WILFRID LAURIER ad very longo! ely to of the ire of or as the word, then used was "hoodie." 1 The Past session saw the Scandal turned in the direction of the Jife is a matter of public con- Some claim that it is not so as his ons do not obtrude themselves too glaringly on the public eye and do mot interfere with the administra- =f tion of the affairs of the oo ta | Others contend that a minister has as consiitniod a situation af Much HEhC to be judged by his pri 'it will be of interest 10 recite briefly the : course by the amazing di in. connection with the' : "of similar companies in the United bog. 0 iran the past (amsion the report of this commission was presented and laid on the table of the house. The evidence which had_hewn taken thrpughout the sittings of the com- mission whe well-known and widely elamour, ( ally byt Mr. Bourassa, definite charges or else their complete withdrawal. The situption becume © at ohce dramatic and tems®, Jt was' claimed: by the in- dependent press of © the country that imeither side wns desirous of a show- idown. It Was in fact strongly hint ed in the press that there was an' un- derstanding between the leaders on both sides of the house to ward' off further developments along these lines. This was, however; denied by the lead- 'ers who both claimed their willingness . Prededing 4 Pacific legislation ..was. pr 68 commented upon and it so happens operations in western lands of a number of members of parliament of the 'opposition side. involved some of the Whether justified or not, ly. contested to have the situation cleared up. In the meantime there had been a lively. debate about -the resignation of Hon. Mr. v who had gone pway sick and left his resignation be- hind him, but in such sh that: thera were doubts as to its ity. There, were rumors about him which Sic Wil, frid Laurier stated in the house jyere denied by Mr. Hyman, and. which statement was acceptable to the pre- mier. Subsequently, Mr. Fowler's threat set the house by the ears and preci | pitated the most exciting debate of the' session. The demand for gn ae- ¢ounting was received with silence hy AAT SANT OE pumber of to 'ther , Jat ing efction of old 1 , wa 'masses. love of this sort of "fuss and To. the jaded , In fact many them do not wait for the i ceremonies, but betake themselves on the first train after the | work: of the session i po There are always : the requirements gh and the familiar . scenes. are re-enacted in the o" At that hour his excellency, » Grey, attended by a moun % , drove up in state to the. main entrance of the parliament build-' ings, where a guard of honor was drawn up for the occasion.' Between the rows of saletihg militidmen © the representative of toyalty, n by his side-de-eamp and other officers, into the building and on the senate chamber, where a brilliant was in waiting. : On' this occasion Ottawa society turns out in full jorce. Officialdom aiid their wives are all' there in" full regalia. Those of the civilian class who can squeese in like to attend and watch the proceedings. Seated on the throne - in the picturesque robes of state, hig excellency was surrounded a brilliant throng of officials, mostly in their uniforms, military or state, as the case might be, all tend- ing' to make a pictaré worth gazing Then the ceremony of summoning the commoners was gone through with in which the usher of the Black Rod played his little part with dignity and grace, When the representatives of the peo- ple; were all in for the ceremony, his exeellency read the address from. the throne, In the course of the document the legislators - wero thanked: for the cartfnl attention they had givéh to ceompanied" WHERE CANADIAN LAWS ARE THE ENTIR MADE. THIS VIEW SHOWS E BUILDING FROM FRONT. PHONOGRAPH SCARES THIEV It Hoyls For Police When Flat is Invaded: : The wave of crime which has Been passing over Paris lately anll which the police seom quite powerless to prevent has caused 'tha . citizens | ta adopt various devices to protect their hontes from invasion by the Apaches: Dogs having proved utterly use more than one family has sought pro- tection by placing a stand with. a parfot or cockatoo. possessing a spe cially Jowd squawk just inside their flats--almost everyone in Paris lives in a flat. X An electrical engineer, however, has found a phonograph. the best. possible watchman. He locates. it with the the public basiness of the country { inegaphone attachment dircctedto the throughout the long 'wintér session | doar and he has wired the hall.and him, but later on an accusation wa$ | made against Hon. Mr. Emmerson hy a New Brunswick , of which Mr. {Fowler is a sharonoier. is led to {bis resignation and the institution ol libel actions against several papery which published the charges and these eeses are now subjudice. Mr. Bourassa made another effort to | have Mr. wler prove gr withdraw his 'charges, but. the speaker raed the motion out of order on a technicality. | | This only happened a few days before the departure of the premier for Eng- Iond and the resignation of Hon. Mr, Emmerson considerably cleared the political atmosphere. As has already been stated these in cidents constituted the mast exciting 'of the sdssion, compared with , which the ordinary legislation paled into in- significance. There' awere- a fow' mes: | sures carried whieh' aroused more theh passing. interest, but the session was {devoid of great' questions or debates on matters of great party policy which have in the past aroused the interest the Pacific." For instance. durine i session "the Grand Trunk Its passage was sti foot by f tion, mt fhtve' Ww; ] it in importance during ast ges- sour Debates on DA as in schools. have in the past thrilled and aroused the passions of the peo- | ple, but was never a thrill to the had the' past. gessi th... and stubborn. % th oy charge {rom the Fine,' Wome) an aft was openly made in" parliament that 'lk, one of the. malig purposes of the insti: So mu] "Sor, the mosh n! ting. tution of the commission was to rake features of foe 'session and 3 for al up material to diseredit a number of the leading members of the conserva- . Fowler, a New Brunswick member of the house, had lands in which a number of his colleagues par- ticipated. The Union Trust company of which Hon. Mr. Foster is an offi- cial was brought into it through his tive party. G initiated a deal in western company assisting in financing .a deal. the spectacular closing ceremony. To Ottawane there are two events the year which eall forth a large and in- terested crowd of spectators and their admiration for the scenes does not seem to flag. although they are pretty much the same year in, year out. 'These events are the opening and clos- ing of parliament, when the gover- |nor-general attends in state and there A gr {of the country from the Atlantic ' to'f aud for, the ample provision made for the carrying ou the ever-widening and growing heeds' of government, At the conclusion; of the speech there were formal bows and salutations,amid which the governor-general withdrew with his attending officers and thus the séesion ended. hi Art Concluding receptions were held by the 'speakers of * the senate and com-, after which. the parliament buildi were left to the evil serv- anty who look. after the red tape de- partment. -------------- PRODUCE PRICES. Wkat is Paid at the City Stores. i! Kingston, April 27.--The following prices prevailed in the city to-day : Flour and Flour, bakers; , $82 to $2.10; farmers; $2.10 & 'Ito $230; Hungarian patent, $2.30 to $2.50; oatmeal and rolled oats, $1!40 50; cornmeal, $150 to $1.65; i | to "$A. {bran, $19 40/820 a tou: shorts, $22 to a ton; straw, $6 tb .88; hay, loose 199 to $10, pressed, $12 to $14. 17%. (different grades); 1 50e; batley, 48c. to 85¢.; Eggs New laid, '17c. per doeen. G ts, 37c.; wheat, 70c. and buckwheat, peas, 5c. - Buttér--Choice, creamery, 28e. a Ib; farmers' butter, in prints, 26c. a Ib.; packed, 24¢.; rolls, 24c. Neat--DBeel, carcase, $7.50 to $8.50 a ewts; choos, cats, 12¢: to 158. per lb; pork, ¥10 to $11 a cwt.; veal, by the quarter, 5c. to 8c. per lb.; cuts, 6c. to 10¢.; by the carcase, ¢. to 7c. ib.; cutlets, - 124c.; hogs, live Bol ry $ cwb.; carcase, $9 to $10 per ewt.; + per cuts, 12je. to 15c. a Ib; lamb, by $rout, 1%4c. a lb; a Ib.; pike, 10¢ fmon., 30c. a smelts, 2c, a f.: kippered hefring, Yatmouth bloaters, 40c. a loz; At- lantic salmon, 30c. a Ib.; salt sodigh, oO 3 406., 50c. and 60c. per qt.; bluchish, 15¢. a Ib.; utiertial, 15c. a Ib.; lake herring, 10e. a hh. Poultry--Chickens, 75¢. to $1.25 per pair; turkeys, $1 to $2 each. Fruit--Lemons, 25c. to 30c. a doz; oranges, 30c. to 60c. per doz; banan- as, 20¢. to 25c. a 'doz.; Malaga grapes, 15¢. to '2e. per Ib. - Vegetables--Potatoes, 60c. to 70, bushel; new cabbage, 5c. to 10c. a head; celery, Be. a head, or 80c. a oz.; parsnips, 25. ; turnips, 15¢c. peck; beets, 20¢ ek; _-- 6c] Beef hides, No.4), Se. per Ib. No. 2, and bulls, 7c. per 1b; freshly taken off, $1 skins, 10c, 1b; dairy | rendered tallow, '54e. eet Sh bg » al rye, 50c.; | arranged batteries so that the mo- ment the door is opened! three inches the phonograph gets intg action. i It begins to hellow "Police !- Help ! Murder ! Thieves !"" and it keeps it up until he gets out of bed and turns off the current. His fiat is well frnished "with plate dnd other Talat several of- tempts have been Willie to rob it, byt no * thievks have"' Yet withstood the phonograph bombardment so quickly that thik a Divorce At Home. 4 A little while ago a Chicago society woman, to relieve the monotony _of teas, receptions and bridge whist par ties, hit upon' the idea of a divoree pe- ception. She chose the anniversary Joi Ker own divorce for the occasion, and Ber guests were all divorced people. r even invited her own divorced hus- md. It was voted a great novelty. e have had stories of doll parties; cat parties, monkey receptions, dinners on horseback, and man ts bi queer functions, but a F man has beat them all by giving RR ateen tion tea. Ind the little town of Dun- Kirk, near Paris, there was a deal of smallpox, and the doctors con- siderable trouble get{ing the f#8hion- gble people to Vacoipated. One physician was helped out by a pro- minent society leader. She issued in- vitations to a tea. . Her-promivence made such invitations prized and all were accepted. Not until, the guests had assembled did any of them under- stand what . was meant by the little word, vaccinera, printed. in a pofrer of the invitation. There were three phys- itians on hand with implements and tubes, . The hostess bared her arm, and smilingly told het guests to do the same, that they were all to be vaccin- ated. The . worlyy, mps expeditiously done, everybodv present submitting, and all making a great joke of the al- fair, The event is'said' to hate'sét the fashion for Paris, and now "five o'clock vaccing" ape the mode. "tism began. sciatica. MARRIAGE MEDALS, Which May Be Given in Lieu of a Gift New York, Apri --Easter wed dings have t year an element of povelty so far as the presents are Boncerned, which the talent of 5 French medallist pow in this country bik my possible. The wedding medal has just bo Ket by a firm of Fifth a rs, and at many of the rigges there AS gift on the table co tis usnally. gi y the bridegroom to the bride, or by the bride to her hus band, although it may be presented hy any friend or relative in lieu of an ordinary gift. : ariage medals are made of wl are about two inches in On one side is a pair of figures in' classical fashion, and on the other is a wreath of laurel bear- ing the words, 'Souvenir de riage,"" and after that are the names of the contracting parties with the date and the words "Prosperite™ amd "Bonheur." The silver is frosted and the workmanship of the medalliogs exquisitely fin THREE YEARS TO FORGET. nue jew spring mar- n such a Before the Journeyman Cutter Can Learn the Semi-ready System. The - head-cutter ¢f the Semi-ready tailoring establishment in Montreal, says that a really first-class cutter, who has become expert in either cus- tom tailoring or ready-made clothing shops can learn the Semi-ready sys- tem 'in three years. "It takes the greater part of that time for them to forget the - obsolete methods', whic they have learned in these place he says. The Semi-ready system is so / utterly difierent from the methods which pre- vailed for centuries that it is oftener easier to teach 'dm 'Apprentice than it is to eorrect the erronebus ideas of the man who ia "'set". in his wrong ideas. The H. D. Bibby Co., 78-80-52 Princess street. BRAVERY OF POLICEMAN. Families in Peril in Apartment New York, April: believed to be of incondiary origin, imperilled the lives of 'twenty famifics and badly damaged . a five-storgy flat house in East One Hundred amd Fifty-sixth street, yesterday. ° But for' the bravery of policeman Abbott and Beltin loss of ljle would have resulted, as the flames spread with great rapidity, and cut off the mane of escape." The policemen ran through the house arousing the occu pants, and then befowe* the firemen rescued from the windows a dozen persons. " The police are searthing for two men who were seen to teave the build ed. Rheumatism Always Yields Any di e must yield when we can find and remove the.cause. The cause of rheumatism is uric acid in the blood. If this poison is remot- ed it is impossible for any symptous of the disease to remain. Dr. - Hall's Rheumatic Cure always neutralizes and expels this acid. It does even more, for it enriches the blood and restores the normal activi of all the vital organs. : It leaves the system in better - con- dition than it was befope the rheuma- A positive cure also for Price 0c. Ten days' treat- ment, At Wade's drug store. The people of Germany and Belgium are. the greatest potato eators; * consumption in these countries : nually exceeds 1,000 pounds per head of population. Japanese women are almost wholly vegetarians. Bold in the put on fhe mar BGuwiligh : . * . . Miss Etta Kirkpatrick ca ht Charles Abbott's bom Ww threw it am the girls for luck, Wednesday, afterwards the b ful, sheaf of white roses and lilies the valley" was taken to hten, its fragrance, the home of le the some time beloved 0 Junior Woman's auxiliary, of the Gad ul lw , an Sr fanization whieh Miss Frances Macaulay for some years the cathedral superintendent. Sk The Badminton (lab will soon play for the season, and the majori the members will devote themselv gol for the summer. The Co Club, with its capital arrangen for tem every afternoon, promises be a very popular spot. . Mrs. Frederick Mahood, Brock st rave a little tea, on Thursday honor of Mrs. George Eade, Sr., the Misses Eade. * ta = Mre. James Leslie, Brock street ss at a small tea, yesterday, :. Eade and her daughters as g of honor, a ° ee rthur Evans was per to remain over till to-day, when leit for Montreal. Her old fri have enjoyed her visit very mach. Mrs. Arthur Matheson and emall daughter will come in "Hazeldell," on Monday, and wi en pension with Miss Anderson Wellington strect for a week or sc going to Vancouver for the Herbert Horsey is exp home from her trip to the ( shortly, and will be with . Cooke, at "Hazeldell . and Mrs. William H funeral and cov Haumiltor the double son's aunt and Mrs. Francis ronto. Mrs. Robert Forbes, of Strat who has been visiting her cousin, Elmer Davis, Sydenham street turned -to her home vesterduny. . . - - There was the pleasantest of ies at the Adelaide Ritchie as g of honor. Covers were laid for end the number was made up by Cappon, Mrs. W. B. S *, Strange, Mrs. Arthur M Francis Macnee and Mrs. Hc Folger." Four of the bridge play the party stayed for a game wards. - . - . Mrs. W. D. Gordon, King street. ed. a'number of girls to tea, yeste to meet Miss Edith Drury and $i: SPEReEBRRRER 2 |||» | +