The Herald, 15 décembre 1897, mercredi 15 décembre 1897

[" | © N% 9D DOORS RR wwe Eee À nee gas real, are ou rt sgurt day Jock aura\u201d the I All the Children Will find enjoyment in guessing the names of Cities and Towns represented in Herald Puzzle Pictures.pS Puzzle Pictures.In Thursday\u2019s Herald will appear the second of the series of Puzzle Pictures.goTH YEAR.No.307.communes MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER he Fferald.PRICE ONE CENT.0 TASTE FOR ANT, The Police Raid an Alleged Gambling Den, SEVENTY ARRESTS MADE.it Was the Society of Sculpture\u2014 Trial Next Week, The enquete room in the Police Court was crowded this morning with men and poys who had been trying to grow rich too quickly.There were over seventy of them, the result of a raid made last night py the police authorities on a concern which has been doing business for a considerable time at 104 St.Lawrence street under the name of \u201cThe Societe National de Sculpture.\u201d Having received several complaints from the Citizens\u2019 League and private ind.vid- uals regarding the kind of encouragement given to art by this society, Chief Detective\u2019 Carpenter sent a couple of his men \u2026 up there to investigate.Their report was that it was unmistakably a lottery, the objects of the sculptor\u2019s \u201cart\u201d which were supposed to be won by the unartistic and unaesthetic habitues of the place being only blinds for the money prizes which were really won.The Modus Operandi.\u2018The mode in which the operations ot the society were carried on was similar to | that in so-called \u201cart\u201d societies.system, the prize being a piece of sculpture.These are exchangeable for cash.The business was carried on on a double principle, the sale of tickets being conducted at 104 St.Lawrence street and the other part of the business at 118, where the raid was made.The large store at No.104 was a bnl- Hantly lighted room before the shadow ot the law fell across it.In the windows and around the walls were placed a number of cheap-looking busts of Canadian statesmen.The \u201cagents\u201d of the society gold tickets here, which the holders took to the other place.Here drawings took place at eight o\u2019clock every evening, but things were going so well that yesterday two drawings a day were commenced, one st two p.m.and the other at eight.The detectives found that whamanyone drew a winning number he went down to 104 and signed a receipt for a statue\u2014any old one\u2014before receiving his money.The Raid Made.Under these circumstances the chief detective consulted with the Chief of Police and decided to make a raid on the premises.This was effected a few minutes before eight o\u2019clock last night, when the store where the actual business was carried on was likely to be crowded.Chief Detective Carpenter, Detective-Sergeant Campeanu, Detectives O'Keefe, Guerin, Me- Laughlin, Suthergill, Lamouche, Barrett and Riopel, with a posse of twenty policemen undes Inspectors Lapointe and lancey, marched out from the Central Station down St.Lambert hill and sur tounded the premises in short order.There was a small-sized panic inside when the seventy odd men and boys fcund what was taking place, but resistance was useless.Two patrol waggons were called, end as fast as they could be taken away they were placed under arrest by the detectives and constables and carried off to the Central.Henri Lemire, who gave his address as 123 Berri street and his business as notary, was arrested on a charge of keeping a lottery.According to the police sheets, Joseph A.Martin, Charles and Joseph Brouil- lette, Charles Daoust, Ernest David and Ailexandre Millette were arrested on a similar charge, but in court this morning they were only charged, with the others, With being found at a lottery.The most of the prisoners were able to give bail in sums of from $3 to $5 for their pearance this morning, but those who could not had to spend the night in police headquarters cells, They were chiefly work- Ingmen and a few clerks, of ages ranging all the way from eighteen to fifty.Nearly all were well dressed and of respectable 8ppearance.The detectives got two wheels, which pere used in making the drawings, and thief Carpenter has them in his office.Ne 15 à handsome affair with glass sides *nd wood rim, mounted on a stand, in which the numbers were shaken up.At ach drawing 78 numbers were placed in the wheel, of which twelve carried prizes.Before the Magistrate.Magistrate Lafontaine sat in the En- Quete Room this morning to hear the \u201cses.The room was crowded with the ponstable Bissonnette and Deputy Lam- Lemire was first arraigned for keeping Cal place and carrying on a lottery.Mr.o de Lebeuf, advocate, appeared for him hi asked for a postponement for a week.wo 8 was granted, bail being allowed in Personal and \u2018two sureties of $200 da The case will come up on Wednes- fou next as well, as those of the men pons frequenting the place.These all on pes not guilty and were allowed out with ail on making a deposit of $1 each the clerk of the court.The Accused.node following is a list of those whose Henri appear on the Police Court sheets: ose) Lemire, 35, notary, 123 Berrie St.Stren A.Martin, 30, agent, 354 Rivard Octa.| | dique See Pre» butcher, 1993 StwDomi- A | .Street Barroda, joiner, 233 St.Hypo'ite partie St.Laurent, tobacconist, 509 St.Wrence Street.Stree; Morel, agent, 395 Champlain mel Levy, tailor, 258 Cadieux Street.Orge Brown, elevator man, 173 St.Dominique Street.breat Goldberg, tailor, 171 St.Dominique Meyers Segal, tailor, 616 Dorchester St.Stree; Goldberg, tailor, 616 Dorchester aude Depatie, shoemaker, 23 Vitre each, Sam bp el Sorrensky, carpenter, 190 City Go Venue.} dot r8¢ Robertson, bricklayer, 22 St.Antoine Street, ns : .3, Te \u2019 oy % % icholson, bricklayer, 22 St.An- Chr.% i Éd.: &1ow, bell boy, 8 Jurors St.Street 2%, Vault, trader, 255 Cadieux cu je Willia © ht, Senitor, Bonsecours Street.> William Gi'c al Street.+ \u2018 George Thontpgon, Barber, 16 St.Elizabeth Street.\u2019 sa George Allen, laborer, 8 St.Claude.John Croll, printer, 44 St.Antoine Street.George Young, news agent, 10 Oscar Avenue.Fred Warren, laborer, 95 St.Charles Borrommee Street.William Butterworth, cutter, 2490 Catherine Street.\u2019 er 2490 St.Albert Miller, waiter, 125% St.Antoine Street.Andrew Jackson, laborer, 13 St.Dominique Street.Achille Renaud, laborer, 29 St.Justin Street.wartender, 17 Balmor- lt 05 : said to have been conducted on the lottery : Prisoners, .who were in charge of High | Richard Smithers, carter, 98 Shannon Street.Joseph Finn, caretaker, 94 Shannon St.Henri Brule, photographer, 476 Beaudry Street.Desire Jeyaz, Jaborer, 148 Hutchison Street.Wolired Therrien, agent, 466 St.Dominique Street, Avila Lamontagne, shoemaker, 149 Dro- i let Street.Antoine Cerat, agent, 348 Craig Street.Prudome Pare, laborer, 385 Amherst St.Theodore Goulet, restaurant keper, 16 St.Dominique Street.i Seyfroi Lacroix, confectioner, 1610 St.Catherine Street.Joseph Dupuis, painter, 184 Sanguinet Street.Eugene Le Ridy, cook, 502 Craig Street.Wiiliam Toupin, butcher, 1046 St.Catherine Street.George Genthiot, laborer, 25 St.Hypolite | Street.; Ludger Grenier, trader, 142 Sanguinet | Street.Zenon Latour, shipper, 201 St.Elizabeth \"Street.Benjamin Legault, laborer, 201 St.Elizabeth Sireet.Cerias Belanger, storeman, 12 Grey Nun.Alexandre Drouin, messenger, 1584 Notre Dame Street.Adelard Vezina, painter, Dame Street.Thomas Wade, printer, 661 Lagauchetiere Street.Antoine Montpetit, shoemaker, 132 Du- pre Street.Alfred Martineau, laborer, 18 St.Adol- nhus Street.Henri Patenaude, trader, 105 St.Maurice Street.James Aird, driver, Notre Dame Street.Patrick Narmoyla, bookbinder, 177 Nazareth Street.Joseph Leduc, agent, 1240 DeMontigny Street.Emalien Charbonneau, watchman, 1240 De Montigny Street.Phillippe Auclair, agent, 8 St.Urbain Street.Joseph Gauthier, baker, 142 Sanguinet Street.Edmond Gauthier, watchman, 55 St.Francois Xavier Street.Ludger Souliere, shoemaker, 116} Panet Street.Alexandre Ouelette, laborer, 4 Champlain Street.: Diendonne Ouelette, plasterer, 646 Beau- dry Street.Mederie Sourdif, trunkmaker, 436 Lagau- chetiere Street.Joseph Chartrand, tailor, 564 Drolet Street.Howard Stuart, Avenue.Eugene Demers, painter, 313} St.Law- tence Street.Charles Fouchette, cigarmaker, 183 Ples- sis Street._ Charles Brouillette, dentist, 179 Dufferin Street.Joseph E.Brouillette, agent, 179 Duf- ferin Sareet.Charles E.Dauost, clerk, Longueuil.Ernest David, clerk, Longueuil.Alex.Millette, cutter, Longueuil.It is rumored that there is another list of thirty names of people who would not like to have them published, but the authoritics deny this.If such a list exists it is being kept from public knowledge.CHURCH FUNDS ARE SHORT.Three Rivers, Que., Dec.15.\u2014(Special.) \u2014There is a good deal of dissatisfaction 1 one of the parishes of this diocese in connection with the alleged disappearance ot a large portion of church funds.At a meeting of the congregation held on Sunday after mass, the cure, it is said, admitted being short in his accounts to some $4,000, but members of the congregation claim that it is much more than this.They are curious to know what has become ot the ordinary church revenues, averaging $500 a year, for the past fifteen years.1b is likely that Bishop Lafleche will be called on to take action in the matter- 1985 Notre laborer, 26 Union A GOOD APPOINTMENT.Mr.E.W.Smith, who has been in the District Passenger Agent\u2019s office at Bonaventure depot for several years, and who in that capacity has given the greatest satisfaction, has just been appointed passenger and ticket agent at Sherbrooke.The appeintment wiil, mo doubt, be a popular one, and Mr.Smith is receiving congratulations from all sides on his ap- \u2018pointment to this important position.Mr.Smith lef: yesterday and will enter on his duties immediately.\u2014\u2014 SUING THE CATHOLIC FORESTERS.An action has been taken against the Catholic Order of Foresters, by Catherine Mullivery, wife of the late Patrick Leahey, to recover the amount of an insurance policy, $1,000, held in the Order by the deceased.The action is said to have arisen from the refusal of his relatives to allow the widow to receive the amount of the policy.\u2014 DEATH OF MR.NEIL M'LENNAN.Mr.Hugh McLennan, of this city, yesterday received word of the death of his son, Neil McLennan.Tbe death occurred at Namur, Belgium, where the late Mr.McLennan had been following his profession of artist.He had studied for some time in Pars, but was permanently settled at Namur with his wife and family at the time of his death.McGILL MEDS TO DINE.The annual dinner of the McGill Medical Undergraduates\u2019 Saciety, will be held to-morrow .evcning in the Windsor Hotel.There will be about one hundred guests, who will sit down in the Ladies\u2019 Ordinary, which is being decorated for the occasion.Mr.Schwartz will be the chairman\u2019 of the evening, TU OPPOSETHE BILLS DS City Clerk David Acts on Montreal's Behalf.THE ABATTOIR MEASURE Does Not Meet the Approval of the Gity Council.Quebec, Dec.15.\u2014(Special.)\u2014Mr.L.U.David, Montreal's City C.erk, is here in connection with charter amendments and for the purpose of opposing all measures by which lighting and other companies | seek power to lay pipes in \u2018or upon the streets of the city of Montreal for any purpose without the consent of the city.Mr.David will also oppose the Union Abattoir Company\u2019s bill in so \u2018ar as it authorizes the company to transfer the site of its abaitoirs, seeing that such transfer would render useless the city's cattle markets, adjoining the present sites, from which the city at present derives a revenue in the shape of market duez, as provided by the terms of its contract with the company.Among the Montrealers here in connee- tion with bills before the Private Bills Committee are the Hon.C.A.Geoffiion, QC., M.P, Dr.E.P.Lachapelle, and Messrs.F.L.Beique, Q.C., Eugene la fontaine, C.A.Corrivean, John Dunlop, ; Q-C., W.McLea Walbank, R.C.Smith, I.C.Casgrain, Q.C., M.P., Campbell, J.8.Buchan, F.W, Libbard, 4.E.De lorimier, 8.C.Stevenson and others.The Notre Dame Hospital bill was passed, and the bill incorporating the village of Grand Mere, having been referred to a sub-committee, with Mr.R.Bickerd:ke as chairman, was also adopted with certain amendments.The act incorporating the North Shore Power Company was adopted this morning by the Committee of Legislation.~The Montreal charter amendments will be read a second tmie in the House today and referred to the Private Bills Committee, which body will cons'der the measure to-morrow, with other measures in which the city of Montreal is interested.ASSAULTED HIS 90 YEAR OLD FATHER, The Cruel Act of a Son Supposed to be Insane.Cowansville, Dec.15.\u2014(Special.)\u2014A father nearly ninety years old was assaultud by a son at Fordyce Corner, two miles distant from Cowansville on Sunday, and it ie possible that he may not recover from his injuries.The name of the son, who is alleged to be insane, is Edwin Ellison.It is said he has been insane on different occasions and has always been peculiar in his actions.He is a very powerful man and \u2018has always shown a genius for mechanics and mathematics.He used to own a factory at Freeport, near here, for the manufacture of butter tubs and such goods but failed in business some years ago.His latest employment was in running the electric light station here.He was discontinued from this a few weeks ago.The authorities were not notified of his condition by the family until Monday, for after rescuing the father they had confined the son in a room at the house.High Constable Gale and Bailiff Chadburn took him to the Sweetsburg gaol where he is now.Ellison is unmarried and appears to be about fifty years of age.Up to Tuesday afternoon mo charge had been laid against him by any member of the household and the authorities had not yet been able to obtain any definite infor- maition on which to base a charge.He will likely be held until the result of his as sault can be more fully ascertained.BUREL MUST PAYA Decision of Much Interest to Montreal Housekeepers.An interesting case for tenants came up this morning before Judge Doherty.Ame Beliveau was to vacate his house on the \u2018rst of last May, which he did \u2018with the exception of one room, in which he put his household goods and which he loëked.In this the judge said he was not right as the custom of holding a house till the 2rd of May was not law.Joseph Burel, who was moving into the house broke into the room and threw out the goods, causing some damage.He was condemned to pay $30 and costs.HORSE THIEVES AT WORK.Night Watchman Wallace, who is usually on duty in the vicinity of St.Paul street, was the means of saving a valuable horse from being stolen from Dalacont\u2019s brewery last night.He was patrolling St.Paul street shortly after eight o'clock, and observing that the brewery stable was not securely closed, he became suspicious and forced an entrance.He was suiprs- ed to find two unknown men busily occupied in harnessing a horse, but as soon as they saw \u2018the watchman, they made good their escape and disappeared.Wallace gave chase for a couple of blocks, but could get no trace of the fugitives.He returned to the stable, and removed the harness found on the horse to No.6 Police Station.Captain Charbonneau :us- pects this harness has been stolen, and is now waiting for its owner to claim it.NEW ZEALAND STEAMSHIP LINE.Wellington, New Zealand, Dec.15.\u2014The House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution submitted by the Premier, the Hon.Richard J.Seddon, in favor of establishing 8 fortnightly mail service between Wellington and Vancouver, B.C.It is understood \u2018that the proposal referred to in the foregoing despatch is to subsidize an alternate fortnightly mail service between the points named, passages from Wellington to San Francisco not to exceed 19 days, and passages from Wellington to Vancouver not to exceed 21 days.SWALLOWED LYE AND DIED.Quebec, Que., Dec.15.\u2014(Special.)-Miss Amanda Martine Guay, a servant, who, a few days ago, swallowed concentrated lye, died last evening at the hospital.THE BUBBLE BURSTS.Frantic Efforts to Make a Sensation Collapse.ABSURD COALITION RUMOR, Promptly and Emphatically Denied : by Hon, Mr.Tarte.Ottawa, Ont., Dec.15.\u2014Hon.J.I.Tarte, Minister of Pubhe Warks, has given ihe {ollowing statement to the press:\u2014 \u201c1 have just read in this morning's Globe the report of an interview said to have been given to the Montreal Star by Hon.Mr.Langelier, and in which he is reported to have said:\u2014\u2018Had that coalition scheme gone through, it would have meamt the wreck of the party.It is all very well for Sir Wilfrid to say that there was nothing in it.He knew nothing about it.It was being engineered by Tarte.When parties were actually being sent to our friends io ask them if they would support an alliance between Laurier and Chapleau, it was necessary to speak out and to speak at once, irrespective of my own interests.\u2019 \u201cPermit me,\u201d says Mr.Tarte, \u201cto give the most emphatic denial to Mr.Langelier\u2019s | attributed statements.I did not engineer any scheme of coalition between Sir Wilfrid and Mr Chapleau.J did not ask anybody to support any scheme of the kind, andl since | am a member of Sir Wilfrid\u2019s Cah- inet, I never had with Mr Chapleau any relations that were not to the full knowledge of the Prime Minister.\u201d Advertisements on Post Cards.The regulations under which designs illustrations, portraits, sketches, or other forms of advertisement may be engraved, lithographed or printed on the address side of one cent post cards have been prepared by the Department.They are:\u2014 1\u2014A clear space of at least a quarter of an inch shall be left along each side of the four sides of the postage stamp.2\u2014There shall be reserved for the address a clear space at the lower right hand corner on the address side of the card immediately below the words: \u201cThe space below is reserved for address only.\u201d Such space so reserved for the address being at least 3} inches long by 1} wide.It is in the interest of both the department and those availing themselves of the privilege hereby granted that the spaces in question should be unconditionally reserved for the purpose intended.Tf any printing, engraving or other matter appears on the spaces thus reserved the post card cannot be permitted to pass through the mails.Fishery Protectors, The fishery protection fleet on the Atlantic coast has gone into winter quarters with the exception of the Osprey, which.is engaged in watching two or three American fishing steamers that have not yet left for home.The cruiser Curlew was tied up on Saturday last.THE FANCY FAIR, Formal Opening by Rev, Mr.Ker\u2014 Business is Brisk, The second night of the fancy fair at Point St.Charles came off quite as well as the first, despite the inclement weather.The room was just as pretty as the evening before, and sales were quite brisk.In the absence of Mr.McWood through illness, Rev.Dr.Ker opened the fair officially.He congratulated the association on the beautiful display they had arranged, and the success whish was attending it.When the ladies were helping a thing along it could not fail to be a success.He was fully in sympathy with the association.It must be a good thing, fe said, when the mothers and sisters were so willing to help it along.Dr.Ker closed with praise for the ladies who had taken an active part in the work, and express- el wishes and hope for the success of the fair and the association.Later in the evening the audience had a treat in the shape of a piano solo by Miss Ethel Whytton.There are a number of contests going on, which will be decided on Saturday evening.Everywhere ballots are offered for sale to vote for the most popular hooth.At present the refreshment rooms lead the list and bid fair to keep that position.And there is a guessing competition.A beautiful art cushion is on view and a small sum gives the guest the privilege of making an estimate of the weight of the cushion.On Saturday night this will be closed and the one coming closest to the true weight becomes the owner of the cushion.The drawing for the piano and for the range will also be announced on Saturday.The attractions of the fair are not yet alt exhausted.Each day the rooms open at 2 o'clock and a regular tea is served at 6 o\u2019clock.On Friday evening a change will be made in the programme and an oyster supper will be given from 6 o\u2019clock to 8 o\u2019clock.AN IMPORTNAT DECISION.The case of the Manufacturers\u2019 Life Tn- surance Company va Alley came before Judge Curran yesterday morning.Defendant was sued on a note given for insurance premium, but contended that as there was a clause in the policy whereby.it became void if the note was not paid, he had not received any consideration qd should not be condemned.This contention was overruled, judgment being given in favor of the company for the amount of the note and costs.Messrs.Taylor and Buchan appeared for the defendant, and Messrs.Foster, Martin and Girouard for the company.\" BISHOPS\u2019 COLLEGE BANQUET.The annual university banquet of the graduates and undergraduates of Bishop\u2019s College will take place in the Queen\u2019s Hotel next Wednesday evening, Dec.22.The committee of arrangements is an exceptionally strong one, and it is expected that this year\u2019s dinner will be one of the best ever held.errant BUTCHERS\u2019 PROTEST.There was a meeting of the - Butchers\u2019 Association last night to protest against the action of the East End Abattoir Com.\u2019 pany in regard to the slaughter of cattle, BIG BILL TO PAY, a\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Smallpox Outbreak Will Cost About $30,000.HARD TO CHECK ACCOUNTS.\u2014 Revisers Not Yet Appointed\u2014Mr, St George is lil, The Board of Health meeting called for ten o\u2019clock this forenoon did not materialize owing to the absence of some of the members of the committee.Dr.Jaberge, medical health officer, is in a quandary.; The medical men who performed the vacel- \u2018nations during the smallpox scare are ask- ! ing for their pay before the holidays.The Mayor's proclamation was that for each successful vaccination or re-vaccination the physicians were to receive twenty-five cents.Dr.Laberge has a list of three hundred and thirty-nine physicians who have seat in their accounts for work done, but as no examination of the patients has been made to ascertain if the vaccinations were all successful the money cannot be paid at present.One medical man sends in a bill for two thousand one hundred vaccinations, Dr.Laberge has asked for assistance to check off the lists, Lg: it has : not yet been granted by Council ur committee, and he can do nothing.Now that the last quarantine has been raised the total cost of the outbreak to the city will soon be known.It is said that it will be between twenty-five and thirty thousand dollars.Revisors Not Yet Appointed.Those who assembled in Practice Court at eleven o\u2019clock this forenoon expecting to hear Mr.Justice Archibald\u2019s decision as to who are to compose the Board ot _Revisors were disappointed, as His Lord- \u2018ship has not reached a decision.The ceremony\u2019 was postponed until to-morrow morning, when the names will be handed down.The following names have been submitted to the court.| By City Attorney Roy, on behalf of the \u2018 Finance Committee\u2014Messrs.Simeon Beau- din, D.L.Lafortune, J.G.Beauchamp, : A.Germain, Dr.O'Leary, Ls.Armstrong, iC.C.Claggett, Adolphe Ouimet, N.H.Bourgoin, H.J.Kavanagh, Dr, Leprohon.By Mayor Wilson-Smith, on his own be- | half\u2014Messrs.A.Falconer, Dr.Leprohon, \u2018R.8.Weir, H.J.Kavanagh, Dan.Wil- : son, James Crankshaw, Eugene Lafontaine.i By Messrs.N.T.Rielle, Hon.Mr.Angers ,and I\u2019.C.Ryan, in behalf of the Board of Trade, the Municipal Association and of citizens in St, Antoine Ward\u2014Messrs.R.8S.Weir, Dr.Leprohon, FH.J.Kavanagh, A.G.Cross, James Crankshaw, E.L.de Bescfeuille and Eugene Lafontaine.By Charles de Martigny, representing a group of citizems, Messrs.R.De Lorimer, Dr.P.O'Leary and A.G.Cross.By A.G.Cross suggested the following names in behalf of the Voluntary Electoral League: Messrs.Eugene Lafontaine, James Crankshaw and H.J.Kavanagh.a By Nolan de Lisle, on behalf of the Real Estate Owners\u2019 Association, his own name and that of Messrs.Levesque and Lucien Huot, and Henry Hogan put forward the name of Louis Armstrong.Mr.St.George TI.City Surveyor St.George has been ailing for several days with what appears to he an attack of la grippe.Yesterday he wes unable to attend to \u2018his office duties and to«day he is confined to \u2018his room.FEELING RUNS HIGH.In Ottawa Football is Still a Lively Topic of Discussion.Ottawa, Dec.15.\u2014(Special.)~The Ottawa College champions were dined by the University Athletic Association last night.One hundred and fifty sat down and speeches were made by President Clancy and Rev.Father Fallon, and the former their action in suspending the Ottawas from the Quebec Union.Father Fallon was pleased with the remark If the same \u2018thing had to be done again he would advise no deviation from the action so wisely taken.He always found Ottawa delegates ready to stab College men in the back.He was proud of the team that met the Ottawas in the now notorious match on the metropolitan grounds, when the | score was 8 to 8.He did not approve ot fighting, but reminded them of the words of Shakespeare, \u201cBeware the entrance to a quarrel, but when in it bear yourse® so that your oppressor may beware of you.\u201d He wondered what kind of men were behind thè Capitals who trusted to the Ottawas to get them into the senior Hockey League.RUMORED RAILWAY DEAL.Of Interest to Both Ottawa and Mont real Cities.Ottawa, Ont., Dec.15.\u2014A rumor is afloat in railway circles: about a mutual deal that is now supposed to be on between the C.P.R.and the Carada Atlantic Railway Companies, which is of importance to this city as well as Montreal.It is said that the Canadian: Pacific Company wiil allow the Canada Atlantic to enter their station in Montreal in return for the privilege of using the Canada Atlantic tracks from a certain point outside the city to the Central station.In this event the Canada Atlantic would consequently abam- don the use of the Grand Trunk tracks from Coteaü to Montreal.Rumor also has it that the Grand Trunk Railway will come into Ottawa on the line of the New York and Ottawa Railway.PRINCE CONSORT ANNIVERSARY.Windsor, England, Dee.15.\u2014There were the usual services at Frogmore yesterday it being the anniversary of the death of the Prince Consort and of Princess Alice, The Queen, the Prince and Princess ot Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Prince and Princess Christian of Schles- wig-Holstein, and the Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, were present.BELGIAN CONSUL ARRIVES, New York, Dec.15\u2014Among the passengers who arrived to-day on the steamer Friesland from Antwerp was Jules De Bertrand De Fancouval, Belgian Consul- said College had no apology to make for | 15, 1897.SIR WILFRID SPOKE At the Nomination in Nicolet County Yesterday.MR.LEDUC'S PROSPECTS.He Shourd Put the County in the Liberal Column, Becancour, Que., Dec.15.\u2014(Special.)\u2014 There has never been a meeting held in this town during any election campaign to compare in attendance or enthusiasm with that of yesterday.This was entirely due to the presence of the Premier, who drove from Nicolet in the morning in order to speak on behall of Mr.T.edue.Sir Wilfrid did not make a lengthy speech by any means, and confined himself for the most part to a discussion of the local issues.He was loudly applauded at fre- queut intervals, and it was plain that his remarks made a deep impression on the : audience.The meeting was held in the large square between the church and the publie school, a platform being erected in front of the latter for the accommodation of the speakers.As soon as the returning officer, Mr.David Lebrun, had made his statement, the crowd gathered in the square, and when the meeting opened shortly after two o'clock there were close on two thousand men present, while a number of ladies stood in a fringe around the crowd or filled the neighboring windows.The meeting lasted for three hours, and the time was by arrangement equally divided between the speakers of each party.Towards the end of the meeting, the rain hegan to fall, but the people waited till the last cheers for Sir Wilfrid, and cheers and counter cheers for either candidate had been given.It was a good-humored gathering, and the only one who received any interruption was Mr.Cornellier, who made one of his charaetexistic speeches.Among those present on the platform were: Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mr, J.H.Leduc, ex-M.P., St.Leonard, the Liberal eandidate;, Mr.Joseph Beauchene, Be- cancour, the Opposition candidate; Messrs.J.H.Legris, M.P., for Maskinonge; M.Bernier, M.P., for St.Hyacinthe; T.A.Marcotte, M.r., for Champlain; H.Dupont, M.P., for Bagot; George Ball, Mayor of Nicolet and local member for the county; H.J.Cloran, Monotreal; C.A.Cornellier, Q.C.; E.A.D.Morgan, solicitor for the Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway; Victor Leduc, S.Bureau, Hon.F.X.Methot, M.L.C.Mayor Gouin, of Becancour, and Warden Milot were joint chairmen.Liberal Candidate Spoke,x Mr.Leduc was the first speaker, and was very warmly received.He referred to the previous occasions on which he had stood before the electors of Nicolet, in struggle which bad affected his health.The same devotion to his country which animated him then was still his motive for seeking the suffrages of the electors.Referring to the South Shore Railway Mr.Leduc said that he was heart and soul in favor of the construction of that line.His opponents were also declaring their belief in that road, but he appealed to the past history of the Conservative Government and the Conservative party as unlikely to cause anyone to trust their promises.The Government candidate declared his adhesion which he \u2018had always worked and to its great chief.Mr.Beauchene made a very short address, being but a poor speaker.Although a Conservative he announced himself as ready to support all good measures, especially those in favor of the farming class, whose support he asked for.The South Shore line would be of great importance, joining the Atlantic, the great lakes, and Western Canada.The Drum- mond, County deal, on the contrary, was surrounded by a great deal of mystery.As for the school question he believed all good French-Canadians would bow to the will of the Holy Father.Mr.Clorau followed in a spirited speech, arraigning the mis-government and the ; bungling of recent Conservative administrations.He referred to the triumph of , the Liberai party in Quebec in June 1896, \u2018and the failure of Nicolet to respond to the | | i general sentiment, a failure which they now had an opportunity to remedy.Replying to Mr.Beauchene on the school question he pointed out the rights accorded to the Catholic minority in Manitoba, and condemned any resurrection of the question.A strong contrast wag drawn between the leaders of the old Conservative Government and the present Liberal Cabinet.The former were men whose political crimes were crimes of larcency and blood.The present Premier was a man who was the peer of any British statesman, and in whom they had perfect confidence.Mr.Ball made a long and vigorous speech, in the conrse of which he declared that the whole question was one of railway or no railway along the South Shore.Many Liberals, including Mr.Prefontaine, M.P., had an interest in this line, which had incurred the opposition of Mr.Tarte and the people of the Drunrmond County deal.In fact, Mr.Ball said in conclusion that while Sir Wilfrid Laurier reigned, J.Israel Tarte governed the Dominion.Sir Wilfrid Speaks.When Sir Wilfrid came forward he was received with an ovation.The Premier said: \u2014 \u201cGentlemen, \u2014I thank you all for the kindness of your reception, but regret that I cannot speak dor more than twenty minutes.In that time it is out of the question to discuss as they should be, the subjects which interest you.Besides, after hearing Messrs.Beauchene and Ball, I do not believe the discussion need be a serious matter.Mr.Ball is to be sympathized with by the poor Liberals who had their candidate chosen by Mr.Tarte.He has wept crocodile tears over them for this.Gentlemen, mm effect, I recognize that if the Liberals had had their candidate chosen by Mr.Tarte, it would certainly have been an outrage, \u2018but it is an outrage that concerns the Liberals and not at all Mr.Ball If, on the other hand, it had been a pity for the Liberals to have their candidate chosen by Mr.Tarte, at least he was a man of their own party.But what is to be said regarding Mr.Ball?What ought to be said regarding the Conservative elee- | tors who heard, before he came to tell to the party foras their candidate\u2014not by the electors, not by the Oonservatives\u2014but by the non- Liberal Mr.Prefontaine?That was the time for Mr.Ball to do some weeping; that was his time to shed some tears.Mr.Ball has said to you that Ive took your interesus as part of his capital.If it is the habit to speak to the electors to betray, if it is the fashion bo \u2018try to impose the candidature of Mr.Beaucheme on the County of Nicolet, while there as conspiracy between Mr.Prefontaine and Mr.Ball, I expose the fact to the electors.Mr.Pre- fontaine is my political friend, but I do not book at the things of the day, I do not look at the conspiracies of the past nor do I Yook at those which are to come, in tne kittle attempts to impose a candidature under the pretext of serving the public, whereas in reality it is to be used to seize your interests and capital.\u201d Continuing, Sir Wilfrid said Mr.Beau.chene was a brave man, and he was happy to know that he was a man of high re- epectability.Speaking of his speech, he found nothing to defend the Government agamst, Mr.Beauchene having contented himself with saying he was opposed to the Liberals, and that they had bad fen- dencies.Would to heaven there was mo- thing worse to say against the Conserva- {ive party, which had bad tendencies and bad practices.One reason why Mr.Beau- chene could not support the Government of which he (Sir Wilfrid) was chief, the Government in which, according to Mr.Ball, he reigned but did not rule, was the question of the schools, which had not been arranged according\u201d to the ideas of Mr.Beauchene and his friends.In regard to the schools, he wished to say, first of all, that he had never pretended, and did not now pretend, that his settlement of the question was perfect, but he asserted without fear of contradiction that it Was Infinitely Better than the settlement which was proposell by the Remedial B:ll of the Conservative Government.In point of fact, it was a gimple matter to decide, The settlement had been made in the month of October, 1896, since which time there had been a session of Parliament, but during that ses- #ion no one had dared to get up and assert that the settlement was not satisfactory.If the settlement was a bad one, why had it not been attacked by he friends of Mr.Beauchene and Mr.Ball?They wer brave men when there was no danger.There at Becatcour™ there was no responsibility as to what they sad, and it was easy to say to the electors: \u201cThe settlement is a bad one.\u201d At Ct- tawa the statement would\u2019 have been a responsible one, and they had not the courage to make it.Tle reason was well known, and therein was the justification of his own éonduct.He could very easily be attacked on that subject on the hustings, but no one would ever dare to attack him on the floor of the House, where alone the question ought to be decided.Refermng to Mr.Beauchene\u2019s remarks about being a farmer, Sir Wilfrid said he had no objection to the County of Nicolet being represented by a farmer, but there were farmers and farmers.He felt that the Government had done a great deal for the farmers.He had only been in power t eighleen montlis, yet the farmers had not been as well off for years as they were now.And why?Because a farmer, Hen, S.A.Fisher, now presided over a department that used to be conducted by lawyers and dootors He had given them coid storage and refrigerators and the price of cheese and butter had considerably increased.The price of cattle had also increased from $4 to $5 per h'aad two or three years ago, to $15 and $16 to-day, and this was because Mr.Fisher had gone to \u201cWashinz- ton and raised the quarantine.Sir Wilfrid raid that he too had gone to Washington.and although absolute freedom of trade in farm products had not followed, he believ-d that this would come in the near future.Continued on page 8.THE SMITH DIVE.Proprietor to Appeal to Superior Court to Set Aside Recorder's Decision, Mr.John H.Smith, the St.James street hotel-keeper, who has been fined $100 lately by the Kecorder and had his license cancelled for keeping a disorderly house, has given notice to the Recorder through his attorneys, Messrs.A.Geoffrion & Julien, that he will petition the Superior Court for the issue of a writ of certiorari.Pending the consideration of the petition the defendant will be enabled to keep his hotel open.Very little doubt is expressed in the Recorder\u2019s Court as to the final issue \u2018of the case.The petition, indeed, is considered as simply a means of obtaining a few .days\u2019 delay in thé execution of court\u2019t former judgment.In connection with the closing of this notorious dive much credit is due to the Citizens\u2019 League and Manager Kellert of the Metropolitan Detective Bureau.TWO DROWNED, A Sad Fatality Occurred Near Vaud- rueil Village Last Night.Vaudreuil, Dec.15.\u2014(Special.\u2014 Two young men named Daoust and Hurtimbese while returning home from Cascades Point last night, where they had been in search of work, fell through the ice and both were drowned before any assistance could be given them.A search party went this morning to the scene of the accident and both bodies were soon recovered.The coroner arrived from Montreal at noon and will probably hold an\u201cinquest.LEVIS NOMINATIONS.Two Llberal Candidates Will Contest the Constituency.Quebec, Dec.15.\u2014(Special.)\u2014Nomina- tions took place this afternoon at Levis for that constituenoy.S.Nap.Carrier 1s returning officer.Two Liberals were noin- inated, Mr.Nicolas Ollivier, advocate, of Quebec, who has the support of the Ministry, and Mr.Gideon Baulien, contractor, of Levis.The nomination was followed by speeches by the candidates and others, A GROCERY STORE ROBBERY.Mr.Vital Paby\u2019s grocery store at the corner of St.James and Fulford streets, was broken into last night.The thieves broke open the till and secured four or five dollars\u2019 worth of coppers.Besides this they carried off a quantity of Liquor and tobacco and a ham.The total value of the goods taken is about $75.Mr.Raby notified the detectives, who are working on the case, them, that Mr.Beauchene had been chosen ( barometer\u20148 a.m., 29.59: MEN WERE TO BLAME J Appt a\u2014\u2014 For Trouble on Crow's Nest Pass Railway.SO SAYS MANAGER HANEY, + He Tells a Herald Representative About the Difficulty, Toronto, Ont., Dec.15.\u2014(Special.)\u2014Mr, M.J.Haney, manager of construction on the Crow\u2019s Nest Pass Railway, was in Toronto yesterday and left last night for Montreal.\u201cWhat do you say about the charges of ill-treatment made by some of the men employed on the work,\u201d Mr.Haney was asked.\u201cThere has been no illtreatment of the men.\u201d he replied.\u201cThe original difficulties with the men grew out of a number of men deserting a contractor named Neil Keith.These men owed Mr.Keith a certain amount of money, and under the Territorial Master and Servants Act, he had them arrested and the case came before the courts.The case was decided by one of the Territorial magistrates; his decision was appealed against by the contractor, and the case was brought L:fore one of the Territorial judges.Thia took a long time, and meantime the company offered to give the men work while the case was before the courts.The men refused to accept this and consequently stayed around the town of Fort Macleod, and evidently sent starvation reports to their friends in the east, and to the Government, which were largely exaggerated.I was at the coast at the time, but on my return to MacLeod, a charitably disposed person represented to me that the men were in want and I gave them an open order to our camp to give them bat food they required.Some of them availed themselves of that and others did mot, thinking it was a trap of some kind, but as a matter of fact if these men were in want at any time, they were responsible thtmselves, for they could have go: worl even when this case was before the courts.\u201cOriginally there were thirteen men concerned in it and the crowd swelled to 55.They were French-Canadians and many of them came in to act as witnesses.The position now is that the case was tried before one of the judges and decision was reserved.The Mén, of course, were then no better off than before the case was tried, since no decision was rendered, and the impression was that as \u2018the judge is on circuit it would be given, as it is a question of the interpretation of a contract.Some of the men came to me and asked work, which I promised to give them.Others wanted to come home.Finally all except two decided to come home, and we fur nished them with transportation and gave each man enough money to pay expenses, and I suppose they are at home now.We have 4,000 men on the work, and with the exception of those men there has been no discontent to my knowledge.\u201d ONTARIO\u2019S MAIL COMING.The special mail train with the Lake Ontario\u2019s mail and passengers left Halifax for Monotreal at 11 o'clock to-ddy.GREATEST OF THHSE IS CHARITY.The Charity Ball was ending.The orchestra was sobbing out the rhythmical pathos of \u201cTo Thee Alone.\u201d Round and round swam the mottled stream of mingling, bewildering \u2018blue and pink and been Harrington-Holland leaned wearily against the armory wall, under the big Red Cross of bunting, She held a crushed Jacque rose in her hand.She wished and rayed she was out in the dark, where she could creep away like a woman, and cry.A great, agonizing hate was gnawing at her heart.It was the eleventh time he tad danced with the thing in blue, Behind the palms two weary chaperones had fallen asleep in their chairs, The nearest one was shoring gently.And all the while the orchestra was sobbing out \u201cTo Thee Alone,\u201d plaintively, dreamily.\u2019 To the girl under the Red Cross the rows of tinted electrics seemed to reel and swim and circle in a delirious, drunken orgy, She hated their vulgar glare, A moist-collared youth pushed up to her and begged for the dance.His wilted collar nauseated her.\u2018You're a fool,\u201d she said.\u201cThis is the eighth time, and I\u2019ve told you I'm tired, Do go away!\u201d He begged again.\u201cGo and dance with that yellow-skinned creature in the corner,\u201d answered the girl under the cross, \u2018\u2018she hasn\u2019t been off her chair to-night.\u201d Helen Harrington-Holland was mot quite herself.The Jacgue rose was in tatters by this time, If she could only creep away, away; anywhere, and cry! Dreamily, plaintively, the violins sobbed out \u201cTo Thee Alone.\u201d In the mottled, intermingling stream, she saw him and the thing in blue floating mistily round and round.A line of polished rifle-bayonets decorated the wall of the armory.\u2018The girl under the Red Cross gazed at one glimmering point, and wondered what was to prevent her stabbing it deep into the heart of the smiling thing in blue.She could force it deep, deep, right dp to the hilt and\u2014but the orchestra had stopped, The mottled stream wavered, broke, and ebbed toward the door.The band crashed out with \u201cGog Save the Queen.\u201d The Charity Bal] was over, THE INFANT, VESSEL MOVEMENTS, The Allan Line steamship Laurentian from Portland for Liverpool, arrived out Tuesday morning.The Allan Line steamship Prussian from Glasgow, arrived at Boston at 845 Tues day morning.| The R.M.S.Lake Ontario arrived Halifax, N.S., on Wednesday, 15th Dec.' 9 a.m.?Allan Line Steamship Scandinari from Boston, for Glasgo Cinavian, Tuesday afternoon.OW, arrived out lan Line Steamship \u201c8 SN.which arrived out Tues candinarian, landed all her animals desday NOON, \u2014_\u2014 OLOUDY AND COLDER, Messrs.Hearn and Hare Montreal weather readings as folle Standard thermometer\u20148 am, 35; 1 p m 35; maximum, 35; minimum, 33.Standard mm ; 1m.7 Minimum temperatures clsewhare Ka?loops, 4; Calgary, 14 below; Qu\u2019Aopelle 2 below; Winnipeg, 4 betow; Port Arthur, 22; Parry Sound, 32; Toronto, 34; Ottawa, Ottawa, 32; Quebec, 26; Halifax.34.Probabilities 11.30 2.m.\u2014Cloudy or partly cloudy; stationary or a little lower temperature, PAC a, APE al ann - 2 + THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15.1897.PRINCIPAL GRANT NAS CENSURE = - For His Expressed Views on Prohibition BY THE PARIS PRESBYTERY.His Stand is Regretted By the Ministers, » Paris, Ont.,, Dec.15.\u2014This was a deld day in the Paris Presbytery and the views on prohibition of the Rev.Dr.Grant, of Kingston, lately published, were repudiated in a resolution moved by Rev.W.A.Mackay, D.D., of Woodstock, and seconded by Rev.E.R.Hutt, of Ingersoll.Strong speeches were made both for and pgainst the resolution.An amendment condemning the views of Principal Grant, without mentioning his name, was moved and received five votes.The motion was carried by seven votes.A number of the members had to leave before the vote was taken in order to reach home tonight.The resolution as passed, reads: \u201cWhereas the Presbyterian Church bas repeatedly in her courts taken strong ground against the licensed liquor traffic of this land, declaring it to be \u2018contrary to the word of God and to the spirit of the Christian religion.\u201d and calling upon people by voice, vote and example to do all in their power to seek its removal end, whereas, the prohibition of that traffic has been lately assailed in ome of the most largely circulated papers un the Dominion by one whose position and influence identify him very closely with the Presbyterian Church; \u201cTherefore, the Presbytery of Paris deems it an imperative duty to give at this time on this matter no uncertain sound in relation to its entire adherance to the position taken by.our General As- gembly and our opposition to and repudiation of the ground taken by the principal of Queen\u2019s College.THE LORD'S DAY ACT.\\ A Delegation Asks Premier Hardy, of Ontario, for Amendments.Toronto, Dec.*15.\u2014A large deputation representing many towns and cities of On tario, waited upon the Government yes terday to ask for amendments to the Lord\u2019s Day Act, so as to make it apply to corporations as well as to persons, and to define the meaning under the act of the word \u201cTraveller.\u201d J.K.MacDonald introduced the speakers.J.A.Paterson explained the legal aspects of the matter, | Rev.Dr.Caven, Dr.Williams and Rev.Dr.Langtry spoke at considerable length.Others who were called upon to address Premier Hardy and the members of the Government were:\u2014Rev, J.G.Shearer, Hamilton; John Beardsall, London; D.W.Robertson, Kingaton; Rev.J.Schol- field, Guelph; F.A.(Cassidy, St.Cather- ines; Rev.James Harris, Guelph; Rev.D.Strachan, Brockville; Rev.Geo.Sik cox, Paris; Hon.Senator Vidal, Sarnia; I.I.Fowler, Oshawa, John Brotherhood, Owen Sound; XE.Norquay, Port Dover; and the Hom Senator Allan, Toronto.Bach speaker \u2018told of some particular instance in his respective locality of the need \u2018of the one day rest in seven being reserved to working people, + Premier Hardy, replymg, said he was in sympathy with the movement these gentlemen were promoting, but difficulties were to.be met with in putting inta legislation the ideas advanced.He promised, however, that the Government would give its favdrable consideration to the maltter.AN INSURANCE CASE, St Insured 18 Bound by His Agreement With Company.Mr.Justice Gill has dismissed: the case of William Preston against the North Bri- \u201cish and Mercantile Insurance Company and IF.Mercier, mis-en-cause, to recover £800, the amount of a fire receipt issued by the company on the plaintiff's property, July 8, 1896.Jt was agreed: that in case ot damage by fire the claim would be sub.niitted to arbitration.À fire did oceur on J uly 25, the matter was referred to Felix *lercier and Pierre Brault for arbitration, and they awarded $477.15.It was agreed Ly bond that the award would be final.the plaintiff was dissatisfied, however, and refused to accept the amount of the awtard \\>ndeæd by the company.His action Vois \u2018igmissed, the court holding that the plaintiff had no right to claim more than the àmount of the award.\u2014 U.S.ALIEN LABOR LAW, A Senator Wants it Enforced to tke Letter.Washington, Dec.15.\u2014Senator Fairbanks has introduced a bill in the Senate to facilitate the enforcement of the Immigration and Contract Labor Laws.It provides that collectors of customs on the Canadian and Mexican frontiers and at all points where commissioners of Immigration are not employed, are charged with the laws pertaining to immigration and to the importation of laborers under contract.These collectors are empowered to .@ to official despatches from the northwestern frontier the march of General Westmacott\u2019s bri- fade from the cump at Sher-Khel into the Mturi-Kihel country was one continuous ac- \u201d tion.The enemy closed um n the rear guard and kept firing at short range with reat epirit, The British losses were heavy and included Yieut, West, of the Ghurkas who was killed and Lieut.Champion-who was wounded.Two other officers received infaries and 40 men were killed or wound- Gi.The whole march down the Bare Valley since The 6th instant has been marked by incessant fighting; but the force has behaved admirably, The route was difficult in the extreme, through rain, mud and snow.Along the river bed the course was impeded by ravines and boulders, and ab, % à «Street, Inventions simplified and shown in i by lest marketable form in patents obtained us.Working drawings e specialty.Free rellminary advice.So WANTRD\u2014Stableroom or shelter accommodation in Montreal for about seventy dogs, temporarily, Apply Y.Z., Lawrence Hall, Montreal.299 STABLE WANTED\u2014Small stable wanted to rent cheap.Immediate possession.Address À 4, Herald.300 ROOMS WANTED, WANTED\u2014Two unfurnished rooms, fs old Jady.as be cheap and in central a y.5 y Street, downstairs ©\" 6 Chennesille Christmas Gifts, Tapestry Panels, Screens, Work In\u2019 Oils, reens, Decorative Also something enti new and very pretty, now on Exhibitiay nt \u2018anad » Building, St.James | at MRS, MACBEAN'S STUDIO.sta Montreal, Canada Life Dt 5 \u2018dCouncillors Street, » Sa City N.B.\u2014Room for a few more pupils.Visitors received from 3 to 5, Mon ay, Wednesday and Friday, until further notice, St.| family.Apply with references, to Y3 Durocher Street, after 6 p.m.WANTED\u2014At once, general servant, three in family.Apply with refe.Port gaay:, pply eferences, 92 WANTED Certified Drug Clork, Appiy 0 Box 475, Post Office, City.PP WANTED\u2014 Young girl as general servant, One willing to sleep at home preferred.Apply 4 Tower Ave., near Fort Street, 303 WANTED\u2014Young girl to mind a baby and assist with light housew ldres Useful, Herald usework.Address WANTED\u2014A young girl about 14, to ansist with housework, ; Beaver Hall.10 Phillips Face ~\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 WANTED\u2014A good general servant for small family, City references, Appl 4058 Tunper Street, west of \"AUvates venue., 303 VA ae \u2014sood finishers in.fur lined oats, Ar r ' > fardras À arly mp oyment.(hs, Des- St, Catherine Street.299 WANTED\u2014Good relief stamper.Constant ; employment.Edw.Cox C \\ Francois Xavier Street, con 4 Be \u2014\u2014\u2014 EDUCATIONAL, \u2014 PUPILS WANTED\u2014Violin, Sinel Voice Culture.Voices tried frec.> Quick method.Terms moderate.Apply Prof Covey, 68 St.Hypolite Street.300 AGENTS WANTED.| SILKS\u2014French firm wants a res 2 agent (if possible with guaraan ble sales) in the larger cities of Canada for the sale of Asiatic silks, plain colors | as well as latest prints, novelties.Address H.G.M.A., Poste Restante, Place de la Bourse, Paris, France, \\ WE wish especially to draw the attention of the public to the fact that we carry in addition to Solid Sterling Goods, a full stock of ELECTRO-PLATED WARE, which wili be found comparatively inexpensive and within the reach of all classes.We recommend these goods as the best plated ware in the market.We ILLER & CO, : \u2018 ° : \u2018 é ¢ ; : ê \u2018 ; ¢ ¢ \u2018 3 i» 100000000000 A RE WITHOUT DOUBT the best medium between the employer and tlie unemployed, the buyer and the seller, the landlord and the tenant, and in fact between any and all who want anything and \u2014\u2014| those who want to dispose W of anything.Try an advertisement in the Want Column and be convinced.Ads for situations wanted or situations vacant inserted, for local advertisers, three times free of charge.Be sure and use the Herald when you want anything.900000000000 DK\" >ATUI tn = Z > ape SITUATIONS WANTED-XALE.mr WANT amart DOY.ars, WANTED\u2014By a smart boy, aged 13 yea place as messenger.Please addrest Willie Qhesson, 70 Inspector Stre 202 \u2014 = WANTBD\u2014A young man wishes to 0050 himself for $7.00 a week, and furnish horse and express to do jobbing © 4 make himself generally useful 4 store.References.Address Office, \u201d WANTED-Furnaces to attend to, néléll hood Greene, Elm, Wood and Gl 1.8.Avenues, Westmount.Address \u20ac 59 Clandeboy Avenue, Westmoun 01 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\" BITUATIONS WANTED\u2014FEMALE ee WANTED\u2014Dressmaking by the, cs 1765 WANTED\u2014By a respectable WANTED\u2014Work by the day; W WANTED\u2014By a respectable woman, © WANTED Plain sewing by WANTED\u2014By à eee Th Tie voung : le, WANTED\u2014By young married coupe.et ; .is 2 good WANTED-\u2014Work of any kind; ; laundress.Address 15 Juror Stree, Can cut and fit, Rererences.St, Catherine Street, Co » \u2014- a mom ok woman, Wor 4 Brou by the day or week, Mrs.E., 2 ) son Lane, Tene Dorchester, between Bt Urbain and St.Cbarles Borromee 203 k, DY WANTED\u2014Work by the day or weet: respectable woman, Apply 17 Cad Street, ITED \u2014Ladies - ve WANTBD\u2014Ladies to know they can made dresses and children\u2019s clothes gare cheaply, and on short notice.Hil 5% anteed.177 Mitcheson street.ashing & ing at her © house-cleaning, or washing at day house, Rough day washing, 25¢ a large yard.Address, Mrs.Robingsoti St, Elizabeth, upstairs.; se tion as general servant, or Wor day.Apply 196 St.George Street.op gistry Office.ee | good sewer, or 1 hou would do or assist with genera work, Address 753 Albert Street.oo \u2014 meee respectable woman, A care of a baby at fer own home fy work of any kind by the day aries.at 54 Farm Street, Point St.302° i w in house or publie building.mat.Class lnundress, bushand good fir either on boller or st : water furnaces, can do painting: floors polished a speci g Herald class references.Address A 300 y respect- WANTED\u2014Place 8 sick nurse BY pp WANTED\u2014By young lady.ion as tr able woman.\"Terms moder class references.Address | Dame Street, left hand bell.\u2014_\u2014 t Notre d hospital training, § _sSpea fing companlon to invall ads line to both Enghsh and Frenc eth of te da for any len eens 0%, Herald Office.rald AB, Ben Ey WW OW WW WY OW WW WW WW WW WW WW ERR eT {rat- gal ect: otre had rat a , to mee = VIB HOVORED i ~ rs 1 Montreal's Commemorative \"Conference Opened, 10 CONTINUE THREE DAYS.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Re Able Addresses on Timely Topic Were Delivered _.- - A BY DRS.CAMPBELL AND MACVICAR.\u201cra Ka f Time, Place and Religious Copditions ~ of the Assembly\u2014Distinctive Features of Standards, i ; | j \\ the Presbyterians of Montreal are celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the completion of the work ot the Westminster Assembly which produced the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Catechisms which are so rigidiy adhered to by the Presbyterians the world over, was opened in the Crescent street Presbyterian Church last evening.The rain fell in torrents for mearly an hour before and after the hour announced for the opening, and kept hundreds away who would have otherwise attended.\"The congregation was small, but evinced a deep interest in the addresses delivered.Mr.Justice Archibald occupied the chair, and on the platform with him were Rev.Dr.McVicar, Rev.Robert Campbell, D.D., Rev.Dr.Mackay and Rev.R.P, Duclous, moderator of the Presbytery.Time, Place and Religious Conditions.+ The service opened with the singing of the one hundredth Psalm, followed by Scripture reading and prayer by Rev.K.P.Duclous.In a few words Mr.Justice Archibald introduced Rev.Dr.Campbell, who gave an address on \u201cthe time and place of Westminster Assembly and the religious conditions of its meetings.\u201d It was, he said, fitting that the commemoration of the great assembly should be opened by a brief review of the cireum- stances out of which it grew, fog it was MR.JUSTICE ARCHIBALD, Chairman.the outcome of aspirations long cherished by the English people, and was the natural culmination of a series of events in their history extending backwards for a hundred years.Tt was a mistake to suppose that the movement calling.forth the assembly was a spasmodic one, and that a sudden craze had seized the people.Revolutions were not bred in a day; they were evolved from foregoing condi tions.True, events leading up to the assembly developed rapidly at last, but such & convention would have been impossible but for the gradual growth during the Previous century, of the national spirit to Which it gave such marked expression.0 apprémate the men who formed the sembly and to form a correct estimate of their work, it would be necessary to glance at the history of England and otland from the Reformation onwards.In England civil and ecclesiastical at- Hire have always gone hand in hand.\u2018Lhe \u201cnglish people, from the days of the Saxon Vitenagemote onward had asserted their Tight to a voice in the management of mat.Érs of State, and they counted religion a Matter never to be divorced from civil Questions.Parliament counted ecclesiastical matters, equarry with those that were il, as within its jurisdiction; and Tt hon on this ground that the bishops ot = Church were accorded a seat in the Ouse of Lords, their presence being ®emed desirable in order that they might give advice in matters specially pertaining 0 their domain.The Hierarchy.jad the hieranchy been prudent and kept ne ne of national sentiment, the law- Dever ha the episcopacy would probably matty ave been questioned.Peclesiastical of state took their form from the affairs op and this question regardimg bish- ing the 5 considerable factor in determin- the West ouse of Commons in summoning f Scop, ster Assembly.The history of D toi ran mr-quite a different channel.28 op \u20ac time wihen: the Church of Rome Sverthtown, in Scotland, the great body Pate.People had no say in the affairs of Whol Political matters were managed y by the nobles, and the only public os of their retainers was to follow id field.When\u2019the Presbyterian 8 vernment instituted kirk sce- tion.for the spiritual rule of congrega- ca ou appointed members of these Kos rts were those whose character Most approved by members of the them form ur ee te Dr.Coderre\u2019s RED P ILLS FOR Pale and Weak Women, Cure Women\u2019s Ills.: : : The Westminster Conference, in which | | congregation, Irrespective of th : 4 eir world! circumstances; and in this way the hui blest in the land found themselves res lest the la pon- ee actors in the organized life of the The Scots as a nation had their firs of real liberty and power in the fo laste tion, and popular opinion concentrated itself in the Kirk sessions, tihe Church that the people as a whole wequired the rights of manhood, and it was from the exircise of their franchise in the Church that they acquired their capacity.for taking their share in the affairs of vue state.This accounted for the great pro- ninenece assigned to ecclesiasti i in Scotland to this day.aeticel questions In England an intense religious sentiment had grown up during the reigns of Edward, Mary and Elizabeth, While the bulk of the people did not concern themselves much with forms of Church government, they revelled in their newly-acquired religious freedom in reading the Scriptures.The particular shape which their theolori- cal views took was no doubt largely due ta the Geneva version which was in there hands; and\u2018 King James helped on the religious deepening of the people much more ; than he knew, by authorizing.in 1604, the preparation and publication of that version which to this day stood unrivalled in the affection of all English-speaking people.Perhaps at no period in the history of the country had such a high-water mark of morality been reached as that at the time when the Westminster Assembly was held.The English people of that period were a Bibleloving people, and as such they held decided views on doctrinal matters; and so from the day when the Church of England became Protestant, onwards, there were some within its pale who were dissatisfied with the amount of reformation that had taken place, especially in the worship of the Church.Reformed principles were burned into the consciences of tha people of England by the fires of Smith- field.To Rid Them of Rome, The great body of the clergy and laity werd at one in desiring to be rid of every usage in the Church that savored of Rome and for which Scriptural authority was wanting.Especially did they object to the surplice as a priestly badge; to the sign of the cross in baptism; to the use of the ring in marriage, and kneeling at the Lord's table.Even as early as the first year of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s reign a motion to abolish them was lost in convocation by only a single vote.Had ther freedom in matters of Church and State not been interfered with, they would have been content to let things go on, as far as Church government was concerned, as they had done from the days of King Edward.When the Westminster Assembly had got to effect such changes in the policy of the Church of England as would bring her into closer union with the Church of Scotland and the reformed churches, it naturally brought to maturity aspirations and feedings which had been long growing.The country was thoroughly tired ot prelacy, and had, in 1641, voted for the exclusion of bishops from the House ot Lords.The House of Commons, in 1640, had gone further by what is known as \u201cthe root and branch petition.\u201d When the substitution of presbytery for episcor pacy was resolved upon by Parliament, the country was not altogether taken by surprise or shocked.The people in Scotland wanted unity upon four points, and their representatives to the assembly were instructed to press them upon the gather- ing\u2014a common confession of faith, a diree- tory for public worship, a form of Church government, and catechisms for the im- struction of the people.The place in which the assembly was held was not one that would very easily yield itself to anything like radical or revolutivnary views.Its gray walls, and the presence within those walls of England\u2019s mighty dead.might well sober a less devout and earnest community than the members of the Westminster Assembly.The members Tepre- sented the entire country, and were selected as being men competent to deal with the important business required at their hands, and the result fully justified the appointments made.In the words ot Neale : \u201cWhen posterity shall impartially review the labors of this assembly of divines, and consider the times in which they stood, they will have a just veneration for their memory; for, though ther sentiments on divinity were fa many instances too marrow and contracted, yet, with all their faults, among which theft persecuting zeal for religion was not the least, they were certainly men of real piety and virtue, who meant well and had the interest of religion.at heart; and most of them possessed as much learning as any of their contemporaries.\u201d Distinctive Features of the Standards.After the singing of a hymn Rev.Dr.McVicar delivered an address upon \u2018\u201cI'he distinctive features of the Westminster standards.\u201d He said, in part :\u2014\u201cI preface what is now to be said on this subject by a few words regarding the men and their aims by whom these standards were prepared.Who were they ?What was this Westminster Assembly ?IL was not an ecclesiastical court.lt was mot Scottish, as many erroneously suppose, in its origin or personnel.It was not Presbyterian by education, tradition, or preconceived opin- jons as to the true form of Church government.It was not invested with any \u2018civil -or religious jurisdiction, It claimed no apostolical or other succession, and, when its labors were finished, was mot destined ever to meet again It held one thousand one hundred and mxty-three sessions, extending over five years six months and twenty-one days, and then adjourned sine .die.It was a very eminent assembly, but no infallibility is claimed for the persons composing it or for their work.It consisted of one hundred and forty-two divines and \u2018thirty two lay assessors, chosen by the British Parliament and directed to assemble within the Westminster Abbey on the first day of July, 1613, to deliberate freely, to formulate their conclusions, and to offer their advice to Parliament on the great questions of theology and Church lite which then convulsed the nation.\u201cThe greater number of the divines were Puritans who had been Episcopalians.There were at first five Independents, Goodwin, Nye, Burroughs, Bridge and Simpson, and later about a dozen.Scottish Presbyterianism was represented by six delegates who were to deliberate, but not to vote, namely, Henderson, Baillie, Rutherford and Gillespie, ministers, and Lord Maitland and Johnson, of Warris- toun, elders.They were a comparatively gmall assembly all told, and only between seventy and eighty of the total number attended regularly, but these represented the best ability, piety and scholarship ot the nation, and they set themselves in downright earnest to a mighty task, viz., to frame what might be called an Irénicon by which to unite in doctrinal belief, worship and government all the Protestants of England, Treland and Scotland.Lt cannot be denied that they were well equipped for their work.They were familiar, not only with all the creeds of Christendom, from that of the Council ot Nice, A.D.325, but also with the writings of past apostolic fathers, and of them nent theologians of the Reformation ea, and, above all, with their Bibles.They were thoroughly conversant with the philo- sophica! and theological controverses of the past and of their own day, and hardly a theolorical error or theory that haa since It was through- THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1897.been propounded escaped their notice.| And while the book they produced has frequently been denounced, abused ama neglected, it may be safely said of it that it contains the distinctive doctrines clearly and forcibly expressed which have for two hundred and fifty years commanded the confidence, upon the whole, of the people in all parts of the world who hold the Presbyterian form of church government and who now number at least two million five hundred thousand.I am bound to say more.\u2018These doctrines, in subetance, are incorporated in the thirty-nine articles of the Episcopalians and heartily accepted by them and by Independents, Baptists.Lutherans, and to a very large extent by Methodists.Dr.Currey, editor of the Methodist Advocate of New York, sid in that journal : \u2018The Westminster Confession of Faith is the ablest, clearest and most comprehensive system of Christian doctrine ever framed.\u2019\u201d \u201cThe book has thus proved to be, in a large measure, not a stumbling-block or bone of contention, as some represent, but what it was intended to be, an Irenicon whose catholic spirit and graphic summary of divine truth have laid hold upon the hearts and intellects of God's people of various denominations.The distinctive features of the book were said by Dr.McVicar to be the special emphasis laid upon (1.) The divine origin and supreme authority of Scripture.(2.) The Scvereignity of God.(3.) The depravity and 'helplessness of man.(4.) The Sovereign efficiency of divine grace in saving men.(5.) The exclusion of good works as the basis of justification.(6.) The nature and place of sacraments as means of grace and the paramount importance of the Word read and preached for this purpose.(7.) The eternal destiny of believers and unbelievers, (8.) The Catholicity of the views advanced on \u2018the constitution and government of the church.or.McVicar dealt with the first named our.The View Given of the Bible, The subject of the view given of the Bible, he said, he said, is fundamental, and logically comes first because the las- sembly undertook to frame \u2018standards oi belief, a confession of faith and catech isms, not from their own learning or phil osophy or consciousness, but from the con tents of Scripture.Hence, they must, at the outset, anawer decisively such ques; tions as these: \u2014Is our Bible true or false?1s it of God or of man or partly both?Why have we a Bible?Is mot the light of nature and of the science quite sufli- cient for the guidance and culture of the human race?What rendered it necessary that such a unique collection of writing as that contained in our Bible should have come into existence?How did it originate, and gain its present contents and character?Is it realiy the outcome of the evolution of tamcient religious literatures and does it, therefore, contain certain elements good and bad from them all?Is it om this account to be ranked along with other sacred books, such as the Koran, the writings of Confucius, and the Vedas and Shastas of India?It is the supreme and only infallible rule of human duty or does it require to be supplement ed and connected by man\u2019s wisdom?Does honest adherence to its teaching neces- earily forbid and condemn subjection to every other conflicting doctrine and rule of life?If so, is not this illiberal and intolerant?Are its lessons, its doctrines and claims in every case rational, or do they not frequently outrage reason?Continuing, Dr.McVicar pointed out that these were important questions then, and still are.They were considered in aH their bearings by the compilers of the Confession, and were answered in the first chapter in a clear, direct and u.\u2026tes itating manner, without any design to conceal their real meaning.The authors of the standards affirm very forcibly \u2018that \u201cthe authority of holy scripture depend- eth not on the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God, who is the truth itself, the author ithereof.It therefore, is to be received [because it is the word of God.\u201d There is no weak ambiguity in this declaration.But they go further and specify the books by name, which are to \u2018be accepted: as scripture, and definitely reject thiose commonly called Aprocrypha as \u2018not being of divine inspiration, and therefore of mo authority in the church of God.\u201d And to guard their position still more carefully and to indicate the place to be occupied by the Confession they were about to frame, they add, \u201cThe Old Testament in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek being immediately inspired of God, and by His singular care and providence, kept pure in all ages, are therefore authentic, so as in all controversies of religion the church is finally to appeal unto them.\u201d Dr.Me- Vicar pointed out that this was a complete answer \u2018to those who now say that the Westminster divines were almost silent upon the point of inspiration.Neither was human testimony discredited.They assert in the opening sentence that \u201cthe light of nature @nd the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable.\u201d They go further and affirm that \u201cthere are some circumstances concerning \u2018the - worship of God and government of the church: common to human actions and societies which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word which are always to be observed.\u201d They state still further that the things which are neces gary to be known to be believed and observed for salvation are so clear in Scripture that learned and unlearned in a due use of ordinary means may attain unto a sufficient understanding of them.Thus, at the outset, they gave the word of God its rightful place, and all their subsequent generalizations are based upon inductive examination.of its contents.Their devout inquiry at every step was \u201cWhalt saith the Lord?\u201d and, \u201cWhat, by good and necessary consequence may be deducted from Scripture?\u2019 This is one gramd distinctive feature of their work that they built their doctrinal) structure upon a broad, comprehensive foundation of divine truth.We cannot do better than emphasize this method.The popular and seemingly pious cry of \u201cBack to Christ,\u201d is often meant to disparage certain portions of the truth.Let us, rather, with the Westminster divines go back to the whole Bible.' The Sovereignty of God.Passing to some of the doctrines drawn from the Word by the Westminster Assembly, was first noted the prominence given to the sovereignty of God.This appears directly and indirectly and by implication as the great fornmitive principle of the entire work.The teaching of the Confession delineating the character ot God in His absolute sovereignty as creator and moral governor were quoted by the speaker.Only agnostics and those atheis- tically inclined are prone to offer äbjec- tions to the absolute sovereignty of God in the domain of creation and providence.It is in relation to redémptive work that difficulties emerge and antagonistic schools of theology appear.And yet, seeing God is implicitly trusted in one department ot His universal domain, why not in all others?His throne is established in the heavens, and His kingdom is over ali.Since we acknowledge His sovereignty in nature and in creation, why should we besitate to subscribe to the biblical truth that He determines with equal wisdom and certainty all that pertaing to salvation and that in~carrying it out, \u201cHe maketh all things work together for good ta them \u2014 Clear as a crystal and delightful in its invigorating and aromatic odor is the coffee that comes to you in pound and two- pound tin cans from the famous tea and coffee importers, oo Chase & Sanborn of Boston, its purity and its strength being guaranteed by their seal.Its supreme merit has been proved and is acknowledged by thousands of the most fastidious coffee consumers throughout the land.Grocers everywhere sell it.that love Him, to them that are called weording to His purpose.\u201d The speaker next noticed the teaching of \u2018he standards on the natural depravity :nd helplessness of man.There is no disposition shown in the Confession to minim- se the guilt of sin.Its origin is found in Adam as the federal head of the race.No countenace is\u2019 given to the \u201cgerm\u201d theory which teaches that a germ of spiritual.life has been left in man, and by self-development and careful cultivation it may Issue in eternal glory.On the contrary, all men are declared to be dead in trespasses and sin.Man did mothing to provide a Saviour.The Christ of God, the only Redeemer of men, came into the world unsolicited.It is equally plain that man cannot pardon himself.The sentence of forgiveness can be pronounced by God alone.The spiritual life that- man needs ne cannot impart to \u2018his own dead soul.It comes through the agency of the Holy Spirit.Nor can he resurrect or restore from the tomb his own physical frame at- ter it has been smitten by the hand ot death and dissolved into its original atoms.In relation to all these great categories man is helpless.Notwithstanding what 1s said regarding man\u2019s inability the Confession affirms, withodt being self-contradict- ory, that man can do many things.He can reason, imagine, will, decide, and 18 held responsible for doing so; he can feel the whips and stings of conscience, and under the power of divine truth and the common operations of the Holy Spirit striving with him he can realize that he is guilty and undone, and ery te God for help and mercy.And God, in His sovereign grace, meets him with the assurance of pardon.The Efficacy of Grace, The last point noticed by Dr.McVicar was \u201cthe sovereign efficacy of grace in saving men.\u201d The sovereignty of common and efficacious grace are magnified to the highest degree by the standards making 1t plain that where sin abounds grace did much more abound.All the demands ot the covenant broken in Adam\u2019s sin and fall were satisfied\u2019 when the second Adam yielded full obedience and endured its penalty.It is inconceivabie that the righteousness of Christ should prove a failure, that the foundation of God should give way, or that any should pluck His people out of His hand.Divine and human activity, however, go fogether, and it is by fighting the good fight of faith that men attain to the full assurance of grace and salvation.; The service concluded with devotional exercises.LUETGERTS SECOND TRIAL A Jury Secured After Two Weeks Solid Work.Chicago, Dec.14.\u2014After two weeks spent in securing a jury, the second trial of Adolph L.Luetgert, accused of murdering his wife, Louisa, was commenced before Judge Cary to-day.The court room was crowded when the case was called, every available seat being taken, while scores of curious men and women stood in rows behind the railing.The arrangement of the room was different from tnat in the former trial.The jury sat in seats directly in front of Judge Cary\u2019s bench, while facing the jury.and to the right was placed the witness chair.The prosecution, as in the former trial, was represented by State\u2019s Attorney Deneen, and Assistant State\u2019s Attorney McEwen, while Luetgert had at his side as his defenders; Attorneys Harmon, Reis» and Kehoe.Assistant State\u2019s Attorney McEwen made the opening address for the State.His speech, which occupied the greater part of the session, did not deviate much from the line he pursued in his address at the opening of the former trial.F.Wolferstan Thomas, general manager Molsons\u2019 Bank; W.M.MacPherson, president; S.Findlay and H.M.Molson, directors, left for the Pacific Coast yesterday morning on a business trip.Don\u2019t swim when there\u2019s a bridge.Don\u2019t experiment with your health.Profit by the experience of others.ABBEY\u2019S EFFERVESCENT SALT has acted as a bridge for many to carry them over sickness and disease, The daily use of Abbey's Effervescent Salt will keep you in good health and spirits the year \"round.All druggists sell this standard English preparation at 60c a large bottle; trial size, 25¢.RAILWAYS.[HT TITRE Christmas & New Year's Reduced Rates.SINGLE FARB Going Dec.24th and 25th, vaMd to return leaving destination not later than Dec.27th, 1897; also om Dec, 31st and Jan.1st valid to return leaving destination not later than Jan.3rd, 1898.FARB AND ONE-THIRD.Going Dec.23rd, 24th and 25th, good to return leaving destination not later than Dec.28th, 1897; also or: Dec.30th and 31st and Jan, 1st, good to return leaving destination not later than Jan, 4th, 1898.SCHOOL VACATIONS.To Teachers and Pupils of Schools and Colleges, on surrender of Standard form of School Vacation Certificate, signed by Principal, Round Trip Tickets will be issued at One-Way First-Class Fare and One-Third, good going December 10th to 31st inclusive, and valid for return leaving destination not later than Jan.18th, 1898.Above Reduced Rates apply between all stations in Canada, stations in Canada to Detroit and Port Huron, Mich., Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, Black Rock and Buffalo, N.Y.COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS, On presentation of Commercial Travellers\u2019 Railway Certificate, Round Trip Tickets will be issued between stations in Canada only, at ONE-WAY FIRST-CLASS FARE (not Commercial Travellers\u2019 Fare), good going December 18th to 25th, inclusive, and valid for return leaving destination not later thar January 3rd, 1898.For particulars as to reduced fares OL other Canadian Lines, and all information, apply to v CITY TICKET OFFICE, 137 St.James Street, or at Bonaventure Station.Intercolonial Railway.On and after Monday, the 4th October, 1897, the trains of this Railway will run daily (Sunday excepted) as follows: Leave Montreal by Grand Trunk Railway, from Bonaventure Depot .7.50 Leave Montreal by Canadian Pacific Railway, from Windsor Street Depot ,, .ces 19.45 Leave Levis ., .ce00.14.30 Arrive ltiver du Loup .17.50 44 Trois Pistoles .19.03 \u201c Rimouski .,.20.14 bot Ste.Flavie .20.55 \u201c Little Metis .21.19 \u201c Campbellton .«oc.24.30 \u201c Dalhousle .0.1.55 ay Rathwst a ve esse.2.38 ew Castle .,.\u201c Moncton .6.30 15.53 \u201c St John .10.30 13.00 \u201c Halifax .e.0 13.30 22.10 The trains to Halifux and St, John run through to their destination on Sunday.The buffet sleeping car and other cars of express trains leaving Montreal at 7.50 o'clock, run through to Halifax without change.The trains of the Intercolonial Railway are heated by steam from the locomotive, and those between Montreal and Halifax, via Levis, are lighted by electricity.Through tickets may be obtained via rail And steamer to all points on the Lower St.Lawrence and in the Maritime Provinces.For tickets and all information In regard to passenger fares, rates of freight, train arrangement, ete, apply to W.H.OLIVE, Eastern Freight and Passenger Agent, 138 St.James Street, Montreal.D.POTTINGER, General Manager, Ktailway Office.Moncten, N.B., FURS, FURS.qA Importer and exporter, wholesale manufacturer of all kinds of Furs for Men, Ladies and Children.Coats, Collars, Cloaks, Capes and also makes a specialty of the export of Furs.The highest market prices will be paid for all kinds of raw skins.N.B.\u2014The highest price paid for; bees | wax and ginseng.i HIRAM JOHNSON, 494 ST.PAUL STREET, MONTREAL Geo.R.Prowse, 224 Bt.James Street, MONTREAL, Manufacturers all sizes of Steel Plate Cooking Ranges, Kitchen Utensils, ete., for Hotels, Institutions and Private Residences.Colored Cotton Mills Co.1807.= = 1897.Cottonades, Tickings, Denims, Awnings, Shirtings, Flannelettes, Ginghams, Zephyrs, Skirtings, Dress Groods.Lawns, Crinkles, Cotton Blankets, Angolas, Yarns Ete.Ete, WHOLESALE TRADE ONLY SUPPLIED, D, Morrice, Sons & C0.\u2014AGENTS\u2014 Montreal and Toronto.Canada Truss Factory Established 1856, ) : F GROSS, | 712 CRAIG ST.Before Using.After Using Gross\u2019 Chest Expanding Steel Shoulder Brace, also Knickerbocker Shoulder Braces.Anti-Rheumatic Stockings and Knee Caps.Elastic Stockings, Knee Caps, etc, Electric Machines and Batteries, Belts and Insoles, etc.The Deaf Made to Hear.Send for Circulars and Price Lists, Rubber Goods of Every Description.Mount Royal Cemetery Co.The Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Corporation will be held at the Office of the Secretary-Treasurer, on Thursday, the 16th of December, 1897, at 3 p.m., to receive the Report of the Trustees and transaction of the general business of the Company.By order, GEORGE DURNFORD, Secretary-Treasurer, Montreal, December 8th, 1897, ICHELIEU MX\" ° The Prince of Table Waters.PURE, SPARKLING, REFRESHING.For sale at tne Clubs, Hotels, Restaurants La all first-class groceries.8HI1 PING: RAILWAYS, 3 SHIPPING.7 » 1 DOMINION LINE CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAYS.ELDER, DEMPSTER & COMPANY'S Regular Line of First-Class Steamships First-Olass Return Tickets will be sold at Botyecn SINGLE FARE, PORTLAND AND BRISTOL (Avonmouth) December 24th and 23th, good to return until December 27th, and on December 31st, Consisting of the following first» class Steamers :\u2014 1807, and January 1st, 1898.\u2014Also at\u2014 4 FARE AND ONE-THIRD December 23rd, 24th and 25th, good to re- turn until December 28th, and on December 8.8.MI + E .12,000 tons 30th, 31st, 1897, and January 1st, 1898, good ss.ON REED is) 12.000 \u201c to return until January 4th, 1898 8.8.MONTCALM .So \u2018 S.S.MONTROSE reese e- .COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS On pr S'S.MONTEREY (bldg).S000 % sentation of Commercial Travellers\u2019 Rail- S.S.MONTEZUMA I 7,500 < way Certificates, round trip tickets will be 8S.MERRIMAC fies.6,500 4 issued at one way first-class fare (not com- 8.8.QUEENSMORE .6,000 % mercial travellers\u2019 fare), good going Decem- S.S.MARINO .5000 0 ber 18th to 25th inclusive, and good to re- S.S.ASHANTI _.0.5000 | turn, leaving destination not later than 8.8.BELGIAN KING.4.500 < January 3rd, 1898, 8.8.PARKMORE .4.500 .TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SS: LISA pres 4.300 « S.S.MEMNON .4250 \u201c standard form of school certificates, signed by principal, at FIRST-CLASS FARE AND ONE-THIRD, from December 10th to 31st, good to return until January 18th, 1898.Special Rates to I'oints on Intercolonial way.of Schools and Colleges, on surrender | Steamers of the above line are fitted up with all the modern improvements for carrying Live Stock, Butter, Cheese, Grain and every description of general cars, and are intended to be despatched from PORTLAND as follows :\u2014 CITY TICKET & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, ; 129 St.James Street, Next to Post Office.GOING TO THE KLONDIKE ?Send your address for particulars, maps, itinerary of the \u2018Dawson City Relief Expedition\u201d and other trains, Weekly service Jan.15th from Seattle by steamer to Fort Wrangel, thence by the Klondike Rapid Transit\u2014Glover Locomotives recommended by the Hon.Sec\u2019y of War\u2014over River, Lake and Land\u2014arriving five months earlier than by any other system of transportation.Address Klondike Snow & Ice Transit Ce, O'BRIEN & AUERBACH, 148 ST.JAMES STREET, Montreal.Jos.Ladue, Pres.| E.I.Rosenfeld, G2, Our Winter | Stock of Sleighs Is now complete.No other firm in the city are in a position to supply as good an article for the money as we are.We have the following goods in stock, or will make them to order :\u2014 COUPE SLEIGHS, VICTORIAS, CASINO SLEIGHS, WINDSOR SLEIGHS.SPIDER SLEIGHS, SPEEDING SLEIGHS, TILBURY SLEIGHS, BERARD & MAJOR, 1947 St.Catherine Street.PREPAREFOR CHRISTMAS.Sample books of Choice Wall Paper for lesidences, Churches, Offices.Lodge Rooms, Public Halls, Hotels.Stores and our hooklet, \u201cHow to Paper,\u201d sont free to any address.Write a postal to THE WALL PAPER KING OF CANADA.C.B.SCANTLEBURY, P.O.Box 910.Belleville, Ont.Mention what prices you expect to pay, the rooms you wish to paper and where you saw this advertisement.27 We pay cxpress charges, ST.LAWRENCE HALL 185 to 139 St.James Street, MONTREAL.HENRY HOGAN, Proprictor.Thebest known Hotel in the Dominon BALMORAL HOTEL.Best appointed Hotel in the city, class attendance.Low rates, A.ARCH.WELSH, Proprietor, ST.JAMES HOTEL, Opposite Bonaventure Station, This well-known hotel, s0 couveniently situated for travellers, is re-opened, under the management of Mr.Gedeon Forest.The table is first-class, and the cuisine under the charge of an experienced chef, Moderate charges and careful attention guaranteed.The dining room will remain open after the usual dinner hour every night from 8 to 12.on the Erropean plan.GEDEON FOREST, Proprietor.THE ST.ELMO.Cor, of McGill and Recollet Streets The Best 25c Dinner in the city.BEST ALES, WINES an1 PORTER on Draught or in Bottle.Polite Attention Prompt First.Service BREWERS JH.R.Molson & Bros., Ales and Porter Brewers, Have always on hand the various kinds of ALE « PORTER IN WOOD AND BOTTLES, Families Regularly Supplied.1006 NOTRE DAME ST, Montreal, DAWES & CO.,\u2019 BREWERS, Pale Ales and Porter, LACHINE, P.Q.Montreal Office\u2014021 St.James st Bell Telephone 568, {Telephone 1190.TO BRISTOL (Avonmouth).SS.QUEENSMORE.a\u2026ccrae see Dec.22 *SS.MEMNON 1 And Fortnightly Thereafter.*Steamers marked thus are fitted with cold storage.For rates of freight and other particulars, apply to Grand Trunk Railway Agents at all stations, or to ELDER, DEMPSTER & GO.219 Commissioners St,, Montreal Toronto Ageney:\u2014 R., DAWSON HARLING, 23 Scott St.Chicago Agency:\u2014 EARLE & MASSEY, 8 Sherman Street.CUNARD LINE.FAST EXPRESS MAIL SERVICE.New York to Liverpool.Calling at Queenstown.Umbrim .,,Sat,, Dec, 18, noon.Lucania .es,,00o0se Sat, Dec.25, 6.30 a.m.Etruria .\u2026 .Sat., Jan.1, noon.Aurania.denses se Sat, Jan, 8.1 p.m- Umbria.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.Sat, Jan, 15.16.30 à.Servia .esse fat, Jan.22, 1 pan.Campania.Sat., Jan, 29.lam The steamers of this line have for over fifty years an unequalled record for tae safety and comfort of their passengers.RATES OF PASSAGE.Cabin, $75 and upwards.Second Cabin, $42.50 to $53, according to the season, steamer and accommodation, Steerage tickets to and from ali parts of Buropa at verr low rates.Through bills of lading given for Belfast, Glasgow, Havre, Antwerp and other ports on the Continent and for Mediterranean ports.For freight and passage app'y at the Company\u2019s Office, No.4 Bowling Green, New York, VERNON H, BROWN & CO.General Agents.THOMAS WILSON, Agent, 30 St.Francois Xavier Street, Le : \u2014 Montreal.Aberdeen Atlantic Shipping Co.REGULAR SAILINGS: 7° MONTREAL, ABERDEEN AND NEWCASTLE (Tyne Dock.) From Montreal, 8.8.HANKOW .about Oct.23 8.8.LORD GOUGH .about Nov, 12 First-class accommodation for live stock, flour, butter, cheese, grain and all kinds of merchandise.For rates of freight to and from above ports and other particulars, apply to MUNDERLOH & CO.GENERAL AGENTS FOR CANADA, 61 St.Sulpice Street, Montreal.\"FURNESS LINE MONTREAL TO MANCHESTER, Sailing about S.S, Cynthiana «se .sorvasnu0w0se.Oct.28 Hansa:St.Lawrence Line, MONTREAL TO HAMBURG AND gL ANTWERP.8.8.Boston City «.,,\u2026\u2026\u2026000eux eve.Oct, 14 S.S, Carlisle City sen nr++s000e.NO 3 v.For rates of freight and all other information, apply to Earle & Massey, 6 Sherman Street.Chicago; J, H.Duthie, corner Yonge and King Streets, Toronto, or to DAVID TORRANCE & CO., 17 St, Sacrament Street, Montreal.International Navigation Co.\u2019s Lines AMERICAN LINE FOR SOUTHAMPTON, Shortest and most convenient route to London, No transfer by tender.No tidal delays.Close connection at Southampton for Havre and Paris by special fast twin screw Channel steamers, .T.cabin, $75 and upwards ; II.cabin, $45 and upwards, N.York, Dec.22.10a.m | 8t.Louis, Jan., 3, 10 a.m St.Paul.Dee.29,10a.m | NewYork, Jan.12,10a.m RED STAR LINE FOR ANTWERD, I, cabin, $60 and upwards; II.cabin, $38 and upwards, Friesland.» Wednesday, Dec.22, noon.Kensington .Wednesday, Dec.29, 10 a.m INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY, 6 Bowling Green, New York.WwW.H.Henry, 116 St.Peter Street, Mechanics Institute Bldg, Ww.F.Egg, 129 St, James Street, Benjamin & Weston, 10 Place 4\u2019 Armes Square, Montreal.D.Battérsby.178 St.James Street, opposite Temple Building.W.D.O'Brien, 143 SL.James Street GO 10 Wall & Walsh, THE PRACTICAL PLUMBERS We have had a large expericuce in all kinds of Plumbing, such as Gas Fittings, Iron, Tin or Brass Wor\", putting up Gas Stoves, Electric l'it- tings, etc, We guarantee our work to be satisfactory and charges moderate.WALL & WALSH, 582 CRAIG STRE ET.LIVERPOOL, LONDON & GLOSE Insurance Company, CANADA BOARD OF DIRECTORS.Edmond J.Barbeau, Esq., Chairm Wentworth, 3, Buchanan, ned.Députy aon .F.au sq.amuel Fin , Es A Edward S.Clouston, Esg, ay, Esq.Amount Invested in Canada.$ 2,110.00 Available Assets .À $58,553,900 MERCANTILE RISKS accepted at logy current rates G.F.C.SMITH, Chief Agent for the Dominion.John G.R pris ai Asents: ohn G, RR.scoll.Thos, George R.Robertson & Sony, Blam.Special Agent French Dept.\u2014Cyrille Lauriu, voyagn ALLAN LINE Royal Mail Steamships \u2014t\u2014 LIVERPOOL AND PORTLAND SERVICE From From Liverpool.Steamship.Portland.2 Dec.Numidian.esss.18 Dec.Noon 4 Dec.,.Carthaginian,.22 Dec, Noon 16 Deoc.Mongolian .eeees.1 Jag.NOOR 23 Dec.Parisian .+.8Jan, Noon 30 Deec.Laurentian.15 Jan.Noon ~* Steamers sail from Portland on arrival 0 Grand Trunk and C.P.R.trains leaving Mont reaithe previous evening 8.30 o'clock.The Saloons and Staterooms are DOW 1 the central part, where least motion is fe'L.Electricity Is used for lighting the ships throughout, the lights being at the con- piand of the passengers at any hour of the bight, Music Rooms and Smoking Rooms st the promenade deck.The Saloons and aterooms are heated by steam.RATES Cabin: 5 .00 and upw ards Accoruing to steamer, location of, and number of persons in room.A reduc ae made on Round [rip fiekets.on \u2018cond Cabin\u2014To l.iverpool, LondOIl, or Londomilerry, 834.00 Pon 836.25 Single £\u20ac6 3 nd 3692.10 Return, Steernge\u2014To Liverpool, London, 4 1as- SOW, \u2018elfaut a+ » ondonderry, including a plentiful supply of pro sions, cooked and erved, snd every requisite for the ! 822.50 and 273.50 Cape Town, South Africs.$66.30 GLASGOW, LONDONDERRY and NEW YORK SERVICE (from New Pier, f¢ot of W.21st Street, New York.) From \u2019 From Glasgow.Steamships.New York: 4 Dec .Grecian.veces 23 Dec, 5 oe KB FINE BIACK DUCHBSSE SATIN, all pure silk.Nothing mo: ; 1 nn 8 than a Black Satin Dress.Prices for all Pure Silk Due esse Satin 41 85 $ 6.00 $ 7.50 $45.00 $50.00 $1.50, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50., \u2019 À 0 $10 50 $60 0 \u2018 HANDSOME NEW ART SILK, tew colors, new patterns for Xmas A fine ; $ 9.0 ® ° 0 362.50 line, all pure silk, at 65c and 75¢ per yard.\u2019 6 SPAUSTEU NEW BLOVSE JE PAS ES Si ow ma i $13.50 816.00) ges of 870.00 875.00 ) Plalds, 1 \u2019 s and New Shot Colors, all CIOL RR RS, Prices, from 50c per yard.\u2019 ç SENS / = per y .- $18.50 $20.00 Sees $85.00 $100 ~ 7 A - hi 1 â ; | $22.00 $25.00 This Beautiful, Dark Blue $126 $150 T ' bauidon et OYS.\"TOYS.TOYS.$27.50 $30.00 $1500 Compe, $175 3200 > * s TOYS FOR THE MILLION ! Toys from lc up to $20! Dolls, Games To aa 837 50 $40.00 GOOD VALUH AT $50.00 $250 $450 Animals, Musical Toys, Mechanical Toys, Toy Piet : i ote, wer he or Xmas Cards and Booklets in infinite variety cture Books, Blocks, etc.\u2014 e 2341 St, Catherine Street, OPEN LATE FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE 1 e O ; | e ° eg 1803 Notre Dame Street.i JOHN MURPHY & CO., 3 2843 8t.Cathering St,, Corner of Metcalfe St.° ® Tel, 3833, Terms Cash, oe xs 4 ° e Sa Als AY _ + Re = a = =a | eevee - LTTE er = {shed, from $2.10 to | $7.50.1 James Street, and at J.W.Shaw & 01, TT AMUSEMENTS, ACADEMY.Dee, 18, 14, 15 ana Wednesday Mag PRIMROSE AND WEST'S 2e A\u2014 MINSTRE ompany of Stars.including k en dail, Carrell JSolinewn ani : Ally Ki, Ken.Y Rice, Prices\u201425, 50, 75 Matinee\u201425 and send $1.00, ¥ Ines, \u2014 Dec.16,17, IS and Saturans .» da The Popular Fnglish Actor, Mn.Maciues CHARLES COGHLAN AND HIS GREAT COMPANY 4 x : PRESK THE LATEST SUCCESS, SENTING \u2014THE ROYAL Box_ Prices 5, 50, 75, 31.00 and $1,50, Founding,» oY Flizgerald in « The ess Matinees\u2014Tues Thurs, a 1] nd Sa W.A.Brady's Melodramatic Marvel UNDER THE POLAR STAp, Beautiful and vivid re i 3 presentatio FROZKN NORTH, THE LAND OF THE Mur ihe Sun, Peaky's HoPEs REALIZED NANSIQe DREAM A Fact! \u2019 Ky NIGHT PRICES \u2014 \u2014 13, 23, 35, 50, ening, MATINEE PRICES \u2014 10, 20c, 30e THEATRE ROYAL, Every Afternoon and Fy Rice and Barton\u2019s Gaiety Extravaganza Co, Dec.2ith\u2014 Hopkins\u2019 Transom McGILL NIGHT.\u2014 ANTHONY H O P E of Gentle Merriment.x readin;s from his own works FRIDAY EVENING, DEC, 17th, 's Must cre, rh EH pe Serpe ot oun Attend the \u2014OF THE\u2014 Point Amateur Athletic Association P.AA A GYMNASIUM - Wellington 8t Dec.13th to 18th, Dec.20th\u2014*The Real Widow Brown,» PRICES\u201410, 20 and 30c.A Brand New Show.ew Burlesque, \u201c A Continual Ripple In Humorous and Romantic | Windsor Hall \u2014At 8.15,\u2014 TO-NIGHT Fancy Fair \u2014AT THE\u2014 From 2 to 11 p.m.WINDSOR HALL, The Montreal Philharmonic Society Will Perform Handel's \u201cMESSIAH,\u201d ON THURSDAY, 28rd DEOBMBER.Soprano.Mre, Elizabeth Cary-Lord, Boston Contralto.Ellen Warren, New York Tenor.Mr, E, Q.Towne, New York Bass.+\u2026.\u2026.Mr, R, M.Muller, Montreal Trumpet.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.r.B, Bowran, Boston Concért at 8.15 p.m.All Seats Reserved\u2014At $1.00, 73¢ and 50¢, Plane at Lindsay-Nordheimer Co, 213 St, 2274 St.Oatherine &treet, on and after Thursday, 16th December, at 9 a.m.G.Couture, Conductor .A, BROWNING, Sec.-Trees., 1724 Notre Dame Street, Dancing and Deportment Queen\u2019s Hall, 3221 Bt.Catherine Si, Elm Hall, 220 Eli Avenue, Westmount, A.ROY MACDONALD, Jr, Classes are forming, and if you want tolearn, come and see my school, I guarantee to teach you.Halls to Rent.Low Price.to a a0 Art Association wm, #\u2014\u2014PMILLIPS SQUARE ~ BALLERIES OPEN DAILY, 9 a.m.to dusk.Admission 25c Saturday free Reading room open to members till 6 p.m.- \u2014\u2014 Canadian Royal Art Union.Free Classes in Art Now Open.PUPILS MAY REGISTER at ONCH Daily Art Distributions.4 o'0lock each Afternoon.12.80 on Saturday.238 & 240 St.James St.EY +.What is Home À Without a Druggist ?We make special efforts to fill this want in the family.We have the confidence of our family physician and fol- Low his instructions to the letter.Telephone 478%, to ps ! i Macmillan's, fn And we will send for your prescrit- tions and return them promptly , +++.e eit FOR SALE.Large Size Dangler Gas Store, in splendid condftion, O.AL BOs Good Kitchen Stove P12.O suitable for Laundry.$4.00.ams est Urbain St La CANADA, PROVINCE OF Yummso,| District of Montreal.© SUPERIOR COURT.NALD & matter of MA ODO mn LAGE.Montreal, Insolvents.Notice is hereby given, Article T10, of the Code o that on this day, I, Montreal, Chartered court appoint by order of the said ou and ef be Curator to the proper To vents and personal, of the sale I matter, abandoned by PPA of their creditors, who | te, at my to fyle their claims wit an n Fraser Buildings, 43 sit, 2 thirty days- Montreal, within à delay 0 De ay of Dated at Montreal, thie 14th 487 *, seubers 1897, JON MeD, BAS tag\u201d ss | - A of BR otc pt gue A A Ba a Sv bat GF T\" un we or ES EG WW A BO 5B WW CB Et Sel WI SF Pv ve ot BN Wd A nes hat re os BD Bw ru?om oi UR ay MS GY out OF La na IT lg St AL juré, A Deficit of $810,484.30, But ~ Better Things Are Promised.RIGID ECONOMY REQUIRED, \u2014\u2014\u2014 The Promises: of Predecessors Were Not Fulfilled, FUNDED OEBT OF THE PROVINCE.Had Been Increased Enormously Under the Late Conservative Regime.(By Our Own Correspondent.) Quebec, Dec.15.\u2014The delivery of the budget speech was the feature of yesterday\u2019s sitting of the Assembly, which surpassed in interest all the other proceedings of a busy day.Its delivery took place when the House met in the evening after - recess, and the Hon.Mr.Marchand, in bis capadity of Provincial Treasurer was the orator of tha oocasion.The hon, gentleman achieved a distinct success.His address, which had been prepared with care, was à atatesmanlike u?terance, exhibiting the apeaker\u2019s mastery of his subject end distinguished by the charm of style with which a correct and elegant Literary taste can embellish a dis course Upon such an unpromising subject es finance.There was no attempt to ex- sggerate or to diminish the magnitude of the task which the Government has undértakén; useless recrimination was avoided, and the tone of the speech showed bow well the Government understood the seriousness of its task and how earnestly {t was determined to make a vigorous effort to rehabilitate the financial position of the Province.The closest economy would be practiced: in every department of the Administration, and by this means it was hoped that the obligations of the country could be met out of current revenue, without the need of creating fresh sources of income.No dash promises were made; but their experience of past much promis ing administrations had taught the representatives of the people to feel that the modesty of the present Government was more reassuring than the exaggerated pretensions of meny of ite predecessors.Rose Amidst Cheers.It was half past eight o'clock when, on Motion to go into supply, the Hon.Mr.Marchand amidst cordial cheers from his supporters rose and delivered his first budget speech, He began- by saying thet he hat some hesitation in rising for the purpose of showing do the House the fineæcial posal.tion of the Province.This situation he regretted to say, was not what it should be, and in order to put it on a sound basis be would be obliged to have recourse to extreme measures which he would not hesitate to adopt and for the carrying out of which he relied upon the good will and gupport of the members of the House.or à long period\u2014ever since Confederation \u2014the people of this Province and its Gov- eraments had accustomed themselves to look upon its resources as inexhaustible.The consequence has been an era of prodigality during which the Legislature with the view of enconraging improvements and local undertakings of all kinds, hid profusely voted away the public moneys in subsidies.This policy had resulted in annual deficits and the accumulation of à public debt the payment of the interest whereof already absorbed a censiderable portion of our ordinary revenues.Without wishing to criticize the wotives that inspired public men in car- ryng out that policy whch has greatly contributed, he admitted, to the development of the natural domain and of its natural resources, he considered that the time had come to suspend its course in the interest of our provincial autonomy and the maintenance of local institutions.For that purpose il was urgently necessary to avoid for a certain time all expemses, both on capital account and on revenue account, not immediately essential to our progress, in order that the equilibrium in our finances which had foo long been disturbed might be re-estabished.Such was the thankless and ungrateful task that he had formally pledged himself to accomplish with the members of this House who had also pledged themselves to it during the last electora! contest.It was \u2018upon the faith of that promise that the majority of this: House had obtained the confidence and support of the electors and it was for the purpose of carrying it out that the Liberal part} was now in power.However difficult the task might be, he would not flinch from the obligation of fulfilling it and he hoped to succeed; with the support of the House.The Financial Situation.In order to be able to fully understand the difficulty that the new Government had to overcome it was advisable in the first place, he comsidered, to define the actual position as clearly as possible.For that purpose he would @ke the liberty, without any recriminations against previous administrations, of stating the facts exactly as they were.] The constant increase of our public debt during the period of the last Legislature had been à considérable one.The excess of the liabilitie 7\" over the assets on the 30th |, June, 1892, according to the - budget speech on the 3lst January, 1893, page 19, OWS.0004 soe bss wean .$33,641,348.28 From this amruat should be deducted the railway eub- sidies then lapsed under ex: isting laws confirmed by the Act.8 Vie, Chan 5 .smounting to.,018,700.22 Leaving as the total excess of liabilities over assets at that date the sum of.$21,622,577.08 The exeess of liabilities over assets on the 30th June, 1897, as shown in the de- J tailed statement laid before ' the House, was.$25,401,653.16 Whence it resulted that, dure ing the past five years, instead of diminishing, as was pretended, the debt had been 44 id $3,869,076.10 This\" increase had taken place notwithstanding the fact that the new taxes had added an average amount of $500,000 per annum to the revenues of the Province during the same period, yielding for those five years a total increase in our revenue of $2,262,452.55.On the other hand, the funded debt had during the same permod grown to enormous proportions both by the negotiation of permanent loëhs, destined to pay off temporary loans, railway subsidies and various other floating debts, Gr roromniminen aaa eu RU NN f À CHRISTMAS GIFTS Below things ag 7 #% For Gentlemen erties SOLID SILVER cart Holfers.veesisese \u20ac ingS.icertuvesonses Cole Rings.oeeneenee Olgar Cutters.stobréoté Match Boxes.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.Pipe Cleaners.do Paper Knives (pearl blades).Sterling Silver.out as « help to present buyers : Mounted Pockat Combes.\u2014IN\u2014 we give a list of a fow which we have picked p .86 806 60c For Ladies Viles.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.oewe Card 7age8.cv 83000000 Muff Ribbons.\u2026.-.Leather Belts.Solid Silver Hat Pins.a £ 8 SOLID SILVER MTD Emeries .\u2026.\u2026\u2026.Button Ho0K8.0\u2026.\u2026< Scissors s.\u2026c00 00 sue seen Manioure Scissors (curved blades).\u2026.- $1.75 (\u20ac 9 $1.70 Cc A gd Sterling Silver Bm __\u2014 broidery Scissors.704 slo HMeEeoNoEeN-oRBoNoNole sNoNollofoH-oNolloNoeNoeNoeNoN MoN No Bo BeBe HEHE E+EBoEoR >i e- Solid gil File.Ne a Henry Birks & Sons PHILLIPS SQUARE.Other instruments to match at same price.BRI Res Mo N- E+ REE BAR Ro HoH Eo lo Ro Bo RoE | and by heavy discounts on some of the permanent loans effected for that object.On the 30th June last, 1897, the outstanding debentures of the funded debt amount Cee eee eae .$34,196,650.08 While on the 30th June, 1842, according to the budget speech of the 31st January, 1893, they amounted only VO.20.0 +20 6.4.LL.25,175,320.01 which left a sum of $9,021,330.07 to represent the inerease in our funded debt from the 30th June, 1892.This was when their task became a painful one.He trusted that members would be convinced of the urgent need of this step and would assist them in its accomplishment by making the debtors of the Government understand that this necessity presented itself as the only means of avoiding taxation.He repeated it, our finances Were in a Serious Condition, but not in a desperate one.Our undeveloped resources were vast, and the era of progress that had begun to make itself felt and had assumed considerable propor- dions throughoug our Province allowed them to foresee for it a prosperous future that would inspire confidence in the minds of all, and to convince themselves that a few years of wise and economical administration would suffice fo restore its finances to a solid basis and to etrengthen the important position that it occupied in the Canadian Confederation.The situation had, therefore, become aggravated to that extent, and to improve it they had but an annual revenue decreased by at least $300,000 in consequence of the abolition of the taxes enacted during the last two sessions.As the Government intended, by every means in its power, to avoid imposing new taxes, so long as the credit and honor of the Province did not render it imperati¥ely necessary, it could have recourse to but one thing to restore the equilibrium that must exist between annual expenses and receipts, and to arrest the already too large increase in liabilities, and that was to practice the strictest economy in all the details of the public service, and, until the era of surpluses dawned ence more, to suspend the granting of new subsidies and of all gratuities not deemed immediately essential.At the same time, it should, ot neoessity, for that object, press the collection of ordinary revenues as well as ot the arrears, of whatever nature they might be, that were due to the public treasury.1896-97.The honorable gentleman then recalled that in his budget speech of the 26th November, 1895, the then Treasurer had tigur- ed out a surplus of $160,884.68 on the ordinary operations of 1896-97, forecasting its results as follows :\u2014 Ordinary recelpfs.$4,107,699.42 Ordinary expenditures.3,916.834.74 Surplus of ordinary re- ceipti.ioiecias +.0.$160,804.68 Now, what nad happened ?The public accounts for 1896-97, recently laid before the House, showed that the ordinary receipts and expenses were as follows :\u2014 Ordinary receipts.Ordinary expenses.Deficit.$810,484.20 These figures showed an enormous diffc:- ence between the forecast of his predecessor and the actual result.Instead of a surplus of $160,880.68 as foreshadowed, the year\u2019s operations had resulted in a deficit of $810,484.20, making a difference of $971,348.88 between the forecast and the realization.But this difference was still greater when the result obtained was contrasted with his predecessor's forecast of the total receipts and expenditure (less railway subsidies) for the same year.His estimate had been as follows: \u2014 Total expenditure (less railway subsidies).$4,325,150.20 Total receipte.oo .4,107,600.42 Deficit.\u2026.\u2026\u2026 0.oo $ 127,450.78 While the actual result, as shown by the same public accounts wes: \u2014 Total expenditure (less railway ; subsidies).vo va pe .85,280,489.33 Total receipts.ve oe ou oo «.3,923,238.70 \u2026.4,685,450.42 Deficit.vo ov ve ve veo.$1,365,230.63 It would be remembered that this statement of the total receipts and expenditure for the year 1892-93 established on the tame basis, that was, less the railway sub- ridies, gave a deficit of only $24,828, and the Treasurer at that time led the House to hope for constant surpluses in subas- quent years.But, as would be seen, the results had far from justified his expectations.The annual deficits from that date had gradually increased until on the 30th June last, they had attained the enormoiis amount of $1,365,230.63.He left the House to draw its own conclusions from these figures respecting the success of their pie- decessors in their efforts to restore the equilibrium in the finances.How it Was Brought About.The speaker here went into details to ghow how this enormous difference between the financial provisions of the previous Government and the actual expenses of 1896-87 had been brought about.Both in their forecasts of the receipts and of the expenditure he said thoy had been mistaken, Their estimate of the ordinary receipts had fallen short by $294,208.97 and they had overrun the estimate of their ordinary expenditure to the extent of $677,- 049.91, so that between their previsions and the actual result there was a differen.ve of $971,348.88.Altogether, far from having reduced the liabilities of the Province as claimed, he maintained that the previous Government had greatly increased them, and that instead of having restored the financial equilibrium, they had overloaded the estimates of the last year of their administration with the enormous deficit just indicated.As to the assertion that the official figures of the public accounts were inaccurate and of a nature to mislead publie opinion by imputing to last year\u2019s ae- count expenses that should have been paid out of the receipts of the current year, he remarked that those who jmade that assertion based it upon the fact that the present Government had issued epecial warrants, the emount whereof was chargeaible to lant year.But it should not be forgotten that the debts which- had rendered such w.r- rants necessary had mot originated with the present Government, that they had been contracted and become payable at the time that they took office and that at that date the expenditure for 1896-97 (exclusive of railway subsidies and the repaymeut of railway guarantee deposits during the year) had been $741,242.10 #n exoess of the revenue received to that date.To meet this deficit and the deficits of previous years mentioned in the budget speech of last session, the previous Government had used a portion of the proceeds of the loan which should only have been applied to the payment of railway subsidies.On the other hand, the present Government Were determined not bo continue this practice cere os $3,874,968.22- and, therefore, had borrowed by temporary loan, $700,000, which had been banked to replace, as far as it would go, the amounts diverted from their original destination.Several of the appropriations that had been voted were also already exhausted.The special warrants issued by their predecessors before the 26th May, had amounted to $308,701.44, of whéch $297,300.78 had been expended.On the other hand, the special warrants issued by the present Government after taking office, amounted to $281, 828.16, of which $258,586.49 were expended, amd an examination of the purposes for which these were granted, would show that they were absolutely neccesary to meet the obligations for the year 1896-97 existing at the \u2018time of the change of Government.The previous Government had, moreover, by degislation in the last weeks of the session, ämposed upon the Treasury the par- ment of heavy sums not provided for by the estimates of the year.These had to be paid, and there was nothing to justify the present Government in carrying over to the current year, debts contracted and due in the previous one.To do so would have been to discharge the liabilities of one year by an irregular and misleading process to bhe dctriment of the following year and to continue this overlapping from year to year, thereby concealing the actual situa tion.Current Year 1897-98.Turning then to the current year 1897-98, Mr.Marchand said that a revision of the estimate of receipts led him to think that in some respects it had been placed too high and that the expenditure must also be considerably in excess of the estimate, owing to the additional burdens imposed 57 the legislation of last session.He was of opinion, for instance, that Crown Lands and mines would not yield more than $1,- 000,000, and that the net receipts from licenses might not be more than $600,000, while if the past was to be any criterion of the future as regards the Railway Sub.aidies Tax, the collection of $163.04 out of an estimated $30,000 last year, was not encouraging.The Dominion might alea withhold the $30,615.72 interest on Trust Funds av it did last year.On the other hand, $15,000 more than the estimate would be received from direct taxes on oommercial corporations and the interests on deposits would be at least $15,000 more than estimated.There were nléo arrears of taxes left uncollected by their predecessors from which by diligence from $10,000 to $20,000 might be obtained.But even if the ex penditure should be confined to the amount of the original estimate, the burdens that had been imposed by acts passed subsequent to the voting of supplies last mes- sion, would add about $]50,000 to the expenditure of the year.Thus, through no fault or action of the present Government, but in consequence of the additional liabilities established by their predecessors, the surplus contemplated by the Provincial Treasurer might disappear and a dificit might be unavoidable, but every effort would be made to prevent such a result by reducing expenditure us far as possible.The honorable gentleman then gave two évatements of the cash operations, one from 30th June, 1896, to June, 1897, and the other from the fiscal year 1896-97 merely the former showing a total deficiency in the five years of $1,457,408.56,- notwithstanding that the receipts from the new taxes, which were to provide for all expenditure, exclusive of railway subsidies, had exceeded the amount of milway Guar, antee deposits repaid during the year by the sum of $862,277.89; and the latter showing, as already stated, a deficiency of $948,171.57 in the operations of 1896-97.Assets and Liabilities.He further showed by an official statement that, at the 30th June last, the total liabilities \"of the province amounted to $37,344,310.91 and the total assets to $11,- 852,652.65, leaving an excess of $25,491,658.- 160f liabilities over assets.The excess of liabilities involved an increase during the year of $3,335,311.86 made up among other items by an.addition of $2,985,371.40 to the funded debt and $300,603.94 for railway subsidies.On the other hand, the assets included the claim against the late Hon.Thos.MeGreevy for $100,000 advanced to Tim by the Jacques Cartier Bank in connection with his Q.M.O.& O.railway contract, in regard to which Mr.Marchand said that, as there was no prospect of the province recovering this $100,000 he thought that the amount should in future be removed from the assets.Estimated Receipts 1898-99, Coming next to the estimate of the re- coipts for 1898-99, he gave the following figures of the probable revenue for that fiscal year: Dominion subsidies $1,277,- 799.2; interest on price of sale of Q.M.O.& O.Ry.and on loan and deposits $320,000; Crown lands $1,018,000; administration of justice 835,800; registration stamps $65,000; direct taxes on commercial corporations $160,000; duties on successions $225,000; percentage of fees of public offices $8,000; insane asylums $55,000; industrial and reformatory schools $204.50; legislation $8,000; Official Gazette $21,850; colonization and mines $10,000; casual revenue 85,500; contributions to pension fund $35,000; premium, discount and exchange $1,000; reimbursement railway subsidies tax $10,000; ete., the whole making a total ordinary receipt of $1,001,999.42 against a total estimated ordinary expenditure (already before the House, and exclusive of railway subsidies and guarantee deposits,) of $4,051,844, and leaving a surplus of $40,115.42.Arbitration, On the subject of the Intarcolonial Arbitration, the hon.gentleman stated that since the last session the Privy Council had dismissed the appeals of the Dominion and Quebec, and confirmed the Supreme Court\u2019s judgment in the matter of the Indian claims.that this appeal was against the decision of the Supreme Court making Quebec jointly liable with Ontario for any increased annuities that the Indians might be entitled to since Confederation.The matter has now gone back to the arbitrators in a claim of the Dominion against Quebec and Ontario and the case was argued recently in Quebec, an award being expected in January.The appeal from the award in the Common School Fund case were heard by the Supreme Court early in November last, but no judgment had yet been rendered on these appeals.When the final judgments and awards in both these matters of the Common School Fund and the Indian Claims were rendered, there would only remain as far as this Province was concerned the statement of the ae- counts on the.basis of the awards and the determination of the balances to be received or paid.take some time, as the details of the accounts from Confederation were very voluminous.Conversion of Debt.On this head, the hon.gentleman said: \u201cUnder the authority of act 60 Vie.Cap.2, and in the terms of the contract approved by Order in Council of 17th April, 1897, ° the Bank of Montreal prior to the 30th June, 1897, had converted £560,000 of the bonds of the loan of 1st May, 1896, maturing, 1st May, 1936, and bearing four per cent.interest, into £688,551.23 sterling of It would be recollected | This, however, would : | inscribed stock, maturing 1st April, 1037, ! bearing 3 per cent.interest.The principal of the debt has thus been increased £128,551.23\u20143625,651.41.4 The annual interest at 4 per cent.on.£560,000.00 $108,013.33 The annual interest at 3 per cent.on.688,551.23 100,538.46 The annual sinking THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, THE PRENIER DELIVERS HIS BUDGET SPEECH fund required to redeem £128,551.- 23, increase of debt in 40 years is £1,705.00.8,297.67 108,526.13 Annual saving.,.-.$ 187.20 Against this annual saving is the amount of commutation of stamp duties on the £088,551.23 which at § per cent.amounts to $20,043.41.Thus to gain a paltry sum of $187.20 per annum during forty years, the Province has been compelled to pay out $20,943.41.Now, the interest at 3 per cent.on this cash payment represents an annual sum of $628.30; that, instead of saving $187.20 we shall be actually losing $441.10 a year during forty years.This is the practical result of the first attempt at converting the debt by my honorable friends opposite and, under the circumstances, it might be pertinent to ask what bzcomes of the brilliant hope which they held out to us that we would save by the transaction $200,000 a year in interest alcne?The Premiers Conclusions.In conctusion, the Hon.gentleman said: \u201cI hope that the House will forgive me for having detained it so long on so dry a subject as figures.But I considered that under the particular ciroumstances in which we are placed, on the coming into office of a new Government, it was necessary to clearly define the financial situation in which our predecessors had left the Province, and io point out the policy that it intends to follow in that respect.That policy was inid down on ail the hustings during the last electoral contest.We promised there to put an end to the era of deficits, not to increase the already excessive liabilities of our Province and to attain this end by means of the strictest economy.This task is all the More Shelryn, Stephens, Tessier, Watts, Bisson, difficult because our predecessors, while re- | Dessaules, Garneau, Chenevert.Major, Do- ducing their annual revenue, have considerably increased the expenditure.They have claimed that during the past five years our liabilities had deereased, our expenditure had been reduced, and the equilibrium restored.The statements that I have just read to the House, supported by official and undeniable figures, shows the inaccuracy of their pretensions.Instead of having de creased, our liabilities have greatly increased, and we find in the last Public Accounts, instead of the promised equilibrium, a deficit of nearly a million.This situation would be still more serious were we to carry out all the promises of our predecessors made since last session, when their legislative term of office had praa- tically expired.They amount to millions, and to fulfill them there would be one re- source\u2014direot taxation.Our duty lies in temaïming within the strict limits of our revenues, and we will wait for the moment whens our yearly accounts show a surplus, before we can consider ourselves justified in giving new gratuities, while respecting, however, the engagements to which we are legally bound.I know that the task is a difficult one, but I know also that our striet duty lies in aocomplishing 4 and we will accomplish it if the members and the public who are interested, will second our efforts.We have for a long while been aceus- tomed to consider the Government of our Province as a benovelent institution, charged with the duty of providing for the needs of all, and to realize all our progress without exacting any return for it.general impression.prevails to spe extent that the public treasury con: bo free- y drawn upon and that no one is obliged to pay it its lawful dues.This is the reason why, while we are spending millions, collection was paralyzed and arrears accumulated in every branch of the public service to the detriment of revenue.This is why our Budget is now out of the equilibrium.Has not the time come to put an end to this ruinous system, which, if continued, can have one result\u2014direct taxation, and to rely with- In a certain measure upon th spirit of gnterprise, and individual initiative for the continuation of works whose success, if they ever possessed any vitality, has been secured by generous contributions from the Public Treasury?It is upon this condition that we hope to replace our finances upon la solid basis, and to main- fain our province in the [first rank of Confederation.Any other policy presenta the alarming prospect of the downfall of bur Provincial autonomy.14 is for the purpose of avoiding these disasters that the Government which 1 have the honor to lead, has resolved on fulfillment of its pledges to the electorate to administer the affairs of this Province with the strictest economy in the certainty of attaining the desired end.This policy, I expect, is essential for the preservation of our national credit, and it will secure the indispensable equilibrium between our revenues and expenditure of at kinds, the definite and permanent return of annual surpluses.For that objeot the majority of the people have raised us to power, and we are determined to labor conscientiously and faithfully in the accomplishment of that undertaking, but in order to succeed im this we require the hearty and disinterested support of the members, and I appeal to their patriotism to strengthen the Government in its work of restoration.\u201d At the conclusion of the Premier's address the cheering from tHe Ministerial benches was loud and long, Mr.Atwater Will Reply, The Hon.Mr.Atwater moved the adjournment of the debate, as he desired an opportunity to study the Premier's speech before he replied.This was agreed to.A Plea for the Hospitals.Before adjournment Mr, R.Bickerdike drew the attention of the Government to the case of the Samaritan Hospital, the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Foundling Hospital, three deserving institutions, for whose aid nothing had been provided in the estimates.Their claims had been ignored both by the late Government and the present Administration, and Mr.Bickerdike hoped that it would be yet found possible to do something to remedy the matter.The Hon.Mr.Marchand acknowledged the merits of the institutions which Mr.Bickerdike had mentioned, and the Government had every desire to assist them; yet the hon.gentleman felt reluctantly obliged to ask Mr.Bickerdike to induce the influential gentlemen who were interested in those institutions to consider the position in which the Province was at present.He could assure him that when the finances of the Province permitted those institutions would not be forgotten.Meantime, the first duty of the Government was to restore the finances and maintain the credit and honor of the country.The Afternoon Sitting.The afternoon proceedings ineluded the passage in committee of Dr.de Grosbois\u2019 bill to extend the jurisdiction of the Commissioners\u2019 Courts.There was a lively fight over thie measure, and one of the votes taken ix committee resulted, like - the vote taken at the second reading of the same measure, in a tie, the chairman deciding by means of his casting vote.The Pharmacy Bill Mr.Gouin\u2019s amendment to the Pharmacy Act also formed the subject of an interesting discussion, and the measure 1s now in the hands of a special committee of members, who will no doubt see that justice is dune to :the two important 1897.classes interested and to the public.The Maisonneuve Charter.Dr.Lacombe presented a bill to consolidate and amend the charter of the town of Maisonneuve: Ald.Rainville presented the Montreal city bill, which waa read once, the setond reading being fixed for to-morrow.» Mr.Decary introduced a Lill to confer certain powers of taxation upon the school commissioners of Maisonneuve.The same gentleman introduced some amendments to the charter of the city of St.Louis.Mr.J.S.C.McCorkill moved the first reading of a bill respecting the election of members of the Legislative Assembly ot Quebec.In compliance with the evident desire of the House, Mr.McCorkill courteously explained that he proposed to extend the franchise to widows and spinsters who were otherwise duly qualified.lur- ther explanations Mr.McCorkill would defer until the bill came up for second reading.Mr.Stephens\u2019 mation: to amend one of the rules of the Assembly, so as to provide that bills for admission of parties to learned professions, must be approved by the governing boards before being admitied for consideration by the Legislature, was adopted without discussion.Dr.De Grosbois then moved the House into committee on his 'bill respecting the jurisdiction of the Commissioners\u2019 Courts which, it will be remambered, passed its second reading on the Speaker's casting vote.The Hon.Mr.Pelletier, seconded by the i Hon.Mr.Flynn, moved that the House do not go into committee mow, but six months hence.The vote was at once taken, with the following result :-\u2014 For the six months\u2019 hoist:\u2014Marchand.laney, Gouin, Pelletier, Flynn, Atwater, Hackett, Marion, Duplessis, Tellier, Panneton, Bouffard, D\u2019Auteunil.\u201422.Continued on page 7.PUZZLE PICTURES.Entertainment for Young and Old and profit for the successful guessers.See Herald every day.BIRTHS, DEATHS and MARRIAGES.BIRTHS.AMOS\u2014On December 11th, at 288 Prince Arthur Street, to Mr.and Mrs, E.C, Amos, a son.BERNIDR\u2014In this cry, on the 8th inst.to the wife of N.A, Bernier ,a daughter.WOOD\u2014On December 4th, at 148 Prince Arthur Street, a daughter to Mr, and Mrs.James Wood DANDURAND-In this city, on the 9th instant, to the wife of U.H.Dandurand, a son.MARRIAGES.ICKETT-OROWHURST\u2014On December 8, PI St, Martin\u2019s Church, by Rev.a.Osborne Troop, Agnes Crowhurst to Thos, H.Pickett, both of Montreal.WIGGINS-MAHER\u2014ONn November 26th, Ly the Rev.Father O'Donnell, Alexander Wiggins to Annie Maher, both of this city.PANTON-HANNAH\u2014On Wednesday, December 8th, at the residence of the bride's father, 4867 Sherbrooke Street, West.mount, by the Rev.A, B.Mackay, DD, Arthur N.Paxton to Jessie, eldest daughter of James Hannah, Esq.FORBINS\u2014At 61 Otsawa Street, on the 11th inst., at the age of 2 yeans and 9 months, Alexander Lindsay, youngest son of Alexander and Ann Forbes, PAQUETTE\u2014At Longueuil, on the 11th instant, at the age of 72 Joars.Jeremie Paquette, late engineer of Longueuil Navigation Co, ; TRUDHL\u2014At Manitoulin Island, on December 11th, 1897, Rev.Brother Alphonse Trudel, belonging to the Order of Jesuits, aged 50 years and 11 months, lately of Montreal, ALAIN\u2014At Quebec, Que., on December 9th, at the age of T1 years, Jean Alain, BLIEDR\u2014At Three Rivers, Que., on the Sd inst, at the age of 88 years, Julie Morin, * wife of the late Alexander Blier, McOALLUM\u2014On Sunday, 12th December, Miss Rosina MoCallum, formerly of Que- bee, aged 90 years.McOANN\u2014At No.133 Mansfield Street, on December 12th, 1807 \"Cecilia Agnes, beloved infant daughter of Frederick J.Mec- nn, DEATHS COLLARD\u2014In this city, on 12th December instant (1897), at the age of 78 years and } 8 months, Dame Marie Bmelie Chartier, widow of Louis Collard and mother of L.H.Collard, Deputy Prothonotary 8.C Funeral on Wednesday, the 15th instant, leaving from No.1213 De Montigny Street at 7.30, for St.Jacques Church, and thence to the Cote des Neiges Cemetery.Friends and acquaintances are respectfully requested to attend.300 RARER EAT RK) M ü HERALD MENU.# M © un HONOROHONONSHONSHONSHOHOHA THURSDAY\u2014DECBMBER 16.\u2014 BREAKFAST.Shced oranges and apples.Minced veal on toast.Eggs a l\u2019Oudinot, Hot breakfast rolls, Coffee.LUNCHEON.iny croquettes.Bread and butter.Hominy Fig sandwiches, Ginger drop cakes, Tea.DINNER.Cream of spinach sonp.Timbales of chicken, Flaked rotatoes.Mushroom sauce.Stuffed peppers, a la Champlain, Thanksgiving pluia pudding, Coffee.© mir Jad Heed Oran and Apples\u2014Slice three of cron Slternatoly into a glass dish the night before serving; pour over them the juice of one orange, one lemon and a half-cup of gaF.Su inced Veai on Toast\u2014Place over the fire in an enamelled ketfie three-quarters of a pound of fresh minced veal; cook five minutes with a small amount of hot water; add half a teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of pepper, and lastly one .cup of sweet cream.Toast six pieces of bread delicately cut away the crusts and place on a platter; pour the minced veal over and send to the table hot.Mggs a l\u2019Oudinot-Four eggs, one-quarter of a pound breakfast bacon, one &mall tomato (or the pulp of two canned ones), one peach (fresh or canned), four or five mushrooms (fresh or canmed), one saltspoon of salt, one of white pepper and two ounces of butter, Chop the bacon, tomato, peach and mushrooms into dice, Put all together into a frying-pan and cook until the bacon Is tender.Have the eggs beaten to make the omelet, and season with the pepper and a dash of the salt.Rub the saucepan with beef suet, put in the butter, then the eggs and cook as usual.When the omelet is ready to turn spread the bacon and condiments over it quickly, Place upon a hot diwh and send to table garnished with parsley sprigs.Fig Sandwiches\u2014SHce thin and evenly white bread, spread with butter, cmt away the crusts; mince fine six figs and twelve good fresh raisins.Spread between the es ices.Cream of Spinach Soup\u2014Pick over and wash one pound of spinach, put Into a sancepan with a little water and cook until thoroughly done.When tender press through a fine sieve, Mix one ounce of butter and one ounce of flour in a saucepan, add the spinach, cream, one-quarter teaspoonful salt and one-quarter saltsnoon- ful of pepper; add one quart of well-flavored soup stock.Let the soup come nearly to a boil, then remove from the fire and stir in the yolks of two ecgs well beaten up with a little lemon juice; season with sait and pepper.Serve with croutons, FREE TO BALD HEADS.We will mail on application, free information how to grow hair upon a bald head, stop falling hair and remove scalp diseages, Address Altenheim Medical Dispensary, Dep\u2019t U.K., Box 779, Cincinnati, Ohio.\u2014_\u2014\u2014#\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014m{ a ° OVO OVO iv ¢ y 32 AreYou Satisfied a | \u201cVe aN With the milk you are getting.If you to its quality try ours, we give seventeen tickets for a dollar and guarantee that at Is purer and more wholesome than 50 milk offered the Montreal public.That\u2019s because we have it inspected daily and because it comes from the country where cows have the advantage of plenty of fresh air, whole- ¢ ¢ 0 ¢ ¢ ¢ have any doubt as : ¢ ¢ : ¢ ¢ y © %++0%\u2014+ ee\u201c ee 0% 3% % A some food and per cent.of the sunshine.«eeeaa [64ST PAULSTREET| qeaeeee 41) ae viv BD, KL x COLONIAL PHILLIPS SQUARE.0+\u2014+ ++ .\u2018 .\u2026 \u2026 19 223 3$' Rock Island.814 21% 16% Southern Ry.pfd.27 334 64 St.Paul.89 952 63 Sugar.\u2026 12638 1454 18} Union Pacific.19% 263 TE Western Union.8% 90% 61 WHEAT IN MANITOBA.A Few Sales Made to Fill Fort William Space, The wheat situation in Manitoba is reported as follows by the Winnipeg Com- inercial:- \u201cIn- the local markets there has beeen very little doing.A fey sales were made to fill space at Fort William at 89s for No.1 hard tfloat, and it és said 89ic was made on one transaction.However, very little wheat was required.All the boate chartered are believed to have cleared, and it is doubtful if any more boats will be secured, though the weather has been very mild all week, and navigation is still open, if there were more boats to be had.Prices were lower in Manitoba country markets on Monday, owing to the fact that wheat cannot now be boughs in the country to ship by water, and prices have been too high to buy to hold on a basis of quotations for May wheat in other markets.From 72 to 78c was the quotation to farmers in country markets, socording to freighte and local conditions.PRODUCE MARKET.Cheese is Not Very Brisk-\u2014Foreign Demand for Eggs \u2014 means, but there are small quantities moving out from time to time, while prices about 8ic to 8ic The tone of the butter market is steady and sales of creamery are being made on | the basis of 19c.Dairy is steady at 16c to New laid are quoted at 22c, choice candled at 18c to 19¢, Montreal limed at 4c to 15c, and Western a little less.| ; Considering the weather there is a fair trade doing in dressed poultry and prices rule steady.Turkeys sold at 7ic to 8c; chickens, 63c to Tic; ducks, 8c to 8%, and ese, 5c to 6c per lb.& The continued mild spell checks the demand for dressed hogs, and the market in consequence is quiet.Prices rule about steady at $5.50 to $5.75 for heavy, and at $6 to $6.25 for light, per 100 bs.a RAW SUGAR UP, A New Scale of Prices Now ¥xists in Now York.\u2014\u2014\u2014 atrong tone dominated the ew York yesterday, A decidedly : rong 8 sugar market in ; and tho report says: \u201cThe American Sugar Refining Company came into the market to-day as a buyer end paid 4c for centrifugals, 98 deg.test; 33c for mus- covado, 89 deg.test.and 3te for molasses, 89 deg.test.While they obtained a moderate amount of sugar at these prices it was only a small percentage of the pa of sugar held in store and only cor vs severn the sumly of sugar obtainable at prices above mentioned had been mater jally reduced, inasmuch as recent deve op ments had so strengthened sellers\u2019 views that in many instances they had advanced t \u2018eported in sugars off-shore and the lowes price named for centrifugals, 96 de.test, wae 10s 9d.which was equal to about | 1-16c.\u201d their ideas of prices.Some interest Was.The cheéese market is not active by any bold steady.Buyers\u2019 ideas for best are | 16%c.Eggs remain just about the same with; y a good foreign demand for limed stock.| \u2014_ THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1897.THE FIGHT IN THE WHEAT PIT BETWEEN ARMOUR AND LEITER.The Latter Has Made Millions in Cash Out of the Last \u201cCorner\u201d and Proved a Match for the Best, oo rer crop report, showing this year\u2019s wheat crop to have been 530,000,000 bushels, or 65,000,000 more than the previous report made it.\u2018This had little weight, however, because the Government estimate is stf7l 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 bushels lower than teliable private estimates.Immense Profits.The Leiters are reported to have made $400,000 on the long side of July wheat and $700,000 by bulling September wheat.They are now with navigation closed in a position to make the shorts pay heavily.But it is said that the clique is not disposed.to push its advantege, but will be content with fair profits.The December line of the elique was taken om arcund 85 cents.Gossip persistently puts Keene and other Wall street men in the syndicate with the Leiters, The Leiter party say that they have closed arrangements to ship 5,000,000 bush- \u2018els at a 12-cent rate to New York by rail.They have booked ocean room at Boston for 500,000 bushels, at Portland for 250,000 bushels, and on Saturday they chartered two steamers at New York to take 250,000 bushels, January loading.SALMON IS HIGHER, The Market is Also Firm for Fresh Herrings.Other Lines Hold Just About Steady and Unchanged.The local fish market is not very active but the demand is by no means bad.There is also quite a firm tone to some of the lines and prices are generally pretty well maintained.In a jobbing way No.1 N.S.herrings are selling slowly at $4.25 to $4.50; Cape Breton, $1.75 to $5 per barrel; $2.75 per half barrel and No.1 N.8., $2.25 per half barrel.No.1 B.C,, salmon are firmer at $11 to $11.50 per barrel.No.1 White fish are selling at $4.50 per half barrel; No.1 trout at $4 to $4.25 per half barrel; green cod draft, $5; No.1, $3.75 to $4; No.1 large, $4.25 to $4.50; and No.2, $2.40 to $2.50.Trade in fresh £sh is just fair.Haddock are gelling mt 33c; cod at 3c; steak cod at at 4c; smelts at 4c to 6c; dore at Sic to 6c; salmon at 10c to 1lc; white fish at 7c; trout at 7c; and Manitoba pike are offering to arrive at 3ic per lb.The first arrivals of tommycods sold at $2 to $2.25 per barrel, but.prices have since declined $1.50 to $1.75.Fresh herrings are scarce and firm at $1.75 to $1.85 per 100.Owing to the high prices at which shell oysters are\u201d ruling sales are .curtailed to.some extent, only small lots of handpicked moving at $7 per barrel.GRAIN, FLOUR, MEAL.Just a Moderate Trade Doing in Grain and Flour, There is no specially new feature to the \u2018local grain situavion just at present, and trading is on the whole rather slow.That is, of course, locally.There is still quite à good export movement and the ships both from St.John and Portland are going out | well loaded.Here are the prices:\u2014Ontario red winter wheat, 90c; white, 8c; peas, Sc; odts, 27¢; rye, Slice to 52¢; buckwheat, Bôte Lo 36c; and feed barley, 36¢c to 40¢ in store, À fair trade continues to be done in flour, there being a good demand from local and country buyers for small lots and the volume of business doing is larger than millers and dealers expected for the season of the year.We quote as follows: \u2014Winter wheat patents, $4.75 to $5; straight rollers, $4.40 to $4.45; bags, $2.15 to $2.20; best Manitoba strong bakers\u2019, $4.90 to $5; se cond do., $4.50 to $4.60; and low grades, $2.70; Hungarian patents, $5.40.The meal market remains in just about the same groove.Rolled oats are quoted at $3.50 in barrels and $1.70 in bags.A fairly good trade continues to be doue in feed and prices rule steady.We quote as follows:~\u2014Ontario bran, 810.50; shorts, $11.50 per ton, bulk; Manitoba bran, bags .included, at $11.50, and shorts at $13.50 per ton.The improved demand for hay has continued end a fair trade is reported on the basis of $10.50 for No.1 and $8 to $8.50 for No.2 per ton, in car lots.GRAIN UP WEST.Wheat Quiet, With Not Much Change in Values.Toronto, Ont., Dec.15.\u2014Market quiet, Flour unchanged, fair demand.Straight rollers quoted at $3.95 to $4 middle freights.Wheat quiet and prices generally are nchanged.Réd winter sold at 81 north and west and at 82 middie freights and white is quoted at 80 west.Spring sold at 82 Midland and goose 76 east.No.1 Manitoba hard is dull at 90 to 91 Fort William and at 97 Midland.Barley quiet, with fair offerings, No.2 is quoted at 32 east; No.3 extra at 27 to 28 east, and No.3 sold at 25 west.Oats unchanged, with sales of white at 234 west and at 24 on Midland.Peas steady, with sales at 44 north and west and at 45 on Midland.Buckwheat unchanged with sales at 30 west and at 31 east.Rye easier, with Fair demand, sales made at 43 high freights and at 44 middle freights.: Corn quiet, with sales of Canadian at 25 to 254 west.Bran quiet with cars quoted at $7.50 west.Shorts $11 to $12 middle freights.Oatmeal quiet and prices unchanged at $3 to $3.15 for cars om track.FARM PRODUCT PRICES, U.8.Government Returns for the Past Four Years.Washington, D.C,, Dec.18\u2014The Government report on the average prices of products on the farin in 1887, with compari sons for previous years, follows: id Ek sees erd esse 2.ete.es 26.5 21.4 26.7 45.6 0ats .\u2026.\u2026.21.5 18.5 20.5 32.9 Potatoes © ovese 0000 23.7 28.8 55.5 Cotton .+.66 7.59 4.9 TULL 847 40.3 43.7 50.5 Rey lls 32.2 33.4 44.3 Fobaceo ++ 1111! $6.66 $6.54 $9.38 $8.35 Hay miseing returns are held back for fsion.The review of 1807 wheat crop AE \u2018given out on Monday.VVVVVVY UNDER THE $1 MARK, Cash Wheat Was Tame and Slow to Go Up, RAW SUGAR PRICE HIGHER.Gossip of the Street and \u2018of the Board of Trade.During the morning hours cash wheat got within two cents of the dollar mark \u201c1 Chicago, and that was as high as it went.May wheat failed to jump around very much, holding fairly steady throughout the morning.It started at 90ic and at 12.30 it was quoted.at 90ÿc.July was | steady at 82jc.\u201cProvisions,\u201d said a wire from Chicago, \u201care very strong.Cudahy Packing Co.\" brokers bidding $4.42 for Janmary ribs.Advise purchase.\u201d : Corn and Oats.The largest stock of corn is at Chicago, with 17,764,000 bushels, and New York.second, containing 9,253,000 bushels.New York has the largest stock of oats, 4,437, 000 bushels, and Minneapolis second with 3,222,000 bushels.Ohicago stands third with only 1,769,000 bushels.> PSOOOOOOOODODOOVOOOODOOOP Street Gossip.\u201cOats,\u201d said a \u201cleading grain man :on Change, \u201care evidently in small supply up west, as they are already looking towards local people for suppiies.\u201cYesterday | received a Manitoba wire asking for a quotation for oats at Fort William, and I gave them my answer.- Of course the oats woud be shipped from a point pretty well west in Ontario.\u201d 4 < q < < < 4 < 4 At yesterday morning's session of the Stock Iixchange $6,000 bonds were sold making $25,000 for two days.The leading brokers on the \u201cStreet\u201d say they are receiving constant enquiries about bonds and there is already quite an active | demand on the exchange for them.\u201d Money is still very easy on the street, but the rates are not materially changed.As already stated the bank statement for November will be out very shortly and it is expected to show further big gains in \u2018de- posite as well as indications of further expansion in general trade.The rate on call loans is 34 to 4 per cent, with a good many of the banks on the lookout for the letter figure.The position of Canadian securitiés in London 1s getting interesting, part.cularly rc a8 there is said to be a boom on in Grand Trunks, A cable received from Londen yesterday afternoon said: \u2018Firm ness and quietness characterized the anar- kets to-day.Argentines are still Dlaz- ing, the junior issues now being wanted.Americans.were buoyant early, but were checked by the news of the postponement \u2018of the Kantbas Pacifie- division sile.Grand Trunks aré strong.\u201d CLE \u2014_\u2014 There may be another \u2018slump in silver: and here is what a Lonodon cable says about it: of the.cessation of demand.America is not yet pressing.It is informed that a slump is near.\u201d Lu Authorities say that there is an unusually large demand for mill feed this vear throughout Manitoba.The country mills, which a year or more ago were obliged | to burn their bran and even shorts for lack of a profitable market, are now unable to supply the demand.Mill-feed is at present being shipped west from as far east as the Lake of the Woods Company\u2019s Kee- | watin mill, to country points in Manitoba, the prices obtained being more profitable than to ship to Eastern Canada markets.The Lake of the Woods Company on Tuesday refused to contract for 1,000 sacks of bran and shorts, for future delivery at $9 and $11 per ton respectively, delivered in { Winnipeg.is very firm.MOLASSES UP Groeers\u2019 Guild Advance Prices and the Tone is Firm.This shows that 4the market There was a very strong tone to the local molasses market a fact which has been noticed in the Herald for come weeks past.At present the feature is the announcement that the Grocers\u2019 Guild has advanced prices to 28c per gallon for choice Barbadoes stock.The demand at present in the jobbing way is big and stocks in first and second hands have very much diminished.The prospects are encouraging and still kigher prices are lcoked for in the near future, as Quebec holders are now asking 30c per gallon in large lots.ARMOUR IS BUYING Big Chicago Man Taking Immense | Quantities of Grain.An Omaha special says:\u2014\u2018\u2019Armour & Co.are buying great quantities of wheat all over Nebraska and South Dakota.- At| Eureka, Armour & Company\u2019s representative is buying all the wheat in that territory.He has purchased seventy carloads for immediate shipment.These purchases are being shipped east.7 PUZZLE PICTURES.Entertainment for Young and Old and profit for the successfal guessers.See Herald every day.| BONSECOURS MARKET OVERCROWDING.itor of The Herald: Ps do accommodate the traffic that causes so much annoyance bi-weekly around the market, why net utilize the Champ de Mars, to prevent the crush.I believe the city has the power.With comparatively small expense, the said ground could be asphalted, and with the use of proper gates, the duty of collecting market fees would be greatiy facilitated in comparison to the crude system now in practice.McDUFF R.LAMB, Montreal, December 13th; 1897, \u201cDO THE DRUGGISTS WANT THE - EARTH?\u2019 E Editor of The Herald: ! Sir \u2014Everyone should assist the grocers {n their attempt to repeal the utterly ridiculous Pharmacy Act.The grandmotherly interest which It takes in the safety of the simple-minded public of the Province of Quebec, provides that none but a registered druggist 1s fit to hand over the counter a bottle of patent medicine, or to deal in articles so daprer- ous as camomile flowers, hops, lns meal, soda, ginger (presumably including soda biscuits.and ginger ale) and gam |\" - arabic (say mucllage).May I suggest that the act should be \u201cSilver is falling simply because - made still more protective for the public (and perhaps for the druggist), doing away with the competition of the grasping grocers, who actually eel salt, sugar and vegetablee (surely drugs and herbs), not to mention laundry soap (which if eaten in sufficient quantities 18 a deadly poison), I would also suggest that in consideration of the small profits charged by druggists, they should be privileged creditors, exempt from taxation, and should be bonused by the government, Yours truly, : +One Per Cent.Profit.CLAN GORDON'\u2019S OFFICERS.At the laet meeting of the Clan Forden, Ne.71, Order of Scottish Clans, in the hall, 5 Place d\u2019Armes square, there was a good attendance of members, with Chel S.J.McArthur in the chair, The following clansmen were then elected to office for the ensuing year :\u2014 Chief\u2014Clansman 6.J.McArthur, reelected.Tanist\u2014Clansman Thomas Murdoch.Chaplain\u2014Claneman Thomas Elliott, reelected.Secretary\u2014Clansman Robert Slater.Financial Secretary\u2014Clansman George Stephen, re-elected.Treasurer\u2014Clansman James Wills, reelected, Senior Henchman~Clansman J.GG.Campbell.Junior Henchman-\u2014Clansman George Robertson.ee Seneschal\u2014Clansman William Dow.Physician\u2014Dr.Alex.Munro, re-elected.Piper\u2014Clansmau Stewart Carruthers, reelected.PUZZLE PICTURES.Entertainment for Young and Old and profit for the successfal guessers, See Herald every day.Woman\u2019s Interests Ileceive more attention\u2014and in telligent attention\u2014in the columns of ., .The Evening Herald than in those of any other Montreal journal, .« MADGE MERTON?\u201d > Conducts a column in Tnæ \"HERALD of great interest to women.Initshe discusses the wide range of subjects on behalf of which .woman's.sympathies are invoked, and which are too often neglected in the public press.The interest taken in her writings is manifested by the large number of letters she daily receives from readers of he column, .\u2014\u2014r - n' THE HERALD will be found : Madge Merton\u2019s Olumus Daily Cooking Recipes, Latest 'nshion Decrees, Special Reports of Women\u2019s Asso- cintions, Character Interpreted by Hand 2 writieg, .241 + Demorests Paper Patterns * - - \u2026 And much other Reading Matter of # - special attraction to Home- An Rulers.y \u2018 Cae +++.++0++++++.+.Merchants who require blank books that will stand the wear and tear of daily use for a long time should place their.orders for ledgers, jeurnals, cash books day books, etc., with The Herald.None but the best workmen are employed n The Herald bindery, and none but first-class work is turned out.Let us give quotations.GOGO 00000006006000000000000000 Het Pabishine Co 00600060006 0000000 4 | : : | + + : +++.7 .MEAL eer DEPT.The Best Equipped In the .Province.\u2014 RAILWAY Ato SHOW PRINTING.æ BOOK BINDING AnD RULING.MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS WiLL FiNB IT TO THEIR INTEREST TO CORRESPOND WITH US BEFORE PLACING THEIR ORDERS ELSEWHERE.ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION TELEPHQNE 343.+ UNEENSENANUEENEES NEW MANHOOD To you, my friend, young or old, if suffer- g the results of DRAINS, NIGHT LOSSES, ENCY.LAME BACK, VARICOCELE, etc, take the advice of my 30 years experi- ing ance, D when you can get nature's own simple remedy, of life essence the world over.me free of charge.N\u2019T USE DRUGS itself\u2014ELECTRICITY.SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT for weak men is known I am the inventor.restored manly vigor to 5,000 sufferers.Little book explaining all, sent sealed free upon request, or drop in and consult DR.T.SANDEN, 156 St, James St, Montreal, Que.Office hours, 9 to 6; Sundays, 11 to I.youthful folly, such as IMPOT- the very The DR.With it last year I Rerrssssrrtrrstrttntasnsssssaned £ JAS.A OGILVY & SONS ADVERTISEMENT, a 7% pretty patterns, from 15c pair.GLOVES ! 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Black or 999% 99759499 9379999999949 % 09990909990 ALVA VALVES ¢ James A.Ogilvy & Sons, : ST.CATHERINE AND MOUNTAIN STREETS, $ ° MONTREAL.Penvasas anna ananas ananas sam a É PREMIER DELIVERS HS BUDGET SPEECH, \u2018Continued from page 5 Against: \u2014Parent, Duffy, Laliberte, Gosselin, Rocheleau, Gillies, Decary, Chauret, Bickerdike, Weir, Talbot, Cherrier, Doris, Lacombe, Hunt, Cardin, McCorkill, La- londe, champagne, Bourbonnais, De Gros- bois, bissonnette, McDonald, Chicoyne, Grenier, Dufresne, Bedard, Petit, Blanchard, Leslois,\u201430.Mr.Stephens voted inadvertently for vhe egix months\u2019 boist, intending to vote I favor of Dr.De Grosbois\u2019 bill, the principle of which he has always advocated.The House in Committee.The House then went into committee on the ball.The Hon.Mr.Hackett proposed to reduce the amount of the jurisdiction from $50, as provided in the bill, to $30.Mr.McCorkill supported this amendment, pounting out the confusion that mignt result from the adoption of the bill in vu» present form.He would be satisfied if lhe figure were left at $35.Dr.de Grosbois pleaded for $5 more.Give him $40.; Mr.Stephens advised the doetor to stand to his guns.Fifty dollars or nothing.Enougk had been conceded to the legal fraternity.Mr.W.A.Weir protested against these continual references to interested motives of lawyers.The lawyers were as disinterested and as patriotic as any other class and their motives should not be impugned.Mr.Weir, however, wag against Mr.Hac- kett\u2019s amendmenit.The amendment was then put, and the vote resulted in a tie.The chairman of the committee, Mr.Laliberte, voted agains Mr.Hackelt\u2019» amendment, which was therefore duclared lost.Then Mr.Pelletier moved fo put Lhe figure at $35.Lost by 26 to 24.Then Mr.Pelletier moved $40.Mr.Tessier, Rimouski, supported this strongly, us did also the Hon.Mr.Duffy, who pointed out the difficulties which would oppose the execution of a judgment for more than $40, obtained in the Commissioners\u2019 Court.Dr.De Guosbois agreed to accept $40, or rather $39, as the limit of the Cimmission- ers\u2019 jurisdiction, and the bill was amended accordingly.After some more discussion \u2018the bill was passed and reported to the House.Mr.Lomer Gouin moved the second reading of his bill to amend the act of incorporation of the Association of Architects in the Province of Quebec.The principal object of the measure was to provide that mo persom in this Province should be allowed to style himself \u2018\u201carchitect\u201d unless he belonged to the association.The second reading wae adopted.Mr.Gouin\u2019s bill permitting grocers to sell patent medicines and such drugs as Paris green, castor oil, etc., was next taken up for second reading.Mr.Gouin explained his measure fully and clearly.Dr.Bissonnette moved that the bill, on account of its Importance, be referred to a special committee.It was desirable to prepare a list of articles which grocers might be allowed to sell.Dr.Lacombe held that, as far as patent medicines were concerned, there was as little objection to their sale by grocers as by druggists.A druggist knew nothing | of the composition of e patent medicine which he sold.The bill was referred to a special committee composed of Messrs.Parent, De Grosbois, Grenier, McDonald, Gouin, Gos- gelin, Bissonnette, Champagne, Rainville, Lacombe, Tellier and Ohicoyne.Mr.McCorkill moved for a statement ot the cost of the investigation into the murder of several members of the Edy family in the parish of St.George de Clarence- ville in the County of Missisquoi, up to the present time.To Repair an Injustice.Mr.Gillies, Pontiac, has brought forward a bill to amend the municipal code as regards equalization of the valuation rolls for county purposes.He seeks to repair an injustice under which the County of Pontiac and others suffer.A municipality which is over assessed can only obtain redress at present by means of costly legal proceedings.Mr.Gillies seeks to have disputes of this kind referred to arbitration.\u2014\u2014 THE ONTARIO BUDGET.Toronto, Dee.15.\u2014Hon.Richard Har- court, the Provincial Treasurer, was greeted with a salvo of desk pounding when he rose in his place in the House at 3.40 yesterday afternoon and commenced his annual financial statement.The receipts for ten months ending 31st October last were, he said, in excess of those for the whole of 1896, or of any preceding year 1m the history of the Province.There was a surplus over estimated receipts of $49;- 919.88.The statement of the finances ot the Province is as follows :\u2014 Assets of the Province.Direct investments\u2014 Drainage debentures invested 3lst October, 1897.$153,369 Tile debentures invested 31st Oec- tober, 1897.24 .127,684 Drainage works, municipal amounts., AE 85,534 Total.02 cov.tL Le 0 $367,068 Capital held and debts due by the Do- mimon to Ontario, bearing interest : \u2014 U.C.Grammar school fund.$312,769 U.C.building fund.1,472,391 Land improvement fund.oo \u201c124,685 The capital under Act 1884 | (award \u201993 less estimated balance due the Dominion)}.\u2026 .848,289 Common school fund: \u2014 Ontario\u2019 share according to population in 1801.$1,441,882 oe.$2,758,135 Bank balances: \u2014 Current accounts.«182,382 Special accounts.foe 592,500 Total.co es ge \u201d ; ce ee .$724.88?Grand total assets.$5,291,068 Liabilities of the Province at present | payable :\u2014 Balance due to munioipalities re- surplus distribution.$ 1,201 Land improvement fund.6,025 Quebec\u2019s share of collections by | @ \u2014¢ H ERALD\u2019S.Legal Directory ® A.E.HARVEY, B.C.L,, ADVOCATE, BARRISTER AND © SOLICITOR, TEMPLE BUILDING, ST.JAMES ST Montreal.Room 58.\"Phone 1868 S, W.JACOBS, ADVOCATE, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Commissioner for New Brunswiek and Nova Scotia.NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING, Montreal, HRYSLER & BETHUNE, .Barristers and Solicitors.Parliamentary.Supreme Court and Depart menial Agents, Solicitors in Exchequer Court.19 and 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sheet has been prepared ia this matter, and same will be open to objection until Saturday, the 18th December instant, after which, dividend will be paid ALF.C.TUCKER, Liquidator.455 St.Paul Street, Montreal.Crown Lands Department.\u2026 .1,390,188 Algoma taxes.\u2026 \u2026 ee .ee va 820 Low stamps.+.50,033\" Licenses.\u2026.\u2026.+.289,157 Education Department.\u2026.50,324 Sale of lands at Toronto, L.A.4,000 Public institutions revenue., 85,483 Casual revenue.+.+0 oo oo 115,104 Succession Jduties.Lu 83,516 Drainage works, assessments.4,649 Drainage debentures.- 31,312 Sale of annuities.vv ve ve oe oo 156,342 Grand total receipts.$3,693,133 Expenditure ten months ended 3lst October, 1897:\u2014 Civil Government.\u2026 ss oq os .[$211,520 Legislation.v vv vs ou oo 136,904 Administration of justice.358,642 Education.\u2026.673,189 Public institutions, maintenance.692,0: immigration.\u2026.\u2026 \u2026 Agriculture., .+ + ne 10 oem Hospitals and charities.192,601 Repairs and maintenance., 67,414 Public buildings.103304 Public works.vv vy vu oy 26,750 Colonization, roads.,, .79.301 Charges, Crown Lands.144,257 Refunds.22 02 93590 Statutes, comsolidated.14003 Miscellaneous.ee [129,701 Drainage dobentufes.\u20181507 Railway and certificates., \u2026 119,503 Annuity certificates.ve, es oa 45,1 10 Grand total expenditure.«$3,200,213 Recapitulation;\u2014 Total receipts., .se .$3,603,153 Total expenditure.oa, Surplus of receipts over expendi- ure See er er ee 0e 00 00 ee 2e 1.$ 402,010 Estimated receipts for 1898:\u2014 } Subsidy.se vr ee ew +.81,106,872 Interest on capital held and debts due by the Dominion to Ontario., Ontario on account of common Interest on investments, , .NE Zn school lands in 1890 to \u201996 in- Crown Lands., .oe 950,000 clusive.(Quebec\u2019s proportion Public institutions.115,500 according to population, 1891).26,321 Education department.°° °° 60,000 Total Liabilities.\".33%g4s| Casual reveme.,, .oo [120,000 Surplus of assots gfter deducting Succession duties., \u2026.ue 225.000 liabilities, presently payable.5,258,3% Tavern and brewers\u2019 licenses.290,10 Receipts tan months ending 31st October, Law stamps., .- 70.009 1897: Algoma taxes.Som Sui widy.Cet trot ce + +.1116872 Assessments, drainage works.920 ny Specific grant.otter eo «oo.80.000 Ineurance companies., ve 3,000 Interest on \u20ac ipital held, and dehts Removal of patients.60 due by the Bominion to Ontario 1212414 \u2014 \u201c Interest on investments.920233] Grand total.vu xm aoe ve +.$3,313,372 ee = \u2014 \u201c tion of the lands along that line.| right to railways with the United States.8 Loy fC : THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1897.SIR WILFRID SPOKE, Continued from page 1.i South Shore Railway.Coming to the railway question he said both candidates were in favor of a railway along the south shore.If not of the same political faith, if both desired the same thing, if both wanted subsidies for a railway which was the more likely to attain his object\u2014the friend of the Government or the enemy of the Government?Mr.Ball had stated that the Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway Company, is composed equally of members of the two parties and that both Liberals and Conservatives were in favor of Mr.Beauchene.He himself had seen the directors of the A.and L.S., but he did not sce a single Liberal among them.Mr.Ball had not told them that there was one of the directors, who was looking after their interests, namely Mr.Ball.That Mr.Ball was looking after his own interest Sir, Wilfrid sad he knew, and in this that gentleman was right.But it must not be forgotten that there was another company which wishid to construct that road, the South Shore Ry., and in that company their candidate, Mr.Leduc, had considerable interests.But Sir Wilfrid would not have it said that in a contract like this the personal interests of either Mr.Ball or Mr.Leduc should count.He protested against the idea of Mr.Ball that there would be a rivalry between the river shore and the interior parishes.The ro ads were a necessity of their pos tion.Torty or fifty years were spent in constructing the road from Richmond to Levis which caused the colonization of the counties of Arthabaska, Megantic, Richmond, and Wolfe.It took ten years to construct the Drummond County Railway, which would bring about the coloniza- Hence it might be said that the south shore parishes should have a railway of their own.Ie would not make promises, which he had no right to do, but as a man of good sense he was prepared to say that all parties in the country had a right to be accommodated with railways.He was prepared to say that the Province of Quebec had an equal right to have railways as Ontario and the other province& of Confederation.He was prepared to say that the Province of Quebec has an equal owever, he \u2018knew perfectly well that the people wished for a railway There, but it was said that there was an antagonism between the South Shore and the Drum- mond County roads.Why was there this antagonism ?Because the Government had bought the Drummond County Railway to make a connection with the In- tercoloñial.fÆt them suppose that the Government had not made a connection with the Intercolonial, and that they had allowed it fo remain just as it was, that would not have furnished any additional reason why there should be a_ railway there.Mr.Beauchene had said there was something very mysterious and shady about the purchase of the Drummond Rail way.: Guaranteed an Investigation.\u201cAn investigation shall be accorded to Mr.Beauchene and his friends whenever they wish,\u201d said Sir Wilfrid amid cheers.\u201cThis I guarantee.If they wish to have an investigation they shall have it, and, gentlemen, if the result be disastrous I predict to you that it will be so not to the liberals, but to the Conservatives.This is what [ have to say to you on the question of the railway, whether are your interests in the hands of Mr.Leduc or Mr.Beauchene?I leave you to decide thes question.And now, Gentlemen, one last word, and I am done.Mr.Ball has told you that he was to a certain extent, surprised to see me here, and that as 1 had come it was simply to show that Mr.le- due was not the candidate of Mr.Tarte.Gentlemen, I have already replied to that charge against Mr.Tarte.If I am here 1 came to give reasons to Mr.Ball and : all electors, friends and enemies, and at | verv serious inconvenience, for I have: much business that calls me elsewhere.However, if [ am here, gentlemen, it is because of the admiration and friendship ! which I have for that brave young man whom they call Hector Leduc.It is because that brave young man has represented the county of Nicolet with honor.Gentlemen, they tell you he is ill; but, mark me well, when I was brought forward for the first time as a candidate I was as ill as he is.They said I was about to die, just as his opponents say of him to-day.That was the argument that my adversaries had against me.Some gave me six months\u2019 of life; the generous one gave me twelve montls; and the extra vagant ones gave me as much as eighteen months.Twenty years have passed since | then, and I know that I have done my ' share of work in the struggle, and wha happened to me may happen to Mr.Le- duc.Mr.Leduc has represented you with honor, and I have confidence that in ! eight days he will be the new member for | the beautiful county of Nicolet.\u201d Sir, Wilfrid retired amid loud and continuous cheering.Mr.Cornellier made a fiery speech, attacking the Premier for mot laying down a programme, and a policy for the future there and then.Hy.Tarte come in for a great deal of abuse, and the Langelier incident was dished up at length.Speeches were also made by Messrs.Bernier, Dupont, Legris, and Noel, of Arthabaskaville, and the meeting broke up with cheers for Sir Wilfrid and the candidates, oo co THE HISTORICAL BALL, Instead of the Chateau de Ramezay, It Will Take Place at the Windsor, Owing to the immense number of subscriptions which have been received for the Historical Ball and the fact that the Chateau is rather small to accomodate such a crow as intends patronizing it, the scene of the operations has been changed and it will now be held in- Windsor Hall instead of the Chateau de Ramezay.Arrangements for the great ball are progressing very rapidly in spite of rumors to the contrary.The ball committee of the Ladies\u2019 Antiquarian Society held a meeting yester- duy and there were present: Madame L.J., Forget, Mrs.Spragge, Mad.J.R.Thibaudeau, Mrs.Cox, Mrs.C.T.Hart, Mrs.Ferguson, Mrs.Whitehead, Lady La- coste, Miss Barry and Miss Watt.It was learned that owing to an accident which prevented her continuing her general services, Mrs.James Peck had sent in ber resignation to the committee.Madame Forget was elected to the position and Mrs.Spragge was nominated secretary.\u201c From the reports already received it is estimated that about two hundred and | part in | fifty people will take historical groups - alone, and there are many more .to come.Besides there are many guests not forming part of groups \u2018or courts nor in historical dress rand those - will be admitted in \u201cpoudre\u201d while the officers of the militia will attend in uniform.A meeting will be held in the afternoon to receive the reports FARMERS\u2019 SILVER CUPS, Prizes Awarded Successful Competitors This Morning\u2014 Annual Meeting.\u2014\u2014\u2014 The annual meeting of the County of Hochelaga Society opened at the Rien- deau\u2019s Hotel, Jacques Cartier Square, at noon to-day.There was a fairly good attendance of farmers when President Brodie called the meeting to order.In his annual address the president reviewed the work of the society during the year, which from a financial standpoint was fairly successful.The society had also brought some very important suggestions regarding agricultural legislation, to the notice of the Legisia- ture, and had received assurance that they would be given earnest consideration.The president noted with regret the tardiness of the farmers of the county in subscribing to the funds of the society.During the year only $117 had been collected from the farmers, while the merchants of Montreal, with only indirect interests, had subscribed $291.The balance sheet for 1897 showed that the receipts for the year, including a balance of $629.12 from last year, were $1,685.02.The expenditures were small, there being a balance now in hand of $1,135.64.Two handsome silver cups were on exhibition at the meeting, and were presente: by the president to the lucky winners.One cup, donated by James Currie, went to John Nesbitt, of Petite Cote, for the neatest, cleanest and best-kept buildings and yard The winner of the other cup.which was donated by Geo.Hogg, of Longue Pointe, for the largest number of prizes won in the standing crop compet.tion, was George Buchanan, of Cote St.Michel.YAMASKA RIVER ON THE RAMPAGE.Floods Threatened if the Mild Weather Continues.Yamaska, Que., Dce.15 \u2014Yamaska River has assumed the appearance oma spring freshet.The mild weather during the past week and yesterday's heavy rain caused the ice to break up and the river to rise.At 7.45 this morning the ice began driving at a furious rate but is not likely to do much damage as the ice 1s but six inches thick.Owners of river craft had hard work to save their boats from being carried away.The water has risen eight feet since four o\u2019clock yesterday afternoon, and should a jam occur there will be floods in some quarters.Nordheimer\u2019s and at Shaw\u2019s.MR.COGHLAN\u2019S ENGAGEMENT.Mr.Charles Stanley, who plays the great character part of Tipps, the Bow street runner in Mr.Charles Coghlan\u2019s production of \u201cThe Royal Box,\u201d which will be seen in this city for the first time at the Academy to-morrow evening, is one of the cleverest character men on the American stage.He created the role of \u2018Napoleon in Hert\u2019s \u201cMitk White Flag.\u201d He is also noted for his remarkable facial rescm- blance to President MeKinley.While President McKinley was Governor of Ohio and the \u201cMilk White Flag\u201d was playing in one of the smaller cities of that State, Mr.Stanley, while ou driving, was mistaken for the then Governor McKinley and loudly cheered by a large crowd.A lengthy note of this was printed in the local papers, copied into other journals, and was read by Mr, McKinleæ Later, when he saw Mr.Stanley in \u201c\u2019lhe Milk White Flag\u201d at Cleveland he was much interested in his work.When \u201cThe Royal Box\u201d was produced in Washington, No- \u2018vember 22nd, Mr.Fred.Wright, one of j t and McKec\u2019s agents, called on the l'resdent, with whom he is well acquainted.The President asked after the actor who looked like him, and Major McKinley expressed regret that his official duties would prevent him fromæeeing Mr, Stanley in \u2018The Royal Box.\u201d COCHENTHALER\u2019S GOODS.As Christmas approaches, the problem with most of us is, just what to buy for Christmas presents.Yet, however tastes and fashions may vary, there is always one sort of Christmas box that is satisfactory and acceptable.And that is those dainty articles of silverware which one may find in Mr.Cochenthaler\u2019s jewellery store, on St.Jumes street.It is a delight simply to wander about such an establishment, crowded as it is, with all that is most beautiful and rare and exquisite in the art of the silversmith and goldsmith.Mr.Cochenthaler has just enlarged amd prettily re-modelled \u2018his store, and it would be hard to imagine a more handsome place of business.Some of the stones which he has on exhibition are wonderfully beautiful.In his east window are three large opals, which alone are worth going to see.Every Christmas shopper may not be ready to purchase their gifts from among Mr.Cochenthaler\u2019s collection.of rare diamonds, but there are pretty little designs in gold amd silver ware which will suit the taste and the pocket of the average Christmas shopper.Mr.Cochenthaler\u2019s window\u2019s are always a treat, but just at present they are particularly attractive, with their elegant display of all manner of holiday goods.EPPS\u2019S COCOA, GRATEFUL\u2014COM- FORTING.\u201cBy a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well- selected Cocoa, Mr.Epps has provided for our breakfast and supper a delicately Ha- vored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors\u2019 bills, It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until to disease.Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack whereever there is a weak point.We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.\u201d-\u2014Civil Service Gazette.Made simply with boiling water or milk.Sold only in }-lb.tins by Grocers and Storekeepers, labelled thus: James Epps & Co., Ltd.Homoeopathic Chemists, London, England, THE CHARGE FELL THROUGH.5 .Judge Doherty .gave judgment this morning .in the case of Mr.Louis Carl that Dt.Durocher.did not take proper care of his wife while in attendance on her.THe case was dismissed with costs as the charge was not proven nor had Mr.Carl dismissed Dr.Durocher.left.of the gentlemen on special committees.>\u2014 OPEN IN THE EVHNING.strong enough to resist every tendency | agaïtst'.Dr.Durocher, Mr.Carl claims THE ABBOTT REMOVAL.Terms on Which the Company May Go to Kingston.Kingston, Dec.15.\u2014(SSpecial.)\u2014An agreement is now before the City Council for confirmation between Abbott Bros., Mont real, and the city, for a bonus of $50,000, free site and taxation, if they agree to remove their works here and to put \u2018ip buildings and plant valued at $250,000 and to expend from $40,000 to $60,000 yearly in wages.This is the terms the Council previously offered.The company will go into the nai! business in addition to its present business.The people will likely agree to the bonus.People take Menthol Cough Syrup because it is not worth while to meddle with others.\u2014_\u2014 PAINLESS DENTISTRY.Why be afraid of the dentis when you can get your teeth extracted and replaced without the least pain at Dr.J.G.A.Gendreau, surgeon-dentist, 20 St.Lawrence Street, Montreal.False teeth without plate, gold crown vulcanite, aluminum plates, ete.\u2018NO MORE DREAD OF THE DENTAL CHAIR.Teeth extracted by our late scientific method.No pain or bad results.Applied to the gums.Absolutely painless.No sleep producing agent or cocaine.We are pot competing with cheap dental establishments, but with first-class dentists at prices less than half charged by them.\u2014 Dr.A.Bro:seau, 7 St.Lawrence, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.From 35e up to $17.00.Sale Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at Westmount Studio, 323 Victoria avenue.Pupils taken.THE PRESBYTERY.The Presbytery finished up its business yesterday afternoon.The most interest: ing item was Dr.Scrimger\u2019s_ motion for the establishment of a church weekly in Montreal.THE MESSIAH.The annual performance of this work by the Montreal Philharmonic Society will take place at the Windsor Hall on Thurs day, 23rd inst.The sale of reserved seats will commence to-morrow morning at DEATHS.McKAY\u2014At Elm Bank, Bank Street, Ottawa, Decemwer 13.Isabell Masson, widow of late Thos, McKay, aged G9 years.$09000600000600$090000$0H0$0 ® Fits We are making up some ® You, very handsome Winter + Your Overcoats for our cus- ; Eye tomers.Call in and à and see what we can do for 3 $ Your you, The fit will be $ Pocket.Lu; $ ?gH + M.J.ADLER, ° 2320 St.Catherine St.#0400060606060H060@0P0H0H0$0$0 CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.Special Discounts for the Holiday Scason in Magic Lanterns, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Gold Eyeglasses, &c.GEQ.BARRAT, bicta 259 St.James Street, Cameras and Photo Supplies.\u2014 Knabe\u2019s New Upright Grand.The history of the pianoforte, like that of all great things, is one of EE evolution.From the old Clavichord # to the modern Upright Piano with its diagonal scale and its three un'- sons is a long step.The great house of William Knabe & Co., of New York and Baltimore, have always been identified as the leaders in any real improvements in the pianoforte, To-day they are the first to apply the principle of the grand piano action to the requirements of the upright plano, and are now producing Grand Pianos in both M \u2018horizontal and upright forms.Samples can be seen at the .rooms or ware 060404040604 040 | WILLIS & CO.Sole Agents, WHOLESALE & RETAIL, 1824 Notre Dame St, (Near McGill Street), MONTREAL, \u2014\u2014\u2014 + f ; IN LIQUIDATION.he Bordeaux Claret Go.HAVE DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THEIR CANADIAN BUSINESS .And in order to clear out their stock as quickly as possible, will offer the trade and the public OVER SEVEN THOUSAND (7.000) DOZENS \u2014OF\u2014 FINE WINES Yes Soo\" Including Clarets, Burgundies, Sauternes, Rhine Wines, Ports, Sherries, Champagnes, Brandies and Whiskfes.All these goods are imported direct from their respective growers and shipeprs, and can be seen by intend ng purchasers at H.M.Bonded Warehouse, No.6, 14 Hospital Street.H.M, Bonded Warehouse, No.30, 314, 316 St, Paul Street.And at the Company's Cellars, 30 Hospital Street.All orders will be executed as recelved.First come, first served.Goods are guaranteed as to quality, corkage and age.Credits will be given to all known people acceptable to us, .The following is the approximate list, and our rock bottom prices, will be made for quantities.CLARETS.No reduction Per doz.qts, 1650 dozens Bon Paysan, good sound Table Wine .ec eececceaanrocceconss $2.50 700 dozens St.Julien, guaranteed 4 years old .se sessvacousaccau00cna00 2.75 530 dozens Medoc, guaranteed vintage 1893 .\u2026s.-osasaosannencos0n0000 3.00 650 dozens Montferrand, heavy robust-deep color .ssssscossuesonvoscre 3.50 380 dozens Chateau Rouge, select vintage, first growth .s\u2026coseruvsccu00 3.75 275 dozens Chateau Brule, Big Wine, suitable for invalids .ccceve0000e 4.00 $1.00 extra per case of 2 dozen pint bottles.ODD LOTS SELECTED WINES, : (AN bottled in France.) Original pce.Clear at 83 cases Clos Lafite, quarts only.«+ .per doz.qts $7.50 $5.00 28 cases Chateau du Roc, pints only.\u2026 + .per 2 doz.pts 9.00 6.00 31 cases Chateau Pontet Canet, quârts.per doz, qts 9.00 6.00 17 cases Chateau Pontet Canet, pints .,.per 2 doz, pts 10.00 7.00 19 cages Chateau Citran, bottled at the Ohateau .