` 8 B8 i Morllilll Mlilll. ~‘ ~ '_ 1, i f fr ,fffi '- ’ "'-.. -f. -Ig;-».» ‘ \ -1112,.: ,a _ ,i,~. -ij' THE. .llEI..l.l. ...lille-.llD.,hlN _ ,:.¢ .-_ 5 ., .¢:,,-ii5»~ _ ._ ';.,i‘;,i'rr<.', » - . l ln ' ' .; , »».. IW hifi- '-.2 . ..- = , - ' ,~.:<_' ,"~: .’. ~“*.,ly . , f .., , _ __ \ 1 ~ <_ » , ¢ » -...,.. ~, ._,,.,- - ,. ', .;._,i_.,., .. . l. x . ,.1-_~_. ORNING ,- ;ly;ii_;il-'=‘»"l"lll-f’e3'¢l'l-»-i __ --are eieeriiviio . cHARLor'rEroWN,' CANADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 19.1. imisr or Ani." (,;_",,‘,=,°;E cl? *<7 ml~ >:r § ` i > :E RU ."is"iii»$‘lg%l< »< E f SIIEFHQ EHIIIH Special to The Guardian. OTTAWA, April 18-Dr. Harriss wiring from Columbus, Ohio, sta_ted-story comes from (lolborne. Leste my yesterday afternoon a reception Burk, employed in an express print W” tendered the Sheffield choir by ing office was found in the bm-nin Governor Harmon and the house of building bound hand and foot an representatives at the capitol. The members vacated their seats on the light in the Express office. He entc1._ d cd and saw a nign busy at ,tim my-e_ t Tile man seived him hound and _ ~ _ , ‘ Kllg time in history such an honor was ed I ' iioor und the clloir sang America an God Save the King. It was the iirs ieiiili-rcil n foreign bodyby the stgte. ililil SPIEIIINE special to The Guardian. _' NEW YORK, April 18--Speed never iiftoined before was made by Mrs. _ioim (‘ueno at Long Island parkway. Driving Louis ,Dlsbrow's record- ,mnsliing ear she swept down hrilf a mile straiglitaway course ln 165 sec- onds :it the rate of 109 miles an hour. _._1...1_.__-_- PIHIIEULIHS Ili llllllllt llllllllil (i'1"l‘A\\’.-\, April _17--lt was an im- iiortuiu nniiounccrueiit made by the lioii..(li-oi-ge l’. Grallain, minister of riiilwiiys :ind canals, ill the comiiions, when lu- infornled tue house that a coiitriiiit han been let to the St. Law- |‘ ce lli-iilgeiloiiipuily for the con- i.~:llucf.io’ii of' the superstructure of the Qiieliei-. bridge at $8,650,000. This, with 'thc contract already let for the siihstriu-tiirc, lnakes a total of abolit ;[z,00fi,flfifi. This bridge is on the line oi the Transcontinental llailway wllerc it crosses the St. Lawrence river in-nr Quebec and will be the largest ciiiltilever bridge »iii the world, the suspension span being thc longest single truss span ever de- slgni-.l. 'l`hc span, exceeds that of tho ri‘l\-bi'iif.i-d Forth llridge, rlcotlaiid, by till foci., lu working out the de- siiin Miz (li'ulniiii has had in consill- tation ii roliliiiisslou of the woril'l‘- ~l<-HN. f\i»i~n o4~»si.. .ioiin io day follows the lead of Vunuouver and _went oil l'ei:oi'i| as the set-,oiiii City in ilainidn to declare in favor of (livlc floveiuinlcut by coniniissioil. ‘The vote stood 2500 for and l-filo a- gainst the new plan. flf thc previous council two were deleiiti-d ill todziy’s election, while one other retired. A large' iiiajority declared for the coil- strllction of ii bridge aci'oss thc luir- bor. DIVORCE WAS NOT MADE LEGAL AND RE-AIARRIAOE INVALID l’A'l‘l<}lfS(|'N, N. J., April 15-llr. (‘yi'ns V. '1`owiis<-iul, li lending phy- sician ol l’iiterson, N. J., was grani- ed a divorrc by Vici--<‘liaiu-i-lloi‘ Stevens oii March -f, 1008, from tho woniiin lic had iiiiii'i-ii-il fifteen yi-nrs before. A yciii' later thc doctor mar- ried agnin_ A few \-rocks ago the first. Mrs. 'llownslicnd i'i-ccivi-d an oflcl' of iiinr- riage which shi- liri~ept_i‘il. The wi-d- diug day was sci. for iuixt .\‘af.iii'ilay 'l`o cornllly with the riiui'i'iagc license law Mr:-l. 'l‘ownl~iIlcnd wrote to ’l‘l'cnf.- on for a copy of the ilec_r¢>.o_,oL di- v0i'cc Lind was infornieil thai. no surli iii-.i'l'ee had hcl-n i'croi‘fle-il. A series of llnusuul i-oiiiiilirlitioiis followl-il. Airs. 'l`o\viislif-iiil ivasduiilli- foliiidcil and iniiiiediiitf-ly roiiliiilliiiic- ated with lici' la\\'yf‘i', lixinilall I3. Lewis. lil turn, llr. 'l‘ownsllend was ‘acquainted with the statc of nfialrs. He was iltterlv ainazed. 'lllic \-'ice-(`.liaiice|loi‘ was apps-sled to, and the earnest plea was iiiadc lllllll. :uid when near Green Point hrenlu-,i',_ iii slioal water, a sen broke, filling their boat, precipitat- ing thcni in the icy waters. In at-i Ifflllvtlllix to cling to the boat she rolled over several times. Finally llle lllii' caught the must with the mil nttiiclied and made ii brave iight for life. 'l‘he father succeeded in cling- lllll to the bottom of the boat. The People on shore hearing their cries l0l lltlil, put out 'lnisevernl boats to flieir rescue and lust as the first host iirrived at the scene the boy had ceased to struggle and expired uiimediiitcly alter being lifted in by his rescuers. The father was taken Oli in an almost .exhausted condition, lifter hi-.iiig an hour in the water. Silll DIES FBOIA FATIIERS’ BULLET TRURO, April 16-Arthur Jack- l0ll. the young colored man, wll0 luis shot by his seventy-year-old lilher, Mike Jackson, during a mix-» Ui- at their home last Sunday, died iiiiturdiiy evening. Little hope was llllil for his recovery all the week as the _bullet in its course had caused llrirtiiii pnmiysm At different times the police mag- istrate endeavored to get a. state- ment from the wolindcd man, but Jncksoii thought he would recover and refused to make one. Mike Jack- lfln coiiics up for examination to- morrow morning. FRENCH PRESIDENT STARTS FOR TUNIS .l‘i\lll-l. April 15.-rresiilent reli- lllfll. accompanied by Minister of llnrinc Delcasse and Minister of Ag- riciiltiire Pams, left the capital to- llliiht for Toiilon, where the presiden- l°l l‘“l`l.v will embark Sunday- on the _I~‘_reni-li battleship Verite for a fort- “li, Cardigziii, favor- ed the ballot. 'l`lie subject had been widely tlisciinseil for n. generation past. He asked would any one in this House wish to go back to the open vote in Dominion elections? l~-Ie did not tllilik there was onc who would so declare hiinself.. MR. KI-}NNl'i> » if ~ "’ll_l“"'“l "“'"l-T t0 llelllil °"°“l“' to introducing an improved bill. The r filed ‘Nil-ll ll Cllll”llll`0llll SYS*-elll Of FU* cost of registration would be hc- tween $3,000 and $4,000 ii year, ol' S all l>rogressive countries, which ‘had $12,000 to $10,000 for each legislative term. We know now that there is no occasion for any such systcni of reg- istration. It was solely on account of this great cost that the :ict was rcpeiiled. No one then in the House had seriously questioiieil the allper- iority of the ballot metlioil_ Now wc know we can have thc ballot :it pra- ctically the saiiic cost as f.lii~ open vote. llc could not i.lioi'i-loi'e sri- :iliy i'e.'ii:oii why an opposition to thc bul- lot coiilil ln- iiuiiiiliiiiicil. flrigiiiully the ileiiiuliil for the bullol, ill 1-ing- lanil ciiine froiii the coinmoii pi-.iiple-.. 'llhe l'l'cnii¢-,i' had in ii foriilcr si-.ssioil spoken of tile "iliiiiily, open, lfi‘itisli vote-." Hui. it was in fret- liritaili that the people had dr-.iiinlidcd tho ballot for their protection and had since maintained it.. He cited thc case of lloniiiiion officials once disfran- chised and uiterwanls given the vote again :is evidence that the Govern- ment helievcd that the (lovernnicnt could control the open vote in large iiieasllre. llc appealed to fail'iniiuied und pi'ogi‘ci~isive int-iiibcrs on the Lib- eral side to support. the resolution. N. i.. Men-oNAi.o tiioiislil. it was tinii-. the incnibi-l's ive-.re nt hoiiio liistcud of discnssilig such iiiu-.stioiis as this. I-lc had no faith in the sin- cerity of the Opposition. It was their party which had repealed the ballot. l-le thought if the ma_iorif.y of the people were in favor of the ballot the people would have been heard from. He contended that they had no inau- date fi'om the peoplato adopt the ballot. _ HON. Mit. l'eI(lH,f\llU.“l thought the same necessity did not exist hf=l'0 HH in large manlifricturing districts for the protection of the ballot. He cared very little for oneniethod of voting lniiwml-w-`-» 'l‘l\vr~¢~er-' fuller- ll-lille-l`~ over the other. He ind -not tlilnfi the eo le cured much about it one wal' Br ltllic otlier. If lic tliollflht ¢lll’Y ivailtcil the ballot., lic -would favor giving it to them, As if. was _lie was disposi-.il to oppose the i'esoliitioii._ H6 quoted some Uonsi>.i'\'al.ive opinions he 'cfiect that flii:-rc was more t t ' ‘ ' ' ' ' tranlmcled votes of the electors. _ c2,.r“,,u,;n under the ballot_sysi.ein tlliin under open voting. His will conviction was that the D0_0Plll ‘° not want the ballot. l_lel‘t:ilnly they were not agitating for it. _ MR. McI»lflAN thought lt stl'U»lll=!° time so many on the _tioveriirtnent side were gagged 0" mls ‘lllell_l°lll' He had hoped to have heard rom_ the uicmbcr for Morcll. (lVll`~ (Vx) 01 from the iiicliibel' for il-llfl-l`l0_f~l'~el"W“ (Holi. Ml'. Huglics) who :isllll`_ll_ll the leadership, or iroin the .llslilion hiinself, who so fur had no Ol D __ to express. He (Mr. l\ilcl.ean) wouf now vote to repeal such u. b:1ll0f» llllll registration not ns that which was years ago repealed. 'l‘here vi'u€e_l_l_; couiparisoii between the two Bylzjmes of ballot and 0119" Vute- BNF d ‘_ too many voters were sworn glllugt ,the open vote as under the 11 d wealthy retired merchant. of this Slrefl 110 ‘lil S0 Slglllll. 'llllc bldwarks system Why bud all the cities Ml towns had the ballot llllwed ln tllelll lclty' ~ l t sa - 't -ifterwiird When Dr. Townsend married thc se- ffee l’l`°55~ "“‘l_he “"5 Dmlll 'll by charters Of. Called ll" l ‘ ., Hé cond time it was in the firui belief tlle Press_R`*‘;_°li‘;‘l,R;°il_’l§lx:{"becn'l;le? as (lhal'lotteto\_y_i:_ ll__uud_____<;<;ll;h-____m be that he had been legally iiivorccl>l`0""‘-‘l` are not sincere. All they asked WHS ____ ny exveriefrice i_i\ “““£_Y l““,§l,f, ‘lll,il,,,l,;',‘,‘, to lie not to tii&_t_e§it_\N c\_________, they om-AWA. April ie - ow- fl-it l_>-‘ell <“l"< “'*_“‘ "ll~T' _,. ,t ,el nos. ivlii. ivle .. __. _ ____ _M ing to cabinet iiiectings beini-t contiii- 2"c(;‘_;:'_1’(l;“l(:_l§:>l_l_1 ;lt::f;,`°lil,,lg(,lp3,l,S;_ were ‘llllnfllltlll-lep§)l;)l‘l,l_l_° Nl_l)l,l,l",__¥ had ned on Mondnv, I-Ion. Mr. Pugslcy “tim to the haunt “ml h0`,,.,d tht. thc Wl__ to __'_“mm|_t the haunt hm, wlll ll” llnnllletl" ll() to Sl" Joh" M Government wouldlnot. longer do so.l told liini not to vote for Ile intended. -SON aid ulpnrently _ rlllll’ lllllllslcr llllll llxllelltllll to reach ilildqnhilltllilhlldllllldif tliesllrovilncc had ll'rI‘l votc was then taken alid the St. John on Monday, but his_ pre- how not the collrnm, to m,,m“nc9 ____ l\¢i_U____ decl,,,~,,.i lost on at ul.riiigIit l~`0llC0 here 0" °lll°l“l l‘l"`llll"“l “"_lll bl" the policy nf the .Llovcriliiient mi this lfgufzy vote-Yciis lil, nays 14. ll0l‘0lll°l1l`Y fl” *mme *lays* H” wlll gl’ question. He asked the Preiilier t-\_l 'ppc Zion f‘.liurcli bill was read _ii to Ht. John a little later on. ,|,,,.jn_,.,, |,;mF§}_fI_FR P __ y ____ mug thirill tiiiic :uid l»itss_l-£1. Also thc hill THE PR” ‘ _ ll' ll l _ 'csicctiiig the l.clAll*“ 'l"""' _ _ ‘ tion on____tRl_<;__§1l{i_l_e__;‘__l_l`§lli_i_-_|_-___ dm`t un, l 'llhe Housc_ in -_~» i-5,,-,_ ,,,,~_ ,,,_,....,,.,_... wi. MlEl.ll(1UllNlil_, April l~f-A delrlrn- ' ' hill iiicl_\ll»0lll__l . |____i'tcd_ ,mm ,,,,,,,,._ tion of Italian agricultural experts oring ':1sdl<§i:- :lill-htinrldglldlllad niillls was tlllrty dde' dgurcllvtllniemind make big _:non- W°°‘~ , . _ ter ily ll - 0- ~ ‘ - i . _ yesf'-el” BY _ i ll as niuc as ' ""i."*l i- ....... Ill everything glvo t an B sacks mall' 'md anwed ln P C on 30 . fic lots fn one day. Lots are sold .°n t d t 7. ro _ » »- - _ _ the sweet sleep which comes with 1:30 Td;“lG:ld:ldf?tl¢;ti:wno lwllthl pns- ze'l`lie length nf f.0_