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Exeter Times, 1901-3-7, Page 4e IVIolsons elleleD BY PARLIAA 00ailtal nYnnd Head. Oelee,Mo .X.AMES ELLIOT, Es Geneit Menet:en tloganotavdthoug or more end veer at 7 eer enmey admanood to good fatere on their ciente per aanum, 3ank ss,s300 ,00 Senet1,000 Exeter Branch, Open ,every leeeta iley froma. De to 3 zr, SATURDAYS, 10 a, =rept ratee of interest inlo ed en depOsita. rr.SON, $a CARLING, let. D, RLTIIDON, soexerronse netteeteet Exeter, e. 27th. 'ea 1 Calendar' fcer Marohs 1 90 1 . 3 10 17 21 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 20 0 13 29 27 -, 7 14 21 28 .... 1 8 15 42 29 0 16 23 80 NESDAY... A.Tri NOIR THURSDAY, MAROF1 7en,; 1991 DIRECT TAXA,TION NEX.T Col. Natleeeon. neate in his reply t PrernIer ROS8 Sornethins quite ets bad as hadlot-box stuff beg and by far the best swat eliebee yet delivered on the bledght. The celenel has given this 'provincial financial situation close etudy, and, as hie sharp controversies vrith Mr. Roes atroee the floor a the Rouse, show he knows more about it than acme may gentlemaa on the Treas- ury benches. Re hos been right from the firet in his treatment of the so- llcaed Ontario cash surplus, for his earlier eonteutione foreshadowed exaetly the decision at which the Royal Commiesion. on the fiteenees Would. aivW rre. hile matbersou Wee severe in hie condemnation of the prolonged cookery of the accounts by the Government, he was not en neceeearily so. If there is one thireg wore than another that es ex- t d from an Administration, it, uth in its statements touching edition of the ptiblie cheek, raudulent reports are issued, tufting. enty years the Government ed deliberate deception iu to the state of the finances. t merely advance an opioion open to mgmeient; k issued • which were untrue. As recent- - Treasurer Harcourt pre- cis of bogus accounts, and bat according to these figur- -"We leave as our surplus a eash tweets the 'Urge sum of $5,258,321. 'Will any on, gentleman point out to aze where I Am in error? I am fully Evpared. to sustain my statement." '.1 'ce Royal Commission found that the etre se was an invePtion. Why did not Harcourt appear before the com- mission, and "sustain" his statement, an he had seed in the Legislature he TIMIS prepared to do? The commission did not have Mr. Iiarcourt's challenge before it or it might have reprimanded IllM fee. the wrong he had done in seh- mitting figures that were without Warrant. But although it could not nenteenererte Harcourt, it did not reach the truth, and the truth was as Col. readies= had stated it, that there was uot a cent a available assets left, Instead a having this mythical $5,258. Orel to draw upon, we were actually in iiept. It seems -and Col. Matheson exposes the thing on the spot -that Treasurer BOGS Id trying to emulate 'his predecessor in the art of reporting surpluses that do not exist. me. Har - court's figures were wiped out by the Aoyal Commission. To the province no new legacy has been left. The ordinary antnial accoents have not balanced, and yot, With Do- tting last year, and. adding nothing to b. Premier Ross has the courage to stand up and say that he has already accumulated a surplus of $2,50%000. Vie should have thought that the last experience in the cookery of the ac- counts would have prevented a repet- ition. of tbe deception. But it seems that it has not had that effect. Col. •leatbeeon shows that with all the added taxes -the succession duties, the deduction from municipal revenues and what not -the province was over four millions behind,. and with new obligetio.ns pressing upon us we are -ett'Aenn the down grade. The debt of • course is accumulating in the shape of "annuities." When the Government events to borrow money it sells these pensions. You gave the Government so rnany thousand dollars, to meet its obligations, and it guarantees to you in repayment so much a year for forty years when the dehb is wiped out: We have to pay $87,044 this year on one set of annuities, and 8102,000 on another, and, during tale next forty years, the payments that have to be made to cover our debt, aggregate $5,214,650. This liability is continually increasing. In fact, it gets larger, owing to the circumstances that the Government borrows in order to pay it. Mr. Ross no doubt, borrocv the $189,000 due this year, and e. thus add again to the net obligation. ,Bue we cannot keep on paying in- terest upon borrowed money, and in- • terest again upon the money that is borrowed to pay the original interest with. The proepect, then, is that we shall soon have reform of taxes such as the Liberals have laid on in Quebec, or such as they have imposed in Prince Ed ward Island. In Quebec every shop and every in- dustry has to pay its tax into the pro - v i c ial treasury. In Prince Edward Ieneed every farmer is compelled to pay a tax upon the acreage he has un- der aultivation, Eitbeir one of these "reforms is before us ; perhaps,indeed, may get both, if the Ross Govern - neo end live too long. • men THE KING OF CORN CURES Is t intro's Painless Corn Extractor • d by years of success crow•neregalhe - eetiee u appr 0.1 ched and un approach- able, holding sway in this continent owing to its superiority, Putnam's Pairilees Corn and 'Wart Extractor. Sold by all druggistsor sent by mail by N. C Poison & Co Kingston Ont n receipt of 25 cents. THE EXE'TER TIMES SOUTH HURON LIBERALS ill F. REsS, SD., OP IIRICI,i, 8nnEar- 1 [ ED AS THEIS CANDIDATE. I . Tlae Liberals Of South Huron met in Hensel', on Tuesday, to select a candle War fn South Africa Has About date to contest the riding at, the next) Provincial election. There were some " Reached That Stage, 120 delegates present from the yareous municipalities. The meeting being , organized, le was decided not to noue-1U"'"er' u" Not CligeiallY sar- Illate eaudiclatee in the esual way, but '. renaerea as neeozted--These itesporae, to write the names a any probable . me fee the Carrying on of the War, I candidate On a, pieee of paper au cl de- Pvsite the hallote with seratiueers, hyludilig X''' "d it°11ert$' 13elig ra): Tiers was doe, when Xr. Hess sr., of , erre= Optomistio.--flope of the War Zurich, obtained some 70 votes', Ve1en-1 In setebeneris conceetratioe Scheme. i tine Rate, receivieg the next highest number, while other gentlemen were London, March 4.-T1ie war in given a small quota each, The eanal- Oc'ut,h Africa' has: agaih reached a dattlre 01: Mr. Hess waa therefore made stage which the British newspapers, unarel mous. britieleing, call the eve of the ter- mination. Rumors et the surrender , - ---- i-he Oen. and the eellaPse pr all, ee,sts eeeemereh by the Rev, ere. R, oer resistance flourish, to the bene - Hicks are as follows -.The ist, and 2nd t of the South African stocks. days of March will be colder and clear That those Who are most resPonsie mg in western extremes of the coun- ble for eerrying on the war do not try. Tiae higher barometer and sharp hhare the optimism is Perfectly evie change to colder followbag these dent from hrr. Brodrick'e °Melee ut- storms will rapidly subside on the iterenres and the conversation of Apprise -eh of the 5th, and from the fits colleagues, including Lord Rob - 5th to the 7th decided aorta eondit- lerte. Their carefully prepared eam- ioleS Will return, Within forty-eight Vaiga of thorough organizetiou hours- of 5 (Mode p. in. on the 5th, Which leas been quietly maturing titer - no one should he surprised by the ap- Peg the past six months, is begin- pearance of tropical storms, with ning to have its first restate, and possible herricane to the south, with they are perfectly satisfied. counterpart of a great boreal storm of The new concentration of troops rain, ivied and suow fromthe north- referred to so enigmatically by the west. The full moon on the celestial correspoedeuts at the front is only equator on the 5th awl the day follow- olio of the Amy steps for which Wne is a time to be prudently watched G. leitchener Las so long been pre - alt whose interests and safety are paring, That it will lead to tile liable to be eeoparclIzed by dangerous complete disintegration of the more storms on sea and land. Lightning important Boer units, end, PessiblY, and thunder will visit most sections to the personal surremler of Gener- during the drst stages of these pertur. ala BOUM and Bowen the British battens, but a blizzard of DO mean pro- War oeuce ear/wetly eepe, portions will likely come out of the Gen. ICitchener is almost as reti- Porth-west on and touching; the t3tla cent towards his chiefs in Pall Mall and 7th. Watch and see: Fecent the as to the generalpuhUe. Wben be Oth to the 13this a regular storm lute teem den. eletne into et„eenp., Period. From about, the 9th to the the War Office expects to bear of it; 13t1t abnormal electrical.pbenoreena but not before. As one onicial said euele as auroras, electric winds charg- to a reporter of the A. P., grimly: g objects on the earth's s ifface Armistices are not in leltcheaer's with electricity, earth currents dis- turbing telegraphic instruments, then- der-storras and volcanic seisrale ; turbanees. The Venus perturbation, anew= GETS AWAY AGAIN. which is central lo April, also comes in as a disturbing factor at the crisis leso 130e" WIth '4'how uorses Crosse of our March disturbances, Except Orange by Swimming. therefore, many very decided. storms Colesburg, Cape Colony, Friday, and other happeuings of peculiar but March 1. -Fifteen hamdrecl Boers, not neeessal'IlY ti'mgermas ehal'aatm with wlione it is Alleged, were Gen. The 15th to the 17111 will constitute Bewet and former President. Steyn, a reactionary time of 134•0r1u' anti fOluid a spot at Lilliefoutein, near generally unsettled and ;inclement Oolesburg Bridge„ where tee Orange weather which will scarcely subside River widens and the current is slow, until we enter what we believe to end they all crossed yesterday, both the greatest storm period of the month. This period is shown by the men. and horses, by swimming, storm diagram to be from the 10th to ,01•01,1Ma 25th. Onr own coasts especially in oFeICIAL BLUNDERING. the south, will hardly be exempt from a shave in the disturbances due at or ever Office Titougat Liverpool volunteers near this period. Heavy rain and Were „Still in South Africa. thunder -storms, with possible tot- Lontiou, March 4. -An allHOSt un- ' nadOeS, will visit many interior see - exampled case of official blundering tions, and snow, sleet and blizzard reported from Liverpool on Sat - will wind up the general turmoil in was Sat - north -western. central ad northern urda,Y• It appears that the War Office was under the impression that parts of the country. The last storm , the Liverpool Volunteers were still period ruus from the 20th to the 29th. Mardi closes fair and cool. in South Africa, and kept a new spe- „ dal service Corps on waiting orders ; until it could be ascertained whether A, very interesting marriage of two the Liverpool Volunteers required yery popular young people of Logan streugthening. The Liverpool Volun- township took, place recently at the tears returned to Liverpool four home of Mr. and Mrs. .1. WoolacoLt, months ago. when their clanglater, Miss Sarah, was TO COMO Up in XiOnSC. married to Mr. E. N. French. , My friend, look bere ! you knowLenclonMarcb. 4. -The false au - how nouneement of General Botha's sue - weak and nervous your wife is. an,d, render Thursday will be a matter of you know that Carter's IVOR PIUS discussion in the House of Commons, relieye her, now why not be fair about especially the fact which aecompan- it and buy her it box? / led the asservation that it was offi- Dr, Holloway ancl his bride returneet ! dor. last week from their wedding tour and are now residents of Wingbarn. Axes rrom America. Life's path may not be all strewn with London, March 4. -The War Office ' koses, but we hope they May have has amide it contract, with an Ameri- their full share of them. The doctor can merchant to supply 8,000 felling is an excellent musician, and this week axes for the British troops in South purchased a fine Nordheimer piano. Airiest, English firms being unable to Last week Mrs. Manning died at the make sufficiently prompt delivery. residence of her youngest daughter, - Mrs. Edward Bell, of Londesboro. The Kum EDWARD GOES HOME. deceased had reached the ripe old age • of nitiety years. She was a native of Left Gronbeke on S...7-trday and Reached Devonshire, England, and with her Cologne Same Day. husband settled in Hullett about the Cronberge March 4. -King ledward tittle the township was thrown open for land seekers. Left here at noon. Saturday after a, A man's wife should. always be the short farewell visit to his sister and same, espreially to het husband, but if his nieces. The Duchess of Sparta sbe is weak and nervous, and uses Oar- and the Princess ol Hesse accompan- ter's Iron Pills, she cannot be for they ied His Majesty to the railroad stee make her "feel like a different person,” tion, where a small crowd witnessed as they all say, and their husbands his departuro. say so toot Decorated Station Duster. THE PROPER TREATMENT FOR CATARRH Is it remedy that reaches all the affected parts. That remedy is Oa- tarrhozone, which is inhaled along with the air you breathe and perme- ates the most minute air cells in the lungs. throat. nasal passages and bronchial -Cubes, cleansing as if by fire It is the pleasant, volatile effect of pure, healing essential oils, and by virtue of its antiseptic properties kills the germs that cause the disease, allays any irritation or congestion of the raucous membrane, heals raw sore spot, and never fails to effect it perfect, care. Ib is clean con- venient and .pleasant, to use, and cou- tains DO „irourious ingredients that •could berm even the weakest infant. The complete outfit, . price $1.00, is guaranteed to cure or your Looney back. Small size 25c., ab druggists or by snail. A trial sent for I0e by N. C. Poison ez 0o., 'Kingston, Canada, or Hartford, Conn., U. S. - - Donald R. Farquharson has been ap- pointed collector of etistoms at Chat- ham, Ontario in succession 10 the late Rufus Stephenson. This appointment was made within one week after the death of the late incumbent. If Gov- ernment appointments were always made with equal promptitude it would be better for &t parties concerned.-- Seaforth Expositor. The Expositor thus mildly intimates itsdisgust at, the delay of the teemb- ling Ross Government in filling the Huron registrarship, now years vac- ant • Children! Cry for CAST° R IA5 Conagne, March 4. -King Edward arrived h.ere at 4.45 p.m. Saturday. During a three-quarters of an hour wait His Majesty decorated the sta- tion master with the third-class Vic- torian Order. The King is going to Flushing by way of Venloe. Ring Edward at Flushing. Flushing, March 4. -King Iildward arrived here at 10.20 o'clock Satur- day evening and went on board the royal yacht. The King in London. • London, March 4.-1'ring Edward arrived in London last night from the 'Continent. YANKEES IN THE LEAD. mr.Asworb, aas Discover'ed That the RECRUITS ON III WilY EIIST Exports of Great,Dritala Are Not Greatest. London, March 4. -Mr. Herbert Hertry Asquith, member of Perlis:, inept. for East Fife, speaking at Cov- entry en the defeees of tne British industrial system, said: "We are seriously threatened in our induetrial Ystem fee" the first time in our history. The bxpOrtS of the United States ziow exceed those. of Great Britahn "The truen is that we have last our start in the race, and that other natigns, both in opeuing out their material advantages, and still more in trainingethe industrial intelligence ed their citizens, are everywhere and in, all markets pressing us hard." FORECASTS von nenceeTfore- f 13etha COMMONERS DIVIDE. Th Vote ou the Costigan Coronation erotical. saturitay Morning', Ottawa, March, a. -The cliviveon 011 the Costigan coronation motion in the House toolt plaere at 1.22 Satur- day. Then the Speaker put, tile question. • On the neclaration: "I think the 'Ayes' leave it," A division was •de - Mantled, mere than the regetsiee ive Members rising in tneir seats. The division Was as follows: Yeas -Angers, Barker, Iluzinee, Bolcom -4 Reit (Inteten, /Semler. Blenerallte, Blnir, Boreen (Efallinx), Borden (King's), Beer- assu, Boueeeneaea, Britten'Broiler, litsuwe, idrnee, eremeau, nurese, Calvert, (envie, Cargill, Carroll, Cluollintnat. Cleary, e0.1).9, Castigate 1/Aviee (Sir Louis), Dates, tee. tine, Demers (remis), Demme (St. John), DOW, DOnghts. Dugas, Edwards, Emmet, ewe Erb, leftien Fieber, Fitz- PatTick, I‘'orileir, Portia, Fowler, VraSer, Gallery, Genotee, (iauvrcau, Geoff. sloe. Gibson, allmoun Gourley, lclietti Hen -art, Hale, Harwood, Holmes, Horsey, yughee fNies'e), Sobestee (Cape Breton), ohnstoll (Lainhten), Icaulbuch, Kemp, Eendall, Headrn, Lancaster, Lang. Laur- ier (Sir Wilfrid), Laurier (Lieseemptleu), Larergue. LebianA Lefurgev, Lemieux. Lewis, Logan, Loy, MocLareu (luntIng- don), Maclean, eleCeol, McCreary, IneEwen, McGowan, afeIseae, MeLeenan, efelouln, Merge (Ragot), Martineau, elete, ene hfelgs, tigniw1t, Mont, Melee% Merrily, Northrup, Osier, Parmelee, Paterson, Mem, Prefontaina Pripet% Prior, Proute, Puttee, Reid. (Restigonche), Rienardson (Inspirit Ross (Rimausld), Ross (Victoria), Itoessaau.'j Russell, Seim% Scott, Siftoa. Smith (Van. =wor), Sutiterland (Raven Sutbe Saul (OxfOrd), Talbot, Tisdale. Tobin. Toluile, Tucker. Tupper (Sir Obarlea Mhbert), Ture cot, Turgeon, Wade. Total 3.25. Nays--Aleorn, Blain, Carseallee, Ciarlie. Johnston (Cardwell). Kidd, Level!, Len- nox, Oliver, Reed (Grenville), Rotensen (Tingle), IloChe (lareuette), Sherritt, Sproule, Taylor, Totten Wallace. Wilmot, Wileon. Total 19. 21 DArs FOR RECRUITS. Dialer -General Warmly -Hely Issues Re- port on Galiada's Ottawa, March4.-In his report Major-General O'Orady-lraly reports that a, most admirable spirit per- vedes the rural corps that come un- der his notice, but lie adds that, notwithstanding all efforts, these troops can never be fit tb lakcienhe field upon the limited: periodof m- enial training they receive, The city troops, inspected in drill or on church pierstcle, turned out well, performed parade movements with accuracy, and executed manual firing exercises correctly, aud with very fair precision. The issue of the Lee -Enfield and the new field gun* to the railitia, would be necessary to prevent confusion in peace and dis- aster in war. The Major-Geueral hopes that ere long drill halls will be provided at London and Peterboro. The cadets at Kingston College were eulogized. The following pay was suggested: First year's service, 50 cents per diem; second year's service, 60 rents - per diem; third year's service 75 cents per diem. He also recommends . that on the expiration of the tbree year's engagement men of gobd con- duct, and especially non-commissi m- • ed officers, be encouraged to contiaue in the serviee on annual attestations, not exceeding six years in all, re- ceiving a gratuity on the conelusion eIt was proposed to make a etatta I uch extended year's training. tory drill period from 8 to 24 gays, j instead of 8 to 16 deys, as at pres- ent. The recruits should perform 21 days' drill, and the trained eolcliers 1.1, the latter asseinbling seven days later than the former- •• Hockey Player POli'D'Oad. ! Montreal, March 1. -Death came very quickly Saturday evening to • INPORTS Exton GAPE TONV.7.i. Fred Hale, who was playing hockey Nearly Four Hundred Men,Took Train at Winnipeg For Ottawa. SPI°4414 Mntly of Alen bey Are -Gather- ed All Along he Lisle Fee= Calgary to the Prairie Gity-Spocial. Train Celt-. SUMS of Eight 17.:parist, Wk.* Cenl, mIssary and Baggage Cate, Carries Thome-Onleers Appeinted. Winnipeg, Maxon 4,---Sattirdey af- ternoon 3.39 men for Baden-P'owell's force, erdisted in this city, left for Ottawa. Several ,of the officers at the barracks who have been engaged in the recruiting expressed the opin- ion that a Auer looking or more cap- able body of Men were never enrolled than has been sworn in. They are mostly young men ef high intelli- gence, feir education and perfect physique. There were on the train from the 'Met 246 recruits, from the follow ing points: 61 from Calgary, 20 front Prittee Albert, 26 fro ne Macleod, 17 from Pincher Creek, 8 from Leth- bridge, 40 from, Regina, e0 front nebosonan and 44 from Portage le Prairie. These were joined here by 139, who liad enlisted in WinuiPeg, briugieg the number up te 385. A epecial Vein for their accoesenode- tien Was made up here. It consisted of eight tourist ears, With commis-, sexy and baggage ears, CANADIAN B. In OFFI0E1tS, •Sixteeet Gentlemen of Caueda Salecteti rev Appointeeene Ottawa, March 2.-Eis Excellency has selected the felleWing eIlleers ter coelarefeeione na the Cattadian eon" 'tippet to form part of the South, African Constabulary: For Captams-Oapt. H. E. Bir-' stall, R. 0, A. OaPt. C. 0. Bennett, 6tIt Rifles, Vancouver; Oapt. F. W. L. Meer°, 4th P. E, I. Regiment; Capt. W. T. Lawless, Govereor-Gen- erelts Foot (uards, Ottawa; Capt. T, 0, Oritchley, 8r4 Regiment, R. 0. B. I. .0044, A.. 11. Powell, Priutees Louise rage= Guards. Ottawa. Foe Lieutenents-Lieut. IL fl. 13. Ketcbem Strathconees Horse; Sergte. Major Reading, Itoeral Canadiau Dragoons, Toronto; Lieut. J. 0, Oland, 63rd Halifax Rifles; Lieut. A. D, Irvine, 90th Regiraent, Winnipeg W. L. IlteGiverin, late 2n4 R. 0, R.; 0. P. Ereaatinger, lato 0. M. R.; 1). A. O'Meara, 8th Regiment, Quebec; J. French, N. W. M. P.; W. D. Me- Cartby, 2ad 11, C. R.; Veterinary Captain Morgan, 5th Field 13a.ttery, Megaton, The foregoing °facers will be note. ded et their appointment et once, and they are asked to call upon. the Governor-General atter their arrival. .A. supplementary list of candidetes remains in His Excellency's hands tor approval. Fully one-half have already served, in South. Africa,. LANDING OF THE MIS/MANIA. Brought Canadians Soldiers 1101110 and Had Stormy Passage. IlalifaX, N. S., March 4.-Th0 steamer Lusitania. arrived late Sat- urday night from Liverpool, after it very stormy passage. Last Sunday the steerieg gear broke and the ves- sel rolled heavily in the trough of the sea nail the damage was repaired. The Lusitaxtia brought the following invalided Canadiaus: Driver Pakey, ie. 0. U. A., who won distinguished service medal, Moosomin; Gunner MeNab, R. a. A., Hamilton; Gunner Goodbrand, R. C. F. A., Hamilton; Driver Boyle, R. 0. F. A.'Dundee; Pt " Pt. Savage, B. C. F, A. Winnipeg; Trooper Larocque, C, M. Re Troop- er Fowler, Strathcona's Horse, Win- nipeg; Sergt. •lecHarg, R. C. R. I., Rossland; Sergt. Huhn, R. C. B. Belleville; Trooper Denby, 0. M. R., Winnipeg; Trooper Armstrong, C. en. R., St. John; Carp. Coombs, R. 0. R. I., ,St. John; Trooper Tressedar, C. M. Re; Sergt. Taylor, C. M. R., Toronto; Shoesmith George, R. 0. R. I., Da,wson City; Pte. Sleep, C. II, R. In additicei to the above were Lieut. Cosby of Toronto, who went out with the Mounted Rifles and has accepted a commission in the laid- diesex Regiment, and Mr. Pender of the Imperial Yeomanry. They leave for the west this afternoon by the Maritime Express. • with St. Andrew's Masonic Lodge tedin against tele 'Temple' Club tonere . i Thegetup* ha,e lasted only a • few minutes wnen. young Hale, who 'hed never "before been sick an hour, doubled upeand. 4.40140, ilentne, ice, dea,tle coming in c..,lo,opt hnef an eioui. Hale, Was, 24 yOfeeseeld. and was 'Co - have been married next Saturday to Mies: Brown of Ste Charles. - , • Little Girl Liadly Burned. De Harryism in Canada.' Guelph. Mareh 4.--A littlecolored girl named Palmer, e years old, was badly burned yesterday on Emslie street, and as an the General Rosin- imesioner, have been an here for ti. Her clothing catight fire while she was playing, and she may not eecover. Rossland, B. C., March 4. -Messrs. R. P. Bremner of Vancouver and Ed- ward Williams, Dominion Labor Coin- about a week looking into the int - ter of the alien labor, and, as a. • re- sult of their labers, 16 of thennen in the employ of Messrs. Winters, Par- son & Browner, who have contracts to do some Work for the Red Moun- tain Railway, were orderetrtleport- ed. The eontractors will pay the way of the men back to the IJnited States, where they were engaged. This is the first time a case of this kind has come -up in this prevince, • and, the penalty of $1,000 fine for ' each contract laborer brought in 1 tv,tas not enforced. 1 cut pool ifis Legs og. . Moncton, N. 13,, March Ie. -Willie McKelvie, 9 years' old, was playing with sonae companions on the rail- way track Saturday evening. A train came along and the boys junaped on to a snow bank. IVIcKelvie rebound- ed on tlici traok auti thc' both of his legs off. Ile died short - Sy after. - Pope Was Ninty-One on Saturday. "New York, March 1. -The Pepe celebrated his 91st birthday on Sat- • urday. Dr. Mazzoni said: • `'Ilis Holiness is in marvelous health. He shows no signs of diminishing vigor, a miraculous thing In a man of his age." Ruble Goes to Hong Hong. .VVashington,. March 1.---1:1.1he Presi- dent on Saturday tent the following nomination to the Senate: William A. -Ruble of Wisconsin tobeConsul- General of the , United States at Hang Kong, .Chind Ratifies Hague Conference. St. Petersburg-, March 4. -The Ofncial Messenger, on Satiriday printed an Imperial decree ratifying The Hague conference. Reichstag Win ' Issue a Degree Shutting Them vitt of Germany. Berlin, March Ca:Before the Bud- get "Obininettee of the Reichstag, Bar- on Von Itechelenfen; Secretary of the' Foreign Office, announced that a de- cree 'would be issued on Saturday terohibiting iniports from Cape ToWn, °Wing,. to the existence of the plague" there. - Fifty-six claims .of Gertelan em- ployee for • the Transvaal railroad, who had.• been expelled from that c:ountry, were- .subenitted to Great Britain, who had deka:fed' herself:tie be ready in principle to compensate them for losses. A special German delegate will be a ineMber of the committee appointed to determine these and similar losses. Free Trade in it ar ways. Greenwood, B. C.,• March 4 -The meeting of the Associated Boards of Trade of Eastern British Colombia has declared emphatically in favor of chartering a railway from the Crow'e Nest Pass coal fields to the American boundary, and also in favor of free trade in railways. The resolution declared that every bona fide rail- way company . desirous of building railways in the province should be allowed to do so. Only five dele- gates stood up to be counted against it, although its terms were strong and uncompromising. The ail -Irma- , tive vote was 83. . smallpox at Laprairie. Montreal Mareh 4,-SnealIpox has briekon Out irt the village of La - peewee, T )1;;:ea-Avykejr3110.17ua,obtiliwtoihNorsiel;riotrT401::otgu.igi...1x },I,Jellud.sc D [ IF op.0.11 DENTRAL PRESS SCORCHED. . DY1SOft. Toronto, 5clarcb, 4, --Shortly aftee 1 o'clock Sunday morning fire wee discovered in the premises of -Cu Central Press Agency (United), electrotypers and stereotypers, two upper fiats of The World build. ing on Yonge street. The fire is sena posed to have originated from en electric wire, as it can be traced tit it switch -board WAneeted with a ino, tor. Some of the no who were ene PloYed in Tile Werld, and who well cleaning up after the Saturday night edition, gave the alarm 0,ncl ran net stairs to do what they could, Tiu firemen arrived promptly, and had the names under control in a. short time. The savage men spread tarps:tiring over all The World plant, and in thig way saved the linotypeS, presses and other machinery froni any great :lane age by reason of water. . Tae Oentral Press AgencY's loss to machinery and stook is below We 000, and is cevered by insurance, The reataportion of The World build- ing was badly burned, aud the plant in the basement, groundand first floors raore or less leurt by rust and water. This is all covered by newt'. mice. The World carries some 350,- 000, spread over the leading com. panics, and the Central Peess ?1.5e. 000. The Central Press lies a duplicate outfit OH York, street, and will de its business there tor some days. A large Zero of men were put to work Cleaning up The World plant, and. by noon Sunday everything was in passable shape for turning out the paper of this morning. The night- watchman of The World was through the building 25 minutes Lefore the dames were first noticed, and saw nothing wrong. The Central Press shut down, at noon Saturday, and had no fires or lights on after that hour. Although it was after 12 o'clock this morning before electric light and. power could be secured for the Mono,. line department of the Central Press, that news agency reached its =- tamers throughout the country on time as usual to -day. Retest Pork. In I4arg0 Lot, Ifamilten, Ont., March 4.---Tbere was lots of roast pork in the Lawry Packing House, Wentworth street, Sunday eight, the result of a blaze in the storehouse and cooling build- ing. The f&z, was caused by electric ligb,t wires awl did about $8,000 damage, Tee root was burned off the building, wilich was deranged to the extent of 32,900. It is thought between 35,000 and e0,000 worth of stock was destroyed or dalnaged, Valunble Cattle Cremitted, Middletown, N.Y„ March de -With their heads fast in stanceions, 77 blooded cows were burned to it crisp in the barn of A. R. Sargent, near here on Saturday. Much property surrounding the barn was also de- stroyed. It is supposed the lire was incondierY, Or the work of tramps, Baseball PlaIer'e Crime. Kansas City, Mo., March. 4. -Ruth, Nollard, 18 years old, was shot and killed ou the street Saturday after- noon by Bud Taylor, 23 years old, it baseball player, formerly her sweet- heart, with whom she had quarreled. The girl axed her sister were walking ifti a, exceeded business district of the city. Taylor, sitting in the window of a, second store room, in n lodging house opposite, fired three shots from a repeating rifle, Two bullets struck her, ono passing entirely through the chest and the other mi- tering just below the heart and lodg- ing near the nith rib, at the back. She died in less than an hour. The police arrested Taylor in the lodging house, and had difficulty in getting lam through the mob, many clamor- ing for lynching of the murderer. Mr. Hoyle Renominated. Caunington, Ont., March 4.-011 Saturday the Conservatives held a, convention, at which over 800 dele- gates were in attendance. After the usual preliminaries, . the president called for nominations. The only name handed in was that of Mr. W. H. Hoyle, the present. inenther. The motion was carried by a standing vote of about 300. Mr. Hoyle thanked the convention for the hon- or,' and expressed every confidence in his party re-electing him. Speeches were theu made by Mr. Sam Fox, M. P. P. of West Victoria., Mr. John McLaughlin, M. P. P., of Stormont, Mr. Findlay Macdiarmid, M. P. P., of West Elgea, and local men. • The •last and chief speaker was Mr. J. 13, Whitney, leader of the Opposition in the Legislature. 'The De th of Hrs. Maynard. • Montreal, March 4. -Saturday ev- ening' the jury rendered a verdict that Mary Maynard died from nerv- ous , shock or fear, caused by the bites of dogs, while in a state of in- • toxication. • Two of the jurors dis- sented from this verdict, and asked the police to investiga,te. the ' ease. The four doctors who had examined the unfortunate woman could find no evidence of wounds caused by an ax or other instrument, and the ling - band's story -was •believed by nearly all the jury. • Mrs- Barry, sister of the deceased, • swore that when her sister was oth a spree the dogs we sometimes unfed for eight or ten days at a time and became ravenous. •, L'ast Queen's, p.E.I., Election. Charlottetown, March 5. -- The writ for Edst • Queen's election has been issued. f Nominations will be on the lath And polling on the 20th. The candidates are IlfeKirie non, Liberal, and Martin, Conserva- tive. • •1 Trnop Appointed. I-TalifaX, .N.sA Ma'rch- 4 has been iiffielallY annwenced that deerge pointed bi:Ttreodop,rd-ameinerbcolarattl, ttaesLbeeceitsilataivpe- Cotmoil, in the planie of Hon. . Dr. Parker, resigned. Idest Son of Late Sir J. 111/.. Dawson Died on Saturday. Ihe geed of the Canadian Geologicar Survey seemembea to Bronchitis Afton Only 48 Hours, Muess-aradeate of Royal school or zoneo-A," g'veOguY tn Rouorablo Career Brought sea- denly to a Close. Ottawa, March 4. -Dr. George Ma Dawson, 0.11.G., F.R,S.E., directbd of the geological survey of Cana,dae after whom Dawson City in the Y114 Icon is named, died here Saturdat, night after but 48 hours' illness, Or. breacnitis, George Miner Intweoe wne born in pletee, ens., August 1, 1849, and wee the' eldest son of the late Sir J. W. Dawsin(i He was edecated itt eicatii inneereitee Hentreal. arta. In 1869 entered, the Royal school of Mines, 50A0431, where he remelt ed for -name years. Ile was Avec in he Ofass to pass, being awarded the DITi's-r4 Forbes medal tied prize In palaeontolo arse neturai Watery. 'Returning te Cana be waa engaged Itt minieg surreys be NovIt Seigle Awl aloe leetnres1 itt !oinit cgt.f*. tege, Quebee. In 1873 Ile rneeircd tne enintmenit of geologist and botanist af Her Maiesta's North American Soundata Commieslon, which was eugaged ie tlxin tbe Intundery line ftOm the 1,aire of .a.t11. Wood e to the Reidy Mouutaina. In tent eaRaell4( eerved tor two years Attilt prepered a bigbir Satisfactory reporfe wall plates and MOW,. en tite geninglg and other reSoureca Of the countria tt.la eonecatiou be clan prepared e repere Tesittry Fermattert, memoir an the superficial deposits Of tile great Interior plains. of America. De 04 termination or lns labors an tile bounds =Toy, be Was appointed to tee steel el the Geological Surrey or the inonnaloe54 1871 He intorno neststailt director July, 1883, oral depute need or the eeolee eal surrey In January, 1895. Willie atteinn lug the eeliool of eithee lee paid seeelni tention to geology and palaeoutology nude; the tuition ot Messrs. gamey, litteaeY and Etheridge, and to e1terolett7 end metals in the Meer:donee or Vraultioele ottO rereet Ilia work in the gcographicae aarrey was (Agony in Brinell Columela awe the Norterwest 5.`errIteries, and wale le the eleeliarge of les anklet duties lie ere pored a large portion Of the westerit nuntre, ineludilme, it boat 1olifIleY er One 01 the most Important or ell Pining services was in eouneetien wide thOf Hearing Sea arbitration, and as one of the Belden couvalseloners ho Spent the summee at 18= In the Bebring Sea reeeon for tlie Purpose or enquiring Into the Mew and cenditions of seal life. Ile received the degree Of LL.D. from Queen's Culver -Jig In 1899, and, A similar degree train MOW 'University In 1591. In the $31110 year be wee nwarded the ilagsby gold medal frOV the TeMden Gealogifial Society for Lila san ries to the selente or geology. tie wee Woo a 'fellow or tee Royal Society Qe 'Geology et London. In 151/3 be was elect - ea nresident of the Royal Geological Set elety of Canada; In the following year wap mane n corresponding member at the 2oce loglein &tardy or London, and In 3895 tval elected at 'fellow Of the A.merietin Assinine tion of Geology for the Advancement or Seleuce In 2890 lie Was Op/Minted by tee Council or the lititish Aeseeintion preeldent of tag eeologleal section for the Tololtv meelleg 4 the asscieleeleeenne In the next Year was ..,,;:iaii47fra: -" •-•1 ureel the Geograpeical Societytoe nIs warienie - a whole.. Deeeasetl was the author of several lours on geology'. LEGISLATORS WoltieED SUNDA.In Vnele Saws Lawmakers Hustled to Get iteady For inauguration. Washington,*,Inarch 4, -The Muse and Senate resumed their session at" 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, witli the galleries packed to the doora witit inauguration visitors. A ma, jority of them were soldiers in uni- form. Although several bard .fighte °vet* items ie the various approprie- tion bills loomed up on tbe horizoin the leaders were confident that at the disputes would be amicably Se , tled before noon to -day, when Osette gress expires by limitation. Tete House was still in the legislative da,* of Friday, and the members came prepared for a siege through thill night, if the complications made an all-night session necessary. • The final estimate of the size of the inaugural parade, as given out at military headquarters last night was: Military, volunteer and regu- lar, 22,240; veteran organization, 1,200; civic societies; 7,800. Out or this -number a total of about 17,- 500 arrivals had been officially rue ported to the Reception. Committee early in the evening. Gen. Francis Green. the graner marshal, estimates that the parade will take four and a half hours tte pass the reviewing stand, asSuming that • the inaugural parade actually, gets under way on its turn front th&• ,capital by 2 p. ra., this will make tee 7.30 by the time the last sectioie Teieses the White House. FAST AVLANTrO SEnvioE. Negotiations win Be Resumed For Speedy' Ocean Liners. - Ottawa, March 4.-31 is more than. prebable, that this week will see ti fast • Atlantic 'service negotiations,. actively revived by the Government. It is nearned from an authoritativt' source that there have of late beeti. several •conferenees in the 'thattein---` and that representlitives Of the Allan firm have been present at some W these Ministerialisi coafeyericas, and hatvheebseamral econsiiauthoritylted,,rstates that,. thOugh nothing has been positively done so 'far, it is most likely that. next week will see developments 01- ,piptlicwiinitib interest, • remembered that on e. reason given by the Government fOr' not, having taken active steps to- wards securing a fast Atlentic eer- vice has been that the demands Made on the shipping resources of the Em- pire by the Imperial Government. transport purposes have so crippled the ship owners that it has been iin- possible to obtain vessels. Now that the war as drawing l'ea a close it is deemed a good tinee for renew- ing negotiations. increase ,ot • • London,. March. 4. -- Th.6 estimates for the civil service for 1901-2 were - issued. on Saturday. They total £40,- 666,608 an increase 1£1