Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, August 31, 1898

Issue date: Wednesday, August 31, 1898
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Previous edition: Tuesday, August 30, 1898

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Pages 1 - 8 of the Winnipeg Free Press August 31, 1898.

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 31, 1898, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press morning published every Flaye wept in Navy 0 Oclock tie Manitoba free press mag uni j managing by mall or per annul pay outside strictly in and evening news bulletin will be sent tree to All Winnipeg subscribers to the morning free at the same and and to subscribers outside of win to whom both editions can tie the same advertising rates one 80 cents per one 60 cents per three per six per twelve per Bates for insertion both in morning free press and evening news Bulle 25 per Over the above circulation the Winnipeg daily free press has a larger circulation than All other win a leg daily papers combined satisfactory eld twice of which will be riven to advertisers on Job printing tie free press Job department is one of the Best equipped printing Olf Icea in and is or Capri to execute All kinds of lira class style at honest Job too Bugnone too All business communications be and tees sed easiness Telephone numbers editorial business 816 Job 316 Freedom in Liberty in Equality in civil August the the brother of the esteemed pastor this delivered a Sermon in Vancouver a few weeks ago on tie disobedience of the Laws of and from that went on to speak human which some times became dead and said that is one tiling i often warn our Temperance people and i am a Temperance Man if in our pass a Law in on the plebiscite that s to Corne up finally in a few weeks that is not intended to be operated and that Law becomes a dead letter on our statute in ten years we will have a carnival of crime in our Dominion that it is difficult to conceive better still have the imperfect License Law than a perfect a prohibitory that is not it would be difficult to put More Wisdom into medleys concluding he echoes tie thought of a majority of there is total prohibition in Manitoba and other provinces during certain hours and on certain and the License to Well liquor carries with it a Man Dati for an orderly accommodation for Man and and a liability to police All these restrictions and regulations Are and if they were removed and liquor sold without under an act of that state of affairs would do ranch worse than the a great Many of the horrors of the tales of suffering in the family and the ruin of individuals Are drawn from the there it not near so much drug Kenness in Canada today As there was Twenty years and not As much As ten years there has evidently been steady improvement in the right i there of far toe Many instances of men who waste their substance and destroy the com fort of an otherwise Happy through Strong in some children see their mothers in the Depths of a degradation simply Ter Rible to anything that will Rescue the victims of and anything that will eradicate the will be welcomed by ninety nine people out of a and it is the duty of All Good citizens to take any step open to them which they think will accomplish that those who believe that the passage of a total prohibition accomplish the results aimed and will stamp out the curse of Drunken Are in duty bound to vote in the those who Are not effected to excess by Strong and who think that such a measure would Ressue those who unless they help to bring that Happy Lour Are taking a great moral Benjamin of in n carefully considered Points out that the enactment of a prohibitory liquor Law by the Dominion Parlia must necessarily repeal the various License Laws of the he instances the Case of peo ple viewing the sports at and being among the and he did not see a person the worse of and there was not a single Case of drunkenness or disorder re ported to the asks the question whether the enact ment of a prohibitory Law by the Federal parliament bring about a better condition of things than that which we now secure under the operation of the existing provincial this is practically tie same ques Tion to which the Pedley a hypothetical the whole thing depends very largely of the answer to question which every voter ought to put to name am to actively co to enforce a if at that is the upon the reply to which everything Tiiu Dominion parliament might pass a prohibitory liquor but it is not within their Power to enforce it against the hostility of a Large Sec Tion of the combined with tiie apathy of another Large a Man does not propose to assist in the enforcement of a prohibitory liquor he is not very logical if he votes for its most in passing a merchants seeing a thief walking away with a piece of or hearing of a plot to Rob the at would take some Steps to inform the proprietor or the they Are in Active sympathy with the Law against larceny and some advocates of a prohibitory Law liken the present system of legalized Salo to a railway train on a Down Grade on a the end of which is an abyss of if this View was taken by people generally they would see to the enforcement of a prohibitory Law just As they would see that the in against train wrecking was there is not a Man in Canada if he saw an obstruction Ion the track of a passenger would Inot remove and if the obstruction was too great for Las unaided he would go for help and take Steps to Stop the if those who vote under the plebiscite for a prohibitory Law feel that Way about the use of and they form a majority of the then parliament should pass a prohibitory Law at and the state of under it will not be worse than under the present but parliament pass a Law which will deprive it of several Mil lion dollars of and in the machinery for and the Means of make that Law ineffective and contempt the Only thing that will induce parliament to pass a proper Law and devote the Money necessary to pro vide for its is the conviction that the conscience and Cool reason of the great bulk of the inhabitants will Lead them to promote the enforcement of such an act As they now promote and Aid the ment of other tie consideration which is found presented to the mind of the that if prohibition is enacted and seven or eight millions of dollars of animal Revenue is thereby Cut to will have to put his hand in his pocket to Supply that is not one that should weigh in a question this if prohibition will and the enormous Wasta of Money on liquor by those who Are not benefited by is the Benefit to the As a would far outweigh the loss of one Quarter of the Public the Man who conscientiously believes thai to benefiting his fellow Man to a very Large will not grudge paying an extra in View of the general Good that would the quickest thing Spain has done since the War began is the of her five peace William postmaster Gen has returned to Ottawa from he is still Plain my the rate War Between the trans Continental railway companies is to be settled confere cos and arbitration Are the elements of com Mon sense in modern a Bye election for the first District of Queens in the Prince Edward Island legislature takes place to fill the vacancy caused by tie appoint ment of Premier Warburton to a seven representing Hund reds of Farmers in the Western Are now visiting the wheat lands of Manitoba and the they will find a land flowing with Grain and an unfortunate physician at Hamil finding that practice has deserted gives up the struggle for sex and with a dose of morphine transfers himself to the realm of rest and he would have done bet top to come West and grown the russian wheat crop promises to be a failure this if the czars pro for a peace results in an Assembly of diplomats Petersburg next they should take with them a few bags of Mani Loba hard to assure a Supply of Good bread for exp remier of returned tie other Day from London and Paris and said that Edward Blake is making a year out of the privy Council that where Blake As a political Leader he was conspicuous Only for wasted i letter used his millions in Money to Corner tie worlds won the hatred of several millions and lost Nix now Mclntyre of Alt new is said to have control of with which to Corner the a precis flour Supply probably expects to make barrels of Money from barrels of it u interesting to compare shake speares analysis of a lie with e sneaking at Calgary Foster said j if it is Ope he for me to deceive one is it or As the Manitoba morning Leader at a party to make pledges to five millions of and then turn my Back upon my pledges i would be five million times As big a ii out if i deceived five million Dis closes a humiliating Page in the re cent political history of British he says that Premier tur Ner offered him a position in his it is nothing Short of scan Dalous that a Defeated prime minis Ter should seek to retain office through the pleasure of the Lieuten obtained by bribery ill the form of a portfolio to the Lieut governors for to half year ending june the grand trunk carried More and 11 per cent More ton than in the corresponding six months in despite the Passen Ger the company declared a dividend of on the 4 per cent guaranteed Stock and carried Over under Normal conditions the showing would have been still the company financial improvement in the past two years has been tic has return dec irom and gives his impressions to an interviewer in Mon Cash radius comments upon the institutions and affairs of great Britain Are Well there arc in members in the House of can Stnons from the province of que who Cut As respectable a figure he m a very Strong but in his controversies neither descends to vulgarity nor personal and is deservedly to i an Ottawa dispatch to Tia Mon Treal Star says tie alleged determination of the United delegates to the que Bec to demand the denunciation of the preferential Tariff by the Canadian government before entering upon Trade negotiations is attracting great the alleged determination could not attract attention because the american commissioner who wan alleged 1o have expressed it repudiates the it was invented for political and being exploited for the tame Andrew Carnegie is out with a in the London for an Exchange of the 1liilippines for tie British West and add that England and the United states could retain Coaling stations each and the open both by if the object is to secure Coaling stations and Industrial markets for tic states and great Britain could that not be accomplished As Nell the test indies As they Are and the Philippines under the United states people like a round about of arriving at an and Carnegie seems to be one of the text of Admiral Mont Jos offi Cial report on the Spanish disaster in Manila Fry of May published in Only serves ton Spain administrative there is a woeful arraignment of Spain in the official declaration that the spa push ships were in a generally bad that they were lacking in men in All particularly in gunners and Sharp shoot some of the assistant Engi neers were and that there few rapid fire guns and no protective All this after weeks of waiting under orders for an by librarian of the Ontario has at last vacated that office for he apparently held it As a be tween election for he was pm tinally offering himself As a Candi Date for the Suffrages of the and when was to appointed to the he was at the same time also an applicant for office at outa he Wili now be at Liberty to do As he but it was certainly a strange Liberty Given to him in the past by the Ontario his Avern has been far years doing the actual and Liis which is not a political is very creditable to the i it is Otteri said that sir Laurier Nae been playing in great Luck since his return to the depression Lias passed Canada is attracting More tent Ion abroad than Ever and immigration is bringing thousands of settlers to the Canadian the Choice of time for the meeting of the Quebec conference la another made Clear by the comment to of the United states the Paul Pio Neer for says the outcome of the com missions the american people at least will be far More ready to yield Tome Points gracefully than they would have even a year to accept graciously concessions from the other the of a position among great nations which Wie live recently acquired brings with it a dignity which is not so easily offend Wii Ilo it prose its to the other party to the discussion a new reason for treating us with and it should be for Mutual congratulation that the work waa not undertaken at an earlier 1 Detroit free t i feel like a store with a bar gain groaned As he approached from the direction of the the immediate surroundings of Mouth a the my Jam a voice from the Are 1jqjb acid painted Wotli his the Earl of the Gover no general elect of our and the chances Are Good for gentle Man leaving after his having had pleasure of meeting if the Home government would a Plain John occasionally we would then use our in fluence the a pass to make arrangements for hand outer on the and make a pilgrimage to see Tweedie on Halifax on of the conservative members of the Bruit wan in Montreal a Days mid in tie course or an sized up George Foster in the following terms Foster is a Clever Mam ire is a Strong debater butt lie Lias no personal magnetism he is not the Man for a Leader lie could not command or influence men he has studied As he studied Temperance he Han very Little follow ing in the the people were disgusted Ith him for in treatment of sir Mackenzie Bow strength did to for flow in his own constituency this is a decidedly interesting certificate of character in View of the fact that this same Foster is at the head of a faction which is seeking u oust sir Tupper from the conservative Leader books and some notes of rider Haggard and Robert Louis Juder Haggard writing a Book embodying hit own experiences As a Farmer on his estate at to be called the Farmers Longmans Magazine has the right of publishing part of it serially before it comes out permanently in coi form a new writer of great Promise Bias come to tie front in her entitled life is a number of Short and has received genuine Praise m High Crit ical she is miss Gwendoline of and writes under the pen the first half of the Book is made up of Wilu thrilling tales of life in the Bush and among the miners in aus it is to the last How which contains stories of Devon Shire that the critics appreciation travelling Kab bin chs and Widder Vlink con Tain Many pages of great Beauty and unrivalled in Zack is now writing a Clett editor of the late whose purple cow brought him Fame on both sides of the Bien touring in Scotland with Bobrit Loais Lloyd of Borni and the purple cow has now its own secure place in nonsense verse i never saw a purple i never to Villi to see one but i can Tell you id Tiit licit Sec than be if it were a Purtle one could say with id rather than see her son and daughter Are now they Bay they Are a unpretentious and want to keep out of the they have collected what they Call the gallery of being their portraits from american yellow Jour at one time Stevenson tried frantically to paint a representing the Arm of a chair with a match Box on he could not mix his and had to use and Wash the paint on like water his wife says it is a very funny Pic it reminds us that Dante once prepared to paint an of Al tie portraits of that by the is considered the and Stevenson is pleased that he has been chosen to do Tio memorial for Gilea i understand there is great Deal of dissatisfaction regarding this a really worthy statue in a Public Square was the wish of Many of it was also proposed to buy the none in bring it Over and fill it with Steven son the germans would have Dono since the Carlyle House has been purchased and fitted up in reverent memorial Many thousands of Carlyle lovers have pig image to of died at the hitch cock Wolfe on saturday night of old and general Devil he was about ninth and had been in the habit of spending the Summers Here for Many he was reported to be a to c0iu3 a cold of one take laxative Bromo quinine Tab All druggists refund the Money it it fails to 25 when i came Back i gazed i gazed on Stool and chair i could not see my Little Friend because he was not Ingoldsby legends f f his Little Friend was not there no magnifying Power could reveal Bis ode Bare some Marine awl of Sra glasses that laugh at and bring the object sought for Icse to our Porte has Pur chased and forwarded a number of these Fine French of Clear Field Large Range with cases and Sling com bought a sold a bar gain from to holmpnx4ss main Johns ladies College under the patronage of the archbishop of experts the autumn term begins for further information apply daily arriving More of those Beautiful dress Mote new More new More new More new clothing and mens consequently everything in sum Mer goods go at reckless prices at 524 and 53 main we received today a now line of White dress shirts called the i i they Are of the Best Irish Mant Ami a shirt which we think will live a big theres Novelty about them in the Way of a cuff they arc attached to tiie shirt but can be reversed in a few rethink youll want those pretty bad when you see the Price is not High Cor a Good ii youre afraid of a filing weve got other j Commonwealth Hoover main and City Hall Square pure Indian Tea schweppes table Craig Black dress More than pleased with our Stock of Black Iress goods for Tho coming consisting As it does of Bex Maxiine Ellen Terry stuk3i Covert habit fancy Boche the prices Range from 20e up to per Yard and for Quality and style arc an inspection of the tame will Well repay you and convince you that the prices Are we will be pleased to show you the goods whether you wish to buy or tomorrow we will Tell you something about our Stock of hosiery for the Craig a change a Chance a change of location for a Chance an Opportunity for you to buy Wall paper during our removal Sale at 50 per cent lower than you have Ever before this year purchased and at per cent lower than our regular Eastern which speak for them selves if you Call and see the Wall Paster Fig Portage just received two carloads of the Best Bui Obi wholesale wines Andux re Lull Dala Sis main this advertising not to be Eveleigh trunks and travelling bags for Sale by All Dominion Winnipeg 150 Princess deposits received of one Dollar and upwards and interest allowed at current rat Canadian and foreign Exchange bought and a general banking business l the Best Tea is the produce of the finest of the Ceylon plantations which yield full of of the most Dainty Aroma and exquisitely pleasing to it is Well known to connoisseurs that for a Rich representative blend of pure Ceylon is unsurpassed it is a blend of the choicest of Young there b no greater mistake than my Semff since Tonly is it deficient ing a common Low priced i Jank in but it does not m As far by a Long Way Kenneth Mackenzie Tea of really Fine Royal s h1 eld Brand you drink Royal where our duty ends yours begins to reasonable arguments on the a life of a Good thing Are sold by All leading packed by there Are Many and striking novelties shown in the new ceilings of this regret that our limited space will not permit a Complete writeup of the Many new things we but the new herein Plain and Border Chenille spot Chenille spot in All prices fion we would lie pleased to have you look Over our latest fall dress kid dress Feather toilet fancy the Imperial dry goods opposite Post 452 half in Assurance Coy 8 first British fire insurance office established in Hanoe Nares and Robinson have been appointed agents of the Al Jive named and Are prepared to handle every class of fire and have every facility for handling Large Nares Paterson alien chief agents for the Dominion of wedding cake up to Richardson five South of Post school the new victorian readers and All the other school also school Pencil see our fort Garry scribbler at a splendid pen pen and Lead Pencil for just South of City 504 main attention see our Swan Down blankets at 75c and per they Are positively the Best value in the City at the Gibsons carpet University of notice is hereby Given that the the medical Entrance and the supple mental examinations in arts of tills University be held at the City of on the 4th Day of candidates Tor such examinations must at least Twenty Days prior to the Date of the Examina Tion Natke proper application to the irom whom Blank terms of application May be the required fee must accompany the Applina dated at Winnipeg Thea 22nd Day of August Winnipeg twentieth drawing for an appropriation take place in Al Bert Harris main and Market thursday at 8 the Public Are cordially invited to reside pfc Frida de in Rheden teacher of plane reception Tor Puust Sustor 30th and Iron opens pimples Are the most of and Ore both by my method they permanently poured and superfly mull and positively office room o always in to 5 take cars to Elm Park ;