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. ) / 3 )) SIR OLIVER MOWATS _ REMARKABLE CAREER. His Youth, His Entry Into Politics and His Long Period of Power in His Provinceâ€"â€"One of the Confederation Fathersâ€"â€"A Great Organizer and Leader and a Man of Great Strength of Character and Executive Capacity. Sir Oliver Mowat was born on July , were Mesars. \'\'. J. Fltzgc-rnlll, . <xcr en j hat | tated to bhave 14. Hopkins and (George A. Philpotts, =@. 18=0, ‘”,:“',‘ 'l:th P k © ,l py | the lst ol whoe was afterwards been a modest cotlage OU WOATTY I jadgo of the coudty Courk;of the street, now â€" known | qs Welingl04 | (ougty of York. The seat of Governâ€" street, in ihe town of Kingston. pimont baving been removed by Lord He Will Rank as One of the Great Statesmen of the World. woon, thercfore, as Sergeant Mowat had made a home for her, she came t0 Canada to jpin her lover. ‘Phey were marricd at Montreal by the Rev. J. â€" Sommerville, â€" Presbyterian minister, on June 16, 1819. Mr. (alâ€" terwaras the Hon.) Peter McQGill was Mr. Mowat‘s groomsman, and Mr. Stevens (afterwards manager of the Gore Banvk), was one of the witnesses of the ceremony. l of the 4th Hussars, Kingston, Ont. John Mowat was moderately conâ€" wervative in his ideas, as in later years it was often stated of his son, fespite his leadership in ‘the Liberâ€" wl party. He died on February, 4th, 1860, just as his eldest boy, then an eminent barrister of forty years of ago, was coming into political proâ€" minence. Of this marriage were born three ons and two daughters. The sons were: (1) Oliver, born July 22nd, 1820; (2) Geoge, who for many years practised law in Kingston, in partrnership with the late Hon. Sir Alexrander Campbell ; (3) John, well known in his lifetime as the Rev. John â€" Mowat. M. A. (Edin.), D. D. (Glas.), for seven years pastor of St. ‘Andrew‘s Church, Niagara, and alâ€" terwards for more than forty years Professor of Hebrew, Chaldea and Exegesis at Queen‘s University, Kingâ€" ston. Of Sizr Oliver‘s two sisters, one became the wile of the late Mr. Jolhn Frager, o Kingston, and the other married Liont.â€"Col. Johbn Duff, late of the 4th Hussars, Kingston, Ont. John Meowat was moderately conâ€" ( Carly Education, . Oliver Mowat was edncated _ at Ivate schools in Riugston. Among ms schoolmasters _ woere they Rev. John Craickshank, afterwards proâ€" fessor or assistant â€" professor at Aberdeen â€" University. _ Among his rehoolfeliows were the late siz John A, MacGonald. Alion MeLean, Maxwell Strange, the Rev, Walter Stennetlt, M. A.. afterwards Principal of Upâ€" per Canada College,. and John Hillâ€" yurd Cameron, â€" whose father was then an officer in garrison at Kingâ€" It was at the ag« Michaelmas | term. _ ithat Oliver Mowat tfor admission to the Upper Canada as a amdt parkse»l the nee ary examination, co hoadt of the janior ( bowing Jannrary he John A. Macdozald, peing Alexamiler Ca practising lawyer i Mr. Josoph Pope, "Life of Sir John deals with this cor ented young men: ed to the har Mr. 3 per / yard ihen #ton. Toro «i. by in inlimite viou«sly montioned colors o~ tho ocets gathoring of citizen oi Uppor Canada, Quesenstoa in July, range {jor â€" the re Brock monument, y up on Goo.l Friday at the age of sixieen, in mas â€" term. November, 1836, ver Mowat filed his petition esn to the Law Society of anada as ao studentâ€"atâ€"law, s1 the necessary preliminâ€" minstion, coming out at the the jmior ciass. In the folâ€" lannarcy he was articel to Maciozald, h‘s felowâ€"clerk ‘examler Campbell. then a 14. were Mesers. W. J. Fitzgerald, H. I4. Hopkins and George A. Philpotts, the last of whost was afterwards judgo of the couaty Court of _ the County of York. The seat of Guovernâ€" mont baving been removed by Lord Rydenkam from â€" Toronto to Kingâ€" ston in M+y, 1841. the young barâ€" rister again took ap his abode in bis native city, and eontered _ into partner«tip with his late principal, Mr. Robort Eoston Burns, who had wigrated to Kingston with the tourt o Chancery. They practiced togethâ€" er in the latter city until 1842, when the Court _ of Chanceery retarnedâ€" and they with itâ€"to Toronto, which exeept for a brief restlence in Otâ€" tawa slurirg 1896 and 1897, Las ever eince been Siz Oliver‘s omo. The firm was, on its removal _ to Toronto, strongtLened by the adâ€" miesion to it cof the brilHiant:> lawâ€" yer, â€" Philip â€" VanKoughnet, â€" afterâ€" wards Chancellior of Upper Canadai, and the hardâ€"working junior â€" mem:â€" bere built up a very lucrative pracâ€" vice. In 187 the rising chancery lawâ€" yer became Ofiver Mowat, Q. C.. and it is worth while adding that the #ilk was an honor much more rareâ€" Ivy bestowed in those days than of late years. Sir John A. Maedonald was then Premier _ and Attorneyâ€" General, and the story is _ told that his former _ s{iudent, meeting the chieftain on the #treet, jestingâ€" Iy â€" suggested _ the appointment of some new, Q. C‘s., and added : " 1 euppose you will put me in with a lot of your political friends, and I don‘t want that," to which Sir John replied, "No, â€" Mowat, L will give you a Gazette all to yourself." True to his word, the Canada Gaâ€" :ette was issued on January 5th, 1856, with ‘the _ announcemenat â€" of the appointment of *Oliver Mowat, barrister, to be one of Her Majesâ€" az*s coussel learned in the law." sir Oliver‘s debut in public affairs was made in 1837, when he offered himself as a candidate for the ofâ€" fice of alderman of _ the city of Toronto. He was elected for the Ward of Bt. Lawrence, with Mr. Alexamlier Manning as his colleague. He proved to be an energetic and able aklerman, â€" and _ introduced many reforms in ths> Cty Counci which rem=im to this c5v, Member of Pai: & uent. Having had his politicat baptism in music¢ipal affairs, Mr. Mowat. Q C., decided to eater a larger field, and at the general clections of December, 28th,. 1857, entered _ the provincial politicat arena ia which ho was desâ€" tined to hbreoms so notable a figure. Allying himse!{ | with the Reform party of that day he offere4 himâ€" self as candidate in South Onutario in opposition to Hon. Joseph Curran Morvrison, _ Receiverâ€"Goneral of the Macdonaldâ€"Cartier Adminsicration. Marriage to Miss Ewart. During his cariy residence in ‘Porâ€" onto he became intimate with the family of Mr. John Ewart, at that time a prominent buider and conâ€" lractor, and on May 19th he wedâ€" ded "the beautiful Miss Ewart," as «he was known. The _ ceremony took place in St. Andrew‘s Chureh, and the late Rev. Dr. Jenaings ofâ€" ficlated. The marriage, one of the happiest conceivable, was dissolved only by _ dleath, when in March, 1803, Lady Mowat, the betoved of allt who Eaew her, passed away. Macdonaldâ€"Cartier Adminsicration. The â€" gontest â€" betweeon Mowat and Morrison in South Ontario was one of the hottest of the campaign. Both were eminent at the bar, but Hon. Mr. Morrison was the tried represenâ€" tative of the riding and the Reform candidate a new man. It is not reâ€" cordod that Sir Qlivor indu‘ged in the @antiâ€"French ory, which {igured in the campaign, bui it probabiy conâ€" trihu"mi to the erushing defeat of Mr.â€" Morrison, â€" who, out of : 2,238 votes cast, received but 730, the majority for Mowat reachinz 778 in votes cast, received but 730, the majority for Mowat reaching 778 Ilir a riding not heavily popu‘ated. Thus did the political good fortuns, which vursued Sizr Oliver through nis life, assert itself at the outset of his career as a legislator. He entered Parliament as the acâ€" knowledged first lieutenant of Hon. George Brown, leader of the Upper Canada Rtformors. _ Within _ six mouths he was a Cabinect Minister, though his tenure of office was for the time being brief. Om the resigâ€" nation of the Macdonaldâ€"Cartier adâ€" ministration, in July, 1858, Hon. (Gieorge Brown, was called upon to form a Government in conjunction with Hon. Mr. Dorion, of Lower Canâ€" ada, by Sir Edmund Head, the Gorâ€" ernerâ€"General â€"of _ Canada. Oliver Mowat was selected for the Provinâ€" clal Recretary‘s portfolio. His Exâ€" cellerey, however, refused Hon. Geo. Brown the right of appeal to the country ; a Borious rupture occurâ€" red. â€" andâ€" Messrs. â€" Brown, Dorion, Mowat, ct al resigned aiter having been in office but two days. The matter causod a good deal of seanâ€" dal at the time. The Reform party at onece emharked on a strong "eduâ€" cational" campaign. In November, 1859, a great Convention of the party was held in Toronto. 570 deleâ€" rates being present from the various constituencios of Upper â€" Canada. \ Early in the convention Mr. Mowat made a strong spoech, which, it is eaid, influenced the decision of the | delegates in a large degree. 4 doelegates in a large degree. At the general election of 1861 Mr. MNMowat was again a candidate for south Ontario, and was clected by & \ he offerea himâ€" in South Ontario m. Joseph Curran râ€"licneral of the Adminstcration. field, and December, provincial was desâ€" )n figure. > Reform ore4 himâ€" Whken Parliament â€" reassembled in May, 1864, it became evident that the new Administration . were no more able than their predecessors to carâ€" {g\eon satisfactorily the business of country. A way out of the difâ€" ficulty was found where it was least expected, however. On the very day of the Ministerial defeat, the Hon. (George Brown had presented to the House the report of an Special Comâ€" mittee to consider the relations of the two provinces and the constituâ€" ; tional changes necessary to put an | end to the existing deadlock in poâ€" | litical affairs. The report of the comâ€" mittee, of which Oliver Mowat was a member, recommended changes in the direction of a federative system to | be applied either to Canada alone or to all the British North Ameriâ€" can Provinces. To solve the ~deadâ€" lock Hon. George Brown came forâ€" ward, and offered to the Administraâ€" tion the support of himself{ and the Upper Canadian Reformers in carryâ€" ing into effect the constitutional changes which his special committee had recommerded. The offer was acâ€" cepted, but Sir John Macdonald and Mr. Alexander Galt insisted that the desired result could only be satisfacâ€" torily attatued by the formation of a coalition Cabinet in which _ Mr. Brown and some of his Upper Canâ€" adian friends should have portfolios. To this Mr. Brown unwillingly . acâ€" ceded. the City of Kingston, in opposition to the Hon. John A. Macdonald, but was defeated then by 311 votes. _ At the genreral election in June, 1863, Mr. Mowat was hgain a candiâ€" date for South Ontario, and was again opposed by Mr. William Laing, whom he defeated by a majority of 476. The Government, however, provâ€" ed unable to carry on the business of the country. § y p The "Great Coalition" was accomâ€" plished on June 30th, 1864, Messrs. Foley, MceGee and Buchanan retiring from the Ministry, and being sucâ€" coeded by Messrs. Brown, Mowat and MeDougad!. Sir Oliver again became Postmasierâ€"Goneral. On returning to theirconstituoncies | Messrs. Brown and Mowat were reâ€"elected by acciaâ€" mation. Then came the great and conclusive nnion conference at Queâ€" bec in the datter part of 1864 At this conference the Hon. Mr,. Mowat, Postmasterâ€"iexeral, was priosant and took an active parc. ‘The conference sat with closed doors and no minutes of is proceedings have ever been pubâ€" lished, but it is stated by ®ir O iver‘s intimate _ biographer "I." that on one point Mr. Mowat itook strong ground against Sir John A. Maedonâ€" ald and Mr. Brown. He and Mr. Mcâ€" Dougall advocated an elective senate for the Dominion of Canada, a proâ€" position which was opposed by Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Brown, who fayâ€" vred the appointment by the Crown of Senators for life, Sic John declarâ€" ing that while he did not admit that the elective system had been a failâ€" ure, he desired that our constitution should be, as Governor Simczcoe had said it ought to be, "an image and transeript of the â€" British constituâ€" tion." The original draft of the Act, based on these resolutions, was drawn by Hon. Mr. Mowat, whose abilities as a constitutional lawyer were generally rocognized, with the assisiance of Lieut.â€"Col. Hewitt Rernard?, secretary of the conference. Strangely enough during the years immediately precedâ€" ing Confederation â€"and â€" innmediately succeeding thereto Fir Oliver was reâ€" moved from the turmoil of politics. How it came about was told by him in the interview which has already been quoted. "It was during the sitâ€" ting of that conference at Quebee," said Sir Oliver, "that the news came to Sir John A. Macdonald of a vaâ€" cancey on the Chancery bench, and he immediately passed a noto across the table offering me the plagce. I feli eome scruples about accepting on acâ€" count of the position public affairs wore then in, and Sir Join suggestâ€" ed that if 1 would like the Viceâ€"Chanâ€" cellorship there was no sound rersOi on public grounds against my avceptâ€" ing it. Mr. George Brown and my other colleagues concurring in this view, it came about that after the conference closed I was appointed Viceâ€"QChancellor." Sir Oliver took his seat on the berch an Nov. 14, 1861,~ and â€" for vight years continued as _ a hardâ€" working, conscientious jJudge. The Goverament in Ontario had been carâ€" ried â€" on â€" with Hon,. Jolhin Randfield Macdonal! as Premier. In 1871 ithe latter was defeated at the polls by the Reform Opposition _ headed | by Hon. Aloex. Mackenzie and Hon. Edâ€" ward Blake, two men who had come to the front after the struggle of proâ€"Confegeration days. The abolition of dual representation in 1872 forced on Mosers. Blake and Mackonzie the necessity of choosing between . the House of Commons and the Ontario Legislature. Trey therefore abandonâ€" | ed the Provincial field, and the party I in the Legislature was left withouti ; an effective head. At this juncture Sir Olivor was induced to «tep down from the bench and return to polities as Premior â€" and Attorneyâ€"General of Onitario. He found « seat in North Oxford, was elected am|l took the oath of office in October, |fl7:,1 In that capacity ho contionued unâ€". til he resignedl to join the Cabinet of Sir Wilfrid in July, 1896â€"a perâ€" ied of nearly twentyâ€"four years, In the genoral clections of 1875, 1879, i=8%, 18=6, 1880 and 1394 he eucâ€" cessfully carried his party to vieâ€" tory,. a record of good fortune in politiecs with which onty the carâ€" cer of Sir John A. Macdonaltd can compare. The â€" degislation of ali those _ years. . passed through his hands as Attorneyâ€"General. He apâ€" plied himsel{ particularly . to imâ€" provement of _ the judicial «ystem (abolishing the distinction between law and equity) and the basis . of land tenure. He created the portâ€" folioe of the Minister of Education and the Minister of Agriculture, which were formerly _ subordinate departments in charge ofsuperinâ€" tendents. During his term of office he had frequent controversies with the Dominion â€" Goveroment during the great Macdonald‘s time, notaâ€" biy on the boundary question, the appointment of Queen‘s counsel, the liquor license dlaw, and other cases, which were carried to the CLSC S WY APRCMCTT n P Rntnt 44 ETE Privy Council in England. . On all these questions Sir Oliver took, as he was bound, as Provincial Premâ€" ler to take, the Provinciai side. The Federal Goverament, in discharg.ng its duty to the Dominion, took the Dominion side. They were matters that had to be soet‘tled by the highâ€" est court of the Emwire, and it fell to the lot of Sir Olivers Governâ€" ment to maintâ€"in the popular and the winning side. Drew Contederation ONTARIO ARCHIVEsSs TORONTO ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO CHALLENGER SHAMROCK IIL Was Dismantled, a Sailor Drowned and Sir Thomas Lipton Hurt. The. man who was drowned was a brotherâ€"inâ€"law of Capt. Wringe. He was handing a binocular glass to sir Thomas at the time he was swept cverboard. The yachts were ‘manâ€" cenvring in the Roadstead under main enils, jibs, foresails and gaff topsails prior to the start. Weymouth _ cable. â€" Sir Thomas Lipton‘s new challenger for the Amâ€" erica‘s Cup, Shamrock IIL, was disâ€" masted in a squall toâ€"day, shortly after leaving this harbor, preparaâ€" tory to another trial spin with Shamrock I Her mast, as it fell over the side, carried several of the crew, and ali the gear and canvas â€" overâ€" board. One man was drowned, and several persons, including Sir Thoâ€" mas, who was knocked down a hatchâ€" way, were hurt. 1+A Â¥e Before the start Sir Thomas Lipâ€" ton ; Ratsey, the sailmaker, and Col. Sharman Crawford, YViceâ€"Commodore of _ the Royal Uister Yacht Club, boarded the challenger, which made a magnificent picture, as, under her cloud of canvas, she drove past Nothe Head. A later necount of the accident : At about 10.40 a.m.. when nearly n mile off shore, she went about on the starboard tack to stand up ito cross the line, when a sudden gust of wind,. sweeping out of Weymouth Bay, struck the yacht and _ comâ€" pletely dismantled her. The weather rigging screws of hor main shrouds gave way, and her mast carred away close to the deek. With it went sails GREAT IRISH GONVENTION. AMENDMENTS TO BE PRESSEC League met toâ€"day in the â€" historic round room of tne Mansion HMouse herve. _ About ©,000 delegates assemâ€" blod in the rotunda, which was inâ€" capable of hoilding ali who had come from every parit of Ireland to discues the Irish land bill. On the platform sat almost every Nationalist member of Parliament, with a scattering of prelates, In the body of the rotunda was a gathering sellom equalled in veprementative capacity. Early in the | morning Lord Daonâ€" raven, who is simultancously presidâ€" ing at a private meoeting of the landâ€" lords‘ comumittse, sent word to John Redmond, the Irisi deader, suggesiâ€" ing that the land conference reconâ€" voene on Natmday, alter the opinion of the Nationalist committee on the land question is known, so that both landlords and tenants may then disâ€" cuss their mutual objections. Mr. Redmond will be unable to doâ€" cide on the proposition until afiter toâ€"day‘s proceedings, _ for â€" which longthy agenda have boeen provided, consisting of many proposed ameondâ€" ments to the details of Recretary Wyndhnim‘s proposals, the chicf movâ€" ers being Wiltiam O‘Brion and Michâ€" ael Davitt. The foemer, while conâ€" rmatulating Iroland on the faet that the Bviti h Miistry lhuid introduced a bill accopting in principle, after ceuâ€" tmies of struggle, that â€"the land should be restored to the people of Ireland, will urge the delegates _ to pro«s amendments enlarging the finâ€" ancial scope of the bill. Mr. O‘Brien, however, will ask the convention to entrust to Parliamentâ€" ary â€" powor â€" the â€" rospounsibility . of eventually â€" deading | in _ commitice stago with the amendments. lt was learned â€" that Lord Danraven is of opinion that some of the amendmen!s in the Nationalists‘ agenda never caln be accopted by the Government, but that some of the others might be acâ€" cepted. f 4 National Meeting to Discuss the Land Bill. Dublin. April 20.â€"The National Conâ€" vention convened by the United Irish A motion to rejgeci Mecretary wWynuâ€" ham‘s Irish land bill as fot moriting support ‘was â€" defeated by an overâ€" whelming majority in the National convention here â€" toâ€"day. This enâ€" sures the conference approving the bill in principle. Michael Davitt then _ received _ a great ovation. He demanded whe reâ€" fease o Col. Arthur Lynch (who is undergoing a sentence ol dife imâ€" prisonment afterâ€" having heen couâ€" viected o high treason), and one other Irish agitator, who is still in jail. He miiutained that the bili, even ms amended, would not put an end to the â€" land struggle, â€" and moved in amended, would not put an end io the â€" land struggle, and moved in friendly terms an amoudment to Mr. (Y‘Brien‘s motion, providing that the Nationalist members of Parliamest refer the bill back to the convenâ€" tion for final approval after paseâ€" ing the committee stage in the House of Commons, so that the people themâ€" selves may say if they accept it as amended and that the convention be ;um‘ely adjourned instead of dissolvyâ€" ng. After speeches in opposition by Mr. Redmond and Mr. O‘Brien, Mr. Davitt, amid tremendous cheering, withdrew his â€" amendment, on the merits of which the convention seemed fairly eaually divided, and the threatened split was n\'erl._nd. After a speech by T. P. O‘Connor, Mr. O‘Brien‘s original wmotion was carried unanimously, and the conâ€" vention adjourned until Friday, afâ€" ter six hours‘ continuous sitting. Turkey to Send Troops to Conwol District. Constantinople, April 20.â€"It is now understood that the commission sent by the Sultan to appeal to Albanians failed to secure their adhesion to the reform ascheme of the powers, except on the condition that the Albanians be allowed to choose their own Govâ€" ernment and civil officials, and migcor concessions beSgranted them. * The Porte has decided to establish a military camp at Barizovitech, and hbas ordered nineteen battalions to ALBANIANS NOT PLEDGED. / that ed i celnâ€" land ,"I‘Z'w names of the dead and injoced \are not known. 1 Wilkesbarre, Pa., _ April 16.â€"For §yv:ns past the miners employed hby ;ah:- Pennsylvania Coal Company in | and ahbout Pittston havre had the . privilege of purchasing coal for their ; own use ft special prices, but an orâ€" | der ha« been issued that workmen | will lHave to pay an advance of 50 Iconts a ton on stove and chestaut, and gearing in a confused mass of wreckage. | _ 9 hm‘ a Deprived of its shroud, the imâ€" mense steel tubular mast swayed for a fraction of a second, crumpled up like a tube of paper and went overâ€" beard, creating general havoc as it fell. So sudden was the calamity that the yacht lay, wrecked and helpless, bofore those on board realized what had happened. Fortunately most of the tremendous weight of the gear fell clear of the deck. Otherwise the disaster must have been multiplied tenfold. As it was, only one life was lost, that of a member of the crew named Collier. a Sir Thomas, who was extremely distressed by the fatality and the injury to the yacht, said in an interâ€" view that the accident occurred abâ€" #rolutely without warning, and much quickor than when Shamrock II. was similarly dismasted in the Solent. [Just as a race between Shamrock II., Shamrock 1. and Sybarita was being #started in the Solent, off Kouthampton, Eng., May 22, 1901, a eudden‘ equall â€" struck the yachts broadside on. The topmast of Shamâ€" rock IL was carried away, and then her mainmast wert by the board, carrying all her @ail«e with it and leaving her practically a . wreck. Shamrock T. was also considerably damaged. No one was injured on boanl either yacht, but King Edâ€" ward, who was on board Shamrock II., had a miraculous escape.] SX MFN ABE KiLLED Pluefie}d. W. Va., April 230.â€"Six men are reported to have been killed and several seriously hurt by an exploâ€" sion at the mines of the Peeriess Coal and Coke Company, near Vivian, W. Va. aA powder house near the mine caught fre and its contents exploded, concentrate in view of pos@ible eventâ€" mail rising of the Albaniane. _ Great nneaginess has been aroused in Torkâ€" ish Government cire‘es hy the reports that the Rulgarians in Macedonia are preparing for a general rising April 20, the secom! day of the Fasâ€" ter â€" festivities of | the _ Orthodox Chureh. MINERS PAY MORE FOR FUEL And Several Injured in a Mine Explosion, and an advance of coul. Halt of the Children in Seme Vienna schools Admit the Faect. Beviin, April 20,â€"There was a reâ€" markablo â€" incident during _ toâ€"day‘s sittiing of the International Antiâ€"Alâ€" cohoile Conge@ss at Bromeon. Dr. Froclich, of Viouna, in an addross on th> subjel before the congress, declared that one o the most need â€" fut imossures for the suppression of aleololian was some arrangemenat to enable the working claeses to carn an adequsie subsiatcnce, The doeâ€" tor was called to onder on tho ground that Ob was â€" imiking a political speeci, â€" and | the German admiral Thomson left _ the chamber, proâ€" toting cgaiinst the sppech for the @nal br any that the docto hardiy ton in 0 tions ecan w fol ingmen, owing 1t tinting. ho eal siders that in thoere are forty bed, it oare of out al ery ol thoere are forty Chiliren, of â€" whom twontyâ€"weron have never seen _ A bed, it is casy to iunderstand that nc of the finst stops for â€" rooting out aleohollsm is to reheve the misâ€" ery of the poople," The statroment Detectives Fix a 15â€"Mile Suspicion of Danger ZLone. Cinnibar, Mont,, April 20.â€"One of the cavairymen who is on patrol duty Sn the park, guarding the President, â€" came in this morning with a prisoner at the point of his revolver. He ewore with great ferâ€" vor that he found the man hanging arounmd within fifteen miles of the President‘s camp, "acting most susâ€" piciously." It was discovered ‘that the prisoner was an employee of the hotel and transportation comâ€" pany on the company‘s business. The man said that every time he tried to explain this to the cavairyâ€" man ‘the soklier poked him in the ribs with the revolver and he had no chance to make any explanaâ€" tion. The prisoner went back to duty as soon as ‘the officers were tolkt of ‘the matter, but the inciâ€" dent was regarded as an excellent test of the _ military® order which secures seclusion tth the Prosident. A brief despatch from General Manâ€" ning, commanding the British Somaliâ€" land expedition ,reports what apâ€" pears to have been an important deâ€" feat of the Mad Mullah on April 11 near Gaiudi, with heavy losses in killed and immense losses in cattle captured by the British forces. â€" The British loss was one killed, . U GUARDING ROOSEVELT. NEVER SAW A BED. voolieit, resuin 2. {DNMOIRHAAT dtical intontion. B declared 12â€" doctors â€" knew wel timat ton in one hundred preecripâ€" in hbe follow d by the workâ€" owing to theis poverty. Conâ€" â€" fha «aldco "When one conâ€" that in â€" sehnools in Yiennn 1 so0n. oolie n m n 2 11 cP nts on p« disclainied J > declared The Northwest Logislative . Asâ€" rembly opened at Regina. The Toronto Grenadiers will visâ€" it St. Thomas on Victoria Day. The Toronto painter® strike has been setilied. WMwo â€" thousand carpenters . of Montreal have voted to go onstrike The Walkervile sir‘ke was seltiled and all except the machinists lmnre returned to work. The young man wh> committ=d suicide in High Park has been idesâ€" tified as E. V. Weish, of Hastings Recent «storms have washed out roads and swept away bridges .n Mr. Androw Carnegie has offers Brockville $15,000 towards a put lic library. The Toronto Board of Control base postponed the letting of contractm suspecting a combine among . cenâ€" Uractiors Robort Lithgow, who was injuared in the runaway at Foxboro‘, in whichk Mss Annie Johnston was kiled, die e his injuries. Accornling to a judgment by Reâ€" corder Weir, Montreal city cannot assoss buildings in course of erecâ€" lion for the purpose of taxation Mr. Jeremiah Simmous farmhouse, Fear Frankford, was destrogyed by ire. A company has been formed promote English setiloment in | On‘tario. The Toronto Public School Board was unable to decide upon & ®@y® tem of shorthaod. (The Victorian Order of Nursea m in the Legisiative â€" Chamber, Torâ€" onto. Lady Minto was present. The postoifice at Arcola, A@sa, was robbed of $2,000 cash and papâ€" eys worth about $6,000. The â€" Toronto Board of Contr® voted about $12,000 additional for improvements â€" in _ the â€" Exhibith>» Park. Rev. â€" Dr. Gondon, Principat of Queen‘« University, has made aa appeal _ for â€" coâ€"operation between universities. The steamship Lake Simcoe arriv» wi at St. John with 1,300 imm~ grants, a large aumber of them beâ€" ing English, Samuel Miles, a threeâ€"yearâ€"term prisoner from Chatham, with tweive months to serve in ithe Kingston penitentiary, is dead. Owing to the increased ilariff es the C. P. R., a daily steamebip serâ€" viee will soon be _ established beâ€" }'wecn Owen Sound and Fort Wt bam. Bir ‘Thomas Shaughressy has anâ€" nounced the purchase of the Eiderâ€" Dempster steamship Monmouth by the C. P. R. Judge McePavish, who invertigatod the alleged tobrceo monopoly, found that the exclusive contract ufl- Ltem prewailed, but it wase n»ot ille» gal. (The appointment of Mr. J. W, Leonard as assisiant general manâ€" ager of the C. P. R., with head ofâ€" lice at Winnipeg, . was announcat at Montreal. A true bill was found at the Braatâ€" lord Asesizos~ against Thowas Eâ€" lio‘t and the directors of the Opâ€" The Ontario Edweational Associeâ€" tion appointed a special committre t0 «liscuss matters of policy whk the Goverpntnen‘t. The grand jury at Quebec found a true bill against Mrs. Shirley for inciting John Guard ¢to ki her hnsband, tarie Coal Dealers‘ Association, and the trial is now in progress. According to a «tatement by the Northwest Grain Dealers® Associaâ€" tion, there is sliHh 11,7%},758 buskâ€" ols of wheat to hbe forwanried to lake ports by Manitoba and ‘Perriâ€" torial farmer®. The C. P. R. has created a noew offiece, that ol "Right of Way Agent," . who will control the layâ€" ing out of property in large cenâ€" lres and advise on purchasos. Mr. (i, 1. Webwtor is the appointee. Alivce Roberts, a 17â€"yearâ€"old _ girl, employed at D. ®. Perrin & Company‘e factory, London, fell down the 1{0â€" vator opening to the floor two stories below, Poth hor arms were broken at the wrists, her forchead was baoly cut and her face bruised. Twentyâ€"one emigranits will sail for Cannda this weoek from Gen,. Booth‘s "Darkest England" colony in Essgex. The steamship Minnerota, JInonched ut Now London, Coun., is said to be the largest cargo carrier in the world. Goneraul Bon‘ilia, Prosidentâ€"clect o Saiva«or, occupied the capital afâ€" ter a hard campaign, Despateches received in London from Colombia say the rathication of the Cotombaâ€"United Siates _ Panam»a Canal treaty is doubtful. A 4erman ensign is to be cour!tâ€" naurtlalled for kiiting an artiltieryâ€" man who had attempted, whito under arrest, to shake hands with bim. Figar Coombes, son ol the Frenob Premier, has demanded an invesilâ€" yation into a . newspaper charge that be attempted to negotiate a. corrupt bargain, The â€" British. Court of Chancery has released £2,700 ol trast nmoney on the affidavit of a Canadian imâ€" wigration official in ormder to pegâ€" mit ol a family emigrating 10 Canâ€" ada. The London. Chronicle â€" «upport: Hion. BR W. Seott‘s proposat fo. {ree press messages betwoon Greart Britain, Canada and the other c onies. It mays it would have gooa edcuational results, leading to a better knowledge and undemtnmdlx of each others affairs by the va ous rections of the Empire. i Right Hon. John Moriey, addreseâ€" ing his constituents at Montrogse, doclared that "the safety of our country «lepended upon our policy. Â¥p ce g io ol ce aauae e e 8 VC L C o9I Let us attract sympathy and belyp from our great colonies, not hy a paroxyem of mutual â€" admiration, but by respecting both our cojlopics and oursclves,." BRITISH AND lOREIGN. CANADIAN. tw â€" t# the retreating I apd settled on Plaine, and the apd a startied «ame into his : grew red and t grooping swide o«nt, unconscio wt Nairne Cas «@range, hallâ€"s which the un w, a doubt wpon her spiri Lo grow gray Both she an« sgted to unders tbe invitation gquis. To them hmd his stap lsonty and juy A lot o ful in t Cl UT We can retainir of the } BI im axcd tl‘"‘T’“‘ doesn‘t l‘ke right. 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