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Show H -DEALING WITH CnlMBS IN , CANADA." I (From the Chicago Tlrors-llcrald, on I HI Jan l!th, Wl) HJ The cltlieua of the Dominion of Can- HJ ada have Juat mum to be proud of HJ their word u law-abiding people The HH annual report of the criminal slatla- HV lira of the Dominion, which haa a H population of mar (,000 000, ahowa that HB there war onlr tweatf-flr Indlct- HJj menU for murder In 119). of which HJj onlr two were left without final action. HJ Eleven of those Indicted were hanged, HJj nine acquitted and three confined tut HJj Insane. HJj Cauda li a country of vast propor- HH tkma. IU poople are scattered over a HH wide retch of territory, making P"- H lice aurrelllanca pirtlcularlr difficult HR and In many districts impossible, Yot HJj a city Ilk New York or Chicago alone) Hi furnlthea a far greater criminal list HR (Terr year than tha whole nut atretch HJ of territory from Quebec to Vancou-HH Vancou-HH Hi The Canadlana awrlbe their Immu- HB nltr from crime to the promptness HH with which punishment l meted out HH to offender!. When a man la caught HH red-handed In llie act of rubbing an- HH other he la not released on at raw ball HJJ T ome Justice of the peace from tha HH elume, to go out end repeat the offense. HH Sharp and aura Justice la mated out to HB criminal of all kinds, the remit being HH that when the guardian! of the public HH peace succeed In bringing a thug to HJI the bar they are aotdom called upon to HH: hunt him a second time. HH Furthermore, there nre few court de- HH lays In Canada when a criminal la HH Irought to book They hare no Dreyer HH aaaea oter there. There are no mcth- HH eda whereby Canadian crlmlnala can HH bare the proceeding stayed from HH month to month and from year to year HH or after being cnnvlotnd, appeal from HH one court to another until wltncMre HH die of old age or opportunities for cor- HH ruptlon urn be found HH Nor doea this swift method of treat- HH Ing with wrong-doers In Canada leave HH tha Innocent unable to properly defend HH themselves. They have all the oppor- Hb tunltles and privileges that our own HJJ laws attend to them The mtent to HJ shield the guilty Is lacklng-that la all. HBJ The above, taken frum the editorial HH tohimn of the Tlmrs-llrrall, gives HH some Idoa of the Immunity frum crime HH that eitats In Canada and tills Is one HH of the many Inducements held out for HH Americans to arttle In the dUtrlct HH known as Western Canada. The mu- HH aon of 10I will see a few new sections HH of the country opened up for iwttle- i HH ment. They are attractive In every HH respect. It la understood that one of i HH the bast Indian Unserves In the famous HH Valley of the Saskatchewan will be HH opened up thla year, and an Invlta- HH tlon Is extended to those desiring HH homes to make Inquiries The price of HHL- the land la eald to be nominal, lie HHHH aldea three lands. Iho several railway HHHHJ companies have lands to sell; also the HHHH government. Kr particulars write to HHHJ the agent of the government, whose HHHH advertisement appears elsewhere. |