The daily witness, 14 janvier 1898, vendredi 14 janvier 1898

[" \"© deserves some consideration from the 7m Ald.Charpentier defeated Ald.Ro- \u2018 22,16; Halifax, 40, 1% Probabilities for: the nest twenty-four hours: Cloudy and moderately.cold with a few snow flirples to-day; increasing easterly wings, followed by snow or sleet on Saturday.=, 1 2° ve entombed five workmen, MONTREAL BILLS COURSE OF THE FRIENDS OK THE Quebes, Jan.14 Proveation de now: act and another relative to the admission - professions remain Ove the former there was another vwrañ.\u2019 A gle last night and as tthere seems a determination to obstruct it to the end, it js but was met with a question of order by.Langelier banquet, were accom- ds.Thrown Out.by.the Private - : x areal Ti « sr PIKE.ete A \"ee + A ra BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.Notices of births, marriages and deaths must fnveri- - ably be indorsed with the name and address of the - sender, or otherwise no notice can be taken of them l Birth notices ars inserted for $c, marriage natiess for 500, death notices for.#5o prepaid.The an 3 nouncement of funeral appended to death notios, 25s , extra; other extension to obituary, sich es short sketch of life, two cents per word extra, except groetry, which is three cents per word extya\u2014gprepaid.\u2014\u2014 « Annual subecribers may have announcements of birthe \" marriages and deaths (without extended obituary or verses) occurring in thelr immediate families, free of charge, $n which case name and address of sub- voribers should be girvn BIRTHS.BENSON-At 15 Ontario avenue,on the 13th inst., the wife of Geo.F.Benson of a gon.CLIFT.\u2014On Jan.8, 1898, at 26 Melbourne street, Sherbrooke, Que., a son to Mr.and Mrs.C.Clift.14 McGEE.\u2014On the 11th inst., at Gordon ave., Queen's Park, a daughter to Mr.and Mrs.Thomas S.McGee.Manchester (Eng.) and Belfast papers please copy.14 MARRIED.ACTON\u2014AGNEW.\u2014On Wednesday, Jan.12, 1588, by the Rev.H.J.cDiarmid, \u201cKemptville, at the residençe of the father \u2018of the bride, Mr.Abram Acton, of the sash and door factory; to Miss: Liszie A.daughter of Henry Agnew, J.P., carriage builder.: 14 CAMERON\u2014MACLAREN\u2014On Dec.25.1897, at the residence of the brides parents.Fitzroy Harbor, Ont., by the Rev.À.Mac- .Gregor, B.A., Elizahoth Annie, only daughter of David MacLaren, Esq., to Archibald Gardner Cameron, Montreal.14 MacLEAN\u2014MacINTOSH.\u2014 At the manse, Roxborough, Ont., on Jan.§, 1898, by the Rev.John McKenzie, Donald McLean,son + of Angus McLean, Moose Creek, to Mary MaclIntosk,daughter of the late John Mac- \u2018Intosh, Moose Creek.14 NOBLE\u2014EBBELS.\u2014At Port Perry, Ont, on Jan.12, 1898, by the Rev.Daniel M.Welton, D.D., of McMaster University, at the residence of the b¥lde\u2019's parents, Mil- .dred Laura, only daughter of Hubert L.Ebbels, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Mr.Robert M.Noble, barrister-at-law, of Can- nington, Ont.14 DIED.BOLGER.\u2014At Quebec, on Jan.12, 1898, .Francis Bolger, aged 73 years a native of the County Wexford, Ireland, and a resi- \u201cdent of Quebec for the last fifty-three \u2018Years.14 GREY\u2014At Bourg Louis, Que., on Jan.7, ©1898, Mary, wife of George Grey, fourth \u2018daughter of Andrew McCorkell.Chicago and Lowell papers please copy.HUNT.\u2014At Quebec, on Jan.11, 1898, Ellen \u201c Martin, aged 54 years, widow of the late Robert Hunt, of Montreal.14 JANES.\u2014In Port Hope, Ont., on Jan.12, 1898, Jane Janes, widow of the late Capt.Thomas F.Janes, in the 77th year of her age.McGREGOR.\u2014At the residence of her son- in-law, Rev.A.R.Linton, B.D., Port Credit, Ont, on Jan.8, 1888.Mary Orr, wife of Ajexander McGregor, Esq., of Cul- -ross, in the 74th year of her age.14 FATERSON.\u2014At Port Hepe op Sunday, Sth \u201cist, Stanley Paterson, aged years.14 SMITH.\u2014In this éity, on Jan.14, 1858, Cath- \" erine McLean, widow of the late James Smith, notary, and dearly beloved mother of Mrs.Edward.Auld, aged 80 years and eleven months.Funeral on Monday, the 17th inst.at 2.30, from her late residence, 47 Closse street (Western avenue), to Mount Royal Cemetery.14 BEALE.\u2014On the 13th inst., at the residence of his son, William Seale, 784 Dorchester street, Richard Seale, aged 75 years and 4 months.Funeral on Saturday, the 15th ist, bt 2.30 p.m., from above address, thence to Mount Royal Cemetery.Friends and ac- qualntances are respectfully invited to at tend.SMITHETT\u2014In Waterford, Ont., on Jan.8, 1898, Nora, beloved wife of Charles E.B.Smithett.14 WALLER.\u2014At 233 Nicholas street, Ottawa, on Jan.12, 1888, Robert Alfred Waller, eldest son of the late W.H.Waller, Esa.- WRAY\u2014At her residence, 131 Park avenue, city, on Jan.13, 1898, Ellen Nixon,widow ot the late Joseply Wray, aged 73 years.Funeral private.Those sending notices for the above column may send with them a list of names of interested friends.Marked copies of the ' Witness\u2019 comtaining such notice will be sent free to any address tn Cancda Alontreal excepted.ADVERTISEMENTS.$135 cash will purchase from W.H.Leach, 49 Metcalfe street, a beamtiful Americar Upright Piano, modern improvements; carefully used.AU BON MARCHE ALPHONSE VALIQUETTE.18838 & 18885 Notre Dame sit Our Stock of Winter Jackets, Capes, Cloaks, Shawls, Fur Goods, etc., are all von view; also our New Winter Dress Goods, Cloakings, Tweeds, Blankets, Carpets, and all at Rock Bottom Prices.2 Tres & co.E UNDERTAKERS, E300 St James St., 8 .MONTREAL THE.:MONTREAL amc ma mtg ot Notre Dame street.Not a quiet corner in the store.E ingly big.The JANUARY SALE is wonder.With the new year the Com for this business and it\u2019s going to be reali ties increased ! Goods cheapened, and equal buying power as now.- A GLOVE TREAT FOR SATURDAY.Don\u2019t wait till after lunch for this treat, come early for first choice.25 dozen Ladies\u2019 4 button tan Kid Gloves, heavy stitched backs.Sale price 25¢ 10 dozen Ladies\u2019 4 stud Swede Gloves, Grenoble make,choice quality,worth 75c.Saturday, 49¢c.KID TIP\u2014CASHMEKE.Gloves in choice shades of ox-blood: and new greens, regular value, 30c.Batur- day, 15c.10 dozen Ladies\u2019 Ringwood Gloves, choice colors, warm and neat.Satur day\u2019s price, 18c.THE 8.CARSLEY CO., LIMITED.MEN'S TWEED SUIT SALE.Business Suits, to-morrow, Saturday.terns remaims unbroken, and you can from, as if you came last Saturday.half price.HERE'S THE PR Lot.Sizes.No.l.oo .\u2026.\u2026 \u2026 .\u201c.36 to 44 No.2.ve vt ei vv .\u2026 .\u2026 .36 to 4 Ne.3.ov co ve vo .\u2026 86 to 44 BUSINESS MEN That there never was and probably ne for Business Men to buy, say, one year\u2019s ness Suits for so little money.umph in modern merchandizing.Hundreds will crowd this section to- comer secures FIRST CHOICE, there row.This Gigantic Sale begins And we're all ready with experienced 1765 to 1783 Notre Dame st, 1, ANNU will be found interesti the past year of all the nominal prices.NOZM @ANDODOO WRN PERERE RE RE M Only 15 dozen Kid\u2018 Tip Cashmere EZ~ Mail Orders Carefully Filled.- The S.CARSLEY CO., Limited, Montreal's Greatest Store.Jan.14, 1898, FRIDAY BARGAINS ALL REPEATED TOMORROW SATURDAY JANUARY CHEAP SALE.verybody is busy and sales are surpris- ° a triumphant success; already a trade pany planned a new and greater career zed.Dull seasons banished! Varle- $ervice improved; momey never had MEN\u2019S WINTER GLOVES.Big bargains in Men's Gloves to-mor- row.35 dozen Men\u2019s Dark Tan Cape Kid Gloves, warm wool linings, usual price 65c pair.Special eale price, 48c.10 dozen Rich Brown and Tan Cape Kid Gloves, wool lined and fur wrist, worth $1.25.Sala price, 85c.MENS MUFFLERS.\u201cA bargain like this is not often sde itt the height of the season.| some check patterns, worth 25c.price, 19c.Men\u2019s Very Choice Silk Striped and Checked Mufflers, regular value, 3e.Bale price, 26c.THE S.CARSLEY CO., LIMITED.REPEATED TO-MORROW Owing to the extraordinary run which favored this great cheap sale last Saturday, the Company have decided to repeat this most popular sale of Men's _ ; .Although hundreds were sold last week, still the assortment of sizes and pat- have just as good a selection to choose Remember this is a rare opportunity for every business man to procure one years \u2018supply of Good Clothing at exactly ICES AND SIZES.Former Price Sale Prices.$1.60 to $7.00 $2.30 to $3.50 .8.00 to 9.70 \u2019 4.00 to 4.85 10.65 to 15.95 5.30 to 7.97 TAKE NOTE ver will be such a favorable opportunity supply of really good, well made Busi- Two suits for the price is really a great Tri- morrow, but remember that the first fore be early at the Big Store to-mor- AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TO-MORROW.assistants to help you in chosing.\u201c364 40 194 St.James st.Montres} \u2014 3, * A.T.WILEY &COAL SALE OF 0DDS = ENDS Commences To-morrow.We invite attention to the Sale, which we feel assured ng, being the accumulations during odd and mis-matched China, Glassware and Pottery, which we are glad to dispose of at mere A.T.WILEY & CO.xu, 2341 ST.CATHERINE STREET.ST.LAWRENCE WARD, MR.JOHN SCANLAN, Merchant, has opened the following committee rooms, where electors will receive full information regarding his candidature in the forthcoming Civic Elections.206 Bleury Street (Central) - Tele.4223 57 Bleary ro x xs, ; .PP .e ST.LOUIS WARDing of the Elec- os \u2018of ting of Ward, in favor of Mr.Victor Roy, architect, willtake place at 8 o'clock, Saturday night, the {5th inst., at thé Monument National.$t.Lawrence, Street, a epoh and English kers will ress t e meeting.All interested electors are cordially I invited.A FUN ERAL EM ERGENT.Ne.& AM.Brethren are requested to attend the funeral of our late Bro.15th, at 2.15 p.m., from the Masonic Temple, * Brethren of de invited.rder 2! By © kor Secretary.will speak to YOUNG MEN on Saturday Night at 8 0°Clock.RIBLE STUDY CLASSES, AN young men cordially invited to these services.YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, » Kilwinuing.85.Charics Ledge, Richard Seale, on SATURDAY, January MR.JOHN CURRIE Sunday 9.45 a.m.and 3 p.m.Dominion square.Suwpar.JAN.16.MENS OWN.BRIEF BRIGHT, BROTHERLY.Every Sunday Afiernoom, at 3 p.m., \u2014IN- CALVARY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Guy street, above St.Antoine.NEXT SUNDAY.Speaker\u2014REV.G.OSBORNE TROOP, MA.COME! 14.ANNIVERSARY SERVICES, Westmount [lethodist Church, Corner Weitern and Lansdowne Avenues, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16th, 1898.\u2018NOTICES, Rev.-J.J.BLYTHE, REv.J.C, ANTLIF, D.D.at the Evening singing by chii- Sunday, 11 am: - \u201c 7 pm.- Mr.8.9, Bain will s Services.and special dren at both services.TUESDAY EVENING, TEA MEETING, TEA PROM 6.30 TO 8, } - Addresses by Rev.W.H.Emaley snd G.G.Huxtable.ADMISSION, 23 cents.Monpay, JAN.17.The William Drysdale .Company.At a meeting of the Provisional Bogrd of Directors, held \u2018this day, Wm.Drysdale & Co., 232 St.James street, Montreal, it was resolved that a general meeting of the shareholders of The William Drysdale Company, be held on the seventeenth day of January next, at 232 St.James street, Montreal, for.the purpose of taking pver the business of Wm.Drysdale & Co.NOTICE.Tho shareholders of Tha Willlam Drysdals Company of Montreal, are hereby npotifled that the first.gepersl \u2018meeting of the Com- nany will be held.at.2 p.m.on the seven- feenth- day of January next, at their cffice, 232 St.James street, Montreal.J.As MACKAY, ~ Secretary pro tem.238-St, James street, apdlonthal 13th Dec., 1897.Bpecial Music.+, at the office of! PLONCON, e\u20140%e ~~ Absolutely his enly appearance in this city.WINDSOR HALL, Thursday, .Jan\u2019y 20.PRICES: 800 scats 81.50.409 seats at $1.00 each, MR.D.L.MOODY Feb.6th to 11th | IN ST.JAMES METHODIST CHURCH.SPECIAL MISSION TO MEN, Evening meetings for men.Afternoon meetings open to all., Further particulars later.060600: 20000 04e 4 410040900001 00000 14 3 A + 33 asscosetonsoes 146441009500 9600006010 dOC6 SUN DAY SCHOOL UNION OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.ANNUAL MEETING will be held in MONTREAL, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, Feb.24th and 25th mext, Miss Bertha F.Vella, AND OTR IE BAKERS, Sunduy School superintendents and teach requested to reserve Phase datos.\" chers are C.B.ARCHIBALD, Gen, Soe.14.BOARD OF REVISERS.At yesterday\u2019s seesion of the Board: of Revisers, Mr.J.O.Pelland asked that the names of Messrs.Eugene and L.J.Tarte -be struck off the lists for nonpayment of taxes.Mr.J.A.Drouin, on behalf of the Messrs.Tarte, said that they had offered to pay their taxes at the right time, but had been told that the city would accept the contra account for advertising in payment thereof, as it had done in the past.Messrs.Robb and Dufresne, the city treasurer and comptroller respective\u2019 ly, were examined as to the amount due.Trere being some doubt about the matters, the revisers decided to take it \u2018en- delibere,\u201d and to give their decision thereon next Tuesday morning.\u2014 -\u2014\u2014 TO INSPECT THE SITES.A meeting was held this morning of the sub-committee, consisting of Aldermen Prenoveau, Connaughton and Wil- sen, Dr.Laberge and Mr.Doré, ap- pcinted by the Health Committee to consider the question of a suitable site for the new morgue.Several sites were struck off the list as being ineligible.It was decided that the members of the sub-committee should inspect the remaining sites on Tuesday morning next, leaving the City Hall at ten o clock.\u2014 \u2014 > NO HOPE FOR TURCOT.- Turcot, the man suffering from smallpox at the Civic Hospital, was reported this morning &s.being in & very feeble condition, and his recovery is rezarded as hopeless.: \u2018ment for half a century at least -if.she cer : 83.60 on \u201cThe JY edition am ban Wits ds.Drerodin du in the city every evening of publiontion tt per annum.ADVERTISING RATES.DAILY WITNESS, Five lines and npwards, 10c per line Contract on {svorablo terms.WEEKLY WITNESS, Soe 2 Fara \u2014_\u2014 , - AN bostmes communtestions mould be adams \u2018John Dougall & Son,\" \u2018Witoess' Ofios, Mozitreal, and sil letters to the Editor shouldbe addressed *Bditor of the * Witness, Montreal\u2019 \u2014 ma The Daily Witness.FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1808.Contractors are showing their usual \u2018longing for civic life.In addition to Mr.Cochrane, who is making an active canvass in St.Lawrence Ward, Mr, William Mann is doing his utmost to vy seat No.2 in West Ward from Ald.Mc Bride.Mr.Mann\u2019s canvass should not receive encouragement.Men do not forget the important and gratuitous part Mr.Mann played on April 28, 1893, in'regard to the incinerator site scandal.Mr.Mann, who was at the time just severing his connection with the city as scavenging acntractor, had the éxceeding good fer tune to get eighteen cents a foot.from the city for the Gregory house property; which contained 188,759 square feet, which he had secured the same day - \u201cfor twelve and a half cents a.fodt, \"el Aéañsaction\u201d \u201cWis.such 8 notorious | oh that a eommittee composed \"of \"Ih Mayor, Aldermen Smith, Thompson, Ste: venson \u201cand \u2018Bavignac was appointed to investigate it.A part of the committee\u2019s finding was as follows: \u2018That the \u2018 property known as the Gregory farm, \u2018 purchased at eighteen cents a foot, was \u201cfor sale at twelve and « half cents, and \u2018also that the property was disposed of \u2018 by Messrs.Clement and Pagnuelo to.the \u201cHealth Committee before it was\u2019 pur- ¢ chased by Mr.Mann ; that Mr, Mann \u2018 purchased the property at twelve and \u2018 a half cents per foot, whereby he real- \u2018ized a profit of $10,371.84 at the ex- \u2018 pense of the city.\u201d Mr.Mann had also the good fortune to get his scavenging contract extended in 1891, after it had expired, without tenders being called.It was held at the time that the city's scavenging was costing far too much by baving it done by contract, and strenuous efforts were being made to have the city do its own scavenging.In 1808, when Mr.Mann's contract finally expired, he had the exceeding good fortune of selling to the city his old scavenging plant, consisting of - horses, waggons, harness, hay, oats, straw, and so forth, at the goodly sum of $17,353.It would be a change for the worse for the West Ward to exchange Alderman McBride who has represented it for so many years, for Mr.William Mann, contractor.THE MOTHER LODES, Recent travellers from Yukon say that the discovery of the mother lodes had not been generally heard of when they left that region.On the other hand, the discovery seems to be believed in by disinterested scientific authority.The reports that the rocks from which the\u2019 free gold found along the banks \u2018of the Eldorado and Bonanza creeks were ground out.by nature\u2019s processes, are of great importance if true, for if a qur- ter as extensive and as rich as reported, they render certain the establishment costly but profitable quartz mining.gold-érushing \u201cindustries, tvhich will; der the settlement of the, Yukon ds trict permanent, will hasten the develep- wept of thie 2 agricultural resources of fie of great, hens Kha rak.\u201cthe ion, The life of ror ing © camps is only about five to seven years, while profitable quéttz.mining ensures sèttle-.mined are at all extensive.- It\u2019 seenis a the government\u2019s skirts were clear.\u2018all workings, not jmprobable \u20ac that at many places in Pthe Yukon district and northern British Columbia, over territories four hundred .| and fifty miles long by one hundred and | fifty in breadth, throughout which placer \u20181 - mining more or less profitable has been.\u20181 pursued, will be found veins and lôdes\u2018 which it will pay to work\u2019 If this \u2018| proves to be the case, it becomes very likely that a railvay line will be\u2019 built through from Edmonton along the | foot of the Rocky Mountains, where are -| great coal fields, and through the fertile agricultural farids-of the .Athabaëka and Peace River districte,-to the Yukon.It \u201clis reported from Ottawa that twenty- ,| one applications\u2019 have already been made for the incorportition of various railway enterprises, all having some point i in the Yukon as their north-westerly- \u2018termine.Some of these propose starting.from Ed- \u2018| monton, some from the most \u201cConvenient point on the Stickeen river, \u2018and: some.It is very evident.from the Lynn canal.that the excitement and activity over Yukon enterprises of \u201cfe kind and ax other are going to amon ts \u2018haze next |A spring\" and summer, riers CONCERNING A PIGGERY.' The Ontario Opposition has made a mistake, which it is now fain to confess, in charging the, Provincial Government with having deliberately disposed of diseased pork for food.Mr.Bt.John, one of the leaders of the Opposition, discovered, as- he supposed, scandalous extravagance in connection with the maintenance of a government piggery.An establishment costing thirty thousand dollars, with a caretaker at a salary of three or four hundred dollars, with a house, were all devoted, according to Mr.St.John, to the care of one pig.The facts seem to have been that the establishment cost from three to seven thousand dollars, according to the method of calculation, and that the herd of pigs \u2018formerly kept in it had all to be killed off owing to the presence of disease among them\u2014hog cholera.Then Mr.St.John discovered, as he supposed, new.evidence of wrong-doing of a far worse kind than extravagance on the part of the government.Many of the carcases of the herd of pigs killed because of the diseased condition of some of them were sold for food.The evidence was direct ly contradictory as to whether any car- «cases really discased were solid or not.\u2018amont pf\u2019 evidence was.about even- divided, but the quality of the evidence differed ; ; on the side of the pork beingfquite free of disease was the testi- meny of the food inspector and of other authorities, besides that of the butcher who killed the animals and bought their carcases, while on the other side was that of two laborers employed at the killing of the pigs.Before the carcases were sold at all they were all duly inspected and pronounced clear of disease by the government inspector.This inspector was a Dominion officer, and the evidence showed that the Provincial Government had placed the whole matter in his bands, and that even if the meat sold was diseased, the Provincial Government, which had taken all precaution, was not to blame at all.At the close of the investigation into this part of the whole affair Mr.St.John admitted that He blamed the government, however, for not stating when the affair was first brought up in the house that the whole of the steps taken by the government with respect to the slaughter and disposal of hogs had been adopted on tlie advice of.veterinaries acting for the Dominion -Governmient, and that therefore the provincial authorities were free from responsibilty in the matter.THE ROYALTIES.The Dominion Government has determined to adhere to its policy of collecting a royalty upon all gold mined in the Yukon district, and reserving for the state one-half of all the lands which are disccvered to be rich in gold.Doubtless in accordancz with the advice of Mr.Siften, the Minister of the Interior, who during his trip to the Yukon has learned a great deal of the conditions under which mining is carried on in that sub- Arctic region, some modifications in its policy have been determined upon, which will to some extent meet the complaints of the individual miners and mining infer- ests, while conserving those, of the government., It is announced, apparently on authority, that the royalty, instead of being a ten percent one on small quan- | tities of gold taken out, and twenty percent on the larger quantities, will be a ten percent one upon the gold output of whither the output be larg.or amall.We suppose there is | 83Me good reason for this change based upon actual knowledge acquired.by Mr.\u2018Sifton, but inasmuch as gold- mining i ina ort of lottery, in which the winnings ig to chance rather than in proportion.to \u2018industry, it would seem quite just-that tremendous profits should be \u201cmore.heavily taxed than small ones.It-i is somewhat on this principle that inheritance taxes, now so popular with legis- \u2018lstures as sources of revenue, are often tayed.secording to a sliding scale, which ries with the amount inherited.The modification in the reservation of rich gold-yielding land for the state is one which will not lessen the reservation, but will merely substitute blocks of eight or ten claims for the alternate claims which it was first proposed to reserve.This seems on the face of it a beneficial change, as it is probably found easier and more economieal for miners to work adjoining claims, perhaps jointly in many cages.If the rich claims thus reserved for the state are disposed of in business fashion at open public auction, after being duly advertised after the manner of \u2018tlie crown lands of Ontario, the Domin- on.treasury should \u2018profit -very greatly.Khe cot of \u2018administeation of the Yukon is going to be very great, and the tax- \u2018payers of \u2018the ret of the country should not be burdened with it while individual gold-seekers and speculative corporations are suddenly and greatly enriched.\u2014_\u2014 THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.Not for many months has there been the same activity upon the local stock exchange as characterized the present week.On Friday evening the management of the Montreal Street Railway decided to pay.dividends of two and a half quarterly, being ten percent per annum.Last year the company paid eight percent and a bonus of one percent, and the bringing of the stock to what is evidently a permanent ten percent basis was a surprise to the market.The im- wediate consequence was that the stock opened on Saturday morning at an advance of four points over the closing sales of Friday, and continued to advance until at 24314 it was six and a half points in advance.Half-day as it was, the sales of this stock at the morning board were 4,200 shares, of \u2018which 3,125 sold at 24214.On Monday the boom in and activity of this stock continued, some 3,085 shares changing hande at prices ranging from 243 to 244, closing at 243% for old stock and 241% or new.Tuesday showed sales of 1,000 sharcs, \u2018dpeninx at 243% and closing ut 243%.Wednesday showed a decline in the excitement in this security, only 400 shares changing hands, and at a decline to 24914 at the close, while yesterday tbe sales were 460 shares, most of the quotations being ex-dividend.The ex-divi- dend quotation was 239%.The sales in this one security since Saturday morning to last evening reached the high aggregate of 9,145.The par value of the shares is fifty dollars, and assuming that the sales were about five points in advance of the previous week the transactions may be said to have netted over $23,000 more than had they taken place before the declaration of the dividend.The sympathy of one stock with another reacted in favor of the Toronto Street Railway, whose annual meeting takes place on Jan.19, 3,265 shares selling on Saturday at an advance upon the closing figures of the previous week.This stock opened at 90% and closed on Saturday at 91%.On Monday it was still more active and strong, 4,549 shares selling, and quotations advancing from 92 to 93 and declining to 92% at the close.On Tuesday 2,725 shares were sold, ranging from 9244 to 92%, and back to 92%.On Wednésdny 2,417 shares were gold from 92% to 93%, and the sales yesterday were 1,425, opening at 93 and closing at 93%.The week\u2019s sales were therefore 14,381.Among the other stocks which showed activity was Canadian Pacific, 1,700 shares selling on Saturday, 500 on Monday, 2,000 on Tuesday, 3,250 on Wednesday, and 2,650 yesterday.The stock opened at 85%, reached 88% on Wednes- \u2018day, and closed at 87%.Halifax Street Railway opened at 118 and closed at the same.Royal Electric opened at 143 and closed at 144.Montreal Gas opened at 194, closing at 195.Richelieu opened at 108 and closed at 11035.Cable opened at 182 and closed five-eighths better.Al together the week was one to be remembered, and although a slight sagging from the maximum figures took place towards the close of the week, the \u2018bulls\u2019 seem to be still in authority.The wheat market fluctuated during the week, but on the whole the tendency was downward.In general business there is revival among the wholesalers, now that the holidays are over.Remittances are said to be satisfactory, and the failure list is unimportant.In most \u2018lines there is a strong feeling and prices {all the output.\u2014\u2014 are usually well maintained.The Klondike rush is beginning, and while we do not think it will bring fifty million do).lars into the country, it cannot faj| to bring in a good deal, and cause no little activity.The government has altered its regulations concerning royalty upon the gold, abandoning the sliding scale and deciding to collect ten percent upon It will also reserve claims here and there in batches instead of every alternating claim, as first proposed.Another private bank, this time at Port Hope, has assigned.It is diti- cult in this era of cheap money for pr.vate banks to compete with chartered in stitutions, which, in addition to their prestige, have a circulation which costs almost nothing, and a large amount on deposit without interest.The Bank of New Brunswick bas just held its annual meeting, and its statement is interesting as being one of the first published sin.e the tide of prosperity began to flow back into Canada.The bank made $83,947 in 1897, against $83,008 in 1806.The money market remains unchanged, with call loans at four and commercial peper at six to seven percent.The Bank of England rate remains at three percent, and call money in New York remains about the same.The Iceal Clearing House returns, which follow, show a very large increase, partly due to the activity of the stock exchange, but largely to improving business :\u2014 Clearings.Balances.Total for week ending Jan, 18, 1898 .,.$16,085,438 $2,194,702 Corresponding week of 1897 LL.LL 10,239,977 1,231,939 Corresponding week of 1808 .10,953,408 1,672,602 Corresponding week of 1895 .12,005,569 1,939,850 TO HARNESS THE SEA Mr.Thomas A.Edison, Jr., said to Have Discovered a Method.POWER WILL BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LIGHT, HEAT ° AND ELECTRICITY.New York, Jan.14.\u2014It is stated with much pogitiveness that Mr.Thomas A.utilization of power in the production of light, heat and electricity which, if carried into effect, will revolutionize the industrial world in a more radical manner than have all the inventions of his illustrious father.Young Edison proposes to harness the ocean and compe; it to do the bidding of man.There was a report circulated yesterday that Edison was orgenizing a eyndicate to supply electricity in unlimited quantity, and at such low rates that it woul supersede all other means of power for use in the manufactures and arts.He says, however, that the capital required is 80 vast that he is not yet ready to organize a company.\u2018My plan\u2019 said Mr.Edison to the press, \u2018 is so simple, and, I believe, practical, that there will be little trouble in obtaining the necessary capital.\u2018I would erect an iron pier at sea beyond the breakers, where we could get the natural roll of the ocean waves.Under this pier would be placed floa\u2018s.Each float wquld be ça large as possible, but small enough to rise on the top of the swells and sink into the trough between them.The pier is to be anchored to the bottom of the ocean and will remain stationary.The floats will be connected with the pistons of ~viin- ders, which will pump air into a great compressor.From this the air will pass to engines, which will in turn run electric dynamos.The current will be taken ashore on insulated wires.\u20181 think it will require a capital of $25,000,000 to put the plan in actual operation and produce power enough to supply New York and the surrounding country.TRAIN DID NOT PAY.Toronto, Jan.14.\u2014On and after Sunday next the Hamilton and Toronto train on the Michigan Central Railway, known as Nos.8 and 9, will be discontinued.The train was inaugurated by the Michigan Central Railway people on Nov.21 last.It ran over the Michigan Central Railway from St.Thomas to Waterford.and then to Hamilton over the T.I.& B.At Hamilton it conrected with the Canadian Pacific Railway train for Toronto.It left &t.Thomas at 6.50 a.m.and landed passengers in Toronto at 10.45 a.m., returning to St.Thomas at 10.40 p.m.It was of great convenience to the travelling public, and supplied a long felt want, but it did not pay.\u2014_\u2014\u2014 CLOSE SEASON FOR DEER.The close season for deer began on Tuesday last, and the different game wardens bave been notified by the government to see that the law is strictly enforeed.It is stated that the government is determined to rigorously prosecute all poachers and persons found kill ing or hunting deer.of all kinds during the close.season.Bdizon, Fr; Has evolved a plan for the LY Wt ert I od Mn Be St 1 hd ph et pb dm PA pr en BA a 7e 9 tt Th eh BAN a FS eS rt rt oad ran rm bh om Ph oem fm eb A Ck i re Lt SAN rs maa am hn A me me Rowe IA ND of PY Fripar, J ANUARY 14, 1898.AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL ?it Would be Advisable for the AAA of C.to Investigate McCulloch\u2019s Tour.M.A.A.A.FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL A SUCCESS.I late there has been considerable talk ; warding McCulloch, the amateur champion \u201cnaler of the world, and his visit to Europe to defend his title.McCulloch, who be- \u201808S to Winnipeg, won the championship \u20182 Montreal last season mainly through the Forts of the A.A.A.cf C.At the close of the races the executive of the A ALA.of c offered to pay his expenses to Europe tuis season to defend the title at the an- uual speed handicaps on the condition that he came to Montreal to train.Furthermore, they offered to provide hotel expeuses and à trainer while Here, which shows that it was all.nonsenme.when he sited that es be had not heard from ths Skating \u2018Ausociss tn he did not consider the proposition siill held good.The fact cf the matter is ral McCulloch is no doubt a fine skater, kL.is quite sensible tbat to put in an «rpearauce in Europe would mean defeat, (orscquently rather than go to great expense only to be defeated he prefers to lose tke title by default.At the same tims it is only natural that the Europeans feel rather sore over the proceedings, and in all irobability representatives from the other side will not be meen In this vicinity at lzast for a few years.McCulloch, accord- 1g to reports, is about to make a tour of exhibition skating through America.Now what interest can these cxhibitions be to an amateur?Would tt not be advisahle for toe Amateur Skating Association of Canada to Investigate these matters, since it is krown for certain that on one occasion, when McCulloch and John Davidson, in partnership, gave an exhibition at Cornwall lust eeacon, the sum of fity dollars was raid to one of them.THE M.A.A.A.FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL Last night the M.A.A.A.rink was simply crowded with skaters attired -in funcy costumes on the occasion of the first caruival of the sason.The rink had been closed during the day so as to have the ice in first class condition for the evening.About elght o'clock the skaters rommenced to flock on to the ice, and the beautiful strains of music from the Victoria Rifles bard greatly enhanced the proceedings.The weatber was all that could be desired, and the affair was a great success.\u2018I'he cos- tunes were handsome, and too numerous to mention.The effect of the calcium lights of different colors was picturesque, and it would have been more so had they not been obscured to some extent by the giare of the arc lights.The directors of the rink are to be highly congratulated on the success of their efforts.The attendance of spectators was very large, and a most enjoyable time was spent.A list of those uresent in costume will shortly appear.LACHINE NOTES, The Lachine Skating and Curling Club bave announced a eries of entertalanionts to be given thin month, the programme o which is as follows: Band evenings, Jan 1%, 21 and 28; afternoon tea, Saturday, Jan.46: Brand masquerade, Friday, Jan.1.The baud is composed of sixtezn pieces, and the Vopular airs which they play ar: Sreatly enjoyed by everyone.Saturday afternoon tea will be served by some of the lady rueun- bere, and members\u2019 tamily and friends are cordially invited to attend.The masyuer- ede is likely to be larges ever seen in La- chine as the rink\u2019s membersbip has been greatly Increased, and the railway service makes the rink easily accessibla to city peopla, the trip being only twenty minutes from Bonaventure depot, and thirty-five winutes from Chabolllez square by the electric cars.Driving and skating parties are being organized and the rink will apparently be visited by large numbers of city people.TWIN CITY RINK.The season #0 far has been rather unfavorable tor open air rinks, but present indications are for a good spell of \u201cold weather.The proprietors of this rink have been endeavoring to eclipse anything in the city, and success hae crowned their efforts.The sheet of ice last night was perfect, and these present thoroughly appreciated it It might be said the rirk is 150 by 291 feet, and is lit up by seven arc electric lights; and the accommodation Is perfect.Tickets are now oa sale at the rink, and as the prices afe very reasonable, quite a number are expected to take advantage of the low rates.STANDARD RINK MASQUERADE.Tue Standard rink, on Charron street, Point St.Charles, held its first masquerade on Wednesday night, when nearty one thou- and skaters were on the ice, which was in perfect condition.The rink was beautifully decorated with bunticg and three hundred Chinese lanterns.It was a great suc- cees.The next will take place cn Wednesday, Jan.26.During the evening the Point St, Charles brass band under the leadership of Mr.John Simons, rendered an excellent programme cf music which added much to the enjoyment of the skaters.The foilow- ing is a partial list of those present In costume: J.Weegar, Louls XIV.; Katie Agnes, Queen Ann: A.Dade, spectator; N.J.Mod- ler, Brown\u2019s pets; J.Gardner, spectator; E.Napier, spectutor; G.Napier, spectator; S.Walker, spectator; W.Dunn, Sadie; Miss Butler, daughter of youth; H.Miller, en.vineer; Mabel Pay.the Pleiades; £.Payne, adet; May Learer, Queen Anne; E.Ceoper, \u201csicy dress; M.Upton,Canada; G.Cunning- «m, clown; A.Payne, clown; G.Morrison, «ican; P.Marshall, Negro; A.Johnson, \u201ceed; F.Osborne, Dudess; A.Johnston, :: rose of summer; Thomas Osborne, : -nma\u2019's pet ; Robert Vary, spectator ; Nile Symons, gas lighter; F.Checketts, vy dress; C.Butler, Goddess of Yguth ; \u2018Ha Gamble, Queen of Japan ; Maggie ~rley, summer girl ; L.Nutter, Guy ~kes; Miss McLean, Gypsy; L.Richards, Tuney dress; M.Auburn, evening star; B.+rley, Gypsy Queen; K.Pollard, nurse ; - rence McIntosh, something nice; Miss \\ Gran, Egyptian band: E.Dougherty, \u201caderian; M.Lerris, winter; C.Shea, snow- lake; Millie Goudir, nurse; Louise Johnson, Trilby; Ethel Checketts, Queen of Roses ; !l-ah Foster, Yellow Kid from Hogan's Alley: Florrte Johnson, morning star; May Vavne, Queen; Clara Westcott, Red Riding .tuod; Birdie Harwood, Gypsy Queen ; B.N-lson, musical girl; J.Gilbert,fancy dress; Alice Galarmeau, Little Red Riding Hood; A.Morin, Gypsy girl; Mde.Philibert, lady; Frank Lamere, clown; H.R.Vallquette, list driver; ¥F.© Harwood, Nigger; Louis Trudel, jockey; T.Quintal, sport; G.Le- Muy, clown ; \u20ac.F.Masson, new woman; E Donaldson, farmer ; H.Caron.clerk ; I.Philibert, Chinese; M.Muller, Jew; Miss Philibert, French girl; K.Gunning, nurse; FE.Jones, nurse; Winnle Farthing, H.M.S.\u2018Rranch\u2019; Miss E.- Gorman, snowshoe girl; Cnra Smith, pink of perfection; J.Simpson, Uncle Sam: F.Bryan, Knox atreet sport; M.Carpenter, daughter of the regiment; D.Noseworthy, fancy dress; 'J.Stewart, actor; W.Trotter, coon; C.Struthers, black 4 Thomas rte, domino; T.-Melxijje, ¢ | Klondike, dude; D.Minie, Sotonaer; its (Digger: Amateur champion prince; L.Hynes, queen of etars; A.Auth- bert, litle girl tn blue; M.Smith, lady's maid; L.Hewlett, red, white and blue ; M.C.Cowan, village belle; B.Cowan, house maid; Edythe Mitchell, mald of the mill; E.Hemming, mama's darling; Frank La- ners, nice looking; C.Smith, tramp; J.E.Scott, new coon: F.Clemence, mama's darling; C.Sheffield, Dr.Spowball; C.Smith, dude; M.T.Thomson, nobody's darling; Mies Collinson, forget-me-not; E.Andres- sons, chrysanthemum; Eva McMartin, coquette; N.Melville and N.Ward, two maids from Klondike; Dave Brown, clown; R.Mclean, parson; A.Perrie.clown; S.\u2018Lees, nigger; E.Smith, coal oil; B.Smith, foolish: W.Tailing, beggar; F.Kirley, a soldier; R.Sullivan, old Mother Hubbard; M.Gray, tullp; L.Jehu, Chinamen;.W.Farrell, the girls know; Annie Gorman, red eye; Melia, queen of roses; ME.Cooper, widow; A.Morrison, darly; W.Thompeon, rnectator; H.Donahue, bloke; 8S.Cuthbert, Topsy; H.Nicholson, spectator; A.G.Clarke, dude; W.Lewis, domino; R.Jehu, Chinaman: J.Tapps, one of the bravest; T.Ridgedale, Bowery: J.Smith, pug; Mag.Richards, spectator; L.Brownrick, flower; George Richards, spectator; F.Auburn, bay tramp; G.Mitchell, Goldies; H.Hudson, C.P.R.porter; Ed.Johnson, Dutchman; R.A.Surgeon, watermelon coon; H.Putchard, Tommy Atkins; J.W.Lewis; May Mella, flower girl; M.Perry, knight of the twentieth century; I.McKay.Mephisto; D.Cook.Mephisto; Emma Guilbert, lady graduate; B.Guilbert, Helen\u2019s baby; A.Leif- flewy, daughter of Frauce; Samuel Ypton, Jew; E.McCarthy, Jockey: J.R.Lewis, who are vou; 8.Cooper, who are you; A.McLean, clown; L.Clancy, fancy dress; L.O'Neill, fancy dress; T.Clancy, Irish: G.Mason, nizger girl: A.Hunter, two little girls in blue; F.Polland, clown; Captain D.Lionan; Dick McClaven,Klondike; H.Veary, sailor; E.Johnson, hayseed.Susanah Lindberg.pink of perfection: T.Ritchie, | T.Pyke, Miss Brandy Nose; W.Shea.Klondike: C.W.Checketts.standard baker: A.Barrow.man-of-war; Frank La- menhia; W.G.Hynes, frog; A.Onard, domino; A.Morrison, queen of roses; E.Rolston.blue bells; M.Lees ,blue bells; Rohert Sullivan, old woman; Georga T.Jenkin, Biddy; James Lees, nobody's claim; \u201canny Osborne.dudess: Thomas Osborne, mamma's pet; Aggie O'Connell, the Duchess of Devonshire; D.Hadden, tramp; B.Hunter and Ellery Hunter.two little girls in blue; Bertha Lees, rainbow; A.Friedlander, Venetian page.HOCKEY.A DRAWN MATCH.Iroquois, Out., Jen.13.\u2014The Iroquois sen- lcr teerm met the Lancasters on the home Ice to-night and made a tie with five goals to the crcdit of each team.Mr.Kiilaly acted as referee to the satisfaction ot both sides.The game wae the clcanast ever played in this town.Matt.Ryan, the owner of the rink, should receive great credit for the successful issuc.Lancaster\u2014Charlebois, goal: Harkness,pt.; MacLennan, cover point; Rayside, McGillis, McPherson and McDonald, forwards.~ Iroquois\u2014McDorald, goal; Drouse, point ; Currie, cover point: McRobie, Donnelly, Cculter and Strader, forwards.Referee\u2014Mr.KHialy, Iroquols.Timekeeper.Mr.McDonald.Umpires\u2014Mr.Brock, Iroquois; Mr.Bolster, Lancaster.SHERBROOKE DEFEATED.Sherbrooke, Jan.13.\u2014The Sherbrooke hockey team, which played Lennoxville on the Sherbrooke rink, in the Eastern Towu- sbips League reries last night, suffered a bad defeat.The cauee is easy to explain.The home team was weakened »y the enforced absence of four of its regular men, and the J.ennoxville men were too strong a combiration to be met kby-any but a ilrst class team.In fact, the visitors played splendid hockey throughout, and earned their victory of eight gcals te, te in ood sha The teams were as follows: ES herbrooke\u2014A.E.Odell, goal; A.Witty, point; W.Stewart, cover point; OC.Moe, centre forward; F.Davis, centre; H, Womb- well and E.Btocks, forwards.Lennoxville\u2014W.Perry, goal; O.Williams, potut; T.Donnelley, cover point; .J.Dernier, centre forward; C.Spafford, centre; G.Bowns and R.Mallory, forwards.Referce\u2014W.A.M.M.Simpson.DISTRICT INDEPENDENT LEAGUR.The first match in the \u2018District Independent League takes place this evening from 7 to 8 o'clock on tha Twin City jce, between Westmount and West End Seconds.The match will be an exciting one, os Ucth teams are on their home ice.The West End team will be as follows: J.Gardner, H.Spencer, Frank Wilson, E.Wattier, Fred.Norton, Wm.Caldwell, H.W.Ashton and W.Trudeau.The players will kindly take J.K.M'CULLOCH, skater of the world.ROSEDALE VS.ALERTS.The above teams will cross sticks ta-mor- Tow afternoon in the Junior Suburban League, and a fast game is expected.\u2018The follcwing team will reprogent the Alerts:\u2014 Goal, Macdougall; point, Fitters; covers point, McCualg; forwards, Baln, Dewitt, O\u2019Brien and Monteith.\u201c AT THE CRYSTAL TO-NIGHT.of Ames, Holden & Co.and James Linton & Co.will meet in the Crystal rink to-night At 11 o'clock.An interesting and exciting game may be looked: for.: HOCKEYISTS MEET.The District Independent League will toc\u201d te meet this evening (Friday) in the Hichelleu Hotel at ¥.45.Bg ran) will plense send two delegates.Cd The first West End Hockey Teamn will practice to-night, between ten and \u2018eléven o'clock on the Twin City rink.All who can be out are requested to do so, as the league matches commence next week, and \u201cWest End\u2019 must not be found nappluz.All up, W.E.A.À.A.! SNOWSHOEING.A NEW RACING TROPHY.The Lachine Snowshoe Club are to the front this season, as is evidenced by the magnificent cup now on exhibition in the \u2018Star\u2019 window, and their announcement of an open snowshoe steeplechase over a course of about 2% miles, from Knepp's Hotel at Blue Bonnets to the Stratiicona,at Upper Lachine, to take place to-morrow (Saturday), Jan.15, at 3.30 p.m.The cup, which stands 28 tnches high, is of frosted silver, with gold trimmings, aud lining, surmounted by a snowshoe runuer in racing trim, was presented to the L.S.S.Club by the proprietor of the Strathcona Hotel at Lachine, under conditions which will make it the property of the winner of three annual races, the first of which will take place as above.It is understood that several entries have been received [rom the Montreal clubs, and these, together with the Lachine Club entries, should make the race the most exciting event of the snowshoe season, and when the men toe the line, ready for the fray, they may ax- pect the race to be a \u2018dash\u2019 froin start to finish.The presidents of the snowshoe clubs in Montreal and vicinity have been appointed Judges, and tbe racing committee of the L.S.8.Club will see that the course is properly flagged for the event.Parties driving will have ample time, \u2018if they drive fast,\u2019 after seein& the start, to reach the Strath- cona in time to see the finish.The Strath- coba cup has been endowed by its donor with a gold medal for the winner of each rate of the series, and a second prize, also a gold medal, the gift of the proprietor of Knapp\u2019s Hotel, Biue Bonnets, gues to the second man {n.CURLING.MONTREAL VS, CALEDONIA.The annual friendly match between the Caledonia and Montreal rinks opened last night, and the ice being in good shape,the contest was a lively one.Followlug are the results: Montreal Ice.Caledonia.Montreal.\u2014 Childs Dr.Cameron \u2014- Osgoode T.P.Bacon T.R.McArtbur F.N.Southam H.Robertaon.skip.| W.1.Fenwlck,sk.G.W.Slack C.H.Gale J.B.Young C.P, Sclater R.J.Tooke W.8.Gardner i.Boone, skip, G.H.McHenry,sk.J.Farquharson H.M.Childs C.Chapell > H.Fry H.Christmas John Bailite Dr.Ibbotson,skip, H.R.Hutcbison,sk.11 14 Caledonia Ice.J.W.Graham J.Hi.Pyke R.Costigan Col.Gardner G.L.Lamb C.T.Notman W.R.J.Hughes,sk.A KE.P.Pease, sk, J.Oman \u2014 Barker W.Currie A.R.Oughtred P.D.Lyall G.Walker T.O.Lyall,exip, J.Brown, skip, 1 CHESS, ST.DENIS C.C.V8.8T.HYACINTHBD.A very interesting match.by telegraph was played last night between the Cercle St.Denis Chess Club.and the olub at.St.The hockey team from the establishments |\u2019 Richelieu.Lo-night at.nino | He Ee EN bd aurégard; 2, J.B.- Lamer won « Prenoh Detence from Dr.\" Benoit; -\u2018 8, wr Kurrle fost a Centre Gambit offered by C.A.Boivin: 4, O, pe drew a King's Bishop opening with A.Archambault; 5, A.Ger- pain won & Centre Gambit from H.Rene; H, Blanc won a King's Bishop \u2018open- from G.v7, B.Kent won a fan Defence trom G.Chaput; 8.1.Fav.drew a King\u2019s Bishop opening with L, Ringuette; 9, G.t was successful in a Googe opening.aguinst - G.A.Bedard; 10, C.T.Dixon won from T.Monetts.\u2018The Gorcle St.Denis plays its match with Thres Rivers by telegraph on Wednesday ; PRISONERS\u2019 AID ASSOCIATION A YEAR OF GOOD WORK.The annual meeting of the Prisoners\u2019 Aid Association was held in the Synod Hall on Tueaday .evening, Mr.James Elliott, the vice-president, in the chaïr.The annual report which was submitted showed the operations of the association during the past year to have been very satisfactory.The number of men reported to the.association during the year wis: Montreal jail, 170; St.Vincent de Paul Peniten , 9) Kihg .Toronto, 1; Bherbrooke \u2018Reformatofy, 1.| ber\u201c Nelpsd, \u2018including come.re- eased during \u20ac past four - years, was: Montreal jail, 164; St.Vincent de Paul, 13; Kingston, 1; Toronto, 1; Sherbrooke, I.An analysis of the work done during the I year, appended to the-report, states that .thirty-seven men\u2018 have ebtained work rough the society, directly or indirectly; have obtained wark for.themselves; 38 have left the city; one has refused to work; 4 have been sent to the Satiors\u2019 Institute; Clothes have been given to 21 persons; 438 meals and 238 night lodgings have been supplied; 21 have been assisted by friends; 45 letters have bsen received from released men and friends and 615 visits bave been made by members to or on behalf of released prisoners, ; In speaking of the men from the jail the report states the foilowing:\u2014 \u201cTheir general make-up bas [been about the same as previous years, Nearly all the confirmed \u2018loafers\u2019 who will not work are known to us and we act accordingly.Their number is not nearly so larga as is generally supposed.When one man victimizes many it produces a public opinion that there are a large number of this class &broad.The proportion of non-residents is stil very large at the jail.\u2019 The financial report showed that the es- soclation\u2019s receipts for the year ainounted in all to $337.65, and the disbursements gas 46, leaving a balance on hand of $765.19.\u201cBoth reports were unanimousiy adopted.The following.officers were re-elected: A M.Crombie, president; James Elliott, vice- \" president; T.H.Walsh, treasurer.The , secretary, Mr.R.Ewart Crane, was obliged to resign, and Mr.J.S.Hetherington, P.O.Box 14, was elected hon.-cecretary in his place.; * \u2014_e WESTMOUNT LODGE A.O.U.W.;- On Tuesday evening last a very enjoyable and instructive time'was spent by members \u201cand \u2018friends at Westmount Lodge, No.39, 1A-0:U.W., on the occasion of, the open, in- Stallation of its of\u2026icers.After a short pre- Uminery meeting the lodge roam was thrown ;opan, and D.D.G.M.W.Bro.Brown and other Grand Lodge officers introduced, who ében \u2018trek of the -énd in 4 | , overseer, Bra.M.McLeod Sabiston; recorder, Bro.J.H.R.Smith; financier, Bro.John Relph; receiver, Bro.Thos.Brady ; guide, Bro.J.C.Landry; inside watchman, \"Bro.J.E.Peters; outside watchman, Bro.R.L.Thompson.At the conclusion of the ceremony the following programme was \u2018rendered and \u2018thoroughly appreclated: Piano .50lo, Mrs.J.H.Smith; song, Miss Mabel \u2018Barker; remarks, Bro.P.M.W.Austin ; song, Bro.J.OC.Landry; remarks, Bro.M.W.Grier ; song, Mr.Arthur Jones : \u201cfeading,\u201d Bro.Thomas Brady ; song, \u2018Bro.J.H.Smith; remarks, Bro.W.J.Pendleton; song, Miss Mabel Barker.West- mount Lodge meets the second and fourth -Tuesdays of each month in Elm Hall, 220 Elm avenue, Westmount, and aithough one] of the youngest lodges, gives promise in the gear future of being one of the strongest and most influential in this jurisdiction.\u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2018LA VIERGE?The Société Chorale gave îts second rendering of Jules Massenet's beautiful oratorio \u2018\u2019La Vierge,\u2019 at the Monument National last night, and the affair was a grand success from all pointa of view.The part of \u2018La \u2018Vierge\u2019 was taken by Miss Terroux, whose rendering of the part was beyond criticism.She scored a well-earned triumph in the storms of applause that followed her ou every occasion and especially after her ex- \u2018Quisité singing of the \u2018Virgin's Ecstacy,\u2019 When she waa given the only encore of the evening.The other parts were taken by Mrs, Bourdeau, soprano\u2019; Miss Cusson, mezzo-soprano; Mr.Fleury tenor, and Mr.Saucier, baritone.The many fine choruses were well taken by a highly trained and numerous aggregation who did them full Justice.Lovers of firat-cluss mugic who were not there last might, nor on the first occasion when \u2018La Vierge\u2019 was sung by thc Société Chorale, can have no idea of the treat they have missed.THE BISHOP OF VERMONT.The eloquent preachèr, the Rizhe Rev.A.C.A.Hall, D.D., Bishop of Vormmont, so well known before his consecration as \u2018Father Hall, of the Society of St.John the Evangelist, will arrive in the city on Saturday, and will preach special sermons at 11 a.m.and 7 p.m., on Sunday next in the\u2019 Church of 8t.John the Evangelist, on the subjent of \u2018Religious Education.Father Hall was first sent.to this country in 1873, where he became assistant to the present Bishop of Fond du Lac, at the Church of the Advent, Boston, then a mission of the S.8.J.E.In 1883 he became priest in charge of the Churéh of St.John the Evangelist in Boston.In 1892, the year previous to His being elected Bishop of Vermont, he.was recalled by the society to which he belongs, frcm Boston to Oxford, and preached missions and retreats In various parts of England, a work for which he is specially fitted, \u2014\u2014 asy to Take asy to Operate Are features peculiar to Hood's Pills.Small in size, tasteless, efficient, thorough.As oods ma pill fll itis : i S all over.\u201d ec, C.1.°° Héod & Co.propriatdrs, Lowell, Mass.The ons man said: \u201cYou |cesan Synod met yesterday afternoon, Bro.Jas.Baillle; foreman; Bro.John \u2018Brady: | The executive committee of the Dio.His \u2018Lordskiip Bishop Bond presiding, when the \u2018committee on the mission fund plan submitted their repost It show: ed a great improvement in the payments towards clerical stipends during the past year, and the committee felt that: they the whole, successfully.They strongly recommended its continuance, and hoped for more.earnest assistance of the missions themselves in carrying out loyally the provisions of the canon.They also suggested the desirability of securing a renewal of the agreements with the weve- ral missions, and that, in view of the fact that the present income of the Synod, through its mission fund, is at least $2,000 less -than the \u2018amount of expenditure, the missions be urged to increase the amount promised through each- parish.Théy urged: increased liberality on the part of every member -of the Church, that the Synod might be enabled to carry out the work entrusted to it, and to meet the cost of fresh demands.- A report was presented by the sub-cem- mittee appointed at last meeting to the effect .that, in view of the mission fund plan and the absolite necesaity of keeping the executive committee of the Synod in close touch with the parishes; and, further, in view of increasing the work in connection with the Synod and the administration of its affairs, the committee was of opinion that a clergyman should be appointed as missionary agent, at a salary not exceed- The report was adopted.The report of the executive committee was also adopted, the grants for the year 1897 being reduced by the following :\u2014Beauharnois, $50; Leslie, $133.25, being vacant; Sault au Recollect, $100; St.Philip's, Montreal West, $100.It was noted that a special collection towards the debt of \u2018the mission fund had amounted to $688.) is NOTICE TO POSTMASTERS.Postmasters are informed that the \u2018proposed reduction in the postage rate -from Canada to Great Britain and other \u2018parts of the Empire to thrde cents per -ounce has been suspended, pending a conference with the imperial and colo- nlal authorities in regard to the subject of inter-imperial postage, end in the meantime the old letter rate of five cents per half-ounce continues in force.It is hoped that the postmasters will do all in their power to cause this to be generally understood, so that letters may \u2018not be sent forward ghqrt-paid, and so :subjected to collection of double the deficient postage on delivery.|, p 19 p0mes JrpAscisqu ss» Steinway.\u2014 The Steinway Plano is generally i as being a creation apart from all others\u2014e piano so su- .perior to every other piano as to be be- vond the range of classification.It is _distinetly an art ideal that has served te better and promote music throughout the world.Every artist of note has added his or her unqualified praise to these peerless instruments To own a Sleinway is to command from all who see it, and delight form those who play or hear it.$650 to $1,200.Represented in Montreal only by the Lindsay- Nordheimer Co., 2366 St.Catherine street.ADVERTISEMENTS.could report the plan as working, on.ing eight hundred dollars per annum.SKIN-TORTURED = BABIES | And rest for tired mothers in a warm bath with CUTICURA Soap, and asingleapplication 0f CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin curs.| CUTIOURA REMEDIES Rfford instant relief, and point to a speedy cure of torturing, disfiguring, humiliating, itching, burning, bleeding, crusted, scaly skin and scalp humors, with loss of hair, when all else fails.Sold th the worid.\"POTTER Dave AND Caza, .Cor.Sole aær-* How to Shin-Tortured Babées,\u201d free.SKIN SOALP \u201cétages Those wha drink, find 4.a benefit in the CALEDONIA SPRINGS\u2019 WATERS, which accounts for their being the moet largely seld of amy in Camada.Sold by best Grocers, Clubs and Hotels, everywhere, and GURD & CO., Montreal, 10 COFLIST'S PRESCRIPTIONS Receive the personal attention of Mr.SAMUKI S.GRAN\", who offers his vaste oon ors 30 years as $ preraates of accurate adjustment of Bpectucle and Eyeglass Frames, and exacitees in the grinding and retting of the lenses.BGES MODERATE.= \u201cPALEFHONE 5041, HENRY GRANT & SOK, Optioians, 8445 8¢.Cathertme st., moar Prummead, will be your Breakfast Rolls if yom follew our advice & DARK ii looks will vanish, yewr meal :: will be.mere enjoyable\u2019 and : Yourtemper saved bythe uss of - ~THE=- ; * COOK'S.FRIEND.~~ Baking Powder.\u201d LIGHT MARRIAG E LICENSES ISSUED.MONEY TO LEND, CUSHING, BUNTON & CARRON, NOTARIES & COMMISSIONERS, 110 St.James Street, MONEY TO LEND At Low Nate of Interest and on favorakin terms, on frst-class property.SUN LIFE ASSURANOB 00 Canada JANUARY SALE.With inventory day just ahead of us we are anxious to ret stocks reduced as low as possible.We would rather count cash than merchandise and we will make the month memorable for big values and little prices to have it so.All Holiday Goods including MUSIC CABINETS, PARLOR CABINETS.DESKS, REED & COBBLER ROCKER.at cost.Speclal Carpet Yaines.An accumulation of useful length remnants and odd rolls of Brussels and Tapestry Carpets will be closed/out at less than cost, besides all Bruseels and.Tapestry Carpets sewed and laid.FREER.Great Reductions in Walnut Bedroom and Dining-room Suits, CREDIT GIVEN if required, and goods stored free until wanted.THE AMERICAN WRINGER Co.1678 & 3680 Notre Dame st.T.A.EMMANS, Manager, Before \u2014\u2014 Locating FOR THE WINTER, VISIT THE TURKISH BATH HOTEL 148 to 144 ST.MONIAUE STEFET, Lowest Prices \u2018compatible with Honest Service.Ton 14.YLECTROTYPING DONE IN < the Bry best Bile and with donpuich H nthe, in which the former won by a sobre of seven to one, and two games 4 .fawn nots and be on time.only pills.to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.\"In General Literature, Standard Werks in \\.> ! 5Ù nn MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.MONEY TO LEND, \u2014Br- JOHN M.M.DUFF.ACCOUNTANT AND COMMISSIONER, 107 St.James st.and 345 Prince Arthur st, (CENTS FOR BALK Arois ob the ~ WITNESS\" OFFICR.Auction Sales, Fraser frothers.At FRASER'S Auction Rooms, 453 sad 433 Bt, James st., om SATURDAY, 15th Jan.commencing at 2,30 p.m.Sale of BOOKS Poetry, History, &c.Seme ice warks in h by standard authors: « row Pon lots of loeal interest; Church Music, &c., &c.(Being first ion of library belonging to the REV.Dx.BARDOUR and two small private collections of choice works.) FRASER BROS, Will sell as above on SATURDAY, 15th Jan, at 2,30 p.m.Catalogues to be had on application.M.Hicks & Ce.AUCTION SALE OF MTURKISH _» < RUGS TOBEHRLD AT THE \" FRASER INSTITUTE \u2018HALL, Saturday Afternoon and Evening.\u2018 SANUARY 15th.We will sell-by erder and fer of whom M May concern.àt the\\abeve hall, a special consigament of Gennine Turkish Rugs Ça ta and Per tierces, both Antique.and Modern.ail seitoted fermertt, of the flhest quality and beautt.© fulin doslgn.This consignment wan tn.tended for sate during tho hidlidays, but, striving too late, we are new-inst i to ck the shipment ont at dnote witisont reserve.oo TTT A Catalogues on sr aides and up ta Sale at 2.30 ©'Cleck and 7,28 @'Cerk, 13 AS \u2019.~ ; * $ pi we \u201c4 gal LER , 5 J 9 SE rr PFs PROSECUTION OF ZOLA Matters Rapidly Assuming a Very Serious Position.Paris, Jan.14.\u2014M.Zola\u2019s letter to Pre- sidentt Faure and the action of the government thereon resulting in its decision to prosecute him have produced an amazing and alarming effect upon the mind of the public.The scandal bas developed into a national crisis, with public excitement at a de gree of intensity that is difficuk to understand.It is mo longer a Dreyfus scandal but a great Jewish and anti-Jew- ish agitation with an incredible intensity of popular passion.To-day\u2019s newspapers display frenzied prejudices, which, while thay are genuinely French, are also dam- gerous.CONDENSED ITEMS OF NEWS.Fire did thirty thousand dollars damage in the Dominion paper box factory, Toronto, last evening.Mr.Charles E.Redfern was yesterday elected mayor of Victoria, B.C., and Mesers.Hall, Humphrey, Wilson, Kinsman, McCandless, Humber, McGregor, Williams and Phillips aldermen.A Belfast despatch says a combination of thread manufacturers has been effect ed there equal to that of the Coates combination.The Toronto \u2018Star\u2019 says it has information on good authority that the Ontario elections will take place on March.1.President Dole, ,of the Hawaiian Is- lends, will visit San Francisco shortly for the purpose, it is said, of discussing the question \u2018of annexation.The fortnightiy mail service between Auckland, Vancouver and San Francisco will be inaugurated on April 1.According to a despatch from Hull, the ship-building yards there are crowded with vessels awaiting new machinery.Owing to the engineers\u2019 strike, contracts in many cases have already gone to America, with tenders much below the cost of the work in England.German firms are also tendering, and are likely to get the work unless the strike is settled quickly.Yesterday forenoon, James Hamilton, of Fitzroy, Ont., while felling trees in the woods on his farm, \u2018vas accidentally caught by a limb of a falling tree and killed.THE CHINESE LOAN.GERMANY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IN FLOATING IT.\u2014 Berlin, Jan.13.\u2014The press is greatly excited in the discussion of the Chinese loan, over the idea of a joint Anglo-Ger- man lean.The suggestion is eagerly welcomed, and since it was mooted a dis tinctly friendly tone to Great Britain has been adopted, approaching open flattery.Prince Bismarck\u2019s saying is recalled that it would be foolishness to regard the British as fools in business matters.The papers are beginning to recognize that financial influence is far better than the occupation of a Chinese bay.While there is no more probability than hitherto that the government will be willing to guarantee a loan, the papers certainly encourage German houses to negotiate with English firms for a joint issue loan.The \u2018East Asiatic Correspondence,\u2019 a journal credited with intimate relations to the Chinese embassy, announces that after the failure of Li Hung Chang, China placed the loan negotiations in the hands of Sir Robert Hart, director of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, whose efforts to place a kan in London, secured by the salt monopoly, offer every promise of being successful.The paper adds that fresh taxation is being planned in China, where the taxation rate is now only two shillings per capita, as against three shillings per capita in India, plenty of revenue thus being available.With respect to the Anglo-Russian agreement as to Corea, the \u2018East Asiatic Correspondence\u2019 says :\u2014 An agreement is probable on the basis of Russia controlling the customs, and Mr.J.Mec- Leavy Brown (for some time superintendent of customs at Seoul), succeeding Sir Robert Hart.\u2019 It is asid that the Emperor of China has ordered Li Hung Chang with a large suite to go to Tien-Tsin to welcome Prince Henry of Prussia (now on the way thither) and to escort him to Pekin.In official circles it is believed the government will not adopt protective measures at Kiao Chau against foreign trade.CENSORSHIP IN CUBA.Havana, Jan.14.\u2014A decree has been published prohibiting the publication in daily newspapers of cable despatches without previous censorship and without twelve hours\u2019 notice of their receipt.In addition, in future the post-office here will detain national and foreign newspapers not having previously been censored.Violators of the law are warned that they are under military jurisdiction.Another edict will soon be published forbidding the gathering of groups of more than four persons either in the streets or in the stores.\u2014__ ROAD WILL BE BUILT.Vancouver, B.C., Jan.14\u2014The Hon.J.H.Turner, Premier of British Columbia, has announced that the construe- tion of the Central Cassiar Railway would be proceeded with immediately, and that the company had arranged to send out a party of five hundred prospectors.SECURED AN INCREASED GRANT.Kingston, Ont, Jan.14\u2014The School of Mines deputation has returned to the city.It met and interviewed the Ontario Government regarding an increase in the annual grant.Previous to this year the amount voted was $7,600.It was yesterday decided that the government would grant for 1868 the sum of $9,000.The government has recognized the fact that no amount of emergy is lacking in producing not only good students but good results in the interests of the province, now so deeply concerned in mining developments.Though the expenditure of the school has reached at least sixteen thousand dollars a year, it is nevertheless a striking fact that it is carried on much more economically than schools doing the same work in the United States.It unfortunately bas not hitherto beer without an anmual loss, which has had to be taken from its capital, and therefore this additional grent will take a load from the shoulders of the staff and of the board that is most welcome, A RECEIVER IN JAIL.\u2014 GOUDREAU WANTED TO PAY A HEAVY FINE RATHER THAN BE IMPRISONED.Arthur Hemond, accused of theft and forgery, was arraigned before Mr.Lafontaine, the police magistrate, this morning, when he pleaded guilty to stealing a watch, the property of Agnes Guindon, of St.Justin street.He was remanded for sentence, owing to other charges against him.Antime Goudreau, 31 Lagauchetiere street, who is a man of considerable.means, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods.Detective Guertin, of the C.P.R., at the begioning of the week, arrested Philippe Drolet, Adolphe Adam, Emilien Chabot, Alphonse Chartrand, Alexander Scott and Ovila Deli- nelle, for stealing three thousand pcunds of serap iron belonging to the C.P.R., and & quantity of iron railway epikes, the property of Messrs.Peck, Benn & Company.The prisoners pleaded guilty and proved that Goudreau had received the goods knowing them to have been stolen.Two distinct charges were preferred against the accused, and for the C.P.R.affais he was condemned to jail for fifteen days without the option of a fine.The presiding magistrate then inflicted a fine of twenty dollars or fifteen days for the second offence.The men who pleaded guilty to the theft were given six hours in the cells as they had already been in jail several days.It is said Goudreau offered to pay a large sum of money as a fine rather than go to jail.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.At the monthly meeting of the C.8.P.C.A,, the following members were present: \u2014 Menmsrs.Chas.Alexander, president; Randall Davidson, J.H.Stearns, Lieut.-Col.E.A.Whitehead, G.R.Hooper, F.Wolferstan Thomas, H.Stike- man, D.Battersby, J.H.Hagar, and Jss.Torrance.' Numerous letters were received from veterinary surgeons and others from all over the Dominion, approving of the amendment of the P.C.A.Act, proposed to be presented at next meeting of Parliament.One of ihe members laid before the meeting a piece of wood péoked up in the street with nails projecting from it, which if a horse trod on would certainly injure him, pertaps permanently.The inspectors were instructed to warn pro- prictors especially to be careful in emptying rubbish in the streets and lanes.Mr.Edouard Surveyer, of the Firm of McGibbon, Casgrain &,Co., wae elected a member of the committee.The inspectors\u2019 reports for the month grow there were four convictions, twenty-one complaints investigated, gixty-three warnings given, and seven animals mercifully put out of suffering.It was decided to hold the annual meeting on Jam.20, in the Mechanics\u2019 Hall.\u2014_ MR.CATHCART WALLACE HONORED.A musical evening with Mr.Cathcart Wallace, given last night, in Inspector Street Chapel, drew a full house.Every one was in good humor, and an excellent programme made the time pass quickly.Mr.Wellace, for whose benefit the night had been set apart, found that in Inspector street the folk not omly preach Christ but obey his commands \u2018in trying to help each other.\u2019 The evening opened with the hymn, \u2018All hail the power,\u2019 the reading of a portion of scripture, and prayer by Mr, Currie.The various items on the programme were all got through in good style.Addresses by Mrs.Cur- rie and by Messrs.Holden, Bell, and Currie were well received.The chairman, Mr.R.8.Auld, did his duty well, and looked as if he never had filled a post which pleased him better.There was a plentiful supply of ice-cream, with other good things, and the meeting was brought to a close in the usual way, with a new style of hand-shaking, for which Inspector Street Misison is getting quite famous.\u2014\u2014\u2014e HAD AN ILLICIT STILL.Lindsay, Ont, Jan, 14\u2014At the Police Court, yesterday, William Gallagher pleaded guilty to having en illicit still in his possession, and was sentenced to a mionth in jail at hard labor, and fined 2100.In the event of his failing to pay the fine he will remain in jail a further term of six months.THE - MONTREAL - DAILY WITNESS.CHILD IMMIGRATION.NEARLY THIRTY THOUSAND CHILDREN BROUGHT INTO ONTARIO DURING THE PAST QUAR- .TER OF A CENTURY.- Toronto, Jan.14.\u2014A report on the subject of child immigration was laid before the Ontario Legislature yesterday by the Hon.E.J.Davis.According to the report, during the past twenty-five years nearly thirty thousand children have been domiciled in this province alone from Great Britain, and many of these are now men and women engaged in the work of building up the country.Owing to the absence of any definite information, this philanthropic work has been greatly misrepresented, and public attention bas been directed to the few who went astray, instead of to tbe many who did well.A detailed account is given of the various dominion regulations and the- facilities provided by the agencies for æxper- intending the children.Miss Eye's work ia referred to as having been unsatisfactory in the past, and an outline is given of the provisions that will be made for future mspedtion.The report concludes as follows: \u2018Obild immigration if carried on with care need not be injurious to the best interests of this country.There has been some poor work in the past amd some undesirable features, but there has aleo been much that was good and com- mendahle.1f the present Ontario aot is faithfully observed by the various agencies, and properly administered by the officials having it in charge, many of the objections now urged should be removed.The children in their persons should be free from disease or taint of criminality, and their treatment here should be such as to surround them with every desirable safeguard, and thus ensure them becoming good citizens, And if in the administration of the act, there should still be reasonable ground for objections, the machinery is provided whereby such objections may be removed or the work brought to an end.Al, I found, ask that opposition be withdrawn | until the act has been given a fair trial and if at any time resident of the province can speak from actual knowledge of the progress of these children, their reports and views will be given careful consideration.There is a very human tendency to report only the failures, but credit ahould also be given as a matter bf.justice to those who do well and fill their sphere, however humble it may be, with credit to them and the agency that befriended them\u2019 a , TRUST COMPANY ASSIGNS.\u2014 | Toronto, Jan.14.\u2014 A mpecial to tife \u2018Mail and Empire,\u2019 from Port Hope, eays: The death of Mr.Stanley Paterson, on Sunday, was followed yesterday by the assignment of the Midland Trusk Company, to Mr.T.Dixon Craig, M.P.The company consisted of Mesers.Stanley Paterson, and Mr.Jobn Paterson, his brother; who conducted a large private bank here for many years, and did a large discount business with the farming community.The assignment was made to forestall the issuing of writs and a run on the bank, and to save the expenses of numerous individual lawsuits, which would undoubtedly have followed Mr.Paterson's death.The majority of the depositors treside in Port Hope and vicinity, and so far, very little uneasiness has bcen evinced by them, as the affairs of the bamk are supposed to be in a satisfactory condition.However, at this early date it is imposeible for outsiders to form an intelligent opinion as to the ultimate result of the liquidation, as matters at present await the investt gation of the assignee, who will make à statement in a few days.It will take several years to realize upon the com- pony\u2019s securities, which consist mainly of furmers\u2019 notes and mortgages on real estate.Many of these notes run for a vear and longer.The temporary locking up of the funds deposited will doubtless have the effect of seriously embarrassing many of the depositors, particularly business men, and grave complications will ensue unless the customers of the com- pamy can make arrangements to transfer their accounts to some other mometary institution.The deposits are very large, totalling over $150,000.\u2014\u2014 MUST HAND THE PREMIUMS BACK.Toronto, Jan.14.\u2014 Judge McDougall yesterday handed down an interesting judgment in & civil case, tried at a recent sitting of the County Court, in whieh a man whos: life had been insured without his knowledge or consent, sued to recover from the insurance company the amount of the premiums paid in by his wife, who had made the negotiations with the company.Mr.8.Brouthers was plaintiff, and the Metropolitan Insurance Company defendant.His Honor\u2019s judgment is in favor of Mr.Brou- thers, and gives him $185.25, to be paid by the company.The policies are also declared void.rer IROQUOIS HORTICTLTURAL SOCIETY.Iroquois, Jan, 13.\u2014Last evening a meeting wae held in the town hall for the purpose of organizing a horticultural society.Judging from the number present and the intgrest manifested, many are desirous to -ewlitivate more extensively fruit and flowers.The society begins with aeventy membere.This number, fo doubt, will secon be increased, and large improvements in beautifying dhe town are expected.\u2019 és AN UNFORTUNATE FARMER.Guelph, Ont., Jan, 14\u2014A barn on Wil- Liam.a: farm, near Everton, was struck by lightning, during the storm on Widnesday evening, and burned to the ground.Most of the live stock was taken out before the fire reached it, but eight\u2019 head of cattle and the bulk of the seAson\u2019s crops went ¢o ashes with the building.The loss will be very heavy.\u2014\u2014F_\u2014 A SERIOUS CHARGE.Fort Steele, B.C., Jan.14.\u2014 An old män named George Smith, was beaten to death lest week, dy four French-Cana- dians, whom he was driving, because he insisted on their getting off the rig while going up a hill, All of them have been arpested.BEHRING SEA AWARD.PRESIDENT McKINLEY SUBMITS THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO CONGRESS.Washington, Jan.14\u2014The President to-day submitted to Congress the awards and report of the commiesion appointed under the terms of the treaty of 1836 10 adjust the claims of British subjects icr losses sustained through the ue::ure of their sealing vessels in Behring Sea.In his.letter of transmittal the President bays:\u2014\u2018\u2019 The report of the Secretary of State presents a clear epitome of the award and renders unnecessary any extended observation on my part further than to say that I cordially coincide with the recommendation and that our treaty obligations demand prompt and favorable action by Congress, which I urgently hope may be taken, to the end that these long pending questions may be finally and satisfactorily terminafed.The total amount necessary to satisfy the awards of the commissioners is $473, 151.26, which I recommend be appropriated.\u2019 \u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014 THE CATCHING OF FISH.Mr.Pierre Paul, a well-known fisherman of the Chenal du Moine district, told & reporter, this morning that owing to \u2018the more stfingent observance of the laws regarding the catching of, immature fish, those now caught had much improved in quality and size.The overseers were attending to their duty, but it was absolutely necessary in order to continue the good work that more overseers be appointed next spring, as the number at present employed were too few to thoroughly cover ihe various dis- 'tricts.in their charge.(PEAT OF MBS; JAMES SMITH, morhing Catherine McLean, widow of the late Mr.James Smith, so well known as = notary end a public-apirited citizen of Montreal, who died nearly a quarter of a century ago, very popular with a large circle of friends.Mrs.Smith, though born in Essex, England, was the daughter of an officer in one of Her Majesty\u2019s Highland regiments, and she was very patriotic in her Scottish sentiments, Her life was that of a kindly, trustful Christian, and her end was peaceful and painless.The funeral will take place from the residence of her son-in-law, Mr.Edward Auld.47 Closée street (Western square), on Monday afternoon, at 2.30.\u2014 BANKERS CHOOSE REPRESENTATIVES.The annual meeting of the bankers\u2019 section of the Board of Trade was held yesterday afternoon, and Mr.M.J.A.Prendergast, general manager of the Banque d'Hochelage, was elected chairman for the ensuing year, in succession to Mr.Thos.MacDougall, who was placed in nomination for the Council of the Board of Trade.Mr.Geo.Hague, Mr.R.Wolferstan Thomas, Mr.H.Stikeman, and Mr.J.A.Prendergast were a deputation to Quebec, yesterday, on business relating to the city bill.\u2014 CHURCH OF ST.JAMES THE APOSTLE.The Rev.Charles E.Rollit, who has recently been appointed an assistant of this church, commences his ministerial duties on Sunday next.Mr.Rollit preached before the congregation a few months age, and created a very favorable opinion among the members, the impression being that he will make a valuable acquisition to the ministerial staff.He preadhes on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.PERSONAL.Dr.Hutchinson, of Westmount, who bas been suffering for the last two weeks with scietica, is now able to be out, and to attend to practice.Mr.Donald Macmaster, Q.C., who has been visiting Mexico upon professional business, arrived home last night, after an abeence of three weeks.\u2014_\u2014 CITY ITEMS.The name which read as \u2018W.Me- Bratney,\u2019 in a recent report of the English Hotel-keepers\u201d Association, should have read \u2018 McBrearty.\u2019 Omissions and errors having occurred in the subscription list of the Young Women\u2019s Christian Association statement, closed March 15, 1897, a leaflet of corrections bas been printed, and may be had on application at the office, 806 Dorchester street.Rooms furnished and donations to the same will be published .in the next dnnual report.\u201cPhere passed on to her reward this | Bee FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1898, |ACTIVE AND STRONG.MONTREAL AND TORONTO STREET ADVANCE.WITNESR OFFICE Jan.14, 1893.On the local stock exchange this morning the market was again active, and some further\u2019 advances were made.Gas opened at 196, but later sold down to 195.Cuna- dian Pacific was 1% point higher than yes- terdey\u2019s close, at 87%, and at this figure 1,625 shares changed hands.Montreal St.Railway xd advanced % to 240%, and Toronto Street 5 to 93%.The morning sales were as follows: 1,525 C.P.R.at 87%, 50 Cable at 182%, 125 at £27 15 at 83, 25 Gas at 196, 100 at 195%, 525 at 195%, 25 at 195, 4 Montreal Street xd.st 240, 25 at 241, 50 at 240%, 200 at 341, 25 at 240%, 25 Toronto Street at 93%, 25 at 93%, 125 at 931, 300 at 835, 90 at 982, 325 at 92%, 25 Electric at 143%, 16 Hali\u2019ax Street at 117%, 25 Heat and Light at 38, 17 Telephone, at 173%, 125 Telegraph at 189, 13 Bk of Montreal at 236, 6 Merchants Bank at 177%, 13 Intercolonial Coal, preferred, at 55; 8 Colored Cotton at 60, 4,600 Cable registered bonds at 105.The afternoon sales were as follows:\u2014250 C.P.R.ot 87%, 50 at 87%, 550 at 88, 15 at 27%, 250 at 88, 475 at 87%, 3 at 88, 25 at 87%, 25 Cable at 183%, 25 at 182%, 15 at 182%, 760 Gas at 195, 276 at 195%, 725 at 195, \"225 at 196%, 25 at 195, 300 Montreal Street at 241, 325 Toronto Street at 93%, 25 at 9313, 325 at 9354, 25 at 93%, $5,000 Heat \u2018and Light bonds at 84%, $1,000 registersd Cable bonds at 105%, 5 Montreal Cotton at 14i, 50 Dom- infon Coal at 106%.New York, Jan.14.\u2014The opened Btrong.Sugar, 139%; Burlington, 101%; Rock Island, 91%; St.Paul, 96%; North-West, 12374; Louisville, 57%; Western Union, 92%; Man- battan, 119%; Wheeling and Lake Erie, 3%; Missouri Pacific, 35.Reported by Mossrs Nichols & Merler, Stock Brokers, corner Notre Dame and St.Francois Xavier stock market streets.Stocks Sellers Buyers per $100 per $100 Canadian Paciflc.ET 874 do.L .a 3 cee eens Duluth 8.8 & Atlantic.4 34 .do.f.$ Commercial Cable.183 182% do Coupon bonds peer eee Mo al Toles 1B 190 nire 'siegraph.People's Hoat Light.33, 37 de, do ds .sy 84 Richelieu & Out.Nav.Co.110% 110 Do.de.do.Bonds = Lacs) +204 Montreal St.Railway veus incon .lL MOY Montreal Street Kailway (New).210 233 Halifax Railway .\u2018 113 117 Do.Bonds\u2026 \u2018ee Moutreai Gas Co.BellTelephone Co.Royal Eleotnic.,.143 14d TorontoStreet Railway 90% 93% CornwallStreet Rs FP.8t.John Railway.Lien esas Bank of Montreal.2 25 OntarioBank.\u2026.\u2026 99 Bank of British North America ees Molsons Bauk.\u2026.203 Bank of Toronto.228 ants Bank.176 - 0.ot Ha : 340 - Nova Sootit\u2026.10 Rastern Townships Bank oes Quebec Bank .La Banque Nationsie Union Bank.Canadian Bank of Commerce 134% La Banoue Ville Marie Hochelags Beok .Auer Incandescent Lig] Windsor Hotel Intercolonial Coal do Pref.Stock North-West Land Pid.Taylor Hy.Air Comp.Co.Id Canada Paper.Dom.Coal.ii Bonds.Montreal Cotton.\u2026 145 143 Can.Ool.Cot.Mills hanes \u20ac0 Merchant's Manufacturing Co.Dominion Cotton Mills Co.Do.do, Bonds.Loan and Mortgage Co.Western Loan & Trust.NEW YORK STOCK LIST (Furnishsd by J.R.Meexer.} Opening and Closing Prices\u201410 a.m.anl3 p.m, cee 12% 12% BY ik 10155 1004 Can.Pac.Can.Southern.Chicago, Buriington & Quincy Cier.C.C.& Bt.Louw.Del.& Hudson oe Del.Lack & Wes ce.Erie.,.Louis & N' , 5678 LakeäSbore.\u2026.\u2026.179% 179% Mannatsan Uousolda(ed, ,.Missouri Pacific.Norch American Nor.Pucifio Nor, Pac.pid.ees .New Jerney Central.95%4 M Nor, West.; es I 123 X.Y.Centrai.1134 1124 Omaha Common 5% TTY: Pacific Mail .314 A 1 , Philadelphia.ma ae Richmond Terminal.3% 3e United Btates Lasther is Loar Rock Island.Chico, & Pac.ss 90 St Psu, Jaco & Mann.cee eee &r.Paul, Mion.& Man.985% 0 Texas Pavific n 11 Union Pacific ny 3% Wabash Com 242 Wabash pfd.15% is WesteraUnion Fel 92%, 21% Sugar .\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.139- 137 Lead.351 36 Gas Chicago $67 93 Gen, Rlectric.ig Tol, Ann Arbor & N 13344 133 Rubber brt.a 59% CHICAGO MARKETS STEADY.CORN AND OAÂTS UNCHANGED\u2014PRO- VISIONS SLIGHTLY LOWER.In Chicago to-day the markets were generally very steady.Cora and oats closed at exsctly the same figures as yesterday, for both months.Wheat was 4c higher for Jan., at 91%4¢; Y%c lower for May at Sc; Séo lower for July at 80%c: mess pork closed Be lower for both months, while lard and short ribs were 2c lower.Detroit, Jan.14, Closing\u201490M%c Jan., 91K%c May, 82c Jriy.Duluth, Jan.14, Closing\u2014No.1 hard,8114c cash; No.1 Northern, 9ic cash, 92%e¢ Jan, 20ige May, 88%c July.St.Louis, Jan.14, Closing\u2014%4c cash, 93ic Jan.* 93e May, 78%c July.Toledo, Jan.14, Closing\u201490%ec Jan., 920 May.New York, Jar.14, Closing\u201433% © bid Jan.#féc bid Feb., 91%0 May, Sic July.CHICAGO MARKETS, The following table shows tho range of prices in Chicago to-dey and the closing Quotations as compared with those of yesterday: Yesterday's To-day's Close.Open.High, Low.Close.Wheat\u2014 Jan.x cee Cees Ce 914 May 8015 20% 90% 90 cu July 81 814 814 8014 53 ] Corn\u2014 Jan.265% Cees Cee Lo 265 May 29% 29% 29% 29145 24 Oats\u2014 Jan.22 Sa Lo oo 22 May 23% 23% 23% 23% 23% Pork \u2014 Jan.9.30 Lo La 2 9.25 May 9.42 9.42 9.42 9.32 ant Lard\u2014 Jan.4.67 Lo BV So 4.67 May 4.77 4.77 4.77 4.75 4.75 Short Ribs\u2014 Jan.4.62 .\u2026.ce ce 4.80 May 472 4.72 4.75 4.67 4.70 FISH.The market is fairly active all round with supplies ample at reasonable prices, excepting fresh frozen herrings, which arc scerce and dear.Green cod is a trifle lower.We quote: \u2014Green cod, No.1, large, $4.26; No.1, ordinary, $3.25 to $3.50; No.2, $2.33; herrings, No.1 N.S., $4.25 to $4.60 per barrel, and $2.50 per half barrel; Cape Breton, $4.76 per barrel; B.C.salmon, $11.50 per barrel; No.1 trout, $4 to $4.25 per hal! barrel; No.1 white fish, $4.50.Smoked fish continues in fair demand ut about the same range of values.We quote haddtes at 5l4c to 6c per Ib.; Yermcuth and Bay bloaters at 90c to $1 per box; smoked, 10c to îlc per box.Preserved fish is quiet and steady.We quote dressed cod at $4.25 to $4.50 per cas.of 100 lbs; dried cod, $3.50 to $3.75 per cwt.: boneless cod at 4c to Sc per lb.; boneless fish, 3e per Ib.TORONTO MARKET.Toronto, Jan.14\u2014 Market quiet.Flour quiet and prices unchanged: straight roile:s $3.80 to $3.90 middle freights.Wheat un- coanged; red winter oid outside at Kie west; spring is quoted on Midland at &c for No.2 and goose T7%c Midland; Manitoba wheat steedy with No.1 hard quoted at $1.01 grinding in transit Toronto freizhts, 8c to Suc Fort Willlam and 87¢ Midiend.Barley quiet with No.2 quoted west at 53¢ to- 34c; No.3 extra at 27c to 29c and feed at 26c to 27c.Oats firm with sales of white at 25¢ to 25l%c west and at Zic to 2ilge for mixed.Peas good with dealers quoting bic to 52c outside north and weet.Buckætoat dull with cars quoted at 30c to S1c cut:ld-.Rye dull with quotations unchanged at 44r west and et 45¢ east.Corn quist and privca unchanged.Sales at 27c to 27%c west {or new and 28c for old.Bran falr with salcs at $7.50 to $7.75 west; shorts rule et $10 to $12 middle freights.Oatmeal unchanged with car lots in bags quoted at $3.20.MAPLE LEAT, C.O.F.At the last regular meeting of Court Maple Leaf No.20, C.O.F., held in Waltord Hall, No.2 Victoria street, the following officers were installed by district officer Bro.McClurg, D.D.H.C.R.:\u2014 C.E., Bro.J.H Dodgson; P.C.R., Bro.W.Renshaw; V.C.R., Bro.A.Miller; financial secretary, Bro.F.BE.Lunn; recording secretary, Bro.C.Sta- ton; treasurer, Bro.W.Armstrong; chep- lain, Bro.Anslie ; S.W., Bro.Haggerty; S.B., Bro.W.Donnelly; J.W., Bro.J.D.Staton; J.B., Bro.Watson; Court physician, Bro.J.A.Hutchinson, M.D.; auditors, Bros.Fae and Robertron, M.D.; trustees, Bros.Rae, Donnelly and Watson.1 ia 5 fe WAR ON LOAFERS.In the Police Court this morning Judge Desnoyers sent Joseph Walker and Thomas Dunne to jell for three months each for vagraney.The men were arrested by Acting Detectives Picard and Vaughan on Commissioners street.Ther belong to a gang of loafers who frequent that thoroughfare and the police are deter- mincd to clear tbem out.0, A SHIP LABORER\u2019S CLAIM.An action for $400 damages has been entered by John Davison against Peter Ferns & Son.The plaintiff alleges that while he was employed unloading the S8.Arcadia\u2019 in defendant's service he received Injuries from a case which was nogligently allowed to fall on bis leg and foot.SHIPPING.The Dominion Line SS.Vancouver, from Portland, on Jan.5.for Liverpool.passed Kingale at six o'clock this morning.The Allan Line SS.Mongoltan from Portland, arrived out yesterdey afternooñ; ol her live stock were landed without any loss.The Allan Lino SS.Aesyrian, fromm Glns- gow and Liverpool, arrived at St.John's, Nfid., at 11 p.m., on Wednesday.Moville, Jan.14.\u2014Arrived Anchoria from New York for Glazgow and proceoded.A DISAELED WARSHIF.London, Jan.14.\u2014The British =steamor Dunira, from Southampton, on Dec.20, fsr Bombay, reports having een a \u2018German warship in a disabled condition.She hed no further details.\u2014_\u2014 2 TEMPERANCE LECTURER DEAN.Winnipeg, Jan.14.\u2014J.W.Vaughan, the well-known temperance lecturer, dicd at his residence at two o\u2019clock this morning of heart failure.ADVERTISEMENTS.On View To=night x The Turkish Rugs, Carpets, : and Porilcres Will be on view at the Fraser Institute all, this (Frifiay) Evening from Rin 7 te 10 O'Cloex, Tho entire collection will be disposed of at Auction, TO-MORLOW, SATHEDAY,Afernoen and Evening.rt £ 30 and 3.30 © Cloek.M.HICKS & CO., Auctioneers, Real Estate Bargains.Twe Self-Contained Dwellings, ST.ANN'S WARD, bringing $252.00 rental; good stabling; always well rented; only $2,750.00; terms casy.VICTORIA STREET, Stone and Brick Dwelling, occupied by owner: will rent for $35.00 per month.Gi repair.$5,000.Easy terms.Small cash payment.Apply FRED.BR.ALLEY, 118 st.James st WANTED,A YOUNG MAN AS ASSISTANT to a bookkeeper.Address ASSISTANT 20, \u2018Witness\u2019 Office.14 , A HT kia SU 5 the we Pes Bar Rye But qui Eoc Pri Ma Spr Str Wir COMMERCIAL, Wrtness Orrion Jan.14, 1893 } Montreal Wholesale Markets.\u2014 GRAIN.The local market continues quiet, but there is an aetive demand for oats and peas at polnts of shtpment along the line.Wa Quote: Dats.28c to 28Yc Pens 11 2121 21 24 41 2.Déc to 560 Sarley, according to sample .33c to Xe Liye, ee 10000 wees DlWgCm 32¢ l'uekwheat .\u2026.351gcto 360 FLOUR The market for Ontario brands is very quiet.Manitoba millers still report a goed domestic demand with foreign enquiry.Prices are firm as follows: Manitoba ctrong bakers .$4.99 to $5.00 Spring patents .0.00 to 5.40 Straight rollers .450 to 4.50 Winter patents .4.63 to 495 BUTTER.The export trade has come to an end for the season.Receipts are now small and will not more than meet the local demand.Business is now rather slow with finest Creamery at 18%c to 19¢.Recefpta of roll butter have beea very liberal for somé time and the market is now 340 lower ab 14% to 15c.We quote: :\u2014 Finest creamery.18%cto =, Finest dairy .15\u20ac to 15%4c Lewer prade dairy .12¢ to 14c Roll butter ., 14%cto 15c FEED.The market for bran and shorts is firm and sdvancing.Bran is worth from $10.50 to $11, while shorts are worth from $11.50 to $12.CHEESE.There is little doing and the price of finest Ontarfo is nominally 8c to 8%c.The top flgure would be acceptable to sellers but cannot be realized.Buyers on the other hand could not obtain the goods for 8igc.Business might be transacted at 8%c were there any demand at that figure.DRESSED POULTRY.There is now a good demand for all sorts, and the supply, which 13 very Iuilted, ts tekrr Up as quickly as it comes in.We quote: oth Ben Turkeys 9c to 9c Ducks 8c to 8lzc (Greese.5igcto 6c Chickens .Ce ee ea bl4cto Gléc Partridges No.1 .,.0c to 76e Partridges No.2 .\u2026.35¢ to 40c EGGS.The market is good, ard prices remain firm.Fresh eggs are scarce while there is a good supply of poorer sorts.We quote: \u2014 Selected bolling stocks.18c to 19¢ Limed .1,1.24.+.+.13%cto lsc No.1 candled ++ ++.1 +.18\u20ac to lc No.2 candled .\u2026 Tic to 12 Hay\u2014Low grades are plentiful and in !it- tle demand.On the other hand bigh grades are in good demand, and the supply limited.No.2 is worth from $8 to $8.50, and No.1 from $10 to $10.50, with an occasional car of fancy at a dollar higher.PROVISIONS.Provisions\u2014Demand is good, and prices firm as follows: \u2014Mess pork, best brands, short cut, $15; hams, 10c to 1l%c per Ib.; bacon, 12c ; pure lard in palls, 7e : compound lard, 5%c to Sia FARMERS\u2019 MARKET PRICES\u2014Jan.14.There was a good attendance of buyers and sellers at the Bonsecours Market this forenoon, and business was fairly active at about former prices in nearly all llnes of seagonable stuffs.Oats were more plentl- ful than usual, and sold at from 32c to Güc the bag; buckwheat, 75¢c do.Potatoes were scarce, and brought from tc to 79¢c the bag; carrots and beets, 70c the barrel; parsnips, $1 do.; cabbages, 50c do.; celery, liz to 30c the dozen.Dressed hogs, 8%c to ic per 1b.; beef hindquarters, 4%c to 6c per lb.; do., forequarters, 3c to 4c do.; mutton, 5c ds.lamb, 7c do.; turkeys, 10c to 12¢ per Ib.geese, 7c to Jc do.; ducks and chickens, sc to 12c do.; tub butter, 17c to 30c per 1b.: prints, 25¢ to 30c do.; fresh, laid eggs, 35c tp dic the dozen; limed eggs, lic do.Ap- bles usually sell at from $3 to $4 per barrel.choice fruit brings up to $5 per bar- vel; cranberries, $7 do.; Valencia orangoe, $4.50 to $3.25 the case; lemons, $3 the box; bananas, $1 to $2 the bunch.Hay, $5.70 to ¥ per 100 bundles of 15 lbs.; straw, 3 to 34.50 the 100 bundles of 12 lbs.RECEIPTS IN MONTREAL.G.T.R.C.P.R.Tt Wheat, bush .4620 4620 I'ras, Lush .\u2026.15840 15340 Cuts, bush 1260 33000 34200 larley, bush 2.1430 1430 Flour, brls 658 1200 1859 Hye, bush .ve .\u2026.8OO 2439 2930 Meal, brls .Ê 2 220 Ashes, bris .1 4 5 I'utter, pkgs .\u2026.452 404 858 Cheese, bxB .4.47 20 67 Pork, brlg .12 12 Lard, cierces .47 co 47 Kegs, cases .7 19 156 Ham, Bacon .14 13, 27 Tinned Meats .16 16 l.ressed Hogs .815 499 595 leather, rolls .1172 17 1289 Raw Hides .Cee 93 23 Petroleum, bris .09 39 BRITISH AND FRENCH MARKETS.Cable advices to the Board of Trade thie morning were as follows: Londen, Jan.14, 1598.Cargoes off cosst, wh buyers and sellers apart; maize, nothirg doing.Cargoes on passage, wheat gomihally unchang- ~d, maize rather dearer.Parcels of No.1 \"ard Manitoba wheat, steam on passage, \u201c= sed.English country wheat markets, >ak.\u201c \u201cverpool\u2014Spot wheat dull; spote maize, :: mixed American spot maize, 3s 34; neapolis first bakers flour, 25s.Fu- i\u2014Wheat quiet, 7m 1d March, 6s 117d 6s 8%d July, 68 3%d Bept.,, malze, 38 Jan., 3s 13d Feb., 3s 1%d March, 2s : May.is Wheat, 28.25 Jan, 27.55 June ; and -.59.50 Jan., 58.60 March.French coun- - markets, firm.:n Detroit wheat opened at 91%c Jan, >\" May, £244c July.- Duluth wheat opened at $04: May,%8%c 14 Milwaukee wheat opered at M'4c cash, 1 May.1 St.Louis wheat opened at Jic May.Toledo wheat opened at 91c Jan, 9214c Tn New York wheat opened at 9244c May, 4e July.\\'VEMENTS OF GRAIN AND FLOUR.Receipts.Shipments.\\* Chicago\u2014 55.00 18.000 Wicat, bush .vv ee on., , Corn, bush .328,00 158,000 Cus, bush .301,000 174,000 Four, bris .+ 0.oe oo 10,144 12,388 At Milwaukee\u2014 Wheat, bush .+.8000 eine Duluth\u2014 - \u201cWheat, bush .56,200 15,000 At Detroit\u2014 - .\u201cWheat, bush .5000 ,._. by mail.\u201cT, Milburn & Co., Foronto, Ont, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, {.Line Etchings, | ADVERTISEMENTS.A Friend to\u2019the:0ld.Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills a_ boon to those advanced in years, - + - .Top As the years creep on the heart becomes weak, the circulation poor, the vitality low, Milbatn's Heart and Nerve Pills strengthen the.heart, improve the circulation, and add new: vitality to the flagging energies.* Ma.BanvrL Lax, an estimable old gentleman, .residing at 80 Patrick Street, began to feel distress after eating, and euf- .fered greatly from indigestion, My friends recommended numerous remedies, but they did me little good.Finally I tried Milburn's\u2019 Heart and Nerve Pills, and before I had finished the box they brought relief, I was run down and nervous before taking these pills, but they have regulated my entire system, toned up my nerves, and restored pow feeling vigorous and strong.\u201d -.box, or 3 for $1.25, at all druggists, or sent Bakers and Confectioners.R.S.AULD, Tel.8003, Cor.Atwater Avenue and St.Auteine st.AXES BEST BREA oston Baked Beans, Brown Bread rdays.Pies, CAKES, Tarts u UROPE, EUROPE, EUROPE.TICKETS BY ALL LINES, ALLAN, DOMINION and BEAVER LINES, via Montreal HOLLAKD-AMERICA, HAMBURG-AMERICAN WHITE STAR, CUNARD, AMERICAN, NORTH- GERMAN LLOYD, GENERAL TRANS ATLANTIC, STATE, ANCHOR.TRANSPORT and RED STAR Lines, vis New York.Ale fo SOUTH AFRICA, FLORIDA, WEST 8, eta.£3 Call or write for lowest quotations before looking else where, Baloon rates, $45 upwards ; steerage atlowestrates.Ya-Send for mon pamphlet of rates and sail- at my new address.My al winter rates MONTREAL to LONDON aud back, weekly via New York, 1st Saloon and rail, only $108.D.BATTERSBY, Agent, 178 St, James St.Opposite Temple Bldg.Office Telephone, No.150;.House Telephone, 3081 MERICAN LINE NEW YORK TO SOUTHAINPTON, From Piers is and 15, North River New York, {foot of Fulton street.) .Wed, Jan.19, 10a.m.Wed.Jan.26, 10am.Wed.Feb.2, 10a.m.IN .Wed,.Feb.9,10 a.m.Shortest and most convenient route to a No transfer by tender.No tidal NO MORE GREY HAIR.TRE IDEAL ACANITOL, LR RESTORER, WILL NOT SOIL SCALP OR PUREST WMITE LINEN.2% 50c, ALL DRUCCISTS.IRON CASTINGS \u2014 AND \u2014 General Iron Work, Good Work and Prompt Delivery.WM.RODDEN & CO., Tel.123.110 to 120 ANN ST 4 Educational.NO BEWILDERING THEORIZING.NO UNRELIABLE MEMORIZING.Students taught Bookkeeping and geueral office work by actual practice from first day to finish.The method is SIMPLE and INGENIOUS, CONCISE, and THOROUGH.Shorthand, Typewriting, English and French, by Experts.Individual instruction day and evening.You are invited to call at x 42 Victoria square, and examine our new metbod of teachine nld subjects.Souvenir Prospectus free.Telephone 2290.J, D.DAVIS, Principal.Music and Art.THE DOMINION College of Music INCORPORATED 1895, Patrons \u2014 Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, LL.D., Cantab., Chancellor MeGitl University; R.W.Heneker, Eaq.D.C.L., LL.D., Chanreller ef the University of Bishop's College, Len- noxville, PREÆSIDENT, W.H.BENYON, Fsq.VICE-PRESIDENT, R.R.STEVENSON, Esq.The College offers a.complete course of musical instruction to pupils of hoth sexes.Pupils will have opportunities of putting their knowledge Into practice at the ensemble rehearsals and the College concerts.Seven scholarships are offered.Intending pupils for January term are requested to arrange their hours soon as possible.For terms, fees, etc., apply to the Secretary at the College Chambers, Karn Hall, St.Catherine street.P.J.ILLSLEY, Mus.Bac.A.R.C.O., Registrar.7 Professional.\u201cJOHN B.ABBOTT, ADYOCATE, SOLICITOR, &c.CHAMBERS, No.163 ST.JAMES ST.< \u201c Tel.1642.x Over the Star Office.V.TRUELL, ADVOCATE and BARRISTER, TEMPLE BUILDING, 185 St.James Street.~MITH & MARKEY, ~ ADVOCATES, BARRISTERS, ds - TEMPLE BUILDING, | 285 ST.JANYS ATZEER \u201cVBERT C SMITH.FRED.H.MARKEY 7OHN DOUGALL & SON, by all druggists at 60 cents a large bot confounded.Every morning at day- \\ , tle.Trial size, 25 cents.\u201cWITNESS* PRINTING EOU3R, - Coruer Craig and Bieary Sts.SETH P.LEET, BCL.\" ADVOCATE.EARRISTER, «ec.MECHANICS INSTITUTE BUILDING, delay.Close connection at Southampton for Havre and Paris Channel steamers, Rates of passage to Southampton, $75 and upwards.Second Cabin passage, 945 and upwards.SPECIAL ROUND TRIP TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES, fNteerage at Very Low Rates.For freight or passage apply to.INTRRNATIONAL NAVIGATION CD,, No.6 Bowling Green.New York.W.H, HENRY, 116 81, Peter st., Mechanics\u2019 Building, W.F.EGG, 1398t.James street, Mentresi.UNION TICKET OFFICE: Windsor Motel, Mentreal.D.BATTERSRY, 138 8¢.James street, opp.Temple Bag.Montreal.1897\u2014 WINTER SAILINGS \u2014 1898.BEAVER LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS.Sailing Weekly Between St.John, N.B., and Liverpool, Calling at Halifax and Moville, Ireland.each way, | From From From \"LIVERPOOL.Steamers.ST.JOHN.HALIFAX Jan.1.Winoi| \u2018Wed.Jan.19.Thu.Sedan § Jak Weniper Felis The duo Fri.Jan.14 Lake Huron.Wed.Feb.2 Thu.Feb.3 Sat.Jan.22 Lake Superior.Wed.Feb, 9.Thu.Feb.10 Sat.Jan.29.Galha.Wed.Feb.16.Thu.Feb.17 FIRST CABIN\u2014Single, $50 to $60.Return, $100.00 to $114.00, according to steamer selected.SECOND CABIN\u2014To Eiverpool or London, $34.Return, $66.75.To Glasgow, $37.65.Return, $74.05.To Belfast, $35.25.Return, $69.25.STEERAGE-To Liverpool, London, Glasgow, Londonderry, and Belfast, $22.70, For further particulars as to freight or passage apply to D.& \u20ac.MACIVER, Tower Buildings, 22 Water street, LIVERPOOL, D, W.CAMPBELL, General Manager, 13 Hospital street, MONTREAL.And ST, JOHN, N.B.T.A 8.DeWOLF & KON, Malitax.DOMINION LINE STEAMSHIPS.LIVERPOOL SERVICE, From Liverpool, Steamer.\u2018 From Portland ae Jan.19,1 pom .Feb 2, 1 pm Feb.12, 1 pm Feb.26,1 p.m PA Mch.12,1 p.m From Liverpool, Steamer From Boston.Dec.29.CANADA.Jan.15, 3 p.m.Feb.3.CANADA.Feb.19.8.30 a.m.Rates of passage to Liverpool and London- derry : Cabin, $50 to $90 ; second cabin, 334 to $42.50; steerage to Liverpool, London, Londonderry, Queenstown, Belfast and Glasgow, $22.50 to $25.50.Midship saloon, electric light, spaclous promenade decks, For further information apply ta any agent of the Company, or to DAVID TORRANCE & \u20acO., 17 Bt.Nacrament si, General Agent, Montreal, 16 Winter Resorts.HOTEL ST.CHARLES, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.OPEN ALL THE YEAR.THE FINEST HOTEL ON THE COAST.Most modern heating system, electric lights, sun parlors, elevators, and all hotel conveniences.Hot and cold, fresh and salt water in all baths.; Write for New Illustrated Booklet.JAMES B.REILLY, Owner and Prop'r.Groceries, Provisions, &ec.Fresh Fruit .and Vegetables By Express Every Day FLORIDA ORANGES, INDIA RIVER, Mexican Oranges, Het House Grapes, West India Oranges, Almeria Grapes, tinted, Almeria Grapes, «reen, Valencia Oranges, Catawba Grapes, Tangerines from Florida, ~ Fime Table Pears, Tangerines from Japan, 1.Cooking Pears, Bananas\u2019 California Oranges -\u2014AT\u2014 \u2018 set st.- James strees.TELEPHONE 616 - : Walter Paul\u2019s by special twin-screw CANADIAN #5 ZEN BEST ROUTE \u2014TO THE\u2014 LONDIKE \u2014AND\u2014 YUKON GOLD FIELDS, Steamers are intended to sail from VANCOUVER January 2th; February 7th, 16% 21st, 23rd; March 2nd, 7th.Oh, lou 21st, 23rd, 30th.- VICTORIA \u2014Janusry 20th, 23rd, 25th: February 4th, 6th, 9th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 23nd, 24:} March 1st, 6th, 8th, 11th, 15th, 2 nd, 2éth, 2ch.us.Aa, _ Ask for 8 copy of our GOLD FOLDER, contain ug most complete information as to routes, rates, «te es : 5300.AROUND CAPE HORN Special Excursions via THE ATLANTIC, SOUTHAMPTON (England, C.P.STEAMSHIPS and VANCOUVER.New steamships are intended to leave Southampton as under: 8S.TARTAR .Feb.Ist.SS.ATHENIAN .Feb.10th.Further particulars on application.CITY TICKET & TELEGRAPH OFFICE 129 St, James Street, Next to Post-Office.10 The Quickest, Most Direct and Pepular Route \u2014TO THE\u2014 KLONDYKE \u2014AND\u2014 Yukon Gold Fields Choice of.several sroutes, and impartial information given.Full particulars as to sailings of all steamers from Pacific Coast cities for Alaska, and accommodation reserved In advance thereon.Through passenger and quoted.Alaska pamphlets and maps containing full information as to the Yukon district, furnished on application to any Grerd Trunk Agent.CITY TICKET OFFICE, 137 8t.James st.and Bonaventure Station.Intercolonial Railway On and after MONDAY, the 4th October, 1897, the trains of this railway will run dajly (Sunday excepted), &s follows:\u2014 Leave Montreal by Grand Trunk Railway from Bonaventure Depot .\u2026.7.50 Leave Montreal by Canadian Pacific Railvay from Windsor Street Depot ., .Leave Levis .,.Arrive Riv.du Loup .do.Trois Pistoles .do.Rimouski .do.Ste.Flavile .do.Little Metis .do.Campbellton do.Dalhousie .ee do.Bathurst .do.Newcastle ., .,.freight rates do.Moncton .0.0 11 680 1588 do.St.John .,.1030 13.00 dn.Halifax .12.20 22,30 The trains to Halifax and St.John rua through to their destination on Sunday.x The buffet sleeping car and other cars of express traîns leave Montreal at 7.50 o'clock run through to Halifax without change.The trains of the Intercolonial Railwavs are heated by steam from the locomotive, end those between Montreal and Halifax, via Levis.are lighted bv electricity.Through tickets may be obtained via rnil and steamer to all points on the Lower St.Lawrence.and in the Maritime Provinces.For tickets and all information in regard to passenger fares, rates and freights, train arrangements, ete, apply to W.H.OLIVE, Eastern Freight and Passenger Agent.138 St.James street, Montreal.D.POTTINGER, General Manager.Railway Office, Moncton, N.B., 30th Sept., 1897.STEAMSHIP TICKET OFFICE 116 &t.Peter stfeet, Mechanics Institute Building ALL LINES FROM MONTREAL AND NEW YORK \u2014 TO \u2014 ENGLAND AND EUROPE, Also to Florida, West Indies and All Southern Winter Resorts.Tel, 1176.W.H.HENRY, Agent.MERICAN AND EUROPEAN TOURS.ALLAN, DOMINION AND BEAVER LINES, QUEBEC STEAM3HIP CO.All Lines from New York to Europe, Bermuda, West Indies, Florida, te COOK'S TOURS.W.H.CLANCY, Agent Grand Trunk Tiekct Office, 127 St, James street Notices.NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that application will be made to the Parliament of Canada, at the next session thereof, for an Act to Incorporate the \u2018Victoria Fire Insurance Company,\u2019 with nower to, carry on the Lusiness of fire insurance, and with such cther powers as are usually granted to such corporations, the Head office of, the Company to be In the city of Montreal.HATTON & McLENNAN, .Solicitors for Applicants Montreal.22nd December, 1897./ \u201c 4 Toot web: ; Fr res ; pe 8a#+4-4E6HST Ps FripAy, JANUARY 14, 1898.THEIR WEDDING DAY.(Py A.M.Cameron, in \u2018 Good Words.Y (Concluded.) i Timothy\u2019s re-entrance awakened ber, : and she smiled :a welcome.He came forward cagerly, his old face fushed and glad, his little body bent Pat double over the covered tray his siaking arms were carrying so proudly ; 4 tray from which there issued forth the a!l-pervading smell, appetizing or sicken- 1rg, as the case may be, of\u2014fried fish ! Shut your eyes tight, old girl, just for a few moments,\u2019 he cried out ; and still i heaming from ear to ear, Tim brought | { rward the little round table, placed it rear Molly\u2019s chair, and softly and quick- + proceeded to lay it.Fish ! potatoes! lread | butter! tea! milk! Why, what more could king or queen desire ?And all from the marvellous possibilities \u2018 of one bright shilling! Then, diving into the mysterious depths of a back pocket, Timothy produced therefrom a iittle bunch of violets, crushed indeed, and faded, but sweet still, and bending soitly over Moll he gently fasteried them on her breast .Then seating himself op- poe to to her he told her eagerly she might look.\u201d Her unaffected surprise was rich reward indeed.\u2018It\u2019s your cab, dear heart,\u201d he cried.\u2018Your cab ! you couldn\u2019t use it ard a rid- -horse too, could you ?and here's vour horse all saddled and ready.It's quite right and square, Moll,\u201d he added quickly, as he caught sight of an expres- sian of doubt cn her honest face.\u2018Didn\u2019t the doctor say it was to make the jour- rev easier ?and won't it, old girl, won\u2019t ir * Ah, I thought that would settle it.\u2019 Whatever she may have felt, Molly had not the heart to.object any further, and so the wedding-feast proceeded.Timothy picked out the daintiest and most tempting morsels he could find, and for his sake she did her best bravely, but it was hard work.Everything tasted so strangely to-day; even the blessed cup of tea seemed to have lost the magic of its strengthening and reviving powers; and at length, all further effort impossible, she waved off \u2018the last proffered morsel, and lying back wearily, shook her head.\u2018Eat it yourself, you don\u2019t cheat fair, my man ; and, ah! Tim,\u2019 she added, sadly, \u2018you\u2019ve forgotten something after all, for that day you drank our health in a glass of beer.\u2019 Timothy had expected this, and was not to be taken at unawares.\u2018Beer !\u201d he answered, unblushingly, \u2018ah, yes, to be sure, so I did; and I was just thinking as I came along how tastes change.Why, there's something almost unpleasant to me in the very idea now! So to-day, if you please, my lass, I'll just drink your health in tea.\u2019 Molly said nothing.Only, for a few minutes, the room seemed dim and misty, and life was very sweet.And so, once more, that wedding feast was kept.A little later, just as the short spring day was drawing to its close, the few pedestrians hurriedly wending their homeward way acroes that quiet bit of the Park, paused for a moment to gaze at a somewhat unusual sight.It was that of a little old man, weak and tottering himself, but pushing bravely and steadily on with eyes firmly fixed on the still far distant gates, and carrying on his back, her thin arms clasped about his neck, her hands firmly grasped in bis, an old, sick woman\u2014Molly, his wife.Hearts are kind, and more than one friendly offer of help had been made to Timothy, but though grateful for the offers, he had seemed almost impatient + the delay, and declining all assistance, kad plodded quietly on again.He could hardly bave told how often he had stopped to rest since first that strange journey had been begun; certainly vach time that the shelter of a friendly seat had been gained, often of necessity when there had been no such help at hind.Somehow he had fancied himself => much stronger than bad proved to be \u201che case, for it surely could not be that Molly was heavier than he had imagined, ad she so weak and ill At first her cough had been terribly bad, and it had torn and hurt him so to hear it; but of late it had seemed to get batter, and at last it had ceased altogether, and very gratefully Timothy had thanked God for that.A few moments ago they had stopped to rest again for the last time, and he had questioned wr tenderly as to how she did.Her face sked paler, he thought, but she seemed and happy, and she had smiled so «ly at him as she answered rather © wily.\u2018Quite comfortable, Timothy, very sleepy; good-night, my man,\u2019 he had kissed her lips tenderly and ently, as he always did, and then, -ed and comforted, had once more - ad on.:' there were the Park gates almost .\u201ciad at last; and indeed it was time.\"is old arms ached terribly, and his snees threatened to fail him aito- _= -r.He spoke encouragingly to her i ime to time, but she had evidently : 1 asleep, for she did not answer him.\u201cas better so, he thought, for now she { not guess how tired he was, and it +10 have hurt and vexed her sorely ! she known #s\u2014his good, old, loving Mani! y a few more weary steps and the _\u2014 were really gained.Passing tlirough 7.on they went, these two strange vers, and the title band of urchins Leir wake noticed that just before \u201creat door of the hospital came ip 5 \u201c+ the old man panted more and more, his poor little stock of strength »1 almost exhausted.Vis, the labor of Jove was all but over es readhed.Worn and weary \u2018and spent\u2019 with fatigue, but stul ciasping ught that precious ourden, lumouhy scumuled up she lest steep svaps, and as friendly arms drew him into tne sate shelter of thal fire-lit hall, and kindly faces looked pityingly into iis, the piace seemed suddenly i to become confused and misty, the voices to recede further and further away; till at last, wrapped in.a merciful unconsciousness, he remembered no more.¥aithful unto death; his task was done; : that kiss in the Park had indeed sealed their last good-by, and his loving oid arms had held her to the end.or, as they gently unclasped her arma from.about his neck they saw that Molly was They would so > willingly have kept him on, at least for a day or two, til he should have recovered somewhat from the ahock of that first ead awakening, but the old man was firm.The little attic | room was his for a week or two longer; and then\u2014why, then there was the \u2018House,\u2019 he said; the dreaded law of separation had lost all power to burt him now; he would just take one more \u201cook at her and then go home.They went with him to where she lay, the matron and the doctor; not the friendly young doctor of the morning, but another, whose face looked unsatisfied and tired.Something had gone amiss with his lifeeprings of late, aud sinoe then he had ceased to believe in the divine pomsibility of good, etther human or divine, and now he eyed Timothy with a half-curious, half-pXtying gaze.The latter ahed no tearw\u2014had ghed none indeed, since first they broke the news to him; the comfort of them might come later, perhaps, and there was time enough.He stood by ther side, nbw, perfectly composed and calm, scanning earnestly each still feature as though to learn it the botter by heart.Then he laid bis honest, old, work-worn hand on hers, and kept it there for a moment.\u201cThe ring,\u2019 whispered the doctor to the matron; \u20184 may buy him a drop of comfort at least.Let him have it.She hesitated; them, touching Timothy gently on the arm, dhe pointed to it.\u2018You will like to have it, perhaps!\u2019 ghe asked, softly.He glanced down at it, such a poor little lire of gold, worn thin in long and loving service for him, and shook his head.\u2018Thank you, ma\u2019am,\u2019 he answered, gratefully.\u2018You're very kind, but I'd rather not.Come good or ill, my old woman would never part with that, and I won\u2019t take it from her now.\u2019 He hesitated for a moment, then, gaining courage as he Jooked into the matron\u2019s sympathetic face, he continued: \u2018If I might make so bold, ma\u2019am, would you let me have my dear girl's bonnet!\u2019 ery tenderly she gave it to him\u2014wech a oy old, rusty thing, end he received sacyed and very precious; then, with a grateful \u201cThank you, ma'am,\u201d he turned to leave the room.He glanced towards the doctor as though to bid him good-by, too, but he had moved off from them, and seemed busy over something at the further end of the ward.So Timothy wert away.He bad almost reached the great outer hall when he heard the sound of hurrying footsteps behind him, and his owm name spoken, and turnirg round, he saw the doctor.The latter looked at him silently for a moment, and there was an expression on his face that had been wanting there of late.\u2018Will you ahake hands with me?said the doctor.CHILDREN'S CORNER.SADIE\u2019S VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR AND WHAT CAME OF IT.(By Harriet Caryl Cox, in N.Y.\u2018 Independent.\u2019) (Concluded.) The child\u2019s face brightened.|\u2018 Oh, we do want him awfully,\u201d she cried ; \u2018and we'd make lots of money, I know.And 1 thought perhaps he\u2019d bring his little girl along with him, and we'd show her round.We're going to have ice-cream, you know.Don\u2019t you s\u2019pose she\u2019d like to come \u201d A murmur of voices in the outer office, and a gruff voice calling, \u2018 Sadie!\u2019 pre cluded any answer to this query.\u2018It\u2019s Sam,\u2019 said the child, slipping out of her chair, \u2018and he\u2019s come for me, and I shan\u2019t see the Governor.Now, ain't that just too bad!\u2019 Big tears rolled down her cheeks.\u2018 And\u2014I'm\u2014so\u2014dis- appointed,\u2019 she sobbed.\u2018I might tell him.for you,\u2019 the Governor said, drawing her toward him.\u2018You've told me all about it, so that I understand perfectly, and I'll sea that he know\u2019s all about it, and I'll send you word to-merrow.\u2019 \u201cWill you, really ?The child's voice trembled with eagerness.\u2018You aren\u2019t teasing, are you, seeing I'm a little girl ¥ \u2018No,\u2019 he assured her, gravely.Honest Injun! That's what you say when you mean it, isn\u2019t it?I thought 80,\" as the child modded.\u2018That's what my little girl makes me say sometimes.Well, pow you run along with Bam, and be sure to go to the post-office to-morrow, so as to know whether the Governor will come.I'm pretty sure he will,\u201d he ADVERTISEMENTS.r Ask ads ico or nez eat now; one por effort, and the goal was For Table and Dairy, Purest and Bost it reverently, as we do something that is] added, office.as she vanished into the outer \u2014_\u2014 The town of Mayfair was in a state of great excitement.The Grand Army was to Hold a big fair, and the Governor was to be present.He was actually coming despite his former refusal.A big official-looking document had come to the chairman of the committee saying that on further consideration, the Governor had decided to give himself the pleasure of opening the fuir, and, furthermore, he should bring two members of his staff with him.Sadie had heard of it with great joy; but it was no news to her, for she had received a note from her casual friend at the State House; and this she treasured and slept with it under her pillow every night.At last the night of the fair came, and the hall was crowded so there was scarce space left for entrance of the Guvernor and his escort when he should come.Sadie\u2019s father was one of them.They had gone to the station to meet him.There was a.thrill of expectancy al! through the crowd, and eyes were kept: anxiously on the door.Sadie edged to the centre of the hall, | | and clasped her hands nervously.Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes shone.The people about the door were crowding back.Two men in uniform, with gold lace appeared in the doorway.The Governor would come next.A burst of music from the band.The people were moving excitedly.But where was the Governer.She looked in vain for more gold lace.Perhaps he would wear a purple robe such as kings wore.Why, there was the man she bad talked to at the State House.She gave a happy laugh.How nice ! He had come, too.She started forward to meet him, and he tumed toward the eager child, a bright smile illuminating his handsome: face.But the erowd held her back.¢ Wait till the Governor has passed,\u201d some one said.\u2018The Governor!\u201d She drew a quick breath.Could he be the Governor?Why, she had talked to him the same as if he were any common man.must he think of her ?angry, surely, because he had come.Yes, he really had come, for all the people were pointing toward him and whispering.He seemed to be looking toward her, She shrank back shyly ; but his kindly eyes.had caught sight of the little figure, and he = © eld out his hand.So, unconscious of the throng of amazed onlookers, and seeing only his kindly face.she slipped from her place and ran to him; and together up the hall, through the cheering crowd, they pasesed\u2014Sadie | hand.Governor of the State, hand: in |- n DAILY THOUGHTS.FRIDAY, JAN.14.: \u2018Can a man be profitable unto God 7\u2019 (Jeb xxii., 2.) \u2018I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit.(Isa.xlviit, 17.) \u2018I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, mcre than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.\u2019 (Luke xv., 7.) \u2018I have loved thee with an everlasting love.\u2019 (Jer.xxxi., 3.) \u2018Lord! am I preclous in Thy sight?Lord! would\u2019st Thou have me Thine?What! may I grieve, may I delight The Majesty Divine?\u2014T.H.Gill.ce The moment a man says that his Christianity does not require him to give the gospel do the world, then he hasn't a Christianity at all The work of evangelizing this world, for every man, is a matter of personal, inalienable obligation.\u2014Robert E.Speer.ADVERTISEMENTS.ORV Winter Fruits are scarce.Fruit is not only delicious to the taste but necessary to the health.The salt extraGted from the juices of pure fruits is the basis of Abbey's Effervescent Salt.Its mse promotes health, 6o cents a large-bottle, Trial size 25 cents.Of druggists.For sore, aching, cold, clammy feet.28 cents & box at druggists, % or sent by mail, \\ \u201c Brort & Jouny, Bowmanville, Ont.LOOK, BEHOLD, WONDER.For threes days I will sell Cyclataen Plants in beautiful bloom at one half price, 25c each.See our window on Monday.Must have room at Greenhouses.S.S.BAIN: Nurseryman apd Florist, 66 BEAVER HALL HILL.- What § He couldn't be'| \\ \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 | ih | Promotes Sasson Cheeti- §| nessand Hest : No Nance nor Mineral T NARC OTIC.à don Sour S i ness and 1,055 OF SLEEP.\"Foc Simile Signature of : teelable PreparaiontrAs- - mat era theFood Say ins néither + Remedy for Cons ions Feverish 5x Onstoris 1s poss\u2019! AF SEE THAT THE ¢ fl FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE \u20140 IS ON THE WRAPPER OF EVERY BOTTLE OF GASTORIA xp in ono-sise bottles culy, It in not sold he, Don't allew anyone to sell else on the plea or promise that it \u201d and Rn answer every © that yon get OL ET OE.BY you saything is \"just as H ae .Yi Tie lo very HARPER S \u201cSausages, S, Lard BACON AND SAGSAGE MEAT.~ ARE truly reliable.The Sausages are made from ohoice cuttings of best pes fed pork.No sti Our Lard is pure, the hourexeepars oid park used in our Hams, and Bacon.Fr delight and our Sausage Meat is the most delectable of Poultry Dressing.RETAIL STALLS, 94, 25, 36 and 27 ST, LAWRENCE MARKET.OFFICE AND PACKING HOUSE, 18 8T.PHILIP STREET.Lom AND OF ALL GROCERS AND BUTCHERS.absolutely fast and a brilliant color.factorily at home.Montreal.No mess With In Home Dyeing use Maypole Soap\u2014it is sold in all eolors and it dyes an You can dye to any .ghade wish it, It is a clean,quick, sure way of dyeing satis- Progressive druggists sell it.Book all about it\u2014by addressing 30 St.Francois Xavier st., 533 if you Free ~ ! COMPLETE IN 41 Picturesque Canada © ~- PARTS.A few completé Sets left.sold for $3.00 per set.Will be JOHN DOUGALL.& SON, © \u201cWitness\u201d Office, Montreal.READABLE PARAGRAPHS\" AUSTRALIAN ELECTION STORIES.Tho Australian papers contain two\u2019 capital stories concerning the recent general election in Victoria.One oratorical candidate for a Melbourne constitueucy, in a fine burst of eloquence, asked the question: \u2018What 1s it that has made England what she is\u2014mighty, revered, feared, and respected?\u2019 \u2018Oireland,\u2019 was the prompt and unexpected reply, in a racy brogue, from the rear of the hall.Another Melbourne candidate, after enunciating an advanced democratic programme, remarked, \u2018Yes, gentlemen, and I will go one step further,\u2019 saying which he stepped over the footlights in his absent-minded enthusiasm, and feil among the reporters beneath.\u2014'St.James's Gazette.\u2019 AFTER YOUR MONEY, Not your welfare, the merchants that substitute another remedy for Menthol Cough Syrup for larger profits at the expense of your health.The Mdenthol Cough Byrup is for sale everywhere at 25c per bottle.Æ BROKE IT GENTLY.Father Muldeop\u2014'What is A I'm hearing Clancy, about you having broken \u2018Rogan\u2019s head last night, and the two of you bosom friends for years?: Clancy\u2014'Oi was compilled to do ut, jure riverence; but out av consideration for that same friendship Oi broke it gintly.\u2019 One single dose ot Menthol Cough Syrup will crush out any cold from the start.14 A CHIN RESTER.Talkative Lady to fireman\u2014\u2018And what is that strap that goes under your chin worn for?Fireman\u2014'This strap, madam, is given to uB to rest our chins when our jaws get tired of answering questions.\u2019 MORIN'S WINE CRES(O-PHATES WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.For all sicknesses related to the lungs, Cough, \u2018Bronchitis, Grippe and Whooping Cough.People suffering with sore throat would do well to try it.Morin's Wine is the first preparation for all sicknesses.Give it a trial and you will be convinced of this great truth: \u2018Morin\u2019s Wine first gives conifort, and then cures.\u2019 Ask your druggist or grocer for it.and never allow him to sell you any other preparation in its place, The only good remedy for all these sick- Desses.14 18 TOO SHORT.\u2018You should get your ears lopped, Bryan,\u2019 said a smart tourist to an Irish peasant, whom he was quizzing; \u2018they're too large for a map.\u2019 \u2018An\u2019 bedad,\u2019 replied the Hibernian, \u2018I was Just thinkin\u2019 yours, would want to.be made larger; sure, they're too short far an ass\u201d ~ ADVERTISEMENTS, RICE\u2019S STUDIO, BROMIDE ENLARGEMENTS, all Sires, Made from Amateur Nocatives, also Developin-, Printing and Finishing of Amateur Negatives, at moderate prices.Tel, 331.ODAKS FOR SALE, TO RENT AND EXOHANGE MONTREAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLY, Cor.Notre Dame and St.Francois Xaviersts.Telephone, 1467.Bend for catalogue.Devel and Printing for Amateurs.Lantern Slides, etc.For the Spring Trade Wo are now Making New Lines of ANCY PHOTO FRAMES.Now Lines of READY FRAMED PICTURES.New Lines of PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS.6 Cheapest House in Montreal.G.w.WILLSON, Manufacturer of Mouldings snd Frames, 688 CRAIG 8T., next door to the Witness\u201d Office NOMINATION OF MAYOR \u2014AND\u2014 ALDERMEN PUBLIC NOTICE, 141 St.Peter Btreet.The nomination of candidates at the ensuing electicns for the offices of Mayor and Aldermen, Nos.1 ard 2 respectively, shall take place at the City Clerk's Office, in the City Hall, between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock in the forenoon, on Thursday the twentieth day of Jayuary instant.In the event of there peine: pair one candidate nominated for any caca aforesaid, he shall, ipso fats we el but in the event of \"there being two or more candidates nominated, a poll shall be granted, to be held on Tuesday, the first day of February next, from the hours of nine o'clock in the morning till five o'clock in the afternoon, at such places as will be specified in a subsequent notice.Blank forms of nomination papers and all information as regards the formalities to be.observed may be had, on application, at the office of the undersigned.PUBLIC NOTICE is further given that, in accordance with Section 1 of 58 Victoria, Chap.57, every candidate for the office of Mayor or Alderman shall be obliged to deposit with the City Clerk, along with the nomination paper, a certificate of qualification duly sworn to.PUBLIC NOTICE is also further given, that according to Seotion 8 of Victoria, Chap.50.\u2018\u201846&.No nomination paper shall be valid or acted upon By the City Clerk unless the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), in legal tender or in bills of any chartered doing business in Canada, is deposited 1 x the hands of the City Clerk at the time the nomination paper is flied with him; and the receipt of the Ciéy Clerk shall be in every case sufficient évidence of .payment herein mentioned.\u201d \u201cThe sum se deposited by any candidate shall be returned to him in the event of his being elected or of his obtéin a hultther of votes at least equal to onè-haif the rage der of votes polled in faver of the - city.\u2019 (By order), | \u2018A.GOSSELEE, City Clerk's Office, - = ' - City Hall, Montreal, Seth Jan, 1898, elected, otherwise it shall belong rrr L OFF FORTHE | KLONDIKE.Expected Rush Begins at Victoria.\u2018CITY OF SEATTLE CARRIES SIX HUNDRED PASSENGERS ON HER NORTHWARD TRIP.Victoria, B.C., Jan.14.\u2014Thé steamer \u2018City of Seattle,\u2019 left here yesterday morning, for \u2018Alaskan points, having on board six hundred passengers.The rush to the Klondike has fairly begun, but in a few weeks one steamer will be leaving every day with that many men.Washington, Jan.14\u2014The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill has been reported to the House by the Foreign Affairs Committee.At Dawson City, British North America, the Boart, of the present boom, a consula posed; pe Lou of the large influx of Americans into the region, and $3,000 is appropriated for its establishment.The consulate at Vancouver, B.C., now $1,500, is proposed to be raised to $2,000, because of its large and growing business.Pre- torla, South African Republic, which gets an item of $2,000 is a proposed new consulate.Ottawa, Jan.14.\u2014News from Skaguay chronicles the rather pathetic death of a young man named Samuel Wyckoff, aged twenty-six.He belonged to Tacoma, where he was engaged to be 1nar- ried, and when the gold excitement broke out he thought he could earn the foundations of a competence and a happy home by going to the Klondike, which he did in company with three others.Wyckoff took 1,500 pounds of supplies with him and carried every pound of it on his back over the Chilcoot Pass.e four built a cabin at Lake Bennett where they stored their goods and returned to Skaguay to await an opportunity of getting on to Dawson.Cheered with their success so far, young Wyckoff wrote letters to his betrothed in the most hope-\u2019 ful terms, promising that he would soon return to her with enough money to live in comfort for the remainder of their days.He died at Skaguay on Dec.21, and by this time the poor girl in Taco ma will have realized that their castles in the air have tumbled into dust.The importance of having the impost of six dollars a day laid by customs officers on Canadian goods while going from the coast to Lake Bennett withdrawn may be judged by an article in an Alaska paper written to show that it pays to outfit.in the United States, for the Klondike.It is urged on intending ~migrants that \u2018outfits purchased in Canada must either pay duty at Skaguay or go through to Lake Bennett under customs supervision, which costs the Klon- diker six dollars for an indefinite number of days, as it is hard to tell at this season of the year how many days will elapse before the boundary line is passed.Mr.W.H.Harrison arrived on the \u2018 Rosalie,\u201d from Victoria, B.C., with an outfit valued at $238.He paid duty on $175 of that amount, or 351.56.Mr.\u201c Harrison chose rather to pay the duty than to pay the wages of a customs inspector while the goods were being taken from Skaguay to Lake Bennett.\u2019 Mr.Sifton received an assurance at Washington that this customs inspection would be abolished and with it the charge cf eix dollars a day.It is satisfactory to know that there is now no restriction inspection or charge of any kind upon goods purchased in Canada and taken to the Klondike by way of Dyea or Ska- guay.WESTERN RIVALRY.The following ia a sample of the vigorous way people of Skaguay resent reflections on that town and of the keen rivalry that exists between the two inlets of the Lynn canal : \u2018Another quid- nunc who is amusing himself and lying consumedly about Skaguay is one Hose- lech, who owns a junk store at Dy«a.Thia delectable individual, with a Muu- ehausen cast of mind, writes the Seattle \u2018Times\u2019 that the merchants of Skaguay are all leaving that town and locating st Dyea.Mr.Hoselech is simply a monumental liar, and it is to be feared that he and his junk store at Dyea would fare pretty badly if a few of Ska- guay\u2019s live business men were to locate on the little island at the mouth of the raging torrent known as the Dyea river.The same paper, the Skaguay \u2018News,\u2019 takes to task Mrs.H.S.Pullen for writing to a Seattle paper from Skaguay giving her impressions of the town.The \u2018News\u2019 says : \u2018Mrs.Pullen, estimable Jady though she may.be, does not confine herself to facts.Speaking of the high tides in November, she says that people have been going up and down the streets in boats.Mrs.Pullen knows that the statement is a vivid stretch of imagination, as was also the statement that next June, when the high tide and flood of the rising river comes, the whole town of Skaguay is liable to be swept away.\u201d The editor of the \u2018News\u2019 is at pains to explain that it is only the lower part of the main strest that the tide covers with water, and that the bulk of the town is built in a safo place.The same editor, who takes such an interest it the town of Skaguay, is in receipt of the following letter from Denver, Col.:\u2014\u2018Dear Sir,\u2014Is there a man in Skaguay that would assist a good straight widow livng in Denver, aged forty, to get up to Alaska ?If so, tell them to write to Mrs.FE.A.Ayres, 460 South Tremont street.I want to get to Alaska very bad.Mr.F.Shaw Safe, a special corres graph,\u201d was in Skaguäy, last montf.The local paper says: \u2018He started over the trail on Mpndey last, guided by Messrs.Gunnan end Sup- Ridge, from where be returned under the guidance of Mr.Supportas.Mr.and the topographical facilities for a good route to the interior from this point\u2019 Mr.Safe arrived in Ottawa yesterday, and declares that the Skagmay trail, which leads to the White Pass, is no good, and that the only possible way to develop that country is to build a railway over the Dalton trail to Fort Selkirk.When the Skeguay \u2018News\u2019 man hears this he will be very much disgusted with Mr.Safe, as the beginning of the Dalton trail is twelve or fifteen miles away from the site of Skaguay.Lieut.-Col, Domville, M,P., who was in Skaguay a few yeeks ago, is quoted by the \u2018News\u2019, man as saying that Ska- guay will De a city of fifty thousand people within two years.\u2018You have here,\u201d he sald, \u2018the gateway to the golden country of the intemior\u201d Col.Domville stated that his son would go to Skaguay and engage in business.Regina, N.W.T., Jan.14.\u2014Mesms.G.H.V.Bulyea, M.P.P., one of the executive, and Victor Doode, chief license inspector, will leave shortly for the Yukon to see the proper carrying out of the territorial liquor laws.BRITISH AMBASSADORS.GOVERNMENT GIVES A RULING UPON THE QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE.New York, Jan.13.\u2014A Washington despatch to the \u2018Tribune\u2019 to-day says: \u2018The controversy between the Vive President of the United States and the British ambassador over the question of precedence has been decided against the latter by bis own government.Sir Julian Pauncefote called at the home of the Vice-President in Lafayette square last week and was cordially received.The next afternoon the Vice-President returned the call.Under the Cleveland Administration Mr.Stevenson declined to assert his prerogative and wherever the two men met at a social or an official function, the Vice-President.cordial ly gave the right of way to the British ambassador and took the second seat, Secretary Olney, however, contended that at all diplomatic functions at which the President of th: United States was not present he, as Secretary of State, represented the President and must have the first place.The controversy became so irritating that President McKinley wrote a personal letter to Colonel Hay, American ambassador in London, asking him to obtain from the proper authorities at the British court a definition of the rank and status of Sir Julian from the point of view of his own government.The Pre- sidemt took the ground that it was a small matter, but at the same time was likely to be a cause of continual annoyance and embarrassment and that it would be generous om the part of the United States to accept the judgment and respect the wishes of the British Government.Mr.Hobart concurred in this view.If the authorities on etiquette in Great Britain sustained \u2018Sir Julian in his attitude, Mr.Hobart was perfectly willing to give way, but they did not.After due consideration of the eubject Colonel Hay was unofficially informed that the Vice-President was correct in his contention and that Sir Julian would receive an intimation that his government took that view of the case.His recent call on Mr.Hobart indicates that he has heard from home.ONTARIO LICENSES, REDUCTION IN NUMBER DECREASES COMMITMENTS FOR DRUNKENNESS.Toronto, Jan.14\u2014The report of the license inspector of the province is the most favorable from a temperance standpoint ever presented.It gives a number of interesting comparisons.In 1894 95 the number of licenses was 3,873; in 1895-96, the number was 3,801; in 1806-97, the number was 3,653.In 1894-95, the amount of fines collected amounted to $17,243.46; in 1895-98, $16,979; in 1896-97, $14,457.01.The ligt of commitments for drunkenness is much more encouraging.In 1889 the number was 4,789; in 1890, 4,573; in 1891, 3,614; in 1892, 2,736; in 1893, 2,652; in 1894, 2,274; in 1895, 2,237; in 1896, 1,807; in 1897, 1,716.AWARDED DAMAGES.Hamilton, Jan.14,\u2014At the Assize Court here, before Judge Robertson, in the suit against the Hamilton Street Railway Company, for $5,000 damages, for alleged injuries sustained in an accident on Jubilee Day, brought by Mr.and Mrs.John P.Page, the jury rcturned a ver- diat for $1,200 damages.PRINCE ADJUDGED INSANE.London, Jan.14.\u2014 Richard Arthur Prince, the \u2018super\u2019 who stabbed and kill ed William Terriss the actor, has been adjudged insane.He will be detained as a criminal lunatic during Her Majesty's pleasure.ce | WILL.ENLARGE THE ELEVATOR.Detroit, Jan.14\u2014The Grand Trunk Elevator Company has decided te enlarge the Port Huron elevator at a cost of $60,000, increasing Îts capacity from four hundred thousand to a million bushels.PU %_ a pondent of the London, Eng, \u201cTele.portas.They went as far as Porcupine |- PROTEST FROM M.ZOLA.RAISES \"A STORM IN FRENCH CHAMBER.Paris, Jan.13\u2014Count De Mun, the Clerical leader, caused excitement in the Chamber of Deputies to-day when he asked to be allowed to question the government on the subject of Emile Zola\u2019s open letter to President Faure (published in the \u2018Aurore\u2019 to-day, and pointing out the alleged irregularities and illegalities in the Esterhazy.court-martial, formally accusing the Minister of War,.General Billot, General Mercier, Major Ravary and Major Paty De Clan, of .perjury, and challenging the government to prosecute them).The -minister of finance, M.Cochery, replied that the absence of General Billot compelled him to postpone discussion of the matter., ae This caused \u2018an uproaz-and Count.De Mun declared he had advised General, Billot and the premier, M.Meline, of his intention to raise the debate, adding :, \u2018For the matter is not one which can be.put off.\u201d This remark was greeted with applause.M.Cochery then said the government proposed to fix a day for the debate at the conclusion of the day\u2019s scssion.This aroused prolonged protests, and the minister finally agreed to suspend the session until General Billot could be in attendance.When the session was resumed, the Premier made a statement, saying, in substance : \u2018We \u2018understand, the excitement in the Chamber in the DAILY WITNESS denly upon the \u2018government.M.Zols \"| was in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies while his: letter was bbing debated.He was cold-ehouldered and snubbed in- almost every direction.It is predicted that M.Zola will get a year\u2019s imprisonment, and it is declared that if he were not a Frenchman he would be expelled from the country.At the same timé,-his courage is acknowledged.- He is working hard to utilize the five days left him to prepare a case and to call witnesses.There is no doubt that he has not revealed all he | knows.The chief line of his defence.will be to show that Alfred Dreyfus did not write the bordereau.This purpose meeting the opinion of foreign experts; he has asked the names of all handwriting experts known to the British law courts.The \u2018Temps\u2019 says that Comte Ester hezy will be placed on the retired list.Other papers say that he has asked to be retired in order to be free to prosecute his calumniators.MM.Mathieu and Leon Dreyfus are to be prosecuted.for an attempt to bribe Colonel Sandherr, chief of the intelligence department of the War Department in 1884.Effigies of M.Mathieu Dreyfus were \u2018burned in many quarters of the town.yesterday by the students.It is not yet known exactly on what grounds Colonel Picquart was arrested.\u2014_\u2014 YORK CITY BY-ELECTION.LORD CHARLES BERESFORD ELECTED BY A NARROW MAJORITY.London, Jan.13.\u2014A parliamentary by- diection was held in York City to-day to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Liberal member, Sir Frank Lock- presence of the attack on the chiefs of the army.The government has decided to prosecute M.Zola, although it is not | blind to the fact that the prosecution.is.desired in order to prolong the agita- It is to be hoped the Chamber tion.\u2014 >>\" LORD CHARLE will have confidence in the energy and wisdom of the government.\u2019 5 Count De Mun said the government | owed to the army that the latter be] taken into its confidence, as it was im- pessible to allow the accumulation of insults and attacks.General Billot said this was the fourth time he had been waited upon to defend a matter which had already had judgment passed upon it.The army, he added, treated the attacks with contempt ; but it was painful to see it attacked from abroad.Continuing, the Minister for War said the army was composedly pursuing ite mission, and in the day of need would know how to do its duty.(Applause.) M.Jaures, the Socialist leader, condemned the court-martial proceedings behind closed doors, which, he asserted, \u2018left the mind of the nation gropjng in obscurity.\u2019 The Socialist deputy also asked the House not to repudiate the subordination of military power to civil power.To this General Billot, replied : \u2018The army obeys its chief, and, as the faithful guardian of republican institutions, pursues its sacred mission.\u2019 M.Cavaignae, Republican, asked the government to bring to the House the | secret document which had determined the condemnation of Dreyfus, which caused murmuring.: M.Meline said.it was impossible to reopen before the Chamber a cape already judged by a court-martial.The House, after hearing they statements of M.Meline and General Billot, rejected a motion regretting the \u2018government\u2019s vacillating policy\u2019 and adopted, by a vote of 312 to 122, The combined motion of M.Maryr, .Republican, and Count De Mun, expressing confidence in the government and relying on the government \u2018to take the necessary steps to stop the campaign against the army.) Paris, Jan.14.\u2014A number of law students, after leaving a lecture to-day, marched to the office of the \u2018Aurore\u2019 in procession, shouting denunciations of M.Emile Zola, who recently wrote a letter to that paper alleging irregularities and illegalities in ihe, Esterhazy court-mar- tial, formally aecusing the minister of war, General Billot, and others of perjury, and challenging the government to prosecute himself.The students made disorderly demonstrations in froat- of the offices of the \u2018Aurore,\u2019 and were eventually dispersed by the police.wood, who had represented the constituency since 1885.It resulted in the election of Lord Charles Beresford, the Conservative and Liberal-Unionist candidate, by a majority of eleven votes over his Liberal and Radical opponent, Sir Chris- S BERESFORD.topher Furness.The voting was as follows: \u2014Lord Charles Beresford, Unionist, 5,658; Sir Christopher Furness, Liberal \u2018altd Radical, 5,648 ; Unionist majority, eleven.Lord Charles Beresford\u2019s victory marks the first gain of a seat by the goveru- ment since the last general\u201d election.There was uch excitement during the whole afternoon and it culminated in a remarkable scene.A tremendous crowd awaited the result from seven o'clock this evening outside the Mansion House until the result of the poll was known.Lord Charles Beresford remarked: \u2018It has been a hard fight, and both sides were equally confident of victory.\u2019 At eleven o'clock great cheers greeted the rumor that Lord Charles had been elected by a emall majority, but a recount was necessary.\u2018The final result was not known until midnight, when a scene of wild excitement ensued.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 UNITED STATES NAVY.HOUSE COMMITTEE TO BE ASKED TO INCREASE ITS STRENGTH BY A THOUSAND MEN.Washington, D.C., Jan.13.\u2014Senator MeMillan, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to-day favorably reported a bill for the construction on the great lakes of a gunboat to cost not exceeding $260,000 exclusive of armament, the vessel to take the place of the steamship \u2018Michigan,\u2019 now on duty on the lakes.The committee recommends the passage of the bill with the distinct understanding that the substitution of the new vessel for the \u2018Michigan\u2019 Taises no new question of international bearing.Mr.Long, Secretary of the Navy, sent a rec- ormendation to the House committee on naval affairs to-day for an increase in \u201cthe force of enlisted men in the navy by a thousand men, and asking for an increase of the apprentices in the navy by seven hundred.Senator Morgan to-day introduced a bill providing for the increase of the naval establishment by the construction of.four coast defence monitors, DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES.Berlin,, Ont., Jan.14.\u2014Prof.Ellis sent word.yesterday that he found no poison in Paul Fink\u2019s stomach.* The coroner's jary will return a verdict of \u2018 death from Count De Mun\u2019s interpellation fell sud- \" natural causes.\u2019 MILITARY TRAINING IN ONTARIO.Toronto, Ont., Jan.14.\u2014In passing the supplementary estimates yesterday in the legislature, the Hon.G.W.Ross, Minister of Education, explained an item of five hundred dollars towards military institutes.It is the intention of the educational department to give to ten of these a grant of fifty dollars, to be awarded after inspection by a qualified officer of the militia.Mr.Whitney, leader of the Opposition, supported the plan as an excellent one for spreading through the country young men who have received military instruction that would prove of great value in time of need.-\u2014 TWO CENTENARIANS DEAD.Jackson, Mich., Jan.13.\u2014Margatet Mozette, the oldest inmate of any poorhouse in the country, is dead.According to the records, she was a hundred and seven years of age.-Southampton, Ont., Jan.13.\u2014Charles Mashehewawedong, of the Saugeen Iu- dian reserve, died on Wednesday last, aged a bundred and six years.He was one of the few survivors of the war of 1812, He was with Tecumseh during part of the war, and was also at Queens- ton \u2018Heights wben Sir Isaac Brock was killed.TAX RIOT IN INDIA.Bombay, Jan.13.\u2014There has been a tax riot in the Gujarat district.A collector has been seriously injured and five Sepoys have been killed.Three hundred Sepoy troops have been sent to the scene of the disturbance.\u2014_\u2014 AN INTERESTING CONTEST.DENVER NEWSPAPERS AND DEPARTMENTAL STORES AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER.Denver, Col, Jan.13\u2014An extraordinary contest has started in this city with all the daily papers on one aide and fourteen of the largest dry goods and clothing departmentai stores on the other.No advertisements of any kind of these firms appeared in yesterday's papers and formal notice has been given that none will appear umtil the papers accede to the demands of the merchants.Last week the business managers of the dailies were informed that the department store combination had arbitrarily decided that advertising rates must be reduced about twenty percent.The firms devlined to enter into the discussion of the justice of the demand, simply stating that they had given their ultimatum.They control about fifty percent of the city advertising and believed that the papers must submit to their dictation, notwithstanding that advertising rates in | Reaver are lower than in any other city of the same size in the country.The newwpapers replied that concessions to the autocratic order were not only impos sible for business reasons, but would destroy the independence of the press.The first result of the contest is the passage of a resolution by the trades assembly calling on the city council to impose a heavy license on departmental stores and warning all members of the labor unions against them.The smaller merchants are taking advantage of the opportunity to increase their advertising.In Denver, as in other cities, the departmental stores have been crushing the smaller stores and the latter are exceedingly glad of the chance to cut into the business of their larger rivals, \u2014\u2014\u2014 HALIFAX NOTES.Halifax, Jan.13\u2014The past year has been unique in the history of the Military Hospital of Halifax in that not a single death has occurred within its pre- cinets.The Rex.Mr.Bullock, the gar- rigon chaplain for this station, states that he has not been called upon to officiate at a soldier's funeral throughout the whole of 1897.This is the first time in a period of thirty years of service that he has not been called upon to perform this duty.Mr.Bullock thinks that no other military station of any importance throughout the British empire can furnish such a record at present.The Rev.F.Webster, chaplain of the military prison here, has a satisfactory account to render of the dis cipline of the troops.Throughout the year it was seldom that more than two or three prisoners were to be found undergoing terms of punishment.These good accounts furnished by both hospital and prison authorities are no doubt partly due to the excellent discipline maintained by the Royal Berkshire regiment, which left here two months ago, and constituted a large part of the garrison of Halifax.The colored people of Preston and Hammond\u2019s Plain complain that they did not make such large sales of wreaths and other Christmas and New Year's decorations this year as on former occasions.Their wreaths are made of ground jumper, evergreen, and other plants, in which are placed immortelles and other flowers, sometimes dyed and sometimes in their natural tints.These wreaths are very pretty, and sell from five cents upwards.This year many persons have bought paper flowers instead of the everlastings.The colored people also sell spruce festoons of ten and fifteen yards in length when unrolled.These things they carry on their heads in Jarge baskets, walking along the slippery sidewalks without ever requirihg the use of their hands in the carriage of their burdens.The colonel of one of the regular military organizations here was lately fined by\u2019 the legal authorities for riding a bi- were on parade.Rain fell heavily on New Year's eve.The weather continued open till Jan.4, the first snow-fall of any extent taking \u2018place on that day.cycle on the sidewalk, while his troops TAOUNTAIN CLIMBING.INTERESTING EXPERIENCES OF MR.FITZGERALD WHILE ASCENDING THE.ANDES, 4 London, Jan.13.\u2014The \u201cDaily Chronicle\u2019 to-day publishes an interview with Mr.Fitzgerald, the leader of the expedition, which on April last, ascended Mount Aconcagua, in the Andes.Mr.Fitzgcr- ald describes the extreme difficulty and danger of the ascent.He had to struc.gle upward through deep masses of rat- ten, rocky material, sliding back two feet out of every three he advanced.The party lived for a fortnight in a small rent in the mountain side at an altitude of 19,000 feet.The cold was intense and the wind was blowing a gale.It took two hours to light a fire.\u2018Life at this altitude,\u2019 Mr.Fitzgerald says, \u2018was extremely uncomfortable.You pant like a dying consumptive.Then the dust, which emothers everything, gets ints your throat nad chokes you.You cough exhaustively and pant worse than ever.Every effort, however slight, entails fresh effort of the will, and your only desire in the world is to give up the whole \u2018thing and get down.It appears to you at that time high climbing is the most insane and needless undertaking conceivable.When I was not climbing I just sat and wished that'I was dead.Rain never falls on the mountain, and we had to carry all our water up.Of course it froze on the way and had to be thawed out bit by bit.But at times the view was indescribably splendid.We could see the Pacific stretched out before us, though the coast line was a hundred miles away.\u2019 tle LEATHER TRADE EXPANDING.Toronto, Jan.14.\u2014The annual meeting of the Tanners\u2019 Section of the Board of Trade was held yesterday afternoon and revealed the fact that that industry is largely increasing its exports to the United Kingdom.Mr.G.C.Lang, Berlin, in the course of his annual address, said: \u2018The gradual expansion of the export trade in leather is a matter for congratulation.The excellence which our leather products have attained, within the past few years, has given them a place in the markets of the world that augure well for the future.The growth of the export trade means the stimulating of an industry that is peculiarly Canadian, and will bring in its wake advantages to Canadian users as well as producers of leather in the British Isles.The election of officers resulted as follows: Chairman, Mr.J.R.Clark; vice- chairman, Mr.C.J.Miller, Orillia.The section affirmed former expressions of opinion in favor of compulsory inspection of all hides and skins, and of the appointment of a chief Dominion inspedtor of hidea.NEW JAPANESE MINISTRY.London, Jan.13.\u2014A despatch to the \u2018Daily Mail\u2019 from Shanghai says that the new Japanese Cabinet has been comple:- ed with the following distribution of portfolios: Premier, the Marquis Ito; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Nishi, Minister of the Interior, Viscount Kosh: kawa; Minister of War, Viscount Ka- sura; Minister of Marine, Marquis Saigo Teugumichi; Minister of Finance, Count Inouye; Minister of Commerce, Baron Itomiyoji; Minister of Communications.Baron Suyematsu; Minister of Education, Marquis Saionyi; Minister of Justice, M.Sono.A despatch to the \u201cTimes\u2019 from Kobe says: The endeavor to form an lto-Oku- ma coalition ministry failed.Marquis Ito, after great difficulty and the personal intervention of the Mikado, has con structed a ministry independent of pi tical parties for which a brief career .< predicted.The military party strongly approves Japan's asserting herself in the present crisis and the activity of the dockyards is unabated.The press is ¢ n- stantly discussing an Anglo-Japanese alliance.DURANT\u2019S BODY CREMATED.Los Angeles, Cal, Jan.13.\u2014The Lody of the San Francisco murderer, W.H.T.Durant, was cremated at the crematory of Reynolds & Van Nuys at Alta- dena to-day.The ashes were removed from the furnace and delivered to the parents.None saw the inside of the crematory except the employees and the Durants.BUSH FIRES IN AUSTRALIA.Melbourne, Jan.13.\u2014There have been destructive bush fires throughout the colony of Victoria and enormous damages have been done, especially in the south-eastern part.Two townships have been obliterated and hundreds of settlers rendered homeless.There has been a great loss of live stock.THE BOUNTY ON SUGAR.London, Jan 13.\u2014It is reported that the Belgian Government intends to invite the European exporters of beet sugar to meet in conference with a view to abolishing the export bounties.This action on the part of Belgium, it is said, will be taken without delay.THEE DAILY WITNESS is printed and published at the \u2018 Witness\u2019 Building, at the corner of Craig and St.Peter streets, in the city of Montreal, hy John Redpath Dougall, of Montreal.All business communications should be addressed John Dougall & Son,\u2019 \u2018 Witness\u2019 Oftco, Montreal, sad all letters to the Editor should Le addressed * Editor of the \u2018Witness,\u2019 Moatrealy > \"a fa 8 yy \u2018 yd "]