December 17, 1867
UNIFORM TARIFF PASSES
The Commons passed resolutions calling for the adoption of a uniform tariff across the Dominion despite the opposition of nearly all the Nova Scotia members and some of those from New Brunswick.
CAUCHON BEHIND IN MAYORAL ELECTION
Hon. Joseph Cauchon (Senate Speaker), the incumbent mayor of Québec City is trailing by 173 votes after the first day of voting in the municipal elections in that city. His opponent is Mr. Lemesurier. There are just 1,240 names on the voters list and it is believed that as many as half have been disenfranchised for failure to pay their taxes.
CHARVARI VERDICT
The verdict of the jurors at the inquest into the death of 15-year old Thomas Chamberlain, shot during a charivari in Guelph has found that the shot that killed him was fired “under circumstances of great provocation” and was intended “more to intimidate than to do any serious bodily injury to any of the parties who so illegally and persistently engaged in the outrage.”
The jury condemned the “riotous and unlawful” charivaris and urged the local authorities to do all they can to put an end to the charivari practice and punish those who participated in the one that resulted in Chamberlain’s death.
BASEBALL TO BE FOR WHITES ONLY
The Montreal Daily Witness reports that the National Base-Ball Players’ Convention, ongoing at Philadelphia, have voted in a favour of a rule reading that “no club composed of persons of color, or having in its membership persons of color, shall be admitted into the National Association.”