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'o-La. II lgwnuiiiiimTâ€"finnn. SEVENTH PARLIAMENT â€"- FOURTH SESSION AT OTTAWA. _- nut-Hos or vorgiis' Liars. Mr. Laurier said he noticed in the Mont- real Gazette, which he believed was s. Gov- ernment organ, that the electoral lists for the Dominion were now undergoing revision and that those who had not registered their names should do so as early as possible, in order to get on the lists before they were closed. He understood from the Premier, in a statement made a few weeks ago, that instructions had been given to the revising officers not to proceed with the revision in view of contemplated amendments. Sir John Thompson said the paragraph could have no reference to the Dominion lists. Instructions had been giv proceed with the revision of the lists. The lists would not be revised until Parliament had passed on the Franchise bill. THIRD READINGS. Britain would not be carried exclusively by the fast line, because letters were often marked via a certain line, and wholesale housessent duplicate orders by difl’erent lines. INSURANCE. ACT. Sir John Thompson moved the consider- ation of the bill to amend the Insurance Act. Mr. \lcCarthy said the bill was a direct blow at the Canada Life Insurance Coin- SOR‘I‘H-WBST 80110015. Mr. Beausoleilâ€"“Has the Government- taken into consideration the petition of his :eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Que- ‘ hes, the Roman Catholic archbishops, bishops and prelates of the Dominion of Can~ ads. presented to His Excellency the Govern- or-General in council, the honorable the Senate and the House of Commons, praying for the intervention of the Federal Coven- iiient on behalf of the Roman Catholic ELECTIONS ACT. Sir John Thompson, in moving theHouse into committee on a bill further to amend the Dominion Election Act. The Act said the bill was intended to make provision: with respect to counties in which delays were provided for, and included the new electoral districts of Nipissing, Algoma, Cariboo, and Gaspe. The bill also provided for the use of an improved form of ballot , paper. The form was patented, but could mmy, as it proposed to restrict the securi. schools in the province of Manitoba and the‘ become the property of the GOvernment for ties 01 that company. sought at length to establish the stability of the securities. Mr. Wood (Westmoreland) defended the principle of the bill. The bill was read a third time. RAILWAY SUBSIDIES. -.\lr. Daly moved the House into com- mittee to consider the resolutions providing for the granting of subsidies in land to certain railway companies. Sir Richard Cartwright again protested against the policy of granting subsidies to wild-cat schemes While vast tracts of coun- ed. The resolutions Were adopted. BILLS INTRODUCED. Bills based on the following resolutions were rea d a first time:â€" Respecting drawback on articles used been decided to give effect to the said petition and grant the prayer thereof that is to say : “ I. To disallow the Manitoba Act, 57 Vic., chap. 2S (1894) intituled ‘ An Act to amend the Public School Act’ ; “ 2. To issue such directions and adopt such measures as His Excellency the Govern- or-General in Council shall deem best cal- culated to afford relief under the grievances suffered by the Roman Catholics of the province of Manitoba in consequence of the school laws passed in their province in v ' ’ . ’ - ' . “.0; enuot to try in the berth West were still uuoc 15' “3. To communicate with the Lieuten- ant-Governor of the North-\Vest territories to the end that the ordinances may be so modified as to remove the grievances com- plained of by the Catholics of the North- \Vest, and which are the result of ordinance The following bills were read a third in the construction of the Canadian Pacific NO- 93» amelioned 3‘ Regina- 011 the 315‘ time: Respecting the Montreal Park and Island Railway Company. ‘ Respecting the Atlantic and Lake Supe- rior Railway Company. srniuisnir SUBSIDY. I The House resumed in committee on the bill further to amend the Act respecting railway. Respecting the deduction of the indem- nity of absent members of Parliament and Senators. Respecting the Act respecting Dominion notes. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time :â€" Respecting Ocean Steamship Compan- ocean steamship subsidies, and reported the ies. bill without amendment. ‘ RAILWAY DRAWBACK . Mr. Haggart moved the House again into committee to consider the resolution re- specting the allowance of drawback on Respecting Dominion Lands. NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES. Sir John Thompson moved the third reading of the bill to amend the Acts re- specting the N orth-VVest Territories. The motion was carried, and the bill certain articles manufactured in Canada readu third time.- for use in the construction of the Canadian Pacific railway. Mr. McCarthy said the proposal now made was to allow the railway 30 per cent. LIQUOR. COMMISSION. Mr. Foster, in answer to Mr. Bernier, said the translation of the report of the Commission on the Liquor Traffic had been suspended because the Parliamentary vote drawback on steel used in the construction had run out. of original permanent bridges. This would represent an enormous sum more than $200,000. He was not prepared to alter the BAIIAVAY SUBSIDIES. Mr. Haggart moved the House into Com- mittee on the railway subsidy resolutions. Mr. Charlton, on the resolution to pay commct in any 'eBPeCt- He declared this $108,000 to the St. Catharines and Niagara was not the original meaning of the con- Central Railway Company, protested tract between the Government and the “filling” the Principle 0f subSidlZing TOMS railway, and he did not know why they that were not needed when the country’s finances were in so unsatisfactory a condi- should be called upon to interpret it in a “on, sense it did not convey. The company had been able to float their securities, the road, and pay dividends on no such be injure Mr. McCarthy said it was monstrous construct that the road should be subsidized, because not only would the Grand Trunk Railway d, but an extra burden was put understanding as was now proposed. He upon the pepple. (Hear, hear.) He knew claimed that the road was not entitled to that! the (1'3"‘1 Trunk were 110-" paying the drawback, and that the proposition was wholly unjustifiable. interest on‘their first preference bonds. If the country could not support one road, it certainly could not support two. (Hear, Sir John Thompson contended that the bear.) resolution only gave client to the agreement which was known to exist. The point that he had found necessary to consider was the meaning of the words, “ original construc- tion." The bridges had first been built of wood, but he contended this was a tem- porary construction, and that when the road was declared completed it was under- stood to mean with the temporary struc- tures yet to be changed to steel structures. The resolution was adopted. C. 1'. ll. LAND SUBSIDY. Mr. Duly moved the second reading of a bill respecting the land subsidy to the Canadian Pacific railway. The object was to permit the Government to grant land subsidies in tracts en bloc and not in alter- nate lots, as at present, in order that the The resolutions were adopted. 0. r. R. LAND SUBSIDY. The bill respecting the land subsidy to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company was read a third time. CUIEIIAN BRIDGE. Sir Richard Cartwright, in calling attention to the Curran bridge, reviewed the evidence taken before the Public Accounts Committee, and asked what the House thought private employers would do to agents who conducted such a work. The work was characterized as a gross fraud and extravagance. He moved an amendment to the motion, “That it ap- pears from the commissioners' report, and from the evidence taken before the Public Accounts Committee with reference to the railway may get the full benefit of the \Vemngm" 81nd Grand Trunk bridgest in irrigation which is necessary. Under the That the “"1 bndges were conswucte‘j during the first four months of the year present arrangement the company would , . derive no benefit in alternate sections. 1893 by the Department Of Runways and This bill was to apply only on that por. tion of the road between Medicine Hat on the east and Crowfoot Crossing on the West. Canals ; (2) that the department decided to have the work done on substructures by day labor under a contract entered into by the department to carry out the work as Mr. Mills (BothWell) said that the bill “lid 0“ by “'0 dFPmmenl and “PM did not define the territory within which departmental superintendence and dlrec' it was to apply, and that it might proper- ly be held to apply to any part of the road. tion; (3) that the original estimate of the department of the cost was $122,000 for the substructure; that the com- Mr. Daly said he would have the clause missioners’ report” that any reliable con‘ amended to this efl'cct. In answer to a "mu" would have excuted question, he said there were yet over two _ _ the same amount oi work in the same time for $160,- million acres to be granted to the rail- 000' Whereas the amount Charged m ch“ way. department was $430,325, whereof $394,000 The bill was read a second time, and re- has been paid ; (4) that the supply Of ferred to the Committee of the Whole. Qt'iziisc WEST. Mr. Speaker read the warrant for the timber and lumber certified to by the officers in charge of the work of the de- partment was over 1,000,000 feet board measure,more than could have been used ; issue ofa writ for the election in Quebec (5) that, the cost of stonemuming on the West. RAILWAY TICKETS. Mr. Haggart introduced a bill to amend the Act respecting the sale of railway piss- engcr tickets, which enacts that travellers who have purchased return tickets and who do not wish to return must sign a document affirming that they were purchas- ers of the ticket before they can obtain a rebate. The bill was read a first time. GOVERNMENT MEASURES. Sir John Thompson, in answer to Mr. Lanrier said a resolution would be intro. duced this session on the subject of bounty for steel and iron, which was an extension of the duty on pig iron and puddlsd bar, as announced by the Finance Minister some time ago. The liovernment did not intend to ask the House to proceed with the Insolvency bill this session, but the time bestowed on it by this session would be so much toward its final settlement next NA". SI'BFJIDISS. Sir Adolphe Caron, in answer to Mr. Beausoloil, said the amounts paid during the years 1891-9298 for-carrying the mails between (hands and Great Britain has been mpectively 8l3l,3‘2‘.’.871.79.'l,and $l26.538. Themoneympaidmhlesarafl.&A. Allan. of MouiroaL It was not the inten- tion of the Government to pay a subsidy to the presumed fart lino for carrying the mails over an above the annual subsidy of $750,- 000. The subsidies now paid to other steamers for mail service would be discon- tinued after the «tablishmeutof the fast Wellington street bridge by piecework would have been $3,000, whereas the amount charged to the Government is $16,715, and the cost of stone-cutting on the Grand Trunk bridge was still more ex- cessive ;(6) that the prices paid by the de- partment to the contractor for labor Were greatly beyond the current prices in some inia-ices be ng as high as $12 for work for which the contractors only paid $4.50 and $0.2'Jfor other Work for which thecoutrnct- ors only paid $3.75 ; (7) thatin many other respects the construction of the bridges was conducted in a Wasteful and improper manner, and that in the opinion of this House the Department of Railways and Canalsis deservingof the severest censure for inefficiency, neglect of duty, extravagance, and gross mismanagement in connection with the said work. Mr. Haggart, in reply, reviewed the work from the beginning, and said the whole affair seemed to be one of fraud and collusion, and due largely to the ignorance and incapacity of Superintending Engineer Parent. He thought the Government time- keepers bad counivei with the contractors for the purpose of defrauding the Govern. ment. A large amount of the total ex ndituro of $394.00) consisted of money raudulently obtained from the Government by parties employed in the construction of the work. He thought now that $411,000 ought to have fully com lated and finished the work, and inten ed to bring the whole matter before his colleagues when they had an op itunity to consider it, for the purpose 0 punishing the perpetra- tors of these frauds. The amendment was defeated by 74 to line. The nulls between Canada and Great 38' December, 1392 ‘2" Sir John Thomson replied that the Gov- ernment had taken into consideration the petition refered to on this question. He lwas not in a position to announce to the House the decision of the Government, because the advice of the Government had not yet been tendered to His Excellency. Communication had been had with the Lieutenant-GovernoroftheNorth-westterri- tories on the subject, as to the modification of the ordinances, and the Lieutenant‘Gov- ernor had been notified of the petition of the bishops. LAND SUBSIDIES T0 RAIL‘iVAYS. The House went into committee on Hon. Mr. Daly's bill to authorize the granting of subsidies of land to certain railway com- panies. The bill was reported and read a. third time. ' THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. The House then concurred in the sup- plementary estimates. DRAWBACKS TO THE C. P. R. Hon. Mr. Haggart moved the second reading of his bill to provide for the allow- ance of drawbacks on certain articles manu- factured in Canada for use in the construc- tion of the C. P. R. The bill was then read a second time. TOBACCO DUTY. Mr. Jeannotte, on motion to go into supply, speaking in French, advocated 9. Customs in addition to excise duty on tobacco manufactured in Canada. He pro- posed that a Customs duty of five cents a pound be imposed on imported leaf, in addition to the twenty-five cents excise duty now imposed. His object was to afford addi- tional protetcion to. the native industry, on which an excise duty of five cents only is imposed. Mr. Wood (BrockVIlle) said a number of propositions had been made to him for pro- tecting the native industry ; but he had never heard this before. He hoped the hon. gentleman did not want to complel all smokers in Canada to smoke French-Cans.- d.ian tobacco. (Laughter.) The industry was at present protected to the extent of 400 per cent., and if this was not sufficient, he did not know what would make the in- dustry prosper. He was considering the matter of duty in conjunction with his colleagues. KINGSTON GRAVING DOCKS. Mr. Laurier,on motion to go into supply, moved an amendment censuring the Gov- ernment for having paid Messrs. N. K. and M. Connolly $40,000 last July for work done on the Kingston graying dock, while a suit was pending in the Exliequcr Court to recover a. claim of over halfa million from this firm. (Hear, hear.) He never heard of a more unusual proceeding, and knew of no more subservient course that could be pursued. It was more than a dereliction of duty, and, if continued to be practised,contractors would not be deterred from committing the most outrageous fraud and felonies. . Sir John Thompson said there was not the slightest foundation for reproach. The statement that an understanding existed between the Government and Messrs. Con- nolly, by which the latter were paid, was utterly destitute of fact. Before the pay- ment was made, it had been announced in the House and published in the press. The Government had not the slightest right to cancel the contract, and if it had been can- celled the work would have cost for more. The hon. leader of the Opposition had asserted that the Government made use of the transaction to help the election. The fact was that the Government had lost Richelieu because they were prosecuting the Connollys. The suit now pending in the Exchequer Court was no more a friendly suit than the bitterest suit ever contested. It was without parallel in that regard. The suit was still pending, and he had expected it would have been finished last month. Its hearing had now been postponed until December next. In making the payment, the Government was not condoning the action that led to the suit arising out of the Quebec works. The amendment was defeated by 61 to 34. The House went into Committee of Sup- ply, aud passed several items in the supple- mentary estimates. LAND SUBSIDY BILL. The bill to authorize the granting of subsidies in land to certain railway coni- panics was read a third time. C. I'. R. I'llAWllACK. The bill to amend the Act to provide for the allowance of drawbacks on certain articles manufactured. in Canada for use in the construction of the Canadian Pacific railway, was read a third time. I‘IG IRON BOUNTY. Mr. Foster moved the House into committee to consider the resolutions re. spoofing the payment of a bounty on allpig ' iron made In Canada from Canadian ore- hlr. Mulock said that virtually paddled bar had a bounty of 34a ion, 8‘.’ on pig iron and $2 on puddled bar; Mr. Fasten-Yes, it is the same mater. ial. The Customs duty on puddled bar, however, had been reduced from 89 to $5 a ion. The resolutions were adopted. ‘ proceeding. he North-\Vest territories, and, if so, has it i the sum of $2,500, if found desirable. It practically rendered it. impossible that bal- lots could be spoiled under the system. The Government thought it would be advisable to adopt the system throughout Canada. It had been tried in Ottawa in Parliamentary and municipal elections and found extreme- ly satisfactory. .-\l r. Belley suggested that the counties of Chicoutimi and Saguenay be added to those in which delays are provided for. The bill was amended accordingly. The committee reported the bill, which was read a third time. Sir John Thompson moved that the House do not insist in concurring in the amendment to the insurance Act restricting the securities of companies established before Confederation, and which was dis- agreed to by the Senate. The motion was carried. THIRD RE ADING S. The following bills were read ii. third time :â€" To consolidate and amend the Acts re- specting the duties of Customs. To consolidate and amend the Acts re- specting land in the Territories. To authorize the granting of subsidies in aid of the construction of the lines of rail- way therein mentioned. The Supply bill. To provide for the payment of bounties on iron and steel manufactured from Canadian ore. . l } INSURANCE ACT. ELECTORAL FRANCHISE. Sir John Thompson moved the second reading of a hill respecting the electoral franchise. He hoped to present a bill again next year containing all the funda- mental provisions dropped from the present bill. In the meantime the provision which he asked the house to adopt was an exten- sion of time for commencing and finishing the lists. The first and second sections would bring into force the Redistribution Act for the purpose of the revision. The third section provided for the delays and for the appointment of revising officers in the districts which have been altered by the redistribution. Mr. Laurier said he noticed that the bill proposed that the revision should commence on August lst. He would suggest that that date he changed to the lst of Septem- bet. The bill was amended to provide for this change, for the completion of the prelimin- ary revision on October lst, and for the final completion on February 28th, 1895, instead of December 31st, 1894, and read a third time. ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. Sir John Thompson moved, seconded by Mr. Laurier that the House concur in the address adopted by the Senate to their Mit- jesty the Queen, tendering their cordial congratulations upon the birth of a son to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, and praying that his Excellency will transmit the message. The motion was carried. MARTIN IRONS. The Former Labor Lender a Common Loafer and Drunkard. Notoriety such as Debs, the head of the recent great railroad boycott, is now enjoy- ing is always short-lived, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. Sooner or later the leaders of historic mobs have become the victims of the mad, unreasoning forces they have set» in motion. No reference need be made to the fate of Danton and Robespierre. A modern instance, that of Martin Irons, the leader of the great strike on the southwestern railroads in 1882, is more to the point as prophetic of the probable ultimate fate of the man who is now strutting his brief hour. “By the accident of his position in the Knights of Labor, Irons, an uneducated, bigoted creature, With diseased ideas as to the prevailing sociological conditions, found himself able to temporarily para- lyze the commerce of half of a great nation. When J. Gould weakly offered to confer with this leader of the mob he insolently telegraphed: ‘Mr. Gould can find me at Kansas City.’ ” Eighteen iiionthslaterlrons,oxpelledfrom the organization which he had ruled with the iron rod ofn power-crazed mad man, was in abject poverty in St. Louis attend- ing a little fruit stand under an assumed name in a market in a. poorer section of St. Louis. He later drifted into one of the sterile mountain counties of Missouri, and became afugitive from justice after stealing a horse and waggon. A former acquaint- ance met him in a little settlement in the heart of the Ozart mountains at year ago. He was a common village loafer and drunk- ard, and existed under an alias. Small Profits. Burglar Billâ€"“Got any children '5" Slippery Sam (niomlily)â€"â€"“I had a son onct. I trained him up to snatch pocket- books from ladies out shopping." “Wot became of ’im '5" “He starved ter death." Safetfisâ€"sured. Mistressâ€"“I will have to leave you alone in the house for a few days. Do you feel afraid 3" Pretty Domesticâ€"“No, indade, mum. Oi know plinty av policeman who wud just die fur me." The Finance Committee of London City Council refuse to pay for the polling booths at the recent election not on the list fur- nished by the Council. In the contest for the silver medal which was presented by Dr. Hamilton, Mayor of Cornwall, for competition in Public school of Gods-rich, Miss Ethel Ithynas is the winner. -_-._...~_... â€"-a-â€"--~â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€""~ ODD BA OMEI‘ERS. The Leech In a Bottle and the Pro: on Q. ~ udder. Two of the oldest and oddest forms of popular barometers are the leech in a bottle and a frog on a ladder. Mr. Rich- l ard Inwards has seen an old Spanish draw- ing pi nine positions of the leech, with verses describing its attitude and behavior before did‘ercnt kinds of weather. Dr. Merryweather, of Whitby, contrived an apparatus by which one of twelve leeches confined in bottles ring a bell when a “tempest” was expected. When leeches were kept in every chemist‘s shop, and often in private houses, their behavior was the subject of constant observation ; and it was generally noticed that in still weather, dry or wet, they remained at the bottom, but rose, often as much as tweiityofour hours in advance, before a change; and, in case of a thunderstorm, rose very quickly to the surface, descending when it was past. The frog barometer, used in Germany and Switzerland, is a very simple apparâ€" atus, consisting of a jar of water, a frog, and a. little wooden step-ladder. If the frog comes out and sits on the steps, rain is expected. The \veatherglass dearest to the old-fashioned cottage in the last gener- ation was the “ old man and old woman,“ who came out of their i'ouglicast cottage in foul or lair weather respectively. This was almost the earliest of semi-scientific toys, and depended on the contracting ofa piece of catgut fastened to a lover. The belief that bees will not fly before a shower is probably true, and is the rational origin of the hanging of trays and iron pots with a door key when bees are going to swarm. The insects are supposed to take this for thunder, and so settle close at hand, in- stead of swarming at a distance. Squirting water on them with a garden syringe often makes them settle at once. But no such ingenious process of rationaliziiig can be found for the belief that if the insect inside cuckoo-spit lies head upward, the sum- mer will be dry, though the increased, worrying of horses by files before rain, and the rise of the gossamer before fine weath- er, are abundantly confirmed by observa~ tion. A SALTED GOLD MINE. English Cnpltallsts Taken In by American Mlncrsâ€"Friuul Charged. A San Francisco despatch says :â€"A. G. Rensbaw, a British capitalist, has commenc ed suit in the United States District Court to recover $245,000. He charges the sale of the Bear’s Nest group of mines in Alaska was accomplished by gigantic frauds. He accuses James Treadwell, John Treadwell Captain James Carroll, M. W. Murray, T. N. Fuller and George J. Smith with con- spiracy to make the sale by placing gold bearing rock from the rich Treadwell mine in a barren mine adjoining, and treating the core from a diamond drill ‘with chloride of gold to make ashowing of rich ore. He asserts he has a confession of the entire fraud. He declares that three British exâ€" pert-s were deceived in the salted mine. Each one reported it would yield a profit of $1,000,000 8. year. The enormous money involved, the prominence of parties to it, and the charges of fraud make this disclos- ure the sensation of the day in mining circles. The mine was sold to British investors for $2,500,000 in stock and $1,500,000 in bonds drawing 7 per cent. interest. This was in 1887, and no gold has ever been taken from it. The projectors of the sale have so far received about $600,000 in money. ~â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-.-â€"â€"â€"â€" CARE OF CANARIES. (ilvc mi Jllrro'r ll'lt Mom-s and Gels Home Hbcko ‘ The following interesting story of how a canary was cured of homesickneso was told by a St. Louis man: “ Not long ago my wife purchased a canary ate. bird store. It had been ac- customed to companions of its kind at the store, but at our house it was entirely alone. The pretty songster was apparently homesick. It would notsiiig,it would not eat but just di‘ooped and seemed to bepining away. We talked to it, and tried by every means in our power to cheer the bird up, but all in vain. “ My wife was on the point of carrying the bird back to the store when one day a friend‘ said: “ Give him a piece of looking glass.” Acting on this suggestion, she tied a piece of broken mirror about the size of a man’s head on the outside of the cage. The little fellow hopped down from his perch almost immediately, and, going up close, looked in, seemingly delighted. He chirped and hopped about, singing all the pretty airs he was master of. " He never was homesick after that. He spends most of his time before the glass, and when he goes to sleep at night he will cuddle down as close to the glass as he can, thinking, very likely, that he is get- ting near to the pretty bird he seesso often.’ OIâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€".-â€"â€"â€"_ Keep Moving. An exchange prints a fable adapted to hard times. Itis meant to do good, and in furtherance of that end it is here reprint- ed. Two frogs fell intoa cream pitcher. After a few unsuccessful attempts to jump out, one of them gave up. “It’s no use,”he said. “We may as well die and be done with it.” "Not so," answered the other. “You may do as you like. I shall keep jumping as long anthers is any life in me. Who knows but something will turn up? " This speech put new heart into frog Number One, and both began to try hard- er than ever to reach the top of the pit~ cher. The natural result followed. The cream was presently churned to butter, where upon the frogs got on top of it, and the next moment were out of prison. False teeth made of ivory have been found in the Roman catacombs. '. :I ,i g , i I i l l 7’. Ll e ‘l; ) ‘ b. u'. Na -...... .-.. i