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Ieaden eyed, 0119‘], and it would he go: told in a. few on had been 1 where she “We test. Lands to help Lcks and car‘ ;wan to where u when seeing rhegkgd 9nd; “'3' I‘fi'tnllpson, 8}? in Honolu- ritly elfipt)‘: 7y of biscuit; ‘er ml d in come us CANADA. Petrolea claxms a population of 5,009. Kingston cotton mills report: plenty of orders ahead. A big provincial prohibition convention is to be held in Toronto shortly. THE WEEK’S NEWS _ H. P. Davies’ spor ting goods store on 3L onge street, Toronto,was entered on Thurs- day night and $1,200 worth of goods car- Hamilton Board of Trade will endeavor to have the R. and O. boats call there this S€ 38011. Ihe Toronto Sah’ation Army has open- ed.m. Toronto a. refuge, founded on the pgxncxple of Gen. Booth’s Darkest England échemé. The Salvation Army of Canada. i-nteqd holding a. grand anmversary meetlng 111 Montreal, extending from the 6th to the 12th of April. Mr. James Kilgour, aged. eighty-one years and well known in Guelph, .dled sud- denly in that city on Monday mght from heart disease. Lieutenant-Governor Chapleau has start- ed for France. He denies that he has any other object in View by his trip than the benefit of his health. Toronto and Montreal capitalists have purchased the “huckleberry marsh” in Welland county, and propose to develop the peat beds said to exist there. The Rev. Mr. Chiniquy, whosa residence at Ste. Anne, 111., Was recently destroyed by fire, has returned to Montreal, and has decided to spend the rest of his. days in Canada. . George, the son of Rev. \1. W. \IacLean, of St. Agndrew’ 5 church, Bellex 111e, has just died at Riverside, California, of consump- tion. He went out there last September, hoping to be benefited. The funeral of W’. C. Mindcrloh, Imperi- ul German Consul in Montreal took place recently and was very largely attended The Consular corps and the members of the German Society attended m a bodx. A few days ago a young man named Eugene Beaudoin fell through an ice hole on the Ottawa. river, at Ottawa, and lost his life. It was supposed by some people that he had committed suicide. but 1113 friends have determined to take action against the ice-cutters who left the hole unguarded by a fence. Mr. Van Home has written to the Mayor of Hamilton, 0nt.. declining the proposal of the city that the Canadian Pacific rail- way should operate a junction railway to Campbellville to connect Hamilton with Guelph. He thinks that a line between Uooksville and Hamilton would better serve the interests of the Ambitious City and of the Canadian Pacific railway. The St. Jean Baptiste Society is making arrangements for a. grand celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Montreal in June next. The celebration will extend over four days, com- mencing on J une 24 A single firm 1n the North- -w est has order- ed from the Eddy Co. , of Hull, Quebec. 36,000 butter tubs gar this year. In 1839 the same firm sold only 20,244 tubs. This shows that the dairying interest is dew elop- ing satisfactorily 1n the North- west. The Manitoba. Government, after care fully considering the ofi'er of the syndicate which proposes to construct a. railway line from Winnipeg to Port Arthur if assisted by a grant of $440,000, promising a. reduc- tion in the rates for the transport of grain, decided'to refuse the required aid. It is said the company will renew negotiations, reductions in fuel and lumber rates to be included in its offer. Dr. Pelletier, secretary of the Quebec Board of Health, who was recently in Vic- toria, B.C., referring to the cases of small- pox on the steamer from China, says the quarantine station is badly equipped and most primitive and inefficient in every re- By the fall ofa. cage in a coal pit, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the other morn- ing, eight minels going to work were in- stantly killed. A special General Assembly of the Pres- byterian Church in Ireland, convened m Belfast, has passed unanimously resolutions condemmng Home Rule. DeCobain, ex-M. P., who was placed on trial in Belfast the other day for an un- natural crime, was found guilty and sentenc- ed to one year at. hard labour. Lord Salisbury is rapidly recovering from the influenza. The Federation of Lancashire Cotton Spinners have refused to accept the com~ promise of the operatives, and a settlement appears as far off as ever. Tl! e University of Cambridge has con- ferred the degree of Doctor of Science on Prof. Virchow, the celebrated German pathologist and anthropologist. Lord Mountstephen, Canada a only lord, has got into hot water by taking part in the Banfi'shire election, which is con- trary to the etiquette prevailing among English peers. Mr. Edward Blake in an interview said that he hoped when the battle for Home Rule was over and won he would return to his own Canadian fireside, which was still kept. alight for him' in his absence. On “’ednesday three hundred Trinity College students carried the British flag through the streets of Dublin, and, not- withstanding freq_uept ‘assaults from the u-.- v “a“ withstanding frequent assaults from the mob that surrounded them, succeeded in bearing it back within the college walls. In answer to questions in the English House of Commons Mr. Herbert Gardner, President of the Board of Agriculture, said the embargo upon Canadian cattle must be maintained until conclusive proofs of the absence of disease in the Canadian herds were obtained. ~ The London Russo-Jewish Committee has sent an appeal to every Jew banker in Europe asking them to combine in boycot- ting Russian loans until the Jews in Russia. are given better treatment. At the thirty-third unnual meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce, held in London recentlv, a resolution m favour of preferential duties between England and Canada xx as rejected. Mr. John Dyke, the Dominion Govern- ment agent: :tLiver 001. in giving evidence before the fiouse of rds on the Manches- GREAT BRITA IN. ter ship canal, said the canal would be of the greatest service to Canada. 3 trade, as it would give a mere direct access than via \ Liverpool to the vast masses of the consum- ers living in the manufacturing districts. Y N IT ED STAT ES. President Cleveland was 56 years old on ! Saturday. The Honeybrook coal mine in Pennsyl- vania. is again on fire. The Clothing Cubters’ Union in New Y ork has started a series of strikes for more pay. _ Howard J. Schneider was hanged at Washington the other day for the murder of his wite and brother-in-law. '1}: 18 reported from Chicago that the con- dmon ot the new wheat crop in the western states is far from encouraging. Miss Mollie Neilson, 3f i’ictsbm‘g, has started on an attempt to fast 30 d‘axs. She wi_1_I‘ get $1,009 if she 1ive§ bhrougn 13- 1,A‘._-.--.. #Ln "u: 5‘” 1171,va LL any Alvvw ---_ - The extradition treaty betfiveen the United States and Sweden has been rati- fied, and will come into operation a month hence. By a. vote of 31 to 19 the Minnesota Sen- ate has passed the Senate bill, extending full suffrage at all elections in Minnesota to women. Robert Springer, bOrn a slave in New- castle, De]. in 1774, and consequently 119 roar: AL} (“98 near B’IOX'QantOWD, Pa., Fri» Robert Springer, born a slaw castle, De]. in 1774, and consequ: years old, died near Morgantown, day night. The total loss to 130 insurance COI‘upuuLua by the great fire in Boston lately fqots up 2,691,450. The total insurance earned was $4,200,000. - - n1. 'I-yâ€"vv,vv-v A successful test was made in Chicago recently of the belautograph, an instrument which transmits by Wire an exact, copy of handwritina. Mrs. Frances Killer, of Boston, said to be Worth many millions, has just married her former coachman, who is much younger Mrs. Fragces Hiller, worth many millions, former coachman, wh than his bride. Carlyle W. Harris, the convicted wife poisoner, has been sentenced to the electric death chair in Sing Sing during the week beginning May 8. United States Secretary Carlisie has issu- ed a. circular in regard to the importation of animals for breeding purposes, which modifies the existing regulations. The treasury department at Washington is informed that, a. fatal case of choiera. oc- curred on the barque Helen, which recent- ly sailed from Gravesend, Eng, and has ar- rived at Guagamas, Mexico. Two paintings worth $15,000 have been stolen from the residence of Mr. J. Pierre- pont Morgan in 1New York. An itinerant picture vendor took them. He sold one for $25 and pawned the other. Conflicting reports come from San Fran- cisco respecting the condibion of Million- aire Mackay, one stating that. he is dying of peritonitis and the other that he is de- clared out; of danger. Henderson Smith, aged 119 has just died at Quincy, 111‘. He was born in Virginia. in 1774 and at one time was in the employ of George \Vashington. He had been a. slave to tobacco from the time of his youth. The Rev. J. G.‘ \Vhite, a. Presbyterian minister of Stanford, 111., sayshe has proofs that the Pope and Grand Master \Vorkman Powder-ley are in conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States. The internal revenue collections in the Unwed States for the first eight months of the fiscal year amount to $107,820,542, an increase over the same period last year of over $7,000,000. It is sexid the new United States cruiser Monterey is defective in several respect . The requisite horse power is said to be lack- ing in the engines, and the contractors will, it is said, forfeit $30,000 to the Gov- ernment. On Sunday night an attempt was made to blow up the Grant block, a. threemtorey brick building in Niagara. Falls, N. Y., with a. nitro-glycerine bomb. The bomb was found in one of the hallways with its fuse partly burned. “ Squire” Abingdon, backer of pugilists. race horse owner and gentleman jockey, ami general exponent of fast living, died from pneumonia. at New Orleans on Satur- day, aged 31. His income was £100,000 3 year. Fourteen Austrian immigrants who arriv- ed in New York by the French steamer La Bretagnc to work in an iron mill at J olier, 111. , have been sent back under the contract labor law. Force had to be used to get them on the steqtpship. ' At Elizabeth, N. J), on Thursday night, J acob K. Dundore, captain of the coal barge Allentown, shot and killed John Cross, 3. boatmau on board of the Allentown. Dun- dore, is 73 years old. He surrendered to the police and informed them of the tragedy. Dundore says Cross attempted to rob him, and he killed him in self defence. GENERAL. Prince Bismarck suffers from fits of de- spondency. W J ules Ferry, the celebrated French states- man, is dead. Two fatal cases of cholera. are reported at- Entraguc, Piedmont, Italy. The N ewfoundlandGovernment. has decid- ed to repeal the famous Bait Act, passed five years ago. _-.. n" ‘ .pn J That; is great distress in Northern Africa, due to drought; and a plague of sickness. Many people have died and rich people are Heft-lug; _ ‘ A. . u .. . v v The Chinese Governm out has dospatched fifteen thousand repeating rifles to the troops on the western frontier in tne vicin- ity of the Yanks. Charles de Lesseps, aécused of corrupting ext-Minister Baihaut ; ex-Minister Baihaut, who confessed his guilt; and Blondin, the go-between, have been found guilty. Owing to the severe Winter the Russian Government; will not be able to send ships to represent that country at the grand naval re- view in connection with the “'orld’s Fair. The General Council of the labour party in Belgium have resolved unanimously to proclaim a. general strike.in case Parliament does not vote universal sufl'rage. An armed steamer, ‘supposed to be the Alexander, which lett San Francisco early in the year, is in the forbidden waters of Behring Sea, where it is supposed she is trading off whisk hey for skins. A mass meeting attended by two thousand persons was held in Buda. Pest]: on Sunday to celebrate the Hungarian revolution of 1348, at which resolutions were passed in favour of Hungarian independence. 130 insurance companies Boston lately fqots up The Famous Police Court i ists Delight. [t is a. Dingy 01d llole l’mlerneath the Lord Mayor‘s Official Residence-Quaint Featuresâ€"Justice is Absoluteâ€"Peculi- aritles of the Summons Feature. Among the many startling contrasts of wealth and poverty brought face to face with a. visitor to London that at Bow street police court is perhaps the most prominent. Here it is that some of the cases which have shaken the highest socxety in the land have been tried, and here sentences that have ruined many an English home have been delivered. Bow street police court, how- ever, is more internationally known at the ! present day from the fact that it is here that the extradition cases of all criminals arrest- ed Within the corporate limits of the city properare tried, and to this court all for- ezgn criminals appeal as a. last resort before being taken to the scenes of‘ their various ‘ crimes. Strange as it may seem Bow street police court is situated in the basement of the mansion houSe, the official residence of the lord mayor of the city of London, and it is not an unfrequent occurrence for the court to be in session at the same time as the chief executive of the city is entertaining some royal visitor overhead. Situated right op- posite the Bank of England and in the cen- ter of the city it is here that a great many of the important police cases are tried in addition to the usual petty crimes that flood the docket every day. - u .u I A‘_:_ l v_._-- ""'J _--J In this court, as in ll the others .in this ! vast city, many tales that never reach the public press, and which are far more inter- esting than those that do, are developed, and here side by side in the dock frequently stand the poor “ coster,” who has been ar- rested for obstructing the street with his small handbarrow, and the once prominent i bank cashier who has let his appetite for‘i speculation and gambling lead him from the 1 straight path into that of a. criminal. ‘i Tm: COt‘n'r Irsnnr. ‘ A word regarding the court itself. rl‘he room where the court is held is not by any means a large one and would favorably com- pare with the many justice courts in the more populous cities of America. Upon entering the building from the Cornhill en- trance the visitor is confronted with two doors bearing respectively the notice that one is reserved for the entrance of “solici- tors ” and the other for the general public. Entering by the latter door the visitor finds himself in the court room and he will no doubt he immediately struck with its dingy aspect. Immediately opposite the doorway is the magistrate’s desk, over which towers a red canopy bearing the English coat of arms. In front of this, and between the visi- tor and the desk, is a small partitioned-off space which by its iron bars and missiveness 's proclaimed the prisoners’ dock. To the i right is the jury box and to the left the wit- l i ness stand, while between the two is the . clerk’s desk and the attorney’s table. It is 9 o’clock and the court is about to open for the day. The space reserved for the spectators’ and the witnesses‘ benches in front are already crowded, while solicitors and bailifi‘s walk swiftly to and fro. Suddenly the hum of conversation ceases and the presiding magistrate, preceded by the clerk, enters the court room. Every head is immediately uncovered and all rise to their feet and remain standing until “ his worship” is seated. The clerk takes his position at the desk and, after arranging the docket for the day, motions to the jailer, who is already stand- by the side of the prisoners’ dock, to call the first. case. Up to this time not a word has been spoken. but’as soon as he receives the signal the jailer steps to a. side door, and unlocking it calls out; the name of the first prisoner, let us say Harry Bagge. The prisoner steps forth and takes his place in the dock. “ Case No. 1.” calls out the jailer, reading from a. book he has ready ; “ prisoner’s name Harry Bagge, age '22, arrested last night; ; charge, drunkenness.” “ Are you guilty or no? guilty ‘1” asks the clerk, while the magistrate, clad in his white wig and robe_ of justice, adds “Do you wish to be tried by_me or be bound over to the assizes to take your trial before a.'ur of 'our ears? L, ‘ The prisoner enters a plead of not guilty and after signifyinghis acquiescence of being tried at once the officer who made the arrest is called. Stepping into the witness box the officer takes the new testament into his hand, and, after gravely kissing it, recites his evidence in a tone and manner that plainly demonstrate that he has studied to have it down by heart. After a few ques- tions he steps down, to be followed, perhaps by some other witness, after which the prisoner makes his defense. It is here that a. foreginer would be surprised, for not one word of reproach or accusation is made against the oflicer, so great is the English love of justice and respect for the blue- coated guardian of the peace. The defence is made and perhaps a witness or two heard and then the magistrate again breaks the silence to render his decision, and the prisoner is led away and the next‘case called. Strange as it may seem, all the evidence has been carefuny recorded by a. stenog- rapher, for no matter how unimportant the case may be the English law demands that: a record of it be kept. Such is the system carried out in the Lon- don police courts, though the strict ap- plication of justice made by the magistrate may in some cases seem harsh to a. stranger the general good resulting compares favor- ably with other courts of a. like nature in other parts of the world. ‘ Only a few days ago Bow street court was the scene of a trial which, from Its pitiable character, made even the stern magistrate soften, although he imposed a sentence against which every idea. of human right re- volted. A young woman, clasping a baby but a few weeks old to her breast, was placed in the dock to answer to a. charge of theft. She had been caught in the act of stealing a loaf of bread from the window of a baker’s shop, and when on trial she pleaded. that she had only done so because she was starv- ing. With tears in her eyes she begged pitifully to be released, but the law said “ Kay.” She had committed a crime for which the punishment was three months’ imprisonment, and the sentence was deliver- ed by the magistrate, who, however, said that he would recommend her to. .the mercy of the home secretary in order that her punishment might be mitigated. AT BOW STREET, LONMN. OPERATIONS BEG I N. 9n Which Novel- The next case was of it directly opposite nature. A burly, coarse-natured bricklayer had kicked his wife almost to death, and had been arrested on complaint of his neighbors. In the dock he admitted the crime, claiming that he had a. right to treat ‘ ‘ the old 00 man” as he liked. He was fined 40 shillings, the full penalty of his crime. 3â€" -_. 13.. __‘|_'_L a.- 1' â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Such are the daily scenes in an English police courtâ€"a. court where such a thing as influence and politics are unknown, and where justice, end Phat alone, hold_s full L._:L __.__ _- ___A "m..- ,-_..__--, , sway, while such a. thing as bribery is un- heard of, for there is no heavier penalty known to English law than that dealt out to a. man who tries to defeat the ends of justice and the law. ' PATHETIC INC-IDENTS. Some of the scenes in the'courts are sim- ply ludicrous, while others are equally pathetic. It is by no means an uncommon sight to see a. woman with her head swathed in» blood-soaked bandages railing the magis- trate for punishing the brute who, as her husband, .bhe night before kicked her until she sunk unconscious on the floor. Only for the help of some. kind neighbor she would 1 _.AA. n... 2.11.“...â€" ULIU Lay-r v- â€"-.___ n, have been dead, and yet the following morning she refuses in court to prosecute the man who came near being guilty of her murder. Standing in the witness box she will alternately plead with the judge to let the man go, while the next minute she is accusing him,. the [Eagist-rete, of being A n“-.. _.....A -A-.. “ ’arsh {and arbitrary.” wAgain some poor, drunken old sot who has been found by the policeman lying in some gutter will tearful- ly petition “ yer wushup” to release him, as he had only had “ two pen’ worth 0’ as he gin.” 3.... Another prisoner, some poor coster- monger, will ask to be released on the ground that “ ther an’t asoul on earth, yer wushup, who can take care of me moke (donkey) if Hi’m jagged.” £;1_- 13..-“-1. “In1:l\n, \uvnnvl I A. n- --- J"C‘D A peculiar branch of the English police- court routine is to be seen in the afternoon session of the courts. Unlike the morning period this session is given over to what are called the summons cases, a. kind of quasberiminal session, as it were. This branch of English police work is a peculiar one and takes practically the same place as the cases Where people are arrested for the violation of some city ordinance in the United States. This definition, however, does not hardly cover the ground, as a per- son can be tried for assault, which is a original'ofiense, on a. summons case. An in ance of this kind will perhaps better explain the meaning of these cases. , #1-,__.'I _... - ~.- Ownâ€" -.__ I’ ‘_V V 7, G Mr. Clark, let us say, is employed as a clerk in a large Store and during an evening out he is assaulted by a Mr. Brown. Now unless Mr. Clark bears some mark of the assault or it was committed in the presence of an officer he cannot have his assailant arrested. He therefore repairs to a police court and takes out a summons before a magistrate in which Mr. Brown is called upon to appear for trial at ‘2 p.m. on a cer- tain day, generally about a week ahead. The summons is served bya police officer on Mr. Clark and he is not required to appear until the day named. Neither has he to give bond for his appearance. This sum- mons costs the complainant 2 shillings, and strange as it may seem it is not one case in a hundred where the accused fails to ap- pear. When the ease is called on the day named the accused takes his place in the prisoners’ dock and is either discharged, fined, or sent to prison as the case may be. By such means is the majesty of the Eng- lish law upheld, and through such salutary influences is the police department respect- ed. It is also by these means that the rights of every citizen are enforced, and no matter what may be the station of a pris- oner arrested or accused he has to stand trial, and no power in the land can save him from the punishment prescribed by law if he be found guilty. . This system of summonses also applies to a. number of offenses from that or failure to pay taxes to that of faihng to get a. license. Practically, therefore, the summons takes the place of a warrant in America, except- ing that the party is not arrested at the time of service. There is no room for doubt that in many instances typhoid fever is Carried by the milk can. Several outbreaks of typhoid fever in schools and hospitals have been traced to the farm or dairy, where the ex- istence of a case of this disease explained its extension to customers supplied by the dairyman. Hence, it is necessary not only I that the cattle supplying the milk be free from disease, but that there be no possxbili- ty of disease germs, typhoid or scarlet fever, particularly, having access to the milk or milk pans or water with which it may be diluted. This can only be done by a close and rigid inspection of the dairy and all its surroundings. There are quite a number of cases of typhoid in this city, and it is strongly suspected that there is some connection between the milk sup- ply and one or more of the cases. While typhoid is known to prevail where imperfect drainage exists, and sewer gases are usual- ly considered to be the cause of it, strange to say the disease prevails where most at- tention has been paid to sanitary matters. It is a maxim that no trap has yet been invented that will keep sewer gas complete- ly out of the house that is connected with a sewer; and at this season of the year, it is more troublesome than at other times, by reason of thepipes being clogged with v the accumulations of a long winter during l which there has been no effective rainfall or other means of clearing then. Now when l the melting snow and rainfall make every l gully a brooklet, it is a time of danger to the household. With the flushing of the rain the sewer gas, charged with diseased germs, rushes through the open drains and rat holes into houses, the heated condition of the air in which induces this gas current % with which we are all familiar when we pull the plug out of a fixed wash basin, Some- what modified and purified by the water in the trap and better still when a defective point or leak in the soil pipe allows it to escape free in an apartment. It is of the greatest importance that every case of typhoid fever or sea rlatina should be investi- gated to its origin, whether it is traceable to the milk can, to germ-laden sewer gas, or other cause. If the milk be found re- sponsible, it is the strongest justification for the inspection that has been made hitherto, but the powers and dutiu; oi the inspector should be increased, and their exercise insisted upon. The duty a, 2m donbt, an onerous one, due to the resent-smut of the dealers and. the spa;ny of the public, but too strict care cannot be taken that the milk supplied to the people is of the purest and healthiest quality. Typhoid Fever and the Milk Can. Interesting Items From the Northwest and Pacific Profinees. Miss Russell, of Fergus, Ontario, has at- rived at Regina to teach in the Indian In- dustrial school there. Mr. A. Cooper Abbs, who was arrested at the Pacific slope ona charge of embezzle- ment, has been acquitted at, the Regina assizea. â€"__._vâ€". New C. P. R. depots are to be at once constructed in Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Regina and Calgary. All these towns are dexjeloping _r_a.pidly, Anothef‘ Mormon immigrabion movement is in contemplation. C. 0. Cnird, of Lee’s Creek president of the Mormon colony in Alberta, is now in Utah. He will sell out all his interests in the United States and induce others to do the same. It is said he is a. man of considerable influence. u. u- menu or uvualuclhule muuence. ' It is an extremely rare thingto find a Chinaman attempting suicide. A case which occurred in New York the other day is reported to have been the first recorded in the police reports of that city. {Howevers when the steamship Empress of India ar- rived at Victoria, B. C., on the morning of the 13th, a case of attempted suicide by a Chinaman was reported and there was no evidence to Show that the fellow was tem- porarily insane either. During the passage across he was caught in the act of opening an artery with a penknife and was prompt- 1y gut _in safe control. The Icelandic immigration scheme has been entrusted by the Government of Man- itoba to Capt. Jonasson, of Winnipeg. Correspondence has been held with the Island, and these advices have led Capt. Jonasson to believe that from 1,000 to 1,500 settlers will translate themselves to Man- itoba from the cold little continent of the north. Times are now very much depress- ed in Iceland, and the people of the better class are anxious to get out of it. Capt. Jonasson will go at once from Winnipeg to Liverpool and there will make all the pmfle arations for the transporation of the im- migrants. The movement is expected to begin early in the season. It is pretty evident that a complicatbn of the Chinese problem and an ever-supp}. of white labor is new felt in the city 0; Victoria, British Columbia. Upon the can- of the mayor a public meeting ms hem there recently at which along resolutiéh was passed declaring that it is prejudicial to the interests of the country that men should be induced to sell out their homes in Ontar- io only to find themselves brought into competition x: ith the Chinese labor 3 their arrival in British (blurhbia. The resolution also petioned the Dominion Gov- ernment to increase the Chinese poll tax to $500 and otherwise to take steps to exclude this class of labor. One of the speakers at the meeting, a Mr. John Cook, said there were Chinese gardeners, cooks,nnrse girls(?) and servants in private families. From other newspaper reports an idea is to be gathered that there is wholesome fear of l the Chinese springing up in the public mind in connection with the introduction of disease and the sanitary condition of the cities does not seem to be ow" Vigilantly guarded by the municipal “hori- i ties. Ito cause wilatever is the suicide of Inspector Will" N. \V. Mounted Police, at the other day. His com. not appear to be quit morning and went into D room in the Hotel Edmon He had not been lens the: of a. shot-gun was heard the dead manâ€"for he m immediatelyâ€"would 5 found the gun in the r muzzle of it into his 111 his head off. The shocki painful sensation in the among the members of t . . Piercy came from Ottawa, haVin ‘d the force in 1879 as constable. As sergeant he did good work along the line of the C. P. R. during construction, and particularly at Medicine Hat at the time of the strike in 1884. He received his commission after ‘the rebelfion and has since then been lstationed most of the time at Fort Sas- katchewan and Edmonton. He leaves a Wife and family of small children. 0d and A proposition has been made that the Ontario government shall pledge its credit to the extent of fifty million dollars for the purpose of entering on the loan business on a. very large scale. Mr.A.G.Maclean. who is the father of the idea, says that Ontario farms are mortgaged to the extent of nine million dollars to the loan companies. H s proposition is that the Government should borrow the fifty millions referred to and lend it at a. rate of interest only la 6 enough to pay the men who subscribed :Ee loan. Of course the idea is that the Gov-, ernment can borrow the money so much' cheaper than the individual farmer that the. latter would be greatly benefited by being released from the burdens imposed by the mortgage companies. The argument is un- doubtedly correct, but there is serious ob~ jection to the government becoming a bor- rower and a lender for the exclusive bene- fit of one class of citizens. It might in a ieasure be considered an offset to the protection given to manufacturers, but the question is would it add materially to the benefit of the people? It would certainly not affect the price of cereals or of live stock, but it might enhance the price of land and would undoubtedly put money in~ to the farmer’s pocket. On the other hand ‘ there is the broad principle that underlies ; all forms of popular government, that all l classes are entitled to the same treatmentâ€" lthat if the farmer’s lot is made easier by legislative measures, or direct government- al action, the city man is entitled to the same consideration. In other words if the agriculturist is given an opportunity ‘to borrow public money on easy terms the city man who Wishes to possess a home of his own should have a similar privilege extended ta- him. We pin our faith to that good 0k" principleâ€"every tub should be able to stano on its own bottom. Retribution. Teacherâ€"“ Do you know what ret-ri-bu- tion means ‘2” Bright Boy â€" “ Yes’m. We had that word 133’ week.” Teacher-“ You have a good memory. Now stand up and give a. definition.” Bright Boyâ€"“ W’y, if you play in th dirt, your mamma. fills your ears an' nose an’ eye: full of soap.” FRO)! PRAIRIE 1ND COAST. A Government Loan Business. wi-<-.'D-