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I u Gamey Commissioners' Report Pre- sented to Legislature. A Toronto despatch says: The nmliiiK of the coimuih-sioncrs in thu (Iiuticy caiie was ifa<l l>efor(; the Ikiiibe on 'JTiUrstlay atlurnoon. It Is as follows: As to the dcnit-ancr and credibility *)1 tho witnesses gejierally, the coni- lii-iHsio'ners wo'iiUl repoit that most of tlierii seenwd to be desirous to tell the li-uth. Of the uuore import- ant witnesses the conimissioners wore impressed by the evidence of Dr. Arthur. iJr. Hlruthers, and Mr. .). !•'. Hoyd. JVank Sullivan and Mr. Ganicy Were two of the chief actors in the variety of trajisactions \mder inves- tigatit>n, and their evidence is con- tradictory and irreconcilable at most if not all important points, liotil), by their own confession, prac- tice<l systematic duplicity and pur- trued tortuous courses of dealing with self-servinff interests niJich in view. Ji ijilicit reliance should not bo placed upon their uncorrol)orated SA statemtnts in material points, and j \\<herc these statements conflict with' tiiose of in'dei)endont or disintero.vt(«l| witnesses the latter should tie pre- (wred . •â- CAN'T VOU FORGET?" \Vhute\er conuuent may he made upon the expression attributed to the I'rovincial Secretary by Mir. Iftunmond. when recallexl. it seems I to the conuiiissioncrs unwarrantable! to assign to it such exaggerated import as to overshadow the whole body of substantial evidence in fa- vor of the Minister ajid against the 7number. The testimony of Hiini- mond was on a comparatively min- or branch of the enquiry, tJiat is, relative to the Ulobe interview, which, apart from the pa:^nient of money as to its prici' docs not loom largely in tlie investigation, and the slalenKnts of Ifammond are not in conflict with those of the I'rovinjcial Secretary, savo as regards some va- riation in details which happen very commonly in evidence of different speakers. THE GLOBE'S INTEUVIKVy. It was a proper thing to take Ktejis to advertise ](u4)licly the change in the political attitude of Mr. tiamey, and had greater pre- science been vouchsafed, tlic i)ub- licity would lilcely have been nnore advantageous if -made earlier. Looked at in the loi-ge, Mr. Ciamey's version is, that his pur- chase originat(Kl with Frank Sulli- van and the rrovincial Hecretary, that he was ta1<en to the Ministers ^otilco, whom he did not know, that the letter he was to sign was all read.v, an<l |nit before him for sig- nature, and the information volun- teered by the Minister that t.ho pro- test would be withdrawn, all the j)alronago given to hiai, and unstat- ed valuable consideration paid' when lie signed, but as the ni^iney was not ready, the bargain and sale were not then consummated. Trtr. AyleswoTtli's evidimce alone, at which it was not disputi'd verity nttacJieil. siifllces to show that this version is misleading and untrue. UAMEY NOT CRKDIULE. The conduct and memory of Mr. (iai.iey, as to these bribe monies, de- tract from his credibility, at a mo- UK'ntcrus point in his life, and witliin a few months of the concurrence, ho is uncertain as to the day when and till' person from wlwim the J>3.- 000 came. Having conferred with prominent men in his parly (as he Bnj'H) and arriuiged his methods, he employs his share, $],nO0, in busi- ness, as if it were a legit invate tran- sr.cllon. lie makes no nientioif in his statement to the 11/ouse of how he came Into po.ssession of $1,200, part of the moiety, said to be re- ceived b.v Sullivan and of which, he Kays, Si'OO was paid itKo the- Cros- siii bu-finess. Hut, when this is dis- tovored by search in the Crossin books, the two |)agps containing en- tries for th<' Kith and lllh Sejitem- ber disappear, not by the hamis of Wr. ("rossin â€" and Mr. (lamey is the only other who had access to them. Then follows the procuring of the do[K)sit slij) from the bank by Mr. <intney an<l its disajipearanco. Ilien the explanation given to the reporters nt HulYnlo, with a view to publication, that this $900 was col- lected (luring the summier in Mani- tmdln Island: and the final stato- nient under oath, that it was part of a loan of «1,200 from Frank Sul- livan. PMINT GET IT FnOM STRAT^rON The evidence on the other side pre- cliKli'S the conclusion that this $;t,- OOO was r«weivod b.\' Mr. Gamey from the I'rovincial Secretary on or about (he 11th of Se|»ten»bcr, atul, if that 1)0 BO, its true source is not yvt dJBcloBod. TH.iE $r>oo. And, again, as to the S.'iOO saitl to 1)0 received on the 2!»th .January. Thtnigli Mr. IVtcGregor roDvea ex- pressly to assist Mr. Gamey at this Stage of the enterprise, .and dops as- sist In correcting the Globe inter- view and thotif^ he and Mr. Mc- Gregor meet that same night and di.scuss the niattcr, yet the mroney is not exhibited or mentioned!. It is not Mhown to anyone, but carried about continuously in Mr. Carney's pocket until [iroduced in the House. And then, when Mr. Gamey was lin- ail.v Jireparing for making his state- ment, and planning to procure all possible corroboration from Sulli- van, in the hearing of three hidden witnes-ws and though the ?500 was then actually in liis pocket (as ho says), he does not make the slight- est reference or allusion to it at the Crossin factory on the night before the House met. From these omissions the inference is most persuasive that no bribe or money was received from the I'ro- vincial Secretary on the 29th Jan- uarv, but that the money was after- wards acquired, and. if that be so, then the local source of this money is not yet disclosed. This )iiuch more be said about •'Where the money came from," that Mr. Gamey declined to make any statement under oath to the comniL-Mioners about the "l1epo.«;it slips and those things," ostensibly on the gi'ound that ciiminal action â- vas being contemi)lated in that re- gard. Ilut he said further that he "Cannot understand how it is rele- vant to his case." TlIiE M.1SSL\G PAGES. Without pressing against him the maxim "onuiia pre.smmuntur contra sijwliatorem," and though the de- 8i)oiling was done jieridento lite et Btdente curia, it is very reasonable to believe that if the missing pages of the Crossin book could be seen they would di.sclose or give a clue whereby would be discovered the genesis of the S900, and of the $1,- .'iOO, both coming, as Mr. Gamey now swears, from one and tlic same source. His explanation of the particular source is not so worthy of credence as if tl)e books hatl been left unmu- tilati;d. PLAYED A DOUBLE PART. It is difFicult to frame any con- sistent account of Mr. Gamey's ca- reer as member, for it was tJirough- out inconsistent, as he played a double part. Hut this much ap- fiears in the evidence. His politics was Manitoulin, with Gamey as member, on the side of any (!overn- ment in j)ower, to the end that he might serve his constituency, and also secure shares in the various deals supposed possible by not over- scrupulous men. First was tormod the .lones-Gamey combination, with a view of acquiring "franchises." Ibit, as Mr. (lamey's friend, FraJik j Sullivan, by his braggard st.vlo and I pretended access to the Minister I (page l,;i2;i), fostered the belief I that he had more influence, the uncle 1 was superseded, and the Sullivan- |(iamey combination began. At the j lirst move, siipport was as.iured to the Uoss Government by the letter of the 10th Se[)tenrber, and on the same day Mj-. tiamey takes part in the Conser\'ative caucus at Toronto. THI'', NORTH PERTH AKFA.IU. Then rumors got abroad of his de- fection from party lines, and he modilied his numncr of s;ipp<)rt by the amended letter of 27lh October, so that while acting as occasion re- quired in the interests of the Con- servatives, he engages to support the (iovemment when the House i meets, if Mi'. Ho.ss has a reasooable I majority. Aiccordingl.v, in Jiuiuary, I 19l)Ji, he takes part in the North Perth campaign for the Consirva- tives, but is entbittered becau.sc ho was belittled by the action of the Conservative leader. He repairs to the Provincial Sec- retary and begins discussing ap- pointments, but, being confronted with his conduct in North I'erth, he declares his willingness to advertise 1 publicly his real and true position. j This was after the (iovernnient ma- ! jorit.v had increased to live. The I Globe interview is jiublishod at the i end of .Inniuiry, wherein hia politi- I cal alliliation is still further i-educ- ed below the standard of sujiport lu'omised in the letter of the 27th October, and only extends to sup- port "in all matters he is satisfied with." Nevertheless, this publica- tion brings trouble aroimd his head from the Conservatives, and bis resignation begins to be talked of. Rut Mr. Gamey is just as unwil- ling to resign at this crisis as he was after the protest. Dr. Stnith- grs then advised him, as a friend, j knowing more of the man and his candidature than a stranger, to re- ' sign and run as an independent, but the answer then and always was the "ejcpensc," and the risks and chonccs Involved in another contest. Yet, tho member ia growing in disfavor with both parties, he is getting to be regarded as a douhlo-mindBd man, with all that that suggests. A DISAPPOINTED MAN. He surve.vs the situation. The glowing prosjiocts pictured by Frank Sullivan have failed to become facts. Tlie prestige of directing Govern- mental iiatronage ajipears to be meager and illusive. Ho learns that tl.e (iovemment, anticipating his resignation, are planning to put Mr. McMillan, the Socialist candidate, in tho field. And then, it may bo, comes the patriotic plan of deliverance by let- ting it leak out that raone.y was at the bottom of "his apparent dis- loyalty. The people supposed ho had got a timber concession, and Dr. Arthur and Dr. Struthers told him that people would say he had been bought. Let him accept and jirolit by the belief, or rather the assump- tion of his mercenary defection, but by a desperate effort turn it into success by depicting his career as set forth in the statement for the' House. SIZING GAMEY UP. The temptation appears chiefly to be the exjiectation, if he could get corroboration of his story, that he would become Minister of Mines in a new Administration. Whether or not this is a correct appraisal of the member's erratic course will depend upon the estimate that may be made of this report, with its ai)pondiccs of exhibits and evidence. Mr. Gamey had no personal inter- course with any member of the Ministry except the Provincial Sec- retary. With two or throe of the others he had some olTicial corres- pondence, but with the rest not even that. With regard to the added charge of consi)iracy, the Commissioners are of the opinion, that as a matter of law, there is no evidence whatever to sustain it, as against the mem- bers of the Government and the other persons charged. And, according to the methods ,of an ordinary trial, they would be discharged from the said accusation by the presiding judicial ofTicer. CHARGES DISPROVED. This being so, the matter of the original charge alone remains, and as to the Provincial Secretary, there is the testimony that has been com- mented upon. In our opinion the corrupt charges stand disproved by a great body of evidence, which api)ears to be more accurate and credible than that adducecT in sup- port thereof. Tho $1,200 mentioned hereinbefore has not been paid into the hands of the Comjnissioners by Mr. Gamey. The Commissioners have impounded two sums of money, $500 in cash produced by Mr.- Gamey in the House and $1,,')00 represented by his marked check of the 3rd April, 1903. The.se suin-s have boon lodged in the hands of tho accountant of the Supreme Court, and tho Commis- sioners advise that the amounts be carried in to a separate account, to bo paid out upon the joint order ol the Chancellor of Ontario and the Chief Justice of the King's Bench for the time being, upon its being made satisfactorily to appear that any claimant has legitimate title thereto. WHARF COLLAPSED. Fifty People Fell Into Shallow Water. A Toronto despatch says' An ap- palling excursion horror was what "might have happened" at Lome Park on Saturday. Half a hundred peoi)le, men, women and children, by the collapse of tho wharf, Were pre- cipitated into the water. Luckily it was only four feet deep, but even' then the escape from death by drowning or .serious injury froiu tl-.e crushing of at least a few of the imperilled excursionists almost borders on the marvelous. The Chalmers Presbyterian Sun- day School scholars. olBcials and friends had picnicked at the park during tho day, having taken the early morning trip on the Niagara. About 5.30 i).m., 150 people had gathered on the ajiproach to the wharf, .the gate having been locked to i)revent any crowding when the boat arrived. There was a suckle;) crashing sound, and then the string- ers 5Ui)j)orting the planking between two piers, about 10 feet apart, slowly collapsed, throwing fully lifty men, women ond children into a V shaped aperture, in all conceivably disorder. The scene that followed was indescribable. Everything was still for a moment, and then began a low pitiable moaning, (piickly suc- ceeded b.v screetches from children, wails from their mothers and hoarse excited shouts from the men. Both the stringers and the planks are de- seribetl as having been rotten clear through, the Wood crumblinj? in the hand. Thei-e was no rush such as would cause the bean)a to snap, but the Walk simply sank under the Weight, as it had reached tho limit of its existence. Planks were soon laid acrosn the open space and the captain of the Niagara told the excited crowd that ho Vvould return and carry them to Toronto, Viut there were none that cared to venture on the wharf, and when the boat returned, ther* wore no passengers and she came in light. THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto,, June 9.â€" Wheat â€" The market is 'quiet, with the tone firm. No. 2 sold at 72J to 73c middle freights. No. 2 red winter and white quoted at 73c east, and No. 2 spring at 70Jc middle ; No. 2 goose at 66Jc on Midland. Manitoba wheat is firm. No. 1 hard quoted at 84c Goderic:i, and No. 1 Northern at 83c Goderich. No. 1 hard, 90c grinding in transit, lake and rail, and No. 1 Northern, 89c. t>ats â€" The market is steady ; No. 2 white (luoted at 301c high freight, and at 31c middle freight. No. 1 quoted at 32c east. Barley â€" Trade is quiet, with No. 3 extra quoted at 4'lc middle freight, and No. 3 at 42Jc. llye â€" The m.arket is steady at 52c outside for No. 2. Peasâ€" Trade dull, with No. 2 white quoted at 64c high freight. Buckwheat â€" Nothing doing, with prices nominal at 38 to 39c outside. Corn â€" Market is very dull. Cana- dian feed corn quoted at 40c west, and at 45c here. No. 3 American yellow quoted at 54i to 55c on track, Toronto ; and No. 3 mixed at 54c Toronto. Flour â€" Ninety per cent. patents quoted to-day at $2.72 middle freights, in buyers' sacks for export. Straight rollers ol special brands for domestic trade quoted at $3.25 to $3.40 in bbls. Manitoba Uour steady ; No. 1 patents, $4.10 to $4.20 and strong bakers', $3.85 to $3.95 in bags, Toronto. Millfeod â€" Bran is firm at $17 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $16 and shorts at $17. Manitoba bran in sacks, $19, and shorts at $21 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beansâ€" Trade is quiet, with offer- ings small. Prime white are worth $1.65 to $1.75 per bush. Hay â€" The market is quiet, with car lots of No. 1 timothy at $9.50 to $10, and mixed at $8 to $8.5ti. Straw â€" The market is quiet at $5.50 to $6 per ton for car lots on track. Hops â€" Trade dull, with prices nominal at 18 to 20c. Potatoes â€" Car lots are firm at $1.1.5 per bag, and small lots at $1.25 to $1.30. Poultry â€" Spring chickens are quot- ed at 90c to $1 per pair, and old hens at 10c per lb. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter â€" The receipts of butter aro good, and the demand fair for choice qualities. Prices ai'e unchanged. Wo quote : â€" Choice lb. rolls, 15 to 16c; fresh dairy tubs, uniform color, 15c; second grades, rolls and tubs, 12 to 13Jc; creamery prints, 20 to 21c ; solids, 18 to 18Jc. Eggs â€" llaj-ket continues steady, selling single cases 13 to 13ic per dozen. Cheese â€" Tho market is dull at 11 J to ll|c per lb.' HOG PRODUCTS.- Dressed hogs unchanged. Cured meats are unchanged, with a good demand. We quote : â€" Bacon. clear, lOi to lOjc, in tons and case lots. Porkâ€" Mess, $21 to $21.50; do., short cut, $22.50 to $23. Smoked mfcats^Hams, 13 to IS^c; rolls, llic: shoulders, lOJc; backs, 14 to 14ic; breakfast bacon, 13J to 14c. Larc' â€" The demand is unchanged. We quote : â€" Tierces. lOjc: tubs. lOJc pails, lie; compound, 8 to 9Sc. The number of murders per million popxdation is 5.18 in ISngland, 6.45 in Germany, 11.65 in France, 15.42 In Austria, 76.11 in Italy, and 44.- 70 in Spain. In the last financial year 62,523 estates changed hands in Britain through deatV Their average value was £1,232. UNITED STATES MARICETS. Minncu[)olis. June 9. â€" Wheat â€" Cash 79Jc; July, 77J to 77ic; September, 71ic; on track. No. 1 haid, 80|c; No. 1 Northern, 794c; No. 2 North- ern, 78Jc; No. 3 Northern, 77 to 78c. Milwaukee. June 9. â€" Wheat â€" Firm; No. 1 Northern, 83 i to 85c; July. 754 to 75ic. Ryeâ€" Firm ; No. 1. 53 to 53ic. Barleyâ€" Dull; No. 2, 57c; sample, 40 to 53Jc. Corn â€" Jidy, 478c. Buffalo, June 9.â€" Flour â€" Steady. Wheatâ€" Spring unsettled ; No. 1 bard. 85Jc; No. 1 Northern, SSJc. Winter steady; No. 2 white, 844c ; No. 2 ]-ed, 814c. Corn â€" Strong; No. 3 yellow. 51 Jc: No. 2 corn, 50J to 51c. Oatsâ€" Unsettled. "No. 3 white, 39c; No. 2 mi.ted 86c. Canal freightsâ€" Steady. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, June 9. â€" Owing to the lightness of the olTerings of good bvitchers' cattle, their prices ad- ,vanced 5 to 10c per cwt. to-day. The situation in sheep was w«ak, there being a largo supply here, and the market was about 25 per cent, lower. Dulne.=s was about the only uew feature in exporters' to report. Sell- era had difticult.v in disposing of the stock on their hands, and buy- ers Wore indifferent, as tho Chicago market was lower again, and they could and were obtaining tho major portion of their export cattle there- from. Owing to the scarcity and high prire of butchers", a good manv that wotdd ordinaril.v have sold as ahippors" were bought up for the local butcher trade. * The uuality of cattle that caiv.e forward was not as good as before, there being a lot of rough and un- . finished heifers, steers, and cow! amongst them. ForAors surely art making a mistake to send_ in poorly finished cattle w+ien good butchers are so much wanted, and it mani- festly pays them thoroughly to fat- ton up tlieir product before market- ing it. The following was the range ol quotations : â€" Eixporters' cattleâ€" Per 100 Ib.i. Extra to choice $4.75 $5.00- Bulls • 3.76 4.10 Medium to light... 4.70 4.75 Butchers' â€" Picked lots '. 4.80 5.00' Good loads 4.05 4.85 Medium 4.50 4.6.'i Fair 4.25 4.50 Cows : 3.25 4. 25 Feeders, light 4.00 4.50 Feeders, short-keeps .... 4.50 4.90- Stockers 3.00 4.00 Sheef)â€" Import ewes 3.75 4.0l> do, bucks »... 3.00 3.5» Spring lambs, each 2.50 4.50 Calves, per cwt 4.50 6.0O Hogs- Sows 4.00 4.50 Stags 2.00 3.0(5 Selects. 160 to 300 Tbs 6.00 0.00 Thick fats 5.75 0.00 Rights 5.7;; 0.00 •--- -â€" f STEAMER CUT DOWN. Terrible Shipping Disaster Near Marseilles. A Marseilles, Franco, dospatct says: Over one hundred persons were drowned here on Sunday, as the result of a terrible shipping dis- aster. Tho Insulairo and the Libaji passenger steamers of the Fraissinct Steamship Company of Marseilles were in collision near this port. The Liban saak,- carrying down with her more than 100 of her passengers, at well as her crew. The Liban left Marseilles Sunday mDrning on her regular passengej trip to Bastia, Corsica, and wa; run down and sunk by the Insulairi off the Maire Islands. The collisioi was witnessed from the pilot boat Bleichomp, which was about tw< miles distajit. The Bleichamp iin niediately went to the spot to givt assistance. CUT A RENT. The force of the collision cut i wide rent in the Liban's side, an< she was ali-eady taking in wate rapidly. Her* captain saw their onl; chance was to run tJie stoame aground before she sank in deej water, and the Liban was heade* full speed for Oho ^ore, but withii seventeen miniutes of the collisior and while still some distance froi shallow water, tlie forepart of tli steamer plunged beneath the waves anid a few minutes later she had en tirely disappeared. In tho mcanjtimc the Bleiohamit the steamer Balkan, also belongin) to the Fraissinot Company, and oth er vessels had drawn near the sinl( ing ship and were making stronuou oftorts to rescue those on board many of whom were at the point o es|l)au«tioin, and were only revived b| tihe attentions they received o) board. The Balkan also rescued thirty seven passengers, and up to tho pre sent it is known that in addition ti the passengers, seventeen of tb crew were also saved. CAUSE OF COLLISION. It is stated that the collision wai due to the following circu))istancrs The Liban was putting out to sei just as tho Insulairo was n)«.king fol the harbor. Moii'e Island, whici lies of the entrance tb the port. hi( the vessels fron) oacli other until il was too late to avoid a collision. The crew of tho Balkan descrili tho scene just before the Liban dis appeared as a fearful one, as th vessel was sinking, she was incline! to such an angle that her )nasti struck tho water, causing an eddy which niade the work of rescue mosi difficult. \ n)ass of human beingt were clinging to the foundei'ed ship and uttered despairing cries as shl wont down. At the sa)ne time tb boilers exj)loded. For a few minutes the victimt wore seen stnigglintj in th«? sea then the waves closed over tihem. O about 2(K) pas.songers who wen aboard, it is feared at least hal were drowned. Tho Balkan launched three boats and the other succoring vessels dii all possible to save tho victinis ii tho short time that elapsed betweei the time of tho collision and thi sinking of the Liban. ^ BABY BURIED ALIVE, Heartless Desertion of Few Dayi Old Infant. A Toi-onto Junction despatcTt says: An infant, only three or fouj days old, was discovered by Sir. Johinson. sticking out of a sand- bank, on his farn). near the Scar- lett Uoad. about noon on Sunda,v T^e child had apparently been the'r« for a long time, as it was completelj eiAiaustcd. ami it is hardly likely tc ."urvive. The sandbanli where th» baby was fouaid is in a spot whert tew i)eo;)le are apt to pass it, anti. it might have beeen there for sevcrat days wifhout being discovereid. It was buriitl up to its neck in sand,, and could not move. The object o: this desertion cannot he arcountoc for. Mrs. Johnson is taking car^ of the child until it ia taken off hci hands by the county authorities. High Constable KaAisiQcn has beet notified.