The daily witness, 8 mars 1897, lundi 8 mars 1897

[" # RT ma EE ERA TETE pr 1 Y WITNESS Last Edition.\u2014_\u2014 \u201cob.XX XVIII, No MONTREAL, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1897.Price ONE CENT.WAR OVER THE ELECTORAL LISTS.# The \u201clavor Vetoes a Proposed Sunday Session of the Revisors.AN INJUNCTION BY A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE IGNORED.The Attorney General Intervenes.There wis a \u2018lively scene before the tard «2 Revisors on Saturday last when \u201cue bets for Sto Mary's division were \u201caxe Up und the names of electors ob- Mr.Lomer Gouin, who was present on behalf of the jeted to were considered.Libera! Lary, objected to the manner in when the proceedings were being car ted out, but the puard overruled his ob- and hinted \u201cnew ther duty end would act accord- that the revisors jretionus wg to law.The representatives of the liberal party did not yet consider them- vives beaten, however, aud a petition for a writ où prohibition to prevent the Revisors proceeding with ther work Was at once prepared by Messrs.Gown, name ot Lacs Beaupre, an viector.The ton was based on the ground of reg wities ancl noegahty in the proceedings ac opted to strnixe oul names Irom tie The prüition was presented betore Judge Jetté.who ordered the issue or tue Writ, aid immedriaitelv after a hiulif served purs thereof Upon the three revisors, while they were sitting, or ler ing them to dat vuce suspend thew jro- ceedings.However, Judge Desnnyers, Cherian of the board, declared that the service of such a wrt upon a tribunal then siting was illegal and the revisors continned their work, not even adjourn: mye Lor luncheon, and the evening session lustel until abeut milnieht.During Saturday the Board of Revisors struck off two hundred and trey names in St.Mary's division at the request of the Conservative Association, also seven hundred and vizlitv-seven in St, Lows They also took off ninetv- e: ht nunes in ~t, Louis divi- ~ mn on demand of the Liberal work- es.The revicurs ha « quled made ap their mind to keep their large staff of vlerts at work on the lists during the whole of Sunday, but Maver Wilson Sruth put his foot down on such a proceeding, as will be seen by the following correspondence: \u2014 Montreal, March 1597, L.O.David, City Clerk, Montrea!\u2014 My Dear Sir.\u2014In pursuance of our con- versaticn this morning, will you allow me to inform you that it has come to my knowledge that certain persons intend to rrevail upon the Board of Revisurs to sit tc-morow (Sunday).I rely implicitly upon vou to see that this shall not take place, and to give the neces- sery orders {n order to hava the City Ilall closed for the transaction of business from midright tn-day (Saturday) until midnight Lemieux aul Docarie, 1n the petr lists.1 _ taisHOI, to-morrow (Sunday, in other words.the City Hall.efter the adjournment of the Bcard to-night, will again be at the dis- pcesal of the Revisors and their staff at midnight to-morrow (Sunday).Yours faithfully.(Signed) It.WILSON-SMITH, Mavor.Montreal, March 6, 1897.To His Worship the Mayor I.Wilson- Smith, Ssq.: Dear Sir \u2014Are we to understand that your z:ter of this day's date to \u2018the City Clerk, {s intended as a refusal to allow the clarks to continue their work in the City Hall on must be completed.The St.James Ward lists were taken under consideration this morning, and of two hundred aud fifty-three names presented up to noon by the Conservatives as illegally on the lists, a hundred and fifty-eight were struck off.THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INTERVENES.Upon hearing of the position ot affairs the Attorney-General of Quebec decided to intervene at once in the matter and telegraphed instructions to Montreal to that eftect.In his telegram to the re- visors and to the government's attorneys, tne Attornev-Greneral pots out that the question being one of public terest, in which the rranchise ot the electors 1s corcerned, he cannot, without interfering, allow the work of the revisors of the metropohs to be interrupted while they are on progress and wiih only a few days more time at their disposal.As a consequence of these iustructions Mr.Bisaillon, acting jointly with Messrs.; Macmaster, Laimnothe and Mignault, went betore Judge Gill in the Practice Court tos morning aud presented a petition In behalt of the Attorney-General asking | leave to intervene in the writ of prohiin- tion served upon the revisors on Natur: \u201cday last.The vrincipal grounds alleged cm the petition were those of public interest, that the revisors have only three days at their disposal to examine over three thousand names asked to be struck off the voters\u201d list; that the granting oft the writ of prohibition might give the right to vote to a large number of persons not entitled to such right: that two of the revisors are officers ot the Crown who cunnot be imneded in the discharge of their duties by such a proceeding; that the proceedings were irregularly taken.The intervention was duly received by the Court, and notice will now be served upon the interested | parties, after wnich the means of inte- vision of the liss i vention will be produced, Mr.J.U.Emard also presented petitions in behalf of Joseph Gauthier and LL J.Pelletier, two voters who wish tn \\intervene in order to protect their re- | spective rights.Their interventions were {also received.| Another step in the matter was to ask that the writ of 2rohibition which had | been made returnable on March 18.he ; returned at once, and it was In conse- | quence fixed for two o'clock this after , noon.On the other hand.mention was made this morning that further proceedings might possibly he instituted against the revisors for contempt of court.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 GREECE DEFIANT.WILL.ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO WITHDRAW FROM CRETE.FOREIGNERS IN ATHENS WARNED TO SEEK SAFETY OUTSIDF£AF THE CITY.Sunday?For vour information we beg to say that we have clerks duly sworn to act fairly and impartially, employed to make comparison n® the names attached, with the municipal l.xtz of December last, and that as there! in St.25 attached names which we must (in ar- « rdance with our public and private no- =x1 consider at our Monday's sitting.it ura will be impossible for these clerks to do the worx unless they are kept at it during the whole nf to-morrow.We bez to call your special attention to Article 11 of 0 Vie, cap.21, which provides rna* the municipal council of each of the afyresald cities shall place at the disposal cf the Board of Revisors of such city, a vroy-f piace for holding the sittings of such! Hoard, and shall supply it with everything nead=d for irs labors.\u2019 \\We hop= that you will give the necessary New York, March 8\u2014The \u2018Journal\u2019 addressed the following questions to Sir i Charles Dilke, whn is one of the ablest James's electoral district alone, I'nglishmen now in public life : t1) What percentage of Englishmen are opposed to the coercion of (ireece ?12) Can the English masses influence the government against coercion ?3} If Greece declares war on Turkey, 18 à general European war certain to result ?i Sir Charles replied as follows : \u2018I do not propose to write upon your instructions to cnabie us to keep at work! first two questions, as the matter is in daring to-morrow at the City Hall the .Lo ke i (erie as above mentioned.as we have no! too delicate a situation to make it wise r°ecion où havihg any publie sitting.to do so.With regard to your third We liane the honar to be.yours respeet- ; .: .full, (signed question, T do not think there is the MOU DESNOYERS, Charman, JAMES CRANKSHAW.LUIS ARMSTRONG.2 Mantreal.March £1867 Mr rar Sir: \u2014In reply th your rom- mnurication.which come ta hand, I heæ to sav that while | have every desire ta faclitate the lnportacn work in whi h voi are envaged.ver | da not consider it ' or proper that the City Hall should Pas just rer ~anan open Tor work of this nature on Snaday.and | regres that | canvar tiiere- Pre ser NY WAY to alter the lus: TU-tinys p'reqady given to the (liv Clerk that the building romnain open until reel ce A0 5, To-niæbr, and will be oper A again a: twelve ocl-x to-morrow night and, re A SALOON WANTED.FIFTY MUNICIPAL ELECTORS SAY ANOTHER LICENSED PLACE JS NEEDED ON UNIVERSITY STREET.Many persons are of the opinion that there is now one too many liquor-selling places in the neighborhood of the Vie- toria Armory and the Natural History Society's building.There are others, however, who think differently, and a petition for a new license has been filed | ¥.X.Ross.missionary | THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.BONAVENTURE CAMPAIGN.Mgr.Blais Takes a Hand in the Fight.DEMANDS A DECLARATION FROM THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE PLEDGING HIMSELF TO OPPOSE THE MANITOBA SCHOOL SETTLEMENT.Maria, Que., March 8.\u2014Monsigneur Blais, Bishop of Rimouski, is taking an active part in the Federal election in lonaventure county to replace the late Mr.Fauvel, and it is very apparent that the Tory party rely almost exclusively on the action of the clergy to carry out the forlorn hope of electing Mr.Cyr.His Lordship first telegraphed to Mr.John I*.Guite, the Liberal candidate, who is a good Roman Catholic, that he was anxious to see him immediately at Ri- meuski.Mr.Guite answered that his time did not allow him going out of the county, but that he would gladly receive any written communication which His Lordship would deem proper to send him.Mr.Guite was then informed that a delegate was coming down from Ri- mouski in the person of the Rev.Thomas Landry, director of the seminary at Ri- mouski.The bishop also wrote a pressing autograph letter to Mr.Guite asking him as a Roman Catholic to sign the following declaration which was submitted to him by Mr.Landry :\u2014 The Lau- rier-Greenway settlement of the Manitoba (\u2018atholic school question having been judged to ho unaccepfable on the authority of the bishops, I solemnly pledge myself on my faith and my honor to vote in the IIouse without restriction whatever, if I am elected member, against this settlement or against any other which will not have been accepted by the same religious authority according to the terms of the constitution of Manitoba and of the judgment of Her Majesty\u2019's Privy Council.As a devoted son of the Catholic Church I pledge myself to absolutely prohibit all who act for me in this present electoral campaign, whether on the hustings or in conversations with the voters, to utter one word in favor of the Launrer-Greenway settle ment or of the trial thereof.Because it is not accepted by religious authority therefore I have signed this pledge to the satisfaction of the Bishop of RIi- mouski at Metapedia, March 6, 1897, in the presence of the Rev.Messrs.Thomas Landry, director of the seminary, and .> \u2019 in the name of Henry Dunn, for 43 and | Who have signed with me.45 University street.4 The signatures attached to th petition are:\u2014 Henry Mortimore.22 Union avenue: John Tlooper, 11 Union avenue; A.E.Patno, 38 City Councillor; G.H.Wass, 41 Aylmer: J.Clifford, 17 Phillips square: Morras Jones | 17 Aylmer street; Thomas Cully, 19:3 Ayl- iner; Hamilton Herbert, 22 Aylmer: Joha Creed, 26% Aylmer: John Cummings, 27 Aylmer: M.Elliott, 32 City Councillors; A, } This document was submitted to Mr.Guite bv Mr.Landry at Nouvelle in the presence of \u2018Mr.F.X.Lemieux, Q.C.We are creditably inforined that Ar.(iuite asked until to-day to answer, and that he will inform His Lordship that he is not willing to sign the above document and will give his reasons, and that he is willing to stand the consequences of his actions and prepared to be judged Lundberg, 31's City Councillors; \u2018 Dennis | by the free and independent electors of Cliffcrd, 31 Aylmer; P.C.mer, P.E.Lunn.16 Aylmer; James R.L Riva, 5 Union avenue; City Courcillor; M.Hubbard, 64 Mayor; J.Gunnery, 52 Aylmer; Jus Barry, 624; Mayor; Daniel Clifford, 65 Mayor.William Ford, i4v2 Aylmer: James Prichard, 42'; Aylmer: John Beckett, 40 Aylmer; W.W.Dunlop.14 Union avenue: A.W.avenues; S.Myers, 23 University; W.T.Bradley, 43%; Aylmer.John Thompson.28 City Councillor; Conrad Ball, 35 Ayhliner; William Sullivan, 38 Aylmer; A.Johnson, 68 Mavor; John Clifford.3%% Aylmer: A.Newlands, 24 City Councillor; Pascal Parent, 62 Mayer: George Redmond, 43a Ar!- mer, W.P.Sheridan.30 City Councillor: H.Detmore, 4la Aylmer; Jas.Brown.\u20ac6 Ellan Clifford.40 Aylmer; Patrick O'Neill, 18 City Councillor; Arthur Wilson.43a Aylmer: Frederick James Cleare.43 Ayimer:R.C.Vincent, 38 Aylmer; John Milne, 4414 Aylmer: Jeremiah Clifford.45 Avimer: Alfred Croeckford, 18 Union ave.; Wm.Bailey, 67!, Mavor: M.J.Ferria, 15 Phillips square; C.H.Martin, 9 Phillips square.Another application for the same premises was filed some time ago by Mr.P.Coleman.This was opposed by the Do- mininn Alliance, but the Commissioners have not vet considered that application.How two separate parties can have possession of the same premises seems rather strange.-\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 MR.THOMAS CHAMBERS'S LECTURE.Mr.Thomas Chambers of Montreal delivered a most entertaining lecture at the Young Men's Christian Association at Quebec on Thursday evening last.The subject was that of his travels across the continent making Montreal the starting place and passing through Denver, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco, till at length he came round again to Que- hee.The lecture was splendidly illustrated with stereopticon slides and was so arranged as to cause every individual member of the large audience that was present to feel as though he or she were making the trip with the lecturer.Mr.Distin, the secretary of the Y.M.C.A.presided and introduced the lecturer, who was tendered a most cordial and hearty vote of thanks at the conclusion of his remarks.> NOTICE TO G.T.R.EMPLOYEES.Toronto, March 8.-Several members of the local Trunk freight department have received notice to leave at the end of the month.Under the new system work is more centralized in the headquarters at Montreal, and it has been found necessary with \u2018»*a depression of business to reduce the staff.This has been partially effected during the winter by layirg oft men alternately for a week or two at a time, but regular dismissals have now been decided upon.Hislop, 23 Union .office staff of the Grand : Venne, 43 Ayl- | Thomas Parent, 81 Jonaventure.Ar.Guite has also been informed that :a mandement will be issued by Bishop + \u2018 | | Blais and will be read in all the churches of the county next Sunday urging Roman Catholic voters tn cast their ballots against the government candidate.As rearly a third of the voters of the county are Protestants, the effect of the mandement will be interesting.Nominations take place at Caplin on Wednesday, March 10, and voting a week later, on St.Patrick\u2019s day, March 17.This is the extreme of ecclesiastical absolutism and terrorism, and is intended to deprive Canadians of their civil liberty to exercise their franchise.It will create a storm because Mr.Guite absolutely refused to sign such a pledge or any other document.lt will be a good thing for the party in Quebec to have a delegate from Rome sent to judge of these actions.Bishop Blais\u2019s threat, if carried out, means that next Sunday it will be given out from every pulpit in the constituency that any one who votes for Mr.Guite will be refused the sacraments of the Church.Under such circumstances the question will arise, Is it any use issuing the Queen's writ in Champlain for a new election to fill the vacancy there ?Bishop Lafleche would not be less active than Bishop Blais.The campaign is being carried on with much vigor on behalf of the liberal partly.and there is every prospect of the return of Mr.John J.Guite, the Liberal candidate, by a large mapority.A number of meetings were held in various parishes vesterday after mass.Messrs.(inite and Charles Marcil spoke at Nouvelle, Mr.PP.P.Savard, M.P., at Carle- ton, Mr.O.E.Talbot, M-P., at Paspe- piac, and Mr.J.H.Legris, M.P., at St.Alexis.In the evening another meeting was held at Maria Cane, and was addressed hy Messrs.F.X.Lemieux, J.F.(ruite, Charles Mareil and P.V.Savard.Mr.Charls Cyr, the Tory candidate, who resides in Quebec, came down on Ratur- day night for the first time.He was all alone, and spoke at Metapedia.Liberal meetings are being held daily, while the C\u2018onservatives are utterly demoralized.Messra, Savard.Legris, Talbot, Lemieux, Guite and Marcil are again going over the whele county and putting up a great fight.\u2014__._ A GIFT FOR QUEEXN'S, Kingston, Ont., March 6.\u2014The bible class of St.Andrew\u2019s Church, Peterborn\u2019, has decided to ecntribute the sum of $300 to Queen\u2019s University, Kingston, payable in instalments of a hundred dollars a year, for which they will have the privilege of sending a student to the university each year forever, at Metapedia, GLENGARRY WEDDINGS.Cornwall, March 8\u2014A large number of friends gathered in St.Finnan\u2019s Cathedral, Alexandria, last Tuesday morning to witness the marriage of Mr.John McDonald of Vernon, British Columbia, and formerly of 18-3 Lochiel, to Miss Catherine Janet McDonald, second daughter of the late Mr.John Isaac Mc- Donald, 24-3 Kenyon (Loch Garry).Mr.Sutherland C.McDonell ably assisted the groom, and Miss Catherine McDonald, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid.The Rev.D.McMillan officiated.Immediately after the ceremony the wedding party drove to the Green Valley Station, where the newly-married couple took the C.P.R.express for a short wedding trip to the west, previous to taking their departure for British Columbia.On the same day, in St.Finnan's Cathedral, Mr.Greenfield was united in marriage with Miss Julia Kennedy, daughter of Mr.Peter Kennedy, 13-4 Kenyon.Miss Catherine Bella Kennedy, sister of the bride, assisted as bridesmaid, and Mr.Duncan A.McDonell of Coteau acted as groomsman.The bride and bridesmaid looked handsome in neatly fitting gray cloth suits.of both parties assembled to witness the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev.D.McMillaa.the ceremony, and having received the congratulations of friends, the wedding Duncan J.McDonell of | A large number of friends : Immediately after party drove to the C.A.R.station, where the young couple took the eastern express for Montreal.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 GLENGARRY TEACHERS\u2019 INSTITUTE.Cornwall, March 8.\u2014The annual meeting of the Glengarry Teachers\u2019 Insti tute will be held in the Separate School, Alexandria, on Thursday March 18 and 19.On the first day the president will deliver his address, and Miss E.J.G.McGregor will give her report as delegate to the Educational Association of Canada.Mr.D.McKay, B.A., principal of the High School, will read a paper on the defects in composition, ete., of entrance pupils, and Mr.Thomas G.Relyea will take up arithmetic for primary classes, and other questions will be discussed by members of the association.On Friday Mr.H.J.Sullivan will take up the grammar lesson with a class; Mr.W.J.Summerby, inspector of public schools for Prescott and Russell, will speak on a point in arithmetic; Mr.J.B.Dandeno, B.A, on cooperation of parents and others with teachers; Mr.A.Campbell, fourth class hterature; Mr.H.Collins, entrance composition; Mr.D.R.McMillan, on patriotism in our schools; Mr.W.B.Me- Ewan, a phrase and a clause.reves NORTH-WEST CONSERVATIVES.Regina, N.W.T., March 8\u2014A territorial Conservative convention met here on Saturday.Among those present were Mr.Hugh John Macdonald, Senator Lougheed, Messrs.N.F.Davin, M.P., and W.W.Macdonald, ex-ÀLP., and many presidents of subordinate associations.Senator Lougheed presided.Mr.Davin opened the meeting with a speech, in which he explained that, acting under instructions from Sir Charles Tupper and in accordance with the policy all over Canada.he had called them together to complete a territorial organization.The officers elected are :\u2014 President, Mr.N.F.Davin, M.P.; vice- presidents, Captain Price, T.Tweed.ex- M.P.P, F.W.G.Haultain, M.P.P.; James Mackay ; executive committee, Messrs.J.R.Neff, M.P.P,, S.C.Elking- ton, T.B.Baker, W.C.Hamilton, Q.C., C.Magrath, M.P.P., Dr.Wilson, J.Clinkskill, M.P.P., A.H.Mitchell, M.P.P.; secretary, P.McAra ; treasurer, Mr.Thos.Tweed ; members of the advisory council, Messrs.N.F.Davin, M.P,, and Senator Lougheed.rer \u2018CANADA GAZETTE\u2019 NOTES.Ottawa, March 8.\u2014An order-in-council has been passed, under the authority of the act respecting the navigation of Canadian waters, being chapter 79 Revised Statutes, substituting for the rules and regulations adopted by order of Her Majesty-in-Council on Aug.14, 1879, \u2018for preventing collisions and for distress signals,\u201d the new regulations adopted by Her Majesty-in-Council on Nov.27, 1896, and bringing them into force on and after July 1, 1888.The Minister of Marine and Fisheries is ordered to bring the new rules and regulations to the notice of the owners and masters of Canadian vessels.The rules are with respect to lights, fog signals, steering and sailing, and rafts, and apply to all rivers, lakes and other navigable waters within Canada, or within the jurisdiction of the parliament thereof.Letters patent have been issued incorporating the John L.Cassidy Company of Montreal, capital 810,000; and the .J.T.Long & Brother Company of Colling- wood, Ont., capital $100,000.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 A HEAVY SENTENCE, Philadelphia, Pa, March 8\u2014John D.Ifart, who was several days ago convicted of aiding in the fitting out of the filibustering expedition on the steamer \u2019Laur- ada,\u201d was to-day sentenced by Judge Butler to two years\u2019 imprisonment and to pay a fine of five hundred dollars and costs cf prosecution.Prior to passing the sentence the Court refused the motion for a new trial made last week by Hart's counsel.\u2014_\u2014\u2014 A CHICAGO TRAGEDY.Chicago, March 8\u2014James Powers shot his wife, Mary, early this morning, kill ing her instantly, and then sent a bullet into his own brain.He cannot live.Jcalousy was the cause.\u2019 PINNININN and Friday, : | ADVERTISEMENTS.Sm COLONIAL HOUSE, Phillips Square.~~ \u2014 ~ this department.ENGLISH DRESS All the Latest Colors Extreme Novelties TIE RITE R RRR TRIIIIINIM Organdy.Special &c.\u2014- NEW DRESS GOODS! Fine Selections are now being shown in All the Latest Productions.adapted for Suitings.SCOTCH TWEEDS in ail grades.Beautiful TWEEDS, at 6oc per yd.FASHIONABLE PLAIN GOODS.COATINGS and SUITINGS in all makes.New Weaves in CANVAS, GRENADINES, ESTAMENES, /&c.in PARISIAN DRESS PATTERNS, in Grenadines and Cafvas, Just received a Beautiful Stock of Rich, Dainty DRESS MUSLINS, in Scotch, Swiss and and Biack and White.SWISS GRENADINES, 32 in.wide, in Black, Cream, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Green, Mauve, SWISS SPOTTED MUSLINS, in all Shades.HENRY MORGAN & CO.Montreal.> TWEEDS, specially and Materials in the assortment of Blacks ma CUAL LN o TRUS SHEIK\u2019S ISLAND AS A SUMMER RESORT.Cornwall, March 8.\u2014There is some talk of the, erection of a big summer hotel at the head of Sheik\u2019s Island and the extension of the electric street railway in that direction.The site is one of the best in Canada.The building of the dams gives the head of Sheik\u2019s Island a unique position.Standing there, a stone can be thrown into the majestic Longue Sault Rapids on one hand or into a beautiful lake of still water three miles long and half a mile to three-quarters wide on the other.The head of the island is about eight miles from Cornwall and twenty miles from Mille Roches, on the G.T.R- The island is connected with the mainland by a swing bridge acress the canal at Mille Roches.-\u2014 C.P.R.TELEGRAPHIC IMPROVEMENTS.Winnipeg, Man., March 8.\u2014Important improvements are to be made to the C.P.R.Company\u2019s telegraphic system during the coming summer.It has been decided, owing to the increased business, to add additional wires on the company\u2019s lines on the western division.New wires will be strung from Winnipeg eastward to Fort William, from Winnipeg, westward on the main line, and southwest on the Pembina branch.Work will be commenced as soon as the weather is favorable and a large number of men will be employed.= es A COBOURG FAILURE.Toronto, March 8.\u2014A very large fail ure in dry goods and millinery is reported from Cobourg, in the assignment of Messrs.A.Hewson & Son to Sheriff Proctor.The firm has been doing business there for twenty-five or thirty years, and | did a biæh-clase trade.The stock carried is worth from $25,000 to $30,000: Montreal and English houses are the principal creditors.Departmental stores are charged with being the cause of the failure.\u2014\u2014 TIRE IN A CHURCH, Hamilton.Ont, March 8.\u2014Fire broke out in the Hannah Street Methodist Sunday-schoo! yesterday morning.The flames spread to the class room in the rear end of the school and also extended to the pulpit platform in the church, under the floor, but it was confined to the platform and pulpit, which were partially destroyed.The furniture of the school room was nearly all saved.The church organ escaped injury.The loss is estimated at $2.000 ; insured.-\u2014 LIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES.Hamilton, March 6.\u2014The coroner's jury which investigated the death of John Fahey, who suffered from blood poisoning after being hit with an iron cuspidor, { brought in a verdict that death resulted from natural causes, namely, nia, and by intemperate habits.ee BARON DE COURCEL.London, March 88\u2014 Baron De Coercel, French ambassador to Great Britain.went to Windsor to-day and presented to the Queen his letters of recall.pneumo- À WILSON SMITH, INVESTMENT BROKER.Government, Municipal and Railway So curities Bought and Sold.First-class Securities Suitable for Trust Funds always on hand.1724 NOTRE DAME STREET, Montreal.CITY ITEMS.The visiting governors for the present week to the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge and to the Homes at Longue Pointe are Messrs.Jolin Molson and Thomas Davidson.The visiting governors to the Montreal General Hospital for the week commetic- ing Monday, March 8, are Messrs.G.W.Eadie, D.Morrice, jr, R.R.Stevenson and Henry Munderloh.Mr.J.Burt Sutherland gave an interesting lecture on \u2018The Englishman, the Irishman and the Scotchman,\u201d last Fr- day evening in the Congregational Church schoolroom at Point St.Charles.The lecture was well received and much enjoyed.\u2018 Hahnemann and homoeopathy in its relations to the diseases of women and children, is the subject of the feurth of the popular talks on \u2018Homoe-»- pathy\u2019 to be given at the Hospital tn- morrow, Tuesday, evening by Dr.A.1.Griffith, \u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 PERSONAL, Mr.J.Rutherford, vice-president of the Stevens Campbell Milling Company lof St.Thomas, was introduced on \u2018Change on Saturday by Mr, R.A.5.| Allan.Mr.Adam J.Thomson was present on the Board of Trade this morning for the first time since his retum from the South.COCK-FIGHTERS CAUGHT.Irspectors Fletcher and McGillivray.of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, accompanied by Constables Car- bett and Poulin, made a ra'd on a cock-pit, about half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning in the rear of 66 Charlevoix strect, | and placed thirteen men under arrest.Ed- ouwrd Dumontier, whe resides at the number mentioned, was charged with being the Lowner of the birds, and the others with elding and abetting.Seven fine birds were seized, and one pair of very formidable spurs.In the Police Court this morning before Judge Dugas the party were arraigned and Dumontièr was fined ten dollars and costs, and the following were each fined five dollars ard costs: \u2014 Ludger Bourdon, Chateauguay street: Charles Laframchise, Certre street; George Coutoisiere, Manufar- turers street; Stephen Senecal,Chateauguay street; Joseph Page.Versailles street.M.Plante, Centre street; Joseph Dubois, La- chine; Ferd.Berube.Chateauguay strect; Joseph Lachance.Albert street, and Fred.Gagne, Grand Trunk street.Henri Laroche, Charlevoix street, and Louis Lemay, Tallfeur street.pleaded not guilty to the charge, and thev were remanded for trial, bail being allowed.\u2014_ ! DEATIT OF AN ONLY SON.The Hoi.Mr.Nantel, Commissioner of Lands.Forests and Fisheries.has had the misfortune to Jcee his only son.aged nine years, who died on Thursday from scarlet fever at St.Jerome.The functal took place on Saturdav at St.Jerome.on the arrival of the train from Montreal.A RE oP I Sr a \u2014 \u2014 BN Weekly RT RR IR ER ER Er = pe SPORE EEE TURN PA Calendar, AS OOD 25c.> $ \\ Rd EY ASKAT nares Admission, GET READY FOR GRAND CARNIVAL Telephone, 1731.INTERMEDIATE HOCKEY.Shamrock vs.Montreal.Play off for the CHAMPIONSHIP, SENIOR GAME.Gallery Freee AS ANY FOR THE LS MARCH 15.F.PERCY SMITH, Sec.-Trcas.128 St.James St.Moxpay, MarcH 5.ASSGCIATION HALL, To-night-Laws of Health.Tuesday\u2014Love, Courtship, Marriagzeand Jealousy.Admission, 25¢.Ladies Matinees, Wednesday and Thursday, 2.30 D.lde.Mon only at night.First free.Consulta- tous dailv ut Y.MC.A., from ld zut, 2 RT ASSOCIATION À OF MONTREAL.Phillips Square.GALLERIES OPEN DAILY, 9 a.m.10 6 pM.Admission 25 cents, Saturday Free.Tuesryy, Marcu 9, À | ONTREAL WOMAN'S - MISSIONARY SOCIETY othe Presbyterian Church in Canada.The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of this 5raioty will be held in the Lecture Hal! of Frzkin.Church on TUESDAY.March 9th: morning session at 13) a.m., when the reports of Auxiliaries will be received and a couicrence held.Juncheon at 1 o'clnci.Aîrernnon Session at 3 o'clock, when the President's Address wili be given and the Recording Secretary and Treasurer's Re- ports read.Mrs.Stait late Dr.W.Grant Frazer of Central India Missions will be present .nd address the meeting, All friends of Missions are cordialiy invited to attend.SARAH J.McMASTER, Recording Secretary.8 FREE CONCERT, IN THE OLD BREWERY MISSION.The next Concert in the series of Popular 5 cent Concerts will Fe given in the Old Brewery Mission, 7%) Craig street.on TUES- JJAY EVENING, March 9th, beginning at 8 \u201cclock.There will be vocal and instrumental soles, recitatiors, ventriloquism, eter.Come Early.Admission FREE.Col- Jection.+ XONFERENCE OF / CHRISTIAN WORKERS.Christian workers are cordially invited to attend a series of meetings, to be held in the Evangelistic Hall, 2424 St.street, on TUESDAY AFTERNOONS, at 3.30 o'clock.The following subjects will be tak- Catherine ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES.Daily Witness, $3.00, Weekiy Witness, $1.00; with reductions to clubs; Northern Messenger.30c ; 10 oopies to one address, $2.25 ; 20, 84.40 : 50, $10.50 ; 100, $20.For Great Brain add $1.04 per annum for postage on Weekly Witness; 280 on Northern Messenger ; $3.60 on Daily Witness.The last edition of the DAILY WITNESS is delivered in the city every evening of publication at $4.00 per annum.ADVERTISING RATES.DAILY WITNESS.Five lines and upwards, 100 per line.Contract on favorable terms.WEEKLY WITNESS.With largo by oor cuts, 20c per line.One-thir reduction if se: in our usual small advertising types.Spocial contract rates.-_\u2014 All business communications should be addressed 'John Dougall & Son,\u201d ' Witness\u2019 Office, Montreal, and all letters to the Editor should be addressed \u2018Editor of the ' Witness,\u201d Montreal.\u2019 | erga MARCH cLezs s m T|W T|F = \u2026| 11 2| 3} 4 5 6 The Daily Witness.MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1897.A HOPEFUL CABINET.Mr.MeKinlev's Cabinet is regarded very favorably by the independent press of the United States.It is, of course, a protectionist body, but moderate in its views, and so far as its influence can tell en up:\u2014 { upon the Republican majority in Con- March 9\u2014\u2018A Contrite Spirit\u2019 °° ! gress it will be against extreme protec- March 15\u2014'Conformed to the Image of: .- .Christ.\u2019 'tionism.Even Mr.McKinley himself is March 23\u2014'Intercessory Prayer.\u2019 I now regarded by the extreme protection- March 35\u2014\u2018To Every Man His Work.\u2019 | April 6\u2014'Inasmuch as ye did it not.\u2019 | The meetings are open to all.| | ists of the party as not altogether as good a protectionist as he was generally taken to be.The Republican party have been CANADA PAPER CO., | very loud in their antagonism to the Limited.| { Notics is hereby given that the Twenty- fourth ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholdars of the Canada Paper Com- rany (Limited).will be held at the Company's office, No.580 Craig street.in this city, on TUESDAY, the 9th MARCH, at threa o'clock p.m.By order of the Board, JOHN 6.YOUNG, Sec.-Treasurer.Montreal, February 26th, 1897.26 TuvrspAy, Marci 11.Montreal trusts and combines, and the McKinley Cabinet is made up of men who have been leaders They have been insisting that these are Democratic institutions and in no sense the offspring of protection.Whether they will with a friendly Congress prove the in the movement.sincerity of this attitude by pressing the latter to take action against the combines remains to be seen.It is of more importance that the Cabinet is regarded as a sound money body.In the administration of the affairs of the treasury there is great scope for good or evil.The new Bicycle Club The N'neteenth Annual Meeting of the above Club will be held in the Cinb House, Man:- field street, cn lth March, 1897, THURSDAY, At 8 p.m.sharp.+9 Business: - Reception of Committee s Report, Trea- gurer's statement, and Election of OtBcers for ensuing year.; nn DAVID J, WATSON, Hon.Secy.8 Fripay, Marci 12.BENGOUGH, WINDSOR HALL, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 12.Plans of seats at Shaw's and Nord.beimers.RESERVED, 30c.Admission, 25\u20ac.RAISED THE LIC Cornwall, March 8.\u2014The village council ot Alexandria at a recent meeting, 10 petition, raised the hotel dollars, The answer tp a hicenses to two huntred petition asked that the licenses Le fixed, at four limndred dollars cul and that only two be granted.hast vear the heense was rmsed from a hundred and twenty to a hundred and forts dollars, The council did not place itself on record as tn the number of hotels, but lert that in the hands of the license comnussion- ers.13th ANNUAL MEETING Secretary of the Treasury is one of the | soundest of the sound monev Republi- | cans, and is in favor of banking as well : If the Republican proves to be in as currency reforms.majority of Congress sympathy and accord with the administration, and inclined to work in harmony witH it, not only will the general confi- denice of business men in the situation created by Mr.Cleveland be maintained, but permanent reforms may be Jooked for such as Mr.Cleveland could not secure owing to the antagonism of a section of the Democratic party to his administration.Mr.McKinley's Cabinet has been promptly approved by the Sen- late of the United States.Had it ob- | jected to any member, another member had to be chosen in his place by the President.It seems strange | that the Senate should continue in ses- l sion after the expiry of the Congress by which a session of the House of Representatives is ended, and another has to be called.It is explained that \"the Senate is a perpetual body ; but so would have is the Canadian Senate, and so is the ! House of Lords in England, and it would \"he a thifig if either of these houses of parliament should try to sit \u201cwhen there was no parhament.The ' Senate will probably, now that the Re- funny \"publican administration will come in for the credit of it, sanction the arbitration treaty between Great Brit- \"ain and the United States, and it is to ' be hoped that this time it will be passed without any amendments, the amend- | ments before proposed being now killed.; some of A res on ARR Es THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.RULERS AND PEOPLES.It would be idle to speculate upon the probable reply of Greece to the ultimatum of the powers within a few hours of the event, or upon the results which are likely to follow it.A European war seems improbable at present, because ail the governments recognize the danger and are unanimous in seeking to post pone the conflict which they believe will be all but general throughout the Continent when it comes.They are apparently willing to make what cannot bnt be extraordinary sacrifices in order to maintain the peace.During month after month they stood still and watched Turkish troops at the command of the Sultan massacre of an ancient Christian people.They united in demanding the stoppage of the mas- and the but, though their demands were played with by the Sultan, they could not agree to use force against him for the simple reason that this course would precipitate a general war over the Sultan's estate.It is probably true that the Christian peoples of all Europe were ashamed and indignant at the course of the powers.commit massacre after sacres institution of reforms Now they have cause for far more out- The abhorred Turkish rule in Crete is menaced by a general uprising of the Christians of the islands, who form three-quarters of the whole raged feeling- population.For years Crete has suffered from mismanagement and insurrection has been almost continual.Crete is geographically and ethnographically a portion of Greece, and it is only natural that the Greek Government and people should, in view of the Armenian massa- tres, resolve to do all in their power to free the Cretans from the intolerable misrule of the Turks.The powers which found it impossible to unite to coerce the Sultan the sacres of the Armenians are now found in order to stop mas- uniting to force Greece to cease from interfering between the Sultan\u2019s murderous rule and the Greek Christians of Crete.They are willing not only to allow the Sultan to massacre Armenian Christians but even to prevent a Chris tian power from wresting from Turkey the power to massacre Greek Christians.They are consistent enough in their course.war, and this they think they can da only by refusing to use force against Turkey and by agreeing to vse it against Greece, and the Christian people of Europe are compelled to look on while the governments which refused tn rescue the Armenians unite to resture Crete to the rule of the Turk, for it appears that the proposed autonomy is not inconsistent with the policing of Crete by the Turkish soldiery.There may be no length to which the governments will not go to prevent war, and there is something to say in defence of their course, as the war they are trying to postpone will destroy hundreds of thousands of lives and But there is a limit to the patience of the peoples, who can only see that after all a general war is only inevitable because the powers cannot agree to a peaceable division of We find the responsible negotiating governments ranged cause misery to millions.the Turkish empire.largely on the side of preserving infamous authority and the peoples minded the other way.But the influence as well as the power of the people, of public opinion, is beginning to tell in the general councils of governments of Europe as well as of the parliament of each of the nations.Not long ago at a Lord Mayor's banquet Lord Salisbury declared that governments were becoming more and more immediately and directly controlled by public opinion.He went further and said that the organized force cf governments was growing weaker throughout the world, while the force of public opinion was growing stronger.This simply means that the peoples of the world are finding the means to enforce their wills in international affairs when not satisfied with the course pursued by their rulers.The ar: exchanging views upon international affairs and they find fewer differences between them than their rulers find in such affairs.Another thing is apparent, and that is that peoples dynastical alliances have little influence upon international councils, or, for that little consideration with the monarchs themselves.The royal family of Greece is closely allied with those of Great Britain, Cermany and Russia, as well as Denmark.King George is the son of the King of Denmark, his queen is the aunt of the Czar, and his son and heir is married to the sister of the Eu- peror où Germany and granddaughter of the Queen of Great Britain.Personal friendships and services count for nothing apparently.The Crown Prince of Greece saved the life of the Czar when matter, Their one object is to avoid} he was attacked by an insane Japanese.It is said that the Emperor of Germany is rather desirous of injuring the royal family of Greece because of the alliance which it is said was arranged without that deference to himself which he conceived was his right.MR.BUDGE'S Y.M.C.A.CLASS.At the Y.M.C.A.building yesterday afternoor.at three o'clock Mr.Budge's bible class studied the temptation of Joseph in Potiphar's house, as related in Gen.xxxix.This is one of a series of lessons in the Book of Genesis which the class is foliowing this winter.The attendance at the class is larger than ever before, and within a few weeks has reached nearly a hundred and forty.At 4.15 the Rev.Dr.Dadson delivered the third of his scries of addresses to men.The subject was \u2018Service,\u2019 and was based on John ix., 4, \u2018I must work the works of Him that sent me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work.\u201d The speaker emphasized the 1m- portance of this or any passage in which Christ used the word \u2018must.\u2019 If it was urgently necessary for Christ to be busy for the salvation of the world, it was quite as much so for his followers.We are not saved simply that we may escape hell, but chiefly that we may help to save others.The great purpose of God in saving men is to make them yoke- fellows with His Son.If our city is to be brought to Christ it must be done by those who are already Christ's.We do not, as a rule, begin to realize this great responsibility or to appreciate the awful fact that though a few here and there are in Christ's fold the great majority have never received Him as their Saviour.There are three great requisites for effective service, namely, first, freedom from cherished and conscious sin ; second, training, including a knowledge of God\u2019s Word, and third, practical ex- perience\u2014making a beginning.If the sailor, the soldier, the fireman, all needed thorough training in order to be able to act promptly and skilfully in an emergency, this was vastly more necessary for the Christian worker, on whose efforts the eternal welfare of immortal souls depended.Next Sunday the Doctor will speak on \u2018Sanctification.\u2019 pr A PROSPEROUS SOCIETY.The annual mezting of the Beaver Mutual Co-operative Building Society was held in the society's office on Tuesday, Feb.23, Mr.A.Woods occupying the chair.\u2018The report and balance sheet, showing a great increase in the membership, was pr2s2at:d by the secretary, Mr.W.J.Palmer, and unanimously adopted by the very large number of members present.Several important amendments to the constitution were adopted and the members testified in a substantial manner their appreciation of the services of the treasurer, Mr.Anderson.Arrangements were made for the members to hold a social evening on the fourth Tuesday in March and after electing Messrs.Woods, Patterson, Martin and Kelly as directors for the ensuing two years and passing a hearty vote of thanks to the retiring officers, a very pleasant evening was terminated.\u2014 LENTEN SERMONS.The usual series of special Lenten sermons were inaugurated in the Church of Notre Dame and in the Church of the (Gesu yesterday.As already stated, the Rev.Canon de Montigny of Bordeaux, France, is the preacher at Notre Dame.and the Rev.Father L.Lalonde, S.J., at the Gesu.By a curious coincidence, although having prepared their sermons thousands of miles apart from one another, both preachers had selected the same subject, namely, the Reign of Christ over the world, and yesterday each spoke in eloquent terms of how Christ conquered the world in the past and how His influence cannot be dispensed with for all time and real pro- grees both in the presnt age and for the centuries to come.Next Sunday, Canon de Montigny will preach on \u2018Christ and anti-Christian science,\u201d and Father La- londe on \u2018 The reign of Christ over Canada.\u2019 OLD PEOPLE ENTERTAINED.A very enjovable entertainment was given by the ladies of the Pomt St.Charles W.C.1.U.at the Old People\u2019s Home, Maisonneuve, on Thursday evening.A programme of vocal and instrumental music was provided, in which the following ladies and gentlemen took part :\u2014Mrs.Stone, the Misses Whit- lock, Bate, Lauder, Dunn, Melia, Messrs.W.Melville and Henry.At the close refreshments were served, and the different portions of the building visited by the ladies and their friends, many of whom had accompanied them.A DAMAGES FOR A FALL.Judge Belanger has rendered judgment in the case of Dame Annie Boyer et vir vs.the City of Montreal, granting plaintiffs $225 damag=s on account of injuries received by female plaintiff from a fall which she sustained at the corner of Notre Dame and Versailles streets.In a similar case of Sincennes vs.the Citv, the Court also maintained the action to the extent of X100.ee RELIEVING THE POOR.The statement of the Board of Outdoor Relief for the week ending March 6, 1897, is as fcllows :\u2014Three hundred and twelve families relieved ; forty-eight quarter tons and three half-tons of coal, and sixty-one quarter cords of wood delivered.CROW\u2019S NEST PASS RAILWAY.A BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILWAY MAN SAYS IT WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO YEARS.Winnipeg, March 6.\u2014Dr.Milne of Vie- toria, promoter of the Victoria & Eastern Railway, is here en route home from Ottawa.Asked as to the feeling in the east on the Crow\u2019s Nest Pass Railwav.Dr.Milne said: \u2014\u2018 Some members of the C.P.R.some claims for consideration, being as government feel that the has it is the great enterprise closely associated with the development of the country .and I do not think the government of the day are enemies of the big railway | company, but the government will die- tate a policy to be pursued by itself and not by the C.P.R., as has been done in How the road will eventually not been decided, ; the past.be constructed, has but the matter will be given most careful consideration before a decision is reached.I am quite sure the Crow's Nest portion of the line will not be constructed without making connection with the coast through the southern boundary districts.This district is most in need of railway facilities at the present time, | being already demonstrated as one of the richest mineral districts of British Columbia.The people of our province have every faith in the Laurier Government carrying out the project of railway construction in British Columbia, as evidenced by the wise procedure of sending three of its ablest ministers to the coast last fall to investigate and look into the question of railway and public works\u2019 construction, The practicability of this course has been amply demonstrated by the knowledge of our affairs in government circles at Ottawa.The result must be that the projected railway to the coast will be commenced and carried to completion within two years.A WINNIPEG NEWSPAPER ON THE SUBJECT.Winnipeg, Man., March 8.\u2014The Winnipeg \u2018Free I\u2019ress\u2019 editorially urges in the interest of the great west that both the political parties approach the Crow\u2019s Nest Pass railway project free of all Fut purely business considerations.The \u2018Free Press\u2019 points out that the present discussion in the party organs of the east adds another difficulty, through the apprehension expressed by party that such an arrangement may involve an alliance or combination between the corporation and the other party.This latter alone bids fair not only to make such an arrangement impossible, tut to cause the abandonment of the whole project for an indefinite period.It may be necessary or inevitable that such be the case until the conditions and possibilities in connection with the work are well enough understood as to cause general agreement upon a scheme, but it will be a calamity as regards the diver- | sion of the Hritish Columbia trade to eastern Canada.That is already find- Ing an outlet south of the line, and a vear's postponement of this work wili probably find it permanently fixed there.If this be the result, our United States neighbors may well sneer at Canadians as being too slow to grasp the opportunities that come in their way.THE ANCIENT CAPITAL.Quet.ee, March 8.\u2014The total loss by the fire in St.Roch's is now set down at $122,000.AA nan named Robert Hawkins was severely injured by a runaway horse on St.John street on Saturday.A man named Jarvis in the Police Court on Friday was fined a hundred dollars and costs and one month's imprisonment for having an illicit still in his possession and a similar penalty for illicit distillation, with the option of six months\u2019 additional imprisonment in default of payment in euch case.A child of eight months old, belonging to a family named Bowen, residing in St.Sauveur, was burned to death on Friday night.In the temporary absence of the mother another of her children, aged four years, drew a live coal from the fire and threw it on the finor, where it set fire to the window curtains and the whole room was soon enveloped in flames, which also communicated to the cradle in which the younger child was lving.When the mother returned she had barely time to drag the older child out of the room and to snatch the baby from the cradle, but the poor infant wus already so badly burned that it did not survive very long.Despatches from Pointe aux Esquimaux below, say the sealing schooners have already left there, which is three weeks earlier than usual.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 RUSSIA LIKES MR.McKINLEY.New York, March 8.\u2014A special to the Herald\" from St.Petersburg savs:\u2014 \u2018 That portion of President McKinley's speech referring to .his exterior policy has received universal approval here, and all the more so for coming after the recent symptoms of * jingoism,\" which have been regarded as a very dangerous Ane.rican malady.In President McKinley the common sense of Americans is now considered to have righted itself.The general opinion is that he is going to show himself one of America's great presidents.New York, March 8$\u2014A Madrid spe cial to the * World * says the Washington correspondent of * El Liberal\u2019 in a despatch to that paper, states that in a recent interview, accorded him by President McKinley, he asked the President for some declaration which he might telegraph to Spain, and the latter replied that he considered it superfluous to say anything further than what was contained in his inaugural address with regard to his foreign policy.one political | MoxpAY, MARCH 8, 1897.A CONDITIONAL SALE.Judge Belanger has rendered an inter- i esting judgment in a case of Moody et al vs.Larose.The plaintiffs sought to re- vendicate a threshing machine sold Ly them to defendant and upon which the sum of £156.25 was still due, the agreement being that the right of property in the machine should remain in the plaintiff's possession until full payment of the purchase price.The Court held that \u2018the agreemonat between the parties, while preserving the right of property in the i machine to the plaintiffs until full payment, did not contain any stipulation which authorized them to claim lack the machine purely and simply while at the same time permitting them to retin the sums which had been received on ac- recount.Without such stipalation the plaintiffs were not entitled to claim the possession of the machine until they had reimbursed the sun received by them, or at least had made a tender of such ; amount, and under those circumstances ; the action must be dismissed.| \u2014\u2014e_\u2014- | IT WAS NOT SURPRISING.| THAT THE HORSE WANTED TO RUN AWAY.| A milkman\u2019s sleigh came clattering i along St.James street on Saturday at a | breakneck pace.scattering passengers and velicles to the right and left.Fin- Lally a policeman got it halted at the post-office when it was discovered that i the driver had hitched the ring of the i bit to the collar thus compelling the unfortunate animal tc keep its head bent to within eight inches of the shoulder.i On being asked why he did this the i driver replied, * Oh, it 18 to keep him i quiet.He has been crazy all morning\u2019 \u2018It is little to he wondered at that the | best-tempered horse would get fractious ; under such exceptionally cruel carcum- | stances.| PROVINCIAL APPOINTMENTS.Messrs.John R.Fleming, Q.C.of the i village cf Aylmer, and Charles Leduc of , the city of Hull, yeoman, are named ; joint prothonotary of the Superior Court, \"joint clerk of the Circuit Court.joint i clerk of the Crown, and joint clerk of .the peace, for the district of Ottawa.| The following are named justices of \u201cthe peace: © District of Montreal\u2014Mr.Thos.Chambers of Montreal.© District of Richelieu\u2014Messrs.Joseph \"Elie, Calixte (.Lemaire, Zacharie \u2018Proulx, Moyse H.Lemire and (alixte | Allard, all of La Baie.District of Terrebonne\u2014Messra.John Hope, manufacturer, of Lachute, and ; Edward Allan, physician, of Avoca.District of Arthabaska\u2014 Messrs.Lud- | ger Beaudoin and Napoleon Lemieux, of East Leeds, P.O., West Broughton.- el MR.MAX HEINRICH.Music lovers will be pleased to know that this splendid artist 1s shortiy to give two of his dehightiul song recitals in Montreal.The praises that he 1s getting jor his work this season are most tlat- tering.The Boston \"Advertiser pean: (ing of a concert he gave in that any lin January said: \u2018Mr.Hemrich rs mall of intelli- true dramatic fire, and has an | gence that one might expect 1 a mus | cal conductor, but rarely may hope to | discover in a singer.He catches the composer's attention in a Most MusiCIan- Iv.manner.and 1s techmically able to ; present a varied set of emotions and \u2018moods.Such a man 18 the 1deal of a | song singer.\u2019 | { | | \u2014_\u2014\u2014 IST.JUDE'S BIBLE CLASS OUTING.i | The young menu's bible class of St | | Jude's Church have decided to take a \u201cdrive around mountains on i Thursday, March 1K.Arter the dre | refreshmients will be served in the Sun- | dav-schoo] of the chur bh.The tickets lare thirty-five cents and frends are cordially invited to participate mn this pleasant outing.the two \u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 A (CURIOUS ACTION, Francois Hood, in ins quality of tutor to his minor son, Honemus, has entered an action cloming à thousand dollars damages from the Canadian Pacte Railway Company, on account of injuries received by the yeung man through a landslide which occurred while he was louk- ing on at the work of excavating for tue east end station.- ce \u2018NIOBE\u2019 DEBATING The members of tie above circle are hard at work preparing for their second annual concert to take place im Frater nity Hall, Point St.Charles, on March 19.A large programme, comprising sCV- eral new specialties, has been promised and the members of the circle are prac- tigamg hard at their choruses.\u2014\u2014 THE INJUNCTION MAINTAINED.In the case of the Montreal Lithographing Company vs.Sahiston, Judge Charland has rendered judgment maintaining the injunction taken by plamnuiti and condemning defendant to pay Slu0 damages.CIRCLE.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 A SALE TRANSACTION.Judge A-chibild rendered judgment on Saturday in a care of Hyde ve.Tand- sav.This was a dispute concerning the purchase of goods by defendant trum plaintiff and judgment went in favor of plaintift.\u2014_\u2014p A PROLIFIC EWE.Cornwall, March 8.\u2014James McLeod, South Branch, has a ewe that has given him eight lambs in twenty-one months.| ! or re \u2014\u2014 em \u2014\u2014\u2014 LTE en me xd aciers .Ea a veg I ns sm =.gp oA race are D A ed ees pa Ly AAA AV a va fn eu Se .% Wo NY \u2014 a Js ad \u2014 \u2014 : £8 pe \u2014.a\u2014\u2014\u2014 Movnay, Marcu &, 1897.THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.MRS.BEECHER DEAD.PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME THIS MORNING.2 \u2014 Stamford, (enn.Mareh 8S\u2014 Mrs.Henry Ward Becrnes of vl at 10.42 a.in.We sari on awe Bunn iw ore the passing Live Dut a long one and one away 7 ans when Die has been sent whaliv for God and ats fellows, we Cv reverence.A little Ler Mrs.Henry Ward becher saw ler loved husband pass be- info tne unseen, and since then herself in the vears she bezds in teil VOLS age tuer sie nis hived quietly by tin hope that many would be with him aga.del husband and wife live a united lie.logether they began « Vouug married couple in Law: betore Never norte que as rencebure, Indurus in 1837, and from cher till the dav of das death her hire vas Gnmked to hus tx the closest sympa The story of their early married te.rst om Lawrenceburg and later in es Ir carapoliss ther struggies with pov- er, ness and family losses: the abso- die Jevotion oi husband and wife to one another tir uzh all woenld fill a vot- une.Ther strggles and poverty seem- wa tnt to dra theme nearer to one an- ner account or hia health, Mr.\u2018orcher accepte! the call to the charge of Premonth Brookivn, and their \"ecneal strugz'es were fer the most part Co Jd.\u2019 Last with tie gain they rien that no meey could replace.Wiie's \u2014_ - Cane hy money lost | change, they will ever change our trust: \u2018und confidence in each other.\u201d \"How tfauthtullv he fultilled that mise during the remainder of los hie - tied knows.The few last vears of his pro- \u201chfe drew us mre closely together than vever, fer Tage upon the heart can never Pereep.O01 Mr.Beechier's visit to Eur pe im 1888 his wire thus speaks: \u2018I cannot yo into detiuls nf that blessed last vacation.wath in: the respect accorded him, the At tne end of ten vears, chieily almost exactly ten years ago.: Mr.Beecher allowed no one to nurse her Lorors paid and the enthusiasm which greeted him on everv hand.1 had never been abroad.and everything was, of cr urse, new to me.As Mr.Beecher, could not take me out of the route pre; arranged for hin, hie was anxious to put, ine 1m the hands ol à courier, or some | friends for a trip through France and | ltaly.ut | dechned, preferring to ve.wain with Mr.Beecher, and now how | thankful I am that not a day in all | these four months was J absent from his 3 Slee, Mrs, Beecher was a brave woman, well suited to Le the wite of a brave man.On account of his vigorous denunciation of publie and mdividual wrongdoing Mr.Beecher's life.especially in the antislavery campaign, was many times threatened, liven his warmest admirer urged him to moderation.But his wife glorted In His bravery.© low little tliey knew him she wnites, \u2018as if his own good would weigh a featherweight to hold! him back from any duty.\u2019 Lier last work with her husband was In October, 1886, thev returned from their Euro- pein tip.In December, Mrs.Beecher was seriously ill and during her illness but himself.* T should never have re- .eexered, she writes, * but for Mr.Beech- ; \u201cing the church parlors.and the last drive Lven of ther bad been no sickness,\u201d writes Mrs.Reedher, \u201cthe change from our western h-me nfe to that which grew up abeuz ns in Brooklyn, from greativ mnlrhipled duties, could not fail to bring somme homestek hours to those who for ten vears had hved much more coseiv together than t= usual.Was at, strange that the vasv.daily communica- between that little kitchen talle and the stwiv tale should at times he ton sadiv miased bv hoth 7 The food tar.theught and progress thus carried into the rougher work of the kitchen often banished all source of fatigue and controlled pain by the pleasure of knowing.we had the same subject berween We found it difficult, that Us in common.Pn \u2019 WY À f = i A p FO .a £ IR OO MRS.HENRY WARD BEECHER.Brooklyn, and Mr.Reecher was obliged and rewrite the whole.to use a room in the church for study.derstand what a trial tins was to us.than ever before.But when vou recall the ten years hfe that had passed, years when our work ' pared with the adoration and worship had been done together, then always pn: vourseli in the same place and I 1 know and see him now as I never did think you will not sav that the pain felt ; before.\u201d by us was altogether childish.\u2018Often in th: early Brooklyn ven after breakfast and in the church, 1t would be difficult to describe or explain the reehng of bereave- inous cloud appears to rise before me; It was}and as I look the glory bursts out be- ment and loneliness that I felt.ir possible to reason away the sense wi neath it, I had! JTeaven opens before me as if I needed up to the very limit 01 {to take but one step forward and enter my strength, but it did not dispel this! the promised land.\u201d trouble or alienation between us.no lack of work, strange impression.It seemed to me a daily separation.In an hour or two, perhaps, my husband would return and instantly detect a look of trouble.\u201cWhat's the matter ?\u201d he would ask **\u201c Nothing, dear, just a little ron sense.\u201d \u2018\u2018\u201c But what is it ?I must know,\u2019 he would persist.\u201cWell, T hardly know myself.gecms strange\u2014our life here.vou will call fe foolish, but when you have vour studv\u2019at the church we seem I half feel that we have It all sn separated.quarrelled.\u201d \"With ore of his real oll time.liearty langhs he would reply.= T Imagine are both fonhsh, then, for that's just the wav J was feeling, and I ran round to tnd ont if we really had quarreiled.1 dent appear to know how to work with cur calling vou from that little kitchen rew and then.It will take us time to get accustomed to this new wan cr thinlong aml working separately, and se Sone M is not pleasant to think où Bat ve noust conquer thos childi-hness and we vil, I know.Yet 1 am not gute sare ii at >> childishnoss.Our lives and lite, | « A 1 NN) ee rE &/ EN \\ X un Everything connected with his life rises now before me Jt mayv be difficalt for some to fully un- so much more wonderful, more glorious My old love and reverence appear so low, so mean com- inv Eeart longs to pour out before him.\u2018And the same far-away look that had dreamy, more real, ached over his face, * When | think of him a great lum- bright shining like the sun.\u2018And was not that what he did do ?How his face shone upon me as he turn: ed and drew me close to him.Twice during that ride he repeated this, using almost the same words, but with even more earnestness.How his face lighted up! How his eves kindled! And, oh, hew blind I was ! Why did I not understand that heaven was just opening for him and drawing him away from n e\u2014from all who so loved him ?I sim- those inspired moments I had often seen, th#ugh never so vonderfully illuminated, when his soul shone out from his face.to him * Come up higher * °° \"AH through that ride he talked constantly of almost everybody we had Lncwn everything we \u2018had experienced tngether, He was very earnest in urging re to do all I could to keep up the soclal life où the rhur:h as he thought it one of the best means to keep the church urited, and in pe wav the greatest help to the pastor ef the church\u2019 That night Mr.Beecher was stricken with apoplexy in his sleep and never spoke again.He l'ngered a week and then passed away.It was generally supposed that he was all the while unconscious, but says Mrs.Beecher, \u2018I never believed it and never shall.1 held his hand all the time unless called aside fer a moment.Iu that case, as I returned, the nurse would say \u201cHe's hunting for vou, Mrs.Beecher.\u201d He wenld move his hand over the bed spread as it hunting for something, till I put my hand in his agiin.Several times he raised_ our hands together to my lips , The last time was but a few hours be- 1 | j i fore he died.\u2019 Mrs.Beecher's work has by no, means been confined to her house.ler sympathies were as wide as the world.\u2019 Housekeeping and home-making were to her the most important work a woman could engage in and housewives the world over have profited by her writings ww the subject.Since Mr.Beecher's death Mrs.Beecher lived very quietly, or rather, as she expressed it, \u2018as quiet as her door bell would allow her to do.\u201d She lived alone with one servant and the answering the door was alone almost the work of one able-bodied woman.All sorts of people.voung and old, rich and poor, came to see her on all manner of errands, demanding all sorts of sympathy and advice and help.And all got what they came for as far as it was in her power to give it.A striking feature of her back parlor was a large birdcage containing fifteen birds, five canaries, a love bird and a number of Javas.Their noise would have driven a nervous woman frantic.But Mrs.Beecher was not nervous and Mr.Beecher had loved them.She took the sole care of them, petted them when they were well and nursed them when they were sick.Of late years she has rarely slept more than five hours out of the twenty-four, and it was no un- usnal thing if she were specially interested in n piece of work to write all night.One reason of this was a heart trouble which often made lying down very painful, Mrs.Beecher has been described as a small delicate woman, bent a little by the weight of vears, but alert of motion and exceedingly careful as to dress.She made her own dresses and their fit and finish were perfect.She loved dainty ruffles and her lace caps were always trimmed with delicate lavender ribbon.She liked good ornaments, too, an old- fashioned cameo brooch, small cameo earrings, a silver eyeglass guard and watch with a long glittering chara.On the first | finger of her right hand she wore a seal ring helonging to Mr.Beecher, and which she prized above most of her possessions.Over her features time had traced innumerable wrinkles, but her features were perfect and set in its frame of white hair her face was almost beautiful.She spent hours with her bible, seated before the fire in the large green armchair which had been Mr.Beecher's, with her feet on the fender.From here, or, indeed, from any position in the room, she could see Mr.Beeçher's face.One portrait hung over his desk, another over her's; in every available corner these were to be found, and a life-sized bust of him stood in the window.Mrs.Beecher, says a writer who saw her last spring, seemed to possess the secret of perpetual vouth.She once said that she had resolved \u2018never to become an old woman.\u201d She had a deep insight into human nature, and a keen sense of humor, and responded to a joke as quickly as a girl.She also lived very much outside of herself.The memory of her husband was always with her and she lived as she knew he would have her live, serene and contented, making the most of any pleasure that came and throwing off cares and worries.For the woman who complained of lack of career or of a husband's neglect, she had little svmpathy.Husbands might be to blame, but women, she maintained, were equally blameworthy.Home was their kingdom, where they might reign supreme if they held the reeptre with a gentle hand, the laws of | kindness in the heart and the word of love on the lips.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 MONTREAL, POULTRY ASROCIA- TION.The following are the officers of the Montreal Poultry Association for the ensuing vear, elected at the annual meeting of the Association held in the Vie- toria Armory:\u2014Hon.president, Mr.Thomas Costen; president, Mr.E.IL.(inaedinger: first vice-president, Mr.James Ainslie: second vice-president, Mr.A.F.Dawes; third vice-president, Mr.A.MeD.Drummond; secretary-treasurer, Mr.W.J.Morton; hon.secretary, Mr.J.HH.Caviord.-Executive committee\u2014 Messrs.A.Roddick, W.Cox, R.W.Hopper, (i.Gravel, R.Skellier, G.C.Philpot, A.Tavallee, E.Therien, G.Shetler and F.G.Gnaedinger.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 THE WILL WAS ALL RIGHT.Judge Bourgeois has rendered judgment in the case of Dame E.Ressouche vs Mathilde M.Ressouche.This was an action taken by Mrs.L.Wisintainer to annul the will of her deceased mother made in favor of her sister.the present defendant.The action was hased on the ground that the testatrix Lad not the full enjoyment of her mental faculties when she made her will, bu: the Court held a different view and dismissed the action.pa DI ATH OF MR.P.GAHAN, Mr, P.Gahan.well-known in st.Ann's Ward, died yesterday at his residence on Shannon street, at the age of fiftr-three.The deceased, who had hved in this city for upwards of thirty vears, was a native of New Ross in the county of Wexford, Ireland.He was well-known in temperance circles and was for many years a leading member of the St.Ann's T.A.and BB.Society.The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 7.30, the service being held at St.Ann\u2019s Church.\u2018School for S.8.teachers.THE MACNAB\u2019S COLONY.MR.JAMES CRAIG5 LECTURE BEFORE THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.A lecture of great interest, particularly! to Seotchmen and those of Seuteh descent mm the Dominion, was delivered on Friday evening last at St.Andrew's Home, the Society, by Mr.James Craig of Renfrew, Ont, who chose for his subject \u2018The Mr.SS.Bain occupied the chair, and a very considerable audience listened attentively to the history of the vagaries of the mediaeval-minded Highlander under auspnees of the Caledonian Maenab.\u201d who tvrannized over the people who were literally his serfs in the man- nev of a feudal baron.This extraordinary man, the lecturer stated, came from Scotland to Canada in 1823 in order to escape arrest from debt.lsy means of an order-in-couneil he was granted a township for settlement, next that of Troy, Ont., which he peopled with Écotehmen whom.under specious pretexts, he persuaded to leave their native ; ccuntry and join him.Upon arrival, these unfortunates found that they had | practically no rights whatever, and that | they had to work like slaves in order: that The Macnab alone might profit by their labor and enjoy an unearned increment.This was bad enough, but the tyrannical spirit of The Macnab made matters, already bad.far worse for the wretched laborers.It was in vain that they appealed for redress to the authorities, for their chieftain was invariably ahead\u201d of them in this respect.At last, however, in 1841, by another ovder-in- counail, The Macnal was dispossessed of his township.and his settlers trinmph- ed.He left the township in 1846, residing in Hamilton and in Montreal until 1848, in which year he returned ta Seot- land, where, except for squandering a small estate that had been left to him in the Orkneys, his career was uneventful.He finally died in April, 1860, near Boulogne, in France.At the conclusion of his lecture, Mr, Craig was accorded a hearty vote of thanks hy the andience, who lustily sang \u201cAuld Lang Syne,\u201d and \u2018God Save the Queen,\u2019 before dispersing.\u2014_e\u2014\u2014 SUMMER SCHOOL FOR SUNDAY- SCHOOL: TEACHERS.As a result of the late Sunday-school Convention held in Granby, the general secretary of the S.S.Union, Mr.(3.H.Archibald, is arranging for a Summer The exact location has not yet been decided upon, but either Knowlton, on Brome Lake, or Georgeville on Lake Memphremagog will probably be chosen.The plan is to have:\u2014First, lectures on the principle ot teaching and kindred subjects, with general discussion and answering of questions; second, addresses by qualified specialists; third, a series of model classes of children taught by expert teachers.Much of the time will be given up to practical work of a character helpful to 8.8.workers.A devotional hour emphasizing the spiritual side of the teach- ar\u2019s life will not be omitted.Not more than two or three hours per dav will be taken up with studies, and the rest of the time will be given up to boating, fishing, reading and resting.Everything that can will be done to make the occasion one of pleasant and healthful recreation combined with helpful instruction.Special arrangements as to board are being made, and it is expected that the cost will not exceed six dollars per week.The school will be in operation two weeks, but it is expected that some will perhaps arrive before the beginning and remain on for a time after the close.Stanstead County Sunday-school Association hold an annual pienic, which takes the form of a one day\u2019s convention, and it is expected that this will be held .in connection with the Summer School.| Sunday-school teachers would do well to plan for their vacation during the dates of the Summer School.The session will probably be held during the last of July or first of August, but more definite dates will soon be announced.PE AMPLE COMPENSATION, Judge Archibald, missed the action in the case of Germain on Saturday, dis- et uxor vs.Leclaire.This was a claim for $128 damages on account of repairs made to a building a portion of which was occupied by plaintiffs as sub-tenants.The Court held that the reduction allowed on the rent and the benefit derived by plaintiffs through the use of the store where the repairs were made more than compensated for any sum which defendant could be called upon to pay as damages.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014p\u2014\u2014\u2014 ASSESSMENT ROLL TO STAND.Judge Belanger rendered judgment on Saturday in the case of Ramsay et al vs, the City of Montreal.This was a petition to set aside the special assessment roll made by the commissioners for the widening of St.Nicholas street, on the ground, especially, that the commissioners had put an exorbitant valuation on petitioners property, and had not taken into account the benefit to be derived from the improy2ments by each property assesszd.The Court held that the commissioners appeared to have conformed to the requirements of the statute, and that petitioners had not established the : have also registered thelr objections.: creasinæ effort, allegations of their petition.TH NEW RAILWAY RATES.Torento.March t.\u2014The radical change made by the Grand Trunk Railway in re- [ation to the commutation and market tickets is causing a great deal of complaint from sone sections of their patrons.From the western towns come th2 greatest objections from business men, who make at least onc visit a week to the cites.It also affects law firms who have offices at different points in the province.The merchants who have been giving bargain days In the vicinity of the Union Station to-day there was corsiderable talk about the board of trade of the province taking the matter up.On the other hand, the storekeaners and merchants generally in the smaller towns are delighted with tha change.their only cbjecticn being that it was not put into \u2018orce sooner.St.Thomas.Ont., control of the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway on Wednesday, March 10, The superintendent, Mr.Morford, is in Detroit, arranging the details of the transfer and a vew time card wil be issued.Connections will be made with all M.C R.express trains, and passengers, from tlamil- ton will have a through ride to Bu:falo, Detroit and Chicago._\u2014\u2014\u2014 AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE COMPANY.An application for letters patent under the laws of the Dominion for the incorporation of the Romaine Automatic Agricultural Machine Company, limited, with headquarters at Montreal, has been made by the following applicants\u2014Messrs.A.A.Barn- hart, 1nventor, Alfred Eaves, wholesale jeweller; Joseph R.Fair, accountant; Ben- Jamin Burland, agent; William Hoss, minu- IN ergineer; R.stonewall Jackson, whole- sate merchant; SS.G.Waldron, marchant: Charles E.Robertson, mining enginesr and cthers, of the city of Montreal, and Kobert Ness, of ecwick.Que., farmer; Rezinald M.Courtne!, civil engineer, of Ottawa; J.A.McGregor, merchant and postmaster, of Metcalfe, Ont., O.W, M.McKinstry, grain merchant, of Port Arthur, Ont; , D.Cameron, of Lauder, Man., farmer; George Biachford, of Huntingdon, Que., and others; capital stock, $500,000; with powers to exploit automatic agricultural machines throughout Canada, and sell territorial rights.The provisional directors are Messrs, A.A.Barnhart, Alfred Eaves, J.R.Falr, Charles C.Corneille and Robert Ness.Mr.R.Stanley Weir is the company's advocate.ce ROYAL TEMPLARS OF TEMPERANCE.A very plezsant and enjoyable hour was spent under the auspices of Metropolis Council, No.5, Royal Templars of Temperance, at Walford Hall, last Friday, the .members and friends celebrating the eleventh apniversary of this organization of ten] erar ce werkers.© The chair was taken at eight o'clock by the S.C., Bro.Secord, who was supported on his right by the Grand Councillor, Bro.J.H.Spicer, and on his left by the Past District Councillor, Bro.E.T.Wicks; representatives of each council in the district were present.The address of the Grand Councillor was sn Inspiring one, urging the membership to in- particular mention being made of the requirement of united effort on the part of the membership in the coming plebiscite.Congratulatory addresses were rade by all the representatives of other councils who were present.A programme of instrumental and vocal music was duly rendered.During the evening a beautiful jewel was presented to Bro.H.G.Munroe, Pzst Select Councillor of the Council, in recognition of his valued effcrts on behalf of the council ard the temperance cause in general in the city, \u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 SELECT KNIGHTS OF CANADA.Invicta Legion, No.12, Select Knights of Cenada, beld their annual concert and Bo- ciel the cther evening in Beaman's Conser- vatery Hall, St.Catherine street.Commander R.Doherty occupied the chair.Among those who contributed to the even- irg's enjoyment were Proiecssor J.J.Goulet, J.Lucas, J.Meharg, Professor Du- four.C.Thibault.W, Clendenning.A.Gee, #nd Misses Mumford, Wright, Ancrum,Miay.Hannah, Stoba, McNeliage.Miss Van Nathan, Miss A.Hooper and Miss Baker, who kindly acted as accompanist for the evening._\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.Late on Friday afternoon before Mr.Justice Wurtele in the Court of Queen's Bench the Grand Jury returned a true bill against Ernest Cardinal for unlawful! wounding.A \u2018no bill was returned against Joseph Gratton accused of homicide.It was alleged that Gratton by culpable negilgence caused the death of Patrick Renaud at St, Louis du Mile End by the explosion of a dyr amite cartridge.ADVERTISEMENTS.YOUR CREDIT; 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pletely done away with to make room, The statesmen or party, now li Lor a hew agreement.the Hungarian Libera! power, aie the only Hungarian leaders: who wish the renewal of the compronuse IR 1ts existing form, and thi: ror tae simple reason that since the ratifiéation ot the treaty the Liberal party has firmn- try.As the Liberal organization 1s compact and well disciplined, as its leaders are energetic and sure of their foi- lowers, they are not only masters in Hungary, but have besides a preponder- ; ating influence on the general policy ol the monarchy.The compromise divide, the monarchy mto two groups of provinces\u2014on the one herd the Austrian empire, and the kingdom of Hungary on the other.iach of these divisions has a separate government for all local affairs.But tur the army, ravy and foreign affairs there is a third government, for the expenses of which the two countries contribute according to a certain proportion.It is un this point that discussion has arisen.In 1867 it was arranged that Hunguoy should contribute thirty percent and Austria seventy percent oi the comin experses.\u2018Llus proportion corresponds netther to the territory, the population nor the wealth of the two countries, Austria pays too much and Hungary too little.The Austrians wish to modiiy the scale of expenses, but the Hungarians refuse any change.In Hungary inere are extremists who desire absolute senaration from Austria.The most that they might concede would be a personal umon\u2014that is to say, a common sovereign tor both countries, without any union, either military, com- ; i \"ternoon Senator Davis moved to mercial, or diplomatic.But, tar more numerous than these Radicals, all ot Magyar nationality, are the inhabitants of the Kusdom who belong tu other races, notably the Roumamans, Slavon- lang, Nervians, and others.In theory they are Hungarian citizens, with all tlie rights attached, but in fact they are op-! pressed mm the mest tyrannical manner, though forming the majority of the popuiation.The compromise whirh has given them over to the tender mercies of Magyar rule has not greater enemies than these Roumamans, Slavoniats, and Servians.These have a very curious manner of showing their hatred for the existing regime.\\Whereas the Magvars only speak of their sovereign bv the title of \u201cKing,\u201d the Roumanians, Slavonians and Servians always sav * Emperor: thus showing that they wish to be loval ant faithtul subjects of Francis Joseph in hi- quality of Austrian Emperor, but not às King of Hungary.The Austrian Constitution, much more Liberal in one respect than the Hungarian, hag an enual regard for all the ;the United States for many reasuns; first, perhaps, because the Hungarian Liberal party has a strong anti-ecclesiastical policy, and contains among its members a large number oÎ Protestants and Jews, and, further, because the German Conservatives are Iar less © Prussian\u2019 in their sympathies than the Liberals.\u2018They are, wm fact, ex tremely \u2018Austrian,\u2019 and loyal to the Hapshourgs, and cannot forgive the lukewarm loyalty of the Magyars for the Crown.The Slavs' ambition is to organize a federal menarchy which would give Zo all the raves, including the Magyars, the vight and opportunity to develop themselves according to their national mter- ests and instinets.The German Conservatives of Austria would prefer this solution to the dualist concention which gives the Hangarians a privileged situation, entirely out of proportion to their real importance.I avpearances are to be trusted, it 1s threatened in the most serious manner.Put Hungarian tenacity is such that it may once again get the better of all its adversaries and prevail on the sovereign to renew the advantages already conced- ; , ed to the \u2018apostolical\u2019 Kingdom of Hun- cles with the other countries under tie.garv.In whatever manner this important question of the Austro-Hungarian compromise is considered the outlook is a glcomy one for the future of the lHaps- hourg dynasty and the existence of the Ir cnarchy itself.\u2014_\u2014 SIR DONA WILL D SMITH.SAIL FOR HOME ON WEDNESDAY.8.\u2014-Sir London, March Donald A.: .Smith, Canadtan High Commissioner in iv established its supremacy in the coun- : London, will sail for New York on his way to Canada on board the steamer \u2018 Teutonic,\u201d which will depart from Ilv- erpool on March 10.2 a\u2014\u2014 ONTARIO LICENSE BILL.A JOINT PROTEST ENTERED BY THE METHODIST CHURCHES OF BATH CIRCUIT.Bath, Ont., March 8.-Yesterday the three Methodist congregations of the Bath circuit enthusiastically adopted a resolution presented by the pastor, the Rev.Dr.Tucker, protesting against the \u2018hal!-way' measures of the license amendments now before the Ontario Legislature and calling upon the government to fulfil to the full its pledges to the prohibition electors of the province.Kingsten, Ont, March 8.\u2014The temperance workers at a meeting vesterday passed a resolution censuring the Ontario Government for breaking its word by the introduction of the Harcourt License bill.A public meeting is called for Tuesday to further protest.THE ARBITRATION TREATY.SENT BACK TO THE COMMITTE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, Washington, March 8.\u2014During the executive session of the Senate this af- refer the general treaty of arbitration between and (reat Bntain, which is now on the table, back to the Committee on Foreign Relations, together with the pending amendments.This action wus taken without opposition, although there was some immaterial dis- i cussion as to the method of getting the convention there.Senator Morgan con- \u201ctended and read à rule in support of ; his contention that the treaty at the nationalities and all the races of the em-: pire.An article of this Austrian Constitution says that public instruction and! justice must be so orgamzed that no subject of the Emperor shall be obliged to learn any other language than his native toneue.The great aim of the Hungarian Government, on the other han, 1s to denationalize and assimilate all the non-llutngarian elements où the Kingdom.In Austria, the Liberal German party which arranzed the compromise with the Hungarians has fallen into a state of complete disinterration.Fhes pertw had strong tendencies toward centraîization.and seeing that à could not * lLermantze all the monarchy, it handed over the non-Magvar races to the Hungarians, «iv: mg: * Take care of veur own hordes: we will Tock after ours,\u201d waich meant that the Magvars were Lo arrange matieis os best they might w:th the Roun, and Slavs.while the Austrians were ta attemnt to \u2018Teutonize the vians, and Tcheques.But all efforts at Germanization have faite! The SIavs fre Poles, \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 GLADSTONE SPEAKS OUT.ENGLISH SHIPS SHOULD NOT HAVE FIRED ON GREEKS.Mr.Gladstone has sent the following message from Cannes: * [ wrote eight days ago that Furove had committed an unpardonable fault, likely to have incalculable consegences, in leuguing itself against Gresce.Facts now nrove me to have been right.Now, where are we knows! People recommend a paliative measure IN tne \"shape of the autonomy of Crete, with a \"Greek prince under Ottoman suzeramty.ani are much rotated at the cxortatant , the monarchy at \u2018he expense of the other nationalties.AU these Slavs are, therefore, hostile to the compromise.But even the Austrian Germans themselves have modified their former opinions on the subject.The tuflueies xhseh in 1867 belonged to the Liberals has gone over to the Catholic Conservatives and Tederatiomsts and to the antrsenuies, Ww hoy are extremely hostile to Tunzars.privileges accorded to the Hungarians mi! tion, and she will be quite right.\"only say one thing.That is not the right way to extinguish the confiigration.It will smoulder for some time to come, to break out afresh with renewed violence.Moreover, I don't believe Crete will accept that solu- I can Iiad I still been in * office, not a single shot would have been fired by ships under the British Hag aginst either Greeks or (\u2018retans.The mischief is done; I deplore it.and regret from the bottom of my soul that Eng.Lond, France \u2014Europe, in short\u2014should not.on this occasion, be found arrayed on the side oË right, justice, and hu- muantts.THE CIVIC HOSPITAL.ANOTHER WESTMOUNT PATIENT CAUSES COMMENT, Another Protestant patient was yes terday refused admission to the Protestant section of the Civic Hospital, by order of Dr.Laberge.woman named Miss Alice Johnston, of the French Protestant In- > À young stitute, Westmount, having been declared to be suffering from diphtheria, Dr.Hutchinson, the medical health officer of the town, telephoned to Dr.Laberge, stating the facts, and asking that an ambulance be sent for the removal of the patient to the Protestant section of the Civie Ilospital, as she belonged to the Protestant faith.Dr.Laberge replied that he would only send the ambulance on condition that the patient be taken to the Civic Hospital proper, which was the only institu- tien he recognized.1 McGILL MEDICAL SOCIETY.The eleventh regular meeting of the society was held on the evening of Friday, March 5.In the absence of the president and vice-president, Mr.A.Smith, B.A., was appointed chairman for the evening.Dr.Osler and Dr.Martin, nominated at a former meeting, were unanimously elected honorary members of the society.The programme for the evening was then taken up.Mr.H.I.Cushime, B.A, read a paper on *The Poisonous Plants of Eastern Canada,\u2019 illustrated by mounted specimens of the plants he described.Mr.F.M.A.Me- Nangehton, BA, was then called on for a paper on the \u2018Function of the Thyroid.\u2019 At the close, on motion of Mr.Peters and Mr.Beattie, the hearty thanks of the meeting was extended to these gentlemen for their interesting and instructive papers, and the meeting adjourned.SOULANGES COUNTY.MR.PIERRE DOUCET'S CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.An important meeting of the (\u2018cnser- vative delegates of Soulanges County is in progress to-day at Coteau Station to He was the officer | receive either the acceptance or refusal of Health, and he was not to take in-jof the nomination of the party in that structions from Dr.Hutchinson or any | district tendered to Mr.Vierre Doucet other outside authority as to where he jof Coteau Station.should send cases of contagious disease.As the case was urgent, it was agreed that the young woman should he sent to! what is known as the Catholic side of the hospital.Upon this understanding Dr.Laberge agreed to send out the ambulance.Dr.Laberge, when seen to-day, admitted the facts, and justified his attitude.\u20181 am simply acting according to law.The law says that all contagious diseases from outside the city must be reported to the officer of Health, under penalty.1 claim to be that officer.Theré is a Civic Hospital provided for the accommodation of patients from outside, upon payment of the usnal fees.I only know one Civic Hospital in the premises.I know neither (Catholic nor Protestant institution.1 pretend that T have the authority, and not Dr.Hutchinson, or anybody else, to dispose of such cases.I therefore replied to the demand for the ambulance that the person must be prepared to go to the Civic Hospital, and not the General Hospital side.\u2019 * Having, however, recognized your authority by acquainting vou with the facts of the case, would it have been tco much to expect that you would yield to a pre- judice\u2014call 1t a prejudice\u2014and send the patient to that place in which she would feel most comfortable, and \u2018which has the ability, it is confessed, to apply the latest treatment to contagious disease 7\u2019 \u201cNo; I do not think I should be called upon to vield to any such prejudice.Understand that this only avplies to outside patients.Any citizen who prefers to be sent to the Protestant side will be sent there.That side exists for the present under protest.J£ the Civic Hospital were a Catholic institution I could well understand this prejudice against it; but, on the contrary, it is absolutely non-sectarian, and for the benefit of all citizens, without regard to creed or nationality.TI think all sensible men should fight against such a prejudice.However, I am acting strictly within the law, and until I receive different instructions from the Board of Health I shall insist that all outside patients, whatever their religion, shall be sent to the Civic side of the hosnital, which is a public institution.The disposal of contagious cases remains in my hands as the officer of Health.I do not take instructions as to that dispcsal from any outside authority.\u2019 Dr.Laberge quoted the law, and maintained his position with great firmness.The authorities cf the institute feel put out about the matter, because the desire of the patient would have been for treatment In the Protestant side, and they think it strange that no matter what objection the patients have they must vield to the order of Dr.Laberge, who could as readily, they contend, order Protestant patients to the Protestant side as to the Civie, if he were 80 disposed, there being nothing in the law prescribing the destination of the contagious cases that may be brought into the citv from time to time.THE OBDURATE REVISORS.NOW FOR A \"RULE NISIY At noon to-day the Hon.Mr.Geofirion went before Judge Gill with a petition for a \u2018rule nisi\u201d to force the Bourd of Election Revisors to come before the Court and show cause why they shoull not comply with the wnt of prohibition served upon them on Saturday.The rule was granted, returnable to-morrow morning at 10.30, when the revisors will have to appear.\u2014\u2014p \u2014 BANQUE DU PEUPLE MEETING.The annual meeting of the shareholders of La Banque du Peuple opened ut the head office, St.James street, al à p.m.today, The annual statemont showed catnings for the year, after pay- Ing interest and expenses, of 55,552.75.The assets include an item of $1,392,736.15 of overdue debts._\u2014 MR.HTARDY'S HEALTH.Toronto, March 6.\u2014Mr.Hardy has had a relapse of his former attack of gripper and is confined to his home today.The illness is not serious but it may keep him from his duties for some davs.In his absence the Hon.Nh Gibson presides over the (Cabinet.; Ç ' t i 1 i The result of the meeting is looked forward to with grent curiosity as Mr.Doucet when receiving the news of the nomination distinctly .stated that his acceptance depended en- tirely on what measure of financial support would be accorded him by the party in power.THE LINTEAU MURDER.PASQUELO CIARLO ON TRIAL, \u2014\u2014\u2014 OTHER CASES BEFORE THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.On Saturday afternoon before Mr.Justice Wurtele, the trial of Thos.Vambel, accused of rape, was proceeded with in the Court où Queen's Bench, and the jury, after a short deliberation returned a verdict of \u2018guilty\u2019 against the prisoner.TO-DAY S PROCEEDINGS.The Court resumed work this morning, and Mr.Justice Wurtele granted the application of Mr.J.W.Poitras, counsel for thse defeuce in 1he case against Ernest Cyr, accused of receiving stulen goods, asking that the Crown defray the expense incurred by the attendance oi the witnesses, The trial of Ernest Cardinal, charged with unlawfully wounding Bertrand Belanger on Nov.7, 1596, was fixed for Monday, March 22, Hail was renewed.John Dempsey and William McGregor stepped into the dock and ertered a plea of \u2018gulity\u2019 to the charge of burglary.Tho prisoners broke into the house of Mr.Z.Perreault on Oct, 17, 1836, and escaped with a cuantity of goods.I'asquelo Ciarlo, called to the charge of murder.Messrs.M.J.Quinn, Q.C., M.P, and J.L.Archambault, Q.C., appeared as Crown Prosecutors, and Mr.H.C.St.Pierre, Q.C., represented the counsel for the defence.A mixed jury was selected of the following gentlemen: Messrs.Benj.Cousineau (foreman), WwW.P.Brown, J.B.Crevier, A.E.Blauchard, Thomas Kiley, Alphonse Lecavalier, Frs.Clerment, Henry Junod, Hugh Cilmour, Telesphore Prevost, Willlam Copping, and Julius Goldberg.Mr.Peter Fichera !s officiating as interpreter.The prisoner is accused of the murder of Frederic Linteau, on Montcalm street, on tho evening of Jan.1.It will be remnin- bered that the son of th» deceased was returning home late in the evening.when he Was accosted by four Italians.Ultimately a row took place, and young Linteau called for assistance.The father recognizing his egon\u2019's voice rushea out of the house to his assistance, with the result that a knife was used, and he was soon weltering in his own blood.The villanous Ttalians decamped and the two wounded menstwere tubsequently removed to the Notre Lame Hospital, where on Jan.3, the elder Linteau succumbed to his Injuries.On the mcining of the murder a razor and a knife were discovered in the vicinity of tho affray \u2014the former being identified as the property of the prisoner, and the latter turned out to belong to one of the murders ramod Fiorito, who is now at large.The Crown prosecutors addressed the jury regarding the charge against the prisoner, and the Court then adjourned until haif- past one o'clock, when the first witness will be examined.an Italian, was next TRIAL DELAYED THROUGH A MISSING DOCUMENT.An obstacle has arisen in the course of the case of the Linteau murder with which Pasqulo Ciarilo stands charged.Mr.Ar- chambault, Crown Prosecutor, was on Saturday last feeling too unwell to come down to Court, but sent a message to Mr.Sicotte, the Clerk of the Crown, asking him for some work to go on with.Mr.Sicotte forwarded him a record of the Linteau case, which was entrusted to a constable to convey to Mr.Archambault.This record is now missing and the court refuses to proceed with the trial until it is produced.Mr.Archambault states that he never received the record: the constable says that he gave it to one of Mr.Archambault's servants.Meanwhiie the trial of the prisoner is delayed until the missing document is found, -\u2014 COUNTERFEITERS IN ONTARIO.Toronto, March 6.\u2014 Merchants all over the county of York are complaining that they are being swindled by sharks, who are circulating bogus fifty and twenty-five cent pieces.lt is believed that the hogus coin is manufactured in the county, and officers are trving to discover the counterfeiters.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 SHIPPING.The Thomson Line 88.Gerona, from Portland on the 21st ult, arrived at London on the £th instant, and landed her shipment of live stock.249 cattle and 14° horses, except eight horses and 35 cattle, which died on the voyage.The Thomson Line SS.Devona sailed from England on the sth instant for Portiand.The Beaver Line SS.Lake Superior froin St.John, N.B.on Feb.24, with a shipment of 268 cattle and 111 horges, arrived at Liverpool at 10 a.m.to-day and landed her stock with the exception of two cattle and one horse.DISASTERS.London.March 8.\u2014The German steamer, FH.HL.Meier, from Bremen nn Feb.9.for New York, which passed Prawl Point on March 2, was sighted to-day off the Lizard on her way to Falmouth.She signalled that she had been on fire but that the fiames had bzen extinguished.Coo LL LL TRANS oii serbia de Tod bar to answer the serious LOCAL STOCKS.LIGHT OFFERINGS AND INDIFFERENCE OF BUYERS RESULTS IN STAGNATION.WITNESS OFFICE, Monday, March 8, 1807.} On tne local stock exchange this morning the offerings were light; buvers were indifferent, and a general condition of stagnation resulted.The total slightly exceeded two hundred, and values were steady.The London firmer.consols opening 14 higher than the clcse of Saturday.A New York broker tenor of its way with ejuanimity: discounting the fviure 1n a conservative spirit, confiding in the comparative safety of the situation as it now stands, and maintaining a generally hepeful attitude.During tho week, however, the stock market has been put to a rather sharp test by the course of political affairs in Europe.These are matters of some importance to Wall Strect; rut, so far, they have been unattended with any noticeable return of our sccuri- ties; nor does it appcar reasonable to expect any such effect, except under much more serious foreign conditions than now exist, and which might be attended with a necessity for procuring gold fron this side the Atlantic; for, the more political troubles endangered the value of European government recurities, the more would foreign investors seek to Invest in the issues of a great country exempt from the risks of foreign politics, The rales at the morning board were as follows: \u201450 Cable at 1644, 5 Gas at 16314, 3 at 193%, 1 at 19214, 32 at 192, 25 xd at 159, 3 Montreal Street Railway at 2247.1 at 22:15, 50 Halifax Electric at 91',, 15 at \u201c4, 25 at 95, 1 Merchants Bank at l7v.15 Molsons Bank at 194.The sales at the afternoon board were as follows\u201425 Halifax Electric at 96, 30 Gas at 18314, 5 Bank of Montreal at 22544, 10 al 22815, 5 at 229, 40 Hocheliga at 13.Reported by Messrs.Nichols &Marler Between Banks Buyers.Sellers.Counter.New York Funds 1-16 prem.1.8prem.3-16 to 4 prem.Sterling, 60 days.9 516 93; 9% to 954 Sterling, demand.9 11-16 9% 9g to 10 Sterling Cables.9 3; $97; 10 to 1044 Reported by Messrs Nichols & Marler, Stock Brokers, Corner Notre Dame and St.Francois Xavier streets Stocks, Sellers Buyers per 5190.par 2100 Canadian Pacific.ss.D 53x] do.do.Land Bouds.coe Duluth S.S.& Atlantic.reoree 4 3 v.do.= Pref tears aes 10 Ta Grand Trunk 1st Pref.\u2026.\u2026.Do.do.2nd Pref.eee.cae .Commercial Cable.165 1544 Montreal Telegraph.170 1553 Richelieu & Ont.Nav.Co.90 874a Montreal St.Railway Co.225 24e MontrealGasCo.coven.noo Judy 1934 Be:l Telephone Co.oo 18 159 Do.do bonds.een Ce Royal Electric.1240.+0000eac 0 eue 141 137 Bank of Montreal.0 230 223 Ontario Bank.een 8 sl Bank cf British North A:nerica.cen La Banque du Peuple.ce Molsons Bank.oo.a \u2026\u2026.Bank of Tornnio.00002000000000 255 £49 La Banque Jacques Cartier.PEN] 89%, Merchants Bank.eens 174 170%, Do.do.of Halifax.co.eee Eastern Townzhips Bank 125 120 Quebec Bank.FR 125 120 La Banque Nationale.Fr.\u201cee Upion Bank.re ene.x 100 Canadian Bank of Commerce.13) 125 I a Banque Vile Mare.FS 13 4] 72 Hochelaga Bank.averseca0es.132 129 Intercolenial Coal.J.\u2026\u2026.Do.Pref.Stock.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026 North-West Land.Canada Shipping Co.Canada Paper.on.Champlain and St.Lawrence Bouds.ee Montreal Cotton ., 128 120 Can.Col.Cot.Mills Co.ù cee do.do.Bonds.Merchant's Manufasturing Co.; Dominion Cotton Mills Co.\u2026.:744 8 0.do.onds.i.Loan & Mortgage Co.PR FE Toronto Street Railway.0% 70 Postal.a Lea nee een Le 98/2 u7 Halifax Tram.0oovin onan.95 95 NEW YORK STOCK LIST.(Furnished by J.R.Mee'ter), Opening and Closing Prices\u2014 10 a.m.and 3 p.m.Atchison.EN 1244 11% Can.Pacific.en nan vere Chicago.Burlington & Quincey.Clev.C.C.& St.Louis.Cee Com, Cable.vane oo Del.§ Hudson.103 10873 Del.Lack & West.Cerra cee Lane Ori.ieee eas Critter, .Ih.Central.iii.Louis.&\"Nash.ooveeeeiiinnin.North American.Nor.Pacitic.Nor.Pac pfd.New Jersey Central Nor.West.oooiiiiiiiiinn i, Pacte Mail.UT 23 a3), Reading, Philadelphia.4254 254, Richmond Terminal.\u2026 Union Pacitic.Pc cs ense Ca Wabash Com.sossecs00.0000 1B 16 Wabash pfd.Gas, Chicago Gen, L'ectoie Toledo, Ann Arbor & Nor.Mich Rubber, .oo.n ann CHICAGO MARKETS.WOBAT AND PROVISIONS LOWER \u2014 COIN AND OATS BARELY STEADY.In Chicago this morning wheat opened about 1z of a cent lower at TH'sc to T55,\u20ac May and 723%c to T2%e July; then it appreciated 76c May, 721,« July, but afterwards declined to \u201c4%c May and 7l%,c July and closed a full cent lower than Saturday at 74e March, and Thc to Thlye May, and l'ac lower at 72lzc¢ July.Corn and oats were barely steady and provisions were about 5 cents lower.WHEAT IN SIGHT.Mar.8,97 Mar.1,°47 Mar.9.706 Visible supply U.S.& Can.42,768,000 43,797 000 On passage to KL.2,987.00) ! .-17,120,000 18.240 030 21 360.000 On rassage to Continent.A 160 0°0 4.640 094 7 040) 00) Total .C4,045,099 66,677.00 91.357.060 | | 1 of sales Milwaukee, March 8 1.15 p.m.\u2014Closing.\u2014 ¥314c¢ March, Ti%c May.Duluth, March &.115 p.m.\u2014Closing\u2014No.1 hard, Télse cash: No.1 Northern, T2l,c March, 75%c¢ July.Toledo, March RK 1.20 p.m.\u2014 Closing.\u2014SSl.¢ March and 6544c May.St.Louis, March &.1.20 p.m.\u2014Closing.\u2014 \u201cre b.March.and 873c¢ b.May.New York, March 8 2.20 pm.\u2014Clositg \u2014 Wheat, 823,¢ March, 80%c May, 78%¢c b.July; maize, 1c*,c March, 301ge b.May, 3llye b.July.e LONTON STOCK EXCHANGE.London, March s.\u2014The Stock Exrhange , market opened quiet to-day on the better .Outlonk lor a peaceable settlement of the market was! \u201cTound Cretan troubles and continued firmer al! throughout the session.Consols both for money and account opened 7-16 > - higher than Saturday's ciosing prices, and writes:\u2014 Wall Street still pursues the even the close showed an edvance of 1-16 for both on the day.American railway stocks oprned from parity with Saturday = losing to 4, higher, except New York Central which was 'y Jower, at which figure it closed.The remainder of the American railways closed from unchanged to % higher on the day.MOVEMENTS OF GRAIN AND FLOUR Receinp*s.Ship ta At Chicago\u2014 Wheat.tush 17.0% S000 Corn, bush Lo 214.000 as ong Oats, bush .279,000 134 060 Flour, bris 5,027 3.119 At New York\u2014 Wheat, bush .ee \u2026 5,550 1\u20ac 0640 Corn.bush .123,827 \u201cahd Oats, bush L214 8 stoMr.Mowatt and Mr.C.A.Me- Nee.Referee\u2014 Mr.Walter C.Bazin.RUOSEDALES VS.FARNHAM.A game of hockey was played Ly the above teams on Saturday evening at the Crystal Rink, the Iarnhaius winging by two goals to one.Following were th2 players: Farnham\u2014W.Blackburn.gos!; W, Power, point: F, Tansey, cover poiut: A.C.Brady, J.Carston, A.Wheeler and G.Wuhitlick, forwards.Rosedeles\u2014J.Cook, goal: A, Nelson, pt.G.Cook, cover point; G.Stephen, G.Fulton, F.Davis and F.Bush, forwards.Referee\u2014Mr, C.McLean.THE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP.It has Leen decided tha: the final game fcr the intermediate championship will be played this evening at the Victoria ltink, between Montreal and Shamrock teams.IMPERIAL-PHOENIX WIN, Cowansville, March 6.\u2014The Victoria Skating Rink was crowded tu the doors to see the match between the Imperial-Phoenix of Hartford Insurance hockey team (champions), of Montreal, and the Victorias, of this place.Owing to the mildness of the weather the ice was In poor condition.nevertheless, it wat the best game of hockey played here this season.The visl- tors won by the score of eleven to three.The teams wera: Impertal-Phoenix of Hartford\u2014G.Thompson, goal; G.Hiam, point: A.C.Eourne, cover point; A.W.Acer, L.Richardson, C.Hiil and II.G.Browne, forwards.Victorias\u2014T.Cotton, goal: W.Fleeton, point: L.D.Van Iifland, cover point; A.E.Donk, E.E.Brawer, W.Hawley, forwards.T.Saunderson, spare man for Imperial- Phoenix.Referee\u2014Mr.H, Watson.HARVARD AGAIN DEFEATED.Ottawa, March 7.\u2014The Aberdeens defeat- el the Harvard Club at the Rideau Rink on Saturday night by eight goals to two.Mr.C.T.Kirby was referee.CURLING.Saturday had five interesting events, Mnntreal's victory of 15 points over St.Johns, Que., on Montreal ice; her victory of 25 points over the Heathor on the Ice of both clubs; Caledonla\u2019s victory of 1 point at Larhute, and St.Lawrenca'g two matches at Quebec with the Victorii and the Que- ber clubs, In the one of which she won with a majority of 26 points, and in the cther lest by 30 shots.Rinks and scores were: L.Taber and E.Rink No.1.St.Johns, Montrear.Major Yourg S.Howard J.E McGee tI.Cameron W.H.Wyman P.Varteon It.Gould, sk.HH.E.smith, sk.19 29 Rirk No.2, L.Howard.J Alexander E.R.Smith VW.White J B.Stewart L.Williamson R.L.Dixon, sk, W.Abbott, sk.11 17 21 27 Annual Match, Montreal! vs.Heather.Rink No, I.Montreal.Heather.C.F.Notman Dr.Scane A.R.Oughtred K.S.Ferguson S.A.McMurtry P.A.Brown R.W.Tyre, sk.R.Thomson, sk.14 16 Rink No.2.Dr.Alexander C.A.Robertson R.N.Dunton M.Hutchinson E.LL.Peese A.K.Hutchinson R.W, McDoigall, skA.Hardman, sk.17 11 Rink No.3.H.Birks J.Smith t.Rolaul D.A.McDonald Col, Miiler L.T.Leet W, I.Fenwick, sk.W.J.Thompson, sk.15 15 Rink No.4.\u2014 Budd FH.C.Hutchison J.Balllle A.Ramsay F.Brown P.W.McLagan I.E.Suckling, sk.R.McDonald, sk.24 1 Total for Mont.71 Total for Heather 52 Majority for Montreal, 19 points, which taken with Montreal's majority of 7 en Friday night, leaves Montreal ahead with ot points.CALEDONIA V& LACHUTE.Rink No.1.Caledonia, Lachute.M.Cameron I\".Brennan BB.Tedford J.Knox R.Scott 1).MeQuat J.Robertson, sk.E.Wilson, sk.20 11 Rink No.2.A.T.Pratt T.Christie T.Cushinz J.Hope (x.\\V.Sadler G.McGibbon W., Lyall, sk.A.Truell, sk.10 18 39 29 St.LAWRENCE VS.VICTORIA.Rink No.1.George Doyle George Thompson W.Ryan G.H.Parke W.Cairns F.Holloway D, Adams, sk.5 Lt.-Col.White, sk.23 Rink No.2.J.B.Clearihue E.Hamel Hon.A.W.Atwater A.E.Swift WwW.Kearns W.Bennett D.Guthrie, sk.E.L.Sewell, sk.19 15 For St.L.15 Victoria .41 ST.LAWRENCE VS.QUEBEC.Rink No, 1, :T.D.McLeish H.B.Patton Hen, A.W.Atwater W.5.Champion R.Dodd Brodie W.Kearns, sk.W.Brodie, sl.B 24 Rink No.2.E.C.Drysdale S.Fraser D.Guthrie E.Fiteh ! D.Anderson E.Pope ; W.Cairns, sk.J.G.Bruneau, sk.9 20 14 44 Another of the district medals has this time gone to Lachute, COLT.In the unavoidable absence of the president, Mr.Stancliffe, the club house at Dixie had its first assemblage of golfers on Saturday.precided over by Mr.Morris, Q.C.More than three hundred ladies and gentlemen wore present, and they had a fire o'clock ten and conversazione, which was made all the mare agreeable by the music of a good string band, The club The club's prospects at Dixie.according to the president are very gocd, for already tha 160 limit of mem- Lership has been reached and the new con- | ried on, are rot so great difficulties, but that the first season's play will remove rem.\u201c BOWLING.The competition between the senior teams of the M.A.A.A.and Ottawa Clubs took place on Saturday.The finish showed a majority of 72 pins for Montreal.Following are the scores: Ottawa\u2014Grant, Jamieson, Hennigan, Wat- 20 Couplin and Captain Morrison.Score, M.A A.A.\u2014J.E.Walsh, James Baird, P.Lyall, J.H.Hodges, W.J.Beillie, A.H.Willison.Score, 3.452.Majority for M.A.A.A., T2 pins.The M.A.A.A.second bowling team met the Ottawa seconds on Saturday night, The scures were: Ottawa\u2014Harris, Dickson, Owen, Johnston, Gamble and Turnbull.Score, 3,007.M.A A.A.\u2014H.Carr, S.G.Waldron, L.Rubenstein.J.Michaud, F.Gardner and W.J.LeGallals.' Score, 3,306.Majority for M.A.A A.II., 299 pips.SKATING.PRESENTATION TO McCULLOCH.Jack MeCulloch, Winnipeg's crack skater, having returned home, with the amateur skating championship of the world, will, nu Monday, be presented with an address and a pursa of gold by admiring friends.THE WHEEL.LEAGUE FOR THE LOW ELEMENT.Chicago, Ill, March 8.\u2014A \u2018Record\u2019 spe- clal from Minneapolis, Min., says:\u2014Minne- sota will secede from the League of Am erican Wheelmen, and in connection with the States of North and South Dakota, form an independent leaguo for the control of cycle racing In the North-West.Circular letters have been sent to every wheelman of note in ths section interested in the proposed movemnt and the responses indi- cute that the sentiment in favor of throw- irg off the league control is generally smong the racing contingent.The new league will admit professionals on the same terms as amateurs and issue sanctions for Sunday races.CYCLE GOSSIP.Here is a hint to cyclists from a foreign authority: \u2018Very frequently a tire goes down time after time while the cyclist is touring, aud the closest examination fails to locate a puncture.Probably the trouble and leakage are at the valve.To stop this before home is reached, however, is an easy matter.If a house is near, beg, borrow or steal a piece of common yellow soap.Work a small pleco in the hands until soft, and then pack around the valve, pressing it in tightly with a penknife or a piece of stick.If soap is not obtainable clay will do almost equally as well, although !t is more difficult to clean away; or stiff dough will do at a pinch.These methods, of course, are simply makeshifts.\u2019 Cvclists should never try to pass too near the head of a standing horse.Some savage animals delight to nip the arm or clothing of anyone who passes within reach.Agaln, in passing too near a horse the animal may be startled and in throwing his head up in fright may catch the cyclist a blow which inay prove disastrous.A street railway company in San Francisco has made arrangements to carry bicycles on its cars, a new holder having been invented in which bicycles can be carried.The plan is being tried on the Sacramento street line, and, if successful, may be extended to the cars of the Market street system.Bicycles that can be carried safely thereon, not ex- coeding two to any car, will be taken at the owner's risk for a five-cent fare.Transfers to other lines will not be given for machines.Tandems and other bicycles for which the patent holders are not suitable will not be carried.Under the new plan the bicycle can be placed in the holder instantly, and the cars suffer no delay.An English raillway has provided special cars for the carriage of bicycles.By decree of United States Court, the patent suits of Morgan & Wright against the Newton Rubber Works have been sustained.The first American bicycle was sold by the Pope Manufacturing Company on March 13.1878.The friction of a chain upon a celluloid g-ar covering will not cause ignition of the celluloid.The French Chamber of Deputies has be- fora it a bill providing for the formation of several regiments of regular military cyclists: also a measure which provides for a decrease in the cycle tax, which at present is 10 francs per machine.ee A GAMING HOUSE.A RAID WHICH RECALLS A MURDER, High Constable Bissonnette and his deputies mado a raid on a Syrian gaming house last Friday in Bonsecours street, and arrested the proprietor, George Hosan.Jesept.Yazin.another Syrian, wus apprehended in the rame place on the \u2018harge of assaulting one Rosa Moitiau.The charge against Hosan of keeping a gaming house is laid by Abraham Clasha.The High Corstable seized several packs of cards and poker chips.This {s the house where Azarle Gauthier murdered Celestine Con- signy about eighteen months ago.Gau- thir died insane in Longue Pointe Asylum last year.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 BURIED IN A SNOWSLIDE.Salu Lake, March 7\u2014A snowslide swept down early this morning on the works of the Daily Mine at Park City, burving eight men.Four of them were recovered and resuscitated.The dead bodies of three were dug out by the miners.and one is not yet recovered, although it is certain he is dead.0 NOTES AND NOTICES.Apply a little \u2018 Quickeure * to a pimple, or anv blemish of the skin, and cover with thin paper, and it will disappear in twenty-four hours, leaving the skin natural and healthy, as it destroys the germs which enter the skin and cause pimples, boils, ete, especiallv if one is unwell, or even run down, from overwork.Money to Loan.MONEY TO LEND.We bave on hand the following among other amounts for Investment; \u2014 81,600, $2,000, H2.300.B3,000, $5,000, $6,000, $10,000 on first mortgage, first class property.CISAING, DUNTON & BARRON, 110 St.James Street, MONEY To LOAN On Mortgages.Aleit MACINTOSH & HYDE, 157 St.James Street.ar: met 1 DAILY WITNESS.Land.OA MIRE SURE SE TOE To Let.FRUIT FARM, 45 ACRES, ABOUT 700 Cherry, 300 Peach, 80 Pear and 80 Apple Trees in bearing.besides small fruits: soil rich; good buildings; situated in Sandwich West, Ont.Terms easy.Apply to DUNCAN DOUGALL, Windsor, Ont.3 Property.FOR SALE, CHEAP, OWNER LEAVING city; new pressed brick front solld brick cottage, in best part of Westmount, 7 rooms, cellar, with concrete floor, stationary wash tubs, \u2018Daisy\u2019 furnace, separate bath room and w.c., all finished in natural wood; lot 20x120 to a lane.Address COTTAGE 24, \u2018Witness\u2019 Office.HOUSES FOR SALE Bishop street, $9,000, $10,500, $16,000.Crescent street.$7.6500, $10,500, $12,000.Elm avenue, Westmount, $6,500.Oliver avenue, Westmount, 38.000.Arlington avenue, Westmount, $7.500.Also a Fine Semi-detached Residence, with 12,600 feot of land, $14,000.Semi-detached Residence, with 7,000 ft.of land, $12,000.Small ottage, with 5,750 feet of land, $1,600,.JOHN A.TEES «& CO.Board of Trade Building.Telephone, 2685.Choice Building Lots FOR SALE - WESTHONNT.25c to 30c à foot.Choice Lots in exchange fur Bulldings.JOHN A.TEFS & CO.J [CITATION SALE On TUESDAY, 9th March, at 11 o'clock.The Farm and Garden.known as Evans\u2019 Nursery, situated at Cote St.Paul, within a short distance from town via Park and Island Railway (Lachine Line).; Tais is cne of the best properties on the Island of Montreal.Area, about 120 arpents.#7 Frontage, 12 arpents.A considerable part of the purchase money can remain on at low interest.Apply to H.JOSEPH & CO., No.16 5t.Sacrament 8], COTTAGE FOR SALE On Hutchison st.At a Bargain to & prompt purchaser, Well rented to an Al tepant.R.K.THOMAS, 174 St.James st.8 To Let.JORED.R.ALLEY, 116 St.James Street.REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD.MONEY LOANED, A STONE FRONT COTTAGE, No.9 Essex avenue, 7 rooms, bath and w.c.; Daisy furnace, etc.DAVID MILLER, 85 Bleury street.17 Apply to TO LET AT ST.LAMBERT, ono of those desirable cottages on Woodstock atreet; nice situation; in good order; warm and comfortable; eight (8) rooms and large attic; hard and soft water pumps in houte; good tile drainage; covered and enclceed passage to sheds.Apply, A.J.COOKE, No.5 Woodstock street, St.Lambert, or 44 Bleury street, city.TO LET.Detached large Housc and Grounds, stabling for four horses, heated by het water; ali conveuiences, 20 rooms; No, 69 Osborne street; rent $600, no taxes.TO LET\u2014168 Mansfield street, large house with stables, presently occupied by John Torrance, Begs rent, $600 and taxes.166 Mansfield street, large house, 20 rooms, heated with furnace, rent, $0650; no taxes.Nos.81, 83, Fort street, flve bedrooms, every convenience; extension kitchen; rent, $280 end taxes.Lower Tenement, 360 St.Antoine street, 7 rooms, hot water; rent, $12.00 per month.Upper Tenement, 356% St.Antoine street, $ large rooms, hot water; rent, $17.00 per month.Apply C.L.MALTBY, 309 St.James st.23 Olices To Let Young Men\u2019s Christian Association Building, DOMINION SQUARE.every convenience; On Third and Fourth Floors.Elevator Attendance.Suitable for Financial or Business Corporation, or Separate Offices for Doctors, Dentists or Professional Men.Changes made in arrangements to sult tenants.Also, One Artist Studio.D.A.BUDGE, Secy.26 To Rent at Beaconsfield.Ope large Summer Cottage, 10 rooms and bath.: One large Summer and Winter Cottage, 11 rooms, with stables, etc.Both Cottages have large Lots and are beautifully situated, frontage on Lake St.Louis.Apply to J.CRADOCK SIMPSON & CO,, 181 St.James street.5 Apply TO LET, STORES 796 and 798 DORCHES- ter street; also Houses 21, 26 and 27 Brunswick street.Apply at 1780 Notre Dame street.8 TO LET, RENT VERY LOW, Nice Upper Tenement, 121 Fulford street, 7 rooms band w.c.; cars pass door.Apply 6 Brunswick street.8 TO LET, MIDDLE FLAT, NO.122 ST.Hypolite street, five rooms, clothes closets, pantry, bath and gas.Apply 120 St.Hy- polite street.5 TO LET, 163 LAVAL AVENUE, (NEAR Park), comfortable self-contained and in good order; 10 rooms.Apply on premises.5 Situations Vacant.; \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Te TT co Tr = WANTED, IMMEDIATELY, A NURSE TO take charge of an Invalid.Apply to 924 Dorchester street.8 rs -\u2014\u2014 WANTED, GENERAL SERVANT, SMALL family.Apply 2704 St.Catherine street.8 WANTED, A GENERAL SERVANT IN A family of two; must be a good plain cook and have city references.Apply at 9 Shuter street, city.5 WANTED, TRUSTWORTHY MAN AND Wife; Man to take care of horse and garden, Woman as cook and housemaid for family of two; best of references requirzd.Address TRUSTWORTHY 14, \u2018Witness\u2019 Office.3 LONGUEUIL WEST, HOUSES TO LET, on Victoria avenue, brick house, eight apartments; rent, $125; no taxes.Cottage, 10 apartments, rent £150, no taxes; well and soft water in houses; large garden, very pleasant locality; good view of the river; convenient to Ferry and Railway.Apply to W.COOPER, 251 St.James street.4 TO LET, NO.29a and 31 ST.GENEVIEVE street; also No.7 St.immediate possession, all in good order.Apply at 43 St.Antoine street.STORES TO LET, CORNER OF ST.Peter and Lemoine, 511 and 513 St.Paul, 28 McGill street, 58 and 60 McGill street, corner Store McGill and William, 532 \u201cCraig street.Apply G.DE SOLA, 3 St.Sacrament street.4 HOUSE TO LET\u2014 THE HOUSE, 748 Sherbrooke street, in perfect order ; hot water furnace, ete.Apply to JESSE JOSEPH, or G.DE SOLA, 3 St.Sacrament street.3 COTTAGE AT LAKESIDE TO LET, FURnished; within seven minutes\u2019 walk of rtatlon; on the river side of the road to Pointe Claire; boat house, with use of acht, if desired.Address, R.A.SHORT, Witness\u2019 Office.2 TO LET, 13 DUROCHER STREET, FEW doors from Sherbrooke; very comfortable self contained house, 11 rooms and good basement; nice garden in rear; bath and w.c.; rent, $28 per month, inciuding taxes.Apply J.R, BEATTY, \u2018Witness\u2019 Office, TO LET, A STONE COTTAGE, NO.65 Coursol street, containing about eight rooms, with separate yard and shed, convenient to the St.Antoine and St.James street cars, bath room and closet; rent low.Apply to R.K.THOMAS, Estate Agent, corner District Savings Bank, St.James street.25 STORE TO LET\u2014FIRST STORE NORTHwest of corner\u2014Store situated corner St.Antoine and Mountaiu street.Corner Store is already rented.For full particulars apply JAMES A.OGILVY & SONS, St.Catherine and Mountain strets.24 TO LET, 70 AND 72 CITY COUNCILLORS street, Brick Cottages, bay window, heated with furnace and all modern convenience.Apply to THOS, GILDAY, 309 St.James street.\u2019 16 TO LET, SHOP, 67 Beaver Hall Hill, with or without Dwelling.Large Upper Dwelling, 69 Beaver Hall Hill, ÿ rooms, perfect order, Daisy furnace.Self-contained House, 780 Dorchester street; modern improvements.All central locality.Apply L.D.PARHAM, Registry and Shipping Office, Custom House.8 Genevieve street; | Employment Wanted.WANTED, BY A STEADY YOUNG MAN (Carpenter by trade), steady job of any kind.Address CARPENTER 12, \u2018Witness\u2019 Office.S WANTED, BY A RESPECTABLE MAR- riled Woman, ons or {wo day's work to help in house work; good references, Apply 214 St.George street.8 WANTED, POSITION BY A LADY, THQR- oughly experienced in office work, or as cashier, having a practical knowledge of bcckkeeping.Address CLERK 28, \u2018Witness\u2019 Office.WANTED, BY A RESPECTABLE MAN and Woman, work of any kind by tie day.Address T.19, 4 Charbouneau street.5 WANTED, BY A RESPECTABLE UNmarried man, a situation as Chef or Assistant Cook in a Hotel or private house; has had large and varied experience in hotels in above positions; is willing to take a place as waiter; can furnish best of references as to character and ability.Address LAWRENCE, \u2018Witness\u2019 Office.3 Bargains.FOX TERRIER PUPS FOR SALE, Well.bred, cheap for cash.708 Dorchester st.TO MILK BUYERS\u2014THE MILK PROduct of farm.thirty miles from the city for tale.Apply No.§ Molson Bank Chambers, St.James strcet, EGGS FROM MY FIRST AND SPECIAL prize winning Partridge Cochins and White Minorcas, $2 per 13.Address Amherst Park Poultry Yards, Montreal.W, WILSON, proprietor.FOR SALE, A Few Black Minorca Cockerels and Pullets; prize stock, price.one dollar ($1.00) earch, also Eggs for hatching; one dollar a dozen (31,0).Address, C.T.DICKSON, Trenlolme, Que.FOR SALE, FOR THE MILLION, KINDling, $2; Cut Maple, $2.50; Tamarac Blocks, $1.75; Hardwood Blocks, $1.00 ; cut any length ; delivered anywhere in the city.J.C.McDIARMID, Richmond square.Bell Telephone &353.25 FOR SALE, HOME-MADE PRESERVES, Pickles, Horse Radish, Black Currant and Raspberry Vineger; also their celebrated TO LET, CERTAIN PREMISES /N THB \u2018Witness\u2019 building, consisting of a storo on the street level, and two well lighted, well finished, heated flats, immediately above sald store.These premises would be very suitable for a wholesale establishment requiring a shop or office on the round floor, or would be let separately.nly first class tenants need apply.Full particulars on application to Mr.WALLACE, \u2018Witness' Office.FLATS TO LET-\u2014Situated corner St.Antoine and Mountain, two Beautiful Flats, latest improvements, hot water Daisy furnace, containing 4 bedrooms, kitchen, din- ing-room, parlor, bath-room, -etc.; lower flat contains one additional bedroom.Apply to JAMES A.OGILVY & SONS, St.Catherine and Mountain streets.24 TO LET, No.28 SEYMOUR AVENUE, a Stone Front House, inf perfect crder.Apply to R.A.DUNTON, 110 St.James st.8 + TO LET, COTTAGES OPPOSITE THE 18- land Dorval, furnished or unfurnished, at rents from $100 to $250 for tha season.HH.E.MURRAY, 18 Hospital street.TO LET, LOWER TENEMENT, No.32 Guilbault street, 8 rooms, hot water heating and all modern improvements.Mil- LER & BREMNER, 85 Bleury strect TO LET, FLATS AND TENEMENTS containing four to six rooms, b.and w.c., situated on Laval avenue, in perfect order; will be rented low.Apply to C.SCHOLFIELD, 364 St.Paul street, or 1116 St.Denis street.TO LET, NICE FLAT IN PERFECT ORder, 7 rooms, bath and w.c.Apply at 276 St.Martin street, above St.Antoine st.ô TO LET, 38 DUROCHER STREET, ATtractive, modern stone front, 11 rooms, pantries, closets, lift, furnace, convenient coal cellar, large yard, roomy verandahs with mountain outlook; worth $400 and taxes.Special terms and thorough renovation to good tenant on lease.S.M.BAYLIS, 3 Mechanics\u2019 Building.6 i \\ | Marmalade, two pounds for twenty-five cents, at LUKE'S, 2131 St.Catherine street.Wanted.FOR ADOPTION.A FINE HEALTHY BOY, five weeks old; respectable parents; mothe er dead.Apply 25 Coleraine street, Point St.Charles, Montreal.8 WANTED, FOR ADOPTION, A HANDsome boy, 6 to 7 years old.Address P.B., \u2018Witness\u2019 Office.5 WANTED, A SINGLE OR DOUBLE HOT bed frame.Address G.L., \u2018Witness\u2019 or fice.WANTED, TO PURCHASE.CAST-OFF Clothing, Furs, Carpets, Musical Instruments, Fire Arms, Bicycles.Good prices paid on account of having great demand.Address M.FRANK, 569 Craig street.25 Board and Rooms Wanted, THREE SISTERS WANT TWO UNFURnished rooms in the vicinity of Guy street; rent $6 per month.Address 1261 Dorches- ter street.5 Personal.PERSONAL\u2014BOSTON DENTAL PARLORS 1856 Notre Dame.Beautiful Sets of Teeth for Ton Dollars.Fit and quality guaran- teed.Painleas extracting a specialty.Al charges moderate.Entertainments Given.VOCALIST AND INSTRUBENTALIST, STEREOCGPTICAN LECTURES.&e R.McGLAUGHLIN, ELOCUTIONIST AND HUMORIST.Open for Concert Engagements.Address, 196 Berri strcet.TO LET, SHOP AND DWELLING, Situated corner Prince Albert and Summerhill avenues, Westmount, suitable for butcher and grocer combined with ice house in store; all modern conveniences; possession at once.Apply to W.KENWOOD.4273 Dorchester street.COMFCRTABLE ROCM, ON bathroom flat, with partial board, hot and cold water, family private, no children.Apply at 107 Mansfleld street.TO LET, TO LET, AT ST.LAMBERT, TWO FIVE- roomed Cottages, with good garden, on Lorne avenue and Elm street, facing square, nice shade trees; warm and comfortable; rent, $8.00; four minutes\u2019 walk from depot; can be occupied on March 6th.Apply E.MORRISON, 'Witness' Office, or GEO.BEATTY, St.Lambert, 25 STABLE TO LET ON MOUNTAIN ST.situated in rear of property, corner St.Antoine and Mountain streets.Apply JAMES A.OGILVY & SONS, St.Catherine and Mountain streets.24 O YOU WANT A CHEAP LOWER TENEMENT ?I have one, 7 roomg, warm and very comforcable; last tenant there five years; No.762 St, Denis street: $1l2, no taxes.See it.R.A.MAINWARING, 14783, James street.Lost, Straved and Found.LOST, BLACK RETRIEVER, ANSWERS to name of \u2018Pete.\u2019 Reward will he paid for return of same to 824 Lagauchetiere street.> LOST, ON FRIDAY, A FFMALE SCOTCH Terrier, short tail, name 'Pins*; euspicious of strangers; without collar.Reward.19 Park avenue, or 374 St.Paul street.Teles phone 2262.$ LOST, TWO OPERA GLASSES, IN A small red Silk and Black Velvet bag.between Bleury and St.Lawrence streets, by way of St.Catherine.Finder will be rewarded by leaving at 169 St.Lawreuce street.Pupils Wanted.WANTED, PUPILS IN GERMAN: HIGHest c'ty references; five years\u2019 experlvice; quick, conversational methed.G.MAPON formerly Master of German School.No.16 Plateau street.WANTED, BY RECENT COLLEGE GRAduate, Pupils to coach for mutriculation and entrance exams.best references terms moderate.Address T, 42, CVUit- vase\u2019 Office, mmm ee Tad ee rap RE 4 3 THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.Mospar, Man 9 | ed like a baby, when papa had always ADVERTISEMENTS., treated him like a man.° ; \u201cCome, now, Master Regy, don\u2019t you 7 | take on so,\u201d said Simpkinson, who could ~ | Pet bear to see his tears.\u2018 The Abbey - | ain't much of a place for young gentle- + >: 3 3 W _ lache\u2019 and secondly, that \u2018m\u2019 lord MENT ts a musty old concern, full of A Child in est-= | hadn't a-got a seat there for his\u2019 statutes and tombses and dead folks Det .servants, while at St.Margaret's | buried everywhere.It\u2019s enough to give During the colder _ I is ~ minster Abbey.ie Laut pew with SOU the blues only to look around yon.season impurely pany 1rg Le À | cushions and hassocks to rest ver bones It always makes me feel queer and down- humors accumulate MERICAN LINE.4 | on all to themselves.Regy had early hearted to go there, J can tell you lin the blood, and eruptions, bolls and NEW YORK TO SOUTHAMPTON.H (Mary E.Palgrave, 1n Sunday At \u2018 discovered that emma had her views You'd be glad enough to come out before | pimples break out in the spring.Dizzy 3_TRAINS EACH WAY_3 From Piers 14 and 15.North River, New ; Home.) l about things, and, when she had made YOU d been in the place five minutes\u2014 \u2018headaches, loss of appetite, billous attacks, ; York (foot of Fulton street.) À g CHAPTER III.up her mind, invariably stuck to it; so you ask Mrs.Blades 1f I ain*t speaking lame back and other troubles also appear.\u2014 BETWEEN \u2014 Bros.crc ME Mar.7 ham i i A \"he was obliged to give in and po\u2014a re- the froth._, For all these troubles a remedy is found in = Pen .: Wed.Mur 21.10 am, À v | A Regy had another play-ground of which huctant and sad little boy-to st.Mar- But Regy only shook his head and slid Hood's Sarsaparilla which purifies.enriches MON Ï REAL Bane ET An EA boa a> \"7 lhe was nearly as fond ws he was of the garet =.doen of the table.I don t believe you, \u2018 and vitalizes ihe blood, and completely Shortest and most convenient route \u2018a Abbey garden, and that was the clois-! Though forced to yield to Jemima's ri LA À he cred.7 You re only cures spring humors of every name.Londox.| No transfer by teuder.No tidal - 2 \u2019 TT | VIEWS av se sir 5 \u201caying that fo pnt me off.helieve the * , ; elay.Close connection at Southampton fer \\ | ters.Vo reach Lord Richard Fairfax\u2019s VI mn : Kery al lose Chit of dus Abbey's the most marvellousest place in | My daughter had eruptions on her skfn.and QUEBE( Havre and Paris by special fast twlu-screw in i ; house vou had to take quite a long waik Wish 0 RO 0 the = ey.ne mormng, {the whole world: and Uncle Fairfax favs Neighbors advised me to try Hood's Sar- ® Channel steamers, \\ D i ' through those arched and vaulted pas when he was siting on the pantry table, I here berause he docan't Saparilla,and after sue had taken two bottles Rates of passage to Southampton $35.00 \u2018 co cages, so that they soon became familiar! watching Simpkinson clean the plate, he | not to go there because he doesn't, the eruptions disappeared and she i wa are de | sages, so that they SOON There were ; Uhurdened his fechngs to that symp love me and wants me to be as miserable | {© eruptions UP bpeared e 1s no Leave Montreal, Dalhousie Square, Second cabin passage.#40 '0 $60.D ground to our je toend Le thetic person ° as ever I can.That's what it is.\u2019 healthy child.se gome 198 SPECIAL RECORD RATS RES AT ca irs ireat Cloisters, with their hoary 2.Fous .[ ie .t street, Brooklyn, N.Y.ts (WW 5 ; | i I'm a man too, and I want to go to the OIUTION.in rs City Tieke: and Tele h © W.Il.HENRY, 143 St.James street.: great windows looking Into the garth, Abbey.\u201d .grap Mce, W.F.EGG, 129 8t, James street, Montreal ds where the grass was so brightly green, \u201cYoure hardly a man vet.sic.I'm \u2014 Sarsa arilla Sold by all 129 ST.JAMES 8t.(Next to Post Office.) J.Y.GILMOUR & (0.M glowing like an emerald in a setting of i thinking,\u201d replied Simpkinson, letting his THE CONUNDRUM.p druggists.8 34 St.Paul strect, Montreal d- gray stone.\u2018There was also the Lutte eves fall from the branches of the great Price $1.six for $5.The best Spring Medi- vis Cloisters, with their arches austèrely silver candelabrum, which he was \u2018 doin cine.I t I ; Ww : was g ; nierc EAVER LINE STEAM : plain, and their small central quadrangle over ' with a wash-leather, to survey (To the Editor of the Boys\u2019 Page.) Hood\u2019s Pills cure Liver lus: easy to take 0 omnia : STEAMERS.Ww filled with a network of green boughs.Regy\u2019s ankles, swinging vigorously close .oe , 00a'S FHS cosy to operate, 2c.2 WINTER SERVICE hr and a great many pointed plane leaves, : by.That \u2018Conundrum\u2019 given by S.M.Lo- TRA COFFEE ë ; - ; : Ronnx en : te attache : to i § 3 IMG, : ake - ; .\u2018 .A.:E, store fixtures and furnilure.as por\u2018 0905 enol halhs attached bLouket on appuo a R very regularly, it must he owned.but Ayer's Pills, and you will Cc ber square inch.Minimum fo: any single FINE GROCERIES, inventory, also balance of lew: to, SO HO HOULEIS DENE, 1 \\ É niten enough to make it the natural Sleep better and wake in better Speclal rates for large quantities.ol C0 EUTTER.HAMS and BACON, |, HRT SLO ees 96 Su Laas - T= we: 2 n thing to do so.The first Sundav he fi 1 Lens : FRESH EGSS, SAUSAGES, AO oT RIALS OF RTEMISES, SE GR OTEL DENNIS ba 5 7 ¢ was at Westminster, nobody troubled condition for the day\u2019s work.\u2018WITNESS' PRINTING HOUSE, TABLE FRUIT ard Tan ee: a Th À arraniiecny ns Dire ts on theo ean me ith .> ; : er) .2 \u2018 : ! ade, : ) NEE 2 arn.tare.; ; Te tin e Us or tie c'es ni f .themselves about his going to church; Ay er's Cathartic Pills have nn Corner Craig and Bleury streets.FRE:H EGETARLES as per inventory.also balance of Lt ni mea pag me wind pe i but on the following Sundav .: .iease to May 1st, 190%, \u2014 vane SE EE AIRES put on Sn pu 8 : ea cqual as a pleasant and effect- of a pod No.4\u2014Rolling stack.consisting 07 2 horses, Atlantic Cit N.J \" t \u201c ! ¢ ' i .à express waggons.1 Gladsi \u2019 - .an hy\u2014a very ugly church, Regs thought, ual remedy for constipation, Notices.WALTER PAUL buggy, 1 top an express .HADDON HAL: te Uit NJ | with pews so Jofty that he could not bilious «4 = - 9 sleigh.1 cutter aul robes, 2 sets ; hh USA Vik), th sce over the top of the ond in whicl ; suess, sick headache, and PHOISCE vr QUEBEC, | Corner Metralie and St.Catherine Sts.7 dommes.ery rectly Facing he Ocean.SN A : ~ .stric A al.nders wil + ived bv e Cur ; a \u2018MEUM bebe sda rept bs he and the maid sat, and a prlpit skied all liv cr troubles.They are EN THE SUPERIOR COURT His prices wfll be found (quality considered) lower up ça neon on \u20ac received by the Curator ! base Lu es Luc Bud Could sta waler no sc er he ; ra / .1 SU 4 v T, than any, « bals lu livuse, rovids siligie apd suite, ty so hugh that he sonore how Le sugar-coated, and so perfectly - No.2525.] Wednesday.the 10th day of March.1897.vith baths attached, eic.etc.Sean {ri \u2018 TEYms oi doup 1e i .TI c ; ; .La _ ; {1lustrated Bnoklet.LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT.- many stairs to reach it.It was à very prepared, that they cure with- body politic and rorvorate uly ated.a, pe be rin te | Through Puliman Buffet trains leave ort.ht dull service, and very long.and what out the annoyances experienced rated.having its Lead office in the Gy = cepted cheque for 8100.pan ix Lee | a ES 5 streets.New York.any an little singing there was, was performed | h he Sire of Montreal.Plalnfts, | Bakers and Confoction The asse's offered fur sale and inventory | o mm ennas TR 20 - by a number of charity séhool-children, 1 the use of so many of the politie and on Milling Company, a body | OTS.are on view at the respective saores 5.\u2014 t an RY h h the C aren, .| corporate, having its oflice and | DITS stated above.from 9 a.m.to 6 nm.dailv.CT \u2014 who sat on benches near the Communion pills on the market.Ask your P ace of business in the Town of Regina.| R.& T and the rolling stack a: Star='s livery stable, he Table, and\u2014even to the ears of ni .n the North-West Territories.of the Do- | .S AULD.: 70 Mansfield str MN anna able.Machililss & .BN - \"me druggist f A 's Cath 1 minion of Canada.Defendants yp i AN * ; .0 Mansfield strest.Moutreal.| CN1lils (8, C.wi vears old\u2014sang dreadfully out of tune, 86 or yer s athartic And Ronert W.Oliver, of the Town ( LAIN AND FANCY BREAD BAKER AND Terms cash.| rmm\u2014 Once or twice Regy suggested to Jem.Pills.When other pills won't Westmount.in the District of Montreal 0 | CONFECTIONER.\u2018 Ce further information apply at the office - J LL 2 UTC en: ma that thev should gn to the Abher LS The Defendant is ordered to appear with- | JT Kinds of Bread made by latest improved ma.| © the gra .ANDREW Yol NG, on I J J ! ; ; A help you Ayer s is ir two months.! chinery, shea of o'd style and rouch cleaner.Bakery | F.WwW.RADFORD, | x insteadd: but Jemima gave twa reasnng \u2019 + Montreal, March 4t 1597 y thoroughly Weshed each werx, Toll Tel.8003.- ~ - 4 FER.y \"k tre ; \u2018 .Marc hy 1597.| Boston Brown Bread | .vus.| Curator Estate A.Walker ENGINEER, MACHINIST & BLACKSMITH, rown Br against it\u2014first, that she \u2018ronldn\u2019t abear THE PILL THAT WIL L.A.BEDARD i day ealan | l'aked Beans every oll Office of Radford & \u201cWalford \u2019 11 and 13 Busby I ta , j ingi i 2 r he: Depy.Prot! ary.Ce er = ; + = jord & \u201cralford.> shy Land.such a sight of singing, it made her head | L.py ronotary.Gor.Atwater ave.& St.Antoine St.37 Jmrerial Bulldings.SHAFTIXG, HANGERS.PUTLEYS, dc.A \u201c t.James street.Montreal.8 REPAINS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.m f } { > \u2018 - te 5 ae mle Tp Th Ral aed wn Oto rc ES à 6 von à sie TE DE cr pe ae SEY) y ; Pit PE PE ELAR VEC PE SA Ra RE ed | « ANNE CET dat dns a s fice Rasa i, PS ES ir Lo ge Ee ae LL aa 1110 OC GER AT \u2019 3 7 .- > ew nN \u2014 KE OF [O38 MONT.NEW \u201cguy \u2014 J.viel ; .i CT.ae.y PA _ { l 5, \u201cCalthorpe's Moxpay.Maren S, 1897.THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.A MODEL EDEN.(Maggie Fearn, in the \u2018 Alliance News.\u2019) CHAPTER XVI\u2014CALLED HOME.Far o'er yon horizon Rise tha city towers.There our God abideth\u2014 That falr home Is ours.Flash the streets with jasper, Shine the gates with gold, Flows the gladd-ning river, shelding juys untold.THih=r, onward thither, in the Sparit\u2019s might; Pilgrims to vour country, Forward into light.Theo were quietly happy days which Lyenediiele sneeeeded the reunion of Dirt tu anl hor mother, A net remain long from his ives of a deep and sacred character oil for his speedy return.pa thre- days at Miss Carisbrooke's 4 th his bong lost sister, the vicar went \"LX to his charge in the htüle Surrey oge.lrauimng Diana behind.Yee.Ilana was left behind, as she had fancied vould be the case, Poor Ven tottnorpe shrank with a pitiful d sometimes, oh, sy wistfully, while dos né: Lana sat hesule her : Mv wasted ie amy vears of «in! Oh, \u201cuv ehild.is His mefey so great that it san reach down to such a sinner as I 7 And Diana would answer gently \u201cTa the uttermost.\u201d daring, to the \u201cntrermest.\u201d\u201d Nothing can be too ord for thar! Ap Na, nothins can he tro hard for that,\u201d thgfsid, ow voice would repeat.And tin the peaceful look wou!d dawn again in the great glowing eves which 11 na loved to watch.Miss Carisbrooke would not listen tn Leir propasal of leaving her.Mr.(anmnz wished to obtain pleasant reams Tor sister and niece before leuv- irr them, but the sweet-faced stranger friend pleaded.against such an arrange.Taent.\u20181 am a lonely woman,\u201d Fleanor \u2018\u2018aris- Liooke said, With a touch of yearning in Lier voièa.mv litte home.oi hel;ing to nurse nne of the Loid's suffering ones.And have such responsibiiity alone.rie this favor.Mr.Channing! l lave them both!\" Grant Sa the charimming \u2018dove-cot\u2019 became Diana\u2019s home ior a time ; and day by day the invalid would lie on her couch in a sunny window, or out on the pretty verandah twined with creeper.But tus autumn was growing a little grev and chillv, and the house was | more fitted for nne in Mrs, Calthorpe's « ndition of! health.Soon, however, ber illness increased gn ailirnungly that it was considered on'y | vight, for Dianu's sake, that extra h Ip: in nursing her should be sreured.and, though Diana resolutely refused to listen to such a proposition for a long time.she was obhged at last reluctantly\u2019 to consent.\u2018Is there any one at vour lieve whom vou would like to have here, Jnana * asked her friend, when the two were talking the matter over une mom- ing.A glow came ta Diana's pale face, \u2018There is dear little Rose Carter,\u2019 she saul quickly.\"Dear Miss Carisbrooke, I would rather have her than anv one! \u2018Then write at once, dear cnild.1 a so snould hike to have your pretty, wild tose, Diana.\u2018And IT am sure mother would like it, t.~.Nose must come.\u2019 => Diana wrote, and there was much home.One thing was quite cer- ta:n-Miss Diana could not be denied, sn [loxe must go , but how they would vuss the sunshine from their little home! Poor Mrs.Calthoppe was painfully, sensitively nervous of meeting strangers, and she looked up with an unavoidable ~hrnnking when Diana first brought her faithiul little mad into the pretty side.parlor, where the low invalid couch was now placed.But cne lock at the wav- Lg nut-brown hair and at the sweet, dimpled, trusting face beneath, and Mrs.heart was won.She held out one transparent hand gently.\u2018And is this Rose ?And are you to help to take care of me ?I shall like to have veu, T am sure\u201d Rose, with her Jittle heart all aglow with 1 and pity.shid down on her knees bv the couch with a pretty abandon of manner.\u2018I shall sn love ta wait on you.Oh, was go gond of Miss Diana to think «nd send for me \" Mrs.Calthorpe smiled and touched \u201che brown hair with gentle fingers.\u2018Ah, von know and love her, do vou unt, Rase ?Then vou and I must be \u2018rends also.my child\u201d And all the heart of the blacksmiths tle danghter went out afresh to Diana | and Jhana's mother.Then into the quiet, peaceful life of Di ara's \u2018dove-cot.\u201d as she lovingly called \u2018er new home, there came a strange and wonderful cvent.Une morning in late October, when the c\u201cinmer seemed to have réturned for «re geet, brief farewell before biddin - tree ml hedgerow and all green thing \u201c+ rt an their sombre winter garment- 13 Carishrooke's little trim parlor \u201caa: brought her mistress a message.% gentleman -raved the favor of a few min \\ {isa Mr.Channing home.| So after \u201cThere iz plenty of room in! Let me have the joy | Diana 1s young to .i Besides, crimson Virginia dear old! | utes\u2019 interview.A gentleman\u2014a stranger.He would not send his name.Ro Miss Carisbrooke went to the draw- i ing-room, and Diana, after a short mo- , ment of curiosity, thought no more of the matter, and went to her mothers room._ An hour, perhaps an hour and a half, had passed, when the same maid tapped at the door of the room where Diana was sitting, and brought her a message also.The gentleman sent his kind regards to Miss Calthorpe, and would she do him the favor of seeing an old friend?\u2018But,\u2019 said she, a trifle bewildered, \u2018I thought the gentleman called to see Miss Carisbrooke.1 do not at all under- \u2018stand.Ellen, what is he like ?\u2014old or young ?\u2019 and a sudden tinge of color dyed Diana's cheeks.\u2018Not at all young ; quite an old gentle man, ma'am,\u201d answered cighteen-year-old Ellen decisively.Diana drew a deep breath and then went quietly to the drawing-room, expecting she knew not what.In the south oriel window, which was fillel with golden sunshine and rich color, stood Miss Carisbrooke, and beside her a tall, military gentleman.He turned quickly at the sound of the opening of the door, and with a friendly smile took a step forward to meet her.\u2018Colonel Douglas !\u2019 exclaimed she with astonished voice and eyes.\u2018My dear Diana, my dear child!\u201d said \u2018tthe colonel, taking her hand and drawing her forward into the ripe, gold glory Œ the sunshine, too.\u2018Then smiling at her bewilderment, he ent on : .\u2018TI have taken all the journer from Craigpoint to tell this sweet, new friend of yours that I am lonely, and to ask her if she will take care of me all the vears that God will spare both our lives\u201d IMana, tall, fair, stately as a lily in her simple black dress, said not 2 word ; she only waited.\u2018May I tell her, Eleanor ?\u2019 asked the colonel, still smiling.(To be continued.) CHILDREN'S CORNER.OF A CHILD WHO WOULD NOT LEARN THE CRISS-CROSS ROW.FATHER.Little child of mine, come hither to my knee: Dring thine absey-bouk, and lightly learn of me.CHILD, Nay, my father, nav, my father, I refuse, Por the carly sun is diamonding the dews; | And I learn a better lesson as I look : On the fair world than from any absey- Ç book.FATHER.| Dear, the lessons which my little one may win \u2019 | From the world, and all the loveliness | therein, : Shall be million-fold more worthful if he know \"How to use the key that\u2019s in the cris CTOSS TOW.| CHILD.! Father, take away the book, and let me lie | Where the high trees rear their glory gainst the sky, Underneath their little darling feet al- way.There's a bird in me, O father mine, that calls \u2018To its comrade-birds outside the schoolroom walls, And my heart is fain to hear the birds\u2019 reply Bidding come away and sing in company.1 I i that sway | | | FATHER.| Yen.my bonny one, the bonny bird in i thee | Shall outspread his wings indeed and carol free; | Only for the love thy father bears thee, et First by heart the daily lesson he will set.But the child's heart beat impatiently and fast, And Le flung away the absey-book at last ; And he fled to hear the fair birds carolling, And he recked not of the criss-cross row a thing.Oh, the long days grew from hours, the months from days, And the long years grew from months, in Time's old ways; , And the birds and winds alike had ceased to bring To the child\u2019s heart sweet incitement, comforting.For his soul had grown beyond the soul « of bird, : And well he knew that he had sorely orred.\u201cThen he wept and cried a loud and bitter cry, For hig soul was vexed in him exceedingly.There the book of life before him open lay, And with awful tears he gazed and turned away.For he could not read the text so fair and true: Little strokes and curves and dots were all he knew.And he thought how, in the old time, mad and blind, He had cribted his soul, and cabined and confined.And I think his heart with shame and anguish broke\u2014 Then the morning touched mine eyelids, and IT woke, ; \u2014FEnuly Hickev.La * Leisure Hour! THE SOUL'S INQUIRIES.MONDAY, MARCH 8.Who will iv, 6.Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.\u2014Job xxii.21.This is life eternal, that they might show us any good ?\u2014Ps.krow Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.\u2014 John, xvii., 3.-\u2014_\u2014\u2014 A good many vears ago a man died who, during a long lifetime had amassed about fifty-five thousand dollars from the carefully invested savings of his salary as an officer of the army.Ile had no children, and his wife died Lefore himself.An elderly niece had devoted herself to them both for more than twenty years.When the will was opened it was found that the general had bequeathed to this niece the interest of $5,000 during her life.All the rest was to be expended in the erection of a inonument to the testator's memory, in the small city which he felt that he had honored by his residence.After the death of his niece the interest of the $5,000 was to be used to keep the monument and burial lot in good order \u2018 forever.\u201d If the general is still cognizant of mundane affairs, and retains the possibility of shame, he 1s to be pitied; for no stranger is ever driven about the beautiful cemetery where the polished shaft commemorates his battles and his rank, without being told the story of \u2018the meanest will a man can make.\u2019 In forcible contrast to this monumental folly is a neighboring plot in the same city of the dead.Here are three graves, with small, plain stones, inscribed with simple names and dates.\u2018 There ma'am '\u2014the driver js pointing with his whip\u2014* there lien the best three women ever was in T.They wasn't so very rich; they never had no big salary like he had (pointing the finger of scorn toward the lofty shaft); but their father left 'em some, and they worked and saved, and when they died they left it all to start a place where folks could borrow little sums as high as fiftv dollars to one person, at four percent interest, on such security as a common pawnbroker would take.That thing's done a heap o\u2019 good, ma\u2019am, and keeps on doin\u2019 it.Since then, other folks has left money to it, and some changes has been made; but they was the starters, and everybody here kin tell ve that them three old ladies lyin\u2019 there'll never be forgot in this town.Ye think that old sinner\u2019 (again pointing ADVERTISEMENTS, APPARENTLY A HOPELESS CASE A Kincardine Banker who Suffered Distressingly from Indigestion \u2014 Appar: ently a Hopeless Case of Stomach Trouble Until South American Nervine was Used \u2014His Words are: ¢ It Cured Me Absolutely.\u201d What this wonderful remedy for all fornie of stomach trouvle can do is best ; told in the words of John Boyer, banker, Kincardine, Ont.\u2018 About a year ago, as a result of heavy work no doubt, 1 Le- came very much troubled with indigestion; associated with it were those terrib- [lv distressing feelings that can hardly be And the birds sing loud upon the boughs | described in any language.I had tried various methods of ridding myself of the trouble, but without success, until I was influenced to use South American Ner- vine.The result, and I gladly say it for the benefit of others\u2014this remedy cured me, and I never hesitate to recommend it to any person affected with any form of stomach trouble.\u201d Bold by B.E.Mec Gale, 2123 Notre Dame street, and John Lewis, 2208 and 2613 St.Catherine street.8 | | x to the shaft) \u2018is likely tp be remembered, too?Well, and so he is, but not in the same kind o\u2019 way.I s\u2019pose he thought folks would read over his list o\u2019 battles and think he was a famous man; 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LR al, a oa a i On, ps MES : pe wt tte nca\" ran de ele de I me < 10 THEY CAN, BUT WILL THEY?ST.LAMBERT WATER WORKS AGAIN DISCUSSED.The people of St.Lambert are growing weary of waiting for the council to decide upon some definite plan or system for supplying the village with proper water service and drainage.I: was not sprprsing, therefore, that tlie school house should be crowded on Friday evening last tu hear a preposition from the Stadacona Water, Light & Power Company, by which the company undertakes to put in a complete system vi water and drauthge at its Own expense and without asking any assistance teem the village other than the granting ul « ULwenty-live year franchise to collect waier rates (roh each householder wa the village.Mr.Taché, the promoter of the scheme, was present and fully explained the company\u2019s proposal.Councillor Sproule in a lengthy address, in which quotalions were given from many Eurv- pear and American cities and towns pointed out the grave mistake 1t would be to give a franchise to any private company tv construct and maintain a sys tent of water and drainage for the vil- lagé vi: M.Lambert.The municipality should build and maintain its own system.No private company could buill the works clieaper than the village itself.The munieipality could borrow money at a lower rate of interest than any private coinpany.Councillor Sproule concluded by moving a resolution in favor of the village undertaking the work and not | givinz the franchise to any company.Mr.Taché in reply stated that he did not dispute the statement that the municipal council could build the water works : | as cheaply as his company, but the ques- ! tion was would they * His company would undertake to construct the water works at a cost not to exceed forty thousand dollars.Householders would be charged a yearly rate of from five to sixteen dollars, according to circumstances.If, aîter three or five years, the municipality were disposed to redeem the water works, take them over and run them for the benefit of the town, the company would agree to that and only ask a profit of ten percent on its outlay.Mr, Hart had a few words to say about the small chance there was of the council being able to arrive at any agreement during this year and perhaps for a number of years to come.\u2018What the people needed was water, and it was deplorable to see the time of the council frittered away in personalities, while the health and comfort of the citizens was suffering ror the want of proper sanitary arrangements.Mr.W.H.Rosevear thought the meeting was much indebted to Mr.Taché for the clear manner in which he had set forth his proposition.ever, need careful consideration, and he suggested the appointment of a committee to examine into asked Mr.Taché a number of questions, which were promptly replied to.Mr.Taché's answer that the company would, 1f it secured the franchise, have the work done by the first of July, glid | not seem reasonable, and he afterwards they met with serious or unexpected difficulties.Mr.James Wright thought before any work was done an engineer should be engaged to make a careful estimate of the cost and specitications for the work.Then get 1t done on the best possible terms.Mr.Powell moved, seconded hy Mr.W.Beatty.an amendment to the motion of Councillor Sproule, to this effect: \u2014 That a committee of citizens be appointed to confer with the Water and Drainage Committee of the councii and consider the whole question and present a report at the earliest practicable moment, the committee to consist of Mr.Walter Andrews, Mr.W.II.Rosevear, sr., Mr.A.Tatenaude, Mr.Dix and Mr.Hart.The amendment was carried almost unanimously.The Mavor was asked to act as convener of the committee.He accordingly called a meeting for this evening.It now looks as though St.Lambert would have water at no distant date.GOOD TEMPILARS DISTRICT MEFEFT- ING.Montreal District Lodge, I.O.G.T., held its quarterly meeting on Saturday evening in Gough Hall, 2204 St, Catherine street, under the chairmanship of Bro.W.S.Walker, D.C.T.All the lodges in the district were represented at the meeting with one exception.The reports of the District Chier Templar, secretary, treasurer and Superintendent of Juvenile Templars all showed a good deal of work accomplished during the quarter.(One new lodge had been institute, two more were In course of organization, and the order in general was in a healthy condition.A resolution was passed unanimously convention and conveying to the executive committee assurance of the hearty support of the membership of the L'O.G.T.Sister Martin, of Independence Lodge, England, was welcomed during the evemny, her knowledge où the distri t session beinz due to a paragraph in the \u2018Witness\u2019 a week or two ago.The amount of business brought before the lodge entailed the necessity of adjournment at eleven p.m., and a second ses | sion to be held at an early date to be mage by the executive.It would, how-\" the matter.lle endorsing the ac: tions of the late provincial prohibition THE GOVERNMENT AND PROHIBITION.THE LEGISLATION OF A PROHIBITORY LAW WILL SOLVE MANY QUESTIONS.The Rev.W.J.Wood, pastor of Mount Royal Methodist Church, was the speaker at the East End Union Gospel Temperance meeting yesterday afternoon.Mr.Thomas Deacon occupied the chair.Mr.Wood, in opening his address, said he was pleased with the advancing sentiments of the people with regard to suppressing all forms of vice They are reaching out for a higher standard of purity.\u201cl am glad he saut.is being condemned, and truth righteousness is taking a prominent position.\u201d He referred to the time when it was customary for individuals to preach temperance and vet indulge in moderation.This custom has since undergone a change.The recent edict of the controllers of great railway systems on our continent reads, \u2018 Employ no men but total abstainers,\u201d which order is given to ensure the safety of the hives entrusted to their care.This is an evidence of advancement, and it is owing to just such advancement that we read of the recent failures of saloons, which a few vears ago was almost an unheard of event.Mr.Wood then reterred at some length to the relationship of the Dominion government to the prohibition question.In the year 1884 the parliament at Ottawa gavd a majority of fifty- two against enforcing a prohibitory law.In 1887 this majority was reduced to forty-two, and in 1895 there was but a majority of eleven.The importance of the opportunity given to the people of (Canada by the Dominion government to decide, in the near future, this vital question of prohibition was commented upon in earnest terms hy the speaker, who closed as follows :\u2014\u2018T.et wus, as Christians, roll up a majority that will compel the legislation of a prohihitory law, and when this object has been realized the questions of poverty and labor will be solved.The $15,000,000 used in ada will be put into the manufacture of merchandise, ete., which are now un- ported from forsign countries, and thus furnish employment to thousands of men who will be sober and industrious, and as a result beneficial to the country: and with reference to the finances Mr.| Gladstone was quoted to the effect that ! \u2018 À sober community is a guarantee of | the revenue.\u201d During the meeting the following contributed suitable vocal music : Misses Lilly, Tarlton, Bydewell, The audience in attendance was unusually large.2 + = | NOT LEGAL.THE CITY CANNOT INVEST THE MONEY SUBSCRIBED FOR THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.The city attorney has sent the follow- \u201cing opinion to Mavor Wilson-Smith regarding the legality of the city taking over the 13,000 collected for the widows and orphans of the firemen killed at the St.Peter street fire, and paving an interest upon it for fifteen vears to the the capital at the expiration of this \u2018period in the TFiremen's Benevolent ; Fund :\u2014 \u20181 beg to report that after perusing the ; : city charter Î fail to find any provision .added perhaps it would take longer 1f | 4, bv which the city treasurer would be authorized to control in trust the nre- \u201con at the rate of seven percent per an- num during the period of fifteen vears, and afterwards to dispose of said capital for the benefit of sick or wounded fire men and their families.\u2018Therefore, I am of the opinion that the city as a corporation cannot have any legal control over the distribution of the amounts that have been subscribed either by individual citizens or by corporations.\u2019 \u2014 ce \u2014\u2014 A HAPPY SURPRISE, Mr.Alex.McA.Murphy was taken by surprise by his fellow Messrs.Charles (Gurd & (Co.'s in being called from his desk in the office to attend to some supposed duty in the factory, when he was confronted by the full staff of the firm, backed up by the principal, Mr.Charles Gurd, and Mr.Wi Caldwell, foreman, who presented the following happy address and its ac companying handsome gift :\u2014 Mr.A.McA.Murphy\u2014 Dear Sir,\u2014We, the proprietor and employees of Charles Gurd & Co., beg of you to accept this tea service on this the eve of your marriage as a token of the high esteem in which we have always held you, and we trust that you and your intended bride may be long spared to enjoy it.A¥ishing vou both health, happiness and prosperity, we are, dear sir.yours respec- fully, WILLIAM CALDWELL, Signed on behalf of the Emplovees, Montreal, March 4, 1897.Mr.Murphy replied feelingly.though completely taken aback by the surprise, and was then enthusiastically bounced.\u2014_\u2014 A DOUBLE RUNAWAY.À horse and cutter teacing down St.Urbain street between St.Catherine ani Dorchester street on Saturdav at 115 p.m.created a good deal of excitement among the numerous persons returning from work at that hour.Several at- tenipts were made to arrest its progress, but with no effect except that of startling a secend horse, which proceeded in an cven wilder career along the street.(ne lady ha a very narrow escape from being run down by the second horse, which took «idewalk or read at its plea- i sure.The two horses turned at Dor- chester street.and proceeded a gond dis- | tance east before being brought to a | standstill.Bar oy PFs ed se \u2018to live in an age when sin everywhere and ; carrying on the liquor business in Can-.and G.Taylor ; and Mr.R.A.Tarlton.| widows and orphans, and the placing of men's fund and to pay the interest there- | employees at |! THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS.THE CRETAN WAR CLOUD.Fear General That it May Burst Over the Whole of Europe.MEDDLESOME WILLIAM BECOMING VERY UNPOPULAR IN BOTH FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN.New York, March 7\u2014Mr.H.R.(Chamberlain cables fron London to the \u2018Sun: There is no doubt about it, Eur- badly frightened.The pres- scare is the worst she has ex- vpe 18 cut war i perlenced since swords were last sheathed twenty-tive years ago.Every coun- ltry fears it is about to be dragged into a great conflict, which will stain the seas and bathe the continent in blood.Everywhere, except in Greece, the prospect is looked upon with dread, if not horror, and both public and official minds are willing to make great sacrifices in order to escape the threatened calamity.Such 18, admittedly, the situation at the present moment, and it cannot fail to impress alien observers as onc vast absurdity.The whole continent is trembling in fear of a disastzr which can only be invoked by its own voluntary act.The powers ol lburope are shrieking denunciations of Greece because that country is going to throw into the arena a golden apple which they cannot refrain trom fighting tooth and nail to possess themselves of.That 1s precisely what is happening.If Greece, driven to it by the powers, declares war against Turkey to-morrow, they must all join in a scramble for the Ottoman prize, and Greece, forsooth, will be to blame, because they are unable to restrain themselves.There is, fortunately, a large section of public opinion in i this country, and in France and Italy also, which puts the responsibility where it belongs.This section of publie opin- \"ton 18 accused by Lord Salisbury\u2019s supporters ot imperilling the peace of Lur- ope by encouraging the Greeks.It is really this portion uf the public in the three countries named which is going to prevent a war when the crisis reaches its climax.The supporters of Greece in Great Britain, France and Italy, and Germany as well, will not consent to be dragged into war which has only a piece of the Ottoman Empire for the prize.The Liberal party in this country, from I'Sir William Harcourt down, have been | declaring their emphatic protest this week against Lord Salisburvs and Mr.| Balfour's repeated assertion that a gen- l eral war is inevitable if the Eastern question is forced to a settlement.Great Britain does not want war.How, then, ; can she be compelled to fight if she seeks \u2018no aggrandizement ?That is the question I that 1s being asked in this country by those who refused to be stampeded by the government's alarmist warnings.It is the question which many supporters vi Lord Salisbury also are asking, and \u201cit 1s the idea which prevents the exist- \u201cing war scare from developing into a veritable panic.It should be pointed out again that the gloomy forebodings which are demoraliz- \u2018ing the entire world ave cultivated by \u2018the governments of six great powers.In no other way could they hold public opinion in check and gain its unwilling ;consent to the policy which has been adopted toward Greece \u2018in the interests oi peace\u2019 As a matter of fact the | situation is not really so desperate as is generally believed.| I will not deny that there is danger t 1 of a war and that things will become worse before they improve.Greece will r undoubtedly refuse to obey the ultimatum of the powers.Many believe that before replying and, probably, within a few hours, she will regularize her position an Crete by declaring war against Turkey.It does not follow that the six powers, if they fail to prevent that war, will forthwith spring at each other's i throats.If they do it is their own i affair, and the responsibility also is theirs.Among the wise things whieh Lord Salisbury said at the Mansion House dinner to Mr.Bayard, on Tues- dav, was his allusion to the fact that publie opinion is rapidly becoming stronger and more dominant in constitutional countrizs.He might have added that there never before were such developments in this great force as those now In progress in this country and its near neighbors, FEELING AGAINST GERMANY, 1 have said that there is no war feeling in Great Britain.1 must modify that Ly saying that there probably will be within the next few days.It will be directed against Germany, and it may i casily grow into dangerous proportions.The anti-German sentiment in Great Britain it is hardly an exaggeration to sav ois as strong as it as an France.It has been growing for years, based chiefly upon commercial rivalries, and it reached almost a culmimation in the Transvaal ; (Tisis a year ago.It has now been ! added to by two facts that have | Just been learned\u2014that the joint note {to (Greece was changed at the last mo- | nent From a friondly tone to a threatening ultimatum by the refusal of the Fm- peror William otherwise to remain in the concert.This spectacle of Lord Salisbury and the other rulers led by the nose by the German FEmperor is intense- j Iv exasperating to the British people.To-day also com~s news of the Emperor William's startling demand for fifty mil- Lion dollars with which to build warships.This, of course, is directed solely against Great Iiritain and is already re- garded in this country as a counter move to Great Britain's equipment of the tly- ing squadron a year ago.There seems to be little expectation that the Reichstag will honor the Emperor's demand, or that the country will honor it in the election which will probably follow the Reichstag\u2019s refusal.\u2018he British, therefore, are all the more inclined to take the Emperor\u2019s proposal as a direct affront.Public opinion in this country would not tolerate any further concessions from Lord Salisbury to the German Emperor's obduracy in order to maintain the concart of the powers, nor indeed would that of France.Greek sympathy in the latter country is being strengthened by the harshness of the Emperor William's attitude.There 18, indeed, some probability that importent political efforts may arise from the anti-German feeling which is shared by the French and English people\u2014a common hatred for their friendship.Nothing would be more natural than that the growing intimacy between the Emperor William and the Czar should drive France into co-operation with Great Britain.Suspicion of and reaction against the Russian alliance is increasing daily in France; and, in these days of rapidly moving events, political friend- DR.LABERGE TO MR.THOMAS.(To the Editor of the \u2018Witness.\u2019) £ir,\u2014I should like to say a few words concerning the letter that appeared in your issue of Monday last over the signature of Mr.F.W.Thomas, and which that gentleman is pleased to term an answer to my protest against his conduct with respect to the civie fever hospital.If his spokea and written statements wards those of other creeds than his own\u2019 it will take more than a mere ax sertion to convince people that that bearing contradicts the insinuation that his action is calculated to foment religious prejudices.of the civic contagious hospital was arranged for it was distinctly understood that one section should be under the euidance of the Board of Health for Ro- roan Catholies, the other to be controlled by the Montreal General Hospital for the Protestants and kindred creeds.\u2019 Now, the newspapers have made the | facts in the case so clear to the public that it is simply astonishing that he should venture to make a statement so palpably incorrect as this.As Mr.ships in Europe may be suddenly altered.All these considerations have an important bearing upon the situation in| the Kast which, within a few hours now, will re-shape itself.To-day's actual news is not important.Mr.Henry Norman, who is at Athens, telegraphs that certain Western powers, rheaning apparently Great Britain, and perhaps France and Italy, are urging assumed the care of the fever cases the Roman Catholics were not confided to but to the authorities of the Notre Dame Hospital, a Catholic institution, precisely as the Protestants were c(on- fided to the care of the authorities of the Montreal General Hospital, a Protestant establishment.Greece in a friendly and informal way to negotiate with the powers for the gradual withdrawal of the Turkish troops from Crete, thus saving her dignity and making the ultimate annexation of Greece and Crete possible.ep DEBATE ON IRISH TAXATION.London, March 5.\u2014In the House of Lords to-day Lord Castleton (Liberal) raised the question of the financial re- | lations between Great Britain and Ireland, and suggested as a remedy for the i grievances of Ireland the creation of a consolidated fund, to be managed by Irish financiers and utilized to promote Irish industries and agriculture.Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War, speaking on benalf of the government, advised that the House await the report of the commission appointed to enquire into the financial relations exist- ting between (reat Britain and Ireland.Lor1l Farrer (Liberal), expressed his disapproval of the scope of enquiry allowed to the new commission.Lord Morris (Lord of Appeal), Conservative, expressed the opinion that unjust taxation was answerable for the downward course of Ireland's trade.lieved that crops would disappear alto- and Greek: He be- | attack But what does he mean by drifting back to the inauguration of civic responsibility for the care of those suffering from contagious disease ?Surely, if he has not been able to realize the fact that at the end of last March the civic sectarian institution and maintained as such ever since, it is unwise for him to tax his mental faculties to the extent of trying to understand the arrangements i mnde so tar back as the time of the opening of the civie fever hospital.With regard to his legal res»arches, 1 conducted with the same ability and honesty of intention as his studies respecting the fever hospital.nobody will wonder at their proving vain.hospital question owing to the indifferent success that has attended his treatment of the same, | \u201cfields and pastures new.\u201d This time he ;1s concerned about the cleanliness and healthiness of the city.One would imagine thet after having confessed (of course, in his own peculiar way) his belief in the truth of the old maxim quoted in my first letter, that he would not now with puerile thoughtlessness rush to the upon another question to him more difficult than the first.However, gether and the people of Ireland would | We are always ready to learn, come the taxes were not reduced.Lord Spencer (Liberal), thought that so would invite Mr.Thomas to make : known to us upon what he bases the as- still further decrease in number if the | knowledge from whatsoever source, and l | decrease of taxation in Ireland was the only eventual solution of a safe measure of home rule.\u2014 GOT TWENTY-THREE MONTIIS.Cornwall, Ont, March 6\u2014W.C.Binion of the township of Matilda was brought before Judge Pringle yesterday arternoon, charged with having appropriated to his own purposes between three and four thousand dollars, the money of the patrons of a cheese factory which he controlled in that township.Binion, | who was one of the best known and | most respected farmers in that locality, did a great deal of business outside of | the running of the cheese factory, and, got his different accounts mixed up.and | ran behind so far that when he came to | settle up with his patrons at the end of the season he found himself short to that amount.Crown Attorney Dingwall was given the case.Binion elected to be tried by a judge, and the trial came off here yesterday, the prisoner acknowledging having appropriated the money.je was sentenced to twenty-three months in the Central Prison at hard labor.The case mvolved a fine point in law, and will likely be appealed.Counsel for defendant entered a plea that Binion De- came the owner of the mill out and out, and therefore stood in the position of a debtor and the patrons his creditors, and that their only recourse was an action in civil law.Judge Pringle over-ruled the objection and sentenced the prisoner as above.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 OLDEST MAN ON EARTH DEAD.Chicago, March 7.\u2014A \u2018Tribune\u2019 special from Guadalajara, Mex., says :\u2014The funeral took place yesterday of a man who, if his story is true, was undoubtedly the oldest man on earth.Jesus Cam- peche died on Friday and, according to his affirmation and other testimony, he was 154 years old.He said he was born in Spain on Dec.12, 1742, and came to this gountry when he was twenty-four years old.He was living with his great great-grandson and had conies of the church register at Valledolid.Spain, rhowifig the date of his birth and ba- tism.He related incidents which occurred in the last century.A priest in : the church which he attended, who is | now eighty-four vears old, says he remembers Campeche as being an old man when he was a little box.\u2014_\u2014 am FRUITS OF THE TRAFFIC.Brantford, Ont., March 6.\u2014 Yesterday, John MeMullen, for being intoxicated, was sentenced to fifteen days in jail.He died in the cell last evening about seven o'clock.lt is supposed his death was caused from the effects of his spree.An inquest will be held.; Montreal, March 5, 1897.| corstitute any part of his \u2018bearing to-! ; (to India yesterday, on account of the He says, \u201cWhen the joint occupation | Thomas knows full well, when the «ity | the special care of the Board of Health.have only to sav that if they have heen But Mr.Thomas has grown tired of the | [ Mowpay, Marcx 8, 1897, THE FAMINE FUND.THIRD REMITTANCE MADE ON FRIDAY FROM OTTAWA.AMOUNTS NOW TO NEARLY NINETY-FIYE TIIOUSAND DOLLARS, Ottawa, March 6.\u2014A third remittance of 4 hundred thousand rupees was ruade Tamme fund, which now amounts te very nearly £05,000, contributed by over four hundred different persons in Canada, Montreal heading the hst voth £2x,600, Kingston.Ont, Maren G-The Jun a famine fund here cn March 15.Already 165859 has been contributed, The students or Queens College gave $70.15 and Portsmouth val- lage counal Jorwarded 30, When ail subscriptions have been handed not 18 hkely the total will reach nearly $2,000, colicetions Close Quebec, March 5.\u2014NMaver Parent bus forwarded £3,050 from Quebec to Ottawa for the Indian fanune und.Quebec.Mareh &\u2014Up te date.alont six thousand dollars has Leen rammed here \u201cfor the Indian Fanine Fund, + wien «the hands have sent avay alot Teg thousand five hundred dollars and tlie local commnttee three thes d deulirs, fever hospital was converted into a non- | At last might > mneetmg oi the coum.tive the foclowing telegram was reut \u2014 To His Worship the Mavor o; Qurvbec 1 have had the great sutisfaction of Te- ceiving cheque for three thousand dollars being the contribution of the Citizens of Quebec to Indian Famine Fuld, a Pras ical ard handsome token of Sympathy and lop which will be warmly appre lated AHMERDELN, Guvernei-veueral, His worship alke read à letter \u2018ra the Jord Mayor ot London ackhiomaedg- Ing recept of lus stating What was beg done 1m Yespunise tu Lis appel fur ad, and thinking mm theresor.letter, THE PRESBYTERIAN DONATIONS The Rev.Dr.Warden, Tororto, treasurer of the Presbyterian Church 1m tanads uo « Kuowledges wie receipt oi the ÎVIIOM IDE ad- i i | ! and he therefore seeks | diaonal contributions, où behalt v.thy Indian Faumine Fund:\u2014 Salem Presbyterian Church, River John, NE 11 11 0 À 49 U0 Melville Presbyterian Church Loto SETS § Binscarth Presbyterian Church, sal- bath School .12 10211 I 99 Navan Presbyterian Church .\u201cà | Bearbrook Presbyterian Church .1 073 Two Members, Taylor Presbyterian Church, Montreal .2.Holstein Presbyterian Church C.E.Society .2.22 14 LL 11111112 Va 09 Godericn, Knox Presbyterian Church 157.00 Mrs.J.M.Davis, Spokane.USA.1v.0 { Mrs.MeBride, Port Ferry .1 21 12 19.00 Newtonville Presbrterian Chureh .1 10 sertion with which he concludes his last - communication.L.LABERGF.Medical Health Officer.0 BURIED AT ST.JOHN.St.John, N.B., March 7.\u2014The funeral of the late Mr.Geo.W.Whitney, who died in Montreal, took place on Saturday afternoon, after the arrival of the Atlantic express.The remains were taken from the house to Trinity Church.where the Ven.Aichdeacon Brigstocke conduet- ed the burial service.His daughter, Miss Whitney, of the Victoria School ot Art and Design, who accompanied the remairs, will return to Montreal by Monday's C.P.R.express.\u2014_ SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES, London.March 6.\u2014A despatch from Madrid to \u2018Central News,\u201d savs President McKinley's inaugural address has not caused much of an impression in Spain.The ministerial newspapers in their comments, mistrust the reserve of the new President, and public opinion is very suspicious in view of Mr.MeKin- ley\u2019s antecedents and the attitude which Secretary Sherman recently manifested in the United States Senate.\u2014 McGOWAN ACQUITTED.Charlottetown, P.E.I., March 7.\u2014The trial of Archibald MeGowan, for the murder of Margaret McKenzie.was concluded at Charlottetown yesterday, when the jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground that he was insane when he committed the crime.McGowan will be held a prisoner until Governor Howland decides what to do with him.\u2014_\u2014 KINGSTON VETERANS ORGANIZE.Kingston, Ont, March 9.\u2014The veterans of 1866, who took part in the Fenian raid at Cornwall, and of whom there are about a hundred in Kingston, have organized an association.The oflicers are: Hon.president, Hon.Geo.A.Kirkpatrick, Lieut.-Governor of Ontario; hon.vice-president, Lieut.-Col.Kerr: president, Lieut.-Col.Duff: first vice-presi- dent, Capt.Horsey; se ond vice-presi- dent, Lieut.-Col.Callaghan; treasurer, Capt.H.Cunningham; secretary, Major King: hon.surgeon, Dr.Garrett, surgeon for the 14th Battalion.The veterans will take part in the local demonstrations in honor of the Queen's diamond Jubilee.ee EXPELLED FOR BOODLING.Chicago, March 5\u2014A special to the \u201c Tribune\u2019 from Relfa, Montana, says :\u2014 Representative Martin Brickley of Tef- ferson County, was expelled vesterdav from the Legislature for corruption in office.Newtonville Presbyterian Chureh Sat- bath School .1.0 Centre Road, W.Williams, Knox Presbyterian Churches .30.9 Teeswater.Knox Presbyterian Ch.4x0) Forest Presbyterian Church Tottenham, Fraser Presbyvierian Ch.Beeston Presbyterian Church A Beeton Presbyterian C.1.Sce.ety.Orono Presbyterian Church Kendall Presbyterian Church Delta, B.C., Presbyterian \u2018\u2019hurch Montreal, St.John's Presbyterian Church Sunday School 0 0 0.0 0 1M Mr.J.McFee, Hemmingford .2.2 D) Guelph.Chalmer's Presbyterian Ch.Sunday School .22 24 2222222 11.Guthrie, Presbyterian CC.E.Society.ow : East Ashfield.Auxiliary.Presby- torian .11221222 2m East Ashfield.Goforth Mission Band.Presbyterian Ce ee ee oD Mrs.J.Morrison, Momreal .5s) Miss M.Thornton.Omemee .4 Black's Corners Presbyterian Ch.15.00 Laurel, Presbyterian Church .1185 Feneclon Falls and Somerville Presbyterian Churches Cee eal 0) Durham, Presbyterian Church.: R.G.Scott, Esq., Princeton, N.I., West Lorne, Presbyterian C.E.So- _ cietv .2.22 22 1114 LoL 4.55 Lachute.Henry's Presbyterian Ch.$6.73 Mrs.J.A.Gram, Richmond Hill .2.Ars.Falconer, Richmond Hill .1.60 Mr.Langstaff, Richmond Hiili .1.» Erin, Burn's Presbyterian Church .24.39 | London.St.James Presbyterian Ch.11.09 \u2018Procrastinator.\u201d (of Toronto) .15.00 Melbourne Presbyterian Church .15.26 Riverside Presbyterian Church .12.28 AN EARTHQUAKE.IT WAS SEVEREST IN THE VICINITY OF NTAGARA FALLS Niazara Falls, Ont.Marcel; 6.\u2014 About 10.30 o'élock last evening a severe shock was felt as though some terrible explosion had taken place in the vianity, Buildings were shaken on their foundations.The people who were in the hotels rushed out, and soon a crowd gathered around the Imperial Bank, thinking some one had blown open the vault.The shock lasted about thirty seconds and was put down to a dynamite or boiler explosion that had taken place on the American side, but enquiry proved that nothing of the kind had taken place.The xhoex ix believed now to have heen due to a genuine earthquake.It was plainly felt «t Niagara-on-the-Lake, Queenston, St.Catharines and other places throughout the counties of Welland and Lincoln.St.Catharines, Ont.March 6.\u2014A shock, very much resembling an earthquake, and thought by many to have heen one, was felt in this atv last might about 10.30 o'clock.Many houses trembled and window panes rattled perceptibly here: while in Queenston.St.Davids, Niagara Falls and other places, the rumbling noise was louder and of loner duration.The shack herg lasted probably ten seconds, Quebec, March T\u2014The lhghthouse keeper at Point des Monts, Que.repoits à shght shock of earthauake at two o'clock this morning.The commotion, which lasted two minutes.was from west to east.No damage is reported.THE DAILY WILaL-., noted and published at the \u2018Witness\u2019 Building, at the oorper of Craig and St.Peter streets, in the city of Montreal, by John Redpath Dougall, of Montreal All business communications should be addressed ¢ John Dougall & Son,\u201d \u2018Witness\u2019 Office, Montreal, and all letters to the Editor should be addressed ¢ Bditor of the \u2018 Wi.neas,\u2019 Montreal\u2019, : \u201c - EE, SE\u2014\u2014\u2014 SE,