percent - Thè\u2019 bâlance of ail ote Menties ts be sald at sweeping reductièns.SPECIAL TABLES.- Ladies\u2019 Winter Sckets, year\u201d eee, var ham 0 TERE TOE, lens Spa: sar cask.\u201cKitchen Dept.in Basement.1 ot\u2018 Granite.Ste.W: $100.00 of Granite Bout Ware ta De sold at 82 18 of.\"Consisting of the tollowias Mase: 50 dos.of roues.: 10 dos.\u2018of Wash Beli, - 7 doz, of Wash Bowls., 10 83s.of \u2018Jelly Cake Paps.13 don.ee + por of Lippet\u201d Saucepaite.10 dos.of Windsor Ssucepans ¢ dos.of.Covered Sgucepass., 6-dos.uf Berlin Sancspazis.fa © \u201citantie Dept.~ FOR:FRIDAY AN BATURBAY, i Es 4 en - Bia.ES 2 4 pe 24 Re : $< $e * he i Sh IN PR JF * | a.2 À i fl + a £ CESR Sri Ne. CT Ottawas | the LE Ré, Victoria Rink, Saturday, at 8.30 p.m.Tickets on sale to members Thursday.at 9.20 a.m., and to non-member.Friday, at 9,30 a.m.äre Comin: VIOTORIAS at from the Onpital will meet F.PERCY SMITH.Sec\u2019y-Treas., 128 St, James St.\"THE GRAAT PIANO VIRTDORO, ] 1 Under the suspices: of the Dominion College of Music, , _ÉBBRUARYE 1 TICKETS, 75e and $1.Plan open at Box Off.-.st.4174.Ter SPECIAL\" ADDRESSES T0 MEN: D.L.MOODY.One Week Oply, February 6-11, - St.James Methodist Church.MALE CHOIR, 100 VOICES, in charge of MR.J.RITCHIE BELL AFFERNOON MEETINGS, 3.30 O°CLOCK.OPEN TO ALL.EVENING MEETINGS -MEN ONLY.Under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, t THURSDAY, FEB.3.RT ASSOCIATION, Phillips Squars .\u2014 LOAN EXHIBITION.Members are reminded that there will be a Musical Selaction each day from 4 to 6.Tea will also b> served.* Compltmentary tickets for friends may be obtained at the Gallery.\u201c ALCOHOL AND HOW TO FIND IT\u201d .A LECTURE, Nlustrated by Chemical Experiments, by ; GEvRGE R.LIGHTBALE, will be given under the suspices se the MIGPAH BAND.and MEN\u2019 VE, THURSDAY EVENING.Feb.3, at 8étleek, \u2014 in the \u2014 INSPECTOR STREET MISSION, All are invited.; HE ANNUAL MEETING AND REPORT OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE WESLEYAN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGR, in Lecture Hall of Dominion Square Church, THURSDAY EVENING, Feb.3rd, at 8 o'clock.Rev.Prof.ANTLIFF, D.D., and Rev.P.L.RICHARDSON, B.A,, B,D.will deliver addresses.The following Artists will coptribute to the programme:\u2014Miss IDA MAGEE, Miss MABEL BAKER, Mr.FRED.JONES, Miss LILIAN MOCK and Mr.W.J, GREEN.Fripay, Fes.4.C.E.ANNIVERSARY.REV.WM.PATTERSON (of Torents), Will speak under the auspices of the Montreal C.BE, Union, On FRIDAY RVENING, Feb.4th.\u2014~AT~ ; Sherbrooke Street Methodist Churek.COLLECTION.HALMERS CHURCH, FRIDAY EVENING, at 7.45 pm.Travel, Song and Story, Hlustrated by Mr.LEGGW'S Magnificent Stersopticon, comprising beœutifpl colarpd Yiews of Canadas, Bcotland, England, Ireland, and the sae National Songs will be sung suitable y .x new views of the Klondike and getting there \u2014showing the hardships of the way\u2014inciud- ing Dawson City, Fording the Dyea river, the Chilcoot Pass, pack trains, the famous Muir glacier, washing out gold, ete.\u201c Readings: \u2018The Leap for Life\u2019 \u2018Not Ome to Spare,\u2019 \u2018Billy Rose,\u2019 all illustrated by colored pictures.FRIDAY EVENING, at 7.46 p.m.sharp.Admission 10e at the door.Piano kindly loaned by Willis & Co.A CONCERT will be giten in ST.LUKE'S SCHOOL ROOM, 113 Dérchezter St, By some Members of the CATHEDRAL BAND OF HOPE, FRIDAY EVENING, Feb, 4th, at 8 o'clock.Admission, + - 19 Cents.Piano kindly losned Willis & Co.\u201c18H Notre Bao Street.\u2018Free-will offering on behalf of Miss! 2 JR - Eu Aa ENT - QUARTERLY MEETING.\u201cThe Regular Quarterly Meeting of the St.Andrew's Society of Montreal, will bs held in the 8t.Andrew's Home on THURSDAY, February 3rd, at 8 p.m.All members are fequested to be present.- ! By or@er, wo .JélEN OGILYT, Secretary.FripAy, Frs.4.THE PRIMARY UNION FRIDAY AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock, Q A.Building, Mr.G.H.ARCHIBALD, All Sundav-school teachers are welcome.Mrs & C MATTHEW: ' Bacretary.Moots tm the Y.Leader.McGILL .UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL.be delivers in the Teaturs 6% theatre of the REDPATH A p 4 MUSEUM, HY a) On Friday.Feb.6, 1998, > Tue, at 4.30 p.m, By Pref.B.W.MacBRIDE, M,A., B.Sc, Professor of Zoology.SUBJECT : Animal Histeries and Their \u2019 Meaning.\u201d .The friends of the University are invited to: attend.æ W.VAUGHAN, Secretary, PB re * *\u2018* Some MoopY MEETINGS, FEBRUARY ¢ and IIL Choir Practice, FRIDAY.FEB.dth, at 8 p.m.SArurDAY, Fes.5.OF ART SCHOOL - AND APPLIED DESIGN, 178 St.Catherine street, CLASSES RE-OPENED ON MONDAY, Jan.3rd.\u2019 The School will be open to visitors on SATURDAY, Feb.6th, from 2 to 5.30 o'clock p.m, and on the first Satur of month during the season.der of.each 3 Turspay, Fes.8.PROTESTANT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE The adjourned Anpual Meeting of thi Institution will be held in the Mechan Hall Long Room, on TUESDAY, 5th inst at 4 p.m, for the reception of the Annual Report, and the Élection of Governors,and new business.ROBERT REID, Hon.Secretary.A RAILWAY COMMISSION.Toronto, Feb.3.\u2014The \u2018Witness\u2019 correspondent has learned from the best authority that the Dominion Government is likely to soon appoint a railway commission.Such a course has been personally advocated in public here by Mr.J.8, Willison, managing director of the \u2018Globe,\u2019 and has been strongly advocated in that government organ.According to those interested the proposal is now being considered at Ottawa.The commission is likely, it is stated, to take the form of a committee of the cabinet, and it is estimated that an investigation at this time of the freight rates and other transportation, matters could be thor oughly made, and be of inestimable value, at an expenditure of eight to ten thous and dollars.ra DECLARED A DIVIDEND.New York, Feb.3.\u2014The directorw of the New York, Chicago & St.Louis Rat- way Company met yesterday and declared a dividend of two percent on the Younx Men's Christian Association Hal, \u2018dend was paid on the of that\u2018 opening for usefulness among The 20% 4 FEBRUARY $ \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 .SUBSCRIPTION RATES.Deily Witasm, $3.00, Weekly Wihnam, $L.00;- HE RETR WN by olulp; Ni Guar = 5190 batty Wits ennum for peste on Daily i edition of AILY WITNRES is do- Trored In the ity every orening of publication a $4.00 por annum.Eas 18 Five 11 \u201clina.\u2018Contraik on fa » .| \u2018John Pougail & Son.\u2019 \u2018Witneæ\u2019 Office, Montreal; au Lier bo the Editar dhonld be addromgd , of the * Witnew,\u2019 Montreal.\u2019 - Bie Bly Wituss, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898.It is pleasing to see the Roman Catholic archbishop at St.Louis accepting a place as vice-president of the meeting to welcome General Booth to that city, in testimony to the great service rep- dered by the Salvation Army in uplifting the fallen and distressed.Though not: all 80 frank and hearty about it as ArcHbishop Kain, many intelligent Romaf Catholics have ghown a sympathetic interest in the Salvation Army, not only recognizing the ælf-sacrificing devotion\u2019 of its workers, but realizing how similär the movement is to some in the past hig- tory of the Church whose leaders.have since heen accounted sainta.The -Bg- man Catholics are not alone in payitig homage to General Booth\u2019s great wok, Nothing is more common on the part.oF of members of almost every Christian: denomination than to refer to thidi lapsed or unevangelized as one to whidh' the Salvation Army is best adiptéd.Those who speak thus make more or less conscious confession of a work undone.by their own communion, and pay more or less willing tribute to the epirit of self-surrender which animates these gome- what _fantastic soldiers of the cross.Archbishop Kain will certainly win the good will of Christians of every name by the generous impulse which has prompted this fraternal act, and the hearts of both Roman Catholics and Protestants will be enlarged towards eac] other by it., \u201c \u2014\u2014\u2014 - It is interesting to note that some of the most successful and effective religious developments of our own day have beën those which have made least claim to be the continuance or reproduction of the Apostolic Church.The phenomenal development of Methodism is an example of this, and the Salvation Army is a still more striking one, inasmuch as it has departed further from traditions.The growth of this organization during the past few years wad a few days ago strikingly set forth in Montreal by \u2018its great leader.Since Mr.Booth was here three years ago the number of officers at work had increased from forty-six thousand to fifty-seven thousand, its societies had increased from 3,266 to 5,873, and it had invaded five new countries.We must not think, however, that- he- cause 8 work has such remarkable sue- cess it is therefore the thing which is to be or that it can even continue \u201cig is.- Rather do these developments j us that the thing yhich bas been is 1 ?that whièh shall be, and that adherende to form is often a check to life, seeing that everything that has life goes on changing, and the more life it has the more active the change.Nothing is more.evident to the simplest observer than that the Salvation Army must soon evolve into something diffgrent from what it ia, The same remarks apply to ose operations of religious energy which have in this latter day enlisted most largely the faith snd practical energy of the Church universel.As a rule, those methods which have most commended themaelves to the conscience of Christendom by their practical fitness for effective service have been those that have never preferred stock for the year.No divi- previous year.| ovcchesivgy the A Afternoon mv \u2018| In Montreal it will ba celebrated to-mor- ) WEEKLY WIT : Be.One RRA ET , | Minnesota put forth a proposition with land\u2019 fn 6 \u2018The author: of this idea thinka that as we can best to defend ourselves, We know of no power that wants to attack us, and only of one that so much as thinks it could.ish navy Jose command of the ses, and | Mrs Wednesday was teenth anniversary of the inauguration of the Christian Endeavor movement.row.Its record is as phemomenal as that of the Salvation Army, though we have rio figures at hand to set this forth.Each of the movements enumerated has gone through its own evolution.None of them is what it was at first or what it waa in its origin planned to be.None is now what it will be.Each is what God has made it, irrespective of human intention.\u2018 Each may reach maturity, and later cease to be needed, being su- -perseded by later operations of the selfsame Spirit, ' \u2014 TOO KIND.A \u2018prominent lawyer\u2019 of Minneapolis has in an open letter to the senators for \u2018regard to Canada which shows how Indi- \u201cerously ignorant of Canada, its relations and sentiments, a prominent lawyer on our boundaries can be :~ It I rightly Interpret the principles of the Monros\u2019 doctrine, the United States would net stand by and permit any European or other non-American power, by force, purchase or.treaty, to acquire any territory, from any other European power, now holding the same on the Americen continent,any sconer than it would permit such acquisition from any American State., This proposition conceded as a correct premise would compel the United States, as a just conclusion, to protect Canada from invasion, and to prevent any part of it from being acquired, in case England should be at war with any other.power, the same as would protect Venezuela or other American territory from any invasion which might by non-Ameriéan powers.If: the above premise and conclusion are \u2018correct and properly state the attitude of this people through tha principles of the Monroe doctrine, in their broader and more general scope, why should not the \u2018United States propose to Great Britain that iz case of war by England with any other power this nation would protect Canada from invasion or attack; that is, do just what eur Monroe doctrine would require \u2018that \u201cwe should \u2018do iu order to uohold- it that \u2018we\u2019 should.be consistent.\u2018a first step toward a closer relation be- \u2018 tween ua and Canada, England may wel- \u2018come it, and Canada may accept it\u2019 and he suggests that as a recompense for the protection, thus afforded, \u2018the United \u2018 States would expect from Canada fair \u2018and reciprocal trade, an interchange of \u2018the use of canals and watercourses, \u2018 untrammelled shipping facilities for the \u2018Northern States, and coëperation for \u2018the protection of seals and the exclu- \u2018sion of Asiatic races.\u2019 It is a little hard to see where in all this differs from a proposi- sition that Great Britain for her part should hand over Canada to the protec torate of the United Statez or consent to accept a joint protectorate, and .that Canada should go value such a joint protectorate as to be willing to accept vassalage.The assumption is somewhat ludicrous that both Great Britain and Canada would hail such a proposition.Canada haa never ceased to hold out standing offers of reciprocity in everything that could bring the two countries nearer together.Some of these hava been accepted.The interchange in the use of canals is, a8 every schoolboy knows, already established by treaty.Other offers have.of late been met by increased disabilities to Canadians.If it is meant thet we shall in return for protection surrender to the United States all privileges which she refusea to us, it is the same 2s asking us to accept the position of \u2018a people so thoroughly thrashed and cowed that they have no independence left.To propose to us to codperate with the United States for the protection of the seals is, under the circumstances, to propose that we shal accept dictation, which is the very thing we have eo long resisted.We are just as much interested in the protection of seal life as is the United States.The whole trouble arose from the egregious claims of the United States, filet to domain over the Behring Sea, and second to ownership of the wandering seals, and the enforcement of these claims by piratical attacks on ehips sheltering 'under our flag.As for protection, we mean to do what Even should\u2019 the Brit.laid elatm to having their counterpart fn à foreign semy make its way to our const, \u2018times.Buch bave bon Mioday-school, the Young \u201c2 Men's Christian Association, the Wo- BT | mew sn Temperance Unies, .eid\u201d Bet Sade \u2018may pos 3 sibly.have tp-adi the Plegayt.Sunday tings for men only, though - the last must still Be regarded as in the experimental stage.\u201c celebrated in almoat all lands as the six- .be the basis or means of acquiring territory | i self.sition.We do not suppose, however, that any one else than the prominent are going to give any power \u2018the privileges of conquérors till we are conquered.The tone of the American nation as a whole towards both Great Britain and Canada has been for some little time one of the greatest kindness and good will.We have, indeed, no doubt that this prominent lawyer is blunderingly aiming at kindness in his funny proposal.Canada reciprocates warmly every kindly feeling towards her on the part of her neighbors.She does want closer relations with them\u2014that is, closer has at \u2018all times shown herself ready to reciproeate to the utmost.Canada has at all times welcomed the closest social relations with the United :States.But if that country wants closer political relations with Canada she must find them in an Anglo-Saxon federation, in- eluding the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and the rest of the worldwide empire of which Canada is proud to be a part.NORTH-WEST GRAIN.From the Prairies to the Sea.| \u2014_\u2014 IT SHOULD BE HANDLED AND CARRIED OVER CANADIAN FTRITORTY.(To the Editor of the \u2018Witness.\u2019) Sir, \u2014 No doubt the question of how best to secure the shipment of the agricultural products of the North-West by Canadian routes is an interesting and very.important ome.\u2018I cannat accept Mr.Adam Thomson's views that because\u2019 a large quantity of United States grain.is shipped via the St.Lawrence, there fore we ought not to worry if, as last year for instance, five-sixths of the exportable surplus of Manitoba wheat was exported via New York.On the contrary, I think it is our duty to look closely into the causes which led to this diversion of a trade naturally tributary to us, and to provide as promptly as/pos sible such facilities as will lead that trade into its natural channels.The initial difficulty is the fact that the late movement of Manitoba wheat\u2014very little reaching Fort William\u2014as stated by Mr.Meighen\u2014before Sept.20.Navigation to Buffalo is open much later than to Montreal, and for this reason the bulk of the grain shipped fom Fort William after Nov.5 is of necessity pointed to Buffalo.Of necessity, because adequate facilities to receive it do not exist on the Canadian side of the lakes.There ia an- \u2018other reason why in the rush and hurry of the closing weeks of navigation large quantities of Manitoba wheat are consigned to Buffalo.I refer to the small supply of Canadian vessels employed in the grain trade on the Upper lakes.As Canadian vessels only can carry freight from one Canadian port to another, naturally there iz considerable competition for fréight room towards the close of the season; consequently relatively higher freights are dbtainable to Canadian ports than American vessels are willing to accept Buffalo.The committee of management of the Corn Exchange Asso ciation when considering this fact suggested to the government that, pending an increase in the supply of Canadian vessels, United Btates vessels, for a fixed period before the close of navigation, should be permitted to carry Manitoba grain intended for export to Canadian ports, leaving to Canadian vessels the carriage of all grain for local consumption.This suggestion if acted upon would at least place Canadian ports on an equal footing with Buffalo at a time when the bulk of the wheat crop is moving.But something more is needed, and that is elevator capacity to receive the grain at our own ports, at least equal in extent to that existing in Buffalo.Further, it is obvious \u2018that the nearer the points at which the grain ie stored are to the mea- board the better.This is one of the reasons why I am an ardent advocate of the deepening of the Welland Canal to an extant that will perinit -the largest vessels plying on the upper lakes to pass through into Lake Ontario and down to Kingston and Prescott.I suppose it will be possible to keep the Welland canal open almost if not quite as late as the port of Buffalo is opeh.Shipments, therefore, cœuld be made to Kingston end Prescott almost es late as to Buffalo.Txusspay, Fesavary 3, 1898.ons.; it on the shore.We 48 Shy à'HitMièe mél \"Lab we are not of the sort that is cheaply subdued.The sinly.country: that has any chance to attack us at all is the United States it- The United States would probably conquer us if it really wished, # we should be deserted of all outside help as long as the Confederate states were, but it would cost a great deal and would result in a very indigestible acqui- lawyer of Minneapolis thinks that we commercial relations In these she Pin Grain.stored at Prescott is thirty miles mesrer Portland than is Buffalo to New York.It ie true that the haulage from Prescott to St.John is a hundred and filty miles longer than that from Buffalo to New York, but in the philosophy current among railway freight agents at the present day, that does not amount to much.If after the grain is stored at Prescott it is found desirable 19 export it via Boston or New York, Prescott is sixty-eight miles nearer Ncw York than is Buffalo, and eighty-nine miles nearer Boston than is Buffalo.AY Jeast then, equally as low rates of freight shoul be obtained from Prescott as irom Buffalo, If exports should be made from Prescott via New York and Boston, there woul] be this great advantage, the grain would be handled by our own shippers, and not through the medium of middlemen of a foreign country.This is a question of no mean importance in our efforts to build up an export trade in Canadian wheat.\u2018 I think I have shown that geographically we are in as good a position as Buffalo to handle late shipments of Manitoba wheat, and that it will be our own fault if the grain does not come this way.Of course if the deepening of \u2018the Welland canal were commenced promptly its completion would be a matter of time.the meanwhile we need as much ele- vetor capacity at Owen Sound, Midland and other points on our own lake shores as will make those points depots for the Storage of Manitoba grain in the fall and for its distribution during the winter months.There can be no question that shipments can be made as late to Owen Sound or Midland, for instance, as to Buffalo.It has been claimed that grain stored, at Buffalo or New York has command of a greater number of markets than grain stored at Canadian points.This may hive been true in the past, but is not so to-day, to any great extent.This winter ocean tonnage is obtainable by Canadian routes to London, Liver pool, Leith, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast, Antwerp and Hamburg, practically, therefore to all the ports to which Manitoba wheat is largely shipped.We have to thank both the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railways for the energy they have displayed in providing so much additional tonnage at their respec tive ocean porte.No doubt fu*+ure winters will see the supply greatly increased, in fact to en extent equal to the de mands for freight room.There is no reason why this should not be the case and no reason, why freighte via St.John and Portland should not be as low a: from New York.Tt is now in what I hold to be the day of small things, so far as wheat production in our North-West is concerned, that we should make vigorous efforts to secure the passage of Canadian trade by Canadian routes.To effect this, I would repeat that we need in the immediate future either a large increase in our à fonnage or.the assintarme.of United vemels ta convey Canadian- grown wheat to Canadian lake ports.We need greatly increased elevator capacity at those ports.Further, we need as promptly as it can be effected the deepening of the Welland canal in order to make Kingston and Prescott great central depots for the distribution during the winter of the surplus products of the North-West.I am glad to know that the attention of the government is directed to these facts and that it is alive to the importance of the question at issue.Further, I have faith in the energy of our own people, and I believe they will resolve that United States railways and United States middlemen shall not grow rich in the handling of a trade which is naturally our own.In conclusion, I would add that I would like to further refer to the general advantages that I believe would result from \u2018the deepening of the Welland canal, but this letter is already sufficiently long.EDGAR JUDGE.CURED BY THE SURGEON'S KNIFE.CASE OF LUNACY SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED ON IN A VICTORIA HOSPITAL.Victoria, B.C., Feb.3\u2014About four months ago Dr.Ernest Hall applied to the two hospitals in this city for permission to treat there a Victoria patient suffering from lunacy in the asylum at New Westminster.Both institutions refused and, therefore, about four weeks ago, he brought the lady to Victoria and placed her im a private hospital on Pandora street, in charge of two efficient nurses.Two days after her arrival in the city the patient was operated upon br Dr.Ernest Hall, Dr.Frank Hall, and Dr.Hart.As a result of the operation she has regained her reason.The change began to be apparent about a week after the doctors had operated, and since then she had been p: ing steadily.The vacant look peculiar to insane people his completely vanished and she talks intelligently to her friends, asking and an: swering questions as they do.Her ap petite\u2019 is good, and though it is t= early to speak definitely, her reason ha-.to all appearances, been restored.The lady was placed in the asylum about two yeas and a half ago and bas been very violent at times.Dr.Hall will leave this week for New Westminster to bring down another victim for similar treat ment, providing the necessary provision oan be secured.He was led to under take this work by the results of the operation of Dr.Hobbs, the well-known medical man, of London, Ont.ê >> 1 3 alo.not £ a 1 of ; to phi- Buf- ani- vay.Vel- nt.ble the an- LY TaurspAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898, \\T THE M.A.A.A.RINK.The Second Grand Fancy Dress Carnival will Take Place To-night.INTERESTING DAY WITH THE CURLERS.K:.nz Frost has been very keen during the k, and the ice at tho M.A.A.A.rink hard and in excelleat condition.srhera promises to be fair hut cold :zht's great fancy dress carnival, It is che second under the auspices of the M AA A.this winter, and, according to re- from those in nuthority the affair pro- \u2018s to be the most successful of its kind Th list of masquaraders already entered is ar the three thousand mark.The rink w:.be beautifully illuminated with numer- cus Chinese lanteras and colored torches, and the Victoria Rifles\u2019 band will furnish popular music.The scene at the rink to- Dight will be worth seeing and citizens should not miss the opportunity afforded.FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL.A very successful carnival was held at the Jubilee rink last Friday night, and it was à plcasing picture to gee the many sxaters in artistie end novel costumes whirl- 1.3 aroud to the strains of music rendered by MrKee's Band.LADIES, M.Priest, Red Riding Hood; J.Vreden- tre, snowflake ; G.Camplon, queen of ; S.Aspice, bess; B, ammel, flower M.Hammel, papa\u2019s darling; L.Kelly, t arrived from Paris; K.Smith, just ar- from Klondike; E.Galagher, queen of + ice, Ko McGuler, &lpsy ; Collins, w:iew, A, Bell, opera lady; M.McGark, «Hiver star; D.Bain, snowflake; E.L.Kav- £:0g2, little pop corn girl; T.Madegan, «zu of roses! M, Huckle, sailor girl; W.: \u2026 well, I want to know; T.Labby, no am IZ F.Hawkins, Union Jack; W.-/ran, queen of lilles; M.Doran, Red Rid- :7g Hood; M.Jarrett, sweet sixteen ; T.snowflake; F.Harvey, sunflower; T.rds, Italian peasant; T.Dunn, pink of Irriection; M.Tippins, maid of Erin: M.Hawkins, baby; M.Upton, sallor girl; F.Uzton, bride; S.Jones, Derby mascot ; L.Young, I.dou\u2019t know; K.Bain,Spanish girl; M.Gifford and F.Irwin, two little girls In pik: W.Doran, beauty; B.Davis, evening star; H, Jarrat,pack of cardsy M.McKeown, summer; L.Cullen, nun; M.MeKee, snow- \u201cake: M.Spence, pop corn girl; L.Spence, \u2018.izzard; M.Eagan, frost; M.Altimas, rajn- tow: N.Garlng, widow; N.Scott, jubilee \u201cen; T.Young, street arab; H., «2SY queen; A.Murphy, little Bo-Peep ; K.Brennan, lady of the 17th Century ; B.Kelly, sweetheart; J.Hawkins, belle of Chi- \u20181g0, M.Kenny, Aunt Sufllia; L.Robitaille and A.Ryan, city sports; N.Curry, faney tress; L.Curry, sweet briar; A.end M.wr two orphans; F.Evans, fancy dress; M Murphy, up-to- M.Dempsey, fix my straps, M.Lacken, very pretty; M.Kyle, ar\u2018iste: B.Lacken, Henry's best: A.Be- fard, flirting beauty; T.Hagal, sweetheart; ©.Nolan, queen of heart.GENTLEMEN, i.Parsgons, tramp; R.McKenzie, \u201cfancy dr -s A.J.O\u2019Relily, tramp; Chas.Murray, lib: Geo.Moore, boy tramp; E.O'Reilly, ramp, M.Kenny, tremp; A.Lyle, papa's r-.F Murray, snowshoer; M.Atchison, shoer: B.Bacon, military; S.Mason, J.Purtell, nigger! J.Fyfe, would-be =.T McKenzie, snowshoer ; F.Smith.\u2018ruup.W.Doran, school girl; L.Barth, \u201cwn.A.O'Brien, jockey; W.Lambert, xey; R.Bannerman, grandmother ; A.on, sloppy weather; J.H.Kearn, dear boy: W.Altimas,satlor boy; W.Buck- Chinee; F.Warren and S.Warren, sle and his lady; D, Herion and J.Mc- Twin parrots; F.Lamb, hobo; R.Mother Hubbard; A.Lapointe, po- 5 T.Galagher, tramp ; - Frederick 11I.; W.Doran, school L.Balth, clown; W.Cusson, jockey ; 7.Norrins, jockey; H.O'Rielly, jockey; A.\u201cearth, clown; J.O'Connor, fancy dress; TC , princess ; uy Madden, cs Ia lit, Spanish knight; T.Fisher, fancy \u201c5.J Sandlins, gambler; G.Halliday, { \"hul husband; S.Murray, snow shovel- P Brown, ham sandwich: J.Donelly, lunch grabber; M.Cahill, lost to the © 7 F O'Rtelly, fancy dress; B.Priest.Altimas Irish Coleen; W, Ryan, ¥ tramp : R.Hawkins, Klondike F.Desjardins, Richard IL; W, \u201cy= Klondike tramp; T.Robitaille, nig- M.Kerns, nigger; Chas.Sheppard, £znator; H.V.Parks, busy bee; ard, hobo: B.Tasker, hockey play- MoKee, tramp; E.Nolan, king of .FE.Haystad, German senator; G.©.hobo; B.Nolan, tramp; L.Thomp- 's\" man; J.Hurst, musician; A.jeckey: B.MeNeal, night; P.Bren- ; inknown clown; J.Harvey, tramp; oo oeton, tramp; J.Doran, Irish Jass ; lagher, domino; J.Maher, outlaw; J.\u201cJessie Jones; J.Carlisle, captain of laws; J.Crody, outlaw; J.Dempsy, vo., _57Ir bun; D.Jordon, the windy nan \u201c7 Longueuil; P.Doyle, swell: A.La- .policeman: \u2014 Richard, fireman._ next masquerade will take place on HOCKEY.A COMING CONTEST.Young Emerald team is practicing \u2018or its match on Saturday next vith Argyles on the Ottawa stroet rink.A atch is expected, as the team Is in 1K of condition.JUNIOR INTERMEDIATES.Friday evening, commencing at 8.30, Abvrdeens, of Ottawa, will play Victoria and on Saturday at 3 p.m., the ns will play Hawthorne.The boys Capital have not heen defeated \u2018POINT\u2019 DEFEATED.Ce Twin City rink last night was the ot a lively game of hockey, the con- \u2018* being Point St.Charles and West ims.During the first half neither Pred, but after half time things be- \u201c\u201cely and a beautiful lft by Capt.© scored for the West End.After ¢ clever stick handling was in- during which Caldwell made sev- {ficent runs up the ice and almost 1 ln scoring.Mr.P.H.Turner, - made a most efficient referees were as follows: \u2014 \u201c1-H.Ashton, goal; W.Caldwell, McLean (capt.), cover point: H.; J.Gardner, F.Wilson, J.White, \"AAA AJ.Marshall, goal; J.J.«7 Point; C, Osler (capt.),cover point; D.Murphy, J.Smith, \u2014 Hig- ards.pvers\u2014W.N.Watson (Point); F._ West End.) Umpires\u2014F.Southern - =r4; J.Richardson (Point).\u2014 LACROSSE.SHINTREAL LACROSSE CLUB.- The members of the Montreal lacrosse Arprar to be looking forward to an \u201cresting lacrosso season.Already two American elube are endeavoring to secure dates, and the Toronto Unlversity Lacrosse Club 1s also desirous to play a match here this spring, previous to its tour to Boston and New York.The Montreal Lacrosee Club intend holding a grand concert about the end of March or beginning of April.CURLING.M.A.A.A.TROPHY.The Montreal and St.Lawrence rinks were busy last night when the second draw for the above trophy was contested.The ice was in excellent condition and an enthusiastic crowd of curlers watched the contest.The scores were as follows: « ON MONTREAL ICE.Montreal.St.Lewrence F.C.Budden H.Cornell A.W.Robarts J.Fenwick H.J.Miller H.Drysdale F.Stancliffe, skip, O.W.G.Dettmers, ¢ 11 11 Dr.Macdonald W.Ryan A.R.Oughtred T.D.McLeieh S.W.MeMurtry G.Cooke Rev.J.Williamson,sk.D, Anderson,skip, 12 12 J F.Mundie J.R.Howard J.B.Bell J.Johnston C.Coristine W.Cairns A.F.Riddell, skip, F.Fournier, skip, 21 16 ON ST.LAWRENCE ICE.Montreal, St.Lawrence.W.F.Borland J.Fournier H.Fry W.Middleton F.N.Southam F.G.Keerns W.I.Fenwick,skip Hugh Roes, skip, 19 n J.T.McCall E.T.Houghton R.A.Dunton A.1.Rice T.Brown J.Wighton H.E.Smith, skip D.Guthrie, skip, 12 16 NEW YORK CURLING.New York, Feb.2.\u2014The competition for the Gordon medal, the oldest of all fixed curling events held in America, and the most Important, was begun at the Hoboken Skating rink to-day.The trophy was competed for last year at St.Paul, and the home club carried off the honors.In the present competition only eastern clubg are taking part, none of the westerners being able to make the trip to New York.In the series to-day the first round was finished in the morning, and the Manhattans, Thistles, St.Andrews, Vancourtland, Yonkers, ard New York were the survivors.In the second round the Thistles, St.Andrews and Yonkers came out ahead, leaving one to draw a bye, and two to play in the final, which Is to be decided to-morrow.\u2014_\u2014 SNOWSHOEING.THE OLD TUQUE BLEUE.Saturday next will see the Montreal snow- shoers tramping to Back River.A Jolly time is anticipated, not only because of the present old-fashioned winter, but on account of the tremendous crowd of blanket coats who will be in attendance.Songs and dances will be indulged.in until ten o'clock, when shoes will be again strapped on for the homeward tramp.BOWLING.THE EASTERN LEAGUE, Syracuse, N.Y., Feb.2.\u2014The Eastern League will not have a ten-club next season.this positive, as it 1s to the effect ford, one of the cities expected to Las changed i\u20acs mind, and will rem: © In, in {fn It had until last night to send in fits forfeit money, which the Atlantic League clubs puts up every year, and on Monday night the money was sent to President Barrows, of that organization.The news was somewhat of a surprise here, as both Hartford and Newark were expectéd to jump to the Eastern, but the refusal of Hartford means also that Newark will stay where 1t 18, as according to the prearrangement Newark was not to jump unless came with it.This adds at least another year to the lease of life of the Atlantic League, as had Hartford and Newark left it, it meant the disbandment of that organization.AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.THE THIRD TEST MATCH.The third test match between the Austra- llans and Captain Stoddart\u2019s English eleven at Adelaide last month resulted in a disae- trous defeat of the visiting team after five days\u2019 cricket.Tho following were the individual scores: AUSTRALIA.J.Darling, ¢ Storer, b Richardson .178 C.McLeod, b Briggs .C.Hill, ¢ Storer, b Richardson .S.E.Gregory, c¢ Storer, b Hirst .\u2018the Atlantic.League.F.A.Iredale, b Richardson .& G.H.S.Trott, b Hearne .,.3 M.A.Noble, b Richardson .« .\u2026.89 J.J.Kelly, b Stoddert .22 H.Trumble, not out .87 B.Jones, run out .8 W.Howell, b Hearne 17 Extras .\".er ov se se es oo 21 Total .210 see ee see we oo B73 ENGLAND.First Innings.A.C.MacLaren, b Howell .14 J.R.Mason, b Jones ., 11 K.S.Ranjitsinhjt, c Noble, b Trumble.6 Hayward, b Jones .TO Storer, b Howell .covenee.À N.F.Druce, c Darling, b Noble .24 Hirst, ¢ Trumble, b Noble .85 A.E.Stoddart.c Jones b Hcwell .15 Briggs, ¢ Kelly, b Noble .: 14 Hearne, b Howell .0 Richardson, not out .25 Extras .+.+ ++ ++ vies + +» >.10 Total .cr ee se ee we +.ÊTB Second Innings.A.C.MacLaren, c Kelly, b Noble .124 J.R.Mason, c Jones, b Noble .\u2026.0 K.8.Ranjitsinhji, ¢ Trumble, b McLeod.77 Hayward, c and b McLeod .Storer, ¢ Hill, b McLeod .N.F.Druce, b Noble .Hirst.lbw, b McLecd .,.b McLeod .2 A.E.Stoddart, ¢c Jones, Briggs, not out Hearne, ¢ and b Noble Rirhardson, c Jones, b Noble,.Total .+o .The Australians won somc odd runs.CHESS.THE CANADIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, Toronto, Ont, Feb.2.\u2014A large chess chanipionship metch will be held here on | April 12, under the auspices of the Canadian (\u2018hess Association, to include two classes, championship and second class.MISCELLANEOUS.PISCATORIAL COONS.The adjourned annual meeting of the Piscatorial Coon Club fakes place at its headquarters at ndgn to-morrow.The offl- cers request a full attendance of members.News received here to-diy makes that Hart.Hor THE MONTREAL.FIRST SESSION.The President Addresses Council of Board of Trade.\"HARBOR IMPROVEMENT QUESTION REVIEWED\u2014INSOLVENCY LEGISLATION.The president\u2019s address to the newly elected Council of the Board of Trude, which met for the firat time yesterday afternoon, was as follows :\u2014 I have much pleasure in stating that all the membera of last year's Council eligible for re-election have been returned, and I have to report that on Thursday last, Messrs.Charles F.:Smith, Robert Mackay and myself were duly sworn by His Worship the Mayor, in accordance with the requirements of our act of incorporation.of last year's Council will, I an certain, unite with me in feelings of regret that Mr.McKergow could not be persuaded to accept nomination as president for a second term, as we fully recognized the ability with which he presided over the meetings of the Council last yoar.In ny .efforts to discharge the duties devolving upon me, I shall of necessity require to depend upon the united assistance of the members of the Ccuccil.\u2018 As stated at the adjourned annual meeting, by cur friend, Mr.McKergow, the 1897 Council has conveyed to us a very important legacy, viz., the improvement of the har- ber, the construction ef a dry dock, widening and deepening ef tha chennel between Montreal and Quebég, extenafon of tha telegraph system Ko the Straits of Belle, Isle, tho deepeniig and enlargement the Welland canal, and the prosurigg of Dominion legislation for the equitable distribution of the assets of insolvent debtors.This is certair ly not a very attrsetive legacy,from the fact that none these fmportant matters are under the control of this Council, but all subject to thé comtrol of the Dominion Government.> In regard to the barbér, I find that in 1880, 710 seagoinæ Vessels arrived in this port, with a tonnage of 628,271 tons.In 1896 we had 709 vessels, with a tonnage of 1,218,468 tons, or ships averaging doubls the size that came in 1880.Last yean we had 796- vessels, with a tonnage of 1,379,000 tons.Our imports and exports for 1897 show an increase over 1880 of $27,427.563.\u2018These figures indicate the necessity of improvements and tbe Dominion at large is certainly interested in the future of the port of Montreal.Under these cir~umstances, I feel that the uranimous opinion of this Council will be that the required improvements should, without delay, be undertaken by the government at the cost of the Dominion, the Harbor Board being authorized to carry on the work to the best advantage, under the direction of Messrs.Kennedy and St.George, both moet comprtent engireers, represenut- ing respectively, the Harbor Trust and the city of Montreal, and, if possible, free from all political and sectional Influences.\u201d To my mind it fs quite clear that the can never be done under the presént arrangements, that the Harbor foard ime ipoge dues to cover the intirest op ithe xm quiréd' outlay,as the increased dues would very quickly drtve the trade away, while there can be no doubt that thess contem- piated improvements for the better accom modation and quick despatch of ocean ves- gels would be a benefit to the whole Dominion.Mr.McKergow gave hia constant etten- tion to this all important matter last year.On several occasions he invited to the Council room representatives from the Corn Exchange, the shipping interests and the Harbor Board.The Hon.Minister of Public Works was also present at two or three of the meetings.In the end, on Nov.15, the Harbor Commissioners accepted a three pler plan, prepared by thelr engineer, and known as 12A, with the stipulation by our representative that the cost should be berne by the government, and that the plan be on the high level; but up to the present time we have no advice that ahy steps have been taken to proceed with the work.The majority of last year's Council were to the end in favor of a four-pler plan known as No, 19.It will be for this Council to decide what further action should be taken.The increased size of the vessels coming to our port Indicate the necessity of the widening and deepening of the channel he- tween Montreal and Quebec, and also the necessity of the telegraph system betng ex- terded to the Straits of Belle Isle, The dry dock in connection with the increasing trade of this port is very desirable, but I am inclined to the opMifon that the completion of the harbor improvements should take precedence.In regard to the enlargement of the Welland Canal, referred to by several members of the board at the annual meeting, it will be our duty to represent to tha government the necessity of these Improvements in cornection with the Increased size of the vessels now engaged in the traffic on the upper lakes.Referring to the necessity of a uniform insolvency act, applying alike to the whole Dominion.I have to state that, on invitation from the Right Honorablé the Prime Minister, the president and two vice-presi- dents, with several members of the Council, together with Mr E.B.Greenshields, Mr.E.G.Penny and Mr.Fortin, proceeded to Ottawa on Jan.15.and had a lonz interview with the Prime Minister and several members of the Cabinet.The necessity of legislation on this important matter, was plainly stated, but I regret to say that we got ro positive assurance that it would be dealü with during this winter's session of purliament.This being our first meeting, T have thcught it desirable to give soma inforta- tion as to what had been done up to the retirement of last year's Council.The president them appointed the fol lowing committees :\u2014 Executive\u2014The president, first and second vice-prosidents and the treasurer.Harbor and Inlard Navigation \u2014 Henry Miles, chairman; A.J.Brice, Thomas lar- ling, Robert Peddie and James W.Pyke.Railways\u2014Robert Mackay, chairman; A.J.Brice, Thomas Harling, James W.Pyke, and David Watson.Municipal Affairs\u2014F.W.Evans.cbalrman; E.L.Bond, Thomas McDougall, William McMaster and W.L.Mathewson.Provincial Legislation\u2014B.L.Bond, chairman; F .Evans, H.Laporte, Willlam McMaster and A.W.Stevenson.Irsolvercy Legislation\u2014Charles F.Smith, chairman; H.Laporte, W.B.Mathewson, A.W.Stevenson and David Watson.The Minister of Public Works, in ac- \u2018knowledging the council\u2019s endorsation of the Kingston Board\u2019s resolution urging the importance of the Kingston barbor, said that it was his intention to do everything in his power to give more accommodation in the harbor of Kingston, and added that this department was now making a survey of that harbor, so as to be in a position to know exactly The gentlemen present who wers members.TAHT WITNESS.at wie: poshts the dredging should be mada The Minister of Finarice and the Comp- trolles of Inland Revenues acknowledged Mr.Mile#\u2019s resolution with regard to the duty end inlend revenue tax on alcohol, communicated by the council.The Comptroller of Inland Revenue promised that he would attend to the matter at once, .The following cablegrams had been exchanged :\u2014 The Royal Jamaica Society of Agriculture and Commerce, congratulates the Montreal Board of Trade on the completion and open- Ing of direct cable communication, and hopes that it may lead to a large extension of business between the Dominion and British West Indies.To the Royal Ji :à Society of Agriculture and- Po mares: The Montreal Board of Trade heartily rect- procates your congratulations,and, earnestly hopes that the direor cable may promote commerce betwgen your branch of thé Empire and ours.JAMES CRATHERN, President.Mr.G.B.Reeve, general traffic manager of the Grand 1runk Railway system, had communicated extracts from a letter received from the president, Sir Charles Rivers-Wilson, in regard to the North \u2018Atlantic winter load line.Sig Chartes \u2018stitéä \u2018hit no argument had been advanced by the Imperial Government in opposition to the statement that vessels from both northern and southern ports followed almost identically the same course across the Atlantic.If that statement were correct, and it did not appear to be contradicted, he thought that the Imperial Government must end by giving way.If it remained recalcitrant, the matter must be brought before parliament next session, as it was hardly likely any relief could be dbtain- ed this winter, iooking to the slowness with which, public departments moved.At Mr.Bond\u2019s suggestion, renewed representations in favor of the establishment of a maritime court in this city were.ordered to be made to the Minister of Justice.It was also decided to ask the Bar Association of Montreal to endorse the council's efforts in this direction.The Commissioner of Inland Revenue communicated a copy of a petition from the St.John, N.B., Board of Trade, praying that all sealed packages of provisions, sual as teas, tinned fruits, vegetables, etc, should be stamped with the exact weight of their contents and the year in which they were packed.The commissioner asked the council to appoint a committee to enquire carefully into the several matters contained in the prayer of the petition, and to report its views to the department.The council referred the matter to Messrs.Henry Miles, W.B.Mathewson and H.La porte, Mr.Henry Miles gave notice that at the next general meeting of the board hd \u2018will inove such amendment to by-law \u201813% will incvense the ordinary members iofrtise council from twelve to sixteen.* The: following were admitted to mem- beiship: Mr.H.B.de Courtenay, nf Mesars, James Hutton & Co.; Mr.John A.Hardisty, manager of the Montreal branch of the E.B.Eddy Company, and Mr.George A.Irwin, with the Mac- lean Publishing Company.\u2014_\u2014\u2014, A NEW MAYOR.At a meeting of the Ste.Cunegonde Council held last evening Mr.A.S.De lisle was eleéted Mayor of the town, and the following.gentlemen as chairmen of the several committees :\u2014Fire and Police, M.J.L.Charbonneau ; Roads, Mr.Noel Emond ; City Hall, Mr.Alexander Montbriand ; Water, Mr.H.Moran ; Licenses, Mr.C.Lippe; Light, Mr E.Campbell ; Finance, Mr.Joseph Lut- terell.The election of Mr.Delisle as Mayor was à matter of some surprise, as it was thougbt that Mr.Joseph Lutterell would be appointed to the position.NOTES AND NOTICES.\u2018Shredded whole wheat biscuit\u2019 meets the needs of the people who are seeking a whole wheat food to take the place of starch-made bread.It can be used at every meal, prepared and served in a variety of appetizing ways which will be explained at the Free Exhibit opening on Monday, Feb.7, at F.H.Barr's Hardware Store, 2373 and 2375 St, Cath- erinestreet.Call and try a free sample of this unique food.ADVERTISEMENTS, Bil joushess Is caused by torpid liver, which prevents digestion and permit food to ferment and pttrify in the stomach Then follow dizzi- somnia, nervousness, poisoning.Hood's Pllls stimulate the sto- by ali druggists.The only Pills to take ty d if not Telleved, mach, rouse the liver, cure headache, Se with Hood\u2019s Sarsaparills.ness, headache, in.P = | | .bilious fever or bloo I S sinesa.constipation, ete.25 cents.QOULIST'S PRESCRIPTIONS Raceir sttention of Mr.SAMUEL $ CHR \u2018, who.offers his vast experiense of ove years as à fiarmntes of t of Spectacle and 4 yoriue Mae, snd exactness in the as Mao TE.TELEPHONE SOA, HENRY GRANT & SON.Opticians, séés ve.Catlierine se, mea\u2019 Drummond, \u2019 PROBABLY SPREAD FROM THE FURNACE, The Fire Commissioners express the orinion, after inquiry, that the recent destruction of the St.Jean Baptiste Chuxch was due to an unknown cause, but may have resulted from the overheating of the furnace.The Rey.Curé Auclair was not inclined to think that the fire had been placed maliciously.Arthur Desconteau, caretaker, testified that everything was right when he left at midnight, The outbreak of fire was noticed an hour later.NOTES AND NOTICES.Telephone 4168 to have your piano packed, shipped or removed.Work guaranteed, Terms very reasonable.Lindsay-Nordheimer Co., 2388 St.Catherine street.To Cure a Cold in One Day.\u2014 Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.All druggists refund the money if it fails to A JANUARY SALE.With inventory day just ahead of us we are anxious to get stocks reduced as low as possible.Wo would rather count cash than merchandise and we will make the month memorable for big values and little prices to have it so.All Holliday Goods including MUSIC CABINETS, PARLOR CABINETS.DESKS, REED & COBBLER ROCKERS.at cost.: Special Carpet Values.An accumulation of useful length remnants and odd rolls of Brussels and Tapestry Carpets will be closed out at less than cost, besides all Brussels and Tapestry Carpets sewed and lald FREB.Great Reductions in Walnut Bedroom | and Dining-room Suits.CRÉDIT GIVEN 1f required, and goods stored free until wanted.THE AMERICAN WRINGER Co.16:8 & 1686 Notre Damess:.T.À.EMMANS, Manager.One Never Tires \u20140F THE\u2014 CALEDONIA SPRINGS ©\" \"WATERS, And they Never Cease to be Efficacious.Sold by best dealers everywhere, and GQURD & CO., bottlers, Montreal, SICK HEADACHE Pesitively cured by these Little Pills.{¢ Sndigestion and Too Hearty Eating.A perfect remedy for Dirziness, Nausea, Drowsl ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER.Regulate the Bowels.Purely Vegetable Small PHL.Smafl Dose.777 Smell Price.° TTCHING SKIN DISEA uring, itching, burning, and disegées with loss hk TIOURA BOAP, gentls spp! (otatment), and ons VEX.greatest » \u2018of blood purifiers and Rumor cures (uticura Desert Ce ee, \u2014 RED ROUGH HANDS \u201crésume deun NOW IS THE TIME To reserve your rooms for the winter at the .TURKISH BATH HOTEL 140 to 144 ST.MONIQUE STREET.: 8 1000 PAPETERIES, LATEST DESIGNS, > At 25¢, each.9\" BY MAIL.loc EXTRA.Morton, Phillips & Co., STATIONERS, BLANK BOOK MAKERS AND PRINTERS.1785 & 1737 NOTRE DAME ST., Montreal.BRODIE & HARVIES GRIDDLECAKE FLOUR For Griddle cakes, Muflins, de ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT.3b and6ib, pig eresesseserratsesrveaons Prsescareans aONCRONO20 SO 101200 0U 0100 tH00 1050000 200060, DID EVER 237,000 5 =F EVER DID 7 he ~ Ppreve the rule.Take ne chances use idees nness i i 3 \u2014THE\u2014 COOK\u2019S FRIEND Baking Powder.MARRIAG E LICENSES ISSUED, MONEY TO LEND, CUSHING, DUNTON & BARRON, NOTARIES & COMMISSIONERS, 110 St.James Street, MONEY TO LEND At Low Rate of Interest and on faverahin terms, on first-class propert).SUS LIFE ASSURANCE Csnadg MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.MONEY TO LENB, BT JouN M.M.BUFY, ACCOUNTANT AND COMMIBS.IONER, 167 81.James st.and 345 Prince Arthur st, INE ETCHINGS, &e per square inch.Minimum for any singly Etching, 50e : drawing extra, if required, Special rates for Jorge quantities.\"WITNEES' PRINTING HOUSE, es GILT ten The Spot Closely \u201c BUT THE POINT is that you can do no correct housekeeping without using the proper Soap for cleansing.No Soap gives comfort and value like STRACHAN\u2019S SOAP.EDGE Nd tn & THE ROYAL SCOTS.A Dozen Officers\u2019 Appointments and Promotions Approved +_ of by the Military Authorities.AN APOLOGY ASKED FOR AND REFUSED \u2014 MILITARY NOTES.Friends of the 5th Royal Scots will be pleased to learn that the appointment and promotion of ten or twelve officers to positions in the regiment have been approved of and are expected to appear in the next \u2018Canada Gazette.\u201d Only four wubordinate positions are vacant.Corporal Shreeve, of St.Johns, a very capable mam, has been engaged as instructor, and Major Ibbotson hae arranged to have the non-commissioned officers\u2019 class open the Strathy affair are Capt.Sims amd Lieut.Adair, whose places will be filled.It is stated thet the military authorities offered to restore Mr.Strathy\u2019s rank and place him on the retired list if he would apologize to the Major-General, but this the {ate commanding officer refuses to do, saying that he would bring the whole matter up in Parliament and obtain his rights there.; There Las been a great deal of talk ebout the delay im the gazetting of Major Tbbotson to the command of the 5th Royal Scots, some going so far as to affirm that the old order of things was to be restored.The major himself maintains a complete silence in the matter, but from the Militia Department at Ottawa it is learned that he will be gazetted to the command as soon as he has taken his course of equitation, and that he has expressed no dissatisfaction with this decision, recognizing that the regulations of the Militia Department must be adhered to.- Officials of the department state that no exceptions can be made in favor of any officer, as once a precedent is created there will be no end of trouble.Military men express surprise at the department\u2019s ruling, however, as by the generally accepted reading of the only general order issued on the subject, Major Ibbotson need not bother about his equitation certificate until July.The reading of the order, which bears date September, 1896, is as follows : \u2018Field officers and adjutants of garrison artillery, engineers, infantry and rifles not in pos sesrion of a certificate of equitation.are required, unless under very exceptional circumstances (to be reported upon by the district officer commanding), to qualify for gach within one year from July 1, 1897, failing which they will be liable to have their appointments cancelled.Officers recommended for appointment of promotion to the rank of field officer, or dppointment as adjutant after Sept.1, 1897, must be in possession of a certificate of equitation to qualify for such promotion or appointment.\u201d Major Ib- botson was recommended for promotion after Sept.1, but not to the rank of field officer, as he held that rank already.The depurtment having indicated their desire, however, possibly at the suggestion of the major-general, Major Ibbot- son, with some thirty other officers of Montreal corps, are engaged in taking the necessary course, under capable instructors, at \u2018he Hutchison riding school.As the regulations limit the period of the course to twenty-eight days, it is probable that Major Ibbotson will take his examinations and be duly gazetted a fortnight or three weeks from date.Ottawa, Feb.3.\u2014Changes in the 5th Royal Scots of Montreal will probably be announced in a few days.There is good authority for predicting the following reorganization :\u2014 \u2018Retirements, Capt, and Major F.H.don ; Paymaster and Honorary Major, William Foulis ; Lieut.William A.Cameron, Quartermaster R.GQ.Foster, Bec- ond Lieutenant John Adair.The following appointments will be made :\u2014To be Major, Capt.G.W.Cameron, vice Blaiklock, retired.To be paymaster, with honorary rank of captain, Major Charles E.Gault, from retired list, vice Foulis,; to be quartermaster, with rank of major, W.M.Blaik- lock, from the infantry reserve, vice Foster ; to be surgeon, Lieut.E.R.Brown ; to be captains, Lieuts.F.S.Meighen, K.C.Campbell, D.C.S.Miller, Second Lieutenant W.H.Evane ; to be lieutenants, Second Lieutenant G.R.S.Oliver, Capt.G.S.Cantlie, Capt.J.E.Ibbotson (both from reserve), Capt.E.N.Armstrong, from the 1st Prince of Wales Rifles, and Capt.J.G.Roses, and Capt.J.L.Rankin, from retired list ; to be second lieutenant provisionally, John W.Allan.MILITARY NOTES.A meeting of the Garrison Artillery .will be held next Wednesday evening to arrange for the regular course of training and also for the coming competition with the British artillery team.The Garrison Artillery\u2019s non-commis- sioned officers\u2019 class opens next week.The 1st Prince of Wales's class started a few weeks ago, Tuesday being the evening chosen.Aspirapts to the rank of non-commissioned officer in the 65th Battalion are instructed every Wednesday evening.The fourth annual caretakers\u2019 ball, which is looked forward to as the event of the season in this line, will be held in the drill shed on Friday evening, Feb.18.Tickets, which are placed at the Ay emt extremely low price of one dollar, may be obtained from any of the caretakers, Sergt.Buetens has charge of the refreshments, which will be in the form of a sit-down supper.The music will be furnished by Casey's orchestra, supplemented by members from various of the military bands.These affairs have proved extremely enjoyable in the past.\u2014\u2014 A STREET SCENE.An express driver named Joseph Bou- dreau, had a narrow escape this forenoon, on Btienne street, Point St.Charles.Boudreau was driving an express heavily loaded with iron pipes.The roadway Was narrow, owing to the banks of snow on either side; car No.450 was coming behind.At the wrong moment the runners slid over on the track; mctorman No.863 reversed his motor, otherwise the driver would have\u2019 been kélled.The pipes fell across the track, became entangled in the wheels; 863 glared at Boudreau and acoused him of gross carelessness; Boudreau would have cheerfully annihilated $63 if a look could have done it.963 reminded Boudreau that he hed saved his life by the timely application of the brakes ; Boudreau denied, even with oaths, that he ever was in the smallest danger; 863 begged péteously that all eyewitnesses should give their names like honorable gentlemen, in case there ehould be appeal to the foot of the throne as to the rights of the case; Boudreau cared little for high judicial authority; all he knew was that the road was too marrow and the speed of the car a menace to public safety.Even upon a day like this there was an idle crowd who alternately ghivered in the blast end laughed both contestants to Scorn.The verbal proceedings were of a highly picturesque character, and afforded amusement to the Grand Trunk clerke behind the windows of the general offices.The prosaic business of disentangling the iron pipes from beneath the wheels of the car was cynically left to the principals, with a blast eweeping acroes the canal calculated to make the inflamed probocis of the hoodlum white at @ moment\u2019s notice, the idle crowd vanishing immediately there was any work to be done.PILOTS\u2019 COMMISSION.\u2014 UNDERWRITERS AND SHIPPERS TO GIVE EVIDENCE, The government enquiry into the alleged grievances of the pilots was resumed this morning, Mr.E.L.Bond being the first witness, Mr.Bond testified tbat the underwriters were of opinion that the bends in the channel should be wide enough to allow the largest vessel.Lo turn in, as in case of accident, such as that to the \u2018Arabia,\u2019 the vessel might.otherwise get across the chammel énd put a stop to navigation for perhaps a week or more.He also thought that the channel should be swept twice a year, ot least.Mr.Bond said that the marine underwriters considered that in the trial of pilots when accidents occurred, all serious cases should come directly before a vice-admiralty court, consisting of a judge and two nautical assessors.The decision of this court should be final, and not subject to appeal, as the decisions of the Pilots\u2019 Committee were now.Mr.Bend would make the pilots\u2019 office at Quebec comfortable for the men, and have it open at all times.So far as the pilots\u2019 reporte were concerned, he maid, they ought to be made out directly after the vesezl arrived in port and not, as now, be left until after the pilots returned to their homes.If a pilot were under the influence of liquor he ought to lose his branch forthwith, and the practice of giving pilots liquor on board ship should be legislated against.A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.At eleven o'clock thie Morning & man was discovered lyimg under the runner of a sleigh which had come to a standstill in Donegana lane, which runs from op- posile the passenger station of the Canadian Pacific Railway.Whether it got there of its own accord or its master\u2019s i3 not known.The horse was then standing quietly in the shafts.On drawing the sleigh «way it was found that he was dead.The body was recogmized as that of a carter named McKiver, living at 171 Ottawa street, and the remains were removed to his late home, where the coromer will hold an inquest.There scems to have been no eye-witness of his death.The deceased was in the employ of Peter Barrigan, master carter.It was found that the man had fallen on the shaft of his sleigh, breaking his A PLEASANT EVENING.A sacred cantata entitled \u2018 Christ our Redeemer,\u201d was held in the Methodist Church, Hochelaga, by the choir of Centenary Church, under the leadership of Mr.J.T.Mattice.The soloists were Misses Hail, Butler, Peacock, Brown and Dickson; Messrs.H.A.Mattice, F.W.Richan, E.Walton and Clapp.The audience, on account of the unfavorable weather, was not so large as might be desired, but all who were present tnor- oughly appreciated the programme.TRAINS STILL LATE, The American trains were late this morning again, being from two to four hours behind time.The G.T.R.western and local trains were nearly on time.The C.P.R.trains were from two to three hours late, and the Winnipeg is not expected until about five o'clock this evening.Annual Report of \u2018the -Department Before the House.LARGE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES.TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY VESSELS LOST, TOGETHER WITH THIRTY-FOUR LIVES.Ottawa, Feb.3.\u2014The annual report of the Department of Marine will be presented to parliament to-day.The exper- diture for the fiscal year was $792,971 and the appropriations $332,687, #5 \u2018that $39,715 less than the parliamentary vote\u2019 was expended.The expenditure on the likhthouse and coast service was $20,251 less than the previous year, $35,700 less than the \u2018appropriation by parliament.The buoy \u2018service cost $50,000.The National Oil Company of Petrolea supplied: the bulk of the oil for the lights at prices varying.from fourteen and a quarter to seventeen and a quarter cents.The total number of casualties to British and Canadian sea-going vessels in Canadian waters and to Canadian seu- going vessels in waters other.than those of Canada during the year was two hundred and thirteen, representing a tonnage of 80,317 tons register, and the amount of loss, both partial and total, to vessels and cargoes, as far es ascertained, was $718,293.The number of casualties to inland vessels was twenty- seven, tonnage, 5,726, lose, $48,350, The number of lives reported lost in connection with these casualti¢s was thirty-four.The total number of cattle shipped from Montreal during the season.of 1397 was 117,247, an increase of 10,799 over 1826.Part of thé inorease was due.to the fact that some United States cattle, in bond, were shipped from the port of Montreal.The total number of sheep shipped during the same time was 60,638, a decrease of 15,882 from the shipments of the.spa- son of 1896.: .The number of horses shipped durifg 1897 was 10,051, being 370 less than las year.- The total number of United States cat: tle in bond shipped from Montreal numbered 12,221.From Quebec were -stüp- ped 3,541 cattle, 3,758 sheep and eighfy- cight horses.The total from Montgal and Quebec is as follows: 120,788 cattle, 64,396 sheep and 10,139 horses.- +20 \u201cTwo \u2018years ago\u2019 the départment ans ferred the messenger pigeon eu Halifax to Hazelhill.It was believed tbat as this point is nearer to Sable Island some of the, difficulties previously experienced might be overcome.Mr.S.B.Dickenson has not been able to re port success with regard to training the birds and the department is therefore considering the question of discontinuing this service.: uv The total number of steamboats in the Dominion is 1,134; of this number ninety-six are new vessels.The gross tonnage being 224,865.The Hudeon\u2019s Bay expedition is des cribed briefly, but no information .is given beyond what has already been made public.THE DUTY ON LUMBER Buffalo Lumbermen Again Up in Arms Over the Provisions: of the Dingley Bill.IS PROVING DISASTROUS TO BUSI- NESS\u2014A MEASURE FOR RELIEF.Buffalo, N.Y., Feb.3.\u2014The prominent lumber dealers of this city and Black Rock are up in arms once more against the Dingley tariff bill's discrimination against Canadian pine lumber, stave and heading bolts.\u2018Our business will be practically ruined if the Dingley taritf law is not changed respecting barrel heading bolts,\u201d said W.E.Plummer, of the International Box and Heading Com- peny, when asked regarding the extent of the injury by the effect of the new law.Before the Dingley law went into effect, heading bolts, which are only different from common slab-wood in that the bark is peeled off, were brought into this city from Canada free of duty.According to the Dingley bill there is a duiy of twenty percent on the heading bolts as raw material, and a duty of only ten percent on the finished product, where all the labor is done in Canada.WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES.Cord-wood and even pulp-wood are allowed to come in free,\u2019 said Mr.Plummer, \u2018but the common slab-wood, with the bark peeled off, from which we make barrel headings, is chargeable with a twenty percent duty.The inconsistericy of the law is apparent when the finished product can be brought into this country at ten percent less duty than the raw material.It will certainly lead to the closing up of the heading and stave factories of this city.\u2019 ; The Black Rock Business Men\u2019s Association, and the \u2018 National Coopers Journal\u2019 | Journal,\u2019 has also had are making an effort to have the effect The association recently drafted resolu- \u2018tiens that have been forwarded to Con- gremsman Alexander.Mr.John A.Mc- Cann, editor of the \u2018Nations] Coopers some COrrespondence with Alexander on the ambject.\u201cMr.Alexarder says ihat he brought the matter to Mr.Dingleys attention, and: the latter stated that the reason a duty was put on heading bolts was tu protedt.sections of the country whore white ash and\u2019 elm were grown.It is evidently Mr.Dingley\u2019s belief that Leedings \u2018are made exclusively of \u2018white ash and.elm.MISTAKEN PHILANTHROPY.\u2018 Headings are made almost exclusively of basswood,\u201d said Mr.Plummer, \u2018and we never make them of white ash or elm, except when we have a quantity of that wood on hand and have nothing elee that we can use it for.Basswood makes the best barrel heading, but Mr.Dingley seems to think differently.\u2019 Buffalo and Detroit are the only cities where the heading and stave bolts find a market from Canada, it i» seid, and all of the stave and heading factories in the two cities are suffering severely in consequence of the Dingley law.Mr.Alex- azider has had a hearing before the Ways and Means Committee in regard to the matter, and will introduce a bill, providing for the relief of the manufactur ers, who are compelled to bring their raw material from Canada.EFFECT ON LUMBER TRADE.With the cry from the barrel stave and heading menufecturers in this city, against the provisions of the Dingley Bill, comes a complaint from lumber dealers regarding the duty of two dollars a thousand \u2018feet on pine lumber coming from Canada.This tariff, which is prohibitory in its nature, will mean the closing out of the two largest lumber yards at Black Rock, those controlled by Messrs\u2019 Arthur Hill & Co, end the Holland estate.\u2018We have practically closed up our yard to the bringing in of pine lumber,\u201d said Mr.L.P.Graves, of the Holland yard, and so have Messrs, Arthur Hill & Co, Mr.Graves went on to say that the duty of two dollars a thousand feet on pine lumber hed rendered it impossible to bring any more Canadian lum- bear of this aity.Next summer will find the yards inactive, and about three hundred men will be thrown out of work as a result.Over a hundred thousand dollars bas been spent annually in the two yards for the handling of lumber, and the discontinuance of the work will be a severe blow to the laboring classes who depend on the yards for summer employment in unloading boats and handling the lumber.SCARCITY OF WHITE PINE.Fhe white pine forests of this country have been cut off with the exception of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and a scatter- ing-quawtity 11 the peninsulas of Mich gan, The tree does not reproduce.itself exid the result is that the American supply will be exbausted in less than ten years.The manufacturers, to perpetuate their mills on the Huron shore in Michigan, have naturally turned to the white rine forests of Canada, almost directly across Lake Huron.The import duty was a dollar a thousand feet up to the time of the passage of the Dingley bill.The dolar rate had been agreed upon in 1888, between the Hon.James G.Blaine and Sir John A.Macdonald, the Premier of Canada.At least one-half of the Georgian Bay pireries have been purchased by American lumbermen.The two-dollar rate of duty imposed by the Dingley bill is said to be construed in Canada as a direct reversal of the reciprocal agreement between Mr.Blaine and Sir John A.Macdonald, and a measure is now before the Canadian Parliament, we believe, to place an export duty on saw logs taken to the United States.EVIL EFFECTS OF THE LAW.This state of affairs means almost the entire destruction of the chief industry along the Huron shore, from Cheybogan to Detroit, a great loss to vessel owners transporting lumber from Lake Huron to Buffalo and other points on Lake Erie, a consequent loss to sailors and to laborers who load and unload boats.The Holland Estate had begun the construction of a large sawmill plant on the Canadian shore before the passage of the Dingley bill, in the belief that it would not become a law.This plant is now practically idle, except for the completion of contracts made previous to the passage of the Dingley law.pres PROHIBITION CONFERENCE.FRIENDS OF THE CAUSE TO DISCUSS THE PLEBISCITE AT OTTAWA ON TUESDAY.Toronto, Feb.3.\u2014A prohibition conference between the Dominion Alliance and the prohibition members of parliament on the plebiscite bill will be held on Tuesday next at Ottawa.The call will be sent out to-night.PROF.PANTON DEAD.\u2018Guelph, Ont., Feb.3.\u2014Prof.J.Pan- ton, of the Ontario Agricultural College, who had been sick for some weeks, died at the General Hoepital last might of cancer of the stomach.pes PERSONAL.Judge \u2018Taschereau has arrived from Ste.Scholastique, and was at the Court House this morning.of the law changed in Buffalo, at least.RE TrurspAy, Frsevarr 3, 1808, LOCAL STOCKS.THE MARKET SHOWS A DISPOSITION .TO REACT.| \u2014 \u2019 Fre ST} On the local stock excharge this morning the market maintained its activity, but with only two exceptions all stocks fell off fractionally.The exceptions were Halifax Tram, which held steady at 123, and Cable, which.made an advance of 11, to 187.Canadian Pacific and Electric each declined one point to\u201d 87% end 15315 respectively, while Richelieu dropped !3.Other declines were of i point or less.The morning sales were as follows: 15 C.P.R.at 83%, 150 at 88, 50 at 88%, 175 at 83, 25 at 87%, 100 Cable at 186%, 25 at 186%, 25 at 187, 53 Gas at 197, 400 at 1974, 640 at 197%, 25 at 197%, 33 Montreal Street at 249, 150 Toronto Street Railway at 1874, 50 at 99, 25 at 98%, 125 at 98%, 50 at 98%, 50 Light and Heat at 40, 25 at 39%, 225 Halifax Street at 123, 4,000 Halifax bonds at 106%, 50 Richelieu at 114, 25 at 111, 25 at 7134, 50 Electric at 155, 25 at 15474, 43 at 155, 125 at 165%, 35 at 155, 25 at 15%, 5 nt 152%, 8 Bank of Commerce at 135, 16 Ho- chelaga Bank at 147%, 5 Bank of Moutreal at 233, 25 Dominion Cotton at 22.The afternoon sales were 88 follows\u2019=75 C.P.R.at 87%, 1,050 at 87%, 125 at 87%, 50 Cable at 186%, 175 at 18644, 223 Toronto St.Railway at 98%, 25 at 98%, 100 Montreal St.Rallway at 248%, 75 at 248%, 400 at 248%, 215 Gas at 197, 50 at 197, 175 at 19714, 65 at 167, 100 Halifax Tram at 123, 50 Electric at 154%, 50 at 154%, 150 at 1544, 55 Dominton Coal, pref., at 107%, 5 at 10744, 25 Montreal Cotton at 145, 15 Merchants Bank at 179, 20 Bank of Montreal at 238, 100 North-West Land at 1314, Reported by Messrs Nichols & Marler, Btock Brokers, corner Notre Dame and St.Francois Xavier streets.Stocks Rollers Buyers per $100 por $109 Canadian Pasifc.88% 873% 0, de.Iaud Bonds.1 Duluth 8.8 & Atlantic.4 34 Do.do.pres.ee.7 5 Commercial Cable.\u2026 186% 1 do Coupon bonds.10644 105% do o Regdbon \u2026.1 - Montreal Tologreph For wo iin sees People\u2019s Heat and Light.veers 40 374 de.do Bonds.88 85 Richelieu & Out.Nav.Oo.« 114 112% Do.do.do.Bon PER Montreal Gt.Railway Co.249 2484 Montreal Btreet Railway (Now 2417 246% Halifax Railway 1234 1224 Do.Bonds 108 Montreal Gas Co 19744 196% BellTelephone Co.1774 184 yai Eleotric.1544 154 TorontoStreet Railway 2873 984 CernwallBireet Railway veer eens Bt.John Railway.15 10 Bank of Montreal.240 237% Ontario Bank.,.\u2026.\u2026.eevee eee Bankof British North America.2.0 eins Molsons Bank.205 200 Bank of Toronto.230 227! La BanqueJacques Cartie cls 8 Merchants Bank .180 178 Do.do.of H eee 180 Bank of Nova Scotia 225 210 Eastern Townships Ba: 155 150 LaBanque Nationale .Union Bank.,.103 Canadian Banko! Com 137% 133 La Banaue Ville Marie ., mu ga Bénkv.A0 Auer Incandescent Light.Windsor Hotel Intercolonial Coal do Pref.Stock Taylor Hy.Air Comp.Co.Ld .Canada Paper.ccovevmeennivens veer ores Dom.Coal.21% 20 4 \u201c Ptd.108 107 ® \u201c Bonds.10644 105% Montreal Cotton.150 144%, Can.Ool.Cot.Mills Co.Co Merckant'sManufacturing Coxd.135 Dominion Cotton Mills Co.s 9% Do.de Bonds.Leas snd Mo Co.Western Loan & Truat.KEW YORE STOCK LIST (Furnished by J.R Meeker.) Opening and Closing Prices\u201410 a.m.and 3 p.m Atchison.- 17% 12% Can.Pacitic PSE La.dha HB cago, Burl + 9 Gler.©.C.& .vt?ens Ea i i e udson, 113% 113 Del.Lack & Wes eel UL Central.NT Re Louis.& Nash, 69% 594, Lake Shore.19134 1927 Mannettan Uonsolidaced., us 117 \u201c Missouri Pacific.1 33 North America 87% 67% Nor.Pacific Ner.Pac.pfd.New Jorsey Central.Pacific Mail .Reading, Philadelphi Richmond Terminal.United States Lenther.Rock (sland.Chico.& P 6e Pani, Ux10d & Mian Sc.Paul, Mina.& Man.Texas Pacific.Union Pacifi 67% 61% abash pid.18 18% arestern mion Tel.1 f n° ugar .37 1 Lead .157% Sh Gas Chicago $774 97 Gen.Electric.371% 36 Tol.Ann Arbor & Nor.Mich.40 9 Rubber met.So 47% 148 WHEAT LOWER.CORN, OATS AND PROVISION ADVANCE.In Chicago this morning wheat opened weak, and the opening prices wera the | highest touched during the course of the day.The closings were: Sc lower for May at 945c; % lower for July at S44c ; oats advanced 3gc and corn %c to Lac; mess pork cloeed 10c to 13c higher, and lard and short ribs generally 2c higher.CHICAGO MARKETS.The following table shows the range of prices in Chicago to-day, and the closing quotations as compared with those of yesterday:\u2014 Yesterday's To-day\u2019s Close.Open.High.Low.Close Wheat\u2014 Feb.98 cars Cees FET 98 May 95% 954 9514 94g 945 July 8% 85 8 83% 844 Coru\u2014 May 28% 28% 29% 28% 29 ° July 29% 29% 30% 20% 30% as May 23% 23% 24% 2% July 22% 225 22% 22% Pork\u2014 May 10.07 10.10 10.25 10.10 July 10.17 10.30 10.32 10.22 Lard\u2014 \u2019 May 4.90 4.92 4.95 4.90 July 5.00 5.02 5.05 5.02 Sbort ribs\u2014 May 5.00 5.00 5.07 5.02 5.13 24% 2% 10.20 10.27 4.92 5.02 5.05 July 510 5.15 5.15 5.12 COURT HOUSE OFFICIAL DEAD.Mr.Arthur Vilbon, for the past twen- tyfive years an official in the Sherif's office, died this Morning, at the ren.dence of his brother-in-law, Mr.N.P Lamoureux, 453 Rachel street, Mr.Vi bon had been ill for the last three mont) q and the immediate cause of death wi dropsy.He was fifty years of age, 4.] unmarried.For many years past, M, Vilbon had personally conducted :\u2026 sheriffs sales, and was well known n real estate circles.He was a sm 5 the late Deputy-Sherif Vilbon.Thin funeral will take place on Saturday a\u2019 eight a.m.-\u2014e\u2014\u2014 THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.The \u2018Societé d'Economie Politique,\u2019 of which Lieutenant-Governor Jatté isa leading member, will entertain him at the St.James Club on Saturday.BRITISH IN CHINA.MISAPPREHENSION OF HER POSITION RE TALIEN-WAN CORRECTED.London, Feb.3\u2014On incontrovertible authority, the Associated Press learns that Great Britain hes not backed down on the question of making Talien-Wan a free port.The Marquis of Salisbury, Mr.George N.Curzon, the Parliamer,.tary Secretary of the Foreign Office; the Russian Ambassador and the Ohiness Minister each remarked yesterday, in conversation, that they had not heard of any backdown.The opening of Talien-Wan, it is pointed out, was never made a condition, in any gime qua non sense, in connection with the loan t.China.In the preliminary negotiations on that subject the opening of Talien- Wan was sketched in neutral tinis, Great Britain only suggesting it as one condition favoring a speedy completion of the loan.She never demanded it.and therefore in no sense can be Raid to have backed down if the desire was not persisted in.The question of T: ien-Wan, however, with other suggest d conditions of the loan, is still negotiating.etl.MAYOR OF DRUMMONDVILLE.Drummondville, Que., Feb.3.\u2014 William Mitchell, manager of the Drummond County Railway, was elected mayor n° this town at the council meeting last evening.\u2014-_\u2014\u2014 MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAT During the two weeks ending Jan.31, there have been 1,510 consultations in the outdoor department of the General Hospital, a decreasc, as compared with the corresponding pericd of 1897, of 261.The daily, average number of indoor patients has been 165.There were twen- ty-nine ambulance calls The X ravs apparatus, under the charge of Dr.H.Wolferstan Thomas, has been in orera- tion with satisfactory results.ANOTHER SIDEWALK CLAIM.An action for two thousand dollars damages has been entered by Morms Wright against the city.The plaintiff fell on a alippery sidewalk of St.Catherine street, between University and Victoria streets, in December last, and broke his arm.He now holds the city responsible for the accident and clams the above mentioned amount of damages.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 CANADIAN FORESTERS.Court Lafontaine, No.592, Canadian Order of Foresters, gave a very pleasant social at their hall, Richmond street.There was an unusually large attendance of members.with their lady and gentleman friends, and a very enjoyable concert programme was carried out.Mrs.Calder, Mrs.Berthiaume and Miss Calder, gave plano solos.Miss Theriault sang with fine effect, and some humorous songs were given by Messrs.Bon- tier, Charon and Montplaisir.After the concert refreshments wera served, and the remainder of the evening was spent socially, an orchestra of eight pleces furnishing the music.An eloquent address om the ben:- fits of the Order was delivered by Mr.A.E.G.Bissonnette, LL.B.Among the guests of the evening was Bro.W.J.McClurg.Jr.District Deputy High Chief Ranger, who was accompanied Bro.R.J.Stuart, organ- fzer for the Order.The latter will spend some time in the city and province.Bro.C.D.Therilault, High Chief Ranger of Ceurt Lafontaine, and his officers, are to be congratulated on the success of the ga- tkering.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 FALSE FIRE ALARM FIEND.In the Recorder's Court yesterday afternoon, Patrick O'Keefe, was fined twenty dollars or two months for sending in a false fire alarm on Tuesday night.Special Constable Hawthorne made the arrost, and it is alleged that this fire alarm fiend is responsible for upwards of one hundred and thirty false alarms during the past twelye months, \u2014_\u2014 SHIPPING.New York, Feb.3.\u2014Arrived, Havel! from Southampton.Madeira,Feb.3.\u2014Arrived, steamer Agusta Victoria (German), from New York.The Beaver line R.M.S.Lake Superic: arrived at St.John, N.B., yesterday at 7 p.m, .\u2014_\u2014\u2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.The treasurer of the Notre Dame Hospi tal acknowledges with thanks from Mr.J.B.Clearihue, the kind donation of $2730 The treasurer of the Notre Dame ilospif.begs to acknowledge the receipt per Mr.:: Forget, of $100 each from Mr.and Mrs.iu inont-Laviolette, Mrs.O.St.Germain, M7 Laurier and Mrs.Francoeur, who wish 0 become governors of the hospital.The following donations have also been received L'Assurance Roysle and its employrçs, $- Asseseors' and Water Departments, Civ Hall, $15.25; C.Beausolell, B.A.Boas, A.A Ayer & Co., J.J.Curran, $10 each; Dr A Ricard, Edmond Hardy, J, C.Auger, Ave.Couillard, Provost & Fleury, $5 each; T's Chive, Bilodeau & Renaud, $2 each; L.A Cloutier, L.Larive, $1 each; various small amounts, $1.75.© oy CT ew \u2014 v ad Oa er t Re ra WHY O00 WE a TE EEE 1 = 1 &@ ES __m va COMMERCIAL Writrses Orrios, } Feb.3, 1893.Montreal Wholesale Markets.GRAIN.There Is very little doing in coarse grains sntreal, but trading is active at out- ints for direct shipment.The feeling s is a little easier to-day.- ! for peas is good but round lots are -! to obtain.We quote: - 11 12 22 +.80\u20ac to 80%c i \u2026 arcording to sample.34c to 36c To Le ca ce 2e 42 + 1e B4c to Bdle © ooxuheat \u2026.géc to 37c T < \u201casa \u2026 60l%cto 62t4c PROVISIONS.T\u201c> Chicago hog market is reported active and generally 10c higher, the only ze in Liverpool cable is an advance of lard to 253 6d.The local market is what less active with the approach of 1 We quote : Dressed hogs, $6.25 to $6.50 ; mess pork t-:t brands, short cut, $15 to $16; hams, 10c +n illpe per 1b.; bacon, 12c ; pure lard, in Tails, 8c; compound lard, 5k4c to 5J4c.FLOUR.There is a good demand for Manitoba brands both locally and for export.The local market for Ontario patents is more active and a moderate trade 13 doing.We quote : Manitoba strong bakers .$4.90 to $5.00 Srrirz patents .\u2026 .500 to 5.40 Straight rollers .3.35 to 3.45 Winter patents .4.75 to 4.85 CHEESE.There is ag yet.no signs of a brightening of the cheese market.Very llttle business {= doing and holders are not attempting to frre the market at the present low value of ce to 8%c for flnest Ontario.BUTTER.There 1s little doing, and prices are vn- changed to-day.Low grade dalry butter {+ extremely scarce.We quote: finest creamery .,.18c to 18%c I t dairy .15c to 16i4c Lowest grade dairy .12¢ to 14e wl butter .14lgcto 15¢ DRESSED POULTRY.lhickeos are in good demand, but for - lines the market 1s extremely dull.Wo quote: Turkeys .eeen ne Sc to 9%c K [I Sc to Bléc «+ +o.» Blécto 6c Cee eee TJgcto Sige Partridges, No.1 ., .85e to 90c Partridges, No.2 - .35c to 40c EGGS.Strictly new laid are coming in much more freely than dealers expected considering the very cold weather and sales have been made as low as 23c.We quote: Strictly mew laid .2c to 24c Montreal limed .lic to 16c Western limed .,.18¢c to 14c¢ Na.1 candled .\u2026.15e to 16c 20.2 candled, as to quality .12:4cto 13)4e LIVE STOCK MARKET\u2014Feb.3.There were about 250 head of butchers\u2019 rartle, 18 calves and 120 sheep and lambs rAered for sale at the East End Abattoir \u2018a-day.The butchers were present in con- slerable numbers, but trade was slow as \u201c-cidedly higher prices were being demand- ail round.Prime beeves cold at from ¢ to 4%c per \u2018Ib.: pretty good stock, at \u201com 3%c to 4c do., and the common dry ws and milkmen\u2019s strippers.at from 2c 34e per Ib.A lot of 11 rough bulls sojd \u201cic per Ib.; they averaged 1,069 ibs.\u20ac \u2018= were a young lot and sefd at from \"> $5.50 each.Sheep sell at about 334c I i* and lambs at from 4%c to 5c do.= Logs sell at from b%c to 5c per 1b.A NEW DIRECTOR.George Hague, the general manager Merchants Bank of Canada, has been \u201cted a director on the beard of the Mont- real Trust & Deposit Company.* The board 8 director consists of the Right Hon.Lord \u201col 1 and Mount Royal, G.C.M.0.: Ar, i Hague, the Hon.L.J.Forget, Mr.r P.Macdonell, Mr.Hector Markenzie, A Edwin Hanson, Mr.R.Wilson-Smith, Mr.Frank W.Ross, of Quebec, and Mr.J.A.L.Strathy, J STREET RAILWAY RECEIPTS.Tze receipts of the Montreal Street Rnil- way Company for the month of January, \u2018nunied to $109,768, or an increase of $10 - Over the corresponding period of 1597.rm Ortober, when the company's year \"#2: to the end of January, the total \u201cpts have been $450,120.06, or $37,526.41 san ic the corresponding four mouths P 5-57 _\u2014 TORONTO MARKETS.Toronto, Feb.3.\u2014Market quiet.; Flour \u201cet.demand inactive ; straight rollers ivird at $3.95 to $4 In wood, middle freights.\u201cmal Quiet, feeling unsettled, red winter cd at She west and spring at 56c to 87c Midland: No.1 Manitoba hard steady at © North Bay and at $1.03 Midland.Bar- \"Git with No.2 quoted at 38¢c to 34c © No.3 extra at 30c to 3lc and feed at © 18e west.Oats steady with sales at ir for white and on Midland at _, lo \u201cSc, mixed 26c west.Peas quiet 1 sal~s at ä33c north and west.Buck- à ot rules steady with cars quoted at 3c \u201cstand 330 on Midland.Rye steady, with \u201ctions firm at 463c to 48c outside.Corn prices unchanged; car lots quoted, at 0 9c west for new yellow.Bran, de- ! fair, but offerings Hmited, quoted at middle frelghts and shorta at $12.50 to \u2018iâdie freilghts.Oatmeal firm with \u2018 \u2018ons at $3.30 in bags and $3.40 in bar- = = | When Frond Kod gif ihe silk be\u2019 Fou l'étatell at cac dher with Blend faces, roc pui dd rent mt ie.hey, at [vet er 1 Rou w = ce TT ey ra aly Was.cos ocsdiiing [tay th deny pe Hares onsen] en) formée Taie, expanditare Sor of leg 5 8 es ; \u201cia not a pleasant prt \u2018of the city | softiy eveù | far out among the islands that leoked when he e tug whislo be left it our love mi Wi az, that, |e pain i rE Soe \"ion that lay rest of the iver fout Lo un tree Hes boot \u201cHe tan ts dis tépi oF» | Mynding tu Brnding 3 oJ back si, bt bad had {on le he ben dec \u2018bre Baader ess 5 Le WAX ay 4.re Darrow, payements « 1* mid onlder.Yeu, there was really a boat | fo 4.4 dhe poljen in.their, down, and.that : La he houses.mall and dingy fo |< that putas rifling idly vith the waves stondily esst- these ded oe a Ber duo a oy ow Renenuy oooh er donee win: ood andi chat side of the river the city fmt his love ward Was: it - Harry's.ost \u20ac I we kon Jad o wished.$a.bs yape Fee in eo br ae Ty thres to six months\u2019 oid.Robiusswss : ©.nearly five centuries before.sg ore 1 Wko it.Would he In boat | left on i Cru.TUE + | Bars; pads o.1 0 ithy, Mag oF \"| ox; the river tall chimneys popped went grea jdrift into \u2018that\u2019 lébyrinth :oË ivnads ?fog, but | 1] 4 : mre rte iene.%.0s, 8 _ - constant volumes of thick, black |der\u2019s si siiecid 2 What -a revenge BL: would be 3; 1b.would they.thought i would To i Los Af pros Montreal : oe ; «\u2026.Except on Sundays one rarely | of the, -figertainly be lost for some time, they bad a basket of provisions.\u201d But | DaDvesmemeenrs À sr # + the blue of the sky.Snow wes'|derers™ wing, i} Noy conscience whispers, \u2018that woald the greet point of apxicky: was bow were.+ we 200 SAE 1 ir \u2019 ; .r purely white across the river, Bae |py o not doing the will the Master they fo ait à 1 ae +2 eo oe i\u201d \u20ac 1.~unshine clear.\u2018self through Whom you leve and are trying\u201d to votre, ; a 5 @ = ES pix N-CITHENS hat ts .a poss\u2019 Poeticus-\u2018Ne.\u2019 \u201c | in by little the city crept over the the creature, Whatsoevaer ya would that The wogld | gether, and m 2% ROIS one pug À Bpestoua 7HY BIRD wah nisi Cn i, \" we nity, en it and the city\u2019s glory the bers ad oe 4 EU vos with grest dificults thet he sue Shey heard 4 mire 225 tu chiches vou fat; river rolled Ms narrow, muddy curvent ; is & lame ome\u2019: - 2 5 7 \"| eeeded in getting, Clear water an fr ak talon: | 8 et 0 > $aM.the geek suet > ue ee pau or par hid the | ; in time ?went first to the island, rey ne Cha it ro 48 yi t like \u2018a pall, or 8 the je ten + Ë 2 \u2014No: I we id =|.wall, Fert a partly | ver, cell matabered Sint ae Wha up hour, then headed for Grom Tisai ids alate; 1 think & wassabe, chicka SE was said of the, City's convicted crim- asked the convict gruffly, as he mw the | SUS.88 they drew the bost up on shore | > abehi\u201d - \"15 ik mals.guard at the grated entrance.they\u2019 heard a shrill whistle whiok Harry No Maya 314 (me day carly In autmnn two boys, one « ou\u2019ve got a bey, haven't you, Men- mid Eo an Te rT : Nè mâiter Bow ob ne the cous es If | of them quite lame, cromed the bridge and 1y 7 A BC perl a.Te a PE 6 tug \u2018severe the cad, ow ë.\u2018 JP mile their way through the crooked \u201c Yes\u2014one, \u201ctv\u201d Prisoner | apswered.wasn't steatalng as towards the Bus.4 a Ne aid = iw sets toward the gloomy prison, | moodily.: .* What about him ?tards.; CR \u2018There she is, Denny,\u2019 said the older \u2018Anything the.matter with him?\" ° \u2018If that isn\u2019t mean of Captaiñ Warren,\u2019 BN ore.indicating #.\u2018Ain't she a whop-| \u2018He was.lame,\u2019 \u2018and now there was a sit Harry: \u2018He said ho wasa's going RE x fe on een ban Fe goin\u2019 to face.» eine quiver of the sullen gj) one o'cloëk, and here ft is oly ten\u201d | - | you.-of the most } \u201cwrap out and grab you \"less you've done.| \u2018Well, he was outside this morning\u2014~ psp he J ia going to.ee a double it has flected, to.his © wmethin\u2019 wrong.\u2019 wanted me.to tell yon that his aunt: fes\u201d they.fog rig ate J kriquete ; The smaller boy\u2014the lame one\u2014had road [had moved to town ; that be was coming 4 fort behin behind a rock and trees.Charlie sipped short, and was trembling from |over to the prison every Saturday, and and Harry wees the foe.a Jeid siege head to foot.+ .that he.sent you his love to it.DET TR | Abii sonore erpromed tool] \u201cI sep tad.4 orme lo; palpi He gathered up hie courgse with an \u2018Denny !* That kid ! Why, the child Tees os of à 4 i ei wo oT , ti .cs 1088 10 failure of every med effort, jumped across the street, and wasn\u2019t much move.than five years old ADVERTISRMENTE.PE (Jobu xiv., 2.)- .pi Tt ce .t close to the massive walls hen\u2014\u2014' \"Wheeiove shall dre - fenders, instçad he * À AU our Mantles roduosd § from 20 te 75 percent.In LADTES JAOKETS- we are offeri for $8.50, HEAVY IRISH FRFBZB JACKETS, worth $8.50, for $3.95 JACKETS, plain or braided, 20 pervant dissout \"Aline in LIGHT FAWN BEAVER; rom SHAWL couté due 20 ON Tran\" FLOOR.i \u2019 CHILDRENS COATS, - ClMrer's Tweed Coats; somtoriable awd \u201cwars, 1e bo sold x : percent off the rexnjar prices.| ONLY {TWO DAYS MORE 2 \u2018BOY To-Monnam - RATURDAY st out Stare aud Save Money! > MANTLE CLO\u2019 fo.50 percent.FUBS, all redu LEA vas A 974 we.DEPARTMENT ing'a Une in Hair pa 819.10 bn aod almost cost prices ; TE 4 , in.plain pailor nie .discounts from 10 te 33% 20 péroest.FELT HATS, are \u201csAHUAI RY: | nd SPECIAL: REDUCTIONS] | of ¥ Beanodizal hosepipe Mech 300.Ona te: Kant i sagen.Special Bo and 100 Tables of Laces, me p: A For Instances\u201d enna en ze Riots SR \u201cstove: Dery: SLT \u201cRednetions ran this ny.Men's.Warm en aad SES vad ue, 42.00; To Tet JOHN MUR = AA Set Bargain \u201c-Cimps' an Sri and JEWELLERY.* 7.0 Stick Pins, werth lhe ang Mo, far\u2019 |.> VE bars Camphos Ice 20e, for Thea: 809 bottles of Ring Friack po fp 250, for.en OT : STATIONERY.> 0 dozen Lead Pencils, FABRÉS, worth 30c, for Sc dozen, EARS UN QUE BASE.boven GQ.BEATERS, | nice, Se GENUINB + worth 2e; -Bale \u201c BABTING SPOONS, worth 100, fords.| GRAVY OR \u2018PHA STRAINERS, same a cut, worth Sc each, for $%ec.: SCREW DRIVERS, \u201cWorth 10c, for ko.PHY & co.\u201d abies ; FR itr CE r we do not intend to REDUCED: keep anything over that s A has been on the Bargain Tables, we have - reduced all as follows : : Tables reduce Tables reduce Tables red Everything on these tables must be sold, member : that these goods at the beginning sale \u2018were at about half further reduction they are Re- of this price, and now with this\u201c at a mere nominal figure.\u2018Lots of useful goods still on the tables, First Choice the best.A.T.Wiley & Co.2341 ST.CATHERINE STREET.| TORONTO \u2018SHEBEENIStS, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LIQUOR LAW.Toronto, Feb.3§\u2014While the license inspectors and the city police have been waging systematic war upon the unlicensed liquor dealers, an evil which is becoming a reeognized feature of the administration of the law here has bren more than usually prominert.It is the treatment of the violation of the liquor law as a mere sort of a civil irregularity |.than as a penal offence.- Convieted of- of being promptly quoted for ad \u201cpayment of fines, have been granted almost indefinite latitude.as to the time in which they have to be paid.A good deal of public protest has been It is charged that the chief license inspector deals with the dive- keepers on a revenue basis.The policy adapted by the police magistrate permits this system.The law states positively that no time raust elapse between the Espoung a fine and its payment.The Court, however, points out that the evidence will necessitate a - conviction, and then defers the actual imposition.ot the fine.The ay the convenience of t charged wit] been-keepi consulted is shown in the cass of J.Lynch, who has.secured eight our \"| ments ; Joseph Marmey, six ; G.Brown, six ; Low Law, five; C.J.Davidson, three on, each of two An excellent provision of the Hicense law provides that for a second offence the shebesnist mmst be imprisoned with- ont the option of 2 fine, .For some res- son it has become habitual for the proof of a prior conviction to be omitted.It is claimed that weve this provisien: ob- The served the dive-keepers of Toronte could soon be not only punished, but the evil stamped out.ere FIRE AT MAGOG.Magog, Feb.1\u2014John -O'Connor\u2019s tailoring establishment, on \u201cMerry street was completely gutted by fire {his morn-w ing.The building was the prapesty of | Mr.James Taylor, whose lose, will be: about a thousand dollars.No i insurance.\u2014_\u2014\u2014 FRUITS OF THE TRAFFIC, Paris, Ont, Feb.2.\u2014Edward O\u2019Brien; oged sixty, a farm laborer, went to his home on Tuesday night vety, drusk: Yes terday morning he was foutid desd In \u2018 Stiver\u2019 Muff Chaluy, Worth\" + CAN OPENERS, eet io, for 1; .FIB PLATES, worth fo, for 3c.y \u201d | EVERY HOME A 1 oWR expanse, supply a suitablé box.Phe: | the responsibility of collecting Posing in \u201cin any other d Braids.5 4 TERMS C4 SH.12 pe POST- OFFICE.| a pode: [NEW REGULATIONS REQUIBING | 3 \u2018NEW YORK/LEPTER CARRIERS (New York Timea\" ) ja Every private house i in New.York « en be turned into a \u201cThis is the practical result of the tonclusion of the Postmaster-General who has decided\u2019 to permit a \u201chouse to-house collection of carriers.- Postmaster Cornelius Van Sokt, bas sent, circulgrs to residents of ess informing them of these cts.\u2018them how to.Jen collection boxes and stamp en dopes.| In \u201cbe says: \u2018After providing the] proper receptacle you need not I¢ ave | yout ou stamps of to your even unstamped letters on special deliveey letters, Privacy, and\u2019 safety for your delivered mail are eén- sured by a locked riceptacle.Profac- tion to your posted mail ia secured by a United States 1baît loëf: to which no one excepting the proper postal officials\u2019 \u201chis; a key, and the postal regulations provide | that keys to house collection boxes must be treated in the same manner and With the sanie care as street letter box ' \u201cThe householder must, for his i convenience: and advantage, and A \u2018bis\u2019 Post-Office Department will.not asitimné mail Be- .Boxes than those recommended by the- \u201ccomte.sion -and tested by the department, \u2018apd\u2019 the selection\u2019 of collestion boxes is; thisre| fore, limited to those thus recorimended | and tested, ' The collection of mail fron | mie, private residences will be made only from | May the boxes.proved by the Posi-Office | Tonto Department.In expl the sale\u201d of somps by lett 5 regulation.of hs Poster Gas semer \u2018Stamps will be sold of the dencmina- tions se the quantities named: heseiri.will contain order slips upon or ae for stamps and postal cards may.be dedi od Postal .Company shall Assign to.the United \u201cStates.all U -patents now he'd hy it on the envelope adopted and all United States patents pertaining thereto.which ter be held- by it in the future,-with aid and ion ion with tho ose oo) on an very opted \u2018and tented by the Fh \u201cIt shall also provide one velopes with each house & celle delivery box.of the forins a department, without cest to | War-c ON THB « INSURANCE] mail and the sale of stamps by: Jettèr- | - writers\u2019 of the Pacific, commonly | dan Inrange Ineursape Comp act Te ie by the associetion thai min expects\u2019 t | secure for the people an.equitable rods, tion of insurance rates, payment of taxes | old flat, these envelapes:|.AL HODS, worth | HESRITE sat 4 du ; (GREAT SALE OF: HARDWOOD STEP ; pire ie To 2mm toat ir Tat : à 4 Toot 1ad dor tor 480; Sf Indder for TBe; à 6 Tout ladder fe 2348 St.Catherine st.i ; cor.of Metoaito st E SETS.ce ising ot bowl, spy du | - 1N A Special.ing,_decorated in Dark i Bite, 1 woreh 3c, for only Me set.ht SPECIAL .ou on CRRAY JUGS, \u201ctinted in pink i nice decorated AN À Blues regular price price, dic, \u2018for 19c each.5 A Tel.8888, 22 fe : of euvéiopes for.thie ua.of Jet] stone momies ot re or i the - \u201cde voa | COMPACT.q A CALIFORNIAN - COMMISSIONER \"ANXIOUS.TQ; SECURE.AN.EQUÉ- - - TABLE REDUCTION OF RATES.San.Francisco, Ca, Feb.2\u2014It is announced by Mr.Clune, insurance commissioner, that his fight agdinst the for- insurance com ies doing.business |- den pelt || medical writers to show that this state- in state will be.be.directed against bod ion known as the Fire ui the rss co and insuran: mpanies, ait n évéeraf shoition of ibe conti a posed on insurers sinice thé \u2018compact came.into existence, ( 2e .(GENERAL BOOTH IN TORONTO.Toronto, Feb: 3.\u2014Genert] Booth, the Un oven Tomy, arrived at Bion Dapot, rom London, t jo | ternmaom, oe Mp of the Held \u2018Commissioner, Miss Eva Booth Booth, whils in the city.Tonight's.eeti iu Same Bah wi e's He one pote Boa A.garry boy, apd a son-of Lieut.McDou- Milwaukee rink: which: at &: regent bon- | spiel A nil Mion, won the Bt.| Panl Jobbére Trophy, Valu at fre: yi | bed, having taken strychnine.Foon ES pre 7 \u20ac mich \u2018 Pe «Tetle A béton by De\u2019 Saleberry for the de , r or e Toes- tence; Judge.detirer fine and.\u2019 verdict may .{ morrow \u2018morning.Co Wis, ast old Glen.| uid, of South Branch, was one of the will te Jeeepérs \u2018appreciate y's \u201d Elephant \u2026 Brand- Indo-Céylon ; \u201cPacket\u201d Teas.\u2018A Br.; *careful- test is.sure Et Be.show that price for price.they are: west oF TEA VALUES.1 CLOSING SCENES.PECTED TO-MORROW.|.Joliette, Feb.3.\u2014Three witnesses were jj {placed Go the stand by the Crown in re | buttsl yesterday in the Nulty murder | trial, two more than had been generally expected, Dr.Lamoureux was.the first witness.In \u2018reply to questions by Mr.Dugas, he fi ; - the prisoner is either an epileptic Cross-examined by Mr.Archer, as to : whether an insane prisoner always retained memory of his actions, witness said that he generally did: @.Pressed to answer positively, he asid he could not | say.\u2019 \" Witness further said it was impossible for \u2018an \u2018epileptic to remember an act \u2018while in an epileptic.fit.Mr.Arçher then read froin several ment was not borne, out by to authori- Witness said in explanation of this bs agreement of doctors, that medical sci- ene was.continually progressing, and it was quite permissible to differ with the writers.Me Archer read from other medical authorities, where it was stated that the existence - of nocturne! -incontinence of urine: would lead them to declare the existence \u2018of a case of epilepey, even without\u2019 having seen the patient.\u2018Witness would not admit\u201d that the statement waa.correct, but admitted that several eminent writers held it to bé do.In the afternoon Dr.Rivard, who.is also \u201csheriff of Joliatie, was placed on the stand\u2019 \u201cby sMr.Dugas.Dr.Rivard was quite .positive that an epileptic: | would not kill four persons with blows -] delivered all in the same manner.« As the act of arepileptic, at the time of an \u2018attack of his malady, wes without mo- 3 tive, so it \u2018was without method.He also | held that an epileptic attack was always accomipanied by entire loss of consciousness.Thern should net be even\u2019 partial ill | recollection of the act.Pr.Boulét corroborated generally the statements mide by Dr.Rivard, and\u2019de- elared he saw no evidence of epilepsy in the prisoner.\u201cThis motning - \u2018the closing scenes were: the summing up was Delorimier is expected to his charge.ta the jury this even.\u2018be \u2018reached to | A'LIBERAL PROPHECY.Undet - the END OF THE NULTY TRIAL DRAW.j- .ING NEAR\u2014VERDICT EX- : - COMINGTO MONTRE] : |NEXT ANNUAL MEETING OF T1: BOFAL CAMADIAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION TO BE a Falls, Feb.2\u2014The ang, of the Royal Canadian Humane was held here this evening ident, the Hon.Adam Browz, in the chair.Mr.Charles Black, secretary of investigating governors, acted as secretary.\u2018The annual report and financial statements were submitted and adopted.Durift the year sixty-one cases of berc.the awards bein: (ésaford), 1; silver med itions of Captain Charles Powis, of Hamilton, who was elected bon.president and gecreta Ty, alter which the pre since its imeeption, ang pointes out the great protection dumb animals had received by the work of many \u201cgood - people that kad affiliated with the association through local associations scattered all over the Dominion from Halifax to Vancouver.He also cited several cases of heroism that had come to his notice during the ast.year, : particulardy that of an Indian awarded tokens of appreciation.It was decided that the next annual meeting be held in Montreal, Letters of regret at not being present at to-night\u2019s meeting were read from Mr.H.P.Dwight and Mr.Irving, of Toronto, and also from Mr.Wm.Gibson, M.P, ONTARIO ELECTIONS.note or.| He bad examined the prisoner and had | OPPOSITION LEADER AT OTTAWA \u2014THE \u2018CAMPAIGN OPENED IN i Ison sia TORONTO.4 tea « COR SMS - [2 .\u2014te : \"Toronto, Feb.8.\u2014The first of the city it.conventions in connection with the gene- - jral elections.for the Legislature was held hist night, being called by the Conservatives of West Toronto.There was some expectation that the name of Mr.John Laxton would be brought forward, in opposition to that of Mr.Thomas Crear ford, the late member, who, it was understood, would again be ready to accept the nomination.The convention, however, proved very harmonious.Mr.Lax- ton was formally nominated, with a number of others, but all withdrew in favor of Mr.Crawford, for whom there was nothing but praise.Ottawa, Feb.3.\u2014Mr.J.P.Whitney, and Col.Matheson were given an enthu- srastic reception here last night.Fully six hundred people were present and the greatest unanimity prevailed.Messrs.C.B.Powell, and B.Slattery, the two Conservative candidates for Ottawa; Senator Clemow, Dr.Routhier, and the Hon.G.E.Foster, addressed the meeting.Toronto, Feb.3\u2014The Rev.Dr.Dew- art, formerly editor of the \u2018Christian jan,\u2019 will have no opposition in North Toronto.He will accept the Libera] nomination to-morrow night.Woodstock, Ont, Feb.3.\u2014A large mass meeting of the Liberal party, held here yesterday, endorsed the candidature of Mr.Andrew Pattullo, the present member of the for North Oxford.There is talk of another Liberal candidate, who will represent the farmers and independents, .North Bay, Ont, Feb.3.\u2014 Liberal: of Nipissing held théir c tion bere yesterday, and nominated Mr.Jon Loughren, of Mattawa, the present mer- ber for the Legislature, - Mitchell, Ont., Feb.3.\u2014The annual meeting of the Reform Association o! South Perth, was held yesterday.Ther was a full representation of delegates {from all the municipalities in the ridine.The nomination of Mr.W.C.Mosc) was unamimously endorsed.\u2018Winnipeg, Man, Feb.3.\u2014Mr.C.\\W Chadwick, \u2018of Rat Portage, received :he unanimous nomination of the Cons tives yesterday as the candidate for West Move for the Legitiature.mire 20 HAD HIS ARM TORN OFF.\u2018Galt; Ont, Feb.2\u2014John Tufford, wh at work in the Victoria Wheel Work ay, afternoon hed his arm © | yexterda.ke.bonis sul im a machine, one lung \u2014 PARIS EXHIBTTION GRANT.Ottawa, Feb.2\u2014It is stated that the o] government.will propose @& vote oi S5\".- 1000 in.the estimates to for the prepare presentation of of Conada.ot the Pans Exhibition in «> Ju \u2018TH mal ane efPe ¥ SES?ShBSunbaBREERcA3¢TEIESN 28 ai Rolp A Nip BeP APY ATTY Ae 8 \"Haw cada N60 GUILTY OF Jury Returns a Verdict Against Mrs.Poirier.\u2014 \u201cFE JUDGE CHARGED STRONGLY 11 AINST THE ACCUSED\u2014A RE- ~FRVE CASE GRANTED.=< cholastique, Feb.3.\u2014Mrs.Poiriér has |vea [ound guilty of the murder of Ler husband, Isidore Poirier, and there proceed in cases where the accused is precluded from appearing.Tudge Taschereau began his address to the jury at half-past ten, and æpoke till : p.m, when the court adjournsd.The address created a marked impres- sn not only upon the jury but on all present in the court.When His Honor resumed his seat at ki past three, Dr.Fortier stated that thr accused was still suffering, but when 1: was reported that the jury was ready with the verdict, the medical attendant was ordered to bring in the accused.Mrs.Poirier took her sept beside the\u2019 \u2018etor in the dock, and never once rais- i her head, while the jury, in reply to.«e formula of the clack of the court, ronounced the fatal word, guilty.The unbappy woman was tien taken to ber cell, where sha will await the de- tion of the Court of Appeals, which will probably be rendered during the ronth of March, Dr.Fortier stated to your correspon- cent that the accused had her- ii upon the floor of her prison\u2018 when +>.d she must come into court .to \u2018désr tre verdiot of the jnry, but the official gave her to understand that she must comply with the order that had just been given.THE CHARGE To THE JURY.Tudge Taschéreau's address to the jury was a most elaborate resume of the whale tase.He spoke three hours end a half, teonping by thanking the twelve men iviore him for the attention they had even the case, which had reached its \u201ceenth day.His Honor also rebuked tose whe had blamed the counsel for t~0z 10 hand the defence of the ac- us ed The role of a lawyer was all the ve glorious when the case he wnder Lok was a difficult one.In fact, the (rurt wou'd have considered it its \"duty : provide Mrs.Poirier with counsel ti no defence been forthcoming.The.ize then dwelt for seme time In the present case, His © reminded the jury, his Tesponsi- was less than theirs, and he thank- d for it.\u201cMine,\u201d he added, \u2018is ed.I have to ghow the pfinci- bre of law by which you are guided; Jw You are only obliged to follow me «0 \u201c17 as the law and facts are concerned, 21 1D any appreciation that I may \u201c2 of the mass of testimony that has ¢ before the court.\u2019 1 Englieh law, he said, the accused 5 à right to \u2018the protection of the ur and no one was called upon to in- \u201cinate himself or herself.The pres -ase had sent a shudder of horror \u201czhout the Province of Quebec, às regards crime was as free as untry.It had been said that an +c of crime had swept over the \u201ces but the Court did not view it : light.The crime was a coinci- \u201cith others in thig province, but After all was a province compara- \u2018ree frem crime, and we had in \u201can a law-abiding people.\u2018Time was then described.It was \"vd, said the judge, in the face of \u201cx or the wall and in presence of \u2018de given to the accused the day \" rs communion.The eloquent r the defence had shed tears, rs had wept also, but he re- ! Che jury that it would require : n of tears to wipe out the stain ( ©.\"(ed the jury to leave aside any \u2018hey might have formed prior 7 1, and be guided solely by the had been adduced.The dif- \u201crms of homicide were then ex- «nil the shares of responsibility \u201ches to their perpetrators.* 4 that directed crime and the © brought it about had, in the the law, the same culpability as \u201chat committed it All diserim- En Suns respect had disappeared + uw, and thie was perfectly » then quoted from article 61 © mminal Code, showing an equal \u201c+.added that any one who can MURDER.| ccnfidence in his wife's fidelity.res pre tory VALUE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVI- [a DENCE.- Judge then referred at guilt by the accused.It wag generally impossible to obtain direct reer, yet by à chain of.ci roumatantial evidence wis and more-convinc- ing then diréét proof.It was £alse doctrine to pretend that what is called di- mect proof was the atrongeat.kind of proof.A good deal had been said about Judicial errors, and cases of innocent per- in France and the United Baten He had taken note of these cases, but ib would be impossible fer euch a miscarriage of justice to take place under the | admirable system of English criminal law.Judge Taschereau next proceeded to discuss the reports of the doctors regarding the differeiït wounds, six of wbich were mortal, and in a very able analysis of the evidence held that it was simply\u2019 \u2018impossible to reach the eondusion that\u2019 it had been a case of suicide.Mvs.j; to the theory of suicide and then abandoning this contention, was referred to in detail and severely criticised.There was another witness, who, although dumb, the judge considered was one of the most eloquent.\u2018This was the knife that had done the fatal work in the Poirier home.Its position was commented upon, and His Honor said for \u2018his part he found it simply impossible to believe that poor Poirier could have killed himself and then placed the weapon where it was found.He considered, in fact, that the knife was the most ccaclucive witness against the theory of suicide.The character and disposition of the deceased were also against the theory of suicide.Of course, Poirier had spoken to Mr.\u2018Hall of his discouragement, and he had \u2018reason to be discouraged ; but there had beer no evidence to indicate that Poirier would make awwxy with himself.Only | three persons had mid a word against | P! his \u2018character, and they were the accused, her sister and her brother-in-law.Mrs.\u2018Poirier had seid that her husband was a.drunkard, but the Court held that the proof had shown that such an estimate was an injury to the poor man\u2019s memory.A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE.Judge Tascheresm thén took up the proof as it had been presented during the trial.The Crown had sought to es- | tablish that guilty relstions had existed between Bam Parsiow and the accused, and in answer to the question: \u2018Have they succeeded ¥ * His Honer seid no him, \u2018and added that the letters proved that\u2019 poor\u201d Poirier then had the fullest The judge afterwards \u2018traced the case \u2018from the time Poirier returned in the fall, Sam Parslow's \u2018absence in Montreal, and the letters which Mrs.\u2018 Ladou- çeur had read as coming from -Cerdelia Viau, while Sam was in ber house.He had permitted these letters to he produced, as the Crown had this right.He discussed the position of the parish priest of St.Canut, the Rev.Mr.Pin- sut.The curé had been frequently told of the scandal caused.by Mra.Poirier\u2019s unseemly conduct with Parslow.The conduct of the curé was, to say the lesat, singular.He had no right to ignore what was public scandal, and bis excuse that he engaged her as organist at a low price was not a good ons from a priest.He should bave her from the church, jf he was not able to expel her from the parish, for, had he done so the parish of St.Cana would not be to-day disgraced by this awful crime.The judge here took up a letter which Poirier had written to his wife in September, 1897, and which certainly showed that the poor man had \u2018discovered the character of the woman he bad for a wife.He, however, was resigned to his lot, and in a Christian spirit seemed determined to make the best of it.THE INSURANCE.The insurance cases were next alludad to.The letters which the accused had written to Mr.Champagne were read, and the judge said it was paseing strange that an innocent woman would have written to the agent not to tell her husband that she had written about the policies \u2018Why mention,\u201d he asked, \u2018the fact: of a violent death pl Such things are never supposed, much less by a good wife.Such a thing cre ates an impression thut cannot be shaken\u2019 off, apd Mr.Champagne found it so strange that he decided on the spot to keep all the letters he had received from the accused.There was also another int, the manner in which the accused Pod 5 spoken to Prosper Lachapelle, who was almost a stranger to her.She had \u2018spoken like a woman who detested her husband.Here the judge took up the trip which Parslow \u2018had made with Poirier to Bt.Canut, when the latter had been working at St.Jerome.Parslow's hurried and mysterious interviews with the as cused were referred to, as well as Mrs.Poirier\u2019 evident excitement when her husband returned: The implication was that the deed was.to be done during that trip and that, Parsiow had become fainthearted.WHEN THE DEED WAS DONE.It was now to be when was the committed either before or after the rused drove away from the house.Whie length to the Shree kinda \u2018of proof, \u201cdist rect, civoumstantial, and the avowal of | Poirier\u2019s course in pwetending to aâhers} -doubt they.might entertain, but it must \u2018Scottish Union and National, $9,500 ; asked, murder committed ?It could have ve been sod Bourette was likewise spoken.of by the Judge, who found it most.remarkable that \u2018the prisomer, if .at her neighbor's house what be Hdone with her irmbaml.opinion, most crushing testimony against.the accused and Sam Parslow.= This, | it, and he did not\u2019 think there was any | man heart, who could think otherwise.who was the last person seen with the victim, and there can be no doubt that the accused and Parslow were the last persqus seen with poor Poirier.ADMISSIONS BY ACCUSED.As to the admissions, there was no posaible means for the accused to escape \u2018the effect of ber\u2019 own confession, freon through the Court of Appeals.been proved that Detective Mc- Sa and Dr.Mignaulf® had used no imprêper means to.secure.\u2019 \u2018the woman's admission of\" guilt, \u201calthough it\u2019 is quite probable that in sacrificing Parslow the \u2018aocused thought she would eave hersif: If these were ber thoughts she was ter: ribly mistaken, for, as tho Court said \u2018before, the hand that directs a crime js equally guilty in the eyes of the law with the one that commits.it.Judge Taschereau here spoke a \"word of commendation for Detective McCaskill who:had given bis evidence like a man who wished to tell the truth.This confession was given to.MeCagill, Dr, Mig- nault ahd others, Thé fudge next refeiréd\u2019 to the\u2019 conversation that bad taken place between the accused and Paralow while in the 'jatl in the hearing of Mr.Groulx : \u201c thay J ras not thers and all will Dé : » \u2018Could poor Poirier have been on : killed.by another?Could a stranger, have entered.the house?If you be lieve that this is probeble your duty is to declare the accused not guilty.\u2019 His Honor also instructed ths jurofs \u2018to give the accused the benefit of any be a reasonable doubt.When the chain of evidence is so complete as to admit of no reasonable doubt the duty of the jury is petfectly clear and defined.They were warned againet any: mistaken sympathy.They must judge the case before them with the same hondst and conscientious motives as would characterize their judgment in an ordinary affair ot every day life.munity were now fixed upon the jury and they were expected to do their duty.without fear.It had been said that a verdict of guilty would raise a scaffold tm would be no\u2019 fault of theirs.Ç Yon are not the executioners, that is an office].with which you have nothing to do, and if a man failed té do \u2018is duty for fesr| \u2018of the consequences, it seems to me that | - \u2018he would be, when remorse overtook him, the uphappiest \u2018of men\u201d When the verdict had been rendered | > the Court thanked the jury, and \u2018said | \u2018they had rendered good service to the | °0US#TT, and the community.THE RESERVED CASE.His Honor at the request of Mr.Le- duc gave the defence till Saturday to prepare their case to be submitted ta \u2018the Court of Appeals.THE WINNIPEG FIRE.i * Winnipeg, Feb.3.\u2014The are \u2018the losses sustained by.the leading in- \u2018surance companies\u2019 in yesterday's big 500; Imperial Company, $3,500 Fire Insurance Company, $16,000; ' London Fire, $3,550; Manitoba, $500; Union, $1,600; Sun, $11,000; Quebec, \u201888,000; \u2018Royal, $10,450; North British, $8,000; Caledonian, $4,500; Norwich Union, $8: 500; Manchester, $4,300; Connecticut, $3.000; Western, $3,250; Queen, $3,000; Brit- | ish American, $3,800; Phoenix, of Lon- London & Lancaghire, $8,000; Al $8,650 ; London & Liverpool \u2018000; ance, \u2018Globe, $5,000 shire, $5,000; Aetna, of Hartford, $5,023; Northern Insurance Company, $7,000 ; Commercial Union, $19,500; Atlas, -$2,000 Guardian, $2,000; Northwest Fire and Phoenix, of Hartford, $10,300.A MILITIA RUMOR.n, Ont, Feb.3\u2014It is rumored in pa vos circles that B Battery will \u2018unite with A Battery to nl 0+ up to the full strength of aix guns, ion would meet with the py innocent, hed mot | if \u2018asked Parslow when she fivat mel him | the jndge mid, was the way he felt.sbout |: buman sentiment in his | a Now in such cases it is always asked | The eyes of the com- | their midst.That might be; but this]: \u2018fire: National Insurance Company, | 32,500; Canadian ; don, $2,000; Phoenix, of Brooklyn, $2,- |\u201d ; Hartford, $17,000; vo i be tranaferred from Quebec to Kingston where.the privilege of aocees to à not especially desirable pork; .ri we receive tha anc.of the more essential termy of our offer.© This id what has approximgétély taken place.The government will hove destrved the thanks of the natioh upon ifegmechmsiul condpct of the d negotiàtion Russia's dhjectionso a free pint at Talien-Wan are not uhintelligible and if she has offered some reasonable compromise on this point and also discontinued: her poin- tion at Pekia to the temalning conditions of the \u201cBritish loan, seniible persons in this comiry will se no resson to ery out at the deference\u2019 shown, her susceptidl- les, \u2018If, the other hand, our ministers coubt Be Supponed cured an adequate equivalent in return they would unquestionably\u2019 have to an- | but Te ier fondue a Tord\u201d Bate.ng; and his codeniies to Seals soy fi of kind idence , before\u201d Le same Par C5 25AS TO THE LOAN.Ref, the report its cor emp at St.Poteet that a com- Fbination of German \u2018bankers have ar ranged with Russiag bankers to furnish Ching a loan of 100,000,000 roubles, the \u2018Times\u2019 says :\u2014 \u2018It in, of course, possible that the story is \u2018without foundation, There is not much doubt that Russia can procuré the monéy if \u2018abe can induce China \u2018to enter moe deeply into her bocls She.ie.well.vermed in the habits of Chinese Le a out in- \u2018should be immediately follow- e grave Sonasuenes anticipated nr x er.roan erest ussié Nor any power, to provoke a contest with this country, .provoked by some the ground that Great , | by the-United States\u201d ; laséety Have defied HW is under- pag theory is the most reasonable?proval of x military men.3 BY + se opposed to have deférred \u2018to |' her\u201d itethis.matter without having se |.NEWLY B iy chug mbahoad ÿ prime his young mani , just moved too-toon into ms new it ee a cold, neglected patients, ck Lo ne ore nie for Newrs, S.C.Wells & down with bronchii epcins them within a very short time, BUILT HOUSES i \u201c Be- Pisearded \u201cDangerous\u201d Untit Sulticientiy Well Ventilated and Dried.great deal easior fo drift into consumption, than t6 work your way-outof it! Iremem- 8 inent Joung ph Wein, the son\u2019 da vite + inthe k with a large num.is bed when it was and died i a two months Phase Gal- tion.good alterative \"Fis genera! health, and a course of simple but effective medicine like 8hiloh\u2019s Consumption Cure, at 2sc., soc.and $1.00 a bottle, would have prevented his fatal termination, and today he might bave been a shining light in the Profession.Roy.VF GENTLEMEN ==Ny two beothers ammatios of the lungs, and doctors seemed rdvecd to otre Béton C Cough and Cons: acre, {he Cure, and found thet.They Beery brick is capable of absorbing a pint of welerstinw.mortar and fresh in: pro ion\u2014and it takes at t three months for all this water to the house\u2019 to dry.How many persons consider this they move into i new houses?Dampness is especially conducive te dis- ao if you y tive along say of the Great a Lakes, or heave mov to à now uilt BH, \" houas, aad bois to suffer from ay Es ptoms @.of ** bregkde: reakdown a tèee jou havea - d sroublesome cough you are = set + lous! Commence at - once to Bai up your digestive system.\u2019 = And $5 strengthen and beal your bronthial : course of hiloh\u2019s \u2018Cough and .Cossuroption Cure will do won ers for a you; cure rin tion and tone, up your.bowels.Oh, ms friends it is a N° Di vA \\ De Sa Nm : PEER Jaurs CROWRLL el lie, Pa.ww A \u201cJAVA & MUCHA with Chicory, 30c Ib.ett TWO QUALITIES.IF Vou gioeia.PURE JAVA & == pré MOCHA, 80c per Ib 9 KEEP THEM AND OFFERS : SUBSTITUTES, | 1 aizh.| He.hgjonLY.à \u2014= = .= 3 EGaAs : CENTS PER DOZEN.tion.plaints.= a FINE SToC And giving the greatest sstisfac- We have sold thousands of dozens and have: \u2018received no coms=- K .Now \u2018is your time to BUY, as prices: are apt to advance at any time.1690 St.Cathorine Strect, Corner ne Mabert.5.:5-.\u2026.Melephene 6305 772 St.Lawrence fitrest, Corner Cuilbauit Séreet.Voléphnne 6977 224 Bleury Street, Cormer Mortholes firoct.ne 2018 »es0ease0a20é0n$.841 81, Catherine Street, East.sévecsecesersre sense ancccsases Telephone 6636 : T Chabellles Square.+.Téléphone\": 185 Corner Centre and Ropery Streets, Point se \u2018Charles vassossces Telephone 8583 .Corner 8t.Cathorihe Street and Oliver Avenue, Westmount, \u201cTelephone 3836 2 me AING prem CO, wimitea.ported Russia\u2019s determination, and opposed Great Britain's with, reference to Talien-Wan, and hence, Lord Salisbury, is.is claimed, is obliged -to consult with \u2018his colleagues before the mweting of par- \u2018liament as to the best way to beat a vetvent if Groat Britain wishes to avoid a conflict with Russia.London, Feb.8.\u2014The Pekin correspondent of the \u2018 Times,\u201d telegraphing yesterday, says :\u2014* Colonel Woromeff, the new Russian military adviser to China, has commenced his duties and the German \u2018military instructors have been notified of the xon-penewal of their contracts.-_\u2014_\u2014-\u2014\u2014 WILLING TO ABDICATE.KING GEORGE OF GREECE WILL NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF THE KINGDOM BECOMING A REPURLIC.1).Berlin, Feb.2\u2014The Lokal Anzeiger\u2019 Jt priots a despatch from its Athens correspondent \u201csaying that: King George.is greatly depressed by the situation in Greece.In conversation the other day with a number of praminent men he declared he was willing to abdicate if the \u2018nation wished to establish a repyblic, THE DREYFUS AFFAIR.M.ZOLA ANXIOUS TO HAVE GEN.BILLOT SUMMONED\u2019 \u2018As à& WT NESS AT HIS TRL, - Paris, Feb.2.\u2014When the of the libel suit brought by M.Als sch against M.Henri Rochetert; wie charged M.Reinach.with intænding to prove Alfred Dreyfuss imnocence by means of forged documents, was resumed to-day, the court was-thronged and at the termination of the speeeh for the defence, the crowd present broke out into cheers and cried \u2018Down.with the: Jews.\u201d The judge thereupon suspended the.hearing and whea it was resumed again Jater there wag great excitement, in ibe vicinity.Judgment in the suit wis post: poned for a week, ~ M.\u2018Rochefort on\" { emerging from the court at the alos of.the proceedings was lowndly cheered.- Paris, Feb.2\u2014M.Endl Soli end o> Faure, published Ly the He would amist selecti a maitable president, bu in.Yee een cf Vother mis man sould De oan # piéd cpr th ON pr LOAN EXHIBITI REYNOLDS, GAINSHOROVOIE, ROMNEY AND OTHERS.Of the great English portrait painters of the last century, perhaps, the above three names are the best remembered.\u2018The English achool proper only commenced with William Hogarth, born in London at the closa of 1987, and all of whose work was done in the eighteenth century.The present loan exhibition is peculiary rich in examples of the great contemporary painters of that first century of English art, ag it is in those of the \u2018Barbizon School,\u2019 and the .Montreal picture-lover has a unique opportunity for the study of their work.The examples are as follows: No.62, \u2018 Robinetta,\u201d Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., 1727-1788, lent by Mr.W.J.Learmont.Thomas Gainsborough, R.A, 1727-1788, No.26, \u2018Landscape with goats,\u2019 lent by Mr.W.J.Learmont, and No.27, \u2018Mrs.Scroope Egerten,\u2019 lent by Mr.R.B.Angus.\u2018George Romney, 1734-1802, No.63, \u2018Lady Aylesford,\u2019 lent by Mr.W.J.Learmont; No.84, \u2018Summer Time,\u201d lent by Mr.S.Coulson; No.65, \u2018Hon.Mrs.\u2018Wright,\u2019 lent by Mr.R.B.Angus.Richard Wilson, 1713-1782, No.78, \u2018Landscape,\u201d lent by Mr.Charles Hope, and No.79, \u2018Temple of Venus, Bay of Baia,\u2019 lent by Mears.William Scott & Sons.; Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., No.60, \u2018Por- , trait of D.McDonald, M.P.,\u2019 lent by i Mr.W.J.Learmont.Of John Hoppner, ; R.A, who was born in 1758 and died 1810 (and is more especially known as the rival of Bir Thomas Lawrence, born - 1768, died 1830, and classed as a nine- : teenth century painter) there are No.37, \u201c \u2018Portrait of Capt.Yoyng, M.M.S.,\u2019 lent \u2018ry by the Hon.6.A.-Drummond, and No.nt 38, \u2018Portrait,\u2019 lent by Mr.R.I.Angus.It is only a hundred and seventy-five Al THE LOAN EX years tince Sir Joshua Reynolds was born - and only eighty-eight years have elapsed EN since John Hoppner died, and yet how \"H long ago it all seems, and what a dif- In 1723, when Sir 4 ferent world it was.A Joshua first saw the light, the thirteen years\u2019 reign of George I.was drawing to a close (it ended in 1727), and when he died in 1792, at sixty-nine years of age, George III.had been on the throne thir- ty-two years; the French Revolution was raging, and Louis XVI.was executed the I next year.It is curious to discover t - that he was contemporary with five po- | 8 ets laureate, whose names aie familiar f ve only to the literary student\u2014Rev.Lau- : rence Eurden, from 1718 to 1730; Colley 5.Cibber, 1730 to 1757; William White- tO head, on refusal of Gray, 1757 to 1785; i Rev.Dr.Thomas Wharton, on refusal of 18 Mason, 1785 to 1790, and Henry James \u2018 Pye, 1790 to 1813.Thomas Gainsborough, i R.A., was born four years after Reynolds, in 1727, the same year that George JI.was crowned king, and died at the re of sixty-one, in 1788, the year that the first settlement in Australia was 14 ee RE HIBITION- ROBINETTA?By Sir Joshua Reynolds.Lent by Mr.W.J.Learmont.8 1 Steele.During: the period painters\u2019 lives the work of | Burkd, Laurence Sterne, Henry :| Dr.Johnson, Goldsmith, Sm Bmith, Arkwright and James Wat | aecomplished ; at the end of Austin was already famous as a fiction and Seott was about to immortal novels; Tennyson just one year before Hoppner Thackeray a year after.It gossipy letter-writing age of Horace W: pole, of link-boys, \u2018Charlies,\u2019 stage : tik É He ë E sure to be painted.A strange old go-as- you-please world indeed it seems tous, in these hustling days of steam, electricity, telephones, gatling ° guns, 2 boats, milhonneires and wheat corners, but all the more fascinating perhaps because of the contrast.= Sir Joshua Reynolds was chosen as the first president of the Royal Academy, when it was first established in 1768, and it is one of life\u2019s playful little ironies that he should bave been succeeded by Benjamin West; as it is ironical in.another direction that Poet Laureate Pye ghould have been succeeded by Southey and Wordsworth, and Tennyson by Aus and fancy pictares, but it is as a portrait painter that he excels.Ruskin calls him the \u2018prince of portrait painters,\u201d and \u2018one of the seven colorists of the world,\u2019 placing him with Titian, Giorgione, Correggio, Tintoretto, Veronese and Turner.Unfortunately, Reynolds was fond of experimenting with mediums that have proven fugitive, so that much of his work has lost its original freshness.In some cases, there appears to be little more than the substance or groundwork of the picture left, the transparent glazings, by means of which he gave such charm, vitality and texture to the epidermis or flesh tints of his portraits, have unhappily proven of too evanescent a nature to stand the light of the sun for any length of time.Still these \u2018white Sir Joshua's\u2019 are very beautiful.Sir Joshua was a pupil of Thomas Hudson in 1741; afterwards he visited Italy, and it was while \u2018painting in the Sistine Chapel at Rome that he caught the cold which caused his lifeclong deafness.It is atat- ed that Rising fssisted him in his backgrounds, but this must have been for the - = = purpose of saving time, as Sir Joshua\u2019s own authentic backgrounds are worthy even of his portraits.Sir Henry Rae- burn visited Sir Joshua in London in 1779, and it was upon the advice of the latter that Raeburn took a course of study in Italy.Raeburn\u2019s style has received peneral admiration, and he is regarded as the model type of the several northern painters who succeeded him.His early works are palely and slightly colored\u2014somewhat like those of Happ- ner.There has been more time spent | cataloguing or registering Reynoldz's i works than upon those of any other mas- | ter; but Reynolds is not the only artist who has painted many pictures in Evg- land.The dictionaries state that Roelef Koets, who was patronized by William III, painted five thousand pertraits, all well finished; and Thomas Phillips, R.A., one of the fashionable portrait painters 1 of this century (1770-1845) the painter of Byron and Sir Walter Scott, has left be- i hind him works of great number.Thomas Gainsborough was born nt : Sudbury, Suffolk, and died in London.i EE FE I E ÉMIONC- MR RTON, S.SCROOPE By Gainsborough.+ Lent by Mr.W.J.Learmont.speak of Gainsborough\u2019s \u2018 Wynant\u2019s singularly.alike.In the wood or field, style,\u2019 his \u2018Claude like skies,\u201d and his Hoppner was\u2019 quite at home, and the \u2018Ruysdael composition,\u201d but it is now | landscape backgrounds of his portraws .generally acknowledged that.these sup- | are admirable.This artist, when young, \u2018posed resemblances are rather remote.It is also said that the fine trangparent brown he used to such an effect in some of his landscapes was borrowed from Rubens; but whether this was so or rot, and people are fond of making these comparisons, his style was a very -varied one, and he was one of the most original whose names are most associated with his are Gainsborough Dupont, or:Däpon, his nephew, the two Barkers of Bath, and Jackson, a musician and amateur painter.= George Romney was born at Dalton le-Furness, Lancashire, and died st Kendall.He took his first lessons\u2019 rrom Steele, a painter of Kendall, and -support- ed himself in the north of England until 1762, when he was twenty-eight yedre of age, painting portraits ét a geinea a head ; afterwards going td\u2018Londôén> - He visited Italy with Ozias Humpêrer.in 1773, and after an absence of tw¥iyears, sob up his atelier in London, wide he remained until 1707, thence ;\u2018 to Hampateäd.He-painted * with fe colors, with great breadth of tredftment, and in some instances wil: épéeeding grace and sentiment.*~ His headd'are almost always good, bis flesh tints are fresh and his treatment of hair;/though alight, is truthful and facile: \u2018His weakness is his accessories, which are/too often sketchy and carelessly rendered.Like Reynolds, Romney knew the value of good backgrounds and how to paint them, when he pleased.Sequier says of him : \u2018 This charming painter, whose works continue to rise in the estimation of connots- seurs, delighted to produce feeling and sentiment with few and gmple tints.Although his works vary considerably in \u201c quality,\u201d yet there is a singular sameness in his touch and coloring, red and white being his favorit# tints.The eyes of his portraits, are always well painted, particularly those of his favorite model, Lady Hamilton.The areh smile and laughing eyes of this lady will never be forgotten by those who are agquaint- ed with the works of Romney.His drawing is vigorous and his touch broad, more like the handling of Opie than Reynolds.John Hoppner was born and died at of our English painters.The artists Sihoving w.was a chorister in the Royal Chapel; he was a pupil of.the Royal Academy in 1775, made A.\u201cR.À.in 1793, and.full academitiañ \u2018in 1705.\u2018The sleeping | nymph,\u2019 formerly in the Sir John Leicester collection, - is; considered one of the most important of fancy pictures.| Richard Wilson was born in Mont- gomeryshire and - commenced his career as a portrait phinter, among his subjects being the thén Prince of Wales and-Duke of York.Ha afterwards, however, turned to landscapes, upon which his fame being.the \u2018 Témple of Venus st Baia.\u2019 Among the best known of the contemporaries.of thé shove, ndt represented in the present collection, are Allan Ramsay, born at Edinburgh, 1713, and one of the recived.his art, education in London, was painter to George IIL, and hie literary attainments.were very great.Giovanni \u2018Battista Cipfiani, born in Florence, 1727, once a famous Engldh historieal painter; 5 Lae.\u2018members.of the Royal Academy and de gigned the, diploma preséntéd to academi- ciang and associates, which was engraved by Bartolozzi.\u201d Benjamin West, born ac Springfield, Penn., 1738, established in London, 1763; - one of the original members \u2018of the Royal {Ackdemy, and elected pre- \u2018sident in 1702., John Singleton Copley Barton, born at Boston, Mass., in 1737, then a British: colony ; settled in London, 1775, aiid\u201d painted the famous picture, the \u2018 Desth of Lord Chatham.\u201d Others were Henry Fuseli, the illustrator of Shakespeare ; = James Northcote, the fried and pupil of Reynolds; John Opie, another famous illustrator of Shakespeare ; \u2018the brilliant, but unequal George Morland; Saurey Gilpin, Joseph Wright, Francis = Wheatley, Thomas Stothard, and William Blake, the painter, engraver, and #weetly simple and mystical poet.He who, as James Thomson sings, * \u2014 cdme to the desert of London town, mirk miles broad; and wandered up and wandered down, ever alone with God\u2019 Blake received few mer- \u2018cies from his genération, but posterity Whitechapel, London ; but, needless to RA PIS has abundantly: recognized his transcendent genius.- - .\"best portrait painters of the period.He - \u2018his, works À widely knows by}.\u2018respon of Defdé .ehigraved by bis friend Bartolozzi: \u2018was oné-of the original ee 2 made.George Romney was born in 1734 | Ile was a pupil of Gravelot, the French and died in 1802, the year of the Treaty | engraver, at the early age of fourteen; of Amiens.A year before, in 1801, the | then of Francis Hayman, with whom he union of Great Pritain and Ireland had | studied drawing.Like most budding taken place, and it is interesting to ob- geniuses, however, he was at first un- serve, in relation to the career of Lady | successful, and left London under a cloud Hamilton, that Nelson met his glorious | in 1744 oc 1745.In 1760 he settled at death at Trafalgar three years later, in ! Bath, where he devoted himself chiefly 1805.John Hopprer, R.A., wav born in | to portraiture.Returning to London in 1758, a year after Clive gained the battle ! 1774, he soon won such a reputation that of Plassey and a year before the capture A of Quebec.He died in 1810, at the age i.of fifty-two, a vear after tho battles of du Corunna and Wagram, two years before i Borodino, and five years befora the Bat- N tle of Waterloo.Had he lived four years later he would have seen the first printing press invented; hut perhaps he found the times stirring enough without.The lives of Reynolds and Gainsborough began at the end of the period that in- he was considered the rival of Reynolds {chapel of the present time,\" He.was ;in portrait and of Wilson in landscape Painting.Sir Joshua observes of him \u2018that \u2018whether he most excelled in por- | traite, landscapes or fancy pictures it is difficult to determine,\u201d and Ruskin - calls him \u2018the purest colorist of the English school.\u201d He knew the chemical action of colors, too, in juxtaposition, and the consequence is that \u2018his colors have not faded like those of some of his contem- \u2019 BR , ; sub = 5 _ * ~ \" ; i THE LOAN EXH{BITION-SUMMER TIME.By Geo.Romboy.; Lent by Mr.§ Coulson.- say.it was not the «uns: voëy \u201d White- ane of the fine Engligh eclotisté*#ho- fôl-.lowed in the track 3 Bonds a sa Sachin.Tn my of eat wake he 4 kson.In many .of.his\u201d works .he | seams .{0 have.emulated Reynold ben: U.painting backgrounds, \u2018draperies: end.the A.Oed.for ar- comsoriea, but, thers is not.mack \u201cRes J fon uso: (rinons a nolds\u2019s feeling in hia faces.In Ml réa- fo pay the moned 6 Long's, hei pect, he was mode like Theos Taw ATW a.to.reverse this hoard in rence; indeed, in the coloring and broad decision, \u2018and Phe case \u2018was cluded Newton, Pope, Swift, Addison, poraries.It used to be common to \"Abu Sip is held by a strong garrison of 1 éight hundred men under one of the AS POWER MAY BOON OOLLAPSE.: : For news of what is ocœurring in the Soudan around.Khartoum the outside world'is dependent upon the very able correspondent.of the \u2018 Times\u2019 at Kassala, whose weekly letters, which reach London within thres weeks, are full of interest.If the reports which spies and deseriers are-continually bringing to Kassala have any foundation the final not far off.Deserters from Omdurman, sworn on the Koran at the tomb of the -|Morgani saint, near Kassala, report that the Khalifa has withdrawn all his forces from south of Khartoum and is about to recall those north of it at Metemmeh, Shendy and Shabluka, to Omdurman, where he declares, on the strength of a recent vision he has had, that a great and final battle is to take place, in which the English and \u2018Turks\u2019 will be ut- \u2018terly annihilated.The deserters also report: that food: ia becoming scarce at Omdurman, and that aiready there is some distress in the neighborhood.The Khali- fa has, they say, made friends with the Negus of \u2018Abyssinia, Menelik, to whom he has, as a mark of regard, sent the head of King John of Abyssinia, whom the Dervishes defeated and dew at Me- temmeh, the capital of the Abyssinian province of Galabat, at the sources of the Atbara.The correspondent of the \u2018 Times\u2019 ia evidently strongly of the opinion that an Abyssinian force under either French or Russian leadership, will, without opposition on the part of the Khalifa\u2019s forces, march by the easy route of three hundred and fifty miles from Metemmeh, by the Atbara and the Blue Nile,\" to Khartoum.The correspondent urgee an immediate British ad- v bn ENS 7 Ko NN AN a SSSR NR NS So» AN NS SN AN >.SN St) NAL S NX N ESS > Amana NRA RUN oo SN Sa ARSE SS ENS SN NN ENN NS = A S Sa AG d + A By Hoppner.vance in force upon Khartoum from Berber, in order to anticipate the Abyssin- ians who, he says, are preparing an expedition not for Tigre but for Khar toum.: It is with a view to intercept an ex-| pedition from Abyssinia, \u2018as well as to cut off the retreat of the Dervishes tn the direction of Metemmeh, that Colonel Parsons, the British commander at Kas- sala, is acting with such prompt energy.Immediately on arriving at Kassala in advance of the Egyptian forces, Colonel Parsons, with the influence of the Italian officers who told the garrison that to fight for England was \u2018to fight for Italy, induced the Soudanese, Arab and Abyssinian regulars, who at first refused to do so, to enter the Egyptian service under English officers, but only on the same conditions as those under which they served the Italians.Colonel Parsons took them over the day after his arrival, the next day reviewed them, and immediately after the review he ordered them under command of two Arab sheiks without English officers, to capture Oso- bri and El Fasher, orders which they received with every demonstration of joy, and siccessfully carried out.Since then they have captured Es Sofiyeh, which is on the route from Osobri to Abu Harraz, on the Blue Nile, and within one hundred and\u2019 sixty miles of Khartoum, and also Mugatta, a post south of El Fasher on the Atbara.Thirty or forty miles south and south-east of Mugatta are the Dervish posts of Towmat and Suk Abn Sin, the latter the chief town of the ince- of: Kadaref.Suk Khalifa\u2019s best Emirs, who has just taken the there of a sheik in whom the ifa hid lost confidence, significant sweeps of the tool.the two artists are Court of Appeals to-day.4 \u2018 enough of his waning influence and collapse of the power of the Khalifa is | 3 EH H ae T the Soy.It is-prebable that Colonel #082% forces will advance from Mugs against Tomat and Suk Abu Sin at once as these places are on the most dire.caravan route from Abyesinia to Kh, toum, near the point where it leaves the Atbara to croms the plain to Ab Harraz, on the Blue Nile, Once at Sax Abu Sin, an advance on Abu Harrez will probably take place, as that Prat on the Ble Nile commends the route from Abysinnia by the latter river which could be taken if the more direct Athar; river route were closed.Abu Harre; about one bundred and fifteen miles south-east from Kbartoum.It is geu.- i rélly expected that the Khalifa and hs forces will retreat west from Omdurma into the desert, instead of south by 11» Nile, on which they would be subject 1.attacks from the gunboats of the Angi.Egyptian expedition.From Kasmla a force was recently sent out to patrol the Atbara to the north.This detachment reached Ader.ama without seeing any Dervish force, an.there they found tinned meat cans, glass bottles, and English newspapers, clear evidence that an Anglo-Egyptian de tachment from Berber had reached that point.| It may be said, therefore, that the forces of Kasaala and Berber are now in touch of one another.Arad forces in the employ of the Egyptian Government recently left Suakim to patrol the caravan route between Suakim and Aderama and take possession of the wells.Anglo-Egyptian forces have recently traversed the routes between Buskim and Berber, and Suakim and Kassala so that all the principal routes east of the Atbara and the Nile are now under Egyptian protection, and so are once.more open to trade.During the Italian occupation of Kassala, all cultivation of the rich alluvial lands of the province, of which it is the principal town, was forbidden, as the grain when ripe attracted the Dervish forces.Immediately on taking over Kassala, Colonel Parsons declared that cultivation might\u201d be proveeded with, and it was \\ \\ AN \\ td N A \\ = NAY AW AAA No A Wy \\ ANN) on ARN Rh DR NN W NN WN WN Sy THE LOAN EXHIBITION-PORTRAIT OF CAPT.YOUNG, H M.S.Lent by the Hon.G.A.Drummo ! - also announoed that the mosque at the tomb of the Morgani saint would be immediately repaired and opened.The present chief of the Morgani family.a | young man who during the Dervish rule was in exile at Suakim, has, much to the joy of the Arab tribes of the surrounding country, returned under British.cs cort to take up his residence at Kas- sala.\u2014_\u2014 BINDER TWINE WORKS CLOSED.Brantford, Ont., Feb.2\u2014The Continental Binder Twine Works, West Brantford, have been closed down on account of the removal of the duty and the competition of prison labor.The machinery has all been placed in order for preservation during non-usage and the engine hag been dismantled.As far as present indications go, the factory is likely to remain closed, and some sev: enty hands in the mill will be thrown out of employment.ce.ELECTED TO THE CHAIR.Kingston, Ont., Feb.3.\u2014At the \u2018inaugural meeting of the board of education, last night, Mr.J.G.Elliott, of *!\" \u2018Whig\u2019 editorial staff, was elected chu: man of the body, an unexpected honr- Mr.Elliott has been a resident of Kir.- ton for upwards of nineteen years, uni is mew in his sixth year as a member vu: the educational organization.THE DAILY WITNESS is printed and publishe! 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