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The judges retired to consider the matter privately. On their return Justice Hannen announced they had decided that it was not permissible to ask any Witness, however distinguished, absmmct questions of opinion. The facts known to the witness ought to be laid before the court before opinions basal thereon were mentioned. The Archbishop, continuing, said that in the course of his visits through his diocese he had abundant means of knowing that the League denounced outrages. Many priests had joined the League with his approval. He saw nothing in the action of the League to forbid the clergy joining. Mr. Biggar s‘uid that unless such evidence was admitted the whole inquiry would end In a farce. A St. Louis despatch to the NtW York World gives the following information as to the career in that city of Dr. I ronin, who disappeared so mysteriously in Chicago on Saturday night last: Dr. Patrir-k Henry Cronin oame to Ht. Louis in 1869 from St. Catharinss, Canada, When 27 years old. He was a tailor, but never worked at his trade here. He secured employment as a porter in a wholesale grocery, but having a good tenor voice got a. position in the Second Baptist Church choir, and this enabled him to obtain the position of omnibus ticket collector for the Transfer Company. He held this position two years, and was then for four years local ticket agent for the St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad, now the Louisville Air Line. Next he opened a drug store in the fashionable west end, at. tended a pharmacy school and the Missouri Medical College, and afterwards practised medicine, making a specialty of throat and lung diseases. In 1880 he went to Europe as an honorary commissioner to the Paris Exposition, and soon afterwards ~removed to Chicago. For a time he was professor of eye and ear diseases at the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was a fine-looking man and a hard worker. Awarmdiecussion enéued, Sir Charles Russell declaring that such action would be unfair. Attorney-General Webster submitted that matters of opinion were not admis- Bible. Justicg 'Hannen warned Mr. Biggar not to use such expressions. Archbishop Walsh testified that he came to the conclusion before 1879 that there was need of a defensive land organization, and was proceeding to give his opinion on the subject. Justice Hannen suggestefl a postponment of the manur until fuller documents were before the court. Juatiée Hannen said the inquiry must be limited to whether or not the Land League was necessary. Mr. Biggar urged that opinion evidence had been given over and over again by " flireljngs: of the Government.__ Mr. Parnellâ€"Your Loxdships are wel- come to see any letter I ever wrote or re- ceived. He Turns Out to be a St. Catharines Map. Attorney-General Webster, recurring to Mr. Parnell’s private bank account,wanted to trace a nymber of chequgg. Attorney-General Websterâ€"Ir: BEinTS that there exists a book of Mr. I’aruell’s Idlers. I would like to see that book. Sir Charles Russellâ€"By all means. Presiding Justice Hannenâ€"If these letters refer to the League they ought to have been disclOSed. Dr. Cronin is a. brother-in-law of Mr. John Carroll and an uncle of Mr. Andrew J. Carroll,of St. Catharines. His family resided on Welland avenue, next door to the fire station. At one time he worked for his father in the shoe store, in the premises now occupied by the “ Beehive,” and was quite a popular vocalist at that time. Close of Parnell’s Examinationâ€"Arch- bishop Walsh on the Stand. A last (Wednesday) night’s London cable says: Mr. Parneu’s examination was finished before the Commission to-day. He testified that the Reception Committee in America comprised the leading merchants of New York, representative citizens and ministers of religion. In his speeches in New York, witness declared that not a far-thing contributed to the Irish cause would go towards organizing rebellion in Ireland. Throughout his tour of the United States he had never even swerved a hand’s breadth from that declaration. Attorney General Webster, the witness said, had quoted from five out of sixty speeches he had made in the United States, ignoring the general tenor of his speeches, so as to misrepresent his Words. All the namesthe Attorney-General had mentioned of per. sons associated with the meetings were only a small fraction of those who attended. Men of prominent positions and undoubted respectability attended these meetings. In no sense could the American reception be identified with the proceedings of the Physi- oal Force Party. Witness firmly believed that none of his colleagues, since joining the Irish Parliamentary party, had had anything to do with the Fenians. Only casually did the Fenians come within the orbit of the constitutional movement. Here Mr. Parnell SEOl’E'd by remarking that the Tories Weru more certainly associated with the movement; for instance, when they cooperated with the Parnellites to obstruct the Criminal Code bill to the death. Referring to some letters of his, Mr. Parnell said he had copies made from his secretary’s ahonhand notes. Lonsdale Spinning Yarns. A Winnipeg despatch says: Lord Lone- dale says it was with the greatest difficulty that the Indians could be persuaded to go north, as they were terribly afraid of the Esquimaux. who up there are called “Buskeys,” and instead of being short of stature stand six feet in height. When Lord Lonsdale arrived among them they made a half-circle as he advanced, each of the natives holding in his hand a knife about six inches long. Against the advice of his interpreter he went into their chasm snow house, where meetings were held. The natives informed the interpreter that they had heard that all white men were brave, and they were going to try them. The braves then formed in line before Lord Lonsdale as he sat on a. box, and each drawing his knife rushed upon him ready to strike. They stopped at his feet, and the leader, advancing, put his ear over the explorer‘s heart 'and listened to its heating. Lord Lonsdale took no notice, but asked to see them dance. During the progress of the dance the braves would stop and rush at the white man with their knives 11p- raised. Fortunately his nerve did not fail him, and he was afterwards received with every mark of consideration. qu. F.L.H. Potts, a young Epinnopth n minister who went to Chn a a year nL’“. has married Miss Wong, the dwug ter of his first converb. Encouraging. “Well, how did you Enjoy yourself in the Art Exhibition '1” " Oh. splendidly l I looked at noborly’s pictures but yours! You see there were always so many people standing before the other pictures, and there was always plenty of room by yours l" -â€"Fliegende Blatter. Sat Upon‘ The Mantreal Star says: It is announced on excellent authority that the recent Papal decree constituting an independent univer- sity in Montreal has been quashed at the instance of His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Quebec. Perhaps thelsex refi regrets of life are the weightieat, um) (mum, on this accountâ€"â€" that they are inoommunioable. THE ” TIMES ” COMMISSION. THE M1581 NG DOCTOR. [Icluded Mrs. Fox Dies in Agony Undcrlhe Care of :1 Faith Healer. A Syracuse despatch says: The funeral of Mrs. Royal E. Fox took place at her home, No. 30 Erie street, this afternoon. Tomorrow the remains will be buried in Oswego. Mrs. Fox died the day before yesterday. The responsibility for the fatal termination of her illness is laid by public opinion at the door of what is called Christian science. Mrs. Fox had been subject to bilious attacks for several years. When the first one came on Dr. Jay W. Sheldon was called. When the patient had begun to recover she was left to the charge of Dr. E. H. Flint. Mrs. Fox was to some extent a believer in Christian science at that time, and her husband was, as he is yet, “ very firm in the faith,” to quote an expression used toâ€"day by one of the friends of the family. During a recur- rence of her illness some weeks ago Mrs. Fox relied entirely upon Chinszian science, Mrs. E. P. Bates attending her, and she got better. Fhe was told then that having once been cured by Christian science she would be free from the malady thereafter, and she entirely believed it. FAITH CURE DID NOT HELP HER. Last Saturday the disease came on again with unusual severity. Mrs. Bates was out of town, and another apostle of Christian science, Mrs. Norris, was called. Mrs. Fox‘s daughters urged that a physician be called. but their entreaties went for nothing. Mr. Fox had unbounded confidence in Christian science of a curative power and felt sure his wife would again recover. The patient, it is said, suffered terribly, and fre- quently called out in her agony, “ I must have hslpl I must have help!” She was told that all she herded was courage, and she would be sure to triumph over the malady. Mrs. Fox took scarcely any nourishment during the attack. Dr. Flint was summoned at the last moment. A DOCTOR CALLED TOO LATE. “ When I entered the house,” he said today, “ Mrs. Fox had just passed away. The body was still warm, but there were no signs of life. I was called to make out the death certificate. I suppose. I assigned as the cause of death inflammation of the liver.” Dr. Flint expressed the opinion that if Mrs. Fox had been allowed her own way she would have had the services of E physi- cian. One of the neighbors said that the body immediately after death was "all twiamd up,” iie position lending her to believe that Mrs. Fox was writhing in agony when she died. A Young Man Puts Up at a. Hotel and Shoots Himself. A Detroit despatoh says: On Wednesday evening a nicer dressed man, apparently 20 years old, took room 73, third floor, Russell House, registering as D. E. (lady, of Auburn, N.Y. He had no baggage, and paid for one day in advance. Meals were served in his room. On Thursday morning he came downstairs and told the clerk he would stay another day, and paid for it. Friday morning one of the employees called Mr. MoCleary’e attention to the fact that no meals had been sent to the room since Thursday noon. The door of the room was locked, and no response was made from within to the rapping. A ladder was pro- cured, and through the transom the lifeless form of the young man, fully dressed, was seen lying on the b d in a pool of blood. The door was forced open and it was found that Cady had been dead some time. His legs were croased and his arms folded on his breast. His right hand clutched a BelfA acting revolver, with which he had shot himself in the head over the right ear. On the centre table was an envelope addressed to the proprietor of the Russell House, containing a note with these words : " Please notify Charles Csdy, Auburn, N.Y., Cayuga. county, if anything happens to me.“ Torrlblc Accident in In Pennsylvania Coal Mine. A Pottsville, Ps., despatch says : At Kssks-Willium Colliery, near Middleport, this evening the cage containing ten miners was ascending the shaft and was 16 feet from the bottom when an empty car was pushed over the top of the shaft by two Hungarian laborers. The car struck the cage with awful momentum, shattering it to splinters and killing every one of its occupants The victims are MichaelBohle, assistant inside foreman ; Hugh Carlin. Patrick McDonald. George Randal, John Pottovisch, Frank Strakovxsuh, John Moore, Albert Dwyer, Edward Kurtz and Stephen Watson. The cage was hurled into a. hole at the bottom where the water from the workings accumulated. The mine is operated by the Alliance Coal Company. The shaft is 500 feet deep. } Hereafter the boata to be carried by ‘ Atlantic summers, instead of being made of ‘ wood. will be made of steel, in one piecv. 1 Woulen boats rot and are easily crushrd I The new home will be built by machinery ! especially made for rolling them out in all sizes in a single Plate. Latest Scottish News. The name of Dr. Marcus Dofls is men- tioned in connection with the vacant pro~ fessorship in the New College, Edinburgh The contributions raised last year in aid of the schemes of the Church of Scotland amounted to £136,105, as compared wit £151,805 in 1887. ’ The late Mr. Robert Stewart Menzies, of Hallyburton, Coupur-Angus, Perthshire, who died in London in January last. aged 33 years, and was a distiller at Paisley, leaves personal est-ate of the value of £99,610. Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, has requested Mr. Robert Noble to send one of his finest pictures to the Paris International Exhibition as re- presentative of Scottish art. Mr. Noble is the only Scottish artist resident in Scot: land who has bken similarly honored. A very interesting and valuable “ find” of ancient COlDrgi and jewellery has just been made in a moss in the Island of Burray, Orkney. The articles were enclosed in a. vessel of wood, which was turned up by a pent-caeter’a spade. There are coins of Edgar and Ethelbert, and 0. large collection of curious silver jewellery, the Whole Weighing about 4 pounds. T. GRANGER STEWART, M. D., F. R. S. 13., ordinary physician to H. M. the Queen in Scotland, Professor of Practice of Physic in the University of Edinturgb, writes of Bright’s disease as follows : ” Catarrh of the intestine also occasionallv occurs, someâ€" times producing an exhausting diarrhoel.” Warner’s Safe (lure cures the diarrhoea by first removing the cause. VOL XI “ I DIUSI‘ HE KILLED HIMSELF. TEN MEN I’KILLED. HAVE HELP I" Rufus Huntley, a. farmer, who formerly lived a short distance from Hanover, left the Queen’s Hotel to take the early train yesterday morning for Michigan and was found dead on the sidewalk a short time afterwards. He was taken into Mr. Mes- Biuger’s house near by, and Coroner Landerkin sent for. A large wound was found across the left; check, how received is a. mystery. Mrs. Maria. Elliott, formerly Mrs. O’Fluheny, who has kept the Wellington House, London, for some time,is mourning the loss of a husband and $52 000, especially the Inner. Elliott: by some means gob hold of the money, which waa to have been paid on some property, and is now far away from 11:53 better half. Dr. Cusstm, physician to the Hospital of the Insane ot the Bon Sauveur, Alb], France, was murdered on Wednesday night. Upon entering his room maxi morn- ing his nntendanbs found him lying on hla bed in his nighhâ€"sbirn. HIS body wan liberally covare) with knife wounds, and hue head nearly separated from the trunk. Dr. Casuan was a quiet man,muuh reâ€" spected by all who knew him. He was Maire of Albi under IheEmpire and during thexegime of “ Selza Mai.” American visitors fairly rained upon London on Wednesday. The (Lity of New York, the City of Rome and the [Brave arrived, landing altogether nearly a. thou- sand Americans. By every possible train these, or a majority of them at lent, went to London. Where they all found a roof to cover them is a. mystery. The hotels were already full to the sky parlors, and turning away each from a. dozen to s hun- dred a day, but presumably all founds. place in which to run up a. bill for the necessities and luxuries of life. The house at \Vest Lorne, St. Thomas, to which the smallpox has been successfully confined by the exertions of the Chairman of the Board of Health, was burned last night, and the Chairman was entertained to supper and presented with a. cane. Thomas Elven-t, a. demented man, at Tweed, attempted to commib suicide by drowning on Sunday, but was rescued by parties returning from church Bervioes. A medical oommlssiou prorounced him dan- gerously insane, and noâ€"duy he was com- mitted to the county jail. Bones were found in the well at Spring- field into which in has been rumored a man was thrown seventeen years ago, but whether the bones are human or not re- mains to be established. A little boy named Eddie Stansfield, son of Mr. Isaac Shansfield, traveller for 1!. S. Williams & Co.’s music house, London. was missing on Wednesday and at a. late hour last night his body was found in the river. Von Bulow saysthat every pianist should learn to sing and play the violin, “ as their cars would hear more critically the sounds they produce and thereby teach them how to phrase." Some pianists we have heard should learn to cook and to make shoes- and let the piano alone.â€"Norristown Herald White Caps have notified Rev. George Jacob Schweinfurth to leave Rockford, 111., in ten days. If he does not go they say they will break into his houee, take him to the woods, strip him, tar and feather him and roast him alive. They claim he is breaking up families. If any one interferes they will be similarly treated. Suhweinfurth has employed a night watchman, purchased guns and dogs. and proposns to be ready for them. Rev. Mr. Suhweinfurth is the head of What is known as the Beekmauite sect, and is worshipped by his followers as the Christ. Miss Kate Sherman, a buxom Tennessee girl, men her father an the depot the other day, and broke two of his ribs at a single hug. An immense quantity of the plates ofthe (1 rent Eastern, recently broken up,ha.a been received in Montreal for the iron factories and rolling mills. The civic expenditure of Kingston for the year 1888 was $124,837. Judge Barrett at New York yesterday dissolved the Electric Sugar Refining Company. A receiver was appointed. It is reported that Sir Charles Russeil’s fee for actmg as counsel for the Parnellitzs is $10,000. A lanalord has been arreafiel in Kingston charged with evicting a tenant at the point of a revolver. Work on the Kingston dry-dock was commegced yesterday morning, audit is expected to take two years to complete it. The estimated expenditure for the cur- rent year for the city of Toronto is 143 mills on the dollar, as against 143 laau year. The attendance at the Paris Exposition has thus far averaged 71,000 persons daily. Rev. Mr. Evans, Church of England cler- gyman, of Buckingham, Que.,waa drowned yesterday \Vhllu out saihng. The death is announced of Dr. Alex. Harvey, Emeritus Professor of Materia Median in the Universxty of Aberdeen. The Maysr of Collingwood yesterday laid the foundation stone of the Marine and General Hospital which it is proposed to build. A lady interested in the Montreal Boys' Home has handed the Superintendent a cheque for 34,000, to be devoted to build- ing purposes. The Mayor, Ald. McMillan, Ald. Gilles- pie and City Treasurer Candy, of Toronto, will visit England on an early date to flonn city debentures amounting to three million dollars. The funeral of Count Tolstoi, late Min- ister of the Interior, took place at Sn‘ Petersburg yesterday. The Czsr was pre- sent. He has donated to the widow 200,- 000 roubles and granted her a. yearly pension of 6,000 roubles. A gigantic raft, comprising 2,000,000 feet of timber. is now en route from Detroit to Buffalo. The raft reached Detroit late in the fall, when it was thought too risky to let it proceed further. By the time this lumber renchss its destination it will have been over five months on the journey. Five young men, representing the sport- ing fraternity, were before the Kingston Police Court yesterday for participating in a cooking main, conducted in an office in the centre of the city. Three were fined $50 and ccsts and two $25 and costs, with the usual option. It transpired during the trial that a Well-known alderman had acted as rtieree, and he will now be M- tenaed to. The work of counting the $200,000,000 in the United States Treasury is to be begun at; once. Judge Lizars, of Strmford, who has been seriously ill, is much better. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. A little lad neumeél Proulx. while playing RICHI‘VIOND HILL THURSDAY, BIAY 23, 1889. The London police made a. raid on the Field Club m. 2 o’clock yesterday morning, and found gambling 50mg on. Most 01 the players wen: engaged at; bmucuraimand large uumu were bxiug staked. TWeumy-one per- 50113 weru arrested, among wmom were three English and several French and B21- gian nonlemuu. The prisoners were taken [0 the police scallion and bailed in £100 each. They are to uppuar in court: Jae-mor- row. The police seized £5,000 in the rooms of mhe club. A raid Wm) also made: on the Adelphi Club, where a. number of barristurs and solicitors were gambling. All were taken to the police station and ban] was in 111086 causes refused. Among; those arrested at the Field Club were the; Earl of Dudley, Lord Lurgan, Lord Pan-Ales and. Baron Eeraro. Alargely-aneuded meeting was held at Andernou’s Hotel, London, On Saturday anal-noon for the purpose at discussmg the feasibimy of founding an Elumerlun church, which shall be free from dogma and bend its energies to finding the mluen- mum on emth,lenv1ng me next world to bake care of itself. It was pruposud to name the new minimum: the bnnsnau EthCal Church, and u was also Gucidcd to erect a bullding for purpouss of worship 111 London. Arrangements for the Huldng of the Annual camps. A special telegram from Ottawa) says: The dates for the aeVeml camps 0! ex excise have been decided as follows 2 A number of Conservative members of the British House of Commons, under the leadership of Mr. Henry Uhayliu, have endeavored to impress upon bile mind 01 Mr. Gosuheu the extent of the hardship imposed upon the landed classes by the proâ€" posal of the Chancellor of the EXObthLâ€"X‘ LO increase the death tax of properties valued at over £10,000, and Mr. Guscheu listenud to their Mgumems, bun declined to modify his proposals. Mrs. Felicite Laframboise, 84: years of age, attended the 5 o’clock service On caturday morning at Bonsecours Church, Montreal, and a. Iew minutes Inner wua discovered lying on the seat of her pew quite dead. Every effort was made to restore anima- tion, but Without; success. The argument on the 1» Con in reply to the exception to form in lhe Jesuxn-Mm’l case was heard on Samrday before Judge Lomnger in Montreal. Judgment: was re- served. Rev. S. G. Bland appeared in the pulpit of Queen Street Church, Kingston, yester- day, the first time since the serious accident which betel him occurred. His usefulness promises to be in no we} imputed. SIX Chinamen passed through Montreal on Friday night from New York in bond for China, they havmg durmg eight years’ resi- dence, Saved sufficlenb money at laundry work to enable them to spend the ream of their days in comfort: in their native land. Patrick Ford, aged 60, a watchman in Armour‘s packing-houses, Chicago, shot and killed his wxfe, 23 years of age, on Saturday morning, and then put a bullet into his own breast. He cannot recover. The couple had been married three months, but; quarrelled and were not living together. Districho.1â€"â€"18 11 June. “ 2/ 11m Juue. “ 3â€"16Lh June. “ 4â€"11-3511 Juno. “ fiâ€"th June. “ kzsnh Juno. “ 7â€"2ud July. “ 8â€"25bh Juue. " 9â€"3111 September, 1 The locations of the camps have not been i decided upon, except with regard to Dis» ‘ trict No. 2, which, as usual,‘ will be held M Niagara. For District No. 1 the choice lies between \Vindsor and Mention, and for the united camps of districts 3 and 4 it is expected that; Kingston will be selected. The matter will not, however, be settled before next week. The maximum number of officers, non‘commiesioned oflicers and men to receive psy for drill in each district will be: Fully three-gunners of a million dollars worth of new buildings are going up an Snratford this season. The contractors all have their hands full. The Algoms expedition arrived at Sault Ste. Mane on Funny night, and report we trouble wuh the lumbermen to be over. Ihey am ezpwu' mint: )w. on the bnnks of the canal at Montreal last nighfi, fell in and was drowned. Mr. Donald Chisholm, M.P., Vancouver, 13.0., who has been seriously ill in Ottawa. for some months, is slowly recovering. A gunner named Herbert Skinner, of the marine artillery, has had a windfall of £530,000 and a. large preperty in Hereford. Flve negroes and seven whines were floggul at Nuwcasnle, Del., on Saturday for mffer- em offences, uud afterwards exposed for one hour in the pxllory. The smtistius of the recent smallpox epi- demic in the neighborhood of 53. Ihomus are quoted as afiordmg strong evidence of the value of vaccination. District “A” Company, Infantry School Corps, Willjoin the camp inNew Brunswickq “B” Compzmy, the camp in 1)iatricho. 5 ; and “ C ” Company, the campat Niagar s. and a two-gun detachment from ” A ” Battery will join the camp in districts 3 and. 4. AS these are pail as permanent corp .6, they will be in addition to the strenghh amhor- ized for districts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8, but will not be included for drill pay, T he New» castle Field Emery will drill in ca mp near its local headquarters. THE late Dr. Dio Lewis». whom namo is a household word all over film globe, warmly endorsul the usa, of Warzsr’a Smfu‘ Cure in cases of kidney disordw. He said? over his own signature : “ If I found In vself a. victim of serious kidney troubla 1' would use Warner’s Bale Cure.” Counsel for various American taiiroada have asked for a hearing on the .‘Bie'll incor- porating the Niagara. River Bridge Com- pany, now pending in the New Y'onrk Legis- lature, and it has been appointed. for next Tuesaay. The object; of the co mp any is to build a bridge acrosa Niagara. ERiver at some point between Niagara. F («113 and Lewiston, and, ii; is balieved,i.n the » interest- nf the Canadian Pacific. The pro ject is to be opposed. Total OUR CII’IZEN SOLDIERS. No‘ No. No‘ No‘ The New Niagara Bridch lâ€"XVcstern Ontario . . . . . . . . Z-Torouto district. 3â€" Iasnern Ontario, 4â€"1‘lmsnern Ontmio. 5-Quoboc... (inuebcc 7â€"(Juebccu. arXew Brunswi 9-Nova Scotia. 10 Manitoba. ..... . llâ€"Bntlsh Columbm... lzâ€"l’rince Edward Island .1 19,125 9,420 3,442 1.sz 1,135 2,712 1,257 9,147 1 ,304 1,932 411 230 327 TO A PRETTY FAIR AUDIENCE. It Is Decided to Form a. Branch of the League in Hamilton. It was somewhat of a surprise to those who attended the Imperial Federation meeting in the Grand Opera. House on Samurday night that the attend- ance was not larger. The down stairs was fairly filled and a. couple of dozen or so of people eat in the gallery. In all perhaps 500 people were present. Upon the stage set qulne a large number of influential civi» Zeus, among them being ministers, doctors, lawyers and representatives of other pro- fessione. Principal Grant, of Queen’s College, Kingslon, Speaks in llamillon Mayor Doran occupied the chair and in opening said~4Vhenever a public meeting is called and I am requested to preside 1 do so with pleasure because it is a duty. The question of Imperial Federation is one of importance, but my views upon it are not yet definite enough to express here. I will therefore call upon Principal Grant and Mr. McCa:thy to addreis you upon the subject. IMPERIAL FEDERATION. Principal Grant was given a hearty ovation upon arising. He saidâ€"Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to ask a few plain questions of my fellow citizens to night and to answer them calmly and without imputing motives to any one. My first question is a very important one, as upon its answer hangs the weight of all the others. It is, “ Is Canada in a condition of stable equilibrium ‘2” "You may ask what that means. Well, apply it to a man and a man is not in an enviable position if he is not in a condition of stable equili- brium. A country not in a condition of stable equilibrium is not on a sound politi cal foundation. My answer is that Canada is not in a condition of stable (quilibrium. There is an uncertainty ab ut its affairs and anxiety about its future which are alarming. Three months ago while in Australia I saw that the newspapers of Canada were discussing anneXation, independence and other conniiions What would be thought of the State of Maine if the same condition of things existed there ‘2 In the State of Maine from 1870 to 1880 the population increasrd only 3 per cent, whilethat of the Maritime Provinces of \ anada increased 13 or 14 per cent. Yet the newspapers in the State of Maine do not discuss their future as those in Canada do. They do not say we are progressing so slowly that we must change our political connections. Some people say why not compare the whole of the United States with Canada? Because it would not be fair, and the man who would do so must be ignorant or scarCely honest. You might as well compare Scotland with England. Maine would have some reason for discuSsing the question of secession, but that State never does so, and why? Be cause the country discussed the question, and when one State or a cluster of States raised the question the whole country put its foot upon it. The civil war in the United States settled the question and (1421de that the separate States had no right to secede. In Canada we call secession independence, but independence means that we are to be nolonger British subjects. You may say that the connecting links between Canada and Great Brit-tin are not very strong. I do not agree with that but will not argue the point. But in Canada we go farther than discuss secession. Suppose the State of Texas Were to propose annexation to Mexico. They would not only be acceding but they would be sui» ciding in blotting out the name of the State of Texas from history. However, I am not denying the right of secession, but when a people are always talking secession there is something wrong about their stability as a people, and there must be something wrong in Canada. What is it? Is it or is it no the fact that the people of Canada have not share in the supreme duty of self govern- ment? At present we have not. Can that state of things be continued? If we do not respect ourselves, who will re- spect us? It is not our fault that we are without our supreme right and duty of self- igovernment, but the question will be set- ‘tled. It cannot be put down. The young men of Canada will not be satisfied with a permanent condition as at present. My second question is this: “XVhat is the music that Canada is not in that condition at stable equilibrium that every well- gowerned State is ‘2“ The cause is that the condition of a colony is not at first one of full citizenship. At first we in Canada wefb wholly dependent upon the mother coun- i try, but we have made Vast strides in na- tional life. It is only half a century since Lord Durham made his famous report recommending that Canada be given the right to manage her own local affairs. In twenty~one years we have be- come a consolidated country and we have made great progress. And we will settle every home question that comes up. When great questions come up some people ' say, “ Oh, don’t touch that question, or you’ll smash the Confederation.’ Non- sense. We will settle every home question and strengthen the Confederation. We have done a great deal for the mother country in the last twenty-one years, and without a cent of expense to that country. We have advantages in being part of the ‘ British nation too, for it is a great deal for us to be able to say to our sons that they i can study in Canada for positions in any . part of the British Empire, and are noti only Canadians but British subjects. We have constructed a great canal system, a great railway system and have opened up our Northwest, thus doing great imperial work. Years ago Mr. Blake advocated a closer connection of the Provinces with the , British Empire, but now he says the . scheme was received coldly then and would be impossible now. I don’t think it is impossible, ’ because any man does not see the possibility. Events are wiser than men and events make that which seems impossible quite possible. If the principle was right years ago it is right now. Our principle is that the union between Great Britain and her colonies must be preserved. I have shown you the cause of our unrest and uncertainty as to the future. Now I will ask you What is the cure? Full citizenshipflthat’athe cure. Because that‘s the point we have been looking forward to all along. What has been urged in connec- tion with every reform that has been ad- vocated in Canada ‘2 That every reform would make us more loyal to Great Britain l amuse it was in accord with the spirit of the British constitution. Is all our work of fifty years, which has made. us more loyal to Britain, to be used to bring about PRINCIPAL GRANT'S ADDRESS WHOLE NO 1,606 NO. 47. secession ‘2 No. That would not be evolu- lution, and I believe in evolution. It would be in the direction of destruction instead of advancement. I say this is the only cure for our uncertain feeling as to the futureâ€"Imperial Federation. Some people say there is another way‘by an- neXing with the United States and Separat- ing from Great Britain, but ultimately joining again with Great Britain in one great British nation. I don’t like that, beCause it doesn‘t seem right to separate for the sake of forming a stronger union, or to draw all a man‘s blood from him for the sake of making him stronger. Colonies have been compared to apples falling from the tree. I don’t like the comparison, but would rather compare colonies to children, for as children grow up they strengthen the parent. Some say that when a man grows up he should have a household of his own, and therefore argue for BBULBSlOH. Well, I do think that a young man should have his own independent household, but if the parents have accumulated great iiiheritances and influence, is there any reason why the children should not form an honorable partnership ? Canada could not live within itself nor could Canada defend her- self as an independent nation, but the‘ empire united could live and prOSpet within itself and so defend itself that no power could attack it, nor would the empire attack any other. It would bring about a reign of peace. Some men would have us begin With Commercial Union, which, I believe, means disunion. This is our country and the United States is another country, and are we to separate ourselves from our mother country in order to unite with another ‘2 It would be unjust to discriminate against England in favor of the United States, and Commercial Union, lthink, would be discriminating against our own friends, our country and our Queen. Then Commercial Union is impossible. because it would rob us of our fiscal independence, and we would not get the fancied commercial advantages without political union. Canadians want the greatest amount of free trade with the United States possible, but the man who believes we can get it Without paying the price of our fiscal and political independence is.I think, mistaken. We want full citizen- ship, but we would have to pay a price for it. Since we got our rights of self- gcvernment we have run up a public debt of $300,000,000, I thinkâ€"â€"that is the price we have paid for our freedom. If we had Secession we would have to pay for it, and if we had annexmicn we would have to pay as well. Of course there are diflicultiis in the way of ImperialFederation,but as Hon. Oliver Mcwat has said, what are states- men for, but to overcome difficulties. What is implied in full citizenship in addition to our present rights? We would have war, peace and treaty making rights, that is, we would have representatives from the self-governing colonies in the Imperial Council. Another plank of the Imperial Federation platform is that Britain should disc: iuiiuate in favor of her colonies in trade matters. Some people say that Britain would not consent to such a thing, but I believe she would ; at any rate she has never been asked. She should be asked to give such advantages, becausait would be an advantage to the whole empire. Carry the points 1 mention and we would no longer be a dependency of Great Britain, and Great Britain would no longer bea little strip of land in the Atlantic. I would go in for the closest trade relations between the colonies and between the COlODltS and Great Britain. We find that the Irish-Canadians are not so much in favor of Imperial Federation as the Scotch or English. If ,I were an Irishman I would be more in favor of it than I am, for the quickest way to convert England and the North of Ireland to the Home Rule theory is to convince them that Home Rule would not endanger the unity of the nation. I know of nothing but Imperial Federation that will accomplish Home Rule for Ire- land. Iam not opposed to sentiment in this matter and I could not bring myself to willingness to have Canada cut off from the past hit-tary of Britain. I want to bea part of that nation. if there is one thing that makes me proud of being a Canadian l it is that in being so I am a Briton. Prin‘ ‘cipal Grant occupied the platform for an hour and three-quarters, and closed his remarks by a very eloquent peroraticn. It was moved by Mr. Edward Martin, seconded by Mr. 1“. W. Fearman, That, in order l0 secure the unity and defence of the Empire, some system of federation or co- operation is expedient. Mr. D‘Alton McCarthy, upon arising to speak to the resolution, was received with enthusiastic cheering. He said he had come to Hamilton to hear Principal Grant, not to make a speech himself. Five years ago, he said, he was present at a meeting in London, England, when the Imperial Fed- eration League was formed. He took no part in it at that time. Three years ago the league was organized in Canada. He had felt doubtful of its success, even when Montreal, Toronto, Brantford and Kingston took it up, unless the movement had the support of the levelheaded people of Ham- ilton. Separation of Canada from Britain could not be aocompliahcd until all Canada arose as one man and demanded it, which would never happen as long as the people of Canada were sane and Britain used them justly. When the league was organized in Hamilton he hoped he would have the privilege of returning to Hamilton to ad dress the people: _ It; was moved by Mr. George H. Mills, seconded by Mr. F. MacKeloan, Than in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable to form a. branch of the Imperial Fadera- tion League of Canada. in Hamilton. Mr Geo M. Barton at this point arose and asked if this movement was the small end of (he Wrdge by which is was proposed to dtsbroy the National Policy and throw it to the winds. He thought it was not. The motion was put to Ehe mealing and declared carried. A vote of thanks to Principal Grant and Mr. D’Alton McCarthy Wns moved by Mr. F. MacKelcan and seconded by Mr. Adam Brown. It was carried unanimously. In replying to the resolution of thanks, Dr. Grant called upon Dr. Burns to make a few remarksâ€"just to say whether his arguments were sound on not. Dr. Burns said: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,â€"You have taken an unfair advantage of me to-night. I came to hear my eloquent friend, Principal Grant, and to enjoy a treat, and I have not been dis- appoiuted. With the whole spirit of the address I have been delighted, but I did not come to talk. I endorse almost every word of the eloquent address; I call it not an oration, as Mr. Brown has designated it, but an nnanewereble argument. The lec- turer hinted that my countrymen must show that they desire thu integrity of the empire before they are entitled to Home Rule. I have no hesitanoy in saying that TAFFY FOR HAMILTON. if Canada had been misgoverned as long as Ireland there would be less loyalty here than in that country; we would not sub- mit to their treatment .for a week; we would be less loyal than they are. He also said that Irishman should favor federation for the sake of securing Home Rule, and that Home Rule could come only through federation. Some of this audience may remember that in my first lecture in this very house on Home Rule I advocated self- gcvernment for each part of the empire, with an Imperial Parliament for Imperial matters, and I said, “That would be the beginning of Federation which is now looming up and destined soon to be an accomplished fact.” I believe in the free intercourse of the different parts of our immense empire. No.0ne can be acquainted with the development of the great republic on our southern borders without seeing what real federation can do. There are 40 States, and there will soon be more,with every variety of climate and product, and the product of each State welcomed to the market of every other. The grandest illustration of free trade that the world has ever seen under such a. system of federa- tion is natural. I admired the golden cord of free trade that ran all through the lecture, and I am sure that in the composi‘ tion of the eloquent lecturer, both warp and woof are made up of the same gener- ous principle. Why should there be any restrictions on the intercourse of the children of the same mother ‘I I would. favor the federation of the British posses- sions, but I would go farther, and I am sure that [he lecturer would go with me. I would have a federation of the English speaking peoples. Nor would I stop there. I would aim at the federation of the race. A fed- eration of the English speaking nations could dictate to the world and shape the civilization of the age. The lecturer was right when he spoke of the dimculty of cov- ering the subject in one lecture. Principal Grant must return, and Mr. McCarthy will still have plenty to do. The subject is inmense. Britain’s possessions abroad are 65 times the area of the United Kingdom. Abroad she is nearly 8,000,000 square miles, at home she is only about 121,000. Her flag covers a foreign population seven or eight times that of the United Kingdom. Her tonnage at home is more than equal to that of all her foreign possessions, while her debt is more than twice theirs com- bined. The subject is indeed immense and difficulties may be exoected. Shall this federation be like an alliance, offenswe and defensive, embracing army and navy ‘2 An analysis of the income and expenditure of Great Britain will show us that an average of over sixteen shillings in the pound, or over four-fifths of all taxation, is spent on war, leaving less than four shillings for all other purposes. Spite of our debts and extravagances, that presents a fearful con- trast to the war taxation of our peaceful Pro- vince so favorably pictured to-night. Most of the foreign possessions are (‘rown colonies whose policy is directed by Downing street. But to the most important ones enlarged liberties have been given, and these liber- ties have been used by some of them to adopt a policy contrary to that of the mother country. Canada and most of the Australian colonies insist on protection. I don’t present these as inseparable difficul- ties, but only as some that must be re- moved, and I would like to see them re- moved. Before taking my seat I would express my warmest admiration for the generous and manly spirit that pervaded the whole lecture. Such a discussion must do us all good. A vote” of thanks was tendered Mayor Duran and the meeting adjourned. Three Unfortuuutca Shuffle ofl‘ thin Mortal Coil. Joseph Around Stremicommitted suicide yesterday morning at Sr. Philippe, Laprairxe County, Qua, by hanging him: self in rushed. Deceased was a. middle- oged man, lately married. 'In is stated, on what appears to be good authority, that P. B. Douglas, late Assist: ant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. A (ivliberate case of suicide occurred in Montreal on Thursday evening. A butcher called George Lussier, residing on St. Catherine street, was threatened with pro- secution for keeping a stall without a license. Being involved in financial difli- culties at the same time, the trouble so prayed upon his mind that yesterday he attempted to throw himself under a Cana- dian Pacific Railway train, but was {ire- vented from doing so by the vigilance of the officials. He then proceeded to Mon- arque street and deliberately threw himself into the St. Lawrence. He rose to the sur~ face and was heard to cry for assistance. bht the current being very strong the nine fortunate man was gradually borne away, and was soon seen to sink to rise no more. Cremated Herself on a Brush Heap folI Love of a. 1’0qu Man. A Cheboygan, Mich, deapatoh says: Mary Ann Collagher, aged 23, went into the woods on her father's farm, lighted a. pile of brush, lay down in the flames. and was burned to a crisp. The reason assigned for the deed is that her parents objected to her receiving the attentions of ayouugman whom they disliked. Important to Teachers and Scholars; The High School entrance examination Will be held on the 4th. 5th and 8“: days 0! Juli, beAginying at _1.30>p: m. o_n the 4th; The third, sécond andhflrstvolass teachersi examinations will begin on Tuesday, th 9th of July. Applications stating age afi‘. optional subjects and enclosing a fee of 35 must be sent to the inspector before the 24%! of_Ma.y. _ _ ‘ The Provincial examination for Kinder: garten assistants and directors will be held in the last two weeks in June‘ Examinaa tion in practical teaching will be held all Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton, beginning ggsflecrtirvelfiyflpn thg 1_3_n_hI 17nh and 24th day‘s arm-[Emm- will begin at Toronto on the 26th of June. Applications must be sent to the Secretary of the Education Department before the lst of J une. A singular case of mistaken identity occurred to-day, when Mrs. James Duke, of Beloit, Wis.. arrived here in company with six interesting children, and claimed as her lost husband a cigarmaker named David Robinson, who is the foreman in the factory of Messrs. Robinson & Watson. The lady, who is well dressed and quite prepossessiug, confronted her alleged hus- band this evening, and even after convers- ing with him was not satisfied that he was not her lost husband until she examined his wrist for a scar. Failing to find this she broke down and admitted that she was mistaken in the man. How much Robinson must have resembled Duke is attested by the fact that the children clung around him affectionately calling him papa. Mrs. Duke‘s husband, who was a cigarmaker, disappeared mysteriously about a year ago, and she was led to believe he was located here through information received from a travelling tobacco salesman.#- Tuscola (11L) corr. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Time Brings Wisdom. Rev. Dr. Primâ€"” Do you preach ex'tem- pay,Bl:othe1;_Yp_lle}'by,9r do yqu tak~e nofiqa ‘2 Brother Yullerby (from the South)â€" Well, Bah, that was once a time I took notes, but The found it safest, down in my deestrick. toinsist on habin' the cash down! â€"â€"Te:cas Siftings. "Pickwick" has been dramatized in Danish. MARY ANN IMII‘ATES DIDO. A TRIO 0F SUICIDES. Her Husband‘s Image.