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was exactly 8.17 o'clock when `the . Dleut.-Gove.rnor reached the sham- betr, his a.rriva.fl having been heralded to the waiting assembly by the band of the Grenadiers outside. The audi- ence arose and remained standing while his Excellency, attired in his Windsor uniform, `W.Ialked_ slowly to the S_gpeaker s throne. He supported hrimasae-lf by scene, but mounted the steps unassisted. His reading of the speech was almost inaudible. $n6eeh- of the `Lieutenant-Governor " /at the Opening. ` A despatch. from Toronto says :-The most hrrli-a.nt,opening' that the Legis- lature has enjoyed for some years back was that at Wednesday. The chamber was thronged in every corner with lmndneds ot g'ai:ly<>lad women. They were crowded together like owers on -9-` lilac stalk on the floors of the House, and the galleries on all sides were banked up high with them-. It is doubt- ful if a quorum of members was able to get into the legislative chamber. Perhaps the interest amused by the many political events of the past few. months, and the desire to see how the new. Pre.-mier would comport himself, ; d1revw.- so many people to the open-' SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. ammo LEGISLATURE. THE TIMBER QUESTION. ~ \. .`-':1A ._; `ea'Inen muvvu are missing, 3;; ;,.W_th~crews to k .,_` -V { V 4 ..j -"V . _ have 100- :-,_'4.` , " ' III A 3338!! Laid Ban. mireoswuter; Feb. 20. -- Yesterdf eIdeat SOn of S010! 9! (J lross, 9. young um" * -'a 3`.f"m7 1`s lit ck` in the centre of :.4&ree.d` by alimb or d splimer of fa:l1fi:g t.`re e; shhittering and sP1i"'3 gtho ,.sku1`l, laying bare the brain. H ; A'f'}f?P.*&1-,"";' ` g; _ i anvuungvuh BUULHUIIA. CUR! IO L".~'-`r non of an official _w,ho has squmces `or information. Au-usuta UGLULO Oblls LJJC PU-U15 had 1 ness. request of the C1l1li0IlTJuch a M._,1(.0m Council is `that where the [mac of`, forget 1 1, plant cannot beagreed upon by they it; \\'h9n, bitrators, the cost of the arbitraz _Thm.e wus shall not exceed $500, and that DiT3no___0(f ,,.5]e,1(, the municipality nor the comL`_ gnd every 0 ` shall be empowered to call more K2,: she who in flV6 witnesses each. met him, who ` .LONDON WANTS A CH.\.\'GEer arms rou The city of London will pm-sentf` `W110 W8 1 , bill asking permission to make 8601031 9 -1I ` radical changes in the nlethod --lfthnlr look. electing the Council, the SchonlB01. ms `1 _ and other municipal bodies in 1;'6_l:_ail:d hasten city. The bill -embodies ward nboliu._ M188 3-0311 1 -reduction of the number of ;1lderlI:1l~'vA1'l`-11111`; S - from eighteen to twelve, to he ele.i'.RA 5f`V P 9` by general vote; abolition of HA3.??n?t5-mi ` school trustees, save one, who is 5`_1g "Owe pointed by the Separate School Boa; .--' gW "ha? election of water commissioners Hniish '_m'" two-year-terms, and the election, 70`? `V V two electors` to the Board or P0lmPt pmmy Commissioners. }:h$ vi `IP17 OPENINGS ron CANADIAN `l`RAL`mgicaa gar-H Mr. Thomas Southoworth, (lii`ector;m `geared (L colonization, has -received more U"*',`N , Val-erie inquiries through Harrison VV at53wf:_ 011393,- the cure-tor of the Canadian secthhjgglrb of the Imperial Institute. A Sou*'rnauL.my N firm wishes to be pIa09d_er;`tIo the hu communication with several i,'z1113dhol?hgaid sew ma-ken otpedestasl water closet sea gq:`rIto" her, so A. Glasgow firm wants a. oo11sigI1mi` r-.'Wie will 5: of window blind rollers, which it Wu.laefie-iVIiss `not obtain from the usual .='our06rith1|IB, MI`. supply lnjthe United Sbaates. 1`her9jeeen1ed 1 _`a. opening in Glreat Br|t`el.fs'l1 the A}: 15011` Canadian Awgod manuxfar-.t.ux-ers'vi1_I'1.'U =t0 Inee `nearly ever line. This is the lim9 . ,`ln@r by i take ajdvanzage of it, as tht Am81'-.~:PltuF0 lp.ak_ars_ are barely able to began .1115 with orders at home. B) l>U5_h?d b9~1`0'9t `their export trade to Great Brit, .l|_;&tt the n'dlvV;'t'hIe1C,aI.nia:dians can _sail` 1` . 4.-': P" ~ ` 3"`o,,v:'9S % Wax: hiu-VB. WANTS CONMEE BILL A.\1E>zn5g- Id, 11'` h The town of Clinton mi` z1skk`1:i.:dufC::uI.(, amendment to the Conmee bill, when ,B(,0m,, I last session, which obliges ulunicigand with,l` Ines to purchase existing electric 1; n I a_m 51.; I `plants before entering the sumebve have had iness" the Clinton a is where price oft.` `:51. t` '1 they it` 8?,-'h,(,n, the arbitraziyrhgre wus" $580 neir 0- 3 at .- the mnnicinalifv ran; fhn mmm:n;.._-. Benc % ANtI-BONUS LEGISLA 1`I0.\' 5- 403195` W E18 bride. like Mr. Andrew Pattullo, North Oxfnd '._stat.el;;, w will resume` his `anti-lgonus and mesaion on hi gxemption campaign. The biii heand a lzuly w mtroduoe this session wiliot see, for sh even more decided than the ong:.s .ure was I one. 4 - 118.08. Sir A1` I. __J .- _will reintroduce his Alien Labour a-n vv auucu, .LV1JLLlJ ' H enuvc:`~m.8eu n . . ' . . H6-WeDl-1)1") thus sessnon. Mr. Wardell IS fxrm1y,himB,9'_,L the opinion that in sd P11` '19 the " ' ' . . . `_ _ ;-ight well xv vmcxal Legxslature has ._]uI`l.5dlcll; .Qt,j-3.nge 1,a]1_ should_ prevent" ttge dlsplacementhgnt, its g`7",lj` Canadlan by Amerxcan and otheringve` tr-;-es, L eign Vlabour. A hit-de-(:uI`:1l<~(l ANtI-BONUS m!eS` `~ ' bride fr Anni].-`..u. `D..J-4...- \`.....Ln_.-__1'-;._. - --v-~ v- uuv . 4 `$3110; Z0.fva-IT1 }enquI'ry re bIix:J:rU:,??7'f0Y 3? 11 conltracts. ""1 hey are uz By Mr. Hoyle, of a bill re-#88` W`; ""1111 courts. fhgdud nut By Mr. Joynt, on uir 2 I _ J':9`k5. `U13 -`3`="` Spectors of Grenvillg. ByyMr;. tMe 1111'. re bmder twine contrar-ts. B{3itat`"` ` Martel`. for a return of li<:eusei1L5'Miss New tors_ and fees paid th , th in W . ,` the _i>r`ovmce. ' em mugL3t It. I-- _--"W-= aw V ` know t The Attornetyixeneral, of b;M;a.m1.g., specting County Courts, and to , i no a;nd amend the Ontario Game p,9;:tV-rees- U011 Act. . . .14:`th!-(W The Cvommxssloner of Crown L-17, ._I dan~ of a measure to prevent forest S'CC NOTICES or szorxox H m we jev Notices of motion were gmgga of Mr. Barr, of a bill to amend -Ihtlibled, eessmen-t Act; for a return ofi' ':f'8-1'/3, respondence re prevenuon of tuteh'i.9-8*? losis; for areturn` of cz;rer.apom}d"`D0TD` rev fishing leases on the lakes o;!i`nz- oi an enquiry bmder p"-`T`~h3' "" Th0) Mr. re `_`-as tm?` ` 511 d 1-`___ `I. V. ., _ _ ..-.I-" . 4... ` V`;-.p.II.lElIl)' Jll GOVERNMENT .lYIIASUR}53yf;{.'aB this (1.1: The Premier gives nozi;-.9, 0f1}(}l_ S. 5DectiIlB` the improvement oil; --5- - A ' * ways! of ='g>amp,l to amend the Act res - ' . P?'?`18the;g*i;-Jase with enuos of the Provmce 0! ()ntario;u`\'i5y, ;' whoa to-:11: x for this improvement of the ~ . - ~ 5l1Cr;,f 01-cn wu Lt. ,- , ]3u`uud gvun ll-I uuv UUUIQZ. `The estimates for the currem] preparefl with_as great I`'-.g:11-dm ogny as_1s consxatent wiv h efficieni vxce, wall, at an early before you. Hag be c . d g a8r' t`0;ihi 118_ respecting tlhe 1; ectioml, education, and min? 1 so .to_;a '_n_1easure for a com exploration of the dist;-ictplr`, tween the main line of the 1 _ :Pacifio.railway and Hudso V order that more accuratg 1;} --i be obtained as to its ti mmerral resources and its "1 . for farming purposes. Bu 2` Your attention isainvited If present relative jurisdjctio - courts of the province, and M 1 spectave judges, and to the Eu `- of OXDGIIBDCO for further 3 . - the efficient romppt; "M ii _) e administration of justice the` the province. rDVurin:g the recess I a . 3. Royal Commis_sion- to l`P.po1-E, financial position of the prov? ; report wjllbe laid before you 4:. the session. A commission wee" a_ppointed~to enquire into 1,, L` . ties reported by the ju(lg;eg at ; election held in the west. ridin 5-, gin on the 12th of January lg; commissioners have entered U duties assigned to them. The public accounts and the ' of this `several depauments or`. provincial service will re submii you in! due course. `~` m`|'A ...L2_...A.__ :- 111,, _,` zA1() "1"f.`1't 1 an--1- I...` . It you take a dozen soldjidrsv as like each other as pieas, so far as hetig-ht. zw-eight, strength, age, courage and gIemaral..*a`pp ea.ranace, and wound them all inprsecisecly the same way, you will "hind -that. scarcely any two of them _ am ateeted` alike. . `H 1` She :40, tetrest in _ 1uruud f2;1.lIe.s~; to 11 but feel *.t.~'l"eeS--1t-st; thro-W5 aw; fjglalre I101 I1. ~ _ IX non Pl". .1\' I-:;lg.|a.u-.2 u-_r: sea 1'0.-1 y 7'w'atul1<`d h 50 `J\\'C`1(>(1 ;Of 11141` }_J 1,bI_ed, the 19.08, evqn \\'l1-vi. Purnlau v_'<,::s Hnify; 5 Qhsteu-(1 U1 ed. The t nun-c ( Inf flush Bimsun on Tllluny fui `...' L1.:.. ,1. 3;) : Nearly Every 'soldIer- Had a lIIl_e|-out Way V lo'SlIOW It Esix .o 0ld I J I. 'nd a stoo , _lwit nl........ they ivi-en heft he 5"rose ]_`__ no Thrc cooinq IV , 5'12 niuul us-V IIUUI-is GWIWICBQO ' . ' V " V An unpreoise Boer report states that a large British: army moved .-towards: C-olenso last Monday, and camped near: chkop. Thih seems {to refer to ; Gen. Buller s withc_1r-awal from Spring_- ' A desputoh from '.Preter1a, dated Feb. 12, reports that the burshers have taken all Hm Rrif.ah .W,;+: ..... ---..: gig! - vwa Au, J.cy'U.I.l.. Lwul. LIIB Durgnars HEWQ t ken all the British positions around olesberg, andjthe Daily Chronicle's oorre;sppnde'nt- at Cape Town, dating h1a desp~atch Feb. 14, `says there "are rumours that the British have evacu- -... .. ----vb an-SUI Ll.|.`\Uls ,gU..l.1 ammumplon, and fr sh L` f . . are bag}; xgftgsls. Irom Johanpesbuxg `VI Iivivsvusg-in- III . A _ _ ,. .1 n . .-. . -v----- -up guzvt BIJULU _ vstat`eme__nt,is ascribed to a citizen of _Pr-etorira 'w.huo arriv:ed at Lorenzo Marques 'Wedn`esday"fr'Om [the Boer` camp `at Ladysmifhl 'to%t'h-'e_ effect that the bombardment i1S desultory. Thorn is a. shmtagwe. of_.`big gun ammunition, `$1-n.11`A n..-__I!__ 1- . - - - - v - -_-vuLn' UIJU LVU-'|-`HLII BIIJUI An English correspondent wt Chie- Veley. in at despatoh .dated Feb. 18,: 81'5'8!-"Wve,I_u`e still hopeful of re- lrireving L'ady&mith." Nothing hasbeen received from the latter plane d.irect.` A Bo-er report danted Feb. 13 says that V01'ything is quiet there .A .n4-4-.4-.-........._L 2- -__ W A d:e'a1.JIatcih'from_ i London; Fridy;' :says :-The absence ` of fuvrthdr news` from Gen. Lord Roberts is interprted -here as an indication that important operations are in proggess. -Then-e is pmacticaly n-o news of con- SBQ-uence _rom- the Nata.-l~ side. A... I'a_ ,,IU --.----:- WILL SAVETKDYSMIIH. %*Gen%.L Buer Has % Not Aban%d'< %med flob of A Rachingi J.I.- I'$-I__-_,-,- TR.U.S\HLwLE -ALMOST is 6.001). smucx by BUL-LETS.T the Beleagul;-ed Town.` -- -vwuuvvayu hlliillvll. LUVVn3nlpg brother Thomas; He had been frozen to death somo days ago. ' 1 Corruptloiiistl Vunt Pay. 1 Toronto, Feb. 20. -- Justices Osler ,a.nd Ferguson have decided that `tho . application of the South Ontario cor- I V ruptionists for a. remission of part of the nes` must fail. Mr. Justice ~ Osler says: So far `as the persons e bribed are concerned, `they appeal -on` the ground that they are unable to pay anything, a, `reason which, ifvlis-; tened to would mean simply they are not to be punished at all, warn Jpn o I Ha"ven't given much thought 01 I F""'"`" D'm" t!h'at phase of the question, answered 5% h'hT.hma9.' Feb-. W. 4- John` the other. But I am absolutely oon- Lyon! was fmtnd. dead in his shanty ,i*dont that we can have the trial pvot8t- ' in Sandwich South `Township. by his`- gplon-ekl often enough to prevent acon- brother vvivctioin. . . death` some clan mm- The girl was aniece of Mrs. Mcln-4! tyre.` The charred remains of the; victims have been recovered from -the ruins. Nothing but _an_ organ was` .saved in the I. shape 0! furniture. - I --v _-- vu .--.w-- -4 51441514451: `Instead of saving her own "life, agt she might have done by! escaping through the Window, -`.8116 rushed to another room with the object of resou- ing Mrs. Farrell's boy, who slept in the same flat. _The heroic girl was met at the door by a burst of flames, which must have at once bvercome 1` her. and both siheand` the boy were - burned to death. _ .. . ' . an un- C-llkhu When! the tire was discovered Mrs. McIntyre went outside while the glrl remamed and dropped three ' young children, one after another, out onj a window to their mother,be_low. Her position was one of extreme danger,` a.s the whole of the upper part of the house was in ames. . " BOTH? WERE BURNED. C` saved Three Children Fromille Flames, ~ Returned for a Forth. A Vdespatch from Sydney, N.S., says: --A- young girl named Steele lost her lite. while heroically engaged in sav-V `Lug children from a_ burning house on Saturday. The house waa ocoupled by two `families named Farrell and Mc- glntyre, the latter living in the upper at.` - T `[1 ?! . II an cs - -- _ '. _Z... w _ _- - ---v-vv espatoh sayspthat two hundred _Basutos and Zulus reached there February 13th from the Boer `lines. They said they had been com- mandeered from the mines for camp gworkf andthe building of trenches. They witnessed the attack on Caesar's campyand `Waggon hill, near Lady- smith, on January 6th, and also the fighting. on" Spcion kop. They confirm the story of great slaugh-ter. in the Boer trenches caused by the British" shells... These Basutos and Zulu's offer- ed their services to the British, but they were not accepted.` = , t A: nu{bJT: sgvavv-V. IAGDUII Vluuluxgy 3-" I L A .promipent Pretoria , citizen just from Ladysmirth informs` me that the Boers are rapidly damming Klip river. 1 Two thousand Kaffirs are employed in the work, and they have deposited -10,- 000 sandbags already. They are only able to/work alt nilghb-time, as they would be `under British fire. This citi- Izen, however. believes the operation [will be futile." GREAT SLAUGHTER OF BOERS. uuuu a.vaub=uu1'g at-nu returueu "120 grun- ..d61- T1158. if correct, supports the be- lle! here that Gen. Clements, Gen. .Fre.nch'& successor, was instructed to wlthdraw when pressed by the enemy. 60' as to us]: no `loss of his redmeed f01`0e Gen. Roberts relylngpn his own advance to compel the Boers to. return to- protect their own territory. - DAMZMING KLIP RIVER. Tye London Daily` Mail has `the fol- lowmg edescpatch from Lorenzo Mar- ques, dated Wednesday :- ' "A *nr(unnnan,l- 'D.n..J-....:.. ..J-2...-gn {und- ated Remsbefg a-nd rturned -td .Arun-V {Inf This Sf .....s:....-4. .............4... .n... L- GIRL BIIRNED TO DEATH. You beieve you will vsuocedd; in} huavn-ng your man n-cquittet asked one iliaawyplr. T ' `uln':v:u.u\`L ;._'_.-.. _- __ -1, 1 -I u . .' I _'.SPmN&FON'rEm 1&0; Hg: NI~IiCLgLo%e izxafgiod-times in Great Britain are "attracting large 11- Tmbers of immi- } grants from Europa`. ] . Ottawa is threatened with an action ; for $10,000 damages, owing to the death of J .. H. Tucker, by the explosione of a boiler at the Chaudiere in Novem- ber l-ast.` -Tghe boiler was used in con- nection withthe construction of the Street Railway Co. s new power house. - T ~ - GREAT BRITAIN. England is having a. spell of severe weather. \ T . - `J The Royal Canadian Humane Amo- ciation has awrdod parchment certi- cates. to John J3. I.l1ingsw_orth` and A`. 0. Craig for saving `Mrs. -D. H, Davij from death" from an approach ing railway train at Almonte on June -7 ,_'.- .___- ------ -vu-o -Iv x-vvgrva-u-I4- ! The new sgeamship ` line between Frvanoe and Canada `will be an accom- plished {act shortly. The first steam- 1 "er, the Roger, wan leave Bordeaux af- } ter a trial at .Havre. for Quebec and! lMontreal,.on April 10. .. - I urllll no pouulu G. EGVIHE nuuatlc. WDIIG a: third was shot through the body, and, though he did not qhed ` a drop. of blood extecrnxally, dropped dead. rom the shock, . b , I ' Lieutenant-Governor Forget, of the North-'West Territories, says that if the annual subsidy from the Dominion is not increased tthe`financial position ' `of the Terrimries will be desperatpy ` mt... ._-___ _ . -V + 2- ` East Zo-rra, Oxford County, is peti- tioning-..t-lwe Mim'stor of Education to shorten the summer holnisdtays in rural school-s fromswen weeks to three. 1 Sir Wlnfrid Iiaurier has been pre- sented by. Otbmwm. friends withi a bust of the Countess of Aberdeen, the work of Hamilton Maocarthy, the sculptor. -A wage; }.z1J:};1IIg', 1aE$';K.i Walter Hird was \ struck by.` a` '1`. H. & B., train at) Brantford. The\ man's leg was broken. but! the woman escaped wit`uh' a few bruises. _. . - C-II` II IKLIIJ-l'IJ J.I\I`IQa"5IuJJ IIKJJ. vLII &LI\Io No less than fifty palrties havleft Dawpsom for Cape Nome, Alaska. The distance is 1,500 miles, and the" jour- may is one only at average difficulty. I for James Dougtas for $10,250. NA`-_s.e.al: (;n the Montreal Stodk Ex- chang-e, aw.ned_ by 001. Strathy, was soold the other day to`~A-ndrew. Wilson "u _LL H-amzilton will open its new Dun- dutrn Park, on May 24th, with abig demonstration, and Lord Minto will be invited. ` _the city. .. iP:rc;<;;e:!;ings have been take-tn at} Hamilton to unseat Al-d. Bauer, charged with having a contract" with .. I I It is stated that Matokenzie &Mann, rad-lway contractors, will endeavor to purrchase the locomotive works at Kingston. V In I 1 I ,1_l `Ja`3.m-es'_(:`roff; `son of a w-ea1t'=hy Que- bec clothiezr, hanged himself at Mount Veujnon, near New York. ' . Hon. J. M. Gibson has been elected plr-asidxent of the Hamilton Electric Light and Cataract -Pqw-er Co, - n l\ .- - uu-- ,~J-Jvvuann A_ very `curious curse is recorded -in 7 the awrgioal history of thehAm:erim.ni Civil War, in which three officers were hit` just at the same time. One had his leg from the knee down aaurried 'a;w1a;y,. but he raod;e 10 mnilles `to thn hog_-M! ?"E.; 555132; '3"11.{ 1'z"a*ci.e1{e7u* & On- `ta:'1`iS0 Navigation `Go. last year were $91828,730,. an increase of $16,700 over 9 J./ITJ;I1:;h:(1mel, civil servant, Ottawa, _savod a boy` and a girl from drowning In the Rideau, Canal. - A nuaJtiona1 a`atron<`1Im-ical boservatory [ will `be erected on Parliament Hill this * summer. " ].T-1;-1_?.'ic11elieu 8: Ontario Navigation Company` has decided to issue $348,000 at nevfstock. " . I] The Er;-_;nd Tr`un-k ha.s- secured con- t'nol of the East Richelieu Valley Rail- weay. , - ' ` A n`atiom:a,1 astronomical obseriratory John, N.B., `merchant, committed sui- I inulzn ~- . CANADA. 3145': 3 . Wood-stock school children are `to no -vancinatedo ' - up... u u ' g tf_N'aw ay% It`ams Aboxit Ourselves and Our Neighbors-Something" of ` Intorest From Every Quar- % ter of the Globe. L .` ISPHRKS {RUM IHE WIRES! TbRTHEtiN ADVANCE. BRIEPF\L urvvpqy Hub uv LU!-IN LU 111111165 LU CH3 ptitnl. "Another lost his little rings}, and he became a. raving lunatic. While n. fhirrrl urnn uh-nf 4-Lyn`-~..n.'ln Ll... l._.'I-. V vvmictonrian and New. South Wales governments have agreed-to_ accept the Eastern Extension Company's propos-LI ads to lay a dli-`nact cable between. the} [Cape and Australia. ' . I I Peso, A mob oif. negiifo soldiers attempted *0 release two oomirades from the El Texas, police station by force I Ieam pleased to be able to inform you that Lhe_ lu_mberi.ng industry of f da-mm A? 81 re8u:1t_ one policeman i:gi:1a?1hou:::h119% 62:: an one soldier were killed. : quiring all pine logs out under license Fires were lit in the Ohio plant of L0 be m811|1i80 L\11`8d in Canada Wok the National Steel Company Wednes- `effect first inthe season of 1898-9. -.Th'8 furnaces, which arwthe The practical operationof this legis- largest in the world have a capacity lation I has proven wise and timely. of 600 tons every twenty-four hours. 1 W11-"9 the quantity 0f P3119 timber 011*? - The muc_h-talked,-of United States . . . .. 5-tee} combme was completed wedneS_iinution as oomper_ed_ with previous day at pittsburg. when twentpve out iyears; the saw milling business of the of a total of twent-y_nine canoe mm, province, on the other hand, has re- 1 t d _ -. .ceived a powerful. stimulus. Many gma gama e G;).;pt:' $52 000 009, ,existing mills have been enlarged, idle L , _ _ . {ones have resumed work, and a num- Distress from famine is steadily in- ber of new mills have been built and creasing in India... ' e . 4 f _ . equipped .to meet the demand for ' The German Parliament has passed , sawn lumber, and as. a result substan- the Samoa To a z ~ - . tial benefits have 4 been reaped treaties. "" D88 `in anzlmri from the action of the Legislature. .. __ __ i n 11:'I`I'l`'lI`In1InA AP fhn nnlinu Al (:11- Thin `T.'..l..-._3-__ _ . I v last season showed little, if any, dim`-' I ,,_ ,-v_:`.- vv,\4A\I lllAL\J\Jl I of. day. .of ho1grs., much-talked-of combine Wednes-g Pittsbu-rg, ,_ Of 3. I`, +Il741II"\0_i-n|.v|o\ at----4---` A znsob onf. asttemptedj mease comrades the 1 force: iof arms. As result one` policeman; `and killed. ' 1'5! ---v ._---rut-nu-as-yo dam to raise t nu vvu.u:II.J. u.'UL `H. IJIJBU - lev'el_ of the great wv-I nu Evan. auu cnllvl. uuusu. 3 The Trlo-y, -N. Y., steel works, the. Bessemer steel works and the Rens-` eelaer iron works are being consoli- dated with a capital or; $17,000,000. . 1 The proposal to oomstruut a huge dam to raigo. Hlmn lm.-AI .4 4-1.... .........4- [;:;st. th'ree'months 251 demented soldiers have arrived at; San Francisco ffom Manila, and 200 more will soon arrive. In this ragged, clothing of Sam Bes- wipk, a Chicago character, who died in a charity hospital. was found $5; 000 in gold. and silvc notes. V K`. lwxnavu LlJJy1UVULl1CI1LU LU 13118 Permission has been granted for one` tho-usramd Cuban taaachers to attend the } Hasrvard Summer School for Teachers. 'I\... _.E __ _- II!-Hllllv I Some soldiers wounded ii: th slight; 'east manner will have to be carried off the, fdeild`. Others, although perhaps fh'ta.ll_y injured, can easily walk. to the ambulance. Many die quickly from the` .sh;oc-k to the nervoms Tsyfstetma, A morn -nrn1\:|4\I1.u tln.n.A ... ..........I_.1 :_ . n-.. ._ ---.-u~ - n-0501-I50 A The New York Board of Trade-and Transpotrtation is discussing the pro- }posed improvements to Erie canal. -Dntlllivvli:-:I~a:.1\An In... I...._ _.._4,--l - 5| 5 Lord George Hamilton, Secretary? of_ State for India, speaking-of the war, said that it meant thatif proper (use weremzade of _ the mountains on the frontier of India,thbi.gger the-hostile army that got within these. mountains the larger would be the graveyard they would maize there. . "UNITED STATES. Rev. William `H. Green, head of the Theological Seminary at Princeton, is dead. " 4 . A drinking ountain is to be erected in Brooklyn, N .. Y., asamemorial `to, ` the late Miss Frances E. Willard. T At` the twenty-third an al mevet-ing of the C`h'am`ber.of Ship ing of the United Kingdom, the new. president, Mr. W. J. Pierrri_e, of Belfast, said he did! not think the. British` have much cause for alarm! at the compptition of the United States and Germany. `r .....1 n___._- rt-" A Ialu I-\IVV: L15]-llC Ill lull "``h .V -I`::[:)-;1.uivor Gu-east, Congervative, has 1 been elected .to represent Plymaoutlrin the House `of Commons; without oppo-' sition, in succession to Sir Edward sit-ion, in succession to Sir Edward Clarke. ~ . . ` ` uuuu-x,uuvo so so vuasuuuu usual. I410 TBGDUD are worth` 14,000,000. Death -duties. ao- : count for the -law: -figures in the will. In-n.-n "I1l\`B lllanu IVS-un gusmu-an 4- 1 '94` In. .. The $111 of the 1:a.':_1')u1:e of West- mzinster shows '9. gross estarte value at 594,229. It is claimed that the estates (Ivan nun.`-ml-In` .011 [Ill] nnn TN..-`-I. .:l--J.:_... __ " V* f ' WTh;13ir;-tibh Boatonie `advise that telegrams can now; -be accepted for Kimberley, South Africa, at sender's rsk, _and not exceeding tewwelvg words. ` Mr. Michael 'Darv'itt. who resigned his seat in the House of Commons as a. protest.a.ga.inst Great Bn`tain s policy towards the Transvaal, will start for South Africa` neict week. V fausfeat Comxixona inas- od the aupplementary army estimates. ?t8,0`00,000, by 213 votes to 32. f 'I'\ ,E,, to` the frin- oiptab and.` directors of the Eamiltont Art Schooi the "Whole teaching staff has beendiemsissed. . ' Rains and a rapid thaw, have caused many rivers to overow, and there are unprecedented` floods in various parts of the United Kingdom; I '.1`h ratificafios of. h Samoa treaty -h.ave been` `exchanged be- tw,een,London and (Berlin. _ , 7 _. 6-`(Iv -.--agv Iaaulml. Lclrslm t'n`a.n; Wzithout feeling the` slightest pain, will tram.-b_le all over, totter and fall at once, even though the .fW.D'u.'n=d is really very slight. ' v A third will cry out. in .a way to frilgh-teen his commades, and will for- ~gIateverythitng in his agony. f0l1_i1_`th -will grow stupid and look .1kae an |.a.a..+ T '17:-HELD nula Low ycali. ' - It is to ba noted wi_th~.rogret that the inoroavsing nuinbe'r s of insane tax the ~i:c;coiinxodajt_loVnb qf_ asyfnms be- yonl cgpacity. Notyvithstandfng `thc`lIbam %`pq-ision alroa,dym'ad`e' an ' ;?=:`.;pndit3z`re ahcurrbsli in 119'? |.8.9i!!83;: it b.6O_m68 L in. "r`m`9<`I:; a.uomm6- Ed ,' 1'03 giagx .uren`_t._ I a W l.|.l.(L LUl._l.iallo I am pleased to be able ta state that the a.gricultural condition of the pro~ vince is much more favourable than it has been for many years, The great improvement in the quality of `all dairy produce has increased the popu- larity of our butter` and cheese in the British market and has consequently vstunulated this branch of industry. Our` fruit interests are also increasing in impertencetand value, asthe ex- .port`s_ or our orchards `tor the last yea m'ake"'xna'nifeat. 1, attendance 1 9 Agricultural College has.reach- ed the f est 1_iinit;yet a_tg,a1neI since the Q.'al_j_.ph_g1e`nt of college; it ..iril1.'l9"js$it~r7 to movido additional T*b9!`!hsh..*b:?tf A-.1119; ettezldenpe. con--i `list few years. -;t1nuie-$0. :&a if... hamnnne the in `A Inn --A'---` V '`'` (V -A . ..._....v...._ -.-u- uvnnnnc all IJIU natural rezxo-uroes of our country so as- to at- ord; the largesit scope for the profit- able empkx-yment `oi aapi.t_al`und labour and` thus furnish the markets` of the ' world with finished articles instead of ` raw materials. `I'_..'4_ .4]--- .1`: n -- no sanu I-IOLULO Jutl- A":I"`he desirability of preserving the forests in districts not adapted for agriculture, so as to constitute a per- manent source of timber supply, has been fully recognized in? connection with the administration of the Crown domain, accordingly -districts capable of being reioreeted are being set apart as forest reserves ; MIN IN G AN D vAGRICULT URE. The healthy condition` of the mining industry-is shown by the growth of revenue from sales and rents of min- ing lands, the increase of investments 'in` mining enterprises, and a larger out put from mines and mining works. It is the object and; policy of; my Gov- ernment; `to utilize all the natura rnnnmrnna nf may ...u...u.... .. ._ l._- ,n sauna DJJU GULIULI UL L110 J.:c51:uuLu1u- "In pursuance of the policy of en- couraging the development of indus- ttriesfor which the circumstances of the provinceare specially adapted, an- order-Vin-Council has been passed that pulpwood out on Crown lands should be msnufactured in Canada. A meas- ure" confirming this order-in-Counoil , will be laid before you. i Vnha A-Inn;v-nhii-o 1-.9 -nu-`gnaw-l_... LL- 3 sm 1 the T115? }$ei}5`o"he Leg- ` islatuzre, Great Britain has been under 1. the necessity of resisting by force of - arms the encroachment of the South 1 Republic upon her territorial rights and the liberties of British sub- jects in the '.Dr-a-nsvaal. The issues in- 3` volved, affecting as they did the in- 3 tegrity of the Empire, appealed very strongly to the ploy-allty of the Canadian I people. As the representatives of the province, I congratulate you on the enthusiasm, manifested throughout the `Whole province in the enrolment ' of her sons for Imperial service at I the seat of war. No more striking ' proof could have been given of the loyalty and devotion of Qlanztdians to u,th-eir S-overei n and to the Empire to .`Which we T 0113, and Iam confident that any proposal of my Government `for contributing towards the support _i0f the wives and families of our sol- diers now serving at the front, will _ receive favourable and generous con- Hsideration. . - . The full text was as follows :- Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative A.ssembly:-- I etmkwa great pleasure in again meet- ing you as representatives at the pro- vince in Parliament assembled. i;i1:W;. ;:"'rr""Y,"!FYY?'TV9""". , C\Mittd."t0l`: -oi_.,,puhli9 iirimym. ta ; toanmmlandua tho: oldntorage stations in ru- llttla-n-I-'.L:.... '.T`.:A.- One man, on receiving` a bullet in his` leg, w i11'go on fighting as if ,no~th- 4 iing had happened. Hedoes not know, in fast, that he now contains abu.l- let. BIJ.`t pe'rh`aps in two or `three min- ultes he wlll grow faint and fall. ' 1'- -1;.-._ L: