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Said to Be Directing the Guns of the Chinese. A despaboh from London says :â€"The correspondent of the Express states that Europeans are directing the Chi- nese military operations. The corres- pondemt asserts that Captain Bailey, of I’LMS. Aurora, distinctly saw a man in_Eu>ropean garb directing the Chinese artillery operations outside of Tishâ€"Train. Foreign refugees from Tim Twin openly accuSe a. European offi- cial whose name the Express corres- pondent suppresses, and Col. von Han- neken, who was formerly employed to drill the Chinese troops. of being par- ties toe. plot to procure the escape of General Chung and themselves from 'l‘ien-Tsin before the bombardment, leaving the other foreigners to their fate. TOTAL CASUALTIES TO DATE The Boer War Has Cost Britain 48,188 Officers and Men. A dne-spatch from London says :â€"-Th-e War Offios has issued another casual- ty list from South Africa, showing- Umt during the week ending Saturday there were killed, wounded or captur- ed fifteen officers and 180 men; ac- cidental deaths two men ' died of dis- euw four officers and 194 men; in- valided home, 7:3 officers and 1,306! men. The total casualties as a man“: of the war are: 48,188 officers and. “ Immediately on receiving infor- mation early in the morning of the ’enemy’s mang'th I despatched rein- forcements from here under COL God- frey. Before they ruached the Spot, ic communication with Rustenburg. The fighting lasted more or less throughout the day. Statements are in circulation in Shanghai accusing the Russians of in- discriminate slaughter of friendly Chir- uese nun-combatants, without regard to age or sex. Defeats Erasmus’ Commando With Considerable Loss. A despatc’h from Pretoria, says:â€" Ganemls Hutton and Mahan had four d;:ys' fighting south-east o! Pretorxa, resulting In the deafeat 0f Erasmus commando with considerable loss. BOERS CAPTURE BRITISH “ Pretoria. July 12.--The enemy hav- ing failed in an alttempt to get round our right and in our rear, made a de- termined attack on our right flank yesterday. I regret. to say they sno- ceeded in capturing Nitral’s nek. gar- risonod by a squadron of the Scots Greys, two guns 0! the Royal Horse Artillery, and five companies of the Lincolnahire Regiment. The enemy, in superior number. attacked at dawn, and, seizing the hills which commandâ€" ed the nek, bought a. heavy con- verging fire upon the small garrison. NiLraJ’s nek is about 18 miles from here, near where the road crosses the Crocodile river. It was held by us in order to maintain road and telegraph- A Match from London says :â€"-The “’31: Office has received the following deepatoh from Gen. Roberts :â€" Entire Squadron of Scots Greys and 90 Lincolnshires With 2 Guns, Captured. 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EUROPEAN GUNNERS A VICTORY FOR HUTTON. Plus FOR 23 YEARS. Over the Most abstinate Diseases That Torture Human Ei d â€"-â€" Remedies That Bring Health and Happiness to-canap dian Homes. New Governor Installed With Im- posing Ceremonies. A despatch from London says ;-â€"Gen~ eral Sir George Stewart \Vhite, the hero of the siege of La-dysmith and the soldier who was not afraid to own up to it when he blundered, has just been installed in his new position as Gover- nor of Gibraltar. The general arrived at the famous British fortress on Tues- day, and was given a hearty reception by the soldiers. He made several ad- dresSes, which were well received, and will assume the duties of his post at once. Gen. White is now. in his sixty-- sixth year, and has worn the Queen‘s uniform since he was a land. ’He has a breaxstful of decorations, including the rare Victorian cross, and is a. knight in three of Great Britain’s famous orders of honour. For four years Gen. White was commander in chief of the British forces in India, to which post he succeeded Lord Roberts in 1893. GEN. WHITE AT GIBRALTAR. "Buller reports that the Boers who were destroying the milway near Paarde Kraal were driven off yester- day after a short action. '. \ L "JEAN; reports from Heidelberg that the surrendering of arms and ammu- nition continues in that district." CLERY FORCED TO RETIRE. “Smith-Dorrien had a successful engagement with the enemy yesterday afternoon near Krugersdorp, inflict- Owing to the Great Activity of the Boers. A despatc’h from London,‘ Frxday, says:-It is concurrently reported from Greylingstad that Gen. Ciery found it necessary to relate to that place from Vlakfo-ntaisn owmg: to the great activity 01f the Boers 1n des- troying the raiiwuy and telegrap‘hs bertwe-enn Greylingstud and Slander- ton. T’he neM'sp-npers here express considmable disappcfntment over the turn affaxrs hava taken. Despatched Overland From Russia Within Ten Days. A desputch from London, Friday, sayszâ€"A desputc-h to the Standard from Odessa says that more than 40,- 000 troops have been despatched dur- ing the past 10 days from Moscow overland to Khabarovsk. It is added that it is intended to raise the army in’ the Amur Gmrermmmt, Central “Simultaneously an attack was made on our outposts near Derde- dorp, northward of the town, in which the 7th Dragoon Guards were engaged. The regiment, which was handled with considerable skill by Lieut.-Col. Lowe; kept the enemy in check until he retired on his supports. We would probably have suffered slight loss had not one troop mistaken some Boers in the bushes for ours. however, the garrison “A list of the casualties has not yet been received, but I fear they were hea vy. “The two guns and the greater por- tion of the Scots Greys were captured, owing to their horses being shot, and also about 90 of the Limoolnsh'u'es. Mrs. Stephen Dempsey. Albury. PE. 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PALE AND WEAK. wa'a overpow- SOME CHINESE NALMSE. EASY FOR THOSE WfiO UNDER- STAND THE LANGUAGE. All Chinese \Vords Are Honouyflahlcâ€" Meaning or alone of the Name. of Elven and Cluesâ€"They Are Full of Interest and Very IDcscrlleve. We are reading just now of many Chinese districts. towns and rivers. Many of these geographical names doubtless appear repellant and unpro- nounceable to all except arew persons who are familiar with them. But if we had a better acquaintance with these names and knew their meaning they would be found to be full of in- terest. They are often condensed deâ€" scriptions of the place or feature to which they are applied. They are far more instinct with life than many geo~ graphical names in other countries, Suppose we had never heard of Shang- hai, for example, but knew the mean- ing of the two words composing the name. \Ve would know at once that the “City Near the Sea" must apply to a seaport. Yun ho means “The River of Transportation," and we na- turally infer that the waterway thus designated must be commercially im- portant. Yun ho, in fact, is the Chinese name of 'the Grand Canal which plays so great a part in the freight service of East China. However many syllables there may be in a Chinese place name it is com- posed of as many words as there are syllables, for all Chinese words are monosyllubic, If we knew the mean- Lng of even one of the words in a geo- graphical name it helps to convey . A DEFINITE IDEA. The wqrds, Ho and Kiang, for ex- ample, both mean “river," and when we see them on a map we know they refer to a river or stream. Many of the names of rivers are descrip- tiVe of them: Hoang ho, for ex- ample, means “Yellow River:" 'l‘sin kiangfileans “Clear River." Observe how definite is the idea expressed in the name of each of the three rivers which converge upon Canton. One of them is the Si kiang, or “West River." another the Pe kiang, or “North River," the third is the Tang kiang or “East River." The names of these rivers tells the direction from which they come. They help to simplify the study of geography of that part of China. When they unite they form the Chu kiang or “Pearl River." The Chinese named their largest river in the north the Hoang ho, because it cuts its bed through yellow soil, from which it derives its color. The yel- low flood it pours into the sea colors that part of the ocean yellow, and hence the Chinese call the sea Hoang hai, or Yellow Sea. The Chinese unite the words in a name so that they form one word, just as we write Newton, Hartford, or Deerfield. Sometimes we unite the words in a Chinese name and some- times we separate them, but there is no reason, for example, why we should write 'l‘ien-Tsin when we do not write Pe-Kin. Each of these names is com- posed of two words. Pe means “north" and Kin means “the capital," or ”the king's household," and thus Pekin means the northern capital, Tien means “heavenly" and Tsin means "place,” and thus the name of the largest city in North-East China means “heavenly place"â€"-a name it has borne for many centuries. When Marco Polo visitedthe city in the thirteenth century. he translated its name into “Citta Celeste." MANY CHINESE NAMES we see in the newspapers and do not even atempt to pronounce, would give us as much information, if we could translate them, as along sentence might do. Hankow, for example, is the name of a very important city of the Yang tse kiang. There are only six letters in the name, and yet any Chinese boy would know from the two short words composing it that it is the name of the town standing at the “kow,” or mouth of the river named Han. The Han is the great- est tributary of the Yang tse kiang. and plays a most important. part in the commercial life of that teeming valley; and the city built on the spot where the Han mingles its waters with the Yang tse. is Hankow,i.e., the town at the mouth of the Han. The word Yang means "ocean;" tse means “son,”, and the name Yang tse kiang, which the Chinese applied ages ago to their greatest river. shows that they did not mean to depreciate its importance. Some writers say the early Chinese believe their largest river contributed more water to the making of the ocean than any other stream in the world, and so in the name of the river they conveyed the idea that the ocean was its son. The name is often erroneously transtated the Blue River. Pekin has not always been the capi- tal of the Empire. but Nankin, a city far to the south, was long the seat of Government; and. as the name Pekin means “northern capital," so the name Nan-kin means “southern capital." "White River? is the meaning of Pei ho, near whose mouth are the forts just seized by the powers. we see the words “Eu." or “hein,” add- IN SOME BOOKS AND MAPS M'illfeed-â€"-Dull. Bran $13 to $13.50; and shorts, $14 to $14.50, west. ed to the names at many towns. These words are not a part of the names. and some of the best atlases omit them. for they lengthen the name and make‘ it more formidable to the for- eigner. Eu means the capital of one of the departments into which a province is divided; in other words. it Sheep, per cwt. . Spring lambs, each. Bucks, per cwt. Cows, each. Calves, eucn. Choice hogs, per cwt. Light hugs, per cwt. Heavy hogs, per cw-t Sums. . . . . Stag-s. . . . . Toronto, July 17.â€"â€"-\Vhr3-th -- Chicago prices declined about :20. today, and local prices were lower. Manitoba No. 1 hard, g.i.t., sold at 95c; same, To:- ronto and west, at 920; and at upper lake ports, at 89c. Ontarios are quiet at 70 to 710, outside. Peasâ€"~Quiet. Car lots a re quoted nominally at 600. north and west; and 610 east. Cornâ€"About steady. No. 1 Amati.- oan yellow. :19 l-Zc, on track here; and mixed at 48 1â€"20. is the residence of the official at the head of the department. Hein sig- nifies one of the districts into which a department is divided, and when at- tached to a place name means that the official in charge of the district resides there. It is better to omit these merely political designations. When we have more intimate dealings with China and better knowledge of the people and their country, we shall have uniformity in the spelling of China's place names. and know what these names mean; and we shall see clearly that these names show con- siderable imaginative and descriptive facility, and that they are really help- ful in the study of Chinese geograDhY- Choice export cattle sold at from $5 to $5.25 per cwt..; Light stuff at from $4.50 .to $4.80 pew owt. The demand was easy. There was no quotable change in the prioe of good to prime butcher stuff; the best grades sold well, but if rthe supply had been large medium and common ouvtLLe would probably have broken badly. St'ockers continue easy. Bulls, feeders, milch cows, etc., are u'nohgt age-d There was no changejn Lambs and sheep. Choices veal. calves will sell. Several loads of cattle were unsold at the close. THE TORONTO MARKETS For prime. hogs, scaling from 160 0:0 200 lbs., the top prioe is 61-40; thick fu.L hugs, 5 3-80; and Light hogs, 5 1-4c per lb. Following is the range of quota- tions:- Shippers, per mm ...... $4.30 $5.25 Butcher, choice, do. 4.00 4.50 Butcher, med. bu good. 3.50 3.75 Butch-er, imfori'or. ...... .3.00 3.25 Sinckem. per cwt ...... 3.00 3.50 Sheep and Lambs. Barleyâ€"Steady. No. 2, 400. West; and 410 east; No. 3, 42 to 48c. {Ryeâ€"Quivet. Car lots, West, 54c; and 550 east; Oatsâ€"Dull. Whi‘te oats, north and wast, 270; and east, 28c. Flourâ€"Business quiet. Ninety per cent. patent, in buyers' bags, middle fireighte, is quoted at $2.85 to $2.90; and in wood at $3.15 to $3.20. Detroit, July 17â€"Wh-eatâ€"Closed.â€" No. 1 white, cosh, 830; No. 2 red, cash, 833; July, 830; August, 83 3-40; Sep- tember, 841-40. Chicago, J'uly 17â€"'Wheat -â€" Dropped 21-80 fair the September option to- day. Reported improvement to the sprin'g crop throughout the North- West and unresponsive cables gave the bears their innings. Corn and oats ruled strong and closed practi- cally unchanged. Provisions were lifeless and weak. Pork closed at a decline of 10 to 121-2c. Lard lost 5c, and ribs 50. The Price Current estimated the wheat crop at 550,000,- 000 bush. Chicago receipts were 60 Toronto, July 17.-The market to- day was a dull and uninteresting one. Mil wnurkee. 'July l7.â€"-W‘hiea!'Lâ€"-Lower: No. 1 N-or't‘hezrn, 82 to 82 1-2c; No. 2 North-arm 80 1-20. Ryeâ€"Steady: No. I, 620. B1rleyâ€"Sbeady: No.1,620. 1. 62¢ Barleyâ€"tSeady; No.2, 47to 480; sample 40 to 46. 1' ' leuth, July 17.-â€"W-heat--N=o. 1 hard, cash, 83 3â€"40; August. 83 3-80: Sep’rember, 83 3-80; December. 83 3-40; No. 1 Northern, cash, 81: 3-40; August 81 Me; September, 81 3-40; Nb. 2 Nor't'hexrn, 790; No. 2'sprm-‘g, 763-40.. Cornâ€".43 7.80, ‘Oaltscâ€"Z'T to 27‘ 1-20. uuu nusn. Chicago receipts were 60 cams, six of contract grade. 'Minneoâ€" polis and Duluth got 158 carloads, compared with 475 for the same day last year. Western primary receipts were light, 492,000 bush. againsr 884,- 000 bush. last year. Minneapolis, J u'ly 17.â€"W‘heastâ€"July, â€"- ‘â€" -2,__-- ,v- w, vou ‘!.â€" vv Arlcwt~ou y, 79 1-20; September, 79 “5-8 to 79 3-4c; December, 8-0 5-80; Nb) 1 hard, 82 1- 20; No 1 Northern, 80 1-29,; Not 2 North- Milkers and Calves; Cattle. 1H '09:. . 2500 4500 200 800 600 625 500 '525 5121-25371-2 300 325 4 despatch from London, Bay8=~ Lord Roberts has sent thefollow’mg deSpatch to the War Office: “Pretoria, Saturday.â€"Clements’ and Paget’s forces entered Bethle- hem,on Saturday. The former, on nearing the town, sent in a flag of truce demanding its surrender, which was refused by Dewet, when Puget, making a wide turning movement, succeeded in getting hold of the enemy’s most important. position cov- ering the town. This was carried before dark by the Munster Fusiliers and Yorkshire Light Infantry. The follow. ing morning the attack was continued and by noon the town was in our 903. session and the enemy in full retreat, "Our casualties were 4 officers and 32 ‘ men of the Monsters wounded; 1' missing; Captains Macpherson and Weakes and Lieu't. Conway severely, and Lieut. Boyd-Rochefert, Scottish Rifles, slightly wounded; 7men of the York hires wounded; 1 killed; 2 woundu ed of the Imperial Yeomanry. .Will be Roberts’ He: dquarters Atter the War. V W“ -'¢'.'__M’;-‘.‘ A deSpatch from Cape Town, says: -,-It Ls understood that at the close of the war Bloemfontein will be the headquarters of the commanderâ€"inâ€" chief the seat of the South African court of appeals, and, eventually. thr federal capitol of South Africa. “Paget reports that but for the accurate practice of the Thirty-eighth Royal Artillery and the Fourth City Imperial Batteries the casualties would have been many more. JAPANESE RIO TS PEARED. BETHLEHEM CAPTUR {'1'} F7 Special Police to Patrol the Fraser River in British Columbia. A despatoh from Vamcovuver, B.C., s:lys:â€"-‘A large; number oi special conâ€" sta'bleas, were sworn. in on Wednesday. and dospatched to Stemt.on.,_ the cen- tre» of the salmon fishing in-duStry on the Fraser river, to cope with the contemplated trouble between J ap- anexse and Canadian fishermen. The an3 represent about 80' per cent. of the fishermen, owing to the recent heavy immigration, and are willing to fish for 20 cents .per fish, :while the white and Indian fishermen want 25 cents. By; energetic organiz- ed action and more or Less intimida- tion, the Canadian fishermen have pre- vented Japanese boats gomg out so far, but on Wednesday the: canners an- nounced that 75 per cent. of them will be out tlhrate night. If the Japa- nese attempt to start out, serious trouble is feared, consequently. specu- al constables have been hurried to the scene from New Westminster and this cbty, and a. fleet of police patrol boats has been organized. ”The Cane ne'rs state that they: will close down the cannemes If; tlhe. men 1118131; on 25 cents per fish, as they cannot com- pete with the Amerloambamneries at that prlcet It is gemeraxlly conceded outside the fisher-men's Union that 203 cents is a fan price if fish are tol- embLy abundant. 63,000 JAPANESE IROOPS. Details of the Recapture of the Arsenal by the Chinese. A dsepa-tdh from London, Thur-sâ€" day sayszâ€"The express publishes a dispatch from Tien-Tsin, dated Friday Lash, via Chefoo. saying: “Gen. Mahas defeated the allied troops and reoccu- pied the Chinese eastern arsenal. af- ter inflicting great 1033 upon its de- fenders. The engagement lasted six hours and was fought with-great de- minaatison on bath sides. The Chlnese were eventually able to utilize‘the ef- fective guns of. the fort abutting on city walls, near the Taotai’s Yemen, the allied. troops suffering severely from lack of heavy gums and cavalry. The Japanese commander sent an ur- gent appeal to hurry reinforcements, as. the allies were in imminent, danger. of general defeat. An Army, With Modem Equxpments, Being Sent. to China. The Chinese correspondent; of The London Express telegraphs on Tues- day: “'lhe Japanese force Ls equipped with 36 he ivy mortars and 1’0 field. guns and has pontoon and balloon sections. It is expeoted either Marshall Nodzu or Marshal Oyama will take command. The plan of. campaign contemplates operations extending two or three years. “A further force of 13,000 men will be landed. at Taku a week hence and an additional 10,000 soon afterwards. “Before the rainy season vanced Japan hopes to troops in China." "BJden-Porwell reached Rustentberg BLOEMFONTEIN CHOSEN. THE ALLIES DEFEATED. dquarters After 58311715 well ad- to have 63.000 during the evening of Sunday with- out Opposition. He found 211! qmef the-re and public confidence enurely sausmctoay, thanks to the prompt and bold grasp of the situatxou taken by Major Hanbur)~1‘.xa<-.ey "The district west of this 13 some- Whul unsezttled owing to the small force which attacked Rustea‘ourg being still in the neighborhood. Mea. sures are being taken. to meet this. EBattery Arrives at Cape Town en Route to China. A despatch from Cape Town, says: “Further information regarding the capture of Bethlehem has now been received from Clements. He States that the country" there is broken and difficult. Cmno-«quently 1113 and Pagert's cavalry were unable. to make any wide turning movements. Cle- ments attacked one positxon whll-e Paâ€" get attacked another. coat. She Ila» Appointed Yum: Ln l'rlmc Minister. A de-sputch from Shanghai says :â€" News from official sources was re- ceived at 10 o'clock on Monday night to the effect that Ehe Empress had resumed the reins of government and appointed Yung Lu Prime Minister, It is said that she sent a despateh to Ntinking by courier at the rate of 100 miles per day, thanking the Vice- rays of the Yangtsekiang province: for their loyalty. and recommending that. they orotect foreigners at any .“The position assailed by ClementsJam very mgnly 01 ““3 equipment, was was gallantly captured by the Royal expressed a hope that it woald baa Yeomanry, who captured a gun of . adopted for the army. - j the Seventy-seventh, Lost at Stormâ€"3‘ OAhADA TAIxha NLMEROUS; i PRIZES. " berg. T'he li‘St of casualties has rim: - been issued, but Clements same: they: Hf)” Sydney Fisher, Minister at are few considering the strength of Aflncultuw has received Semi-Offim the positions “53311941. Clal notification that, Cami“. he; "Hunter’s C‘lV‘diI‘y under Broradwood been awarded the Grand Prize to! reached Bethlehem on Sunday. klunâ€" its forestry.fish and game and mineral ter, with his main force, was within . _ . . . ' o u q . D4 0 nine [111.165 of zhe town when Clements and agricultural ekh‘b't "‘ ~ "I". Th0 despaic'hed 1116 report-" official announcement has, however, __ . ‘ Snot yet been made. The jurors have examined the exhibits of an education, TRANSPORT BY C, P, R. :al character, also. cheers“, trun leather, furniture and stoves. Company Ready to Handle All favorable commente heard indicate. England Will Send. ;that the highest Prilfi‘l will be given for these, but it is not sufficiently do. finite to say just what the awards will be. Enormous crowds continue to 34% tend the Exposition. and the huildi containing the Canadian exhibits thronged with 41-; many visitors as can hold all the time. A despat-ch from Montreal says;â€"â€" The Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany, in answer to the enquiries re- ceived on Tuesday, has notified the Imperial authorities that it is pre- pared to transport from Quebec to 1r 1’- 1---“; - L_J__ -t ..... .5 EXPECTS NSBRDER BRECKED. sn- i-Ienry Blake Does Noc E ear Rebellion in bouth China. A deslpatcli from Hong Kong says 2â€"- .Sir Henry A. Blake. Governor of Hong Kong. for the first time after a three months‘ absence on Tuesday address- ed the Executive Council. His Excel- lency expressed the belief that the anti-foreign rebellion “ould not ex; (end in any appreciable degree to the southern provinces of China. He ex- presses the deepest condolence with the widow of the unfortunate German Minister. Baron Von Ketteler. Company Ready to Handle All England Will Send. A despat-ch from Montreal saysz~ The Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany, in answer to the enquiries re- ceived on Tuesday, has notified the Imperial authorities that it is pre- pared to transport. from Quebec to Hang Kong as large a body of troops as the latter consider necessary to send to the seat. of the present trou- blein China. No limit is placed upon the number, the C. P. R. management feeling confident that it; can handle as many men as the british Govern- ment sees fit to send via the Canadian highway. A howitzer battery has arrived here from the front and is in readiness to embark for China. Five hundred of Orp-ens Horse, who have been serving throughout the South African cam- paign, have mmuteered for service in China. If their after :5 accepted it is believed that many more men will. volunteer. 30,000 Russian Troops Advancing on Pekin. A despmch 'iroau Shunghm, says:â€" IL 1'8 confirmed. from npparvntly trustwoa'thy sources, that 30,090.1{us- sian troops are :Ldvanomg on Pekin from the noth. BOERS HAVE SKIPPED OUT. Evacuated All Their Positions Around Senekal. A despaa‘oh from Sanekal. Orange River Colony. Mondaj', says :â€"An ex- tended reconnaissance to-day resulted in the discovery that the Boers had evac-uaied all their positions around Senekal. Numbers of them appear to have gone towards Ficksburg and the remainder in the direction of 8911116- hem. The British cc'rmmamders express the opinion that; the retirements of the Boers foreshadows a Speedy end of the war in this section of the coun- try. EMPRESS DOWAGER IN CHARGE. FROM Th" E NORTH. FROM SOUTH AFRICA. Dr. Bordon informed Mr. W that no more Oliver equipments w be required. The Government had a. ' ready purchased about 35 000 ' gthem. No report had as yet bed émade on them. A British coldnel. iwriting from South Africa. had spok- “ an very highly of ibis equipment, and expressed a hope that it would be adopted for the army. ‘3 CANADA TAKES NUMEROUS.- 9 PRIZES. In answer 'to fir. Powell. Mr. Blair said that the total amounts char ’ by the Irtemolonéal in connecti" with the transportation of the Calm-4‘ diam contingents. ( the Strathcontg ‘I Home and the Halifax militia gar. son, including equipment and suppliq were $25,778. $8,537, and $1,252.35 1 Spectivel‘y. Mr. Fielding. in answer to 1 Richardson’s question. said that cent information from Manitoba ooaraged the belief that the short. of hay would not be as serious as pleated. At any rate, no alterat would be made in the tariff this a Act was taken up. This Ls the bill to reduce the pastage on DEWVEDJPBT to one-ei-gth cent per pound l:SEhâ€" in the province where the pa. ,r 13 published. Mr. Mulmk said the rea- son the redumiun was confined to the circulation within the pr Vince. was because it. would not pay U) carry 93.â€" pers long distances for such a sill Well, it can’t be helped. said the editor. . . m‘.mw§m But 1m to contradxct said the injured man. DI 'S’aB] HANGING. g Sir Adolphe Caron, referring tot ' cases of Cazes and Babe in Que said thata good deal of comment hadg been caused m the province by the (not: that Dube had been hanged, while img the came of C 1283 th. sentence had been. commuted. Sir Adolphe asked what. was the report of the iuudge on these cases No, I can mix. do that, said who editor, as we never co'mtradlct my- thing that appears 11: our pafiz‘. will do the only thing I can 1:, marrow I will put you in the llsl at btrl‘hS. Sir \Vilfrid L::urierâ€"I have just M word to say and that is to remind: Mr. BIUOI‘e that. the. question of the": suffrage has been relegated by thbj Parliament to the provinces. With-j out exprassE-ng any opinion on the1 views which the honorable gentleman“ has presented (0-day, I submit to him" that the proper sphere £0 pi‘up::g-_Lt61l them is in the Logislamug-4.3~ of ‘6‘ several provinces. MUST BE BORN AGAIN. 0.1g day agentl'exnan called at t: office of a certain newspaper. 0,1 said to the editor: Sir, it is announced in your paper that I am dead. Vfl ell, replied the editor, if it is m our paper it is correct. It is not correct, for here I an! alu'e, rejomed the Other. Mr. Davin moved thaL the given the six-months' hoist, was put and 105;]. by 70 no 27. er Wilfrid L-mrier rrplied that as? 1.0: Cuzes the judge- reported that the. verdict might well have been acoamfi pa med by a raccmmendauon to mwrcy. I: bux as to Dube no exrenuating cn‘c { 1 81411109 c-siuld he found. u? WOMAN‘S SUEFRAGE Ql‘. 1551310 . Mr. Moore, Stansbead, brought up the women suffrage questzon; at ' e requesr, he said, of a great: number i the women of this country. who do; sued 1.0 see removed {rum 1. he statute‘ hock the disabilities under which {hag women of Canada were tabourmgu‘ Mr. Moore paid aglowz’ng- Irvin-age to her Grzxcivcma Majesty the 911?; “(111011 evoked prolonged cheers. 6 said that this question had been agitated in the United States. and had berm) tried whh great success m Wyâ€". amin-g. Utah and Kansas. The resulrsj Canada would be emified to vote Dominion elemions. 1m New Zeaiand were also h'ghly sahs'iactory. ‘He trusted the day w not far distant w'mon 1h: wrw a MEMO?! PflRl' POST-OFFICE BILL. The bill to amend the PLHtâ€"Ofiice QUESTIONS ANSWERED. bi u be w hich