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,-DR. ,PENh'EEATID;R

,_pO . britcb..a. surgeo~ and accOc'cboul'. O~CJ' In , DI'1Jg l:itoro apI_Ito C. P. If. station. '

hATBWELL, .\US. " , ,,' . . , " ~.. '..

-' J. H. LIPSlITT, .,Y. S, '

HonOr Graduate of ODlanD VeterinaT)' College . Toronto. ,Will ooa\ Grabam's'drujl' store DTerr Frllla.y for practice at I.ls proft>6$lon.

Ul1loo at , "'." .. !fOLLAND. MA~~

, J. GOLLny, V. Sf ,

Honor graduate In INlU oC Ontario yel.orlnur.l1

' Collegl:. All diseases of domesho animll &

treated by (be 1I1toHt IIOjeu~ilje muUlIxlr. Chllr­gea moderato. PertnllDelltly located In,

, 'l'lmUEl(N:t:, MAN. Office temporarlJy in Smith's :>t .. 1110. '

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whe'at, - ----::::::= ===

The C P D .,.J ....... ed." . . ",. _& .- . -One'of the most natuia! :thingS For violating the Lord's Day Act

for a young man to cO~dei, when the railway corporation waS brought he arrives at a cer;aiu ag<!, is, where to account on'Tu"sdaYi"'at least the he is going. to milke'· his' future foremell of ~h~ ~ifferent gangs of

,," home. ' 'Usually the old men who 'were 'engaged on Sunday, THE JEWELLER; is reserved for one, or two the in pulling up the deck of ,the raiI-

FOR' ,,::,~" bovs,' but the remainder are often way bripg~;' were bronght to ac-.';: ; obiiged to mpve to other quarters. count." Roadmaster Ryan was alsO

Wa' "t;che':"s If,they take to, farming' it i~ not among the accused. ' :, , , always practicable to purchase land A committee of Treherne citizeD$

" in,the east near the old home, at met Sunday noon, to see if the C:

·"C' '10' C· 'k': .S""', high figures, 'and we doubt thewis- P. R:had any right to carryon dom in doing so" were' it, possible. such operations on' the Sabbath:' It is anly natural that they should Finding that they had no 'legal

abroad for cheaper land, and right so to do, and the work being

J. e' ,we,lle'Lr: Y,' n doing so there is not the slight- within the town limits, where it doubt that lvIanitoha and the was offensive to church goers, the'

'l'p'rritor'IP!': 'offer the greatest in- committee approached the foremen, If the market price is not high e) ducements. To the young man and demanded that the work be

ello'lgh to suit you, we will loan ReI-airing of an kinds. Watch :~ possessing, push and energy, Mani- stayed. This they refused to dci you money oil your wheat at 8 per Repairing a specialty . ~~ toba holds out great attractions. even when threatened with action; cent .. and you can hold then for a ' ..... ' ~) We have a great future in store and the result was an arraignment higher price. ALL WORN GUARANTEED :, providing our lands are settled ,,;ith of the offenders on Tuesday even~ INSURANCE~ \ the right class of men and women. ing. Tfle technicality, was raised ~ Come to' us for' insurance on '~, 'i'e- , Situated as we are in the heart that these men who were sllm~ grain in elevator or granary. STAND ,AT of the Dominion, with the choicest monsed did no actu~l w?rk, l\ll~ sq,

. SED. GRAHAM'S of land, and embracing all theagen- they may escape."" . FOR SALE- , cies that contribllt~ to the highest In discussing the questio~ about . South west U sec. 20-8-9' west. DRUG ~TORE. civilization, it would be a -ivonder, tovm,.a variety of opinions:-are en-, ,

...... -:-~-;;-:-:--:--:---:--:-:--:--:-~-:-;I North 'west J4 ~ec. ',28-7-9 west. ~~!-!-!,-,!A!;.!~!-!-!.-.!~~!&~,!.-.!~:.@ I indeed, if we did not outstrip ollr countered. A great many were of :,. HO:r~I. L~LAND , " =====i~;==;:===:i==============7====::::;:::===7==; older sister provinces iti'agricu~ture. the opinion that th~ raiJroa~l peopl~ F

irat 'ChUB and tboroughly eQnlp(>t><l to cater Our lands are already cleared for may do any work, on' Sunday that to tho travelling ~ubllc. balnpleTOOUlJI in ,

connootion.' UntoS$l.r.o udll),. > .the plough." Our municipalities are is most expediently done tlH~t day: ' W.1'. LEE. PROP. "" , • d d II ffi dON I I I 'd'

orgalllze an we 0 ~ere. lIr J: ear y everyone, lOwever, JaS ,.e-T' 0 No' n""u schools are instituted under an ex- cided that it is a losing deal' to

-' , lliSC~LLANEOUS.

. BARBnR SHOP

0 0 to Koarns' hair. cnttiug nnd shavlul;' pllr. lora for a good clonn aha vo or an up-to-dllte

balr-cut. ' .' OEO. KEAHNS. •

, 'rONSOIUAL PARLOR,

~ cellent system of education. Our fight the corporation. churclles are scattered all over' the The company have only the legal

IT rn n' . land. Society 'is well organized right, so faLas we can learn, to run llRll ~ lleC :( and protected by the strong ann of through, or transcontinental tniins'

'the law. ,Onr judiciary is firm and on Sunday. They cannot even impartial, and religious and fem- rt out a train from the terll1inaf~ \

• W hen )'ou wllnt' )'our hllir cut In tho hltest . stylo. or a good, clelln sbave or shampoo;

give mo a c!ill. ' , ED. ATTRIDGE. '

,a,

[))~:Il1lge r~ , perance sentIment are strong. at Montreal or Vancouver, on the

What more desirable community abqatb. Of course they have beel) , could be wished by parents in which in the habit of interpreting thei( to settl~, their sons and daughters. rights in a manuel' very liberal, tQ All this; however will not make the the, company, and se1dQlll does any~

, • Gno. ']. PALMnR" , , ,

Agont for the Portrge III Prnlrie Formers ],[ut. uili Fire Iusuraoce Co. tioie .. gout for Tro.

horno nud viclult,. TREHERNE.,MA,N.

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Agent nnd.valuator for .Mllnitobll Trusts Co, ]'[onoy to lORn ou,flil1l1 pr!'porLy. Insurll!'co

!'Hent for life tire' and ucculont compallles. Farmers' who~t Insured iu olevator. or granaT)' for shQrt torms. '

Gno. MCG~WAN

Agent for tho Londou Mutual orlena Fire Insuranco Co·s. 'LO'~U!).u

nntoe and Aocidont Co. Issuor orr'.Ii!:e Llconsos. Also agont for tho famous B. ball hOl\ring sewiog machlnos.

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, " JAMES STEvnNSON .

AucUoneer.:,Sulcs conducted eithor In town or counLp'. :. Hatos rOllsooablo,. CoutroCits

luade lit Tlmos 9lllco• TREHERNE, MAN.

, K. O. T. M .. M eots' o~erf fir'st and thifd Tbursdll), ltv!>e

month 10 tho ],[nsoulc, Hall at 8 Plm. 'lSlt·

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,OlUlS' Case

drugs on our shelves.

PRESCRIPTIONS Are prepared from the freshest and most reljable goods.

Our line of Proprietary Medicines is complete., ,> , " -... ..... • '. ,\. n

A!~O" ., 4!R ilH""IIM' ,'BOOk and UL UKfI II ' DrugStore . ,

man. Unles!j the young man oile rise up to checittheili:'" ,', ~ stamina and fibre he will The cases were ,remanded fOl:

notwiths~anding .a week. " ro tlln:l~n to,. ' ,'~ ..:...,..~-";':""""~;-:-.

stood ill the way of 'progress. 'Vednesdf.Y's Free ~ress says:

Rooert Nichols, who ten days . ago twice tried to takl'! his life, succum­bed to his injuries yesterday after­noon at the General Hospital.. "An incised wound to the throat and in~ jury to the spine," were, given by the physicians as the cause of death, the former being due to his

They have put in .operation many ag-eucies that go to make life com­fortable and happy, bu t the young man' or woman who immigrates here must be of the right stamp and possess the spirit of determination and faithfulness'in order to ensure success. 'Gold dollars cannot be picked up on the streets and lanes her'e, but there are thousunds in the w~ving fields of, goldel?- grain.

=========:====::::::================== prairies must be worked to

D 11 1k. 0 "A: ' produce such results, and this must 00 e, _errnn~, ,> a. ,CllllRne ft., ({We.n, CWo,o," be quickly and thoroughly done.

~d~~A'~~A' attempt to cut his, t,hroat with 'Q ; razor, and the latter resulting from his jumping from an upper storey wineow'of the hospital.

'=', .t§,. c;J. Our short seasons require haste,

lIM.' ,PLEM ENT-S' and thoroughness is ~ecessary to guarantee the best results.

It· is needless' therefore for the lax youug man" to come west of Lak!= Stiperior; for he will l;>e shun­ted aSide in the race,' for success. We want young men of sound phy­sique, clear heads, willing hands and, high ideas to occnpy our lands and fill the various offiCeS that are frequently thrown open for such occupants. rhere is plenty of room for broad-minded,young men, but little for the narrow and the mean. This province ,has before her a grand future, and her success de; pends largely upon the 'manner in whicb, her fertile prairies are devel­

log b. :)'renalways wolomo., ,

, ,s\r Kt. W. MUIR, RECORD KlIEPBn. ,Remem ber "The Hub," when you come to Treherne intending to '~':-:';"::~':"":::'-~~~""~:-:-;-:---:-'-:'~I huy any kind of an agricultural implement.' The goods handled, at this

The wound in the throat inflicted by the razor was not considered ' fatal, but inNr!~s t!l !1~e ~p'ine" r~; , suited from the fall from the win~ dow, whicb, led to grave 'fears for his recovery. A~ ,his condition gradually grew worse an ,operation was' performed to remove some" fragments of bone which were fonnd to be lodged' in ,the spiLal,

.

COURT TREHERNE G. .. O. F., Moots in TaWil

" Hall,'Mondn),. on 'or be' , foro full moon., at 8 p. m. ",. Visitiug broLberu, always

welcome, ',". J. A. LEWIS. R.S.

, ,Treherne.

SnndllY Sor~iceS-ll a.m., 7 p.m. :,and SUnday Sehool nt 2:30 p.m.· , u

Weok,night Sorl'ices-EpwortlJ. League <udon, day night, S p.m. , Pr,ayer meeti~g WOdnes ~y night at 8 p.m, , '". " . . - .

,.,' ,PRESBYTERIAN. "."~(-l(k, .. "

,are built by the most reliable makers, and' it is a pleasure for ,us to guarantee them. "', ' _" " ,

'~Cariipbeil, Carriages Of every, description. \Ve can give YOll a 'nie plain rig for little

money, or fit you out with 'something. elegant in' the carriage line: , MONEY TO LOAN-' At 6}f and 7 per cent., " ' '

"THe Hub'" ", T. A.METCA'LFE. ' 'c , • _ ,

cord, Nichols rallied, well after, / the operations' but shortly after noon y he lapsed into an ,

cond~tion, from, whicn ' he never emerged. __

Snnd~' Sonicos-ll a.m.,7 p.m., and ,Sl1I:'dll)' , 30hoolo t 2 :30 , ' ,

" oped. 'Our, doors stand wide open, " invitingjmmigrants and'those who

read and think' for -themselves are

A rt:!port was' Ctlrrent on the streets yesterday that Nichols had,' died as the result of 'a third and,' successful attempt to take his OWI1 life. ):'he report, however; -was in. : correct, as.Nichols ,w~s uD:conscious . " ' at the time of his death, and· his I5rother al1~fiancee''!;~re with him.

Wook·night S~~~C::~~~;ii~\tr;~~:~::y; , ning at S p.m. , uing at S p. m;

:- OHURCHOFENGLi,,~D. .. ~ "- .... \ .

__ ~~ _____ ~~~Il]O~;~ likely to 'embrace' tile, oppor-" .. ~ .• - ..... =i I·.,,~~·ty offered. , We iisk such young

men ,who are here, to remain, and invite otbers to cast iri their lot

'us.-Sun: :', . " '

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. Connection is being made between 'Great Northern railway' at the '. , boundax:y,at Emer50n

Northern at West ~<LU"'~."~,~ is onl y Ii mile

aCJ:OSS can be

at the end:', " , 'rhe fun~ral' wil~ ,'ta~e place a~'

four, 0' cloc~ this afternoon from the, undertaking " 'rool1lS 'of Thompson & Co., to St. J~mes. . " - .

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'Not Much .Wet Wheat. '.' "-

. Mr.:King, proprietor of-the dr1" ~' ing elevator at Fort, W,il1iam says" there is not so ,much damaged wheat, ' coming his way as he had expected:' judgfng frbm appearances' a couple of weeks ago.' The injun~d' wheat'

""""" .NC)rtl.t1eI:n grades, 'tough/ 'wet' and 'damp;'. " wlnn!lpC!g over dan!p:being the worst. , The da111-" F' ,'"

il!!;tead over· the 'ag~a wheat reCeived so, far this year ',~~ """~""''';~~'':C71:len~!otor~, has 'all been of the 'tough~ ',,-' ,:' '

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· .• ,ll~~iiE!~i:~~~~~;,whose surpriSed 'leavIng a bequest ' of

a statue of the Lib-" '1l1e c.'tccutors ": were

mainly influenced by Gladstone's lam­Uy In the selection of the 5Culpt'Or. When Gladstone introduced his Hom~ Unle, biH in the House of Commons, Mario 'nilggl, an. ItalIan sculptor, was among the spectators, and skc!tche'CI. the orator during the deliv­er.v of his speech. Clay models were hosed on this model, and the bronzed figure, now splendidly placed in Albert equ~e near the main en:" trance to w~ehouses and the im-

men. pOSing gothic town hall, has the pose 'I'lie flre is supposed to have been oC 'body, the expression of face an'Cl

caused by an c.'tploslon of benzine or the vigorous but natural action of naptha, which" with other materials the Grand Old Man In his most ear­used in the manufacture of furniture, n\lSt moOd. The statue is 10 feet WIUI stored in t.he cellar. The flames high and stands on a single pcodestal. vhat. up tho elevator shaft aud with- One a~ is outstretchCid in masterful in five minutes every one of the nine geslure, the sculptor having repro­floors oC the structure Were ablaze. dutad with striking effect; the ora­There were 320 emplor.ccs, men and tor's abnormally Inrge {oreting.-!,'. women, at 'Work In the different de- The other han'Cl clasps, with' a strong p~t.mcnt.s at the time. Those on the grip, a roll oC manuscript, The fig­second floor were the 1lrst. to seo t'he ure is finely posed, one foot being flames. Instantly there was a wild slightly raised and Lhe weight being rush for the fire escapes, but owing carried by the other leg, above the to the highly inflammable nature of high collar. and the famlliar c~umpled the material used by the firm, tile cravat' rises the massive and majes­blaze spread with remarkable rapid- tic head in epical dignity. It is fly, dealing death to tile uufortu- stronger work than Raggi's statue nates ns they made frantic but un- of Deaconsfield in Parliament squar!!, successful efforts to escape. While Westminster, and the best e~ .. runple'of the fire esctllpe was filled with the sculpture in England. Manchester panic-stricken men and women, tho was equally fortunate in havin'g the wall collapsed and eig-ht persons statue un:wiled by a statesman who were buried in the ruins. When the loved and reverenced Gladstone, and firemen reached the rear oC the u~derstood him better than anybody building, which faces on Commerce else. The ceremonies were simple and street, a sma.ll thoroughfc>.re, they unpretentious. 'John Mo~ley was 10und 'IIhe street literally piled up quietly entertaine'CI. at luncheon' by wit.h victims who hOO been carried' the civic authorities and unveilEKl tile down by the falling wall. T'hese were statue with a few words of eulogy bastily conveyed to the nearest hos- in 'the presence of a large open air pitalS. audience. He delivered',' subse~uently

Such 0. disastrous fire, attended in the great room of the town hall, willI so great a lOss of life in such a where he could be heard, an eloquent brie! period was never before known and scholarly tribute to 'the greatest in this cit.y. Men and women diCd a of English Liberals. There was a lingering, agonizing death, in the tremendous outburst of ap,plause presence of thousands of spectators from the vast audience when he was who were unn.ble to lift a hand to introduced with a brief sentence their assistance. The rear 'Of Hunt,' the mayor. Wilkinson & Co.'s building faces on Speaking without notes an'd with Commerce stt;eet,' !l ,small thorough- occasional signs of hesitation he fare. On the fire escapes at this end gave tho impression of thinking of U,e bull'Cling two men and one wo- aloud out of a full mind on one sub­nlan wero slowly roasted to death ject which he considCl'ed of supreme while the horror stricken throng on importance in the history of the tho street below, turned sick ,at.""talc tirnes,_, ,Hi~ gestures, wer,e frequ"l1t. I!lgilt. !Ii. front, .on, Market ",j:';,';';. There were passages of f1't,l .. t, woman,' driven to desperatlon,'J\.:lLlJ't,"U anel there was a d(}eI"~'ll1r,dell't(jrie from 'a -\vind~w on the top' fio'or earnestness, disclaiming any ;n"n",_ was dashCd to death on "the pave- tion of making a partisan use of the ment. 'I'hese are but, a few of the Qccasion.' He invited his -audience to lieart'rending scenes attending the enjoy sometJhing of peace and a per­fire. P;(J"'CLI,ve of history in rellecting on

The loss is 'estimated at half 1\ lOil- , career and character of the great lion dollars. . men who had swept like some new

AUSTRALIA'S IMPORT DUTIES. . ' , Common~l,\lth' Treasury Requires

Revenue 'of Nine Mi1l~on Pounds.

planet in tho sky to faSCinate and absorb tho attention of the age.

Mr. Morley described Gladstone as the greatest orator in parliamentary

a history, and above all things, a moral teacher who lived an'Cl 'wrought so as to keep the ,soul in England alive. Mr. Kingston, in introducing the

taritI bill In the federal house' said - BURlI."ED AT THE STAKE.

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Negro Seriously Injures a Woman and Suffers f,or' His crime.

'London, Oct. 25.--scienttftc Lonl1on sta¥s astOurided (lXIierlDiCllts with, wireless telegraPhY. _ft>,,'"

ciillcd" although ft more. than a'DlIer;~::.tt"1l\.WsmisslOri telegraphic , ,

Souilds, as Nln~"a Falls, 25.- the telephone ,'·:ciircuit:S

-,,- thia 'wonderful Sl~stEom. lInI. Annie Edson Taylor, ;;0 years of, 'greater, iIll.portance, old, went over Niagara; Falls on the power of high, strength is Canadian side yCsteroa;. alterrioon d~tant points" and does ,: its ,'''.nr'k

survived, a feat 'never bc!.ore,ao- just as well as'if it were' carried complished, and lDdeed. nLver at:.. t;he ordfnary metallic circuits.

,> Victoria, 'B. i1.-Tbe com­missioner and ,asso!ssors appoi~ted to enqu'ire into the'loss oC the 'Islander have glyen' theIr finding. as follows:

Indeed; the new' system kirown tempte'CI. c.xcept in the deliberate com- the Arm orli , bears many poin{s 'of mission of suicide. superiority OYer tliat of Marconi,

Not only did she'survivtl, but she to whom all bonor 'as the pione~, escaped ",ithout a broken bone

t her the Columbus oC wireless communica-

tion. "

After cru-cl'ully conSidering the evi-, deuce given nt t.he investigation 0r­

dered to Inquire into the loss of tho 'wreck of the steamship Islander in Stephen's Passage,' ne~ Douglas Island, ,,\lnska, we find :

only apparent injury being a scalp The invention is I the joiI\t work wound 1% inches long, a. slight con- Ariel Orling, a Swede, and J. T. cussion of the brain. some bhqck to Armstrong, nn Englishman, who her n~us system and,brull,cS about have been' working without t.he b1are the body. She ,,'as conscious ~hen of publicity's trumpet until they

have finally perfected their renlark­taken out of the barrel. The doc- abl1} ideas, making actual Cacts of tor:; in attendance upon her said that t.lw theories. The invention does not she was somewhat hysteric-,ll, her u'!ic the aKl of transmission, as does condition is not at all: seriOUS, and that of MarconI. The electrical wa.ves that she probably will b-.1 out of are sent through the ground, and one bed within a few days. charm is -ehe simplicity alJd cheap-

-:Mrs. Taylor's trip covered a mile ness of the electrical installation. ride'through the Canadien rapids be- There are no tall masts, as are lIsed fo'rtl she reachC'd the brink of t.he pre- at, present to ho.ist the sending and cipice. He~ barrel, staunch as' a bar- receiving points far into the air out reI could be made, was top pied and of reach of interference, buffettcd through these delirious There can be no Interference by the waters, 'but escaped withouL serious Armorli system. Mr. Armstrong has contact wilh roclts,~ As it passed discovered tJhat he can vary the pitch over the brink it rode n.t an angle of or tone in which the ra:diations arc about 45 qegrees on the outer sur: sent nmcll after the fashion of the face of the deluge and descepded as L{~l~~::~~~~~~ and duplex syr,tems in gracefully as a baITel can d\!3cend to I. , by which the el"ctric cur­the whIte foaming walers, 158 feet rents arc diVided and pass eaCh other below. True to her calculations, the on one wire without interference. anvil fastened to the botton. of the There are 40,000 different tones, no hanel kept it foot dOWnwnl'ci, and so on!) of which will conflict witll an­it landed. Had it turned 0\ er, and other, so the chanco of two' tones of landed on its head, lIIrs. 'Inylor's th;) S(Lmo nature meeting aud des­head must have been crushed in nnd troying one or both is'reduced to one her neck broken. The ride Lhrough' in 4/),000. th3 rapids occupied 18 minutes. It One 'day .last week el{!-lbriments was 4.23 o'clock when the barrel were made at the.home of Mr. Arlll­took its leap. It could nuL be Eeen stl'ong in Ducking-hamshire. 'I'he con­as it struck tile water below because ditions were of the worst, SlDce a of the spray, but in less than half a heavy rain ha:d fallen for 24 hours minuto after it passed over tlle brink and there was a thick fog enveloping it was seen on' the surfaCE! of the everything, nevertheless the experi­scum-covererl waters, below Lhe falls. 111ents' were absolutely satisfactory It was car'.-ied swiftly down to the to, the experts invited to witness green water beyon'Cl the scum, then thom. half way to the Maid of lhe Mist The entire outfit for eithc~ end of landing it was' caught in 'what is th'J ~ork was readily cnrried in the known as the Milid bf tho Mist eddy hand of one man. A set was taken and heltl there' until it floated so :close to the shore that it "'dS reach-' oue' to a field and a spikb attached

to each was stuck into the ground cd by means of a pole and hool, and 1,500 feet apart. drewn upon tile rocks a'; >1.40 K. The apparatus for telephoning dif­Ten uiinutes litter the, woman wns fers from that for telegraphing, ,but Hi(ed from the barrel and hali an both 'occupy a small 'coml'ass: ~'rhat hour later she lay upon a cot at her for the'transmission of ,power 'will boarding ,hoUse' at First street, in fill gt'eater or ,less space, according Nia'gara Falls" on the American aide. to 'the amount of power 1 equired,

She thallked God she was alive, thanked all who had helpt!d her in ~~~l~~ any' case it is rellla~kably ao-.'I way, said she would never do it The experiments consisted In tele-again, but that she was 1I0t sorry phoning, in transmittiug the ordin­she had done it, "if, it \~'ould help ary Morse signals, 'by th') 'develop­her financially." She sai'd she had ment of which it; may be seen' that pr~yed all during the trip, "except the newest 'and strongest of fortiflca­during a' few moments" of uncon- tions can be rendered, useless, the sciousness just after her descent. The lighting of a lamp in a house two bar~el in which Mrs. Taylor made miloo and- a half away by pressing a the journey is, 4V:J feet high and button, the extingtlishing of a light about 3 feet in diameter. A leather by again pressing the buth'h,and Lhe harness and cushions Inside. proLect- exchanging 'of signals betwr.en shIps ed ,her -body. Air was secured a small lake being used for this ex­through, a 'rutiber tube connected periment and for that with the 1.01'­wit:h a small opening near the top pedo. The'torpedo was made to ex­of the barrel. ecute the strangest of evolutions at

REDMOND'S STRONG LA...,\GUAGE ..

, . till' will of the operator and S\lggest­ed by those who looke!d on.

First-That the Islander wns a steamship of 1.495 tons gross regiS­ter ,tonnhge, ~lilt of steel at Y oker, ScotIand, in 1888; that the vessel was fully omcered all'Cl manned with a crew consisting of 65 persons; t.hat she wns in a bhoroughly seaworthy con'Clition previous to the acciuent; t:hat her equipment ,,,as complete In every part.icular according to ·tho regulations of the Canadian Steam­boat act; that her otllcers were QIllal­ilied to fill their various ratings; that the crew in the different. de­partments weI'e sufficient in number to secure the safe navigation of lhe :w.,ip and the s!11ely of t.hose on t\"6ard. '

Second-From the evidence of the crew and c.'Cperts it apPCltrS that the CUSLClln in the trade in which she was engaged, tho na.vigation being left alternately with the captain and tho pilot; that the master huJd no special instructions relating to the naviga­tion of the vessel from the owners, and that the distribution, manage­ment an'Cl 'discipline of tile crew \\"IlS en tirely left to him.

Thirtl-'l'hat tho Isll1.uder left Skag­way, Al asku , on 'Lhe l'lth Aug,ust laRt at about 7.30 p. m. and was to­tally wrecked about 2.15 a. m. 25th August, l(lOl, by conlact with some unknown sub(stance (,presumably) ice­drift very much submerged; ill deep water in less than !20 min­utes !11ter the collision, and resul""'/i.1 In tile loss of the lives of the mas,­tel', 16 of the cre\v and 23 gers, of whom two wer~ children:

Fourth-It docs not apear from the evidence adduced that the ' ter realized the imminent danger which the accident placed t.he ship; hence the lack of prompt and res lute means in arousing the crew passengers 'who were asleep cn.bins, ill an officer'

to each 'boat; 1~~~~~~;!~:'it:;~I~~~~ er q,u'ota of )J "OIILCII: IJOll,t .. I Tne eVIdence CI\,u,r'lY. capacity of the to accoll1:ll1ooate eve~y person board b,ut owing, to the want proper' management and discipl there was a rush to the boais at last moment, which was beyond control of the few' officers 1}lld menl­bert! of the crew engaged in the b'Oats into the water, i.hr>i-r,hv preventing the rescue ,of severnl uable lives.

Fifth-Whilst due praise must awarded to those of the ofllcers crew who remained by the ship dl she sank under their feet, and assisting so many of the to reach tIle boats nnd oLher able means of preservation as , sented, themselves, we cannot <Tn,,,,.,, the fact 'chat there wns an un,pVll'alOII, ab~" lack of appreciation of the .. ,..io:t,J

that nine millions of revenue were required, and it was proposed to, A raise £2,100,000 from customs and excise' dulles' on' stimulants and lhe blilance from'Jmport 'Clutles of three classes-fl_xed, composite and ad' va­valorem. The' flrst two classes' were estimated to yield $2,020,000, and the' last, class .£2,862,000, the aver­agQ rate paid in the ad valorem: class being'18.7. The general import, du­'ties :{I'reposed are very varied and in-clude the following: '

'Columbia; Miss., Oct. 26.-The ne­gro, Bill Mqrris, who assaulted Mrs. John Dall, at Dallt-own, Ln., was 'burne'CI. at the stake: After 'being cap­tured he made an effort to implicate others, but they' proved their inno­Cence. Morris was taken to the scene of his crime and chained to a pine 'sapling. His hands and feet were chained to his body. Pine knot.s and" pine straw were piled aLout, the body and saturated with coal oil and the match -applied. The, negl'o made no outcry 'when the flames fir~ reached him, a!ld only when he was partly consumed did tho spectators notice 'any movement 011 the part of the~culprit. ,He made no -resistance while being bound to the sttike, and said pe deserved his fate. Morrisl beat 'his vict.im on the head nnd thought he had killed her. Goin'g back to, the Ball stoi'e, he took all the chlinge' in the' cash drawer. Mrs, Ball" however, 'reeo .... -cred consciousness and 'craWled to 'Iler fatlier-in-law's house.', He ,at once gave the ·al~m' and' the" neighbor­hood commenced a search,lor the ne­g~o. He 'Yns lound at his home about four miles from the scene' of the tragedy, und in' trying to -escape wa.<; shot by one of the posse and,

Tea, per ·pound, (plus 20 per cent. ad yalorem) .. 2tl. , '

Cocoa, PCI' pouno, ,(plus 15 cent. ad vlilorem:), 2-d~" '

, ,Woollen or silk apparel; 20 to 25 PCI" cent.

Cottons and linens, ,10 an'Cl 15 per cent. '

Corillgate'CI. galvanized iron, 80s per ton.

Agrlo.ult'ural machinery, 15 'per 'I!eJlt. ,

.. red' . <)- ' ,.ru. IClncs, _0 pm: cent., : , " FUrniture, 20 per cent., '

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$100,00,0 FOR SA.~ JUA...~.

He Turns on the "Hot AIr" llciore Leaviug for: the United States.

John Re'CI.monod, M.P., in Lhe'course of a general reply which hE! JUaue Cork to the numerous addresses pre­sent~ to him, previous to his de­parture for the United States~ laid p~ticular stress on )lis contention that his mission to AmericiL could be taken as proof that the re-union which had occurred in Ireland had alRO occurred in the United States.

"England," he said, "would hCl'C­after have to fight the world-wide Ir,ish race of twenty millions whose a,ctio~ is only limited to one consi'Cl~ eration, namely, that all nleans were honqra:ble ,and just in the SIght of God, and who preferred to be linked to', the meanest free country on earth than',to ,the British empire,"

SOU'I'H, AFRICAN Nl:.\VS.

Colonel Campbell Recaptw\:!s , ,Taken by the Boers.

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Guns

London, Oct. 25.-Reporl.ing to t.he war office, Lord Kitchencr :wlres as follows: Colonel Campbell's column, operating near Slangapie's, has re­covered two guns which ihe Boers had captured at Scheeper'l< Nek.

London, Oct. 25.-An ill-ror com­mitted by some of the provincial po­lice has led to the prema'.ure notice of the fact that the war office con-, , templates the possibility of having to call out, every voluntwr in the country.; The war office has distrilr uted to the police. officers: llroughout the kil).gUoin 'bills ordering all reserv­ists, militia, yeomen and, volunteers .to report themselves without delay

':METHVEN .. FARMER'S LOSS. to headquarters, with' the view of , active Th,ese bills arc ac-

Methv,en,' Man., Oct. 2~.-' A seri- c(lmpslnied. ;~~~~;~' ordering ,that ous fire ocCurred on the p~ crInses of ~ a' safe place un-Mr. A. J: Elliott, a mile south' of te'leg;ra;pbli~ o~di~rs to,pust them 'here,' by which his granary "and up arc :The police cif Lan-stablcir'were consumed, along with caster the letter.and post-seven horses, three 'head of all ed th~ widespread per-his lowls; a quantity of turbation. ' plements, and other New:York,' Oct. 25.-The first nove

ing danger to their fellow P,:s~:~i~~~! shown by those in t.he boats ing, the rescue of others who want of an onportunity Imd not able to avail themselves of a Cl1lanIC(~ of boarding the boats before left the ship's si'<ie.

Sixthi-Whilst admitting that vessel ,vas generally navigated 10

careful manner, we find that speCial instructions ha'Cl been CC"on"" by the mD:ster to the pilot or pers in chnrge of the deck w~len he the bridgu relating to the navlgatl or speed of the vessel in tIle ov'ent:.ol falling in with fioating ice, ' "'hl,'ll," was not expected in the local through which the ship was We think that Pilot Le Blanc to censure for his action in ke'BPj,nj( tllq. ship full speed, at tile ' nearly fourteen knots an hour, having seen Iloating minutes before the accident. would also condemn the custom parently in vogue In coaSt 'W!LterS; leaving the bridge.' of any stelmlcr nit night, and more especially a (J1l.B5'~II­ge~ steamer, in charge of only officer. We 'nlso find that there proof in t'he ~vidence beCore us',:',·:.;I. the loss of tho Islander was ' th~ intemperance or' the master others.'

(Signq'Cl) James Gaudin, sioner; 'John G: Cox; wounded in the hip. ' , "

, is . estimated, at $2,500; in the , direction of iL settIement of STRAWBEiuuEs IN OarOB:Em::': $1,200 .. Irhe. fire was dU;COYClredl·)illt the,'Transvaal' ,dynamite question is

Vi~toria's latest feat' is r growin'g 3' 0' clock in, the morning. and an offer of, the Transvaal Dynamite

son, assessors. '

strawberries in the open air 'in mid- ca, use: is ,ullknown. ' company,,' which is a German con-October. lIT. 'E. B.' Paul, principlil cern, to supply:explosives at 30 shil-of the Hight school there, on the ev- CROMER MARRlE.D. lings per case under the figure ruling ening of the 16th tilt.,' left a small ;~~.~~~i~h, Oct. ~.-' Lord uromer '!:Iefore the war" say,:> a London cable.

of the delicious fruit' at one of ,( :':'13:a:rin~rl, the .Dritt.",h diplo- On the basis 'Of the rate of consump-newspaper offices' whiCh' ~ere I E:;;:rii~:,~~~;~.,~an~~di..Jconsul-p;entral ',in tion of, the CXJplosive by the Rand

pi(:ke,d in his garden tllat 'Clay: 'A r: here on Tuesday mines prior to'tlle outbreak of hos-ml~:,previous his son picked a sau- Katherine Thynne tilities,: this would mean a saving of

full: Tlie fruit, was quite' ripe M~quis 'of Bath." 'ab?ut, $2,250,000 a ye~. of delicious flavor;' but ,smaller

=,= the',early ~it, ' ' :CIJ~DEE. ~:J' .--.8.:1l'O1 t w Car­

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St. John's, NOd., Oct. 28.-11. Is un­Q€:rstood that the Illness of the I1uchcss of Cornwall o.nd York here 'l'bursday wns more serious than was at lirst thought. It i!:I understood that the o.ccouchl.'1llent of the Duchess is expected to OCCur In April. It. Is denied in officio.l circles tho.t the Duke intended to abandon his Visit to St. John's If fog were met on t.he "'nY fl' am IIollflll.x. OD tile contrary, 'It Is al1110UnCoo t.hnt t.he schedule for the "oyage tram IIollfnx to St. John's was purposely c.'Ctcnded twelvo,hQurs to allow tor delay resulting from fog, lleneo the arrlvol 01 tho Ophir al. daylight Wednesday. She was 110t.

due. according to schedule before af­(emool1. but mceUng no 'fog, she made ilie run 12 hours sooner. " '

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eRA WLED UNDER TITE OARS. Fort William dispntch says: Wm.

GrunmoIrd, a farmer,' living' across tbo' railwu .. v track' from K'O.lllinls­Uqula station, had his leg so badly crushed tilo.t IlA lllll'P:utation was nec­essary. A freilrht tr.&iJl was lying o.t the sto.tlon and, Grunmond was eVI­dl'tIUy crOSSing 111() track by crawling under the' clirs, when the train sud­denly started and Gammond's leg, wus caug.ht, the wheels passing .ovllr'

. It' below tlie kncC', cruShing'. the bone and ten-ring the Uesh. Gl1mmond was taken to tAle hospital IlJId his leg wa.s ampu ta.ted below the knee.

DROWNED IN RAINY RIVER.

figure this Yea&" ply. There'is,.probably yet lor: niiI:i to' come and .r(lce'Vt!r crop in II. great measure. and whi>'n I

It does markets will be ~uick. ~'Ie district wolves are said suond with a decline in price. so numerous that· farmers ha"e mo"ement of wheat in thc-'BllEl.t'llgehocs'l to gh'e up sheep raiSing. been about normal, rurd lIle from both coasts arc large, W. Robinson, Emerson. has sold r.,OOO,OOO lor the week. The .r:~'''UIO;: to Mr. Joseph Dullis, of coast is now exporting freely, .N, D. It is u\l'derstood shipments being large, anti the heavvl price WILS $11,000 ca.6. Jeovement is likely to continue. is est.im~ted that j.here is'100.-Utero is plenty of wheat ready to bushels of grain threshed, at ship. and shippers' have chartered '\'llsc:llnn ,- thO r'l N 1 ' , ,..,;sa., IS ~'ea • a. o. tonnage on a large scale. The splen- hartl, of course, for that districiJ was ditl weather over the Northwest for I.nev'~r known to grC1\v'ariything else. the past ten days has .ena·bled guod

t b d wi A mammoth growlll' of mo.ngold progress a e mil e t4.; threshing, .wurtzels W'IIS rai!red h.. D. W. i\lc-'ond it has brouglit a great denI of UJ

the wheat into first class' condition l'uaig, Portage E1ains" this year. IIgain. IAtt the grade i!:I lowered by II1110unting ,to severoJ, tons. most of bleaching to two and three northern. thl'W weighing from 15 ,to 22 pounds. Win(er wIleat sC(o-ding in America o.nd lIr. Martin, of Newdale. hrud the rL~ Europe Is now pro.cticolly completed markable yiel-d of 110 bl/silels of ants anll the crops generolly are 'well re- pel' acre fr01l1 60 acres of IUlld. S01l1e ported of, except that in some parts of his neighbors also 'had an equal Of the States where there is appre- y!eltl from smallcr n.reo.s. hension o.'·el' dry weather. The Aus- 1Ifr J. DaYitt. who liVes some nine tralian crop is belillvcd to' 00 show- mile~ north of DC¥lglas while return­in~ well, as merchants arc chartering ing hallie a few nights ago. wus vessels frOOly to carry the crop,which thrown from his wa'gon by running wJlJ be rcu'dy to S'hip in J lI.11·uary. o,·c/. 0. large stone. am:I broke his leg

elli,.,.. jn

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as he was desperate.

While streets in West-mOUllt. a suburb of Montreal. on Saturday nlg~t he saw a young boy who was In~a ficl-d, IlJIti after knQck­ing him down cut his throat from ear to car With a pockct knife, anod also intlictcd'severol wounds in the abtlomen. He then went through the la.d·s pockets but only found a few cents. Hanson then threw the body on a stone pile .lI.11d made 01T.

Nothing ;was known of lIle crime until 11. few hours hours afte~wards when tIle lad's body was fOlll1d II.11d t-ll(l case would haye been 0. mystery hac nob Ho.nson given himself up. 'I'lru Yictlm was Samuel i\fnrrott, the cig:ht-yeru--old son of Samuel :Mar­I·Ott. a well known business man at this city. 'Hanson was handed over to the Westmount police II'U-d the. feel­ing is so strong that' there are threats of .lynching.

CHAl\fDEnLAI:N AT' EDL"\'DURGli

He Says Irish arc Over-Represented in the House of Commons.

Manito'lfn. wheat has" been firm al1-d just above the ankle. H lUlythiug in better demllJld t'han A' dispatch from Eldinburgh says ;_ recently.' The movement eastward Three carpctlters workin'g on the Rt. Han. 'Joseph Chnm'OOrlain. the i1' now on a Iibcrol s--'e, and tha cx- QU(JUI'S hotel. Grll.11d View. were pre- .

..,... ~ 0 colonial secreta.l·Y. addrcssed up,ward ct'llent 'weather over Wle west Is ul- cipitated a liistance of 2 feet to the lowmg threshing and 'Clelivcry to ground by the frail sCnfi'olding on of 8,000 persons in Waverley :Mar-. railway points to go a:herud so that. which they were standing suddenly ket, Edinburgh. and anl1ouncc'Cl that reports arc beginning to be heard of giving wuy. Onll cscaped injury, and the govcrnment inten'Cle-d tal frame 0. scarcity of cars mid talk of a' the other two only reccived slight n~w rules for ilie House od Commons

Prices have advll.11-··' 1." woun'Cls. "';u 7'_ fiO as to lhilit Irish obstruction . to %.C on the week. On Saturday Mr. G. H. Fletcher, of Saskatoon.

thoy were: 1 hard 71c, 1 northern sends in II. chollenge. rc t.hreshing. "We propose." he so.id. ..to bring 67%c. 2 northern 64*c, 3 northel'n wllich he invites anybody to bent if' forward rules whiCh shall give <to thc 5t

lc delivered October or early' in t.hey can. It is' to the elTect that Mr. majority of the COl11ll1ons ,greater

November. 'I'here Is some tlemall!d for Evuns tihreshed on t'he farm of ,lo.s. control over its own business and tougIi wheat to fill contracts matle F'let<.'her. of Saskatoon. 3.266 bushcls STeater control over t'hose whQ in­SOlll(' weeks ago When it seemed that of grahl in one day. Three thous- suIt and outrage it. We shall en­tOllgh wheat would be abundant and and an'de twelve bushels wcre oafs deavor to protect the 'l\IoUler of Par­tough 1 northern Is WllJlted at G3c gl'own off f(irt.y acres, which is II. Iit- liflll1cnts' from those who would des-aud tousil 2 northern at 59c •. but tic, over 75 bushl)ls to the acre. troy' her usefulness and ,.reputation." there is for"'sale, and these Dut 1Jhis was not the only thing

f An exciting time was sp~t for a h ~'·O··. or t while at NeslJltt IllSt week. Ma'tthew t (l gO'\'cr1ll11ent intcnded to -do, Mr.

On .. fQre:m.cml Chamberlain declared. 'I'The present ·,%:u.::hligher,.'·1 J,~lon, an~.ItaHan,.scgti representation' of Ireland is," he option.

OAT&-Onts are scarcc. There is a good demand for all olTerings. At country points 24 to 26c per bushel is being paid.

Winnipeg City '!'l,ek~I~;:~olO!lr~:l>h office,431 Mnin St; "'Ha •• _ . !.'eJ. 891.

- , !A RIOB: CHINAMAN.'

!:Ie is Taking to His Native Country, a Fortune Amassed in the Land..

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Rnt l'ortllge, Ont.. Oct. ~8.- It htU! ooen learned here lIlat J oim Me-

BARLEY.-Recelpts are light and prJl'es remain same as last week. Molting grades, 38 to 40c per bushel; feed. 34 to 36c.

on. the·C. P. ·R.-got' d1'unl" and when f;aid, "O:n abuse and a sCll.11dal. No taken ·100 the boarding car p,ulled out altl'ration Ctln be made except in hu­a revolver o.l1!d began shooting. The medio.tc IlJIticipation of II. general dis­mOil ll'Urrie'dly left the (,'11.1', and Jen- solut.ion, and we a.re not contem­nion then pointed his weapon at a Glat .. Dut wIlen we get llear­Fren chmlln named Dick Do.nlllunin.. er to. the thlle. we shall ask you ami threatened to I'/hoot him. A tel- :whe'ther you ,think Irish repl'esenta­€gram was sent to Souris for '11 cou- of the 'Mellcan Miln.

Glnnls, who lived near Denver, MllIs, wnS -drowned near, the mouth of Ho.iny IUver. He left home II. week ugo lor the mouth of the rivel: to make ·hay. His row 'boat was .found 'bottom up near the mouth o.nd a search party at once went to work. Deceased., who was about 65 years 'OM, was an old time residL"Irt of Keewatin and well known here. He leaves'll. family.

FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDR.'\'T. Montreal. Oct. 28.-A. distre~sil1g

bunting accident occurred on Satur­doy, afternoon a lew miles from Lo..­chute. Mr, W. J. Simpson, ex-M. P . P .. , for Argcnteuil, started, with a party of friends on a duck shooting c.xpedition. Dy some means Mi'. Simpson was' shot in one shouldet'. ilis friends started back' to Lachute fOI' medicoJ llssittnnee, but the shock and the loss of blood were too greQ,t nnd Mr. Simpson died early yester-day morlling. •

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Montreal, Oct. 28.-Dr. Beamlry, of tho prO'\-inclal board 01 hcal lIl, re­ports 84 eases of smollpox in St. Hy:' ncluthe, and thero is"one case rePort­ed In Three Rivers. 'nlere is u.' gbod numJrer of cnses known to exist' in the country parishes" Mon:trcoJ's im­lUl/nity from the disease is constder'­ed rcmar],,-uble, only one case having been roportro hero la:tely,_ rurd' that ono is convolesccn t.

i\ms. WHITE NOT GUILTY;' Drnntiord, Ont.,' Oct. 25.-In the

Wh!te poisoni~g case~~he )ury"r~~urn; cd n ycrdict of' not guilty., On hcar':' ing the. veroict :hfrs. White brok~ down, IlJId while receiving, the good wishes of her friends· wept IlJId be;;, came olmost 'hystcricoJ. ": : , .

l\lllLFE:El)....:.Drall. $12.50 per ton; shorts. $14.50 per ton.

GROUl-.TJ) FEED-Oat chop, $25 per ton.

HAY-Fresh baled hay, $6.50 to' $7 per ton in car lots on track here. Loose hay on the street is worth S6 to $7. '

, POTATOES-Farme~s' lo!l'ds 'deliv­ered in Winnipeg. 30 to 40c bushel; car lots .at country points. 25c bushel.

POULTRY-Prices have decli.ed: Fowl, 9c; dressed. an-d young chick­{·ns. lOc; dtucks. lOc; turkeys. 12)6 to' lac per lb.' . ,

DRESSED . 1I/E..-\. T&-Fr~Sli' beef, .. 5 to 5~c per lb; Yl1al'6 to '8c; .... '.itt 10c per lb; hf>gS, 9 to 10c per lb. .

DUTTER:-Crcamery_17c per lb. Dalry-l'l to 17c per.lb commission basis.

CHEESE-8)6~ per lb. EGG&-17c per dozen.

·mD~No. 1 inspected hides. ;6~c per'lb ,delivered in WillDipeg; No.2, 51hc; No.8. 4y"..c ; kips IlJId calf. same price; deakins, 25 to 40c; horse hides 50c to ~l.

market Is' root

at ·18c

tioll is so precious to you. is so val­stable. who. upon arriving and· nf- uable to the nationol interests t'll'llt tcr Bome difficulty, arrt;;ated Jennion it is desirable to continue it on a llnd took 11im to Souris. where' he

was tric<cl 1I.11'Cl a line O'f $20 and costs :~t~t~iC~;:::u;~ :~~~d~;ep~:;; iIuposed.. " , proportionate represmttatJion of Scot­

A resi'dent of Red Deer. in Alberta. loml and Englaud,'! soys t'hat settlers are still crowding The colonial' secretary went on ' to into that locality itmd homcsteading pomL out! that on a bnsis of popula­everything in sight, II.11d buying ra iJ- tlon Ireland had' thirt.y members too way lan:ds. The crops are many in t.he House of Commons and Ollt well. threshing mllchines running on the basis'jof, hcr contributions for

11 blasi an'd the COWl try aItO'gpther imperial purposes. as' considered at is in excellent cOllidition. The l)rai~ bhe time of. the union. she had from rie grass is well cured and Vhe con- fort.y to fifty members too many. "I dft.i on of cattle 8.!ld horses in his dis- sa.y that this con'sti-tutes an abuse," trict aro a wonder to liho largenum- he continued, "and there is no rea­ber of American citizens who are son why it~should be perpotmat&i," seeking land'in his locality. Another portion of the specch was

largely deYotl)'(}'to the Irish question: Worlk on the extcnsion of the 011.11- Hc observed: "If, these gentlemen-,who

adill.11 " Pacific Ra.ilway company's now openly shout for the MoJrdi' and Snowflake branch in lfanitobu. is pray for .the Doers. if they' 'hOld II.

progreSSing rapidly. parlirunent of their own. if all the It is stated that owing to Ule scar- strings of Irish government had been

cit~· of men the Canrudian Northern in 'their hands. if they had had the railway to }jake Supdrior will not be power, is it not cert4in., that they l'olllpleted until Vhe end of toile ycar. wOl/ld lu\:Ye refused to'. pay their Call­and possibly not until some time in trib:Ution to tl)e war, and that they JOlluary. The company say tJhC3' can would ,have placed us in a position not o~ta.in men, (!.'Vcn at the' high oi embarrassment." . woges of $2 per day. 'l'he relations of the parliamentary

Mr. Geo~ge' Ross. residing ncar OPposition with the Irish party, l\1r. DII,.<;swoOd; met with a very serious C'Jtambl:!rla.in said he cOllSi'dered "'dan-misfortune last week. While stacking glW'ous to the eru.pire." , grain t.he wagon upset·. and in jumjJ- In reviewing the South ,Vrican war ing from the load he was nnfortu- in which "he declare<;l again had bccn nate enol1gh to 'break his leg at the forced upon 'Britain by the Doers, he ankle. Sustaining a compound frac- said Ule government o.ckn-owlooged tur'tJ. He W11.S sent to the Winn ,that :it. had"made a mistake as to the general ·hospital. where the' time pi, the ending of the war and t'he injural member 'vas that he 'admired the tenacity of the

Doers; but he insisted that it was There are no dOl/ht many farmers tll'~ -duty of, Great Britai!! to meet

and others tilroughout the 'province this tenacity with 'equal resolution. and· 'I'erritories who wou}d, like. to followed w'hat'is 'regardcd as 11. ~cur.· goo'd English hOusekeepers. importll.11t declaTll':tion. WOluen whose respectability is thor- think the, time has cOllie or is

~"'n.,l)ul;.hly vouched -for; but Who, -tltro' " saiti the 'colonial secretary. pO.ulld'l widowhood '1lJI-d bavlng one or '"wo m'easures cif greater severity

cllilqren' to support. arc l\~oking ,to' be necessary, II.11d' if that time Canflda for 'a, home. l'n.ni."$· Who .r. d' d t f C"\lid ncconunodate a ~1ll''''U fr~i1v .. i comes we . cllJ,l 'JJD proce en.9 or

. . anything we. -do' in the a<;tions of this kind" for the sake vf s,'cl/l'J:ng- those namons who now criticize our ~ood domestic 'service might., be :abl 'bnrbarity' and 'cruelty: 'i:rot whose

\;llCIl.LUlllUl;1 t,,' eITeet 'a satisfactory ~rrangejlll·n.. cxll.Dlple in I;'oland, Ca:ucasus, in AI-b~: COlllIIWnieating with tl.c· .co~- geria, in'Tonquin, in Bosnia 1lJI-d the l'ioncr 01 immigration in WiUllI !>!!;;'. war we have never

The Cal~ Hcrri.ld anno~cCS' ~pproaC'hed,':. '" tbu "Mormons are growi'rg' their :.-"-=;;;"';---'--

peculiar.:,:woYs " in Southern.;.ubcrta. ~ED .. which moves the Albertlln~to say,: Oct. 28.-Three It is to, be. hoped not.; Women - are

so plentiful in this country that

New York, Oct. 24.-Lcc Clioup~. perhaps the weoJtiliest man in New' York's Chinrutown, is going back to. China to, live out his old age in the. luxury whit;!h can be purahased with ' the forttine he has amassed in this ' city. He takes with him his . wile' and three children, born in this city .. In China he has two other, wives,. who'lll he 'has not seen for five years .. His mother, now 84 years old. is jn poor h'iolth, and Lee wants to . see hcr ltgam before she dies. ~e fo,tune Which Lee Choup is

taking ho.ck to China ,is variously es­timated at from $125.000 to $150,-000. He got .his start in Canada, when ,the Canadian Pacific railway waB!being buiJt by carrying out soma heavy cont:rntts. Then he went to Portland. Oregon. and opened a' small store. A number of years ago he crune to New York; 0.00' founded ,a Chinese trruding firm. which has a branch in BoS'ton. He is 60 ycars old. an'Cl. while his health is goood. he is afraid of dying in a foreign land. II.11d will not come bo.ck if he can 'help it.

THE AUSTnALIAN TARIFF_

Ho~ the New Tn.,,{s Were Received_ in the Colonies.

..l dispatch f~om. Melbourne. says there is a great 0\ltcry in. certain quarters against the tarilT proposals of the federal parliament. Merchants. declare t'hat they will throttle rt.rOldC'~ and the manufacturers assert that'". the tn. .... es in 'raw materiols neutralize­the 'benefit of the protection of man-, ufacturcs. Free trltders 'attack tho­principle' of the bill. and a caucus, has been held at which it was- re-o solved to, au.thorize Mr. Reid to. bring forwaro an adverse motion. There is much cxcltcmen t in political' circles., The feeling, however, is t.hat'. a ministerial Victory is assured, though the'-taxes on many o.cticles will be nlOdified. New Zealand is in­censed at the dllties levied on her products. o.ntl threatens to retaliate:' Queensland' planters' and traders are Yehemently. opposing the Kanaka la­bor bill.· they declare 'will

they threaten to i-O-: of arlllS if the govcrn_,

·J)(lrliist.s with the bill. The op.: a 'mo.n, can' homestcitd one a;nd .. , prO: 'P1Lnlr"" lOr or four' morc, whUe~Somcl

ot.hCJ~.;p buy :'one more' or: less suppoMl'

",While driving UUL1.1n0I:der to' prevent tho-. c!:()s~!in.g at OakWOOd"J"J~~~~%I~~.\:~.~~.~.",nO~bll!,g,1;jl.EI'i~ia1!'~r;

"Squeaking shc>eS, · ... c::J~ln ei, "are n,o more, rnrll1(7n' you haven't noticed ;t01'l'a ute, thou~h, a'nd think.', t it true that, for years you ,haven't come acrosS,a squeaking shoe? IW,t:a~l,~\I(; thing that i:(a\1~d the trouble was a loose piece of Leather' in ,the S?le. This as you walked, worked 'so~e­what like a b~llows or an 'accordion and great Wn:; the ~und' thereof. All shoes nre ,now sewed-many of them used to be' pegged-and ,sew­ing does away with any loose pieces of leather in"the sole and therefore, with the squeak as well.' '-Canad­ian Shoe and Leather Journal.

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Robert Nichol, who a week ago attempted twice to' take his own life, has since that-time beeh in a

La:bor,nhas,got a new seI>" very precarious condition at the tit;o/1~~~1l1~~~~6~~d place :f" the one General hospital. ",' His physical

G'E:O'.'BROC}( TREHERNE, 'MAN. '

BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR.

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~~~ , conditian has gradually, been prov-TT~',",-'nO'I~nn has purchased ing worse;';while ~e seems to -ha\'e hOI'ses __ ~."wagon, and entirdy;' recov7red. from,: th~ 'men~al

All kinds of cClntract work taken an'd satisfaction guaranteed.

draying business aberration which IOduced'the deSire to take his own life. " A" operation will be performed,

BUILDINq.S JACKED UP

And new fou~dations put in, cem­ent .. or stone. Estimates furnished.

.... "U~,& All~, ar~'s~:IpRing a car­,,';':,"":"'- of hogs this week. -:' , ,<

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Dave Keast lost a larg~ s.tack' of ~ay: durillg, the recent p~aipi~, fires.

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relief to-day, 'and upon, its Nichol's fate will depend.-Free Press; Monday.' ' :' ; , '

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'. . From ,my premises sec. 31-7-9, Burglanes alld r?bbenes of saf~s about 15th of"'September, one red

are, becoming 9.ulte numer~us 111 yearling steer, muley, Any illfor­M:mitotla,. and It behooves, peop~e 'mation given leading to his recovery

careful of the.lr will be suitably rewarded. ' , All the, talk of bIg ,~J ORN LEE

I:rr,.,nc;: alld large ~etun;s .are only an "'. Treheme. ;nrpnt'lvf>'for an lllvaSlOn of expert ;, plunderers and sharps,of all kipds. ========~========, Look out for them. . Fo~ sale.

, Paultry prices are likely to run high this winter in Can a,.da , "as a LiveqJool.buyer has a depot in Tor.­onto and appointed a niauager, with instructions to p~rcliase'two million birds. Anothet: 'p6itltry" enterprise will ptirchase'fcl.\yUn l:l.rge quanti­ties,' to-be k,ept ill "cold st~rage un-til the spring. '

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Fumerton & Co. is for sale, or may be givell in e~~ha~ge 'for fabn pro­perty;" rossessioll"'given 'on" i5th of Novemljer .. Apply to

E. ROBER'l'S, 52-4 . ' Treherne.

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:~L~:~::nUl~: no,th lin'p' erial of Treheme, about the 1St of June, ' . two red steers, on'e with white strip , ::, ' , " . " at base of horns, the other' with a 'b·" ' , • t' .~ d wedge 'shaped ",,,:h~te ';'l?ark' : do:vn ", I m, I, ,e ' face. Anyone glv111g, lllformatlqn , " , leading to their reco\~ery will be,. " ' suitably rewarded' by, ," ,

, AS" Commencing , ',. 'l'EADMAN, ' • . , 5-tf T~ellerne. :,' Monday, June'O

For Sale. ' --,

Thoro'bred shorthorn; Durham bull; '3 years old, dark red, in good condition. '. Reg;stered ,; pedigree witp. him, ForJurther information

.' apply to 'HERB.,MA'l'CHE'l"l', ' 4-6 ',: ' Treherne:

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,IOO:HOURS Every, dll,Y in the week, . connect­

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RATHy/Elf HARDWARE'STORE - • • ,- , .... <' - ,

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,',WE have now 'on hand a nice r

, ,'" ~ssorted "line os Star Dec­rated Enamele'd Ware in tea pots,

'Goffee ''"pots;' -'butter dishes, 'cream jugs, syrt1p jugs, dinner plates,' mugs, childs' sets, crumbtrays and brushes, cuspidOJ;s, etc .. , Als~ a, large stock of Premier Enamelled ware, all of which we"are selli1}.g at a very low, figure., Call in and see :them at our 'st~re ...

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. -ognized:<a:~ ,9!1e; of the. best weekly,: . pape~s, i~', ,Manitoba. '

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