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r T The Bmallpos Outbreak" ' . cKa (South Oxford). in the 'Bt"qreputatfon from tridiirN doom 3 "f agile? of g,.. Smith. asked for a re. Department of the Salvation Army will a J turn giving full details as to the. out- wait upon the Provincial Secretary on 'break of smallpox since January. 1900, Friday at noon to ask for an annual the sources of outbreaks. the action grant of $1,000 towards the work car-l taken by the Government. the extent to ried on by this department of the Army which vaccination had been employed in Ontario. The objects of the Men'si and the lecation of isolation hospitals. Social Department are to help men Hon. Mr. Stratton said he had the when out of employment to get work,' information. and would give it at once, and to assist them till such is obtained: I which he proceeded to do. He gave the to meet discharged prisoners and assist. number of cases which had occurred them. as far as human aid can help: during 191:0 in Essex. Middlesex, York, them, to keep from committing crime. ' F Simone, Lanark and Itenfrew Counties Work on these lines has been carried onI and Thunder Bay and Algoma districts for twelve years. I and Sudbury. and the causes of infec- _________ ' tion m each. In all there had been 118 -.-------- - cases in 35 districts. In the recent To- . I, ronto Junction. Port Arthur and Sud- bury outbreaks there had been 44 cases. and on each occasion the disease had not been ttrat diagnosed as smallpox. and many people had thus been sub- . Jected to infection. The department had required isolation and vaccination rl in the infected districts, and as a con- sequence there had been a general vac- ' 's clnntion of the school population. In . many of the mining. lumber and rail- , way camps thousands of men had been .. vaccinntcd. The department had taken ' energetic measures at every point T whore outbreaks had occurred. and at 5 present had two physicians at Sud- . bury. There were p -rmanent isolation ' hospitals at Toronto, Ottawa, London. Collingwood. Port Arthur and Fort " William. and temporary structures at p, Sudbury. Arnprior and other points. The information ot the department at . the present time was to the effect that . thel present outbreak was under con-i ro . Hon. Mr. Stratton laid on the table; . a statement showing the bonds and se- E -curities registered In the Provincial 'L", "tetristrtsr"tt office during 1900. l I The petitions presented yesterday in- . {eluded requests for measures of Law reform from the united Counties of Northumberland and Durham. North Waterloo and Perth. Some twenty townships ask that the roads in the townships be placed under the control ' of County Councils. - Notes. Hon. Mr. Harcourt will deliver an address to the teachers of Hamilton to-morrow afternoon. ' Mr. Pettypiece will address the South Perth Liberal Convention at St. Mary'.- l to-morrow afternoon. ', This is the most prosperous year in?I the history of the Farmers' Institutes, of the Province. 1t is expected that the membership will increase trom 10,000 to 25.000 before the seat-on ends. 1 The original draft of 700 meetings will. _ have to be increased to 800 to meet' the needs of the situation. The Halton' Institute now leads. with a membership: of 661. compared with 494 last year,'; and with 545 as the highest of any county last year. Father Parndis of Verner and It. Motrntt of Ottawa called on Hon. Mr. Davis yesterday and asked that the Government survey and open up tor settlement the Townships of Crerari and Gibbons. in the Nipissing district.' lair. Davis promised earnest considera-I k on.