The Montreal herald, 23 mars 1892, mercredi 23 mars 1892

[" 7 Rend + PE TS\u201d et EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR The NO.69.mnireal MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1892.IS OUT AT LAST.What Was Done at the Washington Trade Conference Hon Mr Foster Makes a Full Statement in Ris Budget Sneech Elaine Demanded Equalization of Taxes and Discrimination The Government Will no Longer Look to Washington Sir Richard Cartwright's Incisive Criticism of Foster\u2019s Statement Orrawa, March 22.\u2014In the House this afternoon the following private bills were introduced and read a first time: To amend the act respecting school savings banks, Desjardins (Hochelaga); respecting the Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Company, Ross (Lisgar); re- apecting the Canadian Pacific Railway, Kirkpatrick; respecting the Alberta Railway and Coal Company, Curran; respecting the St.Catharines and Niagara Central Railway Company, Wallace; respecting the Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Curran.Before the orders of the day were called Hon.Mr.Tupper told Hon.Mr, Laurier that there were further papers upon the Newionndland difficulties, which would be presented as soon as pessible, The Budget.Mr.Foster on rising to deliver his Budget speech was loudly applauded.In making his statement last year he said Ne estimated the revenue at $38,858,701.Bat the revenue actually fell short of this estimate by $279,391.It was distributed as follows: \u2014Customs $23,399,300, excises $6.914,850 and miscellaneous $8,265,160, A comparison of the items and the total with the previous year showed the customs had decreased by $589,652, excise by $703,268 and miscellaneous by $27,694.The decreases in customs duties were: Animals $9710; books, pe.iodicals &c., $15,420; bresdstuffs, $151,743; cement, $5079; clocks and springs, $10612; craves, $3505; earthenware and china, $21,009; fancy goods, $90,441; fish and products $5154; furs, $1,915.15; glass, 19,665: gold and silver and manufactures of $4299; gan powder and explosives, $4058; gutta- percha and India rubber and manufactures of $264.48; iron and steel and manufactures of $1,945.64; jewellery, $1065; lead and manufactures vf $8331; leather and manufactures of $42,856; musical instruments, $3106; packages, $16,516; paper and manufactures of $19,029, pickles, $245.19; provisions, $1,044,569; seeds and roots, $303,958; silk and manu- factores of $51,342; soap, $4,608; spirits and wines, $1,480.53; molasses, $762.12; sugar candy $218.76; tin and manufactures of $9.213; Varnish $7.877; Vegetables $14.498; watches and parts of $21.558, Wood and manufacturers of$199.- 251.; Cause of the Decrease.Most of the decreases were due to the reduction in the receipts from sugar, and if it had not been for the displacement and distruction which arose in consequence of the change on duties in the United States and the idea that a corresponding change would be made in Canada there was no doubt that the duties would have been far larger than then they were in 1888-9.The excise duties showed the large decreases of $703,168, but it was more uominal than real in as much as the law which made it necessary to keep spirits in bond for two years for aging purposes came into force on July 1st, 1890, and a large amount of spirits was withdrawn in anticipation, $500,000 being paid in this way.The duties upon spirits showed a decrease of over $1,000,000, but all other excise showed an increase.Mr.Foster then referred to the per capita consumption of excisable articles his comparisons totalliog up as follows: °67 Lo \"89-90.1890-91.Spiri allons.863 fps gallons.3.282 \u2018Wine ee 102 \u2018L'cbaceo, 1bs.2.033 Increased Customs Dutiss, = The following are some of the prinei- pal items from which increased custom duties were received last year, the principal being sugar, ale and porter.$5786; briss and manufactures of, $10,070; bricks a nd tiles, $4813, carriagos, $4924; coal and coke, $115,627; copper and manufactures of, $28,450; cordage, $6114, drugs, dyes and chemicals, $24, 532; flax, hemp and julie and manufactures cf, $4315; fruits and nuts, dried, $117.40; fruits and nuts, green, $21,332; gloves and mitts, $13,648; hats, caps and bonnets, $66,657, metal composition and other, §4446; oile, coal and kerosene and other, $5533; others, $13,986; ships, ves- seis snd repai-s on, $3762; sugar, $290,- 744; tea, $3856; tobacco and manufic- + tares of, $31 136; all articles not sp:ci- fied, $225,982.Estimated Mxpeanditure Exceeded.The expenditure for 1890-91 was estimated at $23,000,000; that bad been exceeded, the actual expenditare being $36,343,567.The chief items of increased expenditure were: Premium discount and exchange, $33,385; sinking fund, $50,841; civil Governwent, $25,- 366 ; administration of justice, $16,808 ; arts, agriculture and statis:ics, $4.655 ; census, $252,134; fisheries, $45,309; geological survey, $8523; immigration, $70,954; quarantine, $4,998; lighthouse and coast service, $26,481; mail subsidies and steamship subventions, $34,802; miscel.aneous, $7729; Northwest Territories Government, $68,545; ocean and river service, $30,231; penitentiaries, $3319; collection of revenue customs, $27,091; collection of revenue excise, $15,240; collection of revenue postoffice, $87,208, collection of revenue public works, $10,235; collection of revenue railways and canals, $143,316; collection of revenue weights, measures and gas, $3655.The greater part of the increased expenditure is the cost of the census.The decreases in the expenditure were: Interest on public debt, $72,705; charges of management, $1625; Indians, $120,389; legislation, $335,701; marine hoepitals, $6562; militia and detense, $7600; mounted policz, $12,114; pensions, $3541; public works, $34,956; railways and canals, $15,106, calling timber, $2182; Dominion lande, $15,091.Mr.Foster explained that the decrease in the interest on the public debt was due to the paying off at maturity of loans bearing six, five and tour per cent interest and replacing the amounts by borrowing at three and a half per cent.The increases were largely abnormal, not being likely to occur again, while the da- creases were mainly permanent.Revenue and Expenditure.Coming to the revenue and expendi- -ture for the past year Mr.Foster stated the results to be: Revenue, $38,579,310; expenditure, $36,345,567; surplus, $2,285, 743.This was upen consolidatad fund expenditure.If it were net for the capital expenditure the surplus would remain for the decrease of the debt, but the capital expenditare for the vear was $4,381,064 as compared with $5,731,354 in the preceding year ; so that the net results of the year were that, after providing for ordinary expenditure out of the consolidated fand, they had laid up in the banking fund $1,938,078, and had made a capital expenditure of $4,381,564, including aid to railways, with a net addition to debt of only $275, 818.In 1889, when he delivered his first budget sgesch, he stated that the time bad come for an equalization of revenue and expenditure, and had predicted that when 1892 was reached the revenue and expenditule would have been balanced, and that from that time on the revenue would suffice to meet the ordinary expenditare of the country.That prediction had Leen fulfilled, for had it not been for abolition of the duties on raw sagar, which involved a loss of $3,000,000 alone, they would have come up to 1892 without a dollar\u2019s increase in the debt.A Bird's-eye View.Mr.Foster then took a bird\u2019s-eye view of tbe financial results of the pass fou years, as follows: 1887-88.1858-89.Consolidated fund expenditure.areeveeee $36.718.494 $36,917.83 Capital expeaditure.4.437,460 4,420, 1 Revenue.\u2026.\u2026.36,405,468 3872207 1889-96.1891-61.Consolidated tund expenditure.835.904 031 $38.343,58 Capital expenditure.4,053,159 3,115,86 Revenu6.coere.eee.398799425 88,579.31 There was only one deficit that or $810,031 in 1887-8, which was dus to abnormal expenditure, but the three Succeeding years saw a combined surplus of $7,986,670.The increase in the net debt in the last two years was only $278.000 as against an increase of $77,- 000,000 in 1887-8, and $37,000,000 in 1888-9, and the net decrease in the interest paid showed a decrease of $400,000.The net interest per capita of the population as reviged by the recent census was now 1-76 cents against 1-90 cents in 1887-8.This exposition of the financial operations of the past four year was held to be full of hope and promise for the ability and capacity of the conntry to keep the expenditure within reasonable limits, and at he same time -to carry on all public and [necessary work Revenue and Expenditure for This Year.Turning to the present financial year, which ends on June 30th next, Mr, Foster stated that the actual revenue up to the 20th was $25,459,000, and that if the revenue for the balance of the period came up to his calculations, as based upon comparative figures, it would give $11,196,000 more, making a total of $36,655,000 divided as follows: Customs $20,600,000; excise $7,900,000; miscellaneous $8,265,000.On that basis the customs revenue would be $3,000,000 less than last year, due entirely to the repeal of the sugar duties.The expenditure he estimated at $36,650,000.Up to March 20 being $23,206,000, and the balance being placed at $13,450,000.This would give a balance of $5,000 to the good.Under present conditions we must not expect a large surplus.Our average income would be about $36,500,- 000.and we must keep our expenses within that mark.The revenue for the coming year, 1892-3, Mr.Foster estimated at $36,500,000, customs giving $20,500,000, excise $7,000,000, and miscellaneous $8,000,000.The temporary loans contracted last year and outstanding amount to $9,753,333.These were necessitated by the drain from the savings banks due to the reduction in the interest rate from 4 to 3} per cent.In 1889-99 $1,991,892 had been withdrawn more than the deposits and 1890-91 §I1,- 612,435 but it was estimated for the current year that the withdrawals would not exceed the deposits plus the accrued interest.The sums go withdrawn made up 3,500,000 of debt practically redeemed out of temporary loans.Iaall $9,600,000 was required for the redemption of temporary lean and a sum of 5,000,000 would have to be provided, either as a permanent or temporary loan, which course would be followed depeuding upon the icdications of the money market.The finance minister laid stress upon the fact that even despite ihe heavy withdrawals the peoples savings were steadily avgmenting,the deposits in the post office banks, the Dominion savings banks, chartered banks and the Montraal and Quebee banks now totalling $203,968,719 «8 against $176,703,258 in 1890 and $190,- 441,734 in 1881, Sir Richard Attacked, The credit of Canada in the money markets of the world stood well, and despite the trials and difficulties of the last two years, our securities had maintained their position in advance of the securities of every colonial possession.Mr.Foster then proceeded to make a bitter attack upon Sr Richard Cartwright for his letter published in The London Economist last mouth.Dari the last three or four years he sai Canada had had to meet in the United States that influence which arose from persons on this side of the line pointing to those unfriendiy to us how Canada could best be stricken and how best we could be hurt.Those intimations, sent often direct, sometimes by accredited agents aad oftener by public speeches on this side of the line, had had their effect, and it had happened that in the leg- 1siation which supervened, Canada had been hit just where her weaknes had been pointed out.But it ka not been expected that these attacks would have been transferred to th.mother country where the retention o our credit was of such importance to ou prosperity.This had been done, however, and the time chosen had been op- por une, for the money market of Great Britain was then particularly sensitive in view of the losses sustained in South America and tLe fear of financial disaster, muitiplied by the failure of the attempts of Australian colonies to float loans.The time was chosen when Canada had temporary loans of ten millions which had to be renewed.Moreover the reports of our grand harvest had just led immigrants to look to Canada and especially to our Northwest as their future bome.That wag the time when a frierd of Canada, if he had nothing good to say, would have held his peace.Instead an enemy had dipped his arrow with poison and let fly at the spot in wbich Canade\u2019s credit in the old country could best be hnrt.The letter was not only published by Sir Richard in tbe Economist but was,spread broadcast throughout England as a campaign document, It repeated the assertions, made time and again, in and out of the House, year after year, and exploded, but going to the British public who were ignorant of our proper position, they did more harm than in Canada where the people knew differently.It was not true, as stated in that letter, that during the Iast thirteen years Canada bad trebled its taxation; 1ts statements in reference to the exodus and the deplorable condition of our farmers were exaggerated (opposition jeers); it was not true as stated that the charge of the debt had increased enormously, for while the interest charge in 1878 was $1.58 per capita, it was now $1.76 an increase of only 18 cents.It charged that the farmers of the country were distinctly poorer than ten years ago.(Sir Richard, Hear, hear), But Mr.Foster contended this was not true.The census did not show asclaimed that in ten years Canada had lost 10,000,000 ot people.Proceeding the letter stated that the agriculturists of the country were \u201csimply bled white\u201d (opposition cheers),and thar,$60,- 000,000 were annually takea out of the pockets of the people.Sir Richard\u2014And more.Mr.Foster next quoted the statement \u201cthat bribery was in Canada a pure matter of routine,\u201d an assertion which aroused cries of approval from the Op position and laughter from ihe ministry, whereupon Mr.Foster stated thst Sir : Richaid must have heen speaking of his : own experience, for it could not apply to the Canadian Government as now | constituted or as constituted since 1878.The letter concluded by stating tnat confederation was bound to perish rotte : before it was halfripe, as the result of the folly of ite rulers.The writsr ot thar letter could only have had ope object in penning it, the villificaticn of the pelitics credit and reputation of Canada and the furtherance of the scheme which fruitless on this side of the Atlantic had been transferred to the other side where the reputation and credit of Canada were at stake.Baulked and disappointed ia his .plot of veiled annexation Sir Richard could find nothing better to do than togo to the motber country and give one last stab at the credit, reputation and vitality of Canada.r.Foster told the Liberal party that so long as they retained in affiliation a gentleman who allowed such methods of warfare they would not have to seek far for the reasons why their ranks were depleted and their policy also rejected by the people.Trade Operations of the Past Year, Passing on to consider a more pleasing subject, Mr.Foster reviewed the trade operations of the past year, largely because of the Opposition assertions that | the trade of Canada was hemmed in and that Canada was a country restrained in its business transactions.The aggregate trade of the country while practically the same as last year was an advance of $14,000,000 over the proceeding.The imports were nearly two millions dollars less than 1880 due to the greater production of home manufacturers as a result of tariff legislation and the protection of the home market.The item of pork and pork products alone for the United States showed a reduction of eight millions dollars, compared with last year, showing that our farmers had supplied that much more to the home market.The exports of the past year were valued at $98,417,215, an increase of $1,600,000 over 1890.While the imports showed a decrease the exports show a marked expansion exceeding those of 1889 by nearly ten million dollars and this during tbe very period of the McKinley legislation, which was so dreaded.In the eight months of the current year the exports were higher than in 10 montbs of the previous year and for 1891 it would be 12 or 13 millions more than last year.Our export trade with Great Britain was $11,000,000 more than 1889, and with the West Indies $1,500,000 more, while those to the United States showed a decrease of $2,500,000, While cur exports of animals 10 the United States had declined 42 per cent.those to Great Britain increased 29 percent.We had sept 25 per cent.less of agricaltura! products to the United States, while these exprrts to Britain Were Z5 per cent.more.Our total exports to the United States showed a decrease of 34 per cent, while those to Great Britain had increased by 22 par cent.The Growth of the Rallways and Shipping One indication of the prosperity of the mr 3 CENTS.$6 PER YEAR.country was inthe returns of tbe rail | ways.In 1875 their mileage was 4800; now it Was over 14,000.The train mile- \u2018 age run had grown from 17,000,000 to 43,000,000, an increase of 150 per cent.The passengers carried from 5,000,000 to 13,000,000.The freight carried from 5,600,000 to 21,000,000 tons, and the earnings from $19,000,000 to to $48,000,600.The shipping of Canada showed similar growtt, The tonnage of seagolng and wland vessels had grown from eleven and & half millicns in 1879 to eightesn and three-quarter millions, an increase ofsizty per cent, and the tonnage of coasting vessels from twelve millions 1a 1879 to twenty-five millions in 1891, a gain of 100 per cent.Thus he claimed that whether they looked at the increase in our foreign or interprovincial trate they could only come to the conclasioa that Canada was prosperous.The diffsr- ent steamship services of Canada on the Pacifc coast and to the West Indies showed a steady increase in passengers ; and freight, The Atlantic Service, As respects the Atlantic service, tenders were called for last year, but only two were received, and both of them vere, in the opinion of the Government, cutside of what could be reasonably expended by this country.The Government\u2019s policy on this subject had nos changed, but circumstances had made it impossible to establisn the service.The Governmeat had, Mr.Foster an- rounced, made a beginning 1a tne estab- Ishment of commercial agencies in | various countries somewhat upon the œnsular plan, but of course withous diplomatic standing.They had now at -Iaris, in Great Britain and at the æntlemen whose services were enlisted to secure all possible information for tade opportunities and the develop- nent of the commerce of Canada.Talking About Tarilfs, The feature of the year outside Canada continued, the Finance Mi .ister, had been the wide spread movement for rearrangements of commercial tariffs and the printip'ex upon which commercial | interests were regulated.Within the Ist few months France had virtually cone away with every treaty containing s most favored nation clause and by the fst of July next all those treaties, with one exception would be ended.The French Government had since legwlated in the line of a double tariff, a minimum tariff sufficient to protact its industries, which tariff would be applied to al! countries which gave compensating advantages to France and a general tariff applicable to all other countries.Consequent upon this re- srrangeraent some other Eurepean countries had followed suit.Prussia, Anstris, Hungary, Switzerland and Italy had entered into a treaty by which the duties between these four countries were reduced.The United States by virtae of the third clause of the McKinley Bill had negotiated a series of treaties with Brazil, Spain, (on behalf of Cuba aad Porto Rico), the British West Indies, the Dominican Rspublic, Germany, France and Niearagusa, securing reductions of duties in return for free admission of hides, coffee, sugar and molasses.The results of these treaties, so far as Canada was coucerned, was next treated.As regards France we were in the same position us before having still to pay a suitax under the operations of the general trestr.In the opsrations of the German Zollverein, whatever benefits Great Britain received.accrued to Canada as well by virtue of the most favored nation clause.So far ag ths American treaties with Spain respecting Cuba and Porto Rico were concerned, we had the advautage of the most favored nation clause until July 1 next, and negotiatious were now iu progress to have those terms cou- tinued.There was nothing in the treaties with the West Indies which gave the United States better terms than Canada.It was to the credit of those countries that no discrimination was hinted at, and he thought they were entitled to praise for the fair, mauly spirit In which in making a treaty for their own benetis, they had resisted the pressure brought te bear by the United States, and had adhered to the colonial and imperial system of treaties, by which their sister colonies and the mother country were pit upon the same basis as the United Sates.We had the benefit of the most favored-nation clause In the treaties with Sen Domingo aud Germany, so that Brazil was the only country in which our products were for the time being ata disadvantage, but negotiations were now ia progrees to secure our being placed rpon the same footing as the United Étates.The Washington Negotiation, Mr.Foster then came to the most important portion of his speech, his ex- slanation of what transpired at Washington in reference to the trade question.The House was, he said, seized with the errespondence 1n reference to what had taken place, in reference to other sub- jacts, and he would now inform it of the regotiations on the trade question.On February 10th by appointment delegates irom the Canadian Government went to Washington and met sr.Blaine, whom \u2018t wag only right to say, had met them with great kindness and courtesy.Despite his poor health, the calls upon Lis time by the session of Congress, and diplomatic correspondence of a weighty end grave character.He gave tp his time fully for five days to Wie Canadian visitors at the con- rence.The Canadian delegates proposed as a basis of negotiation a renewal of the reciprocity treaty of 1854, with such modifications as the changed conditions of each country rendered necessary or advisable.Thev pressed for a conclusion upon th t basis, but were met by the reply from Mr.Blaine that a proposal for reciprocity in natural products alone did not provide the essential elements of reciprocity 8o far as the United States were concerned, and con- sequentiy that he was unable to entertain it, Both Mr.Blaine and General Foster, who assisted him, raised the question whether the Canadian delegates were prepared to make a proposal to go wider than natural products and to oiter a general reciprocity in manufactured articles as well.The Canadian delegates discussed the quesiion freely and fully and pressed Mr.Blaine as to the conditions he would want.Did he desire that Canada should give United States products and manufacturers preferential treatment pincipal centres in the West Indies , THE Blt: STRIKE, \u2014\u2014\u2014 It is Spreading Ov: all the Main Line.OUTLOOK IS ALARMING \u2014\u2014\u2014 ' Hundreds of Police Sent to North Bay THEY ARE ALL WELL ARMED.; Detectives Shipped to Po ints Along the Line THE COMPANY DETERMINED Forces Gathered by the C.P.K.From Montreal, Torouto aad Ottawa\u2014Thirty Policemen From Montreal City Police Force to West\u2014The Strike Will Probably Reach Montreal Te-day, It is not improbable that this morniag will find thestrike in force over the Eastern division of the Canadian Pacific, It is saïd the word went forth yesterday afternoon that at midnight the men were to go on strike, but trains were to be taken to \u2018heir terminal points.Verification of this coald not be had.All the trains run out of here early in the evening, and if a strike went into effect late at night Montreal would not feel the effects of it until the following morning.A railroad man said last night that the C.P.R.crew wou d leave the Boston train on their arrival at Newport where they are due exactly at mid-night, The grand officers of the order, and railroad cfficers of high standing would aot subsiantiate the report, but there was widespread belief last night that it Was 80s FROM UP THE LINE, The Detective Force Passed Otiawa Abont Midnight, FROM THE HERALD SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Orrawa, Ont., March 22.\u2014Your specia commissioners left Montraal at 6.35 p.m on a special C.P.R., carrying the steamship Namedian\u2019s emigrants from Halifax, bound far the Northwest.Attached was a special car carrying 25 special deteciives under Detective Silas Carpenter, of the Canadian Secret Service.Their present destination ig North Bay, but how far the train will get tonight ig not yet known.I interviewed the trainmen ané\u2019obtained confirmation of the report that the Brotherhool has ordered oat the Atlantic division at midnight which will make the strike general from Vancouver to Halifax.Brakeman Gurette said the order was given at the new Outremont vards this afternoon.Not being a member of Brotherhood he says he will not desert the company, and if necessary will stay with this train till its destination is reached.Conductor Spencer who is an old and tried servant of the company is also bound to stand by the trains.Detective Carpenter was interviewed en route.He says he will use every personal endeavor to prevent trouble with the strikers.His men sre sworn to protect the property of the company, but they will act purely on the defensive.Ottawa was reached at 11.45 being 60 minutes late, Conductor Wright took charge hera for North Bay.A snowstorm is prevailing and the line north is very heavy. sé Ask for cireulers, MCINTYRE, SON&CO © IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS\u2019 AGENTS - - = $1.00 for « « $10.0 States and Canad LIST OF PRIZES \u201c \u201c « - \u201c \u201c êcss .E.Lefebvre Manager §1 St James st.Montreal 1 Prizeworth Mr 0000 > 1 a\u201c \u201c 1 \u201c 16 3 prizes \u201c 5 LC *\" 25 \u201c se 100 = 20.500 + Approximut.on Pri 3 LL] .Te a Com ww = Have in stock the best value to be had in SCOTCH AND IRISH LINENS PLAIN CASHMERES AND SERCES FANCY PLAID DRESS COODS ® VELVETEENS BLACK CASHMERE HOSE, all sizes.ULSTERINGS SMALL WARES\u2014 ROUILLON\u2019S KID CLOVES Josephine Jouvin cut.6 © a 13 VICTORIA SQUARE, Montreal.HODGSON, SUMNER & CO.Importers Fancy and Staple Dry Goods ARE NOW OFFERING SPECIAL 34 rm \u2014_\u2014 7 and 349 St.Paul Stree LINES t.me me OR \u2018le \u2014\u2014 DOUBLE SURFACE LIGHTNING PLANER AND MATCHER.Planes 24 inches wide and 6 inches thick.Matches 14 inches wide.Three pairs of 6£ inch diameter geared driven power feed rollers.Genuine Shimer matcher heads, adjustable from feeding end of machine.Heavy four-sided steel eylinders; knives bolted on two sides.Separate beading attachment if desired.A strictly first-class machine in every point and particular tae Saw Mills, Lath Mills, EXCINES AND BOILERS: Shingle Mills, Machine Shops, Sturtevant Blowers, Exhausters and Portable Forges.@ Planing Mills, Foundries, &c.All Styles, Shapes and Makes, New and Second-hand.MACHINERY SUPPLIES: Belting English imported Oak Tanned\u2014Laco Leather Shaïting, Hancings, Tallere, Twist Drills, Files, Taps, Dies, Everything cequired in à Mancfictoriae Establishment, Wo Cany $200,000 Worth of Machinery in Stock, WILLIAMS, 305 St.Jemes Steet, HORT è + of à * 3 «FT LI 4 THE MONTREAL HERALD, WEDNESDAY.MARCH 23.1892.TT 1B eal Wye $52.75 is too paltry to be considered in AMUSEMENT NOTRS, YPE WRITING MACHINE (le Montreal Srralè.the city estimates, let our city fathers toe4 Aturactions at all the Montreal T RATES OF SUBSORIPTION, present that sum 10 buy a flag or any Theatres.Anyone having a Type Writing Machine Sy Mail, in Advance, Postage Paid, Daily edition, OnS JORF.000.0010000ce ce 0e MOONtS.0000000cccccacsccncocc0c00e 838 \u2018Throe months.175 Por MONtN.0000u00vocesionrseus0 200000 se Weekly edition, one copy, per year.1 00 Specimen copies sent free.Remittances can be made either by draft, express, post-office order in registered stter at our risk.AGATE MEASURNMENT\u20141{ LINES TO THER INCH Ordinsry advertisements, 18 centapet line Advertisement appearing under the head- gor\" special notice 25 per cent, advance above rates, Reports of meetings 15 cents per ine.Reading Notices, 25 cents per line, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 50 cents each assertion.All contracts for advertising for definite veriods made at reduced rates.WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 23 moquer THE COMING HERALD.\u2014 The numerous friends of The Herald will be gratified to learn that arrange- merts, now in progress, will doubtless be soon completed for the establishment and publication of the paper on old Liberal lines, by a company of gentlemen well able to give effect to their determination that The Herald shall in the very near fature occupy a leading place in the city and country as à newspaper and political journal.\u2014e MINISTERIAL PROCRASTINATION.With the opening of the eezson\u2019s navigation almost in sight, our merchants cannot yet obtain any decisive answer from Government as to canal tolls.The total abolition, or at least, the reduction to a minimum for a definile term of years, would be à great encouragement to the grain trade of this city, and incidentally would benefit the whole community, and 1t is difficult to assign any reason for the dilatoryness displayed.Before the elections one could imagine thatthe proclamation was kept back with the deliberate intention of keeping the whip band over Montreal merchants, but that ground is cut away now.Sir John\u2019s cloak msy have fallen upon Pre mier Abbott, who has had to have it enlarged, go that instead of \u2018 to-morrow,\u201d the policy 18 now * to-morrow week,\u201d but even that would bring us to a definite conciuaion sooner or later.The most reasonable cause that we can see ig that the constant evolation of the theofy of protection is causing Ministers to look upon merchants as more or less disloyal and deserving of no consideration.If their strongest efforts are directed to the exclusion of foreign products by means of prohibitive duties, how ean they look with any complaisance upon a body of men who make importing and expor#ing the chief business of their lives ?\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 A RUMOR I8 CURRENT that tte Roman Catholic Bishops of the Proviuce have under consideration a very practical measure of reform.It is matter of note that beside the general holidays, observed throughont the Dominion, there are in the Province of Quebec church holidays, seven in number, that are statutory legal holidays in this province.The days sometimes clash together in such wise that a whole week is mora or lees lost for business men.This year, for instance, Ascension day and Queen\u2019s Birthday, take different days in the same week, as do, à little later on, St.Peter and St.Paul's, and Dominion day.The reform suggested has been largely carried out by the Catholic authorities of France, Germany and Ireland, and con- gists in transferring the celebration of the religious holidays to the next Sunday.In these Jays of keen business competition such an alteration would benefit hoth employers and employed, and will be generally hailed with acclamation.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT\u2019S FLAG.At the time of its arrival we comment~ ed pretty freely on the palpable absurdity of charging duties to tue extent of $62.75 on the flag presented by the Duke of Connaughtto the best drilled cadet corpe.It was the indecency of laying a mercenary hand ou a gracious gift that at first excited remark, If the present had been made by some wealthy resident of Canada it might have beea retorted that he should have had it made in his own country, but when sent here from abroad, and mot with any idea of selling or in any otüer way making money by it, it does scem as if it would have been in order to have brought the matter under the notice of the Canadian Government, or at least to have paid the amount under protest.At the time we also expressed our opinion that the payment of the amount by the city was illegal, and would not be allowed by a caraful auditor.Itcertainly was a piece of bad taste \u2018to flout a royal gift in this manner, and as it proves was quite unnecessary.The \u2018Customs tariff does not give us any clue to the charge under the heading of banners or flags, but the nearest approach we can find is under the heading of prizes won in competition which are to be entered \u201cree.\u201d The amount involved is not a large one, but the underlying principle is the same as if it were a thousand times more.The council should petition for a return of the daty paid in error, and if Government then cannot do the gracious thing by letting the flag in free, let them keep it 12 bond till the competition is decided, when it may come in under the head of \u201cprizes won in competition,\u201d If the amount o° other prize for the second best corps in the competition.\u2014\u2014 THE USEFULNESS or Tue Canadian High Commissioner in England, in the late Dominion General Election i8, we understand, encouraging Government to undertake the establishment of & similar officer in Washington.By judieious selection the Ambassador to the U.S.may be made the ball-w -ther of the Western and Pacific Provinces just as his confrere in London is of the Maritime Provinces.Such a policy may not be very dignified, but it has its vies.ge TUPPER'S RAILWAY EXPENSES.In the late Tupperian campaign against the Canadian electorate, there are so many points deserving special reproba- tion that it is difficult to speak on any one matter without opening the floodgates of indignation on the whole business.There is, however, one thing that does not stand consistent in the policy o: the Government.While paying ungrudg- ingly the cost of ocean transit to and from Canada, why should there be any objec« tion to payiug for his railway transport frcm place to place within the Dominion ?If it was necessary to bring himto Canada, it w&s just as necessary to cone vey him to the spots where his usefu.\u2014 ness would be most apparent.Enemies may suggest that the bill presented was from the G.T.R., and that the behaviour of that company in adhering to a strict neutrality during the contest, did not entitle them to any consideration, This may possibly be the explanation, and though not exactly & very creditable one, it is about on a par with the rest of the business, A NExT IN MISCHIEF to those taxes that tend to increase the price of the food of the people are those that help fo keep them in ignorance.Taxes on knowledge are always to be deprecated, and among them may certainly be considered any duties that militate against the spread of the newspaper press.On this accoant we would call particular attention to the efforts of certain type founders of Canada to get the duties on type increased, with the two fold object of prohibiting foreign competition,and enablicg them to charge a higher figure for tbeir own production.\u2014 A CITY BOARD OF WORKS.Alderman Wilson's notice of motion to amalgamate tha Road and Water Committees, under the name of \u201cThe Board of Works,\u201d is the most important of the many subjects now awaiting consideration.As it is in the interest of the citizens generally, and has not ths support of any special body intsrested in urging it forward, it is 1n more need of recognition by the public press than any of the other motions which under one name or another are awaiting their turn upon the order sheet.Alderman Wilson's proposal will, if carried ont, save the public endless trouble, confu- slon and annoyance, and io the long run will also prevent the waste of the public funds to an extent that in course of time may amount to millions.What citizen is there that has not been ame noyed at seeing the road .in front of his own property first put nicely in order by the rcad committee and then, perhaps next day, torn up by the water committee and after being kept open for weeks finally left in an unfinished and un: sightly condition?If is to put a stop to the annoyance and waste of money oc- easioned by this unbusinesslike mode of proceeding that Alderman Wilson aims, His scheme is entirely practical, will cost nothing to carey it out, and will eventually save a great deal.It is not like asking the Council to waste some hours over the discussion of the early closing motion, & proposition which its own supporters admit would require martial law to carry into effect.This motion injures no one, and will benefit the whole city.We trust to gee it brought up at a very early date, 80 as to allow citizens ths use of their streets during the coming summer instead of handing them over to the excavators.\u2014\u2014 HE KEEPS HIS SEAT.Ald, James Will Continae To Represent Bt.James Ward, Justice was rendered by Mr, Justice Tait yesterday in the case of Peden va.James to unseat the latter ag alderman for St.Lawrence ward on the ground of want of qualification, His Honor said that he had simply to ask whether r8- spondent had beea the proprietor of sufficient immovable property for at least six months before the nomination, and that fact was amply demonstrated by the judgment abova mentioned and by the proofin thecause.He, therefore, rejected the petition, but gave the pati- tioners costs up to the date of filing the declaration as they were in good faith, but condemned them to pay respondent's costs thereafter.Ag this judgment is not subject to appeal Mr, James will hold his seat for the term for which he was elected.Mr.R.C.Bmith and Mr.W, W.Robertson, Q.C., were for petitiouer; Messrs, Archl- bald and Geofirion defended.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 JOINED THE COMPANY.The Canada Cotton Company Merged Iato The Larger Concern, The directors and shareholders of the Canada Cotton Company held a meeting yesterday morning to complete arrangements with the great Canadian Cotton Combine, which has absorbed so many of the Cotton Companies during the past vear.At least nine-tenths of the shara- holders were represented, and the basis of the arrangement made was, that the Canada Cotton Company\u2019s shareholders got seventy-five per cent of the new company\u2019s share value, which is considered a liberal allotment, It is stated that the Canada Colores 1 Cotton Company have applied to Parli- ment for powers to increase thair cap til from $50,000 to $200,000, and that they will also join the combine, The four Montreal theatres were open last evening and citizens generally will be atronger in their desire to see their favorite house win the great contest, The coupon ig page 7, col.6.\u201cMen and Women\u201d was presented to a good house at the Academy last night and the people were well pleased with the performance.\u201cThe Fast Mail\u201d turned people away 1ast night.The scenery was much admired.\u201cMoney Mad\u201d next week, At the Lyceum the Burlesque Company is making a hit.It Will run all week.; Heroes\u2018 at the Queens, A most satisfactory presentation of the above play was presented by the following cast : Gen Sir Douglas Ma orne, K CO B.Mr D H Rennoidson Major Herries,(his son).Mr George J Sheppard \u2018Archibald Herries, (his grandson).eeeravsas Mr_Peroy K Brown Tom Croft.eeccescrseneseee Mr And Raeburn Mr Ruggles.r Fred A Thomson WHS.cvesvesonroescrsoncenes r Ed Sheppard Lilian Berries Miss Phemie Allan Mary Mason, isa Estelle Lavioletie Mie Manger core dote aus se ME Will Bruce To single cut any member of the com pany for special praise would be diffi cult, for all filied the roles in à highly creditable manner.One almost forgot that 1t was an amateur performance, in fact, many of the professional troupes which have visited the city, have not given the same satisfaction.Miss Phemie Allan, Miss Estelle Lavioletie and Mrs.D.H.Rennoldson in their respective roles, wera frequently applaud od.Heroes will be repeated to-night.Arranging for ¢ Rob Roy.\u201d Mr.Neil Warner bas in course of pre | paration a performance of \u201c Rob Roy,\u201d which is likely to startle Montreal theatre-goers when presented by tha special company that be is now orgau- izing.Mr.Warner assumes the title rol and there are several local professionals working hard to try aod get up thew arts.The scenery is being prepared by ir.R.J.Garaud ot New York.A REWARD OF VIRTUE.A Business Speculation That Taraed Out All Right.Once upon a time there was a publishing company\u2014an illustrated publishing company, by tha way.Week after week a pretty little picture book was issued, snd both young and old children enjoyed it very much.They purchased copies at 10 cents each, and thes newsdealers booght them for lees, It was this buying for less and not sufficient people buying for 10 cents that placed the company in such a position that like the South Sea bubble it becams finan, cially embarrrassed, and-well it didn\u2019t quite burst bat awfully near it.It was bent, bent badly, and someone was sent for who could straighten it.The someone was found.Hs had had at least sufficient experience ia journalistic work to satisfy him that be could run an illustrated sheet even if it wasn't a morning paper.He financed, he did it well, and he became tue recognized hesd of the new firm that purchased the estate of the troubled \u2014Illus:rated Publishing Company.But, oh! when he looked around and viewed the thousands of copies of picture papers which lay in huge piles in the store-room.Then he sat him dowa down, and\u2014no he didn\u2019} weep\u2014bat thought, and by and by it dawned on bim that it is said there 18 a somebody who takes care of his own.He conldn\u2019t sell the books to the butcher because tte paper was so thick, and he didn\u2019t want to take them home, because he had so much furniture and so little room.All would come well, he said, and so it did.There was a government that dearly loved its country when 1t thought that any money was to be made, and this government wanted tbe people in its mother land to see some pictures of itself and its home.So they talked.The publisher who ownad the \u201cpiles of pictures\u201d rushed to the scene of the talk and made a proposal.\u201cBy George, that's à fact, said one of the Government, \u201cyou did help us, didn\u2019t you; bué mind you never talk again about \u2018turning the ras cals out because you know it might come back on us.We'll give yon \u2014\u2014teen thousand for the lot.\u201d And the publisher went home weil satisfied.The following notice of motion wae given in the House of Commons on Friday: Mr, Somerville\u2014An enquiry of the ministry whether the Government parchased during ihe current fiscal year copies of The Dominion Illustrated, receatly published in Montreal; 1f s0, what number of copies were purchased, for what purpose were they purchased, from whom were they purchas«d, and what sum was or is to be paid for them ?REDUCING THE HOLIDAYS3.Rumor of a Mandement to ThisEffeet From the Archbishops, In Catholic ecclesiastical circles a rumor has been gaining carrency during the past few days to the effect that the hierarchy of the Province of Quebec bave had for some time under serious consideration the question of abolishing a number of holidays to which the obligation of refraining from servile work has hitherto been attached, It is stated that the one of the principal reasons which have dictated this resolve on the part of the ecclesiastical authorities is the annoyance caussd by the trequency with which the observance of these religivus holidays interrupts the course of business tarought the province; but particalarly in this city, where mercantile interests euffor considerably from t.The members of the episcopate have, itis added, been in communication with the Holy See on the subject, so that a joint pastoral letter embodying the changes decided upon and the reaso # which urged their adoption may shortly be expected to be read in the churches.A representative of the Herald paid a visit to the Archiepisco al palace yesterday afternoon to interview His Grace Archbishop Fabre as to what foundation, if any, existed fur the report.The Archbishop was not at hom» at the rime, but his representative, Grand Vicar Marechale, politely declined either to deny or confirm its trutnfulness.It ws the invariable custom, he said, of the Archbishop, and, in fact,fof the other members of the hierarchy of the province, never to communicate to news.apers\u2014not even to the official organ, a Semaine Religieuse-matters of sach ecclesia:t cal importance,nnt lanauth Er, tative announcement had first been made to the faithful from the pulpits throughout the different dioceses.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Good Quality.Good stock, fine flavor, and delicious aroma, all combined in the 5 cent Hero cigar.Ask for it at cigar stores, J Rattray Co., Montreal, | in good order can hear of a purchaser by addressing \u201cA.M.Q@\" Herald Office.OTICE 1s hereby given that all unquatl- fied graduates intending 10 vou for the election of the new REPRESENTATIVE FELLOWS to serve on tue corporation oi this University in the session of 1892-4, must send in their commutaiion fee, Five Dollars (from which will be deducted\u2019 former payments, but not to a greuter nearevate amon nt than $2.50) with their address on or before April 1st, 1892, upon payment of whica the voting papers will be sent io such graduate annually.By order, Je W.BRAKENRIDGE, B, C.L, Acting Registrar March 2nd, 1892.THE MOLSONS BANK Are Hereby Notified that a Dividend of FOUR PER CENT.upon the eap!tal stock has been decla: r 1he Current Hair Year, and that Slarod Lor will be payable at the office of the Bank, in Montreal, and at its brauches on and after e FIRST DAY OF APRIL NEXT.The Transfer Books will be closed from the 16th tothe Slst - March, both da ys inclusive.By order of the board, F.WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Maouger.\u2018Montreal 23rd February, 189 2 a ST.LAWRENCE HALL 135 to 139 St.James Street MONTREAL.HENRY HOGAN.Proprietor.The best known Hotel in the Dominion.ARCHD.NICOLL, Insurance Broker,Marine, Fire and Life 16 5¢.Saoramen (street! MONTREAL For Sale to Close Consignments.Bleaching Powder, Soda Ash, Sal Soda, Sal Ammoniac.Menry Dobell & Co.Agen\u2018s H.A.MILLER, House, Sign and Window Shade Painter Paper Hanger and Deborator, Gilding .Grainine, Glazing, White-à washing, etc., ete.96 St Catherime street MONTREAY, Atlas Assuranes Co * FOUNDED 1808?CAPITAL - $6,000,000 Total Assets exceed $9.7350,000 - Fire Iusurances arranged in almost every description of property at modefateratesg R, A.CAMPBELL, Special Oity Ageat EEAD OFFICE FOR CANADA : (9 ST.FRANCOIS XAVIER-ST., Montreal Matthew C.Hinshaw Branch Manager UNLON Assurance - Society London, G.B.instituted in the Reign Queen Arne A.D.1714.TOTAL FUNDS EXCEED TWO and » QUARTER MILLIONS STX 8G FIRE RISKS accepted on evel gesoription of property at current T.L MORRISSEY, Resident Manager for Canada, PHENIX INSURANCE COMPANY Of Hartford.Conn.: Cash Capital » : 52,000 00 Canada Branch Head Office Us ST JAMES STREET?MONTREAL CERALD E* HART* General Manager A share of your fire insuranoe is solis cited for this reliable and wealthy company, renowned for its prompt and fheral settlement of claims.YRILLE LAURIN &; MAITLAND SMITH Montreal Agents, Liverpool London and lobe INSURANCE COMPANY CANADA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, The HON.HENRY STARNES Chai Ed.J.Barbeau, Esq,, W.J, Buchanan, Esqu A.F.Gault, Esg., Saml.Finley Esq} 8ir Alex.T.Galt.G.C.M.G.Amount Invested in Canada.1,350,000 ASBOLEOVEY.i covitricessensies +.$42,000,008 ERCHANTILE RISKS accepted at the est current raves, Churches, Dwelling Houses and Farm Pros perties insured at reduced rates, Special attention given to application made direct to the Montreal office, GQ.F, C.SMITH, Ohiat Agent for the Dominjon, Sub-Agen! Frey C.HENSHAW, FRED NAsH I.G.R.DRISOOLL GEORGE C.HIAM, Special Agent French Department, OYRILLE LAUREN, SHERRIFE'S Islay Whiskey XX0.VO.OLD This Brand has maintained its High Reputation in Canada for THIRTY-FIVE YEARS GILLESPIES @ ents for Canada PUBLIC WOTICE.DIER GAKNEAU, atud-at of dentistry of the City of Montreal, will, at the next session of the Legislature of Quebec, sx the passage of a bill »uthorizing him to practice Lhe profession uf dentist.DIDIER GARNEAU.DROUIN & DROUIN, Attorneys for Petitioner.Montreal, 17th Maroh, 1897, Public Notice Public notice is hereby given that the town of Muisonneuve, Hochelaga county, wiil make application to the Legisiature of tho Province of Quebec, at its next sesston, to ameud and consolidate its charier, the prin- cipalamendmeuis haviug reference to municipal taxes and licenses, to its power to ei- fect loans and to expropriate land for public purposes, to pass b) -luws necessary lor its administration, to Ine Recoruer\u2019s Court, to its water supply and to public works, Montreal, September 12, 1891.BrAUCHAMP & DORVAL, Attorne \u2018or Petitinner The Montreal Gas Company.The Annual General Meeting ofthe shareholders will ve heid 1a the GAdiupaus s viliss, 1.0 Ottawa stroet, on Wednesdav, th Anril, 1892, at 1 o'clock pm.to receive the yearly report and for the transaction of other business, A semi-annual dividend of six (\") per cent, on the nsid pp eapita]l sock 0 the Company has been declared, payable at the Company's office on and after the ith April next.\u2018The transfer books will be closed from the 1st to the 16th prox, borh days inclusiv., {BY order of the Board], J.F.SCRIVER, \u201c Manager and Secretary.Montreal, 23rd March, 1892.PEO INCE OF QUEBEC DISTRICT a+ Montreal, Circuit Court.No 3472\u2014 Honore Thauvette ptaintiff, versus Francois Xavier Archambault ot al, defendants n the 1st day of April.1892, at nina of the clock in the forenoon, at the domicile of Francois Xavier Archambault, one of the said de- fendaats, No13 Laval-avenue, ia the City of Montreal, wiil be sold by authority ot justice all the goods and chattels of the said defendant, Francois Xavier Archambault, seized in thir caure, \"an=i1sting of household furniture.Terms of sale cash.J.A, DECELLES, B.SC, Montreal, March 23, 1842.% MONTREAL ROOFING | COMPANY COR.LATOUR ST, & BUSBY LANE, Metal, Siate, Actinolite Cement and Gravel Roofers, \u201c© MANUFACTURERS OF = Galvanized Iron and Copper Cornices, Skylights, Gutters, Conductors and Ventilators, .___ ROOFS REPAIRED AND PAINTED.Asphalte and Bithulithic Flooring.Base ments made Damp and Rat Proof.ESTIMATES PROMPTLY FURNISHED.| MONTREAL ROOFING COMPANY, P.0.Box 909.* Telephone Bell 130, Federal 1602, L _\u2014_ SOMETHING NEW I \u2014 THLE FLAT OPENING BLANK (Kinnard patent.) Tie Strongest Blak Back ix fi World, Lies open on the desk as fiat asa sheet of paper, Callin and examine it.| 44 ia just what you = \"arr CS up ve : ; ! MORTON, P) & 00.Stationarn, Blank Book Makers .andPrinien: WF.© 1755 &1757 Notre Dame S Geo, G.Robinson and O0 MES _ JEWELERS, WATCHMAKERS, Eto, 216 ST.JAMES STREET.Diamond, Pearl, and Gold Jewelry.ve | Solid Silver, Fancy Pieces in Cases, Mounted China, and Electro Plated Ware Watch and Clock Repairs a Specialty.Watches regulated withous charge BOOK NOAH L.PIPER & SON FRONT-STREET, TORONTO: \u2014MAHUFÉOTURERS OF-= Railway Signals And the Various Appliances Requred bv Railway HOTEL BRUNSWICK.MADISON SQUARE - NEW YORK American and European Plans.Table d\u2019Hote and Rertaurant\u2014Very centrally located snd convenient to ail places of amaseinent.MITCHELL.EINZLER & SOUTHGATE RIENDEAU\u2019S HOTEL (Late St.Nicholas Hotel,) 58 And 60 JACQUES CARTIER SQUAR The New Rjendeau_ Rotel 18 in close proximity tothe R.& OO.Navieation Cos steamers, City Fall and Court House.ès The rooms are large, sirv and elegantly AMUBEMENTS?Academy ot Music HENRY THOMAS, Lessee & Manager.Commenctng MONDAY March 21st, Matinee Saturday, Charles Frohman\u2019s Production of De Mille & Beiasco's GREATEST PLAY, MEN & WOMEN.y the author of \u2018The Wife\u2019 *T| it kall) \u2018Lord Chumier Charity Prices $1,75¢ and ä0c; Gallery Be, Seats pow on sale at Nordheimer's.Next week\u2014J.C.{urs Opera Company.Sparrow and J acobs?\u2014THEATRE ROYAL\u2014 Every Afternoon and Evening, W th Tending Monday, Maron i com For the first time in Montreal, production of Graud scenic THI FAST MAIL, Excellent Dramatic Company, Beautiful Scenery including the Niagara Falls by Moonlight with boil ng mist; ¥iight of the Fast Mail, realistic river scene and steamboat explosion.Prices ol wdmission\u2014 19, 20 and 30c; reserved seats 10c extra Plan ar the \u2018lieatre from yg a.m.tiil 10 p.m, Coming\u2014MONEY MAD.THRE - LYCEUM THEI WEEK \u2014 Every Afternoon and Evening.The ROULETTE CLUB Equestrian Barlesque Company.A New and Original Stage Novelty.7 Queens of the Burlesque on I{orseback Admission, 1{¢, 20¢ and 0c.Reserved seats.10¢ exira.At theatre aud Koisy Bros., 74 Sy Lawrence Main street.ENTERTAINMENT - IN AID OF THE Barnjum Memorial Gymnasium ~\u2014-TO BE HELD AT THE\u2014- WINDSOR HALL FRIDAY Evening, April ist, At 8 o'olock.PROGRAM: 1 Grand March .\u2026.\u2026\u2026ovssssicscasenacses aus music by Gruenwald\u2019s orchestra 2 Eong \u2018Santa Marie\u201d .\u2026.\u2026.0.\u2026.Faure \u2019 Mr Sobeski, 3 Bar-bells.+.Senior class 4Free Gymnaslic8.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.Lilliputians 5 Marchbing.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.-\u202600cn00 » Juniur class 6 song \u201cSpring Flowers\u201d.Carl Reinecke Mrs A Parker, with violin obligate by Miss L McLareu.7 Dumu-bells.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.«Senior class 8 Bar-bells.Junior class 9 Indian clubs .Senior C'ags 10 Free-handa exercises, .Junior class 11 Songs Oh! Promise Me ; \"osseuse LeKovan ë slumber Sons +.Newcombe Mr Sobeski 12 Artistic Calisthenics.13 Ring exercises .14 Guardsand Star.coi music by Gruenwald\u2019s orchestra 15 Song.oiones ue W rerereaiiann Mrs A Parker 16 Polé exercise.-.\u2026.Senior class GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.The Decker Bro.s\u2019 Concert Graud Piano used on this occasion kindly loaned from C.W.Lindsay\u2019s warerooms, 2270 St, Catherine- street.rickets on sala at Geo.J.Sheppard\u2019s music store, 2274 st Catherine sireet, where also holders of reserved tickets will please have them numbered.The : New : Cyclorama Open Every Day and Evening.Custer\u2019s Last Fight, \u2014OR THE\u2014 BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN This famous battle took place on June 25th 1576, and resulted in the toral annihilation of the forces under General Custer's personal commard by the Sioux.In connection with the Cyclorama isa Grand Collection of Indian Curios, Admission 25 Cents, Open daily from 9 a.m., till 10 p.m.Sundays to 10 p m.CYCLORAMA BUILDING, 1981 St.Catherine-street, corner St.Urbains THE ROYAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.The Annual General M-eting of the sbare- holders of the Royal Electric Company will be held at the company\u2019s office, No 53 Wellington street, Montreal, Que., on -Secior class .Senior class TUE SDAY, the 5th day of April, 1892, at 2,80 o\u2019clock p m, for the election of Directors and for the transaciien of such other business as may legaliy come before the meeting, The transter book of the Company will be closed from the 22nd instant until the 5th day of April next, both days inclusive, (By order of the Board), CHAS.W.HAGAR Manager and Secretary.Montreal, 21st March.1842, ORDER YOUR + + Ss Office + + \u201cHERALD\u201d BUILDING No.6 Beaver Hall Hill MONTREAL.M.TRESTER, Formerly of Montreal, © Geperal Commission Merchant, *M Shipping Agent and FW Consignee Hamburg.=.= Germany SA, En Consignments of Canadian Products and orders for, german Goods solicited.- 0 TR, rm a ZF\" Highest references permitted 7; \u201c$ \u2014memmeues Art Association of Montreal Phillip\u2019s Square \u2014_0i TO TET.Corner shop in Art Association Building, St.Catherine St., and Phillips Square, heated.Possession at once.furnishrd JOS.RIENDEAU.Apply at Gallery.me.\u2014\u2014 \u2014 | ll S )\u201d |G in BY aw | Sn t, ny nd eal tion St., ted.>= y - EERE Eps AT THE MONTREAL HERALD WEDNESDAY MARCH 93.OUT AT LAST Continued from Page One.and thus discriminate agaimst Great Britain and all the rest of the worid?The reply came after à full discussion thatit could mot be considered as reciprocity with compensating advantages to the United States unless tuey were given preferential duties especially azainst Great Britain, which was their chiet competitor in the world\u2019s markets and thst any schewe of reciprocity the United States would expect to compte on even terms wita Canadian manafac- turers and with no others.The difficulties in the way were discuseed at length The Canadian delegates told Mr Blaine that under any such arrangement We would stand to lose a consiterable proportion ot our revenue.Tha $8,000,000 callected upon goods imported trom tue United States as well as t 1089 which would result from smaller importatio 8 tro: other countries.Mr.Blaive asking if our Government had net any other methods uf taxation our delegates mentioned our interoal revenue whereupon Mr.Blaine stated that he wounld expect the internal revenue duties to becqoalized.This immediately brought up tue point that itthe American duties were not increased Canada wonld etand to Jose & large proportion of her excise duties 88 ours were now the huber.Our delegates also pointed out the difficulty Canada would experience In discriminating againet the g-ods of Great Britain with which as a colonv we had close relsticns and the disadvantage wa would bs under in placing a cordon avainst tbe who'e world to benefit the United States.Another point raised was whether that supposing Canada were willing to discrimate against Great Britain and the rest of the world who would fit the duties and what would be the measure cf discrimination?The item of wool and woolen goods was io- stanced as a case in point.Mr.Blaine admitted that this was a vital point; thas the United States policy was one of large protection for both wool and woolen goods, and that unless this vital point were guarded thers would be no Security against smuggling and no security for the permanent preservation of the policy of protection.Thereupon Mr.Blaine said that there was no way ont of the difficulty excapt by making the tariff of Canada uniform to that of the United States.The Canadian delegates upon Mr.Blaine acknowledging these difficulties, asked him whether he could not propose a modification of his basis in order to remove the difficulties.Aiter further discussion, Mr, Blaine stated, that it was clear to his mind that no other agreement would bs satia- factory to the United States, in which its manufacturers would not have & preference including discrimination against Great Britain, and that tnere must be a uniformity of tariffs.No Hope for a Treaty.This was a briet and candid sccount of what took place.Continuing Mr, Foster said that so long as the present policy ruled in Congress, Canada could not hope for any treaty except one which would include both nataral and manufactured goods, would discriminate against Great Britain and would involve a complete uniformity of tariff, This Was a position we were in after hours of discussion, during which various proposals w-re made, but no counter propos sais.We had been unable to get our proposals considered or receive counter proposals.Now the matter was settled clearly and definitely.He was both glad and sorry.He regretted that no modus could be found by which a trade agreement could be reached without our being cailed upon to eacrifice too much of Canadian interests and Canadian nationality.From this time forward ws would know where we stood.A Lively Interlude.Hon.Mr.Mills rising to a point of order asked whether the Canadian delegates had made any report upon their mission to the Governor-General, They should Lave done so, and it should have been laid upon the table.Sir Jobn Thompson answered Mills rather warmly.There was no rale or authority which prevented a minister making such a statement in the House.If a ministor made a statement in the House which he bad no authority to make, it would be a matter for the head of the Executive.Mr.Laurier supported Mr.Mills, but the Speaker ruled that Mr, Foster was perfectly in order.He knew of no more opportune time for making a statement of what had teken place in the \u2018Washington negotiations than during a budget speech.The Trade Agitation Assailed.Mr.foster continuing said that for geveral years the commerce of the country and the prosperity of the country had been affected by an agitation which contemplated a very grave change in the commercial and other conditions of Canada.That continued agitation could not have bad but a determined effect upon the business of thecountry.Canadians know now that they must rely upon themselves in the futare and must g0 on with the fixed and definite idea that they have nothing to expect from their neighbors.§If the Canadian farmer was to be debarred from the markets of the United States, he could find à market 1or his wares aud products in Great Brit.in, our roother land.Ia that country i a could find a market for his apples, cheer2, wheat, cattle, bacons, hams, beans, harley, oats, lambs, butter, pou!- try and eggs.Henceforth the policy of the Government would be that Canada would give the best treatment in her markets to those countries which gave her best treatment in theirs, (Loud applause).Sir Richard in Reply.Sir Richard Cartwright began by announc- iog that he acknowledged the authorship of the letter referred to by,1be Minister of F1 nance, and was willing to stand by every syllable of that letter, The letter, he saic, was written in reply to rbe villainous sian.ders of the subsidized Tory press, and tha slander of the High Commissioner and bis gang.He had little fault to find with the financial statement given by the Minister of Finance, but he bad considerable to say abour.what Foster had neglected to mention.He at once began with the census returns, and said that contained information which would amply justily any statements he had ever made of the deplorable condition of ihe country and evidence which would coa- vince any sane man that the policy of the } resent Government had not heen conducive 0 the weifare of Canada, He twitied the Minister ot Finance with the fact that his own province of New Brunswick and his own county of Kings were the strongest argument against him.He gave & comparativ »> statement of the situation during the past decade showing that the great province of New Brunswick with its population of 60,03 had only gained 61 souls in the pat decade.The county of King\u2019s repre sented by the Minister of Finance pra- -sented a lamentable picture.It had a: tually lost according tu the census retur: no less than 5:00 of its population, Foster, \u201cYour figures are wrong.\u2019 Cartwright, I will give you the opportunity of digsproving my statements, The position of the other provinces of the Domivion were in little better condition than New Bruna.wick.Even the fair Provincs of Ontario had receded instead of progressing.This lamentable sta e of affairs happening in one of the thickly pcpulated counties of Europe might pot be a course of wonder but in g country like Canada With all her vast unoceu- pied territory and her undeveloped re-ources capable of accommodating twelve times our present popu.uiv 1t was a serious cau+e of alarm, He pointed oul that it was not refuse population that Canadu was Joosing, but the very cream, of young men between the ages of 20 and 4 years, The United States statistician, he aid.contended that there wers mors NOw Hrunswickers in the State of Massacnuvelts and Ror sister, New England States than there was in New Hrunswicey itsel' Despite the importunce of these facts the Minister ot Finance offers no explanation and leaves us to seek the information or believe that the Gov \u2018roment has miserable failed to perform its duty.Conservative Press Attacked, He attacked the Conservative press for trying to palliate the desperate condition o! affairs by saying that Canada was simply suffering a depression felt ali over the United States, this he sald war quite untrue.There migh be some truth tn the remarks as far as Vermont.New Hampshire and Massachusetts were concerned, but as regardsthe other great groups of States all he conld say was that reliable figures 101d another story.He quoted at length figures in support of his argument and compared them with the fizures as given 01 the different Provinces of Canada by th - lastcen-us, and agreed that the nosition of abe Lominios Was with@ t @ paralel Mer population unas not increased.The Government, he said, endeavored to explain away the fact by the statement that the country was simply suffering fr m a tendency among the people to flock to the cities.If this argument was good, he said, the Goverumeut condemn themselves a8 the whole \u2018egislation of the Government was in faver of the cities and cslculated to depress the agriculturalists.Sham Immigration.The returns of the Agriculture Department showing the arrival in Canada during the past four years of 90.00 he characterized as uothing short of fraud.Millions of the peoples money had been votea for the purposes of promoting emigration and not 10 per cent of the miserable few who are well paid to come to Canada remain\u2014since 1887 he sald $2.257,006 has been spent by tho Government for immigration purposes, and the census returns show a8 thut there has been practically po immigration to the country.He could not he'p believing that the whole of this vast sum of money only went to swell the vast corruption funds of the Conservative party.Decreases in Population, He showed that in the rural districts of the varions provinces in the Dominion there was an actual decrrase in the population.In 39 counties in Ontario there was a decrease in population since last census.Thirteen alone show an increase.In Quebec 27 counties show aloss,32 remain stationary and onlv 5 show any increase in the population and this without taking into consideration any immigration fgures, The Maritime Provinces he said were in a still more deplorable condition.Taking into consideration the natural increase in the population he contended that there was a falling off in the population in Ontario or 300,008, in Quebec of 230,000 aud in New Brunswick of 80,000.It being 6 o'clock the speaker left the chair, The Policy of Excessive Taxation, After recess Mr.Cartwcight resumed the debate by pointing out the vast disadvantages Canada was laboring under by what he termed thls policy of isolation and excessive taxation, He repudiated the charge that the Liberal party was responsible jor the McKinley tariff and said it was the Ingical outcome ofthe policy of the Government, The result of the adoption of the McKinley bill he pointed out bore mainly upon the Canadiana Jarmer.This pressure had not yet beeu fuit to anything like what it\u2019 would be in the future.The exceptional harvests of Jast year and the \u2018continued good prices obtained for Canadian grain, had for a lime warded off the fatal issue which sooner or later would be felt in all 1tg severity bv the Canadian farmer.The English market he contended could never be utilized to any extent by the Canadian farmer except for certain produc\u2019s, and then only by those who had capital sufficient to enable them to produce the high class products necessary for sale upon the English markets, It was a bad principle of political economy, but a fair one that if manufacturers were to receive bouua- ties for manufacturing cotton and other goods that farmers should have a bounty for their products, Samples of Taxation.On the question of binding twine alone, he sald the farmers of Canada were taxed three or four hundred thousand dollars while only about $6000 of that tax found its way into the public tressury.The rest went to subsidize the manufactures, The iron industry was taxed about 8) per cent, and the tax on coal was increased by the Government car \u2018ving coal for a few favored collieries on the Inter- colonial far below the cost.Foster's Grave Statement, He complained that no protocol of the negotiations at Washington have been laid upon the table.The statements made by the Minister of Finance were very grave, and he hoped they were made with the sanction and approval of the American Government, He denied the statement that the question of closer trade relations with the United States had been settled at the recent conference at \u2018Washington.The Canadian Commissioners went to Washington Lo receive a refusal, and they got it.It was never their imtention to seriously entertain the question of reciprocity he complained that the Government had gone to the country last March under faise pretences.Reociprocity, he said, was Canada\u2019s only hope of escape from utter commercial and fivancial rain, and that reciprocity could only beobiained upon the principle of the interchange of special privileges, e attributed the success of the Government ar tne recent by-elections to the influences of boodle and corruption, A Scathing Denunaiation.The eensus returns, he said, spoke with trumpet voice what the Government had done for the material welfare of the country and ihe disgraceful scandals of last session were an index of its moral reaching.He claimed that there was not a single public work in (Canada which paid the interest on the capital outlayed.The canals, the Inter; colonial and ull other public works were so managed as to be constantly from year io year arrears.He admitted that there was & small increase in the volume of trade, but said that despite all the restric tions upon the trade with the United States, that trade represented nearly the whole of the increase 0: $2,000,040, which was noticed in the returas.The trade of the United States in 1880 was over one hundred millions ofr illimitable market, to which Canadians must obtaic admission 1n order to preserve the woljare and progress of the country.Hon, Mr, Tupper.Hon.Mr.Tuvper replied to Sir Richard Cartwright, dealing at some length with the now famous Economic letter and indulging in a geod deal of personal abuse of the member for South Oxford, Sir Richard repeated in tbe House that his assertions were true and that he stcod by them.Mr.Tupper challenged the Liberals to state whether they would accept Mr, Blaine\u2019s proposals.No section of the Conservative purty would ever accept them.He took excep:iun to the statement of Sir Henry \u2018fyler, president of the Grand Trunk Rullway, that that company paid 350,000 for duties upon coat imported for their use.He, Mr.Tupper, had been amazed at the statement and had communicated with Mr, Seargeant, the manager of the company, but although many wosks has elapsed since then he had not been given } any proof of the statement.As a fact the whole duty paid upon soft coal imported Canada was only $500,000, which included the enal used by buth the C.P.R.and G.1\".R.as well as for all other uses.Mr, Patterson of Brant, Mr: Patterson, Brant, followed.He protested against Mr.Tupper\u2019s abuse 08 Sir Richard Cartwright, and pleaded for more careful consideration of financial questions In an admirable speech he attacked the Government\u2019s fiscal policy, pointing out that Mr, Foster evidently expected a perion of stagnation for with all his machinery for collecting taxes, he did not xuticisate any increase in revenue during the coming year.Business to be dull, and no buoyancy in revenue was expected, Much had been said about the ra'ief of the people by the abolition of sugar duties, but he could tell Mr.Tupper that if the Government really desired to benefit the people they would impose a duty of three- tenths of a cent per pound upon raw sugar under No.4 Dutch standard ; they would derive $600,600 more revenue and would give the refiner just as much protection as the refiners in the United States.That would be more just than their present volicy.which gave undreds of thousands yearly to the private use of the refiners, The Liberals contended that what Canada wanted was a better trade policy.Nobody on his side of the House desired to decry Canada, In eloquent language and amid the applause of both sides, Mr.Patierson lauded the natural advantages of the Dominion, and asked why those advantages did not atiract people we so necded.Why bad the flower ofour population aud thie 800.0 immigrants who had come to Canada laft us?He charged the Government as being inoon- istent 'n ite reciprocity policy, Mr.Foster had exulted in his failure Lo secure reciprocity, becanse he believes he has nrevented aoy- body eise buing able vo gel it.Thu tov- ornment and its party bad time and again denounced reciprocity even in uatural products, yet now they had gone to Washinglon pretending that they desired it.He was anxious ior freer trade with our neighbors but though he was not wiiling to pay a dishonorable price for it he could not yet beliove, even in face of Mr.Mos.er's statement, that it was not ye impossible hai sume one else might bo \u2018able to ob ain freer relation.There should have been a written doccment in reference to nego- tiattons which suonld have bean presented to Parliament.[tL seemed to nim the Canadian delegates had gone to Washington determined to sugwest al] sorts of difti- culti¢s to Mr, Blaine, He (Mr.Patterson) could not understand this method of negoli- ation, but if the Governmen( had made up their mind that there should be ao farther negotiation with the U.S.thev should at least bave m-de some other proposal for increasing our market.He did not, nor did the Liberal yarty, abandon all hope of yet obtaining freer trade with the United States.Baker moved the adjournment of debate, and the Hou:e adjourned at 12.10 a.m.ee.THOSE CANAL TOLLS.An Influential Deputation Interview the Government ou the Matter, Orrawa, March 22.\u2014Premier Abbott, Hon.John Haggart and Hon.Mackenzie Bowell to-day, received a larga acd influential deputation on the matter of canal tolls.The members present were McDonnell, (Algoma), Henderson, (Halton), Ryckman, McKay, Corby, Clarke, Wallace, Kirkpatrick.Sproule, Ross, of Lisgar, Curran, Hughes Coch- rane, Masson, Geo.Taylor, R.8.Whit-, Bergin, Cairbairn, Ross, Dundas, Auder- son and Bennett, M, P.\u2019s.Senators Sullivan and Sanford, and Hon.Lonis Beau- bien,Minister of Agricalture, Quabec, with Messrs.D.J.Thompson, Captain Gas- xin, Kingston; Captain Kraugei, Board of Trade, Toronto, and H:rman Lang- staff, reprosent,ng the Northwest Terri- tori«s.The speakers, Hon.George Kirkpatrick, Captain Kraugel, Captain Gaskin and Mr.Thompson, dwelt very fully with the whole ques ion of canal tolls, and not only asked a reduction of tolls immediately toenable them to make contracts for the coming season, but also asked the abolition of the rebate of tolls on grain shipped in American bottoms and transferred at Ogdensburg.Notes, Hon.Dr.Harrison, of Nespawn, Manitoba, ex-premier of Manitoba, is in the city on departmental business.The rate of interest on deposits in Government savings banks will likeiy be increased from 34 to 4 per cent, Gordon, British Uolumbia, gives notice of bis intention to introduce a bill to amend the Chivese Emigration Act by in3reasing the pcll tax on Chinese emigrants from fifty to one hundred dollars per head.The bill also exacts that after tbe expiration of four months from the passing of the act, Chinese emigration into Canada shall ba prohibited aito- gether._\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 CHARGES IN NOVA SCOTIA, Mr.Caban Wants a Cowmmiitee to Inyesti- gate His Charges, Haurax, March 22.\u2014In the Local Legislature to-day, Mr.Cahan, leader of the Opposition, gave notice that he woald to-morrow move for the appointment o a select committee to inquire into the expenditure of road money in the counties of Cape Breton and Victoria, with power to send for persons, papers and records! and to examine witnesses on oath, and more particularly without limiting the scope of inquiry into certain illegalities and fraude which are alleged to have been committed with the knowledge of Joseph MacPherson and A.J.McDonald, members for the county of Caps Breton, and John A.Fraser, member of the county of Victoria.He moved, seconded by Dr.Bethune, that the clerk of this House be instructed to notify Joseph McPherson, A.J.McDonald and John A.Fraser to appear In their place to-morrow that they might show reasons if any against the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into eertain ij- legalities and frauds to which they were alleged to be parties, or which were alleged to bave been committed with their knowledge in connection with the expenditure under the Road Acts of 1889 and 1890.The motion passed unanimously.ess New Master For the Geological Sarvey.In the Senate this afternoon Premier Abbott moved for the second reading of the act to amend the act respecting the Department of the Geological Survey.In a few words he explained that it was the intention ofthe Government to place the Survey im the hands of another Minister.The Governor-in-Uouncil he said would allot the port folio to the person he thought best to fill the position.\u2014e{fpee-mneum\"2 The Ice Bridge Still Firm.The natural ice bridge connecting Quebec and Levis is now very firm, in apite of all the corraspondence to the contrary, and it is likely to last in its present position, if not removed by the hand o wav, until the latter part of April.The ice bridge has been a boon to many, espscially the carters.Quebac Notes, _ Quezrc, March 22, \u2014A despatch to the signal service yesterday reports heavy ice in gult.Six mors schooners left Point Esquisault for the seal fishery, A new club, the Vendome, will soon be opened in 8t.Roch\u2019s Ward.It will be one of the most elegant of the city.\u2014_\u2014 Three Elections Coming.The three elections in the counties of Beauharnois, to replace the late Mr.Plante ; Bonaventure, Hon, Mr.Mercier, resigned ; and Matana, on account of the resignation of Hon.Mr.Flynn, who has, it.18 stated, decided to represent Gaspe, will shortly take place, -\u2014 The Weather, {AORONTO, March 22.\u2014Weather Probabill= Lakes\u2014Westerly winds; higher temperature, St.Lawrenee\u2014Moatly cloudy with rai followed by clearing higher temp>:rature and strong south to west winds, Gulf\u2014Strong winds or moderate southeast to southwest ; cloudy with neo sleet, Maritime\u2014Insreasing cloudiness and to strong southeast to southwest winder pon lowed by rain, Manitoba\u2014Fair and milder.\u2014\u2014\u2014 Movements ot Ocean Steamships, March 22.Arrived at From Oorcassia.\u2026.Moville.\u2026.Ne Darmastadt.New York.ih Bronk fair weather, The Beaver Line steamship Lake Superior, from Liverpool March 10, arriv 1 Thursday morning all well.od at Boston re The Death List, Phililp Slemings, freight agent G.T.R.died at Buffalo this mornin; g.Dr.Agr ew, died at Philadelph'a yesterday, Bergeron, N.F.Davin, Craig, Reed THE WORLD IN \u2014 BRIEF: .European.Prices Bismarck is recovering from tbe sudden iliness with wLicn ud was attacked Monday.Prince Bismarck is recovering from the eudden illness with which he wus attacked on Monday._ The German Minister of Justice hag instructed tue pubic prosecators not to take procedings against newspapers whhout first procuring his sanction.+8patch from Granada, Spain, states that the Marquis of Co: asellie has been assassinated by an nnknown murderer.Rev.Sir F Robinson, rector at Cran- ford, Was perhaps fatally injurea yesterday by being thrown from his horse while hunt ng, Captain Baker, an American, was sentenced toà monthe\u2019 imprisonment yesterday at Amsterdam for shooting à n-UUROUS Sailor at sea.The British Adtairalty bas given an order for two gun-boats to be built for special service on Lake Nyasea, to assist in suppressing the slave traffic.The Danish Government has issued instructions to its officials in Greenland to extend all poesible support to the expedition for the relief of Lieut.Perry.English shipping circles are alarmed at the increasing business done at English ports by the Lloyd steamers plying between Germany and the United States.Deeming, the murderer in costody in Perth, Australia, for the murder of his wife in Melbourne, is not yet aware of t.e di-covery of the bodies of bis sup- peed first wife and her four children in Liverpool.Grezt Britain has a small retellion on her bands in the Lushai Province «f Burmah.Thers have been sovera.small encounters between the British forces and the rebels.\u2018whe revolt is said to be spreading.The distress prevalent in Northen Hungary is resulting in lawlessness: The peasants of O:eche tried to burn tue loral burgomaster by barricading nim in his hcuse but he was rescued by some farmers who witnessed ihe conflagration, The fire which followed the explosion inthe Anderlnis colliery, Belgium, has been extinguished.The efforts to rescues the bodiss 0 those who lost their lives in tue mine, have been resumed.Thers are yet 122 bodies in the pit.The Vienna correspondent of The Daily News says :\u2014\u201cThe King of Greece lately desired to abdicate, but was dissuaded by his mother and the Prince of Weles, who represented that the royal vrince was too young to succeed to the throne and might endanger Eurcpeaa peace.\u201d President Carnot bas rent to Quesn Victoria, who is now at Hyeres, a most Curdial telegram of welcome.Among other things, M.Carnct expressed the hope that Her Majesty would find in the beautiful province an assuagement of the sorrows that have lately afflicted her materna.heart.Gen.Gourko visited St.Petersburg to confer with the Czar on a plan of action in the event of war with Austria and Germany, It wae decided that Gen.Gourko should assume the offensive on the Austro-German frontier and that Gen.Schouvaloff should command the defensive aricy corpe.Canadiaa, Hou.Mr.Mackenzie's health is improved.Mrs.N.A.Ross, of Truro, N.8., died suddenly yesterday.A man named Buck was crushed under a saw log at Hibb's mill at Wiarton, Ont, and died last night, The Rev.W.J.Crothers, M.A., of Carleton Place, has been invited to Port Hope Methodist Church.The damage to the locomotive of C,P.R.Pullman car by collision at Richmond N.S., Friday night 18 placed at $10,000.Eleven employees of the Crown Lands Department at Quebec have besa notified that their services are no longer required.The first sod om the Goderich snd Wingham Raiway was turaed at Nal- ford yesterday in the presence of a large concourse of spectators.Mies Matilda Morehand, of Dundas County, On, bas been awarded $1000 for breach of promise of marriage.The defendunt was a wealthy man named McGuire.; A cablegram received in Halifax, announces that Capt.Robinson, of the Royal Engineers, a graduate of the Kingston College, who belongs to St.Johns, has been killed in action on the west coast of Africa.James McGarrity aged 71 years, of St.John, N.B., was found dead in his honse on Frederick-street, this morning.An investigation reveals facts which point to bis death being caused by exposure and in degree by starvation.Garrity lived alone.The atoamship Stanly came in Pictou, NS.yesterday, after taking ines va- tarday morning making the roundjtrip irym Bouris, P.E.l., where she landed about 40 passengers, The ice was so packed that the steamer was unacle o get into Georgetown.A man named Lagace was so severaly injured in a drunken quarrel on Friday at Mont Carmel, some miles froma Three Rivers, that he died on Saturday night.The father of the victim laid complaints against several parties whom Deputy High Constable Beltefeullle has gone to arres The Quebee Chronicle published a regular avalanche of letters trom Irish Catholies protesting against the seat in the Legislative Council for Stadacona division being filled by any other than a representative of that element and several suggesting the names of Messra.Jobn Sharples, John Roche, Felix Care bery, Simon Peters and L.Stafford for it Yesterday was the seventh d&y of the Heslop murder trial.The public was pot 80 largly represented as on previous davs.The prisoners looked well and appiared cheerful, It 18 understood the defence have about à dozen more wit« nesses for rebuttal evidence.The different counsel will then address the jury.The verdict will likely be known by Thursday.Two divorce cases have just been commerced in the Halifax Divorce Court.The?petitioner in one is Abner A.Crowe, the respondemt his wife; The petition charged desertion and in® timacy 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the 26th inst, the wife of LR Buzzell, of a daughter.HENRY\u2014At 111 Stanley-street, on March 21, Mrs À C Henry, of a son, MARRIAGE, BROWN-SCOTT\u2014At the Methodist Church: Lakefield, Que, on Feb 29,by the Rev J Holt Murray, Miss Mary E (Minnie), daughter of Mr Matthew Scott, 10 Mr Joseph Brown, of Morin Flats, Que, DENNY.LANG-At Ottawa, on Saturday March 19, by the Rev Mr Farries, Knox Church, Archibald Denny, Cornwall, Ont, to Annie M Lang, daughter of the late Gzorge Lang, Ottawa.HAMELL-HOLDHOOK\u2014AtOttaws, March 10, by Dr Mark, William James Hame:l aad Mary Ann Holdhouk, both of Ottawa.DEATHS, BASKERVILLE\u2014On the 20th, at \u20183; Stewart-street, infant daughter of Mr ani Mrs John Baskerville.DYDE\u2014On thet 20th inst, at No 6 Bishop- street, in the 86th year of her *age, Eliz Henrjetta Holt, relict of the late Col Dyde.and dearly beloved mother of Mrs A H Routh and Mrs RB W Tyre, of this city.Funeral private.MAY\u2014At her son's residence, 104 Metcalfe.street, Ottawa, on the 20th instant, Maria, daughter of the late Arthur Samuels.of ueoee, Esquire, and widow of Captain M J ay.ROUGH\u2014At her late residence, No 1\u2019 Maple Grove Parkdale, Toronto, Ont, on Thursday, March 1 Margaret Stark, wife of as Rough in her 71st year, Buried at the Necropolis, Toronto, March 9 WARNOCK\u2014On Sundav, March 20, Elizabeth, beloved wife of James Warnock, aged v2 years.Funeral on Wednesday, at 9am.Friends and a:quaintances Will please attend, FOR AND ABOULC WOMEN, The women cf Spain are taking a hand in public matters, for the repors is that the continuauce of the strike ar Bilboa is cniefiy oue to women inciting the strikers not to yield.Hulda Friedricks, a young German woman, has been engaged by the Pall Mail Gazette to make a tour of the United States for the purpsse of writing up tbe social institutions of the country, especially their effect on wWoman\u2019s condition.The Pharmaceutical Era describes tne woman druggist as neat, careful, and ambitious.Sue could aud does make aa excellent prescription clerk and behind the sales counter is without reproach.8he does not ask 80 many nights off, is not dissipated, is more tractable, and in some other particulars is perhaps superior to her brother clerk.Ladies in Denmark are taking very kindly to cycling, and some of them have done very great things in the way of getting and beating road records, The principal Danish bicycle club boasts about thirty lady members, some ot -Whom are very grrceful riders.The fashion is spreading to the provinces, where one may even see peasant women riding thelr safuties, Buffalo has & working girl's club of forty members and several associate members, which differs slightly from those previously organized in various cities.It is known as the Young Womaa\u2019s Polytechnic Institute, and the girls are to have sole management of the affairs, holding all offices with the exception of president, but the club is to be sustained by the liberality of the public.A wealthy Austrian woman has just founded an asylum for mothers-in-law.The building, not yet completed, is to be big enough to accommodate 50U guests, and the institution will serve as a pleasant refuge for ladies whose company is not sgreeable to the ungrateful men who have walked off with their daughters.More than one-half the number of apartments in the asylum have already been bespoken, the applicants a:l representing the higher classes of Austrian society.A German professor has written a brochure showing that inability to agree with one\u2019s mother-in-law is certain proof of intellsctual progress.Sympathy, They came to me and gently said, * Your neighbor\u2019s little one lies dead ;\u201d I answered not, but closer pressed My own wee one unto my breast.1 1aid him down, my eyes grew dim, And once again Ï bent o\u2019er him; Then out I softly, quickly stole The other mother to console, I clasped her hand, and tried\u2014but no, XI could not say \u2019twas better so; I could not say, dear heart, resign\u2014 O, Father, what if it were mine ! \u2014Kathleen Kavanagh in New Orleans Picayune.They Are Wearing Big Hats in Parls, The Paris hats are large, with flap brims, which are caught up at the back by upright tufts of ostrich plumes, and nvariabiy have strings for tying under the chi.Sometimes the hats are straw and sometimes are: drawn on wire, and are the foundation of the most quaint and carious admixture of colored ribbons and shaded ribbons and flowers of several kinds: for example, a large tuft of shaded tulips was accompanied by bunches of -cowslips.The Welsh crown in these hats is one of the greatest novelty, and our eyes are for the present so unaccns- \u2018tomed to them that I doubt if anybody could wear them without attracting attention.Close-set wreaths of roses without foliage often surround these crowns and are introduced beneath the brim.\u2014 Queen.eee.Semething A bout the New Teacups, The new teacups are very often mounted on little feet which lift them about a half ineh from the sancer.A Æather broad low cup with straight sides is preferred for tea and coffee.A decoration of fine flowers, roses, or forget- me-nots or arabesques in metal ars used in the newest tea services.Chocolate cups are of the same shape As the or- -dinary after-dinner coffee cup, but are larger.The newest chocolate caps are quite tall, about à third higher than the cups oflast season, while after-dinner coffee cups are often made low and flat like miniature teacups, The Marie Ant:inette decoration in China is especially pretty in coffee and tea sets.It is copied from a set of Sevres China made for the Queen.Panels in pale gray cloud effect.scattered with roses or rogesprays, alternate with panels in gold arabesques.A set of after-dinner coffee cume is especially pretty in this historic style.They Have Their Heads Modeled, A curious eighteenth century custom has been revived by the leading Paris coiffures, of having models made of the heads of distant clients, in order to study the effects of new styles of hair dressing aud keep the ladies posted on the newest, and most becoming fashions.A Rueeian grande dame, for examoie, sends at a considerable expense a tac- simile of her head and face, copisd par- fect!y fit-évery detail, to her hairdresser in Pare.He experiments freely, and when a satisfactory result is obtained he mails a photograph of it, with minute directions for arrangement, each month to the St.Pétersburg bella, and thus enables her to look up to date in the matter ofcoiffuare.The initial expense is not small, for the wax modeler must be i his way a true ariist, THE MONTREAL HERALD, WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 1892 Gé, yrun Lm For Coughs & Colds.John F.Jones, Edom, Tex.writes: i have used German Syrup for the past six years, for Sore Throat, Congh, Colds, Pains in the Chest and Lungs, and let me ay to anyone wanting such a medicine\u2014 German Syrup is the best.R » __ B.W.Baldwin, Camnesville,Tezn., writes: I have used your German Syrup in my family, and find it the best medicine I ever tried for conges and coidg.I recominend it to everyone Fr tilese troubles R.Schmalhausen.Druggist, ol Charleston, Ill., writes: After trying scores of prescriptions and preparations I had on my files and shelves, without relief for a very severe cold, which had settled on my lungs, I tried your German Syrup.It gave me immediate relief and a permanent cure.a © G.G.GREEN, Sole Manufacturer, ™ Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.À.JAMES BAXTER 136 BT, FRANCOIS XAVIER STRERT, Gommercial Paper Bought Mowrnnad Advances made on Warehouse Receipts Real Estate Bought or ExchanFed KM.NOLAN de LISLE REAL HSTATH AGENT, Room No.$8 Fraser Building, Ne* 458 St.Saerament Street FURNITURE AND BEDDING Large Assortment Low Prices RENAUD.KiNG & PATTERSON.653 Craig Street.Factory\u201462 College Street, HALSTED & MCLANE, BANKERS AND BROKERS Office 31 Broad Stree*, N.Y.Al, A Perfect Article, \"BAKING POWDER: The purest quality of Cream Tartar, finest re-crystallized Bi-Carbonate of Soda are used in its preparation, It has stood A 1 with housekeepers for the past 30 years, and is now (if possible) better than ever.All the Best Grocers sell 1£ THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPED STUDIO IN CANADA WM NOTMAN & SON, PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE QUEEN, 17 Bleury-Street, - - MONTREAL J.RIELLE Land Surveyor ST JAMES ST AGIRARDIN RTUBIS Proprietor! Gen, Manager Architectural Iron Works.E.CHANTELOUP, Heavy Brass & Iron Founder MANUFACTURER oF Kew und Elegant Designs of Gias and Electric Fixtures, Brass Fomders' Fire Iroms, Bank awd Offlee Railings, Gas and Electrie; Globes, tax, de, de.OFFICE AND WORKS, 687 to 593 Craig Street, Montreal MUNN\u2019S BONELESS - CODFISH Gottne sold Medal at the Jamaica Exhibition.Thi choice article is universally acknowe ledge to be the best on the market.It is packed in the most Econmomieal and Conventent way in \u201c-1b bricks ' » assorted boxes, 51bs., 10 Ibs., 20 1bs and 40 1bs, Quality Very Choice.Buy the Best.STEWART MUNN & CO MONTREAL Kingston and Montreal FORWARDING CO.LIMITED, Through contracts for aï olasses of ireights, east Or west, made on liberal terms.4 Special attention given to receiv \"ing and forwarding grain, oo The company have float : Sng elevators at Portæ mouth ¥ arbor, Xingston, «fOnt,and a barge capacity TDF 400,000 bushels pet j vip b tween Kingston i .aud Montreal German THROUG ANTERNATIO ACIF \u201cTOURIST GARS MARCH AND APRIL \u2014FOR THE\u2014 PACIFIC COAST FROM Montreal to Vancouver Leaving Dalhousie-Sq.Sn 8.40 p, m., MARCH 23 and 30; APRIL 6, 13, 20 and 27, FROM Montreal to St.Paul Leaving Windsor-St.St\u2019n 11.45 a, m., MARCH 26; APRIL 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, filicular attention paid to applications eived by any Canadian P acifle Agent MONTREAL TICRET OFFICES 266 ST JAMES-STREET, cor McGill and at Stations Central Vermont Railroad IMPORTANT OHANGES IN TRAIN SERVICH, ADDITIGNAL TRAINS to NEW YORK &BOSTON Four Fast Express Trains to Now York Four Fast Express Trains to Boston, leave Bonaventure Station as follows i\u2014 For New York Fast trata, via Rutland sTroy andAlbany.arr.NY 8.50 p m 8.50 am, | Express via White \u2014 Ex'pt sun, Jo aad Springfield ) River arr N\u2019w Y\u2019k £0.00 p m Fast Night train, via Troy and Albany arriving New York Night Express via Springfield & New Haven arr New Y\u2019k 11.30 am For Boston Day Express via Rut landand Fitchburg | arrivng Boston, Fast train vlaWhiie River Je and Lowell, arriving Boston Fast train via Bel- lowsFls and Fitoh- burg, Arr Boston Night Express via Concord and Low\u201d ell arr Boston 7.30 a m Ex\u2019pt sun 5.50 p m Daily 6.45 a wm 535 pm Daily 730 à m Ex\u2019pt Sun 6.55 p ma Sou «à IA Ex\u2019pt Sun 730 pm 8.30 p m ) Ex\u2019pt Bun 7.00 sam S38 pm Daily 8.15 à m ing Room and Sleeping Cars ma all through trains.For Tickets, Time-tables and all informa tion, apply tothe Company's omoe, 138 St.James street.A CHSTONEGRAVE, anadian Passe: te & W CUMMINGS.» EB Cosi General Pass.Agent, President.ST.ALBANS, VT.! Feb, 18, Delaware \u2014 AND \u2014 NEW YORK & MONTREAL ATR TLINE.- SHORTEST LINE New York Saratoga, Troy, Albany, Bos» ton, Philadelphia Baltie more and Waghington, AND ALL POINTS SOUTH AND EAST Quick Time.No Delays \u2014 TRAINS LEAVE MONTREAL 8 25\u2019a m-\u2014Daily except Sunday, arriving in New York at8 50 pm Through Drawing- room car Montreal to New York 5 20 p m\u2014Night Express, Sunday include), \u2018Wagner's Buffet Vestibule Sleeping Car runs through to New York without change, arriving in New York at 6 45 next morning nig train mades close conueetion at Troy and Albany with Sleeping car Train for Boston, arriving at 1045 am New York Through Mails aud Express carried via this line Information given and \"Tickets sold'\u201cat.Windsor and Balmoral Hotels, all Gran Trunk Offices and at the Company's Office 143 St.James street, Montreal] J.W.BURDICK, W.H.HENRY, General Pass Agt Agent Albany, N.Y.Montreal ESTABLISHED 1966.20TH YEAN e RAILWAY 2& steam-Kavication GUIDE (PUBLISHED MONTHLY) THE ONLY RECOCNIZED RAILWAY QUIDE OF THE DOMINION \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Contains the Latest TIME TABLES from Officlal Sources; aiso a rellable .à and accurate v GAZETTEER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA ee Being an Alphabetical List of Railway, Steamerand Stage Pointe, in which are designated Towns with Express and Telegraph Offices, Money Order fices, P.O, Savings Banks, etc., giving Population, Location, etc., making the Guide invaluable for TRAVELERS, TOURISTS, SHIPPERS, BANKERS, Eta, £500 ACCIDENT INSURANCE $500 FREE PAUL UROHASERS.FREE rar\u2014\u2014 PRICE 25 CENTS: Annual Subscription $2.50.Payable in Advance, ERNATION PUBLISHERS.PUBLISHING Co.Lim) MONTREAL © BEAVER MALL HILL, P.0.BOX 849.GIBB & COMPANY Are Receiving Novelties In Tailoring and Haberdashery ALSO Pattern Suits frem Poole HUGH : BRODIE NOTARY PUBLIC, Commissioner, &0., snd Issuer of Marriag Licenses, \u2018Wagner New Vestibule BufletPalace Draw-.a BS ea HO ANC R TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS \u2014SAILINGS-SEASON 1892\u2014 Subject to Change, New Tork and Glasgow Service Via.Moville, Londonderry.From New York, Saturaay March 19 9 am. ba «23159 Cupt.M6 Adan Mongolian.ATE0 Liou EB, Barratt, KN RQ Monte Videan,.,.3x0 Cnt.A, Ferguson Nestorlan.+30 Capi.Gunsey Norwegian.Uapt, We Chbrintie Nova Scotian., Lait Re Fo Wag lion Numiai +470 Capl.à MeNienl Parisian Sté Crp, J) apn River lag Phone 25 Cairn 1 game Lay À ! bode SRT Polyaes su 5 Capt, Aisx, Mo Dongusl Pomerau.L W Daniel, » oO Cuple Calvert ASN Cog, Yuya.vores dB Oot Worn aha tvon Sarmoatian .\u2026.3647 Faut, Johnstone Scandinavia.ve 353 Capt, sürral Biberian i.e eres Capt, J.Park, Waldansian., .468 Cant.Brodie State of Cal't\u2019nia.5500 Qupt Praes State of Nebraska.4000 Cant.John Brown State of Nevada 4000 Capt.Main BtateofPensynia 3000 Capt.MeCallooh WINTER SERVICE Proposed Sailings Sahject ra \u2018+ aog Liverpool Londonderry, Halifax and Portland Service, From From From L\u2019pool Sileamships Poruland Halifax 3 1 10 Mer {*Numidian.2 April 24 Mar Parisian .18 Arrl 7 Aprl |*Mongolian.1% Aprl 30 April *Steamships «ongolian and Numid'an will car.y cattle wand onl - cabin to Liverrnol.: Lassongers sienmers sall from Portland about 157 ma Thursdays,\u201d a- s00n as Hsible after the arrival ot Grand \u2018frunk Railway {rain duo at Portland at boon, and from Halifax ab a ip w, Saturdays, or ae soon as posiible af er w arrival o e Jntercolunial train, due at Hailiax at noon.al Railway rain conbecling with the steamers Montreal for Portland, via .P.R.815 me arriving at Portlana 8 a.m; vis G.1.R.lv 1o pm, arriving ai Portland L1.45 à a.Rates of Passage Cabin $40 and upwards, children, 2 to 19 years, Lalf lare; under à years, ires, Inter- mediale.$25; steerage, $lu; childron L us 13 years hall iare; under 1 year, tres, SUMMER.Liverpool, Quebec and Moutrsal, Cafl- Fr ing at Londonderry, r From ; From From Liverpool] Steamships.[Montreal{ Quebec Apr 21 \u2019 ardinian.Mn 7 \u201c38 [*Numidijan,.od 18 May s May 6 |Parisiun.\u2026.| \u201c 21 |May 2 | * Steamshins Mongoliau and Numidian Will L)y carry cubin passengers on the voyage to Liverpool.C Rates of first cubin pas-age, Summer Sea- Fon.1192, to Londonderty or Liverpuol .rom Montreal or quebec, Ly Steamship Parisian, $60, $0 and 350 8i1ale, ay, plsV and $Lov return.By ~team- ship Sardi fun or Ulreassian, su.$35 and 36 + BREL, 295, 5 tb HDA HIS return, By sleam- stop Mongolian or Numidiau, $H and SA single, $yb and 3100 1eturn.Chtldica 2 to 2 Yonik, Dall fare; under 2 years tr ¢.S:cuud cabin and s eerags ut low rates, Send tor pmwphlet of iuformation.- Goapgow, LopdonGerry and Nae York Ser Vice, Late State Lins of Sicamers From tu Glasgow STEAMSH LES.new Yor .4 Mar *Siberian.24 Mar.9 a 11 Mar State ot California|s! Mar.9 a m And weekly thereafter.I Steamers with a * will not ussen.geix from New York, parry P » Cabin Passage $356 and upward, aovording 0 location of stale-room* axanrsion tickels 6 andupward.fieerkge rate $19.\u2018a }- Liverpool and Baltimore Service, (wiater,) From Liverool 8 To via teamatu i Halifax pe Pro 8 Mch |Polynesian .+++.+.31 Mch 17 Mch |Carthaginian., .7Apr 31 M.h |Peruvian.| 21 Apr Æ#-The above named Steamers will not carry passengers onfthe voyage from Baltimore to Liverpool.Glasgow, Galwsy and Philadelphia Servivep From From Phil Glasgow Steamehips.te Glasgon to Phila.on or about 4Mch [*Manitobau.,, 1% Mech |*Hibernian ve % Men, 1April |{*Nestortan,,,,,.2 April And fortnightly thereafter.*Via Halifax on voyages from Glasgow These steamers do not carry passengers on voyage to Furore, Glasgow, Londonderry Halway and Boston Service.Je mere | ES ps.sr ascow to ton on or about 10Mch |Assyrian.| 28 Mch 4 \u201cBuenos Ayrean.| 11 Apr 7Apr |Seundinavuun.t 5 * *Via Halifax, And weekly thereafter.These steamers do not earry passengers on voyage to Europe.| THROUGH BILLS OF LADING ! granted at all Continental Ports, to ail pointe in the United States and Oanada, and from all stations in Canada and the United States , 10 and Glasgow, | For freight.passage, or other information | apply to any authorized agent of the line or H &A.ALLARN, #5 Common-strest Montreal, g0State-street Boston, \u2014\u2014_\u2014_ y | L tien} FEE THE MONTREAL HERALD, WEDNESDAY.(MARY 93 =3, 1892.TRADE AND COMMERCE FINANCIAL, \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Appotntments To-day.Meating of creditors of the Buriand L.cho.Co.at rom No.1 Court House al lu a, Trade sie of dry goods, hoots and shoes.etc Bankrupt slock ut Marco.ie's rooms, $5 StJames st:vet 19 a,m \u2018Trade raie of dry goods, furnishings, tweeds boots und sbu: seu, ut Bounins aud Barsa- 10U\u2019s store, St.Peter street 3 p.m.Auction s 'le ot 4 dwellings, machinery ete.of e-1aie.obn McIntosh & Son ut room No.1 Fraser building, 43 St.Sacrament sireet 10.30 a.m.aluxrskasu, March 22.Moautseni stooK Exchange.; The local stock market was fairly active this moruing, Can.Pacific being the principal feature.The spread of the strike over a large part of the line has caused a considerable weakening in the stock, both here and in London, aad tie news to-day has all gone to show that the strike is becoming more sgerious every minute.The etock opened at 86} ard was deal} in very freely atabout this figure.In tue aflernoon it .Weakened consi:erubly, Closing a 863, in al 1925 ghares cha.ged hands.Richelieu wa stouger, 8-1 ing up to 65} and closing a 65.Cable wus weaker this morcing, selling own to 150%, but rallied and cloeed ths nfiernoon et 151}, 700 snares beirg ha: dled.Telegraph sold off a Iittle to-day, clesivg av 1364.Street Rail- wav was 8 rong ai 190 for old and pew stock, The banks were duil, a few shares of Ontario, Commerce and Pao- rle\u2019s Chzn.ei hands, MORNING BOARD, 62 Ontario Bank.1 Peples.7 Bell 1elephon 17 Commerce.25 R.&0.Nav, Co.75 + \u2018e .25 86 550 C.P.R.\u2019 340 * 86, 85 < 86 15 + 81 25 LL .#6: 10 * A 86 50 4 Lace avance $6 125 Street RallWAY.+0.\u2026.\u2026.190 50 \u201cnew « 190 50 Cable.1513 0 151 i in 25 \u201c .rg < 151 2%\u201c .151 T5 sé .152 195 * ce 16513 456 Montreal Gntton.93 Lominion Cotton.\u2026.\u2026.145 AFTERNOON BOARD.10 Telegraph soscn00.-.186$ Jo + cess .13by 157 R.O.Nav.Co .63 100 Pacific.86} 0\u201c .17! LL 1 75 + 8, MCable.151 BC ieee 114 100 ** Lrnceroorneo 1513 2 Royal Electric.er 75 Bell TelephoDeaeee.aeeeransenss Messrs.Meredith & O\u2019Brien, St, Sacra- ment-street, report closing prices as follows : < Ess £2 = @ 8 |[\u201cEe Ï ÿ 8 MKS o |: SB fe 8g \u20ac 2 El à ja 8 [8 | æ : qu PF - MULLIS on eaner nan 200 8 25, 22 ARLATIo .ag0 05 0000 100! 84 115! 1124 British Nerth £50 ét fosse» People\u2019s, oe 50 8 105 Molsons ex d.50 5 160 Toronto.\u2026.100; 5].233} Jacques Cartier.© a 107 Merchants.,.100] 151 Eastern Townships, 100! 84.uebec, .100 ationale.80 81.Union -., 60 3 Commerce.50; 8 Dominion \u2026 5015 & Hamilton.100 41.Ville Mart 100 Bi Standard ., 80 & |.Imperial.10014 & 1).Hochelaga ,.,.] 100 8 Commercial of Man, 100] 8} IntsreotonialCoal.,.100].vases Montreal Tel.Co.40) ia Commercial Cble Co 100} lid Norihwest Land.Ebjivrersten.s Leu Rich & Ont Navy Co.100}.\u2026.| 65:1] 64 Montreal Street Ry 60) 4/ 165) 190 Moutreri Gas Co.40|.-.| 208 206 do NEW.40 6; 1974] .93 Canadlan x K 190 86.y.GrandTrane firstpref Nat, Cordage Co.Canada Cotton Co.,.Montreal Cotton Co Stormont Cotton Co Merchants .tg.vominion Cotton Co Mont\u2019! Loan & Mort Guarantee Co of N À Accident.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u20260\u2026.\u2026 noyat Can Ins Co Bell Telephone, .,.Royal ElectricLight Dominion 4 p ostk Montreal 4 pc stock Intercolonia Coal.|.Pac Land grant 8s {.Shanes Central os.él; amplain 8 ves .Canada Cotton 6s.,., |.Montreal Cotton, gs Dominion Cotton, 6s |.Harbor, 4s.Exchange, Messrs.W.L.8, Jackson & Co., foreign exchange brokers, report the market ag follows : New York, March 22, POSTED, ACTUAL.4 87 BETWEEN Be unter Buyers, Sellers Rate N.Y.funds, .+1-32d18 @par jprema} Ste, 60 days sight 9.@ 9 a4 ¢ demand., a ot@10 ** CHDIOS.cu 1000000 @ 10404 \u201c commercial.Dull but firm, .¢ loemnt\u2019ry 60's.8i@i Catilo DILIS, c.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026 @ v.\u2026.«short à cove \u2014\u2014\u2014 Notes, Money is4 p.c.on call.Paris rentes closed at 96.25.French Exchange on London was 25.18%.Consols closedin London at 9511-16 for money, and closed at 95$ for the account, Bank of Ergland rate of discount was 3 per cent.Money in open market in London, 1% per cent.L.J, Forget & Co.have received the following special cable from London : Grand Trunk first preferanc> opened at 694, and closed at 69} ; second preference opened at 50 and closed at 504 ; Canadian Pacific Railway opened at 89% and closed at 89.New York Stocks Messrs.Oswald Bros., brokers, 13 and 15 Hospital-street, have received the fol- towing over their direct private wire : New York.March 22\u2014Some special- Îties have been strong on to-day's mar- Ket, their financi:l backers exerting themselves to their utmost to boost them.This has been notatly true of sugar, Which has got up close to par on the operations of insiders, The ordinary goseip of street has it that sugar ig going to 125.Everybody has & bull point.The theory upon which the advauce is Children Cry for preintest is that the trust hug daally wstaviighed a monopoly throug the ab- suf tou OÙ al: the 1side refineries of los queuce.This meang the dis- ritauon cf the 325,000,000 new stock luie:y nuthonz d.Pernaps inte new siock je tied up, there 1s auch 4 :epert.Heading has been strong -vu report that Governor Abbot Las opouly declared his iniention to eign the conl deul iegaiizution bill.The ad- vazce in these :wo stocks has induced tovering by a few shorts in otner securi- ves, and the whole markes nas Lhersby scuted 8 auethiug of an advance while the execution vf à London buying order Las given tone to Vanderbilt stocks.There is really vothiog new 1u the situa- tior.The public 18 stiit outside thebreast- works, Just before the close of business the sensation of the day was created b; the selling of 5000 shares of Lake Shore ty Mr.L.E.White.It was undoubtedly long stocks and the street to-nizbt is doing considerable guessing as to whom it belonged.Richmond Terminal.The decline of Richmond Terminal on the publication of the reorganization plan, is one of the queer doings of Wall street.People were willing to buy Terminal stock above 15, with 3334 millions of securities ahead of the common stock.Tue Reorgavization Committee cut the «mount of these securities shead of the common stock down to $225,000,000, and tLe stoek, instead cf advancing upon a miersure greatly in its favor, promptly declined two points, Probably one reason for this was the failure on the part of tbe public to understand what the reorganization really proposed to do.The plan, as originally drawn, did not contemplate any such reduction in the volume of securities.When this was determined, insiders are known to have bough: Terminal on the market 1m- provement in its position, The fact of ti:is change for the better was not made prominent enough in the plan to get the idea squarely into the ordinary speculative mind.In fact, it wae not until Saturday that the real bearing of the reorganization on Terminal common stock wes distinctly brought out.Messrs.McDougall Bros., stock brokers, 69 St, Francois Xavier-atreet, report the New York market as follows: æ £a TO-DAY 5 STOORS, ê2 [9/9]; A NEAT : i # 39 39 eee * an PaoRailway .| 88 87§| 87 5 800 CCC& R I.,ex-dlv.| 714 705] 713] 714 1400 Chicago Ga-,ex-div.| 74i| 734 784] 73i[.NY Centra *ex-div.\u2026|115 [115115 [1158] 1600 Canals Suuther, .62 Del & Hucson*.2 20 Del Lack à West\" 10 Levsnenmcnenos Da prof.\u201cers Do2nd.s.\u2026\u2026.jucuufes Jersey Central, ex-div, x Kansas & Tes \u2026.su.Lou& Nash ve.pref.- North d'est ex-div.1 Pfd.\u2026 .100,0 orth America Ohio & Miss.8t P &Omaha.sscaforecfiece Dopref.| 48} Oregon Trans ,, AUS a.Ont & Western 203j./ 20 208] 1300 Pacific Mall.hos 200 ccfa cf ce Pullman Car *.,,.-j190 |.[192 1195 {.Resding.,.,.8641192 Si 564] 83300 Rock Island J 88 > 89 6000 Rich Terml, 13;|8ggtj 18 13H| 78:0 St Paul.TT) C8 774 772] 20200 Do pref.ee PA 964 9941.Ame: Sugar Ref 95411274 9731 99 |.Texas Pacific.87 ot carefe J-r2000 Union Pagifle, .105) 105! 464( 463] 3400 estern Union 46}( 44 B74] 88} 4800 abarsh,.,,.aoe 873 ai coos 18 100 Do pref.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.l 29H 29 2041 294] 700 Sterling Exchange .,.|.| 2 487 487 see Nat, Cordage.woo] 981) 634° 934 434l.,, C.P.R.inTowndon 0\" Ng! 904 894 wp .(to the credit of Grand Trunk Railway, Return of traffic, week ending March 19, 1892 : 1892, 180°.Passenger train earnings., $118,708 105,51 Freight \u201c \u201cLe 256,502 254,:0 Total + 4 Le 50200 85605 Increase, 1892, $10,560.el B., By.Holland & Co.Mr, R.Hy.Holland having failed to make an offer to his creditors for his insolvent esta\u2018e, it has been advertised for sale by auction as per inventory value of $55,948, at a dollar rate, Following is a statement of the assets and liabilities ; .ASSETS, Stock as per invent.+.$33,148 08 Office and store fixtur 5.1 00 Real estate, Lachute .\u2026.20) 00 Bills receivable on hand - 159 95 Book debts, good.1111111020, 3,149 24 \u201c ** doubtful, @ 50 per cent.531 85 Merchants Bank, held against advances, B, R, accepted and unaccepted drafts, less $12,000 id- ered bad «or [058 $1200 consid Goods in 36,523 42 LIABILITIES.Ordinary.Privileged, ., Merchants Bank Some of the principal ereditors are: Geo Kemp, $35.30; ® and S H Thompson, attorney\u2019s for London and Blrmiagham Bank, $33,315; G B Burland, rent and interest to May L, $7245, and the Merchants Bank, $57,867.42, When the shrinkage which will ocour on the sale of the assets is taken into consideration and added 10 the nominal deficiency the amount to be realized by the creditors will probably not exceed 35¢ on the dollar.The exposure, in consequen .e of their fai lure,orthelate firm\u2019s business methods invites.ct mment, A system of bookkeeping worthy only of a second class retail business was in use.No b'lls payable account was kept.Bi'le granted were entered in a diary and at maturity when paid were debited to merchandise, No individual accounts were kept with the creditors of the firm.At the end ofthe financial year, to obtain an idea of the standing of the business it WAS necesssary to make up a list of the outstanding bills payable aud debit them against the assis, Bills receivable were treated in a sumewhat similar manner, Bills were promptly drawn for the debits against customers, and attached as collateral to the firm's own paper which was then discounted by the banks, Upon maturlty and payment of the drafts the amounts would be carried the customers upon the With such a system it is difficult to understand how any correct idea of the firm\u2019s standing at the end of the business year could bu obtained.In the case of goods purchased and not closed by bills payable before the end of .he year no account would be had of them, and the stock inventory would naturally be swelled by such amount without any corresponding debit and the true posi.Lion of the business misrepresented.It is said, indeed, that the firm was really insolvent two years ago.The assets, as stated above, are to be so'd at auction by J.8, shomgson & Co.on March 29.ee For Over Fifty Years.Mrs.Winslow\u2019 Soothing Syrup has een used for over fifty eats millions of mother for their children While teething witl perfect succoss.It soothes the chud, soîtens the gums, allays all pain, cures win- colic, and is the best remedyjfor diarrhoea, It will relieve the poor little safforer immediately, Sold by druggisw in every point of the world, Twenty-five cents a bottle: Be sure and ask for \u201cMrs.Winslow's\u2019 Soothing Syrup, and take no other.$151,504.83 ledger.Gibbon\u2019s Toothache Gum at all chems ists, Price, 25¢.Pitcher\u2019sCastoria PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS ets.MONTREAL MARKETS mes To-dav's Recetpes.G.T.H.C.P.R.Total ees 3655 8635 wT 8% 4061 8286 12485 1100 \u201ceee 1100 canrarese ns 50 5 \"705 - \u20183 .7 - \"99 \u201cwl ue \u201ca vence 5 vere 73 RS 000 cee 3 2] Hams, ete |.\u201ceee \u201csae Tinned Meats, FI \u201cee Dress\u2019d hogs.4 4 Leather, rolls.ÿ 10 19 ixaw hides.\u2026.vo 83 cons 83 Petroleum 159 yg 12 Tohaoco ., \u201c& cere 8 Iallow,,., ae ave Oaumeal \u2018ee \u201cer Spirits.Oatmeal \u201cres cere Whisky weve core Hogs \u201care cess Meste.\u201ceae cose Grain.There is no change to note in the grain market, the demand for peas and oats noted some days ago continues fairly steady.Prices are without change.We quote : -No 2 hard Manitoba wheat $1.00 to i.03 No3 hard.vousacuse 94 to 96 No2 northeras.cceeveeeee 1.02 to 1.04 Peas, per 66 1bs,in store.74.0 7 Oats, Ontario «.c.ceeneeeee .33to 34 Oats, Manitoba.33to 34 Rye per bush \u2026\u2026 .81 to 93 Feed barlay.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.e .42to 43 Barley malting, per bush.b7 to 62 \u2014 Fiour.There is still no sign of activity in tbe flour market, and sales are very small, being chiefly local.Prices have not materially changed.We quote : Spring, patent, per brl $5 00 to 5 20 Winter wheat, patent \u201c 5 00to5 10 Straight roller .\u201c 450to4 70 Extra .areccsseusses 4 4 15t04 30 Superfine.\u201c 3 90to405 Fine .we * 330t0365 Strong bakers.\u201c 4 75to05 00 Ontario, bags; extra.1 75 to 1 95 Fine, bags.c.cecervrvvereenens 1 70to1 85 Manitoba bakers, per brl.4 75 to 5 00 Oatmeal, Ete.Demand for meals continues very light and prices if anything are a little easier.We quote : Granulated and rolled oats, per Drl.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.scees $3 95 to 4 00 Granulated and rolled oats, per bag.versrersrenses \u2026 1 95to2 00 Standard, perbrl.- 890to3 95 per bag.185 to1 95 Pot barley, per bri.\u2026.4 00 to 4 10 \u201c per bag.1 80to1 85 Pearl barley, No.1, per brl.72 \u201c \u201c per hfbl 3 75 Pearl barley, No.2, per brl.6 75 \u201c \u201c per hf bl 3 50 Gold dust cornmeal, per brl.37 Split peas, per brl.4 00 a\" ET 1 90 Provisions.There is no change to note in the provision market, Prices are keeping fairly firm, but sales are very small.Lard is easier.We quote: Heavy Canada short cut mess pork, per brl.$16 50 to 17 00 Canada choice family pork, per brl.- 16 50 to 17 00 Western mess, per brl.15 25 to 15 50 Chicago extra clear, per DEl coccusccsacecsssce vonosouvom 15 50 to 16 00 City cured hams per 1b.104to 11 Breakfast bacon, per Ib.9% to 10 Pare Canadian lard, per Ib 8à to 9 Lard comp,, per lb.\u201cto 7 Butter, The receipts of butter continue small and the demand is fairly well kept up.New Townships dairy isin good demand and sells as high as 24c, Otherwise prices are without change.We quote: Late made creamery, per Ib.21 to 236 Eastern Townships, per Ib.18 to 20¢ Western dairies, per Ib.16 to 18e Brockville & Morrisburg, per lb, 18 to 19c Summer straight dairies, per Ib, 16 to 17c \u2014\u2014 Cheese, There is no special change to note in the cheece market, Prices are firm at about 12c, re ngxs, The egg market is getting more demoralized eyery day owing to liberal receipts.Fresh eges are quoted as low as 12c and are not picked up very quickly at that figure as the indications are that the price will be still lower.There isno demand for limed.\u2014\u2014\u2014 Beusecours Retall Market, There was a fair attendance of farmers and buyers at the market to-day and trading was active especially in oats which were little firmer than last week selling at 80 to 85c per bag.Poultry was scarce and high and mostly to be had from the dealers.Fresh eggs were plenty and cheap.Potatces were in fair demand at from 50 There was no new marle sugar or syrup on the marxet ag the continued cold bas kept it back.Prices were as follows : GRAIN Oats, per bag.+ Peas, per bushel .= > Soc Buckwheat., + 50 t055c Beans.$L.25t0 1.50 VEGETABL Potatoes, per bag.Oo Turnips, per bushel 2 12 pr Carrots, per bushel.35 to 40c Parsnips, per bushel., - B0to60 Beels, per bushel.,.,.0\" +o\" 3010 35¢ Cabbage, per barrel.« 75 to 80c Onions, per bushel.,.0.70\" 35 to 450 PRODUCK.Tub butter, per ;b .25 Creamery !.2 .2 t oe Print.+ 3Ut0o35c Fresh.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.17to Packed seva.l4to Fe FRUIT.Apples, per barrel.,.rinse > ee 1510 per peck, $275t04 00 Lemons, per box.,.vacsensoeus we250t03 25 Oranges, percase.,.» 3Wto 3 50 Cranberries.per barrel.,,.,.\" $300 or retailing at 5c per quart.POULTRY, Turkeys, per ft.Chickens, per 1b.Bt 19 Chickens, per pair.5 to row peri .Lo.Ducks, perlb .1 t 1e Ducks, per pair 90 to $1 Geese, per 1b, 9 to lic Geese, each.,, + Tito $! \u2014_\u2014\u2014 CANADIAN MARKETS, Toronto.ToroNTO, March 22.\u2014Wheat, fall, No.2, 84*to 86c; spring, No.2, 83 to 85e; Children Cry for No.2red winter, 84 to 85c; No.1 hard Mar, $1.04 to 1.05; No.2 hard, 99¢ to $1; No.3hard, 91 to 92¢.Barley, No 1,56 to 57e: No.2, 51 to52c; No 3 extra 48 to 49c; No.3, 45 lo 47e Poss No.2, 62°10 63c.Oats No.2, 324 to ¢ Corn, 48 to 48jc.Flour, extra, $3.95 to $4.00; straight roller, $4.10 to $4.20, The market wus dull.Sales : No.2 antumn and No.2 red winter wheat, cutside at 84¢; No, 1, hard Manitoba, to arrive, at $1.04; No.2do.outside, at 99c.Peas, outside, at 60c.Oats, outside, at 9¢, and on (rack at 33c.AMERICAN MARKETS, The Chicago Markets, Messrs.Schwarts, Dupee & McCormick of the Board of Trade, Chicago, report over direct wire to Oswald Bros., members of the Montreal 8tock Exchange, 13 and 15 Hospital-street, giving the Dlgheat, lowest, opening and closiag at ; 3 a ë 3 i HE 5 2 k 2 = Ô 31° WHEAT., À 83% 834 wy sé Conmx., Oass.Pomx.Ma \"id\" 820 Mar, ,,,,.July.celivenrs tessa Messrs.Oswald Bros., brokers, 13 and 15 Hospital-street, have the following over their direct private wire : .Cmcaco, March 22.\u2014Although wheat did not close at the bottom ali in all it was & bear day.May opened at 834c, sold between 82}c, and 834c, and closed at83ic.Liquidation which seemed to be for the account of foreign holders was the feature.There was a decrease on passage ofabout 800,000 bushels.That was about the only comfort holders had until towards the close when some silly rumours about Russian war preparations were re-hashed from the morning papers.Bhorts had the benefit of the very large receipts in the northwest of lower cables\u2019 of mall export clearances and of an increase of over 500,000 bushels in English visible supply, There were some crop damage exports, but considering the circumstances they were not reaily very numerous, The signal service predicts varmer weatherfor Wednesday, corn was helped by wet weather May opened 3ulc,sold between 38}c, and 38%c, and closed 38%c.There were better clearances, there was & lot of covering, notably for people in the provision crowd.Cables ware firmer.he prospect is that prices will depend largely on wheat; wili go lower if wheat does ; will rally a little if wheat turks up, Oats were weak early, but rallied later.May opened 27i¢, sold between 27kc and 2Bc, closing at 28c, Receipts\u2014Hogs only 14,000 instead of 26,000 as estimated.March was 10c higher, although the fali- inz off was partly due to delay in trains caused by stormy weather, Provisions opened firm; shorts good buyers.T he pork market showed especial firmness, some buying being done by packers against sales ofcash product made during last few days.Cash demand is reported good, especially for foreign cuts of meats.The estimated receipts of hogs for to-morrow i5 26,000.We note some little improvement in buying orders for future for outside account.Messrs.Meredith & O\u2019Brien have received the following over their direct private wire : Caicaco, March 22.~The weak feeling near the close yesterday, prevailed the early part of the session to-day, favorable weather, lower cables, liberal receipts, principal causes.The amount on passage showed a light decrease, but the ttocks in Liverpool nearly as much of an increase.The general situation was unfavorable for holders, later in the day, however, there were reports of some fairly good buying for export.Market seemed to steady up and finally became quite strong closing at about yesterday\u2019s nal price.Corn was little weak tor a short time but finally became firm with a good qe- mand all around, closing abont êc higher than yesterday.Oats were weak during part of the session, but closed firm.There was a good general tone ncted in provisions for domestic and foreign account.Speculators were not disposed to do much, bat the market seerued to have à firm undertone.It looks to us as though the demand at present prices would have absorbed the supply and the tendency be rather in favor of holders.In fact nearly everything on the Board had the appearance to-day of hovering around bottom prices, and a reaction in favor of holders seems quite probable.New York Provisions, BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.New York, March 21.\u2014Cotton, fatares steady; March, $6.45: April, $6.54 ; May, $6.63 ; June, $6.71.Flour easy ; receipts, 36,000 barrels ; wales, 11,000 barrals.Winter wheats, low grades, $3.00@ $3.65; fair to fancy, $3.75@§4.60; patents, $4.35@$5.10.Rye flour easy, $4.10@ 84.60: Wheat lower.Receipts, 102,000 boshele; sales, 765,000 bushels ; April, 96jc; May, 94 11-16c@954c; Jane, 928c@ 93¢c; July, 933c; Aug., 9ic@sic; Sap.Nic@9le.Eye, easy: western, 99@04c.Barley, quiet; No.2 Milwankee, 68(@69c, Corn firm; receipts, 115,000 bush; sales, 340,000 bush; No.2, April, 46} to fc; No 2, 46 to 474c; steamer mixed, 45.to 47c.Oats, easier; receipts, 43,000 bask; to duc; sales, 40,000 bush; state, 33 western, 34 to 40c.Pork, steady; new, $11.00 to 11.50.Lard, firm, $6.52}.; Butter, fresh, firm; state dairy new, 20 to 26c; creamery, 29c.Cheese, quiet, 9% to 12}c; fancy, 12 tq 2c.\u2019 Eggs, easy; state, 143 to 15c¢.Sugar, firm; crushed, 5 to 5kc; powdered, 43 to jc; granulated.43 to fc.Chicago Provisions.BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD, CuicaGo, March 22\u2014May wheat opened very weak, ic lower than last night at 83}c ; steadied itself after a total decline of 1}c and closed ic lower than yesterday.The market did mot participate in the bearish feeling which characterized wheat.Receipts were heavy but not up to the estimates.The estimate for to-morrow was that only 440 carg would get into Chicago against nearly 1000 to-day.Oats were quiet and weak early but recovered when corn began to show Pitcher\u2019s Castoria \u2014 \u2014 - strength, falling off to 274c.The market then fully recoverad aud the leading futures closed :\u2014Wheat, March 82}c, May 838¢, July 84c.Corn, March 37fc, May 38ÿc, June 38c.Oats, March 27kc, May 28c.Mess pork, March $9.974, May $10.123.Lard, March $6.17}, May $6.22}.Short ribs, March $5.55, May $5.60.Cash quotations were : 0.2 spring wheat 82ic: No.2 red 86}c; No, 2 corn 37#@}c; Nn.2 oats 27}; No.2rye8lc; No.2 bariey 56c Meas pork, $9.95 to 9.97}; lard, $6.20 to 6.22}; short ribs dry, 85.55 to 5.574; dry salted shoulders,$4.75 to 5 50; short clear sides, $6.10.Receipts\u2014Flour 16 cars, wheat 67 cars, corn 318 cars, oats 183 cars, rye 5 cars, barley 36 cars.Shi,ments\u2014Flour 15 cars, wheat 18 cars, corn 65 cars, oats 129 cars, rye 8 cars, barley 34 cars.Chicago Hog Market, CHicaGo, March 22.\u2014The estimated receipts, of hogs were 14,000; the official report of yesterday was 27,324, of which 13,902 were shipped, and 2000 were left over.Quotations: Licht mixed, $4.45 @$4.90; mixed packing; $4.30@$4.80; heavy shipping, $4 10@4.80; rough grades, $4.10@4.40.Receips of cattle, 6,000, for which the market was steady to strong.Receipts of sheep, 7000, for which the market was steady.Chicago Notes.Messrs.Lamson Bros.& Co.report the following over direct private wire to Meesrs.Meredith & O\u2019Brien: Provisions strong on light receipts, bogs and higher prices at the yarde.Charlie Wright's brokers, all good buyers, Mitchell also a large buyer.Ryan the principal seller on the advance, market looks strong but it bulls hard.English visible supply wheat increases 566,000 bush.Signal service predicts warmer weather for Wednesday.Closing board cables Berlin: Wheat, 13 to 2m lower.London wheat, 1} to 4}d lower.London flour, poor demand.Paris wheat, 5¢ lower; flour, 10c lower.Antwerp, 12} to 25c lower.Liverpool Spot, $c lower; futures, unchanged to 3c lower.tr Movements of Grain and Flour.Curcaco\u2014The receipts were 16,416 barrels of flour, 67,000 bushels of wheat, 318,000 bushels of corn, 183,000 bushels of oats, 5000 bushels of rye and 36,000 bushels of barley.The shipments were 14,837 barrels of flour, 18,000 bushels of wheat, 65,000 bushels or corn, 129.000 bushels of oats, 8000 bushels of rye and 24,000 bushels of barley.New York,\u2014The receipts wera 17,380 barrels and 18,728 sacks of flour, 102,500 bushels of wheat, 115,975 busaels of corn, 43,050 bushels of oats, 3100 bushels of rye and 16.500 bushels of barley.The shipments were 5694 barrels and 6128 sacks of flour, 40,494 bushels of wheat, 58,964 bushels of corn and 19,948 bushels of oats.Milwaukee\u2014The receipts were 48,000 bushels of wheat, 20,000 bushels of corn, 23,000 bushels of oats, 27,000 bushels of barley, and 3000 bushels of rye.The Shipments were 4000 bushels of wheat, 2000 bushels of corn, 4000 bushels of oats, 11,000 bushels of barley and 4000 bushels of rye.St.Louis\u2014The receipts were 47,000 bushels nf wheat, 112,000 bushels of corn and 45,000 bushels of oats.The shipments were 22,000 bushls of wheat, 46,000 bushelc of corn and 4000 bushels of oats.Toledo\u2014The receipts were 13,000 buskels of wheat, 34,000 bushels of corn, 1000 bushels of oata and 2000 bushels of rye.The shipments were 3000 bushels of wheat, 12,000 bushels of cora and 1000 bushels of oats.Duluth\u2014The receipts of wheat were 242,000 bushels.There were no shipments, Minneapolis\u2014The receipts of wheat were 229,000 bushels and the shipments 62,000 bushels.Detroit\u2014The receipts of wheat were 17,000 bushels and the shipments 17,000 bushels, Closing Prices for Grain.New York\u2014Closing\u2014Wheat, 97%c for March; 973c April; 95} May; 938c June; 93}c July; 91ic August; 917c Sept.Corn 46te March; 46jc April; 46e May; 45c June; 455c July.Oats, 331c March; 34c April; 332c May, 33kc June; 33tc Jaly.No.2 white oats, 36}c March; 353¢ April; 3b4c May.Milwaukee\u2014Closing\u2014Wheat, 81jccash and March; 823c May.St, Louis\u2014Closing\u2014Wheat, 873c cash; 87%c March and April, 87jc May; 82ic July, 814c August.Corn, 35c cash, 35kc March, 35c April; 353c May.Oats; 29¢ cash and March; 482c May.Crrcaco\u2014Closinge\u2014W heat, 833c May; 84îc July.Corn, 38jc May; 384c July.Oats, 28¢ May.Pork, $10.12jc May; $10.52%c July, Lard, $6.20 May.Duiuth\u2014Closing\u2014No.1 hard, 80}c cash; 80}c March, 84c May; No.1 Northern 79}c cash; 79c March; 82tc May.Toledo\u2014Closing\u2014 Wheat, 96e cash, March and May; 873c July.Corn, 40c cash; 304c May.Oats, 32c cash.ee.BRITISH MARKETS.Liverpool Provision Markets.The following are W-iay\u2019s quoiations and comparnsons: 1 March 21.March 22.8.Q.s.d.sd ad.Sprisg wheat.| 7 10 to7 104} 7 10 to7 101 Redwheat .\u2026\u2026.\u2026.| 79 to7 9| 7 9t07 9 No.1 Cal&.| 7 104t07 114| 7 10 to 7 21 No.2 Cala.-| 00 to0 0| U 0 tou0 Corn, new | 466 t0 46H 4 Tito 474 Teas.«| 62 to62| 6 161 Pork,, | 56 3 to 56356 3 to56 3 Lard.|23 6to33 6/33 3 t0333 Bacon, lc.| 34 OÔ to34 0134 0 to310 Bacon, 8.e.| 84 0 to 340131 0 to310 Tallow «ures | 25 6 to 256; 25 6 to256 New cheese, .| 57 6 ta 57 61 57 6 to57 6 The Liverpool public cable says: Wheat quiet, demand poor, holders offer moderately ; corn firm, demand good.Receipts of wheat for the past three days, 249,000 centals, including 152,000 centals American.Receipts of corn during the same time, 50,000 centals American.Weather fine.\u2014 Beerbohm\u2019s Report, Cargoes off coast, wheat and corn, very slow.Cargoes on passage and for shipment, wheat and corm, neglected, no business doing.California wheat, off coast, 388 0d; do, promptly to be shipped, 38s 0d; do, nearly due, 38s 0d.American mixed maize, for prompt shipment, 20s 0d; do, off coast, 208 9d.On passage to the Continent, 1,427,000 qrs; corn, 425,- 000 gr; last week, wheat, 1,360,000 qrs; corn, 402,000 qrs.On passage to the United Kingdom, wheat and flour, 3, 324,000 qrs; corn, 460,000 qrs; last week, wheat and flour, 3,459,000 rs: corn, 438,000.Liverpool wheat, Spot, cheaper to sell; com, do, in good demand.California wheat, 78 10d; do, fair average red winter wheat, 78 9d; do white Michigan wheat, 78 6d; do red Am n- can spring wheat, 78 10d.Liverpool Children Cry for mixed maize, 43 7}d.1d.33s 9d.6d; do, present and following month, 378 6d.The following tab'e shows the ime : ports into the United Kingdom fir the weeks ended on the dates given below : all descrip ions.creamery, 1058 to 110s per cwt., ard according to freshness.lian butter contiuues in good demand at Liverpool standard - 7 VOTE EARLY.So Tht Your Favorite Will Keep the Lead.Here is tbe coupon.Cut it out and tell your friends about the contest.Now is the time to decida which is the favor ite of the tour theatres.| \u2014_\u2014 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014e ACADEMY.J.QUEEN'S.|.ROYAL.LYOEUM.\u2026.|.\u2026.Cut this out and vote for your favorite theatre by putting a ovoss (x) opposite the name.\u2014 Every coupon counts one vote.Vote early and often.Every coupon helps your favorite theatre.Address all coupons to Paul Pry, Herald office.Canadian peas, 68 Minnesota first bakers\u2019 flour, 278 6d.No.2 club Calcutta wneat, ex-ship, 348 6d; do present and following monte, Australian wheat, off coast, 37s March 19,9, Mar.12,92, Flour.++ 268,000 bbls 211,000 bbls Wheat.217,000 qrs 100,000 qrag TM.211,000 qus 174,000 qrs \u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 Liverpool Produce.Cheese hag been without any notable alteration this week; the demand hag been to a moderate extent at last week's quotations, with holders firm on choice fall makes.We quote to-day: Finest white, September-Octubers,588 to 598 per cwt., and ditto colored, 578 to 588; low to medium grades are in steady request at 188 up to 50s acd 54s, accurding to quality.Butter continues in small supply, the arrivals finding a pretty ready sale for We quot.: Finest qualities under this grades at 558 to 958 Finest Austra~ 1138 to 1158 per cwt, We quote: Irish butter, Cork firats, nove ; seconds, 118s per cwi.; thirds, 100s; fourths, 82s.\u2014 Tacosson Brothers, Circular, March 12 184 \u2014\u2014\u2014 Wheat InSight, Mar.19.Mar.12, Mar, 3 Visibie sup- 1892 1892 1891 lyU.S.andç 41,143,000 40,8:8,000 23,012,435 anada, n passage to Upitea | 25,692,000.27.912,000 30,576,000 Kingdom.Bo.to Conti- ?neut.y 11,416,000 10,880.000 6.753.000 Total in sight 79,151,000 79,610,000 53,340,435 \u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 Canada Cotton Company, A meeting of the shareho:uers of the above company was held this morning at their office bere.There were à large number present and a resolution was unanimously adopted banding over to the Canada Colored Mills Company the plant, assets, etc, ofthe Canada Cotton Manufacturing Company.The company Was represented by 7500 shares and $300,000 worth of bonds.The agreement, it 18 understood, is that the shareholders of the Canada Cotton Company receive $400,000 in bonds and $165,000 in cash and notes, and the Canada Coi- ored Mills Company also assume the $300,000 worth of bonda.\u2014\u2014 Business Notes, Mrs.Michel Adolphe Lafleur has registered as meat dealer, under the name of Lefebvre & Co.Frederick D.Lawrence has registered as china, glags and eartheuware merchant, under the name of Hood, Maun & Co.The firm of L O Grothe & Cn, cigar manufacturers, has assigned with La bilities of over $90,600.The priucipal creditors sre: the Hocheiaga Bank, $38,000, secared; A Cohen & Co, New York, $32,166; Dufresne & Mongenais, $3500; J M Fortier, $7320; T A Grothe, $1250; Grothe & Freres, $1517; A Lowen- sohn, New York, $1814; J Solomon & Bro, New York, $1458.WN PPL = become listless, fretful, without ener thin and weak.Fortify and build fem up, by the use of SCOTT'S J bd y [4 a GF PURE COD LIVER GiL AND HYPOPHOSPHITES \" Of Lime and Soda.Palatable as Milk.AS A PREVENTIVE OR CURE OF COUGHS OB COLDS, IN BOTH THE OLD AND YOUNG, IT £S UNEQUALLED.Genuine made by Scott & Bowne, Belleville.saine Wrapper: at all Druggists, 60¢, and \u2014 _ NERVE BFANS are anow discovery that relieves ped cures the wWOrst cases of Nervous Debility, Lost Vigor, Failing Manhood restore the weakness of body or mir d caused by overwork.or the errors and excesses 0, youth.This Remedy NERVE BEANS ssl saree he other TREATMENTS have failed evem re hay do Dot like other preparations advertised for Manhood, etc.ia terfere with digestion; but Jap t phew strength and energy in & QUICK an ess WAY.Price $1.00 per package or six for $5 by mail on receipt of price.Sold LAVIOLETTE & NELSON 1605 Notre Dame-street, aud gp - BR.E.MCGALE Write for pamplets 2123 Notre Dame street Pitc her'sCaistora DR.JAMES $ ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE ROAD COMMITTEE.EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE ASKED.The Company Apprehensive of the Difficulties, But Will Probably Put Cars en One or Two Streets as an Experl- mont-Afraid of Snow in Winter\u2014Othber Committees, A spe cial meeting of the Road Committee was called for 11 a.m.yesterday to confer with the representatives of the Street Railway Company on the important question of that company adopting electricity as a motive power.Ald, Prefontaine presided and in addition to all the members of the committee several other aldermen were present.Messrs, Jesse Joseph, L.J.Forget and E.Lusher appeared on behaif of the company.After the reading of the letter from Mr.Xusker asking for the interview the \" question was asked of Mr, Joseph what he thought of electricity as a motive power for our street cars, Lo.Mr, Joseph was very guarded in his reply and said that before committiog themselves to electric running they should bave the opportunity of testing it on one or two streets first a8 a trial.The company were quite willing to try the experiment, but in a conn- try like this it was a big undertaking, and there were many ditticalties in the way.The great difficulty was the removal of the snow from the track.He said it would cost a large amount of money to change their system of locomotion, and in view of this the Straet Rail way Company wanted an extension of their franchise from 18 to 30 years.The cost of removing the snow was a very serious item, and the compaay would hike to know if the city would undertake this portion of the business.\u2018When asked how loug the horse cara ron now, Mr.Lusher replied \u2018 about eight months.\u201d This provoked the remark from Ald.Clendinneng that the cumpany could only give eight months elec.ric service, and for the other four months the service would be the same as now or any winter.Mr.Forget stated that it would require $1,000,000 fo change their system, bau it wag impossibie that the whole of this could be done at once.\u201cEventually we are prepared to do all the streets we ran on now, and the new streets as weil,\u201d said Mr.Forget.After a little further discussion as to the speed at which the electric cars would be run, it was stated that is would be about six miles an hour.After Ald.Prefontaine had stated that the commi:tee would not entertain any proposition from the Street Railway Company unless it provided for an increased and extended service, A suhe committee was appointed to investigate routes and what lines are necessary to run over.The sub-commitiee consists of Ald.Prefontaine, Wilson and Brunet.The Inundation Committes.The Inundation Committee was the first to meet yesterday having been called for 10 a.m.There were present Ald.Wilson in the chair and all the otber members were present.The main business was the appropriations which were taken up and passed as follows : Expenditure Estimate 1891.1892.Opening and closing ramps.$ 3,001.25 $ 3500 Craig-sireet pumplog sta- once sane 0100 8.791.569 4000 Mill-sireet pumping station.3334148 3500 VEO.Leaccnseus cee sone 3,320.28 4000 Extrs work wken rivers at 00d.covers crevrnnsnnnae 682.64 1500 Watch house leved.ees.1,394.18 $15,524.93 $16,500 The amcunt of $5000 for new roofs on the pumping stations, to enable the en- £ineers to reside on the premises, was struck off tle estimates, as was also $500 for \u201cextra work when the river is at flood.\u201d Last year the Inundation Committee did not spend the whole ot their appropriation and returned the balance to the city treasury department.The Park Commissioners, The Park Commissioners met at 4 \u2018o'clock yesterday afternoon, with Ald Dufresne in the chair, and thers were also present, Ald.Wilson, Farrall and Brunet, and Mr.McGibbon, park ranger.The secretary read a letter from the president of the Golf Club asking to get session of their clab-houss before ay 1, but this could not be entertained a8 Ald.Farrell said the committee were not in a position to hand over the building before that date.Mr.McClanaghan\u2019s lease, granting him the privilege to sell refreshments on Mount Royal, was discussed and Ald.\u2018Wilson and Farrell stated that by soms means the words \u201cor other articles\u201d had been inserted since the original draft had been read to them and this put a stop to any one else selling fruit or anything else that visitors to the mountain might wish to purchase.On the metion of Ald.Wilson it was decided that Fletcher's field, at the city end, should be first attended to this year in preference to the roads, and as soon as the weather permitted the work should be commenced and the field levelled and put into something like decent shape.\u201cAt present,\u201d said Ald.Farrell, \u201cit is a regular eysore.\u201d Ald.Brunet attended in support of the application of the Exposition Company for an additional 200 feet on the south east side of the exhibition grounds to enable the company to extend their running track.Ald.Farrell objected to the grant at present, and after a long discussion the matter was allowed to stand over till Monday next.A letter was read from Mr.W.H.Davis offering to_erect an observatory tower on Mount Royal.This wouli be built of iron, and he was prepared to speud $50,000 on the tower.The secretary was instructed to reply to Mr.W.H.Davis's letter thanking him for the offer and asking him to sab- mit plans, It was decided that the old observatory tower was in a dangerous condition and would have to come down.The other business was purely routine: Meetings of Committees, \u2018The Fire Committee meet tosday at 2 P- M, the principal business to be dealt with, being the expropriations.The Special Committee on St.Jean Baptiste sewers meet at 2,30 p.m.andthe Health and Finan Jommittee ig called for 4 o'clock, œ Go reat James Hetherington, arrested on tid - pleion of larceny, hag been discharged; nero being no evide i - ood, ERO §Y leuce against the ac THE NEAR THE HEART.A Young Man Who Tried to Kill Himself With a Bullet.A prominent boarding establishment of this city narrowly escaped being the scene of a tragedy Monday afternoon, One of the boarders, a young man, recently out from France, attempted suicide by shooting himself through the heart.Fortunately for him the metai clasp of bis suspenders turned the bullet, and before he could again fire, a boarder who had heard the report of the first shot entered the room of the foolish yonth and took the revolver from him.As the young man had been just assured of a first class situation it was difficult to know why he attemptad his 1.fe.He would only say he was tired of living and was sorry that he had been prevented from killing himself.As he is highly connected and as his friends promise to look after bim in fature he was not arrested and bis name 18 withheld.a Married Yesterday.Mr, Edward Parker was married to Miss G.Crombie at the Church of Stl James the Apostle yesterday afternoon Canon Ellegood, assisted by Rev.Mr- Smith, officiating.The church was wel.filled by tke friends of the happy pair who left last evening for Boston en route for England and the continent where hey will spend about three months, \u2014\u2014 BREVITIES, Cleaning, Gyeing and repairing & Specialty at M.J.Adler's, 47 Beaver Hall Hill.Parcels called for and delivered.Bell telphone 4861.George Murphy and Michael Costigan, the two men arrested for stealing tools, bave heen committed to the Court of Queen\u2019s Bench for trial.A large variety of fine and inexpensia articies specially suitable for wedding of birthdy vresents at J, B.Williamsou\u2019s, 1175 Notre Dame-street.William Dwyer, the man who some weeks ago attempted suicide while in a ceil at No.6 Police Station and who has since been in jail awaiting trial, has beea liberated, as it was provea be had attempted the rash act while crazy with liquor.The treasurer of the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge acknowledges with thanks from Knox Charch per treasurer, $25.The Board of Outdoor Relief acknow!edges with thanks from Mr.A.D.Dunrford, $15; \u201cA.\u201d $15; \u2018McD.W.,\u201d $10.George Bell, the youth arrested at the Protestant Eouse of Industry on Refuge Monday night, by Detactive Barrett, charged with the thefi of a suit of clothes, was found guilty in the Police Court yesterday, and sentencei to two months\u2019 imprisonment at hard labor, An interesting jury trial was begun in tbe Superior Court yesterday morning, being that of John Macdonald vs.ths Canada Jute Company, The plaintiff was employed by the defendants for a time as auditor to discover csrtain ir- regulanties 1a their works, and the action is brought to recover $140 salary.A fire broke out in the warshouse of Thibaudeau Bros.& Co., 332 St.Paul- street, yesterday morning, which took the firemen about half an hour to ext tinguish.The contents of the two base - ment flats were badly damagsd by fire, and the upper flats suffered some from smoke.\u2018the Joes is estimated at $50,000.Insurance $285,000, Chief of Police Lefebvre, of Longueuil, arrested on Monday a man named Ar- mene Savariat, on the charge of illegal appropriation.It appears that the accused took a horse and sleigh owned by Leon Lorrain, undertaker of this city.and after crossing the river tried to sell the team for $21.He was sentenced to one month 1n jail, Thieves entered an outbuilding on the premises of Mr.Sarrazin, lawyer, of 493 St.Denis street, at an early Lour vester- day morning.The coachman, sleeping in the building, awoke and saw the intruders.He called for help and the supposed thieves fled, not, however, before one of them had been recognized.His name has been given to the police.ar PERSONAL R.G.Wright, of Napanee,.is at the Bal- moral.J,S.Williams, of Toronto, is staying at the Windsor, H.J.Jeffrey, of Richmond,is a gues\u2019 at th2 Windsor.W.J.Scott, of Napanee, is registered at the indsor.N, J.Lamontagne, of Quebec, is à gu the Richelien.of Q +188 guedt at J+ T.Stephenson, of London, 18 staying at the Balmoral.\u2019 ving John Connor, of St.John, N.B,, is stayin, at the Windsor.\u2019 * ying J.C.Queens, of Baltimore, Md., is a guest the Riendeau Hetel.\u2019, ! guest at Charles Gardner, of New York, is registe; atthe Richelieu Hotel.' glsterod Willlam Wall, of Ottawa, is among the guests at the Richelieu.J, L.Walker, of Burlington, Vt., is registered at the Balmoral.T.S.L, Lee, of London, Eng., 18 amongst the latest arrivals at the Windsor, ne M.Lapointe, of Ottawa, is on & business Tait 10 Monreal.He is staying at the Rien- eau.Collingwood Schrieber, of Ottawa, arrived in town last night and registercd at the \u2018Windsor, D.Pottinger and H.A.Price ofthe Inter- colonial Railway, Moncton, are registered at the Windsor.A.P,Parie, of Wicnioeg, Man., arrived in the city yesterday.He 1s stopping at the Riendeau Hotel.H.A.Darcey, agent representative ot the \u201c Money Mad\u201d Company, of New York, is stopping as the Richelieu Hote], Mr.Leon Labonde a young Winnipeg musician of much talent has arciaed in tue city to take up his residence here.Madame Chapleau, wife of the Hon.Minister of Customs, is ill at the private hospital of Dr.Brodeur, Sherbrooke-sireet, Chief Justice =ir Francis Johnson is so far recovered [rom his recent illness that he has glresdy been aole to psy a Visit to the Court ouse.Among the late arrivals at the Balmoral are: TS Newton, Toronto; J D Ward, New Haven; John C_ Wilson, Pawtucket, K (I, and C Gallup, New York.Dr.8.Laberge, one of the resident physicians of the Notre Dame Hospital, left for Europe, via New York, last night.He will be absent three years, Mr.St.Arnault, of St.Genevieve, county of Champlain, has been named pretcct of the county, this is the third time that Mr.Arnault has filled this important office, Mr.Richard White went to Ottawa yesterday, being called thither by the death\u201d of his brother-in-law Robert Romaine, chief clerk of the Stationary Department of the House ot Commons.Among the latest arrivals at the Riendean are: C.Mongean, Borel; Charles B, Barwon New York; A, McConnell, Portland; 0.b Prieur, St.Zotique; H.Manny, Brockville Mrs.C.Godmer, St.Jerome, Among thelate arrivals at the Richelieu Hotel are : Jules Robinet, Sandwich; John Hamilton, New Glasgow; John welen, Utica N.Y.; V.Michaud, Three Rivers; N.Doyle Toronto; 8, Dumais, Fraserville.er When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.\u2018When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.Whor she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, Thon she bad Chidres, she gare there Castoris w WELT LF rere eT a MONTREAL HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1892.QUEER BUSINESS FOR HIM A CLERGYMAN WHO RAN AX ILLICIT STILL, \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGE.Rev.Jean Baptiste de Repentenigny of 8% Cunegonde The Calprit-A Woman Also Implicated\u2014Both Sentenced to One Moath\u2019s Imprisoament and a Fine of $100.A scene witnessed in the private office of Jadge Dogas yesterday afternoon served as another exemplification of the fact that the law 18 no respecter of persons.It was the close of a case at which Officers Curleas, of the Reyenue Department, and Detective Cing Mars bave been working for over a month.Betore the judge stood a priest at one time popularly known in Montreal, He was oressed in priestly garb and by his side stood 8 young woman.Both were prisoners, both were partners in guilt, and both had pleaded gailty to she crime for which they stood charged.For a long time the officars were aware that iarge quantities of liquor was being manufactured ic the east and in an illicit manner, Just where for a time the officers were at a loss to discover, Finally by some clever detective work they, on March 1, located the still in full operation at 306 Bherbrooke-street, where lived a young woman named Marie Louise Desiardius.Tne still and a large quantity of the manufactured spirits found at toe time, were seized.The young woman under pressura implicated the Rev.Jean Baptiste de Re- pentenigny, formerly one of the popular clergymen of Si.Ann's parish, in the ownership of the illicit still.The clergyman, through an unfortunate failing, hud been removed from his parish by the archbishop, since wnen he has lived in retirement under the care of the cure of St.Cunegonde.This was a start ling development wholly unlocked for by the officers.Such a surprise did it prove 1n fact, that Mr.Curless visited Ottawa and specially interviewed the Minister of Inland Revenue, He was instructed that the law must take its course Tn consequence ot this decision a warrant was sworn out in the Police Court and both the accused were arrested by Deputy High Constable Bissonnette, who was accompanied by born Curess and Cinq Mars.These were not the only arrests made however, for the officers also took into custody Dolphin, alias Adolpne Thibeault, of Ryde-strest, Point St.Charles, on the charge of making the still.Thibeault, oa being taken before the court, bad his trial fixed for Wednesday next, he being released on bail himself in the sum ot $2000 and two sureties in $500 each.On pleading guilty Judge Dogas æn- tenced de Repentenigny and the girl Desjardins to one month imprisonment each at hard labor and a fine of $100, or in default to spend another month injail.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u201cOUR CANADA,\u201d An Interesting Entertainment at Emannel Chureh.Last night the spacious basement of Emanuel Church was well filled by an audience assembled to encourage by their presence the further promotion of Canadian patriotism.The evening was deyoted withont exception to Canadian authors and composers.The program was long and varied, but the audience remained en- husiastic to the last.The two songs by Xiss Edythe Murphy were rendered with great feeling and expression.Mr.Pitts\u2019 two contributions showed evidences of careful preparation.Two recitations, by Mr.W.Campbell, of Ot- awa, bearing on * humanity in general,\u201d and \u201cCanada in particular,\u201d were well received.Dr.Beers, who was down for an address, was unfortunately absent.Mr.Murphy, president of the Y.P.A.of the charch, supplied his piace in a very creditable manner.There were a couple of recitations by Miss Symkin, and one piano solo which was rendered by Mrs.A.W.Cochrane and songs by Miss Lamb and Messrs.Hodgson and Marphy.One of the best pieces on the program was the violin solo of Mr.Robert Anderson.The chairman Mr, W.D.Lighthall closed the entertainment with a few remarks of praise to the performers, and congratulations to the Y.P.A.A Keeley Cure Institute, A branch of the Keeley Institute has been opened within easy reach of the people of Montreal and vicinity, near the beautiful village of North Conway, N.H., in the very heart of the White Mountains, There people suffering from alcoholism, the oplum habit, nervous prostration or other kindred diseases, may re ceive the same treatment as that given at the parent institution at Dwight, Ill.\u2014\u2014\" Mr: Farristal Asks for $10,000.An action for $10,000 alleged damages hag been entered against the Singer Sewing Machine Company, at the instance of Mr.John Farristal.In his declaration Mr.Farristal alleges that he was in the employ of the defondants on Jan.30 last, when an elevator, which was exposed to the snow, flew out of gear and struck him on the shoulders.He claims that he will never fuily recover from his injuries.Berthier\u2019s Bank Will Not Be Closed, The president of the Ville Marie Bank denies the ramor that the agency ofthe bank at B -rtuier has been closed.Mr.\u2018Weir, adds that the Berthier agency is one of the best paying ones controlled by the bank and during 10 years, since the agency has been established, notwithstanding the great amouns of basi- ness transacted at that branch, the bank has not lost a cent there.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 A Worthy Appeal, At the close of the Winter's work the Outdoor Board of Relief are a few hundred doliars behind, due for wood and provisions.The work of relieving the distressed and helpless suffering poor has been carefully done every week since the month of December.Heads of families unable to obtain work, also widows with helpless children dependent on them, have been relieved weekly ; and during the summer months there are several families depending for help who will have to be relieved.Donations will be thankfully received by D.McMillan, at the House of Industry, 693 Dorchester street, or by any member of th e Board, CASES AT THRE COURT.Evidence All 1», in the Case ofthe Moore Aftemptred Murder.The Court ot Queen\u2019s Bench resumed at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.The Hon.Judge Baby presided, the Crown being represented by Messrs M.J.F.Quinn, Q.C,, and J.L, Archambault Q.C.When the court opened His Honor coneented to hear argument on the motion of Mr.Donald Macmaster Q.C., to have N.Sorrensky, against-whom a true bill for conspiracy had been returned during the present term, discharged, as the indictment agairst Mr.T.Twohey, who had been accused with Sorrensky, bad been thrown out by the Grand Jury at its final sitting, Mr.Macmaster argued that Twohey having been discharged and the words \u201cdivers persons\u201d in the new indictment, in reality, repra- sented no person, his client coulda nos ba held, a8 a man could not be guilty of conspiring with himself, Mr.Quinn, Q.C., replied on behalf of the Crown contending that the indicte ment stiil held good against Sorrensky a8 when \u2018t was found, it was shown that be attempted to conspire with other parties.In conclusion he moved that Mr, Twohey\u2019s name be struck from the indictment and that the case against Borrensky be permitted to come to trial on its merits, \u2018fhe court took the argument en de.ibere.The case of Auguste Moore, accused of shooting with intent to_murder, was then proceeded with.For the Crown the testimony of the following witnesses was heard Mary Aun Buckingham, wife of H.Jackson, High Constable Bissonnette, Alexis Prefon- taine, Thomas Dundas, T.Taylor, Patrick Handrehan, Alfred Montpetit, John Wallace and Magloire Bastien, The evidence of the several witnesses was largely a repetition of that heard on the first day of the trial.The prosecution closed its case at 1 o'clock, and the court took recess until 2 o\u2019clock.When the court resumed in the afternoon, Mr.Weir opened for the defense by calling Mr.Philip Curtin, one of the prisoners employers.His evidence was solely as to the character aud general disposition of the ac cused.The Hon, Frank Mott ex-United States Senator who had known the accnsed for many years was also called and spoke favorably of him.Other witnesses on the same line of evidence were Charles A, Moore, father of the prisoner, and Mr.Charles A.Lamothe.Horace Lambe, a driver, also in the employ of Messrs.Sharpe & Curtin, being sworn, Mr.Weir endeavored to proye by his testimony that on the day pre- ceeding the shooting Bastien had gone to the stables with his brother-in-law, both being under the influence of liquor, and had ueed threats against the pria- oner.Mr.Quinn strongly objected to this testimony being admitted.The witness was allowed to state, however, that he saw Bastien attempt to strike the accused.He had also heard him make threats but would not swear to their exact nature.Mr, Weir then announcad the case for the defense closed, asd the court adjourned until 100'clock this morning, the jury being again locked up for the night.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 THE McKEOWN CASH, Evidenes for the Presecution Givea Yesterday Afternoon, The preliminary examination in the cage of Edward McKeown, of Toronto, accused of obtaining goods under false pretences, was continued before Judge Desnoyers in the Police Court yesterday afternoon, Mr.William C.Jarvis, bookkeeper for Messrs.Gault Brothers, was examined.He exhibited the books kept by the firm in which were entered the assets, liabilities or statement of the affairs of customers.The statement on page 23 was a statement of the assets and liabilities of McKeown & Co.of Toronto.These were entered in the book as a copy of à statement giuen by McKeown to Mr.Robert Gault on January 11 last.The rest of the entry in thé book referred totbe business done by the accused with Gault Brothers in 1891.Cross-examined by Mr.Macmaster, the witness stated that he could not remember if Mr.Gault had handed him a memorandum of the creditors of Mc- Keown contained in the statement written by himself.Mr.Gault handed him several papers, and he copied them all in the book under the one statement.He did not see the name of Arthur & Co.among McKeown\u2019s eraditors, The statement ie the book was in the handwriting of J.H.Brown, the assistant of the witness.The witness refused to swear that the name Arthur & Co.was not on the statement.The mistake seemed to have occurred from Brown being unable to make out the last word on the statement, and on his showing it to the wit- nees the latter told him to make it and others, as he certainly thought that was what it was, At any rate the witness had not considered this & part of the statement at all, he thought it simply a memorandum of the creditora of Mc- Keown & Co.Mr.William Arthur Cheesborough, of the firm of Kyle, Cheesborough and Co., wholesale dry goods, took the stand.The accused had called on him on Jan.11 and showed him a statement of his business standing.This statement was the seme as already described in the depositions of other witnesses.Mr.Greenshields, on behalf of the prosecution, then asked if Mr.Chess- borough\u2019s firm had shipped any goods on the strength of the statement.Mr.Macmaster objected on the ground that the accused wss charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses solely from Mesgrs.Gault Brothers, and to permit the witness to angwer the question would be to implicate the aecused in a new offense.Mr, Greenshields contended that the answer was admigsable and cited a case of forgery in which he had been the defending lawyer, in which exactly similar testimony had been admitted.His Honor appeared to lean towards Mr.Macmaster, but in order to refer to the case cited by Mr.Greenshields he ad- jourued the enquiry until Thursday afternoon, the accused being again remanded to jail.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Got Off Before the Traln Stepped, Mr.R.Lemieux, acting on behalf of Mrs.Farron, has entered an action for $1600 damages sgainst the (Grand Trunk Railway Company.Mrs.Farron, it 18 alleged, was going to St.Henri on one of the company\u2019s trains, when she was told by an employee to get off as soon as it slackened speed at the station as the train did not make a dead stop there.She followed instructions, the result of which was she fell and broke her leg.Hence the action.THE BIG STRIKE.Continued from Page One, strike to-night on this section of the GE.R.It is considered improbable.HUNDREDS CAN BE GOT, Arrival of a Bedy of Men From St.John, NX.B.At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a train arrived at the Windsor depot and from the cars stepped fully 125 men all equipped as if for a journey.Some carried valises, some small trunks, some large tin cans, and not a few shouldered a rifle or a shot gan.When questioned as to their mission here and from whence they came, a tall, finely bailt man of probab y 30 years stated that they were from St.John, N.B., and stations intervening.As totheir mission he said they were on their way to the west, where they had been offered permanent positions.He went on to say in answer to other questions that hundreds of men could be got from the same places and more than two-thirds of those who accompanied bim had had more or less experience in railroading.He did not expect much trouble, but, he added, if there is (touching bis hip pocket) somebody will get the worat of it.The men were bere about two hours before leaving for the west.FREIGHT NOT MOVING.Verification of This Fast From Headquarters, In the general freight agent office, only Mr.McGinnis was visible when Tho Herald man arrived.The reporter waved aside the stereotyped assertions that freight trains wers moving as usual, and with but little delay, etc., and came straight to the point at ones.\u201cWas any freight moving at all on the Western Division ?\u201d he queried.\u201cWell! Our Asiatic freight has not been delayed,\u201d was the answer, \u201cbut, of course, we are not accepting grain or heavy freight at all.\u201d This is tantamount to saying that freight traffic is practically stopped, and this view of the case is borne out by merchants and shippers in this city.As to passenger traine, the Winnipeg express was 16 hours late yesterday, and not a single guest from the Far West has been registered at any of our leading hotels since Sunday.HELP FROM THE OITY.Montreal Grants » Request For Police Protection.At5 o'clock on Monday afternoon Mr.Shaughnessy sent for Chief of Police Hughes and asked bim to favor the company with the services of about 30 men and some officers.The chief afterwards saw Ald.Jeannotte, chairman of the Police Committee, and Mayor Mec~ Shane, both of whom agresd to the request.Detectives Lafontaine and Trempe and Bergeants Reeves, Le- may and Liggatt were given charge of 30 men who all expressed their complete willingness to take the trip: Atll o'clock yesterday morning they reported for duty ; each was provided with a revolver in addition to his batcn, cabs were called and they were taken to Mr.Spencer's office.Here a special oath of allegiance was administered ; they were marched to a special car on the Soo train, and in five minutes were on their way to North Bay.Many citizens criticise the action of the authorities in permitting the men to be drafted from the city force, on the ground that Montreal is not in a position to eave itself so unprotected, and the faot that the chief bas already complained of tbe smallness of his force.ayor Mce Shane wasseen by a representative of The Herald, to whom he stated that he saw no reason why the request should not be complied with\u2014it was a compliment to the C.2.BR.FROM TORONTO, TOO, \u2014\u2014\u2014 Fifty Constables Armed to the Teeth, Shipped to North Bay.Toroxro, March 22.\u2014The Cana\u2018iin Pacific authorities on this division have done their share to-day in supplying men to take charge of any trains that may be left unmanned by strikers, Tonight 10 full train crews and 50 special Constables left for North Bay.The constables are armed with revolvers and ball cartridges and have also a supply of handcuffs.Among the number ars several old and experienced officers who will be prepared for any emergencies.The party are due at North Bay about 4 a.m., and it will be at that point it is thought here that the troubles may be looked for.General Superintendent Tait, although admitting that they expected trouble on the main line, denies that they saw any indication ef the strike extending to or affecting the Ontario and Quebec division.THE SECRET SERVICE.Messrs Grose and Carpenter Engaged by the Company.One of the methods adopted by the company to fight the strikers, has been to engage the services of the Canadian Secret Service.The principals of the service, Detectives Grose and and Carpenter, were busy all day yesterday.Dozens of men applied for work as special donstables and it soon became evident, almost any number could be had.It was somewhat difficult to ascertain beyond any doubt that the company had gone so far as to engage the service.Principal Grose was seen, but he refnsed to say anything.He would not however, deny it, and half an hour afterwards The Herald representative was put in posession of the actual facts, Datective Carpenter engaged the men, and taking his chief assistant Edward Bsllavance, placed them on the train provided by the company.Previous to this Mr, Carpenter was interviewed by the Herald and he stated that his mission was to keep order, and keep order he would no matter what the consequences might be, AT THE WINDSOR DEPOT.An Eventful Day Yesterday\u2014The Despatching of Special Trains, feldom has such a scene of bustle and « xcitement been witnessed atany rail way station in this city, as wag visibe at the Windsor depot yesterday afternoon.The spacious rotunda was jamm:d With men of all sorts, sizes, shapes, and clad in every variaty of apparel.Mild browed prize fighters, French Canadian | habitants, garbed in etoffe du pays, and looking clerks jostled heavy beetle | wearing beefskins, rubbed shoulders with western toughs in stoga boot and abbre vioted pantalcous ; - ear-rings in their swarthy Italians wih suggestion of a knife ; ; stolid-faced Scandinavie, Pockots fiat table-lands of countenances, da young Canadians,E 1ces, dapper the poil Of Lane tte s 9h emigrants with shire still clingip their boots, and the irrepressible son of rin, Teprese pachoring.presented in the motley o the ordinary observer was an extrsordinary one, Toney sains ated it represented & parade of the special constables just sworn in by the C.P.R, authorities before Clerk of the Crown, L.W.Sicotte, and Justices ot the Peace, J.M, M.Duff and Joseph Rielle, for service at the various points on their line.These men had been ordered to appear, ready to leave by the 4.30 train for the west, and over a hundred and fifty of those actually sworn in and others anxious tu be employed were on hand at that hour.But by that time the ominous news that within 24 or at most, 48 hours, the strike which reached Chalk River this morning would have extended as far as this eity, caused their departure to be countermanded, aud they were finally dismissed to their homes under pay, with orders to parade again again sharply at 10 o'clock this morning.A little later, however, a very diffarent and far moce businesslike body of men marched ous upon upon the plat'orm, beaded by Detective Carpenter and his chief assistant, Mr, Edward Bellavance.They were the 25 detectives hired by tue company from the Canadian Secre; Service Det:ctive Agency who wers to go west by tbe colonist special train, c>rrv- ing the tm\u2018grants from tue Numidian, at 5:30.These detuctives nre to uv special work along the line as far as the Pacific coast.To-night this detachment will be followed by 20 mora dotécaves under tbe command ot Detective G-ose, and nambering among them soms ver well known faces in this city, who wi} assume charge of the sperial constables in the various districts through which the strike extends.Just before the train started the scens was one that it would have taken Frith\u2019s pencil to depici, German women, lugging more bedding than woald apparently serve for tbe slumbers of à u0Zzan families, got jammed in the car steps and had to be extricated by main force, Dirty faced babies turned up in the most nnexpected corners and only escaned being trampled on by & miracle.Bal- gians, buckled to two or three guns, became wedged in the aisles with Englishmen loaded up with squat paper- eovered trunks and an infinity of bundles, Lonis Berg, the genial emigrant corduc- tor, imuvlored, prayed and swore in seven different languages at once, and every single emigrant screamed and shouted at the tcp of his or her voice in the tongue that came handiest at the moment.Never was such a confusion of dialects since build ing operations ceased so suddenly on the Tower of Babel.W hen at last all were supposed to be on board, and the train finally started, a fat Swedish woman, who had gone back to fetch her fourteenth straw palliasse, was discovered coming up the platform at fall speed.Urged on by two trainmen she just reached the end car in time to be hauled on board as the train steamed leisurely out of the station and every one drew a long breath of relief.Upstairs in the offices a milder form of confusion prevailed, and, even there, there was abundant evidence of the intense excitement prevailing.Mr.Shaughnessy\u2019s office, usually as quiet and decorous as the interior of & store that does not advertise, was alive with newspaper men, The ouly mean fully abreast of the sit] uation, whom nothing could ruflle, ana nothing could rattle, was Mr.Shaugh- nessy.Cool and imperturbable as ever the genial Vice-president chaffed the newspaper men, parried their questions with his usual skill, acd, though probably the man cerrying the most anxiety and responsibility on the road, ap eared to be the most light-hearted and unconcerned of all.In fact he seemed to rejoice that an opportunity to display his executive ability had arisen, and to rise to the exigencies of the situation as only a man of his latent power can do.No one could fail to be impressed with his promptness of decision, his grasp of the situation and its possibilitivs, aud the vigor which characterized every word and action.If one man can achi»ve tha victory in the present struggle Mr.RBhaughnessy is that man.THE LATEST FROM WINNIPEG, The Bifuation is Practicaliy Unchanged\u2014 Things Quieter at Rat Portage, SPECIAL TO THE HERALD.Wiswirec, Man.March 23.\u2014-The strike situation here is practically unchanged.Passenger traffic is as good as if no strike existed, but little freight is moving.Merchants and implement men are bes ginning to complain of the detrimensat effect the strike is baving upon th ir business and if matters shoaid rot b: settled soon much harm will be done the country.The greater portion of eastern nop-union men, who arrived here last night, went quietly to work in tbe company\u2019s yards, but others wandered down town and ten or twelve of them proceeded to the strikers beadquarters snd sent a deputation to Chief Conductor Clark's room to make overtures to him, but he refused to treat with them.Senior Conductor Garritson lett for Fort Wil- ham last night for the purpose of direet- ing the strike, operations on the Eastern division.A despatch from Rat Portage says things Lave become quiet there, and they are in no need of military -81d.THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY \u2014T0 IISE\u2014 ! 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