The daily witness, 15 décembre 1897, mercredi 15 décembre 1897

[" in Ut 0 it ct 1e 1e pa 1e R 30 Le tustitute 3 re po UF squa London SW ENG + our een Pages.lon! 3 hi 7 vor XXXVIIL, N ALLEGED INTERVIEWS.dre 0.Edition.MONTREAL, Price ONE CENT.The Hon.F.Langelier Throws Some Light on Them.THE \u2018WITNESS\u2019 CORRESPONDENT ALONE GRANTED AN INTERVIEW.: Lively Echoes of the Political Tempest.we received the following most letter from the Hon.F.Lange- aying all interviews pretended to a been held with him by the \u2018Presse\u2019 yr anv other newspaper except the \u2018Witness\u2019: Quebec, Dec.14, 1897.T> the Editor of the \u2018 Witness,\u201d Montreal.Dear Sir \u2014As vou published the inter «.»w which has given rise to so many \u201coussions, 1 trust you will grant me of your columns to protest a-inst a statement which the corres- -.mlent of the \u2018 Presse\u2019 has put in my - rh, and which I never made.I am made to say that I consider Sir Wid Laurier as entirely unfit to gov- per this country.1 would be a fool if I had spoken in that mamner when, for -ha \u2018ast twenty years, I have done my bas: to put the government of the coun- -\u2014 in his hands.Any wrong of Sir Wid toward me could not change that anininn, and it has not changed it either.1 .=il1 consider him as head and ehoulder atove anv other political man in this country.What I did say is that Sir Wilfrid, having been occupied with more important questions of state, has been unable to attend to the practical government of his party.There are several other inaccuracies in the corresprmdence of the \u2018 Presse,\u2019 but it would be nceless to correct them all.Rut J wish to say more: I have granted no interview to the correspon- ->e Use ir his friends, that it overreaches itself.It starts out by setting Mr.Langelier forth as \u2018a gentleman of high social position and a lawyer of eminence,\u2019 and as a man who has \u2018made great sacrifices.for his party.It ends by branding him as a corruptionist, a contributor of $10,000 to a corruption fund end a participator in the \u201cmost indecent and impudent violation of the principles of parliamentary independence on record.\u201d It declares that \u2018the system of holding or earning support by promise of office ie capable of indefinite extension.Sir Wilfrid Lau rier might defy public opinjon durng an entire parliamentary term by issuing to members his written promise to pay them with offices for such support as he required them to give him.\u2019 It is obviously rather absurd to insinuate that Mr.Langelier was being paid with the promise of an office for his support, when in the same article it is declared that Mr.Langelier is \u2018a Liberal of long standing.\u2019 The whole article, while it professes to be an attack on Sir Wilfrid, is really an attack upon Mr.Langelier.We are told first that he was \u2018bled\u2019 to the extent of $10,000, as a contribution to the Liberal campaign \u2018fund.\u2019 But these crocodile tears for Mr.Langelier are speedily dried, and it is said that the contribution is \u2018another ten thousand of the Laurier campaign fund.It will be remembered that some fifty thousand odd was provided out of the $100,000 stolen from the Baie des Chaleurs Railway subsidy.The practice of the experts appears to be to raise thousands and thousands by notes for the purpose of influencing the electorate when a campaign is in progress, and then to sweat a railway sub- gdy or a contractor, in order to retire these obligations.\u2019 .Then the \u2018Mail\u2019 resumes its sympathetic role, and bids us allemourn because Mr.Langelier was not paid.The task of representing a man at one moment as 3: dent où the ¢ Preewey tm: say.other] ® newspaper correspondent, except tor the repreeentative of the \u2018 Witness.Mr.inq-Mars, who, I understand, is tbe correspondent of the \u2018 Presse,\u2019 did not come me, in his capacity of secretary of the Liveral Club, of club matters I need ait tell you that I did mot expect our conversation to be published in a paper, \u201che more so that I told him that I had declined to be interviewed.[ wish to add simply this: I would \u201cave continued to keep silence as I had lone before so long, had I not been rrompted to speak, first, by the use that as being made of my name as if I had \u201ceen begging for a judgeship, and, in the second place, by the statements made in the * Monde Canadien,\u2019 that Sir Adolphe \u2018\u2019apleau would remain at Spencerwood as long as he chose, notwithstanding the woposition of the \u2018old Rouges,\u2019 and that a coalition was desirable.Since the 1n- terview with vour representative I have Seen attending to my practice, having ns time either to attend meetings or discuss political affairs.Yours very truly, \u2018F.LANGELIER.MR.TARTE'S DENIAL.Tomo Der, 15\u2014The \u2018Globe\u2019 pub- Lsues che ibllowing letter this morning: To the editor of the \u2018Globe.\u201d) >ir\u2014l have just read in the \u2018Globe\u2019 \u201cle Teport of an interview said to have been given tu the \u2018Star\u2019 by the Hon.Mr.Langelier, and in which he is report- el te huve sud: \u2014 \u2018Had that coalition «ene gone through it would have nant tie wreck of the party.It is all ery well for Sir Wilfrid to say that was nothing in it He knew no- «cout it.lt was not his work.It - 1:02 engineerel by Tarte, When us were actually sent to our friends Cs thew if they would support an al- vie hetween Laurier and Chapleau, it | !$ Névessary to speak out and to speak Pre irrespective of my own interests.\u2019 Peru: me to give you the most emirate denial to Mr.Langelier\u2019s attribut- > I did not engineer any \u201cire i Statements, rime où coalition between Sir Wilfrid le irier and Mr.Chapleau.I did not Gevheds to support any scheme of >Me où the outbuildings are there.À tromenade or pleasure walk leading ta + small artificial lake is wholly situated 7 that section of Lhe grounds, as is also : small bush, and these two places are ised by the pupils for recreation pur- i #s.The res of the Cote des Neiges buriion of the property 1s used for gar- \u201céNING purposes.The question to de \u201cle was whether the land of the nuns ming part of the municipality can be ud to be used for educational purposes, \"il thus he exempted from taxation.I'he learned judge referred to several \u201cvious judgments in which both the Tior Court and the Court of Appeal \u201cmissed similar actions taken to collect \u2018tes on land belonging to teaching in- lWtlons, but used for educational pur- Ses In an indirect way only.He also \u2019ierred to the unanimous judgment of \u201ce Supreme Court, which reversed the iy One of the above judgments that me before it, namely, a claim for taxes - the St.Gabriel farm owned by the \u2018le NUNs as in the present case, but \u201con which no educational establishment \u20183 erected.The Supreme Court in that ve held that the property must be con- #-lered ag used for revenue purposes and not for education, and was therefore subjected to taxation.In giving his decision this morning Judge Champagne held that the present case was different from that in which the Supreme Court rendered judgment.The land referred to formed an integral part of the Villa-Maria establishment used on the whole as an educational establishment, and although the convent building itself happens to be in an adjoining municipality the grounds used by the pupils of that convent are in Cote des Neiges.As regards the portion of the land used as a garden, most of the vegetables raised there are consumed in the convent itself.Under these circumstances, the Court came to the conclusion that the spirit of the law required \u2018that this land should be considered as forming part of an educational establishment, and consequently be exempted from taxes.The action of the school commissioners must therefore be dismissed.-\u2014\u2014\u2014 PRESENTATION TO MR.W.J.SCOTT.On Friday evening last Mr.W.J.Scott, superintendent of the Knox Church Sabbath-school at Lancaster, Ont., was presented with an address and a handsome hanging lamp by the teachers of the various Sabbath-schools of that town.The presentation was made in recognition of Mr.Scott\u2019s labors at the weekly meetings of teachers, which he always superintended.peel DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION MEETS.The Montreal Wholesale Dry Goods Association, a branch association of the Board of Trade, held its annual meeting in the Board of Trade building at 3.30 this afternoon, for the purpose of electing officers and other business.PERSONAL.Mr.W.W.Ogilvie, accompanied by his son, Mr.À.E.Ogilvie, left this morning for Winnipeg, and the North-West, on his annual visit of inspection of mills and elevators se ALLEGED GAMING HOUSE.Police Make a Big Haul.THE SOCIETE NATIONALE DE SCULPTURE THE SCENE OF .THE DISTURBANCE.Acting on instructions from Superintendent Hughes, Chiet Detective Carpenter, accompanied by Sub-Chiets Lancey and Lapointe, and all the available detective staff proceeded in a body to No.114 St.Lawrence Mein street, the premises occupied by the \u2018Société Naticnale de Sculpture\u2019 and immediately surrounded the building to prevent any person escaping.The majority of the officers entered the place and took possession of everything and every person.Sergeant Detective Campeau was there also Mr.J.H.Haynes, the secretary; Detectives Barrett, Suthergill, Charpentier, Guer- in, O\u2019Keefe, Acting Detectives McLaughlin (No.1), McLaughlin (No.2), Richard (No, 1), Richard (No.2), Picard, Vaughan, Rio- pel, Cote and Landriault.The inmates of the building were considerably surprised, and there was much excitement.The wheels were stopped, and order was eventually restored.Some of the men tried to hide, but it was no use, and by the ald of the patrol waggons, No.4 and No.5, the gang, were safely removed to the Central Station, together with a large quantity of gambling paraphernalia, consisting of wheels, tables, printing outfit, a fancy glass wheel and numerous lottery tickets.The establishment is known as the \u2018Société Nationale de Sculpture,\u2019 an organization which bas up to the present, been known as a lottery or policy shop, conducted on the usual lines, and alleged to be controlled by Henry Lemire, notary, 123 Berri street, and Joseph A.Martin, of Rivard street.These two, along with the following list of habitues, were summarily arrested last night: \u2019 Octave Beaupre, 22, butcher, 199% St.Dominique st.; Armand Barroda, 27, joiner, 838 St, Hypolite st.; Emile St.Laurent, 33, tobacconist, 509 St, Lawrence street; Jos.Morel, 21, agent.395 Champlain street; Samuel Levy, 40, tailor, 258 Cadleux street; George Brown, 21, elevator man, 173 St.Dominique street; Max Goldberg, 22, tailor, 171 St.Dominique street; Myors Segal, tailor, 616 Dorchester street; Max Goldberg, 22, tallor, 616 Dorchester street; Amadee Depatie, 30, shoemaker, 23 Vitre street; Samuel Sorrensky, 40, carpenter, 130 City Hall avenue; George Robertson, 24, bricklayer, 22 St.Antoine street; Joseph Nicholson, 37, bricklayer, St.Antoine street; C.Meadow, 23, bellboy, 8 Juror st.; Edouard Daigrault, 54, trader, 255 Cadieux street: William Cartwright, 29, janitér, Bonsecour street; Willlam Gilchrist, 31, bartender, 17 Balmoral street; George Thompson, barber, 16 St.Elizabath street; George Allen, 24, laborer, 8 St.Claude street; Jon Croll, 18, rrinter,44 St.Antoine street; Geo.Yourg, 27, news agent, 10 Oscar avenue; Fred.Warren, 28, laborer, 92 St, Charles Borro- mee street; William Butterworth, 86, cutter, 2490 St.Catherine street; Albert Miller, 22, walter, 1251%- St.Antoihe street: Andr Jackson, 24, laborer.13 street; Achille Rivard, 27, laborer, | Justin atreet; Richard Smithers, 27, carter, 98 Shannon street; Joseph Finn, 33, tare-.taker, 84 Shannon street; Henri Brule, 47, photographer, 476 Beaudry street; Desire Jeyaz, 24, laborer, 148 Hutchison street; A.Lamontagne, 31, shoemaker, Drolet street; Antoine Cerat, 32, agent, Craig street ;- Prudhomme Pare, 21, laborer, Atnherst st.; Theodore Goulet, 23, restaurant keeper, St.Dominique street; Sifroi Dechatelle, 20, bookkeeper, 185 St.Elizabeth street; Victor La- croix, 20, confectioner, 1610 St.Catherine street; Joseph Dupuis, 25, painter, 194 San- guinet street; Eugene Le Ridy, 37, cook, 502 Cralg street; William Thompson, 26, butcher.1046 St.Cätherine street; George Gauthier, 57, laborer, 25 St.Hypolite st.; Ludger Grenier, 22, trader, 142 Sanguinet street; Zenon Latour, 27, shipper, 201 St.Elizabeth street; Bepjamin J.Legault, 83, laborer, St.Elizabeth street; Cerias Belan- ger, 24, storeman, 12 Grey Nun street; Alex.Drouin, 18, messenger, 1584 Notre Dame st.; Adelard Vezina, 19, painter,.1985 Notre Dame street; Thos.Wade, 41, printer, 661 Lagauchetiere street; Antoine Montpetit,29, shoemaker, 132 Dupre Lane; Alfred Martin- eau, 34, laborer, 18 St.Adolphus street; Henry Patenaude, 21, trader, 103 St.Maurice, street: James Aird, El, driver, Notre Deme street: Patrick Marmoyla, 26, bookbinder, Nazareth street; Joseph Leduc, 35, agent, DeMontigny street; Emelian Charbon- neau, 48, watchman, DeMontigny street; Philip Auclair, 19, agent, St.Urbain street; Joseph Gauthier, 25, baker, Sanguinet st.; Edmond Gauthier, 48, watchman, St.Fran- cols Xavier street; Ludger Soullere, 30, shoemaker, Panet street; Alex.Ouellette, 29, laborer, Champlain street; D.Ouellette, 34, plasterer, Beaudry street; Mederic Sour- dif, 23, trunkmaker, 436 Lagaucheticre st; Joseph Chartrand, 19, tailor, 564 Drolet st.; Howard Stewart, 35 laborer, 86 Uñlon ave.; Eugene Demers, 28, painter, St.Lawrence street; Charles Lourchette, 36, cigarmaker, 183 Plessis street; John Croll, Fullum st.; Wiltred Therrien, 34, agent, 466 St.Dominique street; Charles Brouiilette, 18.dentist, 179 Dufferin street: Joseph Prouillertè, 22, agent, 179 Dufferin street; Charlns E.Daoust, 31, clerk, Longueuil; Ernest David, 81, clerk, Longueuil, and Alex.Millett, cutter.At the Central Station every prisoner gave five dollars as security for his appoar- ance this morning.The scene at the Police Court to-day was a busy one, so busy in fact that the presiding magistrate, Mr.Lafontaine had to adjourn from the ordinary court room, which was far too small for the number of defendants, into the spacious enquete room This room was packed when the magistrate took his scat on the bench.Henri Lemire and Joseph A.Martin were accused of keeping a gambling house under section 198 of the Criminal Code, which reads as follows: « \u2018Every cue is guilty of an indictable offence, and liable to one year's imprisonment, who keeps any disorderly house.that fs to say, any comrhon bawdy house, common gaming house, or common betting bouse as hereinbefore defined.2.Any one who appears, acts, or behaves, as master or mistress, ar as the person having the care, government or management, of any disorderly house, shall be deemed to be the keeper thereof, and shall ba Hable to be prosecuted and punished az evch, although in fact he or sh> is not the real owner or keeper tbereof.\u2019 The palr pleaded not guilty to the charge, and the case was adjourned until Wednesday next at ten o'clock in tha morning.Mr.Caligte Leboeuf gppeared as counsel for defence.and said the detectives had no right to raid the premises as the proprietors had a charter and .carried on the business in a proper manner.The rest of the defendants were next called ard all pleaded not guilty.The principal defendants were then allowed bail in personal security of two hundred dollars each, and two bonds of one hundred dollars each.Those found in the alleged gambling house were let out on pérronal security alone, and charged under rection 199 of the Criminal Code which reads as follows: \u2018Every one who plays or looks on while THE MONTREAL DAILY WITNESS St Dominidfe:|-f KNABFES: New Upright - Grand.\u2014 The history of the pianoforte, like that of all great things, is one of evolution.From the old Clavichord to the modern Upright Piano with its diagonal scale and three unisons is à long step.The great House of Wm.Knabe & Co., of New York and Baltimore, have always been identified as the leaders in any real improvements in the pianoforte, To-day they are the first to apply the prineiple of the Grand Piano Action to the requirements of the Upright Plano, and are now producing Grand Pianos in both horizontal and upright forms.Samples can be seen AT THE WAREROOMS OF LLL & G0, \u201c SOLE AGENTS, Whelesale and Retail, 1824 Notre Dame Street, (Near McGill Btroet,) MONTREAL.any other person is playing in a common gaming house {8 gullty of an offence and liable on summary conviction before two Justices of the peace, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars and not less than twenty dollars, and in default of payment, to two months\u2019 imprisonment.\u2019 This is the largest gambling haul in the history of the police force in Montreal, and they deserve considerable credit for the work they accomplished last night.It took eight loads by the patrol waggons to take the prizoners to the station.\u2014# LODGE AND CHAPTER.VISIT OF THE-GRAND FIRST PRINCIPAL TO MONTREAL CHAPTER ; There was a very large attendance, in- .£Tuding present and past Grand Lodge offi- cèrs, at the Fegular annual communicatton of Royal Albert Laidge, No.2, A.F.& A: M., Q.R., held in the Masonic Temple on Monday evening, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:\u2014 Bro.J.F.Mackie, W.M.; Bro.R.S.King- horn, S.W.; Bro.J.F.Reddy, J.W.; Bro.Edward 8.Scott, treasurer; Bro.W.Monk, secretary; Bro.W.H.Norkett, tyler.MONTREAL CHAPTER, R.AM, The convocation ot Monireal Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, held in the Temple last evening, was favored with the presence of R.Ex.-Comp.Joseph Luttrell, grand superintendent of the Montreal district, as well as the Most Excellent Grand First Principal Z of the Grand Chapter, who was attended by M.Ex.-Comp.I.H.Stearns, and otber Grand Chapter officers.The election of officers for next year resulted as follows:\u2014R.Ex.-Comp.W.M.Le- Messurier, First Principal Z re-electad) : Ex.W.T.McLaurin, Second Principal H ; Comp.George Woollam, Third Principal J; R.Ex.Comp.John McLean, treasurer; R.Ex-Comp.C.A.Humphrey, scribe k ; Comp.W.(B.Clark, scribe N; Comp.Wm.Murray, Principal Sojourner ; Comp.J.Gouldthorpe, Senior Sejourner; Comp.J.S.Sommerville, Junior Sojourner, Comp.C.Austin, organist; Comp.C.O.Clark, Master 4th Vell; Comp.George Carson, Master 3rd Veil; Comp.Dr.W.J.Kerr, Master 1st and 2nd Vells; Comp.J.Lawrance, janitor; R.Ex.-Comp.A.GG.Adams, representative to the room committee.At the close of the convocation the Grand Chapter officers and visiting companions were hospitably entertained by the members of the chapter, R.Ex.-Comp.W.M.TLeMessurier presidi:.g, when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly proposed and loyally honored.In propcsing the toast of the Grand Chapter of Quebec, the First Principal Z expressed the pleasure which they felt at the presence of the Grand Z.M, Ex.-Comp.J.B.Tressider was glad to respond for a body which had made itself felt in capitular masonry, aud congratulated Montreal Chapter on the selection of their officers, the chief of whom was an honored and esteemed member of Grand Chapter.\u2018The visiting companions\u2019 was first acknowledged by M.Ex.-Comp.1.H.Stearns, who remarked {hat capitular masonry had not been looked after as much as it should have been.R.W.Bro.B.Tooke extended his congratulations to the Chapter on the selection of their offisers end R.Ex.-Comp C.P.O'Connor, of Carnarvon Chapter, also replied in a felicitous epeech.R.Ex.-Comp.Joseph Luttrell, Grand Sup.rictendcnt, ws glad to find Montreal Chapter in such a prosperous condition.With such excellent material as they possessed capitulary masonry could be assured of strong support.R.Ex.-Comp.proposed the newly mads Mark Masons, which wag acknowledged by Comp.J.Beamish Saul and Comp.D.J.Simpson.Comp.D.A.Young proposed the health of the newly-elected officers, and said that it always afforded him great pleasure to visit Montreal Chapter.During the evening Comp.J.Poole contributed some very fine songs and Comp.Alfred Hirst gave à capital recitation.\u2014\u2014\u2014 AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.BOME TALL SCORING.Sydney, N.8.W., Dec.15.\u2014The Australian eleven, in the cricket match with the visiting English team, which began on Monday last, were all out to-day in their first innings for 237 runs.As the Englishmen \u2018in their first Innings yesterday were all out for FEL rune, the Australians followed on with their second innings, and at the close of play, te-d&v had runs to their credit for one wkket down.LUNA PHILLIPS SQUARE.+000000 200000900000 00HH$ 90000 6HCHO0H0040 0 CHRISTMAS =\u2014\u2014GOODS.Ladies\u2019 Black Silk Mitts, $1.25.GLOVES.Czarina Kid Gloves, colored and black, embroidered backs, 2 clasp, $1.Ib.Bouillon Kid Gloves, colored and black, 4-button, $1.15.Derby\u2019s Kid (loves, colored and black, embroidered backs, Trefousse Kid (Noves, newest shades, embroidered backs, 3 ¢lasp, $1.50.-Trefousse Kid (floves, newest shades, embroidered backs, 2 clasp, $1.75.Alexandre Kid Gloves, newest shades, embroidered backs, 4 button, 1.50.Alexandre Kid Gloves, newest shades, embroidered backs, lace hooks, $1.50.Alexandre Kid Gloves, newost shades, 6, 10, 16, 20 buttons.Dent\u2019s Dogskin, English Reds and Black, ¢ buitons, $1.50.Dent's Real Reindeer, 4 button, $3.E0.Children\u2019s Kid Gloves, colored and black, $1.05 ard $1.25.Children\u2019s Mocha Gloves, Wool-lined, 80c and Children\u2019s Mocha Mitts, Wool-lined, 50c, 60c, 76c.Lridies* Mccha Mitts, 85c, Thc and $1.65.Ladies\u2019 Black Silk Mitts fancy embroidered tzck, $1.78.$1.55.RIERE] 85c.Gent\u2019s Bath Robes, $4.00 up.from $1.00 to $10.00.Fancy Tables, Rockers, Onyx Tables, PA DRESSING GOWNS, SMOKING JACK= ETS, BATH ROBES, ETC.Gent's Dressing Gowns in Tweed Paisley Shawl pattern and Silk, $6.50 up.Gent's Smoking Jackets, in Tweed and Silk, $56.00 up.FURNITURE DEPT.An excellent variety of goods suitable for Holiday Gifts, ranging in price Card Tables, Cobbler Seat Chairs rs and Rockers, Fancy Upholstered Rocking Chairs, Tabourettes, Plant Stands, Shaving Stands, Music Cabinets, Parlor Cabinets, Desks, Stools, Bookcases and Window Seats, A larger and more varied stock of ~~ Fine Parlor Cabinets ls than ever before.Select early and avoid disappointment.pe BE Ba Rattan Chairs and PRICE.BOOT and SHOE DEPARTMENT, 1,000 pairs Patent Leather, Kid, Satin, Beaded, Black and Col'd, Ladies\u2019 and Misses\u2019 Slippers, will be offered on Monday and following days at HALF - Toys aa Games.| Special Tables of Toys, at 5c, IoC, 20C, and 25c each.Dolls\u2019 Carriages and Sleighs, : fxtra bargains at 50c, 75e, $1.00 and $1.25, all the best makes.Games of Every Description.Special value in Dressed Dolls.20 inch White Enameled Bedsteads.Special price, $1.00 each.Sleds ai d Cu ters.Crokinole Boards, Best Make, Best Value, 75c and $1.00 each.BOOKS, BOOKS, - BOOKS, CALENDARS, HEN RY CHRISTMAS CARDS, CHRISTMAS CARDS, CHRISTMAS CARDS, CALENDARS, CALENDARS, And Holiday Goods of every Description.\u201cOpen Saturday, 18th inst., and all next week till 9.30 p.m.MORGAN & Co.: MONTREAL, FANCY STATIONERY, STATIONERY, STATIONERY, VICEREGAL MOVEMENTS.Toronto, Dec.15.\u2014 Yesterday afternoon their Excellencies, attended by Captain Wilberforce, A.D.C., visited the asyluna for the insane.They were received by Dr.Clark, the superintendent, and members of the staff, also Mr.Christie, the government inspector, A large number of the patients who were assembled in the hall were, after a few introductory words by Dr.Clark, briefly addressed by the Governor-General.At the special request of Dr.Clark, Lady Aberdeen also spcke a few words.Afterwards their Excellencies went through the various wards | they had seem of the arrangements and methods of the institution.The Countess of Aberdeen, accompanied by Lady Marjorie Gordon and Miss Wisdom, visited St.Hilda\u2019s College.There was an evzning party at Government House last night.To-day their Excellencies will visit St Michael\u2019s College at 3.30 and subsequently St.Joseph's Academy.At 8 p.m.the Governor-General will be present at the annual meeting of the West Branch of the Young Men\u2019s Chris tian Association.Her Excellency will be present at the Diamond Jubilee Fair.\u2019 Later their Excellencies will together be and before leaving expressed themselves present at the meeting in connection with as most favorably impressed by what the Boys\u2019 Institute PE te ati ER ee de de HR 1 Bl SOME JIN pe RE J a rr Ee ee EAS ta hatin LAE JEN I « \"mer \"ACL eI NY pr ow pe + Lea 0e A 3- =\" os ETA Calendar ces \u2014mar WEpNESDAY, DEO.16.« A s$ der.caux ce ré \u2014 NATURAL HISTORY ROOMS, 2 WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Pl 2 * i x Afternoens and Evenimgs.- Admission, 19c.+ Heintzman Piano loaned hy O.W.Lindsay & Co.\u2019 es HER gran) dsiym|Tiw| TF |S) Jét21n's office indicating ver- \u201caus and by telephone the depth to which ssels may safely be loaded.We.do Dot ink that the margin given by the Port Marden's office is sufficlent, and we think ct all such indications should oe given _¥ridrg and kept on record.We also that a very bad habit is apparently \u201cvalent amongst the pilots, of allowing Cssrls to discherge their ashes while in ; rhannel.Such a proceeding should be allowed at all, in fact, is against the ; \u2018Sent regulations, and steps will Lave 9h taken to put an end to this practice.- on bas also been proved before us that cc up \u2018he buoys in this channel waa consid [aFly out of place.These shiftings of 1; 5, are continually happening, and ~vi- ny some improved method of securing il \\>spereting the buoys must be adopted, a hey are intended to indicate.with any Bree of accuracy, the channel.This is Be ET Rl Ort RE a matter which is becoming mors important as it seems that there is an inclination on tbe part of some of the pilots not to steer by the marks, but by the buoys.The excuse is frequently made by a pilot, \u2018I must have been in the channel because I was inside of the line of buoys\u2019; if, therefore, they are inclined to rely eo strongly upon the buoys, the latter must be more dependable upon than they are apparently at present.\u2018We make these remarks in the hopo that the departments of the government responsible for the channel, netween Montreal and Quebec, will take a keener interest \u2018in its preservation for the future, and we urge upon the government strongly to take the necessary powers and means to enable (hem to say with confidence to the public, that the channel between Montreal and Quebec, is clear and unobstructed.\u2019 A comparative statement of the business of the port from the opening to the close of ravigation was submitted by the secretary, and the harbor engineer submitted a report of work dore in ths harbor during the month of November.\u2014 THE WORK IN AUSTRALIA.A very successful meeting, under the auspices of the Northern W.C.T.U., was held last evening in the parlor of Zion Church, at which addresses were delivered by Mrs.Ardill and Miss Murcutt, the Australian delegates to the International Convention.The Rev.H.Wurriver presided, and conducted the opening exercises.Mrs.Ardill, in the course of her remarks, said that as superintendent of legislation in New South Wales, she had found the work very difficult, owing to the fact that petitions presented to the legislature had been repeatedly shelved.The W.C.T.V.were, however, by this and by other means, doing a great educational work, and Its good results were shown bv the fact that {in prohibition townships very little rescue work was necessary.Speaking of the W.C.T.U.rescue work, with which she is intimately connected, Mrs.Ardill related several aifecting incidents, which had come under her personal observation, and she pleaded eloquently for those who from their childhood found their entire environment militate against their moral well being.Miss Murcutt, speaking of the evils of the opium traffic in Australia, said that it was a natural punishment to a Christian nation which had forced opium on China, at the point of the bayonet.It Christian people awoke to a sense of their responsibility, there vrould be a speedy end to this and all kindred evils.Workers should not be discouraged, for every good work was bound to be difficult, but in due season a harvest should be reaped'by them if they fainted not.They should work in the name of God, nf Home, and of Humanity.A vote of ##anks was tendered to the speakers by Mr.S.P.Leet, after which the closing exercises were conducted by the Rev.Mr.Therrien.The musical portion of the service were under the superintendence of Dr.and Mrs.R.Stanley Weir.re LADIES\u2019 ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.A meeting was held yesterday of the executive committee that has in hand the arrangements for the forthcoming historical ball to be given by the Ladies\u2019 Antiquarian Society.It has been found necessary to alter the original plan of holding the ball in the Chatcau de Ramezay as the space would not be half large enough for the number of guests who will be present on the occasion.It was, therefore, decided at the above-mentioned meeting tbat the ball should take place in the Windsor Hall.The ladies who were present yesterday include Madame L.J.Forget, Mrs.Spragge, Mad.J.R.Thibaudeau, Mrs.Cox, Mrs.C.T.Hart, Mrs.Ferguson, Mrs.Whitehead, Lady Lacoste, Miss Barry, and Miss Watt.Mrs.James Peck sent in her resignation to the committee,the members of which learned with regret that she could not continue her services owing te an acéident.* Madame Forget was accordingly elected to fill the place of Mrs.Peck, and Mrs.Spragge appointed secretary.The executive committee will hold another meeting at the chateau this afternoon to receive the report of the special committees.\u2014\u2014\u2014 DORCHESTER STREET CHURCH BAZAAR.A bazaar under the auspices of the ladies Aid Society of Dorchester Street Methodist Church was cpencd last evening in the Natural History Rooms on University street.Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the attendance was very fair.The following ladies and gentlemen have charge of the various departments: \u2014Mrs.and Mias Reid, candy table; Mrs.Woodford, tancy goods; Mrs.Walker, Mrs.Venables and Mrs.Lennon, toys, etc.; the Junior Endeavor table is in charge of the president, Miss Reed, and \u2018the Juniors\u2019 and \u2018the Boys\u2019 \u2019 refreshment table in charge of Messrs.W.Reed and S.Halfyard.The room was prettily decorated with flowers and bunting, and some excellent music was rendered at intervals during the afternoon and evening.The bazaar will remain open on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening.\u2014_\u2014\u2014-\u2014 BOARD OF TRADE PERIODICAL SALE.The newspapers anc periodicals to be supplied to \u2018 the reading room of this Board during 1898 will be sold by auction in that room on Thursday, Dec.16, at 12 o'clock, noon, Attendance at the sale is confined to members of the Board, and the condi- ticns are that payment for purchases be made in advance, and that delivery of the paper or periodical is made in the reading room to the purchaser or his representative upon receipt of the succeeding issue, and not before.ST.LUKE'S CHURCH BIBLE CLASS.The anpual Christmas reunion of the St.Luke's Church bible class will be held in the school room at the corner of Dorchester and Champlain streets on Sunday, Dec.19, at three o'clock p.m.During the meeting a programme of saored solos will be rendered by some of the ladies and gentlemen connected with the church, and at the close 2 collection will be taken up in aid of the class poor funds.\u2014 ie ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.The Bcard of Outdoor Relief acxnowled- ges with thanks from George Hague, Esq., $10: Mrs.Henry Hogan, $5.The treasurer of the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge acknowledges with thanks from Messrs.Henry Birks & Sors, $50; Mrs.Robertson, 'Elmbank,\u201d $19.The Board of Outdoor Relief acknowledges with thanks from Messrs.Henry Birks & Sons, $30; H.A.B., $25; Mrs.Robertson, \u2018Elmbank,\u2019 $10.The treasurer of the Protestant Flouse of Industry and Refuge acknowledges with thanks from Mrs.J.Johnston, No.1173 Sherbrooke street, The superintendent of the Protestant Hcuse of Industry and Refuge acknowledges with tbanks clothing purchased at the Industrial Rooms Bazaar to the following amounts: For the Home at Longue Pointe: Mrs, Haldane, six chemises and four shirts; Migs Dawes, $5 worth; A.F.Gault, Esq., $20 worth; Miss Orkney, $10 worth; Mrs.R.H.Gault.$5 worth; a Friend, $10 worth; Mrs.Colin Morgad, $10 worth; Mrs.Theodore Bigelow, $6 worth; Mrs.W.W.Ogil- vie, $10 worth: J.Morrice, 35 worth, For the George Moore Home: The Misses Benny, $3 worth.For Ontdoor Relief: Mrs.R.G.Reid, $10 worth: a Friend, $15 worth; COURT \u2018MOUNT ROYAL.Court Mount Royal, A.O.F., held its regular annual meeting and elected its officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows: Chief ranger, Bro.F.J.Jennens; sub-chief ranger, Bro.G.Mason; treasurer, PCR, Bro.Ramsay; financial secretary, Bro, Harvey; S.W.P.C.R., Bro.Allen; J.W., Bro.Penk; 8.B., Bro.8.Taylor; JB.Bro.H.Hill; trustees, PCR, Bro.Kent; P.C.R., Bro.Croston; Bro.Maybury: auditors, Bros.Nivin, onouf, and La Brish; \u2018medical officer, Bro.J.J.Roes; assistant secretary, Bro.Peacock; juvenile committee, Bros.Murphy, Hemmins, Jennens, Rameay, Harvey, Renouf, Mason, |\" Moore and Allon.There was a large attendance of members present, and visiting Brothers.The following acted as scrut- neers: P.D.C.R., Bro, Stoba, P.C.R., Bro.Murdock, of Court St.Jude; P.C.R., Bro.Grey, of Allan's Pride, and they had a busy time during the election, as lots of candl- dates appeared in the field, which made it all the livelier.This Court is in a very prosperous condition, and we gre looking forward for better things to come during the coming year, 1898.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 AN INSURANCE CASE.The case of the Manufacturers\u2019 Life In-; Ci surance Company vs.Alley, was heard before Judge Curran in the Superior Court, vesterday, and judgment was rendered instanter.The action was on a note given for an losurance premium, and the defed- dant pleaded that he had pot received any consideration for the note, as there was a clause in the policy whereby it became\u201d void if the note in question was not paid.The Court dismissed that plea and rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff.SHERIFF'S SALE SET ASIDE, Judge Delorimier rendered judgment yesterday on a petition to set aside a sheriff's sale In the case of the city vs.O'Brien,and Stewart, purchaser.Stewart having purchas- eû the property of O'Brien, sold by the sheriff at the instigation of the city for assessments due, petitioned to have the sale annulled on the ground that he could not get a title owing to the failure to specify exactly what was sold.The Court granted the petition.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 NOTES AND NOTICES.Villa Marie Convent, Lachine Convent, Mont Ste.Marie Convent, St.Urbain Academy, St.Leon Academy, St.Agnes Academy, St.Joseph\u2019s Academy, St.Antoine Academy are among the many Montreal institutions using Heintzman & Co.pianos with the highest degree of satisfaction.Heintzman & Co.pianos are among the most durable manufactured.They are beautifully cased in rare woods, and sold at very low prices and on moderate terms by the Lindsay-Nordheimer Co., 2366 St.Catherine street.Open evenings until New Year's, ADVERTISEMENTS.FIFTY CENTS PER WEEK A SMALL AMOUNT, But powerful in our hands toward supplying the neces- sltles and many comforts of a home.It will buy you a Bedroom Suite, or Sidebourd, an Extension Table or Set of Dining Chairs, a Lounge, Sofa, Easy Chair or Fancy Rocker.A Child\u2019a Cot, Bed and Mat- | Whether itehing, burning; bleeding, scaly, crusted, pimply, or: blotchy, whether simple, scrofulous, or hereditary, from infancy toage, speedily cured by warm baths with CUTICURA BoAP, gentle anointings with CUTIOURA (0int- ment), the great skin cure, and mild doses of COTIOURA RESOLYENT, greatest of blood purifiers and homor cures.(uti {001d thro throm, TN Os mon.Porrax Dave ax Czax.\u2018 pict How to Guta Bary Boot Blood Humor,\u201d free.FACE HUMORS 2S5s5 BPEL TAN, Ble: Perceptiblé- Benefit: {s.dot.obtained from \u201ca a: Gtäss of fa area that their usetutne begomes: \u2018manifest, : Sold by best déalers everywhere, and by GURD &- CO., Bottlers\u2019 and Agents, Montreal.\u201cÀ 14 ree XMAS GIFTS DINNER SETS, TEA & BREAKFAST SETS The Finest Variety.All Prices and Sizes.E.AGAR & CO.446\u2014St, Paul St.\u2014448 Children\u2019s Tea Sets, UBEFUL SIZE, Call and Examine, \u201cvou CANNOT TURKISH BATH HOTEL 78 7 exc.u- tive but also refused to reccive prcperly rc- credited club delegates.The London club sent Messrs.Hobbs and Becher to the meeting, the latter making the journey from London for the purpose but they were \u2018turned down\u2019 for two Osgoode Hall men whose credentials were made out un Ressin House letter paper and which purported to be signed by an officer of the London Club who it is said has not been here for two weeks.\\ se NIGHT.lar music.The ice is in very good shape for skating ir spite of the change.BOWLING.CLUR.THE VICTORIA RIFLES _ The adjourned annual meting of the Vic- toria Rifles\u2019 Bowling Ass son pu Lake i «Jock, a place this evening at ight © Le large attendance is reques:d alleys are now nearing completion.and F very successful seascn js looked for.J TENANTS\" RIGHT Judge Doherty rendercd an Interesting judgment yesterday 11 the case of Delivest ve.Burel.The plaintiff claimed $20 dain: aces under the following circumstances He was moving, at the beginning °f Mar.from premises leased by defendent.und Ble though the greater part'of his cficcte bud been taken away, a quantity of linen.on wbich he could not remove immséiet/\" had been placed in one.:partme:t The defendant broke open the door and thre?out the effects.This actiog on the Vart < Burel took place on May 3, and liriiveas claimed that he was then =till = [hi possession of the premises.The our! he that the plaintiff was entitled to ID\" TU.cession of the premises for th: first UT days of May ard could not be fri 14\" pcéressed by the new tonaut.00 favor of plaintiff for $20, with cost action of that amount \u2014 a ROYAL ARCANUM Sve by! sh vote A very pleasant time was +\" members of the Aberdecn Royal Arcanum, and a few fri.2: hall in the Monument National © ÿ Monday evening.A specinl frat evening's entertaibinent was lL.a | views of last winter's SXAUVE | shoe races, and also a Jew oY rummer\u2019s international vacht - lon the scrorn by Mr.H.True ol | of the cou~cil.Mr.T.Wl puty Supreme Regent ef the +! 2° I my\u201d George Hodge, of Balmer \u2018 ; livered short addresses on l the order.The Ccuncil intend to tuer social meetings frequently dur:1s \"7 That gentleman in any case is po; months.PRESE Quebec, proceedin tred almo when Mr province the sessio During routine bi others, t troduced.to amend increasing ers\u2019 Cour was mo Whole, moved the ever, alte ed by a In comm moved tu instead v ment was twenty-{i0 however, as Incorr taken, re man, Mr casting v Pelletier : thirty-hiv was also twenty-fi the same was acce spect to other am jected ar to the H other bi the Hous During ber mor been ads bill to a referred Corkill cost of murders, of the F and vas terial aj into Cor saÿfing + rising foi House 1 vince.1 was hot to put 1 obliged t sures, Ww adopt an he relied of the : ever sin this pros custome sources quence during view of Jocal un fusely v subsidie: annual public d wheroof portion out wis inspired that pa ed, he the nat TCRIUrCE had con terest « the mai For tha sary to penses, revenue tial to equililir too lon establis] ungrate pledged member pledged electora of that House support the pur Liberal ever dif not flin, it and ) port of TH] In or the dif it was conside as clear he wou recrimi tration: they w our pul last leg one.the ams the bu 10, was should dies the firmed «mount total e: OT.meme ad had 3.The \u2018es was of the on the in fla- | rules, *¢8 anc men ag meeting put up defeat.y foot- respert >> some | TS.Az ! and a regard T cricket t team an yes.en the 1e home eir firs | scored ce Ran- icketer, al score close of bad a lown to aild and nk,after 5, again a Rifles\u2019 f popu- ; / od, shape LUB.the Vie- will take k, and a The new n, and # OT.nteresting : Deliveav $200 dam- mstances.; of May.t, and al- ffects had inen, etc.mediately, ent.The ind threw 1e part of Beliveau in lawful -ourt held the pos- irst three -cikly dis- 1gment in sts of an I AL.~t by the j1, 1707, at thelr vilding.On ure of the limelight and snow- cs of last we, thrown rd, orator orson, De- vince.and \"ounvit.dr- ponefits ef ving those the winter WEDNESDAY, DECEXBER 15, PROVINCIAL BUDGET.1897, Financial Position of the Province Set Forth by the Premier PRESENT DIFFICULTIES DUE TO THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT.srzetec, Dec.15.\u2014The interest in the ««n2s oi the House yesterday cen- st wholly in the evening sitting, Mr.Marchand as Treasurer of the - delivered the Budget Speech of - : the afternon sitting, a lot of -isiness took up the time.Among ors, \u2018he Montreal city bill was in- When Dr.De Grosbois's bill _ the Code of Civil Procedure by using the jurisdiction of commission , Courts to fifty dollars came up and was moved into Committee of the Whole, ex-Attorney-General Pelletier moved the six months\u2019 hoist, which, how- was defeat- over, after some discussion, «1 by a vote of thirty-one to twenty-one.in committee, the Hon.Mr.Hackett moved to make the limit thirty dollars, stead of fifty dollars, but this amend- sent was also defeated by twenty-six to -venty-four.The Hon.L.P.Pelletier, .owever, protested against this division us incorrect, when another division was ken, resulting in a tie, which the chairman, Mr.Laliberté, solved by giving bis casting vote againet the amendment.Mr, jrlletier next moved to make the amount -h.ruy-tive dollars instead of fifty, which was also lost by a vote of twenty-six to iveniv-five; but another amendment by the sine, making the sum forty dollars, wis accepted as a compromise with respect to the jurisdiction limit.Several ouher amendments were proposed and rejected and the bill was finally reported 1+ the House as amended.A number of other bills were advanced a stage and vie Ifouse then took recess.During the eve ning sitting, after a num- Yor more of the bills on the paper had been advanced a stage and Mr.Gouin\u2019s bill \u2014Will you kindly let me know + your valuable paper, if there is a nñ using Ben Pitman\u2019s «phy.and if so could you let me name and address.Ans.\u2014A.A.stenographer of the Superior © Brunswick street; J.J.Lomax, -apt-r Police Court, 499 Durocher > ve.1:12 ONEIDA COMMUNITY.se give an account of the 1unity in New York State.2.: founder?3.What were ita \\ns.\u20141, 2 and 3.The founder of tv Community which was estab- Madison County, N.Y., was the 4.Noyes, who was a student \u2018late in sacred theology in Yale -rsity in 1534 Mr.Noyes founded the 'xUnity of Oneida on the basis of the lowing religious and social principles, that is, that the gospel of Christ when once i.rcepted secures present as well as future valvaticn from sin.That the second Advent +f Christ took place according to promise within a single generation of His first com- ::g into the worid.That God consists not ! Tnree Persons, but is a Dual Belng\u2014 Friher and Son.That both God and the «vil were and are uncreated beings hav- 1g an independent existence.Therefore G 1 is not the author of evil, the Devil ndt ting a creature, this theory being in oppo- sion to the Christian belief that the Devil - Lurifer is a creation of God\u2019s, but that fi! {rom his first estate and rebelled aust the Almighty.That personal com- untration with Christ and His risen \u2018cureh is now possible, and that this per- - ral © mmunication secures immunity from 150, and even from death during the -nt life That the goods of Christian bould de held in common.In 1848 the itions being favorable for the under- Mr.Noyes established a community pr brotherhood in accordance with these views.All things were held in commoc.The membership was never very large; at nn time very much exceeding three hundred prisons.The members of the community Li! auiong other things that children enrtld br begotten and reared only under the test possible conditions.The results in this spret are said to have justified the ortes.Professor Goldwin Smith visited ti colony and reported favorably as conned the physique and well-being of the «ung people of the community.He sald that the children were a fine healthy look- Ing and merry set, that the \u2018nurseries were ! -autiful and the play-rooms large and nu- neroue, that \u2018the nurses were not'\u2018hirelings,\u2019 bit members of the community who accept- +* the office voluntarily, that the diet was simple and wholesome, and that those hav- \\rg charge of the children were not al- inwed to administer \u2018one poison from the confectloner\u2019 to be followed by \u2018another poison from the druggist\u2019 given by way of t remedy.Self-control and continence were sivorated by the community.Children born within its precincts were looked upon as inembers of the community, and were con- =\u2018?rod to belong to it, and not to thelr parents.The experiment was tried for thirty Years in all the fulness of its theories.But about 1830 marriage with its consequent family life was instituted chiefly in defer- +nce to the principles of the neighboring prople.The socialistic principles of the society bad been abandoned In 1879.At the time of the reorganization of the soclety the property owned by it was valued at 30.000, This was the financial result achieved from an original capltal ef $67,000, os is belog the estimate given for the year At the reorganization in 1879-80 pro- vislon was made for the support of aged members of the community and for the sup- rort and education of children under sixteen rears of age.Members of the community who were of mature age and in good health rrrefved shares fo the stock of the reorganized community or company as it {s now called.It is now known as the Oneida Srork Company (limited), and its capital in 13% amounted to $785,656.LEGAL.ONTARIO.COLLECTION OF RENT.Guslp\u201d, Ont.\u2014How can we collect back rent\u201d The tenants moved out in the night without giving warning, owing ten months\u2019 rent.1.Can we do anything after thirty Cave?2 Can we garnishee their wages?T5ey are etill living near us.Ans.\u20141.Not In tLe way of distress proceedings, but you Wenyvespyy, DECEMBER 15, 1897, can sue after the expiration of the period.mentioned, and having obtained judgment, execution and \u2018have suoh of their goods as are not exempt seized and sold to satisfy the debt.2.Yes, but subject, of course, to the exemption allowed in certain cases.PAYING MORTGAGE INTEREST.Subscriber, Man.\u2014I bought a farm and am paying per annum \u2018and interest at 7 percent ; 7 percent on 32,000 is $140.1 am not in -arrcars, and still I got a dunper \u20ac for $142.80.When 7 percent is all the mortgage calls for can they charge me the $2.80 interest extra?Ans.\u2014Not if the $2,000 is the total principal outstanding, and the interest was not made payable more frequently than yesrly with a stipulation for interest on arrears of interest.It may be that the mortgagee has paid taxes, or an taken place in the mucous membrane of a kind which \u2018nature {s unable to alter.In this case the action of alteratives may be tried, of which tincture of lodine is per- baps the lest, very much diluted in glycerine (I to 50).For angry red surfaces astringents are used, of which a useful one ia glycerine.of tannin.The per chloride or iron combines several qualities, astringent, tonic, antiseptic, and so on, which make it useful as an application.Chlorate of potash is much used.Chlorate of potash, one drachm; tincture of muriate of tron, two drachms; glycerine, one ounce; water, one ounce; dissolve and mix; paint the throat freely every day, brushing the teeth afterwards with an alkaling tooth paste, or with good mild soap and precipitate of chalk, this remedy is useful in ulcerated throat follicular topsilitis, and also in chronic catarrh with free, thick discharge.insurance premium, that under the terms | IN using iodine one drop of the tincture in of the mortgage he Is entitled to-have you pay with the interest.ATTACHMENT OF TEACHER'S SALARY.A Reader, N.S.\u2014I ordered fruit stock last winter from agent for a firm in the United States.Wher stock came in spring I refused to accept them from the deliverer as I could not pay for them.I have rejected the company's demands for payment.They have sued the bill in the U.S.Can they (as I am not worth any property of any kind), if they got judgment here against me, garnish my salary as I am teaching school?I made no use of stock and they died on the roadside.I do not deem I am liable upon this account.Ans.\u2014Yes.PROVISION FOR WIDOW.Old Subscriber, Ont.\u2014John Smith dies, leaving a will in which he gives his son Henry his business, and he is to pay his mother two dollars per week as long as she lives.Since John's death Henry has died and willed the property to his son Thomas, a boy of four.ill Mrs.Henry be compelled to pay Mrs.John the two dollars or did it cease when Henry died.Ans.\u2014The testamentary provision in favor of Henry's mother did not lapse at his death, and it is altogether probable that the weekly amount must still be paid the mother out of the estate.We cannot speak more definitely without seeing the will.PAYMENT BY EXPRESS.A Subscriber, Norden, N.S.\u2014A sends an express money order for a sum of money (X) to a neighboring town to B to whom he owes an account.B does not recelve the money and A makes application to the express company (C) for a refund of X.They pay the money back and A signs a bond exonerating the company from further payment of said order.Later C makes application to A for a refund, on the ground that B has subsequently received the amount of the original order (X) and produces it, signed by B.A makes the refund to C and receives a receipt for bond.A then writes to B asking for an acknowledgment of the receipt of (X) and ie Informed by B that he did not get the missing order, nor present it to the company (C) nor recelve payment by them.1.Who should trace the order, A or B?2 Can A claim that D has received (X) to applv on account and let B hunt up the order?3.Should A have repaid the company without having first had an acknowledgment from B when the company presented the order signed by B to show that that he had received it?If A is responsible, what steps should he take to secure a refund of his money?Ans.\u20141.A.2 and 4.A 15 certainly entitled to claim that B has received the amount of the order on account of the debt.3.Yes.MEDICAL.(Letters for this department should de addressed * Medical Kditor * Witness,\u201d Montreal\u201d Should a\u2019 subscriber ask any question which le not suitable for publication, a reply will be sent by matl 4f a stamped addressed envelope and 81, physician's fee, be enclosed with such question.] CATARRH OF THE THROAT.J.M.\u2014Man aged forty-three years; am constantly clearing my throat; more particularly when using the voice, elther in talking or singing, the voice being husky.Feel as though there was phlegm sticking in the throat, causing me to hawk and spit frequently in the effort to dislodge it.The matter ejected is a white, somewhat frothy substance.What Is the trouble ?Ans.\u2014 Chronic laryngitis, catarrh of the larynx, or catarrh higher In the back of the thrcat once established is really hard to cure.It may have some cause which could be removed.Some persons erspire when excited in talking, and sing- ng, and stand or sit in draughts, or pass into cocler rooms or out into the air without any extra protection to the moist surface.Some people have easily irritated tender muccus membranes, which will grow stronger if they attend to the general health, building up a good quality of blood with abundance of healthy food and fresh air, while avoiding overheated, close rooms, where the blood becomes deteriorated and the system less able to keep its tissues in normal working order.Persons who inherit tendencies to disease can usually prolong life by this sort of attention.Lo- cal treatment is needed when changes have a teaspoonful of glycerine may be encugh.Wet the camel's hair paint brush when applying it.This is very mild treatment Indeed, but sharper remedies are only suitable in cases where they are recommended by a physician who has seen the throat.The constant application of weak iodine 1s harmless, and may reduce thickening.When the mucous membrane is really altered, or large adenoid thickenings exist, a physician can use methods by which this state of things ls much improved if not cured.; ELECTRICITY.J.H.\u2014Kindly let me know what you think of electricity as a cure for bodily disease.Ans.\u2014This Is a wide question.Electricity has been very successful in reliav- ing pain.in recovering the use of muscles, in cauterizing; and in causing absorption of abnormal deposits In organs and tissues.There is no means of cure which needs more skill, knowledge of disease, and perience in practical application.Full courses in nervous diseases and special courses in electrical treatment are taken by many persons wishing to make a specialty.of electricity over and beyond the full medical course taken by all qualified physicians.Electricity and its action on the body are so Jittle understood by most péople that they place reliance upon methods incapable of curing them.Electrical baths are sometimes given simply to tone the patient up by creating plenty of ozone.On a heavy, muggy day when no air is stirring such a bath fs à luxury, exhilprating and refreshing the patient, but it only lasts as long as a day\u2019s trip to the nearest mountain or by the riverside would last.The name is attractive and sufferers sit quletly in a chair properly fsolated while friction or some other means causes the same result as in a thunderstorm, and a smell like ozone can be observed.Great advances in the accurate treatment of the sick by electricity as, for example, in the case of certain forms of paralysis, disease of the middle ear and to encourage the shrinking or \"extrusion of flbrol tumors have been made in the past few years, but unless persons have been trained to this work it may be very dangerous, and is quite uncertain.COMEDONES.A.L.M.\u2014Comedones have been fully considered in the \u2018Witness.\u2019 The ointment and treatment you mention is not recommended in this column.Warm borax water with 80ap keeps the face clean and bathing It with cool water followed by friction tones up the skin.SEVERAL TROUBLES.J.D.\u2014Would you kindly answer me the following, viz: 1.Aged thirty years; occupation, traveller ; feel dull, most on dull days.2.Would cod liver ofl be best to take?3.Or phosphates?Appetite is good.4.When Ipoking at bright objedt,.leaves impression on the eyes.5.Friend of: mine has rupture on left side about as big as a -bantam egg.Are they dangerous: and how do they affect a person?Ans, \u2014 Duiness of mind is apt to be indigestion.A small dose of some preparation of hypo- pbosphates, with a little iron quinine and mux vomica is possibly suitable in such a case.Half a teaspoonful of Fellow's hypo- phosphates for instance.Care to eat lightly when overtired and regularity in eating would probably do more than any proscription.Tincture of nux vomica in two or three drop doses or less, will often regulate digestion.Thus, tincture of nux vomica, one drachm; syrup of lemon, up to two ounces; dose, fifteen drops or quarter of a teaspoonful after meals.This may help your eye difficulty, which may arise fr&m debility.Ruptures are liable, if not held back, to become inflamed, adherent, so that they cannot go back, or to strangulation,which may be very serious.A good truss is necessary.\u201c NOISES IN THE HEAD, W.H.R.\u2014Roering in the ears, deafness, catarrh for five years; eighty-six years old.Ans.\u2014It seems unilkely that anything would alter your present condition much.However, a visit of a month or six weeks to a comfortable hydropathic establishment, where there were mineral springs and good management did a good deal for one case of deafness in e person over eighty years of age of excellent constitution, who had not been deaf so long, and who never complained of roaring in the head.Drinking and bathing with water impregnated with salts of potash, soda, sulphur, and so on, « | A [1 4 8 THE QUARTERLY ACCOUNTS.- Can\u2018t find out who it was sent to.Clerk\u2014\u2018Sorry to say, sir, there's a saddle we can't account for.Employer.\u2014 Charge it on all the bills\u2019 \u2014 Punch\u2019 & \\! Al dos fl li y f 0 5 (à UT 4 He A A Ki) pes AH No iy NAS SY 7 pts 1 x TBE MONTREAL DAILY.WITNESS.1 nally.-| the head thrown back.Facial muscles may \u2018| cases of spasm.Unless a child's head Is too Fruit Bowls, from $4.75 ea.Cut Glass Celery Trays, Cut Glass Horse Radish Entree Cups in Dainty Limoges $4.75, $5.50 up to $17.50 each.Decorations, from $3.00 to $10.00 doz.More articles than we can enumerate, at popular prices, viz.: 25¢, 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00.Special display of articles at these prices, at both stores.Open every evening from now until after Xmas.Come in the evening when you can take your time.|] ° e $ e © e e i i $ © : : Beautiful Cut Glass Berry e © © © ® © e $ $ ® : © © © 9 e : ® © ° © ® © 3 e ® © © © - ADvRnSEMENTS OF THE Showing for Xmas Gifts, Given Below : B00000000000000000000008000009000000000000000000900900000000000000600000000 or or Mustard Pot, A.T.WILEY & CO, v60000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 P0000000000000000000006 Oyster Plates \u2014prices $5.00,$6,00 $7.50, $8.00 to $15 and $36 doz.MANY COT GLASS DECANTERS \"all prices, from $2.50 to $15 ea.2341 St.Catherine St.1803 Notre Dame St.00000800000 0000000080000000000000008000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 is not unattended with danger to the aged, who have little body heat to spare.Very mild treatment of this sort with extra dourfshment might be borne by & very well nourished person.Muriate or carbonate of ammsonium tablets or two grain doses, well ree in water or in wild cherry syrup ; -often relleve dry catarrh, taken ipter- ; \u2014 + CLOSURE OF THE WINDPIPE.A.R.\u2014A healthy, bright, active girl, aged nineteen months, never has been what we could call a crying child, but has always cried loud and strong when she aid cry.Several times within the last five months,\u2019 when a little something has gone wrong with her, she will give one loud cry, then her breath seems to be gone for seme time, she turns fairly purple in her face.When she hrcathes and cries again it is a weak, low cry; seems to feel very bad for some time and looks very white.Will you please say what you think is the cause and whether there can be anything done for it or not añd oblige?Ans \u2014Laryngiemus stridu- lous 18 a closure of the windpipe because of the spasmodic action of certain muscles which draw the vocal cgrds in such a way as to prevent air from passing through the triangular opening between them called the glottis.This spasm may occur at all ages, but is more common in early childhood.Unbealthy conditions of any sort, especially such as to induce rickets, predispose to spasmodic allments.Hand fed children or thoge nursed by \u2018sickly or half starved mothers, or children whose diet is not agreeing, often may suffer from a sort of instability of nervous energy which shows in such ways as this.Children very commonly suffer most from teething when the eye and stomach teeth (canine teeth) are coming.Eighteen months old Is an age at which the last of these teath often appear, but from fourteen months to twenty months old they may be a cause of serious iliness or nervous irritation.Children are fortunate who pass these months in the more healthy season of the year.Once these four long-rooted teeth are all through a netable- improvement is usually to be seen in a @bild's general health.Your child may be getting these teeth.Some children suffer from laryngeal spasm from slight causes of excitement when fairly well to all appearance.The attack may be repeated at intervals without giving rise to alarm, gradually become mote frequent and may occur during sleep.The breathing may cease, the chest become fixed, the face livid or pale, twitch, When the spasm gives way a loud sound may occur like a crowing noise.In a few minutes the child may feel comfortable.Death may occur during the attack usually silently as the crowing sound is caused by the partial opening of the vocal cords.Usually children do neti die of this, but outgrow the tendency.This attack is not croup, which is an inflammatory trouble, it is a nervous spasm due to excitable nerve centres.Treatment\u2014A sponge Equeszed out af hot water and suddenly applied to the throat is efficacious in relaxing the spasm, so is counter irritation as rubbing the paby down the spine or over the chest with soap liniment.Anyone who has suffered from cramp will understand how brisk rubbing of some other adjacent muscles relieves the cramp.Smelling salts to the nose may do the same thing.The great point is to have remedies at hand which can be instantly applied.Hot bathe are useful in all convulsions and beat applied to the body in the form of hot flannels or hot bottles, but every one knows that such are not nlways to\u2019 be had on the instant, neither will a rectal injection work at once or even a mustard plaster.These are to be used later {f spasm continues or general convulsions accrr, but immediate attention may avert the need of them.Mus; tard just sprinkled on a simple poultice is quite strong enough at two years old and abould be watched apd withdrawn the moment the skin reddens.A baby\u2019s skin blisters readily.and the a induced may increase spasms.A mild poultice is, howeyer, efficacious as a counter-irritant fn obstinhte hot never apply a cold wet cloth to it.Spasms often occur when the brain is 111 supplied with blood.A hot flannel or hot water Tybber bag to the back of the neck is syitable in cases of this kind or sponging the head with hot water while the baby is in a hot bath will equalize circulation.Nervous children need careful feeding, regularity, tresh air, quiet (no tickling, teasing, bouncing or romping with grown people), but, very gentle management and never to be let go many hours without food.Chil: dren are often faint in the morning from a light tea at half-past five.They should have a biscuit or some milk between that and 8 s.m.A simple home-made ginger snap containing molasses is less liable to sour than ordinary sweet biscuits and cdn be laid on a table to be reached on waking.Giving medicine for occasional nervous attacks is a poor business as the medicine is given after the spasm is over.Any remedy given to quiet the nerves should be ordered by a practitioner who has seen the child.Great attention should be paid to keep the system of young children acting regularly as constipation increases liability to fits.Castor ofl always induces costiveness if given often, Strained barley broth, the inside of three well swelled prunes, or a helping of mashed potato usually is satisfactory.Feed the child yourself quite slowly.Young children sometimes gradually develop trus epileptic fits, as proved by the fits continuing through life; but care at this age to build up the nervous system may be successful even in epilepsy.DISLOCATED KNEE MUSCLES.A Reader.\u2014A year ago last March 1 hurt my right knee by jumping about four feet off a straw stack.When I jumped my body seemed to go sideways, and seemed as if -it dislocated one of the muscles on the inside of my knee.It swelled and became very stiff and painful, eo that for three days I could not bear any weight on my foot.I was lame for nearly two weeks, and then my knee seemed well.But if I stepped the least bit crooked, or jumped the least distance, it would slip out of place again.Also, the outside of my leg above my knee became perfectly numb and devoid of feeling, and has remained s0 ever since.This suromer my knee has troubled me very much, slipping out when I stooped down, unless I held my knee very straight.By bending my knee backward and forward I could bring it back into place again, but it would be stiff and sore for several hours afterwards.Ans.\u2014Some tendon of tendin- ous expansion or ligament may be torn; the knee cap, or the semilunar cartilage on that side, or the inner hamstring, may be slipping a little, or there may be rather much synovial fluld in the Joint.The numbness, as it is above the knee, and is associated with no symptoms but knee symptoms on exertion, may be due to weakness of the nerves only.The knee joint is so complex that only careful examination of an injured joinf could enable any one to ppeak accurately.The knee should be shown as soon as possible to an experienced surgeon.Until you ean do so, support it with a firm bandage, which any trained nurse can .show you how to apply.Protect it from cold, and apply belladonna and camphor llaiments, equal parts, shaken before using.EPILEPTIC FITS.A.C.\u2014Fits brought on by indigestion; appetite enormous; rises from table always unsatisfied.Ane.\u2014Epileptic fits are generally brought on by an exciting cause.If this can be avoided the fits may disappear.The predisposing cause is probably a weak.excitable, nervous system.Overloading the stomach in children is often followed by a fit In a person subject to epilepsy, this irritation might bring on an attack.Why 1s the appetite excessive?Bulimja.\u2014This name has been given to cages of enormous appetite.The appetito may be due to nervous disorder, but often is caused by the waste from the system of- some material.which Is not supplied in the food in quantity to make up the dally loss, or is not digested and properly changed into nourishment for some of the body tissues.In persons who suffer from diabetes mellitus\u2014sugar in the urine, this appotite 18 often marked.In one case, à man, ema- clated and ravenous, was kept on a dlabetic diet (without starch or sugar) for some time.At last, overcome by a sense of starvation for starchy food, he deliberately went to a hotel and ordered quantities of - HALF TONE ETCHINGS, Equal to the best produced, at 15 ceuts per sousre mch.Special rates for large quan.on.\u2018WITNESS - PRINTING HOUSE, - Caner Craig apd Bleury streets.\u2014 cornstarch pudding and s}milar food, taking all risks into his own hands.iv ox- cess was the result of a violent craving of the system for food which if taken moderately and properly digested, as it is in healthy persons, would have filled out the poor shrivelled form.In less degree the same thing often happens in our homes.Persons who eat too much\u2018 sugar and starchy food, bread, cake, preserves, instead of meat and vegetables, often eat a much greater quantity of theses than is good for them, because nature is unsatisfied, and the appetite for other materials found in fresh meat, fresh fish, milk, cheese, eggs, or in fruits or vegetables, is not supplied.Vege- tarlans usually eat very largely, and need great energy of digestion.In a case of bulimia one should find out the diet from week to week, and see if it lacks somo important kind of food.Tapeworm is another cause of unsatisfied appetite.Pounds of meat and platefuls of bread and potatoes, with all-other usual articles of diet, may be consumed while the patient remains lean and hungry, often wide, uneasy eyes, and weak or pale gppétrance.Some forms of stomach disease\u2019 kilo produce this appetite.Without any means of deciding which, if eny of these causes, is at work; a prescription might be a failure, Large appetites are sometimes relfeved without injury by beginning.heals .with broth or porridge, or something which is more bulky than nourishing, and from which the water being absorbed within an hour, the stomach is relleved in good time to-dîxest the solids.Persons having dixestive tropbles should describe the appearance of the tongue and character of stools.; NERVOUSNESS.| A.A.C.\u2014A Normal School student, aged twenty ; of average good health, but extremely nervous and diffdent.Whén working examinations will tremble so.that she can hardly hold the pen, thersby fxiling to do work that she knows perfectly; the heart beats violently at the same time.Is it affected?Also, cold hands and feet, and when warm, perspires freely.Ans.\u2014These symptoms are due to.nervous excitement, and not to any disease.Your intensity of disposition and weak nerve development will soon make you trouble unless you make definite rules to prevent them defeating all your hopes of success in life.Make 1 \"your mind to take all the rest you nwed every night of your life, If possible.Take no stimulant, but drixk milk, cocoa, lemon- ade- and water freely.Eat abundance ot nourishing food in eufficient variety.The capacity of the brain is dependent upon its condition at the time when it is called upon.Memory and accuracy of working are largely dependent upon the nourishment and rest of brain'centres, Students who allow themselves to grow pale and weary defeat themselves.Many students work over hours, sitting staring at their books or running superficially over quantities of ideas, when tired and exhausted, net realising that one hour when the brain is rested and capable of receiving distinct and strong impressions, is worth hours of work when exhausted.Many delicately organised women have made a grand mistake in trying to compets with stronger people.A year quletly helping at home or at some labor not involvin mental effort would be the most economical thing taken before the graduating year.During this year many subjects could be assimilated at leisure with which our bar- tsrous methods of education stuff the brains of persons whose ambition is to graduite with \u2018our class.\u2019 Mental indigestion,crudeness and nervous weakness may be the reward of such treatment of the mind.Neurasthenia and nervous prostration are too common in this country to be invited by carelessness of the laws of health in regard to exciting competitions.The ancient psalm says: \u2018Except the Lord build the ho they labor in vain that build it.\u201d How man cases of nervous exhaustion have prov that mere intensity of purpose or ambition has ruined their usefulness.7 GUA A aN ee bt s [SEU pee.-\u201c 8 $ LE = COPY SV, AT CPV MEO ATE Taga ) TF i 14 RETALIATION IN YUKON.Proposal to Meet the Possibe, Action of the United States \u201cWith Reference to Dyea.REPORTED SCARCITY OF FOOD AT DAWSON CITY.Victoria, B.C., Dec.14.\u2014 In consequence of the pressure being brought to bear upon the United States Congress to have the sub-port of Dyea closed, an agitation is being started in favor of retaliatory legislation at Ottawa.Discussing -this proposition the \u2018Colonist\u2019 sys: In this event, the course of the Canadian Government is clear.Lake Tagish and the whole Lewis River must be closed to the transportation of men and goods.This would have the immediate effect of killing the railway project for transportation across the passes.By the steamer \u2018Topeka\u2019 from Dyea news is received that more than a thousand ill-provisioned men stampeded from Dawson City during the latter part of October, and, impelled by fears of famine, are now forcing their way over the mountains.Auk, the Indian mail- carrier, who brought this report, left the Yukon capital ten days after the Dalton party.He said that the vanguard of the terror-stricken army was following less than a week behind him.He declared that fully twenty-five percent of the fugitives would not live to complete the journey.\u2019 San Francisco, Dec.14.\u2014 The transportation companies have agreed upon a passenger rate of $300 from San Francisco to Dawson City.Washington, D.C., Dec.14\u2014Senator Perkins, of California, and Ira Wilson, have had a consultation with Secretary Gage in which they recommend that the sub-port of entry of Dyea be abolished.They presented numerous papers and petitions to this effect, which represented that Dyea as a sub-port now furnishes advantages to persons from British Columbia, which are not given to United States citizens going through the passes and to bhe Klondike country.British subjects now ship goods to Dyea in bond and they are pass:d on to the North- West Territory unhampered by custome of any kind.United States citizens, the petitions say, meet with annoyances as soon as they reach the lakes in British North-West Territory.Secretary Gage said he would investigate the matter and would also ask the Commerce Committee ot the Senate to make a thorough enquiry.Victoria, B.C., Dec.15\u2014The Klondike Trading and Transportation Corporation, which Sir Charles Tupper organized, has purchased the first-class steamer \u2018Amur.\u2019 Bhe has been ordered to Victoria from Labaun, and is expected to arrive here about the middle of next month.She will run to Stickeen and to St.Michael's and the company announces that it will sec passengers clear to any destination to which they may desire to be ticketed.A PROTEST FROM VICTORIA.Victoria, B.C., Dec.15.\u2014In view of the petition presented at Washington to-day the British Columbia Board of Trade, at a special meeting, adopted the following resolution to be telegraphed to Bir Richard Cartwright, Minister of Trade and Commerce, at Ottawa: .\u201cWhoreas, the Chambers of Commerce of San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle have combined to force their government to close Dyea as a sub-port of entry, be it resolved that the Dominion Government be urged to make immediate representations at Washington protesting against such closing; and in the event of negotiations being unsuccessful this board of trade strongly urges upon the Dominion Government to close the custom house at Tagish Lake and prevent the importation of goods and outfits via Lynn canal routes.\u2019 THE ROSSLAND BOOM.SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS, ITS COLLAPSE, AND THE CONSEQUENCES.Ottawa, Dec.15.\u2014A year ago the Koo- tenay mining boom was at ite height.Population was pouring into the district from all directions.Black letter head lines were all too small for the daily announcement in the press of the large sums for which mining properties had changed hands, and it wes difficult to keep up with the number of rich strikes reported from day.to day.A gold mine is understood by a great many to be a place out of which gold is dug in all its virgin purity and Kootenay and gold came to be convertible terms in the public mind.The accommodation in Rossland city was altogether inadequate for the crowds that poured in.Promoters and speculators were not alôw to seize the opportunity presented by the boom, and the public, the wage-carning portion, were invited to invest small sums in the Rossland> mines.Ten-cent shares sold with great rapidity and many thousands of dollars were invested in this way.Every dolar of these small investments has been lost to the investors.Promoters\u2019 methods were ex pensive and most of.this money wasspent in booming properties that only time and a large amount of capital could develop.Obampagne lunches were set out on the moyfitain tops and large sums sunk in furrishing offices and living apartments in the most luxurious way.ln some instances the elegance of the furniture, the upholstering, lace pillow shams, the easy chairs and couches and carpets and fittings gre not equalled at the head office of the largest banks in the country.Young Mr.Horn-Payne came out from England to operate a mine he had pur chased and seemed to have the idea that a retinue of servants and officials and ap elaborate outfit were indispensable.A brase band and a circus procession were trivial things compared to Mr.Horn Payne's outfit and paraphernalia.This small army arrived wearing the most ex: rensive clothes, carrying silver-mounted rifles and revolvers, and erected the mosi elaborate buildings for residences and ot- fices.A magnificent hotel was built and other heavy expenditures incurred on the same lines, instead of developing the mine.The consequence was that the supply of ore ran short, the mine had to be closed down and the boom collapsed.The property may be a very good one but nothing can take the place of develop ment and nothing could stand the enormous expenses for offices and officers, hotel, and so forth.Young Mr, Horn-Paync\u2019s father, who is a Queen\u2019s Counsel at the English Bar, came out and the young man was sent home and all the costly expendi ture stopped and a small force put to work to search for the vein of ore.Mr.Horn-Payne, senior, declares that his son was swindled; he wus induced to purchase the property by misrepresentation, and he has determined to spend the winter in British Columbia and endeavor to obtain redress for his grievance, The collapse of the Rossland boom is of the greatest benefit to that district.Things have now got down to a business basis and attention will be directed to: the steady development of the mines, to the question of transportation and to im-\u2019 proved methods for extracting the values from the ores.At the present moment there are large mines at Rosaland, mountains full of gold, out of which, under present conditions not a dollar can be made, and it would not pay to take a single ton of ore out and send it to the smelter.The ore is low grade and in some cases of an average value per ton about equal to the cost of smelting under present conditions.There is uo money and very little fun in putting ore through a smelter and getting a dollar's worth of gold out of it and handing over the dollar to the owners of the smeltes.There are, of course, other mines in the district whose ore will grade a little higher and which may be worked even under present conditions with a profit, but these, as well as the others, can only be developed and profitably worked by a large expenditure of capitel and time.As Mr.Hosmer, of the C.P.R.Telegraph Company, who recently invested in the Kootenay, remarked, you cannot collect money on the tem-cent share plan and develop these properties.Money, machinety and tire are required \u2018ts.de- vulop the Rossland.mines snd, as the American foreman of the big Centre Star mine remarked to your correspondent a few weeks ago, these mines are the most extensive and wonderful gold mines in the world.It is a curious fact that while Rossland and Kootenay were synonymous terms in the minds of the general public during the boom, and are yet, that some of the most valuable mines are not in the Ross- land district at all and that the best paying properties at present in southern British Columbia are in the Slocan silver district, which is also in West Kootenay.Many of these properties are paying large dividends and they are all being developed in a business-like way without display or extravagance.The people in the Slo- can silver district are prospering and are contented, and bustling towns are being built up on every side.Bo far as one can gather the silver lead ore is a better proposition than the gold and copper and gold and iron ores of the Rossland district.This statement may seem astonishing to those not acquainted with the situation, but the long-headed men who have been out the Kootemay have not overlooked the silver lead ores.The Slocan district has not suffered from any boom and is now enjoying that decided advantage over Rossland which is at pres ent flat and quiet.But the mines are there and by proper management and good policy the future of the Rossland district will not be disappointing.\u2014\u2014\u2014 WINNIPEG NOTES.Winnipeg, Dec.14.\u2014Mr.J.H.Riddell, professor of elassics in Wesley College here, has been asked to accept the position of Principal of Columbian College in Victoria.A large water tank in the C, P.R.yards here, last night burst and flooded the shops for\u2019a time.LACHINE NOTES.A beggar, holding ,a certificate from Father Therrien, of the Mount St.Louis College, to the effect that he had been cured of rheumatism at Ste.Anne de Beaupré, was ordered out of the town on Monday by the chief of police.The new dynamo of the town was set in motion on Monday evening and gave very good light.The Mayor and councillors visited the power-house after the council meeting and found everything mn good working order.A meeting of the council of the town took place on Monday evening, there being present Mayor J.A.Descarries and Councillors J.Rathwell, T.Whyte, A.Leclaire and H.Schetagne.Only one important question was discussed, namely, the opening up of the continuation of College street to the Cote St.Luc road, in the parish of Notie Dame de Grace.After a long discussion it was unanimously decided that the Mayor and Councillor Schetagne be appointed delegates to meet Mr.Allan and Mr.Boyer, proprietors of the land on College street, and see what are these gentlemen's terms \"by the reports of improved trade in the THE MONTREAL WAVE OF PROSPERITY.Unprecedented Activity in Sherbrooke Manufacturing Industries.LIBERAL TRADE POLICY BEGINNING TO BEAR FRUIT.Sherbrooke, Que., Dec 15\u2014Unmistaka- ble signs of returning prosperity amongst the many manufacturing industries of this city continue to manifest themselves and manufacturers say that they have not seen such indications of activity at the mills and shops for many years.The woollen trade especially has not felt such a boom for the last fifteen years.Four large woollen concerns are located here.They are the Paton Company, whose woollen and worsted mille are the most extensive and best equipped in the Dominion; Messrs.A.Lomas & Son, who turn out.the finest of dress goods amd flannels, rivalling in texture and workmanship those of the best known foreign make; Messrs.A.L.Grindrod & Co., tweeds, flannels, blankets, etc.; the Sherbrooke yarn mills, yarns, hosiery and kpit- ted underwear.Thre: of these milly ve orders.enough on hand to kee m busy until ¥ or March a» one of the three has more orders than it will be ablerto turn out by the {ame the spring trade begins.Two of these mills are putting in more spindles in or-| der to cope with the increasing demand and all four, for the first time in years, are running at a full force of operatives.Of the above named concerns: itie Paton Manufacturing Company, in view of \u201cita .I.London, Dec.13\u2014In the Queen\u2019s Bench large output in the past and of the man: agement\u2019s firm and unswerving stand in favor of high protection, attracts the.most attention.On the morrow of the last: general election statements were made by; men prominently identified with the max-, agement of the company that the Tory: overthrow had sognded the death-knell of the Paton Manufacturing Company.And again when the new tariff law was talked of these same officers publicly stated that the mills, po far, had been kept open only at a heavy financial loss annually, and that any tampering with the old tariff would result.in the directors closing their mil doors.Notwithstanding these emphatic statements not only- wore the mills kept open, but for the: first time in many years they are to-day\u2019 running overtime, with a much larger; staff of employees than formerly, and still.more help is being advertised for in tha Montreal and local papers.Cy What is saïd here about the present condition of affairs at the mills of the Paton Manufacturing Company applies equally well to the threr other wooïlen concerns.The same activity reigns in all.the other mills and ennugh orders are on hand to keep them busy for many months, - \u2019 Much encouragement also is felt here woollen line from other parts of the country.From Halifax.to Vancouver firms report trade increasing and for the first time in several years they are now able to buy what they need.But more interesting to the public is the reduction in prices which has set in since the Laurier tariff law was passed changing ad valorem and specific duty on tweeds, ete., into an ad valorem duty only.The fact that there is a considerable stock of last year\u2019s importations of fancy woollens and worsted patterns on hand will serve in a measure to check the reduction in prices by wholesalers, but this condition will hardly affect the price of \u2018fresh\u2019 goods or the number of designs which make up the most profitable portion of the trade.Goods that could be bought before the new tariff law came into force for eixty cents will have to stard a reduction of fifteen or eighteen percent in order to meet imports from: Great Britain.Irrespective, however, of this difference in \u2018the tariff, prices on spring goods have been Jowered by manufacturers.The reduction on these goods will probably remain at a standstill in view of the heavy demands on the mills.Tn addition to the articles mentioned a decidedly better feeling is developing in clay worsteds, overcoatings and cloakings and fall and winter dress goods, although reduced in price are much firmer.Flannels and blagkets are also steadief.NEWS FROM NEW BRUNSWICK, DAILY WITNESS.St.John, N.B., Dec.14.\u2014Bertha Duke, aged twenty-six, for two_ years an inmate of the St.John Lunatic Asylum, escaped to-day, and running down the steep incline towards the fall of the river, jumped deliberately down on the outetand- ing crags.She was seen to strike and roll helplessly into the seething tide.Her body rose once, and then disappeared in the whirlpool.The deceased was a daughter of the Rev.J.A.Duke, Methodist clergyman, formerly of Newfoundland.Pending the decision of the Minister of Marine on the report of the pilotage enquiry recently held bere by Captain Douglas, R.N., the St.John pilots have dissolved the combine they formed a year ago.It is probable the Provincial Legislature will be summoned to meet the first or second Thursday in February.The Moncton electric street railway has been closed down for the winter.It has been a losing investment.The Calais, Maine, correspondent of the Bangor \u2018 Commercial\u2019 says :\u2014 Complaint has been made against the Bank of Nova Scotia doing business in this.city, for Violation of the alien contract labor law.A test case will be made.Public opinion seems to be divided on the THE NEW POSTAL CARD.wisdom of enforcing this law on the St.Croix, as numerous Americans are employed on \u2018the Canadian side and the ces.are that the Canadian Government will be inclined to retaliate, œus- ing ill-feeling and annoyance all round.\u201d AGAINST WALKER.VERDICT WAS SUED BY HIS WIFE FOR THE RECOVERY OF HER JEWELS.division of the High Court of Justice, yesterday, Mrs.Edith Walker sued her husband, A.Barclay Walker, owmer of the well-known racing cutter, \u2018Ailsa,\u2019 to recover jewellery valued at £7,000.Counsel for the plaintiff said the jewellery was given to the plaintiff, who was a widow, after the engagement.After, counsel continued, the defendant took to drinking and had delirinmm tremens.While the couple were on board the yacht, in August, the defendant, \u2018counsel also said, approached his wife, in an excited \u201cstate, and told her to go on the streets, adding thet she belonged there.The wife then began proceedings for a separation, which she obtained, with alimony to the.amount of £2,500 yearly.In the meanwhile, according to counsel, the defendant obtained possession of - the plaintifi\u2018e jewels; which he refused :to re \u2018turn.\u2018The plaintiff confirmed the state | ments made by her counsel, and the jury retuined e verdict in her favor.- EE es \u20ac TO COMPETE WITH AMERICA.\u2018Washington, Dec.14.\u2014A British corporation has arranged to start a shoe factory at Galashiels, Scotimnd, capable of turning out\u201d twenty thousand pairs of shoes weekly.Mr.Fleming, United States consul at Edinburgh, in reporting the fact to the State Department, says this is the beginning of an attempt to compete with America\u2018in shoe-making and that a number of these factories are to be established in different parts of the United Kingdom.The British reporte show that more than forty-five percent of the total imports of shoes into the British colonies are of American manufacture.AN ALGOMA MYSTERY.Heron Bay, Algoma, Dec.14.\u2014The arrival here on Wednesday last of a famished traveller revealed the occurrence of a bush tragedy which will have to be investigated by the proper authorities.The man who came in reached Heron Bay about six o\u2019clock in the evening, and\u2019 demanded food, saying that he had had nothing to eat for forty-eight hours.He stated that he had left hie place on Oct.6 in company with a German, and that he had left his companion lying helpless at a place about fifteen miles up the Pic river.The man, who is an Englishman, said that on Oct.28, when in the bush, the German shot himself.through the wrist with a forty-five calibre rifle.He doctored him up as well as he could and got him to within fifteen miles of here, but then the German \\ \u2018WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1897.gave up.On Wednesday morning the Englishman left to come herd.The pair were in a shack, and the Englishman said that his companion had told him that he would sit there until the fire went out, and then he would put a bullet through his head.A search party found the body of the German in the shack, and, returned without touching it or anything in the shack.From the examination made it looked as if the man had died by his own hand.The party returned and wired Coroner Beck at Port Arthur.tli THE NEW POSTAL-CARD.Ottawa, Dec.14.\u2014The following are the regulations under which designs, illustra- ticrs, portraits, sketches or other forms of advertisement may be engraved, lithographed, printed, etc., on the \u2018address\u2019 side of the one-cent post-card:\u2014 1.A clear epace of at least a'quarter of en inch shall be left along each of the four sides of the postage stamp.2.There shall be reserved for the address a clear space at the lower right hand corner on the \u2018address\u2019 side of the card immediately below the words, \u2018The space below is reserved for address only,\u2019 such space 80 reserved for the address being at least three and a quarter inches long by one and a half inches wide.N.B.\u2014It is in the interest of both the department and those availing themselves of the privilege hereby granted that the spaces in question should be unconditionally reserved for the purposes intended.If any printing, engraving, or other matter appears on the spaces thus reserved, the post-cards cannot be permitted to pass through the mails.NEW HAYTIAN CABINET.Port au Prince, Hayti, Dec.14.\u2014A proclamation was published bere at noon today announcing the composition of the new Haytian ministry as follows:\u2014Min- ister of the Interior, M.Auguste Tan- crede ; Minister of Commerce and Finance, M.Plaisance; Minister of Exterior Relations and Worship, M.Brutus St.Victor; Minister of War and Marine, M, Guillaume Velbrun (who is now President of the Chamber); Minister of Public Works and Agriculture, M.Cincinma- tus Leconte ; Minister of Justice and Public Instruction, M.Antoine Carme- leau.LORD\u2019S DAY DEPUTATION.LAID THEIR REQUESTS BEFORE THE HARDY-ROSS GOVERNMENT.\u2014 Toronto, Dec.14.\u2014The government had a busy morning, as 10.30 wag the hour fixed by Mr.Hardy and his colleagues at which to receive the deputation from the.Lord\u2019s Day Alliance, of which Mr.-j-J K.Macdonald is president and Mr.-A.E.O'Meara secretary.The deputation was an influential and representative body, and asked for the present law to be made general throughout the province, and that the law be made clear as to who are travellers in the meaning of the act.FUNERAL OF MRS.McKINLEY.Canton, Ohio, Dee.15.\u2014The last tribute of respect was paid to Mrs.Nancy Allison McKinley, the mother of the President of the United States, yesterday afternoon.\u2018The services which were held at home prior to the public services,were simple and in keeping with the wishes of Mrs.McKinley.The public services were held in the First Methodist Church, which was crowded.The pastors of all denominations in the city occupied seats on he platform.The interment was at West Lawn Cemetery.\u2014\u2014\u2014 WINNIPEG ALDERMANIC ELECTIONS.Winnipeg, Man., Dec.15.\u2014Ald.Alf.Andrews, and Mr.E.F.Hutchings were placed in nomination yesterday for the Winnipeg mayoralty.The candidates for aldermen are :\u2014Ward 1\u2014Ald.Kennedy and Mr.A., McMicken ; Ward 2\u2014 Mr.T.G.Mathers and Dr.Orton ; Ward 3\u2014Mr.J.W.Horne, acclamation ; Ward 4\u2014Messrs.W.J.Hinman, V.8, W.Small and Ed.Martin; Ward 5\u2014Ald.James Stuart and Mr.Henry Fry ; Ward 6\u2014Ald.Horace Wilson, acclamation.Mr.E.Evane was elected Mayor of | Brandon by acclamation.PROHIBITION PLEBISCITE, PARIS PRESBYTERIANS TAKE EXCEPTION TO DR.GRANT'S ATTITUDE ON THE SUBJECT.Paris, Ont, Dec.15\u2014Yeserd.r vase field day in the Paris Presbytery aud the views on prohibition of th 1 Dr Grant, of Kingston, lately publishe Livers repudiated in a resolution m-vet La - Rev.W.A.Mackay, DD.à NW stock, and seconded by the Hiv I Hutt, of Ingersoll.Strong Sj es made both for and azainst the 1.! An amendment condemning :he +.Principal Grant, without INCU ng Na name, was moved and received \u201cve votes The motion was carried by seven vice \\ number of the member.1.: iN before the vote was taken reach home last night.às passed, reads :\u2014 \u201c Whereas the Presbyterian Church has repeatedly in her courts taken strang ground aguinst the licensed liquor traffic of this land, declaring it w he * 4 trary to the word of God and \u2018n \u2014e Spirit of the Christian religion.\u201d ani calling upon people by voie, vwe nnà example to do all in their power = so) its removal and, whereas, the pr i ion of that traffic has been lately asc +d :n one of the moet largely circulated ages in the Dominion, by one whose position and influence identify him very closely with the Presbyterian Church ; \u2018 Therefore, the Presbytery of Paris deems it an imperative duty to give at this time on this matter no uncerain sound in relation to its entire adherenre to the position taken by cur General As sembly and our opposition to and repudiation of the ground taken by the Principal of Queen\u2019s College.\u2019 ce AUSTRALIAN-AMERICAN LINE.RESOLUTION PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR A FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SERVICE.Wellington, New Zealand,, Dec.14\u2014 The House of Representatives to-day passed a resolution submitted by the Premier, the Hon.Richard .J.Seddon, in favor of establishing a fortnightly mal service between Wellington and San Francisco, and between Wellington and Vancouver, B.C., It is understood that the proposal referred to in the fnregoing despatch is to subsidize an alternate fori nightly mail service between the points named, passages from Wellington to San Francisce not to exceed nineicen dars, and pessages from Wellington to Vat- couver not to exceed twenty-one days.e \u2018a owe of Wane 30 erder ta The ressution 1 CUT WILL BE TEN PERCENT.Fall River, Mass, Dec.13\u2014It was learned to-day that the manufacturers\u2019 committee which is in charge of the de tails of the pending situation of the wages of mill operatives, will recommend that the salaries of the treasurers be reduced in the same proportion as the wages of thre employees, and each men- ber of the committee has agreed bring about this reduction in the administrative cost in his own mill.The committee also decided that all over seers and others not usually included in cut-downs, should come under the order.The price for weaving a cut of prmt- cloth will be reduced from eighteen 19 sixteen cents, and in departments where the least pay is received, the full cut of eleven percent will not be made.The committee also decided that a cut of ten percent was as much as the opera tives could bear.\u2014_\u2014 TORONTO JUNCTION TROUBLE.Toronto, Dec.15.\u2014It is reporicd that Messrs.Park and Vipond, of Montreal, who obtained judgment ome months ago for their last year's claim for interest on Toronto Junction bonds are ignoring the proposed settlement Lotween the 10W1 and the bond-holders and will try to res lize upon their judgment by distran.1! is also said that atner bond-holders r siding in Montreal and Quebec are averse to the wettlememt, and that there is à probability of delay in the successiul «2 pletion of negotiations.-\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 MOTOR CARRIAGE ACCIDENT New York, Dec.14.\u2014Mr.and Mm Clinton Barnes, of Boston, a bridal «- ple, were the occupants of a motor vv riage that became unmanageable ou 2nd street this morning.The slippery at afforded no hold for the rear wheels alt when the motorman tried to got \"ut +f the way of an approaching coal van machine spun around in a circle anil tt ally started backward.he oo Finally © riage collided with the van, was up and spilled its occupants.The met was somewhat hurt and the bridal ; badly irightened.his 12 the art «7 dent of the kind chronicled here THE DAILY WITNESS is printed and pul 15% 1 at the \u2018 Witness\u2019 Building, at the corner ole and 8t.Peter streets, in the city of Moni rt.John Keüpath Dongail, of Monture.; All business communications should be i Cire John Dougall & Son,\u2019 \u2018 Witness Otbce, M'115 and ali letters to the Editor should Le wudrosend * Editor of the \u2018 Witaess, Montreal 1j Ald.R HE SAY THE The M morning Rainville in which of the L interview present your pub which is true Lib \u2018Are y tion take ber for ( Aldern \u201cWhen tion a f the like enced fc many © which I bearable that at spoken.\u2019 \u2018This gelier hs po \u2018Exact gave Wi by old seemed manner ducted | were al \\ place.\u2019 \u2018Is thi utation \u2018Yes.satisfact have no not thi speak © Mr.lar Alder sivé\u2014tris led up \u2018In th litics ing | which, held w party a higher want D 1 am a events.\u2019 \u2018IT do ville, \u2018ta TI must leagues ate, to alone, cerned, to book ment i left htr details.necessa devote or sect him, th to the Tarte ] will not be dis have a aid hin able ec all that frion\u2019s has no bition Hom.! 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