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FEBRUARY 25.

The Springhill Disaster.

The terrible aflliction that has fal- len upon the people of Springhill, »Nova Scotia, is calling forth practical symp‘.~tthy from all parts of Could!- Wc trust that the people of Charlotte- town will not be behind hand in rend-

. ering such aid as t.hey are able to their

fellow‘ Canadians of Springhill. Let a public meeting, such as was held in Moncton on Monday night, be called at the earliest possible moment.

We are given to understand that a sum of money subscribed here by the citiz-ns for the suflerers in the great

fire in St. John was never distributed, but lies here on deposit in one of the

banks. Could anything better be done with it than to send it to the suffering families of Springhilll

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Rev._ Mr. Read on the Tunnel.

Rev Mr. Road has written an in- teresting letter to the Wesleyan re- specting his recent trip across the Straits, in which he alludes to the Island and the tunnel as follows :—

The Island is justly celebrated for its beef, lamb, vegetables, horses,

g',,i.,g, &_'c.,_whi1e its oysters are excel-‘

lent audits fisheries among the best in North America. It is a question if the people are excelled in any part of the Dominion. Now the fact remains that comparatively speaking, little ha- beendope by the Dominion Govern- ment to assist this Province. True we have the admirable steamer Stan- ley, but the navigation of the strait.- i‘s"so ‘difiicult and freights nccessarilv so high, that it does not meet the

' requirements of .the Province. What

is needed is constant easy communica- tion, and this can be obtained by means of a tunnel, the expense of ‘;w_hich_,is believed to be s7omoderate.8 sum as to make the construction a reasonable demand at the present tin.-.. If this were accomplished, .. great impetus would be given to trade throughout the Island, our merchants and agricolturists, and fishermen would have the disabilities under which theylabor removed, and wool" be put on an equality with those fol- lowing similar pursuits in other pro vine.--s. Our young people instead of being compelled to migrate to nth?-V lands, would be in a position to remain at -home and avail themselves of the improved facilities for enterprise.

; which their own province would then

'afi'ord. Considering the vast million.- expended so-freely for the benefit of other provinces of our extensive coun- try, it is .certainly not too_ much, to ask or expect, that this " garden of the gulf,” should he as speedily as pos- sible united to the mainland by s goodly tunnel, and .“ Crossing the Capes” be a memory of the past.

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The Convention.

The convention to-day will be the most important and representative temperance gathering that has been _called together in this Province for a -Icing time. There can be little doubt ‘that the decision of the delegates will determine the course of the local legislatuxe respecting temperance legislation at its next session. In fact the convention is called chiefly for the purpose of formulating the views of the temperance community as

‘ a guide to our friends in the Provin- ‘cial Assembly. It is safe to assume

that 'the delegates to a man, have already decided to oppose license, high or low. Public opinion, as far as we can feel its pulse-beats, is over- whelmingly opposed to it, and for the best of reasons. In the first place ‘license laws are enacted objectively to regulate, restrain and restrict the trafic. But they do nothing of the kind. We doubt if a drop more liquor will be sold_ under free rum than under licensc. Public order can be enforced under existing lawa—which could-dso be further strengthened——just as well , without accepting license fees as with. Free rum is no world’ either in’ fact or ., , . . .,., g .. in principlis’ than license-«in principle

I. then “no temperance man can consist- ; ently support it.

Far better not to -legislatg _at all than to legislate in

3;, fitafifiavodf Besides it is imposaibe to. ‘ license any crime on any principle of

Christianity.

But there is a further very impor- tant consideration which will strength- en the temperance people in their at- titude of hostility to license. We are given to understand that we have the Scott Act to fall back upon wh rover we chose to readopt it. Mr. Spence says that the three years wait for an- other election is not compulsory where on petition of the liquor party the Scott Act has been repealed. We therefore have strong hopes that the Canada Temperance Act, which is in- finitely the bcst temperance law avail- able, will soon again be in force in Charlottetown.

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Murder in :1 Passenger Car.

Lrrnz Roux, Ark , I“Llbf‘ll-KP)’ l8.——As the lrou Mountain passenger train from St. Louis was pulling out from Baldlznob station yesterday, Isadore Meyer, travel- lmg man for Fustol‘, Hillson A". 0-3.. New Yuri, was sitting in his seat in a palace car whena man who sat eating lunch. suddenly drew a pistol and tired killing Meyer instantly Conductor E. W. Leach was _on the platform, and hearing the shot,‘ pulled the bell to atop the train. The man ther.-upoxrturucd and lived at Leach, showing him in tho head. He fell to the platform dead. All the passengers rushai from the car, one of whose doors was locked by the porter, the murderer lacking the other, leaving it with n » oc- cupants but the? dead drummer and his murderer. The murderer was finally secured. He is an insane man named John W. (‘lrentor from Vmccnnes, In- diana, a livery man.

Lymph Treatment at

The patients at the V. G. hospital who were treated with Dr. Koch's lymph, are on the whale improving. Most of the patients express themselves as feeling better. Some report that they feel stronger and arcshle totake long walks; others that their appetites have increased, and yet others that they sufi'e'r less from dyspnosa on exertion. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed to show whether or not the lymph is really acute for tuberculosis, but there is no doubt that improvement has followed its use. In three cases the dose has been increased toabout one-sixth

f a drop of the pure lymph. in no C2530.‘ was the reaction following; so great as that f--ll-xwing a much smalls;-_ dose at an earlier period. This rapidly established tolerance is (according to th. doctgr one of tlIe..most- remark- able facts in connection with the remedy, and to a extent shows improve- ment —Halifat Herald, '

. _ -4’ ' _ fl. Rxcuxozvn, V'a., PH). 19.-John -L. Sullivan was the cause of great excitemcm at .\l urphy's hotel early this morning, ba- fore h - ‘and his troupe left for Norfolk. Sullivan closed his eugag ment here last night, and alter spending several hours out with the b -ys, was not feeling well. He went int» the ladies’ dining room t- Dunsaw-B. Harri- son and Elisa Nelson, a member. V the zrnupe‘ The big man ‘got an idea that William Miller the waiter, was not step- pi.-g around as quickly as he sh--uld, so, with 8 dnuble bflffeledttfithllfittrdered the negro to quicken his gait. The act 1- was cold that Prop:-int. r Murphy did not al- low swearing in the hotel. At this the pu gilist became furious and made a dir- for. the , waiter. William grabbed thg c~-flee pot and threwjt at Sullivan, but missed him. The steaming hut fluid. however, spattercd all over the actor’.- clothes. The negro then began to defend himself with a chair." which he finally threw at Sullivan, striking one leg, gm}

cup--la of the building, where he remain- e_d until the bug man left the city. Bul- hvan hunted the house through for the waiter, swearing he would kill him it

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Convict “ N o. 9843"’

One day O'Rcilly was summoned by the oficer in whose immediate charge he was, who said to him "You will go down to the vessel, (mentioning her name), and deliver the articles named in this bill of lading; read it!” O'Redly read it. It called for the delivery, In good order and condition of three articles, to wit: one convict, No. 9843, onebag and one hammock or bed. Offlsilly was No. W43; his destination was the con ict ae tlument of Bunbury. thirty miles along the coast, west of Fre- mautle. Arraved there he was assigned t - 0119 of the fund parties and -egan the hard toil of 8 convict, which, however, was relieved from the utter woe of Mill- bouk’s solitary daps, or the revs-lung oruelties of Chatham and Dartmoor. Still it was had enough. Among the criminals with whom he was for-c d to associate. were some of the most degraded of human kind—murderers, burglars, sinners of every grade and o~~1orof vie-.-. They were the poison flower of civiiiaationb corrup- than, more depraved than the savage, as they were able to‘ misuse the advantages of superior knowledge. They were the overflow of society's cesspool, the irre- elaimable victims of sin-—too often the wretched fruits of heredity or environ- ment. H p v’ y for the oung, generous, clean-minds lfibul, who dbeeu doomed tohcrd with this ‘sou scum, God had given him the instincts of pure humanity; and ill-fortune. inst:-ad of blighting, had nourished their growth. ‘ He looked up n. his fellow sufferers with eyes of mercy. seeing ll-oi many of them were the vict-ms, directly or intlorectly, of cruel, selfish,

social conditions. In the \ustraliau Bush _

he saw humanity in two naked aspects; the savage, uxtecly ignorant of 0iVll|8ed. virtues as f civil-and vices; and the white cgnvict Stripped of all soc.al hypocrisius, regs-slim the In-rat traits --f depraved ‘hum-s nity B.»tll were “naked and not‘

ashamed." For the savage," c-vd»zed,l

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AGAINST LICENSE!

lddrasaox by Mayor Hsvilsnd t Rev. Messrs. llarruthors and Read.

lulcrvlcws with Prominent cltlseus l

Tunas was -a fair attend-snce at the Y. M. C. A last night. The meeting w pelted hy the choir sin,,v.iuu the B4 r Hymn. Rev. Mr Re:-d offered prayer and Mr. T. C. James r\‘Id the Scripture lesson, the choir singing re- sponses. _

The chairman. His Worship Mayor Hat iland, said that by the programme ht‘ saw some remarks were expected tron: him. He thanked the ladies heartily for the aid they had g v--n him in the recent. electinn and all his friends who ha-I given him so great a majority. It was a great honour to him to find that --f th- sixty-l-is wmm.-n whohave votes in the Cll-y, fifty had recorded tln-ir, votes for him. He hadstated at the beginning "1?x.f the Scott Act contest that at the expiration of the thirty days the Govern--r General would issue ll}:-

ruclamatiuu. He was right, and the

xaminor and the constitutional lawyers who inspired it were wrong, and tlivre i.- now what isp ~pularly l{l'l~nVIl asfree rum. Itwas certsiniy a serious situation, but he thought it would be llICttIl8i8l'.t:nl’. tor those who worked for the Scott Act now toturn and advocate lice-nee. It would hardly do for the W. C. T. U. for int}- tance to promote license "and then work :or the suppn scion of ls.l.‘;eD'l}N-*l‘I|llCe.

Rev. Mr. Cat-ruthers after congratulat- ing his Worship on his re-election, dis- cussed the present situation and the out- i-u)k. The“ following are a to of t-ti» points made. He had been ll.Sl(r(l to help to frame a good license law. He re- plied that he was not original and that a good license lav was something that had not yet appeared. It would be a curios ity. It is not our fight now, it is our up- poncuts, and for us to go back upon our po.~ition,wouldhe stepping back from Pro hibition. The liquor Ineu knew 11 {part y but the one which would do the most to

romote the interests of the liquor trade.

may want to make money. They are willing to risk standing at the judgment

ith those whom ‘they by their basin: s.- nad sent to perdltinn. They were of necessity selfish and unscrupulous. -l us 7 now the strong vveakness of the liquor‘ party in this town was for license. Tm-y want a monopoly of the business. You know who they are, within a bl ‘ck or so on Queen and Water Streets you would liud them all. These men want a license wgive them the whole trade. But God has denouucccl this thing ; can any man consent to license it?

Rev. Mr. Reed regarded the saloon as a nuisance, an-l showed that it was so regarded even by brewers, one illtcl) bringing complaint against the opening of a e-al—-on near his palatial residence. Nu gs-ntlemau or Christian" would he found keeping a saloon. How then. he‘ asked could a Christian legalize a traflic in which they would not allow th-ir members to engage. If it -wsaoright for Christians to lit-ensesaloons it I for - .- s: “it .« ‘5 dean--us and eldl-‘r'§"E&?d“‘6l»i‘ss ‘It’ Again it has been decided by the highest. o-rurt nf the United Slated \=e1'y°'~‘}g,r¢-«lg. that in a state where there’ was nolaw regulating the sale of liquor there was no right to sell it, and he believed our run‘ out condition did not. warrant the ea c of liquor here. Let'ChristIan pl-oplu men n 1; give their consent to lic.~use‘that which unfits a man for church unem- bership.

The chairman in a few closing rem-irks said that he had learned a great deal from

be able addresses and now whatever-_ doubts he ' ad upon the matter were set aside. No aid would come ‘from him license the traffic. The friends of tom-' perance should not touch it even with the’ tips of their fing--rs. They had. one course. to get back the Scott Act as soon as possible while waiting for total Prof hibivion.

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Short ilnterviews.

Thinking that an expression of opini--n from some of our prominent citizens who are not delegates to the Convention would be interesting at this time, represents tives of theGUAB.DI.sN called on a number last evening. All were not at home, but those seen expressed themselves as fol-

lcws :- Dr. Johnson

was of the opinion that no argument could borais: d in favor of giving a licevse for anybody to sell liquor except for medicinal purposes.

Would it do_thsn to restrict the sale of liquor to the druggist?

Theoretically he is the right man to

sell it, but only for medicinal purposes:

But as that _is beyond the po ~ er of the Local Ldgislature what are we to do?

There is no greater danger Illldr-1‘ Free Rum than und- r License. The former. is no worse in fact or pi-iuuple-—-at is worse in principle. He thought the city would learn a salutary lesson by experienciu free mm for awhile and then wo can fad hack on the Scott. Act which be consid- elf‘? the best temperance law we ever ll . - W. A. Weeks, Esq.

Do you approve of license 3

By no means. ’

Do you uot think it would be h tter to confine the sale to a few plac ~s than al- low every one who pleases to sell? _ _.

I do not think that licensing would diminish the amount sold, and I am quite sure it would not confine it to a few places.

What do you mean by that?

I mean tnat the licensed men Wullltl encourage the opening of branch taverns: in parts of the city where rhcre gene M‘;- lic..nsed places, and by supplying those?

the numb-.-r of their customers and make greater profits. '

Would not the uhole sale dealers sup- ply thcse illicit places, and the retail dealers finding the m taking their trade have them’punie_l_i-d‘£_,. ‘ - Q — I He did ujnt ‘think ' the file trade

-would amount in auntt-iulgl as all the‘ ' large: sale in keep-rs would ltstp/,Il'E lll8tI_

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they would extend their trawe. iucre-use lg-jF,,‘, 94

saym Sale,

Dr. McLeod. Havcyou any objection to expressing your views in regard to licensing the 1 or tragin this city? y no_ j )8. Ihave already expl‘ my_opmmn pretty fully tn Mr. lliggs. I bellt‘\‘8 as the msjoritv have gone against the Scott Act. it is the duty of . all good citizens to urge upon the legislature the P038828 of a restrictive manure as nearly prohibition as it is in «heir power to make D - you not think th‘st_cven one. liquor shlap would furnish all the liquors that would be required by the town; that none woulo h.- turn-ed awn" that called for it? No. I do not believe that; like any oth- r enterprise. wherever established-it makes a trade for itself. so the more tav- erns in the town the more victims there would be made. _ Wm. Heard, Esq. Would you be kind ell-ough to’ give your views as to the licensing ~-f saloons in the city 12.1 ’l .Ill'1Vd no ohjoctiomwhntever. I am utterly c-pposed 1-,. 1-cense. The only‘ legislation l would fav--r is a law that would make the seller:'of liq or responsi- blef -r the 00ll8eqIl6llCt'B, and .1 would have this res -mslbillty applied to the wholesale dial:-r us jiellas t-{the retailet'._ F--r iustancoif a ifioen- did from the effects v'f'dl‘ltiiK~~I‘V\’--ljltl have the support o‘ ‘his fauuly made echo:-go upon the seller. . l - \\ ould you allow all to sell who chose? M -st certainly, but I‘ would have heavy penalties imposed for any evil cutl- s quenccs resulting from the sales,

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A Voice from Charlottetown.

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Dmn Em-ma.-—-Aésemhlecl in our«n-gu- at’ monthly preacln rs mu-tmg in parlor _-f Buick Church. Chit-l -ttc~o-~ u, we teal it 0'11‘ (11131: f0 put till !‘£'~CON‘l 03!‘ decided mil uttullitnous disapproval in ” reference to article in Wesleyan h ad $1 “Tempes- ance in Prince Ed ward Island." lkis with deepest rs-gret so feel that we must take issue with the edit--vial lll'tt.l'8llCBS insuch aricle. Without at all gwing into the question of G.-.n.er=.l and Annual Conference deliverance on the matter, we as ministers and the vas' u-aj--rity --f all nur c-ingregmions in Char- l -ttetnwn and neighh who (1 are euti vly c--mph thereby. Without giving vent w..any.str:’n.g.;r views,“-u;e feel assur ed thathtid our editor limited over the‘ whole uestion a< it relates to P E. 1., orphan . borne the brunt of the battle. he w= nld not have been led by a corres- pondent to pen such-rmarka. which are in direct upppsltlnlt to the pulpit nnl latform utt rancesx of a1‘ brethren in the ministry, in oppos ton to the, uttevancu-,3 of the ministry cf all other churches with one -Ir’ two exceptio -.=, is. -up-sition to’rhn,utiltra--ces of all Tom-‘ peranoe organizdiom but In per ect ac cord with-all opp -st-rsiof the Scott Act in Cllarlullt-t ~vln and n ightrorhoml. Sur.-lyflthere is a “ mulet-xc- 1!.-m. w;. " ii-“fill Qutliued in eaiu resaid article 7 ” ii ' tad quot by ruler of meeting

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