The Colonist, vol. 05, no. 245 (25 October 1890)

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St. John's, N.F., Saturdays, October 25, 1890. Single copies-One Cent.        No. 245
SWIFTEST TRIP Of BBDDBDL
PROPOSED   RECONCILIATION
otFMCo-N.wron_l___H.ilty.
Demoralization of New York Shipping.
» Halifax, N.S., Oct. 25.
The Jast American mail reached  London  in
seven days from New York ; the fastest time on
record.
~\ 1 Thc looimolives for thc railway between Jaffa
\        and Jerusalem havo reached Jaffa. —■
\s "   Caprivi will interview  Crispi   next   week  at
. Genoa.   /
England ofTcrs France pecuniary indemnity
tor the rights in Newfoundland : France asks
also for West African tcnitory.
A severe hurricane raged in New York yes*
Alarming reports come from Russia; the
prisons arc crowded with young men of the
educated classes. There is dissatisfaction every-
■ where, and incendiarism is rife.f       j
Thc shipping trade has become SeTnoralizcd ;
steamers in New York, bound for Europe, are
unable to secure freight at any price.
The exports from Canada for September
amount to two and .. half million dollars -more
thau exports for the same month last year.
Balfour is about.to make a tour of the West
of Ireland  ■
new' advertisements^
Auetion-is-iec-p J & \V l'itts
Auction   dwelling house  L.T Chanccy
Auction - parsnips, Ac J & W Pitts
Ladies' dress robes, Ac Goodfellow £Co
Insurance Co. notice ;Geo Shea
!. usin.-s.. notice. Dr A Stewart Pike
"> Hooks you want SE Garland
o.-stf-rs, parsnips, &c.-r-v P Rogerson A Son
J-V. -:.]o libraries, &c J F Chisholm
1 >\\ elling house for sale A Watkins
Strayed—a foxy cracky  .„ see advt
Wanted-general servant.. ._^....   sec advt
E~"ARI_Erjl2WEI.i-K, 21«~ WATER.
Street, established 18C5; Clocks, Watches
and Jewelry repaired with skill aud promptness.
Watches, gold and silver Lockets, Chains, Kings,
etc., selling at prices never before obtained ii
Newfoundland;   Watch-filasses to suit any watch
B20 cte; for sale,  one New York piano. aplO
AUCTIO^SAl^sr"" 311.
Prime Fat Sheep.
On MONDAY next, at Eleven o'clock
OX,TI_E WHARF OF
J. <&. W. Pitts.
113 Prime Fat P_f_I Sheep.
Ex Coban from Charlottetown, PEI
FORSALE.
,T3Y PUBLIC AUCTION, IF NOT pre-
X_> -riously disposed of by private sale on Monday, 27th Inst., at one o'clock, on the premises,
that comfortable dwelling house situate on the
east side of Hay ward-avenue; the property of the
—»-*e of late Francis Scott. Ground rent $15.-40
innura. Lease perpetual. For further particulars apply to
J          L.  T. CHANCEV,
/-•     or. J.  A. CLIFT,
oc7,_:w   /     Executors.
On Monda^ next, at Eleven o'clock
OS THE  WHARF OF
J- dh TAT. I^itts,
/ 3G0 Heads of P E Island Cabbage
20 barrels Parsnips. 20 brls Carrots
100 barrels PEI Potatoes, S brls-Bcet o93
UNION OF THE
"Royal" and^Qnem" Insurance Companies
o 6 o 6 e o e o o o o e o o o o o~o oo e o o~o g o a "o o 5 = o o o.o o o o oeoeoo 6 o o o.c_o Q OfiO A
rpiiE ilOMitiMi, •• iiis.irnu.-c and Finance Chronicle," ofthc15th IiihI.,
- reterriDg to the Report of the Amalgamation of the above Companies, says: " When this con-
..l!il;il...:i shall have Wn consummated, the H..Y.M. will stand beside the I.ivr.i.rom ami London
>no Globe, and THK NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE in magnitude."   •
THE COMPARATIVE SIZE WILL THEN BE AS FOLLOWS :
G00DFELL0WA COM'PY
Have received per steamship " Carthaginian,"
o.o-o coco :6o
Mother Shipment of Ladies9 Dress Robes.
t_9~I<ndic_.' Jersey Jacket*, Ladle*' Blk Straw Sailor ilm>
: ,.-l.:ulio-s" Colored I'lus'i Sailor Haiti, New Braid I riuun in _>
:-?.-\imi Brai«l'Set ts. New Ribbons, New Scarf Luces
;• 1 -New Dress Buttons, Ladies' Blk and Col'd Leather Belts
5*2-('Mills' PIuhIi Bonnets; fluids- ami Jlissi^ Dress Pinafores
oooooooo
Fancy Dress Goods at 6cts.
GOOBFELLOW & CO.,
■i-r_-.,s n.tii i    241 Tl'ater Street.
Paid Capital. Total As._e.rf
Koj.il :ni<I duccn    02,371,000  940,508,517
XORTn BRITISH... •  S3.437.500  .SgO.37q.Ofrt
Liverpool A Loudon _fc Olobc ....   SI,228,11 OO 	
.811.052,455
C3_~ North British and Mercantile Insurance Company of London and Edinburgh, one ofthe ablest
nil largest Insurance Companies in the world; Losses liberally and promptly settled; Insurances
effected at current rates.
GrEO.     SHESJ^,
L-tiiber2...fp,eoil,liii
1 Age i
for Newfoundland.
Men's Lamb's Wool Skirts For <10cts., worth SOcts.
Men.s Lamb's Wool Pants For OOctH.. worth 70cts.
Men's Lamb's. Wool Socks —...... 1, or 17cts„ worth 20ctn.
"f-    ^HlEAP~-U_AiiKETS.
White Flannels For IScts.. worth 22cts.
White Shirting For   7c(s., worth   Oc«s.
Grey Calico  For   Octs., per yard.
t-_TTHE BEST IN THE MARKET.   '
GBOi __5I__sTO'\'Xr___,I__TC3-_
,  -	
Novelties in Furs.
LADIES' BLACK AND COLORED FUR COLLARETTES
LADIES' BLACK AND COLORED FUR CAPES
LADIES' BLACK AND COLORED FUR VICTORIAS
LADIES' BLACK AND COLORED FUR MUFFS
LADIES' BLACK AND COLORED FUR BOAS.
t__r-In nil thc Newest Furs for the Season—Oji possum, Otter, Rabbit, Neutrla, Ac,
large Stock of I_adle_' Black and Colored Fur-lined Cloaks—the very latest styles.
JOHN STEER.
IE! SEASIDE LIBRARIES'B00KS Y™ want.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ~   •
A. STEWART PIKE, MB.
Cv
Surgeon,
171 DUCKWORTH STREET,
CosaTLTiMi   Horns-.—9-10 a.m.. 2-4 and 7-8   p.m
oc£_,3lfp
XTOB SALE BY PRIVATE Contra. I,
X? / tjiatj_ew and comfortable Dwelling -House,
So. 8 Baliaih Street. This house was built specially for tho occupier: is well finished through-
- it and fitted with water and sewerage.   It
And other Cheap Books.
A Scsrlet Sin. by Florence Manyat,
The Failure of Elizabeth,by Frances Poynter, 2oe
Lover or Friend, bv ICosa Mouschette Carey, 30c
A very Strang Family by F. \V. Robinson, 10c
The Keeper of the Keys, by F.^V. Robinson, 20c
llnrtasMaturin, l.v U.K. I_- st. -r. .io
Tbo Word and the Will, l.v James Payn, 20.
Tor (>n.  __ the World, l.y . I. Hotham-klwardu, 20c
l'lain'l'ales from the Hills, byRiidyard Kipling, 20c
Tim"- M.-n in n Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome, 25c
IMi-itc and Jean—a novel, 65c rtcr's Life, 30c
Mr. Sergeant ISallantin.-'s Experience of a Bnrris-
Hal/ac's Don Juan or the Elixrr of Long Life, 27c
A Very Young Coup!..-, by 15. L. Farvcon, 27c
I In-  .Ve:ir,ons of Mv-i-i-7, Iiv Joseph Hocking, 27c
MiMr.-1's Husband. 27c [Marston, 27c
II..w Stanley Wrote '• In Darkest Africa," by E.
Dramas of  Life,  by Simm   Thc  Lost Explorer.,
by Hogan, 45c each
He Went   for a Soldier, by J.  8.  Winter,   .7e;
Handy Book for tho Household, 27c.
Hill.
Oct25,_ptf
STRAYED-From Barnes's Road on
Friday last, _7th instant, a Foiy " cracky,v
when last seen was on. the Portugal Cove road.
The owner will give a suitable reward to anyper-
n bringhig it to the Colomst office, or for any
--'n of its wil. mibouts. oct25,8i
W4
"DTY ntnr WATCIIES at OH MAX'S,
J_> A splendid assortment of Waltham Watches,
Three Men iu a Boat (Not to speak of the dog), 26c
Weaker than a Woman, by C M. Braeme, 20c
Lover or Friend, by Rosa Si. Carey, 30c
Tales of Tortav, bv George R. Sims, 20c
Mildred's Husband (in Family Story Teller), 27_
How Sianler Wrote in Darkest Africa, and a Trip
to Egypt and Back, by E. Marston, 27c
- Scotia Rediva," Home Rule for Scotland, by J.
Morrison Davidson, Barrister, 27c
A Scarlet Sin, by Florence Marryatt, 20c
A Born Coquette, by The Duchess, 20o:
Whose was the Hand, by Miss Braddon, 20
Ladies Journal, Family Herrfd, New Review
Myra's, Harper's and other Magazines,
Annual Volumes, Latest News and Comic Papers.
S. E. GARLAND.
J. F. Chisholm.
-ZsM-aDkP.LM.
CHOICE OYSTERS,
CarrotH.
Parsnips, Beets and Ens.
By PJROGERSON & SON.
octa...lwfp I      ^	
JOB PRINTING
NEW  ADVERTISEMENTS
MANIFESTO
OFMR. P.J.SCOTT
TOTIIE FREE AND INDEPENDENT
ELECTORS OF ST. JOHN'S EAST:
Okxtlembs.—In compliance with tho request
expressed In resolutions adopted at a large and influential meetings of the electors held In Beveral
sections of your district, I have the honour to present myself as a candidate for your suffrages In
the forthcoming election, rendered necessary by
the decease of your late much respected represen-
—--«, Dr. Dearin. For many, years, as you are
•e. It wa-s my privilege to fill tho high and
honorable position of a representative of the Western Division of the district of St. John's, and now
when called upon by my fellow-citizens of this
division of the district, I deem it a duty to place
myself and my services at their commlind.
In declaring my position us a candidate to be
that of Opposition to tho present Government, I
believe that my reasons for so doing will commend themselves to your approval and to your
active support of my candidature. In every
country possessing Responsible Government tlie
presence, in the Legislature, of a strong and effective Opposition is considered as being as necessary
for tha protection of the rights and liberties of the
people, and -he. promotion of good Government,
as a strong and effective party of supporters of
the administration.
An undue preponderance of members of tlie
legislature pledged to the support of an administration is neither beneficial to thc Government nor
to the people, and in thc absence of a vigilant and
CHALLENGE NO. I.
I HEREBY CHALLENGE Mr. Dpder
owner of the mare nwsrded 1st prize, or Mr.
Tessier, awarded tho 2nd prize, at the Agricultural Exhiblon, for a trial of horses for a distance of
from sixty to seventy miles on any road they
might name, for a stake of $100 (one hundred dollars), against cither of my mares "Bell" or "Maud
S." WILLIAM WOODLEY.
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CHALLENGE NO. 2.
I HEREBY CHALLENGE Sir. Moses
Martin, White-hills, for a trial ot speed or
carting, between his mare that took third prize at
tbe Exhibition, and either of my mares u Bell" or
" Maud S.'v For this purpose I will put up a stake
of (*100,00) one hundred dollars.
00tai,2ifp WIIXIAM WOODLEY.
tyranny on the part of the strong towards the
weak, and subjects the people to the danger ofthe
invasion of thclf most sacred constitutional rights.
That the Government of this colony should, In
a representative assembly of thirty-six in.ii.luT-.
— 'venty-seven party supporters is, I think
11 admit, neither sdvmntageons nor safe
for the best interests of the colony. Does
become manifest tint there is a paramount
necessity for an addition" to the now small number! who ure not controlled or silenced by the
magnetic influences of party and patronage," and
are independent of any obligations except (i i their
constituents. The imperative necessity for electing to the assembly at the present time a representative Independent of Government control Is
emphasized by the most cursory examination of
the " policy" and acts which have characterized
the administration of public a Hairs during even
the brief period whicb has passed since the acr.-..-
sion to power of the present Government. Already
the people are beginning to realize, by a bitter experience, the contrast between the loud and extravagant professions and promises, by means of
which the Government party at the last general
election excited the hoi>cs and induced the confidence of the people, and their utter and complete
failure to achieve or even to attempt tin- realization of any of these expectations.
It Is upon the laboring classes that the disappointment and suffering, resulting from theso
broken promlsos of the Government party, will
fall, as they have already begun to fall, with the
greatest severity. To them especially the "cries"
and promises of last year's electionc-i'mpaign were
addressed by tho now dominant party. Thc condition of the labouring classes was to be their
especial care. Labour was to be multiplied,
wages were to be increased, greater liberty and
independence of the workingman were to bc secured, remedial legislation and other beneficent
agencies were to be employed to elevate and improve thecondltion and brighten tbe prospects of
the " working man." These arc in ell'ect, If not tn
words, the promises repeated, r.eiterated, and disseminated throughout the Constituencies by every
means which a political party struggling for ofllce
could devise or employ. And to these promises
nud those who made tbem the people gave theii
confidence  and support.
It is unnecessary to inform you that tbe degree
of performance has been just in Inverse proportion to tbo vehemence nnd extravagance of thi
promises. While on tbe one hand no avenues oi
sources of labor hnve been provided, on the other
hand the numbers of unemployed and the need
for labor bave been Increased. Wages, instead
of being advanced, has b.-en depressed and kept
down by increased competition and demand, occasioned by tbo increase in the numbers of the
unemployed. This difficulty of obtaining employment is at the present time the more severely felt
in the districts of St. John's, to which large numbers from other district have been attracted by
the hope of finding the labor promised by tbe government, and where, tbey and the normal population are now aliko suffering from want of the necessary supply of labor to meet the increased demand.
The Railway, as a means of meeting the present necessities of the people in the matter of la-
lior, has been, and must be, Inadequate, owing tc
th.- Government's mismanagement of railway affaire. jThe power which the government had,
under the contract, of ordering the commencement of tbe work, might havo been exercised
months ago for the lieneiit of hundreds of
p.-opk who would thus have been getting labor up
to the present time; but thi3 opportunity has been
cither deliberately, or from incapacity on the part
of the government, and in face of the pressing
wants of tbe peonlecrying out for labor, thrown
away. Within the past few days only have *
contractors have put by the government in a ___
tion to proceed with the work. The. selection of
the men and the fixing of the numbers to be ei
ployed are absolutely at the discretion of the oo
tractors. These tho government are powerles-
interfere with or control. It Is certain that at tl
season thc contractors in their own interests w_
employ but a small number, an.l those only of tbe
most experienced and capable In railway wn!..
As to th.se, their earnings will necessarily be di
ininisbed bv broken weather, while the cost ol
living will be going on, and the hardships of their
position Increasing as winter advances; while the
thousauds of others who have been led to expect
work will find nothing but disappointment in the
present, nnd the prospect of destitution iu tbe future. Instead of the reduction »nd re-a.ljc .uncut
of taxation for the bcnefit/sspecially of tho work
ing classes, a crude and crushing addition to the
burthens of taxation has been made, and these
Increased taxes have been appHfd so as to bear
most heavily upon the food ^nd other necessaries
of the poor, and in this invidious and unfair dis-
 , __.___! *»._... ._,!_, i*9 .Lnrllet.^tnl «t.     .TaHi.1*
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
increased taxation Imposed upon our people, not
ily has there been no retrenchment or economy
._ the conduct of the public service or other reduction of unnecessary expenditures, as promised;
but on the contrary, the public expenses have
been heavily Increased by providing new and Ut-
necessary offices and other patronage for party
supporters, and by additions to the pension list;
and these, without any improv ment whatever
in the efficiency of any "of the public departments.
In their dealings wilh the municipal affairs of
the town of St. John's the course pursued by the
Government has beeu In voilation of the plainest
principles of freedom and justice. Instead of
making.the amendments in the Municipal Act,
sought for by the people with a view to the broadening of the franchise, the conferring of larger
powers upon the taxpayers, and the elimination
from the management of civic affairs of Government and party influences; instead of the application of these just and liberal principles, the
policy and legislation of the Government have
been in thc opposite direction.
At the cost of the sacrifice of efficiency, integrity
and fidelitv in the constitution of the Board, and
of outrage' upon private feelings, and by tho appointment of avowed political partisans, the
Government haie as they have openly declared,
converted the Government of the town lato a
purely political agency for the promotion of their
party purposes and interests, a quasi political department with all its powers and opportunities
for corruption and coercion, but without the restraints and safeguards of constitutional rcspon-
slbilit-v. .
Tlie power of imposing and adjusting taxes of
all kinds, no matter to what purposes they may
be applied, has been taken entirely away from
those by whom these taxes are paid, and their
chosen or appointed representatives and guardians in the Municipal Council, and transferred to
the absolute will of a Government or political majority in the legislature, composed for the most
part ot the representatives of outport districts,
navlng no concern whatever In the Interests or
rights affected by their acts, and without responsibility even to theirown constituents. If I should
be honoured by your confidence, I shall devote my
beet efforts and abilities to the immediate rectification of the glaring injustice which has thus been
committed against the citizens of St. John's nnd
to the making of other needed improvements in
the act. •
Upon the great constitutional question of the
pretensions of the French to rights upon our
coasts and their atgresslons upon our people, I
have no hesltatloSin declaring that the; present
Government In. and from their first act after %lr
accession to office, have been false to tho trust
confided in them of watching and protecting the
rights and Interests of tho people of the colony.
The famous .fix.us Vivendi, which is now universally denounced, n-nd under which French claims
and preteii.sioni.have received fresh recognition
and strength, could never have been concluded
but for the ambiguous and compromising communications which went from the local Govcrn-
. to the Imperial Government during the negotiations, aiid from which thc Imperial Government were led to expect that the local legislature
ould give its concurrence to the arrangement.
Upon thU arrangement being made public, the
government, instead of aiding by th.ir sympathy
octS.
loud and emphatic protest against even a ti-mpo-
rary recognition of disputed French rights in the
colony, the government, actuated by the narrowest and bitterest animosity and jealomy. held
themselves aloof from a patriotic agiution which,
bv right of their position as the Coostitutional
Guardians of the liberties of Newfoundlanders,
they should havo initiated and led.
The strong sympathy with the colony and the
_._tive interest in our behalf that were «\ inced by
tho people and statesmen of Great Britain would
lave enabled the Imperial Government to assert
ind maintain a strong position on behalf of the
colony. But that sympathy and interest have
been alienated, and the prospects of a settlement
of the whole quesiion weskened, if not wholly destroyed, by the want of harmony between the Government and people of the colony. I havo already
had the honor of occupyingaprominent position in
struggle for constitutional right and freedom on
the part of the colony, I would again urge the
importance of strengthening in the Legislature
the independent expr___ioA,of the voice and will
ot tho people uninfluenc-3 by Imperial, governmental or other party consideration.
Our various fisheries, upon which the great
bulk of our people depend, demand tvery care
and attention from members of the Legislature.
The pre-eminent advantage to the colony, and to
this district in particular, which follow the development of agricultural pursuits are so manifest as to induce every lover of the country to encourage the people to further exertions in this
direction by suitable legislation.
I shall bend my moet earnest efforts to tho task
of securing from the Government the performance of that promise to increase the Educational Grant which the people damaded of them, and
which they solemnly made, but have not yet re-
deemed.
The Customs duties imposed in this country
havo always bornn too heavily upon the necessaries of life of the poor, and too lightly upon the
luxuries consumed Dy the rich. A radical revi-
sion of the tariff bo as to remedy this injustice is
imperative. Tlie people extorted from the present Government a promise to correct immediately these oppressive inequalities in our sysUm of
taxatidh, but, though they readily made the promise required of them, they have been slow to
perform it. It will be my dut*. if I am .(.turned
to the Asse-ably, to awakeo-them to a sense of
their obligations to the peopleMn this matter.
In this ooift-try there are too few avenues of
employment open to a population which is rapidly increasing. It is unsafe to permit the prosperity of the large masses of the people to depend altogether upon the one industry of the
fisheries. New means of labor must bo found ;
and to mv mind nothing so strongly rec.mmenda
itself us the necessity of inaugurating now industries, which not only will provide stead y and remunerative employment for large numbers of tho
people, but will keep at home that wealth which
U now expended outside the colony in the purchase of wares Vhloh should be manufactured
within our borders.
The course adopted by the government for tho
carrying out'of the provisions of the Bait Act has
been such that while, on the one hand, the objects
of the measure in preventing or diminishing the
suoply of bait to the French have not been ac-
oompLi-hed, on the other hand a heavy cost to the
colony has been incurred- Great Injustice and
inequality have characterized the administration
of the penal provisions of the act, by which the
wont offenders have either entirely escaped punishment or been treated with the utmost leniency,