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“I have nothing the matter with me,“ he replied petuiunny. “Is it your son that you regret?" “I regret nothing.” After a 'ew stops made. in sitence~“\\'hen I think," he continued quickly. “that there is one person in the world who considers me a coward-for I hear always that word ringing in my earâ€"~and who treat oi: me like a coward. and who believedi it. “hen said and beliews it still. If it was a man. it “outd be eas;; but it is a woman.” After this expinsion he xx as silent: “Very well! “hut do you desire?” ask- mt Beatrice with yexution. '“Do you wish that I should go and tell her the trunkâ€"ten her that you were ready to “You lire hiding something from me,‘ she said? “You gutter, Leroy. What i: the cause?" ~ Days passed on; he made no further nilusion to the voyag . He was serious, silent and cold. He left her in the evening at an early hour. Darcy told Beatrice that Leroy warked no more: that he heard him pac- ing up and down the greater part 0! the night. Beau-ice ventured one day In question him, as they were walking in the park. 4 7 “Let us defer it a little, I beg of you,’ he said; “I do not. feel in a stale for travelling.” \thn he came to her next day she ccald not help being surprised at the defection stamped on his face, and which she attributed lo the attack he had the tight before. But when she spoke of their approaching departure. she was astonished and even alarmed by his re- PLY- He had only: had. Hé'séill:“tfi;~\'er'i‘igo: m which he was subject. Beatrice soon retired. having first supplicated him not ovenyork himsglf pgain. He sent for Beatrice. who soon came. Leroy. recovering from his fainting m. was very pale. and was walking across tm- room when she entered. He seem- ed irritated at seeing her. and sharply rebuked Darcy for his illgadx'ised zeal. He went down in great haste, and found Leroy stretched lifeless on ‘he floor at the side of his desk. The ser- vant. Darcy. had all his master's confi- dence. and he loved him with that sin- gular affection which strong natures often inspire in their interiors. It often occurred to him after teavvng Beatrice to work very late at home Sometimes until morning. One night shortly before the day fixed for their departurn Leroys private servant who slept in the room above his masters, he_a_rd a noise which aim-mod him. His wife and her mother only learned through their senants and the public that Leroy had rented a cottage nem' Mrs. Rag. mond‘s beautiful country place. He more than suspected whom he had to thank for his misery. and perfectly under-stow) that this distrust she had created. envenomed by the memory of the past. was incurable. in his indignation, wounded pride and sentiment of injustice. he could think of but one refuge. and it was to this one he had fled. â€"â€"it he could have" so nbased-“fi}}}3§;l-i; would ‘have been useless. He feltâ€"he knew that he could not hcpe to conquer by words the distrust capable of creating supp suspicions. In tell them how wrongfully they had acmsed himâ€"of the very crime, too, he had repulsed with horror the evening before when proposed by another. He thought of all this; but the humiliation To attempt anrEifilihfii-EE);:\}li‘ilr‘1.l't.ho=e “ho had so mortally outraged himâ€"- to opgn _t_o thegn the depths of his heartâ€" He told her he. him uno't retumed home and never should. This was the rein}: 91‘ his mournlul meditations. “But what matter." he added, bitter- ly, “it would only make us worthier of each other; for, as to myself, they have already believed me capable of it." He took her arm and briefly related the crime of the past night. “But 3301: do .not wish that crime, dear?" he said in a low voice. She bent on him her head with mournful indecision. v 8‘ “V“ “nu unyu on him her swimmi’rfilifi' eyes. She cover- 01 his hand with kisses. He raised her 1111qu pressed her to his heart. V_- â€"_-v \nllllVU UL ununcu. I had thought of doing so. It is n cowardice for which I am sorry. and for which I have been punished suflic- imuyh But I beg you to pardon me.“ She drew him gently some steps into the shadow o! the trees. She knelt down before him with infinite grace and fixed on him her swimminn mm: em. mm", Beatrice was walking on the borders of a pond of water, which ornamented the lower part of her park, where one could see through the trees the reflec- tion in the water. She was walking Icund it with a slow step; her head bent (own, trailing on the sand her long morning robe. J All at once Leroy appeared before her., She had believed she never should see] him again. She raised her head. andl put her hand quickly on her breast. I “Yes. it is I,” he said. “Give me your hand." She gave it to him. “You were right, Beatrice.” he con- tinued: “ties like ours cannot be broken ran--7 ...uuasuu uu rulll avenue. The house was closed. She was no! there. She had retired the day below: to a beautiful country place which she had just purchased. not more than mghteen miles from Leroy's property. The miserable man, without even first going to the office of his journal, fol- lowed her. VOL. 17. N0. 4 '. $1 per annum. MILLBROOKDANQ QMEMEE MIRROR“ Leroy' turned suddenly away and noiselessiy retired. leaving the garden b3. tho nearest. gate. A fixed idea tor- tured him. He wished to see his sonâ€"- Ho pronounced these words with a childish haste. but under a serious look from his mother, be repealed them_im- mediately. with considerable emotion. “Dear Father in Heaven, 1w good and merciful to my mother. my grand- nmther. lo myselfâ€"and above all. clear God. to my unfortunate father. The child. at a sign. knell, down at his mother's feet in his light .nigi‘iigown and while she held his joined hands in her own. be commenced in a loud voice his evenin prayers. She whispered him from tme to time a word that es- caped him. His prayers. composed of phrases adapted to a youthful mind, terminated with these words: mamey. He now saw all three there. Agnes was working near a side-table. She had the same youthful look, but fier hair was all as white as snow. Edith was sitting on a lounge. nearly in from 0.’ the window. undressing her son, and at the same lime talking to and caress- ing him. This chamber, by a peculiar arrange- ment of the house, was on a level with :hc garden. One of the windows was open, owing to the heat of the evening. Leroy stealthlly drew near and hid himself behind the shutters, which were half closed, and gazed eagerly Into the room. . He had not seen [or more than two years. either his wife, his child or Mrs, Stanley. He now saw all thrm ”mm "n“, -uJuuus. (It? knew she was informed of his weak- ness. and seemed no longer to cure to make a mystery of it. One evening in midsummer he left on horseback in the‘nt'ternoon. and did not return for dinner. He arrived at the woods in the vicinity of his own lxcuse at the close of the day. (IS he had premeditated. He entered the garden with his usual precaution, and, thanks it his knowledge of the habits of the household. he could approach, without being noticed, the wini,r where Edith‘s chamber was situated, and which was also that of his son. [ Darcy had accompanied him twice or ‘three times. but Leroy generally went alone. He left his horse in the woods. and approached as near as he could without riskingr discovery. and. hiding himself like a criminal hr~hind the sho- (‘ows of the trees. he watched the win- dows, the lights. the house. the least signs of those denr beings. from whom or clernal abyss had divided him. Beatrice. hall“ frightened. halt irritat- cr: by an oddity which seemed to bor- der on madness. pretended to be ignnr-l :mi of it. But those two beings werei too accustomed to each other. day by day. to be able to hide anything. He lanmv elm "um ...r-....__la .H... ...\. run-u m [no CACHK'SXUHS. Edith Melville. yielding to many slrong considerations, had continuedto reside at her husband‘s place on the Hudson. since he had abandoned her. This place was distant. quite eighteen miles from Beatrlcc's country home. Yet Leroy did not hesitate to pass over this distance twice in the same night to give himself the emotion of breath- ing. for a few moments, the same air as his wife and child. ' \V'hen Beatrice proposed the trip to Florida. Leroy only shrugged his shoul- ders, without reply. A few days after, Mrs. Raymond. :11 entering the stable one morning, saw .Suitan. Leroy's favorite horse, with imam, panting and exhausted. The groom explained with some awkward- ness. the condition of the animal. by a: tide Leroy had taken that morning. Beatrice had recourse to Darcy. whom she made a confidante. and having ques- tioned him. drew out the acknowledge- ment that for some time his master had teen in the habit 0! going out in the evening and not returning until morn- ing. Darcy was in despair with these nightly wanderings. which, he ' said, greatly fatigued his master. He ended b) confessing to Mrs. Raymond what was the point of his excursions. -~ ‘... was gradually failing. A dark and al- most clay (in! covered his thin cheeks and spread nearly to the whites of his eyes. Beatrice showed some emnlinn on perceiving it, and persuaded him to consult a physician. The physician D6!- cehcd symptomq of chronic dcbility. He did not think it danrvcrous. but iecommended Flaiida for the void wea- then. and absolute repose of mind and body. About the commencement of the win- ter Beatrice experienced a serious dis- quietude. Although Leroy nevc: com- plained it was exident that his ho 11th Their daiiy rr-lntions wexe mmkod. on lhc- part of Lerm with com courtesy and way often silcncc: on the pm! nf bealncc by an aux-acme tenderness and a Constrained grid. A little later he received an urgent call from. the ntlice of his journal; ne wzis greatly needed there. He made his health the pretext for not responding in person. and shortly after, to the great rng of Beatrice, sent. in his i'i'signu- (ion as editor. “Why so 5%an hefi v. w:- not vex), well here?’ The cottage Leroy occupied was about to be taken again by its prwrictor. The middle of September approached, and Beatrice was anxious to return to New York. She proposed to Leroy to occu- py rooms in her house during the few days he expected to remain in the coun- try. He accepted; but whenever she spolfe of returning to New Yorkâ€"â€" hour '. 0- hé‘x‘. Kiss me!" in his heart. (ll-fend her against mun-that you love her and hate me? If it be this you wish say so. I believe if this life continues I shall be capable of anything.” “Do not you also outrage me. Send me from you. if you wish; but I love you only. My pride bleeds, that. is all; and I give you my word of honor mall if you ever affront. me by going to jus- tify me, i shall new! in my life see you 1! was almost happy for a CHAPTER XXIII. and hé pressed 'her 'ould say; “are {Sergh Foy oi the Mounted Rifles L'nder ‘ Arrest at Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Sergt. Foy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles quarrcled with Sergt.- histi'Uclnr Docherty on Friday, and in a moment of exasperation shot at the latter with a rifle. lie was at once placed under arrest and has been hand- ed over to the civil authorities. The trouble between Sergt. Foy and Sergt.- Major Docherty arose over a woman, and culminated in the mess room when the latter struck I’oy with a riding‘ whip and made a slighting remark con- cerning his financee. l-‘oy drew a revol- ver and made Docliei‘ty write and sign an apology on his knees. He claims he did not shoot, but threatened to do so. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies, replied that Lord Cur- yon considered that the existing unrest tit-ere, due to frontier troubles, necessi- tated reinforcements. it was impossible to say for how long it would be neces- sary for them to remain in Egypt. TROOPS FROM CRETE. A Cairo desputch says: A battery of Horse Artiltey and three Companies of Inniskilling Fusiliers, now in Crete, have been ordered to Egypt. . A London dcspatch says: In the House of Commons on Thursday George Pea- hcdy Gooch, Liberal, asked what in- crease wns conlemplaled in the strenglh cf the garrison in Egypt, and whether it was to be permanent or only tempor- arv. {6w The Fronlicr Troubles Call for Large Reinforccmcms. i0perators Send Reply to Latest Pro- posals ot the Miners. A despatch from New York says: The anthracite mine operators, through their sub-committee of seven. on Friday replied to the latest propositions of the mine workers for an adjournment of the existing difierences in the anthracite Molds, refusing to modify their position heretofore announced. The operators call upon the miners to renew fora tperiod of three years the award of the Anthracite Strike Commission or else to accept the operators' proposition that the Strike Commission arbitrate the question as to what changes. it any, shall be made in the scale. of wages tixed by the commission in its original award. The miners have heretofore de. ctinc'l this offer. The letter points out! that. all demands but that of increase! in wages, based on the impression that. wages in the anthracite industry are un-i duly low, have been abandoned. The operators, after giving: figures in detait. say that to accept the sliding scale of wages proposed by the miners wouldt mean an increase in the price of coal to‘ the public of 3'5 cents a ton. The pre-t sent profit to the Operators, they say,‘ is but ‘20 cents a ton. t ‘EGunner John Barry “‘ns Found Guilty} I of Manslaughter. ‘ A despatch from Quebec says: The Itriat of Gunner John Barry. a former; iltiCIIlel' of the Royal Canadian Gnrri-i {son Artillery. charged with the murderl lot a comrade named Gunner Richard:I Kidd Hall. at the Citadel in November; inst. concluded on Thursday night atI ’7 o’clock. when the jury returned :1 ver-i what of guilty of manslaughter. and the; presiding judge sentenced him to peni-It ,tentiary for the rest of his natural lite.I [The jury took it into consideration that, Wis prisoner was insane when he com-t tmitted the net and is still suffering from: dementia. which influenced their ver-t diet. The Minister of Justice may have; the condemned man examined. and. it;- t‘mind insane, incarcerated in the King-g ston Penitentiary lunatic asylum. The; prisoner was oblivious of all that was’1 passing during the trial. and even when” thr verdict was rendered and the sen- tence pronounced he did not realize his;I position. and when the guards sought“ to remove him from the dock he re- sisted. though he uttered no words, but , gazed about him with a vacant. starelq i The \vmnan took him by the arm andj tcnrricd him off in great haste. 1 I Leroy Melville did not weep. A, itiiglilful contraction distorted the cor- tners of his mouth and exaggurnted thc' {thinness of his cheeks. He had two; lur three shudderlngs like thnse in :1; Elmer hunt. He slowly pLiSSed his own" his. forehead. sighed profoundly and disappeared in the woods where his: horse was concvnlnd. Beatrice Raymond know nothing :if this sad scono. but, she quickly saw its consequences, and she herself fell thom' bitterly. The character of Leroy. ul- rmdy so changed. became. after this, uni'erogniznhlo. He had no longer fr, hrr the cold politeness he had manifest- rul fur her up to that. period. lln oxlii-g bitod n slrnngr‘ antipathy tmvnrd hmzl II n-,‘ ”t Hod fmmvhcx She pvr m moidod oven tourhinaph (To be Continued.) “Your ‘father!" she exclaimed, in :1; stillvd voicc. At ”10:0 words the child! ultcrvd a cry 'of terror. rushed back to? the nurse, mowed close up against. her and regarded his father with frightened. “Sir!“ he mid, douhlrully. "Come and kiss mu), I beg Of you," 110 murmured. ' The child had ah-vndy advanced smil- ing, when the woman who was follow- mg him, and who, indeed, was his old nurse. suddenly appeared. She made a hasty gorsturc of fright. "\r , “'ILL MAKE NO CONCESSION. HP was an elegant. little fellow of about six years. of a graceful and proud mien. 0n perceiving Leroy in the mid- dle of the path he. stopped; he hesitated ht this unknown or half-{urgotten face. but tho tender and nhnnst supplicating snAlilr‘ nt' Lox-my reassured him. He remembered that formerly the child was taken for a walk every morn- ing. He hoped they had continued this custom. Morning arrived, and soon came [hr hour for which he waited. He hid himself in the path which he lhought the nurse 111053, lilu‘ly to lake. He heard the noisn of feet of mnghlofr and of joyous cries. and his sun all at @1130 appeared, running in advance. to speak to himâ€"{o embrace him. and press him tight to his heart. After lhnt he cared for little. FIRED .\'l‘ INST“! 'CTOR. EGYPTIAN UNREST. SENTENCE!) FOR LIFE Durham and Victoria Standard She bvrcvivbd that MILLBROOK ONT“ THU iSDAY, MAY 3. 1906. her hand. It Was Sleeping Alone in the House \Vhich “'as Destroyed. A \\'innipc.«,r despalch says: Particu- lars of the fatality which occurred at Williams‘ quarry. norlh of this city. on Tuesday. when the infant child of James Aphni WIN burned to doaih in u the which destroyed tho parmls' home, have been received. The baby was aslnop alone in the housv. which was a. small frame structure. when the fire broke out in some mysterious way, and the building was enveloped in flames hetore it was noticed. making the rcscuc‘ of the baby imposb-ible. l Hogs were offered in larger numbers. Quotations were as follows :~~Selecls. $7.15: lights and fats. $6.90 per cwt. . Export ewes. $4.75 to $5.25: culls and bucks. $3.50 to 34; grain-fed lambs, $5.75 to $6.50; calves, $3 to $6 per cwl; Spring: lambs, S3 to $6 each. Quolalions for Inilch cows and spring- cm was $30 to $55 each. Choice butcher-5‘. $4.75 to 35: medium, 34.40 to $4.60; cows, $3.25 to 83.75: bulls, $3 to $3.50: canners. $1.50 to $2 per cwt. Short keeps, 1.150 to 1.250 lbs, $4.40 to $4.95; feeders, 950 to 1,150 ibs, 83.85 to $4.40: stockers, 700 to 850 lbs, $3.75 to $4; stock calves, 400 to 650 lbs, S3 1'0 $3.60 per cwt. v-.\.. Fl nut!!- Ahout the usual number of export cattle were brought forward. and prices ranged from $4.7 to $4.90 for fair loads. A few who choice loads brought $5.15 to $5.20. a Toronto, May 1.~;\~Ioderate deliveries of cat'ne were recorded at the Western Cattle Market 10-day. and prices were steady to strong in the better grades. AhA‘J Aka NC“ Yolk. MM 1 mi numinal clmnlo 11.01). “HUN. N0. 1 SSEg'C 1.0.1). afloat. Buffalo. May 1. â€"- Flour -â€" Firm. Wheat â€"- Spring easier; V0.1 Northern. 83%0; Winter. no offerings. Corn -~ )ull; No. 2 yellow. 533/;(2; Nn. 2 corn, 53c. Oats â€" Firm: No. 2 white, 36 to 36%;. Bar'lny -â€" Ouict; spot, offered at 4'1 lo 520. Rye â€"- Stronger; No. 2 held, 66/43.. cal-loads. 200; 180 OD. Honey â€" White clover. in comb. 130 in He per pound section; extract, 7c 10 7%c; Igu'ckwheatt 5%0 to Sc. I Flour -â€" Manitoba spring whom, pul- 1<~nls. $1.20 to $4.30; s!mug baltcrs’, $3.- ,9‘) to $4.10; winter wheat. patents, M Ito $1.23; slriglll. rollers. $3.80 to $3.90; 5do.. in bags, $1.75 to $1.85; extras, $l.~ :40 to $1.60. f Milll‘cerl â€"â€" Manitoba bran. in lmgc. .$l€' to $19.50: shorts $20 to $21 per ton; iOnmrio bran. in bfllk. $l8.5(l to $19.50; ishm'ts. $20: milled mouille. $21 to 824; :straight grain mouille, 25 to $27 perl 1“ton. Rolled Oats â€"« Per bag. $1.95 in car lots. $2.05 to $2.”) in small lots. Cm‘nmeal â€"- $1.30 to $1.40 per bag. Hay â€"â€" No. 1. S9 to $9.50: No. 2. 6-8 t) $8.50; clover mixed, $6.50, and pure clover, $6. Beans â€"- Prime beans. $1.65 to $1.70 pel bushel; hand-picked. $1.80 per bush- nl 8L No 2, m to 4139:: N6. 3, 40¢ to 4054c; No. 4-, 390 to 3934c: pens, 74c to 75c, f. n b.. per bush.; barley, No. 3 extra. 520 afloat. May; No. 4, 500; com. No. 3 mixed, 56c; N0. 3 yellow, 5634c, ex track. Butter ~â€" Choiccst nrmmery, 19%(: to re; under-grades, lsxc; dairy, 160 to c Cheeseâ€"Colored. 1111c to 12%c. Montreal. May 1. -â€" Grain â€"â€" Busi- ness is quiet in local grain circles. Oats in , n . . . . . . A . . Hui»! Sim \» (mid-rm $5 90 to $6 per ton for car lots on track here. Balezl Hay â€"â€" 397.570 ‘16. 310 pevxvt'on fur No. 1 timnthy in car lots on track herc. No.1 2 being $7 to $7.50 per ton. Poultry â€" Choice dry plucked tur- keys. 160 to 18¢: (at. chickens 12c to 130. thin 7c to Sc: rat. hens SC to 90, thin (SC to 7c: ducks. 12c to 13¢. Potatoes â€"â€" Ontario. 650 to 75¢ per bag out of store: eastern, 70c to 800 on trunk and 100 more out. or store. EH85 â€" The demand is rather more achvc and the tendency of prices :5 firmer. New laid are quoted at 150 to 16g: and storage are quiet at 13c. BABY BURNED T0 DENT“. NEW Buckwheat â€" 49c bid, 51c asked, out- side. ward. 83%c bid, track, Midland. N0. 2 northern, 82c asked, truck, Port Hu- ron. Owen Sound or Colliigwood. Pens â€"- 76c bid f.o.b., 78 per cent- {reighb points. ‘ Oats â€" No. 2 white. 3634c asked, 78‘ per cent. points. 38%c asked, Toropto,1 to arrive; mixed, 35%0 bid, main 11110,; M (I. R. lI BREADSTUFFS. 1 Toronto, May 1. â€"â€" Flour -â€" Ontario --90 per cent. patents are selling at $3.10, buyers' bags, outside for export. Manitoba â€" $4.30 to $4.50 for first PM" cuts and $3.90 to $4 for seconds. ‘ , Bran â€"-, $20 asked, buyex‘s’ bags, '10- ronto. Wheat -â€"- Ontario â€"- No. 2 white, 80%;: asked outside; red soxc asked; No. 2‘ mggd, 79%0 asked outside. I LEADING MARKETS CA TTL E M A RKET. YORK \V'IIEAT MARKET. BUFFALO MARKET. MONTREAL MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE. cl.':\'nlor;1\}‘ofl.‘3- rend 190/,:( No. 1 Northern Duluth 'r- .. L -â€"~Spot firm: por doz- $4.40 $3.85 $3.75 33 i0 It is reported that the Gnvm'nmnm will introduce a hill to provide for the transmission of cheap power. IS in prime condilion. and the wafifi balmy weather is causing vinomug growth: already many fields are Firingwli with green. and at, Clenlm', Qu'Appom Nisbill. Uninn Point. Carroll. Lm-ainé’ Saskatoon and other places wheat 15 well advanced. n white? of a few days now. Oats an?! other grains will then be rushed in.and it tho present favorable weather con- linues 1110 work win/he finished in nearly record time. The company’s report gen- erally is I‘Clilal'kalfly optimistic. Lhnd Crop Report of the Canadian Pacific Railway. ' A dcspatch from Winnipeg says: Ac- cording to a report issued on Wednes- day by the C. P. 1., wheat-sending is finished at several points, among which are High muff, Burnside and Elm Creek in Manitoba. and at, Mnosomin and IInguo. 'l‘ho lutler point is on [he (1. li. brunch, and indivutes that progress i: uniform all over western Canada. It is well advanced everywhere along the company’s _1ine§, (mg completion is only THE NEW DRAINAGE ACT by which the province is divided into two districts, and a second inspector appointed for the Eastern division, was read a second time. TEMISKAMING RAILWAY. The Amendment to the ’l‘emiskaming Railway .Bill also received its second reading. By this Act the commission is empowered to lease or sell spur lines of 10 miles 01' less. THREE lMl’OR'I‘.-\NT MEASURES were introduced by the Minister oi Agriculture. One of these provides for the creation of an Advisory Board in connection with the Ontario Agricul- tural College. The second is intended to prevent fraud in the manufacture of cheese and buttur by appointing sani- tary inspectors, and the third provides for the suppression of foul brood among bees. "mzn'y dealing with offenders it would go a long way toward putting a stop to I reasons for the present numerous com- : plaints. The Government could then I give the so-callcd frontier police some- : thing to do to earn their salary by dis- tributing them along the roads run- } hing to the frontier. but not close to the line. suy. ten to fifteen miles back. with orders to arrest all automobilists break- ing the regulations. lf the offenders were then properly punished the effect would he salutary. A few ohjcct les- sons of that nature. would be sutlicient.‘ he thought, to impress the. automobilists‘ with the necessity of obeying the law. 'l‘llE h'tL’NlCll’Af. ACT. A number of bills making various amendments to the municipal act were approved of. One of these gives muni- cipalities the. right to take stock in or guarantee the, bonds of utilities situated outside the boundaries of the munici- palities supplying them. LIQUOR LICENSE ACT. The Lieutenant-Gm‘ernor’s assent was given to the Liquor License Act on? Friday. As the annual reissue of licenses takes place on May 1st, all hotels and liquor stores will thus begin from that date to pay the higher license provided for in the measure. The bill received its third reading in the Legis- lature on Thursday. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. Hon. Dr. Pyne’ hill respecting the I Education Department, was passed through the committee stage. THE MINES ACT. The new Mines Act was reviewed in committee. and a number of suggestions offered by private members on both 1 sides of the House will he considered bc- 5 fore. it comes up for its third reading. , l 'l‘hc Municipnl Committee discussed the various proposed amendments to the automobile Ingislulion. Hon.Mr.Hanna. the chairman. thought that if a clause could be added to the present law pro- viding for the arrest: on sight and sum- After a few \amendmcnts had been made. Mr. Haylc's hill rusprcting pm:- poctuses issued by companies was givvn its third reading. The main alterntian was to the effect that whore subscripo tions for stock have boon made on the strength of verbal representations, they shall not. be deemed binding unless -he purchaser has seen the company’s prospectus. SI ONTARIO LEGISLATURIZ continued, the present charges being doubled. in the application and distri- ! bution of the revenue from this source. 'howcver. the measure strikes out on [new lines. After the deduction of $30,- Mltl for expenses or collection, etc.. and fox maintenance oi the Railway (Zom- mission, hill! of the lcmuinder will to handed over to municipalities in pron 1portion to population, unit from thisi him! they will he asked to contribute ‘01 I The system of taxation by mileage is the support of the provincial asylums. ,‘l‘hc incrensc to the revenue, Col. Mathe- ‘son stated, would be about $180,000, of lwhicll the municipalities will got 37»! [(00, or perhaps 11 little morn while their Cintrihlllion to the nsyhnns will be con- ‘sidemhly less than this. ttAlLWAY Bill. AMENDED. Several anlmidlnents to the 'i‘emis- knming and Northern Ontario Railway Act were promised by Hon. Dr. RCi’lUlllI?. The first of these is to empower the Railway Commissioners to loose a branch or spur line not exceeding ten miles in length. Another proposes to allow the commissioners to sell, loose or otherwisc deal with mining rights along the right-of-way and on town sites. i ”on. Col. Matheson’s Railway Taxa- tion Bill, .was brought in under the 0f- iiciai title of An Amendment to the Sup- plementary Revenue Act. Before touch- mg on the railway question it provides that. a. tax of 325 shall be imposed on each agency of a. bank in any munici- pality instead of 3‘25 on one agency, which is the system at present obtaining nt matter how many branches a bunk may have. 1 “WIN! THE LEGISLATI‘RE A'l‘ “ONTO IS DOING. SEEDING IN THE WEST. PASSED PROSPECTUS BILL. AFTER A L'TOMOBILIS'I‘S TAX 0N RAILW'AYS. Gels Three Years and a Half For Man- slaughter. A Pcterboro‘ dcspatch says: Thursday A despatch from London says The First Division of the Aldershot Army Corps has,bcen ordered to prepare for mobilization, in view of serious devel- opments in South Africa in connection ‘with the native rising there. The Tribune which alone gives the report, adds that. although its Aldershot correspondent says the troops will go to South Africa it is equally. if not more, likely that the precautions are being' made because of the hellieose action of the Sultan of Turkey regarding the British claim that ”l'ahah is Egyptian territory, which Tur- key refuses to concede. The Sultan is, determined to push his claims in refer-1 ence to the Egyptian frontier, support- ing them with military force. The di- vision, which, according 10‘ the Tri- bune, is to be mobilized, consists' of two .brigades, including four batted“ ions of foot guards, four battalions of) infantry of the line, two artillery bri-' gudes, a field company of engineers and three regiments of cavalry. Alleged Destination oi the First Alder- shot Division. Gigantic Losses of Briitsh Companies in San Francisco Fire. A (lesputch from London says: The iii-itish lire companies are beginning IO get from their San Francisco agents preliminary estimates of the liabilities on account of the earthquake and tire. The Royal‘s agents cahle that the com- pany’s loss may reach $350,000. This is: about sixty-three times the premium income received by the company and its subsidnry company from San Francisco during 1905. Taking this ratio for the basis on which to calculate the liabili- ties of all the British companies and their subsidnrics. it Works out that these companies in the aggregate may be call- ed upon to pay £13,0(l0flOO. It would appear. however. that the British com-. ponies ultimately will pay considerably less than the amount of thir nornml tin-T hilitics, for the present indications are that, they will not, indulge in generos- ity towards their San Francisco cite-mg; but will pay strictly according to the; Donkey and construction engines were hauled into the ruined business district to get the sates of business men out of the ruins. They are in the same its as the banks: they dare not open the safes until they are thoroughly cooled. in cases where tloors tell, tire or‘six safes are often jumbled together in the base- ments. The owners get them all out and identify their property. They will be left in the streets to cool for the pre- sent. The work or razing the dangerous walls goes on smoothly. The next im- portant stage of this work will be the laying of railroad tracks down the main business streets, to get out the great masses of wreckage. '~ THE FIRESWEPT AREA. A After a careful survey the engineers of the Board of Public Works estimate that the area swept by the tire is about 15 square miles.‘ There are few cities in the world where so much valuable property was contained in an equal territorial area. Within the district were’ nearly 100 banks alone. some of the finest oilicc buildings outside of New York, thousands of mercantile and manufacturing establishments, and about. 250.000 inhabitants, together with about 25.000 transients. These facts may give some idr-a o! the size of the ruin and of the loss involved, DANGER OF EPIDEMIC OVER. Every day the danger of epidemic seems smaller. There is ubsolulcly no increase in the number of smallpox cases. no typhoid has. m.r=cared, and the cases of measles and scarlet [ever are few. BRIGADES FOR SOUTH AFRICA. The market price for laborers is 82.50 a day, with ”in: supply limited, but in- creasing. ‘lesides the authorities. the War Department and sheet railways, private concerns want men to clear up their premises and erect temporary structures. Happily. we are almost clean again. The restrictions on the use of water for anything but external use have been removed. SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A despatch from Oakland, California, isoys: Conditions are still looking up. 't‘he restriction against entering the city IS now practically nit. The electric cars are running on Market Street again. The banks have both a name and a local habitation. They have found a row of private residences on Laguna Street, a thoroughfare heretofore a stranger to connnerce, and from the windows at these houses flags proclaim that the (irocker-\\-’nolworth, the Nevada and all} the others are doing business within. t McAl’Lll-‘FE'S SENTENCE. The Conditions BANKS ARE 110le SAFES ARE STILL COOLING LABOR SUPPLY INCREASING titions Are Much Improved In San Francisco. RICHARDS, Granger Bros.’ Stationery Warehouse at Montreal Wrecked. A Montreal despnlch says: The warn. house of Granger Bros" siationers and dealers in religious arlicles. was wrecked early on Friday morning by the second floor giving way under the heavy weight or goods and carrying lhe first and ground floors with it into lhe basement. The walls remained almost intact. For- tunately the crash cmc at 5 o'clock, an hour when there was no person in the building. The damage to stock will: amount to perhaps fifty thousand dollars: and to the building about ten thousam‘, called “the ideal llolelkocper." llc would not, sell a drink to a man who appeared to be the worse ol liqwm, re- fused lo allow any loafers around his house, whether they had money or not. and closed up his bar promplly all. 30 o‘clock rwry night. although tho rogu: lur hour hero is 11. He never was known to break the law. A St. Catharines dcspatch snvs: Wil- liam Sullivan 0! the Lennon Hair]. who died suddenly hem on _'l‘hursday. “as Sudden Death ol William Sullivan at St. Calharines. morning Patrick McAulilie was found guilty of manslaughter. with a recom- mendation to mercy, at the Assizes here, {and was sentenced by Mr. Justice An- :glin to three years and six months in the penitentiary. McAnliiie‘s crime con- sisted in having dealt Frederic-k Hudson ;a blow in the course of an altercation -in the bar of the lattor's hotel, from {which he died a few days later. EDisorder Among the Zutus Increasing E and Reserves Called Out. A London desputch says: The Govcrr- went has called out the first reserves m seven districts of Natal to cope with the native insurrection. The dism‘dcr is spreading among the Dini Zuius. Chief lnduna's miSsion on behalf of the Colonial Government to Chief Sigzman- (in, has failed. and he reports that Sig- unanda's tribe is in a state of robe}- inn. Tim natives in Switzerland are showing signs or uneasiness. and Eur-r,- peans there are appealing for protec- tion. There are still little shocks at the rule or one or two a day. and will be. the weather people say for at least 0 fort- night Few petitlc pay (my attention in them. Everyone understands that after a bill tremor like this the little [rambles must continue. men from Belden Place. All dangerous walls on Market street are now dyna- mited. The opening of stores along Market and lillmore Streets has greatly re- ducod the number 0! people in the bread lines. Families of mndcrnm means are paying for their food. Up to this time. even the rich. whose house Supplies were low. had to siand in "no. and wait. their turn with the “bums" :2 the Barbarv Coast and the sourM wo- The police estimate ihni there are 2000â€"mosily men. women and chil- drenâ€"in Oakland. separated from their families and awaiting developments. livery hour of the day Iosi members of families are resiored to each other. t The Chinese Consul-General registers _ ia kick. He says that the soldiers have ‘ tbeen collecting graft from his country- . men. When the first. crowd of refugees 5 iwas taken from the mined district the E'soldiers made the Cliinamen pay toll. usually 35 a head, to be guided to the , ferry. He makes a further charge that ‘IUlO military guard was withdrawn from Chinatown yesterday, allowing crowd! of white toughs to poke through the ruins and help themselves to the stocks of Chinese stores. He said that a large amount of property was stolen in this way, while the Chinese stood by and took it all in. Being Chinese and in California. they had to. EXODUS IS SLOWING UP. The exodus is slowing up. The feeble and the timid have about been cleared away, and the crowds at the railroad offices for transportation and passes are smsibly smaller. The people are look- ing forward now to the time, a few nooks ahead. when passenger trailic shall have turned the other way. when artisans, architects and business men twill be coming to help in building the new city. The air is full of projects. ”(‘l‘bél’t Law. a capitalist, who had pre- pared to lease the Fairmount Hotel and build an annex to it just before the tire. went east in a hurry two days ago. it is said he went after a conference of men of money to lay a proposal before (Impress. This is nothing less than a request of a Government loan of $100.- ruumtltl at 2 per cent. interest. to he used in Wilding and to supplement ”lt’ insnr co payments. According to the plan, the loan is to run for 25 years, and to be secured by city real estate. tbut they also emphasize the small loss [of life from earthquake. fire and shootâ€" ling. For the death list may not go over 5700. and will almost certainly not reach 'i.000. This is a striking proof of tho masterly manner in which the authori- ties, civil and military, run things. MANY RESIDENCES UNINJURED. The homes of more than 150.000 are {standing practically uninjured. Thero istlll remain the great shipyards at the Potrero. the Pacific Mail docks, and the busy district immediately surrounding them. the stock yards at South salt Francisco, the wharves along the water- front from Mission Creek to Hunter‘s Point, the Mint, the Post-omce. and the large retail district on Fillmore and Devisadero Streets. After all, a big city remains in San Francisco. THREE FLOORS COLLAPSE. Publisher ani Proprietor AN IDEAL "0TH ‘KEEPER. THE NATAL [TI’RISING