Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-04
PREMIER MERCER COMING,
Quebec's Prime Minister to Attend the
Catholic Convention in Baltimore.

Montreal Dispatch to the New York Sun.
Quebec's premier, Honore Mercier, will leave
here in the course of few days to attend the
great Catholic convention in Baltimore. He
will travel in special car and will probably be
accompanied by Mgr. Labelle, who is a deputy
minister OF the Quebec government as well as
prominent Catholic clergyman. great deal
OF interest attaches to the visit of Quebec
premier to the Baltimore convention and your
correspondent is informed on the highest
authority that important results will follow.
One OF the principal objects of Mercier's visit
will be to gain sympathy in the United States
for the Catholic cause in Canada. He will ad-
dress the convention on the position of the
Catholic church in the Dominion 1t is a sub
Ject full OF interest and no one is perhaps more
competent to handle it than the Quebec pre-
mler. The church has of late been subjected
10 many assaults and in the agitation Mercier
has payed conspicuous part He was the
originator of the celebrated Jesuit legislation
which granted 100000 to the Jesuits in settle
ment OF an ancient claim. Tie legislation was
obnoxious to many and bitter agtat on arose
winch has spread from one end of the Dominion
TO the other. SO bitter has the feeling become
that many of the more far-seeing of the popu-
latlon are looking to annexation as the ou.y
remedy.
There is no doubt that it has been Merciers
legislation that has created the agitation and
ne mas, as consequence become one of the
most striking personalities in the Dominion
He Is now the recognized leader of the French
Canadians, or natlonalists, as they are called
whose dream Is to build French Canadian and
Catholic nation Oh the st. Lawrence. Premier
Merclers object III attending the Catholic con-
vention at Baltimore is to gain the moral SUD-
port OF his co-rehgionists i'll the United States,
ana by this means strengthen his position here.
Apache Prisoners Kill Their Guards.
Sheriff Reynolds, w. A. Holmes and Eugene
Middleton, while taking eight Apache Indians
and one Mexican to Yuma penitentiary, in Ari-
IONA, Saturday were killed by their prisoners
four miles from Riverside. 1t happened before
daylight The prisoners were being walked
up heavy sandwash. and one of them grabbed
pistol from Holmes and shot the whites The
Indians then robbed the dead took their arms
and ammunition and started south The Next
can convict was captured later. Eugene Mid
dieton, the owner of the stage line, was driving
at the time and was shot in the right side of
the face, the ball coming out near the top of
the head. Another shot took effect in his
cheek. He walked back to Riverside to give
the alarm. Al last accounts he was dying.
Virginia Voters Stricken from the List.
The effort of the republican committee of
the Richmond (ya.) district to have the names
of those voters which were stricken from the
registration lists replaced has failed The
judges of both the county and circuit courts
have refused to grant the appeals of the voters.
Just how many were blotted from the books is
not known.
DASvILLE REGISTRAR ARRESTED.
United States District Attorney Craig arrived
In Danvllle Saturday and T. A. Fox, registrar
at the last presidential election. was arrested.
charged with improperly erasing from the
registration books the names OF republican
voters. The case was heard before United
States Commissioner Tinsiey, and at the begin
ming OF the trial several exciting scenes oc-
Cured, though no violence was done and Fox
was finally sent to the grand jury for indict-
ment.