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Array — —THE— |$00i|j tomtit. rDBLUUD [EVERY SATURDAY. alette. ■DBUcmirno*. ir roirr, ^0 DOLLARS PER ANNUM ISV-JUASLT IN ABVAMCS. gnoiBiui-U-ttiou. addressed to r*. B. XjOO-j.-it, Fort Mooily. ___«flo»KBU»i Office, New Wettmin* rill receive prompt attention. VOL. 2. PORT MOODY, B. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1885. NO. 34. PA88AOES FROM TIIK DIABY OP A LATE PIIVSK IA\ TBI THUNDER STRUCK— TH« BOXER (Continued.) Jim, CXi-A-I?/K:_E PORT MOODY. REAL E8TATE OFFICE-CLARKE STREET. WOODS J. TURNER, [ND SURVEYORS Real Estate Agents, BTBjancers & Accountants. IRT MOODY LOTS FOR SA1.F. MONEY TO*LOAN. ^IMBIA ST., NEW WESTMINSTER ., e. m. r-md RAND BROS., rjeal Estate Brokers, OOHVEYAKOERS, SUBANCB AlHiNTf), *n It MOODT PROrERTY A SPECIALTY. Colninb - St., Opi'olll* Post-flics, Maw IVK.rM.w.T.a. 0. 0. DOUGLAS & D EGHTON. a Harness-makers ery Article In their Linr Always in Stock. fHE TRADE 8UPPLIED. ont St - YALE B.C. Port Moody INGLE MILL WT FORGET TO GO TO THE P0U1 Mooily Sliiugle Mill, where the beat ingles can be had at the lowest prices, i'tile or rt;tr.,il. ■apply kept constantly on hand. JOHN B. TIFFIN. RITISH COLDtelA IARZET MURRAY STREET, OR,T MOODT, anVolkenburgli Bros. Keep constantly on hand a firstclass stock of tC___.A.TS KGETABLES! ^i ships ai-.d private fam, •Ues s6pplied on short NOTICE. ft* ■ , 1 L___ ___ <& GO. °<J WANTTHE VALUE OFYOUR **** go to Volt, AGo. for 'RfOTURE, BEftWNO, : BBD-ROOMt SETS, PAPER, nCTURES, CROCKERY, ■rdware. ooiw, 3 « BOOTS ft SHOES, -__ CABINET-WORK, UPHOlaSTEIUNG, PA-^rnNC, Ac ■**»rt-rtil*.g facet. Specialty. Port Mopdy. I look one of them in my hand, opened her eyelids, and passed and repassed the candle several tunes hi'fure ber »ye», but it produced no apparent effect. Neither the eyelids blinked, nor the pupils contracted. I then touk oot my penknife and made a thruai with the Oi en blade, as though I intended lo plunge it into her right eye; it seemed as if I might have burie I thr blade in the socket, for the sh ,ck or re- liaiaoce called forth by thealteaipt. I took her haud in mine—havir g for a moment displaced my wife—and found it damp and cold; but when I suddenly left it suspended, it continued so for a few moments, and only gradually resumed ita former situation. I pressed ihe back ofthe blade, of my penknife upon the flesh ai the root of the nail (as every one knows, a very tender part), but she evinced not the slightest of pain. I Bhouted suddenly and loudly in her ears, but with similar success.. I fe I at an extremity. Completely baffled ai all points—discouraged and agiiatad beyond expression—I left Miss P in tbe care of a nurse, whom I had sent for to attend upon her, at the instance of my wife, and hastened to iny study to see if u.y books could throw any light upon the natme of this, to me, new and inscrutab'e disorder. After huntii g about for some time, nnd Iind- ing but little to the purpose, 1 prepared for bed, determining in tho morning to send off for Miss P 's mother, and Mr. N from Oxford, and also to call upon my eminent friend Dr. D——, and bear what his superior skill and experience miijht be able to suggest. n passing Miss P 'h i'.ioiii, I stepped in to take my farewell for the evenim.. ' Beaulif-1, unfortunate creature I" thougnt I, as I stood gazing mournfully on her, with my .audio in my hand, leaning against the bed-post. "Wba* mystery ia upon thee? What awful change has c nue over (heel the gloom of the grave and the light of life—both lying upon thee at one I Is ihy mind palsied as thy I ody? How long is til* st.te to list! How long art thou doomed to linger thus on the confines of both world,,, so that those in either who love thee, may not claim thee? Heaven guide our thoughts to discover a remedy for thy fearful disorder?' I could not bear to look upon her any I nger; and after kissing her lips, hurried up to bed, charging the nur.e io summon nie the moment that any change whatever was perceptible in Miss P , I dare aay, I shall be easily believe! when I apprise the resd'T of the troubled niglu that followed ►uch a troubled day. The thunder-g*r_roi itsiilf, coupled »iih the . r_diciiom of the day, and apart from its attendant incidents thut have heen mentioned, was -atculated to leave an awful anl permanent impression on onn's mini. "If I were to live a century, I co-Id nor forget it," said a distinguished writer, in a letter tome. 'The thunder and lightning were more appalling than I ever recollect «iine,siug, even in the West Indies—that region of storni3 and hurricanes. The air had been long surcharged vcitti electricity; and I pre dieted several days beforeiiand lhat we should have a storm of very nnu.ual violence. But when with thia we couple the strange prophecy thai gained credit with a proiligioua number of those one would have expected to be above aueh things—neith. riuore norless than that the world was to come to an end on that very day, and the judgment of mankind to follow, I say, the coincidence of the event, was not a little sin gula., and calculated to inspire common folk with wonder and fear. I dare say, if one could but find them out, that there were instances of people frightened out of their wits on the occasion. I own to you candidly that I, for one, felt a little squeamish, and had not a little difficulty in bolstering up my course with Virgil's Felix quipotuit rerum cognoscere cattsas." ic. I did not so much Bleep as doze in- teirupte'.ry for the first three or four hours after getting into bed, I, as well as my alarmed Kuiily, would start up occasionally, and sit listening, under the apprehension that we tii'aifl a shriek, or some other auoh sound,, proceed from Miss P 's rooiri The image of the blinded Boxer flitted in fearful forms aboul me, and my ears seemed 16 ring with his curses. It must have been, I should think, between two and three o'clock, when I dreaiueJ that I leaped out of bed, under an impulse sudden as irresistible—slipped on my dressing gown, and hurried down stairs to the (jack drawing-roooj. Oo open- ing the door, I found the room lit up with funeral tapers, and the appaiel of a dead-room spread about. At the fur ther end lay » coffin on trestles, covered ■wi''!**- long sheet, with thfl'1-gure of an old woman Bitting beside it, with long streaming white hair, and her eyes, bright as the lightning, directed towards me with a fiendish stare of Exultation. Suddenly she rose up—pulled off the sheet that had covered the coffin- poshed aside the lid—plucked out the body of Mrs*--? , dashed it on the floor, and trampled upon it with apparent triumph I' Thia bortit dri-am awoke me, and haunted my waking thoughts. May I never paBS such a I rose from my lied in the morning, feverish an.l unrc.ie-.hed; an I in a few minutes' time hurried lo Mi sP '» room. The mu-tarJ applications to the soles of the feet, togeiher with the blisters behind tbe ears, had produced ihe usual local effect*, wi.hout affect n_ the cumpiaint. Both her pulse an I breathing continued calm. The only change perceptive in the col .r other countenance wasa slight pallor aboui the upper part of the cheeks, and I fancied there was an expression about her mouth approaching to a smile. She had I found, continued, throughout the nielli, motionless and silent as a corpse. With a profound »i(>h I took my seat beside her, and examined the eyes na rowly, but |>er-eiv_d no chan-*e in them. What was* to be done? How was she be be roused from this fearful—if not fatal lethargy? While I waa gazing intently on her features, I fancied that 1 peroeived a slight muscular twitching about the noBtii:*-. I stepped hastily down stairs (just as a drowning man, they sav, catches at a straw) and returned with a phial of the strongest solution of ammonia, which I applied freely with a feather to lhe interior of the nostrils. This attempt, al-o, was unsuccessful as tjje former ones. I cannot describe the fe "lings with which I witnessed theBe repeated failures to stimulate hei torpid sensibilities imo action; and not knowing what to say or do, I return, d to dress, with feelings of unutterable despondency. While diessing, it struck me that a blister might be applied with success along the whole couise of the spine. The more I thought of this ex pedient, the more feasible it appeared; it would be such a direct and powerful appeal to the nervous system—in all probability the very seat and source of the disorder! I ordered one to be sent for instantly—and myself appli-d it, before I went down to breakfast. As soon as I had despatched the few morning patients that called, I wrote imperatively to Mr. N , and to Miss P 'a moiher, entreating them by all Ihe love tliey bore Agnes to come to her instantly. I then set out for Dr. D 's, whom I found just starting on his daily visits I communicated the whole case to hiin. He listened with Int rest to my statement, and toll me he had once a similar caae in his own practise, which; alas I terminated f dally, in spile ol the most anxious and coin- bin d efforts ofthe elite of the faculty in London. He approved of the course I had adopted—most especially the blister on the spine; and earnestly recommended me to resort tn galvanism —if .Miss P should not be received from the lit before the evening —when he promise 1 tu call, and assist in carrying into effect what he reeommen ed. "Is it that beautiful girl I saw in your pew last Sunday, at church?" he inquired suddenly. "The same—the same!" I replied with a sigh. Dr. D continued silent for a moment or two. "Pool creatu e I" he exclaimed with an air of deepcnicern "one soheauti full Do you know I thought I now and then perceived a very remarkable expression in her eye, especially while that line voluntary »as playing. Is she an enthusiast about music?" "Passion itely —devotedly"— ."We'll try it!" he replied briskly, with a confident air—"We'll try it! First, let us disturb tlie nervous torpor with a slight shock of galvanism, and then try the effect of your organ." I listened u, the sugg"Slioii with interest but was not quiets.) sanguine in my expectations as my friend appeared to be, In the whole range of disorders that effect the human frame, there ia perhaps not one so mysterious, so incapable of management, as lhat which alllieted the truly unfortunate young lady whose case I am narrating. It has given rise to infinite speculation, and is admitted, 1 believe, on all hands to be—if I may bo speak—a nosological anomaly. Van Swielen vividly and picturesquely enough compares it to that condition of the body, which according to ancient fiotion, was produced in the beholder by the appalling sight of the Medusa's head: Vl.lt. ii tlio|, ami lily who w.s the subject ofthe 'i,- "r.l.r, »a- seized with toe lit »l.-n lir J bi»j.s ami .nn-.ed ould- fir-t ''.She was employed in «a_ paaaiaj the aomttm thru ii ib; ni w. ich p -in m -In- iniiu | •..'iui" rigid, eshibfdof, in I rciv |,le sine form, a figure of deaih-ljke sleep, bey-Mid th** power of art to iiuitit-. or the iina_iii_iii,n to ci,...ive. Hei tn ehead u,- , r.-ii", h,r fi-ature. per feci y uompo I I. Tba pal-ii. ss. of her color — her breathing being also s.iiri'.-ly jht i'p' ililo at a distance—operated in rendering the .imilitud'- to marble iiior.- exact and striking, Tin- poaition of the lingers, hands, and arms was altered with difficulty, but preserved every form of flexure ther acquired. Nor were the muscles of thn n__k exempted from this luw; her head main i.i-iy situation in which the mild place it, as firmly as her dismal night again! "Saxifici Medusae vultns." The medical writers of antiquity have left evidence of the existence of this disease in their day—but given the most obscure and unsatisfactory descriptions of ii, confounding it, in many instances with other disorders—apoplexy, epilepsy, and swooning. Cel-ms, according lo Van Switen, describes such patients as these in question, nnder the terlm "al/onili," which is a translation of the tide I have prefixed to this paper; while in our own day, the celebrated Dr. Cullen classes it as a species of apoplexy at the same time stiting that he had never seen a genuine instance of catalepsy. He had always found, he says, those cases, which were reported such, 16 be feigned ones. More modern science, however, distinctly recognizt- the disease aa one peculiar and independent; and is borne out by numerous unquestin-lable cases of catalepsy, recorded by some of the most eminent members of the profession. Dr. Jebb, in particular, iu the appendix to his "Select cases of Paralysis ef the Lower Extremities," relates a remarkable and affecting instance of a cataleptic patient. As it is not likely tbat general readers have met witb ihis interesting case, I taming hu'id i limbs. "Upon gently raising the eyelids, they immediately closed witl, a degree of spii.sni. 'I'he iris contracted upon tin* i_|i|ii",acli of a candle, as in a state of vigilance. The eyeball itself was slightly agitated with a tremulous motion, not discernible when the eye lid had dnereniled. About half an hour after iny arrival, the rigidity of her limbs and statue like appearance being yet unaltered, she sung three plaintive songs in a tone of voice so elignii'ly exprssive, and with such affecting modulation, as evidently pointed out how much the most powerful passion of the miml wns oonoerned In the production of her disorder—as, indeed, her history confirmed. In a few minutes afterwards she sighed deeply, and tin* spasm in her limbs was iniinediately relaxed. .She complained that she could not open her eves, ber builds grew cold, a general tremor followed; but il, a few seconds, recovering entirely her recollect ion nnd powers of motion, she entered in a do- tail of her symptoms, and tin; history of her complaint. After she Iiml dis coursed for some time with apparent calmness, the universal spasm sud ilenly returned. The features now as sinned a different form, denoting a mind stron.ly impressed with anxiety and' apprehension. At times sh" uttered short and vehement exclama tions, iu a piercing tone of voice, ex- pressive of ihe passions that agitated her mind; her bands being strongly locked iu each other, and all ner muscles, those subservient to Bpeech excepted, being affected with the same rigidity ns liefore.'1 But tba most extra irdinary case on r".o..i is one given by Dr. Petetin, a physician of Lyons, in which "thi rentes were Iran i/errti to lhe pit of Ihe stomach and th- en,Is ofthe fingtYi and lots—i. e, the patients, in a state of insensibility to all external impressions upon the proper organ of sense, wen lie ver the less capable or healing, seeing, smelling, and tasting whateVflr was approached to the pit it the Btomach, oi the ends ofthe tiugi'i's and toes! The patients are sairl to have answered question. proposed to the pit of the stomach to have told the hour by n watch placed there - to have tasted food, anil imell the fragrance of apricots, touching the purt, ' Ac, Ac. It may be interesting to add that nu eminent physician, who weul In see the patient incredulous of wlmt he hud heard, returned perfectly convinced of its truth. I have also rend somewhere of a Spanish monk, who was so terrified by u siidihii sighl which he ci untercil iu (lie Asliinas mountains, that, when several of bis holy I'i'.'lliiTii, whom he had pr ided a mile or two, came up, they found him stretched upon the ground iu the fearful condition ofa cataleptic patient, They curried him buck immediately to their monastery, and he was believed dead, 'lie suddenly revived, however, in the midst of liis funeral obsequies, to the consternation of all around him. Whon he had perfectly recovered lhe Use of his faculties, he related some absurd matters which he pretended to have seen ill a vision during his comatose state. The disorder in quest ion, howiivcr, generally makes its appearance in the female sex, and seems to be in many, if not iu most instanoes, a rcino'e member of the family of hysterical affections. To return, however. Oh returning home from my daily round, in which my dejected uir was remarked by all the patients I had visited, I founrf no alteration whatever in Miss P . The nurse had failed forcing even arrow-root down her mouth, und, finding it was not swallowed, was compelled to desist, for fear of choking her. We were, iherefcre, obliged to resort to other means of conveying support to her exhausted fi-nine. The blister on the spine, from which I had expected so much, and the renewed sinapisms to tire feet, had failed to make any impression! Thus was every sueeessive Attempt an niter failure! The disorder continued absolutely inaccessible to the approaches of medicine The baffled attendants could bot look at her, and lament. Good Ootl I was Agnes to continue in this dreadful condition till her energies sunk in death? What would become other lovert— of her mother? The*0 considerations greatly disttrrbed my peace of mind. I could neither think, read, eat, nor remain anywhere hut in the availing! Dr. I) made his appearance soon after dinner; and we prooaedrd at 0001 io tb» riHiu, where our paUaM lay. Tbooffa a little paler than baton bar features w.-r-placid as th,,-.- o. il,. iliiselh-d marble. Notwithstanding all she had suffered, and the fcurfuj situation in which she lay at that moment, she still looked very U.autiful. II, r cap was uil; di"| |".r ,.j,.|. auburn hair lay negligently on each side of her, upon lire pillow. Her forehead was while as alabaster. She luy with her head turned a little on one side, and her two small white hands were clasped together oner her bosom. This was the nurses arrangement; for, "poor dear young lady," she suid, "1 couldn't bear to see her hud ..might along, with her arms close beside her like a corpse, so i tried to make, her look as much asleep as possible!" The im pression of beauty, however, conveyed by her symmetrical and tranquil features, was disturbed as soon as, lifting up tin* eyelids, we saw tbe fixed rtaro of tin* eves. Tliey were not _!as,v, or corpse like, but brightas those of life, with a little of the dreadful ex pression of epiiep.y. tffm raised her in bed, and she, ss before, sat upright, but with a blank, absent aspect, that was lamentable and unnatural. Her arma, when lifted and left suspended did not fall, but sunk down again gradually. We returned her gently in her recumbent posture, and determined at once to try the effect of galvanism upon her. My machine was soon brought into the room; and when we had duly arranged matters, we directed the nurse to quit the chamber for a short time, as the effect of gal vanisin li generally fonnd too startling to be witnessed by a female spectator. 1 w i.-,h 1 hud not myself seen it in the ease of Miss P ! Her color went and came—her eyelids and mouth started open—and she stared wildly about her, with the aspect of one starting out of bed in a fright. I thought at one moment that the horrid spr-ll waa broken, for she sat up suddenly, leaned forwards towards ine. and hei mouth opened as though she were about to speak! "Agues: Agics! dear Agues' Speak speak! but a word' Say you live!' 1 exclaimed, rushing forwards. Alas! •be heard ine—lie saw me—not, but fell back in bed in lier former state' When the galvanic shock wos conveyed to her limbs, it produced the usual effects—dreadful to behold in all cases - but agonizing to me in the case of Miss P . Tin' last subject on which I hnd seen • the effects of galvanism, previous to th,' present instance, was th" body of an executed malefactor; ml the .'issflCnft'oiis revived on the present occnMon were almost too painful to bear. I begged my friend to desist, for 1 saw the attempt was hopeless, and I would not allow her tender fraini to be agitated to no purpose. .My mind misgave mo for ever making the attempt. What thought I, if we have fatally disturbed the nervous system, and prostrated the small re mains of strength she bad left I While 1 was torturing myself with sttcb Eeara ,,r these, Dr. laid down tin rod, with a melancholy air, exclaiming. "Weill what ;.t to 1"' done now? 1 cannot tell you how sanguine 1 wns nlsiut the success of this experiment! * * Do Ton know whether she ever had a lit of epilepsy'" hi' inquired. "No not that I am aware of. I never heard of it, if she had." "Had she generally a horror of thunder and lightning/" "Oh quite rhe contrary! she felt a sort of ecstasy on sueh occasions, nnd has written some beautiful eertee during tlnir continuance. Such seemed PiOtfEElt STORE QCEEN STREET, PORT MOODV. ' D.B.BEAHTJ'roprietor, BPEINO 8T0CK Just Keceived I 'pHI. r.VI.KKSliix*..) reetomtoAm te f'iriiis the citizens of I'ort Me-xly sod ii'int».y than he has juat received a large and rsHM ar*»urtinelit of seasonable DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Boots and Shoes Ready-made Clot l-TC., Having Iwught the above Stock for CASH, I >m prepared to aell at the lowest CASH PKICIiS. Vegetables and Ms IN HEASON. A CALL RESPECTFL'LLY SOLICITED Contractor & Builder MLRRAV STREET, - PORT MOODT. ESTIMATES hy Mail, or otherwise, furnished on the shortest notice. City Brewery. H fi. RIESTERER', AVt.Vli PURCHASED THE ABOVE ..■•'■:, 1,1 islmient, is now supplying many -uatomers in the city with a tir»t-cla_a' .uality of Lager Beer, Which he furnishes in Kegs and Bottles at Victoria prices. The Beer will lie left at the houses of patrons free of charge. . Pi.1i rs left with COON', THE DRt'OCisT will he attended to at the same ratea. NOTICE. WE HAVE MUCH PLEAS.RE INT informing the puhlic that Mr. A. J. Hill, C. 10., has hycome a member of oiir lirm, whicli will in future be designated HOWSE, HILL & RICKMAN. U0W8E, HILL & RICKMAN i** to announce that they arc now prepared to execute, with the utmost despatch, all boalfaew pertaining to Civil Engineering, (In all brauelie**/ lightning itself think her sight I 1 shall here transcribe it. The y*njng I where, alajil toy presc-ic-? wju* so irn- ratlicr lier hour of inspiration than otherwise!" "Do you think the allccted her? - Uo you is destroyedl' "I have no meansof knowing whether tho iinninliility of tilt* pupils arises from blindness, or is only one of the temporary ell'ects of catalepsy " Then she Is'lteven. the projihecy, you think, ofthe wdrld's des'ruction on Tuesday/'' No—I don't think* she exactly ie- lined it; but 1 mm sure that day brought with an awful apprehension, or, at least, a fearful degree of uncertainty." "Well — between ourselves, , there was something very strange iu the coinciilenoa, was not there? Nothing in life ever shook my firmness as it was shaken yesterday! I almost fancied the earth was ijuivoi-ing in its sphere I" "It urns a dreadful day! -One I shall never forget! Thai is the image of it," I exclaimed, poiiiting to the poor sufferer —"which will be engraven on my mind as long as 1 live! Hut the worst is perhaps yet to be told you; Mr. N—i-, her lover, to whom she was very soon to have been married, he will be here shortly to see her——" "My God!" exclaimed l>r. D , claspiug his hands, eyeing Miss P with intense commiseration fearful bride for him!" 'I dread his coming—T know not what we shall do! And then there's her written "Why, what a« cfccuinulat.ion ef shocks and miseries!— it will lie up setting jr_D I" said my friend, seeing my Architecture, Surveying, Real Estate Brokerage. Conveyancing, Accounts. &c. Plans, Specifications, and Estimates carefully prepared. They have un hand, Lota in every part of the TOWNSITE of PORT MOODY f TOO-THER WITH -••What i c'hamber, **i8trasse<* 'PI****"™ (T> he Continued,; Town, Country, & Suburban Properties Thronghont the District of New WertmiWiter Moat reliable information freely given. All burriness intrusted to them will receive pro*m_)t at-enticm. Agents for Canada Lite, sod Gca«dsai» Fire Ikspka.vcs Co; 's. OFFICES: Wiise'a Buildings, FrotrtSl, Jfew Westminster. Lundbom's Buildings, Donglaa Street, Port Moody. al_ PRACTICAI. WATCHMAKER, ^VATCHES, CLOCKSf mother, poor, old lady!-Ivor I ha***- *-#_".UST.CAL INSTRUMENTS, 4c., .ton t« and espect almost hourly':" CAR-UTM.* Ar paired. C ARE V nU.V lir PAIRED. , First*fIte tfwluw.i ship Smniai CHAR*"IES SIODERAT-I Eaois Ctoca Sny, Cor.cmuA St., K. W, I [-- ', I i '■;4 I —- Cjit $ort Ittmfaj ©ajttte. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1885. THE WEEK'S NEWS. HOME. On Tuesday morning, at 7:1.*) o'clock the steamer Enterprise left her wharf at Now Wes'minster, with forty pas- s'*ngers, tifty head of cattle, the mails, and a small freight in boxes. At 2 o'clock she was within ten miles of Victoria; there was no foe, no smoke, and the man at the wheel could see five mileB of clear water before the prow. He saw the Kit lift approaching, and both steamers were going at full speed. A collision was inevitable, because tho , two men at the helms appeared to be • completely puzzled. The Enterprise went this way and that, and the Kithet did the same. Two men meeting suddenly on tho sidewalk sotnetimes make such movements as the steamers made on this occasion. One of the men moves quickly to one side, and the other, at the same moment, moves to the same side; they are aga-n front to front; again the same movements are made, and then one stands still and the otlier passes. The Enterprise had changed her course the third time, when she was struck by the prow of ihe five Kithet and almost cut in two. In minutes a majoiity of the male passengers were in the water, but the ladies waited patiently to be taken oil" in boats. One or two Ohinamen and forty head of cattle were drowned; the mails and treasure were saved, but the bores went to the bottom, and part of the wreck was towed into Oadboro Bay. Tlie "Colonist," in a leading article, says—"British Columbia's representatives have done well at Ottawa; they have secured the passage of an Act to restrict the influx of Chinese labor, and they -have preserved the manhood suffrage privilege in the Franchise Bill." That is mere gabble. The $50 tax will not exclude the Chinese; and Sir John's servile majority dare not disfranchise thn man of this province. The whole system of legislation practised at Ottawa during the last session is merely an illustration of corruption. There wns no legislation for the public good mul then-lore all the representatives behaved badly. Of Victoria, tho "Colonist" says— "Yesterday (last Monday) at noon the masse, of accumulated filth in the city were just boiling under the rays of the sun, and the air was impregnated with a foul odour. It is a wonder that half the population are not down to-day with the cholera * * * 8trangers are beginning to feel alarmed." It is surprising to see how Victoria, like New Westminster, always selects the most good-for-nothing citizens to act as Town Councillors. The modern Town Councillor never thinks of the public interest. He believes the whole duty of man is to take care of his own town lot. Victoria is a sink; but the slopes of New Westminster may save it from the insignificance of the Town ' Councillors. Two days' heavy rain wnuld carry all the filth of the Royal Oity into the Fraser, but if there is no rain for two weeks the stupidity of the Town Councillors will produco a plague. The Dominion Parliament stands prorogued; and if it were never to meet again the loss would be little. Before the representatives retired they voied themselves a large sum for expenses. _r.--.00 to each man as an a'dditional con- ... ilation. "Who cares for the people ? They were born to be taxed." That is the maxim of every modern knave. Tlv hon. John Kobson came np by the Kithet on Wednesday morning, nnd went up the river with what is left <>l tin, $25,000 given by the local gov- ••iiiiui'iit to be used by him as bribes to .i"ciii'i' his election. The influence of .iii haranguM have diminished in pro- pnrtion to the suras taken out of the I a;. 1 le began with $25,000, and about Uf7,000 are left. In a week he will discover that the people of this district cannot be bribed with their own money. "°" UNITED KINGDOM. Tho Governments of Europe have been watching the political situation "•".ii England with keen oyes, and seem to forget that Whign and Tories are patriots; all thoroughbred Britishers. Lord Salisbury has declared that "wc cannot leave Egypt to anarchy and— to France." And Fi-ench Statesmen are astonished. He believes that ' ? I £*ei?oc'ations are carried on by Russian I (Statesmen with an earnest desire to arrive at an amiable settlement; hat, he will not trust to treaties or agree ments, and speaks like a British born •rant-when he says: "Our main reliance must be upon preparations skilfully devised and vigorously and rapidly carried out for the defence of our frontier in India. Our bulwarks shall not only extend to the frontier, but shall stretch out far enough to arrest the Russian tide for ever rolling to its base." Bravo! my good Lord of Salisbury, you are worthy of your noble ancestors, and fit to lead the chivalry of the United Kingdom. The Press of England, Scotland and Wales are unanimous in declaring that a la a- to facilitate the purchase of Irish ,*y'J|Jlft-»- by Irish tenants-at-will is necessary; and that a law to secure small patches and low rates for day laholtffs in Ireland must also be made. _lw*iiwW Lord Lioutenant has given notice in the House of Lords that the leader of the House of Commons would ' immediately introduce these useful measures. If the Irish land question were once settled every sensible Irishman would be ready to declare—"the United Kingdom is my native land." Every British subject who is supplied with a moderate quantity of common sense must see very clearly that the three Kingdoms are destined to stand or fall together. The old Irish song is full of truth. This is a translation— 1/ I Eoirla'i- jttal give on the land, my dear. A Dd we'l gi v-. ber th* he ,rt aad h-nd, m. dear, With her red tTo-a unfurled, SI.e cau laugh at th<* world. When Pa-d; Is __-r_lii_ ibe throne, uty daar. The Bank of Ireland has refused to assist tbe Muuster bank and Parnell has issued a ukase. He says "the bank of Ireland is endowed with extraordinary powers; that it is a foreign corporation whose notes the Irish peo pie should refuse to take." The result of this declaration may be au attempt to Boycott the bank. A statue to the memory of the late Lord Frederick Cavendish was raised in the Town Hall square in Barrow, and bears this inscription from Shake spear:—* "Lore t'.yselr laat; cherish U>oa- h, art* that hate thee: Still lu thy r ght haud carry gentle Peace Tu all n.'e ■ iivlmit tongue., b, Jast snd loar not: I..1'all III ends ihint aim's! at be thy cnuntrv's, Tiiy Owl's and tnita's: then, if tlt-u fairest. Tliim 'ait'Akt a bloas il martyr." The noble lord had noble friend- and they displayed great taste in select ng these lines, which are magnificent illustrations of the spirit that lives iu a man who was born to rule. The Russians have occupied the pass of Zulticnr and there is much anxiety in ministerial minds. It is certain this news will create a sensation in London aud throughout the United Kingdom. At a conference held in the Mansion House London on Monday several noble lords spoke in favor of State directed emigration. Cardinal Manning referred to Bcheine introduced to his notice by Sir John McDonald. It failed because the mother country and the colonies had not joined in the undertaking. He believed that a well managed system of state emigration would be an advantage to the mother country, to the colonies, and the emigrants. Such a system he would define as the expansion of the mother countrv. The' Hon. H. Tinch Hatton was glad to see so widely representative a meeting assembled to discuss what he regarded as the most important question before tlie country. ,-->. 81 h UNITED STATES. It is quite possible that the Great Republic will b; at war in a month. Prcsi dent Cleveland and his Cabinet have resolved to release at all hazards the American citizen Santos, who is no. _ prisoner in Ecuador. The American war ship Iriquois has been sent down to Guayaquil, with sealed orders to be used in case of refusal to release Santos. Bul Chili has one good war ship, the Esmeralda, built in England, and is the ally of Ecuador. Chili recommends her friend to defy the (ireat Republic, and Admiral Lynch of the Esmeralda, says: "In case of ho-tilioes I engage to levy a heavy tribute on San Francisco and the cities of the seabord." The Washington correspondent ol the Boston "Traveller" says: ''The ordering of the Iriquois to Guayquil partakes of the order of bur lesque. although ii might be a dangerous travesty sliould Lynch lake it ino his head lo attack ojr puny warship. The crops in Oregon and Washington Territory are perishn._r.or want of water If the dry weather continues ten days longer, more than half the crop will be lost The fruit trees are perishing and the pastures are very seriously damaged. Of the Canadian Pacific railroad the "Stock Reporter" of S.in Francisco savs: "It will revolutionize the system of American roads that have an interest in maintaining western traffic. It has be hind it Ihe immense support of Brinsh capital. There is nothing in distance, in c imate or in the character of the soil to prevent it from being a financial and political success. San Francisco, in iis" small self sufficiency, may pooh pooh apprehensions of ihe result of a struggle with a railroad backed by the lliinsh Emtire, but it should rather cast earnestly, about for means to make good the loss this new competitor will certainly cause." Telegrams from New York, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Ch cago and Philadelphia announce the heat of the weather as fatal to hundreds ol persons. In New York last week the number of dca'hs from sunstroke was i8_. In several mills at Pittsburg all the hands had to quit work. At Chicago the hogs and cattle have perished in hundreds—broiled alive. The hot weather there will cause an increased demand for tin. In Philadelphia the thermometer registered ioi J in the shade. Of bogus journa'ism the "Oregonian' says: " I here is a aeneral lone of un- happiness in the circles of bogus journalism. It is much more prevalent than it was. The brethren of the "guild" are becoming testy, captious, waspish Well, bunko games, bogus journalism, and all such things, flourish most in periods of inflation and speculation, and least when money is scarce and hard to get. On Friday last Mr*. Anna M. Niles brought a suit for divorce against her husband in Oakland. He is a real estate agent by profession nd a loafer by occupation. Her grounds of complaint are that he is worthless and lazy; that he ca led her vile names; that he takes their only child, a boy aged four years, to saloons, and teaches him to drink and swear, and lhat he is not fit to be any woman's husband. A great many love matches are finished in the divorce courts. If we may judge of matrimonial bliss by reports of divorce cases in American couns, it is safer to die an old maid than to live as a wife. Ex-Governor Letand Stanford, Of California, has just given two million dollars as a free gift to the Leonard School of Sciences at Cleveland, Ohio. At Chicago on Sunday, the Socialise and Anarchists held their annual pic nie. Two thousand men paraded, and some of the banners were oome by the -wives of the leaders. One of ihe banners bore th s inscription: "We mourn noi so much for General Grant as for the little child who was starved to death yesterday." THE ONLY SOURCE OF FUTURE SUCCESS. We have often been been twitted with a proneness to write about Port Moody—a failing, if it may be so called, that we readily admit. Wc are naturally much interested in the progress of this city, aud we are unable to discover any other source of prosperity, in any way commensurate with the value of property in New Westminster, than what we may expect by the development of Port Moody. Many of our citizens are intercst<*d to a great extent in real estate at the future terminus: their success will be ours. Port Moody is further inland than this city; hence, we can always look for a considerable traffic between this city and the great port. If, for example, the terminus could be fixed at English Hay, wn could not expect any traffic beyond the mere passing to and fro of a few of our own citizens; anything in the way of business would be lost to ua forever. The terminus would be supplied direct, from the east or Victoria; the communication with the last- named city would be daily; there could be no need for steamers between this eity and the present capital, because our own citizens would prefer the rapid and regular communication from English Bay. We should have no Bteamers to the Sound, because persons arriving could be sure of communication by way mtttke terminus, and the quantity of goods required could lie always obtained at a large city as cheap as tbey could be imported. The rCBult would be that New Westminster would dwindle down in importance to the status of a fishing village. Now let us look at the oilier side. Supposing—and wn have every right to suppose—that Port Moody will be a very large city. Our chief citizens would be wealthy. They, having means, would endeavor to sustain the importance of New Westminster, and would encourage such enterprises as would inure the greatness and wealth o,' 'he city. A combined effort would be made to secure the construction of the railway to the boundary line. There are many reasons why this would be a most profitable enterprise The United States mails, passengers and freight for the whole of the Province would come through that way, aud this city would Wonie. a distributing point, lt must be remembered that steamers to all parts of the Pacific would be plying from Port Moody: the means of com munication with one half the world could be obtained at that place, and this city would be the place always made for on the way to Port Moody. Tho United States innil- to Australia, China, Japan and the East Indies would no doubt come this way, because the steamers would be regular from being subsidized by tho Dominion Government, in the first place, and next, from the fact that through freights will be accepted Lay goods and passengers to and from Europe and the various ports on the Pacific and Indian oceans. We have no doubt that a bridge over tho Fraser would ulti inately become necessary, hut railway ferries would be utilized in the meantime. There ure many reasons why the Canadian Pacific Railway might be chosen in preference to the American line, even to go east. The time would be shorter, and commercial meu would adopt it, as by that means they could transact business in tho Dominion and reach New York or Boston as soon as they would by their own lines. Trav elers for amusement, or tourists, would take the Canadian Pacific by way of a change; the communication would be so easy that it would be like a continu ation of their own lines. So far as our steamers are concerned, we sliould npt only retnin what we have, but doubtless have large additions to Victoria, bi cause the Frisco steamers would cease running to that port: travellers coming here, and taking the steamer down to the Island. All freight would also pass through hero for Victoria traders. But, if the Hudson Bay route is discovered to be practicable, then this city would be the grand starting point for Europe, because, travelers could reach Europe more rapidly by way of this city than from any point on this continent west of Baltimore. It is believed that travelers can reach Liverpool from Port Moody in less than fourteen days. From the foregoing it will be easy to understand that, with thn adoption of Port Moody as the future terminus, this city has a great, future before it; if it were possible to make the terminus at English Bay, the knell of our greatness will be rung, and we shall dwindle down to insignificance. Strange to Say, that all tiie misfortunes that ever befel this city have in some way been mixed up with honest John. He was the great moving spirit in urging the disbanding of the sappers and miners who were stationed here, taking ten thousand dollars per month from the city. He betrayed our citizens in the removal of tlie capital, because they were thrown off tbeir guard by his pretense of advocating its retention bere. But hig achievement in the way of giving it its death-blow is in his efforts to make money out of his Coal Harlcr property. He has even endeavored to induce our citizens to sell their squares aud open spaces in order to give a bonus to the C. P. R. Syndicate towurds the construction of the extension to English Bay. Happily for our citizens, they ure at lust awakening to the malign influence of honest John, aud he now stinks in their nostrils. His very name creates a feeling of repugnance, and everyone will hear of his fall with absolute pleasure, as the passing away of an evil spirit.— Mainland Guardian. Hall's Hair Renewer] LATE NEWS ITEMS. de- Prof. Matthew Arnold, L L. 1)., hu cline-1 the offer of a llaronetcy. A severe shock of earth-juakc was felt in Calcutta the other morning. There Mere nine new caseB of small-pox leported in Montreal on 22nd inst. The anniversary of the fall of the Bai tile was brilliantly celebrated iu I'aris. A Papal Consistory has been appointed for the 27th of July, wheu six cardinals will be croated. Guzman llarimevo, the most important al the bandits infesting Matanza, Cuba, has surrendered at Colon. The German Consul at Zanzibar has lieen recalled. The English have established a perfect understanding with tho Sultan. A soldior who bayoneted a citizen to death during the Waterford riot recently, has been committed for trial on a charge of murder, A despatch from Athens to the Temp* Bays that -ireece has abolished ber consulates in Turkey Iiecause the Porte refused exequaturs to several Greek consuls. The Chinese recently ordered the expulsion of the English traveler Dagleish from Yarkand. The Governor, having at.ted hesitatingly in the execution of the erder, has been punished, and Dagleish has been forcibly expelled from Yarkand by the Chin* ese authorities. Senor Villaverde has been appointed Minister of the Interior, and Admiral Pezuela Minister of Mariue; otherwise the Spanish Cabinet remains unchanged. The above appointments were made to till the vacancies caused by the resignations of Senor .Romero y Kobeldo, und Senor Antequeray Ilobudilla from the ottices named. Reiwrts of cures come from the Shrine of St. Anne de Bemipre, near Montreal, one being that of a girl who had been dumb for fourteen years, and who, it is said, can, since her visit to the shrine on Monday, name any article shown to her; the other that of a girl who went to the shrine with the aid of a crutch aud cane and was able to walk home with the aid of a cane alone. At Kye Huuse, Hertfordshire, Catholics attacked some Orangemen who were cele brating the battle of the Hoyne. Clubs and stones were freely used on both sides, and many of the combatants were badly hurt. The police force was insufficient to restore order, and tlie riot was finally quelled by the intervention of tho priests. The utter inefficiency of the torpedo Iwats now in use in the Uritish navy was again demonstrated at the recent naval sham fight atBantry Bay, where tliey proved complete failures. Another instance of thoir useless- ness was furnished when two of thorn grounded oil'tlie Scotch coaat in fair weather and on i. mm like a milt pond, because they were unmanageable through dofecte iu their steer ing gear A terrible storm of rain and hail, accom panied by lightning and thunder of tropical v.vUne*. ana violence, raged over Loudon. Many windows, blinds and swinging nigris were smashed, several unfinished hout-es have 1 een damaged or demolished, all surface tnilhc was stopped on the streets.and in many c 8-is the cellars of -.hope and residences were floo led. It is expected that the Pope's communications with China will lead to the appointment of a Papal Nuncio at Pekin. Whilo Emp.toi*'William wus taking a drive nt iinis, a tirii_ur..i>.y dressed man threw a flowerpot at his carriage, exolaimiug, "Tints will the empire break!" No damage was done. Tlie man was arrested. He is supposed-to lit insane. It is rumored that un alliance has lieen formed between Servia and Austria. In tlie event of Austria taking Macedonia, Servia »■ ill .mist Austria, taking in return a portion <J 'lo.nia. Tbt Bail of Carnarvon, tho now Viceroy of Ireland, ha* id vised tho Government that the extra police _> tern in Ireland is now unnecessary, and that the present peaceful condition of the country does not warrant the expense or the menace involved in ita maintenance, China continues making preparations for war on thoCorean frontier in view of Russian Htfl'MiiiHL It is said that China aud Junan are jointly acting for that purpose. The Japtnaao Minister to China is staying at Ttonttto, ami bJu daily interviews with Li Hung Chang. Tlie presence of .Lady Randolph Churchill and Lady Curzon in the Woodstock canvaas haa stimulated the Liberal Committee to obtain assistance from tho fair sex, and Miss Mary King, niece of Sir Sydney Waterlow, and Miaa Annie Adams of Plymouth, both graduates of Girton, have arrived at Woodstock, to take part in canvassing, kc. One of the most brilliant society events of tho season took place .in London, at St. George's Church, being the marriage of Lord Vernon of Sudbury Park. Derbyshire, to MTaa Fannie Lawrence, daughter Of Mr. Francis _ Lawrence of New York. Tbo church was crowded with members of the nobility and other prominent poa.spus.. United States Minister Phelps and fin! Phelps, the Duke anrl Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earls of Hardwickc, Granville, Wemvss, Cork, Litchfield, Kingston, and Stanhope, and their wives, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, and the Marquis of Hartington were present. A despatch from Brunn states that tho tanners of Trel.itsch, ia Moravia, aro in such a state of turbulence that Berious trouble ia feared. The tanners attempted to rescue two Socialists from the jail where they were' imprisoned. In the attack on the jail the moo stoned the gendarmes on guard. The latter charged upon thoir assailanto with fixed bayo.ujts and wounded many of i the rioters. This exasperated the tanners, who have renewed the rioting. Their conduct U at rreaent so threatening that the Trebitsch authorities have applied for military assistance. The number of tanners who attacked tho jail was 2,000, and this number haa been considerably increased in the mob whioh is now threatening the peace. Stanley, the cxptot*er, expresses the opinion tbat important steps will be taken thia year toward building the railroad past the Congo cataracts 235 miles. The preliminary surveys at least will be made this fall by the engineers who have recently left Belgium to explore the two proposed routes. One route contemplates a through line on the south bank from ftoki, near ViVi, to Stanley Pool, to cost about 16,000.000. _&y thb other route it is'proposed to follow the north bank to Isangila, then use steamboats to Many- ang&, and lay rails on the south shore irom that point to Stanley Pool, at a total cost, it is estimated, of $3,000,000. One Of the two surveying parties, under Lieut. Vaudevolde, left Brussels for the Congo about June l,and the other, under Capt. Zbouiski, started on July 1. The choice between theso two routes will depend upon theresulta" of the studies which are boon to bo made. The beat way to prevent tbe hair from falling out, Is to use Hall's Hair Renewer. It wlQ restore tbe color and vitality of youth to the hair, and, uved M a rfreaMn;, will render tbe hair M>fl, pliant, and gloasy. Mm. L. M. Shore v, Pawtncki't, R. I" write*: "I Med BaJfr Hair Renewer afler a long Hlne****. It not only checked the falling out of my hair, and stimulated a ntw growth, but bas also restored It to Ua original color." Sirs. C. B. Staples, Kenncbunk, Me., write i: '•nail's Vegetable Fk-lllan n*lr Renewer ti the best and cleaned d. Mjiog for the hair I ever iwd. Tt Ifaapi Im _wv and scalp In a healthy mmlltinn, and remove* every trace of dandruff from It. I should scarcely know what to do without the Renewer." By tbe uae of nail's Hair Renewer t|_ bnir may be retained to old agcjuiHl youthful vigor and beauty. Mra. Amal Thompson, Somervtlle, Ma**., wrttti* -M have and Hall's Vegetable Sicilian 1L.J Heoewer Utt the put thirty yean. ■ J my hair Li aa vigorous and glossy ttawl I wan twenty. I am now 65 *-fw \ a*;*." Mrs. A. F. Bobbins, Waonw, jr writes: "My hair began to grow t_ii0- y rajr when I was thirty yeara of sp, Ibrffl-f Hall's Hair Renewer, I wu tt**lm\ |m*.,*y.l(.n of a heavy growth of 1 Tho Color was re**ored,and by the o ..tonal um. of tho Renewer, In \\% t twenty years, I bave hecu ablelofc my hair In Its preM-ut healthy condhii It i« tht* iuo-4 kalUfactory dressing I, ever iim-xI." Hall's "JST Hair Renewer, rHKF-RF.I> nv B. P. HAI-I- tt CO., Nashua, N. H., V. B. A. Bold by .11 IiriineUu. PORT MOODY MAKKEl Pioneer Market of Port Moody. ITiniOLESAI-K AND RETAIL DEALERS IN FRESH AND SAU TPTP-_TT_ FISH: Vegetables, Fruit, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, b'cucrul MilpDlng and Commission Men-bants. Orders rrm| Interior Prompt.) Attended to. C.S. WINDSOR & t-TREMEMBER THE STAND—Two .Doors West of the Caledonia Hotel. Selling Out. THK UNDERSIGNED, bavins b«en put in poaaesaion of the Stock of Gooda of the "Loudon House," will sell the wholo stock in trade at reduced rates. F. B. LOGAN, Mortgagee's Agent. Try the "Mainland" Cigar, m auh OF The Bi.8-. Havana Tobacco. W_MT. TIETCTICISr. PROFR1KT0R OF The Mainland Factory, Columbia Street, New Wostiniustcr, Employs only white luW, and having re reived every encouragement since opening bla factory, bugs a continuance of the public patronage. New Barber Shop. BROWN, THE RAI.BKH, IS TIIE Pioneer Burlier on llie Mainland, and liei-fl in inform the pnlilie lhat he has isli.blislii il his simp Nkjct Duo ii to thk Post OWICB. *.uti.fu-ti<.n Ktiurtin teed. je6 Dissolution of Partnership, THE I-AltTNEK-UlP HERETOFORE exr-tiiif* between John R. Taylor ann\ James Teurney, as hntel-ket'iiers at Tort M I'oily, has lieen dissolved hy mutual cmi aent. The dissolution will take effect this day. J. U. Taylor will collect debts fur the late firm and pay all indebtedness up to date. JOHN R. TAYLOH., JAMEH TKAUNEY. Port Moody. June I'Jtli, 1680. QJa^oA (j!L<XAsU~t4' -<_L_-__^ CettCs- (BRAND.) -pa mm.co'. ^ °^ MOODY. ANDDKAI. IM- CARETS Stage Line! FIRST CLASS STAGES LEAVE PORT Moody at 8 o'clock a.m., and 1 o'clock p. m. Arrive at New Wusiiuii,_ter at 9:16 o'clock, a. in., and 2:16 o'clock, p.m. Leave New Westminster at 10 o'clock, a.m., and 4 o'clock, p.m. Arrive nt Port Moody 11:18 o'clock, a.m., and 5:1,. o'clock, p.m. Charges Moderate. Horses roa Sale on Hirk, ano Stablino Furnished on Rkasonaule Terms at the wlnkiph) stables. IP. C-A._R.:EI"_tr, PROPRIETOR. Everything used in Bull from the root to the silk, i»| Cedar, Whit* Pln«, fir 3_.T_r.IV_t BE] Including RUSTIC, FLOOniMi.J DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDS SHAKES, PHKI.T9, LATH, tr. AND Rough a Dressed **] Of»pf«.y kind. Our Lumber la More strictly I any other manufactured in tha I and consequently our qustointrr f value at ruling market prices. Port Moody people will l>inp*il» hy getting estimates from us Mo"! . JEIONEERLUMIlKIU'iPr -FO-RTSA* OR EXCHAN<| —roe— Port Moody Prop B.L.Woods, MERCHANT TAILOR *—AND— OUTFITTER I (Utt Cutler lor Trapp Bras.) ,» i HAVING OPENED the 8toi_ lately occupied by Mrs. Eckstein, I am prepared to offer suits at price. lower than ever before. I have ou baud a full atook of Diagonals, Broadcloths, Scotch, Canadian, aud English Tweeds GOOD FIT GU4RANTEKD. hitt Trimmed in Firat-Class Style. WO FIT, NO PAY! Columbia Street, New Westminater, B. C. !. ft. '■'"HE following named Propc*! ■ iu the Province of 0nt»n».^ tttincd at A BARGAIN:— Five (8) iLota in Port Albert:'" Lota in Bayfield; I tot. No. 1*3 " Stratford; Twelvo (12) snbnrt" Stratford; Twonty-'four (24) l**! ampton; Lota No. 9 t 10, Tew"" Toronto! Four (4) Lots in 81iak«JK (8) Lots in Hambresa; Twenty■'»"•' inCollingwiiod; FourteenU*'^|l a most elibint Residence (A ij"IJL" Bayfield; f Four-acre Lot in *7* Four Hundred (_00) acres in "** -/•vLSO, , Two (2)'_«*8 in San WelW,'M in San Francisco; and Two TPJ of Land in San Louis, Obispo, The Title Deeds to the ab«rt1 rrty may be seen at tlio office r McColl, my Solicitors, New For further i«rticulsrs e"?"1 Speoat, Prov. Surveyor, Sosw", or A. J. Hili, C.H, Port •*■,""» GEO. BUTCH ~C!TYBAKI Clarke Stress-, , . I H-VNKiNGTHEFOW^ ' patrpnage bestowed «P* opening my Bakery, I °*t fri-hr-if that I am still prep*-** the custom with all *i+_=__-1a short netioe, and on th* *-**23 and respectfully solicit a conttw "PP*t JAI**^ l>the i Meral Iti it, ?y b ■J. ti *yPo .Hu mu I t.i i 'out [ fort 3Biti\\ -fiijfttt QBDA7. AUGUST I, 1886. [c.P. *•■•■*■* Tlm« Tabl-t. I 'i ,rriv ■ Mhi«)*». W Jbm.1»j«, Md (■K, [> iu . snd !•*•*•■ <L Turftday*, Ipp i *nt**rinie traini witbo-it ikkrU, ». "?w.U.*k«U »r« •■.Id. »iil bemSjectfta EL _, I ell aft-* ■* M ssbQp, P"JW M.J. HANBT, Kll BIKTM. L, t M.tody, on tho 26th Inst, to the rf Samuel Connor a fine son. Ob' Mny-atook »i b«)ip7 now, Kneftr** w" trmctt u* on yet Tow. y"lUI.'T"*<q'iirk, t-ooiU-M > hlKh, Th»t • se** "SOSes cm ptm jmu by. If in ' rvAt* in 'kfl ill b ■ ctiftUge, inmirrledlHe tb _■«'■ *■>•..tolling itriD* Aui iur.w'd Hk. t.»tr> it. j uit to aea fldWirlth a»ll w.uld igr -. ■iff Armstrong waa among Port , vi-itora thia week. j* wart wee perhaps thegreateat sen- ,of the week. h. R. Authier of Ontario, visited Mool> thit wiek. Jiciolinol wl** be op*ned in the new ! building "•■ Monday next. ju arrivals have of Ute become mure ind Mrs. <~»e>. Annand departed on (or Victoria on Monday. Alex. Tays ha" been appointed riblion prof the Car**y atago line. mpor»ry boom at the OOTM of our prin- hutela Mticceeded sailors' pay day lant )t of onr teachers return from the ex- ition at the capital city clothed witb oriooa honors. ^ Kate and Gertie Smith of New minster have boen guests of the Misses trill for the past week. .Ctrhonld, of the firm of Carbould ft ill, made a business trip to Port Moody, iday. ___. [present season has been the dryest in null uf British Columbia. So says the it inhabitant." i iliij)*! now discharging at thia port probably be cleared within the uext haa been appointed placs. The ap* Taylor, Esq t at the Peace at thia tent gives general satisfaction uk of scandal ia threatened to be gliUjMinst one of our most prominent mi very shortly. iNTKD.-l.OOOmen at the Pacific Hotel nload schooners Apply to* Tayler ft , managers. ilway work here being about completed, [enumbfirof "Onderdonk'a lambs" have it new pastures, while a few are stray- round tlte terminus without a herder. J. W, Palmer, well known here, ig received & high grade certificate at MtttehmV examination, Victoria, has mpluyed to teach the (Jranville school. .h.('artier of tbe Cascade house, Yale, eu a sojourner in our city duriug the *eek. Louie is a special favorite of the ■ Odin and Mrs. Stirsky, of New West t, havo illuminated the promenades of -ity Kiiu.fi last issue. Tliey wero guests Lemont. r. M.nnie has gone to c .unnence the traction of the Discovery Is. bight-house, jbfa li ■ Iris been awarded the C'»ntraet. Moore also left bere this week to assist » tork. W. 1.. Lloyd, tbe obliging clerk of Ugit* houae, Port Moody, spent the past [sift liu brother Irving Lloyd at Yale. latter gentleman is manager of the lar Cascade hotel at that plaoe. [. Hardy, the former telegraph operator Ipeuce's Uridine, has succeeded Mr. ft, who goes from here to Kamloops be-iafit of his health. M.iny friends * latter ardently desire his timely re- •?■ aait ay.edy return to Port Moody. Jwhalf »f the C. P.H. Co., Mr. Cather* ■i' Ullyinj iron discharging fiom ship "■■■."and Mr. Fabling holds a similar •ta In connection with ship "Benj. F. trnttt' Mclnnes' address tu the Senate, .Mi, on the "Western Vermin mv. of "■Ibiilway," ia very able aud exbaiis* wd ia, therefore, worthy of a careful hy all who feel an intercut in the M. ft* Taylor, of the Pacific note], needy, haa been quite ill at New *init_r for nearly a week, but wa are tori-port that he is in a convalescent contract for supplying the ships J.F. Packard" and ''Portia" with meat *n awarded to the proprietor of the B. "Ast. ^"Western Slope" did not arrive until *•**■)'» because of her detention in res- I [>aa.eugcrs from the unfortunate ■***■ "Enterprise." 8he brought more tne usual number of passengers, and a ■•-torable amount of freight. "tofcRomi PRtri-bsmoN. — Mr. John *y b-igs to inform the ladies of Port v that the bath-houses erected at £ Point will he open to theii- om, free, fc-nenummer. i*.!. cro^^-y i«for*ned that Dominion [*. Tratch has, aa yet, received no in- *?i» from Ottawa to the effect that 'Bion lands shall be Bold for leaa than 'Per sere to aettlera. -*0Iso|>AHTVi_Mr W. K. loBleygave 0,n8 party ai the Elgin house, Port y-"i. the ilsfc inat., which*, in a social 1 *ss a complete success. Messrs. *nn Cormier furnoahed the music, and "a* *M kept up till a late hour. ***i.l Party.—A farewell ,party was ■t the residence of Mrs. Lamont on the ' -Vedneaday lae^ in h-tnor of Mr. L. g who took hia leave for Yale on the ™* morning. Those present were r pleased with the event. POLICK COURT. (Before Measra. Butchart and Taylor, J.P.s) On Thursday, 30th imt.. at M a.aa., Mr. T. B. Spring waa accua«*d of having cxiiiiiit- ted larceny in unlawfully removing a certain acow from the watcia of Purt Moody Bay. Mr. A. •\*Jon, tin* prow-cnting witueu, suid: "I boutjlit thf on** half lattfWft in tbe ! A day or two jireviou Aoai>EJTT9. — Daniel Calbick, of \oaw Weatminater, while helping to launch a heavy acow at the Pioneer <.->jinpany'.. mill on Tuesday evening, wae tliruwn ten or tw.lv. f«et into the »cow by a flying timlier whi _h he was holding, and in falling utrm k on his ahoulder. It is thought his nhoulder wan ijjdwwtld by the fall. He was taken to New Westminster fur -mtvi-al ;,t'* Harry Smith, ti hc-ow froin Alfred Williaum un the 11 tli of July last. On the following <Uy J found that the acow had lieen removed, aud 1 followed it down tbe Inlet, und found it m-ar Haalings. I showed Spring my OOpm ti au th'Tity, uud beltui'w I had a ti*it intcicaL in the acow. It rn known as a ftoatin-j .Ut-il iug place iu Port Moily. I _Kippo*.ed tin*, •cow would stay here and U partly fur my , HPKECU or ICVAtQB ItfltOtt ••■• IVL1 'i, 1MB uae. Wlit-u 1 went after tim ac<>w b»* a**ked ■ sawyer, wai Wtnttnmi down by n. fail- j,ull.y and render.-.| uhmmcIdu br ■ -Jip.m / tl,.* Mud t. r m Uailways to anaonnce thi by the syndicate. The hon. gentleman ex- j and families, to protect thoae people. Bat plained how much the Dominion Govern- such ia not the caae, they have beeu hande 1 rnent would have to gain in a pecuniary over to th- tender mercies of the local Gov* sense if they ahould do this. He had no crtiiutut^hut I am afraid to characterize. d»ubt but that it waa nothing but the feel j Hon. Mr. Power—Hear, beai; dunt be in,*—in the fare of the $30,000,000 which I nervous, don't fan afraid, was being asked from Pfjliaaant at the | Hun. Mr. Mclimi— There is ana.her ob- m\\tm tlint it would be well tu my thnt the , jection, and I oooaidtr a very pave i.bjec* OovarnnMOt »«ra nol inenrr ng my expense tion, to the txtannion ol the road to Knglish '"►r baUdini a oronjtt t»ile ol road in.oe than i liuy. nnd that hi from a military standpoint, the terms of union required, which in.im-.-i II n. _....• not be aware tb .t, si | tune. In bUfag he harely taoaned U*nv ladled Into the ww.i Hm only injury wu I amoto scalp woun.l. THK SLNATK. me if I had a new. 1 aaid I had. Then bn aaid he gne.ts-d I wonld hoe tu take it, and we brought it back to Port Moody. lu tin* course uf removal bauk to Purt M ody 1 offered tu buy or s-ll out shares, but he would uot, so we brought it aud placed it ou the beach upcottte tbe Court House here, aud warned Mr, Spring not to remove it from l'urt Moody again. He, in reply, told me to gn away and attend to my own business, us tlte SOow was hia property and he would'do with it as he liked. On the following tn -ruing the scow wan gone again. I f.l- lov*"id it down thu Inlet again, and met with reitistance, and wax compelled t > uhandnn my purpoae of bringing it bo-It to Port MiKwiy. I OMM and bud an in'orniiti.-n before thn Justice of tbe \*eeaa for the re oovery of my property, and y.t uut a si^arcl warrant, and tumid the i.-ow at Grauvillo, The conatable went down aud brought it hack to Port Moody. Mr. Gorbiuild (for defendant) -I demand 'be dismissal uf tiie caae ou the evidence of tin* ploaeeutor." llei« a hli__hi hitch un-nud betweenn the luminaries of the law, hut the Court decided to adj >urn fur one hour. Court convened at 1 o'clock p. tn. Col Hamilton gravely arose, and addressing the Court, said-It ii the co-donf thing I e-er heard of, uud I a;..uro y.iii I worn the gown b"*fore he (nj-iunlng Mr. Corbonld) was in his A. IJ. CV TIip idea of dismifsing tbe case before our evidence is half done witb! Mr. Corbould — We admit your testimony, It is not necessary to bring more witnesses if there is nothing new or additional. Col. Hamilton said it waa as clear a case of larceny as was ever committed in the Dominion of Canada, and the Court muitt send the cafee up to the Supreme Court, Tho Court was ordered cleared, and after some delay the judges summoned counsel and announced, as the result of their deliberation, thnt Mr. Spring had been in continuous possession of the scow, and that there was no larceny, hut simply a joint ownership in the property, aud that the case be dismissed. "Facts are stubborn things," and sufferers from chills and fever genernlly find their complaint a very stubborn fact, until they commence the use of Ayer'-j Ague Cure. That medicine eradicates the noxious polaon from the system, und invariably cures even the wort cases. 1 .J* YTit SrKAMER ^KIRHFRIBE."- '■"ory of the steamer "Enterprise' include tlie narrative of many inter., e*_«nts connected with the navijpbl* 'w British Columbia, from the primi* *«pation of the criuntry by the whites. *M waa sometime' ago condemned, * recently been refitted and placed on ^between New Westminster and Vie* and on her down war 3 pftssage'Tuesday J1 collision with steamer "Rithet," ten J*it from Victoria, and-sunk. Luckily, ■ fcuistancn oi the "ftithet" and em Slope,1* 'aB tbe pasenngers exoept **re sav*ed, OUR YALE LETTER, Yale, B.C., July 28, 1835. Editor Port Moody Gazftle: - "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be Wise." The absurdity of pretense and the vulgarity of display, and the folly of imagining that such thinga wilt either wear or wash, or stand for any length of time the fierce glare of public scrutiny, has again and again been demonstrated. Iu fact, it takes but a few signals to discover whether a man it. a competent public servant or a Buperann- ated duller. It would be amusing to your numerous loaders, did your space permit, to give cxsmples of some of tho attempts of our sapient policoman to litl out an ordinary police court summons. They commence thusly: "District of New We-ttminstor,1' and the citation never disci ass any charge or offense. Now, we never know that New Weatminater district Had anything whatever to do with Yule district in regard to judicial proceedings in statutory or criminal offenses; neither did we know that a "wntohiniker'' waa a retail trader. Collector's rccoipt ran as follows: "Received thu sum of dollars to carry on tho trade of a watchmaker." Neither did we know that a working barber (not selling a cent's worth by retail) oould be dunned and pestered foi*the tax of trade. Neither did we know that a man could bo summoned to a coroner's inquest by telegram. Neither did we know tbat a man could be locked up for some trifling offense and charged fifty cents for bin meals! Rut we could go on tvt infinitum With wnn.e and more of it; lut the above snffioe. While we write, another robbery frum the f.i-rson is reported. There it will end. We tuve no police. From what we have already said it must be very obvious that the -i<ithor- ities at Victoria aro terribly indifferent to the wants nf the people of this town and Hstrict. They are well enough aware of onr actual position and need iu respect to 10016 competent, respected person (or one who H ill command respect) to preserve the D-M-OS and rid the place of sueak thieves, both of Chinese and other nationalities: ot the formHr we have quite a crop. Wo have but so far modestly raised the curtain, and trust that we shall not yut bave to call out with tho vehemence of a 'f*rty parson power upou those who aro obliged to redress our grievances and introduce reform. V KBIT AH. Muuns. Noon and Pales, contractors for the now school building, have not aa yet re eeivt.d tho amount due them from tho Government, although tho work has boen accepted for over a month. What reasonable excuse csn be urged for thus withholding the bird earned money due these gentlemen, it is hard for them to conceive. Such annoying and apparently unnecessary delays in tho settlement of indisputable claims against tho Government do more toward bringinir officials into disrepute as regards business capacity than open swindling, which, with many in these degenerate days, is unfortunately regarded as an inseparable trait of a truly successful career. The wife of Capt. Waterhouse, ship Benj. F. Packard, under advice of Dr. L. R. Mclnnes of New Westminster is. we are happy so state. Bpeedily improving in health. A son of the Captain is also ill of lung disease. Itia the Captain's purpose to remove his family, as soon as circumstances will permit, to his original home in Maine. Meatiw+itle, the probabilities %re strong th«t the vessel will remain anehoi-ed in Port Moody Ray. Alder Orove Sjcttlkme.-it.—Mr. G. Lawrence of the Above locality, which is situated a short distance above Langley, iu- fbrm< us that the country -thereabout? is rapidly settling with a good class of people, and all are much pleased with tbeir adopted homes, and the future prospects of the country; but are, however, much annoyed by the suspense in which they are placed on account of the Oovernment refusing to open the lands to pnrchose by the settlers. As well expect life without air as health without pure blood. Cleauae tbe blood with Ayer's Safsaparilbu ' U is semi ntHciaUy denied th^t Zulflcar Pasaiiu feces occKpiM--. *>y Russian troops, Gen. Komaroff made slight movements of troops xhe.to to prevent a surprise by an Afghan attack. He baa been ordered to bold the positions to enable him tn occupy the defiles, if necewary. *SHo.-Government is firmly determined to do nothing that may compromise the pending negotiations with England. The Nord says that the Zulticar. question can be settled directly if Lord Sal Mt-bury follows the Gl.-idst-me negotlations.- I el ii. Now I come to another letter d _ted from th - Ca 'T'i "■ '' wifl ' K dl any :: , M-r treat, November ttmti ISM, i i Mr. >mith-*, I'leinier of British Columbia, li. tays iu the pMond i-i"' ei.tu-.u i f thia letter: - • '"I have rn*piloted with tin? U-rpnrtfMi&t ol Bait ways to disc n tii im- their proposed svorh .ui in . n..i,ie house ind other ter* na) Imlkt* injs ai Port M■■- dy, in view of nur Intention to .re. t 'hen in the vicinity of Quel Harb ir and English Ray." I wdl now refer \ on to wb;it fin- Rai'uuy \) piitiueiit did. Hr. Van Horne states thut he has arranged with the lh»| aitmcitto It _v- th:it stopped, .Hid y-1 on the face of thii itatemenl I fi'"' '" Mvural pfw«papera ben and in British Cummnia, tbat du tlie 17i Febniary there woo .*. uotioe from ths Elnib wot Departtuenl ;it (Htnwt, signed by A.T, Bradley, ks Secretary f.»r the Department "f Itailways ami Cunms, eailing for tenders lor the erection of .in engine hom." at North (lend{about KM) miles beck Into theinteriorj md om* ;it !'■ rt Moiwly. Thii notice, as I •aid before, ap;,*ear<d i ri tbe 17:h IVbruary. Mr. \':ui ll-rne on the 22nd day nf November states that he had -irr.ingi-d with the Department of Railways that th..t work ImuM lie discontinued. 1 would like tn know how those two statements or transaction* o*ui he reeoneil'-d ? It appears tin* > lv n few tenders, one or two, were received for the erection of those houses, but none of them were accepted. 1 saw the acting Minister of Railways about it, and a second time tenders were called for on the 1st, of May, and thoy were up on tbo 24th. This tender agaiu calls fur the ercctiou of the engine-house at Port Moody and one at North Rend. The contract for the one at North Bend was awarded on the 2(1 th May, and the one at Port Moody has been awarded, but on the condition that the contractors are to build wherever and whenever, not the Government, but the Pacific Rai I way Company determine it shall he. I have here the f-peoifications, and the notice calling for tenders for iron piles for Port Moody wharf, and the whole specifications are given. The railway wharf, erected some three or four years ago, of woiden piles at Port Moody is beginning to give way, so thnt it has to be replaced, and they are going to replace it with iron piles. These tenders were called fnr iu Parliament, and I understand that the contract was awarded to an English firm about the middle of May. Now I ask in the face of this, how could the Minister of Justice a few days ago have stated here that the Government were undecided as to whether sn engine-house would be built at Port Moody or not? I suy that I cannot understand this, and I would like to put as favorable construction upon the matter as possible. The statements of the acting Minister of Rulways uud the vice-president of the Cauudiau Pacific Railwuy J claim arc irreconcilable, and I fear that there is something wrong. I do not think it requires much penetration to see that there is something radically wrong, something crooked, something that will not bear investigation — that there i-J dtipli.-ity or chicanery somewhere. Hon. Mr. Power—Hear, hear; lots of it. Hon Mr. Kaulbneh—What lands have the Oovernment at Port Moody* Hon. Mr. Mclnnes—I am just coming to tliat. I will, for the information of the House, as coming from a higher authority than my mere statement, read from a speech delivered by the hon, Mr. Smithe,Premier of British Cobimbin, in the Legislature of that Province ou the 21 at of January last. The report of the sper-oh i.-> ;is follows: — "Hon. Mr. i:mith present d pUns showing lauds handed over to the railway syndicate at Coal Harbor. He said everyone know that under the terms of union the Province was bound to give twenty miles of eoontry on each side of thu Canadian Pacific Railway to thu Dominion, aud that iu ISSd an Act had been passed by tho Legislature conveying to Ihe Dominion ■Government a forty- mile belt of land, from English Bay Ui the Rocky Mountains. From that date till some time last winter it hail been hold that the land forty miles in width from Knglish B.y eastward was under control of Canada under the Aet, During tin; discussion on the railway resolutions in the Dominion Parliament, the Minister of Railways .innomiccd that, iu so far as the Oovernment were ocnoernedi the terminus of the road had been located at Port Moody. This announcement was followed by an application on behalf of the laud west of that point, which has been conveyed to Canada conditionally in 1880. Hon. gentlomeii could see for themselves from the correspondence how guarded in his language Sir John McDonald was when he referred to the inatt.r in his letter of the lO.h of April last. Ho (Mr, Smith) thought there wasa significance iu that guarded language which it might be well to bear in mind. .Sir .lohn McDonald had ver I-ally told him that the Provincial Government were nt liberty to leal with the lands west of Port Moody as thoy might deem expedient, nnd the Dominion i loveniment. were at the present time quite cognizant of the arrangement bctweon the Provincial Government and the syndicate. It should not be forgotten, however, that it would ouly require that the Domiuinn sliould decide to offend the line ta Knglish Bay in order to secure all tho land iu the Burrard Inlet peninsula and twenty miles on each sidfl thereof, in which event the largo revenues from the sale of the lands now iu the local Government's hands to deal with would vanish away like thin air." Ho is beginning now to boaBt and to show tbe House the great value of the lands that he succeeded in getting back from the .Dominion Government. : He points out that if the Dominion Government extended the road and held the lands themselves tho Dominion treasury would be enriched, while the Province would be left out in the cold, Tbe hon. gentleman recounted.iu detail the interviews and correspondence between Mr, Van Horne and himself, showing that the application caine first from the syndicate, and that tbe Government had si in ply seized the opportunity which offered, iu tbe most unhoped-for way, ofa chance of securing a large revenue to the Province, while at the same time they were aiding the Canadian Pacifio syndicate by a grant of land which tney themselves would make valuable. There were over twenty thousand acres now in the hands of the Province within the Burrard Inlet pon insula; ti.OOQ of that it was proposed to give to the company on the condition*-specified in their correspondence, the remaining 14,000 would be lor sale and Would realize such prices that the Province would be made comparatively rich for years to come, and lie in a position to aid in the opening up aud development of tlie resources of tho country, ns could be done in no other way and by no other means. We 6ould secure the ejeftf Jsioii of the railway with all its atteindaut advantages for ouly thu grant of an area of land not much moro than one hundredth part of that which was conveyed to Canada' without a murmur iu 1880 for exactly the same consideration, and which wc would be compelled to give again in apite of onraelves., if the Dominion; Government should choose to chain*** its mind nnd locate the railway twenty miles further instead of leaving it to bu riooc I'.ii t Moody wae the tei mil us, so fai as tl i Goverumtut wer con erned Anyon* eould see that the Dominion Oovernment had re* linquished an opportunity to glean a iih borveet ri revenue, snd if by *ny chanos the in tngi ment esterwl Into betwt i o the Pro Inebu (Joverutm-et a> d lhe should fall thivugh, there woald h<-^ mighty • (HI t-. tm- Dominion t<, Ufiki* the thing in hand end eeoure ail *..-. land, and be vie meet to pii-tc iHy oi opint n thai Si ■fpbn's gusrded language b fori . »ai sitnplv to 1- ir D,jen foi th it . bs sd'ipted, if necessary. As the resolution would come up in a few days, he WOO Id reserve any further remarks until that leeoeiou," * That Is"the soeech delivered by Mr. Smithe. the Premier of British Columbia. Now I will read ii. very-hort SKtVacf from 0 Opeech lelivered by the Finance Minister of British Columbia, b-aring on the same subject. The taper In whioh I Dfld the report i- the organ •f ths Pr vin.-i.il Secretory and finance Minister of iiritish Columbia, uml is puh- liehod by his brother. It i.i tha BrUiskCo atnhina;-— •'I he hon. gentleman,'' that is the Finance Minister, "prooeedad to im-Pe at'enti.n to tbe b r.'.iin which the House was Invited t- endorse. In tbs terms if confederation sw had willingly eiv.-n a grant of 25,000 ami .1 mile ...w.-.r Is ihe construction of the rail* way, and nu cquaJ area hat) been given in the i ise of the Island railway. But what a i- tl s country now- called upon to eontnb- nte"towards continuing the groat national highway down to iU true and tins! terminus u Knglish Biy? Why, Mr. Rpenker, just ..mm '"-if.-. Imjng exactly al tlie rate uf \ff* acres a mile for tbe extension. And tbis paltry 6,000 acres constituted a portion of the belt Columbia had cheerfully agreed to Convey to Canada in constructing the railway down to the English Bay; hut it was only six thousand of the half million and more that we bad originally agreed to give. CoiiliuiiiL' consideration to the twenty odd thousand acres held by the Crown on the peninsula hetween Burrard Inlet nnd the Fraser River, it wonld bo found that the Government were retaining fully two-thirds. It has been said, in opposition, that the Government were riving the company all the really vsluahle hind, and only retaining outside lands of comparatively little value; but such was not at all the fact. The land retained by the Government comprised more than two thirds of tbe frontage, on Burrard Inlet and Knglish Bay. Taking as a basil of caleuliitiiin the actual price received at the sale of Bantings town lots, held before any definite arrangement for extension had been made, it would be found that the three thousand acres fronting on these harbors, retained by the Government, would be worth one million five hundred thousand. It would not be too much to expect that the lands fronting OD these great harhoruirill, once the question is finally settled and tbe extension aud terminal works fairly under way, bring ftt least twice OS much as did the Hastings lots last year; and at that rate three thousand acres of the fourteen thousand reserved by the Government might be expected t" yield three millions. He had no hesitation in saying that, witli the great railway ami ocean scheme carried out successfully, the Undl retained by the Government ou tho peninsula alone would, if properly handled, during the next four or five years, yield four or five millions of revenue. When it was remembered that these lands would owe their Immense Value solely to the extension of the railway, he could not sec how it wns possible for any unprejudiced person tn deny that the Government had succeeded in making an exceptionally good bargain—one wdiich would create a source of future revenue that would enable whatever (iovernment might be in power to carry on pttUic works for many years to come without increasing taxation or adding to the public debt." It will !>'• seen, hon. gentlemen, by those statements, making a oeriafn allowance hi , perhapSj the excitement of the debate, that there is not a question at all about it, but tlmt thoae lands handed over by the D h.mi- ioii (if they have benn handed ovei^ wouhl, within one yem* from now, be worth from 13,000,000 to *5.000,000. But while those lands would be enhanced iu value by the extension of the Canadian Pacific Itailway. I nsk what would be tin. condition of affairs at Port Moody? What value would the Dominion property immediately around and in Port Moony p-rflisehl Hon. gentlemen may not be aware of the fact, but within five or six miles of Port Moody the Dominion Government owns some 18,000 acres of land. If this road is allowed to he extended from Port Mo.dy to Knglish Bay those lands would become, comparatively speaking, valueless. Four or hve millions of dollars would bn lost to the treasury of the Doinin ton, which ought to go towards recouping the Government here for the vast expenditure that thoy have been at in building the Canadian Pacilic It dlway Now- there is another matter to which I wish to refer, and it is tin*.: when I had the hoimr of occupying a seat in the other hmnch of Parliament, representing Now Westminster district, in Uf70| whsh those lands, as I said before, wore reserved and locked up and could not be dealt with, I feared that some difficulty or disputes or hardships would arise h.-tWeen Hie squatters ami the Oovernment, and I thought thut then was the best time to get a definite statement from tlio Government as to what their policy would be with respect to those squatters. On the 31st March, 1870, I put the following question to the Minister of Railways in the House of Common**: "Whether it i* the intention of the Government to give an. assurance' to all whn may nettle on the railway reserve lauds in British Columbia that they will be allowed to pur- oh&le all land occupied or improved by tliein at whatever prices the Government may set on adj..iu.ng unoccupied or unimproved Lands F' Sir Charles Tupper, speaking for the Government, made the following reply;—When the lands reserved for railway purposes be* coin.; the property of the Government they will be prepared to consider the equitable claims of squatters." Then he goes on to explain how—''By allowing them to id)tain p.-ssission at the price of lands before the improvements, or if the lands are required for railway purposes the Government will pay them the value of the improvements that have been made.'1 That was pll I could expect, in fact it was mora than I expected—it wasa more liberal policy thau I had anticipated the Government would pursue with respect to those lands. 1 thought if those squatters got the loud at the Government unlet price when they came into the market they ought to be well satisfied; but here Sir Charles stated that they would get tha lands ftt the price tbey were Worth when thoy squatted on them. Now this railway helt extended to. English Bay aud Coat Harbor, and in the meantime a number of squatters, not only there, but ail through the New Westminster and Vale*'District8-7-hundreds went there on the strength of the announcement of the Government. How fere thoae squatters west of Port Moody on the lands firoposed to be handed over to the local Government to be dealt with -how have they beeu dealt with . hast year thnt unpatriotic local Government went to work and ignored their claims en- tirely. I c-fertainly think it is the bounden duty of the Federal Government, when they had those lands locked np and when thus-- ^qnatters went there in all oonfidenoe and • 't in iii ' h ui I ] h of la-t yt-nr, the Admiralty have select d Bid wall Bay, ibou< midway up Burrard Inlet, u the fours r.-itp.. sve I, iqoadron on the Pacific coast. The sxtenskm D. tht toad down to English Bay, and tbs building of a large terminal etty there, would have bil ' 91 ." it WOnld lea' .- 'he eity ftlllHJC-t wholly exposed te any tyneeay attacking il b) w-jt-r. With fortifications at the Bret if Burrard LoWt, J elaim that it would be almost impossible for s hostile it st to im aeeost tothe wt. tern pait of ths tnlet, an.l with fortiHesti na again at tbs Bee ml narrows, tin- tctioiaos. if allowed to remain at Port Moody, where it ought to remain, tin* natural taratinas. 1 claim wool.I bass improvable as Gibraltar. Tbem i another objection to extending the line t Ood Harhor. Tht tratcs tupplytbat would be n _e, s.-iary for | city of any -i./i. would be entirety wanting there, and i think that, ot Itself, i»a groat consider ition in the selection Of any terminal city. Now I think I have mode it sufficiently plain that seven yours ago Poit Moody was selected as the term] nus. Ii was selected by \ Liberal Government; tin » leoHcin was end .rs-d by a Con servative administration, the preeent Government In the must unmistakable and emphatic language that could be used, it tras declared to l»e the ten..inns of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Belying on the emphatic uul solemn statements of the Government, which ought to be and were considered aaerttl by a g'eat DQfnber, uiifor.mutely fur f.eni- selves—^hundreds yes 1 blieve 1 am within ;he mark in saving thousands have gone ir ■md bought largely iu and around Pori Moody. People :>. ivtry Province in th. Dominion have investedlsi-gesumsof ovnej there on the strength and the faith of the Government announcement—hundreds who never saw Port Moody or the' Province of British Columbia have invested, some of them, their all in property there. Surely the Government do not think of breaking faith with those people who have been led on year after year to believe that Port Moody was the fixed and indisputable terminus of the Canadian Pacilic Railway I Again I have shown that by allowing the extension of the Canadian Pacific itailway from Port Moody to English Bay that the Dominion exchequer will be aflected to the extent of at least^.(KXO.OOOori^.OOfl.OOO. Hon. Mr. Kaulb&cb—In what way? Hon, Mr. Mclnnes —By the depreciation "f the lands that the Government own in and about Port Moody. Those lands would become, as 1 said before, comparatively valueless if the r.'ud is extended down to Coal Harbor. They will he depreciated, and the value of the lands that they have so generous y ban* el buck to the Local Government will oo incrcised in the same ra io. I ask in all sincerity and earnestness, are we prepared to make mob a saerifi *e—a sacrifice that will benefit only a few avaricious adventurers—I cannot characterize them as anyth n; else than that. The (iovernment will suiter, the qpnnt y will not be benefitted in the slightest degree, and the Canadian Pacific Railway, as a railway, instead of being benefitted by the extension will be largely, I believe, handicapped. I believe it has been stated hy the syndicate that they could not get a sufficient quantity of land for terminal purposes at Port Moody. H< n gentlemen- such is not the case. I give tha' a most emphatic denial, In December last, rumors to the effect that the proposed engine house at Port Moody was not to bo built, but that thn money was to be given to the syndicate to build it at Knglish Bay, were current in British Columbia. On tin. (ith December I forwarded this telegram to the acting Minister of Hallways:— ".Stated here that Railway Department sanctions syndicate removing proposed terminal buildings from Port Moody to Coal Harbor. Van Horne, when here, announced that all terminal works and private interests at p..rt Moody would be undisturbed. Surely Oovernment will Unsanction or allow syndicate to remove proposed term!nal-Jbulldings aft r Tupper s pes five dec ft-ft*ion of last session, Property owners at Port Mooily have ollbre.l 400 tores for terminal purpose-*, and aro prepared to give one-third of all privato property within one mile of Port Moody. Please communicate ihis to syndi cute. Answer." A few days afterwards I received from the noting Minister a reply to the effeofe that he was perfectly ignorant — perfectly in the dark:- "Know nothing of rumored removal of terminal buildings from Port Moody. Save forwarded vour telegram." Hon. Mr. Work—What i« thi dots of that: Hon. Mr. Mclnnes—The (ith December. This is months before th-y advertised for the bulldiog of engine bouses. Prior to that these peoplo Interested in Port Moody, fearing that there was something wrong ami that ihen; would be an attempt to extend the road, mads this oBfer directly to the syndicate, to Mr. Van Horne, the vloo-presiueot, Mr. Stevens, ths president, being in BSng* land at the time, so that fgrthe Syndicate or their friends to say that it is necessary to extend the Canadian Pacific Itailway tod'oal Harbor, or English Bay, in order to procure a sufficient amount of availahle land for terminal purposes, is a delusion and n snare. For five miles east of Port Moody there is as fine a stretch of level land as one eau wish for. There ia not a variation of tt-n feet iu that distance. Hon. Mr. Macdonald—That is a long way off. Hon. Mr. Mclnnes—I say it begins at the head of Port Moody and extends live miles eastward. The laud we offered was a mile and three-pmrters from Port Moody; wc w ere willing to give 4.)0 acres as a gift, md have this annoyance and uncertainty terminated. Hon. Mr. Macdonald—That off-: r waB subsequent to the bargain made with the loca' Government. Hon. Mr. Mclnnes—No, I say this was made on the fith December. As early as September laat, when Mr. Van Horne was in British Columbia, proposals were made to him on behalf of the people of Port Moody. I have also, I think, shown the House that if this road is extended to Knglish Bay not only will the Dominion lauds in and about Port Moodv be depreciated and result in a loss of $..,000,000 or $.'.1,000,000 to tho Do minion, bnt I want hon. gentlemen to bear this iu mind, that a breakwater will be necessary to make a harbor at Knglish Bay, and the cost of constructing one was estimated by Sir Charles Tupper at $1,000,000 or $2,- 000,000. Where is this money to come from? Is tho syndicate going to take that money out of ita pocket and build a breakwater to make a harbor of an open roadstead? No, the syndicate will come again to the Government and sav, "English Bay is the terminus, we want $2,000,000 or $U,'000,000,"— it would be more likely to cost $3,000,000 than $1,00!).000 or $.>,00'J,000-and the Dominion Government would have no alternative—-certainly much less excuse than they have for a great many things they have done—and tliey would either give the syndicate that amount of money to build breakwater to suit their ideas; or go on and construct it as h Government work. Year nf'er year, I have no doubt,- the Dominion Government will be called upon to expend large sums of money in keeping that plaice in anything like a safe condition for shipping. I think that is a matter, and a very important one, for the House aod the Government to consider. Notwithstanding nil the so-spit ibus circumstances in cmnection with this ter Fees of the nncontroverted statement wfiich 1 have made, (aud I challenge eoateufiotinaj I camiot believe, I refuse to hoUcve. that this or any othw • *ovtrnjiiL*t.t entrusted with th'j ailministratiop of tlie _i__r__.it. of tliecoun* iry would a*, far forget tfieoaseives as to hand over throe or four millions of dollar* worth' of tin* public domain for tbe Benefit of a few insatiable—yes, vultures. Hon. Mr. Power —Which -»re'he •"•ulturea* H ii Mr M fori i- There arc <_urte a' number of tbi n H'.it. Mi Power—The PeeMc Bailway people, or the hti.i_.li <'..'i.mhia ]►**..pl«» Son, Mr, ...-.hay—Pie.eut com>auyex* '*■ p'.-l. Hon. Ur, Mclnnes I meal t\r present * 11 j" torso -' ).' U y end uuwarrent- ' ibis scbenn . I .• n. ■ \.-> i elieve that the ■ ■. I *■ nd tht m b-sjua 1 d p-1' and defraud bundrvds of their -*. many of whom srsfstfd in' placing tbs -Government where they are— that they will lend themssivva to a ache mo ihat won!*!, or _,' least ought to, h.uiuh a private i Ithen or itii 11 hom umble I cannot, aud I u»il] not, beti-ev-i it until I have tin* n.'.st imuii-Hakable evideiiee to the contrary. I shall now e dl your attention to the |_ut tepoit of the Pacific HailWay Company, whieh gives the ittms m conneo- tion with ths prop Ked $j.O0O.(j00 Ian. Among the di.o n-nt \%ema given ns necessary to complete the Pacific Bail way I find tbe following:— ''Fid" th. punnecttoiis w-ith Cool Ilurbor ond Bliglish Bay, slione, buildings, docks/ tracks and other fucilitie. at Pacific terminus, •57*10,000." Are we {notified* hon. g-pnUcmcn, in a\* low ing .ur property—I am -peaking now of the Dominion—at rati Moody to be. depre dieted in value to tht extent of (hreeorfour millions of dollars? Are we justified, in thu face of thi-at-* facts, in again *-ib-idizing a" p■ompauy to the extent of $700,000 to en»hle' theni to depreciate the value of our nroptrty? Are we justified in saddling the Domimon'of Canada with an additional debt for on nu-' necessary purpoee, and to promote private ■peculation? This is entirely an oufcide tune. It is for the benefit of a few, I believe, of the Pacific railway people. It is for the benefit of a few members of the local t*gi-«- lature of British Columbia and their friends, and I ask in all fairness and in all candor, ii it not one of the greatest pieces of presumption on record that the Pacific Railway Coin pany should come here and ask the Government of this country to give them a certain sum of money by which to depreciate the \alue of Dominion property and invest it in a way that is beyond the control and beyond the reach of the lien that was given oi this' Canadian Pacific Kailwsy property Ins: year!* This scheme is wholly and solely in the interest of a few individuals, Whereby th-v expect to make four or five millions of dollars not only out of the 0,000 aensof land* that they get from the Government, but out of the lands they squeezed out of private individuals. The'agents of tbe Company last year, for months and months, boggled! like a lot of very ordinary land jobber* ur, sharps with private land holders in 'and around Coal Harbor and English Bay, to' give them one-third of their private pioperty in order to get that road, and I believe that, concession was made in and around Coal Harhor and Knglish Bay, nnd by that means the company gut hold of poim-wherc in the neighboi hood of 2,000 acres of private lands. This, nnd tbe G.OOO acres from the (J-veru- nient, are to be laid out ns a site for a nug uilicent city, a Becond San Francisco, or as some imagine, a second Liverpool—as they claim with very little common sense it will be In a few years. I sny it is the bounded* duty of the Government to make no such concessions to that or any company. To* show the state of feeling that exists in a, certain portion of British Columbia I wilt read to the House an extract from a letter received by me on Saturday last from a re* • sponsible gentleman iu that province, Writing of this burning question he says:— "This robbing Port Moody of the terminus is beginning to ronse a sniritof rebellion, and all investors arc beginning to show very ugly teeth after being assured so many times hy" tbe Government that Port Moody was the terminus, invested their Little all in clearing ."it the wilderness and building a home; then*" for the (iovernment to turn their back on us' and allow o syndicate of land grabbing speculators to extend the line tn English Bay. The past history of the syndicate (if report be true) is nnt of a very reliable or honorable character, therefore uot to be d* pendi d upon. Vim may depend upon it that il there should' be a change made in the terminus that the consequences will be serioutj not nhly will Government be held for compensation Hy all investors, but the promoters of the sdnsme ivill run considerable risk—hard to sue nnt for what they might do. The question i- sbout up to fever heat, the conniothiu reports that are constantly btfrig circtrTa'eil about arc creating such a degree il snap ntje that it is getting to be quite unbearable.* Thi present action of the Gut eminent in' : and recalling for tendrrs for round' ie'■■- for Port M od$ and ihen not having them liuilt, looks like the action* ui a lot of children playing hide and seek. !; was leported bere thai they only wanted to find out what it would coat at Port Moody in order to hand tbe imonntto the syndics! ltd build al < « fi! H .i1'. r. In that case I Would suggest th.it ti*.p' Government dis_har." all Con id Ian contract- rs and «tnploy pig job'.eis in future to find the cost of all such structures, You would hardly credit the number .f people Ibat art constantly coming ai«r going all the time, and scarcely any Invest* ments for wont of oonfidenoe.*' I would say, in conclusion, that in order to settle this terminal question beyond all doubt, I propose, when the Canadian Pacific Relief Bill comes before us, to move that a clause be added to the Bill to pievent tho Canadian Pacific Railway Company, or aily member of the company, or any othtO' company or individual, extending a railway to- Coal Harbor or Knj_lish Bay forthe next ten years. By the addition of such a donas the Government will be in a position to restlce three or four millions of dollars on their lands at PortMurdy: tbe loan sakt-d for, if grunted, will be applied to n legitimate purpose—the completion oi the Pacific Hail- way—and not to a usehss extension of the road to a place utterly untitled for a tenui-' nns. If the Government refuse to add thi* just and reasonable clause td the Bill, then I claim there is only one other honourable course left for them, and that course is to recoup to every person every dollar that they have*invested at Port Moody since 1880. good faith to hew out Iioim s for themselves minus tran^a-'tion at thu present time, in the PIONEER BOOT ill) Sll STOEI COLPHBIA S.R-E-', New Westminster.- Goods atWMesale Prices __?.. t:ho_m:.a_s. ftr Sale or Exctanp. AFIKaST^JLASS FRENCH 4-HOR.SE Wagon, in good ciribir. A-_ii. a yoke uf tarye, w.:lMri-tik«!*i. Oxe*. -.itii Yokr* and Clulni.. Will b. jrnlil a bargain, for CASH, or will I*. t'x.ihr'irfltd for (.uci'l Milch (5..M-. A [.ply to T. J. tfOGUE, PortiMeody; Or to -fUlSi'WFltl..
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