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m;'t; pour T es 7O yearks' | Mr. N. L. Steiner, u-udm.'.m [' k md'mm r : from _ f been appointed Honorary Co ner Seymour ;' Northumberland ; f to Nm Onurl&st the Pan--Ameri-- County. and there is a suspected. case ; $ can tion. r. Steiner is well in Haldimand Township in the same f gnallflod for the position. He speaks county.. _ Dr. Bryce, Provincial Medi-- j ; our languages and is well posted: on cal Health OfMficer, says that in some the resources of the Province. * districts the epidemic is assuming a Timber Sale Postponed. virulent t-ypi_-- ; ' On account of the prevalence of mm «paine smallpox in northern Ontario, the Gov-- | f | ernment have postponed indefinitely P | the sale of the burnt--over limits in $ Algoma in the Townships of !;art. Car-- f | tier, Levack and Graham. is at | the request of a number of lumbermen | | who represented to the department t.hut.i as many Of the stations were quaran-- E tined they were unable to send rangers in to estimate the quantity. The sale of the forfeited and abandoned berths, including the limits in Digby, Lutter-- | worth and Sherbourne Townships, and | the Ottawa River berth, in the pistrict » |Of Nipissing, will go on as advertised, tenders to be received up to the 15th inst. Tourists For Ontario. PDr. E. H. Adams interviewed the Premier yesterday and urged that the | Government take some action to secure | for Ontario a large tourist business \from the Pan--American Exposition. The \railways should be urged to extend the stop--over privileges, which by present 'errangements are limited to three or four days ; also an extensive ciroul-- ation of literature was urged. Against Trading Stamps. A large number of business :immen,| representing the Retail Merchants' AsS-- socilations of Toronto, Ottawa, Brock-- vilie, Kingston, London, Hamilton, St. * Thomas, Brantford and other places, waited upon the Government yesterday and asked for the passing of legislation prohibiting the use of trading stamps, except in those municipalities where the Councils approved of this method of transacling business. The deputa-- tion was introduced by Mr. Graham, M.P.P., of Brockville, and the speak-- ers were:--W. B. Rogers and E. M. Trowern, Toronto; Hy. Caulfleld, R. HMarrison and H. M. Tudhope, Wood-- stock; P. B. McNamara, A. M. Pat-- terson, Thos. Nappy, Brockville; E. A. Shoebotham, T. A. Moffatt, London; J. Gilbert and T. J. Leahy, Kingston;| Mayor 8. Chant and P. L. M. Eagen, 8t. Thomas. It is probable that a; bill will be introduced leaving the mat-- ter in the hands of the municipalities. Notes. h Mr. F. N. Speller, on behalf of the« Bureau of Mines,went to Buffalo yester-- day to make arrangements for the in-- f stallation of the Ontario mineral ex-- hibit at the Pan--American 'Exposition. ' The department has been assured of splendid representative exhibits 'from the Canadian Copper Company and from Mr. Clergue's new mineral enter-- prises at the Sault. Mr. -- Standish G. O'Grady of 6 f 26 Beaconsfield avenue, _ formerly t Paymaster in 'the Provincial® Works ' Department for nearly 20 years, and ' who resigned "'three yeatrs> ago, 'died ;