The daily witness, 2 décembre 1907, lundi 2 décembre 1907

[" Se Re j LT.Te SQ or Ys MENT OFFENDS | BOARD.used of\"Prfeach of Faith in Connection With Disposal of $16,000 for Education, DR.REXFORD AND PRINCIPAL PETERSON ATTACK, AND MR WEIR DEFENDS THE GOVERNMENT.FPS 4, 5 PROTESTANT disposal of the $16,000 saved tion of the committee.Its relations over the, of education in the Province were threefold, namely, to the private Lo ebec by Sir William Macdonald's } benefactor, by whose generosity the Nor- of a gift of .a normal school at St.mal School grant was set free, and whose one de Bellevue, a lively and somewhat disappointment at finding that his expec- Anse ions debate took place at'a meet- tations in this matter had not been re- oe the Protestant Oouncil of Public alized was shared, he was eure, by every Lstruêtion at Quebec -on Friday.member oË the committee; secondly, to the interests of educational work, and esent at the meeting were the hr Dr, Shaw (ln the chair), the Lotd thirdly, to the committee itself, and in regard to educational work.\u2018I'he pres- ie t Quebec, the Hon.W.A.Weir, : Bebop Se ent distribution of the released McGill 1 ] Peterson, the Rev.Dr.Rex- M, Ames, MP, the Rev.Mr.Tay- Ncrmal School money had, he said, been or, the Rev.A.T.Love, Judge McCor- made by the government right in face of | the committee\u2019s representations, in spite | Mr.Shurtleff, the Hon.J.K.Ward, ry Welker, Mr.Jas.Whyte, Dr.Rob- of its deliberately expressed opinions, and us, without consulting it.Kneeland, Mr.Sutherland, Mr.nin They were created to act in an advis- Vasten and Mr.W.S.Maclaren.\u2018 vis Charges of breach of faith were ory capacity to the government, and, in brought by several members against the return for their faithful service, had government in connection with the issue heen subjected to a series of attacks, both of the following order-in-council:\u2014 in the House and on the hustings.It The Honorable the Secretary of the |came as a shock when they were not only Province, in a report dated the twenty- not consulted in the distribution of tins jourth of September, 1907, sets forth: 1g16 000 set free by their own efforts, and Sir William Macdonald's liberality, but that it is necessary\u2019 to appropriate the i sum of $16,866.67, heretofore used for the when it was actually distributed in opposition to their suggestions.They were Normal School (6 Ed.VIL.Ch.26), and in consequence he recommends that (a) }erate intention of the government to ] L M eliminate the influence of the committee be used under the direction of the Provincial Secretary to provide ten bursarieS [then as gelf-respecting men there were : orly two courses open to them, either to the Teachers\u2019 Training Department of the Macdonald College, and that (b) the existence, or to make a final appeal to the 8 .people of the province to say whether Superintendent of Public Instruction under the direction of the Provincial Sec- Protestant education cut off or retained.3 boat Mr.Shurtleff seconded the resolution.in the Province of Quebec, not being in any city of the province, for each elemen- .CE À AJ A TING.control during the current school year, LER OF DRAF subject to the following conditions: \u2014 Principal Peterson declared that the school boards eball be made with the le committee and to the donor, who had detinct understanding that they shall !cypressed the desire that the distributions the local contributions for school main- |}, protestant Committee.\u2018The terms tenance, but to improve education.by of their proposal ehowed clearly that the school , Or improving the schoo that the moneys should be applied by the vildings and furnishings.Protestant Committee, liven where control a Model School shail to receive twenty.dollams for one elemen- demies shal be ali ; duly Pa elementary departments.in:at ire ebou ; .\\ed in the memorandum, were not repeat- ond ae ee Bou ed in the statute, but tbat was a matter À lo the Pr hare ndred Dr.Peterson stated that he had Sn* sand Tolan eta hal UT A William Macdonald's authority for saying make the payments hereby provided for.that the government had the intention (4) The Superintendent may withhold surance that the grants mentioned here- |Datural.agent, the Protestant Commit- in will be applied in accordance with the * THE BONE OF CONTENTION.\\ - ticnal provisions, they \u2018had mein} the support and maintenance of the McGill entitled to ask whether it was the delib- the sum of five hundred dollars shall whenever it could be done.lf it was, of fifty dollars each for pupils attending resign before being chlorcformed out of sum of twenty dol be paid by the they desired the existing guarantees of retary, to each Protestant School Board : n- OMISSION A MAT- tary school in operation and under its OMISS (I) All payments from this source to}.ernment was doing an injury both to be applied not to decrease in any way |.uid be made under the regulations of increasing teachers\u2019 salaries, lengthening board made it an \u2018essential condition\u2019 (2) School hoards having under their lthey had spoken of the \u2018government: of tary department, \u201cang Wp having.aea- ns MAA \u201d that the words \u2018under the regulations of (3) Inasmuch as { is distribution is es \u2018the Protestant Committee,\u201d which appear- lie Instruction is authorized to take {rom |°f drafting.| the sum of $3,233.33, more or less; to that it would,never have occurred to him payments when he desires, pending as- these moneys, without consulting its terms of paragra \u201cMr.Shurtleff said th t's ac a h .r.Shurtleff said the government's ac.P pa one tion was a slap in the face for the tom- mittee.He did not ask for the cancellation of the present order, but for satisfactory assurance in future,\u2019 The Hon.W.A.Weir, replying for the government, said it never occurred to nim that the committee desired to be heard.Why did they not make thar representations to the government?\u2018Lhe to the office of the mier, where they committee had asked for mere money for were received by him, the Provincial Sec.elementary schools, and they now had it, retary, and the Hon.W.A.Weir.After | and the necessary leverage to secure good o full explanation of the proposals, the results as well.Why should they press Premier declared himself and his col- this resolution?asked Mr.Weir.\u201clt 1s leagues to be willing to give effect to the simply a vote of censure upon the gov-' offer of the members of the legislature, ernment.I recognize the right of those providing the Protestant population were who move it to stir up a feeling: of un- setisfied with such a course.He said easiness throughout the province, but | eleps would be taken to leamn their views Protest against it.lt will be hard in- early enough in the session to allow the deed for them to prove that any attempt necessary legislation to be prepared, A |has been made to destroy the influence of caucus of the Protestant population was the cominittee, or the guarantees of Pro held, and as a result a contract was |testant education\u2019 lawn up, signed and sealed by the par- : its, y PAT MR.WEIR'S {lew .That contract the Hon.W.A.Weir SUGGESTION.cont ! sion te Mr.Weir suggested that the further ends, contains mo allusion to the consideration of the matter should b~ de.money ; ibhi sos the B being wib the jurisdiction ot ferred to anoiner meeting, and that in ¢ Protestant Committee, but the com- the time the committee shou.d occu mittee argue that i.was so understood, (75e Mean Lee «4 occupy pod charge the government with breaking |jét pur another year.© For him it was \u2018 ; ; not a question of whether Rexford\u2019s or Rinsobe meeting on Friday the Rev.Dr.Weir's ideas were to prevail, but of what resol.Summed up his attitude in à was best for the little children who were fo.ution calling the attention of the- attending the country schools, .homment to \u2018an apparent tendency of Judge McCorkill eaid he did not ve the recent order-in-council 1s a ljjeve the committee had been: intention- [Bepicuous example, to break «down aly slighted.Le guarantees secured for the educa- \u201cMr Weir said next session there would onal interests of the Protestant minor- 1.3 bigger vote for education, and the pi np} Sradually eliminating the influence whole question of distribution might then ut this committee from the administra- {Le considered.BOF Drotestant education, and there-| \u201cMr.Ames, M.P.said Dr.Parmele, I bring, the educational interests of the Secretary of the Committee (a letter nel stant minority under the direct ad- from whom Mr.Weir had quoted as fran istion of the government, whieh, showing the urgency for distribution), om the nature of the case, must be over- had been dragged in to bear the burden Villy Roman Cathoke of the Goverpment\u2019s action.| us resolution recommended that the! Mr, Weir said be had not thrown Ban shuald be appropriated as follows: blame on Dr.Parmelee.All he had i Five thousand dollars as bur- j meant to say was that Dr.Parmelee was intimate enough with him fo Dave said, texh in rural schools under a scheme to if he thought of it, that the Protestant \u201c¢ approved by order-in-council.(B) I'he Committee might be offended.di That he renting amount available to be placed he had $V of it, om cate that _y the credit of the Protestant board of | Mr Ao dit would have be mapas Gung, or ame | Ye Ama tad 4 vould ave bee 1 Pllar scheme mutually agreed upon be- hing bat or it \u201cot their e done any en the government ahd this commit- | lk ut wait ti views were ) At à meeting of the Protestant Committee on Jan.8, the proposal of the Macdonald College Normal Training Department was submitted and considered, and the committee then proceeded in a body re da- tur the encouragement of candi- a> (1) to train at Ste.Anne, and to , Dr.Rexford said the circumstances un- | At.the resumption of \"tHe debate in \"V which the order-in-council had been\u2019 the afternoon, a scene occurred when bassed formed a crisis as serious as any- Pr.Rexford said he had re-written his \u2018ling that bad occurred since the forma- motion in modified form.Ligible {he \u2018provinces\u2019 .in- connection with edisca- {#08 be | Protestant Committee.ag.he ,Sepmrel BODIES St relsgan Jy fall, 2 ight in their« judgmi-nf, Bein the market.of reserving to itself the allocation of (eub-amendment, and said he would like MONTREAL, MONDX ; A or: Rexford then asked wi w.the motipn, and again - Mr, Weir objected, the chairmen uphold his claim that consent to withdraw.mmm be unanimous.Cl : The chairman (the Rev.Dr.Shaw), asked Dr.Rexford to hand in- his me duction of the original resolution.Dr.Rexford said the first draft had been hurriedly scratched down on scraps of paper, and he had simply copied it out clearly.fs The chairman thought the matièég might, be settled by somebody follo A the original, while he read the cleat CODY.SER Dr.Peterson said this was not: neces sary.They were all ready to fake Dr Rexford\u2019s word.drew his objection, as Dr.Rexford gave {his word that the resolutions were ident tical, DR.PETERSON\u2019S AMENDMENT.The motion which Dr.Rexford \u2018bat was t Fay tion, but Mr.Weir insisted on the pro-: PA Ë DECEMBER 2, 1907 Jee shiscted.to any chasse: 1, eu «oi n ous ation sl tnut hm.nude plie + lation while coll sever: ; Juss.; may le ama 1as al- prero- paking baker, f the er thy egated s done legate ut the a com publ Liza ns Le Na woull ancin£ leagu- pr sign dy uv Or our z vther sediunr t coul- © lurnl t end.ejected agrees others inating fidence: yuld, of t could THE PAST WEEK\u2019S TRADING.While the past weeks trading was much smaller in vaiue and volume than in {many previous similar periods, real estate men express satisfaction with the amount of business done.Most of the sales which were carried through were for small residences, tenements and building lots, the great proportion of these being registered at the Hoche- laga and Jacques Cartier office.A promising amount of business was done by those agents who deal more especially in subdivisions and the number of properties which have changed hands recently speaks well for the rapid extension of the city into the suburbs.Real estate as investment is evidently growing in favor, BUSINESS IN THE WEST.The slackness that at one time was being felt in the western real estate is evidently passing away.According to the Vancouver \u2018World, an estate men which means nothing else than that the real estate situation 15 begun.While few sales of importance have been transacted during the past few days, there have been a host ol smaller sales which have become more numerous every day.and inquiries for both inside real estate offices thick and fast.| : A\u2019 wave of activity has commenced in ! deadly earnest and that word \u2018slump, \u2018which has been a bugaboo since the financial depression first loomed over the horizon.has been eliminated from the: real estate man\u2019s dictionary.\u201cThere is not going to be any slump and the public, after patiently waiting for it for weeks, are beginning to realize | that the prophets were away out in { their calculations, and brushing pessi- 'mism aside, are wading in so as to, on the ground floor with the low prices,\u2019 smile is spreading over the faces of realiby the \u2018World?\u2018the situation.,Yearly payments on property .and outside property are flowing into the ;now practically all been provided for A CORNER IN REAL ESTATE.said 0.E.Keefer, of He continued : * The publie has been expecting a slunp for so long that, realizing that none is com- brightening and good times have again ing, at least, not for some time yet, they are hurrying in where they for- ;merly feared to tread.outlook is slightly better, The financial which has iven a new lease of life to Furthermore, the haïf- have by probably and more buying is naturally expected.The financia! situation.however, 1- still rather depressed but it will undoubtedly improve by the first of the year.The difficulties in the way of removing the wheat crop of the prairie provinces may - have some effect on Vancouver real es- « tate, and many of those contemplating removing to this section of the country may not be able to do so, or, if they come, may not be so flush as they would be if the crop was all paid for., The general trend of opinion followed the same lines.TO-DAY\u2019S SNAPS IN REAL ESTATE.THE CRADOOK SIMPSON OO.Merchants Bank Bullding.INVESTMENT PROPERTIES « \\ SUSSEX STREET \u2014 Rlock of cut stone dwellings, containing 6 tenements, hot water heating, good plumbing, in geod order.Excellent investment.Price .$18,000 HUTCHISON STREET\u2014Six heated apartments, all well rented, modern heating and plumbing, almost new and in good order; au Al investment .$22.000 McGILI: COLLEGE AVENUE \u2014 Stone front apartment house, containing 4 apartments of 7 rooms each, thoroughly modern, and up-to-date.Price .24,000 BISHOP STREET\u2014Apartment house - containing 4 heated apartments and janitor\u2019s apartment in basement, bot and cold water all the year round, gas stoves and dumb walter to top flat, building new and in excellent condition ; an excellent investment ; situated between Sherbrooke and St.Catherine streets.Price .\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.$28.000 THE CRADOCK SIMPSON CO.ce ae ro vu ary - = 4 ye am Ir A.W.D.HOWELL, 212 $t.James street Tenement Houses On Parthenais Street, _ FOR SALE 11 Houses of 2 tenements each.Pay about 10 per cent on sale price.Will be sold singly or en bloc.\u2014 re H.M.SIMPSON, Room 40, Renouf Building, - FOR SALE, On Bleury Street, Two Solid Stone and Brick Houses, containing two stories and six Flats.Rentals represent a return of Over 10%, and value of property in this locality is daily increasing.Thisis an Al investment.H.M.SIMPSON.Tel.Up 2368.40 Renouf Bulldinæ.Ll | signal; belt for addresssing machine, I L RT 4 CIEE 1004 PUTNAM & MoORORY, 308-10 Merchants Bank Bldg.Elm Avenue Above Sherbrooke House For Sale.An attractive stone front cottage on an extra wide lot.Five good bedrooms.Large dining and drawing rooms.Open plumbing, Electric wiring.etc.Possession May lst.Price moderate.Permits on request.PATENT LFFORT.Messre.Fetherstonhaugh * & Company.patent solicitors, Canadian \u2018Life Building, Montreal, report the following list o; patents recently obtained fice: \u2014 Canada\u2014G.P.McNigh, cooking s\u2018oves; R.F.Woodburn, biM files; I Creelman, fog signalling timing devices: T.L.Wilson, apparatus for producing a tound T.L.Wilson, fog signals: W.Valentine, apparatue for mounting fittings and couplings on tubing used for alr through their of- \u20181 brakes and other purposes: P.MacGregor, combined binders and arch files.U.S.A.\u2014F.A.temporary type-carrving Marri eon, attachments for window shade rollers; Frank Cotton, reverberatory furnace, Frstend\u2014Charlce Pickard, watch vale.Harrison, ls announe- thods by reading.by attendance at lee ing t the Vancouver 3 optimistic i Real Estate Bureau, when interviewed TTT TT rm mt on ST RT al Oa AST it Ue EE HE Beer ra abn al AO Aim TTT Sh ld es 5 eed _B0c extra; \u2018Northern Messenger,\u2019 B0c, #x{Tà, \u2018exclude from its columns 5.| employees, during his tans Two or thrée publications to the game address.«Ladin 0 *Dally Witness\u2019 and \u2018World Wide\u2019 Dally Witness\u2019 and \u2018Messenger\u2019.\u2018Dally,\u2019 \u2018World Wide\u2019 and \u2018Mes- \u2018Weekly Witness\u2019 and \"World Wide\u2019 : \u201cWeekly Witness\u2019 and \u2018Measenger Weekly,\" \u201cWorld Wide\u2019 and Mès- Postage included for Canada (Montreal and suburbs excepted), Newfoundland, Great Britain, Malta, Gibraltar, New Zea- lend, Jamaica, Trinidad, Bahama Island.Transvaal, Barbadoes, Bermuda, Britied Guiana, British Honduras, Ceylon, Gam da.Sarawak, Zanzibar, Hongkong an prus.U.S.Postage for United States, Alasts, \u2018Hawallan and Philippine Islands, \u2018Dally Witness,\u201d $3.00 extra; \u2018Weekly -.Witness, 50° 33.80 Voi 21 490°.3.40 10-30 1.40 1.20 2.90 .§3.20 - except in \u201cMessenger\u201d clubs to -ome\u2019 & dress, when every tour coples int \u2018be AY \u2018cepts extra postage per annum.Foreign postage \u201cextra to all countries pot named in the above list as Zollows: \u2018Dai L Witness,\u2019 $3.50 extra: \u2018Weekly Witness, A, extra : \u2018Northern Messenger,\u2019 60¢ extra ; \u2018World Wide,\u2019 subscription price.ir postage to foreign cou es, 0 00.The last edition of the \u2018Dally Witness is delivered in the city every evening Oo publication at $4 per annum, and \u2018Wor Wide at $1.50 per annum.rete of the \u2018Witness\u2019 Mississippi route = only, a dream, as it pie \u201c.\u201c Ésetgthing indéei nin out faver, if wy Will\u2019 as, eg! + their best.It only nagds to animate us all\u2014in \u2018good p \u2018physical \u201cgovernment, inv the\u2019: ning of \u2018public utilities, and in the various ways by which Montreal may be made beautiful and economical and wholesome to.live in\u2014to give rise to a city that not only in quantity but in quality shall surprise even the most optimistic.Our port is at present much cheaper than that of New York; for one thing, we can transship from car to vessel directly, while at New York a large proportion of .freight \"has to be transferred from.car to lighter; and when we are furnished with up-to-date equipment, auch as electric \u2018cranes; and à .modern elevating system, we shall inevitably be the cheapest port on this continent.When the Georgian Bay Canal is \u2018built, our advantages promise to greatly increase, and, other things being equal to or better than those at New York and other United States ports, we are bound to capture the bulk of the traffic.Hitber- to, Mr.Hill has been a pro-New Yorker, but now for interested or disinterested.cas no le th bligshers inde mm Pt all financial and otber advertisements which they = consider calculated or intended to take sdvantage of or injure the reader, it must be \u2018under stood that they jn mo way guarantee advertisements, ahd must leave their readers to exercise their own discretion in the way of putting faith in them.It is, of course, fmpoesible to know much about mining advertising, which offers probably the most speculative and, therefore, the moat risky of all Investments, The great chances of gain are balanced by the great chances o* loss, and no one should Invest in a very speculative property more than he can afford to lose.; rer business communications should be addressed \u2018John Dougall & Sop, \u2018Witness\u2019 Office, Montreal.\u201d All letters to the Editor should be addressed \u2018Editor of the \u2018Witness,\" Montreal.\u2019 All Fi pre SN 515 DECEMBER 21.7% 57 S|(M|T|W|T|F|S 5 12 19 | 26-| .e e + ee * 4 I 8 5 NT me 3 0 17 4 { Wi .Swoon WN = \u2014 MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1907.It is hard to believe that in the pres ent days of telegraphs, wireless and \u2018other, -there could still be a place in the world, and that within the Russian Empire, from which it would be impos- eible to get definite news of a great calamity for forty-one days after it occurred.The fact that there had been & calamity at Karatagh reached us in reasonable time.It was reported that the mountain had fallen on the town.But only now have any authentic details reached us, although the disaster occurred on the twentieth of October.Karatagh is in the region that is sometimes spoken of as the roof of the world, in that very exalted table land between the Hindoo Koosh and the Turkestan chain of mountains, the highest \u2018part of which table land is &nown as the Pamirs.It is at this roof tree that the three greatest empires of the world meet, the.Russian, .the Chinese, and the British.Karatagh is a hundred and ten miles on the map south- gast of the classical Tartar city of Samarkand, a very great mart in the days pf Timur the Tartar, but now less important.The distance is no doubt very much longer by the mountain paths.The old province of Bokhara is a very recent acquisition of Russia, having been derelict for a long time.It was too far from Pekin\u2014from two to three thousand imiles\u2014to be counted into the Chinese \u2018Empire.Those cities, Kashgar, Samar- \u2018kand and Bokhara, were in- old deys the \u2018seat of great empires, but the region \u2018which was the centre of the great Tartar \u2018empires seems now to be quite out of the world.: Mr.James J.Hill's pronouncement that New York has reached the climax of her commercial prosperity, and his \u2018prediction that the traffic of the West \u2018must find an outlet \"by way of: the St.Lawrence, synchronizes with.the optimistic forecast of Mr.George Washington Stevens, president of the Harbor Commission, at the dinner given to the harbor employees on Saturday evening.It is true that Mr.Hill mentions an alternative route for the traffic of the West, by way of the Mississippi to New Orleans, but eminent engineers \u2018have pver and over again declared that the) & reasons, he has decidedly changed his i tune.Nevertheless, he is only now rec- : ognizing the logic .of geographical facts and human events.) THE INTEROOLONIAL EXTENSION.The Hon.H.R.Emmerson, ex-Minis- ter of Railways, who is, it seems, determined, if he may, to retrieve his position in the great affaris of the country, has given notice in the House of Commons of a resolution full of consequence.His resolution, if adopted, will commit the government to extend the Intercolonial Railway not only to the lake ports, a pressing need for that railway, as well as for the government, but also to the \u2018industrial centre of western Canada\u2019\u2014which, we suppose, means Winnipeg.As Mr.Emmerson was so recently a member of the cabinet, we may presume that he has not introduced this matter without some sense of 1ts approval.In that case, and as the Opposition is committed to the extension.of | the government line, the resolution should {be carried without much adverse discussion.In favoring such extensions, Mr.Emmerson is following in the footsteps of his predecessor in office, Mr.Blair.The \u2018Witness\u2019 hae advocated the extension of the Intercolonial to a point.on the Georgian Bay for years past.Lhe right time to have carried out that project would have been when the Canada Atlantic was in the market at a reasonable figure.The failure to secure that opportunity may have the advantage of giving us now one more line to tap the lake traffic.Mr.Emmerson\u2019s resolution states that it ie desirable that the sphere of influenee of the government road should be widened and extended by securing, \u2018by leare or otherwise,\u2019 such of the branch lines connecting with the railway as will serve as profitable feeders.Contracts for running rights may be advisable in some instances, but vo - far as the extension to Georgian Bay is concerned, absolute control of tracks is surely the better plan.Running rights into Montreal over the Grand Trunk tracks have, by this and by that, cost the country dear.Such an extension as we have recommended would without doubt stimulate and promote internal and interpro- vincial traffic, and would set up healthy competition, with the privately-owned railways.The government railway could indeed dictate rates should that be advisable or even necessary on any occasion.As for the extension to Winnipeg, the proposal suggests some design for making use of some track already, existing or under way\u2014possibly some agreement for the use, or even the er end of the Grand Trunk Pacific, which is also a government ne.Anyway, 1t is a less pressing matter than the Georgian Bay extension.\u2019 THE DAWN IS LAEAKING.When the recent financial clouds were darkest in the United States, s!x thousand men were discharged from the Harriman railways.It is now announced that they have been re-employed.They the thousands of miles of .the Union Pacific and Central Pacific: that had been inaugurated to catch up with the stupendous growth along those lines of railway.During \u2018the panic, those plans were laid aside, to be:resumed in brighter days.The fact that they dre to be resumed this very.day is sevidence of the fact that-\u2014at least in the opinion of Mr.Har- \u2018rimsn\u2014thé brighter days are beginning.CS NL ES o fly, alt of us, f \u201cof the millions of dollars that tive work À\" of \u2018these men represents, important as \u201cit is in the business.of restoring the, lof the-past; that the greatest railway \u2018operator.in the country, whose hold on! \u201cthe coyntry\u2019s pulse is more intimate than < perhaps that of any other man, is himself \u2018 assurèd that the United States is con- \u201c valescent.and is going ahead with his | \u2018arrangements to meet the tremendous | \u2018tige of prespérity° Such tidings will soon come from other quarters, and presently people will begin to wonder why they were so scared in November, 1907.The gravity of the situation in Niew York and the United States has indeed been much exaggerated.\u201clhere never | Herriman in the past, \u2018 the disbursément ¢ gbstructed circulation of currency, 18° ioe * only the \u2018smaller good of the incident\u2014 .'} ¢ the greater is that it is a notice to the =| warld that the eo-called panic is a thing; largely a credit crisis.control, of the Transcontinental, the hith- are to construct the improvements along In the opinion of the New York \u2018Amert-\u2018{States will climb down off that was any cause for international anxiety.The net result, as the *Spectator\u2019 finde, so far as the public is concerned, is that many people have had to.sell valuable stocks at a great sacritice, while many others have been able to pick up those valuable stocks at bargain: counter prices.But there has been no actual destruction of wealth, as in the case of the Toronto and Baltimore fires,\u2019 and the San Francisco fire and earth- has, indeed.been \u2018Credit is the \u201cmost admirable and useful welper and \u2018server of commerce, so long as it can \u2018 maintain its balance.It is, however, \u2018like a wheel in the physical world, as \u2018a rule only able to do so when in mo- \u2018tion.As soon as it stops, it falls to \u2018the ground, and until it can be set quake.The crisis ¢ going again by the impulse of confidence \u201call those interested in the equilibrium \u201cof the wheel are bound to be unhappy \u2018and disturbed.Credit when it stops \u2018can do almost as much harm as it can \u201cdo good while it is moving\u2019 So much for metaphor.The explanation only partially analyses the situation.The real fact is that just such works as those on which Mr.Harriman called a halt have been absorbing capital at a rate for which the world has had no sort ot precedent.Such money is absolutely planted in the earth, and its fruits can only be reaped after many days.\u2018That the capital so employed was largely borrowed, and that in a complex way, ia simply an incident.The real fact is that when the world as ia whobe sinks money faster than it makes it, there must be a check.Such checks, owing to credit conditions, acute than they meed be.It is cheerful to be assured by the most reliable authorities that the inevitable reaction 18: already taking place, and that business | confidence is being restored, and, in the United States, on a sounder basis than before the panic, owing to the elimination of much that was weak and wrong.THE FRENCH TREATY.Canada\u2019s new treaty of commerce with\u2019 the French republic is, as we have said, a distinct improvement over the tariff agreement which has been in force -be- tween the two countries for thirteen years past, and will undoubtedly add new - stimulus to the trade which ies now done between them.1t is of sufficient scope to have well justified the time and trouble that the negotiators expended upon it.up his success in Paris by the conclusion of an understanding along similar lines with Germany he will certainly live in the remembrance of Canadian- farmers, fishermen, lumbermen, miners and manufacturers, for the German and the French imports include many products that we are well able to supply.Many of our.imports from them are of a class that we cannot buy to equal advantage elsewhere, and the reductign of the customs duties upon these lines to a strictly revenue ba- sig means a saving of many thousands of dollars to Canadian consumers.On the other \u2018hand, there is really no reason why Canadian food products should not in years to come become every bit as popular in France and Germany as they.are to-day in the British Isles, As it is, we buy four times as much from France and five times as much from Germany as we have been permitted to sell in those markets.But this is not likely to continue, and the admission of Canadian goods and products at minimum tariff rates will, of course, go a long way toward gaining for them the favor that they deserve.When this treaty comes into effect Canadian goods will have access to the French market at very much lowér taritr rates than those from the United States.American goods do not come in under the minimum tariff of France, and never will until the stubborn Washington: Senate can be brought to see the necessity of giving France some substantial trade concession in return, It is for us to make hay while the sun shines, as the day is certainly coming when the United high can,\u2019 which bas had little love for Mr.horse.The new rate on agricultu- If the Finance Minister can follow SAF am COREE RE lower than France has given other : country.Half a milton dol lars\u2019 worth of Canadian farm implements were sold in France last year, so that this progressive department of Canadian manufacturing is well prepared to take full advantage of the opportunity that the new treaty affords it.1f Uncle Sam is uot able to negotiate a similar rate for the benefit of his harvester trust, we will probably have the latter making such additions to its Canadian plant as will en- rable it to fill orders for the French mar- kel from the factories it has lately erected.in the city of Hamilton.The reduction fn duties which Canadian imports wil; .enjoy under the French minimum tariff, as compared with what they now \u2018have to pay, varies from five to twenty- five percent.In any case in which an article now exempt from duty in Krance is hereafter made dutiable, Canada is assured the most favorable rate granted to any foreign country.An unfortunate part of any commercial arrangement with France is that the Frénoh always demand reductions on \u2018wines.lt is, of course, not a moral question.whether high or low duties are collected on wines.I'he French are not going to intertere as the British did with regard to opium in Ohina with our \u2019nter- nal regulations, which might prohibit the importation and sale of these beverages.1f the treaty meant a veto on prohibition expressed or understood it wauld be treasonable to the best interests of the Canadian people.lt is to be hoped that \u2018the proposed new direct steamship line to France will prove more successful than smilar enterprises have in the past, for otherwise the net result of Mr.Fielding\u2019s submission to the demand of his Maritime Province friends for direct shipments to Ca- |nadian ports will largely minimize the benefits that the treaty might otherwise have \"conferred.The only direst service in operation at present between France and Canada is one maintained by.the Allan Line, with something like eighteen round trips in the year.There iz a rumor that the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique is to operate a line to the Bt.Lawrence next summer,: and if there may be a line subsidized from Canada to the Mediterranean, calling at \u2018Mareeilles.But without the adequate bring\u2018 conéternatren}i;kippihg facilities that these would af- \u2018and, through fear, become much - more ford, our trade with France under: the new treaty will be apt to be more hindered than helped by the stipulation for lshipmetns through the Canadian ports.CHINESE HEAD TAX IMPORTANT DECISION BY NOVA SCOTIA SUPREME CuukrT.- Halifax, Dec.1\u2014It is not an indictable crune for a Chinaman to get into Can- iada by evasion of the payment of the\u2019 .$500 head tax.Such is the decision of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court rendered \u2018yesterday.The case arose from the arrest of seventeen Chinamen in Cape Breton, who were charged with having been smuggled into Canada from Newtound- land.Judge MacKenzie, of the County Court, had held that the Chinamen, in entering Canada withoue paying the head tax, had committed an offence.Yesterday four Supreme Court judges, Townshend, Meagher, Russell and Long- ley, held that the tax was only a debt, and the non-payment thereof was not a crime, as the judge of the County Court had decided.Judge Drysdale dis- | sented.\" The case turns entirely on the construction of the statute.The argument in support of the conviction was that every violation of the act was an indictable offence, but the majority of the court held that this could not refer to the mere failure to pay the tax imposed, and more than non-payment duties devolving upon various offences under the law, which would be violations of the act in the same sense as the failure to pay the tax, Moreover, there were express provisions in the statute with reference to the mode of collecting the tax which tended to exclude the idea that non-payment wae intended to be made a criminal offence.I'he general doctrine also was pressed in favor of the defendants from the language of the law.It must be clearly and definitely stated to be a criminal offence.The result of the decision is that the convictions of the Chinese prisoners are quashed.The defendants had been fined $100 in each of the seventeen cases.his Chinamen may be proceeded against by civil process to recover the amount of the head tax just as any ordinary debt.MACLEOD LIBERALS.MacLeod, Alta.,, Nov.29.\u2014A Liberal convenaion for the new constituency of MacLeod, which extends north within boundary of British Columbia, was held yesterday.On the first ballot nine names were brought forward, but six of these retired.On the second ballot, A.B.MacDonald, of High River, was chosen as the candidate.GEN.LAURIE ELECYED MAYOR.Halifax, Dec.1.\u2014General Laurie has been elected mayor of Paddington, England.He was in Nova Scotia some time ago, and was elected in his absence.The day of his arrival in Paddington Gen: \u2018receive the Emperor William.ral implements from Canada is much to any \u2018Mr.Fielding gets the treaty of commerce that he is trying to negotiate with Italy money will.have to be returned, but the six miles of Calgary, and west to the |.ry a ne RUSSIAN JEWS TELL HARROWING STORY.Attracted to Colorado by an Advertisement They are Subjected to Most Britil Treatment, New York, Dec.2.\u2014~1he \u2018World\u2019 today says: A band of poor Russian Jews, fleeing from the American south-west, reached this city yesterday with a harrowing tlae of peonage and persecution on account of their faith, Several] ot the men, including Moise Opotowskl, bave found re.uge at the Hebrew Sheltering Arms in Kast Broadway.\u2018Ther stories are likely to be brought by promi nent men of their race to the attention of the State Depagtment at \\Vashing- ton.According to Opotowski, who talked through an interpreter, he and many tel- low workmen of Moscow were attracted by an edvertisement in a newspaper there offering $18 to $20 a week wages in agreeable employment near Galveston, Texas.Seventy-five of the men paid 785 roubles each for their passage to the United States.They sailed from Bremen on the steam- shij Chemnitz.\u2019 Nine days out, Upotow.eki says, the immigrants rebelled against a diet of bread, herring and potatoes, and there was a general fracas, in which the sailors beat the Russians unmercitul- y.At Galveston, after being at sea twenty-five days, the party was met by a labor agent.They then travelled two days with the agent, until they arrived at Pueblo, Colo., and were made the next day to walk nine miles out to a cleaning, They were hanued over to negroes, who gave them saws, and ordered them to get to work at once sawing limbs from the them ae if they were slaves.Opotowsk1 yesterday showed a scar on hie head where he said the skin had been cut open when he was flogged.The immigrants were left to sleep in the fields, and all that they could get to cat was pork and beans, with leavened bread, which their religion forbade them to partake of.They had to eat the food provided or else starve.After four days of this sort of existence, Opotowski says, most of his companions fled in various directions, m small bands, without having received a penny in wages.He and at least fifteen of hs \u2018countrymen escaped, and reached Lin- coin, Neb., whence a charitable Jew sent them to Omaha, and there a man named Zieman, of the Hebrew Charity Organization, provided them with tickets for Chicago.From -there they came to New York, homesick and disconsolate.- BLACKSOD BAY SCHEME PARTY OF DISTINGUISHED IRISHMEN ON THE WAY TO OTTAWA.-\u2014 New York, Dec.1.\u2014Arriving on the steamer : to-day.was a delegation of distinguished Irishmen who are interested in making Blacksod Bay, Ireland, the eastern terminus of the Atlantic service in the proposed all-red steamship route.I'he proposed system provides for a steamship line dincetly connecting Great Brit:un and Canada.across the continent, service over the Grand Trunk Railway, and steamship counections between the west coast of the Dominion with Japan, China and Australia.The delegation is made up of the Most Rev.Dr.Clancy, Bishop of Sligo; Dr.R.Ambrose,\u2019 M.P., John Armitage Drake.J.P., the Rev.Daniel E.Reilly and the Rev.Mr.Sherry.The delegation will lay its case before Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Ottawa.; ; Speaking of their mission to-night, Dr.Ambrose said: \u2018We maintain, in Ireland, that if we are to pay our share of the subsidy to be given for the all-red route we should receive some of the benefits.Our proposition is to have Blacksod Bay, Ireland, the eastern port of the Atlantic steamers of the route; to have a railway from the Bay of Sligo, connecting with the lines already built to Greenmore, on the east coast of Ireland; to have a ferry system from Greenmore to Fleet- wood, Scotland, so that the trains can be carried across to Scotland and placed on railways that will take them down into England.Ireland receives great proat thus from the Bay, and from the new Irish railway.The latter will cost a million and a half of dollars.\u2019 NEW YORK AND CHICAGO \u2014\u2014\u2014 TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED TO BE PLACED ON A NINETEEN AND A MALF HOUR SCHEDULE.Chicago, Dec.1\u2014The Twentieth Century Limited, the eighteen-hour train between New York and Chicäko, over the New York Central lines, is to be placed on a nineteen-and-a-half-hour schedule, according to this morning's \u2018Record-Herald.\u2019 It is said that the change will take effect on Dec.8, when the train will] kave Chicage at 1 p.m.instead of 2.30, and New York at 2.15 p.n., instead of 3.45.PREMIER SCOTT'S HEALTH.Regina.Dec.2.\u2014Premier Scott and Mré.Scott will spend the winter in the Méditerranean, owing to the former\u2019a still enfeebled condition as the result of tlie \u2018serious illness last \u2018winter.- PORTUGUESE , ELECTIONS, Lisbon, Nov: 36 The government states that it hds been decided not.to hold elections until.the political agitation has subsided, even if it \u2018involves | waiting until the end of 1908.lt Lopes.eral Laurie wis called on as mayor to }h however.that it will be possible to bold | them early in the new year.\u2018Carmania,\u2019 from Queenstown, Moda, DECEwBFER 2, Jan = \u2014 HONOR HER MEMORY MONUMENT BRECTED UV, | GRAVE OF THE LATE V2+- SUSAN GREELEY, AI GRAFTON, ONT.Cobourg, Nov.3u.-ln tue l're rian Cemetery at Uralton, veut Irom here, à Iew days ago, Lu urg and dedicution vo! à mo 1Umeu: ed to the memory où Miss Numan ley toox place.At lue time death, Sepl.7, 1904, at the age «.Hinety-eignt years, Miss Greeley ed the unique record of having In a Sunday -school for over cigniy and during a great part of that : school was conducted by her m i.home in Haldimand Townsi; monument, which 1s very beaut: \u2026 this inscription: * Erected in grater.colection of a long and uses \u2014 Christian example and devo.has been erected through the x.: subscriptions of a number of rn ex-pupils.Miss Greeley's eativ a momentous one.Nhe wus 4 of Aaron Greeley, who ann country from the United States early vears of the eighteen and who entered into à \u201comp- - Governor Simcoe to bring thi into the country, sunplving + provisions, tools, etc.He e- first grist and saw mills nto.in Brighton and Haldimand T- The settlers were brough: in.\u2014- and for his services Mr.Grevlv receive a large tract of Land.ter a Governor Simcoe was called ++ Fu.and Governor Hunter.who alnime affairs in his absence.failed to ratir - e compact made bv his predec sear oD gusted by this.Mr.Greeley ao opie?offer previously made him of hong +.survevor-general of the terntoarvy would go to Michigan.Hi of her > Ol OV ~~ POssess.8 taugi: ty years time tu her own p- The fui, bear.ateful re- | life © lon.It voluntars iends-ansl lite was daughter to Unis >3 in the century, act with y settlers em with >cted the se parts, Ownships.t 1s said.Vv was to but that England, ninistere.} ratify the or.-Di- cepted in ing made rv if h vife, Mr.was nne pire Low es of th her Ti! Ve and purnerv : rn shores the hed camping to rejoin I \u201c { n Y YORK .BE NO IGH'Y.tation js ew York's Instead ot strictions, id a skye chooses, h form as nount oi ghburs on - 1dment to which wi n commis- the entire oly will be ren within e revision uestion ©! v-scrapers.lerance ot al] future y stories, great dea oad.\"x BATY \u201cF ON ct of the ts between lows :\u2014To he French t be made old treaty, port direct.ritain they rum tarif.he French rancs fifty The ship wever, to rts means maximum Canada to reaty rates her of the rents may direct or the coun tains com: > Case of - Dominion > a \u2018surtas ne has al vice from understood i organiza elding sue with Italy established calling at eas) - vins, secre axle, circus analysis of Iie points her ol UN ntermediate pritish rates -duecinz the - warehous\u201d s and em of treaties ubject the o fay more absence 0! nt.FALL.Phylh=, the Dr.Bowie 's residence third story th ety feet btful as her ed in tWO a or Monday, December 2nd, 1907 Store: closes daily at 5.30 p.m.acture.\u2018The first is a dainty dress of fine cotton, with a lace yoke, trimmed with lace at neck and.es filled sleeve.+.+.+ +89 À nice little one of fine Nain- sook with a dainty yoke of fine hemstitched tucks and.embroidery insertion and feather stitching.The neck and sleeves are trimmed with fine baby embroidery.78 This one is .96.It is of fine cambric and a shaped yoke back and front with clusters of (fine tucks.\u2018The necks and sleeves trimmed with fine bebe embroid- erv, and a deep hem at bottom.IN BABYLAND.Here is a suggestion of what we have in infants\u2019 and children\u2019s dresses, most of them imported from New York, London and Paris.together with those of our own manu- Now, here are two at each $1.00.One has a low round neck, a pretty yoke of - fine hemstitched tucks and embroidered fMmsertion back and front, sleeves trimmed to match yoke.The other is a Mother Hubbard, the yoke and frills of fine embroidered muslin, a deep frill at bottom of embroidery to match, neck trimmed with lace.cv .cece oo +0 81,00 This ome is a_ spotted muslin dress, very fine with tiny spots.It has a dainty yoke, the front of fine Val.lace insertions and \u2018the back of fine tucks, six rows of tucks on skirt, neck and sleeves And there are really hundreds of other patterns.trimmed with lace.Only 82.50 HANDKERCHIEFS.| 25 Will Bny edge, or | chief, or A Swiss embroidered handkerchief with scalloped A Swiss embroidered hemstitched handkerchief, or \u2018 A \u2018sheer linen embroidered lace-timmed handker- A sheer linen hand-embroidered handkerchief, or Three children\u2019s handkerchiefs in fancy little box.i STILLTTOES WHERE USED ITALIANS ATTACK COMPATRIOT, BUT ARE FRIGHTENED AWAY BY POLICE.Three Italians attacked a compatriot vamed Paquile Pepis on Donegani street on Friday night with stilettoes, and but for the timely arrival of two policemen & seric1s crime might havé been committed, as the iInjured man was unarmed.Tue story of Pepis is that he had been wurkiug in the North-West, had recently arrived in Montreal, and, prior to the ight, was waiting In the indsor station immigration quarters to board the 710 train tor New York.While in the station three countrymen came up and started to converse with him, and when he told them that he was going to New Yors they probably thought that he had toueiderable money on him.At any event, they made a pretext to get him outsde.He went towards the door, then became suspicious, and was turning back when the trio grabbed hold of him wd draggcd him out inio Voñegani street, which 1s dimly lighted.Here they or- dere him to hand over his cash, but ren the giitter of stilettoes would not im duce l\u2019epis-to part with the only four dollars he had in his possession, so he started to shout, and the men began to stab him.The fight must have lasted iat eight minutes before the assailants llaïy took flight along Donegani street, trom which they evidently turned down Uisson street.uen they learned that uniformed lien were coming the three assailants es- | Speed.and are still at large.Constab.es Wand and Piquette picked up the wound- ® man, who had fallen im the street.Les des his bleeding hands, with which he tried to ward off the knife stabs, the Wal was also suffering from wounds in ic \u2018ave and neck.He was first con- \u201c¢:7d to No, 6 police station in a patrol \u201ciaduu, after which he was sent to the General Hospital, where his wounds, \u201ctigi many, were not judged to be se- lots.-ripilon of his assailants.A COLLEGE JOURNAL.gb first number of the new series of he \u201cPresbyterian College Journal\u2019 has Just made its appearance and is replete With interesting reading matter.Por- baits and biographical sketches are given °l the new professors, Dr.R.E.Welsh ond the Rev.A.R.Gordon, as well as of 1 ® Dew financial agent, the Rev.J.G.[Dieter There is an interesting eulogy Res Tench of G.Bonnet Maury, by the pol R.P.Duclos, and the clever ad- ts of Dr.Welsh on \u2018The academic or (eal In traneitional times,\u2019 is also includ- |B >< READABLE PARAGBAPAS A COLD DOES IT.\u2018Captain Chandler, the aeronsut, said at a dinner in Washington the other day: ' \u2018The aerocaut, to get along, must keep tis wits about him.Under the most ad- \u2018verse circrmstances he must not lose his head.Always he must be alert and ready, like\u2014like\u2014well, like a scleatist 1 used to know.\u2019 \u2018This sciertist gave a scientific lecture in a church one night, and at the lecture\u2019s end he said, beaming on his audience condescendingly: : \u2018 \u201cNow, if {here is any scientific question that any of my friends would li i ; > 5 Told ike t | of the agreement which we would make ask, I beg them not to hesitate.I shal be ouly too bappy to answer any inquiry in my power.\u201d : \u2018An old lady in spectacles that gave her a severe, stern look, rose and sald: ¢ \u201cWhy do wet tea leaves kill roaches\u201d * \u2018The scientist didn\u2019t kuow they did, let alone the cause of the phenomenon; but, never at a loss, he replied: \u2018 \u201cBecause, madam, when a roach comes across a wet tea leaf, be says, \u2018Hello, here\u2019s a blanket,\u201d and wraps himself.up geles \u2018Times.\u2019 INTERNATIONAL COURTESY.An exceptiocally pretty girl with an RUMORED SHAKE-UP army's chief \u2018tn it, catches cold, and dies.\u201d\u2019\u2019\u2014ILos An-i 4 { THE MONTEBAL \u2018AMONG C.P.R.OFFICIALS, Report that Superintendent Ob- \u2026 orne Will Return to His Old \u201c Position in Montreal.SUPT.TIMMERMAN (ERMA SAID TO BH \u2014 \u2018Toronto, Nov.20.\u2014It is reported that the following changes among C.P.R.officials are slated for the near future: \u2014 Mr.H.P.Timmerman, general superintendent Eastern division, formerly of Toronto, will resign his position at Montreal, and will be succeeded by Mr.J.Oborne, of Toronto, now general superintendent Ontarlo division.General | Superintendent, Brady, of North Bay, wil come to Toronto, and Superintendent Murphy, of London, will go to North Bay.It is understood one of the younger officials will be promoted to take Mr.\u201d Murphy's place.On inquiry at the office of M-.D.| MoN icoll the general manager of the C.P.R.on Saturday, it was stated that the above, rumors came as news to the officicls there, and there was nobh- ing in the announcement.FLAG FLYING IN SCHOOLS TEACHERS IN MANITOBA MUST REPORT IN ANNUAL RETURN.Winnipeg, Nov.30.\u2014The Department of Education has notified the Secretary- Treasurer of each school district in the province that a declaration by the teacher with regard to the flag flying must be completed and returned along with the regular half-yearly return at the close of the term, \u2018 without this de- \u2018claration we will not be able,\u2019 says the department, \u2018to recommend the payment of the legislative and municipal grants.\u201d The teacher has to swear that the regulations respecting the flying of the Union Jack at the school have been complied with during the term, and that the Union Jack in use in the schools district is in good condition and repair.If the condition of the flags flying over some the city schools is any indication of the state of the flags throughout | the province the teachers in most districts it is thought will have some ditffi- culty in making oath that the flag is \u2018in good condition and repair\u2019 A school trustee in a rural district near Winnipeg, speaking of this circular, said that they had already supplied two flags to their school house, and that the second one was now in rags and tatters.ASIATIC PROBLEM JAPANESE LABOR CONTRACTOR | -# + MAKES ADMISSIONS AT - INQUIRY.Ld Vancouver, B.C., Nov.29.\u2014That the Japanese Foreign Office hae evaded the treaty limitations, that no more than 500 Japanese would be permitted to come to Canada in any single year, was the chief feature of the promised admissions of Sarion Sotch, which he frankly made good to-day in what is probably the final session of the immigration inquiry before Mr.Mackenzie King, Sotoh said in effect: \u201cI expected to get large contracts with the railways, and bad a promise from the late E.G.Russell for 5,000 men for the Grand \u201cTrunk Pacific.We formed the Canadian Nippon Company here, with a branch in Tokio.I also had relatives in the Tokio Immigration Company.\u2018We finally got over the difficulty of the treaty limits by sending a duplicate with a company here.That duplicate hore the signature of the local Japanese Consul, which the Foreign Office required, so that they would know the outgoing Japanese laborers were going to be employed and would net become public charges.Then we got the laborers.\u2019 RAILWAY TO LA TUQUE NEW BRANCH FORMALLY OPEN- : ED TO TRAFFIC ON SAT- z URDAY.The formal opening of the La \"Luque branch of the Quebec and Lake St.John English flag lieutenant at her side, was standing on a chair on the pier watching Frenchmen.The lady turned round and said in French: \u2018I hope I do not obstruct your view.\u2019 : \u2018Mademoiselle,\u2019 quickiy replied one of the men, \u2018I much prefer the obstruciion to the view.\u2019 Can the enterte cordiale grow a finer flower of courtesy than that?\u2014 London \u2018Tatler,\u2019 lp HOUSE OF REFUGE.The visiting governor for the present week to the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge and to the Homes at Longue Pointe are Messrs.Edwin Hanson and D.M.McGoun.The number of night lodgings\u2019 given last week was 42, and the number of meals given was RE \u2014 - eee.Fpxannon, BAYES & Oo, Toromto.a College chat and the literary re- Ero alia Vars veadabla.DR.OHASE'S OINTMENT the racing.On a chair behind were two- 8 ; cnû \u20ac .cure fer «ach and every form of itohimg, bloeding ._ she and rding \u2018I from the bonded warehouses.Railway took place on Saturday, a spe- \u201ccial train leaving Quebec at 8.30 o'clock \u201cto convey the directors of the line and a number of guests over the new route.The new line runs from south ,of Lake Edward to La Tuque, on the | St.Maurice river, and is 40 miles in length.À number of railway men went \u2018from Montreal to join the excur- (sion, including Messrs.HH.R.Wick- steed, chief engineer; Arthur Hawkes, representing Mr.D.B.Hanna, president of the Quebec & Lake St.John Railway, and C.N.Q.;\" A.J.Gorrie, general superintepdent, C.N.Q., and Mr.Guy, Tombs, G.F.and P.A, C.N.Q.CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS.The total customs collections on imports at the port of Montreal during the month \u2018of November just ended amount to $1,448,154.33, as compared with &l,- 488,068.00 in the corresponding month of last year, thus showing a decrease of 9013.67.It st e remembered, owever, that November, 1906, was an abnormal month at the custom houses of the whole country, it being the month preceding the expected changes in the customs tariff, and importers, in view of possible changes in the fiscal conditions, were busy ex-warehousing their goods Especial ly was this noticeable\u2019 during the last week of November of last year.Practically the month just ended is heavier in collections than November last year., Bb ; + DAILY À es KARATAGH DISASTER.Latest Details Tell of Most Appalling Catastrope on Record.Lendon, Nov.30.\u2014Now that the first full account, coming from 'ashkend, via St.Petersburg, has arrived, there can be no doubt that the Karatagh earthquake catastrophes on record.It i.dithcult,\u2019 writes the reporter, \u2018to describe the scenes which meet the eye at Karatagh to-day.a flourishing township, is new the grave of four thousand dead.But the soenes which accompanied the catastrophe are! even more difficult of adequate description.- A group of survivors, still shaken | do justice.On the eve of the disaster, 20, a terrific storm burst over Ing a dead.y fear into the hearts of the\u2019 inhabitants.The animal world seemed to have an uncanny foreknowledge.Dogs howled,.horses stamped, cattle lowed | with fright.Early 'n the morning the: whole town seemed to shudder.The earth tremors were frequent, hut few of the townspeople were sufficiently disturbed by them to leave their houses.Fifteen minutes later a terrific shock set the entire place swaying, the air resounding with weird noises, then the town seemed to be repeatedly lifted high in the air and set down heavily by a mighty hand.Buildings were crumbling and crashing to ruins every moment or two.In scores of places the ground burst open, and boiling water spouted upwards.Huge fragments of rock be:ame dislodged from the surrounding mountains, and added the thunder of their fall to the subterranean rumblings and -oxrings, which continued all the time.Numerous houses were battered down by their falling rocks.Others, with their oceu- pants, sank bodily into great fissures in the earth.The populace, or such of them as had escaped instant death, appeared to be mad with terror.From every side arose awful shrieks.Those who fled for safety had to blind their eves to many sad sights The storm had come on again with renewed torce and activity.Pandemonium reigned.Maddened animals tore aimlessly hither and thither, continuous peals of thunder and flashes of blinding lightning added to the frenzy.Many fugitives per- ighed under the hoofs of the animals.\u2018In the meantime similar scenes were béing enacted In the surrounding country, twelve large villages being destroyed on this same terrible morning.In Karatagh alone two thousand bodies were recovered.As many more still remain in the ruins of twelve hundred houses, while 25,000 animals, on a rough estimate, were destroyed.\u2019 BAD SMELLS \u2014\u2014 TROUBLE WHICH WAS CAUSED BY SULPHURIC GAS, HAS BEEN !* \u201cREMEDIED.muse Altogether, one hundred and five complaints were registered at the City Hail on Friday: of obnoxious gas- smells in houses in every quarter of the city except the down-town business section, Point St.Charles and St.Henri Ward.A report of the complaints has been ad- to the Light, Heat & Power Company, and Mr.Norris, the secretary- treasurer, explains that the cause of the difficulty was an accident to the purification plant, which bad been remedied at the works within an hour, but during the interval a large quantity of insufficiently purified gas went into the mains, and would cause inconvenience to the consumers: for forty-eight hours in some cases.It is said that an excessive quantity of sulphur in the gas is the cause of the unpleasant odors which come from the combustion products.Under ordinary circumstances the government regulations allow no more than thirty- five grains per hundred cubic feet of gas, but the Gas Company usually keep this down to fifty percent of the allowance\u2014 that is, about twenty graing per cubis oot.: tps WHY POLICEMEN RESIGN \u2014 CHIEF CAMPEAU SAYS THEIR, PAY MUST BE RAISED OR THEY WILL NOT STAY.Chief Campeau has found greater difhi- culty this year than ever in retaining the services of many of the younger men of the city police force, quite a number of whom have resigned after a month or two of trial.Chief Campeau thinks it will not be possible to keep the young {men in the force unless the pay or first class men is increased.They receive at present $700 a year, which is legs than the wages paid to corporation \u2018laborers, and it cannot, the chief thinks, be expected that young men required to speak both languages, as well as to possess other qualifications,will remain three or four years on the force at a salary of $10 or $12 a week, rising only to $13.27.Chief Campeau thinks that $15 a week might be some inducement to thise who are thinking of resigning, to remain with the force.; A proposition of the Police Committee awaiting sanction of the Finance Committee, 1s that first class constables shall be paid $15 per week.HAVE YOU STOMACH TROUBLE?When you wake up with headache and bad taste in the mouth, something to settle the stomach is needed.That \"dull, heavy feeling must be lifted.and appetite must be created.Get a tumb- in a stiff dose of Nerviline.You'll feel tip top in a few minutes.Nerviline invigorates, brac=s, tones, puts vim and snap into your movem>nts.Youll\u2019 he fitted for a hard day's wock by taking Nerviline\u2014nothing better.Large bot- tle, 25¢, everywhere, î è was-one of the most appalling natural § What was a short while ago| by their experiences, related a terrible'B story, to which no written narrative can À Karatagh \u201cand its environments, strik-! | [ASAE in the world to-day.W.A.ROSS & BROTHER, LONDON, ry & Ss ELTZER AT, Without exception the finest Ging MONTREAL, ESR Cer A TA IEW POA ROX 2 \"Sert EC a.H xs: these membranes.ler of water, some sugar, and then pour} DRY ATMOSPHERE HARMFUL TO FURNITURE AND DANGEROUS TO HEALTH IN THE HOME.\u2014 Dr.Howard T.Barnes, of McGill University, who was the speaker at the last meeting of the St.James Literary Society, lectured on the subject of humidity and pointed out the dangers of excessive dryness in the atmosphere of hones and schools.Not only did this dryness cause ravages among housenold effects, but it had marked effects, he said, on the human organism.[It affected primarily the mmwcouy membranes lining the respiratory tract\u2014-chietly those of the nose, the throat and the branchial tubes.1t was a purely mechanical irritant, re swing in a condition of congesuipn ol If this irritation wine continued for any lergth of time, ile swollen mucous membranes, with dificnl- ty regained their normal state, and poon- er or later a chronic catarrh was ho *t sult, with a predisposition to cud.re:r losis, bronchitis and jneumonia.'t the necessary humnelity could not Le othcrwiee supplied.the lecturer vaid ot was absorbed from the people mn the room, which was injurious to their health, This was where the usefulness of humidifying methods was proved in houses, and more especially in schools; and the lecturer, after explaining the Maxwell method, said that the humidifying of the atmosphere of an ordinary household of six people during the coldest weather would require an evapora tion of about sixty gallons of water per day.Taking anthracite coal at $7.50 \u201c per ton, this would cost about ten cents a day for each person, or'for the household sixty cents per diem, during the coldest weather.In the case of schools or large institutions, the cost.would not be so great.Humidifying was, accordingly, from a half to a third of the cost of heating the house in the severest weather.In summer, the lecturer said, there was, of course, no need of humidifying the atmosphere of the dwelling, as the windows were open and the inside atmosphere was practically as moist as that outside.\u2014y D OMINION BANK CHANGES \u2014 .Toronto, Nov.30.\u2014Owing to the opening of several new branches of the Dominion Bank, a number of new appointments have been made.Mr.C.À.Ross, assistant manager of the Toronto branch, has been made manager for the branch of the Dominion Bank at London, ta succeed Mr.M.E.Holden, who has been transferred to the head office here.Mr.J.M.Jellett, assistant manager at Montreal, will succeed Mr.Ross.Mr.W.T.Gwyn, of the Inspection office here, will succeed Mr.Jellett at Montreal.Mr.N.L.Lachland, of the Montreal staff, has been made manager of the new branch at the corner of Bleury and St.Catherine streets, Montreal.A new branch will be opened within a few days at Vancouver, with Mr.E.W.Hamber, of Calgary, formerly of Toronto, In charge.PORT ELGIN BGARD OF TRADE \u2014\u2014\u2014 Port Elgin, Ont., Nov.30.\u2014At a largely attended mecting of citizens a Board of Trade for the town was organized, and the following officers were elected: I'resident, H.H.Stevens; vice-president, W, McViears; corresponding secretary, R.Munro; recording secretary and treasurer.J.D.Falconer.Executive, D.Ged- dew.D.J.Izzard, 1°.H.Latimer, A, I.George, Dr.Veitch, B.McAlpine and J.B.Roddick.CANADIAN CABLES CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.(Canadian Associated Press.) London, Nov.20.\u2014Mr.Louis Leopold, official labor representative of the Canadian Manufacturers\u2019 Association, writing to the press, points out that he 1s the only authorized agent in Europe, and that other agents advertiring in the name of the Association lay themselves open to most serious consequences.Leopold states that emigration, at the present season, of mechanics should mot be encouraged.Melbourne, Now.30.\u2014Premier Deakin speaking at the Imperial Federation League said a solution of the question of adju-tment of relations between the Mother Country and the Dominions over the seas Was necessary, and would no doubt be reasonably dealt with.In the meantime it was desirable that principles should be laid down.LE ER Lud oT, VE DE D.i wv.1.71 MARRIAGE LICENSES MONEY TO LEND CUSHING & BARRON Notaries and Commissioners.Liverpool! & London & Globe insurance Building, 1182 St: James Saoet We are instructed ESQ., Collector of Customs for the Port cf Montreal, to =el! by Public Auction in lots to suit purchasers, and positively with out reserve, on * THURSDAY, 5th December, by R.S.WHITE, At 10 o\u2019clock.AT OUR ROOMS, NO.69 ST JAMES STREET, all the Goods unclaimed und left in the Examining Warehouse, aud re- inoved to ou- stores, comprising about 900 packages, caces, boxes, barrels and crates, damaged dy fire, water and smoke in the late fire.MARCOTTE FRERES, Auctioneer-.\u2014 \u2014\u2014\u2014 EARL GREY COMPETITION WILL BE THROWN OPEN TO TIL WHOLE OF \u20acANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND.| Ottawa, Nov.29.\u2014At a-meeting held re- centiy of the executive committee of His Ex-eliency s musical and dramatic trophy competition, which will lake place au Uttawa during the week commencing Feb, 24, 1908, 1t was decided, for various reasons, to throw the competition open to tue whole of Canada and Newtound- land, irrespective of the provinces .The committee, however, reserve the right to reduce the number of entries from auy one city or province in case the total number of entries exceeds the number Which can be conveniently handied during the week of the competition in Ottawa.All entries, therefore, mstead of being forwarded to the chairman ot the respective provinces, may be sent in 1u- ture to Mr.F.C.T.O'Hara, the honorary secretary, at Ottawa.lhe wo handsome trophies, at present held by Winnipeg and Quebec, which companies won the dramatic and musical] competl- tions last February, are again tn be offered to the two companies whch In the opinion of the judges best fulfil the conditions of the competition.All further information can be had by communication with the honorary secretary.Already a competition next February 16 assured, as a number of companies have signihed their intention ot competing for the honor of winning His Excellency\u2019s trophy.7 \u2014\u2014\u2014 SENATOR DAVID\u2019S APPEAL \u2014 THINKS SALARIES OF GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE \"INCREASED.The \u2018Canada\u2019 publishes an appeal of Senator L.0.David on behalf of the salaried employees of governments and municipal councils.The senator remarks that these employees.men of education and belonging to good families, are not sufficiently paid and have to lead @ mus- erable life.He asks how a men of that condition, especially if he has a wife and chiidren, can live with five, seven, e hundred or even a thousand dollars, and it is no wonder that they run into debt.There are hundreds living under such conditions, Mr.David contends, and because they cannot have recourse to @ strike or to pressure with a view to obtain justice, it is no reason why theïr righte should be ignored.The hon, senator concludes by stating that members of parliament and ministers will be pardoned for trying to :ncrease their indemnity if they look to the welfare of those who have much more reason to complain of the increase in the neces saries of life.mes rerrremranememnns CLARK'S LUNCH TONGUE is nice enough to eat at every meal and at any hour.Finest selected to put up in germ-proof tins.; ask for Clark's.: PME CE En Tern Ea Ll an S$ E EE Ve EE * octets IE CL SP Ter rn Prey ES .A D .yo Temi yy = « Srv pel Sedge nl FIT pe À * THIRD DRAWING- ROOM HELD BY THEIR EXCELLE The third drawing-room held by Hie Excellency the Governor-General in the Senate Chamber on Friday evening proved to be one of the most brilliant and largely attended that has ever taken place in Ottawa.A distinguishing feature of this particular drawing-room was the unusually large number of strangers who were present, also the débutantes were exceptionally numerous, There were more officers on duty on the floor of the | House than were present last.year.Car riages began to arrive as early as half- past seven o'clock, many people preferring to wait for an hour and a half in the front row near the entrance to the Senate lobby, than to arrive later and take their places in the crowded corri- ors.Punctually at nine their Excellencies, with their escort, arrived at the Speaker'\u2018s entranæ to the Senate, where they were received by the guard of honor furnished by the Governor-General\u2019s Foot Guards, and the band of the same regiment stationed in the Senate lobby play ed the National Anthem as their Excellencies entered the Senate Chamber.They were preceded by the honorary aides-de- camp and the members of the household staff, and followed by a few of the head- |- quarters officers.His Excellency looked particularly well in the court uniform of a Privy Councillor, with gold-laced coat und white satin knee breeches, and he wore the order of St.Michael and St.George.Her Excellency was in black court dress, her gown consisting of an overdress of black net richly encrusted with jet and bugle embroidery\u2019 over an under- dress of black satin, with black spangled net sleeves, and from the shoulders depended a long court train of black panne velvet, the hem richly appliqued with gold lace.She wore a diamond tiara from which her black tulle veil surmounted by :three black ostrich feathers floated, a diamond collar, rope of pearls and a beautiful jewelled coronation medal pinned upon her corsage.She carried a quet of lilies of the valley.On arriving at the throne their Excellencies took their stand op the dais, in front of which the officers on duty formed two long lines stretching from the door to the dais, curving slightly to the left.© Then began the presentations, first being Lady Sybil Grey, then Lady Evelyn Grey came in.both making in turn exceedingly graceful curtsies.Mrs.Han- bury-Williams paesed the throne followed by Miss Hanbury-Williams.Next, Sir Wilfrid and Lady Laurier, the cabinet ministers, their wives, and\u2019 others to be rresented.For an hour and thirty-five minutes the procession continued without a pause.By the time the last bow had been made the floor of the House was filled with women in superb gowns, with feathers and floating veils, and the greater number carrying iramense bouquets of flowers.The gallery surrounding the Senate was also completely fill- cd, and the two long lines of officers in uniform\u2019 began to melt away as each member was presented in turn.Light colors among the ladies\u2019 dresses prevailed, white, perhaps, being predominant.Quite a little excitement was caused by the taking of a flashlight photograph towards the end of the ceremony.White tulle veils and feathers were universally worn, but one or two black veils were also noticed.After the reception was over their Excellencies, preceded as before, slowly passed down the Senate chamber to the main door, through which they passed into the lobby and around by the left corridor to the Speaker's apartments, where th were entertained by Mrs.Dandurand, and later they proceeded to the apartments of the Speaker of the House of Commons, where the Hon.R.F.and Mrs.Sutherland received them, _ Lady Sybil Grey wore a rich white satin gown in princess effect with a front panel of net appliqued with ribbon in a Greek key design; bodice trimmed with silver embroidery, and rare old lace, with spangled sleeves of net and silver.Lady Evelyn Grey, beautiful satin gown in Empire effect, the bodice trimmed with silver and lace, and sleeves of tulle embroidered with silver.Mrs.Hapbury-Williams wore a beautiful gown of pale heliotrope satin trimmed with a ruching of satin, centred by band of green leaves, very old Brussels lace flounces around the skirt.The bodice was in Empire effect trimmed with Brussels lace; tiara of diamonds and diamond necklace, and other ornaments.J Lady Laurier wore a magnificent gown of rich white moire antique.embroidered in bow knots with gold, Brussels lace draped on the corsage; she wore a diamond and opal necklace and carried a shower bouquet of American Beauty races.A few of the many presented were :\u2014 Madame Dandurand, wearing a hand- enme gown of corn-colored crepe de Ninon.with applique of: rich lace, and embroidered pink and green.flowers.Miss Gabrielle Dandurand, white crepe eee The best recreation for the business man is music.Business men, no less than artists, need to get their thoughts away from everyday cares and worries.Playing the Pianola an hour every evening will do it.It refreshes the tired mental energies, banisbes the blues, makes the troubles seem less.The invention of the Pianola has rendered it possible for every man to make music his every-day means of recreation, No skill or previous training is necessary.YOU PLAY THE PIANOLA YOUR SELF.CAUTION.There is but one Pianola, made only the Aeolian Co.If the word \u2018PIANOLA\u2019 does not appear pon the fall-board of the instrument, it {is not a Pianola.Thev are on -dailv dem- cnstration in Montreal only at NORDHEIMER'S, Limited, Purchasable by moderate monthly payments.steel; bouquet of violets.de Chine with trimmings of pointe d\u2019Alencon; bouquet of white roses.: Lady- , Prummend (Montreal), rich gown of white mét heavily |.with sequins.over.¢hiffon and satin; dia- \u2018mond orpaments and bouquét of or ehids.Mrs.Cloran (Montreal), white duchess satin trimmed with.duchess lace, and pearl ornaments, ! Mrs.J.P.B.Casgrain (Montreal), rich white satin duchesse trimmed with Brussels point; diamond ornaments, bouquet of American Beauty roses.= | Miss Eileen Casgrain (Montreal), white liberty satin: inlet with insertions of lace and hand embroidered roses; bouquet of white rosebuds and maiden-hair fern.4 y Cartwright, grey satm rocade trimmed with Honiton lace, diamond ornaments.; Mrs.R.L.Borden, white duchesse satin embroidered with gold and pearls; old point lace on the corsage; opal and roses.\u2019 5 Miss Gladys Hanbury-Williams, white liberty satin trimmed with a deep fold at the hem, the bodice V shaped and filled in with white tulle and old Brussels lace.Mrs.L.P, Brodeur, rich gown of ivory satin trimmed with old point lace and pearl embroidery; diamond ornaments.Miss Bertha Brodeur, white messaline trimmed with Valenciennes lace; bouquet of white roses.Mrs.Sifton in a beautiful gown of ivory liberty satin \"trimmed with a rich embroidery in a design of wheat-ears done in pearls, the stalks in silver; rose point on the corsage, and diamond and scarab necklace and other ornaments, bouquet of pink roses.Mrs.Frank Oliver, in mauve princess velvet, trimmed with penels in black and gold embroidery and rose point lace; diamond ornaments.Lady Davies, white satin and rose point lace.; Mrs.R.C.Smith, an opalescent sequin robe over pale blue satin, and diamond ornaments.; Miss Evelyn Mooney, white chiffon embroidered in silver over taffeta, and pear! ornaments.Miss de Lorimier (Montreal), blue liberty satin trimmed with lace; diamond pendant.Miss Mount (Montreal), embroidered net over white silk trimmed with pink rosebuds.Miss Raymond (Montreal), white lace mounted on white chiffon and taffeta, with pearl ornaments.Miss Mimi Baumgarten (Montreal), in a very dainty Paris gown of white silk \u2018pointe d\u2019esprit made over chiffon and taffeta, appliqued in a design in tiny pink rosebuds and pale blue ribbon, with ruchings of the pointe d\u2019esprit; bouquet of pink rosebuds.Mrs.D.A.Shirres (Montreal), robe of Limorick lace over chiffon and silk, with trimmings of baroque pearls; diamond and pearl ornaments.Miss Ruby Ramsay (Montreal), Empire gown of white satin embroidered in silver.' Miss McDougall of (Edinburgh, Scotland), white lace.over eau de nil silk with touches of eau de nil flowers on the corsage.Miss Marion Graham (Montreal), white satin Empire gown trimmed with cloth of silver; bouquet of white roses.Mrs.Ross Crawford (Montreal), white marquisette cloth with panels of flowered pink and blue velvet-corsage trimmed with pink \u2018and blue velvet and gold; diamond ornaments.! Mre.J.G.H.Bergeron (Montreal), princess gown of royal chiffon satin in a deep shade of cream, with a long stole of filet lace over Dresden chiffon; bouquet of pink roses and lilies of the valley.Miss Madge Kohl (Montreal), white chiffon over silk trimmed with lace.Miss Bovey (Montreal), pale yellow lib.pale Cluny jerty silk trimmed with lace; bouquet of violets.Miss Constance Bovey (Montreal), white Limerick lace over white chiffon and silk; bouquet of white rosebuds.Miss Jane Fleet (Montreal), white crepe de Chine trimmed with touches ot pink panne velvet; bouquet of pink carnations.; Mrs.Thomas Ahearn, rich black velvet trimmed with rôse point, and diamond ornaments; bouquet of American Beauty Toses.Mrs.Omer Coté, white chiffon satin trimmed with pointe d\u2019Alencon and chit- fon; shower bouquet of, pink carnations.Mrs.George E.Perley, pearl gray Duchess, eatin trimmed with rose point and white jet embroidery, Mrs.M.P.Davis, rich gown of white chiffon.embroidered in orchids in their natural shades; diamond necklace.\" Miss Rita Ryan (Montreal), violet sole de ninon embroidered with silver \u2018se quins.Mrs.A.T.Phillips, white duchess satin, with rose point lace garniture; bouquet of violets, Mrs.Joseph Pope; white hand-painted chiffon with flowers in pastel tints over white satin.| Mrs.Jack Carling (London, Ont.), rich gown of black chiffon embroidered in Oriental effect in colors mounted upon champagne-colored silk.Mrs.David Pottinger (Moncton, N.B.), white crepe de Chine embroidered, and lace trimmed; diamond ornaments.Miss Betty McLennan (Montreal), witite net embroidered with suver sequins over white taffeta.: Miss Patty McLennan (Montreal), white soie de -ninon, embroidered in gold.- Mre.Frost (Smith\u2019s Falls), Violet velvet -trimmed with Carriek-ma-crose lace, diamond \u2018ornaménts; bouquet of violets and lilies of the valley.iE Lady Taschéreau, court gown of white Louisine pailletted with gold and diamond sequins; duchess lace on the cor sage; bouquet of American Beauty Toges.Miss Fitzpatrick, lovely pink chiffon gown over mauve, with mechlin lace, embroidered = 4 NCIES.red embroidered white mousseline diamond ornaments; bouquet of sunset] _ SEP, TOME 67 MET BEE PEE : \u2018 bow THE MO; AL Miss Clara Hays (Montreal), blue brocaded satin trimmed with ery and lace; bouquet of pink roses.Miss Pheton, Albany, N.Y., white chiffon mounted on white satin, with garnitures of point lace; bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.Miss Jeannotte (Montreal), gown of de soie over taffeta; bouquet of rosebuds, lilies of the valley.: Miss Aileen Smith (Montreal), Empire gown of chiffon, hand-painted in a esign of pink roses with insertions shower bouquet of pink carnations.Mrs.Victor G.Gray (Montreal) white satin with trimminge of chiffon, studded with Rhinestones, trimmings of \u2018point lace on the corsage; bouquet ef Richmond roses.Miss Robidonx (Montreal) wore white tulle and lace trimmed with- gold and lace insertions.; \u201c Miss Dupuis (Montreal) white chiffon trimmed with bands of.whité liberty satin.- : Miss Lucy Dodge (Montreal white crepe de Chine over white silk, with a.dainty berthe appliqued with silk rib- a : n.Misg Marion Rogers (Yarmouth), white liberty satin trimmed with ornamenta- tions of opalescent pearl and silver embroidery.Miss Laura Smith, handsomé gown of green brocade with panel of tucked chiffon heavily appliqued with pink velvet roses and green leaves.; i Mrs.H.Allan Bate, black net embroid- mond ornaments; bouquet of deep crimson carnations.| Mrs.- Girouard, robe of rose point lace over chiffon and taffeta; diamond ornaments, bouquet of American Beauty Toses.Mrs.Vidal, yellow crepe de ninon with garnitures of Irish crochet; bouquet of white chrysanthemume.Miss Muriel Fetherstonhaugh (Montreal), white liberty satin trimmed with rose point lace.Mrs.Arthur Sladen, embroidered niet with rare old pointe d\u2019Alencon lace on the corsage and touches of gold embroi- derv; turquoise ornaments and pearls.Mrs.S.H.Fleming, white embroidered chiffon satin inset with Maltese lace; shower bouquet of American Beauty roses.- SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs.Wm.C.O\u2019Brien is a patient at the Royal Victoria Hospital.Mrs.R.W.Reford entertained Lady Sybil Grey at luncheon to-day.Lady Drummond entertained Lady Evelyn Grey at luncheon to-day.Mrs.Toller is here from Ottawa, the uest of her daughter, Mrs.F.H.Mar- ey.Mrs.Baumgarten, is entertaining at a dinner of eighteen covers on Wednesday night.Mrs.Young, of Burlington,.Ont., is the guest of her daughter, Mrs.Grasett, Stanley street.«19 Mrs.King, who has beën sÿending some weeks at St Catharines; had returned to Westmount.Ea Miss Mary Hitchcock, B.A., of Compton, has been spending a few weeks in town with Mrs.McDonald, Peel: street.Mrs.George Drummond is giving a ter, Miss Marjorie Drummond, one o this season\u2019s débutantes.Mr.and Mrs.George Sumner are leaving on.Dec.26, for Mexico, to pay a long visit to their daughter, Mrs.Carl Ludwig Roever.Mrs.George Sumner will be at home to her friends on the first, second and third Wednesdays of December at her residence on Belvedere road, West- mount.Mr.and Mrs.Clark B.Hutchinson, of Lyndonville, Vermont, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alice Clark, to Mr.Eldon C.Irvine, M.A., of Stan- stead College.The following nurses will receive their medals at the Victorian Order \u2018entertainment to-night : Miss Trench, Miss Thudd, Miss Seaton, Miss Hurst, and Mrs.Porter.Mrs.F.H.Markey, formerly Miss Toller, of Ottawa, will receive for the firet time since her marriage to-morrow and Wednesday afternoons, at 975 Dor- chester street.Owing to the death of Miss Mary Mec- Gibbon\u2019s aunt, Mrs.Chapman, the dance which Mrs.Lorne McGibbon was to have given, on Dec.6, at the Windsor Hotel, has been indefinitely postponed.The engagement has been announced of Miss Mabel A.Cleveland, eldest daughter of Mr.KE.F.Cleveland, of Richmond, Que., to Mr.William H.Dawson, of the Eastern Townships Bank, Richmond, ue.Mrs.A.Bliss and her granddaughter, Miss Clara Vernon, of Compton, Que., arc in the city to spend the winter, as guests of Mr.and Mrs.R.Bruce Reid, at Hampton Court apartments, Mountain reet, The marriage took place at Lyndon- ville, Vt.on Nov.26, the Rev.E.G.French officiating, of Miss Jennie A.Silsby, of Lunenberg, Vt., to Col.F.D.Que United States consul at Coaticook, ue.The marriage of Miss Pearl Stevens Stanley, only daughter of Mrs.Ida Mc- Kittrick, Seattle, Washington, to Mr.Henry H.Keller, of Montreal, will take place quietly on Dec.31, at the Church of the Transfiguration, in New York city.Mrs.Dakers Cameron, formerly Mise Elsie Fenwick, will receive for the first time since her marriage, on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and Wednesda evening, at the residence of Mrs.J.Chal.mers Cameron, 605 Dorchester street west.Among the box holders at the entertainment being given to-night for the benefit of the Victorian Order of Nurses, at His Majesty\u2019s, are : Lady Drummond, Mrs.R.W.Reford, Mrs.G.L.Cains, the skirt trimmed, Mr.E.S.Clouston, Mr.W.G.\u2018Mor- with: rice, Mrs.W.R.\u2018Yates, Mrs, A.R.McDonell, Miller, Dr.and Mrs.Major | \u2018 oid embroid- cream blonde lace on skirt and corsage; G ered with sequins over white lace;.dia- A .ody WITNESS Grant, Major Dodds, Colonel Robert Starke, of the 5th Royal Scots.Mrs.George Drummond gave a young people\u2019s dance for her little daughter, Kathleen, at Stanley Hall, on Friday at- ternoon.Refreshments were served in the reception room adjoining the bali, which was effectively draped with Hags and bunting.Among those present were the Misses Jeanne Chevalier, Freda Birks, Marjorie Ross, Jean Ross, Marjorie Burke, Frances Caverhili, Edith ton, Hazel Ekers, Gladys Miller, Q.Messrs.Archie rier, Brian - Peck, Maurice Redpath, Gerald Drummond, Arnold Birks, Lee Strathy.Mrs.F.H.Simms gave a reception on Saturday afternoon at her residence on University street.The hostess was gowned in black satin, and was assisted by her daughters, Miss Simms, in pale grey voile ,and Mise F.Simms in champagne crepe.White crysanthemums were arranged in the drawing-room, and pale yellow in the dining-room.On the tea table was arranged a pale yellow centrepiece of puffed chiffon, with vel- Jow-shaded candles in silver candlesticks; Mrs.Hibbard and Mrs.Jones ponred tea and coffee, assisted hy Miss Coghlin, Miss W.Rendles, and Miss Stunn.The following Canadian visitors registered their names at the Canadian High Commissioner\u2019s office, 17 Victoria street, London, during the week ending Nov.19: P.O\u2019Reilly, Ottawa; Godfrey and Mrs.Parker, Winnipeg; M.and Mrs.Blake, Toronto; I.H.Mathers, Halifax; 8.E.Oliver, Proctor, B.C.; Miss Ivy Gardner, Montreal; Miss D\u2019Arcy Boulton, Toronto; Miss anda Miss B.Caldwell, Toronto; Dr.and Mrs.Pennoyer, Montreal; Mrs.E.H.and the Misses Copland, Montreal; Wm.M., Mrs, and Miss Hilda Platt, Toronto; J.F.Lundie, Montreal; Dr.C.Mon Stewart, Ottawa; J.J.Creel.man, -Montreal; Louis P.and Mrs.Pelletier, Quebec; Miss Ethel Lawson, Hah.fax; R.J.Hughes, Winnipeg.\u2014 THE NEEDLEWORK GUILD.The annual meeting of the Montreal Needlework Guild will be held in Fraser Hall, corner University and Dorchester streets, on Wednesday afternoon, Dec.4, al half-past three o'clock.The object of this organization is to supply hospitals, institutions and other charities with new garments.A contribution of two new garments constitutes membership.Garments may be sent to Fraser Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec.3 and 4.All interested are invited to come and see the garments, or to attend the annual meeting.A BAZAAR OF THIS WEEK.At the Protestant Infants\u2019 Home bazaar, vo be held in King\u2019s Hall on Friday and Saturday of this week, a very pretty booth, decorated in red and white, wiil be in charge of the Daughters of thr Empire.In the hands of this able committee the \u2018Housekeepers\u2019 \u2019 booth is suve to succeed.ere will be found for sale home-made bread and rolls, cake, salads, preserves, pickles, jellies, also a geperous supply of groceries and household neces- aries.Thrifty housekeepers will do well to reserve their purchasing for \u2018Bargain Day.The \u2018Burtune telling\u2019 booth will be in charge of Mrs.John W, Pech.Under a Muir, Alieson Strathy, canopy of scarlet and white, the future will be revealed to the curious by yong dinner shortly, in honor of her daugh- : ladies in gypsy costume, who have made ç à study of palmistry.Black coffee will be served.Mrs.Peck\u2019s assistants are Miss Monroe, Miss B.Graham, Miss KE.Mooney, Miss K.Edgar and others.FIRE AT LONGUEUIL.\u2014 Market and Town Hall Destroyed Yesterday Morning.\u2014\u2014 BUILDING WAS INSURED, BUT THE BUTCHERS LOST EVERYTHING.The Town Hall and Market Place in the middle of the town of Longueuil were almost entirely destroyed by fire in the carly hours of Sunday morning.hall was a two-story building of frame and brick construction, the upper floor being used as a hall and the lower as a market, the floor gpace being taken up by eight butchers\u2019 stalls, It is eupposed that the fire originated in the small office attached to one of the stalls in the south-west comer of the tuilding by an overheated stove setting the woodwork ablaze.The fire spread rapidly between the walls of the building up to the roof, where it took a strong hold of the dry timber and shingles.The fire was noticed first of all in the roof and the alarm was given to the fire station, which adjoins the market place.The alarm bells at the fire station and church were rung and in a few minutes the apparatus was got out and tiie hose played on the burning building.There ' was a good pressure\u2014estimated at gixty- five pounds\u2014at the start and within fifteen minutes it had been increased to eighty-five pounds.About balf an hour after the hose had begun to play on the building the roof fell in, followed later on by the west end wall.The building wag some fifty years old and its estimated value was four thousand dollars.The loss is covered by insurance.The butchers in the market lost virtually all their trade appliances, and not one of them carried insurance.annee ELEVATOR FELL.Chicago, Nov.30.\u2014Two men wera injured to-day by the falling of an elevator in a building at 202 Jackson Boule- vard, occupied by the cloehing firm où Edenheimer, Stein & Company.While : the car, which contained nearly twenty passengers, the majority of whom were women employed by the firm, was approaching the ninth floor on a downward trip, the cable parted.\u2018the car fell to the bottom of the shaft and was wrecked.Eight of the occupants could not be extricated without the aid of the , police and the fire departments.Moxpar, Drcevrer 9, j0- dre Uniform Montreal Trust and The servicos of this Trust Company are efficient, con'innoux and uniform, Thay are not affected by outside influences as 11 Service | Ed oa Deposit Company, 6 Lights, Battery, Lamp e Switch and Wires $3.50 Mailed 20\u20ac.Each extra light 60c.New Novelty Catalogue free.ELEGTRIG LIGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS TREES ELECTRICAL IDEAS for Christmas presents for old and young: ' Fancy Electric Candles, 83.50; mailed 40c Electric Light Scarf Pin, 81.50; mailed 100.Electric Railway complete, 85.50: mailed 76c Electric Motors, 81.285 to 810 OO each.Flaming Cigar Lighter, 78¢; maliing bec.Kiectric Belts, 83.50 to 86.00; mail 20c.Electric Insoles, 50c pair; mail 10c.Medical Battery, complete, 82.00; maii 35e, SAYER ELECTRIC 10-12-14 Beaver Hall Hill.ST.STEPHEN'S CHURCH \u2014 SPECIAL PREACHERS AT YESTERDAY\u2019S SERVICES MADE APPEALS FOR BUILDING a FUND.At yesterday's services at St.Stephen's Church, Atwater avenue, special appeals were made on behalf of the Building Fund Debt.The preacher in the morning was Bishop Carmichael.lle based his remarks on I Kings, 19, 4.\u2018It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life.for 1 am not better than my fathers.\u2018The lesson of the text,\u2019 he said, \u20181s one against giving up an enterprize or life mission because things seem to go wrong, because plans are defeated or hopes baffled.The story teaches: Do not despond and let care and anxiety eat out your strength and lay waste vour object and purpose; hearten up for the future.In applying this principle as far as it was capable of being applied to this congregation, the Bishop said he wished to assure them of his warmest sympathy in the temporary financial strain under which they were suffering.\u201cI ask you.as your bishop,\u201d said he, \u2018to face it as a congregational duty, and facing that duty in the hope that when as a congregation you make breathing time for vourselves, better days may come.Today, is your day of self-help; make it a\u2019 day long to be remembered by the congregation, a day of mingled duty ald hope when everyone stood by his or her fellow to leave nothing undone that unitedly could be done to help your selves.In the evening the Rev.Dr.Paterson- Smyth preached on the parable of the Talents.There were large congregations at both services, and the sing'ng' was very hearty, under the lead of Mr.Maurice Burke, organist and choir \"master.AN OPEN VERDICT CORONER'S JURY UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE MAN WHO KNOCKED DOWN MORIN.The coroner held an inquest on Saturday afternoon into the cause ol tae death ot Joseph Morin, 25 years os age, who was struck by an express wag- The ! gon on Commissioners street, on Friday afternoon at about 35.30 o'clock, and was knocked down and taken in an ambulance to the Notre Dane Hospital, where he died two hours later, of hemorrhage.lt appears, from the evidence, that in company with his foreman and four other longshoremen, Morin was crossing Commissioners street, when he was struck.The waggon was stopned and Morin\u2019s companion took the number of the cart\u2014119 C.P.R.One of them also spoke to the driver.ç Wilfred Monpetit, 226 Richmond street, driver for the Dominion Transport Company, said that he was in charge of C.P.R.express No.119, but denied all knowledge of having been stopped on the road or of any accident having happened.He was corroborated by Edward Hubert J.ydon, cashier of the Dominion Transport Company, who gave evidence as to the time on the driver's time sheet when he got back to the company's premises None of the longshoremen\u2014not even the one who admitted speaking to the driver\u2014cou.d recognize Monpetit as the carter of C.P.R.express No.119.The coroner told the jury that there was no doubt that Morin had died as a result of being struck by an exoress, and that it remained for the jury to decide whether they would adjourn until some more evidence could be got as to the driver or whether they would return an open verdict.The jury returned an open verdict and ordered the police to continue their investigations.DEATH OF MR.C.R.GRAHAM.The death occurred at Winnipeg, on Nov.30, of appendicitis, of Churchill Rupert Graham.Mr.Graham was well known in Montreal, being the youngest son of Mr.G.C.Graham, of this city.He was for some time in business here as an electrician, and wag =ent to Winnipeg in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company, about two years ago.__._ \"He was highly esteemed by all who Soa A TR CRAG Department of Railways and Cugals, (184 TRENT CANAL.ONTARIO-RICE LAKE DIVISION SECTION No.2 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, SEALED TENDERS, addresecd Ce undersigned and vndorsed \u2019Tevsz Trent Canal,\u2019 will be received uo | o'clock on SATURDAY.February © for the works connected w.:5 \u2018Le struction of Section No.2, On'a: Lake Division of the Canal.Plans apd specifications of the w=.be seen on and after the 4th I5 + 5 1907, at the office of the Chief Ez 1+.\u2019 the Department of Ra:'lways andù ©.Ottawa.and at the office of tie Su, °° tendirg Engineer, Trent Canal, Peter vo at which places forms of teader na, ohtained.The lowest or any tender not necesea\u2019 Y accepted.By order, L.K.JONES, Department of Railways and Canale, Ottawa, 25th November, 199.advertise nr Depart Secretary.Newspapere inserting ths without authority from the will not be paid for it.TABLEMAID AND WARD MAID wavs ed.Apply to the HOUSEREYS Montreal General Hospital BREWSTER AVENUE, 115HO6N\" >< and two double rooms, private fun: children, board, if desired.ren: 1.ate.knew him.and à large circle of au ances will learn of hrs death witn oo The remains will arrive in Mone I morrow evening.and the iunera! wil] be private.will take place Treo residence of his brother.82 Selby Mr.Graham was formerly a memte St.Georges Church choir.Montres.\u20ac belonged to an Oddfellows\" Toda Winnipeg.hs death makes the foo affliction in the fannly within a 0 months.BORDEN LIB.L CASE \u2018NINETEENTH CENTURY Mol GIES TO MINISTER Or MI LITIA FOR PULLISHING \u2018EYE OPENER sion.(Canadian Associated Proes London, Dec.2.\u2014The Oetote ber of the 'Nincteentli Centon an artied regarding Nir Frederick Loe from the \u2018Eye-Opener In tue D- numbæer the editor unreservedly draws the same and apo.ogize- -\" to the Canadian Minister où Mir = any injury which pursiblv cour occurred éo him trom such a sat story.APROPRIATION MEETIN PEOPLE'S MUTUAL BUILDING = CIETY, CLANS I The attention o1 members 8 d 35\" the meeting ot the Society.w take place in the Library or tae 4 | chanics\u2019 Institute Building, at > «ov {when two appropriations wil, lelared.Al! interested in bullames ac ©\u201d work are invited to attend.CIGARETTE MAKER ARRE=\" On the suppostion that he + ing cigarettes for sale withoat a Felix Liberman, 36 vears.of -.bault street.wa- arrested an > by George Normandin.revenu but was admitted to hal on bond of $100 to guaranter hs oo ¢ before Judge Larent:ane.MR.JAMES SERTOUSLA 1 Word has been received Iron \\ BC.that Mr.1 A.James, Ter the Canadian Northern nu ! Pacitic raiiwavs.has euñored paralytic etrote and a.m oa = dition.LIQUOR THIEVES AT MON 5 St.John, NB.Dev, 2- His ment of the Seott act at M\" caused an increase an flic the there.Ou Saturdas omal box ear was brolen an cases of wish stem bis the car was broken nd the or ere There is nu cluc rv tLe thicves, EEE PE EE ea ete ci en A TR BL oN DAY.| VERY GOOD MARKE | AT NOON CLOSING, New York Was Fairly Active and Prices Maintained Good Average.Ixclzege value of £1 £terling to-day is $4.85 to $4.86.1.(jn saturday prices on St.Francois Xavier cot made eubstantial gains, in eympathy | «1 New York, but this morning there y: à -1zht shrinkage, and the market \u201c+ jawer où some of the issues actively ras -aded .ÿ:.Canadian Pacific lost 114 point ,21 cloeed at 151, while \u2018Soo\u2019 Common, YSR Detroit and others sold fraction- / ynier saturday's closing.Twenty- a uf the securities om the Exchange's: were active, a feature being, as s0 erent of late, the purchase of emall lots © \u201cme or more shares, for investmear, \u2014 vow Orieans, Lec.2.\u2014The eaxing money suation 12 the South was indicated here to-day Ly ihe announcement that the New trian: Stork Exchange will to-morrow 1-ume \u2018rad:ng after an almost complete «1 2 of several week& The Mcntreal Steel Works, chartered by tre Prov:n2e of Quebec, has been licensed :; du buciness in Ontario.\u2014 Vv.York, Dec.2.\u2014The London market dà 201 take up the advance in Americans 7:>h was in progress in this market on ssurday and the opening prices here fell h:-x charply in sympathy with the re- ¢aned tone in London, Atchison declined :s (Canadian Pacific 1%, Anaconda 1%, soohern Pacific 114, Penna.and Reading \u20184 Union Pacific, U.S.Steel pfd.Amal- g-nated Copper, New York Central, St.| v,31, Northern Pacific and Atchison pfd.: and Erie and Chesapeake and Ohio large ions.There was a sprinkling of gains :m019g57 the less prominent stocke, St.Paul pfd.rising 2.Southern Pacific pfd.1.:3d Delaware and Hudson 3%.The market reed weak, Amalgamatel copper, 30%: \\reriran Smelting.7233 ; American Loco, \u201c>.Anaconda.224: Atchison.\u2026 713: B.974 N.8234: Brooklyn Transit, 3316: Cana- | 4» Pacific.130: Erie.16; Great Northern \u201c118: Mo.Kas.and Tex.244: N Y.C., \"4 Nerthern Pacific.11044; Penna.109% : 9, dire, 391: Rock Island, 14: St.Paul, : \u201ci: Sugar.10e: Southern Pacific, 72: j S-vhern Railway, 124: Union Pacific, \u201ci U.S.Steel, 54: do, pfd., 85%: Wabash pfd., 1645.London.Dec.2.\u2014The elackening in the \\rérican demand for gold was emphasized v.dav when the United States took only sheu* one-half of the £600.000 offered on =» open market.and this in spite of the tac that the price was 154d lower, at 778 Ld.The Bank of England took the Te- Mander .The market for unlisted stocks was dull, \u2018o-day Saïes were 1,000 Leaf at 107.(Canadian Associated Press.) London.Dec.2.\u2014Canadian securities Fhow « te following changes this week: New- \u2018undland sterling bonds.1941.7.8 and fi.8e tpg 813: Nova Scotia registered stock, , 1074 Ce to 938 MONT\"EAi STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES Teported by McDougall & Craans, $43 vir yg Merirenl and Queiee,s.1432 nasa CO- Lay keilers Buyers Sellers 3 yer 8 Ar (Ty ene FE Pom.L% $ 15% 14% Je:Te.117 \u2026\u2026 éopti.41 39 F.C bik cea wees luitilcom .1.0.)acks.a een co vies sree aise Lun.Con.x1 53 ws.Halifax.9214 90 CHE.151 149 Har.Mec.New Puaidy cone ane.Go.yfd.Detroit.\u2018 3255 21g Mex.L&P.39% 594 Vou (onl com 1h, 40, M.gStP 73473 tai pie.00 8444 M.L.H ED.8514 85 Pile, 100 76 HY, Mor&Me.ces .vv.Coal cee 24e 1.8.1% 170 l69%4 weld, LL oe .o.Mag.Ir.com ., ,.D We pit 108 100 Mog.Is.pfd.tom.72 71 Mon.L.&M.\u2026.1.Paper ., 86 83 Bt.Kteel,, 21 Le © pfd Lane 100 9 co.pfd, 97 Moshay.M3 50 Ment.Tel.140 152 Cot \u2026.58% 38 Nip Mines \u2026\u2026., =.bua! 53', 55 Obio T.&L xd 21 ,.do pri .108 105 t£1.John.: V.Lan eres +.Yoledo.94 9 LA COM Lee Les .Toronto.5014 90% « pfd.sc 118 114 Trinidad.Terman s L.20 coe.Ari.Cityptd .bo \u201copt.Twin City 76% 76 , \u2018L.& Ont \u2026.59 58, West India ea.tu Fruio LL, 110 106 Win'poz.ve BANKS, a A.a.Nationale .,.Loree.xl Co cee New Bswick .POUF use eee N.sScotia.279 .,.Hemi seen 103 ees Outario,,,.\u2026.vu nay git te Ottawa.iv pert 1 .\u2026 Royal.237 .£overeign .see.pus ae bBtundard,, .,.pu ' 185 loronto.cee © CLUIEAS Luion.\u2026.\u2026 ce Cont CO1TON8, ar.Ca : ü 4 493, D.Tex.ptl.76 78 lez con i 43 Montraul.115 wa EONDS Le Tol § Hav, RB.5 A 62 UT Keen Mill6 Lu .LUnr DOU036 vue L of Wds ; \u2026.97 rv.87 .].Paper à cone boson 89; Mag lsD.6 _.arty (Ga ts MeakL 3.73 Een SLL Mez, LE.5 81 79 TS be ve 0 bao PF.ee .be RG pa A4 Reatile A 3 83° ÿ fools.§ een 10) * BJ.re du Lg WE Lowy ® soo 0 Wentindias 1 ONE Ba «0 \u20ac9%,; Win, Elec.3 100 sven \u2014_\u2014 TE UNLISTED STOCKS.tires LT 37\u20ac] Crted EyW.P.OBri TL 5 t .CB rie F \u201cCT Eee tal d.{p.n, an 3 3% rai (SITY Asgent î La a Rubber bonds.5 Eid Cy Uù Park.Te - ess c000 00008, 04 Udy a lurk bonds 1155 ; 3 3 vas sccccu0s 82 74 si nou 8% ir LE STOCK MARKET_\u2014Dec.» pr - \"709 head of butchers\u2019 cattle Lrg 4 sbeep and lambs, and 1,544 ne 4 * ofrered for &aie at the Point St.a.> peprards toi~ forenoon.Trade , Lita mot much change in the iv, vattle and sheep, but fat hogs ; f Prime beeves sold at 4%c lo vo.jo 2\" Per Ih.: pretty good cattle - ty and the common stock at 11gC .[PA Graes fed calves gel} at 215c t-