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fi { gates are In, attendance from all LS ition, all of Brantford, Ontario, and W. .Ont.;: F; H. Davidson, Winnipeg, Man. "tee. d for flames, go an no Tate ties have occurred so: :far as. is known, there Nate hn hundreds of nar- row escapes, and dozens of settlers "who have nothing whatever left ave flocking into 'Charlton looking for relict. Twelve miles in puath, was "eovergd by the fire in the Long Lake section. . The large 'saw and plan- ing mill of the Northern Ontario THE HIGH COURT: Over 500 Delegates in Attendance at the Annual Meeting in the City of London. The 34th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Order of Foresters con vened on Tuesday afternoon, the 10th of. June, in the new Masonic Temple in the City of London at 2 p.m. Dele- parts of the Dominion, every Province being represented. This order had its birth in London in November, 1879, and has on three subsequent occa: sions, including the present, returned there ro its Annual Meeting. The following officers of High Court 'were present at the opening session: J. A. Stewart, High Chiet' Ranger, Perth, Ont.; J.A A. Brodeur, High Vice Chief Ranger, Montreal, Que.; Alf, P. Van Someren, High Secretary; Dr. U. M. Stanley, Chairman of the Medical Board; Robert Elliott, High Treasur- er; W. L. Roberts, High Auditor; A. Shultis, Second High Auditor; W. G. Strong, Superintendent of" Organiza- M. Couper, Montreal, Que.; N. J. Stey- énson,. Toronto, Ont.; R. T. Kemp, Listowel, Ont; A/ R, Galpin, London, Members ' of the FHixeoptive Commit In addition to the aboye, John Mur- ray, District High Chief Ranger, Ha miota, Man.; D. B, McKinnon, Dis: trict High = Secretary, Winnipeg, | Man., and A. K. Berry, District High Vice Chief . Ranger, Holland, Man. representatives from the District High Court: for Manitoba. The annual reports of the various! officers of this Order are of a most | satisfactory nature, showing that the steady progress that the Canadian Order of Foresters 'has experienced 'ever since its inception in 1879 was continued in the year 1912, which 1s covered by 'these reports. 3 This Order confines its business en- tirely to the Dominion of Canada, and is, therefore, peeciiliarly & { "organization, ~the result of the business shows it to have, Leen the 'best year in the Order's experience. ase 'Ine crease in the Insurance gs of hol Order amounted' to STOTT IS. 8}, fund standing at the end of the year, after payment of 506 Death Claims amounting to $508,951.19, at $3,980, 976.21, the amount at the present time being 10819830. The revenue now ie rm Cn Bm 1 a very s of the Star income. Last year interest earned 'on investment 'ot Insuraste Funds. amounted to ner new Courts, so north of Dy A planing mill of Jackson & est was destroyed, 'together with the per- sonal effects of the men employed. "CAMADIAN ORDER FORESTERS 1 ITH ANNUAL MEETING - OF far-reaching benefits : that derived by the Ay in" th various directions in: which "this So- clety endeavors. to be of assistance] to the individuals who compose same. The record of the Canadian Order of Foresters, ag submitted in these re- ports, is well worth the perusal. of those 'who have been perhaps too apt to decry the permanence and sta- bility of fraternal insurance concerns. There 18 every evidence of careful management and of well-directed en- deavor to conduct the affairs of the Society in an intelligent and business- like manner. A point of special interest as indi- cating the cautious selection of risks, | is the death rate, which for 1012 was only 5.78 per thousand, and over the Order's = experience of thirty-three years, less than 6.26 per cent. per thousand. We find further that the Buperin- tendent of Organization has been able to report' the institution of forty-one that every effort pos- sible is 'being made to establish Courts of the Canadian Order of Foresters in the new territory being opened up in the Dominion of Canada from time to time, and as the pomts become large enough to maintain a Court. A very considerable amount of busi- ness will be laid before the delegates, and it is expected that the Sessions. of the High Cour will extend over sev- eral days, probably occupying their dttention tHI the 13th or 4th just term TOOK HOLD OF: THE WIRES. Geos J. Lebonville Was Killed 'By the Shock. A despatch' from Barnin says: Shortly before 11 o'clock on Thurs- day morning death came with terri- ble suddenness to Geo. J. Lebon- ville; a young married man; em- ployed by Alex. Bowles, contractor: and housemovyer.: . 'Bowles was engaged. in movin Me. house along Davis Street. ~The house came in contact with the wires of the Elec- tric 'Light Co., and the young man Lebonville went up on top of the house to raise the wires. He took hold of one of the wires to lift it up, when 2,200 volts of electricity | passed through his Sody and he was electrocuted. A 5 instantly ibs of ola thieves, supposed to' be to the Barnum & Bailey show, 'here on Thursday, in the afternoon and the evening, and six. roast i te Picked up by detective be well 'oollision von the. .maip 1i New York, New Haven Railroad, apposite ihe J. Kelly, 3 Dryden Avent shied Mass., wife of the of the Canadian Pacific l instantly killed; Frank nf Springfield, Mass, instantly | ghield;