WILL INVOLVE BIG | = for and Queen of England's Tour. ] . 23.--Here are some ing details of a Royal visit ie King and Queen are go- of 3 0 an : Hteell 1 i one, the oilien emperor ith him, for instance, fifteen inks of clothes only. When 'on a military tour of inspee- said to need seventeen uni- on a visit of state tra- an enormous supply of as well as the official Sing Qeorun and take to y these gifts are chosen ns "a8 possible from home pro- for instante, dimer wérvices t be taken, n 'Derby, Min- of Irish laces of very fine ; gifts are, of course, f e cases and tre] ¢ personal supervision , chor Between now and April , when the state visit to France plies, Nere is plenty of work Sot through and many people reign announcement of thes visit of d King and Queen to Paris re- | one that such an event has not fl since the time when Eng- ings eounted France among jr dominions or when they went 0 exile there. Eveh to find an in- where an English sovereign her dSovéign paid & state visit hte 'we have: " go back to when Queen Victoria and Albert paid a return visit to on III, who had visited Eng- jl four months before. - That visit § not popular with the democracy country, which could never stoficile itself to the cotip d'etat of then there have been re- visits to France, first pen. Victoria and then of King d, but each tinie unaccom- by thelr consofis. It is strange to remember that hostess who. welcomed Queen ria and her husband to Paris ptill alive -and in England. The I 8 Eugenie had then only beeh ; d to Napoleon two and a half ars and was in the full bloom of b¢ beauty. Barely two weeks after | Epglish visit the attempt of orl to assassinate the emperor made, the second within a year. The Dark Ages at Ottawa Free Press. ing the Laurier empire came to We have the dark ages at awa. Sure are the young bar- at pl W. T. White, a i | of high fin. arrived. Rogers, the Hun, jg from the northern steppes, a The Franks, (fom Quebec, ed on the postoffice aad inland mue. ¢ Varlons vandals came. | provinces were all_overrun. barbarized workeJand tail- denda, stands the N. R., a t, so far as Sir Wil- "enrried it, like & grand old Ro- aqueduct, built to last forever. A conference representing leading pinations has endorsed Dr. 's plan for religious instruction schools. Ze ER! ER RETURNS FROM THE V EST i, You Krov ¥ TH AIRS 50 PRY out West ONE DOESNT NOTICE TH' CLD é DEATH 0 or MISS F ANNON Lady Had Been Priest's Housekeeper for Many Years Cornwall, Feb. Miss Mar- favet Fanonon, aun old ~ resident of Cornwall, passed away at the Hotel Dieu hospital, at the age of eighty years. The deceased formerly lived at Brewer's Mills and Kingston, but come to Cornwall many years ago with the late Rev. Father Desaun- bac, parish priest of the Church of the Nativity, for wliom she acted as housekeeper up to the time of his death. She had since made her home at the {Hotel Dieu. A broth- or, James Fannon, 38 Hickson street, Toronto, attended the funeral, which took place on Saturday morning te St. Columban's church and vault. Aa -- Woman Socialist Sentenced Frankfort-on-the-Main, © Germany, Fob. 23.--~Rosa Luxemburg, of Ber- In, one of the leaders of the ultra radical wing of the German secial- ists, was sentenced here to a year's imprisonment. She was convicted on a charge of Inciting to disobedi- ence of the laws. The charge was bared on two inflammatory speeches made by the prisoner. an A ------------------ Second Offer Made Perth, Feb. ~C. F. Stone, pro- prietor of the Expositor, who refused an appointment in the inland rev enue & year ago, has again. been of- fered a deputy ecollectorship, Class B, in the Perth office. o9 The North Atlantic steamship rate war is to be settle. FIFTH LANARK MINIS ER Hor. Preston Ran Against Haggart Feb. 23.-~The appointinent of Dr. R. F. Presten, M.P.P. for North Lanark, as minister without portfolio in Premier Whitney's cab= inet, makes the fifth to come to Lenurk county. His predecessors wore the late Hon. Malcolm Camer- on, Hon. Alexander Morrison, Hon. Col. Matheson and Hon. John Hag- part. The preferment that has come to North Lanark's member recalls the time when in 1900 the doctor ran against Hon. John Haggart and was defeated by 367 majority. Dr. in 1900 berth, A Work to Stand Weekly Sun: The repott seems to be, in the mein, a-criticiam of the policy avow- ed from the first by the government of the day, and undisputed by the opposition, of building a road of the highest class in order to effictently and cheaply transport the product: of the west to the sea. The commis- sion is of opinion that by using light- er rails on sidings, by requiring sharper curves, and heavier, or what are called momentum grades, and sirvilar economies, forty millions might have been saved: If so, it is not likely that. the railway would waves been of much benefit to "he weet, It is a tremendous task to carry with profit to 'the producer the grain of Alberta to Moncton by a single track through an Aretic wil- doerness, to which coal must be haul- ed hundreds of miles, and on which operation cost must be very high. BIG STORM IN CALAFORNIA -------- Several Persons Were Di'owned-- Many Houses Swept Away Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 23. Four persons are known to be dead, from fifty to one hundred houses have been washed away, and hundreds more were in danger, and damage estimated at half a million dollars has been done as the result of the severest storm in the recent history of Los Angeles. Los Angeles was practically cut off from outside communication by rail or wire on Saturday. Street car and interurban trafic was paralyzed. A dozen transcontinental trains were wtranded outside of the city. The hills to the north-gast section of the city -were covered with household goods from the threatened houses. During the night the police in beats secured scores of marooned persons. Several bridges over the Los Angeles river and the 'Arroyo eco were carried out, and a dozen others were closed to traffic. RESCUED FROM WRECK Steamer Riverdale Wrecked off Vir ginia Coast, but Crew Escaped Norfolk, Va. Feb. 23.--Wireless advices told of the rescue of all' of the 23 members of the crew of 'the British steamer Kiverdalte, off Little Island. It was originally * reported that twen- ty men had taken to the lifeboat, fale being uncertain. It was their assumed here that they were picked updater, although the message from the Little Island life saving station A _-- -- gave no details. It stated that all "There's a Reason For Aches and Pains Often some unsuspecting habit, such as tea or coffee drinking, is the root«of the trouble. . "The average tea or coffee drinker who suffers from sleeplessness, headache, ~ ness or heart trouble usually says, indigestion, nervous "Tea and coffee don't hurt me," until some day Nature hauls him up with a jerk. It's poor business to trade health and a clear brain for a few cups of tea or coffee _suappy flavour. but none of health destroyers If your sound judgment leads to a trial of Postum, for, say 10 days, and you begin to sleep soundly, digest food better, and your nerves get steady, these signs of returning health will show ; "There's Postum fidbw tomes in two forms. Regular Postum--must Instant Postum---a soluble powder. a delicipus beverage instantly.' 30c and S0c tins, in place of tea and coffee, has put many a man and woman on the Postum is made of prime wheat and a small pottion of molisses. 'tannin" the drugs, "caffeine" and £ a Ross be well boiled. © The cost per cup of both kinds is about the sane. CANADIAN POSTUM CEREAL on" for POSTUM 13¢ and 25¢ packages. A teaspoonful, stirred i in a cup of hot water, makes --~s0ld by Grocers everywhere. CO. LTD. WINDSOR, ONT. oad to Wellville. It has a delicious; which make tea and coffee there. off this aiternoon. STILL ANOTHER YEAR nit Dunlop Declines Yerth, ¥eb. 23,---Col. Balderson will continue in command of the 42nd for another year. His term ex- pired a year ago, but, as is custom- , It was then extended a year, ex- piring this year. Major E. A. Dun: lep, of Pembroke, was next in line, but baving declined the promotion, a D.O.C. at Kingston urged, Col. Balderson to continne for another oe which he has consented to do. | Await Full Probe | Washington, Feb, 28. -- White (House officials stated today that of- | ficial reports from Gen. Villa and his | friends declared Willian 8, Benton, ithe British ranchnian, was executed | becnuse he entered the camp of Villa far: ied and threatened the life of the | constitutionalist . commander. | Ti view of this latest report, there | was a disposition at the White House I aval « full investigation of the ucts ore express an inion. It was also stated hat Great Britain a rs on the atair States government. despatches to the state Separtint containing Villa's version of the fair were brought to the. ite House, but a committed had plete account of the killing ally explained to Consul : Sanpnteh 'which is on fits "Gioia dostutchen trap Amistiean that: 'Villa clatins Yad 10 Rim armed and "that a thie Hie of : a Te ar 1 m munity or the rights ordinarily ox ied (0 pou-combitunits, of the crew were being cared for The vessel is still aground, hut wrecking tugs expect to pull her Col. Balderson to Command as Major was holding in sbeyante any repre' ding heya any repre: FEE © RESOLUTION William Benton, a British Subject in' Mexico Washington, Feb. 23.--Denuncia- ing" in the Mexican crisis was made in telegrams read in the senate on Saturday afternoon by Senator Fall, tof New Mexico. adopted by 'El Paso citizens were rend In full, and alse the following telegram from R. M. Dudley, chair man at that meeting: "Willian: Benton was myrdered like a dog by Villa. Almest certain Vill did it personally. Ne evidenee thot Benton was the aggressor. Everything shows it was cold-blood- ed murder. Castillo, guest of our government, with safety from pun- ishment. Villa boasting of his crime. Is there no protection anywhere? Et Paso full of rebel officers. The business affairs of the rebellion openly done here. Your thousands of friends out here want to hear your voiee in senate in our behalf. Watchful waiting a failure." Following reading ofy the tele- sien, told senators that intervention was the only solution of the Mexl- can problem. He characterized Villa as & "train robbing seoundrel," and said that his only claim to the word conrtitutional was his "constitution- al right to rob and murder." He said Cleveland and McKinley kept congress closely informed as to any occurrences which bore a rela- tion to possible war, on the theory that the country cannot begin war without action by congress. He held for that reason that members of con- gress should be given possession of all facts by President Wilson. ------ Scores Umited States New York, Feb. --Felix Diaz, nerbew of the former dictator of Mecuico, and associated with General Huerta in the overthrow of Presi- dent Madero, does hot belleve that either the rebel or federal factions in Mexico are now capable of restor- ing peace in ithe southern republic, "kad President Wilson given the Huerta government his special sup- port in its infaney, peace would now prevail in Mexico," was his one shaft at the United States administration. Jie said he did net see any immedi- ty prospects of peace under present conditions, but expressed the opinion that intervention by the U.S. would he resisted, "The forces of Carranza and Gen. Villa, should they triamph, would not be able to keep peace in Mexico," 2i¢ Gen. Diaz, "as they are execut- ing federal generals and soldiers as fast as they are captured, and are thus destroying the Mexican army. Should Huerta trinmph it would mean the establishment of tempor- ary peace. Other revolutions would immediately arise." Asked whether Porfirio Diaz might return and again assume the dictat- orihip of Mexico, he #aid: "My uncle will not return." a8 -- Benton Hot-Tempered Winhipeg, Feb. 23.--That William 3. Benton, the Scotchman executed in Mexico on the order of Gen. Villa, had a hot temper and did 'not mind mixing up in Méxican politics, is the statement of B. D. Buford, a Winni- pes traveling man, who was per- sonally acquainted with him. Mr. Buford spetit considerable time in Northern Mexico, where Benton had an immense ranch and had often met the Scotchman. Benton had . made a fortune in Mexico on a gold strike, and subsequently put a good deal of moneg into land. Demand Protection El Paso, Feb. 23.<~The leaders of the British colony here, it is report- ed, dre contemplating calling a mass meeting of British residents to make representations on the subject and t2 demand Trom their government tory. The affair is widely discussed in the federal capital and has caused expressions of indignation on sides. Refined Cruelty Mexico City, Feb. 23.--The story lof the execution of William S. Ben- ton by the rebel Villa is displayed under large type headlines in all the Spinish and English newspapers published here, ©1 Impareial labels it "The new assassination which has horrified oven the dupes captained by the ex- ecrubld bandit." It declares that | Villa killed Benton in eold blood af- | ter ordering a fictitious, flourt-martial / in order to cover his act of murder. | CHRONIC COLDS Are Contracted by "Py Changeable Wea- ther. A Simple Remedy Sudden changes are particularly try ing for old Poole or: those who suf- fer from a run-down con dition, chronie¢ coughs, colds or bron chitis, but if such persons only apply i the treatingnt of their condition, wuch discomfort and sufiering might nvoided. The most essential thing to do is to build up strength, enrich the blood, increase vital resistance and to accomplish this nothise equals Vi- | nol. our ood liver aud iron Lonie. Mrs. M. J. Grimes; of Springfield, Ohio, sayz: "1 was badly ransdown, nervous and weak, and while dn this condition 1 contract A heavy cold and tiém. Vinol was recom mended apd 1 ath happy to say it cured my cold and restored me to 55 # ; Geo, W. Wah ston, Ont. TL PASO CITIZENS PASS STRONG Thy United States Senate Discusses. the Killing by General Villa of tion of the policy of "Watehful walt- The resolutions | grams Senator Fall in executive ses-i more adequate protection for their countrymen residing in rebel terri- all would | commop sense methods in ROYAL --the most leavening: - 'strength an purity, cokes, bi Fl Pais predicts that the affair will provoke a conflict between the chrncellories of London and Wash- ington. El Independente refers to the crime as having been committed with "all the refinement of cruelty." ESCAPE REPORTED ON Judge Exonerates Present Members of Winnipeg Police Force Winnipeg, Feb., 23--Chief Justice Mather on Saturday afternoon made public the report of his investigation into the circumstances' surrounding the escape of "Jack" Krafchenko, awaiting trial for murder, from the custody of the city police. He finds that no blame can be at- tached to any member of the police force, with the exception of former Constable Reid, now serving a peni- tentiary term, and Constable Em- monds, who he says knew Reid was nogtotiating with Krafchenko. to em- ploy Percy Hazel as couneil and should have reported this matter. Chief Macpherson is specially men- tioned as not having failed in "his duty. Count Acquitted of Manslaughter Meseritz, Feb: ish aristocrat and member of 'the Gorman imperial parliament; was ac- quitted Saturday of the charge of manslaughter of hig wife and her nephew, Count Alfred Miaczinski, {wkom he shot on finding them to- gether in the countess' apartments. At Alpena, Mich., a premature ex- plougion of dynamite in the quarry of the Michigan Alkali company killed three men and sériously injured two others. You will never regret usifig) Rose flou The United States Senate refused to exempt from arbitrétion the Pan- ama tolls question. The Canadian Northern railway wil! build 1,000 miles of branch lines in Alberta this year. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of White NOT SrGommt-Matety thias | Brudzewo-Mielzynski, the Pal- works cel- sbreted of all the baking powders in the world=-- for its great es nd setc., healthful, it insures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap brands. The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. Royal Cook Book-- 500 Receipts--Free. Send Neme and Address. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. THe FATE OF THAW ------ Known for Days Concord, N.H., Feb. 22.--The fight of Harry K. Thaw to prevent his re- turn to Matteawan asylum as the criminally insane slayer of Stanford White, will drag.. along In New Hampshire for at least twemty days nore, as a result of the decision of Judge Aldrich, of the U.S. district court, that several legal tangles must be argued in briefs before he will render decision in the habeas corpus case, On their way to tlie court Satur- dey, Thaw, his mother, his sister, Mrs. Geoffrey Whitney, former Coun- tess of * Yarmouth, and Thaw aftor- neye, posed for the "movie" man who is making a thriller of the fight for liberty. Will Not be Twenty FRASER MILLS TO CLOSE Incustry to be Transferred to Better Timber Country Ottawa, Feb. 28.--The Fraser mills, above Deschenes, near Aylmer, Que., belonging to J. B. Fraser, of Otlawa, will shortly close down, and hundreds of men will be thrown out The reason for the closing of the mills is the fact that the com- pany intends to move the plant up to the Hurricanaw district, near Coch- rane, on the Transcontinental line. The mills are being transferred pwing to the scarcity of timber in the immediate vicinity, necessitating long hauls from faraway limits. To Store Flour in Paris Paris, Feb. 23, --Arrangements were made on Saturday by the war ministry to store five thousand tons of flour in Paris warehouses, to be useu to feed the population in the event that the thobilization of the French army should interrupt gen- eral railroad trafic and block the shipment of food. Shin Bone for Spine New York, Feb. 23.--After remov- ing a diseased section of his spine and replacing it with a piece of his shin bone, surgeons at Fordham hos- pital Saturday said Rafael Angell, a luberer, had an excellent chance for recovery. He was struck by a.shovel and a section of his spine dislocated Parliament will' not meet on Ash ati ICE bought at our Red Letter Sale, Anyone wishing to exchange Shoes, must do so before ! March 1st We cannol exchange Sale Shoes : after inventory is taken.