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. . B. Law, the late | Sominated by, the 4ibe 2 ape Breton North, the | nominated John Mae % ent Nominated. dga. Aug. 11.--At the Con. convention held here yester- Wright » untsville L. Pa- Ss, e., Aug. 11. ud, Towser was yesterday nominat- ed by the Liberals of Megantic County $n gonvention here. Ls In Stormont. 1 inch, Ont, Aug, 11.--8tormont @onservatives in convention unani- fmously nominated Dr. D. Alguire yesterday. In Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, 'Que., Aug. nservative convention for 'brooke, 'County mominated Chas. g date: 1 Ayres fi, Que., Aug. 11.--Geo, W, Paige was nominated candidate by she Conservative convention, to ops pose C. H. Lovell, the Liberal choice, Cholera Ravages ltaly. . Chiasso, Switeerland, Aug. 11.--Of- Mficial statistics regarding the cholera isituation in Ttaly show that from \August 1st to August 5th, inclusive, ithere were throughout the Kingdom iof Italy 1,039 cases and 380 deaths rom ithe disease, . ! . The Italian Government's report shows that in the town of Naples {there were 83 cases and 36 deaths, fwhile in the province of Naples there fwere 808 cases and 68 deaths. In {Genoa there were 43 cases and 18 deaths, and in Palermo 167 cases and 56 deaths. 11.--The Jfiday afternoon Aerial Railway Plans Thwarted. . Niagara Falls, Ont., Aug. 11.--A step to build an serial railway over the $alls was thwarted yesterday when the Niagara reservation committee refused the promoters permission to build the 'American station in Prospect Park. It was announced yeste: that Ad- {miral Togo, the J se naval hero, would visit this eily Aug. 19. + Hamil ted as the next oh in + {and ' Cutcheon, lawyers, {has custody of the last w ment made by Mr. Gates. If is un- derstood that the bulk of the property will go to "Charley" Gates, son. The fortune is estimated at between Want Reduced Fire Rates. Montreal, Aug. 11.--Members of the Board of Control intend to request the underwriters to reduce the fire i ance rates in the city. ion will be based upon tl since the controllers took hold of the city's management two and a hall mil- lions have been expended in laying water conduits, purchasing fire appar- atus and increasing the efficiency of the fire department. Died From Burns. Montreal, Aug. 11.--Corinne Le- | ganlt, & domestic who was badly burn. ed in the explosion ylated 3pixié lamp at Riviere Des Prairies Wedn y might, when C. E. Beau- dry, aged 9, was burned to death, suc- cumbed to her injuries yesterday. The 1 suffered excruciating agony befor: the end came. 1 Edwards For Frontenac. Kingston, Ont., Aug. 11--The Liberal Conservative = conventions for ropms: Southern ; ne jo whieh iw 1901 mance ler name i abolign & system, then slavery does Bher- | White, lawyer, as Alon, and further sat was vy. Councillors. He was ; 'ourth's' Pri 1 killed Sith his king at Flodden Field, under what is styl- qed. into the cglony m which the ordi ¢ ds. pot, > known aly 'as one ot slavery; aad Mr, Harcourt, in reply fo & quest tion put to him in the House of Com- muns in Fenrvary last, declared that tae Status of slavery is not recognized in Bouthern Nigeria. Nevertleliss the Native House Rule system does in- Yuive 3 tadt pucroacuments on the liberty ol aC Subject, which are view: ed with concern and repugnange by many who have tie older dens of {reedom under British flag. The Anti-Slavery' and Avouigifies® "Protec. tio Soe i partictlidt- Has made yr : ¢ The 'action "ot be Society is babed |i on @ repors {row its organizing sedre- tary, Rev. J. M. Diarns, "I," says Mr. Haeris, "culiing @ slave by anath Englisn®is suflicieny wo not exist iu toe Bastern and Central Provinces of Southtra Nigeria. If, on the other haud, loss of personal liberty, the denial of freedom of cun- tract, the break-up and tiransier of the units of a family to other and different owners--if those conditions and other repugnant concomitants constitute slavery, tiven there is some- thing very near to that condition in Bouthern Nigeria." And Mr. Harris more than hints at the demand for labor being a prime factor in the maintenance of domestic slavery in certain districts of the provinces 2 ief's ability to supply companies iers and workmen is only poss: gives him po servile class. Ordinance describes roup of persons subject by native aw and custom to the control, auth- ority, and rule of a chief known as the Head of the House, and * -fember of a House" is held to mean and include any person who, by birth "or in any Sther manner," is or becomes subject to the control and authority may be fined $250 or imprisoned for a year. There are similar penalties laid down 'for resisting lawful apprehension for tas offence under the ordinance, and for employing a native without the consent of the head of his "House"; \and any person wandering abroad or 'having no 3pparent means of sub- sistenoe may be arrested without a warrant and brought before the Com- (missioner of the district and ques- tioned as to his means of subsistance rand as to the House tp which he be- longs. i To the contention that this domestic glavery is inseparable from native ieocial life, and has from time im- 'memorial been an integral part of i African law and custom, it is sug: {gested in the report that the vital point o bess in mind in this case, is establishment and u ing;'o i enapesiablioh by 'British A A obi {tion is taken specially to the transfer tgnd disposal of - families permitted under the Ordinance on the death of 'the head of a House, and to the power given to the chief in restricting mar- riage. A conference of bishops and clergy held in 08 in 1008, referred to the exercise of the chief's power over marriage 8s productive of great domestic unhappiness and vicious liv- ing, and urged the Government to af- ford relief of this condition. An example of the operation of the ordinance given in the report, as 'proof of the gystem being one of 'slavery. It is alleged that a boy who 'ran away from the owner to whom 'he had been given, was seized on 8 British vessel--a dredger--on which 'he had obtained employment, and was afterwards, by the anthony of a Brit 'ish Commissioner," flogged and com- pelled, before he could return to his employment, to enter into an agree ment to pay the chief by whom he 'was claimed $1.75 a month (half his wages) for life. Copies of the docu- ments in this ease are printed in the irepart. The Committee of the Abori- \gines' Protection' Society have forward- ed to the Colonial Secretary a memor- ial pressing for certain reforms which, it is maintained; are imperatively ne- | essary. reforms include the 'establishment of complete freedom af contract, the prohibition of separation of the units of & family, provision whereby a slave 'may obtain liberty either by 8 monetary or labor Jedenip- uards of liberty sand, finally, says the re- port 5 o- foul most strongly thai the inery of His Majesty's Goveru- ment should no nsed to 4 orce either or women back 40 the con rol of thelr masters or heads of Houses." : : Fy * |in ried vo" House lule Urdinance, one, quic ed over the receptacle into which the contents are to be turned. 13. 'The son of a later mar. "a daughter of King William IV., dnd is father was advanced to 8 sate eighty 'years EA The dd marquis edad Mo. f the title at 'the ge of bmentythree, LM and, married a daughter of tha I Lerd Blantyre, asgillis has recounted a story of an old couple on a country road who were 'evidently 'having high words," ~ Thinking he might 'pacify them, a tourist asked why they had not the sense to agres, "We're no dis: agreein. at a', said the old man. "The {act is, we're baith o' the same mind." "And how's that?' said the visitor a Tittle suoprised. "Weel," was the answer, "I've got a crown in) ma pooch, 'and she thinks: she's '0 | to, t, 'an' I thi : hitk the "His wite seping him asked him "hat he was doing, and he replied, "Dooley § tald me that if Oi smoked a piece of lass Oi cud see th' gpots on th' sua. i aither heven't goth the roight sort o' glass or, else he's pullin' me leg intiorly."" 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