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vuu-up auu uu- auJuuuu'g s)|.dLC5. It is reported at Shanghai that A Wesleyan mission has been destroyed at Ningpo and the missionaries kill-- ed. - ' s The British Government s exten- sion postal contract with the Canad- ian Pacic provides for a journey of 708 hours from Liverpool to` |Hong Kong in summer. nnA:--__._-__ __.iVr- % "sArdii5A3r, MARCH zsth. _ W. Kerr, a Grand Trunk brake- man, was `killed at Bronte while at lwork. I '7 V I `_ T,9ronto Council passed a resolut- ion in favor of the city expropriating the Electric Light `Company's plant.. 'I'\I_ _ _, ,_,--- 1-5--` vv---rs---J u run`-o-up-0 I I The members` of the "House of Commons gave evidence before the` Legislative Committee regarding ch_i_ig Iatgor. I V \.l lGLl\Jln ' H -lzhe clause providing for licenses for those carrying guns and ries was struck out of the proposed sh and game bill. _ ' Dr. A. A. Stockton, M`. P., of St. John, N. B-, died at Ottawa. . Mr." R. D. Gunn,- K.C., of Orillia, has been appointed Junior Judge of Carleton County- v The Alherta-`Legislature was pro- rogued, having completed the entire programme of important legislation. Six Thiel detectives were acquitted of manslaughter at Hull. ffhey were accused of ring on the Buckingham strikers. ` I William Carroll, Albert Omand and James Bayne were committed for .trial at Hamilton on a charge of ac- cepting bets on races. ' -Charles E. [Masson, the Ottawa Ihockey player, has been committed `for trial for manslaughter in connect- |ion with the death of young`--'M`cCourt [of Cornwall. "Av view for the Nicaragu- ans has brought t e engl of the -Cent- ral American war withm sxght. "I" A _ A _ A A _.~ `Innings;-2.`... Ln 6....` cans [CI ITIIICIILCII VVGI VVIEIIIII Dlallln _Ten persons, belonging to two fam-I ilies of foreigners, have been drowned `in the 9ods_at Steubenville, Ohio. `I --- _ _ _- .1 L- L`--- fe.-- LL.-.....-n.-I llll tut uuuu: GI. 'oJLVuuCuvuu. '\1|uu. ' Japan is(said to have fty thousand `men workingzdayand night to com- atj Bel- the po- ' ' I.ot,cot Thai! brlckvv ' two tr: Btlbl (1 -ii ?"B:.`."vi 03' 6:16). 'er- cum. 1: Ubndex-and by vlny-tuo oftho Power of Schoon- tuned i t certain 1! mode Chnrleo. Dzghon to the vgnsora. Whiohvvg be produced Maths tlment ulo. there he . olrorod for sole` Public Auction on SA 8-. DAY. nu: ma AY or much. mar. tttho hour of twelve o'clock nnnn, .2. tin: nu.-5. HA1; Inn urraun 1 U!` MARCH. 1991. It IIIO hour twelve o'clock noon. at the Barrie Hotel in the Townot Bu-rle hy Jooegh Bo- gox'a,Auctloneer. the following slug le real estate in one pu-oel. namely : I.-'1`he North am at Lot 3 in an can con- ceaslon of the Township of Inniel. in the county of Slmooe. containing 100 acres more or lean : and lean; and ' " II.--:All that port of the West Half of tho- &`i`-rf.`v':"...`1 .`a.`.`.E; }:.fP.%E}.?.?3:FF.:2.%` 5%: noun nail on M): U m we aim uonceesxononno sold Townshl not Innlal. lying west of tho Hamilton on North Western Railway Co A any : portion of said north-west (`annex-'of :5 Lot, contnininx Zsacresmore or. can. . VIII. ...!_...___.-_- _.. A- - A - vv-w-an-u-pg -y-vnuu,unvnv VA. Ivic - *1-'herimprovements are said to -consist of a brick veneer house '10x27)nnd addition (18:11); frame barns ( 0) and (40x70)' an-one stable (xnnn implement house ant! . no (38:45); a aheeptgen and hen house ([4 - n o wnggo ed` no); Id`! 1. Kev; a. hed 04$`: :n!;?nmeguil3i`:: (1 e soil in sun`: toqbe principany may ontmandthemnre said to be 2 wells, 2 oint- erns. nndnamnll m-nluua an H... nlnno mm. -"ow--su on more and n.5"dually encroacheda Gees or the Lords. mam lOV!V|_0'I_|lV|0> Emu. ._L-_. LI..- I-__..I_ .-__4..'. xox.un- Luv son 1! sum to DO prmclpnuy sandy ` unit! about 3 miles trom a church and about 3 miles ; A trom.Barrle. The roads in the vicinity are said to be good gravel roads. ' '. 'l`unts.--'1'en per cent. of the $111-chase money must be nnid at time of sale.-w en easy terms for the balance can be arranged. For further particulars and conditions of sale, apply to the Auctioneer. or to - - ' JIARSH 8c CAMERON. Vendors` Solicitors. 10-13 25 Toronto St., Toronto. :kDlCt =h!` military and naal.. equip- 193'!`-` 1 % - IIICIIL, ' _: `Five alienists for the prosecution ~declar,ed their. belief that Thaw was Jane when he shot Stanford White. Dutch troops in the Island of Cels "ebes vhave .won a_ signal, victory over the rebeit, capturing their "stronghold a;;d_:ki[}j9g; i~g3:`|z:3(n,1: . . . Auction SALE --`or"- ~ Valuable Farm? Prone`:-ty.. nuuuguuouohr we our mule. We :.:.*.`':.".-;..;gz...'""g_,...a`%`:: `.5-'L dd mo eon ' Patten 5'5:-' 2ss:"us53'e"o:'}`o3i'=$'uodouo?a`n - u.. m... Jmmnl and thoooutronloot 5*` W 3`X'-I T U `ac: av- 30 f MOI ! a.. a..=:.-..,...`:=.:.:.;.."'"?':.".E,x..." Addroi CIRCULATION DIP.AB_.'l'MlN'!`. 4 ZALLAIH and Bmsfh-` _eT an acne BEL GUN on YEAR; `W CIHUU IAALIULV ll.-r.I.Iu o?ne Journ5|% ms GRBATvDURABlLI'l`Y 9:12 WATERPROOF ,1: T rm Aim r ` . `s P` ' - ., .` Sodas" `are :i*'isp'f'" squares` ` _ o_l: wholesor::x_e...no1x-isl.'1mg'nt.. h.;;`?a;;*;s;%T?ion.;; builds strength" i'nuscle._ `They are as easily digested by the .child `and invalid as by the sturdy _- _ ____ ____ They contain .$ILL{:i{,e?$$&'. 3:4; }v'Hac'lodrf.{ iii a ` reg... that delights the appetite. Always fresh and crisp `n lI'lII~ ucwl I ' av-A > - Continued `on Page 8.` Value vsguu uuuuuusa. ugu. - , The Commons -took a rmer grip on Parliament in 1265, when Simon of /Monttort, Ear1,of Leicester. summoned his historic Parliament. To this as- sembly were summoned not only two knights from each shire, but also two burgesees or citizens from 21 bor- oug s or cities mentioned by name in the writ. Thus for the first time the third estate, or. the Commons, made up of county ireeholders and klinntsnnnn `Inna `u`Iu unnunnnnlnn-I :'\ n 74,9 asyae1sat&zi:hne et$t$oinedhn`d't 2.; meeting. The'. }chartat-".;took no notice of the _r_epr_eeentotiv'e principle.. but curiously eno John, when be summoned a next great council. sent write to the reeve and four men - from each Vrill on theroyul/rdemecne. Three `Eetntu TI-`represented. ` ~ Thus ftor` `the h first `three estates`. `fclergy, nobles, and the oommona. ut;tb 'et_hter*_in a.- great council. '1'-hue King;-John, who gave the Mean: Charts to the barons upon their -nakimr. unwittingly mum 5.. 5|... skill. unwittingly gave to the people representation` in the "great council without their ask` I. nlnnr an-5 .-.3 `n... I'- It was --LA.. _. no-tin; Story of em Hl'oto'r|cl=-iiti egggllod by Bannormaifs Declaration, 19.1` Ro- an-Ictionr Against us.` of Lords--For six centrigieflynglioh People Have stmuI1,AsIqut tho Veto Power." - .i ` '7: `"9 ' The declaration oi Premier Camp- jority in the V present House of Com- mons would` attempt to. restrict -tlie veto power now resting in the House of Lords, brings to a crisis another muggle between the two Houses `of the British Parliament. 4 _ ' There have been many of these gtruggls between. the and the Commons. In fact. therga has been almost a continuous conflict between the two branches `of the!English law- snaking body since 1339. `when Par- liament for the first time dividedrit-_ self into` two Houses. `\n `nArnw\nna I-\'\up'A bell-Bannerman thdt tho: Libitl ma-_ vv----- vvavIuv_u_I ' VII 18 a. clear one , more than they had `asked "for. It s 3&8: ' tho King who opined` the door I -Lords, [but for the.ontrance of the V Commons camel-da.nd the camel bdfnn 90 lroololgitomtvthat moment; 1264-~Qu`o`en Eleanor and Earl .`RiclI11utd 01061-nwnll,` " regents . during the 1'; III":-in Gaaoony, ca_llo_d a grot:oogm'c1l to meet at West- m1pater,at_ jwjhioh- `were V present two kmghts `Iron: "each shire. This element was to be` iot '31-e::t1i,mQ_ortano`e of the. 33:53; cauusuuv lm noan% in the level since the lxni ts "oi the shire hence- forth furnished leaders for the Com- mons. and many at these knights of the shire bein related to the . nobles they enabled` e two estates, the no- bles and the . Commons, to unite in opposition to the crown. This was a most important effect of the rule of , Gilt` o! Par 7 ment, primogeniture, which was even then in strict forcein and. The young- er sons of the nob. up were usually country gentlemen and thus served as a connecting link between the no- Isles and the Commons. 'lI|'n -C-....:..I- -....I:-_ L- LL!-- L1. vavu ouu I_llU uuzuuluna. ` The principle ap lies to this day. `In the House of ommonsp some of. the best equipped members are sons of the peers who sit in the House `of Lords. Lord Huh'Cecil-was a power in the House of Commons when his father, . Lord Salisbury, was Prime Minister. He is only one of numer- ous examples which prove that -Eng- land clings to a` principle established Aioh f. than tn :4 an a an auuu VllLl` IIU G [Jl'l.l.l eight. centuries ago. mhn nnvnunnn `ALI. ' WT I-IL-ll] national assembly. To King Edward I. belongs the hon- or of completing the foundation of the English Parliament as it has existed, with one or two brief interruptions. for 600 years. During the rst twenty years of his reign, though he made no important advances in the principle of representative Government. he sum- moned` representative assemblies oc- casionall_y._-i' `He seemed ,to `be . experi- menting with the people` in these 20 years, to ascertain their capacity for ' ntative Government. for lUylUDUllUUV.I 111 (It 9. mom.mg>r?e at the en o the periodhe summoned what has ever since been known as the "Model Parliament. It met at Westminster, in November, 1895. :To it came, aside from the bisho s and the abbots. the earls and the arena, two knights -from: each of ' 37 shires. and re resentatives of 110 cities and boroug s.f - lI-_A I_ Q . _ _ _ AL`- l_.I . . . . A- 1610 III.) aaav. J W06 _I-I)!!! uaa- luau so a I I5 I of Edward III. that the denite separ- ation into two Houses took place. The knights `at rat vacillated between the Lorda and the Commons, but in 1332 is found` the !'8t. C108l'- reference to the arrangement which after 1339 was permanent. the Lorda forming the Up- per House and the `knights and but- geseee the -Lower `House- T6 nun: vent 111193` `A1 that thn nm. ` Lortltl And Corilmons still met in: a single body` in all -theso,year.;trom: 1216 to 1296. It was npt till .A the reign AI 134]`.-and TTY Clan` OLA -:In3n`A nov\niI_ guaaua juu -IJUWUI lIVllDUo- It was not until I40! that the Com- mons gained a preponderating voice in voting money `grants: At first the Lords held thns as their exclusive privilege. Then -they were compelled to share the privilege` with the Com-. nttoriels. Finally. the Commons assume 1 a . . _ _ it "Commons Abollshes tum. A The first Otomwellian Parliaxnent saw the eclipse of the _House of `Lords and the complete triump of, the Corn- mons. The Roundhe controlled the House of Commons. while the remnants of the House of Lords still clung to the rapidly weakening for- tunes ot. the crown. 3.. 7-.. A IDIAO AL; Ila..-` A` n4\wu\,~ IIIOIIB uuupwu (I xvovxuuxvu uvvuolqua. That the people are, under God, the origin` of all just `power and that whatever is enacted or declared for law by the Commons hath the force- of law, and all the people of this na-. tion are concluded thereby; although the current and concurrence of _the `King and `House of Peers be not had thereto." A O - ' ~ The peers were In no position to reply to this insult. The Commons l was the vParlia.m.ent'frorn that day un- til the'executioii of Chirles I. `A week after the King s head had fallewupon the block the House of Commons tor- melly eboliehed the House of Lords by unanimoiussvote. The peers. mitred erchbiahops, lordly dukes. belted earls. end `all the "rest were driven -out of Westu_1inste`r_ and the Conunons exult- cu uuau Uvvv Lgvuwv--_ . I One by one the Commons have ahorn the Hoxgae of Lords of its pow- rg, .prerogat1v.es. A and perquisites. `Twice in 600 years the Commons` has abolished the Houseeot Ifordse entire- ly. But it was not until the peat reform bill was passed, in ~1832,~`tha.t~t the Commons gained the mastery. Si Q 1S32--notably in 1887 and again in .s88~the Commons- strengthened until practically every man in Eng- ln._r;(l`ha.s a vote.` ._I` Lknz-A nuns 4sAw\`unu:An A` AL:-:`1\ its position by extending the suffrage, Ilull UL. vuu uu_.rw On Jan. 4, 1648,`t:he House. of Com-` mona adog l(lIII_`-L J. - -Kan-n`A n-A Iunann (1 d Va. resolution d_8018l'i_l;!`: ` ea over Vwuur uUVvl&u.. Thonoolorth; for tour -years the Com- mons was Par1iamont.and Pltliamont was the Commons. At first i/!\Is Cromwell`; tho; thg _ Oommom should. an sole. .1si ti 4 Mogt In separate Houses. I V` UUILIIVJ {I UVIIUIUUI D auu B, -`was fully represented in a DQIIQIUI RI`! Htllkl lists: (at vvvv In all these ix centuries oil strife . between the Lords and Commons the rown has almost invariably been ion` the side of the Lords. Thls was, of course, but natural. The peo le elect-_~ ed the House of Cammons. ' e crown created the peers. `There have been occasions when even the lords were notamenable to dictation of the crown. On these rare occasions, a simple threat by the crown to create more peers complaisant to its own bidding. always served to bring the. rebellious Lords to their senses. Firs` Parliament All Peers`. The first Parliament was made up entirely of pee:-s---that is, of peers as then understood, 'l`he modern English Parlimnent has developed by slow and `painful degrees from the Witenagemot "of Anglo-Saxon times. This body was made up oz` princes, prelates, and earls. It met three times in each year and had the power of electing and deposiiig kings, gave counsel and as- sent in all matters of legislation, and was the supreme court of justice `for the kingdom". It was in no senses representative body. ;_The people had` . \v1'\;t\f\ 11: ;`u Q 'Y\Qm- {mo mbora} `nah Pailigmoxit = _on Sept. 3, 1664.-and lasted until; i_Jm..1GIi6.,_ ` - M- - ` Interval of `Anarchy. 1' ...`1':"...;"'.:`:*...':I.2."J.:.`:::..:*.!2":=:_-_=:: f ..".:': "' an-ma ...;.":'".'..e 12. Government 1 ' `-TWIIIVII US I uvuu _us_ UIIU usua nu-upy.` 1 _ . The Government rapid; `ly into anarchy; The Commdnp. cage; ?to rule-without chacbor _:of a_ Housmot had `tried th vexperinyent and failed. , ' Lords An Brought Back. Cl!omw`ell en- eother ']_?rliament--t.ha.t is; another ' Commons The tide was turning, and 5in the election he failed `to.geta.xna-` evjority`. He unseated 90 obetre :Com r'no'ners, and thus controlled the5 Commons. But even -his ontrol could "not prevent the Commons from peti-' tioning for `a creation of a House of Lords. Cromwell " yielded; and the `Upper House of the -English Parlia-' `meat ' was restored. ml....... .14.... -_"-n_-_ _-_;-._-i .1 .u_ _.'. tloivn IUD `IJIVIII WE lVU\IlU\Io -` 1 Then, after another interai of`cha'o- ; `tic adminisration, Gen. Monk march- 9d his .a'.1-my ftito London, and the restori tion of-"theVStuart dynasty fol- Inn: I\l.VV VII. _` V Charles II. eignalizedfhis accession cto the throne by the creation of, a large number of peers. The House of -Lords returned to its own again, an- `chastened by the lessons taught -._it by a Roundhead Commons. Its first act was to enact-*a'law to raise the na- tional revenues from excise taxes, thus relievingithe land of an enormous burden. The House . of. Commons swung to. the other extreme, and, in- stead of preventing this outr e upon the people, meekly `acquies _ in it. Conflict. ls. Renewed, ` The conflict between the_Lords and 1 Commons, however, .was soon to be `renewed. The Commons, after the; rst dazzling effects of` the return of ` royalty to power, gradually plucked` up . its courage . and- began to` resist the I:ordLs_.` _ LL- 'r__,,1 , I 115:0 uul uu ` 1 But while the Lords were overbear % ing in their demeanbr towards thc r Commons, they were disposed to br I equally decientin their reverence for 1 the crown. ` ` T ` ' I?_..:_,__ 1:,-_,s,4,e_ n 1- .1 ; n ` V Various Ministries, nding that thc peers were un illing to pass their proposed bills, ave resorted to the threat to create enough ` new peers tr: swamp the House of Lords. These ` new peers would. of course. have been Vpledged beforehand to vote. for the Ministry-creating them. A - In 1711 the -Prime Minister of the day, the daring and unscrupulous Viscount Bolingbroke. was anxious .to terminate `the deaolating and ruinous war with France. which had been'rag- 3 inmon and off fo'ro20 years. ,__A L`,., ._ I I I U[)l`C5t`-llbuluvc uuuy. Luv yyuyxu stay no voice 111 its selectlon. Its mem- bers were all` peers. ` ' Then William of Normandy` crossed; the channel with his army,` and -after the battle of Hastings took England for his own. With all the ruthless- ness of a mediaeval conqueror he dis- regarded the land rights of the Saxons and divided the whole island in par- cels, giving each piece to one of his principal generals. Each one 0! these generals became a baron or aniearl and divided his own particular piece of territory among his followers. In other words, each baron became a little king. \I.Y:H:..... tkn nnhuununu kn!` VIA ` on. ' \IIvI EIII\l. `J `II CU $33.30 To effect this purpose he had drawn up the Treaty of Utrecht. It was ne~ cessary at that time that Lords and Commons should agree to a treaty be- fore it would become valid._ The Com- mons assented to the treaty. `but the Lords declared that they would have none of it and that the war must no Whereup'on Bolingbroke coolly but rmly informed them. that, rath- er than see himself deled. by them. he would create a_ whole army of `new peers to vote for -the treaty. Tn 1UI6KA "Anna AC tannin sIan1:n_ VVJ VVJIIU LU! IIIIU Ill 0311] . Wfr'1l'Il9-the House of Lords, realiz- ing. - that it had not kept up with `the advance of constitutional` liberty. in England. made an honest endeavor to `reform itself. ' `But its efforts were thwarted by someof-its own reaction- arlrnmtzxvnbers. -,__- -1 r ____.1- ___- -L2-_II__ .__I-V The House of Lords practically rul ed Parliament during all the years between 1719 and 1801. The Lords ruled by the rotten borough system. A peer would own one or more bor- oughs and then dictate absolutely the choice of the man to be elected tc the Commons from that borough. The . Duke of Norfolk alone controlled ll . l of these rotten boroughs. In other ~ words, he had one vote in the House | of Lords and eleven in the Housesof Commons._ The crown encouraged this systemwancl between l_76l and 1801 no fewer than 140 peers were created. every one of whom owned one or more rotten boroughs. ` C ' ' e \ Reform Comes In (I832. But in all these years the peonle had not been content to rest under` the injustice of -the rotten` borough system, and nally in. 1832 the Com- mons roseiin".its strength and passed the great ' reform bill_. This measure. comnletely remodelled` the English. Parliament. In England 143 votes were `taken from the boromzhs con- trolled by members of the House of Lords. and 'redistributed~ among the counties andz_-large} towns. The county franchise _,'was ,giyen . _ to freeholdersm to. the value `o!"`$50 ayear, to _lease`- 1 holders whose annual` ,rent was me to wamu`~ at will when -pm ' I year. i Slmilar changes, ._werel- made * _eotland;fahd -Ireland. ` - '~r'-...l.. 'c......I...6 nu. Ln!` mask. all m 50061331. qsuu ltvlllu.` - - ;.- The Lords. fought this bill.with,al.l ithbir strength. It deorived "the-vu of hair power of contrlling the House oi .OommoA But _'thO._`L0!`d8;Y1id - not .-.I-_;- _..L. `L. -a.;nuv| kl ll!` {Q ha. 0! UOHIHIOKB. Dllth bill! `IJIIEIB tun nun dare veto the reform 3:111. and it be- eame-en` law. . ` ' Since then the English Parliament ; but little in form. < It pecaeeaee `or vetoing guy" .by `the, Commons. ' Education .Ren:__I Struggle. ` `rH~E %%-4%N0R?HE.RN~??~uNcEf~ uwu: xuug. William the Conqueror had no mind to rule as a despot, and so made many laws of real benefit to the peoplewhom he had dispossessed or their`land's in so summary a. manner. He also sum- moned a grand council, an assemblage to which every tenant in chief as_ his` barons or earls were known, nominal-V ly belonged. But for sa.ke_o conveni- ence William summoned only such barons or earls as best suited his pur- pose. To their number he added` the Rrincipal bishops of the church. Thus" e had the nucleus of a Parliament, :1 Parliament which consisted` solely *ofmx:.House of Lords. 41.- .2- _______ -_ Canadian . Pac`icH'Railwa.y .hns decided to ma_ke_ Muskoka a divisional point on its new line. 4 .15.. r It 1xr:u,.,,- - yvnus uu. u.a ucw IIIIC. `Mr. C. M. Wilson' 'hgs_ been ap- pointed Assisteint`General *Manage'r Of the York Radial Company. The TA`nnLnn r`------'--- 1--- 50:9 -L'\llI\ l\G\.llI Kalllllllyg The Bell Telephone Company has oered $20,000 a 'year1for an. exclusive- fraAnc}'1`ise inTTotonto- A - -~ ,.......4... .... -..- ' ` .:uup..una\; ur J.UlUllLU- " ' A Toronto young woman named -Maggie Wilson committed suicide un- der very mysterious circumstances by taking `catholic acid. ' A ....nA3-..A... L'..-_l-_1 1. 11- Van UIIIIIIIE VG] U\lII\a \uI\.Ic ' A syndicate, h ded by"~'Mr; `Chas. Miller, of Toroto, secured a lease of the N0rth- Temiskaming pulp limit, paying in addition t0`the dues a bow- us of $40,000. 1.. ---..--- _. LL- -1, 7 NA - F uu we vq-Vgvvv. In _view of the shortage of cars, the` Canadian `Pacic has i'ssued'a circular to agents in Ontariotq request them to load the cars to their cap`aci_ty. . Thn Q!-nr-In-nnrn 4-{F 01-... A. A..- `--4| `V `V\5 Fllb VGIVE BU IIICII cd.pa.Clty.. ' The stockroom of the glove 'andl mitten factory at Ingersoll"w'as gutt- ed by` re; ` ' . ` ' mu... r 13 in ___m |___2i_a L,, _ \.u u use. . , I f .'rh e c. P. R. will build two `new and faster Empress steamers for the Atlantic rpufe. ' T ' p ` . g o L tllllk I \JIlI\;s ' ' The mail bag stoleii frofn the New "Hamburg postofce was found, with some mail in it. A 1\-,_!_1 It 1-n" - I in - 3\JI-lI\p IIIQLI Ill `LAO Daniel McPhefson is `to be _harged with manslaughter in COIIIICCUOII with gm death of his, father at Londo'n, nt. 0113 Q on 5 0 4 on no 4 This great council of the English Parliament. held. a loose control over taxes, it gave con - sent to laws proposed by the `King.- and it acted as. a court of That was 900 years ago, and it is a strange fact that the modern English Farliarnent does but `little more; It controls taxes, gives consent to laws, and acts as a court of justice. The one vital modification` of .the scheme is that the Parliament of to-day gives consent to laws proposed b the Gov- omment--i. e.: by the Cabinet which represents the party in` power, instead of by the crown. r ' Lastecl Two` Hundred` Yeen. `This form of Parliament served the` ltnglamd of ten centuries ago. well for 200 years. But in these 200 y_ears. the barons were growing more power- iul. In 1215 they that by combining they were strong enough to compel King John to sign the famous `Magna -Charts.--i-the basis of England's constitutional liberty:--, the only written constitution Eng1_a.m{ has. ' justice. A the forerunner ~ were so" powerful " %llIu V `A million dollar shipbuilding plant will be erected at. Fort William if ar- rangements can be made with the city. - . '1 15.. (V-.. 1 n.-.__- r--_.-..-a ~u- _ _ _ _ -_l fa salary of $30,000 a year. ' way}. Mr. Geo. J.vBury, General Manager of the C. P. R. western lines, has been offered th_e.position of General Mana- ger of the Chicago & Rock Island, at] Charles `McKellar and Milton Wal- lis were drowned at Alvinston by breaking through the ice on- the riv- er. One of the youn'g~men got` in first and the other lost his life. in at- tempting a rescue. 'I"I.'.. ...-.II ...II -.. 4.1.- ---....-`I-...I --.-.. Ulllyllla 3 JV! The roll-call on the wrecked ar- hipj Iena shows over 150 sailors miss- mg. - ` D. -_'-- _-:| _______ _. .i_._..._._I :.. LL- miiiire sailors were drowned in the founder-ing of the tow boat`C1-uiser on`-vthe Chio_ River. ` ' __A--- _ ,-__ 1_2n-'_| _. 1rn-__|_-A_ \JIl' IIIU \)dII\I L\.JV\vlo Six persons were killd at Kharkov, Russia, by the explosion of a bomb in a tu_dent sroo_m. AI,, IX , 1 I (II OBUIIIV-III BIIJW-Illlo ."A_\freight train on the Western Pemtsylv.-ania Ry. crashed through :1 bridge at Harmanville. Three of the crew were drowned. ' v E93 A C CD A XX. ' _ #1`- E3!-2il`)`X'\"',`-i&rARCI-I 15:11. , Mr. Harry E. Caston, a well-known 'II:`o11ionto barrister, died at Niagara a s. ' ` . inquiry. into the cfxargel against Governor Van Zant of V Tor- on`to jail was concluded. I _ _ _ - _ _-` LA -1.4. ..;-:.'A Ann. AAA Agape KJIIIJJ JG!` `V33 V\IIIbIltI\l\nIJa A proposal to set aside 250,000 apres in New `Ontario for the Salvation At- my has been made to the Ontario G ,9 `___,.,,4_ .._.I `II.___ ronto for interment. _ - II`! I` .. ,. P \`\JV%IIIIlI\vlIUI , ' - he bodies of Augusta and Mary Litt eeld, the young. women `asphyxg iated at Buffalo, were brought to To- A__,-I ..---_I-__1LL- `I UIILVJ IIJI IIIECI III\alllu vince. The Court of T Appeal quashed the conviction "of General Manager, Rays of the Grand Trynk for not having put on a two `cent rate in` the Pro- r\, I V? ,v ' I-..-.,- I-_, L-__| ` I` T When. yo--'wl\en walk {without ` cruh_:hes--when`: every movement mgsns a`gony-.- - `bclil-IWDlIQl'llll;'-tile wayhxergll lgtyiaguvgtz . . `pain-`-cttengt en an _ i_n`ey_f_` * and cure Rheumatism, Sciztica and Lumbdgo ` tootay cured. . .- ..-..., -..,..... T17 Gin Pill: on our guarantee that they can or .i1one'ybact; ==v5oe; (box-5-'a6`*for $2.50. At orby` mail.` . ' V Illbcn The Quebec `Legislature has been` prorogued. . O Li< Itis vionderful--the wiv Gin Pius take aviy `n1:I.`|u-Q` Gk` 1 ::I`uI'nca`h___ you onug co, _ -* vvn'nmrI:'a. mung? -nu`, ca... nhgumagtigiu IultJ_ 1 Ihas. Talie Gin Pills 1 Events 6f the Week Hgmuel ~Shep`pard,Va farm laborer near` London, -Ont-, was found frozen to death, witlrone cheek,eaten off by -rats. -v on vwlluawvac Ull lull`: I-IGLl\D. The Privileges and Election -Com- mittee at Ottawa has reported that iHon. C. S. Hyman s resignation of his seat was irregular and invalid. 'I _,,I I` A C. P. R. express ran into a wrfcking train on a curve near Port Arthur. `One man, a` Mr. Palmer, of Rossport, was killed. .From-_ Feb.'Ist, 1904, to March 3ISt, 1906, the railways of Canada killed 402 people, a large number of whom were trespassers on the tracks. " via: 1-.- A mdtion to repeal the Irish Crimes `Act has `been {passed in the Britjsh `House of -Commons. rah - Lad d.};o}1'{vZ'"e12Z&.i`7Eane1+ l 101' of .Oxford ~University over Lord Rosebery. - '4 Five persons were killed grade in a conflict between |hce and the strikers. - - A-F`l_eods `are causing fgfeat damage auu_ loss of life in western Pennsyl- vama'and the adjoinin-g States. If .:e 1-Aunts:-lvnr` no cI......_L... A.L.'L A The barons were not alone in -co`m-`I ; Delhng a reluctant King to SW0 hizv name to the charter of their liberties. i 'lhey had received important aid from - the merchants and other `citizens of `- London, and as a result the batons; Obtained for the citizens certain prive-, H9868}; personal and commercials` . J `This was the first time in English lmtory that the nobles and th poo,-` Ne`--the Lords and :the C . mted against the crown. e 1:: Fmcommom Always Punting. in that time 4ioMt'1_{~r. ~ 3` " .-23 `pa.