The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-14

position to bid defiance TO any miitary
force the government may send down to
suodue them This declaration is taken
as nothing less than yelled threat, ana
II IS thought here probably means that
taey, expect active assistance rom tne h
boundary. should the government use
force TO carry out its Intentions which
cannot now be abandoned
Prohibition Party Active.
The prohibition propaganda. which is be-
coming exceedingly active and powerful
IN the dominion, may soon receive
check that will parayZe all further efforts
to obtain either federal or provincial pro-
hibhory legislation In this country for
an Indefinite period Of time The Mani
toba government recently introduced "A bill
into the provincial legislature enacting the
severest measure OF prohibition IN the
liquor traffic in that province. The act,
which is intended to come into force on
June lst OF next year, makes provision
for the entire closing OF all places where
liquor Is sold In Manitoba. with the eX-
ception Of drug stores, and these are per-
ritteG to sell only under the most strin-
gent regulations one of the features
OF the act Is that no person Is even al
lowed TO give liquor free to another. nor
Is he permitted to import liquor into the
province in any way for his own private
use.
II now transplres however that the i'm
perial government, by an act passed in
1870. gave the Hudson Bay Company the
power 10 trade in Canada without re-
large part of the companys trade is in
liquor II Is claimed that IL is beyond the
power OF either the provincial or federal
governments to interfere with its right to
traffic In liquor. Therefore. any act Of
prohibition, enacted even by the federal
power. could not be enforced against the
company, but would merely create for
II gigantic monopoly in the liquor
trade
Eminent constitutional authorities have
been consulted with view OF getting over
this Unforeseen difficulty. but nothing has
been suggested. II is now stated that
the Manitoba government will refer the
matter TO the imperial authorities for a So
luton or the problem. Should their de-
which seems altogether likely, II will be
an effectual block to the persistent eff
forts Of prohibitionists to obtain restric-
tive legislation against the liouor bust
ness in Canada. and will also remove a
Nexauous issue from Canadian party poll
tics, In which II has been a shuttle cock
for many years
Favor Union with Canada.
Cable adyices from Newfoundland re-
Gently stated that the organ OF Premier
Bond and the Newfoundland government
had an article in publication announcing
to the Island electors that the Bond min
istry was In favor of the union OF the
colony with Canada Mr. Bond has always
been understood, in this country, to be
favorable to closer relations with the Uni
ties states, as far as commerce goes at
all events. instead of with Canada. He
was the author OF what IL known as the
bond Blaine treaty, the ratification Of
which Canada objected to unless the do
minion was included in the negotiations.
the result was that the treaty was not
ratified by the imperial government This
being the case, the report has caused
considerable surprise in political circles
here. Sir Wilfrid I.aurier was asked il
there was anything in the announcement,
and he replied that there were no nego-
tiations in progress between his gov
eminent and that of Newfoundland look
ing 10 the admission of that colony into
the Canadian confederation This matter
Is In the same position when II was
discussed In dominion parliament a few
weeks ago ON that occasion Sir Louis
Davies. speaking for the administrator.
stated That the present time was not OBJ
FORTUNE TO open negotiations on the sub
lect' II is certain that Newfoundland
French shore difficulty is settled. and nm
less the colony accedes To the terms Of
fered BY the dominion annexation win
not take place In the near future
New Use for Electricity.
new use for electricity has been dis
covered and was announced by Sir James
Grant NJ ID, OF Ottawa, at the meeting
OF the Royal Society of Canada. which
has just concluded its annual session I'm
this city. Sir James read before tho bio
logical sciences section OF the society a
paper entitled THE Central Neurons IN
Relation to Memory and Electricity" In
which he treated upon the employment
or electricity In improving and reviyify-
ing the memory OF man. Sir James ex
planned that the brain neurons and cells
Ike the cells In other tissues Of the body
g s evidence OF lessening power and ac-
uNtty as years pass on The line OF
present Investigation, which Is original
with Sir James Grant. demonstrates. thar
the electrical current passing through the
brain rotates its molecules to such a de
gree as TO produce most noticeable phy
Siological response In the direction of i'm
proved memory - IN