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U()4 es tn ie EUr \.-.ncdnt tunity to 33» the chance ind stem 146 Af} IRLS in ts GUELPH GETS _ THE CENTRAL. Will be Built by Prisonersâ€"Take Two Years. J. M. Lyle the _;r:litect-â€"'l'c; Acâ€" commodate 500. Toronto Despatchâ€"Early in a number of men from the Cen on will start to work about t half miles from the city of G the spot that has been chose CGovernment as the site of the Tincial reformatory, The six and three acres of land which ernment has secured are situat wne portion of the grounds of the Onâ€" tario Agricultural College. The decision to build the new reformatory _ near tinelph was reached at a meeting . of the Cabinet last week, but owing to the fact that options on the land wanted had not been elosed, no announcement ofi the Government‘s action was made until yesterday. The last options were closed during the afternoon. The Guelph site was chosen only after months of investigation, during which one hundred different places were conâ€" sidered. This work was placed in charge ol Mr. C. R. W. Postlethwaite, inspector ol asylums and prisons, and under his directions about fifty prospective sites were visited and reported uwpon. _ The places inspected were all over the Proâ€" vince, from Kingston and Belleville in east of the at t1 through here to other points. This is the «mallest numbe»® ever_ reported at this point. â€" Usually 2,000 or more have been checked here by game wardens. ~ Bad hunting conditions, a growing searcity of deer and a limit of one to each hunter are reasons assigned by the warden for the small number.â€"Chippewa Falls in Milwaukee Sentinel. * it & 20000 miTéston And beleville in ast, Lindsay in the north and Stratâ€" in the west. The reports were made ve important pointsâ€"the soil, buildâ€" material, water, building site and ay accommodation. _ They ~were ed as fair, good and excellent, and worthy of note that the report on site selected carries the "excellent" ification in nearly every particular. branch of the Speed River runs right ugh the property, as does the Canaâ€" Pacific Railway. The Grand Trunk along its northern boundary, and ir line will be run into the new prisâ€" \dded to all these advantages is fact that the new prison will be in a few miles of the centre of crimâ€" population, an advantage that will i much in the reduction of railway nses for taking prisoners to the inâ€" mmitted Postlethwaite visited a number of largest reformatories in the United e1, and the plans of Ontario‘s new tution are the result of the informaâ€" gathered on the trip. ie plans for the building, which have to be finally approved, were preparâ€" y Mr. J. M. Lyle, of Toronto. The 1 enclosure will be 1,172 feet by 666 . and the site will contain from ve to fifteeen acres. The reformaâ€" will face south, and the cell wings, in number and two storeys high, be at the southern end of the enâ€" _ teamnit rvthing ent is ready to pay. At the last sesson the Legislature ssed an initial appropriation of $50,â€" 0 towards the new reformatory. Poor Deer Season in Wisconsin. Deputy Game Warden Jacobh D¢ Long s chocked up a little over four hundred er â€" received, transferred or pawing ew reformatory will be built by s from the Central Prison. In be embodied all that is best in construction on the continent. he last session of the Legislature rittee composed of the Hon. Mr. five members of the House and stlethwaite visited a number of ph Ds l fr will rt Matthe mnosit M buildings Fleming Despatchâ€"Earl y in January "U ther adjacent properties . are nsideration, but the« p!ice so VINTH Mn secured are situated to the city and nearly adjoining of the grounds of the Onâ€" the regate for the rties iing farm. farm land suitable _ f the Lt patch â€"The site is immediâ€" : the city limits, in close the Ontario Agricultural comprises . five proper',ies, wate area of 603 acres. The r the parcel by the Govâ€" be some $12,250, approxiâ€" rk en ral alau i the city of Gueiph on has been chosen by the the site of the new Proâ€" in e C. P. R. Also a large arm land and a site for : farm, 50 acres, with big ind deposit, contiguous to Also fine farm land and a the tarm 0 of land which the Gov from the Central Pn; work about two and a T weater than the Govern om in the new reformâ€" i 450 and 500 men, and h that additions may future date. It is the Government to work and quarries with the coners, and legislation enacted to allow the orten the sentences of hemselves satiafactory The payment of men the reformatory is anâ€" & which the Hon. Mr. din will be the separate ereular prisoners and insane. They will be ast and west of the ne Fo THE SITH urchased are: 1, 130 acres, with an sit of rock and white e, fronting on the C. e of the farm is good farm, 210 acres, wit ck and domolitie lime iess to start building pring. _ The number the building will not s the Central Prison ntracts which do not res; good pasture uitable for dairy 130 acres, twoâ€" with deposit of râ€" manufacturing storeys high nd of the en s are at the e built by rison. _ In is best in continent. egislature hundred ong Mr. H. B. Ames, M. P., is ill with typhoid fever at Port Said. Ail the memBers of the new Portuâ€" guese Ministry are Progressists. The Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees has amalgamated with the Canadian Federation of Labor. * Mrs. Joseph Legare, Quebec, aged 23 years, has given birth to her seventh child after cight years of married life. Judge Winehester, of Toronto, has disâ€" covered a serious flaw in the Act of the Legislature relative to the â€"union of school districts. Rev. Father Kielty, of Peterboro dead, The Railway to allow the tele; their new short foree on July 1. The Alberta C to vigorously su the facilities for trade via the Pa CÂ¥ : HHaoscm C. W. Hammond trial at Hull for ass his employer‘s wife, cheques on the Ban @ntleen years‘ imprisonment was the sentence imposed in the Supreme Court at Hackensack, N. J., upon Wm. K. Westervelt, the wellâ€"toâ€"do contractor at Tea Neek, who shot and killed his wife, Irene, on June 16 last. _ Westervelt pleaded guilty. twent v Y nH In a vain attempt to save the life of H. H. Kuapp, engineer, whose engine had overturned and pinned him beneath the wreckage, Dr. W. H. Sawyer, of Deâ€" troit, cut off the man‘s legs with a jackâ€" knife yesterday morning. â€" Knapp died almost immediately after being â€"taken cent of Fresno, Cal., yester wife with & natchet and tatally injured his ehildren ind a girl of 10. <heuvren to the Southern Pacific 4 Owen E. Morrison and Allan Gibson were found not guilty in the ecriminal sessions, Toronto, yesterday afternoon of the charge of conspiring to defraud the E. W. Gillett Company, Limited, . by agreeing to disclose certain secret inâ€" formation relating to the business. Judge Denton discharged both men. Seven New ers, who have each on Black conduct duri ated . with br the presence lowers at an were given Union League t1 LN ton, Ont noon. ‘Tl sleigh be turning freight ¢ has taken now owns $250,000. make her worth of | One of firms in A Company, rV worth of pearls. One of the largest gasoline en firms in Minnesota, the Stickney En Company, of St. Paul, will establis branch factory at Niagara Falls if byâ€"law which will be submitted to ratepayers on san. 12 is passed. company proposes to erect a large tory to supply the Canadian trade, wants to borrow from the city $3 at 6 per cent., half the estimated co L & peL @Blisep ABRLEL ET TS TS (00 ol P uts b4kee the buildings and site. Contracts for all the ties and timbers for bridges and culverts required by the Alberta & Great Waterways Railway have been. let, with the condition that the supplies be ready by the spring. The contracts call for 340,000 ties, 140,â€" 000 posts, 500,000 feet of bridge timbers and 150,000 féet for culverts. This will give employment to 400 men till the spring. 1 wiomt Cns pren s Bvavibes mmb ul Gudns All the returns from the foriyâ€"one municipalitics are in from Manitoba, and a‘s a result of the spirited local option contest twentyâ€"one were won by the veto people and twenty by â€" the liquor forees, _ Eleven hotels will be et>=>d as the result, and one which was Isr merly elosed will be allowed to reâ€"open The net gain, therefore, to the tempor ance cause is that the Province will con tain ten fewer hotels this year than las vear. Lri CANX BE PUNISHED. (Montreal Gazette.) Reports of assaults by players on othâ€" er players continue to make the reports ofi football matches unpleasantly interâ€" esting. It might be a good idea for reâ€" ferees in Canadian athletic sports to beâ€" gin their duties DY reading: to the exâ€" ponents of the game before them from the recordsof the courts to show that a brute on the athletic field is liable to be punished for misconduct in the same way as is a brute in~a back alley for his criminality. m th tailway Commission has decided Wim that m PW rin, the halfâ€"breed, 1 en years was in chare Bray,. tne siX Widener, the. . ERIRCC purchased in New Yor earls valued at $750,000 gift for Mrs. Widener, ithering the pearls, it is many months. Mrs. Wi OrLé telegraph companies to rewmvrent t thering the pearls, it is said, many months. Mrs. Widener a rope of pearls valucd at The $750,000 _ necklace will the possessor _ of $1,000,000 th c York girl shirtwaist strikâ€" e served terms of five days kwell‘s Island for disorderly ing the strike, were decorâ€" ronze medals last night in â€" of 3.000 enthusiastic folâ€" c east side hall. The medals art Wide ipt Lovernment has decided support the extension of for handling the grain Pacific route. ompany‘s transpor died on Wednesday k Sturgeon Lake, h of Kenora. He‘ ond was committed for ® assaulting Mrs. Wright, wife, and uttering bogus Bank of Montreal. US l ring t there Fw code th poli tte. . & prominent restâ€" yesterday killed his and then perhans 5 1 entry list of six ht was 473 pounds W Philadelphia . that the _ Philadelphia in New York a )mpamies to put regulation into transport f1 Hnen s Otta wat track. 4 struck by who . for re of the Weiling at Steel av after ind her d engine Engine ablish a s if the to the d. ‘The rge facâ€" rde, and $37.500 trom on an about Cugh rades The 14 â€"one and tion the ql|0l_' n Two Things Britain Will Not Copy Lords Now London, â€" Dec. 27. â€" With Lloydâ€" (Gieorge, John Burns, Sir Edward Grey, and other Cabinet Ministers on the stump, _ the Ministerialists again had stump, the Ministerialists again had a big pull toâ€"night, at any rate in newsâ€" paper space. John Burns was in excellent form. Addressing his constituents, he described Robert Blatchford, who has been writing a series of articles in The Daily Mail on the German peril, as & warâ€"mongering Socialist, a mischievous, wanton firebrand, whom the Tory paâ€" pers are using to bring about a colossal calsmity. â€"‘Talk about the inefficiency of the navy was rot. Britain would, howâ€" ever. take two lessons from Germany. She would avoid conscription and proâ€" tection. _ (Cheors.) _ Between 30,000 and 60,000 Berlin workmen were unemployâ€" ed in 1908. Why were 4,000 bureaux for registering unemployed in Germany if there were "two jobs for every man" in that country? (Laughter.) Mr. Burns ther detailed the Government‘s propoâ€" sals for dealing with unemployment, Lloydâ€"George was given a reception which can only be described as raptur ous in the centre of the tinâ€"plate indusâ€" try at Llianelly. Wales, apparently, will return another solid phalanx of Radi cals in January. â€" Retaliation, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was not the policy for the principality, and the flourishing state of the tinâ€"plate trade showed that it was not wanted. Sir Edward (Girey declared that a reâ€" formed second Chamber was a necesâ€" PROTECTION, CONSCRIPTION. Lloydâ€"George Gct Great Reception at Lianelly, Wales. . The Free Trade Union will dispatch 800 speakers in an organized campaign next Monday. Sir Edward formed secon it v. London, Dec. 27â€"The lesser lights on the Conservative side are putting up a wood fight, but Mr. Balfour‘s health is being anxiously watched. Bonar Law, at Jarrow, combatted the statement that tariff reform would ruin the shipbuild‘ng industry. "That industry had made marvellous strides in Germany uander the German fiscal system. Tarif{ reformers did not want to siop imports, bat to change their character, to have more raw materials and less manufactured artiâ€" George Wyndham, at Dover, declared that Lloydâ€"George meant to tax th landlords until they would be compelied to drive an unfair bargain with either the prospective tenant or the Town Council. _ The oldâ€"age pensions would not have to come out of the present Government‘s budget, but out of the simple expedient of rot paying for the aavy and trusting to next year. Nevilie â€" Chamberlain, at _ Birmingâ€" ham, said what was wanted was more business and more employment. Neither the fears of the Chaneellor of the Exâ€" chequer nor the grievances of Winston Churchill against his relatives in the House of Lords would divert them from that issue. makes . the mission: * world, the who appeal clectorate. ing abroad ing abroad that the methods of the Unionists® associations are not so etf>e tive as they should be." The (Giraphic hopes the Unionist Whips will find a remedy for the disquicting situation during the Christmas lull. DATEK OF DISSOLUTION UNCERTAIN. The date of dissolution has not yet been â€"officially annowneed, _ 1t is not certain that it will be the 8th of Januâ€" ary, the day originally selected, _ the Government being urged | to defer‘ disâ€" solution until Jan. 10th, so that the firs{t â€" election â€" will take place on Jan. 15th. â€" Liberal candidates are of the opinion that if the first elections took piace on Saturday, Jan, 10th, it would be of great benefit to the cause, Keir Hardie says that the Labor party _ expected the decision .of the House â€" of Lords that trade union levees on the payment of members of Parliament was illegal. Mr. HMardie has grave doubts of the Labor party‘s position, if they pursue the candidaâ€" tures which they had arranged. There is no doubt the edcision of the Lords will lead to the abandonment of several Labor candidates. London, Dec. 27.â€"(Globe cable)â€" A general truce has been declared in the wur of the Budget, as the people are too busy preparing for the Christmas celeâ€" brations, and the interest in the fight has for the moment given way to the holiday spirit. The truce will last until Tuesday, when the fight will be renewed with eagerness and vigor. In the meantime the tariff reform campaign is rapidly taking a subordinate place to the confliet over the many proâ€" posals for the reform of the House . of Lords. As I have stated in previous deâ€" spatches, the leading Lords themselves are urging reform as the Unionist alterâ€" native to the abolition of the veto. Lord Curzon is among the latest of \the prominent members of the Upper House to advance a proposel. He anâ€" nounces himself as in favor of the. reâ€" duetio nof the membership of the House of Lords to 400. Me would discriminate in this real "upper four hundred" by denying the hereditary Peers the right to sit in the House, unless they had first rendered service to the country in the army, the navy, the civil service, or the House of Commons. _ He adds that he would not object even to the introdue tion of the elective idea in connection with the House of Lords. Many other Peers this morning sub scribe to proposals for reform, mostly along elective lines. The Liberal view is best represented by a novel Christmas card now in wide cireulation. It bears a Duecal coronet, and reads: SITTUATION DISQUIETING the House of Lords. ');I“_Y the 1 From Germany. HOLIDAYING NOW â€"followin With the Unionists l to the There that ssociat h aphic rie _ (Conservati g â€" noteworthy best cause in are lacking in i imagination . of also an uneasy f ie methods of is are not so «1 Cia en to th th | â€"COOK DaTA _ |‘MURDER While the investigators will not . now divulge the text of the report, they do not deny. that it discredits Dr. Cook‘s 2 1 eut S uty se B o M i New York, Dee. 27 â€"â€"Ihe . report 6° the special committee which investigated Dr. Frederick A. Cook‘s claim of having reached the summit of Mount McKinley will be delivered to the board of govâ€" ernors of the Explorers‘ Club toâ€"morrow. LN iha invactiontors will not now Said the Origina‘s Did Not Reach Copenhagen. EWY UUNUT IPRTT EY claim, and such a verdict has been gen erally anticipated. \\hlle\\iaitvr Lonsdale, Cook‘s secreâ€" tary, delivered only the earbon copies of the explorers report at Copenhagen, un rabes / es . A2". UI PETS mE Comne s C Tck I E P it is now reported here that Mrs. Cook went abroad with the originals, and was to have delivered them to Lonsdale in London, but that they missed each other, and only the duplicate ecopies reached Copenhagen ~_â€"__ LOOKING FOR COOK. New York, Dec. 27.â€"A Copenhagen cable despatch to the World this mornâ€" ing says that Captain Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the northwest passage, who has planned a four years‘ voyage in Fritjiof Nansen‘s Arctic steamer Fram to prove that a current runs from the Behring Straits over the North Pole, has begun a systematic search for Dr, Cook. The mysterious disappearance of Cook at a time when he expected to keep in close touch with the University of Copâ€" enhagen, which was testing his claim, was the first cause of the doubt of his story, which now the university regards as false. The despatch says the captain, who was one of Dr. Cook‘s most ardent supâ€" porters, does not expect to start on his Arctic voyage until next July, and will devote the intervening months, if necesâ€" sary, to finding Cook. lilness of Servant Girl Doesn‘t Stop Wages. Toronto despatch: Judge Morson will hereafter be declared the emancipator of the servant girl. This morning he decided in _ court that when a domesti= is too ill she peed not work, but her wages go on just the same. The case befors him was brought by Mabel Callengham against Mrs. Charles Stone. She sued for $12 wages due her, which Mrs. Stone refused to pay because she left before the end of the month . ‘‘No domestic is bound to stay when she is too ill to work, and she has statâ€" ed that she was in that condition. The law is _ clear on the point," said his Homor. ‘"The girl has stated that the reason she left is because she was too ill to work." Painter Swings Comrade to Roof From Precarious Position. New York, Dee, 27.â€"Yesterday afterâ€" noon â€" Christian â€" Jarling _ and Joseph Brown, painters, fell from a seaffold at Broome and Green streets. Brown fell four storeys to the pavement and was crushéd fatally. Jarling caught the edge of a wire sign and hung in the air, far above the street. Osecar _ Johnson, _ another _ painter, crawled over the edge of the building. While John Kirk lay on the roof edge of a wire sign and hung in the air, far above the street. Osear _ Johnson, _ another _ painter, crawled over the edge of the building. While John Kirk lay on the roof edge clinging â€"to his h-;_:s. Johnson swung head down and grasped Jarling‘s wrists and swung him up by main foree. Both were hauled in safety to the roof, while the crowd cheered. A battalion of firemen arrived with ladders just too late to be of assistance Toung Man Pulls Yourg Woman From Tracks Just in Time. Dunkirk despateh: _ While trying to cross the Lake Shore tracks on East Third street, between Washington aveâ€" nue and Central avenue, this afternoon, a young woman fell across the track upon which a Lake Shore work train was approaching. ® mes The woman was stunned by the fall. A young man sprang from the forward car, a flat car, and dragged her from the track an instant before the train reached the spot. f man was struck a glancing blow and knocked down. _ Neither he nor the young woman was injured. _ Both reâ€" fused to give their names. Agricultural Specialist Wanted to Live at Port Hepe. DUADINECT AMNPWAWUICOIUCC OS CSRY and Durham interviewed Hon. J. 8. Duff this morning and asked that the Government appoint an agricultural specialist to reside in Port Hope, to serve the two counties of Northumberâ€" land and Durham. Mr. J. J. Preston, M.P.P., introduced the deputation. It was pointed out that the specialâ€" ists at Lindsay, Norwood, Whitby and Picton were doing excellent work and the deputation was of the opinion that equally good work could be done in Port Hope. Hon. Mr. Duff promised to carefuily consider the request. s Toornto, Dee. 27,.â€"Twenty represenâ€" tatives of the Board of Trade, High and Public school boards and agriâ€" cultural interests of Northumberland Auna Staadt Gets a Medal From Royal KHumane Society. St. Catharines, Ont,, despatch: For an act of conspicuous bravery, twelveâ€"yearâ€" old Anna @taadt, of Chippawa, was this evenmg presented a bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society. In August, 1998, the little girl and a nineâ€"yearâ€"old â€" companion, Wilhelmine Greenwood, were playing on the bank of the Welland River. The little Greonâ€" wood girl fell into the water. inbainnads c PdutnaP ie duatse! # So close was the call that the young wood girl fell into the water. Auna Staadt plunged into the river and succeded; after a struggle, in bringâ€" ing the drowning child to the shore, DARING RESCUF. FOR THE FARM. FOR MA‘AM. LIKE A PLAY. BRAVE GIRL. »?.â€"The â€"report of Operator Had Cornish Down, and Morin Struck to Defend Him. Conductor Was an Eye Witaess to the Oprrator‘s Ceath. _ Coroner‘s Jury Find William Morin North Bay Despatchâ€"An inquest was held toâ€"night _ before Coroner MeMurâ€" chy touching the death of William _ J. Dyson, night operator at Redwater staâ€" tion, killed by a club in the hands of William Morin on Tuesday â€" evening. The verdict of the jury was that the death of Dyson was caused by blows on the head by a club in the hands of PVilliam â€" Morin, ana that Cornish should be held as an accessory before the fact. Morin and Cornish, the seeâ€" tionmen, who will be arraigned toâ€" morrow, charged _ witn _ the crime of murder, were present at the inquest, but on the advice of counsel refused to give evidence. __Crown Attorney A. G. Browning examined the witnesses, and G. _ A. McGiaughey appeared on behalf of the prisoners. _ Dr. Brandon gave medical evidence showing that death was due to â€" hemorrhage _ and â€" congestion _ of the brain, caused by the skull being fractured from heavy blows from a Llant instrument. _ The skull was badâ€" ly fractured, the bones being broken in small pieces, _ The club used . was put in as evidence, and was fuily three feet long, with a large knob on the end and was enerusted with blood. James Power, pumpman for the K. & N. 0. Railway at Redwater, swore that Morin came to him and said that there had been a scrap, and he had struck Dyson with a stick. _ Witness woent to the station. with Morin, and did what he could for _ Dyson, who was lying on the floor, with his face covered with blood. _ Dyson was alive it unconscious, and died in half an hour. _ Morin had been employed at Redwater since February last, and had always behaved himself before the tragâ€" edy. Dyson was not of a quarrelsome disposition. William Nixon, T. & N. O. Railway: conductor, was an eyeâ€"witness of the afâ€" fray, and was in the office of the station when Morin and Cornish came in. _A dispute arose over the unload: ing of a car of coal, and Dyson orâ€" dered _ the sectionmen _ out of the station, but they refused to go. _ Dyâ€" son then picked up a club and advanced toward Cornish, but dropped the club and elinched, throwing Cornish to the floor, Morin picked up the club and orâ€" dered Dyson to let Cornish up, followâ€" ing the command a moment later with a heavy blow on the head, which caused Dyson to straighten up and partly rise from the floor. Morin then glanced around at the witness and turned quickâ€" lyv, striking Dyson two more _ vicious blows, which caused the operator to fall over on his back. Conductor Nixon then left the station to call gthe train crew, and Morin and Cornish followed and went to their shack near the track. The altercation seemed to have some bearâ€" ing on a previous trouble which the witâ€" ness did not understand. The trainmen saw that Dyson was beyond help, and left for Diver, where news of hte occurâ€" rence was ‘phoned to headquarters, Provincial Constable LeFebvre went to Redwater and arrested Morin and Cornish _ without _ difficulty, _ although Morin tried to flag the Cobalt special before his arrest, stating that he wishâ€" ed to go to North Bay and give himâ€" self up. Morin comes from Ottawa, and gives his age as nineteen. Cornish is an Englishman, only a short time in the country, and has been employed at Redwater about one month. He has a wife in Toronto SUES THE INSPECTOR Wallaceburg Man Was Placed on the Ind:an List. Toronto despatch: William Piggott, of Wallaceburg, has issued a writ against Thomas M. French, of Chathxm, Kent County license inspector, for unstated duamages for placing Piggott‘s name on the "Indian list" and for damages for likel. The Ontario License Department, it is understood, will defena French. Some time ago French, acting in good faith, had Piggott‘s name placed on the list and notices posted in the hotels. Piggott sued and it was held that his wife, being dead, he was not a brotherâ€" indaw of his dead wife‘s brother, and as he bad asked that Piggott‘s name be placed on the list, the action was illegal. The notices, therefore, were taken down, but Piggott claims that he was libeled and claims damages. The department will appoint a fawyer to defend the action. IURDER OF YOUNG DYSON. Thirdâ€"Class Cruiser Apollo Purâ€" chased. Victoria, B. C., Dec,. 27.â€"H. M. 8. Apollo, a thirdâ€"class cruiser of 3,400 tons, has been purchased by Canada from Great Britain, and is being made ready to proceed to Esquimalt for use as a training ship and fishery Brotection cruiser in British Columâ€" ia waters, forming the nucleus of a Canadian navy for the Pacific. H. M. 8. Egeria, an old gurvey vesâ€" sel, has been recommissioned until 1911, and will continue hydrographic work, and H. M. 8. Algerine will reâ€" commision at Esquimalt in March. Numerous ap{)lications are being reâ€" ceived for places in the Canadian navy J. Pierpont Morgan Spends $40,000 For Two French Importatioas. New York, Dec. 27.â€"Including comâ€" missions and expenses, _ J. Pierpont Morgan recently paid $40,000 for two soup â€" tureens _ which he obtained in Paris. The tureens, now on their way to this country, are the work of a noted artifiâ€" eer, D. A. Meissonier, and engraved by Hnaniot. CcOSTLY TUREENS. OUR NAVY. King Lauds Late King and Pledges Kims :if to Fatherland. King Aibert and Queen Elizabeth W elcomed in Brussels. Brussels, Dec. 23.â€"Albert, King of the Belgians, with his Queen, Elizgabeth, made a state entry into the capital from Laeckon this morning. Cannon boomed a royal salute, church bells rang cut merrily, and thousands of adoring subâ€" jects lined the route of the regal march erving, "Long live Albert!‘* and "Long erying, Chong live ATbOT,. * and . 1208 live Elizabeth1" When the procession arrived at tin chamber where the oath of ascenâ€"ion was t0 be taken, the successor of Leoâ€" pold 1. was given a notable reception by the Senators and Deputies. A feebl attempt of the Socialists to make a de monstration tarled miserapiy. | At every discordant note a fresh outburst of cheering drowned the voices of the malâ€" eontents. King Albert said; "The throne has its prerogatives and its responsibilities. . The sovereign must be the servant of the law and the supâ€" porter of social peace. J love my ccunâ€" try, and the Queen shares with ise on unalterable feeling of fidelity to Bcb gium, which we are inculeating also in our children. 1 pledge myself to 1o my uty scrupulously and to consenzate ail my strength and my whole lite to the service of the fatherland." King Albert‘s speech from the throne was an eloquent tribute to Leopold L. and to his uncle, the late King Leopold IL of the speech TWO CRUISERS, Loud cheers, which had freqvertly in terrupted the speaker, greet»d the clos Canada to Purchase Them From the Pritish Government. Ottawa, _ Ont., Dec, 27,.â€"The _ first Canadian warship will be in commission in Canadian waters next spring. . The Government has arranged for the purâ€" chase from the British Admiralty of the second class twin screw cruiser _ Rainâ€" bow, one of the unarmored classes, and the vessel is now in dry dock in Great Britain, undergoing the necessary alâ€" terations and repairs preparatory to beâ€" ing sent across the Atlantic next spring. STATE ENTRY. :&rrangements are also being made for securing from the admiralty another seâ€" cond class cruiser of 2 somewhat larger type for service in Canada next sumâ€" mer, both vessels being used in the dual capacity of fisheries protection cruisers and training ships. ‘The Rainboy will probably be in commission on the Paciâ€" fic coast and the second eruiser will be stationed on the Atlantic Cogst; BUEPDTPTTENE C CMDO CC LC It had been the intencion of the Govâ€" ernment at first merely to secure the‘ :loan of the Rainbow from the Admirâ€" alty during th® construction of the soven new . ships contemplated in the initial naval construction programme, but arâ€" rangements now made are for purchase outright, the yessels being offered to the Canadian Government at a most rea sonable price, The purchase price | is not yet divulged, but will be annoussed in the Commons next month. The yvessels will be manned at first, of course, bp British officers â€" and â€" men, whose places will be taken by Canadians gradually, as officers are trained. _ The main object of getting the cruisers at once is to secure the speedy training of crews for new warships, which will, of course, not be completed for probably The complement of the Rainbow‘s crew is 273. She was launched in 1891, and cost $920.000. Mer tonnage is a litâ€" tle over 3,000 tons; length 360 feet; beam 43 feet; draught 16.6 feet; armor 4 12 inches, and speed 20 knots,. _ She earries two sixâ€"inch guns,, six 44%â€"i9ch guns, eight 6â€"pounders and four i wrped o i couple of years or so id o r 80 tubes Greatest Battleship Ever States Launched. Philadelphia, Dec. 27.â€"The battleâ€" ‘ ship Utah, the greatest warship ever built in the U. 8., was launched from / the yard of the New York shipbuildâ€" ing company at Camden, N.J., toâ€"day. The Utah is the fifth of the all big gun type of battleship launched for the U. 8. navy. When completed she will be more powerful than the Delaâ€" ware and North Dakota, of the Dreadâ€" nought class, ard a member of conâ€" gress has dubbed her the *"Bkeered O‘Nuthin."‘ The Utah has a length on the load water line of 510 or 521%; feet over all and a beam of 88 feet 2 inches. Her trial draft will be 28*; feet; displacement 21,825 tons or 2,000 tons greater than the Delaware. and North Dakota, and her speed is exâ€" pected to develope 20% knots or more an hour. i . Smuaih mo+ .. tihe s The Utah will be fitted for a flagâ€" ship and her compliment as such wilr consist of a crew* of 10,000, of whom 460 will be officers. U. S. WARSHIP. Queen shares with 1 feeling of fidelity to we are inculeating al 1 pledge myself to 1 ONTARIO ARCHIVE TORONTO One quart ofâ€" fresh buttermilk, one teaâ€" spoon of soda, a pinch of salt, and enough flour to make s stiff batter. Then add two or three tablespoonfuls of sour cream. Dissolve the soda in a little of the buttermilk. Then add the other ingredients, bake in hot gem pans in hot oven. Cook any finely grained breakfast food, adding a half cupful of finely chopâ€" ped pecan or walnut meats. When done turn into square dish and cool, Out in slices, dig‘ in egg and cracker, and fry a delicate brown. Serve hot with syrup if desired. One cupful of sour milk or buttermilk, a little salt, half teaspoonful of soda, half teaspoonful of meited lard, and enough flour to make a soft batter, This gives a rich and flaky taste to the cakes, BRGG BREAD., Take a slice of bread, dip both sides lightly in milk or water, and fry in hot grease or butter. When one side is brown turn and have ready an agg beat> er, Use a little of this for th:"k)p of ome side and aprinkle with a little sugar. Turn again for a second and remove from pan, Serve warm, This recipe is sufficient for a family of six. Mix one teacup of cornmeal into a batter with cold water and add to a juart of boiling water; eook into a thick mash, stirring constantly +*0o keep it smooth. Turn the mush into the mixing pan or bow! and cool and thin the mush with cold water, adding about a pint. To this add two teacups of sifted flour, with a teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoon of soda, stirring the flour in gradually and beating thoroughly, Cook the batter quite brown on a well greased ariddle. Underdone cakes of any kind we not fit to eat, but these cakes are »specially nice when cooked dark brown. This is a good recipe for use when ggs and milk are scarce, but cooling the mush with cold milk and adding an egg r two to the batter, of course, improves the cakes. One cupful of whole wheat flour, one cupful of thick sour milk, oneâ€"fourth teaspoonfual of salt, one tablespoonful of soda dissolved in two teaspoonfuls f boiling water, one agg well beaten; at last grease griddle with bacon grease or suet and cook. Two eggs, whites beatén separately ; one tablespoonful of corn _ meal, one tablespoonful of melted butter and lard (half of each), one teaspoonful of syrup, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one cupful of milk, one cupful of flour, pinch of salt. Have the irons good and hot, cook to a golden brown. f MACARONT. Break macaroni into short lengths and add two onions out fine, Boil twenty minutes in boiling salted water, Drain, add milk, a lump of butter the size of a walnut, and a little pepper. Thicken with flour, bring to a boil, and servé h ». MINT JELLY, Two tablespoonfuls of gelatin, oneâ€" fourth cupful of cold water, one cupful of vinegar very hot, one cupful of sugar, oneâ€"fourth teaspoonful of sait, oneâ€"fourth teaspocuful of cayenne pepper and threeâ€" fourths cupful of cut driea mint leaves. Pour cold water over the genatin and set over boiling water to dissolve,. Add hot vinegar, sugar and seasonings and chopped munt leayes, Ret aside to jell. When it begins to stiffen turn into a mould. By using oneâ€"half of the tablet that comes with gelatin a pretty dark green color is given. Rasily prepared any time of year. Served with leg of lamb or lami chops. Allow one pin tsugar and one pint water to one quart cranberrics,. _ Put sugar and water in large kettle and bring to boil. Then put in cranberries, cover, and remove from fire and let stand five minutes, Place on fire again and co0k five minutes, and then allow to cool still covered. They will look like eandied cherries and are delicoius. CAKES WITHOUT MILK OR EGGS SWEET POTATO REJASH. (me of the best relishes for poultry or roast pork: Slice firm boiled potatocs, keeping the slices whole, arrange them in layers in a baking dish, smothering the layers in sugar and dotting them liber> ally with butter. Season with nutmez or mace and a little while pepper. Alâ€" time. The aim is to preserve the potato sliees. When taken out, there should be a rich sirup, half the depth of the dish, most cover with boiling water and set for two hours in a slow oven. As the water wastes add more a little at a Good either hot or eold. POTATO SALAD DREsSSING. One teacupful of vinegar, one teacupâ€" ful of granulated sugar, one teaspoontul of salt, a dash of pepper, a piece of butâ€" ter the size of an egg, one egg with one teaspoonful of mustard mixed together, Add to the other and cook until thick, stirring all the time to keep it smooth, Will keep indefinitely, and is nice with a little sweet cream added just before serving. Break the macaroni into plenty of salted boiling water. Cook rmapidly a half hour or longer, until perfectly tenâ€" der; drain, rinse in eod!l water, drain, nearly cover with milk, and heat but not boil. _A good supper dish for children, SWEET POTATORS. Boil sweet potatoes until tender in enou ghwater to cover, then pour of{ a!\ but a cupful. Then add enough sugar to make a thick sirup. ©©o%k all together about ten or fifteen minutes, Take out potatoes, put in pan with a tablespoon of butter and brown a nice light brown. Then taeck the sirup, put a drop or two of vanilla in, and cook until it is almost candied, and pour over the polatoes, BAKED BEANS. Soak three cupfuls of baens over night in three quarts of water, add oneâ€"half teaspoonful of soda in the morning, and let come to boil. Drain, wash, and pleae in an open jar wit hthreeâ€"quarters pound of salt pork, three tablespoonfuls esugar, oneâ€"third can of tomatogs. Slice onions over top. cover all with water, and bake alowly five or six hours, adding more water when noeded. 4 NEW BREAKFAST POOD. BUTTERMILK MUFFIN®S It‘s a good thing that poverty is no sgrace, or most of us would hbe disâ€" WHOLE WHEAT CAKES EGGLESS PANCAKES SOUTHERNX WAFFLES CRANBERRY HELPS MACARONI