WILL: TASSIE meunted on an **EAGLE" (Aluminum Rim,) Two Entries---- Two Wins---- on the 25th. Moral-- Ride an "Eagle". iur Sale by J A. HACKING. Agent G, T. Issuer of Marriage Licenses. ListowelStandard FRIDAY MAY 29, 1896. Our Neighborly Neighbors. The Alien Labor Law, introduced in the United States Congress by Re- presentative Corliss, is likely to be passed by both houses. The law will prove u very serious matter for Can- adians who live along the Detroit and Niagara rivers, It will affect some 500 Canadian working people in the neighborhood of Detroit. A census of the traffic across the river shows that 444 men, boys and girls who live on the Canadian side cross over daily to Detroit, where they are regularly employed. On the other hand, 312 Ainericans cross over to. this country to offiees and factories in Windsor and Walkerville. An examination further shows that the wages earned in Winsor and Walkerville by Detroit people are largely in excess of the money taken out of Detroit by Canadians. Canada has no desire to disturb the relations at present existing between the work- ing people of the two countries. Can- ada not only believes in reciprocity of labour between the United States and the Dominion, butalso favors a reci- procal turriff in many agricultural and manufactured products. But such is of the United States. the avowed olicy of not the poliey On the contrary, that country towards the Dominion of Canada is one of studie@ antagonism, instead of reciprocity. Whether the Democrats or Republicans are in pow- er, this policy of antagonism vonstantly comes to the surface. We obtained a flash-light photograph of the American attitude toward Canada when the Ven- ezuelan afiair burst upon the horizon. The proposed Alien Labor Law of con- gressman Corliss is right in line with that policy, and we shall get another taste of it when McKinleyism hasa second innings; as it will have this year. And, in the face of all this, the Grits talk of tearing down the Can- adian tariff wall! That is one of the planks of the platform upon which they are standing in this campaign. The United States has established much friendlier relations with the other North and South American States than she has with her neighbor on the north. There is only one infer- ence to be drawn from its continued antagonism to Canada. Our neighbors think they can starve us into annexat- ion. They will some dny get this idea knocked out of their head, although the advent of the Liberal party to power might postpone the consumma- tion of this event. Canada is not go- ing to be starved or bnilied into annexation. We shall raise our tariff, if uecessary, to correspond with theirs, and the people ofthe United States will find that Canada can pass as effective labor laws as they can. An eye for an eye anda tooth for a tooth. Thats Canada's policy towards the United States.--Toronto World. + Potato bugs will fancy they have gtruck the Rocky Mountain or Alpine ranges if they visit this locality just. now. Our Noble oble Queen. secmimen cm Sea MAR? EARLY coe oF HER MAJESTY. London May 495, --The London press this morning pay their respects to the good Queen, the 77th anniver- sary of whose birth is being celebrated to-day in every quarter of the glcbe. Very little thatis printed refers to the present health and condition of the venerable sovereign, however, but much that is interesting in her earlier life finds publication. The Daily News, for example says :--The events of the later years of Victoria's life are familiar to those of this generation, but less is known of her earlier an happier years, when her girlish brow first felt the pressure of the crown, and when the cares of State were far outweighed by the joys and pleasures of x happy married life. It seems a long, long time since 'that morning in June, 1837, when the Archibishop of Canter>ury and three officers of the Privy Council rode out to Kensington to tell the little Princess Victoria that she was Queen of England. She was then only eighteen years of age--a slender, graceful and interesting girl, about whom very little was known, for she ha:! been reared in strict seclusion by her mother, the Dutchess of Kent. Her father, Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, was the fourth son of George III., and when he died, six months after her birth, he left his widow and child in very straitened circumstances. So poor was he dur- ing the year preceding his death that hé borrowed the money to bring his wife back to England, so that their child might be born on English soil." The Pall Mall Gazette says :--"It was four o'clock in the morning of June 20, 1837,§when the young Princess was awakened from her sleep to be told that hen unele had died a few hours pre- viously, and that she was England's monarch. Later inthe day she met Lord Melbourne and other members of the council, had the usual oath ad- ministered to her, and directed that formal announcement of her accession be made. They was much anxiety among the leaders of the two great political parties of England of that day as to what course of government inexperienced girlof eighteen would take. Her disposition was 'known to few outside her mother's household» and it wasfeared that like most young women of her age, she' was frivolous and undécided in character. It re- quired a very short time, however, to show that tke young Queen, had a de- termined, resolute nature, and in her girlhood's seclusion had taken advant, age of her opportunity thus give, to acquaint herself with the political history'*f her country. 'lwo years after she became queen her cousin, Prince Albert, of Saxe-Coburg, came to England to ask Victoria to be his wife. He was a good-lovking, good-natured youth, unaffected in his manner, and just suited her girlish fancy. She liked him very much at that time, but when she saw him, two years later- nu tail, fine looking young man, of refin- ed manners and unusually Landsome, Queed Victoria fell desperately inlove Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were married in the Chapel Royal, St. James' Palace, in 1840, and the mar- riage was a most happy one. Husband and wife were devoted to each other, and no breath of scandal ever touched the reputation of either. Prince Albert was scrupulously cirenmspect in his conduct, and never cnused the Queen one moment's pang of jealousy. Neither did he attempt to interfere in the politicsuf the country. He was strictly non-partisan, and his exemple was, ina large part, the cause of the Queen seldom taking sides in domestic politics, though she has always taken an active interest in the foreign policy of the Government. In the twenty- owt years of her married life Queen Victoria hed nine children--five dau- ghters end four sons. In her care and devotion to them the English monarch won fdr herself the title of the model mother. While Victoria did not neglect her duty to the nation, aud meet every demand upon her as Queen, there was no question that she lived only for her husband and children. The nation at large enjoyed this spectacle of a truly good, home-loving monarch, and every father and mother participated inthe happiness of 'the royal family. TRIBUTE TO THE VIRTUES OF ENGLAND'S SOVEREIGN BY A CHICAGO PASTOR. Chicago, May 25.--At St. Panl's Me- thodist Episcopal church Rey. Dr. W. B. Leach preached yesterday morning concerning Queen Victoria's fifty- ninth year as sovereign of Great}Bri- tain. Inthe course of his address he said: It is not unseemly to turn attention to one who, in all the 76° years of her life, has appeared to the world whence they ing Engfand's verene BO ica. No word of eulégy ¢ an woman, has been an example bes woman of her land. The { royalty did not exclude thi simple duties of wife and mo never forgot the sweet, mod of character that make the and mother. As. Christiauwoman touches not only theaBritish heart the heart of every lover of true a anhood, Prosperity and earthly g ' ness have ruined many, but her have but made better. We do thi God for the example set by the on an--greatest in the power of al] "wom: en--ofa humble, Gpd-fearing home- | of of dead at andnear North Claire E. Laidlaw, Mrs. 'Smedley, st., Mrs. Joseph oh jr. ' ing North Oxford the path theast cyclone is marked at mntil Mt. Clemens is reached, "great damage was done+and j ons injured. iefatally injured are: Mrs. Anna 'Henry Pohl, Willie Pohl, Mrs. Joseph Harder, Mrs. Russel Carter, 'Miss Anna Belle Teabo. next heard from the storm was falkeryille, Ont., 20 miles due of Mt. Clemens. The cyclone vidently expended ,its force after Canada, as no ' oaiher reports of | damage have been received. Des Moines, Iowa, May 25.--Nine 'persons were killed and several injured like life, and we pray we may be' ae in a cyclone which struck near this lowers of such an example. = « CYCLONES' AWFUL WORK, | Death and Destruction ae Western States. . ' city at. midnight. The storm struck | Valeria, a small town 19 miles cast of here. It blew the Maple Lesf Depot into splinters, killing four persons. | Five other people, living near the de- pot, were also killed. Oswalt, a min- town, two miles south of Valeria, j and mucl larger than the latter town, is supposed to have suffered even worse. Des Moines, In., May 25.--'The most alarming reports are being reccived IoWwA, MICHIGAN 'AND MISSOURT} here this morning respecting the cy- SUFFER TERRIBLY. 1,000 Lives es Reported Lost. if "> WORTH OF "PROPERTY DESTROYED. AND MILLIONS 40 KILLED IN' MICHIGAN, Detroit, Mich., May 26.--The cy- clone which devastated theno thern por- | tion of Oakland County last evening, swept a path hulf amile wide and 16 miles long from west to east, clearing the earth of nearly everything movy- able. About 40 persons were kiled' outright, and fully that namber were | injured, some of whom will die. The eyclone first struck the earth six miles west of Orionville and passed Half a: mile north uf that village. In these six miles of devastated country be- fore Ortonville was reached 15 persons: were kille@ and 20 injured. and three children, Pressott Wi hing, ' John Porritt and two daughters, Mrs | William Kitchell, Abram -- John Milkie. 'f The fatally injured are William. Mitchell, Joseph Porritt, Joun Milkie, sr., and Oscar Granger. In the next half-dozen miles between Ortonville and the settlement of Oak- wood the cyclone seemed to lose some: of its force, or the farmers living im that section were particularly lucky. The cyclone traveled the road as straight as an arrow's flight, spreading out or contracting as it went along. - About 18 farmhouses were destroyed in the line of the storm from Orton- ville to Oakwood, but only two persons were killed. Three others were prob- ably injured, and eight or ten more or, less seriously purt. The names of the dead in thie section are Mrs.Clark Meaton, Ed Fifield. Fa- tally injured : Harvey Francis, Mrs Ed Fifield, Nelson Chapman. . The cloud struck Oakwood almost without warning and there is little left of the village to-day. The Methodist Episcopal and Congregational churches, the Town Hall and practically. all the business houses and most of the resi- dences were left in "ruins. sons were killed in the village gad many injured. Those who met death are: Mrs, N. B. Wolverton, Mrs. Ed Howe, Miss Niva Howe, Orrin Howe, a 2-year old baby, Mrs. Wells, Engene Fifield, Mrs. Jessie May Fifield, Mrs, Lilly Davidson, Mrs. Stuart. Those fatally injured: Mrs. Kate Davidson, may die ; Bertram Dayid- son, may die; Wesley Davidson, "may die. The three mile stretch from Osk> weod to Thomas is a scene of heart- rending desolation and 'wreckage. Everything in the path of the Be he was levelled. In and around ' the death list is large and | ni injured, The dead between Thomas and in the latter Mrs. Vanwagoner, Charl Nine. per- |. clone which swept over Polk, Storey and Jasper Counties shortly after mid- night last night. Owing to the almost total prostration of telegraph and tele- | phohe wires, it is nut possible to ver- dfy the reports, but indications are that the casualties will reach 50 killed or injured. Fourteen persons are reported killed in the three towns of Valeria, Bondur- antand Ankeny. _ The two latter towns are in this (Polk) county, directly east. So far as heard from, Slater is the only town in Storey County which suffered, but as there is no means of communi- cation with that section this morning there is.every probability that the res- toration af telegraphic communication will bring news of disaster as yet un- reported. A telephone measage from Berwick . | says that a courier just in states that The dead are : Mrs. William Mitehell 'and two sons, Abram bap 24 pote ee killed "at omsurent Ascot ope news comes oat the ey- clone district. At Valeria it is now known that 15 persons were killed, the number being first placed at but five. Most of those killed were in the depot of the Chicago Great Western road, some of them having just alighted from the train, and others having taken ref- uge from the rain. The depot was lit- erally blown to pieces. The west- bound passenger train escaped the cy- clone by but a few minutes. A despatch from Santiago, this coun- ty, says the storm was unprecedented in its furyintnatsection. Three miles west of town a house was lifted bodily from the earth, carried some distance and thrown to the ground a shattered wreck. The entire family of occupants passable for debris. A messenger from Bondurant, who arrived at 9 o'clock, says that R. G. Scott, a prominent farmer, was killed ; also that a church at Ankeny was blown down and several persons injur- ed. The town of Granger was badly wrecked and the destruction of pro- perty between Valeria and Bondur- ant is very heavy. . FOUR CHILDREN DROWNED, Dubuque, In., May 25.--A terrific thunder . and lightning storm struck Dubuque shortly after 9 o'clock last night. In the midst of the storm Mrs. Clark, station agent of the' Chicago & 'Great Western Railway at Durango, eight miles northwest of Dubuque, was called from her residence to the depot "nearby to get orders for a train which had just arrived. She took her four children with her and was at work "{ when the flood sweeping down the Ma- qnoka Valley carried away the bridge, then the residence and finally the de- pot, which was borne down stream a mile and.a half. The four children a® | were drowned, buc Mrs. Clark clung to T@\the roof and was saved by the train- men. "HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST AT ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, Mo., May 27.--A tornado | blowing at the rate of eighty miles an hour struck St. Louis at 5.15 this evening, and raged for half an hour with greatfury. As sresult hundreds William Althause, Charles roy Hicks. ' After completing its worl truction at Thomves thé ¢ dently separated, ong spel northeast and doing 'of lives were lost on both sides of the Fiver. Many buildings were blown down and several steamers sank with 'allon board. At present it is impos- ang to estimate the number of liyes ude, Sol. Rame, Tom Bishop, | was killed. The roads ate almost im- | No. 8 Main St. -- No: 8 Main St --Always the cheapest-- ' We have a Magnificent Store But we are not foolish enough to expect a fine store alone to draw the trade. No doubt you enjoy being comfortable when doing your shopping, but don't like to pay extra. Everybody. admits that we've got the finest store in Western Ontario, and we're going to convince everybody who visits it, that our prices are the lowest in Canada. No matter where you live it will pay you to come or to send for the goods we adver- tise. During the past week we've made enormous purchases of all classes of goods at big discounts off regular prices, and we're going to offer them just as we bought them, a bargain for us means a bargain for you everytime. Ifyou only knew how diligently we search' the market for bargains in your behalf, you would be more in sympathy with us, we do things well for you because it pays us, and we want your trade only: when we de- serve it. Ready | Made Clothing Clothes to Wear Clothes that will Wear Clothes that are made to wear are what you find in our stock of Ready-Made Clothing. | has been our greatest effort to make our stock of Children's Clothing ahead and beyond everything we have shown in the past, and this season we have got some lines what we call catch tines for the people. CORSETS The Yatisi Corset . We claim is the Best Corset in the Market to-day. magnificent Corset which we will Guarantee a good fit every 7 time. 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