The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-05
SAW GAYNOR ON
CANADIAN TRIP
JUDGE HENRY M'ALPlN BACK.
TALKS OF HIS THREE WEEKS OF
TRAVEL IN DOMINION.

AAO Ca" NdN
Learned That He Was Living in
Great style.
After spending three weeks in Can
ada travelling with his wife and daugh-
ter. Judge Henry McAlpin has returned
to Savannah.
While in Quebec he saw a man well
known and badly wanted by the Fed
eral authorities in Savannah-John f.
| Gaynor. Not wishing to stir up IN
pleasant memories for a man who was
evidently enjoying life so generously,
Judge McAlpin did not make himself
known.
From residents of Quebec he learned
that Gaynor was living in style and
was preparing to occupy a dwelling
next door to the Governors house in
the most fashionable part of Quebec.
Gaynor is exceedingly we'll known in
Quebec, and with a beautiful setter dog
which follows him everywhere, the two
have earned the pseudonym of 1.-The
Man and the Dog"
Lack of school Buildings.
zone thing that impressed me in my
"trip through Canadian cities and coun-
try" said Judge McAlpin to repre-
| sentative of the Morning News, twas
the absolute lack of school buildings.
Each hamlet has a large church, but
no school building. Neither in Mon
treal or Quebec did 7 see such build
ings. If they were there they escaped
my observation.
Il left Savannah on Aug. and went
direct to Thousand Islands. After
spending short time there we went
on yacht into the locks of the Rido
canal, which connects Kingston with
Ottawa. The canal is merely a series
of locks, the fall between some of them
being fifteen feet.
"One of the lakes we passed through
had been raised to make it on a level
with another lake, and had overlooked
the surrounding territory. The lake
was called the River Styx, and most
of it was a wilderness of stumps, with
a circuitous channel The lakes are
dotted with islands, and are very beau
tiful At Ottawa we spent three or
four days fishing for lake trout.
After returning to the islands my
wife and daughter went with me
through the rapids, which were not as
hazardous as anticipated. The waters
in the st. Lawrence river were I'M
usually high and this covered up some
of the Instructions. The main rapids
are just above Montreal.
At Chateau FrOntenac.
I'VE stopped over night at Montreal
at the Hotel Windsor, and the next
morning devoted the time exclusively
to sight seeing, and left that afternoon
by train for Quebec. where we stopped
at the Chateau Frontenac. built upon
the nights near the citadel. and were
fortunate in having the full moon while
there, the scene being supposed to be
one of the most picturesque things in
nature.
while at the hotel 1 had the pleas
! ure of seeing, but not talking, with
Gaynor. I did not introduce myself to
him for fear that 1 might bring back
unpleasant recollections. I was told
| that he had taken a house next the
| Governors and that he was keeping a
| very handsome establishment.
Leaving the hotel the next morning
| by trolley we rode to the falls of Mont
morency and to the celebrated church
of Saint Ann de Beaupre. This church
| was established in 1900 by some men
| who were shipwrecked and who made
a vow that if their patron saint would
save them they would raise an altar on
| the shore to her. 1t has been celebrated
from that time until the present for the
number of miraculous cures that are
made by pilgrims at the shrine, and
statistics show that during the year
1903 there were 16S, 900 pilgrims, not in
| Guiding the tourists, who worshipped at
| the shrine.
zone portion of the church is filled
with crutches and other evidence of
| sudden and miraculous cures, exercised
| through the Intervention of the good
Saint Ann. In the sacristi are gifts of
every variety from that of plain gold
| ring to costly jewels that have been
| left by votaries who have received sue
cor and comfort.
Citadel Like Port Arthur.
among the other points of interest
| of course was the citadel, which even
in these days of modern implements
of war is considered almost invulner-
able. After a visit to the fort one can
readily understand what it must be for
the Japanese to complete the capture
of Port Arthur which is somewhat
similar to the fort, as l understand the
conditions there.
From Quebec we went by steamer
back to Montreal and thence across to
Ottawa, the capital of Canada. We
visited its magnificent parliamentary
place and the suberb drive leading out
to the experimental farm. This drive
way when completed is to be forty
miles long and is supposed to be fin
ished within ten years. Eight miles
have already been completed within the
last two years.
THE farm itself consists of 400 acres
and l understand it approaches nearer
perfection than any other of its kind
i'm the world. It certainly looks that
way to the casual observer"
Being asked regarding the political
impressions of the trip, Judge McAlpin
said
Il was in New York only four hours
on my return and did not see anybody
1 knew. OF course my stay in Canada.
did not bring out any political observa-
tions. My trip was for recreation any.
way though l never heard politics
mentioned"
Mrs. McAlpin will return to Savannah
later, while Miss McAlpin will not
come back before entering school in
New York this fall.
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For over sixty Years
Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. II
soothes the child. softens the gums, al
lays all pain. cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty
five cents a bottle.-ad.
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