The Montreal herald, 12 novembre 1889, mardi 12 novembre 1889

[" \"TX Drain Pipes, Portland Cement, Roman Cement, Springs.tp VOL.LXXX'I -NO.270 W.& F.F.CURRIE & CO\u2019Y Chimney Tc ps, Canada Cemeny Vent Linings, Water Lime, Flue Covers, \u2018Whiting, Fire Brickg Plaster of Paris, ; Fire Tlay, Bo : China Clay.Bessemer Steel Sofa, Chair and Bed ' When she becamo Miss, sho clang to Castoris, | Sttonfreal Tferald EEE NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.GENUINE LABRADOR HERRINGS Barrels No.1 Lab.Herrings, .e .e se Dulles?Brand, oe « Cape Breton Herrings, .+ Ntld.Salmon, oe Green Codfish, Cwts.Gaspe Dry Codfish.FOR SALE BY VERRET, STEWART & CO, 271 to 375 Commissioners Street.Genuine Labradors! THE WELL KNOWN MUNN BRAND o\u2014 In Barrels, Halves aud Quarters.\u2014o NOW LANDING Ex SS.VANGUARD, Six days from Lahra- dor Coast.Quantity Limited and QUALITY UN.ST RPASNSED.#5\" Early application necessary.STEWART MUNN & CO, 22 ST.JOHN STREET.Telephone, No.1235.STEEL RAILS FOR SALE, ALL SIZES, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers.B.J.COCHLIN, 364 ST.PAUL STREET.Cumberland Ry.& Goal Coy.Are now shipping daily Round Coal, Stove Coal, Nut Coal, Culm Coal.For prices apply H.R.BDrum- mond, Secretary.P.O.BOX, 396.HERTER BROTHERS, 54 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, MANUFACTURERS OF Interior Decorations, Furniture, Stained Glass, Mosaics, Gas Fixtures, &oc.IMPORTERS OF TAPESTRIES, FINE CARPETS, CURTAIN MATERIALS, PAPER-EANGINGS, &c.Sept.28 233 National Colonization Lottery, Under the Patronage of the REV.FATHER LABELLE.Established ip 1884, under the Act of Quebec, 32 Vic., Chap.36, for the benefit of the Diocesan Societies of Colonization of the Province of Quebec, CLASS D.The 28th Monthly Drawing will take place WEDNESDAY, NOV.20th, 1889, AT TWO O'CLOCK P.M.Prizes Value, - - $50,000 Capital Prize, worth 5,000 TICKETS, $1.00.\u2018Winners\u2019 names not published unless specially authorized.Drawings on the third Wednesday of every month.8.E.LEFEBVRE, Secretary, Offices, 19 St.James street, Montreal, Can, AMPORTANT ! Remarkable Restoration to Health of \u2018Well Known Canadians whose Cases were Given up as Incurable.ly 184 From the few of the hundreds of letters we have received from these who have been restored to health and strength by the use of that wonderful discovery, Paine\u2019s Celery Compound, we make a few extracts.We hope that the thou- eands of Canadian mer and women who ase suffering from nervous and wasting diseases, \u201cwill profit by these true and plain statements of facts.D.S.Davidson, of Montreal, suffered for years with nervous dyspepsia, pain in his back, and sleeplessness.Ile tried dac- tors without relief, was losing flesh rapidly, and had about given up heart when he commenced the use of Iaine\u2019s Celery Compound.\u201cNow,\u201d he says, \u201cIam anew man.Islesp well and my food does not hurt me.\u201d Mr.Jas.Johnson, 302 St.Charles Bor- romee Street, Montreal, was weak and nervous, had no appetite, and could not rest at night.His nerves were soothed and strengthened by Faine\u2019s Celery Compound, and he soon became well and strong.Annie Gourley, of River Peaudette, P.Q., found the Compound a certain cure for weakness, and now feels as weil as she ever did À customer of Harrison Pros, druggists, Hamilton, Ont., told them that he was entirely cured of nervous weakness by the use of two bottles of the Compound, after everything else had failed.Tbe little child of Mrs.G.E.Meredith, 78 D\u2019Arey St., Toronto, was cured of St.Vitos\u2019 Dance by Pain e's Celery Compound NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, POWDER Absolutely Pure.\"lis Powder never varies.A marvel of butity, strength and wholesomeness.More economical than the oruinary kinds, and F&BROt be sold in competition with the multi- Jude of low-test, short weight alum or phos- hate Powders.Sold only in cans.Royal JAKI1NG POWDER Co, 106 Wall Street, N.Y.WEATHER REPORT.MoxrRrEAL, November 11, Temperature in the shade by Standard Thermometer, observed by Hearn & Harrison, opticians and mathematical instrument makers, 1640 and 1642 Notre Dame street:\u20148 a.an., 39; 1 p.n., 43; 6 p.m., #4; wax., 44; jmin, 33; mean, 383.By Standard Baroweter:\u2014S$ a.m., 30.07; 1 p.m., 30.09; 6 p.m., 30.11.METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, Toroxto, ONT., Nov, 11, 11 p.m.The pressure is low over the Mississippi Valley and in the far Northwest, and high over Manitoba, the upper Lake region and the Atlantic States.The pesther in Canada has been generally air.Minimum tem peratures\u2014Calgary, 8°; Minnedosa, 0©; Winnipeg, 67; ort Ar- tbur, 10°, Maximum temperatures \u2014 Torouto, 48© ; Montreal, 42 ; Quebec, 36= ; Halifax, 50©.Probabilities.Lakes\u2014Moderate to fresh winds; generally cloudy, with light local rains; stationary or slightly lower temperatures, Upper St.Lawrence\u2014Mnderate winds; generally cloudy; light local showers; stationary or slightly lower temperatures.Lower Bt.Lawrence, Gulf and Mari- time\u2014Moderate winds; partly cloudy or | cloudy; not much chauge in tempera- | ture.New Star for the Flag.WasHINGTON, Nov.11\u2014The President has signed a proclamation admitting \u2018Washington territory to Statehood.A Very Big Failure.Lonnon, Nov.11.\u2014Herr Doiner, à leading corn merchant of Dantzig, has failed.foe liabilities are $5,000,000 ; chiefly ocal.ee \u2014\u2014 Now * Siaunesce Twins.\u201d Lonxpon, Nov.11\u2014The health authorities of Berlin report the birth of two children bound together in a manner similar to the Siamese twins.Earthquake Shocks in Italy.Lonvon, Nov.11\u2014Fifteen distinct earthquake shocks have ben felt in Northern Italy within the last twenty- four hours, It is not learned that any damage was done.Slain by a Lunatic.City oF MEX100, Nav.11\u2014Gen.Corina, Governor of Jalisco, was shot four times by a lunatic yesterday ir Guadagara and died of his wounds at eight o'clock this morning.His wife is an American.A Russian Candidate for Bulgaria.Lonpon, Nov.11.\u2014It is stated in St.Petersburg that Prinee George of Leuc- tenberg will be put forward by tne Czar as a candidate for the Bulgarian throne to succeed Prince Ferdinand, whose abdication will again be demanded ky Russia.Republicans Disgusted.Crrcaco, Nov.11.\u2014A Tribune special\u2019 from Lemars, lowa, says the Democrats.got a carload of beer Saturday night and Toasted an Ox to celebrate their victory, | hundreds were drunk, they met in two halls and the scenes were disgusting and lasted all night.J The Cure Worse Than the Evil.\u2018WORCESTER, Mass., Nov.11\u2014Early Sunday morning Annie W.Williams, aged 23, thinking she heard burglars lighted the lamp to investigate.The lamp exploded, setting her nizht dress on fire, burning her so badly that she died of her injuries yesterday afternoon.Canadian Fisheries.Orrawa, Ont, Nov.11\u2014Commander Gordon, ofthe fisheries prntaction service, arrived from Halifax to-night.He reports the catch this season a fair average.Americans had good luck outside the three mile limit and they took out double the number of licenses issued last year.Eseape of Prisoners.Sr.ALBANS, Vt, Nov.1l.\u2014Three prisoners escaped from the jail here last night A man named Brooks was recaptured, Bertrand and Ricard have not been apprehended.Bertrand is believed to have gone to Canada where he is also wanted for burglary.He is a desperate character and is armed.ce Want the Railway.GGDER:CH, Ont, Nov.11.\u2014The town officials have awakened to the fact that effort is necessary in connection with railway matters and on Thursday next a delegation from Goderich will open the campaign at Dungannon at two o'clock.A full representation from the various municipalities through which the proposed iine between Goderieh and Wing- ham will pass is called for.New Russian Ministerial Department LoxpoN, Nov.11.\u2014The ruinous financial condition of Russia, owing to poor crops, wholesale evasion of taxation and other causes, has eompelled the Government at St.Petersburg to create a Ministry of Trade and Agriculture, The new department will have control of all cum- mercial and agricultural regulations aad through its operation it is expected that the revenues will be largely increased, while the condition of trade will be cor- respondingly bettered, À RIFT IN THE LUTE.The Dispute Growing Between Unionists and Tories.THE MANSION HOOSE SPEECH CRITICIZED.>0-< Famine in the Transvaal Teaches a Free Trade Lesson.Beg - CHAMBERLAIN'S SPLIT WITH THE TORIES.Submitted to \u201cLordly\u2019\u2019 Arbitration.Loxvox, Nov.11.\u2014Mr.Chamberlain, seeing the futility of further opposition to the wishes of the Birmingham Conservatives, has at lust surrendered, but not at all gracefully, Naturally belligerant and unreasonable, the recent defeat of his ton in the muniripal elections has increased his acerbity of temper, but the incident has at the same time set him to wondering whether, after all the question of his ownership of the earth isn\u2019t 4 Cebatible one.Anyhow, he has agreed to submit the disputes arising out of an attempt to redistribute the representa tion in Birmingham of Tories and Unionists to the consideration of Lords Salisbury and Hartington, and has promised toabide by their decision, but whether he will remain satisfied with the settlement remains to be sean, LORD SALISBURY'S SPEECH.Unfavorably Criticized Oa All Sides.Loxnox, Nov.11.\u2014Lord Salisbury's long looked for Guild Hall speech has had a disappinting effect all around, It had been expected all along that he would be sufliciently pronounced in his references to important home and vital foreign affairs to convey a definite idea of the policy the Government had resolved to pursue, but the uneventful, almost perfunctory, address he delivered shed no light upon the ministerial purpose, and indeed raised a suspicion that the ministry itself is all at sea with regard to a xed planof action.The Premier's referances to the condition of Europe and his optimistic expressions concerning the maintenance of peace are being much criticized in the continental press, many of the papers giving utterance to the sentiments of tha warious leading statesmen who control their columns.His reference to Egypt is especially obnoxious to the French journals, which make no concealment of their indignation at the air of proprietorship over the land of the Pharoahs, assumed on behalf of England, by the speaker.-On the whole, the address may be regarded as the weakest address of a prime minister of England on the occa- -gion-of Lord Mayors\u2019 banquets which the world has been treated to in many years.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 TITLED SCOUNBRELS.A Travesty on British Justice, LoxpoN, Nov.11.\u2014A privats magis terial enquiry has been made into the | abominable charges affecting the Wes End Club, whose members are accused of violating the laws of decency to an extent that would have scandalized \u2018Sodom and Gomorrah in their wors days, and the inquiry resulted in th arrest of several boys employed as postal messengers.A number o peers and other prominent persons are implicated in the bestial practices to which the whole club seems to have been addicted.The Government intimated to the most prominent of the offenders its desire to avoid spreading the scandal if | they would exile themselves for a while, and acting on this hint several of the most ornate of society\u2019s leaders are | conspicuously absent and others are preparing for departure.One of the conditions .of the enforced absence of these titled and honorable (scoundrels) is the promise of the Government to abandon &ll proceedings against them.FAMINE IN SOUTH AFRICA.Abolition of Tariff on Feed.Loxpox, Nov, 11.\u2014Despatches from South Africa report the prevalence of a famine as the result of drought through- the Transvaal.The gituation at Johannesburg is eritical, breadstuffs are selling at famine prices and the supply is by no means equal to the demand.At Natal the Government has offered a bonus of 1000 pounds to the first fifty waggons of provisions starting for Johannesburg, and at Pretoria the Government has abolished all tariffs and taxation on articles of food.FROM THE DOMINION CAPITAL.Preparations for the Census\u2014Contracts \u2014New Senator\u2014Resignation of a Clergyman\u2014Elevating the Standard of Politics\u2014Projeeted New Railway.Orrawa, Nov.11.\u2014The Department of Agriculture is having prepared the circumscriptions for each sub-district throughout the Dominion in readiness for the annual census in 1891.The work is a gigantic one, as there has to be a clear definition of each sub-district in the whole of the country.Several contracts of minor importance are at present invited by the Department of Public Works.They are as follows :\u2014 Closing on 19th Nov., wharf at Baie St.Paul, P.Q., estimate about $7,500; closing on 23rd, wharf at St.Simeon, P.Q., estimate about $6,000; closing 23rd, a large block of crib work at Grand Riviere, Gaspe, estimate $10,600 ; closing 23rd, an addition of 200 feet to a wharf aud a large amount of dredging at Southampton, County Bruce.The name of Mr.Matthew Legatt, of the well-known firm of Woods & Legatt, of Hamilton, is mentioned in connection with the vacant seat in the Senate.It is thought that the chances of his being appointed are very good.Mayor Errat and a civic deputation | MONTREAL, TUESDAY.NOVEMEGR 12, 1889.leave to-night for Toronto to attend the anti-exemption conference at Toronto.Col.Brown Chamberlain, Qneen\u2019s Printer, and Mr.A.Senecal lett for Washington this morning for public business.With respect to the resignation of Rev.Mr.Mitchell, of the Second Baptist Church, and his departure froni the city, members of his late congregation say that he went to Kingston on Thursday intending to preach there yesterday, going from thence to Toronto.His resignation of his pastorate has tean accepted, the members of the congregation being given to understaud that Mr.Mitchell retires from personal reasons.In Christ Church last night Rev.Mr.Muckleston, speaking of the need of elevating the standard of politics, alluded to the fact that the clergy of the church had avoided the burping questions of the day, bat that thoughtful people found it bard to believe that either the tremendous power had no influence in the guv- ernment of the Dominion or Province, or, on the other hand, that all the azita- tion throughout the country was frea from faction and altogether pure.He spoke also strongly against the receut attacks here against Rowan priests and religious orders on low grounds and charges of immorality, which could oaly if up strife and were unworthy of Canadians or Christians, Pembroke, Ont., will organiza braach of the Equal Rights Association.A youug man named Causino, while out shooting yesterday, had bis right arm blown off by the explosion of his un, Mr.W.F.Alloway, who has been in the city some days in company with Mr, Sprague, lumberman, and Mr.Rutton, C.E., of Winnipeg, is here seeking a land grant from tne Government for a projected railway, through Lac Seul, that is to run from Shelly River to English River in Manitoba.Mr.Alloway states that the railway, which is to be about sixteen miles long, will run through a well timbered country and will be of great importance to lumbermen particularly and settlers, Mr.Scarth, M.P., is also connected with the project.THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS.Public Reception to the Visitors.Baurmsore, Md., Nov.11\u2014A reception wWas tendered this evening at the Concorda Opera House by the clergy and laity of Maryland to their visiting brethren.The hall was crowded to the doors, with prelates, priests and people.The bishops, priests and delegates to the congress were welcomed by Mr.Charles Roberts, of Westminister, ex-Attorney- General of this State.He said: \u201c Full of sincere devotion for the great church you represent, we fin in your resence cause of prefound gratification.he occasion is one entirely worthy of your presence.It's an object of importance that the principles and teachings which made Archbishop Carrols life worthy of the highest commendation shall at the close of the century be again presented to the consideration and emulation of the world, in the home of the patriot priest.Independently of these considerations, nothing could bes more appropriate then that you should as- seluble in the State of Maryland, whose history is replete with glorious the churen he said there was need for instruction to be given to some people who, while extolling liberty, dealt death to the citizen and destruction to governmental authority.Liberty must be that which conducts to good and not to destroy law and order.Liberty cannot enlighten the world until liberty itself 1s enlightened.\u201d W.F.Morris, of Washington, spoke of ate of heroic pioneers, Columbus, Carroll and Calbert.Archbishop Elder, on behalf of the to the addresses of welcome.U.8.CROP RETURNS.Cotton, Corn ana Potatoes.culture show a remarkable variation in Carolina and Virginia.The season has been skort and excessively wet, and the Crop was seriously injured by long continued rains in the season of blossoming.Tennessee reports injury to crop by wet weather, back cultivation and early frosts during the past month.In these of last year.Elsewhere the crop is comparatively late, especially from Bouth Carolina to Alabama, with large growth of weed.In low lands early frosts have injured the crops east of the Mississippi, while the uplands in the Southern belt are still green.West of the Mississippi, in a large portion of the area, there has been no frosts.The weather for picking has been remarkably favorable, assuring the gathering without waste.The fibre is grading comparatively high, Notwithstanding - the adverse conditions arising from ab normal distribution of moisture, ineffective cultivation, &e., indications of yield per acre by county correspondents are about 3 per cent.higher than last year.So much still depends on future killing frosts and sunny weather for opening and gathering that the result cannot be known very closely until after Christmas.There has not been a severe lass by the caterpillar and boll worm, though the damage in some localities has been very serious.The official November returns for the carn and potatoe crop to the Department of Agriculture make the rate and production of corn a full average slightly above 26% bushels per acre, and the quality medium, relatively low on the Atlantic coast from New York southward, and high west of the Mississippi.The returns of potatoes make the average yield 76 bushels per acres.The general average for tobacco of all kinds is 045 pounds per acre.The best corn is in the Missouri Valley, as well as the hizhest yields.The saturating rains of the coast region with insufficient sunshine have left the corn soft and chafly.The crop in the Highlands, especially i well cultivated, is of better quality.The reduction of quality over large districts will indicate rapid comsumption and limit stocks reserved for spring use.In the region of commercial corn the quality is generally good.The Irish potato crop is poor in yield and quality in the Eastern and Middle States.The Western States report better results.The Rocky Mountain yields are less than was expected and the quality scarcely medium in a large portion of the breath.The New York crop is estimated only at 56 bushels per acre.The Michigan average is 78 bushels per acre.memories.Speaking about liberty and | the achievements of the Catholic trinmvir- | visiting clergy and delegates, responded Wasnixerox, Nov, 11.\u2014The November | cotton returns of the Department of Agri- condition in different localities in North States the crop is much worse than that \u2018perty belonging to eac But Their Little Crisis is Jast as Important to Northwesters.LIBERALS HIRED THE ONLY MEETING ROOM.An American Combine for Laying a Tax on Daylight.\u2014\u2014\u2014 FROM THE PRAIRIE CITY, The Northwest Political Crisis\u2014Depu- tation Agninst Martin \u2014 Accidental Poisoning.Wixsires, Man, November 11.\u2014A telegram from Regina says of the debate 1N tue Northwest Assembly, which resulted in a vote of want of contidence in the advisory board, that the burden of Opposition claims was that a certain position, not definitely stated, existed at the time the late board resigned and that the present board accepted the position with less powers than those the Lieuten- ant-Governor had formerly conceded.In other words, that members now on the Board have betrayed the rights of the House.On the other hand, the Advisory Board, and its defenders, hold that the same powers existed now as under the old regime, different only in being more definite and in exact accord with the reading of the acts.An amendment, drawn in mild terms, was voted down by thirteen to eight, and the want of confidence motion was carried on the same vote.The Board will probably not resign.It Is currently reported that a deputation of members of the Legislature waited upon Premier Greenway on Saturday and asked him to accept Attorney- General Martin's resignation.The new time {able goes into effect on the C.P.R.on the 24th inst.and will prove very convenient to those living on branch lines.An accident by poisoning happened a few miles south of Crystal City on Sunday.Joseph Marshall, a young married man, who came from London, Ont., last spring, and has been engaged in farming, was poisoned accidentally.He took a dose of what he supposed to be epsom salts, but which was, in all probability oxalic acid.He lived only a few minutes after taking the poison.He leaves a wife and two children.There is a gradual increase in the movement of grain to Port Arthur, 195 cars passed here last week which brings the total up to 833 this season.Every effort made to keep the remnant of the buffalo herd here proved fruitless, and they will be shipped to Utah this week.There was a thin coating of ice over Red and Assinboia river last night, Gen.Middleton arrived this afternoon and will inspect the School of Infantry to-morrow, thence visiting the coast.\u2018Wheat is quoted from 58 to 63 throughout the country to-day.At the court of revision to-day an effort was made to have the soldiers of the Infantry School struck off the Dominion list on the ground that they do Lot receive an income of $300 per year.About two thousand names have been added, but a large number of income voters will be struck off as they cannot be found.\u2014 NOMINATION DAY AT SARNIA, Conservatives and Third Party Men outgenerslled.SARNIA, Ont., Nov.11.\u2014 Nominations of candidates for the west riding of Lamb- ton were made bere this afternoon between 1 and 2 o'clock in the town hall.Chas.Mackenzie, the nominee of the Reformers, was placed in nomination by Mr.Arch.Gibb, of Moore, and James Thuruis, of Sarnia Township.Robert Fleck, the nominee of the Conservative party, was placed in nomination by John D.McDonald, of Port Lambton, and R.E.Lesueur, of Sarnia.John G.McCrae, candidate of the third party, was nominated by Dr.Colter, of Petrolea, and J.F.Elliott, of Sarnia.When the nomination hour was up the Reformers claimed that they had rented the hall for the balance of the afternoon and Dr, Johnston, president of the Reform Association, took the chair.Immediatelyithere was a commotion, The Conservatives and third party men claimed that each candidate should have a fair show, that no party should try to monopolize the hall.There was quite a { lively time and then it was agreed that Johnston should be chairman of the meeting and that all candidates should have an equal show.Mackenzie was still speaking at 4 o\u2019clock wben the Con- eervatives and third party men claimed that they were not being treated fairly, tikat their candidates were not being given a chance to speak.They left the ball.The Conservatives tried to get another hall and failing they went back to the town hall when Mackenzie had finished and Fleck and McCrae both addressed the gathering.\u2014_\u2014\u2014 A WINDOW GLASS COMBINE.Gigantic Trust to Control Prices.Prrrseurg, Pa., Nov.11.\u2014A gigantic pool, in which all the leading window glass manufacturers of the United States Will co-operate, as to price of product and other matters of importance to the trade, is now in process of organization.When completed the combination will include the members of the Pittsburg Consolidated Window Glass Company, the United Glass Company and the Chambers and McKee Tank Glass Factory at Jeannette.There is a strong probability (hat all the window glass manufacturets of Baltimore and the large concerns in Ohio and Indiana, which are controlled by the United company, will also enter the combination.The object in view is the consolidation of all the window glass companies for self protection.When the consolidation is complete all the pro- form will be turned into the co-operative company, the value being fixed by the board oc appraisers.Each firm will then receive shares of stock in proportion to thé assessed value of their plants, The new pooling arrangement will go into effect about January 1, 1890.\u2014_\u2014\u2014 FATAL CHEMICAL EXPLOSION.Three Men Instantly Killed.PriraneLPm1A, Pa, Nov.11.\u2014Three men were killed by a terrific explosion in Wylie & Willace\u2019s Chemical Works, 134 North Seventh street.This afternoon, at 3.45 o'clock, the noise of an explosion startled the passers-by and then every pane of glass in the lower stories of the building blew out in splinters.A gush of flame followed and at almost the SUBSCRIPTION 86.00 PER ANNUM À same instant the factory seemed to be enveloped in flames.\u2018When the explosion occurred the three men were Enocked down as though with one shot.Fourteen girls who were employed on the upper floors were rescaed.One of them was badly cut by flying glass, and Joseph Brown, a clerk in the office, was cut about the head and face.As each body was found the firemen loaded them on stretchers, and had them sent to the morgue in patrol waggons.One of the dead men is the senior member of the firm, and his companions in death were employees.The names of the dead are:\u2014Joseph Wylie, one of the members of the firm, Rudolph and Ken- Dard, employees.\u2014.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 THE FIRE RECORD.BARN AND PRODUCE DESTROYED, CAMILLA,Ont,, Nov.11\u2014The frame barn and stables, and over 1,000 bushels of grain, together with all the farming implement belongiug to J.J.Robinson, lot 22, Centre Road, were consumed by fire on last Saturday night.The cause of the fire was the explosion of à lanteru which was hanging if the stable.Robinson had but a light insurance.RESIDENCE BURNT.The residence of Mr, Lacombe, at St Thomas, Montmagny,was totally destroyed by fire Saturday night.It is not known how the fire originated.HALIFAX HAPPENINGS.Discovery of Human Remnins\u2014Seizure of Laces\u2014An Expensive Bit of Care- leseness.Haurax, N.S, Nov.11.\u2014Some men digging at Point Pleasant shore for stone to build a retaining wall came across a pile of bones that once belonged to a human being.The men first dug up a long board, like the cover of a cotliu, and found the skeleton underneath.If the bones were ever contained in a coffin it had rotted away leaving nothing but the cover.The men covered the remains with earth and did not disturb them, and they remain there still.The bones were found at the low water mark.Customs Officer Howe made a soizure this morning of & box containg a quantity of lace curtains, lace, &ec., which were being smurgled ashore from the steamer Peruvian hy one of the stewards of the ship, it is said for a passenger.The goods will be held by the Customs authorities till the owner furnishes Col- Jector Harrington with a satisfactory reason for landing them in the manner they were.A clerk in Barnstead & Sutherland\u2019s drygoods store left a tap running in an upper story Saturday night, the basin overflowing and the water went through the building causing damage to the extent of $2,000.\u2014_\u2014\u2014 A PROFESSIONAL SWINDLER.Lived by Passing Bogus Checks.New York, Nov.11\u2014Samuel Labley, a noted swindler, has been captured by Inspector Byrnes, detective, and is now waiting trial on an old indictment for larceny.Labley\u2019s method was to assume the garb of a priest and buy diamonds, sealskin coats, or other valuable articles, offering in payment a check.purporting to be drawn by his father.The names of prominent men were used by him.The dealer would generally decline to accept the check without certification and the supposed priest would offer to go with a clerk to get the check certified.On errividg at the bank he would manage to certify the check himself while the cierk\u2019s attention was diverted.The check would then be accepted in payment.Sometimes Labley would vary the programme by asking that a clerk be sent with him to his father\u2019s.office, where a check was to be procured.The clerk would remain in the cab while Labley went into the office of soma leading merchant, whose son he had represented bimselfto be.Presently Lab- ley would come out with a check, which wag accepted and which afterwards proved to be bogus.Labley had operated in this city, Providence, Washington, Troy and elsewhere, and lately has been in criminal partnership with a for- mer Jesuit student named Clark, whom he met in jail at Kingston, Ont, in 1881, where Labley was doing time for some crime.Labley married a Montreal girl in 1883 and his wife lately came here to live with her father, who is a janitor, It was by watching her that the detectives were able to catch Labley, who was incautious enough to visit her.Labley\u2019s father was a horse thief, known to the New York police years ago._\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 K.of L.in Belfast.BiLrast, November 11.\u2014A branch of the Knights of Labor has been formed by the rope makers of this city.es A Set Against Prince Ferdinand.Vienna, November 11.\u2014It is stated that as the result of recent conferences neither Austria nor Turkey will regard Prince Ferdinand as the legitimate ruler of Bulgaria.es United States Merchant Marine.Rocusrer, N.Y., Nov.11.\u2014Charles S, Hill, Secretary of the American Shipping and Industrial League, addressed the Chamber of Commerce here this evening on \u201c our merchant marine.\u201d Resolutions were passed favoring the passage of the \u201c Tonnage Bill.\u201d \u2014e Sir Charles Dilke Declines.Loxpox, Nov.11.\u2014Sir Charles Dilke has declined to stand as the Liberal candidate for the Parliamentary seat for Fulham at next election, owing to the exactions of his literary labours, which will indefinitely prevent his acceptance of any political honours.\u2014\u2014 The Samoan Kings, BERLIN, Novomber 11.\u2014Advices have been received from Samoa to the effect that the Germans have withdrawn their Support from Tamasesse.The report that fighting has taken piace at Sawa between the followers of Mattafa an Tamasesse is denied.\u2014\u2014\u2014 Cannon Wins the Final Match.Panis, Nov.12.\u2014The final contest o the wrestling match between Cannon an ¢ Bernard, at Bordeaux, took place to night and was won by Cannon.Whe the result was declared the excitemen which had been intense throughout th struggle, could no longer be restrained.Chairs and tables were overturned, clothing was torn to shreds and the yells of the crowd could be heard some distance away.Several ofthe more disorderly of tlie crowd were arrested. TRADE AND GOMMERGE.FINANCIAL._\u2014{ -_ -\u2014-\u2014 DIVIDENDS DECLARED.Bank of Montreal seml-annual 5 per cent, vable Dec.2.; Montreal Gas Co.semi-annual & per cent.payable Dee.2 nk of Commerce, 3} per oceant., payable Banque Ville Marie, 3} per cent., payable Bank of Toronto semi-annual 5 per cent, able Dec 2.Plerchants\u201d Benk semi-annual 3} per cent, payable Dec.2.Tue HeraLD OFFICE, Monday Evening, Nov.11, 1839, Menireal Stork Mnrket.Tle active stocks w-day were Canadian Pacific, Montreal Telegraph and North West Land.The general tone of the market was firm, though bank stocks had a rather softer look.\u2018There was more animation and the volume of business dune was greater than for some days past.Canadian Pacific opened strong and } higher than Saturday at 71, and immediately advanced to 71}, and about noon 713} was paid for 300 shares, but before the close of the morning board the market eased off to 71}, and in the afternoon there was a sale of fifty shares at 70}, and the eeling at the close was weak, sellers at 70j, buyers at 70j.North-\\Vest Land was dealt 1n at 82 to the extent of 200 hares.Montreal Telegraph opened strong at 94, and 175 shares changed hands at these figures ; 50 shares Richelieu brought 58}, and the close was firmer.A small block of Windsor Hotel was taken at 115.Bank notes were quiet and easier ; the sales were unimportant ; a few shares Commerce brought 128% regular, and 125} ex-dividend was bid at the close, sellers at 126.Molsons opened at 164}, and there was a transaction this afternoon at 162.B.of M.was firm at 232 ex-dividead.The days\u2019 sales amounted to 1,518 shares, as follows :\u2014 MORNING BOARD.2 Bank of Montreal.at 233 5 * \u201c ex-div.at 232 5 Bank of Commerce.at 128} 25 Ontario Bank .12 Mossons Bank.3 Banque du Peuple:.75 Montreal Telegraph Co.50 Rich.& Ont.Nav.Co.925 Canadian Pacific Railway.at 71 500 \u201c \u201c \u201c .at 71} 300 \u201c \u201c \u201cat 71% 100 \u201c \u201c en at 714 24 Windsor Hotel Co.at 115 AFTERNQON BOARD.5 Bank of Toronto.at 2223 2 Union Bank\u2014.25 Molsons Bank.100 Montreal Telegraph 200 North-West Land Co.50 Canadian Pacific Ry.at The closing figures are as follows, compiled by Messrs.D.L.McDougall & Co., No.11 St.Sacrament street :~\u2014 at 96 .at 162 a 5 es g ® = = ®-n = @13 5 India mess beef, per tierce.wo Lo @ 0» Mess beef, per bbl.asc.00 OÙ @00 00 Hams, city cared, perlb.«012 @w 13 Lard, western, in pails, per 1b.0008!@00 08} Lard, Canadian, in pails, per lb.0008 @MW 08} Bacon, per lb.ooviiiiiia .0 10 @U: 10} Shoulders, per lb.0000 @00 0 Tallow, com., refined, per Ib.00033 @00 064 Eggs.Receinis continue fair and thers is a brisk demand for fresh at 182(@22c per dozen, according to condition, himed 15¢ (@16¢ per dozen.Ashes.We quote first potash $3.60 per 100 lbs., seconds, $3.35 per 100 lbs.Game and Poultry.Partridge are in good demand at 45c@ 55¢ a brace for good birds in prime condition.The market is but noorly supplied with poultry at G6c@8c for geese and chickens, 8c@10c¢ for ducks and turkeys.Dressed Hogs.Receipts are still light, but there is a good demand.We quote nice light hogs, in geod condition $6.70(@§6.90;per 100 lus.Pairy Products.Burrer\u2014The week opens on a quiet butter market.The demand is contined to the city jobbing trade, which 18 taking a considerable quantity of choice dairy at about 20c@21c perlb.Creamery is quiet but steady, very little selling.Western is not in demand and round lots are being consigned to Newfoundland aud the Gulf provinces, which in- terferes with legitimate trade.We quote \u2014 \u2014Cents\u2014 Creamery .2 @28 Eastern Town .17 @2} Morrisburg.16 @17 Brockviile.\u2026.17 @18 Western.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026seusss sours 15 @164 Cuerse\u2014The cable quotations are unchanged at 52 shillings per ewt.The home market has lost the appearance of life it bad last week, as the cargoes for the last steamers have already been placed, and now we must look for a couple of quiet months, and operators will have an opportunity of determining bow the market is going.The general opinion is the market has a very healthy appearance, and although immediately after close of navigation values may shrink slightly, there is every.reason for anticipating a good winter trade at steady figures.There is enough cheese to supply all demands, so no advance can be expected.We doubt if those who bought round 10$c on speculation will get their own money back again and we hear there are some who do so.Quotations are as follows : -Cents- Finest September.\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.10{@10% Finest August.93 210 Medium.i@ 9% W grade.ooiiiiiiiiiaiaan \u2026 T@8 Chicago Grain aud Provision Markets.There was no life in the wheat market.December option opened at 80:c and closed at 80ic; Curb steady at S03c.Corn was firm and {c higher at che close.Pork was strong for January and May deliveries, and lard also closed firm and higher.Receipts of hogs, 25,000 to 30,000- Recelpts.Shipments.Flour, barrels.\u2026.UT3 037 100,000 133,000 144,000 232,000 118,000 5,100 11.000 56,000 69.000 34,100 Mr.J.R.Mesher has received the following from his Chicago correspondents : CHicaGo, Nov.11.\u2014Wheat dull and without special feature.Crowd waiting Pitcher's Castoria.for Government report.Hutchinson has been a fair buyer of December, but a liberal seller of May.Receipts continue beavy.Northwest and foreign situation offers no encouragement to holders.Still we think large lines of long wheat for outside account will be sold before December 1st and force lower values.Government report just in.Notbing on wheat, but makes corn yield 26} busbels per acre.{SPECIAL TO THE HERALD |] CuicaGo, Nov.11.\u2014 Wheat receipts, 233 cars; shipments, 135,174 bushels.The market was fairly active, with a narrow range, closing at about Saturday's closing figures.The market was lower early ou dull cables and no clearances at New York.Later the prospect of a smaller ipcrease in the visible supply than expected created a bullish feeling, and prices were advanced.Corn\u2014Receipts, 253 by rail and 800 bushels by canal; shipments, 35,220 bushels.The market was firm and {c@ 1c higher.Oatse\u2014Recaipts, 131 cars; withdrawn from store, 13,863 bushels.The market was firm, especially for the November option.The visible supply of grain shows\u2014 Wheat increase for the week, 1,130,000 bushels; corn, decrease, 82600 bushels, and oats, decrease, 320,000 bushels.Provisions were active, stronger and bigher, under the lead of pork.Wheat\u2014Nov., 79te ; Dec, 80$c; Jan, s0ke; Mas, S3je.Curn\u2014Nov., 325ec@327e; Dec, 52@tkc; Jan, S11Ge3lge; May, SHe Oats\u2014Nov.,191e; Dec.19jce; Jan 193C@ 0e: May, 2220, Pork\u2014Nov., 89.523; vear, S9.20, Jau., $0.371(@ $9.10; Mav, $965.Lar:\u2014Nov., 8 92}; year, $5.87}; Jan, 5.00; Mev, $6.10.\u2019 Ribr\u2014Nov, $5.20; year, 3487}; Jan, 4.85; May, $5.05.British Breadntufis and Provision Mar- Mess.Beerbohm\u2019s cable advices for to-day are as follows :\u2014Cargoes off coast: Wheat, and corn, quiet.Cargoes on passage and for shipment: Wheat and corp, dull.Liverpool wheat, spot, very dull; corn do.weaker.Mark Lane English and American flour, slow; do.English and foreign wheat, slow ; do.American and Dapubian maize, slow.To-dey\u2019s quotations, compared with Nov.9.| Nov.ll | 11.40 am.| 11.30 a.m | Be d_8& dd; & d.8 Spring Wheat .! 7 04@ 7 13 7 0i@ 7 14 Red Winter.& 926101 6 Y'@61U No.1 California.| 7 2@7 2 7 2@7 2 No.2 Califoinia., 0 0@0 0) v V@O0 1 0184 (| 4 vV@4 0 3 @6 3| 64064 ; @ 56 6 @58 6 az 33 983 9 @ 3 6@8 0 : 3 6 @ 6 25 3@5 © 51 v @5 0 CHEESE MARKETS.[SPECIAL TO THE HERALD.{ Utica, Nov.11.\u2014Sales in this market were 90 boxes cheese at Se¢, 754 at 9c, 215 at 9kc, 780 at 9}c; 700 at 9ÿc, 1,990 at 92c, 190 at 9$c, 570 at 9$c, 170 at 95e, 225 at 10c, 1,420 consigned.Values above 9lc, mostly full creams, those at 10c.White cheese competition light and several prominent buyers out of the market altogether, home trade main factor of strength; small light skims being mueh sought after, but white full creams in the lead.NEW YORK FLOUR, GRAIN AND PRO VISION MLIKETS.{SPECIAL TO THE HERALD.} New York, Nov.8\u2014Flour closed generally steady.We quote: \u2014 Fine grades winter, $2.25@%2.50: do.spring, $1.75@$2.50; superfine winter, $2.50) $2.75; spring, $1.75@$2.50 ; extra No.2 winter, $2.75@#3.10; do.sprins, #2.50@ $3.00; extra No.1 winter, $3.15 @ $4.60; do.spring, $3.16 @ $4.50; City Mill extras, $4.25@$4.50 for West Indies.Southern flour steady ; trade and family extras, $3.00@$4.50.Whea'\u2014Trading in options to-day was on a limited scale, anddealings were without feature.The closing prices are generally jc lower.Spot lots closed steady.Spot sales No.2 red winter, 83c@83}c; ungraded red, 79ic@80c; No.2 red winter, Nov, 83}c; Dec, 84e; Jan, 85!1e; May, Sute.tCorn\u2014Options were fairly active and stronger, closing je @ ÿc higher.Spot lots closed firm and bigher.Spot sales of No.2 mixed, 41ÿc@423c; No.2 mixed, Nov, 41ÿc; Dec, 42%c; Jan, 42te; May, 421c.Oats\u2014Options were moderately active and steady, closing at about Satar- days figures.Spot lots closed }c better.Spotsales of No.1 white 34c; No.2 do., 30c; No.1 mixed, 28e; No.Z do 27c; No.2 mixed Nov.27e; Dec, 27{1c; Jan, 273¢c; Feb.27$c.Pork\u2014Dull, Mess, $11.00@$11.25 for inspected.Lard ciosed firm ; Nov.$6.54, Dec.$6.27 @$6.29 ; Jan.$6.26@$6.28.Butter\u2014Steady, Creamery, Eastern, 24c@24}c; Western, 21c@25c.Cheese\u2014Dull; Obio, flat; 94c@10c.Factory New York, cheddar, 10}@103c.Eggs\u2014Steady.Fresh Eastern, firsts, 25c@26c;.Western do.233c@24c.Canadian do, 21}@22c.Errs\u2019s CocoA.\u2014GRATEFUL AND COMFORT- (X6.\u2014*By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine proper- ties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr.Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors\u2019 bills.It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to re- gist every tendency to disease.Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point.We may escape many a fatal shait by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.\u201d Civil Service Gazelle.\u2014Made simply with boiling water or milk.Sold only in packets, by grocers labelled\u2014\"JamEs Errs & Co, Homæo- pathic Chemists, London, Eng.More cases of sick headache, biliousness, constipation, can be cured in less time, with less medicine, and for less money, by using Carter's Little Liver Lills, than by any other means.COAL! \u201cRESERVE\" MINES ROUND COAL, RUN OF MINES COAL, and SCREENINGS, FOR SALE TO ARRIVE, EX 88.\u201cEdinburgh\u201d & §S.\u201cInyermay\u201d Delivered in Lots to suit purchasers, Orders Booked for Winter Delivery.F.C.HENSHAW, Agent.TELEPHONE\u2014Office No.638,Ya rd No.2513 = ERE 2 THE MONTREAL HERALD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE TUESDAY.NOVEMBER 12 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.Best Cough Crs.For a'l diseases of the Threm and Lusn:1s.no remedy is so safe, speedy, and certain ps Ayers Cherry Pectoral.An indispensable family medivine.\u201cI Gnd Ayer's Cherry Pectoral an invaluable remedy for colds, coughs, aml other ailments of the throat and lungs.\u201d \u2014 M.8.Randall, 204 Broadway, Albany, N.Y.\u201c1 have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for bronchitis and Lung Diseases, for which I believe it to be the greatest medicine in the world.\u201d \u2014 James Miler, Caraway, N.C.\u201cMy wife had a- distressing cough, with pains in the side and breast.We tried various medicines, but none did her any good until I got a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral which has cured her.A neighbor, Mrs.Glenn, had the measles, and the cough was relieved by the use of Ayer\u2019s Cherry Pectoral.I have no hesitation in recommending this medicine.\u201d \u2014 Robert Horton, iore- man Headlight, Morrillton, Ark.* Ayer's Cherry Pectorzl cured me of a severe cold which had settled on wy lungs.My wife says the Pectoral helps her ore than any other medicine she ever used.\u201d \u2014 Enos Clark, Mt.Liberty, Kansas.Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PREPARED BY Dr.J.C.Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass, Bold by all Druggists.Price $1.six bottles, $5 BILIOUSNESS DIZZINESS DYSPEPSIA, ~ DROPSY, ' INDIGESTION, FLUTTERING JAUNDICE, : OF THE HEART, ERYSIPELAS, ACIDITY OF SALT RHEUM, - ors STOMACH HEADACHE OF THE SKIN, species of disease arisig, 4nd, Oy oard red LIVER, praia SIroMACH, BOWELS OR BLOOD.T, MILBURN & CO.PP ononta \" THE MONCTON Sugar Refining Corapany (LIMITED JOUN L.HARRIS, JOHN MeXKNNZin, President.Secretary.C.P, HARRIS, Treasurer.MONCTON, N.B.Bamples &t 54 St, Francois Xavier Brees, DAVID MITOHELEL JAMES M.MITOHELE GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 278.Ww.BAKER & CUSS «2 Breakfast Cocoa 1s absolutely pure and it is soluble.No Chemicals are used in its preparation.It has more than thres times the strength of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot ¥ or Sugar, and 15 therefore far more À economical, costing less than one cent ER a cup.It is delicious nourishing, § strengthening, EASILY DIGESTED, EF and admirably adapted for invalids as well as for persons 1n health.@ Sold by Grocers everywhere, Ww.BAKER & C0.Dorchester, Mass.Dr.J.Collis Browne's GHLORODY ti THE ORIGINAL ANI» ONLY GENUINE Vice-Chancellor Sir W.Lau 6 WouD stated publicly in Court tuat Lr.i.LeLii> BROWNE was undoubtedly the inveutor of Chiorodyne, that the whole story of \u2018Le defendant Freeman was titerall to say that tt ha untrue, and he recre*ted been sworn to.\u2014Time:, Julv 18, 1554, UR.J.COLLIS BROWNFE$_CHLORO DYNE IS THE BRST AND MOST CERFAIN REMEDY IN COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, de.DR J.COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORO- DYNE\u20141he Right Hon.Earl RUSSELL com- meuuicated to the College of Physicians and J.T.Davenport that he had received information to the effect that the only remedy of any service ip Cunlera was Chlorcdyne\u2014Ses Lancet, Decamher 31, 1864, DR.J.COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORO- DYNE 18 pre cribed by scores of orthodox ractivloners.Of course, ; Ab would not pe us singularly popular it not \u201csupply a want and flll 9 place.\u201d\u2014Medical Times, January 12, 1885.DR.J.COLLIS BROWNE'S.CHLORO- DYNE is a certain eure for;Cholera, Lysen- tery.Diarrhees, Colics.&e.DR.J.COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORO- DYNE\u2014Caution \u2014None genuine without the words, * Dr.J.Collis Browne\u2019s Chlorodyne \u201d on the stamp.Overwhelming medical testimony accompanies each bottle &oie manufacturer, J.T.DAVENPORT, 33 Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, London.@ Sold in bottles at Ilia, 3s 9d 4s 6d.and 1a.THE GRE\u201d \u201d ENGLISH PRESCRIPTION Asuccessfulmedicinetesied over 30 years in thousands of eases.Promptiy cures Nervous Pros - tation, Weahmessof Brain, Spi- rs Men and GenerativeOrgans of either sex, Bmissiensand all illscaused by indiscretion orover-exertion.packagesis guaranteed to effect a curewben all othermedicines fail, One package $1.six packages $5, bymail.Sold by druggists.Write for Pamphlet.Address -~ ÉUREKA CHEMICAL CO, DETROIT, MICH.For sale by B.E.MCGALE, 212 Notre Dame street, Montreal.trs DW 120 a Of Interest to Men.A new remedy for the restoration of Lost Vigor, Nervous and Sexual Debility, Weake ness of Mind and Body, Premature Deca of Overtaxation, and other unto miseries resulting from youthful Indiscretions Write for fri y letter of advice, emcies- ing stamp.Address J, E HAZELTON, 806 Yonan Sr, 28 Gen Toroate, Ont a A Re GIBB COMPANY, HAVING RECEIVED THEIR Fall and Winter Stock of | TAILORING AND HABERDASHERY, ALSO Pattern Suits from Poole, INVITE INSPECTION RAILWAYS.TRAINS LEAVE MONTREAL From Windsor Street Station: For Sherbrooke\u20143.40 p.m.and 4*8.30 p.m.For St.Jobmn's, Farnham, etc., \u201c9.00 a.m., 3.40 p.uv., 5.40, +*8 t5 p.m, [*8.30 p.m.For Boston, {Portiand, Manchester, etc., *9.60 à m., And t*8.05 pm.For &t.John N.B.and Yalitax, N.8, 1i*8.30 m.For Newport\u2014*9(0 a.m.540 p.m.and *8.05 p.m.For Toronto, fmith\u2019s Falls, Peterboro, Brockville, *92y a.m.For Smith's Fal's, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, ete.1*S.45 p.m.For Ottawa and Buckingham, {*10.00 a.m., and 4.15 p.m.Far Sault Ste.Marie, St.Paul, Minue- apolis, etc., 1*10.10a.m.For VYandreuil, ete.,\u2014*9.2 a.m., 5.15 p.m.and 1*3 45 p.m.For Winchester,\u2014*9.20 a.m., 5.15 p.m and 1*3.45 p.m.From Dalhousie Square Station : For Quebec, \u2014*8.10 a.m., (3.30 p.m.Sundays ouly) and slow p.m.For points où ercolonia y to Campbell N.B.*10,60 p.m.> \u20ac phelllon N.B., For Three Mivers,\u2014\u201c8,18 a.n., (*3°0 p.m.Sundays only) 5.00 pan and *10.0u p.m For Joliette, SL Felix de Valois, St.Gabriot ete.\u20145U p.n.For Otinwn,\u2014 5-50 am., 4.40 p.m., *R40 pm tor Winnipeg and Vanconver,\u2014*3 40 p.m.For Se.Jerome, St, Lin and St.Eustache,\u2014 D us.For St.Ruse and Ste.Therese, and intermediate stations\u20143.pm., 4.40 pm.5.5) pm.Saturdays only, 1 50 p.m., instead of 3.00 pan.From Bonaventure Station : For Chambly and Marievilleete.y0)a m, from st.Lambert.connecting with Grand Trunk 853;a.m.train from Bonaventure station For Chambly aud Marieville, ete, 5.00 pan.li Except Saturdays t Run daily, Sundays included.Other trains week days only, unless otherwise shown.*Parler and Sleeping Cars on trains so marked.{No connection for Portland with this train leaving Montreal, Saturdays.American Customs Officer at Windsor and Dalhousie &q.stations to examine bag- guage destined ior the United States.TICKET OFFICES, 266 ST.JAMES STREET.Windsor and Balmoral Hotels.Windsor Street and Dalhousie Sq.Stations.ned li 315, FN br in connection with Grand Trank Raliway MONTREAL AND OTTAWA Fastest and Shortest Line (Lo Ottawa, SOX.XID throngh trains between Mo: and Ottawa, lighted by the Electric Lente | Magnifcent PULLMAN BUFFET PARLOR CARS Meals served in Parlor O's 1 the European plan.Tron All traing on The ONLY LINE in Canaaa us'ng ELECTRIC LICHT on trains.Trains Leave Bonaventure Depot at A.M, for alley eld, Alexan- » AY dria, an ntermediate Stati .arriving in Ottawa at 12.50 p.m., Stations = AND AT \u2014 P.M.for Alexandria and Max- 4.30, arriving in Ottawa at 83) p.m.ror tickets, parlor car acoommoda!: Freight Rates and fu}l Information, apply \u20ac Company's Office, 136 St.James St.T:>kels and eats in Parlor O 1 secorsd at Windsor ani Bnimora \u201cHotel, t'cset offices, Bouaventnre Depat and 143 St Famer Street.' A.E.CAIRNS, General Agent, Montreal.E.J.CHAMBERLIN, General Manager, Ottawa 2e PERCY R.TODD Genl.Pass, Agent, Ottawa December 10 Delaw \u2014\u2014\u2014\"0:\u2014\u2014es Shortest Route to NEW YORK AND TO \u2014 Saratoga, Troy, Albany, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, ANDALL POINTS SOUTH AND EAST Quick Time.No Delays, TRAINS LEAVE MONTREAL 7:30 a.m.\u2014Dally, except Sunday, arrivi in New York at 8.50 p.m.Buffet Drawing.room car, Montreal to New York.4 30 p.m.\u2014Night Express, Sunaays included \u2014Wagner's Elegant Sleoping Cars rua through to New York without change, ars riving in New York at 7.00 next morning, \"This Train makes close connection at Troy and Albany with Sleeping Car Train for Bosion, arriving at 9.30 a.m.New York Through Mails and Express care ried via this line.Information given, and Tickets sold at Windsor and moral Hotels, all Grand Trunk Offices, and at the Company\u2019s Office, 143 St.James Street, Montreal, W.H.HENRY, Agent, ontreal J.W.BURDICK, General Pass.Agt Albany.N.Y.TRAINS LEAVE MONTREAL, BONAVENTURE STATION.AM.\u2014Fast train, arriving St.8.30 {5:5 a.m., Burllogton SI pans Montpelier 12.50 p.m., White River Junction 2,66 p.m., Boston via Lowell 7.25 p.m., and New York ia Springfeld 10 p.m, Connects a .John i rain for - A Waterloo.Perl arnham, Gran Wagner ew arlor Cars to Bosto: 4 20 P.M.\u2014NEW YORK EXPRESS, DAILY ' SUNDAY INCLUDED, arriving St Albans 6.50 p.m., (Supper); Burlington 8.15 .m., Rutiand 10.30 p.m., Troy 2.00 a.m., Ale ny 2.20 a.m., New York 7.00 am.Daily Sunda; Sxcepted, arriving Worcester 6.40 am; n 3.M, wi Falisand Fitchburg.v4 Rutland, Bellowy Waguer\u2019s new Palace Sleeping Cars Monts real to New York and 8t.Albans to Boston.I'brough cars on this train arriving Faro- ham 5.58 p.m., Granby 6.40 p.m., Waterloo 7.20 p.m.P.M.\u2014Boston Night Express.DAILY, 8.30 SUNDAY INCLUDED arriving St.Albans 10.45 p.m., White River Junction 3.15 a.m., Manchester 6.25 a.m., Nashua 7.00 a.m, Boston via Lowell 8.30 a.m.Daily, Sunday excepted, for Boston vig Fitchburg, arriving 9.35 a.m., New York vig Northampton, Holy oke, Bpringñeld and New Haven, 11.40 a.m, This train makes close connection 8% Nashua and Winchenden for Worcester, P -videnoe and all points on the New York Nes England Railroads, Wu ner Buffet Sleeping Cars to Boston and Bpringfield.For Tickets, Time-tables, and all infore mation, apply at Windsor and Balmoral Hotels, Grand ne Omces, or at the Coms any\u2019s office.James Stree\u2019 pany \"7 A.C.STONEGRAVE.Canadian Passenger Agent, J.W.HOBART, 8.W, CUMMINGS, General Manager.Genoral Pads.ARS October lath, 1389 MARINE NEWS.MOVEMENTS tF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS \u2014\u2014 ee Arrived\u2014Nov.11.Steamship.At.From.state of Nebraska.Glasgow .NewYork Catalonia.Queenstown.Boston Carthaginian.Quebee.,.Liverpool Lake vuntario.Quebec., Liverpool PORT OF MONTREAL ARRIVED\u2014Nov.11.Steamship Erl King, 1418, Priske, London, R.Retord & Co., general.Steamship Cacouna, 830, McDonald, Sydney, Kingman, Brown & Co., coal.Steamship Bonavista, 836, Anderson, Sydney, Kingman, Brown & Co.coal.Schooner Albani, 110, Dechene, St.John's, Nfid., C.A.Boucher, herrings.Steamship Ashdene, 733, Thompson, Cow Bay, H.Dobell & Co., coal.CLEARED schooner J.Savard, 138.Menard, Little Bay, Nfid., C.A.Boucher, general.schooner Albani, ily, Dechene, Little Bay, Nfid , \u20ac.A.Boucher, general.; Steamship Barcelona, 1180, Boyle, Loith via Aberdeen, R.Reford & Co., general.Veasels in Pers.STEAMSHIPS.Gordon Castie, 1325, McLean, Kennedy & Co.Polynesian, 2023, H.& A.Allan, Biberian, 2553, H.& A.Allan, Er] King, 1418, R.Reford & Co.(acouna, 934, Kin | Bond Lots Mexican and Japan Tobacco, ond.\u2014 AND \u2014 70,000 HAVANA CIGARS, ?Duty 100,000 HAVANA CIGARETTES, § Paid, \u2014 ALSO, \u2014 A Cigar Cabinet with moisture attachment, capable of holding 80,000 Cigars, and about 300 1bs.of sample Havana Tobacco.Marks and numbers of Tobacco made known at.the sale.Terms of sale from Auctioneers.Samples to be seen at our rooms Monday.Sale at TEN o'clock, MM.HICKS & CO., Auctioneers, BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE ZA\u2019 ON THE FOLLOWING STREETS ON EASY TERMS.\u201cGX Sherbrooke Street, St.Catherine Street, Dorchester Street.Crescent Street, Bishop Street, 268 m Sussex Stre=t, Seymour Avenue, Quiblier Street.Some of the finest sites in the city.Apply JAMES STEWART & CO0., Mechanics Eustitate, 204 ST.JAMES STREET, GROUND FLOUR.3%\u201d MONEY TO LOAN.@ NOTICE.JAMES STEWART & CO., Real Estate and General Anctioncers, Arc now prepared to make arrangements to conduct fall sales in their commodious Sales-room on the ground floor of the MECHANICS\u2019 CHAMBERS, 204 ST.JAMES STREET.VALUABLE PROPERTY For sale, to let or exchange for City Property.Situated on the shore of Lake Mem- phremagog, within ten minutes of Depot and rising town of Magog.Buildings, House, Stabling, &c., all in perfect order.Large garden, Ice House, Poultry House, &c.Water in house and stables.Drainage perfect.Every convenience.Property known as Lakesid benntitully surrounded by shrubberies an shady groves; 25 acres in extent.Terms easy.Good fishing.Apply to JAMES STEWART & CO.Real Estate and General Auctioneers, 204 St, James street. 6 PREMIER MERCIER'S | Review of The Political Situation in This Province.-\u2014 \u2014- >< ACEIEVEZENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, | Criticisms and Charges of the Opposition Delegates.MR.CEAPLEAU'S DOUBLE DEALING EXPOSED, | oot The following is a translation of the address delivered by Hon.Mr.Mercier before the Club Nationale, Wednesday evening, Nov.7: LTRANSLATION.] GENTLEMEN,\u2014 My colleagues and my- seif are delighted with the very kind aud gy mpathetic reception tendered us by tue Club National on the present occasion, and we will retain a very pleasant recollection not only of the words which you, Mr.President, Lave addressed us, put also of the courtesy which you have ghown us this evening.; .My colleagues and myself have decided to sit, from time to time and as circumstances will permit, in the city of Montreal in order to settle, on the spot, local questions which interest the citizens of this vast political region and also to meet our friends and the public in general.Your demonstration is.made in the name of the clubs wbich are very dear to us the Club National and the Club Letetlier, the Club National which is honored by the saine title as the present Government, à title which gave it its strength at the first moments of its existence, which bas gained for it the sympathies of a large number of citizens, and which it fully intends to bear in the future as representing its tendencies and its aspirations.The Club Letellier, which bears the name of a patriot, as to whose political conduct we, who are members of the national party, have not always been of the same opinion, but which recalls the venerated memory of a man who was loyal to his country and to his triends, and a statesman who has left a great name behind him.Those who knew Letellier intiinately know how he favored the union of men of spirit, who, in his opinion, should joia bands to secure the trrumph of the great interests of our province.How ofteu, in our intimate conversations ten years ago, when I had the honor of being one of his advisers and the pleasure of being one of his confidants, did he not deplore our fratricidal contests and the dissensions which weakened us.How many times did he not advise me to draw closer to my opponents to hold out a friendly hand to them, to ask them to forget the animosities of the past and sacrifice all at the foot of the altar of our country in order to unite the whole strength ofthe nation and by this patriotic union secure the triumph of those sacred interests be had so much at heart.Alas ! he died before he could witness tue reahzation of his favorite dream, the dream of his whole life.But to-day how Le would rejoice in spirit.Two clubs are met together, one bearing his name and the other representing his great ideal.They are met to receive the members of the Government formed under the shelter of the national flag as the result of a noble and generous sentiment and triumphing over the many obstacles thrown in its way.The Government asserts its strength more than ever and shows the whole country that the desired union has been accomplished, that it is intact and true and prepares all further triumphs for the morrow, which will consolidate the work and definitively assure public prosperity.In the address which has just been presented to us, you are kind enough to allude to the various political questions which at present occupy the attention of the country, and you have been good enough to favorably appreciate our solution of the majority of them.You have been too indulgent, but on the other hand you bave, I think, not gone beyond facts.We have, in truth, settled many questions since we have done away with the deficitsiwhich ruined and dishonored us; we have adopted severe measures to secure the payment of all the moneys due to the province; we have stopped the many thefts in the distribution of colonization moneys, and, finally, we have put an end to the glaring injustice to which settlers were subjected by the lumber merchants.On the other hand we have settled that celebrated difficulty which has lasted for almost a century in connection with the Jesuits estates; we have inaugurated that generous and beneficial policy of constructing iron bridges; we have established the order of Agricultural Merit, by means of which distinguished farmers will receive honors and rewards which will excite a praisaworthy emulation and give a new impetus to agriculture, the important cause of our success and the unfailing source of our wealth.By means of a loan effected under advantageous conditions we have done away with the floating debt; finally we have succeeded in many other respects in rendering the position of the country satisfactory for the present ahd re-assuring for the future.But our work is far from complete, it is only at its beginning.We have a huge task before us which calls for all our care, all our energy, all our devotedness; we have before us the vast necessities of the country and we should stop only when they are provided or.Public instruction requires further assistance to enable it to realize the hopes of men of intelligence, and it must be given toit.It is our duty to diffuse the light of education amongst all classes, and especially the poorest and most humble; the people ask us to give them education unsparingly and we will do so.It is a task and a duty; we will not hesitate before the task nor weaken before the duty.We have to multiply means of communication and render them still easier 80 to bring our rural population nearer to the great centres and to enable them to bring the products of their farms and industry to a market.For that purpose we will have to grant new subsidies to ratlway companies, which give sufficient guarantees and which propose to build roads to promote colonization, agriculture and commerce.We also have to improve our municipal roads by offering special inducements to municipalities which desire to macadamize their roads 80 as to enable the farmers to reach the large centres early and economically.This will be a legitimate compensation lor the sacrifices which they have so generously made in order to assure the construction of our railways.This compensation is all the more necessary that the farmers will probably be again called upon in the near future to asgist us in | gentlemen, to secure the realization of \u2014_ \u2014\u2014 # ~~ THE MONIREAL HERAL A removing toll gates and toll bridgee, which, in the vicinity of our large cities and of certain country placas, are a real public nuisance and h:nder progress.In order to realize all those great things | and to meet the views and aspirations of our province, we must increase our pub- | lic revenues, obtain from the Federal Government all we are entitled to within the reasonable limits laid down by the : inter-provincial conference of 1857; effect the conversion of our debt, 8o as to relieve our budget of a heavy annual expense; push back the frontier of the province to Hudson\u2019s Bay and East Maine River, which will have the result of adding one hundred thousand square miles of territory to that we already possess; develop our mining, industrial and agricultural resources so As to give adli- tional greatly enhanced value to our public lands; tinally, launch this province in the path of true, intelligent, constant and permanent progress, which will justify the most sanguine hopes.We are working in a sure manner, these great projects, and if all men of spirit, all willing men will lend us their assistance we will carry out this policy, Lot in the interest of à party, not in the interest of any one man, but in the interest of all, for the honour and prosperity of our province.These labors, undertaken for the general welfare, are appreciated and even admired by those who can divest themselves of party spirit and judge of them in an intelligent manner.The electors approve of our conduct, applaud it and assure us of constant triumphs which succeed each other with a gratifying rapidity.These successes you may rest assured, gentlemeo,are bus the fore-runnere of those we will obtain at the general elections when the people will be called upon for their honest aud intelligent verdict, and will give the national Government whom you greet tonight the greatest majority ever known in the annals of our Legislature, The ditliculties we meet, the objections raised, the charges brought against us, do not affect our general policy, which is recognized as satisfactory and beneficial to the country.What we are reproached with are details, details apparently serious but insignificant and futile in reality.Ve are accused of having increased the expenditure, but are not credited with the increase of revenue.We are told \u201cyou spend too much\u201d without admitting that we remain within the limits of our revenue.Those who reproach us with this are the same men who might claim to have spent less, it is true, but who showed us deficits every year; while we, if we may be reproached with spending more, may be complimented upon having considerable surplusses.Moreover, those who so reproach us with spending more worked less thau we did and settled nothing, while we settle everything.l.ocomotives which do not run spend nothing and gather only rust; Governments which do nothing, spend little and earn but a slight reputation.\u2018We prefer going ahead, spending more and dolng the work of the country.A few facts and figures will suffice to convey my idea and satisfy reasonable men who are disposed to judge in an impartial manner.THE RECEIPTS, The preparatjon of the work of the session and the session itself kept the members of the present Government busy from the date of their swearing in on the 29th January, 1887, to the 18th May, 1887, the date of the prorogation.That is tosay that we are responsible, at least practically, only for the management of the financial affairs of the year ending on the 30th June, 1888, and that our responsibility really commences only with that year, the only one for which, since we came Into power, the public accounts are printed.The receipts for the year ending 30th June, 1887, were only $2,973,191; those of the year ending the 30th June, 1888, amounted to $3,738,228, making an increase of $765,037.Your items of receipts show the following changes :\u2014 1887.1888.Inc.Crown Lands.$ 62,620 $725,627 $33,007 Justice .\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.+.202,042 252,2H 59,162 Licenses.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.Cee 342,215 380,199 17,981 Taxes On comumercial _ corporations.000,000 538,393 553,303 $659,544 various other increases.ce.vv.00 W3,491 Total increase.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.0.00000 $765,037 It is true that in this very considerable amount there is the item of $558,393 for taxes on commercial corporations estimated at $150,000 per annum, but, by striking out the surplus as arrears, say $408,383, there still remains an increase $356,644.This is due to the energy and activity we displayed in collecting the moneys due the province.THE EXPENDITURE.Let us compare the expenses in the same way, They are as follows :\u2014 30th June, 1888.$3.365.034 30th June, 1887.\u2026.3,288,797 Increase.vans ceuen.nne PE $ 76,235 This is the actual increase of the ordin- inary expenses during the year 1889- Allow me to give you some explanations as to this increase, which explana- tionsl am sure you will find satisfactory :\u2014 1887.1888.Ine.Justice.$392,218 $138,755 $ 16,537 Police.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.14,425 19,090 4,665 Reformatories .452 88,708 4,256 Inspection of public OtHCEB.avenue iinia 6272 _7,592 1,320 Civil Government 193,904 208,677 14,773 Agriculture.89,476 97,700 8,224 Public works.94,575 145,096 50,521 Bistribution of Municipal Code.iiveeaee 000,000 500 5,000 Aid to sufferers.000 5,00 5,000 Cost of collection.28,748 41,666 12918 Increase.FN a.eee 3153,214 Here is consequently an increase of $153,214 in this expenditure to justify that of $76,235.Let us explain some of these figures.1, Justice\u2014Increase, $46,537.The contingent expenses of the sheriffs alone show a difference of $43,665.There were districts in which the criminal courts had not been held for some time and in which the sheriffs accounts jurors\u2019 fees, &c., &c., had remained in suspense.We caused the terms to be held and paid the old accounts, &e., &ec.2.Police\u2014Increase, $4,665.Uur predecessors had promised to better renumerate the police magistrates but had not kept their promise, which we redeemed.3.Inspection of public offices\u2014In- crease, $1,320, This bad been neglected and serious frauds committed in some offices We appointed Mr.Geoffrion, a very competent man, to inspect the registry offices.This cost more but we put a stop to fraudulent practices, increased our revenues and protected family interests.4 Civil Government\u2014Increase, $14,- to The greater portion of this increase is explained by the creation of a special department of agrienlture and colonization.No one can reproach us for this additional expenditure which later on secured us the services of Colonel Rhodes, à minister who is à practical agricaltur- ist, à distingnished gentleman who is an honor to his nationality and to his class, an indefatigable man who attends all our agricultural exhibitions and encourages our worthy farmers by speeches, which are his own secret.And who would dare to say anything against the appointment of Monsignor Labelle, the apostle of colonization, the worthy priest who has spent his lite in good works, the patriotic citizen who has founded twenty parishes in the northern part of the Province.If there be any one sufliciently devoid of sense to reproach us for the modest remuneration paid to s0 active, intelligent and etlicient a deputy minister, let him be pointed out.Public Works\u2014Increase, $50,521.Our court houses and gaols were in an incredible state of dilapidation We have repaired them, rebuilt the foundations, furnished them, etc.This has cost a great deal of money, it 18 true, but our court houses and gaols are in good order, clean, well furnished, etc.6.Agriculture\u2014Increase, $8,224, A single item will explain this increase.Our predecessors had given $5,000 for the exhibition at Sherbrooke ; we gave $12,000 for that in Quebec, which was a success in every way, worthy of the ancient capital, and one in which the fertile valley of St.Lake St.John appeared to advantage.This exhibition, solemnly inaugurated by Cardinal Tascherean with unusual eclat, produced the best results, Who can reproach us for this necessary and useful expenditure ?7.Distribution of the Municipal Coie \u2014J)ncrease, $5,000.This expenditure was incurred for the first time in order to distribute a work which is indispensible for those worthy people who, in our country places, render gratuitously and with admirable disinterested ness, services which are of the utmost value to the public an:l inaintain the municipal institutions, whicn are the groundwork of our public liberties.8.Aid to the Hull sufferers, $5,000.A disastrous tire had swept over that city, and we thought it was our duty to betp tbe victims.We did the same thing for St.Sauveur, where we spent $10,000, and for the disaster in Champlain street, for which we spent $500.1s there a single right-hearted man who will say that we were not right in doing so?9.Cost of collection\u2014Increase, $12,918.What would you have?When you make your employess work ; when you collect three-quarters of a milllion more; when you change a deficit into a surplus it costs you more.But this is only just, and all sensible men approve of it.Now that I have given these explanations, I appeal to all who are business men, who are reasonable men, and I ask: Who can blame us for this increased expenditure?I rely upon the judgment of honest men of both political parties, and I duso in all confidence.MALICE OR FOLLY.There are some persons who write in the newspapers or who say upon the hustings that our expenses for the year ending 30th June, 1858, have not been $3,365,082, as I have just stated, but $5,- 996,977, as would appear from the Public Accounts to those who know no better.And there are worthy Conservatives, it is even said that there are very good Liberals, who have been imposed upon by this ridiculous statement, confusing the payments with the expenditure.In fact this amount of $5,996,977 comprises the following amounts: New Parliament Buildings, con- [519 01 763 A Te) ) VA vocsnee 2.$ 25.000 New Court House, Quebec.,.210,00) Iron bridges.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.assssau0s \u2026 25,000 Protestant Insane Asylum.10,000 Special insurance deposit handed to Federal Government.\u201cee 32,765 Codification of the statutes.45,000 Railways, subsidies, etc., etc.662,215 Repayment of temporary loan êtes, 1,500,000 And there is an account of $2,631,945 of these ?Really, it is regrettable to have to take vp such absurdities and waste one\u2019s time in answering thew.EXPENDITURE OF 1888-1889 AND 1889-1890.But our opponents say that our expenditure for the current year (1889-1890) and the year ending the 30th June last (1883-1859) is much greater still than that for the year 1887-1888, of which I have just spoken.We admit that it is greater, but we consider it justified by circumstances.When the tims will come for explaining it, we will do 30 as succesrfully, we hope, and to the satis- facticn of reasonable people, in the same manner as I have just done for the year 1887-1588, the last year for which the Public Accounts are printed; those of 1888-1889 are being prepared, and thoss of 1889-1890 cannot, of course, be given until after the 30th June next.But ivissaid: \u201cYou have asked for those two years more than for the preceding ones, and consequently you will continue to increase the expenditure.\u201d This assertion is true, but it is not sufficiert to justify a condemnation.In the first place, we do not spend more than our revenues, since we had a surplus for the year ending the 30th June last, and we will also have one for the current year.Then, the increased expenditure is justfied both by the requirements of the public service and the works which have to be accomplished.Thus, for instance, we have raised some salaries in the departments and in the court houses.Well, this was indispensible, and I do pot hesitate to say so.There were good employees whose salaries had remained : tbe same since Confederation; advocates in the offices of the courts, appointed 30 years ago, active and laborious, who had only $800 and $900 ; workmen and laborers who received only 93 cents a day, yes 95 cents a day.It is incredible, but it is true.Was it not barbarous, purely and simply, to maintain such a state of things?And we now give £100,000 for iron bridges, $100,000 for colonization roads; we are getting a large map of the Province made which will cost £3,000; we are making maritime roads in Gaspesia and the Saguenay region which will cost over $30,000; we are having explorations made in the southern counties, from Richmond to Rim- ouski, which will cost over $40,000; we are having marshes and swamps drained, creeks and rivers deepened, 80 as to open up vast and fertile areas to caltivation; this will cost over $100,000; we have granted special and additional subsidies to schools, convents, colleges, hospitals, etc., for over $50,000; we give prizes for dairy echools, a new expense of at least $10,000 for the two years; we have raised the indemnity of members of the Legis- - lature to $800 and the salaries of the : Speakers to £3,000, an increase asked for by both parties, and amounting to over $20,000 per annum.Such are the details which are necessary under the circumstances, and which are calculated to remove many prejudices and calumnies, which I leave to the intelligent appreciation of the citizens of this country.INCREASE OF BUSINESS.A word, now, relative to the increase of business, in order to prove what I stated a moment ago, and to show the large amonut cf additional work we are doing.The following information on the sub- \u2014 ND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE TUESDAY.NOVEMBER 12 ject speaks for itself.It has been prepared with great care by the departmental heads, and indicates the difference between the old and the present regimen the Provincial Secretary\u2019s office there is, in 1859, as compared with 1536, an increase of two in the number of employees and of $2,129 in the total of the salaries; but the statement of the work done shows that the numb r of documents or records that have passed through the hauds of the statf has increased from 13,426 in 1886 to 41,521 in 1589, which makes an increase of 25,095 or more than 209 per cent., that is to say, that the wore has more than doubled, while the number and the salaries of the staff have remained about the same.In the Attorney-General's department, the number of the employees remains at seven as in 1886, and the total of the salaries has been increased to the extent of $712; but the work has nearly doubled ; the figures representing it are 2,854 for 1886 and 4,508 for 1589, or an increase of 08 per cent.The number of permanent employees and supernumeraries in the department of Public Works and Railways has been increased by three and the total of the salaries by $4,575.On the other hand, the work shows an increase of 50 per cent.or three or four times more than that of the employees and the salaries, 1t is, perhaps, weil to add that the number of permanent employees has been reduced by two, and that that of the supernumeraries will be also diminished.a8 BOON 48 we have got rid of the extra work imposed on ns by the settlement of old business, which we found almost in a state of chaos.ln the Department of Agriculture, Colonization and Immigration we have added two to the staff of permanent officers and supernumeraries; but we have also added tS per cent.more business, that js to say, that the work has more than doubled, The figures supplied by the Auditors\u2019 office are about the same for 1556 and 1559; but Mr.Drolet shows by his report that the business has greatly increased.The report furpished by tne Crown Lands department indicates an increases of fifteen in the staff and of $13,397.95 in the salaries and of 13,196 or 41 per cent.in the amount of the work; but the principal oflicers state that these figures are far from giving an exact idea of the real increage.Here is what is said on the subject by Mr.Rivard, head of the land sales branch, Eastern section : \u201c It is, perhaps, right to note that the \u2018reports and memoranda made for a \u2018 couple of years past in this section of \u2018\u201c the sales branch, are not only more \u201cnumerous, but the greater part of them ** much more voluminous than hereto- \u2018 fore, necessitating much more labor, \u201c study and research, etc, as, for in- \u201c stance, many reports on the Jesuits\u2019 \u201c Estates, others on beach lots, on certain \u201c properties of the seigniory of Lauzon, \u201c ke.\u201c It is also well to add that, undoubt- \u201cedly, owing to the great facility for \u2018travelling nowadays, we have, apart \u201cfrom the written correspondence, a \u201c good deal of business to transact verb- \u201cally with people who, instead of writ- \u201cing, prefer to come and do their busi- \u2018ness in person at the office; and to \u2018\u201c hear and answer them, considerable \u201ctime is taken up; so much so, in fact, \u201c that often this duty alone occapies one \u201cor two of the principal employees of \u201c the branch for whole days.\u201cThis does not appear in the above \u201c figure ; but should nevertheless be \u201ctaken into account at the same time, \u201cin order to ascertain the amount of \u201c work done in this branch of the Crown \u201c Lands Department,\u201d Mr.Lavoie, head of the Western section, makes the same remarks, and Mr.Gauvin, referring to the survey branch, observes : \u201c It must be noted that the figures of \u201c the above table only give an imperfect \u201c idea of the real amount of work done \u201cix the survey branch; the daily re- \u2018\u201c\u2019searches that have to be made in \u201cthe archives and the verbal infurma- \u201c tion of all kinds, given to the public, \u201crerresent a considerable quantity, in \u201cregard to whicu we have no precise * data.\u201d We have not yet been able to obtain from the Treasury, the Department of Public Instruction and the office of the Queen\u2019s Printer, the necessary information to institute a comparison between 1886 and 1859; but for the seven other departments\u2014those of the Secretary, Registrar, Attorney-General, Auditor, Crown Lands, Public Works, Agriculture and Colonization\u2014the data transmitted establish that if the number of employees, permanent and extra, has been increased only by 25 and their salaries by $26,453; the work has increasel in the proportion of 89,371 to 147,71S, which makes an increase of 55,347 or more than 65 per cent.Taking into account the additional work, which does not figure in these statements, it may be safely asserted that the work has almost doubled or has increased 100 per cent., while the number and the salaries of the staff bave only been increased by about 20 percent.If those who reproach us with having increased the expenses had remained in power, they would\u2014to perform the surplus work we have accomp- lished\u2014have increased the number of employees and the amount of their salaries three or four times more than we have done.Oue example is sufficient to show the whole difference between the two ad- miinistrations.According to the statement sunplied by Mr.Mackedie, the Accountant of the trown Lands Department, it appears that in 1586 the gross receipts of that department were $630,475 and the gross exp~nditure $130,000 or 21 per cent.of the receipts.In 1859 the grosa receipts bad increased to $1,065,199 and the expenditure to $211,700 or 20 per cent.of the receipts.That is to say that, while increasing the receipts by $434,724 or about 69 per cent., we have reduced the percentage of the expenditure by 1 per cent.The same may be said with regard to pearly all the other branches of the nab- lic service.With a bad faith unworthy of a self-respecting party, the Opposition are making a great outcry about the pretended increase of the expenses, but take good care not to say a word about the increase of business and revenue necessitating the additional expenditure, If we had wished to imitate their example and give up the public domain to pillage, we might have saved ourselves from certain expenses; but we deemed it to be our duty to put an end to this system of brigandage and, in expending 213,997 More than in 1886 for the admin- stration of the publie domain, we have found means to make it yield an additional revenue of $434,724 and to bring up the receipts to $1,065,199 in 1889 ag coinpared with £630,475 in 1886.EMPLOYMENT OF THE LAST LOAN.With a display of bad faith which murt Le sincerely regretted, our opponents are spreading all sorts of rumors, calculated to injure the Province, make all sorts of charges to create a dangerous feeling of uneasiness in the public mind and maliciously allege with a full knowledge that the statement is false, that we bave no longer a cent, that the Treasury is empty, and that we are obliged to borrow from day to day, like people who live by their wits, to meet the obligations of the public service.It is hypocritically added, as something abominable, that the amouat of the Juan of 1588 is all expended.; Let us at once deal with this abominable thing.The Act sanctioned on the 1Sth May, 1887, 50 Vict., chap.3, authorized us io borrow three millions and a half at 4 per cent.to pay off the floating debt., Now, what was that floating debt?It is down in black and white as follovs in the law : a.For temporary loans and trust funds.ore, senssacsonr vu $ 729,277 76 b.¥or unpaid warrants.su.16,15 78 ¢.For balance upon subsidies granted to ertain plailway companies fore the year Ve crease re 579,782 5 d.For payment of the first 35 cents of sub- - sidiesin money.$1,084,328 30 And also, for the payment of the first 35 cents of the same subsidies, to be converted into money subsidies., 464,100 W The whole under the Act 49-50 Vice toria, chapter 77, 1886.\u2018 For payment of the work to be performed on the Legislative buildings and the Court House al Quebec upon which the sun of $160,000 was then due.J.For balances due upon purchase ot lands and other debts admitted in connection with the Q.M.O.& u.Railway.y.For a similar amount to be re- inibursed to the sinking fund by law established and lost by the deposit in the Exchange Bank I.lor the estimated deficiency in the ordinary revenue of the current year 1.83-1887.1,518,428 50 427,937 06 61,070 00 27,000 00 370,842 06 Whereas, on the 3ist January, 1887, these various sums amounted to the sum of three millions, seven hundred and sixty- three thousand, four hundred and thirty-four-dollars and thirty-twocents.3,768,434 32 Whereas, in addition to the said sum, the following sums are required for the public service, in addition to the ordinary expenditure :\u2014 i.Forenlarging the CourtHouse, Montreal.k.For encouraging the building of iron bridges in municipali- 16 CPP TO EE 25,000 00 1.Yor the payment of part of the expenses of the exploration recommended by the Legislative Assembly on the lith June, 1886, for the counties of Dorchester, Levis,Bellechasse, Montmagny, Kamouraska, Temuiscouata, Lotbiniere, Me- gantic, Arthabaska and 0) CRE m For the amountof the additional supplementary estimates for the current year 1886-87 230,000 00 10,003 00 39,190 57 Whereas these last «ums amount.to the sum of two hundred and scventy-four thousand one hundred and ninety dol- larsand fifty-seven cents .And, with the said sum of three millions seven hundred and sixty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-four doi- lars and thirty-two cents.Form a grand total of four millions and thirty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty- four dollars and eighty-nine CENÎS.cov cesssssccou sonc00 0.D 4,037,624 89 Whereas there were in addition, on the 31st January, 1887, contested claims against the Government of the Province for a very large amount; Whereas the Province has certain claims to set off against tue above, but it 18 impossible, owing to their nature and circumstances, to establish even approximately the sum that may be collected ; Whereas it isin ti:e public interest that such floating debt should be settled, and the Government be placed in a position to meet all the lawful claims against the Province; The loan of three millions and a half was thus authorized to pay off four millions of floating deot; remark well, not for anything eise.The loan was effected on very advan- Sageous terms, und produced $3,378,- 332.50.What have we done with this amount?It is really horrible, and Iam afraid to tell you.We have paid off that much of the floating debt mentioned in the Statute.Is not that something abominable ?You will find all these details in Mr.Shebyu\u2019s admirable speech of last session.And to think that the Opposition bas allowed this guilty minister to leave for Europe Without having him arresied on a capias! he who has expended all the proceeds of tha loan of 1888 for the objects specified in the law, as he was bound to do.Frankly speaking, this is shocking, and honest people should be dismayed at the spectacle of a treasurer departing from the traditions of his predecessors and honestly applying the proceeds of a loan to the purposes for which it was destined ! And destined by the law itself.A word now relative to the first charge, that \u2018\u201cwe bave not a cent in the treasury and are living by loans.\u201d In the first place, I hasten to inform you that we have not borrowed one cent since 1888, that is to say, since the three millions and a half loan from the Credit Lyonnais.Not even one cent of temporary loans; note the fact well ! And yet we paid yesterday in this city $400,000 on the indemnity for the Jesuits\u2019 Estates! And we have asked nobody to lend us a cent for the purpose.Really, is nct this annoying to our adversaries! To think that we have not been obliged to borrow in order to please them and bear out their false and unjust charges! But from all sides comes the cry, you are giving letters ot credit because you have no more money.Another falsenood, gentlemen ! 1 admit tbat there have been several letters issued by the departments, promising to have certain amounts voted next session ; but they have been given, not because there was no more money in the chest, but simply because there were no credits to warrant such expenditure.And credit here means «ppro- priation by the Legislature\u2014no payment being permissible without a vote of credit by the Legislature or without a special warrant issued in such cases.All these charges are false, lying, concocted to injure the Government, and wafted about on the wing of wicked and anti-patriotic calumny for the purpose of alarming the public and obtaining an ephemeral party success.I affirm here, before the distinguished men by whom I am surrounded and who are my judges; 1 affirm before the people whom I respect and whom I do not want to deceive, that there is not one word of truth in all these stories, that the salaries of the public officers are paid regularly and that the interest service of the debt is being attended to according to the requirements of the law, tc the satisfaction of our creditors and to the honor of the province.Let our opponents continue their outcry if they piease; that is their business.But they will not be believed; my word will be accepted by the reasonable people in both parties.OUR SURPLUSES, We bave not only used tke proceeds of the loan to pay off debts or obligations 274,19) 57 3,793,134 32 contracted by our predecessors, but we also have applied to the same purpose a part of the surpluses which we have realized since 1887.1 need not tell yon that these surpluses are far from bei soothing to our friends of the Opposition, who are giving themselves an intinity of trouble to muddle matters and to deny 80 obvious a fact.Yet the question is verv simple.Between the lst February, 1857, aud the 31st December, 1858, were paid out on capital account $4,361,401.49, and we recely- ed on the same account during those 23 months, only $3.925,389.10.We thus aid $456,062.39 more than we received.bence did we take this money?Simply out of the excess of the ordinary receipts over the ordinary expenses; no sensible person with the slightes notion of business and of accounts can dispute a fact so clear Bad as we are represented, we are not wizards ; we do not deal in magic, and as there were no other resources from which we could take to meet those $456,062.39 of excess of paymente on capital account, it must necessarily be admitted that we took this sum from the excess of receipts realized on the ordinary operations.This is not all.On the 31st December, 1588, we had on hand, in addition to the moneys intended for the railway companies, a sum of $263,018.38.Add this sum to the $456,062.39 just mentioned, and the conclusion is inevitable that during those twenty-three months we realized in the ordinary operations ex- cesees of receipts amounting in the aggregate to $718,080.77.As will be seen, the situation is not exactly desperate, and if those gentlemen of the Opposition are making sach a row about the condition of our finances, it ig simply for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of the public and to prevent it from seeing cleariy a state of things as.glorious for us as it 18 crushing for them, Instead of the deficits which were the outcome of all their budgets, ours show surpluses which enable us to pay off these debts and, in addition, to put.money aside.It seems to me that I would be wanting in my duty and cause you a legitimate disappointment if I did not refer to the auestion of the Jesuits\u2019 Estates, not to defend myself for having settled it\u2014 for a good action needs no defence\u2014but to give you some explanations as to certain details and to reply to the deplorable assertions made by Hon.Mr.Chap- lean, at St.Hilaire, in September last.I went to Rome in 1888 expressly to settle this thorny, delicate and difficult question.And I succeeded, thanks to tbe broad-mindedness of His Holiness Leo XII1., to the prudence of His Eminence Cardinal Taschereau, and to the skill of the Very Reverend Father Tar- geon, rector of St.Mary\u2019s College, Montreal.We have settled this question, not in order to favour our party, but to carry out a great principle; the _restoration of stolen property.My colleagues and myself have always believed, and we still believe, that kings have no more right than private citizens to steal, and that there is no more justification for taking the property of a Jesuit than for taking that of a Protestant.We therefore decided to make restitution in the shape of compensation, and we easily came to an agreement on the subject.Now that the transaction is closed, that.this grave difficuity bas been smoothed over, we are told that we should not Lave settled, that we have paid too much, and that we did wrong in mixing up the name of the Pope with the transaction, Let us settle these three points.1.We did wrong in settling.This contention is very ucfair.We might have disputed the rigbts of the: Catholic Church to these estates.Rightly or wrongly, it claimed to be the proprietor of them ; and our opponents, Protestant and Catholic, may say that we chould have contested those rights and refused to settle.Although dishonest from my point of view, this position would have been at least logical.But it is only the Protestants who say this.All Catholics admit that it was ur duty to submit and settle.Ibert re, for the Catholics, the ques- ion becomes only one of figures; the rinciple of restitution, in the form of ompensation being admitted, there re- nizius but one detail\u2014that ot the quan- une, This is acknowledged on all hands, and Mr.Chapleau proclaimed it very openly at St.Hilaire.It is even a point touglit to be made against us.We have been told: ** You have no merit in this matter ; you Lave only carried out what we agreed to carry out.\u201d We shall examine this point presently; but let us note well, in the first place, that a settlement had to be made.Hon.Mr.Chapleau himself affirms it.Here are his own words, taker from the Montreal Gazette of tte 7tk September last :\u2014 \u201c Mr.Mercier said: Ihave only completed what was begun by Mr.Uhapleau and continued by Mr.Ross.Yes, I had not only begun, but had almost completed the settioment of this vexed question when I left office.\u201d Thus Mr.Chapleau boasts of having aimost settled the difficulty.The word almost is ingenuous, but it is conclusive for me.How can Mr.Chapleau\u2019s friends, the Orangemen, make it a crime for me in principle to have made this settlement and not do the same to Mr.Chapleau?But there is more than this; this declaration of Mr.Chapleau\u2019s, which, in ordinary cases, might have passed for a piece of bluster, for one of those humbugs of the hustings with which he is familiar, is true, not because he says it, but because others have said it before him.When Hon.Mr.Ouimet was Premier he wrote to Cardinal Antonelli as foliows :\u2014 \u201cWhatever may happen concerning this question, I must dectare to Your Eminence that it is the firm intention of the Government to not treat this question with the Revd.Jesuit Fathers, but solely with the Archbishop of Quebec, whose prudence and wisdom inspire the Government with the fullest confidence,\u2019\u201d Thus Mr.Ouimet consented to treat this question, but not with the Jesuits, and solely with the Archbishop of Que- ec.The principle was therefore admitted.On the 9th October, 1876, the Bishops of the Province wrote as follows : \u201cAlready, on several occasions, the bishops, clergy and Catholics of this province have protested against the usurpation of the estates belonging, in this province, to the order of the Jesuits at the time of its suppression during the last century.At the same time they revendicated the possession and ownership thereof as estates destined for purposes within the exclusive domain of the Catholic Chureh, according to the express and sacred will of the numerous benefaclors, all Catholics, of the order as established in Canada.Having learned that the ground on which the Jesuit College at Quebec was built « about to be shortly put to sale by the Go- xernment of this province, we, the arch i ishop and bishops of the province of Quebee, elieve that it is our duty to renew, and we do hereby renew the aforesaid protests and revendications of the said estates, and in particular of the ground in question.\u201d Later, the Abbe Brichet, one of the most distinguished members of the clergy in Rome who have had to do with the affair, wrote to the General of the Jesuits = \u201c His Grace the Archbishop (of Quebec) hopes to obtain them [the estates] easily 108 his university.\u201d On the 11th October, 1884, the Arcb- bishop of Tyr, Secretary of the Propaganda, sent a letter to the General of the Jesuits, in which he said .\u201cThe undersigned, Secretary of the Holy OEM CE ON EE 7 es PV EE er ® a - ~ C1 ictRERy ROAD TOR 2 PO 50 _ =\" 0e THE MONTREAL regation of the Propaganda, deems it Sone ty to cominunicate to you the final decision of the Holy Father on the head of the estates which your worthy company former ¥ possessed in Canada, and which the governnient now wishes to restore to the church.\u201d On the Sth April, 1885, Mgr.Tasche- reau again demanded the restitution of these estates from Hon.Mr.Ross, then Premier, who replied as follows : « If His llonor the Lieutenant-Gover.* por in Council decides to reopen and + reconsider this question of the Jesuits\u2019 « Estates, I shall not fail to inform Your * Grace and the Rev.Jesuit Fathers, in + order that, with your concurrence and \u201c theirs, he may, if need be, propose to \u2018tbe Legislature a measure wbich shall \u201c gettle this question in a satisfactory \u201c and final manner.\u201d Thus, there can be no manner of doubt, the question was settled in principle.Only two things were needed to complete the transaction: 1.To have had the necessary courage and to defy the Orangemen.; 2.To fix the figure of the indemnity.This is exactly what our opponents did not dare to do.Secretly they said to the religions autborities: \u2018\u201c\u201c\\e are ready to settle ; but publicly, through fear of the Orangemen, they did not dare to settle.See how this poltroonery is evident from the wording of a document already i cited : ; i .i The Jesuits will get nothing, and in \u201c vain and to the great injury of religio \u201c will fanaticism and prejudice have bee \u2018 excited in a question in which the pas * sions are 80 easily sroused.\u201d .And note how the cowardly and un derhand policy of our opponents wa outlined at Rome : .\u201c The Protestant portion of the mem \u201c bers\u2014says a document in Rome\u2014are \u201c too bostile to the Jesuits to consent tu \u201c this restitution.This point is clear to \u201call who know the men and state of \u201cthings.Directly, the company has no \u201c chance of getting back possession of \u201cthese estates.Nevertheless, Monseig- \u201c nor understands that it is right that \u201c the ccm pany should have & good share \u201con their acquisition.He will undertake \u201c quite secretly to pay to the company \u201c the sum of 500,000 francs.\u201d There cannot be any reasonable doubt -on this point\u2014the settlement was decided in principle, and, if they had not been afraid ef the Orangemen, that settlement would have taken place.The Jesuits were in appearance, to get nothing, for fear of annoying the Protestants, but there was quite a disposition to give them 500,000 francs secretly.It was doubtless to carry out the same idea and to avoid always giving offence to the Protestants that Mr.Chapleau, who, nevertheless had been mixed up with the whole affair, said at St.Hilaire : (Montreal Gazette of 7th September last) : \u201cYes, 1 had not -only began, but had almost completed the settlement of this vexed question when I left office, but not in a manner to irritate the sensibilities of those who differ from us.The fact is the estates did not belong to the Jesuits and it was a misnomer to call them the Jesuits\u2019 states.His Eminence Cardinal -Simeoni, Prefect of the Propaganda, said there was nothing which belonged to the Jesuits, but there was something which might belong to the Church.When the Jesuit Order was abolished by the Pope, their property was religious property that belonged tothe Church generally, and under ecclesiastical law when a property belongs to the Church, the diocesan bishops dispose of it for the public good and, in this way, all the public would benefit by it.The Church pretended to have rights in the property.What did we wish to do with it?e desired to dispose of il in grants in favor of superior education, .,\u201d Therefore, I have a right to conclude that we, Catholics, are all agreed on the question of the principle of the settlement, and that the only difficulty is to know whether it is opportune to apply this principle openly, honestly and frankly.; ] Our opponents, according to their usual policy, wished to take the crooked, secret and hypocritical Way, in order not to ruffle the sensibilities of their Orange allies.We preferred to follow the open, honest and frank way, and we decided to do justice, and to restore the stolen estates, without hope of favors from the religious authorities, but also without fear of the fanaticism of the Orangemen.2.We have paid too much, ; This reproach is simply stupid.Mr.Chapleau, who allows it to be made, and, perhaps, even inspires it, knows well how the matter stands.He had fixed the figure himself.I affirm this knowingly and am prepared to rove the fact.He had fixed at £500,000 the share of the Catholics in these estates.We only pay $400,000, Moreover, all reasonable people know that this last figure is not excessive.It is the one which appears to have been formerly fixed here, under Mr.Ouimet\u2019s Government, for the Abbe Bri- chet said in the document already cited : \u201cThe Government of Canada retains \u201cthe estates formerly belongtng to the \u201c old company.Thev may be valued at \u201ctwo million of francs.\"\u201d Now, two millions of francs make $400,000.This figure seems all the more reasonable, thut Father Turgeon, representing the Holy Father and the Jesuits, claimed $900,000 for a single property, in his letter of tne 20th May, 1888, and the whole of the estates in question are valned by Mr.Rivard, the superintendent of the Jesuits\u2019 Estates, in a report which he made to me on the 1st May, 1885, at s1,- 603,203, On his part, Mr.Varin, another agent of those estates, in a report of the \u201c2nd May, 1860, mentioned in an order-in- Council, of the 1st October, 1860, estimates their value at £277,817.As regards the annual revenues from these estates, without counting casuals from the sale of timber, of unconceded lands, &c., &e.Mr.Rivard, in a report of 1873, (Report of Crown Lands Commissioner for 1873), places them at $20,- 617.33, which at 4 per cent.interest, represented, at that time, a larger capital than we bave paid.On the 4th June,188S, I wrote to Father urgeon :\u2014 \u201cSeeing the difficulties surrounding \u201c the settlement of this question and the \u201csituation of the province, we are oblig- \u201ced with regret to say that we cannot \u201c offer vou more than F400,060.\u201cTo arrive at this figure we do not take as a basis the intrinsic value of \u201c property, as the religious authorities \u201clong ago abandoned the claim for a re- * stitution in kind, and invariably limite \u201ced their claim to a compensation.\u201cThe amount of this compensation Was even indicated by the religious authorities of this country, at Rome, which authorities on several occasions : declared theiselves wiiling to accept * $400,000 OU.\u201cIt is thercfore impossible for us to exceed that sum\u2014\"\u2019 Therefore, under these circumstances, With all these facts and according to all these documents, I aw warranted in as- Serting that the amount paid is not excessive, that it is reasonable and that, Consequently, the charge made against US of having paid too much is unfounded and should be rejected.3.Ve did wrong in mixing up the naine Of te Pope with this transaction.This charge is a very strange one; Still, there is nothing to surprise us ia it, Bince it emanates from the Orangemen and Mr.Chapleau.A queer association, 1S it Lot?1t is nevertueless à very nat- « \u201c « es ural one, and quite in narmony with tue traditions of the Bleus.Firstly, could we have settled this af- | fair without the intervention of the Pope and without mixing his name up with the whole of this transaction ?For a Catholic the question is aa easy one to answer, for it is an elemantary principle, in ecclesiastical law, that the property of abolished religious orders belongs to theUniversal Church, and that the Pope may dispose of them.This is, moreover, unmistakeably stated in tne pontifical documents relating to this question of the Jesuits\u2019 Estates, and the present Pope would never have cunsent- ed to the settlement of the question unless he remained absolute master of the distribution of the amount of the compensation.; Moreover, Mr.Chapleau himself stated 80 at St.Hilaire in the words I have quoted just now.Let us hear him: \u201cThe fact is, the estates did not belong to the Jesuits.His Eminence Cardinal Simeoni, prefect of the propaganda, said there was nothing that belonged to the Jesuits, but there was something which might belong to the Church.When the Jesuit order was abolished by the Pope, their property was religious property that belonged to the Church, and under ecclesiastical law, when a property belongs to the Church, the diocesan bishops dispose of it for the public good, and in this way all the public would benefit by it.The Church pretended to bave rights to this property.\u201d Mr.Chapleau admits, therefore, that this property belonged to the Church, but he pretends that the bishops should bave disposed of it.This is a grave error.The bishops could dispose ot it only with the Pope\u2019s permission and in the manner indicated by him.From the moment these principles are admitted, the accusation falls of itself.In fact, 8.nce these estates became the property of the Universal Church, and the Pope alone could dispose of it, he alone could distribute the moneys granted as compensation therefor.Consequently, why should we be reproached for bringing the Pope into the matter?We could not settle without him; we could not distribute the money without him; therefore we had to go to the Pope, and I did go tp bim, with the result which is known to all, that is, with success.Moreover, if it be a crime for me to bave gone to Rome to settle this question, 1t is also a crime for Mr.Chapleau to have gone there.He has said himself that he went to Rome to settle this matter; it was therefore because he knew he could not settle without the intervention of Rome.Now, what is Rome?For us, and from a religious point of view, itis the Pope.Unless Mr.Chap- leau hoped to have settled this matter with King Humbert, for there are two sovereigns in Rome, one a lawful one whom we acknowledge, the Pope; the other an unlawful one whom we do not acknowledge, King Humbert.To which of these two was Mr.Chapleau to apply ?As for myself, there can be no doubt, I applied to the Pope, since that is the crime I am accused of.But Ido not wish to fatigue you any more with this question, which I will settle in a few words.Mr.Chapleau\u2019s accusation pained me to such an extent that I deemed it my duty to write the following letter to His Eminence Cardinal Taschereau :\u2014 PREMIER'S OFFICE, ?OVINCE OF QUEBEC, Quebec, 25th Oct., 1889.$ YOUR EMINENCE,\u2014 I respectfully ask permission to put the following questions to Your Eminence, and to ask you to answer them officially :\u2014 1.Was it possible, in Your Eminence\u2019s opinion, to settle the question of the Jesuits\u2019 Estates without having the distribution of the amount granted as conipensation to the exclusive and entire discretion of the Sovereign Pontitt?2.Is there, to your knowledge, any document or anything which might lead one to believe that the Sovereign Pontift would have consented to the settlement taking place without his having absolute control of such distribution ?\u2018With the assurance of most profound respect, I remain, Your Eminence, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) HoNORE MERCIER.To His Eminence Cardinal Taschereau, Quebec.The following is His Eminence\u2019s reply :\u2014 ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE, QUEBEC, } 28th October, 1339.¢ Mon.H.Mercier, Premier of the Province of Quebec :\u2014 SIR,\u2014In your letter of the 25th instant you ask me to reply officially to the two following questions: 1.Was it possible in Your Eminence\u2019s opinion to settle the question of the Jesuits\u2019 Estates without having the distribution of the amount granted as compensation to the exclusive And entire discretion of the Sovereign rontiff?2.Is there, 10 your knowledge, any document or anything which might lead one to believe that the Sovereign Pontiff would have consented to the settlement taking place without his having absolute control of such distribution ?To the first I answer : No ; unless the Pope had consented thereto.Tothe second question : No; tomy knowledge there is no document or anything which might have led me to believe that the Sovereign Pontiff would have consented with the settlement taking place without his having absolute control of such distribution.And even if there had been any before 1883, the letter of His Eminence Cardinal Simeoni of the 27th March, 188 (see statutes of 1883), is quite clear and formal on the subject.I remain, Mr.Premier, &c., E.A.CARDINAL TASCHEREAU, Archbishop of Quebec.(Signed,) This point is therefore settled to the confusion of our enemies, to the confusion of Mr.Chapleau.He claime that he could have settled the question with the Archbishop; that is to say, that the distribution of the amount granted would not have been made by the Pope.The Archbishop is His Eminence, Cardinal Taschereau.Now, the letter wbich I have just read formally contradicts this assertion, and shows that that question could not be seitled without passing through the Pope, that is to say, without the Pope distributing the amount.Why discuss any further ?AU I might add would be useless; my thesis is proved and that of Mr.Chapleau is disproved.As to the Orangemen who support him, I have nothing to do with them.They are our natural enemies, the enemies of the French-Canadians, the enemies of the Catholics and, above all, the enemies of the Pope.They had to condemn me with reference to this transaction, not only as regards the form, not only as to the fact of bringing the Pope\u2019s name into the transaction, of leaving the distribution to him, but also and, above all, as regards the merits and the settlement itself, By condemning me the Orangemen are consistent, they are faithful to their traditions, and I would have been grieved, I might say insulted, if they bad not honored me with their condemnation in this connection.THE PROTESTANT MINORITY.Some evil disposed persons have wished to take advantage of the settlement ot the Jesuits\u2019 Istates to raise prejudices against the majority in this province, hy accusing them of being unjust towards the Protestant minority, and have pretended, quite falsely, that the said minority were ill-treated and had not the full exercise of their rights.The rights of a minority may be considered from four points of view :\u2014 HERALD 1.The religious point of view.2.The civil point of view.3.The educational point of view.4.The political point of view.Assuredly it cannot be contended that the Protestant'minority does uot exercise avd does not successfully claim their Tights in this Province from a religious, political and civil point of view.0 One can say that the Catholics prevent the Protestants from practicing their religion as freely as they do themselves, There are Protestant Churches everywhere, even in the centres which are, [ might say, exclusively Catholic; and we have yet to learn of the slightest insult being offered to Protestant congregations when they wish to meet.As to political and civil rights they are consigned in our codes and our constitution, and it has never occurred to anyone to say that the Protestants had any reason to complain in this respect.As to educational rights, it is but just to state the case exactly as it stands so as to remove any doubts which may exist in this connection.But before doing s0, let us state that the law declares both languages, French and English, official, that practically all our public documents are printed in both languages, that both are spoken in the Legislature and very often we, the French-Canadian members, reply in Eag- lish to speeches made in English by our coileagues of another origin and we ea- deavor, in every respect, to render them every possible service, so as to remove any pretext of ¢ mplaint.The same is done in our courts of justice, where, frequently, French-Canadian advocates plead in English, through courtesy for their colieagues of a different origin, and although we are not obliged to do so, whenever in our departments we have to write to an English- speaking person, we do so in his own language.This is an invariable rule, and I do not think there are any exceptions, or if there are, they are so few that it would not be reasonable to take them into account.As to the question of education, I do not think there is a minority better treated than that of the Province of Quebec in this respect, and as I do not wish my own evidence to be accepted, I have taken care to obtain that of Rev.Mr.Rexford, the Protestant Secratary of the Council of Public Instruction.The following is the letter he has written me in answer to mine.This reply 1s complete, and will settle in a definite manner the question I am speaking of .DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, ?1077-89.Quebec, 9th July, 1839.§ The Honourable the Premier of the Province af Quebec : MY DEAR SIR,\u2014 I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th June ulvimo, containing questions concerning the Protestant Schools of the Province of Quebec, and I beg leave to submit the following s'atements in repty thereto : Question 1.What is the status of the Protestant and separate schools of the Province of Quebec\u201d?Answer.The Protestant schools of the Province of Quebec ave either schools of the majority of the municipality in which they are situated, under the control of five School Commissioners, or they are the dissentient schools of the minority in the municipality under three School Trustees.Of such schools there are in the Province 916 elementary schools, 38 model schools and 19 academies, making a total of nearly one thousand schools, with an attendance of 54,440 pupils.These schools sufter in many instances from the thinly settled dissentient sections upon which they depend for support, but they enjoy all the rights and privileges of the schools of the majority in the province in reference to school regulations, text-books, courses of study and qualifications of teachers, and in this last respect they are perhaps somewhat in advance of some of the schools of the majority of the province.In fact the Protestant Committee having a smaller number of schools under its control has been able to introduce from time to time measures for the improvement of the Protestant schools before they have been provided for the Roman Catholic schools ot the province.Question 2.Please glve me a synopsis of the law on this matter and the rights of the Protestants to obtain separate schools in this province?Answer.The province is divided for school purposes into sections called school municipalities.The schools of these municipalities are under the directions of five commissioners elected by the ratepayers.If the inhabitants of the municipality are chiefly Protestant the schools of the municipality are conducted in accordance with the regulations of the Protestant Committee in reference to course of study, text-books, teachers, etc.If the Protestants ate in the minority ina municipality and are not satisfied with the management of the schools they have the right to dissent and notify the School Commissioners that they, or any number of them, dissent.They then elect three trustees for the management of their dissentient schools.Such dissentient schools have all the rights and privileges of the schools of the majority in the municipality with one exception, namely, the dissentient trustees cannot levy school taxes upon incorporated companies.This power rests with the School Commissioners of cach municipality, who are held to pay over to the trustees a share of the taxes upon incorporated companies proportionate to the number of pupils attending their respective schools.In other respects the Dis- sentient Schools\u2019 Trustees have the same powers as School Commissionersin reference to the schools under their control.If the dissentients of one municipality are too weak to support a school they may unite with an adjoining municipality of their own faith in supporting schools.Any head of & family, living in a municipality having no dissentient tchool, may [1} if he belongs to the minority, [2] and have children of school age, and [3] if he lives within three miles of a School of hisown faith in another municipality, pay his taxes in support of that school and send his children toit.The person belonging to the religious minority may at any tune become a dissentient by giving the prescribed notices, but he is liable to the ordinary taxes imposed by the School Commissioners for the then current year, and for his pro rate share of the existing debts ofthe school corporation.In the case of à formation of a new municipality, however, if the notice of dissent is served within a month atter the organization of the municipality, the dissentients are not subject to any taxes imposed by the School Commissioners.When the minority ina municipality dissents they are entitled to receive a share of the school property of the school corporation from which they dissent; this share is determined pro rata according to the amount of taxable property represented by the dissent- ients, the Protestant schools whether dissent- ient or under School Commissioners, are under the supervision of the Protestant Committee of the Council of Public Instruction, which is composed at present of ten mem bers appointed by the Government, tive members appointed by the Committee itself and one member elected by the Provincial Associa- ; Lion of Protestant teachers of the province.This committee is empowered to make regulations for Proiestant schools, concerning normal schools, boards ot examiners\u2019 schools inspectors, text books, and also con- cernirg the prspnization Government and ! 1 discipline of Protestant schools and the classi- lication of schools and teachers.The MeGiil Normal school trains, under the regulations of this committee, teachers for the non- Roman Catholic section of the province, The Protestant Central Boar ers, acting under the regulation of the Committee, has, alone, the power to grant diplomas valid for teaching in Protestant schools.Five regular inspectors and three partial inspectors, appointed upon the recommendation of the Protestant Committee, inspect the Protestant schools of the province.Question 3.\u2014 Please give the number of Pro- tesiant and soparate schools in this proviuce with the amount of money given Lo them by the Government.Answer 1\u2014There are about one thonsand Protestant schools in the province.2, The Government grant for elementary education 18 $160.000.This sum is distributed among the school municipalities of the province in Proportion to their total population accord- ng Lo the last census.In each municipality, where there are dissentient schools undèr trustees, the share of the grant to the municipality, according to population, is divided : between the school coimmissioners and the dissentients trustees, in proportion to the number of children attending their respective tchools.As this grant is divided, first according to population, and subsequently, where dissentient schools exist.according Lo the variable school attendance, it is impossi- bie to étate the exact amount of the grant received by Protestant ~chools.It is evident, however, that these schools receive, approximately, according to Population, er about onc seventh of the total gran of $164,000, Question 4.\u2014Could of the universities, colleges, model schools, that receive grants from the Government and the amount given to each of them ?Auswer.\u2014The following is a 1ist of the Pro- testaut institutions of superior education, ot Examin- Ï i | | i You give me the names together with the grant made to them for the ear ending 50th June, 1333, (rom the superior Jducation funds fone.153, ve }L.\u2014THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.1.From the Marriage License Foes: McGill Universit socvscene 200000 290 Morrin Colle, 0.Cees core University of Bishop's College.1.25) $ 5.000 5, 2 From Superior Education Fund : McGill Universit 1,630 Morrin Coll ee.\u201d $ 500 Su Francois Colle 1,000 University of Bishop \u2026 1,000 \u2014 8 4,1 II.\u2014H1GHE SCHOOLS, High School, Quebec.BLS High school, Montreal.viene 1,185 \u2014_\u2014 $247 IL\u2014ACADENIES.Coaticook .cere.we.$500 Huntingdor .575 \u2018Waterloo .575 Lachute.45 sherbrooke 373 Inverness., 30 Cote St.Autoine.30 Dunham.250 Shawville 250 GIanbY La 0 250 st.Johns.eerie 20 Clarenceviile \u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.20 Three Rivers .225 Cowansvllle, , .150 Bedford.150 Lacolie.\u2026 10 Knowlton.,.pees 100 uebec High Schcol (Giris).20 Montreal High School (Girls) 200 Compton Ladies\u2019 College.235 Stanstead W.College.40) $ 6,075 Clarendon.Cookshire .Mansonville .LeedBseace cans, Hemmingford.Waterville.\u2026.Ulverton .Richmond.Berthier.Como.\u2026\u2026.Frelighsburg.,.,,.\"70 .Farnham.,.Grenville .Magog.Marbleton .Mystic.Rawdon Sorel.sacnuee St.Sylvestre.Stanbridge.,, Valleyfield.Warden .Paspebiac .,., Gaspe Basin.,.New Richmond.The amount of the foregoing grants ($20,513) is provided for as follows :\u2014 The Protestant share ot the superior education grant, according to population.saree \u2026\u2026\u2026.$ 9,700 Special grant to High Schools .:1,.2 2470 Interest on marriage license fund.1,400 Sums arising from the celebration of marriages by Protestant ministers.7,410 Balance irom last year's grants., 565 je) \u20ac) RE $21,515 Deduct fixed charges.\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.L000 Total amount available for distribu- ton viii iii iain.$21,545 Question 5\u2014Could you give me the number of tbe English-speaking Protestant population in this Province ?Answer\u2014I have no means of ascertaining the number of the English-speaking Protest ant population of the Province as distinct from the Protestant population speaking other languages.According to the last census there were in the Province :- Roman Catholics.1,170,713 Protestants.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026.FU , Neutral.saccsres susscu0 4,319 Total.13594027 I have the honor to be, Dear 8ir, Your obedient servant, [Signed] ELSoN I.REXFORD, Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction, True Copy.[Bigned] ELsoN I.REXFORD, Secretary.This is how the Protestant minority are treated in this province.I do not speak of electoral districts where the majority are French and Catholic and return Protestant members ; I do not speak of the large numbers of English Protestants whom we have appointed to the Legislative Council to represent electoral districts in which there are hardly any English Protestants ; I do not speak of the great number of English Protestants who receive splendid salaries and are treated by us as if they were French-Canadians and Catholics.No, I do no speak of all this, for it is not right to boast of being just.Itis only a matter of regret that our enemies should accuse us of injustice when we are not in any way deserving of the accusation.Let it be known, once for all, that the Protestant minority in this Province are well, generously and libsrally treated, and that there is no country in the world where the majority have less religious and national prejudices than in the Province of Quebec, The letter of Rev.Mr.Rexford shows the situation; let us hope it will have a salutary effect in other provinces, where they seem disposed to forget the laws of justice by threatening the minority with the loss of the rights which they enjoy here.Only\u2014I wish to be permitted to say that a minority have no rights on account of their nationality and religion; they have rights because they are a minority; the Protestants have'as many rights as the Catholics; the English, Irish and Scotch as the French-Cana- dians, but the French have as many as the English, Irish and Scotch; and what is allowed the one, in Canada, must be allowed the others; what is refused to the one must be refused to the others.Let us hope that these principles will never be denied, and that we will not be called upon in any of our provinces to have recourse to reprisals and to remind the majority who wish to be unjust that there is a minority who require protec.tection.CONCLUSION.Gentlemen, this is what I had to say to you.I think I have answered in a satisfactory manner the charges brought against the Government.I will stop there, although I would have much more to tell you.In conclusion, allow me to ask you not to forget that we have formed the national party, with your consent, with your support, with the consent and support of all the Liberals in the Province of Quebec; that this party is the result of an honorable alliance, and has enabled me to form the present Government, which, at its inception, was called vational, has since remained national, and will remain national as long as I am at its head.This means that we have broken away from the old party bonds, that we have .renounced certain traditions considered as dangerous and certain ideas condemned by respected authorities, in order to assert a new programme sufficiently liberal to secure the public prosperity, but also sufficiently conservative not to disquiet good citizens, This programme will be respected, this Government will be maintained, and this party will live under these conditions and no others.I rely upon all honest men to assist we in keeping this promise and in having this decision respected.\u2014 RHEUMATISM and catarrb, caused by impoverished blood, cured by Ayers _ Sarsaparilla.AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE: 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NERVE RESTORER fof oll BRAN & Nuzve DWEAISS.Only sure cure.for Nerve Affections, tony Jpileres, oe, INPALLIBLE {f takom ae directed afte doy's we.Treatise and §3 trial bottle free tex Fit pa: they paying express c! oa box whem received.- d names, P.0.snd ex address off to DR.KLINE, 831 Areh BEWARE OX IMITATING SEIS Draggies._ For.saleby J.A.HARTE, 1780 Notre DameSt THE CITY COUNCIL.The Water Rates Question Assuming Greater Prominence.0-8 ALD.TEOMPSON APPOINTED ACTING MAYOR.The Cattle Yards Difficulty Settled at Last.»ee@ The regular monthly meeting of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon.His Worship the Mayor presided.There were also present Ald.Rolland, Stevenson, Malone, Conroy, Stephens, Villeneuve, A.Dubue, Farrell, McBride, Cunningham, V.Grenier, Tan- eey, Clendinneng, Gritfie, Hurteau, Laurier, Rousseau, Thompson, Germain, J.B.R.Dufresne, Wilson, Wm.Ken- necy, Martineau, P.Kennedy, J.M.Da- fresre, Savigaac, Rainville, Boisseau and Hamelin, Tle Trades and Labour Council sent in a petition which notes the fact that the attention of Council was called to the present method of water rate assesa- went in 1885 and 1887.Aa investigation was then asked, but nothing was doue by Council.Since 1886 the injustices done in assessing for watar have become more erving, as proved by the additional complaints.The petition states that the city raal- izes a proüt of sixty per cent.va the water sold, that those who pay have, in addition, to pay for the water used for street watering, drinking fountaias, etc.It also states that while the civic treasury did not, between 1871 and 1887, collect over $2,400,000, only $500,000 of this wal water rates, and that the arrears of 18538 were $405,578, of which only 895,220 were water rates.The petition asks for an investigation into the present method of assessment before auvthing 18 decided.This petition was finally raferzed to the Finance Committee.Ît was decided to pay Mr.Aly win the sum of $4,000 in final settlement of all claims against the city.It was, after some discussion, resolved to pay Mr.Lapie.re the sum of $3,891 as damages for the breaking of his coal! oil contract.Alds.Stephens, Villeneuve and Cunningham were of the opinion that as it would only cost $1,800 more he should be allowed to continue his contract and \u20ac0 give increased light.Alds.Thompson, P.Kennedy and Tau- sev, did not want à return to coal oil, neitber did the Mayor, when they had the electric light.The Council concurred in the report of the Roads and Finance Committees in ailowing Cote St.Louis to drain into the city sewers on certain conditions, and also to pay the sum of $100 annually for cleanin and repairing the sewers.The Mayor was authorizad to offer a reward of $100 for the apprehension and conviction of any party or parties giving {alse alarms, The report of the Walter Committee, asking for $1,100 for pipe laying, was referred to the Finance Committee.\u2018The petition of the proprietors on William street, asking for a reduction of their asgessment for the six foot sidewalk was, after discussion on the motion of Ald.Rainville, referred to the City Attorney for his opinion in writing on the question.Ald.Stephens and Wilson opposed any reductions on the ground that others would be claiming reductions.Ald.P.Kennedy said it was a decided gain tothe city, but favored a reduction.Ald.P.Kennedy submitted the following notice of motion :\u2014\u201cThat the city take charge of clearing all sidewalks of snow during the winter months.\u201d Ald.Thompson asked the chairman of the Markets Committee what was being done with the butchers who had not paid their taxes.Ald.Malone answered that they were being sued.Ald.Thompson next asked the chairman of the Road Committee when he was going to begin opsrations in the civie quarry in breaking stones.Ald.Wilson, in reply, said that his committee would make a special report on the subject at an early date and in the right direction.Ald.Cunningham said that a large number of proprietors had waited upon him with a view of ascertaining if the Council intended imposing the water tax on the proprietors.* He was assured that this would not be done for some time as some change would be necessary in the present laws.Ald.McBride then asked the chair man of the Light Committee if the electric wires had been properly insulated.Ald.Rainville promised to see to the matter at once.Ald.Rousseau asked the chairman of the Light Committee if he could spare him for his street one of the seven electric lights which were in the vicinity of the Windsor.Ald.Rolland moved, seconded by Ald.Clendinneng, that Ald.Thompson be appointed Acting-Mayor for the ensuing three months, Unanimously endorsed by all present.It was after some discussion decided, on the recommendation of the Road Committee, \u201cto erase the lines for the proposed opening of Lafontaine street, from De Lorimier avenue to Parthenais street, from the homologated plan of St.Mary's Ward.\u201d Alderman Martineau\u2019s motion, No.48, \u201cto provide for the better collection of water rates,\u201d was next taken up.He moved, seconded by Alderman Rolland, that the Finance Committee be instructed to consider the best means possible of collecting the same.Ald.Clendinneng was not prepared to band over this very important question even to the Finance Committee.It wag, however, decided to do so and allow them to report on it.The next business was the report of the Finance Committee \u201con the settlement of the difficulties as regards the cattle yards.\u201d.The report was, after being fully discussed, adopted, the only change being in clause 4, \u201cso that the payments due to the city thereunder be paid on or before its maturity according to the terms of the agreement.\u201d Those who took part in the debate were Ald.Clendinneng, Stephens, Cun- pingham, Rainville, Wilson and the Mayor.The Council then adjourned.PROHIBITION IN BROME.A convention of delegates from the various prohibition organizations of Brome county, was held at Knowlton on Saturday.Mr.J.H.Carson, secretary of the Quebec Branch of the Dominion Alliance, explained the platform of the Alliance as adopted at the Toronto meeting, and urged its adoption in Brome.Acting on the lines of this speech, the meeting passed a resolution to the effect that it approved of the nomination of an independent Probibition candidate such as would be accepted by both political parties, and that a committee be appointed to wait upon the leaders of both parties and advise the temperance electors of the result.HONOURABLY ACQUITTED.The trial of J.L.Turgeon, for felon- iously wounding by driving into another conveyance on Oct.9th, was continued at yesterday's session of the Court of Queen\u2019s Bench.The jury returned a verdict acquitting the prisoner of any blame in the matter and ordered his release.Joseph Champagne was arraigned on a charge of arson.It is alleged that he set fire to some goods in a store on Notre Dame street.He will be tried this m orn- ing.C.P.B.DIRECTORS\u2019 MEETING.The regular monthly meeting of the directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company was held yesterday.Besides the directors residing in the city there were present Hon.George A.Kirkpatrick, of Kingston; Mesars.G.B.Osler and W.D.Matthews, of Toronto; Hon.Senator D.MacInnes, of Hamilton, and Mr.R.J.Cross, of New York.These gentlemen are staying at the Windsor Hotel.THE VICTORIA ARMORY.The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Victoria Rifles Armory was held last night.The financial statement submitted was of a very satisfactory nature.The old board of directors was reelected as follows :\u2014Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw, Lieutenant-Colonel Whitehead, Captain E.B.Greenshields, Mr.J.W.Mills, Captain H.Sims, Captain E.B.Busteed, Lieutenant W.Rodden, Ser- geant-Major J.Gardiner, and Major Radiger.At a subsequent meeting of the directors Lieutenant-Colonel Hen- shew was re-elected president, Lieuten- ant-Colonel Whitehead vice-president, and Major Radiger secretary-treasurer.THE GUELPH MURDERER.Tle friends of William Harvey, who is under sentence of death for the murder of his wife and two children at Guelph, are circulating a petition to be presented to the Governor-General asking for a commutation of the sentence on thie ground of his mental irresponsibility.The Harvey family were members of St.John\u2019s Church when they re- gided in Montreal, and the surviving son is a god-child of the Rev.Mr.Wood.On Sunday morning Mr.Wood askad the congregation to sign the petition, which is backed by letters from clergymen in Guelph, which were also read.It was signed by a number before leaving the church, and during the week it will be found at Rev, Mr, Wood\u2019s by those desiring to sign it.\u2014_\u2014 PROTESTANT MINISTERS.There were twenty-four members of the Protestant Ministerial Association at yesterday morning\u2019s meeting, and Rav, J.C.Antliff presided.Rev, [, J, Yil- liams reported that the committee appointed to prepare 8 memoral to be presented to the City Council on the early closing of paloons had forwarded the memcria!l, but as yet had recaived no reply.Rev.Drs.MacVicar and Antlitf were appointed as delegates to the Dominion Alliance to be held in December.Revs.L.H.Jordan and Dr.Wells were appointed delegates to the Evangelical Conference to be held in Boston in Ds- cember.Rev.S.P.Rose then read an interesting paper on * Evangelists and Evangelistic Services,\u201d and brief addresses were delivered by Revs.Messrs.Cressey, Roses, Wells, Dixon, McCann, Smyth, DeGruchy, Owens and Dr.Mac- Vicar.The meeting then adjourned.MORTALITY RETURNS.There ware 65 deaths in the city last week, 52 of these were Roman Catholics.The cause of death were as follows : \u2014 Catho- Protes- lies.tants.Total.Diphtheria .\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.1 .1 Croup.3 .3 Scarlatine.- 1 1 Typhoid.1 .1 \u2018Whooping cough.1 2 3 Diarrhœn.\u2026.\u2026.1 - 1 Cholera Infantine 1 - 1 Consumption .,.5 1 6 Other diseases.\u2026.\u2026.39 9 48 53 13 65 THE AGES OF THE DECEASED WERE: 1 to 6 months ¢\u201412 6 1\u2014 3 vears.12 3\u201405 * .\u2026.2 5\u201410 * 7 1LW\u201415 «\u201c 1 15\u201420 .3 20 ~\u201430 .6 0-4 .3 40 \u2014=50 3 5 \u2014 60 < 4 60 \u201470 3 0 \u20148 < 2 RE (LT 3 63 YOU WILL SAVE YOUR MONEY And Get a Good Article by Dealing With Us.It is quite easy to understand that we are only speaking the exact truth in announcing that our goods are much cheaper than can be got elsewhere, In fact our house stands at the head of the fur trade in Montreal, its credit is well established, and we make large importations from the best houses in England, Germany and the United States; thus we buy under the most advantageous conditions and get the most liberal terms.This year we have largely augmented our importations with the object of doing a much larger business, If you wish to see a tasteful and stylish fur, something first-class, come and see us.Cxas DESJARDINS & Co, 1539, 1541 St, Catherine street.Montreal.P.S\u2014We have opened a large fur store at No, 141 Sparks street, Ottawa.OUR CHARITIES.Montreal General Hospital.Number of patients treated for week ending 10th November, 1889, in Montreal General Hospital :\u2014Qutdoor patients relieved, 656 ; indoor.average daily, 149, The treasurer Montreal General Hospital acknowledges, with thanks, the receipt of the following sums :\u2014$166.82, being amount of collection from the Crescent street Presbyterian Church, taken up at Thanksgiving service, per Mr.David Robertson, treasurer; $157.23, being amount of collection from tune American Presbyterian Church, taken up at Thanksgiving service, per Mr.J.C.Holden, treasurer : £40.45, being amount of the annual collection from the S-.nom 1537, Pitecher\u2019s Castoria.Andrew\u2019s Church, Lachine, taken up at Thanksgiving service, per Mr.T.A.Dawes; $12 each from Messrs.Georg?Young and Joseph Allen; $12.75 from the \u201c Rintoul\u201d testimonial fund, being remaining balance on hand; $5 from Mrs.Alex.McIntosh, of Bronsdon\u2019s Lane, AT HALF-MAST.The flag on the Bank of Montreal was at half mast out of respect to the memory of the late Mr.Francis Franklin, an old officer of the bank, who waa buried yesterday.Mr.Franklin was born in 1814, came to Canada in the Army Transport Service, serving here and at Niagara.He entered the service of the Bank of Montreal in 1851 as transfer clerk, and was superannuated ia 1879, ORDINATION.Mr.Jules J.Bourgouin, who has been for thirteen years Principal of the Protestant Mission School at Pointe aux Trembles, was criained on Saturday by | the Montreal Presbytery.Prof.Coussirat was mcderator, and there were also present Revs.Prof.Scrimger, G.C.Heine, A.B.Cruchet, Jas.Patterson, E, F, Sey- loz, J.L.Morin, R.P.Duclos, Lafleur and Veesot.The sermon was preached by Rev.A.B.Cruchet; addresses were uiso delivered by Lev.Prof.Scrimger and Rev.G.C.Heine.SPECIAL SERMON.Rev.Dr.Shaw preached a special sermon on behalf of the Educational Society of the Methodist church in Canada in the Mountain street church on Sunday, the subject of his \u2018discourse being the educational and spiritual qualifications for the ministry.When the church was purest then it had ever taken the greatest interest in education.In connection with the Methodist church in Canada there were ten colleges attended by 2,101 students, and during the past year the income of their educational society had been $19,000, one-third of which was loaned to students, the remaining two- thirds being divided between the colleges at Montreal,Cobourg and Sackville.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014aa MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.At last night's meeting of the Montreal Microscopical Society the President, Mr.J.Stevenson Brown, read a paper on the anatomy of the Cicindela (order Coleo- ptera) introducing his subject by its ordinary name the Tiger Beetle.The different parts of the body including the digestive hnd resperatory organs were fully disussed, and from colored diagrams specially prepared, the manner in which tbe circulation of the blood 18 maintained was clearly shown: The head in its different parts was treated separately and slides showing the jaws, teeth, and interior of the skull were viewed under the microscopes.Hon.Senator Murphy occupied the Chair while the paper was being read, and at the close Mr.Brown presented the Society with the range of slièes which had been prepared to illustrate his subject.A cordial vote of thanks was tended to Mr.Brown for his paper aud donation, \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.In the Superior Court yesterday morning Judge Davidson dismissed the action taken by the C.P, R.against Alexander McDonmnell to recover a marble statue and cross taken from a property of Mr.E.W.Judah expropriated by the company and removed by defendant for repaire The company held that these articles formed part of the property expropriated, but the court held them to be movables.Judge Pagnuelo rendered judgment yesterday morning on the petition presented by the Hon.Mr.Lacoste, asking for more particulars, in the charges brought against Ald.Hurteau in the quo warrants taken by Ald.Stephens to unseat bim.His Honor ruled that the plaintifPs declaration was not sufficiently detailed, inasmuch as it did not state in virtue of what contract the wood for the pavement of Craig street, alleged to have been furnished by Ald.Hurteau, under the firm name of Chausse & Co., was delivered ; to what contractor Mr.Hurteau was alleged to have delivered the wood blocks, and on what dates approximately the materials were delivered, His Honor warped the plaintiff that the time for amending the declaration would expire to-day, and if it were not filed these portiors of the declaration would be struck out.PERSONAL.Mr.O.Desmarais, of St.Hyacinthe, is at the Hall, Mr.D.McCarthy, of Sorel, is staying at the Hall, 7 \u2019 y Mr.T.D, Murphy, of Hamilton, is at the Balmoral.Major Leckie, of Sherbrooke, is a guest at the Windsor.Dr.R.E.King and wife, New York, are guests at the Richelieu.Rev.C.H.Beaudry, of 8t.Hyacinthe, is registered at the Richelieu.Mr.and Mrs.J.G.Bouriuot, of Ottawa, are registered at the Windsor.Mr, W.H.Day, of Washington, is registered at St, Lawrence Hall Hon.M.H, Cochrane «nd party, of Hillhurst, are stopping at the Windsor.Dr.8.C.Willett and wife, of Mt.Pleasant, Iowa, are staying at the Balmoral.Mr, Sandford Fleming and party arrived at the Windsor from Ottawa yes: terday.Mr.T.P.Clougher, of The Weel, Toronto, is among yesterday\u2019s arrivals at the Hall.Ald.Hurteau leaves for his European tripin search of health by the R.M.S.Vancouver.Dr.MacKenzie, of Smith\u2019s Falls, and Dr.E.A.Easton, of San Francisco, are at the Balmoral.Mr.Percy R.Todd, general freight and passenger agent of the Canada Atlantic Railway, is a guest at the Windsor.Mr.A.W.Everest, of St.Michae!, Alaska, and R.Kerr, of Redburn, Man, are among the arrivals at the Balmoral.Messrs.Thomas Prestor: and H.Flade, of Medicine Hat, N.W.T., large ranch owners, are in the city and stopping at the Richelieu.Mr.Henry Lee and Miss Minnie Seli«- mean, of \u201cThe Suspect\u201d company, wii» are playing at the Academy, are registered at the Windsor.Do pot suffer from sick headache a momeut longer.It is not necessary.Carter\u2019s Little Liver Pills will cure you Dose, one Little Pill.Small price.Small dose.Small pill.The men working at the unloading of coal from a vessel in the canal basin verterday demanded and were allowed 70 cents per hour.Chi Idren Crv for TE MONTREAL HERALD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY .NOVEMBER 12 \"pp\" THE CLUB HOUSE Meets With Generous Offers of Pecuniary Aid TROM MANY OF OUR PROMINENT CITIZENS.> Sir Donald Smith Does Some Plain Speaking, The special meeting called by the Directors of the Athletic Club House Company was held last evening in the Natural History Museum.There was a large attendance of prominent citizens among whom where Sir Donald Smith, His Lordship Bishop Bond, Rev.Jas.Barclay, Rev.J.Newman, Lieut.-Col.Bond, Messrs.G.B.Burland, A.Joyce, W.D.Stroud, P, Ryail, 8.Findlay and otbers.The Chair was occupied by Mr.Costi- gan, the President, who gave a detailed statement of the financial affairs of the Company and also explained the reason why the special meeting was called, viz.because of the mortagee wanting a settlement of the interest due on the mortzae of $12,000 which was eighteen months overdue.Mr.J.Robertson wanted to know why the shareholders had not baen advised of the directors\u2019 action in advertising the property for sale and thought that a change in the management would bs beneficial to that institution.If it was to be run for the snowshoe clubs then let them keep a man to cut the grass in the summer.But he thought that with a little systematic effort the success of the club might be assured.Hon, J.K.Ward thought it would bave been better if a list of subscribers and donors had been printed so as to let parties know who really were shareholders and contributors.Mr.W.D, Stroud\u2014Surely wa are not going to sell the Club House, which is the best institation in the city.It was 1 all very well to talk sympathy but let them come down to the practical business for which the meeting was called.If he understood aright the directors were indebted to the mortagee in the sum of $1,080 for interest; well he (the speaker) was prepared to give the directors $2,000 free of interest for three years, and in order to secure the further sum of $10,000 he would give $500 mor if the whole sum was subscribed within a reasonable time.They should bear in mind that this Club House was one of the best institutions in the land and it would be a great disgrace on their part to let it pass out of their hands.The Chairman\u2014This is an unexpected generosity and I am sure its donor will receive that support which he deserves.In response Mr.J.S.Hall, Q.C., M.P.P.promised $50; Mr.Cautlie, $50; Dr.Proudfoot, $25, etc., etc.Mr.Barks then moved \u201cthat the action of the Directors in offering the sale of the property be approved of.\u201d Hon.J.XK.Ward moved in amendment that the sale be postponed for two weeks in order to await the returns of the collectors and others.Sir Donald Smith thought it would be well if they had some aseurance that tne management would be better than in the past.They should remember that this was a Commercial Concern and the first principle the directors should consider was that of keeping the expenditure within the revenue.If they did not, their failure must be the result.He was quite sure that if an assurance was given the public that the faults which bad attended their management in the past would be remedied they would have very littie trouble in securing the amount required.But he would warn them that if such an assurance was not given, that they would not come before the public in another four or five years in the same position, they could expect very little help from the general public.They should first decide to put tbe institution in a wholesome\" condition, and they would not find it very difficult for to collect the sum necessary to put it on a firm business basis.A general discussion then took place, in which Bishop Bond, Rev.James Barclay and others took part, ending in the meeting agreeing to the apnointing of three com- mittees\u2014one for the floating debt, one to raise or reduce the $12,000 mortgage, and another to secure a guarantee fund for the amount required.Before the meeting closed the following subscriptions were received :\u2014Mr.G.B.Burland, 50 shares; Mr.J.Robertson, 5 shares; Mr.J.Botterell, $10 per annum for 5 years; Rev.J.Barclay, $10 © annum for 5 years; and Mr.J.Date, 5 À vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings.AMUSEMENTS.\u201c THE SUSPECT.\u201d It would be hard to imagine the correct character of this week's attraction at the Academy if one could only judge from its title, \u201cThe Suspect\u201d is a strong melo-drama of the better order.The scene of the plot is laid in France, during the revolution at the close of the 18th century.and its one chief quality is that, although the plot is not very intricate, although from first to last there is no huwor to speak of, it never drags or becomes in the slightest wearisome, but throughout leads to the expectancy of a violent and grand denouement.Its characteristic feature is the effort of à noble woman who risks everything to save the honour of the man she loves, when that honour has been sacrificed by her brother.The play opens in the Chateau of the Duke de Presles (The Suspect), a trusted officer of the French army.The brother of Gilbert D\u2019Arrennes, the Duke\u2019s affianced, enters a room in the chateau and steals the documents containing the plan of campaign.This leads the \u2018Duke to attempt suicide, and while he is thought dead by his enemies he re-enters the army as Gaspard Simon and shortly afterwards becomes \u201cThe Suspect.\u201d Jacques Fanon, a commissioner of public safety, is supposed to be a man of power and in the confidence of the Commanding Ganeral and it is through him that Simon becomes known as tne sup- vosed dead Duke de Presies.Fanon is inlove with Gilbert and works in con- section with Court D\u2019Assol brother of Gilbert, and in the service of the revol- ntioniste, for the destruction of Simon.Fo prevent her lover\u2019s discovery, Gilbert promises to marry Fanon so as to gain time in which to allow for Simon\u2019s escape.Simon hears of her engagement and heing unaware of her motive concludes that she is false to him.They meet next in the fourth act, he burning with indignation at her supposed falseness, she prepared to expl:in everything.Without waiting for this he utters words of gcorn at her infidelity to him.It is here that the finest scene in the whole play is witnessed.Throwing aside all thought | of safety for her lover she pours forth a torrent of passionate explanations.In this scene Miss Minnie Seligman, in the role of Gilbert, exhibits an am)uat of artistic judgment in the recital of her linee,which carries the audience with her and places her at once on a par with the leading emotional actresses.It becomes a matter of opinion after this as to whether Miss Eeligman carries off the honours which should rightly belong to the star.Mr.Henry Lee, as \u201cThe Suspect,\u201d has a character to represent which is not by any meaus an easy task.His talents are known in this city in connection with \u201cThe Cavalier,\u201d but as the Duke de Presles, afterwards Gaspard Simon, he excels all his former efforts, His conception of the character is strong, masterful and impressive, and in the quarrel scenes towards the close he exhibited an amount of histrionic power that made his reading of the lines most impressive, and in some cases wonderful.closed the fourth act with \u201cHats off, you hound, hats off I\u201d the enthusiasm of the audience was simply immense.The company, without an exception, are splendidly balanced, and are thoroughly good in every respect.\u201cTRUE IRISH HEARTS.\u201d After two weeks of song and merriment at the Theatre Royal the boards are occupied by the capital melodrama, \u201cTrue Irish Hearts.\u201d The play has little originality about it.1t is tue old story of the Irish gentleman villain, assisted by a scoundrel worse than himself, attempting to win the hand of a bright girl through treachery and violence and the ultimate vindication of the men on whom the villains place the blame.It is fuil of capital Irish wis, which is free from coarseness, the managers having secured a capital company with which to trust their production.The gentlemon on whom falls most of the work is Mr.J, P.Sullivan, as Lanty Lanagan.He has a fine stage presence, and looks as near like the honest Irish peasant lad as it is possible for an actor to make up.He is full of fun and possesses a good baritone voice which he uses to advantage in the several capital songs which he sings.The Kitty Brady of Miss Ada Broshnell is a fine piece of character acting.She is also a capital dancer as was proved in the second act wben she undertook to out-dance the old fisherman, The other ladias, and in fact the whole support, are good.A MUSICAL TREAT.The Committee of the Men\u2019s Financial Guild of the Church of St.John the Evangelist feel greatly encouraged at the way in which the tickets are salling for the concert to be given under their auspices in the St.John\u2019s school-room, Ontario street, this evening, the proceeds to be applied to the reduction of the church debt.The programme has been arranged with much care, and embraces vocal and instrumental music and readings, which will be rendered by some of our most talented amateurs.A thoroughly enjoyable evening: may be expected.THE VETERANS\u2019 CONCERT.The veterans of the Victoria Rifles intend giving a smoking concert on Nov.21st in the large hall of the Victoria Armory.Already a large number of tickets have been sold, and those wishing to articipate in a pleasant evening should ose no time in securing one.SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.FOOTBALL.HOW IT IS PLAYED IN FIJI, The first to introduce the game of football into Cako Bans dominions, Fiji, was Ratu Lala, the sub-Governor of Cakandrove, who was educated in Sydney, N.8, W,, bat the results have not been an unqualified success.After instructing his people at his capital at Somo Somo in all the details, a game was solemnly started at that place on one occasion, 1n less than half an hour one umpire was killed outright, and the other, after a hard struggle, succeeded in getting into a canoe and pushing off to another island.Cricket, on the other hand, grows in favor, as matches are often played in the islands with 40 or 50 a side, and a glorious indefiniteness is imparted to such games from the fact that every fresh party of arrivals on the scene has to be \u201ctaken on.\u201d The game bas been established, at any rate, and its popularity is now rapidly spraading.THE TURF.NOW OR NEVER WINS AT ELIZABETH.ErIzABETH, N.J., Nov.11.\u20141st race, § mile\u2014Fordham 1, Blue Rock 3, Express 3.Time, 1.063.2nd race, § mile\u2014Trestle 1, Benefit 2, Oregana 3.Time, 1.224, 3rd race, § mile\u2014Harrisbarz 1, Bobemian 2; Fairaib 3.Time, 1.22%, 4th race, 1} miles\u2014Now or Never 1, Dunboyne 2, Glendale 3.Time, 2.223.bth race, à mile\u2014Golden Keel 1, Glen- mound 2, Bradford 3.Time, 1.213.6th race, 1 mile\u2014Puzzle 1, St.Nick 2, St.Valentine 3.Time, 1.50, THE KENNELS, FIELD TRIALS AT CHATHAM, CHATHAM, Ont, Nov.11.\u2014The Canadian Kennel Club\u2019s first annual field trials commenced here this morning, There were a great many gentlemen from various parts of Canada, the United States and North-West present.\u2018 The weather is warm and pleasant.Birds are very scarce, there are twenty entries in the \u201call aged\u201d stake and eight starters; seven entries in the Derby.The following are the owners and dogs :\u2014Thomus Johnson, Winnipeg, Bleithe, Pette Sing, Manitoba Belle ; W.B.Wells, Chatham, Mingo, Cambriana, Dinah C, Doker; T.Lein Kennel, Bethelem, Pa; Geo.E.\u2018Walker, London, Paris; T.G.Davy, London; Canadian Jester, American Beck, Canadian Pride; T.H.Nelson, Chatham, Bob; J.Kime, Chatham, Maggie B., Brush; R.G.Hevey, Brockville, Breezo; J.B.Field, Detroit, George.The following are to-days trials, Breez) against Bob; American Beck against George; Maggie B.against Dinah C.; Mingo against Pette Sing; Bleithe against Cam- briana; Bush against Gambol; Dover against Manitoba Bell; Paris against Canadian Jester, George beat Back; Dinah beat Maggie: Pette Sing beat Mingo; Breezo against Bob not decided.Bleithe against Cambriana called back on account of darkness.ILLS, WILLS, AND PILLS.An odd mixture of words, but the sufferer from constipation, indigestion, impure blocd, biliousness, and other such ils, can be cured if he wills, without taking the horrid, old-fashioned pills.These are superseded in our day by those won- der-working, yet tiny, little globules.known as Dr.Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.No griping, no drastic purging ; do not cause costiveness afterwards, as the old style pills do.One little granule a dose.À Cote St.Touis resident was dismissed by the Recorder vesterday after being tried for selling diluted milk.He now demands damages from the city for false arrest.As he |.NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Carsley\u2019s Advertisement, Tuesday, Nov.12th, 1889.MANTLE ROOM ! .This season, s0 far, the immense increase in our Mantle Department really amounts to a regular MANTLE BOOM.BETTER STILL.Our plan is when any department is particularly well to FEED THE BOOM and make it do better still.doing FEEDING THE BOOM.The number of Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters and Dolmans sold in our Show-Room during the last six Frocks re piomething marvellous yet we think it nossible ING BOOM to do better still.y THE \u2014 READ THIS.During the whole of this Vek we hold a fpecial sale of expensive Winter and Jackets at reduced rates.Mantles REMEMBER THIS.Even at regular prices ours are ac - ledged to be the best and cheapest Mantes and Jackets in the whole of Canada, A GOOD SIGN.There have been more expensive Ma cola this season than usual.This i niles.that our customers are getting richer.of course, is à good sign and very pleasi all concerned, ng to SWEEPING REDUCTIONS.As usual with all our cheap sales the reductions are of à sweeping character\u2014no reducing a few lines as baîts, but the whole of our expensive goods in the department are reduced in price.FOR INSTANOCE.Every Mantle over $18.00 « J \u201c 18.00 acket \u201c Dolman 6 1s.60 \u201c Ulster st 18.00 ** Fur-Lined Mantle \u201c 18.00 In fact, every Mantle of every kind in the Store over $18.00 is reduced in price for the balance of this week.S.CARSLEY.3.CARSLEY, 1765, 1767, 1769, 1771, 1773, 1775, 777 NOTRE DAME STREET, MONTREAL SIEWART'S Furniture Warerooms (828 To 1834 NoTRE DAME ST.(Near McGill Street), NEWEST DESIGNS -\u2014 IN \u2014 Oak, Natural Cherry and Mahogany BEDROOM SETS, PARLOR SUITES of the very latest dee signs, covered with all the newest patterns and shades of covering.120 ARMOUR\u2019S , Pork, Lard, Hams, Bacon PREPARED MEATS.Packers of the well-known brand of MORGAN SHORT CUT CLEAR PORE Stock held here in Bond and Duty Paid.JAMES ALLEN, No.6 St.Nicholas Street, Monirea Agent Armour & Co., Chicago, October 19 WATCH REPAIRING! MR.HENRY GRANT gives his personal attention to all watches left with us for repair.Over 45 YEARS\u2019 EXPERIENCE enables him to guarantee perfect accuracy of workmanship.\u201cEstablished 30 years.Charges moderate.HENRY GRANT & SON, 72 Beaver Hall, corner Dorchester streets Notice to Consignees.The Allans Steamship SIBERIAN, from Glasgow, is entered at Customs.Consignees will please pass their entries without delay.H.& A.ALLAN, Agents.m 268 CURE Bick Headache and relieve all the troubles inl dent to a bilious state of the system, such mé Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Distress after While their mos remarkable success has been Bhown in curipg eating, Pain in the Sido, &c.) i SEO Headache, yet Carter's Little Liver Pils are.equally valuable in Constipation, curing aud pre venting thisannoying complaint, while they also oorrect all disorders of the stomach, stimulste the liver and regulate the bowels, ILven 1f they only sured 7 {EAD Ashe they would bo almostpricaless to those wh.suffer trom this distressing complaint; but foriu=- mately thelr goodness does notetid hore,an dthosé who once try them will find these little pills value able in so many ways that they will not ke wile ling to do without them, But atter allsick Lead ACHE 1s the bane of so many lives that herc !s where: we make our great boast.Our pills cureit wh others do not.a Carter's Little Liver Pills are very emall sm Very easy to take.One or two pills makes boss.They are strttly vegetatle and do net KP ro purge, but by their gontle action please 5 inv a tae them.In vialsat 25 certe ; five for fi.50 by druggists everywhere, or sont by wai.CARTER MEDICINE CO., New York Goel HL Small Does Small Brive THE HERALD is printed and published by \u201cTHE HERALD CoMPANY.\u201d (Limited), Hon.Peter Mitchell, President at NO.Beavver Hall Hill, Montreal.a \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 2 = \u2014 \u2014-\u2014 "]