The | © ily YEAR 79 -NO, 57 ISTRESS NOW TO ALL PARTS OF ISLES ---- ---------------------- British Poor Burn Belongings ¢ to Keep Warm. es | m-- PINCH OF STARVATION SERIOUSLY FELT IN ENGLAND'S COAL STRIKE: Fromier Asquith is-Brioging Presse ure to Besar on Miners' Council to Get Them to Minimum Wage Scale Bill London, March sure wos brought mem Lers of the miners yesterday to persunde them to aceept the ernment that wage scale bill will be exll off the strike. The sitnation so peute that the members promised serioisly to consider the latest pro nises of the government especially when they were accompanied rough draft of the tl which expected be parliament evening it froval of In Pair tions Accept Enormous te pres y bear on council gov. minimugn to assurances i passed by it was introduced in This mens with the ap | would Last ure wits sad, meets of the union leaders government is have all the at issué submitted to Askwith for settlement. At the request of the premier, mem- bers of the miners conferred with Nr. off ee on Downing many addition the earncstly to strive pues Su George council in his the after executive As uith stréat in The premier again promisad the men that he would foree a mini wan wage seale, bill through parlia- ment if they would (declare the strike off and order the men back to He appealed to them on patriotism, and told them entire country is well-nigh defeneeless Leoavsy of lack of fuel. In addition he pide it plain that he was cerlain, if the strike is declared off and the men go baek to work, they will gain evervihing they have demanded of the employers, The men listohed careful lv te the premier, and general cigs ston of the points sfill at issae followed, If possible, the premier wil try do bring the men and the opurators together again this even ing, He also showed the miners a completed denft of the minimum wage hill. The pressive to settle the strike is not confined, so far as the miners' union is coneerned, to official circles. Hig boards of various industries have added tho influence. This is due to the great drain on their resources from their membership now out of work. Thousands of pounds are already be ing paid in "idle benefits' to men whose places of employment have been closed down through lack of | fuel, (Mlicers of national bodies of} thes) organizations are urging mars to acoept anything that promises "peace with honor," nOON, work, of the grounds that a | Naw Families Without Fuel. | Meanwhile the price of food contin ues to advance with the quantity for | sale being steadily reduced. Hundreds | of families in the slums of the big, sities arc without fuel and in some in| stances have been compelled to buen | their belongings to keep warm. i At Fywenstie nearly every industry | has beeh compelled to close because | of the strike. There is no fuel for heating purposes and the suffering i= very great. Many stores have been compelled to close because their stocks were exhausted and there was no way of replenishing them because railway froight traflie is at a standstill. At Aldershot's great military bar: racks they are absolutely without heat because. of the strike, There's much complaint among the soldiers. Business in Scotland is paralyzed. Shipping i= at a standstill so far as the coastwise trallic is concerned, Lin- ers are kept running because they ave able to eall at their ports, but the great fleet of steam trawlers which has headquarters at Glasgow is lying at anchor, their owners being unable to get coal to operate them. Only a few passenger trains are run- ning on railways of Scotland. ~~ The prive of food is going vy und in Mig ith uthorities ave already arvang- ip bry open schools and chnrch- eu, 08 well as public buildings to house poor who are suffering greatly from cold, : The continued meetings of the dispu- tants in the coal trade war are inter proted as indicating a growing desire of hoth parties to find a way out of the difficalty. : ' Appeals to the King. Tandon; March 7~The Londod - Ex- press, an influential morning paper; is out with an appeal to King George to take a hand in the negoti- ations. of the settlement of the coal strike find save the nation from an im ter. The Express says that while it may be asserted that vn- der the British constitution the king governs snly through his elected ad- visors, the fact remains that the king is father of his y and in A na tional ¢ use his great influ: Re ies. calls upon i his eabinet to stand aide majesty to use st Millions of dollars are be- Customs Control Might Mean Val point of view, the strength of the case put considerable section of the home KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH EXTENDS wen -- me TAFT PREPARES FOR TRIP He Will Make No Direct Reply Roosevelt. ! Washington, March President aft's trip through Northern Ubio and} to Chicago will be one of the busiest | the president has taken in months. Re publican leaders also believe it will be most upportant. No direct reply. to Col. Roosevelt's Columbus speech will be made by the president nor will he go inmtd person- alities. He will have many opportun- ties to make politieal speeches, how-} ever, and ic was the general betef to day that he would accept them The president will leave Washington Thursday might, reaching Toledo Fri- day afternoon, after a- daylight ride through Eastern and Northern Uhiog that may have an opportunity to make some rear-platforms speeches. He has| three epgagemenis in Toledo, n recep { tion of business men, a banquet given the Commerce Club, and an address to a public meeting in the Coliseum Leaving Toledo Friday night, the pre sident 18 due in Chicago early Satur day. On that day he has eight en gagements Mr. Taft will Chi- cago for Washington Sunday to, ing lost daily. Every day forces more railways and factories to close up. " Thera was another futile conference of the cabinet this morning, It is freely predicted that the strike will last fortnight vet, and this would tarible consequences, PROTESTS AT ABOLISHING CLOSE SEASONS FOR GAME, a mean v Superintendent ie Makes Annual port, #e Toronto, March A protest at the action of the department of marin and fisheries at Ottawa in abolishing the close seasons for certain game and fish in the last few years is contained in the annual report of the game and fisheries report of Ontario, which was tabled in the legislature "There is urgent necessity," Uinsley, superintendent of game gnd sigheries, "if the fisheries of the pro- Winee are to be perpetuated, for the re noval at ence and for all time of all nterference during the closé seasons ith nature's perfect plan of reproduc tion, from whatever it eman ites. Close seasons should be applica le to the whole province, and n, con dition or exigency should be an x 'use for encroaching on the inadequate close seasons provided for hy the pres ent regulations." WARSHIP OR NORTH SEA. tye i i | leave BRITISH ARMY HAS THE BEST WEAPONS Colonel Seely's knswer To Col! Hughes Criticism in British House. M } 7 \ when, defending says 1 source e British { | weapons was | ) ' J.ondon, wreh sol dier's of noted in @ omImons, i yesterday, the id wh atiack Gn i Seely ! f { army's eqipment, Col $ Aalser Follows "England's Prudent Lead" and Sends Fleet. March The Rundschan announces that (riiser fleet of six small ships fom Dreadnaughts are to be transferred in April from Kiel to Wilhelmshaff, will be permanently stationed in Nerth Sea. irmedd than the horse "our hett In Sou which | a Man belies range rifle, i ad contin African kille ser hallet. would kill Of the Brita tage, rapidity a alone ay n a Diam a Berlin, 7. I'aegliche at 340 yards hulle he Little loner il points inh a overwhelmino was 1 i" . (har Ss, 1, and fione, fed i and $ the The journal expl: Pus that the has nothing to do with Anglo-German relations, declaring that Germany following lead in concentrating strength vaters 'under prudent assumption that in the I the future the most important de cisions will fall in the North Sea." A NEW POINT RAISED IN HOME RULE CASE h tory, the mo ones, accuracy, one t ds point, con transter fo otraie fed would « . t ATI Idi give i Linge England's her is only ' "Bother that test," | fv it | say naval if thy WArs trajectory; the rif! the me shiest British ' fa le did. in these rnd gnd if ! shoots That wit * ---- STOTT WAS HANGED. | SE { Syracuse Man Pays Penalty for Mur | der ¢f Woman. i Harrisburg, Pa, March 7. Declaring that he had nade his peace and that | he was ready to die, John A. Stott, | today paid with his life for the mur- der of Mrs. Blanche Taylor, with whom fie was infatuated. The young man! was hanged in the jailyard by Sherifi | Wells vesterday, and was declared dead | fourteen minutes later. | Mrs. Sarah A, Stott, aged mother of | the boy, or Syracuse, N.Y given | charge of the body, which was taken wr Sywacuse for burial, A fund of 8000 was vaised liere and in Svricuse| to ennble the grief stricken woman to | take her son's body home with p | { uable Arrangement With the United States. London, March From 7.~The Times says : the home rule and nationalists' was forward by a certain section of Irishmen is not fully realized yet by a rule party. Ome of the chief reasons why ontrol of the customs is desired by many frishmen, is in order that the Irish phrliament may enter into tariff arrangements with the United States. t is stated that Irish farmers could double the value of their land, if they ¢ould get free entry into Boston and York for Irish potatoes, onions, hated hay, and mackerel, "H the Irish parliament had a right to bargain, it 13 argued that they maize, and bacon on the free list, in exchange for the free listing of Irish potatoes, onions, rye and it is claim: ed that the Irish parliament could get strong support for such arrangements from the lrish in the United States who would be prepared lo put pressure on their congressmen in Washington." Sherifi Wells, who sprang the contributed $5 to this fund, RACED WITH A TRAIN, : Killed, North Bay, death occured on the C.P.R., west 'artier, when the bound express policed a man driving! a dog team the rails. He whistled a warning, thinking the man would leave the track. Instead of dos | ing the musher. whipped up his dogs and continued on his way. The | train was going al a good rate of! speed and could not » stopped in time to prevent striking the outfit The man jumped from the, rails gust] in time to save life and took to | the hush, but nstanily killed. of | engineer of a west bet ween 80, Japan's Navy Has Ships. his Tokid, March The Japanese ad- mirally has just submitted Lo the diet a return showing the strength of the navy, According to this the Japanese navy to-day comprises six ty-two ships, with an agevegate ton nage of 450,655. Iucluding vessels to be built the Japanese navy con: sists of seventy-three vessels, wilh an aggregate tonnage of 617.5350. AN IMAGINARY TRAIN CAUSED HIS DEATH A GIR. Engineer Saw 2 Head light and Fancied it Was Sherbrooke, March 7.--Under the im- pression that the epgine which was sidetracked to allow his train to pass was moving towards him, Engineer Seymour sprang to death on the Grand Trunk line near here Wednesday morning. Ruphing east and west through a thick. mist, Seymour saw a headlight in front of him, and, cheated into the belief that & head-on collision wasithe colonial office when he was min-| imminent, reversed his engine; land leap- ister of justice at Ottawa be publish- od, falling under the wheels and dying od. : almost instantly, tp _ Winnepeg Telephone Rates. Winnipeg, March 7.--The advunes of ons-third in telephone rates in Winajpeg may not be enforced. The - the dogs were 7 Manitoba Hedges on Ne Temere. | Ottawa, March 7.--That the province | lof Manitoba bas no desire to be re | presented before the supreme priv vi council on the ne temere case; is the tenor of the communication received hy Hom. C. J. Doherty, minister of justice, from the provineial govern ment. The other provinces of the do- iminion have already made application to the minisier for permission to be! represented before the privy couneil | when the slated case on the ne temere decree is to be pleaded, and it is un- derstood (hat nll the provinces have] already selected their counsel except| Manitoba, which has no wish to send | counsel to Loadon. : To Publish Blake's Papers. Toronto, March 7.~Under the will! of the late Hon. Edward Blake, which' will: probably be filled for probaie in| a week's time, Prof. George M. Wrong, of the University of Toronto, and Samuel V. Blake, of London, Fng., have been appointed literary exefu- tors of Hon. Edward Blake's papers, The will provides that the speeches, | doenments, and dispatches to} » Governor Foss Sees Richeson. | Poston, March T.--Ularenee V. 7T Richeson had a brief conlerence in the Charles street jail, yesterday, with | ernor Foss and eight members of roval commission appointed to inves oe council which aloe can tigate the Manitoba government tele-iorevent the former elergyman's eve phones has issued an interim veportiontion for the murder of Avis Lin without giving any impression as tolpsll. Richeson made no plea lor the result of the investigation. commutation, Woman to be Flectrocuted. Plymouth," Mass, March 7.--For the! x War to the Knife. London, Marek 7. "From vow on } scliool, LGERMAN PULPWOOD ATTIT ih Prussian voved that ties, of | Sweden | Victoria school, while plaving during {could effect thy western school {recess hour in the : hair pin thrauseh brake off, condition, MRS. GEORGE 1. HAM (Goes to Mexico City to Her|tion o at . | has gone from her home, Rose Hedge, Nan Escaped, But His Dogs Were | Whittier, California, that shé mo be fwith her {loner of the Mexican government. out of his connection with the United Le Devoir discusses the repeal on the 7. 192 ISSUE MIGHT WRECK BORDEN ---- Hochelaga Member Thinks Manitoba Catholics Should be Satisfied. Montreal, March "Uf the French conservatives were to separate them selves from Premier Borden, 1 do not think he would be able to carry the goverment; bence an appeal the people during which we would swept out of political existenbe," ix the way Louis Coderre, conservative M.P. for Hochelaga, views the atti tude of several members from his province Mr. Coderre said: "Il consider as ve the attacks of several friends of the government for no man should be condemned before heard in his own defence, My opinion ix that, in trying to save 169 Catho hes in Keewatin, ten of whom arc French-Canadians, we lose the good- will of the Roblin government, cised for the bepefit of 280.000 Catho ties the provinee of Manitoba. 15 but one school in Kee: watin, frequented by thirty pupils, of Roman Catholies, and this school received $25 from the Laurier government ons condition that the nat. be Catholic, it he | of be love five on to be Boundaries' Bil. CHARGE OF LAVERGNE THAT WATIONALIST MINISTERS unjust being exer. in ""f here Lavergne to Run Keetwatin assa Active. allenge Lesperance ontmagny on the ten Issue--He and Bour- whom Aare Special to the Whig Montreal, March rb ie t school should Is, ~That a'igiant against the Mani mn progress , jorganization by the nationplsists is re , Iported to-day. While no definite de- by | tails are given, reporis eminating from * Huehe to the that the Bour- {assa-Lavergne shows signs of with the hee Little of 3 de vet been stated by Powerful | the nationalist leaders as to the course but it is under moves on their the holding of {hig publie demonstration against worth while, . that and we should o risk M: enjoy, n ation boundaries biil raise i! erie flame taki {toba nitoba and which one do ne 8 " g rom i ol tholies of thes e-Gpen 108 re-oj closed helieve school tion, was Chie a it are effect wortt camp - rae activity mn cannection watin school situation Lnate nature has Minister Secs | they Weapons Turned HM Iie Prussian Het the of Iavored mean to d of t {programme will be pursue, } Against U.S. Bet » | SLOC ang hirst erin reh d. min Clemens Del h Canadian a the { Manitoba boundaries bill and the posi Yer | tion adopted by the French<Canadian ol | portiolio holders at Ottawa. I Armand Lavergne, asked Fv 1his opinion of the "attitude of Messrs lat Monk, Pelletier and Nantel, the n the Borden cabinet, they ster of interior, rueck, erred speaking in Reite { defeat Woeit d i ia in regavd to wid the position #09 He ng wood pulp while reserv- the most ropean P . when an te said that Germany, the delimition of for | |tionalists tlso tor other nations which Fei . na nation datse a in de- nd ared that n their arguments as to the 1575 sep } were merely quibbling not adopt a special dell find other would be useful in American thon ol possibili the maght rate school {effect concern-§ "It Want I" Mx ! with jers him lation not having any wh the ng wood pulp now in progress he continued, had a power in her treaties wd ddapan, the benefits would be abl States Keewatin aN find a Pep a portfolio," Bourges; the the opposition surrounded on {foot wall of case mn negotiations is when he saving nothing legisiatiy og flaw 1 XK vou sand. Call find leader's office, sides by a three of the revised . {statutes of Canada, The familiar clay Schoolgirl Fell on Hairpin, pipe is full blast, and the little Mareh Dora | chief is intent on the chase after a fourteen-yoar-old pupil of | piece of legigintion that ever did to to wrmany, A is ul weapon new a building ol in which she to United to refuse three he volumes goin Saskatoon, Coglan, Sask, 2 every or ques whool yard, slip- [on i square-shaped | "1 have nothing to say vet, he said hea skull, where it {"PerMipe to-morrow." This is the ex BOW in @ precarions | tent of his communicativeness. ut rumors busy i tionahst Une that Mr 18 lenge Mr. Lesperance ped, and fell forciog Shey as the na story has i going to chal to resign, and make a fight again in Montmagny on the Keewdtin Another is that a general campaign will be inadygurated for the organiza deputaiions and represcnta to th French-Canadian ters tolling them that they must adopt a firm behalf of schools, out the are leaders, as Lavergne issue IS A BRAVE WOMAN { | tions minis Banker Husband Held Prisoner. Los Angeles, Cal, March ing dangers from which are fleeing, Mrs, George | stand separate next ot | i i } ol at elec tions 3 ' rav- strong men Ham again DIED IN A CABOOSE. Seized With Cramps, R. Johnston, of Lansdowne Sucenmbed. Pelleville, March 7.--Roland Johns of Lansdowne, Ont., aged fort: vears," died early yesterday jing the eaboose of a Grand Trunk freight train in the Belleville i Johnston, in company with W. D | Vanderberg, of Sirand River, Alta, ishipped in partnership a carload of {he for the ingen, from rode tion, | felieves, | March 7.--A race with | in peril, because of the revolution in | husband, whe, she Mexico and the increasing go Americans, Mr. Ham is in Mexico eity, a pris He held more than three years without a triad on charges growing hostility | (on, oainst {hive morn in var has been States Banking Co. It is alleged by severa, Americans who are interested in the ease, that Mr. Ham has been promised his free dom if leave. Mexico and make to regain his per sonal this he has stead ily It is alleged by several Americans ane that the failure of the United States Banking Co. waa desir ed by influential Mexicans, whe ented the fact that a foreigner trolled the foreign exchange in eity of Mexico. Fuesday after Lansdowne in the cur as far west as Kings where out and vent into ithe caboose to get warm At Napanee {he complainad of suffering irom cramps tand at DPelleville Iworse that a physician | When the latter mat dead. recs west, Johnston he got w ould no attempt fortune, but refused to do. he much was called at 6.30 the failure was {the cause. Coroner Dr. Yeomans, after | hearing the statements of witnesses, deemed an njuest unnecessary. The re | minins will be shipped to his former home. ji Lotil a year ago deceased was Old-Fashioned Suske Hunt. gaged in farming near Lansdowne. Byfield, Mass, March 7.--This town [Since then he had lived in the village i preparing for a good old fashioned {He was unovarried, and leaves one snake Runt. In years gone by it was brother, John, of California, and two the custom of the inhabitants to set sisters, Mrs. John Websh, of Land aside one day each year for killing the {dawne, and Mrs, James Cooke, of Tro obnoxious black snakes, which thrive quoi in te woods round about. Of receut vears this practice has been neglected and the svakes have grown numerons and bold. On April 1, when the warm spring sunshive attracts the hibernat- ing reptiles from their hiding places, the men from the entire country side will be on hand, anned and remy to give them battle. » LE DEVOIR'S VIEW OF NAVAL ACT REPEAL Premier Borden's Response Tardy But He Was Finally Compelled to Yield. Montreal, March 7.--In an editorial | seemed so arrived Heart ers was re con the en APPEALED TO SUFFRAGETTES. Emigration Agent Displayed Placard on His Plate Glass. London, March 7.--Anr emigration agency in Whitehall displayed a no- tice in the window during riot, "Ihe Passover. We are sending peopls where women votes. Avenging "angels, please pass and leave theses windows unbroken." GENERAL KITCHENER DEAD At Bermuda, For Appendicitis. Hamilton, Bermuda, March 7.--Liea- tenant-General Sir Frederick Ritchen- brother of naval act. At the outset it says that Mr. Borden's response to their re! peated demands for. the repeal of the | act has heen somewhat tardy in com- ng, but he was Sually obliged to! vield. Since the govermment found the | for apuendicitic. He had a distinguish- ed military carver, -- Irish Potatoes. We have received one car of Irish po that it should be wiped from the st tute books. : Sponge bargains. "Gibson's. first time in all women who break ihe law will he treated the same gu swety a y - 5 8 + o,' ri 3 poi the Low plang of After © an #nalysig of the various clauses 'of the bill, the mrticle con- dudes by saving that in future war} fares. wo should concentrate cur of 8 on. the 'defence ' To ons, Prevost, Brock street, is ha BIG DEMONSTRATION IS BEING ORGANIZED By Nationalists Against the the last busy have over, either accidently or designedly, Following Operation er, commander-in-chief of Bermuda and Lord Kitchener, died here ithis merping, following an opération law a had one, it was only logical tatoes. the first that ever came to this h y city, The quality is fine. J. Crawford. make yoom for spring .importa- LASI EDITION . min WEATHER Toronto, (Miawa Valley was cloudy March and Tth Upper St iy to-day, loeal snow 10 am em Lawrente Friday falis with Hght ABO Add SL ASHING ARRAIMGNMENT, Of Hon. Mr. Pelletier Made by Hon, Mr, Lemienx. March 7.--It rarely falls to of a minister of the crown to get such a public gruelling as lon Mr. Lemieux administered to the post master-general in the course of the de bate yesterday afternoon. It was the funeral sermon on the insidious meth: ods utilized by Hon. Mr. Pelletier dur ing the election campaign. to inflame passion and prejudice, and the opin ion was prevalent among the Quebéc members last night that the obsequies will likewise embrace the political corpse of the postmaster-general. The debate of the two davs has been the calminating exposure of the govern ment's insineerity in appealing to ra cial and religious prejudices both in Ontario and Quebec f vears past After the vote the committee upon the three amendments Hon. Dr. Pugsley, providing that the financial terms whall into operation till they have heen approved w a conference of the provincial pre miers; by Mr. Guthrie, striking out the retroactive payments and prov ding the commencement this vear, and by Mr Mondou. adding as a new lause that "nothing in this act shall arejudice or affect rights n ed bv the people of the territory; do he added to Manitoba.' MAJORITY OF Government Votes Rowell's Resolution. March resolution W calling ' (Mtawa, the lot { ALL THAT IS NEWEST AND | SMARTEST IN VEILINGS. house nll went lo Notice of were given By not come THE STORY of the New Veils includes the telling of something novel and ap- preciable of a Veil that comes in the palest shade of pink and throws a faint peach-like glow over the face- ing production, very for actually a4 most becom- 0 IN FISH NET Veilings 1s a host of new patterns. the newest are FIFTY. . # Two of Whitney Down | | ' I x MAGPIE, showing a ground with black and the white patterning, 7 vote of 7 Fovonto, the Aavs ago by n introduced, Rowell, K.( op upon the gov ernment to protest against the Man i toba | to 23 Om N position leader JACKDAW, showing a hlack declare | ground with white patterning. boundary settlement and < for a larger share of X Keewatin, ture R. R with the ed. Allan SOUTH POLE REACHED BY CAPTAIN SCOTT A Britisher Has Discovered It Norwegian Explerer Admits Scott's Success. Eng., March Despatches , Zealund to the bxpress, 10 {4g that Capt the | explorer, 1e x the territory rejected in the and the amendment expressing of w legisla as ' 3 3 ; NG i nti; sa THIS SHOWING INCLUDER he new shadow, Tuxedo und Lace Vellings that are found to suit the most fastidious. of { f satisfaction accept the Cramey boundary settlement, Studholme voled with MOURNING Individual Vells VEILING and THE SPRING TIME winds will soon he a-blowing., The matter of Veils is one that; calls for present attention. Your inspection cordially fn- vited STEACY'S The Store of Satisfaction, London, 7 New night, say Norwegian with Capt. Seott Pole, ad that ad and discovered from Amundsen, who was racing | \ for the South | has reached | $ that lq it. | ' Rs 1 mits =cott the pole, apd himself has Amunden make Nothing Reott I'he LE failed to been heard directly from | {$ his been " bedhead dh ddd of keenest the five different the South Pol rival Hob the that successful, has [apt Amundsen | close pers | before they j South Pole {each to pursue his interest exe of to atign Amundsen' pickly Seott hagl been | i Capt { hey ed strivings explorers nationalities { MARRIED. the apt fall nr BLAND-M() My 8 residence of Wellington March 6th, Corpl, J, BOC HA, at art wg n bad ramor tam mncren the suspense nd are | met { for the | parted, | mal friends started and just the race they they when DIED. tor NAY, wished March? Sth, Turpin, aged 2% ® TURPIN 1912 ench other regarding discovery Pole terrors Excitement Fo the shadowed Fhe the from the Wellington, the liance has heard It 18 however, way, of Sout i Friday morn from his 2 Main Street, athedral, whers a mass will be sang of his soul Friends anves are respectfully attend, ROBERT J. RNID, The Undertaker, "Phone 577. Princess JAMES REID The Old Firm of Undert wR. nee, 254 and 254 PRINCESS Phone 147 for Ambuls: BLACK WALNUT CHAIRS, Twelve of these styles. A rare kind O the other at $36. The "Phone 108. PURE HONEY BOP RRA In the Comb, 18¢ and 20c per see~ tion, EXTRACTED. 2121 Palls ... ...... 85c. 5 Ib. Pails... sevess BBe, 10 Ib. Pails vaeess $1.25 201b. Pails ... +s ..... $240 Jas. Redden & Co. New Sight for Ross Rifle. March 7-The Dominion Rifle Association Secretary expats ino few days Lo receive a pew sight for at tachment to the Ross rifle, which will combe, K.C. Argument upon the mer-| Overcome the NRA, objections to its will take place subsequently at {the Canadians - at Bisley They are whatever date the court may fix, but|™ade by the Biemingham Smallarms it will likely be delaved for a few company, aml approved by the NRA. weeks to pegmit the preparation of | Be DEA. will have it tewied beforw argument. {giving sa opition. It ix understood The minister of justice has received | the sight fits along the side of the bu a request from Bishop Farthing, of [79 of the rifle, doing away with the Montreal, that he be permitted to nom. objeciion of a sight on top. x {inate counsel to watch the came. His! 2 lordehip has Geen advised that the] George W. Burtem, of final gosatamen. hus a objections, but the | medicine, snd Me. Hubbell, BA. i will be a may, [Phuredaty for New York, to {ter for the courts to determine, on hospital esawrnations, a conl strike | ' still further despatch Express New Express th here. except is 1 news ation | wi | ol conhrm sorrespaondent 3 Zealand. The oditor | places absolute Mrs her significant, Nor Capt of re on e despatch Seott nothing regarded that King Haakon, of heavd nothing from Amundsen regarding his trip from here husband as hua THE MARRIAGE CASE FIXED FOR MONDAY It Will Be Brought by the Govern- ment Before the Supreme Court. Ottawa, March 7.---The government has appointed 1. F. Hellmuth, K.( of Toronto, as English-speaking coun sel to present the provincial side of the argument in the reference to the supreme couri respeeting the power of parliament to enget a federal mar riage law such as the Lancaster } Mr. Hellmuth's selection completes tha list of counsel to be engaged at the thearing. He will be associated with ¥ D. Migneauit, of Montreal. The econ tention that the mactwent of a fed eral marriage law lies within the legis lative power of the dominion parlia- ment will be argued by Wa Nes bitt, K.C., of Toranto, and Eugeny Ly fleur, K.C., of Mosireal It is intended to submit the ue tions involved in the reference t,, the supreme court next Monday, This will be done by ibe minister of justice per sonally or by his deputy, L. T. New: nil ~ Ottawa, >