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His Bold Dismissal Of His. Ministers and
tbs Grave Qaestiefs RaiisSaaa :'14'
by That Aot.,s;s: a.s:
Hind, the Halifax <fDeteetiye," Still
Writing Letters e? fhe Coy:
ernor'Gepera39].,s a39].,s;!:
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frelght-Trale Thrown, ;lntn 4 Creek Ten
Miles from The citxt Of To-
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Interesting Items, of News from Va
rions Parts Of the United
." Provinces.
OBITUARY.

} =, OBITUARY.
|, Sp<etat psezteh to Tbs Chicago 1+fbunf
/, OuEnEc, Jan. s0-Thc Hon. l4ete}licr de
st, Just. late ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Que
i, bee, died at his residence at River 0uclle
Inst night, The latu Mr. Letelltcr was born
at River Ouelle on the l2tt1 Of May, 1920. fIo
entered public life rs Representative for
Ka,uouraskai In 1851, but was defeated i'll 1852.
and again in 1851 III 1861 he was elected to
the Legislative Council Of Canadn for Grail
Vile Division, and sat in that Chamber until
the dissolution at the confederation, when lie
was called to the Senate By Royal proclama-
ton. It was, however, as Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor OF Quebec, to which. office
he was appointed In 1876, that he cnt most
prominent and altogether novel figure In
Canadian political history. When occupy
inv this position he formed the opinion tllat
the Dc BoucAeryillu Ministry was contemll~
ing his authority, and was determined to
ignore him. The Province was then bound
hand aud feet to tho Conservatives, and
LeteIlier,
BEING 4 REFoRAlER,
did not look with high favor OH the policy
Of Dc Bouclleryille, and possibly nttriD-
uted the growing elnbarrassments Of the
Province to tha bureaucratic Government
and its reckless railway policy. On March :,
1878, the political world was astonfsted
to hear that the Lieutenant-Governor Of
Ouebec had dismissed his Ministry. There
after the party press was In paroXysms, and
the independent press found All opportunity,
of which It ayaiied itself, to discuss consai
tutlonal question on the. broad platform Of
public interests. The position which they
took was that, while the Lieutenant~Goyernor
| had perfect legal right to dismiss his Min
isters. his act In doing so WAS ngainst the
spirit Of the Constitution,-in other words,
that the dismissal was
AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXERCISE OF LEGAL
| POWERS.
| The matter was brought up in Parliament,
when thc Governor was sustained by Mr..
Mackenzie's Administration: It was then
| carried to England, whence 1t was referred
back to Canada, the Governor-General being
! i'll effect told to act upon the advice OF his
Ministers. .Again brought up in the present
Parliament, Letcllier's decapitation was
decread in the motion declaring that his use
fulness was gone. Since his suDercession
Leteiier has been In declining health, and
| fatterly It has been apparent to his friends
| that his hour had. inevitably come. His
ateatah M a'4theEtty y generally =
admitted to have
Had PURIFYING AND lsrRESerHExrSo
EFFECT !
upon the administrator of affafrs.in Quebec,
for, though Mr.. Jolly did not manage long
to retain his slight hold upon power, alr.
| Chapleau, his successor, has been Premier
vino, while still dyed in Tory tradition, has
been not unulindful of the popular will.
Leteiiier's removal established the important
principle TINT observation-disclosures are not
actual representatives Of the sovereign,
but merely officers Of the Dominion Parlla-
! lnent.
A BAD RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
TORONTO, Ont, Jan. % 229.-Early this plorn-
ing train on the Grand Trunk Roilroad east,
while crossing a bridge over Highland Greek,
ten miles from this city, left the track. line
train went over into the creek. Four Of the
cars composing the train we're laden With
fruit and III each Of them there was stove.
The Goals from the stoves set the cars on fire.
and they, together With their contents, were
entirely consumed. 4 youth in charge Of
the fruit, end who was in one Of the cars at
the time the accidcut happened, is burned
to death. He was seen by the train
hands at the last stopping place,
but is missing since the cars
went over. A valuable race-torse, which
was aboard the train, and which was to Tia We
been detained Mt Toronto On. suspicion of
having been staten, was killed, and brake
llai, In his eiileay0r to escapa from the
train, was severely injured. Ting railway
track is badly torn up, and, the bridge SO
pletely stopped, aud orders have been issued
to cancel all freight, and .pRssenger-trains
| will have to be transferred at the bridge.
| Gangs OF men arc busily engaged repairing
the bridge and clearing ft1e Il, track, i put ILLS u IS
| before tomorrow morning. a part Of the
freight is saved, but the larger portion is ut
| terly destroyed. ;.
TIE HALIFAX FISHERY FRAUD.
HALIFAX, Jan. 29.-Henry 1oule Hind,
! compiler ct the analytical index to the docu-
merits of the Fisheries Commission, has all
dressed another communication to the Gov
ernor-General. The following Is tile closing
| paragraph:
" have perfect right to ask why Sir
Alexander Campbell, with the facts IN print
before him, and with auple .nlenns for OBJ
| tanning. correct illformat1dn, dared to make
] the deludt1p. statement Will when he IS
srediteQ' OH the floor. OF the senate ;i.t,.
member Of your ExceIlency's Government.
| There is no conceivable excuse for this pub
lie deception, and it is as unmanlya as II IS un:
! becoming tor Sir Alex Campbell TO t1rgW
the entire Responsibility on the agent Of, the
| same time the rogue1Y,:Df his own officers
and the outspokeu sA4lne OF his own n1ts-
leading statements. IT,. !. had not drawn
special Intention to thSs9 figures In my letter letter
might have been Legitimate excuse for avoid
| Ing the subject. bu1 fpaing pointedly drawn