_~Niekled, At 30c. re A Te BETT'S Cor IRON - FOR SLEEVES AND FLOUACES. ~ A trial will convince and please you. .CORBETT'S Corner of Princess and Wel- lington Streets. The Toronto General Trusts Corporation Office And Safe Deposit Vaults 99 YONGE STREET, TORONTO Ssh 81,000,000 80,000. Capital, Neserve Fund President : JOHN HOSKIN, Q.C., LL.D. Viee: Prosidents : HON, 8. C. WOOD, W. H. BEATTY, Ee. J. W. LANGMUIR, Massaging Director A. D. LANGMUIR, Assistant Manager. JAMES DAVEY, Setretary. Authorited to act aa Executor, Ad mivistruior, Trustee, Hooviver, Commit i Guardien THE WHIG -- 68TH YEAR DAILY BRITISH published each eveidog, at BUEN Beret, ol "n your. 30 and WEEKLY BRITISH pages. Thursda: IG, 12 published every rr st 81 a tached is ome of the bust Job Printieg Offices in Canada: Tepid, stylish and cheap i: improvid presses work MEOW. J. B. PENSE. PROPRINTOR WHIG, 10 Kio ot 2 ET ---- I'HE DAILY WHIG. Opiter per Orbem Dicor.' AN IMPROBABLE RUMOUR. A rumour has been in circulation to the effect that Sir Wilfrid Laurier will, on his return to Canada, advise innediate dissolution of the The authority for this ment is alleged to be Senator durand, a Hberal and personal of the premier. It is to Three years of the usual period life of and an com- mons state Dan- friend not acceptable any one a parliament have yet to elapse, there never was any one who sought elections for the mere love of them Were the lapsing time a year there would temptation to take advantage of the good times, this ex- perience of unparalleled expansion, and figure on a snap verdict. But three yoars were about as long as Sir John Macdonald gave himsell between his frequent bids for popularity. The Toronto conservative, says Sir John "was the only political lender who had the leeway with pub lic opinion to make that (of biddifig for power before he was for ced to do it) a safe one," he reduced the gamble. He was a man of catch cries "Canada for the Canadians "a British subject 1 was born and a Brit ish subject 1 will die, et carried three elections by issuing pro the people diverting be some News, game, and even business to a huge Vand he clamations which misled and. had the effect of the people's attention from the sins of his government. The - News calls that with public opinion." know it by a different name. "the leeway Some people Sr -------------- OH, WHAT A FALL! Prior te the last local election the conservatives posed as purists. They were going to run ga clean campaign. toe of na tio, Liquidator, Assignes, Eto. Duposit salen to rent. All gives and at reasonable prices, Parcels received for safe | euntody. Bonds and other valuables Guaranteed aad Tosurcd against loss. Solicitors bringing Estates, Administra tions, ete, to the Corporation are continued in_the professional eare of the same. + For twther information see the Corpora tion's Manual. CONSUMERS ! Have you waxened up to the fact that summer is here and that you need something in the wood line that will make a quick fire at small expense. Our mill wood is just what you want. Give us a trial order and satis fy yourself, THE RATHBUN C(O. a YOU WILL FIND A } CHOICE ASSORT- 8 5 | Woollens ) | CRAAFORD & wr TAILORS. 2 Princess and Bagot Streets. ERE fe Is Fashionable In Tweeds or Worsteds is to be had here. We import direct, and al- ways have the newest pat- terns to select from. Owr stock is now complete. J R JOWNSTON, TALOR ---- THE REGRET OF EVERY SUFFERER AFTER VISIT 1S THAT HE DID NOT EAR- LIER KNOW OF THE GREAT MERITS OF THE WATERS AND BATHS. | was 5¢ { competitor THE DAILY WHIG, THURSDAY, JULY 24. eee ELITORTAL COMMENT. The anthracite coalg@perators to resume Work in the mines arn going Want and distress have driven many miners, # is said, to surrender, to give 4p the strike. The Toronto Star wants the laws of this country made in Latin. Time en ough for that when our can make laws English stand a referince to the judges ---- The steamer Primus, legislators in that can sunk with nine ty-six passengers, was the oldest boat on Ui Elbe, having been built in 15144. The reader kmows the rest, He has been given some lessons on Cana diam waters. -------- What do our aldermen think of tar Hamilton it successfully Belleville has looked into and approv bad is using ed the material. Our civie folks better wake up. Bi ---- Toronto has passed sixty-seven per cent. of its entrance pupils and thinks it has done well. A comparison with the results outside of Toromto may suggest that this improvement is yet capable of great expansion. ------ Now a party of English school teunchers will take a trip through Ca- nada in order to get correct ideas re garding it for class work. What ,hout the Scotch awd Irish teachers ? Are they mot out for information and trip ? a Of the deaths in Ontario last month, 1,795, there were 202 from tuberculo- Its con sis. This disease is spreading percentage is rising, and it will all comsumptives of tagion is reduced to a minimum. ce-- tinue to rise until are isolated and the danger con- The new assessment act was sidered all right by the opposition Mr. Foy--the judicial head of the par ty, the great law giver--accepted it con- and gwked that it be made retroactive What does he say for himself now that the new law has been pronounced no good ? The scrap iron law is gone, but in 'its place there is a statute which is The of the not effective. decision court case the They were going to show the liberals how to do things at the polls, They did not detail their plans, and yet it surprising that they were ' charged, subsequently, with a very de termined effort to debauch the elector ate, Hon. Mr. pose their rascality. In his cross-peti tion, entered for the purpose of put ting Mr. Lennox out of the race as a for public favours in North York, Mr. Davis tells about the bargain that was entered into be tween the tory party and certain per sons 'in Buffalo to run the election of Ontario according to American me thods. These were imported into Canada for corrupt purposes, and they acted inaependently and in con junction with the local conservative association. The Mail pots 4 plausible appear ance on the ease by alleging that the party, --its party, --hired about forty American detectives, all Pinkerton experts, to watch the electors and re- port upon them. The charge is that they did the work for which they were hired, the desperate work from which the average heeler slunk away. London News, (Independent), treats the subject in a candid and common- sense 'way. It remarks : Davis was the first to ex persons "If the conservatives expect the poo ple to believe that these men were brought into Ontario to catch election crooks alone, they expect too much. I'he explanation of the Mail and Em pire appears to be but 5 weak at- tempt to cover up a dirty election deal. Why was it necessary to go. to the United States to secure men to forestall electoral corruption in On tario 7 Could not g «ficient pumber of honest men be secured in Ontario ? "Ihe great conservative party that prated so loudly of 'Canada for Cana: dians," with the 'Old flag, the old VYo- licy and the Old Leader," thrown in, goes into a hot-bed of Yankee politi- eal corruption to secure men to en sure clean elections in Ontario ! Hith- erto Canada has not found it neces- sary to go to the United States for dutectives or other men to do her work, There have always been' Cana- dians with brains and honesty suflici- "ent to guarantee them the job. "It is a good thing for the people of Ontario that this cross petition has been entered by the liberals, and we sincerely hope that the matter will be probed to the bottom. The Mail and Empire may make such' explanations as it deems expedient, but the impor- tation of these forty 'detectives,' with Tammany methods up their sleeves, looks decidedly suspicious. The man mav be pardoned who choos es to ve that, instead of being brought in Ontario to ensure 5 clean election, they were more likely brought in to ensure a corrupt one. A hk shows necessity for a new and further revision of the of the rich cor he law. The property porations must, somehow, assess "ed at something like its value WHAT EDITORS SAY. Ask Something Easy. Oswerro Palladum. Are we gomg to have any summer ! at all this year? Which We Can't Get. Watertown Times. they complain of heat and drouth in England. Here is a chance for re cprocity. Needs A Sedative. Montreal Herald. 'the Hon. J, P. Whitney says he has a majority of eight or nine. It's a sad case. Mr. Whitney ought to take something for it. Saving Too Much. John Telegraph. Hon. S. Varent announces a surplus of $25,000 for the province of Quebec for the fiscal year ended June 30th, a triumph unusual for our neighboring province. St. Mischief If Brought. Toronto Globe. 'I'he sea serpent has appeared in the river at Kent county. That serpent has destroyed more reputations than the original serpent which promoted the full of our first parents. What, All Of Them ? Star, much money did the Michi put into the local favor of the opposi tion ? That is the question of the day," says the Kingston Whig. Per haps they paid the bills of the New York political purifiers. Value Of Unity. Ottawa Journal. Loul miners of America voluntarily taxing themselves quarter a million dollars a week to support some of their number whom they hokl to be striking in a just cause is a maguifi- vent demonstration of the unity and courage of labor. Realized Good Prices. Methbers of the city property com- mittee are delighted with the figure realized by the sale of market tolls' privileges, $1,795. It was expected that the tenders would not go over £1,100, and even $1300 would have been acceptable. The amount paid last year was $1,610; for market No. I, $1,000, and No. 2, $610, so that this yeur the city gains 8185 over last. In round figures, the new lessee will have to collect $150 a month in order to meet his indebtedness to the (ity. That means $6 a day for the 313 working days. Unless the future market attendance tones She. Tecan of the past couple of years, t new Jesse will find it difficult collecting sufficient to 'cover expenses. He must collect 86 every ome of the 313 work. ing days before he has anything for bis labor. Toronto "How gun lumbermen election, and in macadam for walks and pavements? | Hr, AT HISTORIC POINTS. Mcthodist Leaguers Secing Bit Of 0id Toronto. GUIDED BY OR. WITHROW. THAN WHOM NO EBETTER COULD BE FUUND. Universities, Parliament Buildings and Forts Were all Visited and the' History and Associa- tions Were Told in Fitting and Eloquent Language. Toronto, July 22----The Methodist young people's summer school is now in full swing. Some 200 are already enrolled at the school and the sessions ate proving of intense interest and profit. The programme arranged is beime faithfully carried out, when we except the enforced absence from the school of Dr. Burwash, called suddenly to England, to sick-bed of a son; of Hart, the veteran missionary of West China, who, on the eve of the gathering, was ordered to the sea-side on account of the state of his health, which demands recuperation. The doc tor is to sail again for China at the expected time. It would be quite im possible in any reasonably long article to give even a brief synopsis of the addresses at one day's sessions of the school. It is hoped by the secretary that a report of the school may be published and so brought within the reach of all leaguers, The afternoons are very enjoyable features of the week's programme. To day a most delightful and instructive trip was made by about sixty of the members of the school to places of historic interest in the city. Dr. With row, than whom there is no better qualified man in Toromto for the pur- pose, became "guide, philosopher and friend' to the party, A start was made in vans from Vietoria univers ty, where the sessions of the * school are held. Before leaving Dr. With row addressed the intending vovagers touching a number of points of inter est in regard to the daily history of the grounds and location of the pres ent university building. 1 he east wing of the provincial university was er- ected forty vears ago in front of the present site of Victoria, but fell from its high estate after a time, and be came used as a lunatic asylum, It has since disappeared. The present site of Victoria came into possession of the university at the time of the secular zation of the clergy deserves a large part of which, given to the provincial institution, was squandered throurh bad management. Reference was made to the architecture of Toronto univer sity's main building. The learntd do tor had seen nearly all the great um versities of the world in England and in Europe and America, but had never seen anything to compare with Toron to in beauty and geademical architec ture. Trinity university, in Dublin, may equal it in some small build ines, but no single building of any pretention is so beautiful as Toron to's. The style is Norman Gothic, of which stvle the centre in England ix Durham. For Toronto university, the choicest ents of Norman Gothie archi tecture have been selected and brought towother in one building. There ix an utter absence of the symmetry or mo potony in the architecture which so often is found, a weary iteration which gives po scope for the genius of the architect, Infinite variety is the characteristic of the building. Queen's avenue, immediately south of Victoria, has been the sceme of many a peageant, regal and vice regal One of the oldest and most noted buildings of Toromto stands nearby "The Grange," now the residence o Dr. Goldwin Smith. It was built by Dr. Bolton, and has been the place of entertainment of many distinguished men, among them canon Farrar, Dr Arnold and Sir Edwin Arnold. On the corner of Peter and Wellington streets stands the former residence of the late vice-chancellor Jamieson and his more noted wife, who was an author of no small merit in the realm of art She has written beautiful stories o the legends and traditions of the Ma donna and other saints. A drive through Queen's park the beautiful grounds of govern ment house brought the party to the old parliamgnt buildings, 'a very un venerable ruin," to quote Dr, With- row, "a dear, dilapidated old place The fact is well expressea in these t hrases. Even the wall and surround ing grounds show complete neglect and ruin, the enclosure being entirely untended and unkept The courtyard is upgrown with weeds and the plank entrance way 1s fast rot ting away. An odor of dampness ana decay manifest on the first en trance. The former legislative cham ber has been used as a place for the manufacture of busts, and in the con fusion are found lving broken figures of this character, barrels and boxes of rubbish and disused materiale On what was once the proud dais of the Canadian parliament's speaker stood Dr. Withrow, while his andience stood in deepest attention in that un canny place as he recounted some of the thrilling 'scenes ana events of former days in connection with the building's chequered history. The speaker referred to the time in his memory when Toronto had less than 5.000 of a popiilation, but over 400 taverns, Now she has over 200,000, but only 130 hotels. The first parlia- ment building in Toronto was built in 1797 and remained till the war. Then parliament assembled for a time in the ballroom of an hotel, then in a building on the north-east corner of Wellington and York streets, then on the present site of the Arlington ho- tel. The building in which they stood was encted in 1332 and for sixty vears was, at intervals at least, the bome of parlimment, fost of upper Canada and then of the united Can adas. It was the scene of manv ex- citing scones during the rebellious times of '37 and 98. I was wed as an arsenal and military ball and sol- diers were drilled in the grounds. In 1846.7 it wae used as a university building amd medical school and after: wails as a lunatic asylum. Veird stories ave told of its being haunted | anil some of ite associations are ex- | evedingly nneanny. One of the female inmates of the lunatic asvium hanged berseli in one of the lower vaults and and past ing of the 1 L 1 o Oak a soldier made a similar rash use of a rope in one of the guard rooms on another occasion. In 1¥M% it was re opened as the seat 'of the parliament of united upper and lower Canadas. After the of the parliament buildings in that vear, in Montreal, alternate parliamentary saw in Toronto and Quebe reference and belonging livary had to be removed to the other, and it intolerable nll Victoria the strife between the two the permanent choice refusing both and selecting afterwards Ottawa.. From 156] "67 the sessions Sof the united Canada parliament were hela in this old building, ana then 1t was used alain as 5 military barracks, whet were stationed at different times the Lancashires and other of the crack regiments of the British army. From 1867 to 1892 it was the scene of the sessions of the Ontario legislature and many gu hot debate has waged within its walls. The speaker made mention of George Brown's all-night syeech and of the occasion when 104 speeches were made in forty-eight hours The place iz haunted alike with ghosts and old-time of" political strife and animosity. In front of the «difiee a great pavi lion was erected on the occasion of the visit of the then prince of Wales in 1360, and it was just at this point that was turned the first sod of the first railway in Upper Canada, the Northern, lady Elgin officiating At present the government is anxious to disperse of the building and grounds and it is expected that the C.P.R will select this as the site of a large hotel. From this historic monument of for mer glory the groups of young Metho dists weré driven to the old York path, one of the most historic spots in the annals of Camda. Here it was that Lasalle, that pathetically unfor tunate early explorer of Canada, rest ed and sailed to the head of the lake and into the Niagara river From here began those trips of the Indians up the Humber and Holland rivkrs to Lake Simcoe, and into the north coun try. In 1797 it was named York after the then duke of York, amd in 1X34 the town was incorporated a city with William Lyon McKenzie first mavor. 'The old fort now in its rough frame exterior but weather beaten and con fronting the visitor with the No admittance It surrounded by a number of ald buildings, former lv the officers' quarters, the old bak ery with its large oblong brick chim ney heing a prominent feature. In burning words the eloquent guide re counted the stirfing events in connec tion with that most unrighteous, ex cuseless war of 1812-14, waged mm unchivalric a manner by the Ameri cans when England bleeding every pore in her campaigns of years in the defence of Europe from the tyrant Napoleon. Even the people of ton, the rebels par excellence of 776, protested against its un righteousness and flew their flags at half-mast, upon its declaration The events were outlined up to the attack York from Sacket"s Harbor by earborn and Pike, on April 17th, 1813, when with sixteen ships manned hy 112 guns and 3.000 men the enemy attacked this fort, protect ed by only 600 militia, 600 regulars and 100 Indians, with practically no large weapons of defence. Driven up the luke to old fort Rouille, there the landing was made under cover of a very heavy tire. Marching movements were very difficult in the early spring with the frost scarcely out of the ground, and altogether it was a poor attempt ut defence made by the Cana dians, Sheaffe, in command at York, finding it impossible to make a successful resistance withdrew east towards Kingston, leaving orders that the fort should be blown with the ammunition. In the carrying out of this ovder 250 Americans were killed, including the gallant Gen. Pike, who died with a captured umion jack as his pillow. There is a #tory of a union jack that wasn't captured, however It had been made and presented to the Canadian troops by the women of one of the church guilds and on the cap ture of the fort was secreted in the cellar of a residence 'and after wards resurrected and floated at the head of the York volunteers I he victors on that day promised to re spect private property, but the par hament buildings and other publi buildings burned. The mace was carvidd away asx was the speaker's wig from his chair, the story toll that the latter was scalp which had been hung in trophy in the house of parliament. The interesting trip of the alter noon was completed hy a drive around the new fort, thence to old Fort Rouille, at the exhibition grounds, the position of which is com by a monument erected only about a dozen 'vears largely through the efforts of the late Dr Secadding. This fort was built in 1749 by the instruction of Louis XV, runs the inscription. Close by house commemorating the fi ing of Gov, Simcoe here in A vote of thanks was very heartily tendered to Br. Withrow by the tour ing voung people, who were thrilled and inspired by the vivid words of their guide. After all, this is but {l« story of the past, and palsied be the hand that would longer stir up strife between the two kindred peoples on this continent. There are voung Methodists not only making but learning history at this their second annual summer school Thanking von for so much of your space. --J. M. 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