section 18 of Mounties in the News, this LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence. Riel's true character by the New York Times. Negotiations with the government before the breakout. Inside history of the rebellion and of Riel's futile efforts to get money from the government. Winnipeg, June the 2nd. As usual, at a critical period the wires from the front have gone down, and no word can be got through. It is certain that General Middleton has by this time advanced on the enemy's position, and the general impression is that the fight is now in progress. General Middleton, before the wires went down, telegraphed the militia authorities here that he intended making an attack this afternoon. A secret society has been formed here composed of men who were imprisoned by Riel both in this and the previous rebellion, and those who have had friends and relatives put to death or tortured by the rebels, all of whom have taken oath to have Riel's life if he is not sentenced to death. The society will send representatives to watch the trial at Regina. This movement is encouraged by the act of the French half-breeds here to raise money to aid in Riel's defense. The rebellion has demonstrated how utterly useless is the mounted police force which the government has had stationed in the disaffected region for many years at a cost of many hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Commanders of the force have proved themselves criminally cowardly, and when ordered to assist the troops in engagements have always managed never to receive the order until too late. While soldiers were on the field at Batush, these mounted police, knowing that the fight was going on, held their annual sports thirty-five miles away. General Middleton has advised the government to lose no time in abolishing the force and in its place to put some of the troops who have done so nobly. He has reported to the government that the mounted police have become objects of derision and scorn among the Indians instead of objects of respect and fear. Riel is rapidly becoming an object of contempt among Roman Catholics, from whom it was expected he would receive aid in his trial. The Reverend Father Andre of Prince Albert states he was visited by Riel before the uprising, who offered if he would lend his influence to the half-breeds in the rebellion and get other Catholic priests to do likewise the church should receive half of all the half-breeds obtained by the rebellion. The Reverend Father indignantly refused to hear of such a proposition. When Riel flew into a violent rage and shaking his fist in the priest's face said he could triumph in spite of the Catholic church and would travel the priests under his feet when he became the ruler of the Northwest. Riel the weaker so afterward cooled down and saw he made a mistake by defying the church, and he asked Father Andre's pardon and that of the church, but was refused. Riel, finding it was no good, then offered to leave the country if the government would give him two thousand dollars. He said he could tell the half-breeds he was going down to further their interest at Ottawa and they would believe him, and Father Andre asked him did he think the half-breeds would believe what he said and remain quiet, and Riel told him the half-breeds would believe anything he said to them. His name, he said, was a power among them, and whatever he did appeared right to them. He then commenced to complain bitterly of the manner in which the government treated him in 1870. Sir John MacDonald, having promised him three thousand dollars, which he did not receive, to leave the country. Sir John MacDonald, he said, stated in the house that he had only given him Riel one thousand dollars, but as a matter of fact he had received, through Mr. Prue, over four thousand dollars. These are facts never before made public and their publication will create a great sensation all over Canada. Riel told Father Andre he considered the government owed him the money he had not received, and the least they could do for him was to give him enough to carry himself and family to lower Canada, where he would be among friends and always under the eye of the government. In case the government refused to exceed to his demand, he would raise, he said, such a storm that it would cost them thirty millions of dollars and much blood before they could subdue it. Father Andre, who previous to this had treated Riel's vaporings with contempt, now began to see he was making serious mischief among the half-breeds and fermenting rebellion. He therefore promised to use his influence with the government officials known to him to procure Riel the money demanded, and for this purpose waited upon Mr. D. H. MacDowell, member of the Northwestern Council for Prince Albert, and begged him to take the matter in hand. Mr. MacDowell at first refused, but eventually agreed to see Riel, and for that purpose went to him in company with Father Andre. And after a conference lasting three hours, in which Riel laid his grievances against the government before him, and reiterated his offer of leaving the Northwest on receipt of two thousand dollars from the government, Mr. MacDowell promised to do his best to induce the government to comply with Riel's demand. On receipt of this assurance Riel promised to wait forty days before taking further steps. Mr. MacDowell then wrote to Governor Dudney placing Riel's demand before him, also his views on the subject, and received an answer to the effect that the matter would be laid before Sir John MacDonald. The stipulated forty days flew by, but no answer came from either Sir John MacDonald or Governor Dudney. At the expiration of forty days another letter was addressed to Governor Dudney, inquiring what action had been taken on Riel's proposals, and a response came to the effect that the government did not wish to hear anything more about Riel, and that they would do nothing. This precipitated their rebellion. Riel at once sought revenge. He incited the half-breeds to rebellion, but with poor success until an event occurred which set them all in ablaze. This was the passage of the honourable Lawrence Clark through the French half-breeds settlements. In answer to their repeated inquiries, as to the result of their petitions, no less than three of which had been sent down at various times, without the Dominion government's vouchsafing any notice. His reply was, There are five hundred police coming up behind me with an answer in shape of bullets. Nothing further was needed. Half terrified, wholly infuriated, the half-breeds exasperated beyond endurance, flew to arms, and the disastrous result which followed all know. This is the inside history of the half-breed rebellion in the Northwest. End of Section 18. Section 19 of the Mounties in the News. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. No news from Middleton. Riel's Lieutenant at Fort Benton, Colonel Irvine, defends his actions. St. Paul, Minnesota, June 5. A Fort Benton, Montana dispatch, to the pioneer press, says. Gabriel Dumont and Michael Jemez arrived from Fort Assiniboine last evening. They are the heroes of the hour, and as this community is in full sympathy with them, they have no apprehension of being disturbed while on American soil. In conversation they gave frequent expressions of their gratitude at being now in a land of liberty where the rights of men are respected. Dumont does not speak English. Dumas is an intelligent man and converses well. He said that in all the engagements the half-breeds lost only twenty-four men. They were beaten at Batush because they had no arms or ammunition. He says Riel did not try to escape, did not know the country, and could not escape if he had tried. Dumont and Jemez will go to the Sun River country next. They have no plans for the future but think the government will satisfy the half-breeds claims and that the trouble is over for the present. A dispatch from the pioneer press correspondent at Prince Albert says. Yesterday I had a talk with Colonel Irvine and Commissioner Reed. Irvine said he did not know until now that his command had been adversely criticized and did not care to be interviewed about it. Reed was more communicative and the two made the following statement of the case. They knew better than anybody else the character of the men they had to fight, the preparations the latter had made and their strength and capabilities. They knew too that in and around Prince Albert were many who sympathized with Riel and his followers and would have joined him if they dared, who were only prevented from doing so by fear lest he should be whipped and captured.  When it was supposed that General Middleton was advancing against Batush with but three hundred and fifty men Irvine knew he would be cut to pieces and had made up his mind to advance and help him at all hazards. Afterward learning that one thousand five hundred men, including Otter's command, were en route he believed the forces large enough to ensure victory without his aid. In his judgment his duty was to protect Prince Albert. He was aware that the rebels were very desirous that he should come out with his hundred and eighty police, only part of whom were mounted as they had prepared ambiscades for him and were determined first to get his arms in ammunition which would be of priceless value to them in their contest with General Middleton and second to advance upon and capture Prince Albert for the defence of which he could leave but thirty-five rifles and forty shotguns. Upon the slightest hint of a sortie on the part of the police the women and children of the town became frantic with fear and besought Colonel Irvine not to leave them to be massacred. General Middleton says he does not blame Colonel Irvine so much since he heard his side of the case, but he is disgusted with the whole system. Whatever may be the ultimate result there can be no doubt that the prestige of the mounted police force, the terror inspired and the influence they exerted among the savages has gone. Winnipeg, June 5. Joseph Riel, brother of the rebel chief, who resides in St. Boniface across the river from the city, yesterday received a letter from Louise saying that his family whom he left at Battouche when he took to flight is in a destitute condition. Upon receipt of the letter Joseph with several half-breeds started for Battouche and will bring the rebel chief's family here where they will be taken care of. The telegraph line to Battleford is down the greater part of the time. No news has yet been received from General Middleton and great anxiety and consequence is felt here. New York Times June 6, 1885 End of Section 19 Section 20 of the Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Big Bear, a prisoner. Winnipeg, July 5. Big Bear was captured on Friday morning near Carlton by Sergeant Smirch of the Mounted Police. His son and one of his councillors were taken at the same time. Big Bear said his band were on the way to Fort Carlton to surrender. They had been some days without provisions. He had passed Otters and Irvine's forces on the way. Seven more of the band were captured by Surveyor Scouts and Irvine has taken seventeen. The remainder are surrendering to the Indian Agent and giving up their arms. One of the Frog Lake murderers was among those captured by the Scouts. A dispatch from Battlefield announces the death of Colonel Arthur T. Williams, commanding the Midland Battalion. He died a fever on board the steamer marquee. The body will be brought here. General Middleton telegraphs from Battlefield that he will leave that point this evening. He will make all haste possible and expects to reach Winnipeg next Sunday. New York Times, July 6, 1885 End of Section 20 Section 21 of the Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Note from the Northwest, Winnipeg, July 18. The Halfbreed Commission is sitting today at Batush hearing the claims of the Halfbreeds there. The Commission has instructions to pay all these claims as a safeguard against any further outbreak or rebellion at a future period. Last night, citizens attempted to burn Fiel in Effigy on a scaffold. While the Effigy was being arranged, a number of Frenchmen attempted to prevent the citizens carrying out their intention, and the result was a free fight. The timely arrival of a force of police averted serious results. The occurrence has stirred up feelings which all wish to bury at this time. The Redskins at Carrot River are up in arms and are driving settlers away. Their number is only small, and the force of mounted police sent against them will have no trouble in quelling the rising. Mason Mitchell, the actor and scout, left with the troops for Toronto this afternoon en route for New York. New York Times, July 19, 1885 Section XXI of the Mounties in the News, this LibriVox recording, is in the public domain. Louis Riel on trial. A motion for a change of venue, denied by the court. Winnipeg, July 21. The trial of Louis Riel, for High Treason, opened at Regina yesterday, before Stippendairy Magistrate Richardson, associated with Justice Henry Lejeune. The courtroom was packed to the doors. Riel, escorted by a large detachment of mounted police, entered the courtroom looking quite cheerful and unconcerned. He was neatly dressed, wore a full beard, and his long black hair gave him a rather romantic appearance. He smiled as he took a seat in the dock, and exchanged greetings with his counsel. Although the eyes of the whole courtroom were upon him, he never flinched and acted in a most gentlemanly manner. Being asked if he had been supplied with a copy of the indictment, Riel replied in a firm, deep voice, I have, Your Honor. Lawyer Fitzpatrick for the defence read an appeal which set forth that the court ought not to take cognizance of the offences charged against Riel, because they are punishable with death, and protesting that Riel should be sent for trial to Upper Canada or British Columbia. Mr. Robinson, for the prosecution, contended that Parliament was supreme over any other tribunal, and its legislation should be respected as absolute. The judge overruled the plea of Riel's counsel. The latter then filed a demur to the information on the ground that it was insufficient, as it did not state Riel's nationality. After a brief argument by the counsel for Riel, the demur was overruled. Riel, being again asked to plead, said, I have the honour to answer to the court that I am not guilty. During the arguments Riel maintained a quiet air and watched the proceedings closely, frequently prompting his lawyers. He was in no way agitated. He says that God is on his side, and he has no fear as to the result of the trial. After the adjournment he was sent back to the barracks, where he will be sent every night for safekeeping. Today the lawyers will argue a motion to be made by the defence, asking for an adjournment of the case, in order to bring Gabrielle Dumont, commander of the rebel forces from Montana, he being an important witness. If this does not succeed, the defence will plead insanity. In application of Riel's counsel the trial was adjourned for one week. New York Times, July 22, 1885. End of Section 22. Section 23 of the Mounties in the News. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. In Pursuant of Northwest Indians. Winnipeg, July 25. Mounted police have just departed in pursuit of a number of Indians, supposed to be of Little Bear's band, who fired on George McKeever as he was going down the South Saskatchewan River in a rowboat. One shot struck McKeever in the abdomen. He was taken ashore and cared for by the people at Saskatchewan landing, but will probably die. New York Times, July 26, 1885. End of Section 23. Section 24 of the Mounties in the News. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Massacred by Indians. Winnipeg, August 1. A telegram was received here this afternoon, conveying the startling news of a horrific massacre about thirty-eight miles south of Maple Creek. A party of twenty surveyors was camped there last night, and all were asleep when the Indians swooped down on them and began a general massacre. At first the surveyors sought to defend themselves and use their guns with deadly effect. The Redskins, however, were fully ten to one, and the surveyors soon had to take flight. Eight or ten of them were captured and were massacred in the most horrible manner and scalped. The other men, including John Sand, commander of the party, tried to escape by swimming across the lake nearby. Several of them were shot while in the water. Those who escaped to the shore fled to the mounted police barracks at Maple Creek. A large force of police was at once dispatched in pursuit of the Redskins, who are supposed to have gone north. Inspector Alan McDonald has a large force guarding the boundary line to capture them should they attempt to get across the line. Full particulars of the massacre have not yet come to hand. New York Times, August 2, 1885. Section 25 of Mounties in the News. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence. Taming the Wild Bronco by the New York Times. How the Wild West Eads are broken for the Canadian mountain police. Correspondence of the Toronto Mail. Regina, Northwest Territories, August 9. The centre of attraction for the witnesses and others, now that the court has been adjourned for a few days, is Mr. D. H. Gillespie's livery, feed, and sales-stables. Because Mr. Charles Toboe has made it his headquarters for a few weeks, and every day is engaged in the exciting occupation of breaking broncos for the mounted police. Mr. Toboe has a ranch on the Sun River, Montana, about 250 miles south of Calgary, which is stocked with between 500 and 600 head of horses. Last year he supplied the settlers here with 300 horses. This year he has sold the police twenty-five head. His contract with the police is that the horses shall be thoroughly broken to the saddle. They start out on equal terms, said he, that is, the horse and the breaker. One knows that he will be boss, and the other thinks he will. Now the sooner the battle is over, the better for both. Because after that they will be friends. The operation of breaking, although it would certainly be denounced by the Royal Humane Society as cruel, is very effectual. A good breaker can train fifty horses a month and thinks nothing of it. I spent the greater part of yesterday afternoon watching the operation, and as many of your readers may be interested in it, I will try to describe it. A band of about fifty broncos was driven into a corral, or enclosure, connected with Mr. Gillespie Stable. And Charlie, as Mr. Toboe is familiarly called among his friends, entered a few minutes later, mounted on a small snow-white bronco. He was dressed in true western style, and so was his wife. The latter wore the heavy Mexican saddle, with high cantile and palmal, or horn, while two broad girths, or cinches, of horse hair strapped it firmly in place. On the horn hung the lariat, or lasso, of horse hair. The rider's limbs were encased in heavy leatherne overalls, or chaps, while huge Mexican spurs, with rowls, two inches in diameter, jingled at his heels. A huge sombrero shaded, and at times almost hid, his manly features, as, dashing around the corral, he pursued the frightened animals. All being ready, Charlie commenced operations. Gathering his lariat up in his left hand, he adjusted the noose, and then, swaying it around his head, dug the spurs into his steed, and made a dash into the band. Off started the wild horses, and round and round they dashed, throwing their heads high in the air, while their eyes flashed with fright, as they attempted to dodge their pursuer. His little ponies seemed to enter into the sport, with such as keen a relish as its rider. Guided by a pressure of the leg, for the use of the bridal rain was out of the question, it stopped or turned at the right moment. Charlie had singled out a beautiful dappled grey, and chased it round and round several times. For an instant, and an instant only, its head rose above the others, but that instant was enough. With a swish, the coils of the lariat left his hand, and the noose fell over the head and neck of the grey. Suddenly the little white horse threw itself on its haunches. Charlie took a couple of turns round the horn, with what its sailor would call the fall of the rope, and the trapped steed, with tongue and eyes protruding, came to a standstill. A noose of rope was then laid on the ground, and, turning his horse round, the breaker dragged the grey across. As soon as its forefeet entered the loop, a couple of assistants pulled it taut, and the grey was soon lying panting on its side. When sufficiently exhausted, its eyes were bandaged, a saddle placed on its back, and a huge, punishing bit placed in its now bleeding mouth. The captured animal, trembling in every limb, was led outside the corral, and Charlie mounted. The bandage was removed from its eyes. For an instant it stood looking from side to side as though dazed. Then, seeming to realize its position, it made a dash forward, and stopped as suddenly, as though it had brought up against a stone wall. But the rider did not go over its head, and its amiable intention in this respect was frustrated. Then he tried another method. It began to buck, and just how bucking is performed is something I have never been able to thoroughly comprehend, although its effect on the rider will never be effaced from memory. To be brief, I may say that it is an attempt on the part of the horse to first shake the flesh from the bones of its rider, and then shake the skeleton to pieces. But to return to Charlie and his Bronco, the latter, getting its feet together, arched its back and went up in the air about two feet, lighting on all fours with its limbs as rigid as iron bars. Again and again was this interesting part of the program repeated. The rider used rawhide and spurs unsparingly. Home and blood flew from the mouth of the Bronco. At last, seeing that it could not get rid of its tormentor, it made a wild dash out on the prairie, reared and began bucking again. At last, wearied with the exertion, it galloped back to the stable without any further attempt to fight its rider. The saddle and bridle were removed, and it was turned into the corral. Three or four such rides as that, said Charlie, will bring it to time. That beast will be worth one hundred and fifty dollars when it's thoroughly broke. Those that fight the worst at first are always the best. CHAPTER XXVI The committee formed for the purpose of securing a commutation of the sentence of death recently passed by the Canadian courts on Louis Riel, the leader of the half-breed insurrection in the Northwest Territory, has issued an urgent appeal for help, and states that the time for effective action is short. A memorial to the Queen is almost finished, and the committee is arranging to hold a public meeting to urge a commutation of the sentence. MONTRIAL October XXVI At a meeting of the Riel Defence Committee today, it was resolved that it was not advisable to hold further meetings, and that a communication should be published in the French press, setting forth the position of the committee. This will appear tomorrow, and will be to the effect that while the committee accepts the only alternative held out by the government in the form of a medical commission, they will not recede from the stand they have taken, that is, that the Cabinet has not acted with justice or moderation, and that some kind of clemency should have been extended to Riel as a political prisoner. AUTOBUR October XXVI There is no truth in the statement that a commission has already been appointed to report on Riel's mental condition. It is likely, however, that a commission will be appointed within a few days. Mr. Lemieux, Riel's counsel, appeared before the Cabinet this afternoon, and was instructed to furnish it with a further affidavit regarding Riel's mental condition. This will be done within a day or two. A number of conservative members of Parliament have arrived here to intercede for Riel. The date to which Riel has been respited is November 10. NEW YORK TIMES, OCTOBER 27, 1885, END OF CHAPTER XXVI THE FRANCH PRESS IS BECOMING ANCHOUS AS SO MANY DAYS PASSING AND NO WORLD OF A REPRESENTATIVE FOR Riel. Sir Adolf Karan and the Honourable Thomas White are roundly denounced for the speeches they made at Winnipeg, and are promised a warm reception on their return. A press hysterically calls upon the French members of Parliament to know what they are doing. Even the least fanatical of the French Canadians are in favour of Riel, and say that if he should be hanged, the Government will, at the next general election, lose the fifty seats they hold in this province. The Orngmen, they think, are the only body who demand Riel's death, and they are so scattered that they would have no influence in elections. They think that Riel should be sent to a lunatic asylum, where his friends could see him, and learn for themselves that he is insane. If liberated, Riel would be dangerous. If hanged, he would be even more so. The Chief of Police is taking no precautions whatever to preserve the peace, as he feels confident Riel will not be hanged. The worst sign is that the English Conservative Journals assert positively that the law will be carried out, and they would have been notified to change their tone if the Government intended to save him. The Montreal Post, the Irish Catholic Organ, says, quote, the hanging of Riel would only serve to intensify the latent ill-feeling that exists between the English and French races. Such a result would be most deplorable and must be avoided. We want no further aggravation and disaffection and distrust in our mixed population. It is wiser to be merciful rather than vengeful. The peace and harmony of the country are of far more consequence than the visiting of a useless piece of vengeance on a defeated foe. If Sir John takes our advice and we have every confidence that he will in the end, he will not hang Riel, and he will live to bless the day that he was saved from committing a blunder that would have irretrievably damned his reputation as a wise and prudent statesman, and covered the name of Canada with disgrace and dishonour in the eyes of the civilized world and in the estimation of history, unquote. Monsignor Grandin, Bishop of Prince Albert, said in conversation with the Times Correspondent today that he was perfectly satisfied that Riel is insane, and was so when he returned from Montana. The fact was evident to every sensible man. He and several other clergymen sent an account of Riel's doings to the Government some time back, and that evidently had some weight with them, for they afterwards asked for further explanations, and invited him to attend a Cabinet Council. He denies having pleaded for Riel because he was a French-Canadian. He simply attempted to show that Riel was not responsible for his acts, and even if he were, it would be a grave mistake to hang him. He specially pleaded for the Indians who were led to join the insurrection through ignorance, and urged upon the Government at once to establish a college for half-breeds and Indians at Prince Albert. Sir John MacDonald, he said, seemed impressed by what he had said, but gave no promise of any kind. Mr. Joseph Tass, Member of Parliament, Editor of La Menerve, writes from Paris where he is saying, warning his countrymen here to disregard the inflammatory article written by Rocheford on the Riel question. Apparently, for the purpose of raising discontent among the French-Canadians. It is worse than useless, he says, to denounce the Queen, as she has no right to interfere in colonial matters, and Riel's offence was committed against Canada alone. He had more than a fair trial, for, although an American citizen, he was allowed to appeal to the Privy Council, a right reserved to British subjects. If the French-Canadians should rebel and annex the province to the United States, Quebec would become in time a second Louisiana. The United States would embrace her only to strangle her. Quebec, November 12. It was learned, from a reliable quarter this evening, that the Privy Council had forwarded an official letter to Sheriff Chapeau ordering the execution of Riel at Regina on Monday morning next at 8 o'clock, end of Section 27. Section 28 of the Mounties in the News. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence. Louis Riel to be hanged by the New York Times. Excitement in the dominion among the French-Canadians, French members of Parliament and French newspapers protest against the execution. Montreal, November 14. The great question of the hour here continues to be the fate of the prisoner of Regina, and the excitement goes on, constantly increasing. The result of the conference between the French-Canadian members of Parliament and the honourable Mr Chapeau, Secretary of State, has been kept secret, but it is learned that Mr Coursole, Member of Parliament from Montreal East, asked Mr Chapeau if he were in a position to say whether Riel would be hanged on Monday. The Secretary of State replied that he was not in a position to say. He had always been on the popular side with his countrymen, and he would weigh everything the deputation had to say and communicate it to his Chief at Ottawa. Riel, he said, was a great criminal, being guilty not only of the personal part he took in the rebellion, but also of murders and burglaries committed by those whom he had led into the rebellion. The Indian Chiefs condemned to suffer death and whose sentences had not been commuted would certainly be executed on the 27th. But if the law were not to take its course in Riel's case, how could it injustice take its course in their cases? The members retired after a discussion lasting nearly three hours, and it was decided to send the following telegram to the Prime Minister. To Sir John Macdonald, G. C. B. Ottawa. Under the circumstances, the execution of Louis Riel will be an act of cruelty, the responsibility of which we repudiate. J. C. Cressol, Member of Parliament for Montreal. Alpe Desjardins, Member of Parliament for Hoshelaga. V. Venas, Member of Parliament for Yamaskar. L. H. Mass, Member of Parliament for Richelieu. F. DuPont, Member of Parliament for Bagot. A. L. Laçonnier, Member of Parliament for Massinage. J. B. Dost, Member of Parliament for Tata Mountains. J. G. Y. Berniel, Member of Parliament for Boharnois. J. W. Bain, Member of Parliament for Solinage. B. P. Benoit, Member of Parliament for Chambley. E. Goulibault, Member of Parliament for Joliette. G. A. Goulibault, Member of Parliament for Rueville. L. Leblas, Member of Parliament for Prescott. L. L. L. Dessonnier, Member of Parliament for Sémardins. The members still hold to the idea that Riel's fate is undecided. A sensational report was spread abroad last night to the effect that the Honourable M. Chaplot had received a telegram from the Governor General, refusing to grant a further respite, but this Mr. Chaplot emphatically contradicted. The result of the deliberations has caused the greatest interest among the English people, who generally condemn the stand taken by the French members. The star, independent, says, quote, if Sir John had been left quietly to his own tendencies, or approached in a fair way, he could have reprieved Riel with far less danger to himself, and with the due regard to his own self-respect, but that a few indiscreet members of Parliament, and a half a dozen outside demagogues, should take the Government by the throat as they are attempting to do, yet only have one result. We fear that some of the members of Parliament concerned are looking more to their constituents who have been agitated to the verge of rebellion, without knowing why, than to the cause of the condemned man. The witness has the following, quote, the moral effect on the stand taken by the French Canadian members of Parliament upon the real question would be more respected if it were not that the people of Canada remember that two sessions ago these gentlemen locked themselves up in a committee room of the House, and only left it to vote in favour of the loan of $31 million to the Canadian Pacific Railway when the inducement to do so was sufficiently increased. These French members have put Sir John Macdonald in a position of not being able to spare Riel without being understood to do so at their dictation. If outside the question of right and wrong any argument could more than another affect the judgment of a high-minded statesman against leniency, it is that which these members are using in its favour. La Presse suggests that if Riel is hanged on Monday, the following Monday be observed as a day of mourning and grief, and that services for the repose of his soul be held in all the Catholic churches. La Meneuve, which is generally believed to be the organ of Sir Hector Lavalin, says, quote, we have asked clemency and pity for a condemned man. We can suffer a want of attention to our supplication, but we will not permit any one to insult with impunity the elementary principle of justice. We would cry shame on the hangman of a lunatic, unquote. The Herald, which has always hitherto distinguished itself as a Francophobist, says editorially this morning, quote, if Riel's life be taken it will be impossible to reconcile the world to the justice of the act. No justification of it can be offered. The public conscience of other countries will condemn us, and six months hence we will condemn ourselves. There will lie at the door of the government a political murder and its hands, like Macbeth's will have a damn spot which not all the waters of the St. Lawrence can remove, unquote. The Post, in the name of the Irish Catholics of Canada, calls upon the honourable Mr. Costigan to resign his portfolio. The Canadian says this morning, quote, we would not be justified in delaying to inform our readers that Riel's fate is definitely sealed. The irrevocable order for his execution on Monday has left Ottawa. Our opinion being already known, we believe it wiser for today to abstain from all comment, unquote. The French-Canadian populace are particularly irritated by the language attributed to Sir A. P. Caron at the Winnipeg banquet, and the lecture exclaims this evening on the subject, quote, what a spectacle, great God. The representative of a country exclusively composed of French Canadians and Irish Catholics, one of the three representatives of the French race in the councils of the nation, junketing with orange men, stimulating their hatred against us, vowing to execrate and the gallows a man who personifies, at this moment, the national cause, and whose life symbolizes today the life of a whole people. Ah, the miserable renegade. He used his countrymen as a stepping stone to parliament, and not satisfied with trafficking in their dearest interests for gold and honours, he takes pleasure today in spitting in their faces, unquote. The same paper, under the headline of The Funeral Bell, devotes a four column article to arguing that Riel's death will toll the death knell of French and Catholic influence in the Dominion, and that Sir John, under the hypocritical guise of friendship, has all along been the arch-enemy of Lower Canada, of its people and of their religion. The Regina correspondent of a local paper had an interview with Riel this morning. He telegraphs as follows, quote. The weather being fine, Riel took a longer walk than usual, and the monotony of his customary exercise was relieved by the guard giving him a turn around the vicinity of the stables. He appeared quite calm and kept his eyes fastened on the ground. He held the iron ball with which he is shackled in his hand, and walked with a short quick step. The utmost precautions are enforced for Riel's safekeeping, so that there is little chance of the government being deprived of the privilege of disposing of him, unquote. It is stated here on high authority that the Medical Commission unanimously certified that Riel was sane and that the hanging will certainly take place, though possibly not on Monday. On a peg, November 14, there is a great rejoicing here tonight, an official telegram having been received from Ottawa that the execution of Riel will certainly take place on Monday. A warrant has been issued and nothing can now prevent the law taking its course. Dispatches tonight state that the officials at Regina have received warning that an attempt will be made to rescue Riel by blowing up the mounted police barracks where he is confined. Precautions have been taken to guard the barracks, and two hundred police will patrol around the barracks all night. Canadian's and Affirmant Riel's fate overshadowing all other questions. Excitement growing more intense as the hour for the hanging of the rebel leader draws nigh. Montreal, November 15. The great, and in fact the only topic of conversation here is, what will the government do with Riel? And as the hour fixed for his hanging draws nigh, without any signs of reprieve, the excitement grows more and more intense. The honourable Mr. Chapeau has left the city without giving any indication as to what the policy of the government will be. But the French members are not yet discouraged and hope against hope. They say that Sir Hector Lavian and Mr. Chapeau were sent here to feel the pulse of the French Canadians before any decided policy was agreed upon. But this theory is too weak to convince anyone, and hardly themselves. There can be little doubt that Riel is spending his last night on earth, and for his death the French members will be as much responsible as the Ontario Orangemen. The government would be more or less than human if it altered its decision now, in the face of the open threats leveled against it by a number of the conservative representatives of the province. If the conservatives, who talked of bolting, and if certain sections of the French Canadian press were really interested in getting Riel hanged, they could hardly have employed shiver means to succeed than those they have used, by publishing their threats to the Premier, and by making such public a vowel of holding him responsible for Riel's fate, they have most assuredly tightened the noose around the unfortunate man's neck. Whatever remote chance he had of escape a week ago, he has, it is generally believed, lost now. The government has itself acted far from judiciously, so John A. Macdonald had his mind made up long ago as to the fate of Riel, and in his decision he was upheld by the whole cabinet, with the exception of the French Canadian and Irish elements, and even these latter were by no means enthusiastic in their support of the half-breed leader. Had the government then declared its intention to carry out the sentence of the law, should it be upheld by the Privy Council, the French Canadians would in all probability have seen the utter futility of the agitation, and the province of Quebec would have been spared the bitter feeling that has been raised between the different nationalities, and which has several times already brought us almost to the verge of civil war. Even now nothing definite is known, and consequently the people are thoroughly unsettled. The witness says, and in doing so it voices the sentiment of all classes, quote, is the government waiting until Riel has become pronouncedly insane, which, unless he is exceptionally callous, he is not unlikely to do under his present treatment. Sir John A. MacDonald has often been called old tomorrow, even by his friends. His worst enemies would not, previous to the Riel affair, have accused him of putting off a decision from time to time when it involved cruel torture to a human being. Even the worst enemies of Riel, among the English people here, have come to think that the unfortunate man has already suffered enough. That imprisonment for life would answer all the ends of justice, and that if he were hanged it would be less than murder, but at the same time they have been so irritated by the brutal attacks made on them, and the threatening language used by the Riel Defence Committee, time and again, that they would not take the slightest step to prevent the execution, even if it were not too late already, unquote. There seems to be the greatest difference of opinion as to what would be the result of the hanging of Riel, but no one doubts for a moment that a political earthquake is at hand. The French members, with only two exceptions, threaten to go over to the opposition at the opening of the next session of Parliament, and by no other course could they make themselves more popular with their constituents. But on the other hand, they have been so well-drilled and are so completely controlled by Chapeau and Lavenne, their representatives in the Cabinet, that many persons believe they will be whipped into line within two weeks unless their leaders could be got to resign. The defection of the French-Canadian members would leave the Government in a minority in the House, and cause either its resignation or an appeal to the country. Should the Government be forced to commute Riel's sentence now, when the commutation would be so unmistakably in deference purely to the French-Canadian pressure, it may last until the next general election. But no longer, for the certainty is that the Conservatives would not then carry ten constituencies in Ontario. There is, therefore, every prospect of trouble for the Government, and the explosion which seems to be imminent may be followed by a reconstruction of political parties all round. La Patre, Maribor-Grown's paper, is not satisfied at the stand the members take. It asks, quote, Why don't they go to Ottawa as a deputation to Sir John to give a helping hand to our French-Canadian ministers? They have served the old chief with sufficient devotion to have the right to make their voices heard in a crisis like this one. No, they remain with arms folded, only uttering sterile wishes, without having the energy to take practical measures to put in force the ideas of their constituents. La Patre, in another article, headed, quote, The Massacre of the 27th, unquote, says, quote, The Fortnight Opening on Monday will merit in our history the name of the bloody fortnight. It was believed that Real would suffer for all, but in this we have been deceived. Sir John said at liberty the Orangemen who were implicated, but he must have the lives of the Indians and half-breeds to satisfy his inveterate hatred. Nine men condemned at one stroke. This is a veritable, autotaffé. One must go back to the massacres which followed the sephoi mutiny to find another such instance of butchery. When the half-breeds and Indians have paid their debt to the ferocity of Sir John A. MacDonald, let the French-Canadians beware, for it will be their turn next, unquote. L'Extendard, which is controlled by Monsignor Fabre, Bishop of Montreal, says, quote, No one can foretell the consequences of the execution of Real. This judicial assassination goes to prove that the government is animated by a cruel ferocity and will complete its iniquity by steeping with delight its hands in the blood of its victims. But there is an end to all human patience, and there will be two hours. If the French-Canadian ministers accept the responsibility of such inhumanity, are they insane enough to imagine that there is a corner of this province in which they can hide and where they will not be held up to scorn and disgrace, unquote. A fight broke out between some Englishmen and French-Canadians last night in a saloon on Craig Street, where a hot discussion was going on over the Real question. The French-Canadians attacked the English with sticks and beer bottles, and would probably have killed some of them had not a young man drawn a revolver on them. The police were called, but made no arrests. There is some talk of holding an Indignation meeting this week if Real is hanged, but it is hoped that wiser councils will prevail. Monsignor Grandin, Bishop of Prince Albert, has made a complete somersault in reference to Real. In his sermon at the Royal Catholic Cathedral tonight he referred to Real as a half-breed chieftain whose extravagant notions had led him away and who had urged the ignorant people into rebellion against church and state. He went on to depict the awful ravages caused by the war, homes destroyed, women outraged, and men murdered, and said Real had defied the priests and murdered two of them. He closed by inferring that Real had deserved his fate. These outspoken utterances from a man who has hitherto been a staunch friend of Real created a sensation among the congregation, who seemed utterly taken aback by the bishop's change of tune. Ottawa, November 15. The French Canadians of this city and district are greatly agitated over the expected hanging of Louis Real at Regina tomorrow. Men, women, and children are excited. It is understood that Sir Hector Lavin, Minister of Public Works, who returned from Ottawa last night, will insist upon the acceptance of his resignation so that a ministerial crisis followed by a reconstruction of the cabinet is looked for. With the French Canadian members of the House of Commons carry out their threat to oppose the government, the latter may be defeated next session. The jubilations of the Orange Party over what they call their triumph in rigging Real to the scaffold has greatly angered the French. It has transpired that Real was hanged in effigy at the Dominion Police headquarters yesterday morning. Some rioting is feared in Montreal, Quebec, and elsewhere if Real is hanged tomorrow. The Governor-General's warrant ordering the execution was forwarded on Thursday by Chief Sherwood of the Dominion Police, who expected to reach Regina this morning. The Montreal Post, organ of the Irish Catholic population, calls upon Costigan, Minister of Inland Revenue, to resign if Real is hanged. But Costigan is not likely to comply, as he claims to be a poor man and cannot make $8,000 a year at any other business. Quebec, November 15. The attitude of the French Canadians on the Real question at present is one of suffering in silence. The stand taken by their newspapers in the matter is very resolute, and the English population feel very uneasy. All sorts of interference to save Real's neck from the rope is being invoked. It is evident that there is a terrible current of feeling existing among the French Canadians. It is learned from the best authority that a secret and special meeting of the French Conservative Members of Parliament convened tonight. A French Cabinet Minister will, if Real is hanged, be burned in effigy in the streets here tomorrow night. Winnipeg, November 15. There is not a shadow of doubt now that Real will be hanged tomorrow morning. Sherwood, Chief of the Dominion Police, passed through here this morning by special train with the warrant for the execution, and will reach Regina during the night. The execution is fixed for eight o'clock. Real is fully aware that his end is nigh, but still maintains that, even if hanged, he will rise again in three days, and then his power will be felt. He has had another vision or claims to have had one, but his spiritual advisor, Father André, refuses to make it public. Everything is prepared for the execution. Twenty feet of rope, which is now being soaked, was purchased the other day in Regina. Considerable betting on the event has been indulged in here, even up, but it is now practically at an end, no adventuring to wager against it. The expected attempt of French half-breeds to rescue their leader by blowing up the police barracks last night was not made. The extraordinary precautions taken probably frightened them. Similar precautions have been taken tonight. REGINA, NOVEMBER 15. The special messenger, bringing the warrant signed by the Governor-General of Canada, directing that the execution of Louis Real should take place in accordance of the verdict of the jury, which tried him, arrived here on a special train at eight o'clock tonight. There is no longer a doubt that Real will meet his fate at some hour tomorrow. The arrival of the warrant was a surprise even to many of the officers, who, owing to the late hour and previous delays, had argued that another respite would follow. Real received the formal intelligence at nine o'clock tonight in his cell in the mounted police barracks three miles west of this city. The intelligence was conveyed to him in person by the High Sheriff Chapeau, Real, who had been conversing with the surgeon of the post, Rose, and welcomed the Sheriff in a hearty and thoroughly unconstrained way. His initial greeting was, Well, and so you have come with the great announcement. I am glad. I am glad that, at last, I am to be released from my sufferings. I desire that my body shall be given to my friends to be laid in St. Boniface. This is the French cemetery across the Red River from the city of Winnipeg. The Sheriff asked him if he had any wishes to convey as to the disposition of his personal estate or effects. Mollcher, he replied, I have only this, touching his breast above the region of the heart. This I gave to my country fifteen years ago, and it is all I have to give now. CHAPTER XXXI. His execution creates intense excitement throughout Canada. The government denounced. REGINA, NOV. 16 The last act in the Real Rebellion occurred in the jailyard of the Mounted Police Barracks at Regina this morning, when Real suffered death for treason felony. Sunday morning he awoke very early and declared to his guards that he had another vision from heaven. His guardian angel, he said, had revealed to him that he would rise three days after his execution and share the premiership of Canada with Sir John Macdonald. The angel had also told him that he would live three years in Canadian Northwest and obtain the liberty of the half-breeds. He sent for Governor Dudney, and related to him his vision. The time's correspondent was allowed to accompany the governor to Real's cell. After he had related his vision the governor told him that he had brought with him the warrant for his execution. Real was rather dazed by the news, but said, with a sickly smile, You bring a grand announcement. I shall soon be out of my trouble. The governor then asked him if he had any effects to dispose of. Real said, All I have is here, placing his hand on his heart. Continuing, he said, I was ready to yield my life to my country fifteen years and will be ready tomorrow. The governor asked if he had made his peace with God. Real replied, I made my peace with God a long time ago, and am quite prepared to die. Then Real asked, Shall I have twenty-four hours? The governor replied that he would not. Real said, I am satisfied. I desire you to send my body to be laid in St. Boniface. I also want you to thank my kind friends in Quebec for their efforts in my behalf, and they will now see I had a mission to perform. Will I be permitted to speak? he asked. Yes, required the governor. But he cautioned him against speaking too long. Almost share, said Real. You think I will speak too long, that it will unnerve me, no? I shall not be weak. When that moment arrives I shall have wings to carry me upward to God, who sent me to liberate the half-breeds, and who will send me back very soon. That day afternoon Real spent his time making his will, which he gave to Pierre André, his spiritual advisor. It contains no political illusion. It first referred, in affectionate terms, to his wife and family, commending them to God's protection. He forgave his enemies and any who may have injured him, especially mentioning Sir John Macdonald. He begged forgiveness of all he injured in any way, and said he would die at peace with all men, leading death bravely. He solemnly retracted his errors in regard to the Roman Catholic Church. Real had been writing a history of the rebellion, and placed it in Pierre André's hands for the benefit of his family. The time's correspondent visited Real again Sunday evening, and found him still at his desk writing. He told the sheriff that he was preparing a long speech to be made from the gallows, which would convince all present that he was a prophet, and had been sent by God to conduct the rebellion. It would prove his divine mission, he said, and would be a defense against the charge of cruelty and selfishness preferred against him. About eleven o'clock he took supper, and about midnight received his spiritual advisor, Pierre André, who persuaded him not to make a speech, and finally extracted a promise from him not to do so. Real was much disappointed, however, saying he was afraid some people were not thoroughly convinced of his divine mission. At five o'clock in the morning Pierre André, assisted by Father McWilliams, both of whom are known to have helped Real in every way throughout the rebellion, celebrated mass, and at seven o'clock administered the last sacrament. From that time Real threw aside his evidently assumed insanity, and remained on his knees in prayer until the sheriff entered his cell and announced that the time had come. Supported by the two priests, Real arose, and a moment afterwards he weakened and fainted, but only for a few moments. The encouraging words of the priests assisted him to regain his strength and calmness. From that time his conduct was very courageous. Pale but composed, he followed the sheriff to the gallows. At the doorway leading to the scaffold Real knelt and gave responses in a clear voice to the litany recited by the priests. At eight fifteen o'clock the hangman came forward and began to pinion Real. Real began an address to the crowd below, but was immediately reminded by Father André of his promise not to make a speech. He stopped at once. The hangman was Jack Henderson, who was, for a long time, Real's prisoner, and was once sentenced to death by the rebel chief. During the time he was being pinioned, Real prayed incessantly, spreading his hands and looking up until his arms were fastened. Proceeded by the sheriff, and escorted by the priests, Real walked firmly, without assistance, down the six steps to the scaffold, constantly ejaculating in French. In God I put my trust. The priests prayed with him a short time, when Father McWilliams repeated the Lord's prayer. At the words, lead us not into temptation, the deputy sheriff gave the signal to pull the lever, and just as Father McWilliams said, and deliver us from evil, the bolt was drawn. Real fell a distance of nine feet. From the time the drop fell, to the time the heart ceased to beat was two minutes. Circulation entirely ceased, two minutes later. After hanging half an hour, the body was cut down and placed in a coffin beneath the scaffold. The result of the postmortem examination showed that the execution was perfectly performed. From the moment he fell, judging from the nature of the injuries received, he must have been entirely without sensation. The neck was entirely dislocated, thus paralyzing all the lower portions of the body. The coroner and jury then viewed the body. The usual verdict was rendered. After the postmortem examination, the coffin was nailed down and temporarily placed in the burying grounds attached to the police barracks, pending Real's relatives obtaining permission to take it to St. Boniface or Quebec. An effort will be made to prevent it from being taken to the latter place to avoid trouble. After the body was cut down, a rush was made by relic-hunters to get the rope. It was seized, however, by the sheriff and destroyed. News of the execution was received in Winnipeg without any demonstration. Across the river in the French town of St. Boniface, where Real's family and parents reside, prayers were offered in the church for Real. The Reverend Charles H. McWilliams, who assisted Father André in his attendance upon Real during his last hours, and was a classmate of the rebel at Montreal College in 1860, is firm in the belief that Real was insane. In this belief he addressed a letter last Monday to the Governor General of Canada, citing his firm conviction and saying that while he deemed Real a dangerous person and one who should be confined for life, expressed the view that if the sentence of death were carried out his blood would be upon the head of his Excellency Lord Lansdown and his immediate advisors. He addressed a similar document to Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada. The Reverend Mr. McWilliams had in his possession a series of letters written by Real within the last ten days, which serves as a partial index to his character and his claim to be a patriot and likewise a prophet. Real's handwriting is bold and moderately regular. The following letter was written, the Reverend Gentleman said, while Real was laboring under excitement. Rejine a jail November 9, 1885. I am most acknowledging toward you, my God, for having fulfilled the promise which you never fully made to me through your beloved servant, Ignace Bourget, that you would not abandon me on account of the missions which you have goodly given me to fulfill in all points. Louis David Real. The following was written the same day. Rejine a jail November 9, 1885. For assisting to alleviate the wrongs of my countrymen I am made to be—but I will not say it—for having done all I could to better the condition of the people at large as an aboriginal, as an American, and as a prophet I will lose my temporal life. Louis David Real. About seven-thirty o'clock this morning he wrote the following. The Reverend C. A. McWilliams. My good thanks for assisting me in different ways principally by your prayers. Louis David Real. November 16, 1885. Twenty minutes before he went to the scaffold he wrote the following in French, of which a close translation is given. This was his final missive, and is in a clear, bold hand. What there is too presumptuous in my writings must say that by these presents I subordinate it entirely to the good pleasure of my God, to the doctrine of the Church, and to the infallible decisions of the Supreme Pontiff. I die Catholic and in the only true faith. Louis David Real. 16th November, 1885. Regina Jail. Winnipeg. November 16. Real's mother received news of the execution very coolly. She had prepared her house ready to receive her son, whom she says will rise in three days, as he had said. She has invited a number of half-breed friends to witness his coming. Ottawa, Ontario. November 16. The news of Real's death was received quietly here. The Protestant Conservatives are considerably elated, however, over what they term their triumph. A large number of them waited on the Premier and the Honourable Mackenzie Bowell, Minister of Customs, congratulating them on the carrying out of the sentence of the Court. Among the French Canadians who are in a large minority here, there is a deep feeling of displeasure, which may break out into open hostilities on the slightest provocation. Quebec, November 16. The excitement here over the execution of Real is intense. When the news was received that Real had paid the last penalty of the law, many a French Canadian was seen to wipe teardrops from his eyes. But it seemed as if a thunderbolt had fallen among them. Reversing their feelings to one of rejoicing, when a dispatch was received saying that he had died game. It would seem as though it only required this news to start them in pouring forth their torrent of feelings. Although the French Canadians are agitated in the extreme, there has been no difficulty experienced. The French Cabinet Ministers are being criticised greatly on all sides. Toronto, Ontario. November 16. By nine o'clock this morning, crowds began to gather about the various newspaper offices eagerly awaiting for Real's execution. When the news was received that Real had expiated his crimes on the scaffold, the crowds, after perusing the bulletin boards, quietly dispersed, each person feeling apparently an inward satisfaction. End of Section 30. Section 31 of Mounties in the News. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence. French Canadians excited by the New York Times. French Canadians excited, Montreal in morning. Violent speeches and angry mobs. Montreal, November 16. The wildest excitement reigns in the city and over every building in the East End, the French flag draped with crepe floats at half-mast. The French newspapers came out with morning banners and the offices are profusely draped. In some of the stores along St. James and Notre Dame Streets, the windows have been cleaned of their contents and large portraits of Real buried in wreaths of immortals fill their place. Some of the stores are hung with heavy black cloth, and business is suspended for the day. The most intense indignation was caused by a French firm who displayed in their principal window a photograph of Real in a crepe border and tacked to the French flag, while to the right is a likeness of Lieutenant Colonel Ouimet, labeled a traitor, and on the left one of the honorable Mr. Chaplot, who is designated as the hangman's brother. Both of these pictures are prostrate, and on the forehead of Mr. Chaplot is a large bloodstain. From an early hour in the morning people gathered at every corner and opposite the newspaper offices waiting for news. But it was nearly eleven o'clock before the announcement appeared on the bulletin boards that Real had been hanged. The French Canadians seemed thunderstruck, as many of them had believed, up to the last moment, that the government would give way to the pressure brought to bear on it. The news spread like wildfire, and inside half an hour a large body of French students came marching downtown singing the Marseilles, and carrying at their head a French flag furled and draped with crepe. They marched through the principal streets, stopping in front of each of the newspaper offices, cheering those who were supporting Real and crying shame on the others. The afterward held a meeting on the Champ de Mar, and speeches were made denouncing the governments as murderers of the Metis and the enemies of the French race. The students then marched back to the college. An hour later a telephone message was received at the central police station that a fierce fight was going on at Davis Cigar factory between the newly imported Germans and the French Canadians in their employ. Twenty-five policemen worked once dispatched in carriages, and the row was easily stopped. But the Germans, who number about three hundred, refused to work in the same place with the French Canadians, and at once walked outside. They have not resumed work. Warrants have been taken out against some of the men for drawing knives on the police. A meeting of the city council was called for this afternoon, and long before three o'clock the galleries of the chamber and the space in the rear of the aldermen's chairs was crowded with French Canadians. A dead silence prevailed, and as each alderman entered he took his place without a word, the whole proceeding having much the appearance of a funeral service. Shortly after three o'clock the mayor entered and, taking his place, announced that it had been proposed to adjourn out of honour to Rial. One alderman after another denounced the execution as a political crime, and said the blow, though struck at Rial, was meant for the French Canadians. A motion was placed before the meeting condemning the government for the atrocious murder, and immediately the spectators jumped to their feet cheering and waving handkerchiefs for several minutes. Alderman Wilson held that the council had no right to criticise the actions of the government, but he was not allowed to proceed. The spectators hissed, howled, and whistled through the remainder of his speech, totally drowning his voice. The motion was finally carried, only four Englishmen dissented. The Irish Catholic alderman voted with the majority. The council then adjourned, but the crowd gathered in front of the city hall and cheered the alderman. A number of wild speeches were made against the government, but each of the speakers was careful to absolve the Queen from all blame, as she had been guided by the Canadian Ministry. Mr. Fred Perry created great excitement by calling shame on the soldiers of the sixty-fifths who went to fight against their brethren in the Northwest at the call of a few Orangemen. Each of them, he said, should have a gallows stamped on his Northwest medal. Sir John MacDonald was the man who fired the Parliament buildings at Montreal, and he was as worthy of hanging as Rial. That was fully as seditious an act as any of Rial's. Mr. Brigarot, member of Parliament, who had got up the meeting of the French members to protest against the execution, announced that the representatives from the province of Quebec had decided to go over to the opposition in a body. Henceforth there would no longer be either a Conservative or a Liberal party among them, but they would be all united in the one party, the French National Party. Just at this moment someone shouted, There goes the flag, and on the crowd looking up they saw the Dominion flag being hoisted. In an instant every head was uncovered, and as the flag rested at half-mast, cheer upon cheer rose from the crowd. The honourable Louis and the honourable H. Mercier also delivered addresses and the gathering dispersed. About eight o'clock tonight a crowd of from ten thousand to twelve thousand carrying French flags and transparencies came marching down St. Lawrence Street with effigies of the cabinet ministers mounted on a wagon. On arriving at the Champ de Marre the effigies of Chaplot and Langvain were hanged and burned. A policeman armed with the revolver rushed forward to save the figures from the flames, but some of the students also drew revolvers, and after some shots were exchanged the placement was driven off. The mob then marched along St. James Street to Victoria Square, and one of them climbing upon the statue of the Queen, Lord Anous to the others. This was placed around the neck of Sir John. The effigy was hauled up and the rope made fast. Oil was then sprinkled over the figure, and the light being put to it the figure and the statue were soon enveloped in a cloud of smoke and flame. A large body of police forced their way up to within a few feet of the statue, but were afraid to interfere. The statue was scorched and blackened by smoke. When the figure was almost reduced to ashes the hangman cut it down saying, There goes the cursed serpent. May he soon be treated himself the same way. The mob are now marching through the English Quarter singing French songs. End of Section 31. Section 32 of Mounties in the News. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence. Eight Indians hanged by the New York Times. Riel's friends pay the penalty of their crimes. The massacres at Frog Lake and Battlefield avenged in the presence of Northwestern Savages. Battlefield, Northwest Territory, November 27. The execution of the eight Indians found guilty of murder at Frog Lake and Battlefield occurred at 8.27 o'clock this morning. The gallows worked without friction. The day broke dark and cloudy and with the air frosty. The government authorities permitted the savages from the reserves, distant 10 to 15 miles from this post, to be present at the execution, and all night clusters of the braves hung about the stores and camped out on the open ground in the vicinity of the barracks of the mounted police. But the presence of the sentries prevented them from approaching near the cells occupied by the condemned. Campfires lit up the prairies and the comrades of the warriors to be executed could be heard chanting the death songs of their tribes. The gallows stood out in bold relief, having been placed near the military post in open view to enable the late warring savages to witness the death penalties passed upon their leaders. Fathers Biconez and Cochin remained with the eight warriors all night and received their last wishes. They nearly all remained wakeful during the entire night, but one or two lay down in their blankets and slept for midnight till the early hours of the morning. None of them displayed any unusual signs of excitement, but remained stillical up to the hour of their appearance on the scaffold. A very strong guard was thrown round the gallows by seven o'clock. At seven thirty o'clock each man was pinioned and, guarded on either side, marched to the scaffold, taking his place on the trap. When they were asked if they had anything to say, wandering spirit began to speak in his native tongue, acknowledging that he deserved death. He warned his people not to make war on the whites, as they were their friends. He told of the Frog Lake Massacre and took the burden of the crime upon himself. He was followed by a miserable man, who spoke in the same strain. When he had concluded, the savages, who had remained quiet throughout the speeches, except to exclaim, how, at various periods during wandering spirit's address, when they coincided in his views, then began to chant their death-song, to show that they did not fear death. All the while the priest could be heard reciting prayers. The chanting of the savages continued even after the white caps had been adjusted, and in the midst of their song the bolt was drawn, and all fell together, every one apparently dying instantly. Dr. Ralph examined the bodies and pronounced life extinct. After hanging fifteen minutes the bodies were cut down and placed in coffins, and handed over to the coroner and jury. All the arrangements had been calculated with precision, and, as a result, the execution occurred without any mishap. The Indians, who stood at a distance, had witnessed the affair, were very quiet and demeanor, and the silence was only broken by the wailing of the wives of the condemned braves. The savages generally set out for their reserves after the execution, and those who remain show no special signs of excitement. Of the eight Indians hanged, seven were active participants in the horrible massacre at Frog Lake on April 3 last. The bloody work was begun by Wandering Spirit, and afterward carried on under his direction until the white people of the Frog Lake settlement were almost exterminated. Up to the morning of April 3 no hostile demonstrations had been made, although there were not wanting signs of a rebellious spirit on the part of the savages. Early that morning, however, the Indian agent Thomas T. Quinn, who was a Sue Halfbreed from Minnesota, was aroused from sleep by Wandering Spirit and his companions, who commanded him, as the representative of the government, to increase their supplies immediately. Quinn seemed to have complied with the order, supplying the Indians with beef and issuing orders on the Hudson's Bay Company store for other supplies. A few hours later the hollowness of their Pacific protestations was abundantly shown. It was good Friday, and service was held in a little church by the Reverend Fathers Fouffard and Marchand, Ablate missionaries. Wandering Spirit marched in, covered with war paint, and carrying his Winchester with an air of insolent bravado. But his time for taking revenge on the white people had not yet come. Sometime after the close of the service, and while the congregation was dispersing, the Indian ringleader proceeded to the agent's house, in front of which he met Gwyn and Charles Gowen, another American Halfbreed. He ordered Gwyn to go to the Indian camp, and, on the latter asking for a reason, said, never mind why, but go. Gwyn refused, and the next moment was struck lifeless by a bullet from Wandering Spirit's rifle. The fall of Gwyn acted upon the already excited Indians as a smell of blood to a tiger. Young Gowen was the second victim, and John Delaney, who was also a representative of the government and his capacity of farm inspector, was soon shot down in cold blood beside his wife. Gowen Lick, the miller, was brutally murdered in his wife's presence, and the two women were soon afterward hurried to the Indian camp, where they fortunately found refuge in the tent of the Halfbreed Prichard. Dill, Willis Kraft, and Gilchrist were killed as they sought to escape. The priests, who earnestly endeavored to stay the work of the murderers, were themselves shot down, Father Marshan dying by the hand of Wandering Spirit and Father Fouffard before the rifle of one of his subordinates. The whole affair occupied only a brief period, lasting, to use the words of one of the Indian witnesses at the trials, only about as long as it would take a person to smoke a pipe. The only males who escaped were Gwyn, a nephew of the murdered agent, and the employees of the Hudson's Bay Company. There were five others besides Wandering Spirit placed on trial at Battleford for murder committed at Frog Lake. Bad Arrow, Manichews, and Miserable Man, Kitama Kihau, were jointly indicted for the murder of Charles Gwyn. Their victim was in company with Gwyn when the latter was killed and sought to save himself by flight. As he was running away, Bad Arrow fired both barrels of a shotgun at him, bringing him to the ground. As he lay writhing there, Miserable Man placed a rifle to his head and ended his agony. The evidence against these two was chiefly furnished by other Indians, Woodcrease, who had taken no part in the massacre. Both prisoners were followers of Big Bear. They have the ordinary Indian features with little to distinguish them from others. Iron Body, Napaise, and Little Bear, Apashakus, were tried for the murder of George Dill, one of the last victims on the massacre. He was endeavouring to escape in company with Gilcrest and Williscraft. His companions were shot down beside him and seeing that he had no chance of escaping from his savage pursuers he stopped running. Iron Body and Little Bear were both seen to fire on him, and the latter shot him a second time as he lay wounded on the ground. Round the sky, another of Big Bear's followers, was convicted of the murder of the Reverend Father Marchand. It was shown that he fired at and killed the priest while the latter was lying on the ground, wounded by a shot from Wandering Spirit's rifle. This, Judge Roulot, before whom the savages were tried, held to be sufficient to convict the prisoner of murder, and the death sentence, accordingly, was pronounced. Men without blood belonged to Musuning's band. The crime for which he was sentenced to death on October 5 was the killing of Bernard Tramont, a ranch man who lived near Battleford. The murder occurred about the end of March. Man without blood, in confessing his crime, said he meant Tramont near his own house and shot him dead. The murder was entirely unprovoked. Iqta, a Stony Indian, was sentenced to death for the murder of James Payne, firm instructor on the Stony Reserve near Battleford on the 13th of March. This prisoner also pleaded guilty, giving his own story of the murder. He demanded more flour from the instructor, was refused it, and a quarrel ensued. Iqta got his rifle, and the second interview ended with Payne's death. The court sentenced eleven to death, but on Saturday night a respite came for Charbois, Alexis du Charme, and Dressy Man, who killed a crazy woman in Black Bear's camp, and Louison Montgrain, who shot a mounted placement at Pitt, had his sentence commuted to imprisonment for life. Section 33 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence The Army of the Northwest by the New York Times Ottawa, Ontario, January 19 Colonel Irvine, commandant of the Northwest Mounted Police, was instructed by the government some time ago to go among the Blackfeet and blood Indians to ascertain the state of feeling and inquire as to the possibility of another uprising. He has reported to the government that all tribes are peaceably inclined, but nevertheless the organ of the minister of militia states that two permanent batteries, as well as a company of scouts, to be under the command of Major Bolton, are to be organized for service in the Northwest. It is also stated that a fort will be constructed at Gleitschen near the Blackfeet Reserve. The distance from this point to Fort MacLeod is 110 miles. End of Section 33 Section 34 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence 6. Mounted Policemen Killed by the New York Times Kingston, Ontario, February 11 Friends in this vicinity have been advised of the killing of six of the Mounted Police near Regina. They await the confirmation of the report. They have also been informed by their Northwest Correspondents that a rebellion is likely to occur in the spring. End of Section 34 Section 35 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence The Sacri Indians by the New York Times Ottawa, Ontario, October 4 The government has just issued an order forbidding the Sacri Indians to leave their reserve. This Northwest tribe has long been giving trouble to settlers in the Fort MacLeod District, and it is expected that prompt action on the part of the Mounted Police will put an end to further depredations. The Sacris have been mixed up in several of the recent horse-dealing expeditions across the line into Montana. End of Section 35 Section 36 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence Battlefield on Fire by the New York Times Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 4 A dispatch from Battlefield reports that the town is on fire, but that the flames are under the control of the Mounted Police. The town hall, the American news establishment, and McDonald's and baker's stores were burned. The Hudson's Bay store was saved. End of Section 36 Section 37 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence The Sweet Grass Massacre by the New York Times Ottawa, November 24 Correspondence between the Canadian and United States authorities confirms the report of the recent Indian massacre in the Northwest. It appears that a ban of Grovantra Indians passed Fort Asinoblain south of the boundary line and on exhibiting six scalps were detained by American troops. Upon being pressed they gave an account of the fight which had taken place. They then took the militia to Sweet Grass Hills where the scalping was done. The scene, being in the Canadian territory, the American troops could not cross the line and the Canadian Mounted Police were ordered to make a search for the bodies and found them as represented by the Grovantra in Sweet Grass. End of Section 37 Section 38 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence Three counterfeiters killed by the New York Times Port Arthur, Ontario, January 28 The Mounted Police report a terrible fight between the Hoagley gang of counterfeiters and the St. Paul detective by the name of Frank S. Dacra who had been employed some months ago by the Canadian government to capture this gang dead or alive, offering him $2,000 and all his expenses. The police say that last Monday Dacra came upon the outlaws. James Pearson, Thomas Matthews and Thomas Doyle were killed. The rest of the band were captured by the police. The police state that Dacra displayed wonderful strength in the fight, fairly lifting one of the band in his arms and bringing him down with such force as to kill him. Dacra is but 26 years of age but was for a time a member of the Montreal Police Detective Force and was for five years a United States officer. End of Section 38 Section 39 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence Big Bear set free by the New York Times Ottawa, February 5 Big Bear and three Cree Indians serving terms in the Stony Mountain Penitentiary, Winnipeg, Manitoba, for complicity in the Northwest Rebellion were released today having been pardoned by the government. They will be escorted to their homes by a detachment of Mounted Police. Big Bear was a leading Indian ally of Louis Real and incited his powerful tribe to pillage and massacre. End of Section 39 Section 40 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence Depredations by Indians By the New York Times Commons, Ottawa, April 14 Colonel Hirschner, Commissioner of the Northwest Mounted Police, has arrived here. Speaking of the alleged depredations of Canadian Redskins south of the boundary line in Montana, he said only six Canadian blood Indians are off the reservation at present. He was satisfied that the depredations referred to were committed by American Indians, but that American Indian agents in order to clear themselves from blame have reported to Washington that innocent parties are guilty. End of Section 40 Section 41 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence Dumont causing trouble by the New York Times Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 1 Gabrielle Dumont, Real's lieutenant, is now on the boundary line inciting the half-breeds and Indians to another rebellion. An attempt was made by Canadian Mounted Police yesterday to capture bearers of dispatches from Dumont to half-breeds. One or two policemen were killed in the scrimmage and the couriers escaped. The Canadian government will probably ask the American authorities to keep Dumont in check. It is understood that the rebel chief has promised the half-breeds the assistance of the grovantra, American Indians, in contemplating an uprising. The half-breeds have refused to accept seedgrain from the Dominion government. Serious trouble is certainly brewing. End of Section 41 Section 42 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence Stolen horses recovered by the New York Times Ottawa, June 9 Fred White, Comptroller of the Mounted Police Received a telegram today stating that over a hundred horses stolen from the Canadian Bloods in the Northwest by American Indians have been recovered by the American agent stationed in Belknap, Montana. The Bloods expressed themselves satisfied and no raids are anticipated. The Canadian authorities propose to return all horses stolen south of the line by British Indians. End of Section 42 Section 43 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by David Lawrence Cattle run into Canada by the New York Times Fort Shaw, Montana, August 12 The cattlemen complain that their stock is being seized and run across the line into Canadian territory As they claim by Canadian Mounted Police Protests are being prepared End of Section 43 Section 44 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence Don't Like the Police by the New York Times Ottawa, Ontario, September 9 The Indians of the Northwest once looked upon the Mounted Police as their friends, but now look upon them as deadly enemies. The government, it is reported, intends to hold a thorough investigation into recent acts of the police, with the view of putting things on a peace footing between them and the Indians who are now decidedly hostile End of Section 44 Section 45 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence Half-breed Starving by the New York Times The Dominion government does not keep its promises Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 11 Where some weeks rather sensational and alarming reports have been received here from the West to the effect that the Indians were very restless owing to the neglect of the government in furnishing supplies and that there was serious danger of an uprising unless food was at once forwarded to the half-starved Indians The Mounted Police claim to be prepared to put down any revolt but at the same time admit there will be trouble unless immediate relief is given The half-breeds at Bratouche are in constant communication with Gabriel Dumont, who is now in New York and in recent letters he is understood to have advised them to secure food by pillage rather than to submit to slow starvation A few days ago several of the chiefs of the Stonies and Crees with their counselors met at Edmonton for the purpose of making known their pitiable condition Chief Alexander, who acted as spokesman, said We have come here to make complaint that the government has not used us as they agreed If they continue to use us during the rest of the winter as they have up to the present time perhaps a few will see the spring but those who do will have to kill the cattle the government has placed with us for use and we do not wish to do that as we know that would be our own loss The government knows that other winters we were able to help ourselves by killing fur-bearing animals which we could trade for food With that and what the government then gave us we could live well enough The government promised that in years of failure such as this they would help us more but instead of doing so in this year of scarcity they have lessened the usual supply of food by more than one half His people had had half a crop of barley this year but they have been obliged to burn it and eat it like pigs It was all gone The only thing his people had not tried to eat as yet were earth or mud In winters before this they had been used pretty fairly Last fall he had asked how they were to be used this winter and had been answered the same as other winters but instead they had only received about one third as much as before There are a number sick in this band We cannot give them any suitable food, he said and they are going down every day Perhaps the doctor is good and perhaps the medicine is good But the medicine we need most we do not get That is good food The best I can do for them is to give them a little burnt barley The last they had was begged from the resident priest who had it to feed his horse Chief Alexis said rations had been issued three times during the winter The first time was about November 1 He then received half a sack of flour for his family of thirteen After New Year's he got another half sack and about the middle of February they got five pounds of flour apiece They had received some blankets but no surge During a visit made by the agent in the winter he promised ten pounds of flour per man every ten days but they had never received it I claimed that in killing the cattle he said I did no wrong because it was to save us from starvation The Dominion government has paid no heed to similar complaints until the war cry was heard in every hamlet in the Northwest Territory and the settlers are therefore considerably alarmed End of section 45 Section 46 of bounties in the news This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence The Troublesome Halfbreeds by The New York Times Ottawa, July 18 Colonel Hirschmer, Commissioner of the Northwest Mounted Police, is here discussing the Indian question with the government The Halfbreeds, who rebelled there two years ago, he says, are being driven further west owing to the advance of civilization Hundreds leaving the banks of the Saskatchewan to seek new homes in the peace country southeast of Alaska The Mounted Police, at present in the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia, to cooperate with the American authorities are, he says, under orders to withdraw This will be done within two weeks or so It was thought best to detain the detachment there as trouble was feared for renegade American Indians who crossed the boundary line and incite the Canadian Indians to acts of violence United States troops are chasing this band which consists of about 40 lodges now supposed to be hid in the Lubaco Plains on American soil but near the boundary line These Indians belong to various tribes and are a desperate set of marauders When captured by the American troops they will be placed on the Flathead Reserve End of Section 46 Section 47 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence They like the warpath by the New York Times Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 5 It is rumored that shots have been exchanged between the Mounted Police and Indians at Onion Lake Northwest Territories The Northern Indians are evidently trying to work up an alliance with the Indians of the South What the results will be is hard to say While many of the Indians are doing well and trying to provide for the future a large number would rather take part in another rebellion End of Section 47 Section 48 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence The trouble on the Manitoba border by the New York Times St. Paul, Minnesota, November 6 A dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba of today says This morning Inspector McGibbon and 14 Mounted Police left for points in southern Manitoba where some detachments will be stationed to watch the movements of Americans who are smuggling in addition to stealing large quantities of timber from Pombina Mountain Inspector McGibbon visited the boundary line running along Manitoba a few days ago and found the state of affairs fully as bad as had been reported Yankee farmers who have had no timber on their land came coolly across the line and not content with stealing when his government property they go so far as to cut and haul away timber from homesteads farmed and occupied all year round by Canadians Probably several captures will be made tomorrow when trouble is expected End of Section 48 Section 49 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence Charged with smuggling by the New York Times Winnipeg February 6 A profound sensation has been created here by the issue of a summons against Lawrence Hirschmer Commissioner of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police on the charge of smuggling liquor into the Northwest Territories Prohibition is enforced in the Canadian Northwest but it is alleged that Hirschmer has been deriving an enormous revenue by importing liquor into the country and selling it to mounted placement in canteens The last consignment he got through is said to have been 1000 gallons of beer End of Section 49 Section 50 of the Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence A fight with the Canadian Indians by the New York Times Winnipeg May 20 Word has just been received here of a ferocious fight which took place near Fort McLeod last week between blood Indians on one side and a force composed of soldiers, cowboys, and grovantres on the other It seems that the bloods have lately been stealing horses from the grovantres and the latter assisted by soldiers and cowboys made an effort to recover the stolen animals As usual stories as to the number killed are conflicting but it is certain that quite a large number were slain Most of the bodies were carried away by friends of the fallen but three or four were discovered in a field minus the scalps The Indians appear to have gotten the worst of the encounter although they got away with most of the stolen horses and are now being closely pursued by mounted police Another encounter is likely to take place when police come upon them and serious trouble is feared It is alleged that American Indians in Montana are going to the assistance of the bloods End of Section 50 Section 51 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence The Dominion Militia by the New York Times Ottawa, August 2 The Dominion Government is about to extend the Dominion Militia System to the Northwest Territories All that is wanted is a simple order from the Department of Militia and the thing is done The territories have been for some time attached to Military District Number 10 with headquarters at Winnipeg The strength of the Mounted Police Force will be reduced End of Section 51 Section 52 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence Manitoba Mounted Police by the New York Times Indications that a number of them have been lost Winnipeg, September 23 Governor Schultz of this city has just received a telegram from Tyrell Chief of the Dominion Geological Survey stating that members of his party had discovered the private yacht of the governor on Lake Winnipeg, bottom side up Governor Schultz placed his yacht at the disposal of members of the Northwest Mounted Police in July last The officers started on a cruise across the lake to Norway House, a point several hundred miles north of here For some time fears have been entertained regarding the safety of the party as they should have reached their destination some time ago The finding of the wreck is almost certain indication that all have been lost Search parties have been set out in all directions The officers composing the party are widely known throughout the Northwest This afternoon one of the search party discovered a quantity of mail matter addressed to the commanding officer at Norway House and also a skiff which accompanied the yacht End of section 52 Section 53 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence Canadian Indians dancing by the New York Times But it is not believed they will take the war path Ottawa, Ontario, November 22 The report that the Indians in the Canadian Northwest are preparing to go on the war path is not confirmed by advices received today at militia headquarters There is no doubt that an uneasy feeling pervades in certain quarters of that vast region The Indians were recently paid their annuities and have been doing considerable dancing It is supposed here in the absence of any details that the Messiah story has reached the Indian reservations adjacent to American territory As a precautionary measure the Canadian government has a large force of mounted policemen patrolling the international boundary from Manitoba to the foot of the Rocky Mountains The police altogether number 1,000 men who however are scattered over a vast country The Indian population exceeds 18,000 90% of which are settlers upon reservations An officer who has participated in the late Northwest Rebellion thinks it unlikely that an uprising will take place even though American embassies visit Canada He takes the view that the warriors received five years ago a lesson they are not likely to forget Moreover, the Indians are not well armed and ammunition is sold only under government direction End of section 53 Section 54 of Mounties in the News This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by David Lawrence The Hirschmer Inquiry by the New York Times Many charges against the chief of the Canadian Military Police Ottawa, Ontario December 28 There is much feeling evinced on the part of the members of the Northwest Mounted Police over the Hirschmer Inquiry and it is stated officially that the relations between the officers and the men are much strained Lieutenant Colonel Hirschmer is the Commander-in-Chief of this great Canadian Military Police which have the duty of enforcing law and order over 270,000 square miles of the Canadian Northwest His enemies have frequently insisted that he is the most unfit man for a position of such importance but up to a few years ago no direct attack was made against him Then however he quarreled with Nicholas Flood Daven Member of Parliament for West Assiniboia and that gentleman attacked him in the press and impeached him in the House of Commons Last session Daven succeeded in influencing sufficient members to secure an inquiry as to the truth of certain charges against Hirschmer's moral character and administration and a commission was appointed This commission will begin its inquiry at Regina on January 12 The Commissioner, Judge Wetmore, will not be able to confine his investigation to the charges made by Mr. Daven For in response to the invitation issued a considerable number of other complaints both against the Commissioner and the Assistant Commissioner have been received and it is now doubtful whether the investigation can be concluded in the time originally proposed Some of the charges are sensational in their character and promise some interesting revelations The present trouble has arisen out of these supplementary charges and is regarded as sufficiently serious to have justified the visit of both the Honourable Edgar Doudney Minister of the Interior and Mr. Fred White Commissioner of the Police to the Northwest whence they returned on Christmas None of the men is allowed to know by whom these charges are made The consequence being that the esprit de corps is becoming destroyed each man looking on his comrades as spies and being so looked on them The officers are afraid to give any but the most urgent orders and there is a general feeling of uneasiness Mr. White refused to enter into any particulars further than to admit that the effect on the force was most detrimental and the sooner the inquiry was over the better