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‘ 3 gm»: ‘7' ma i".‘e.¢fs' w'" ' ‘r‘ advise that it be not made a practice in this county. ‘ The uniformly high quality of the cheese in this district will mean dol- liars and cents to every factory in it Those that formerly made some in- ferior cheese will now get the price of the first-class article, while those that to bring goods.fr0m the city always made good cheese will not when we sell Ayer’s Pills at .............. 15c, regular 25¢ Dodd’s Kidney Pills. ....... 30c “ 50C Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. . . . ..3oc “ 50¢ Carter’s Liver Pills .......... 15c “ 25¢ Chases K. and L. Pills ...... 15¢: “ 25¢ Medicamentum ............. 05c “ Ioc lectric Bitters .............. 40c “ 50c .20c “ 25c King’s Life Pills. . . .7 . . A. HillllllHlM, Next to Daly House LiliflSdfg’ Steam Laundry OPP. BENSON HOUSE m First-class laundry effects can only be obtain- d by a trained worker aided by the best nachinery. We are satisfying most particular people because we have provided these essen- tials. One trial will convince anyone. WALTERS GARROLL. Props. The ll delirium THURSDAY. JULY 27th, 1899 Preferential Trade. A RESOLUTION was recently intro- duced to the Commons by Mr. John McNeil, M P , that favored making an appeal for preferential trade to the Old Country. On Thursday it was de- ated and lost by 36 votes on a party division. The Liberals voted solidly against it. 'The reason that they did so is ap- parently their idle hope of getting reciprocity with the United States. If England granted any preference to Canada the Americans would take offence and refuse to make the reci- p:oca arrangements hoped for by the Liberals. Whale it is against the entire policy of England to establish duties for any purpose, yet there have not been lacking statements from the highest authorities that if the colonies ask it the Mother Country will not refuse some measure of preference to their products. Thus a possibility of great advantage to Canada is in sight, and no dream of favors from the selfish and unreasonable Americans ought to prevent every Car adian from assisting obtaining it. The Cheese Board. THE transactions at suffer through having to share in the buyers’ averaging of prices, whereby they did not get quite what they would have if there had been no poor lots to consider. There is a bright future before the cheese industry in this county, and no pains shou‘d be spared to realize it a: rapidly as possible. A High Opinion.‘ CHARGES of the most serious nature have been uttered and repeated con- derning the government’s, administra- tion ofthe Yukon. Amid the clamor of party organs it is of value to hear the voice of so high and impartial authority as the London (Eng) Times In an editorial of recent date we find the following : “The charges are not new, so far at least as their general features are concerned. Nearly a year ago our special correspon- dent in the Klondike declared that they were widely made and believed in by the population on the spot. Natives and Americans alike, we were told, accused the officials not merely of incapacity, but of pecuniary corruption. The facts stated by our correspondent from personal ob- servation were sufficient to prove that, at least, the administration was suspiciously bad and that searching investigation by competent and impartial commissioners was required. A commissioner of high reputation was appointed, but. whatever his other qualifications, he can hardly be said to have possessed the judicial exper- ience desirable for such a post. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, wno held the oflice of Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in the «late government, repeated ithese accusations in the House, and alleged that Mr. Sifton, the present Min- ister of the Interior, was personally re. sponsible. He moved for an inquirv and a Royal Commission, and offered his own unpaid services as Crown Prosecutor. We do not say that the charges are true, and still less that any of the individuals named by Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper are guilty. But it certainly seems regretable that a matter so serious should have been treated by the Laurier Government as a strictly party question. The Minister cf the Interior fell back on Mr. Ogilvie's re' portâ€"which is still incompleteâ€"and on the duty of the Cabinet not to resign their politicial responsibilities ton commission of judges. There is, perhaps, something to be said for this position from the purly constitutional standpoint. But the gov- ernment would have been better advised had they shown a deeper sense of the erious character of the charge and the necessity of meeting it." Secret Committee Meetings. IN OUR remarks last week anent this subject we referred to the fact that business men prefer to discuss business matters in private and said the town council had as much need to do so as any body of business men. In the Post of Thursday evening, Mr. F. K. Begbie takes exception to our position and points out that in one case men are handling their own money, and in the other the money of the citizen, He holds that as a result the council has not the “right” to hold their meetings privately, as other business organizations do. Mr. Begbie’s dis- tinction is a very real one, clearly stated, and one that has not been over looked by us at any period of this discussion. These facts do not save it from entirely missing the point at issue. The question is not what “rights” have the council, but what is the best sort of committee meeting- We expect every citizen is willing to let the council meet in the best way. In seeking that, the example of busi- Monday’s ness men is highly instructive and the Cheese Board were among the most fact that they are handling their own encouraging in the history of the,money makes it all the more so. It board, Cheese sold as high as 9 5.16,: may be assumed that they handle it to with brisk bidding. An especially good feature was that the buyers took fac- tories in blocks instead of one here and there. The import Of this is that the quality of the product is uniformly good, and there are not the undesirable factories that once were avoided. This is (Ill'CCtly due to the work of the in- structor, who has gone among the makers with precept and example, with a view to the highest quality of cheese. The board will hardly be divided on employing this useful yean Official next The action of some salesmen and buyers in arranging sales before board met is not to be commended. The tendency of ”bat custom is to make the sale a farce and imperil the. existence of the board. No doubt in good intention, b»..t we would strongly this case it was done with the utmost moral right of the council to the the best advantage and hold their de- liberations in the best way. We have then their strong testimony that the private meeting is the best meeting. If so, it is not a particularly public- spirited thing to aim at depriving the council of .t. If the “rights” of the council were discussed they would probably be either their legal or mOral rights. If the legal sort is meant, the fact that the council is holding priva'e meetings maks it probable that they are within the law. If on'Ly the moral right is referred to, then the fact that the private ‘is generally regarded as the best committee meeting, justifies the council from that standpoint. They surely have a moral right to act in the best possible Way... If the legal and private meeting is established it .savors l I lHE. WATCHMAN l g. vy-‘tu of captiousness to‘talk of " other people’s .money.” We have never taken this subject up with any warmth in behalf of council because we could,not be sure they wOuld' adhere to any course for their whole term of office. Our discussion of it at other. times, as now, has been purely theoretical. We think a fairly good case has been estabiished for private meetings, but to no purpose so far as the council is concerned. Our suspicion of their vacillation has been verified. Till ten days ago they do- manded privacy, that important matters might be fully discussedl‘itt W; s principle and we were free to state their case. Since then the mayor and two aldermen, in rapid succession, have invited the public and objected to one citizen only. That is personal, and with it we have nothing to do. W ith this change. of front there ceases to be a public issue, and so far as we are concerned the discussion is at . an end. ennui Notes RUMORS of approaching elections are disturbing the political atmosphere just now. Under the circumstances, would it not be well for the local Con- servative Association to call a conven- thll at once, 'and discuss matters? Thorough organization is half the. battle. .' MAYOR WALTERS created a genuine, if not painful sensation, when at the last meeting of the Board of Trade he objected to that body’s offering any suggestion to council regarding the telephone franchises. His words were a direct snub to the gentlemen who were anxiously seeking to offer advice for the town’s welfare. The board was acting quiie within its bounds and the citizens of this town would have been glad if some rtccommcndation had come from. it on this important subject. They have confidence in the mayor and aldermen, but it is no reflection on them if the council alone is not regard- ed as equal to the council and Board of Trade together. We hope the mayor did not mean what his words implied. COMMUNICATIONS The Town Council and the Post Reporter To the Editor of the Watchman-Warden SIRgâ€"An article appears in the Evening Post of the 19th inst., wherein Mr. Mc- Nulty undertakes to justify his perverse and inaccurate reports of what has been. said by the respective aldermen at the council board. Mr. McNulty's object as a reporter appears to be tocreate strife and not to mollify it. This may be con- sidered by him to be good newspaper tactics, but is it in the interest of the town i That is the question for the rate‘ payers to decide. The article referred to starts out by say- ing : “What was evidently a considered attack planned at certain secret com- mittee meetings was made on the Post Monday evening by our town fathers.” Then it goes on to say; “The object of the onslaught was to discredit the paper by means of false assertions, etc." If it had said to refute false assertions made in the paper of that and other dates it would have been the truth. There was no con- sidered attack planned. The onslaught, as Mr. McNulty is pleased to term it, re- sulted from an untruthful paragraph which appeared in that evening‘s paper. and because the statement was false, and proven so in council and admitted by Mr. McNulty, and because it was so and with a deliberate thrust at my department I took the liberty of refuting and proving in council, that the statement was untrue and Mr. McNulty agreed to retract it the next day. Has he done it? The mayor then took a copy of the paper out of his pocket and pointed out an anonymous communication therein which he pronounced as false and without a. vestige of truth, and in commenting upon it he said that anonymous col-respondence should not be admitted to the columns of any paper when it contained a llbellous charge such as that did. He also said that the leading parties in connection with the paper knew it was untrue, and yet it was allowed to appear. He resent- ed the attack on the council by saying 'it was false and unwarranted. Ald. Jackson said he was a reformer and always had been a reformer, but that he was sorry to say that he was ashamed of the reform paper of this town. Its biased and distorted reports of what had been said at the council board and at other meetings which he had attended were a disgrace and a tissue of falsehood. This was his first year in council; he started in with fear and trembling believ ing from reports he had read in the Post that he had men to deal with who could and would make sharp and doubtful curves when the exigencies of the case required it, but experience had proved to his entire satisfaction that the. adverse reports were a myth and without founda- tion and his conclusion now was that the reports were garbled by the reporter for a purpose best known to himself. His ex- perience was rather a. pleasant one, inas- much as he had now proven for himself that instead of finding. as he expected, men. or sharp and doubtful tendencies,- ‘ho found men a”! strict integrity, fat thfull minute _____________________________.;._.__ uuu Ar. honestly and intelligently applying their , best abilities to the faithful performance of the trust reposed in them. He had every confidence in his colleagues and felt confident that when the year was ended the ratepayers would. find that this year's council had made more progress than any former council. He also said that it had been his intention to make a. motion in council to have committee meetings thrown open to the reporters, but when he had found by actual experience that the reports appearing in the 'Post were biased, unreliable and unfair he concluded that it would be unwise to do so, and the more experience he gained the more cbnvinced was he that the Post's reports were dis- honest, not only to the council, but to the town, and that they were injurious to the prosperity of the community. Mr. J ackson’s remarks were timely, manly, straightforward and to the point and were the utterance of an honest man. He made it, clear that politics or the garbled reports of the party paper had no influence in inducing him to swerve from the stright line of duty and fair play. Sorry that I cannot say as much for Mr. McNulty. I bear him no malice, but ex- perience has taught me that he is an un- fair reporter and that he does not hesitate to distort a man's words to suit This pur pose, and to back up what I say I am will- ing to 2:0 before either of the county judges and produce evidence to that effect and if I fail to do so to the satisfaction of the court I will pay the cost and apol- ogise. This of course is on condition that Mr. McNulty Will do likewise and pay costs if 'I succeed. Mr. McNulty has only himself to blame for any friction there is between the coun- cil and himself. His unfair reports are the reason why he has been excluded from the â€"-19 pieces Printed Sateen, Fancy Ciepons, committee meetings. I feel safe in saying that if the Post desires to be represented at the committee meetings by a reporter. other than Mr. McNulty, and will make â€"-210 Ladies’ short sleeved Undervcsts, in natural color. one application to the council fOr permission to attend and will undertake tobe fair and impartial regardless of ,’ politics, re- ligion or prejudice that the council will cheerfully grant the permission. The com- mittee meetings are open to the rate- payers whencver they feel disposed to attend. Yours truly, J. H. SOOTHERAN “The Weather- [From the Hndsay Observatory. Report for week ending Saturday night, July 22nd, 1899. TEMPERATURE. Highest ................ 80.00 Sunday Lowest...” . ...........48 90 Thursday Warmest day, mean of. . .7r.60 Sunday Coldest “ “ .-59. I0: Thursday The week “ ...65 27 PRECIPITATXONS lN INCHES. Greatest fall of rain in one day 0.17 Sunday Rain fell on 4 days Total rain fall 0 28 Sporting Notes â€"thtlo Hector, the Fenelon Falls pacer, captured first money in the free-for-all event at Wingham last week. This makes four straight wins and a. second place. â€"At the Perth races on Tuesday Black Joe 2.14, won the 2.50 race in straight heats. Rozal L. was in second place. In the 2.21 pace Maggie Sprague won in the 4th heat, with the Peterboro mare Fleet- wing in second place. -â€"Some two months ago we announced that the stallion Keswick 2.18}, had met with an accident that necessitated his withdrawl from route. Mr. Curtis has been trying to "doctor” him and at the same time prepare him for a fall cam- paign. At Fonelon Falls on the 12th inst he was quite lame and he has failed to respond to treatment Mr. Curtis has de- cided to give him a complete let-up, and as a natural consequence his admire rs will not see Keswick fighting for honors at the fall fairs. to index half the goods we want you to know of had a very busy season. We are well satisfied, you for your very liberal patronage. We are now - appointed. ~_ Were the space ten times as large, it would be too Sm We ham Prensa, ough Each and ends (its attach. for/the fall and winter trade. We have been thr department and found some broken lots and Odds that we have laid out with very tempting price tick ed. If you call we feel confident you will not go -Ladies’ Shirt Waists, Only 93 in this lot, they are the $1.00, ' $1.25 $r.50 quality, 0 u r after season â€"33 Men’sTweed Suits in the lot, in S. B. Svaue all-wool, Italian lined, well tailor- ed, this season’s _ . style and cut, '2 , price is 696 sizes 36 to 42, / . . â€"Shirt lVaists, former price, 57, we have only I) r e s e n t price, 62 in this lot, $4 5° l style. regular in this lot, pure an... /,\l3§ 50c and 75c aleoo], Very t,- ,, f1 quality, 0'1 r after 5 e a s O n price, 39c Bobby patterns, the season’s styles there are four colâ€" 1 ~ 1'? ors, Grey, Brown, â€"â€"12 pieces Cotton Crepons, in all the new Green and Ilea- scasonable shades, guaradteed fast colors, ther mixed effect, . . l thislot isthc regular r0c kind, our sharp they have been t is. l I. selling price, So good sellers at 5.5, b“ “a“ . $9 and Sro, our ' 1 Fancy Ginghams, Percales, etc., former clearing price a; 3-3; 3 ; f° M ..â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"_-m O¢¢¢¢°¢¢ prices 15c and 17c, our bargain price, too â€"75 Men’s Soft Ceylon i‘iazrei QM; attached, breast pocket, six 3:; :- colors, sizes 1:, to 17, rczglar "3» our clearing price, I rt» ‘Jv J and one ribbed, â€"â€"95 Suits Men’s Baibrigga: 1'; shaped,regularprice “1 Blue and W31? 35‘5". liner. IOCCfiCh, our sha’p weave, SHEET. Zl'iTCTE‘JI, agar; 1.... i1 after season price, $1285 34 '-0 44,_rf:g:.1§ Fit: 9:: s:i;_ 4(0! 25c our sharp Stliifig :7!ng .." “I I ~:‘ 40¢ each for shirt or tram: â€"35c all wool French Foulards, 25c -40 inch Tucked Apron Lawn, us â€"â€"125 ‘ 75¢ ,- Spread, 95c . . nats now 50:: go: (1". _40c Combination hats now 39:; 25c ‘2" ShOpping Bag, 25c -â€"25c Organdy Mus- lins, 15c -Ladies"Fans, all colors, rgc, 20 and age -lloy’s Cardinal and Navy Sweaters, 50:: â€"Ladies’ $I Wrappers for 75¢ -Dark Colored Underskirts, 39c M. J. BARTER, l OC’OQOQG’OGQQ - -. GREAT CLEARING AND WlNDINGâ€"UP SALE ll lHl _ ......GHEAT BURNER STORE... R. ‘B. ALLAN e co. Our premises must be vacated in the next 60 days, so get ready to make his: PumhasC ......ofall kinds of...... ‘ Dry Goods. Clothing. Underwear, Men’s Furnishings, Men‘s and Boy’s Hats and Caps, House Furnishing Goods. Carpetsv Lace Curtains. Window Shades. Ladies‘ Jackets and :5 Capes. and all Millinery Goods of every description ' *3} â€"65 Men’s and Bay‘s Fancy Straw lists, LE to clear at first cos:, i; 4 " SI hats now 75:; " White Bed 1â€"45 “““ cost, 15C kin-:1 new 35c: 35c kind now :3 â€".‘»lcn’s C--'.LQE ‘i‘x cal-Er“ 4' *v': '5 ....... :~‘~ --h'oy’s Blouses, trimmed, .0: 1:. 2: â€"Men’s Cotton Sccks, 3: i The Bargain Give, Lindsay "Watches. ‘ â€"LADIES WATCHES ..Boy ,8 ‘6 -â€"GOLD " â€"GENTLEMEN'S WATCHES â€"GOLD FILLED “ -â€"SiLVER WATCHES â€"N|CKLE WATCl-l Our aim has been to keep AI goods that would win for us a good remand. Lindsay is our native heath, and we have an interest in serving you wells a: want your custom for twenty years hence, the same as now. . Our prices are lowest in town and we guarantee satisfaction. _ l E fl... H.‘ LINDSAY’S - . LEADING BRI I I 0” BR JEWELERS ' ' OPTICIANS Ill 9' ‘ W ‘ru< ,;,. \ O‘m.:’§;\‘fl" #1:“ 1?“ “a.” x‘t , ' .. All goods must go. W out delay. This is the store get. bargains. {...319 . lt‘\v ' ....i 5.;7 ‘ "' 4.. 11 e are gomg '10 CUt deep, 50 that we can clear out the stock Wk {01' bargains, so please be on hand to secure what is gOllia Sale begins WEDNESDAY MORV , , to vaca the store for the Ontario Bank, who take possessionl silifi.leN E I-4th. Vt e hat c te