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KING EDWARD’S SPEECH All the Pomp and Splendor of the Royal Court Attended the Open- ing of Parliament. chil coach, drawn by eight Ismail. cream-colored Hanoverians, with poatihons in red and gold iiverioa, and toutmen leading the horses, which were cavered with trappings of mo- ron-cu and gilt, was preceded and fol- lowed by Life Guards in full uniform, contiining uniformed oflicials and 13- dies of the household, each drawn by six horses, with postilions and outridâ€" ere, led the procession. Next came the massive State chariot, the occupants 01 which were plainly seen through the plate-glass windows. the Kingmho was in full uniform, saint“ constant- wi'h silver breastplutes and red- plnxucd helmets, and a small escort of Gentlamern-at-Arms. in historic coa- tumes, immediately surrounded the vehicle. ly, and the Queen bowing. The pro-t (‘owiun spm-dily traversed the short; mute to an accompanimmt of roars! and shouts and reached the Royal em I trance to the Palace of Westminster,5 beneath the Victoria Tower, at tho ap- pointed time. i A despateh (ram London says :â€"The first Parliament of the reign of Kins Edward VII. was opened on Thursday afternoon by the King in person. His Majesty was accompanied by Queen Alexandra, the Du‘ke of York and Cornwall, the Duke of Connaught, and many others of the Royal family. The route of the Royal party,which lay through the Mall, the Horse Guards parade, Whitehall, and Parlia- meat street, was guarded by {we thou- sand soldiers. Thousands of London- ers packed St. Jamea’ park, bordered the route of the procession, and filled windows, stands, and roots. The cor- tog:- was short but Spectacular. The peEnted time. ; ‘ The prolongation of the hostilities The King and the Queen arrived at'in South Africa has led me to makee Westminster at 1.57. The arrival 0‘ fu ther call on the patriotism and de- thn'tr Mujestiee was greeted with an,votion of Canada and Australasia. l upmar of cheers and ringing of church i rejoice the“: my request has met .with bells, and the firing of a Royal salute, ! a prompt and loyal response, and large in at. James’ park. Then the great’additonal caning-sum from those 0010- officers or State and the others wholnics will emmrk for the new 01! war were to take part in the ceremony 39- at an 03“? d310- sembled Ln order to receive their Ma". “The expedition 013331394] for the jesties. Upon the King' and Queen 'Buppreseion of the rebellion in Ashanti ulighting from the State carriage, the 1 was crowned With signal 8000888. The DFCCGSalUD was quickly formed, and endurance and gallantry of my native proceeded to the rubingâ€"room, where ’ "9095' ably commanded by Sir Jame; Hie Majesty donned the royal robesfwmm’ks’ and led by Bi'itiSh Office”: The King and the rebed procession have overcome both the stubborn re- udvzmced to the House of Lords, and ”Siam" 0‘ ”19 Eli/{3t warlee tribes of ‘I'nnn A. 9- . Black Rod, General Sir Michael Bid- dulph reached the Hausa of Com- mune, at 2.20 p.m., and the members headed by the Speaker, Mr. \Villiam Court Gully, proceeded to the House 5" Lordo. as soon as His Majesty was enthron- ed the Lord Great Chamberlain re- ceived the Royal commmnd to summon thD members of the Hon-so of Com- mons to hear the speech from the throne. we DIMINU’I‘IVE CHAMBER. {. “.ls filled to its capacity by the high-ll u: and noblest of the Kingdom, theh 5mm nter part of the floor space being“ occupied by peeresses and other Iadics l hntroduced by peers. The whole sceneh “are txrillizmt in the extreme. Dia- u:-..nd.3 flashed out of the told.- of the Mud: dresses 0! the ladies, and color wu added by the Mbes of the peer- and the State dficials. ()n the :urlval of the members of M1" House of (‘ommuus in the Home l 1 of Loris the Kiuug took the oath and the”; read his speech. The assemblage 8’00! wh'lv the speech was read. The leu: «lid not wear the Crown. i'hv Dukeof Corn'wall and York we. her present in the House of Lords. the King wore a tie“ Marshal’s ehvupum when he read his speech. His 70.2m- was Hear and firm. After the1 sewing on! Uhe speech the procession ! was re-fonmul. the King proceeded to ; tfh=e raking-room, unrobed, and left1 Westminster im the Mute carriage. T HE KING’S SPEECH. The King’s speech mm as follows: "My Lords and Gentlemen: I ad- dress your for the first time at a 'Mon tho world of what :monarch m be. It in my earnest duke to '31! h but footsteps. ,' "All“ thifl public and printe grief U h “Mute-‘3' to me to ho able to w you t‘ht my relatibnl with .9 0th: mm continue ftiondly. fimhMAhbnl-not ”ton- ufly tar-baud. hut the capital- at (to no" not! H- wisely.) “no. at mm m in my mood-Ion. and mm huh-cu ukuwbbh will. I but only). In troop- Coded M11] with «tho he“ by which .11; an um mull-d - fiMMbudlfllnfi FIVE CARRIAGES OF STATE. . the time at m disposal proves ‘tu be adequate. it will be laid before 1"“ "‘01 you, for the rpoee at :- uleting the he ble to Voluntary ea 0 of lendlor A to occupy- inn: lt‘h .1113 tenant. in Irelend; tor unending . w. 7 end consolidating the tectary and e friendly. workshops note; for the better admix- not yet en- letretlon o! the luv respecting lune- oepltele at tics; for amending the publlo health ecu h renrd to water supply; 101: .l “I. a, ‘5‘. _ ______ 2-__ A - - “The establishment of the Austra- ilian Commonwealth was proclaimed Eat Sydney, January let, with many lmanifvstations of popular enthusiasm land rejoicings. My deeply beloved and hamnnmd mother had anse‘nted to the ’visit of the Duke of Cornwall and {York to Open the first Parliament of |the new Commonwealthi in her name. !A separation frr-m' my son, especially at such a momentmannot be otherwise .lhflfl deeply painful, but Iatilldesiro éto give effect to her late Majesty’s zwishes, and as evidence of her inter- est, as well as of my own, in. all that 'eoncerns the welfare of my subjects bvyond the seas, Ihave decided that glhl‘ visit to Australia shall not be abandoned, and shall be extended to New Zealand and the Dominion of Canada. "The capture of Pekitn by the allied forces and the happy release of those who were besieged in the legations. results to which my Indian troops and my naval forces largely con- tributed, have been followed by the submission of the Chinese Govern- ment to the demands insisted on by the powers. Negotiations are pro- ceeding regarding the manner in which compliance with .these demands is to be effected. enemy, has been relieved aftera pro-: longed and gallant defence. The prin-i cile Kings have surrendered, and the chief impediment to the progress of the development 01 this rich portion: of my West African possessions has now. I hope, been finally removed. “The surfer-ins and mortality cau‘ed by the prolonged drought ina large portion of my Indian h‘mpire have b an greitly alleviated by aseasonahle rainfall, but Iregret to add that in parts of the Bombay Presidency dis- tress of a serious character still con- tinues, which my officers are using every endeavor to mitigate. ;"Gentlemen of the House of Commons; ’ “The estimates for the year will be >laid before you. Every care has been itaken to limit their amount, but the inaval and military requirements of 'the country, and especially the outâ€" lay consequent upon the South Afri- can war, have involvml an inevitable increase. “The demise of the Crown renders it necessary that renewed provision shall be made for the civil list. I lplace unreservedly at your diczposal E those hereditary revenues which were "The expedition organized for the suppression of the reiellion in Ashanti was crowned with signal success. The eniurunce and gallantry of my native tro ips ably commanded by Sir James Willto he and led by BjitiSh Officers, have overcome both the stubborn re- sistance of the must wailJm tribes of West Africa, and the exceptional diffi- cultie-s of the climate, and aeasow’ of the country in which the operations were conducted. The garrison of Coo- m.'lSHit', which was besieged by the expenditure of treasure due to the fruitless guerilla warfare maintained by Boer partisans in the lormer terâ€" ritories of the two republics. 'Dheir W1! submission is much to be de- sired in Uheir own interests, as until it takes place it will be impossible for me to establish in those colonies the institutions which will secure the equal rights of all the white in- habitants and protection and justice for the native population. so placed by my predecessor, and l have commanded that the papers necessary for a full consideration of the subject shall be laid before you. "My Lords and Gentlemen: “Proposals will be submitted to your judgmewt for increasing the ef- fieiency _o! my military forces. "Ceriain chéngea in tile céfiéiitu- tion of the Court of Final Appeal are rendpred necgaaary in consequence of '1â€"Vâ€"vw ‘r- the increased resariâ€"tn'i-{whflch ha ramped trqun the‘ expansion of the Empu'e during the last two genera- L.‘___, “Legislation will be proposed to you for the amendment of the law relat- ing“ to education. 1-4c. Winiei‘ wheat â€" Dull. Oomâ€" Closing des l-4c under asking prices, which were:--â€"No. 2 yellow, 43c; No. 3 Eda, 42 am; No. 2corn, 42 3-40; No. 3 do., 4'). 1-20., through billed. Oatsâ€"Of- fexings light, good dam-ind; No.2 _whitu, 31 1-4 to 31 1-20; NOJ 3d0., 30 : l-‘Jc; No. 2 mixed, 28 1-4 to 28 1-2:; 'No. :3 do., 28c. .througb billed. Barleyâ€" tNothing done to-d:1y, Ryeâ€"No. 2 on .track, 556; N0. lin store, 57c. asked. ‘ DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Dfimaml for choice dairiva ';a.ml croumariee fair, and prices firm. EQuatathn are as folio-.x'azâ€"Dairy, ' tubs and pails, choice, 17 1-2 to 18 1-30; ‘medium. 16 to .16 1-20; psor, 13 to 15¢; ‘dairy prints, choice, 18 1-2 to 19 1-20; flargc rolls, gcod to choice, 17 to 18c; icreamcries, boxes, 2.: to 230; and t lpounds, 23 t0 2 -. ! Dried applesâ€"Dried apples sell at 38 1-2 to 40; and evaporated at 5 to ’5 1.30.. '. i Beansâ€"Ordinary white beans bring 01.20 to 01.25; choice hand-picked beans are quoted at 01.40 to $1.45. Milwaukee, (Feb. 19.â€"Wheatâ€"Dull; No. 1 Northern, 75 1-2 to 76¢; No. 2 do., 72 to 740. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1, 530. Barleyâ€"Steady; No. 2, 600; sam- ple, 40 to 56 1-2c. Minneapolis. Feb. litâ€"Wheatâ€" Clash. 74 1-80; May, 74 5-8 to 74 3-40; July, 75 1â€"40; on track; No. 1 hard, 76 1-40; No. 1 Northern, 74 1-20; No. 2. do., 69 7-8 to 71 1-20. Chicago, Feb. l9.--Wheat -- Ruled nervous and irregular to-day, and closed 3-30 net lower. Corn establish- ed another high murkofor the Option, and closed 1-3 to 5-8c over. yesterday. Oats closed 1-80 up, and provisions 2 to 2 1-210 improved. Buffalo, Feb. 19.â€"Flour â€"- Steady; little doing; N04 1 Northern, small lots, 83 3-4-0; No. 1 Northern, new, 83 1-40. Winler wheat â€" Dull. Oomâ€" Closing des 1-40 onder asking prices, ‘1 Flour-Quiet. Export agents bid $2.60 for straight roller. in'buyers’ bags, middle heights; and 82.65 is asked by the mills, which do not do their own exporting. Choice brands are quoted from 10 to 15¢ above these figures. Oatmealâ€"Car lots of rolled oats, in bags, on track here, are quoted at 83.25 per bbl; and in wood, at 83.35 Duluth, Feb. 19.-â€"Wheatâ€"-Cash, No. 1 hard 75 3-80; No. 1 Northern, 73 3-80; No. 2 (10., 63 3-8 to 69 3-80;L\'o. 3 spring, 55 to 620; May, 75 3-80; July, 770. Corn-37 1-240. Oats-26 1-4 to We. MARKETS OF THE WORLD and 480, east. Buckwheatâ€"Quiet. Car lots, west. are quoted at 490;. and east, at 50c. Oatsâ€"Firm. No. 1 white. east. 29 1-4c; No. 2 white. north and west. 28 1-40. BREADBTUIFFS. ETC. Toronto, Feb. l9.-Wheatâ€"Quota- “on: are as follows;â€"Red winter, 65 1-2c; white, 65 1-20, middle heights; spring wheat, 671-2c; goose, 65 1-20. low heights to New York; Manitoba; No. 1 hard, old, g.i.tt., 980; N0. 2. 940; No. 1. hard. North Bay. 97c; No. 2 hard Millfeedâ€"Scarce and firm. Ton lots, at the mill door, sell as follows; â€"Bran, .13 to 818.50; and shorts, .15. west. Cornâ€"Dull. No. 1 American, yol- how, 45c; No. 8. yellow. 450; No. 2, yol- low, 44c. Peasâ€"Firm: No. 2 sold. middle height. at 63 1-20; and east at 64c. Barlowâ€"Firm. No. 2,east, 421-20, and middle heights, 42c; No. 3 extra, 40 1-2c east; and 400, middle freights. PRODUCE. Eggsâ€"Cold weather restricts the supply of fresh. eggs, but. there is no scarcity, Prices are as follows :â€" Strictly new laid, 23 to 22¢; fresh Strictly new laid, 22. to 23¢; fresh gathered, 170; cold stored, 160; timed, 150. Poultryâ€"Receipts light. Prices for hight s‘.0"k are as £._.llows:â€"Turkeys, 10 to 11c; gcvsc ,at 8 to 8 1-2c; chickens, at 30 to 40c; and ducks,- at.‘ 50 to 70c. Cold stored turkeys and geese are quoted lcalb., under bright stock. Cold stored or frozen stack slow sale. Cheeseâ€"Full cream, July and Ang- ust make, sells at 10 1-2 to 11¢. Potatoesâ€"Steady at 28c [01' car lots can track here, and 350. out of store. Field p'r-aduce, c-tc.,â€"'l‘ur-nips out of st’ore, 300 per bag; onions, 700 per bag; carrots, 3")c per bag; apples, per Ubl. .1 to 82 ; sweet potatoes, per bbl., 3 1'2 t9 4°; and evaporated at 5 t0; For colonization roads the sum 5 1~20. . L . . . ”133,923 was spent, and 39,919 was Beansâ€"Ordinary white beans bring' used to build mining roads. 31.20 to-sl.25;choice hand-picked beans; COST OF FORESTs. are quoted at 01.40 to $1.45. ; Fog-eat ranging and inspection of “Honeyâ€"Firm. Dealers quote from 9_ timber limits coat the province the 8-4 to 100: pct: 11).; for 5. 10 or (so-lb? mm 01 “9,292, and fire m-ngers’ sal- t'nna. according to the size of order.‘ ”1“ reached 006,986. It took .19.- honey sells ct $2.40 to 02.76 per dozen 2m to I‘ll! the School 0! Min“ “t continua. . -? Kingston tor the year. nanod hayâ€"Study. ohm. timothy,i mm; the put your mam 1m on tuck here, .1085; two-ton lotzo,I pad to the Hamilton Blut Furnace dolinrod .11 to $11.85. ion”, as . hopnty on on yiclil- Straw-8M. Ou- lato of ntnw,‘ hg 13.07 tom" of pig iron. a truck hero. m . mm expense! at election: and elec- Lm noon me. an um: m then u 01M“- tlhmto. l'oh. 19m“ tho wanton Gum amounting to otho sun ““10 ”rd- Murth- nudges vol-0'01 010.19: m M mu nu anon, hub-auncusht'do-Jur. ' - and, cod pica mutant path] In. «Infota- botvun Outta-lo an: Prices of Cattle. Choc». Gram. In tho Lending lqkou. Steady. Car lots. 480, west; What the People’s Representatives Are Being at Toronto g THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. , According to the Public Accounts the total receipts of the province in, 1900 were 04.193.940.18, while the ex-: penditure was $4,003,729.37, showing: the Government to have been 31:59,;le within the income. The balance at the ' end of 1899 was $374,796. Front the Crown lands was derived the most money, $1,480,166 coming in from that Ieouree. The amount receive! from 'tihe Dominion on the subsidy and, 'special grant was $1,196,872, and the l interest: on debts due to the province ' â€"- o- o..- For the maintenance at public in- gstitutions, $828,201 was expended; i8758,466 {or education, $162,861 for . Crown Lands changes, $427,854 for Ad- 'ministration of Justice, $135,347 for ’ Civic Government, $184,898 for hospi- 'tal and public charilties. CORPORA‘I‘ION TAXES. Under the revenue act of a year .ago these sums were paid into the :provwincial coffers by the concerns inamed; Life a'nd Fire Insurance Com- ; punies, 886,525; Banks. 041,268; Trust gCompanies. 83,985; Loan Companies, 826, 36$; Railway vOompanims. 333.095: Street Railway Companies, $7,018 in- . cluzl-ing $4,748 from the Toronto Rail- fway Company; Express Companies, : $5,066; Sleeping and Parlour Car Corn- punhs, .959; Natural Gas Companies, .310559; Telegraph Companies, 81,;42; :Gas and Electric Light CompanieS. i87,.83; Telephone Companies, 85,012, Some paid in 1899, bringing the 'umount up at $329,774. The Demurbmevnt of A13r2 culture gave 374,199 to district societies, 32. - '086 in special grants to associations. and 010, 322 to Farmers' Institutes. (‘Ihe fight against the San Jose scale cost $7,111 and the experimental i I came in. anything coo cattle. 500 boss, ’00 cheep and lambs, with a few much me and calvee. For the small amount of good ex- port cattle here. prince were stand: up 00 50 per pound, but there was a little weakness in the commoner stuff. Not much was done. Good to choice butcher cattle were steady and unchanged. with business none too active. The interior etut! did not all sell. Good to choice cattle fetched from 88-4 to 41-20 per pound. There is no chance in feeders. bull: or stockera. There was not much doing in sheep and lambs toâ€"dsy, and priceswere about maintained, with the suspicion at weakness in lambs it not strictly of the first-class. Hogs are unchanged. Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not be- low 160 not:- a’bove 200 pounds. Milch cows are calling well and no wanted. “’80coooo .00... co. Follow'hn-g is the range of quota- turns;â€" 350 Cows. each ..................... Calm, each. ................. Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt ...... Light hogs, pest cwt ......... gcavy hogs, pe-r cwt ...... Stags by the Federal Govermucuf and in- terest on investments reached 8.81,- 923. Some of Lhc amounts received from other usources werc;â€"-Licenses. $354,045; law "Lumps, 855,410; Algoma taxes, 3,596; Educational Depart- ment, 876,889; .fishcries, 835,443; re- Vcnw: from companies, £29,774; suc- cession duties. 8226.676; casual re- venue, $106,071; from public institu- tions. 885,203, and 058,656 in open ac- counts. fruit stations $2,347. Salaries at the Agricultural College aggregated $34.- 181, and the expenses, 87,242. In the immigration account the name of D. ‘Bole, of \Vest' Elgln fame, appears for 357, as arrears oi salary to Sept. 27th, 1899. twin maths: ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. fin "kinetic. between Ontario end nehee out '10" dark the put M32 11mm and Calves Cat‘tle. r cwt ...... 350 and Lambs. gr cwt. .. 800 ach ..... . 250 .............. 4 25 £0 00 575 575 Inspeeflon end enforcement of the gene laws 0! the provinoe got away with the sum 0! ”.45. There was paid $1,170 ll the bounty a: value. The cost of running the Fishery Depart- meat was 828,012. AW‘um National Park claimed $6,944 at the Govern- ment’s may. .and Bandeau Pro- vincial Park. 81.5%. 33mm children placed out last your ,in Ontario by the eight agencies on- wart ,cont legislation. and very few comr- Epulm- luv. been received during I the pat year. ' As a. result at the war in South Africa, the province expended “8,582. Ten thousand of this went to the Canadian Patriotic Fund and the re- mainder to the salaries of civil ser- vants whb went to Africa and the de- coration of the building: upon the aoldiern’ return. An extra $00 was given to. the Red Croce fund. Bending representatives and. ex- hibits to: the Paris Exposition cost From Oxford and Lambton County Cmnucila, asking Qhap the Public school leaving examinations be given 3 Permanent and distinct place in the Public school system of the piovince. El‘he establishment of the Labour Bureau chat 81,387. PETITIONS HANDED IN. .A large number of petitions were handed in. Among .these were the following :â€" From the townships of North Dum- fries, (Ble'nihe'um Dondou. Cavan, Thorah, Inniatil, and Hamilton, asking that no change be made by which County Council. will be enabled to assume control of township roads without the assent of local municipali- lies. The province had to pay $4,245 for the Finance Commission, B. E. Walker, Dr. John Rankin and Angus Kirk- land each receiving a thousand dol- lure. From Welland County Councils uk- lng that grand juries be not summoned until 10 days before the sitting of the court, and then only when cases were known to be ready for the grand jury. From Welland County Council, ask- ing that the. game laws be amended to coincide with those of hew York State, respecting ‘uhe shooting of Kaween, Sheldrake, and. Whistler ducks. LIL-BF. MEMBERS. ”[9 it the irtention of the Govern- ment to introduce, during this oes- aion. legislation to increase the repre- sentation in this House of East Al- goma. Wont Algoma, and Nipissing,0r to change thv present representation of either of said districts. If not, is it the intention o! the Government 10 do so before the next general election 5-” From the town at Shelburne, asking that any municipality be al- lowed to adOpL preportioml representation in the election of aldermen and councillors ; also some plan in the election of mayor and rceve which would give an abso- lute majority at. one balloting. r‘um several municipalities, asking that: persons soliciting orders from 1:0 we to house he made to Day 3 license. This question was asked by Mr. W'hittney. In reply the Premier said the Government had under consider- ation an increase in the representa- tion of the districts named. but whether abill to that effect would be introduced this session or not had not been passed upon. These districts represented more than one-half the area of the province. and were settled in many portions to a much larger ex- tent than when aredietribution bill was last before the House. In jus- tice to these settlers, they should hme. increased representations. The Gur- ernment hoped to do it before Parlia- ment expired. (FOSTER HOMES FOR CHILDREN. The report of the superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children. gives a complete account of the work by the various Children's Aid Societies. Good work has been car- ried on in finding foster homes for the homeless ones. A curetul record is kept. of such. children, and they are regularly visited and Looked after. no mhtter where their homes may be. During the past your homes have been tuned for two hundred and forty- seven children, and there are now over 13 hundred wards of the de- partment. Many of the boys and girls so provided for are under six years of age, and situations have been provided for older children. of whom no record is kept. The. child- ren's. visitor i=6 Mrs. Harvie. and Mrs. Wan. O’Connor has recently been ed- up of 622 boys and. 431 girls, the ever- and visiting Catholic children. ENGLISH IMMIGRATION. In the report on the i'nduetriel schools it is stated that there are at present 140 boys in the Victoria In- dustricl school. 48 boys in the St John school. and 80 girls in the Alex- sndre school. The tote! neuter of m bubonic pique use. at Ital-land. bath um THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our 0'- Country. Great Britain. tha Unit“ States. and All Parts at the (HON Condensed and Assorted tor Buy I'HE NEWS IN A NlflSHfll Lad! Minto urge: the establishment 0! m art achdol in Ottawa. “CANADA Smallpox u amending in the North- west Territories. Frank Smith has been acquitted st 08188” ot the. charge of murdering Rancher Haggard. The Manitoba Legislature wlll lu- troduoe at the coming “salon chiefly railway and compulsory legislation acts. Guelph‘n assessment in 08.616.355- An increase of $40,000 over kl‘t year. The population is 11.087. nn incl-on“ of 200 The Post Office Department pro- poses establishing dead letter offices in Dawson City. Vancouver, St. John. N.B.. London and Hamilton. Mr. F. H. Cunningham. of the Mur- ine Department, Ottawa, has been ap- pointed head of the fish-breeding es- tablishments of Canada. Contractor O. W. Nordm Ina-ads to have the ice crushing vessels (or use in the St. Lawrence completed at nmc for the first ice next fall. 1A statue to the memory of Queen Victoria will be erected in Berlin at a cost of “ADO, the amount to he raised by popular subscription. port," are his words. IV.. King Edward bu resigned the office of Guild lute: of Freeman" in Eng had. which be has held since 1874 3'He will retain his connection with m under the ”Me title at Protector. It in Questâ€"d the Duh of (hunt-(ht will In “and to Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York, ii lending his pictures, shown in Paris, to the new \Vhitechapol An Gallery. Umdon, u, be (waned “arch auooeod Ii. Intent: u Gnu III- Manitoba deirymen are asking the Legislature to aid in placing the dairies ot the province on an equal footing with those of the Territories in the British Columbia market. Mr. Frederick John Hormmen, member for Penryn and Falmouth,. has purchased asite at London cost- in: $500,000. for the purpose of- erect. inc 3 library to the city to contain 6.000 volumes. Professor Sir Felix Samoa. phygi. clan for diseases of the throat in the Nation! Hoepitel for Epilepsy end Perelyeie. lay! there (I no truth in the report thet King Edward More cram eeneer of the throat. “A scen- delom lunatic. end ridtoulone re- fl‘he King has presented each man of the Queen‘s Company of Grenadier Guards at Windsor with the medal at the Victorian Order (or service: .‘t the Queen’s funeral. Lieut.-Col. Steele. who will con- mand the Canadians going out to South Africa will have the rank 0! colonel in the Imperial army, and re- ceive a salary of £1,120 per annum. The value of winter shipments from St. John down to the first of Febru- ary is $2,813,695. This is a decrease of over $1,000,000, although this year's shipments include. those both of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Inter- colnnial termini. It is rumoured that Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia will marry Princess 151m of Battculn-rg, daughter of l’ritwws Beatrice. The statement of the British Board of Trade for the month of January shows increases of £1, 431,600 in im. ports and £1,169,800 ”tn OXPOI‘II. The British Treasury invites ten- dcrd (or an issue. of $511,000,000 of ex- chequm‘ bonds, with. interest at three Mr. A. L. Jones, Chairman of the Elder-Dempster Stwmhip Company. says that one of the greatest obstao clea to the development of the St. Lawrence is the prejudice which the marine insurance companies have against it, and offers to subscribe £50,000 in stock in a new company. . GREAT BRITAIN. PrinCe Henry of Prussia has been attached to the British navy. The 3,000 wreaths and floral emr blems sent for the Queen’s funeral cost {500.000. Because rats brought the plague to Cardiff the authorities pay fourpeuce (or each dead rodeit. It is not true that Lady Curzon will not return to India. At Manchester 3 firm of brewers has recovered £1,980 damages against a company supplying arsenicated glu- King Edward’s race horsel are to be leased this year. The early publication of alife 0! Queen Victoria by the Marquis of Lorne is announced. The Duke of Cornwall will not be made Prince of Wale: until he re. turns from Australia. Jame. Birth. while worth. 5 drain. tell over tho procipioo at I ' can River, on an Ameticu “do. was killed. - * It is announced tint It. Andre! Carnegie has sold out II'I interest in the Carnegie Steel Company to Ir. J. Pia-pom Morgan nod bk «mint... and poaoe a restored in the Unit... Stun (ted m naiiu mucosa-ion by until; ou- A company in San Punches. Ill obtained a monopoly of the unit “0- put on the Pacific coat. The Standard Oil (hogan: hi4 ‘ olarod a 3-0.000.“ dividend. which cuppa-d to represent the earnings the company (or the (inn! gutter A new company a to put a fleet large new sugar-carrying steamship. on the New, Yox‘k-flunolulu-San Fun. choc route, running a steamer tut, two weeks, to make the trip (to. New York in 58 day. via Sun Fan- Dvory who. in tho (Faint In.“ I in n acute at keen exp-outta; “I the tomato. hope the King mu ‘3. A bill I: baton tho Kan-u W taro to protect uloon amnion. Cnptnin J. S. Dmhun. tug sad It. vowel owner. I: dead .1; Chang. New York In: I Chinese pet'- pnper. The I’M copy apparel ti GENERAL. Malina to adapatcb from Town. none of win! in smooch he bubonic pique nu devo‘ there. The intensely cold weather pro-1‘! wanna at Canton :- causing was. Ipmad Buffering. There have “1 over one LMM (but. duu (to. liov. cumin-010 n-cur Naumortl ably a town of that name in Tmnsvaal. not him one ill Col m). The Boers made 1 “ fight and a number were k “minded before they III ”ammo! A (Io-patch to the Hail from St. Puncher: many thousands of pa - on the Khir‘ix Step“. d ‘ called Maser typhus. It in now officially mm L the deaths mum h 0 91m antitank by nth. tin -mnes dbeuod um. owing to (hi new at otbr (at t - Tho Gout-Qt h trunking D‘ 0:! GM“. hr ch wriu-r)’ [also or twin“ In Ice. Found Jam lay \‘Iflulty. A despatch from Sault Ste. Kn: Mich., sayszâ€"Thomu F. Drew. O 1 known prospector and Western ll ins man, who in prospecting In wilds of Canada. in that portion km as the upper country, in no interv In the San“ Daily Now. tell. d! asphalt lake which lies ova the ill toward: James Bay. This lab spid to be an exceedingly rich dope Mr. Drew tells the following slit mining stw'y regarding the dim of the. lake :â€"It 500m: that l day :1 party of prospectors and GI diun guide worv in a section of . try beyond the great divide. Th] ty had camped for I rent. , Indian slatted out in (lust " He slartqd up a fox. and at moment; he was on the (Oct, gmujâ€"sfz-d lake. The tax "I the up of the lakv, spluhfll‘ tar as he went. The [ad his 051-5 and sat down to May of the Burgh»: and 'Woundol. _ A dnspatch from PN‘OI'K_ (ion. Buhingmn who has 5!. bag [rum chtersdorp. in tho em Trmsvaal has can!!!“ a ume distance (rum Mosul II surprised by a body 0! Boot I who captured 'the You burned the wagzoao. Tho I released to miles l'l’ ad to return to Willow Boers Burma the Wagon- Cupturod 40 Yuma. A despatch from 0:90 Town. I Forty Yeumnnry, who were Gal a convoy near Willomro. 3‘ miles from Port Elizabeth. .- (oath-.ndUWMu BOER {..0MMANDO things in general. He'tfl «burn to the lake blitz-ell. I Reynard could do be m wus an asphalt lake. and ‘ the spring. bud about water on in. He look axe and rbopped a halo. birch: pole and pushed I as he could. When it polo was all covered W“ as he vxprcssed it. He anyth’ng about in echt 1 factor somv years atterwnn torts are now being nude to ly locate the lake. BRITISH CONVOY 1" THOUSANDS DH: 0' VALUABLE DISCOVERY. UNITED STATES.