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of Free Trade ' - ' - -_

League. Some Wild Statements Being ‘"5 Nm SP""g~ S‘=°' Does a Humane Act and Has Novel

Made A" olfefdun _Steamship Arrives Safely I Experience.A Soldier Must

Special to The Guardian. LONDON, Dec. 23-Unknown me-n

for iliie past two nights have col. lectcd the home-less and destitute who frequent the Victoita Embankmentn and given to each maui a quilted jacket,` gloves: scarf _ and a shilling and each 'wu_n‘an a shawl, gloves and ii shilling. They refused ‘to give the name of

the donor of the articles. The Daily Mail says

stirred by the stories of the ivamp erers who seek refuge on the Em.

the Queen,

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EIHE IIHIEES

AIIE INSMISSEI]

Special to The Guardi'an. MONTH-EAL, Dieceirihrer 25-Tlic first

results of the recent civic Iiive’.-tlga tion by Judge Cannon were shown when fire chiefs Dubois and Marin were suspendlcd and may be ‘dismissedf when the fire comimittee.fully» con-I riders their cases.

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EZAH NIEHULAS AS

A PHIVAIE SIILINEIII

LONDON, Dec 22~The Russian “Court Bulletin" recorded liitely that' the (Mar walked about Livadia for two hours wearing the uniform and carrying the accountrcments of an infantry soldier in order to test the eflllipment.

lliankmeut, has taken this means of :Providing Christmas presents,

I coupon, Dec 23-on Monday nie Free Trade Union are opening fifty Ulmlpaign offices in the industrial

centres from wliicli eight hundred speakers will be directed and mil- lions of cartoon leaflets will be dis- triliiitcd. ‘

Reading some of these pnblicatiuns

and .lstening fo Radical meetings, ignorant electors are persuaded that

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PHINIIE ALHEHI I

WILL SEIILE

Special to The lliinrdinn,

illtl.SSELS, Decenllier 22~-To avoid-

futire scaiiiiiils Prince Albert , will settle with the creditors of his coils- in_l.ouisc and take steps tu prevent litigation by the other Princesses over the estate of the late King Leopold,

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Another story has now reached Si. Petersburg to the effect that, while

the hlmperor was strolling in the pork I

w'iff.li his adjutunt he iiioticed that one of the sentries had been attacked with a hemorrhage. I-le sent the adjutant to tell the man .to quit his post and fUl’0l”t himnelf toa doctor. The miin

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the proiwctionist United States is in deep depression with thousands of

workingmen in each centre searching viainly for work and food, and that Germans, driven by their tarif! to cat horseflesh, lead miserably 'down- trodden lives. _ `

LONDON, Dec 23--The steamer

Rostrevor, for which fears have been entertained, arrived at Holyhead this afternoon.

She had been _detained by fog and St0l‘DiI1g to assist a schoonen dis, iiiasteil in the storm,

ALLAN LINEH `

based on the earnings to date 'with the probable raklngs for the balance Of 'Jie year based on last yea._r’s fig- ures. _

The curnings,piiblislied monthly in-

rerllcd that he dare nrt, and that _

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he wai~i_under oath to die r..-Lliir than l@H\’c his pcst liixtif lie. was relieved. The Czar then appro. _lied and told

the man that the siame oath compell- ed him to obey his Emperor, who WHS also empowered by the niiilitary

eodc to relieve the sentrv. The (fziir l

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clude the railway system, with the lake stcamships, cnc., but 'not the takings ci Atlantic and Pacific steam ships, the hotel system, etc. i

mount to $85,000,000 by the erid ofi

l0lii_the sentry to surrender his rifle in him and instructed the ndjutfnnd tii i _ Hccillnhnny the man to the barracks I

The Czar meanwhile mounted guai-il

, _ 1-_-‘<-vfvii __ »'.:_f"/“_A " »,<~_;.;,,,,,,i,.,_,___._.,.~fl` ' I' "" ` ggi. .V `<"'§'f‘§~"I.-I._l-`.`if .». _ ‘ - -A A V’ ;n;~_.r,<-1,,f=is_

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until he was relieved.

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Lonrlcnsrd Advertisements

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QAUNSOME SAUSAGES fresh ev- N _lav at Sniinders A Neue »ni'~|

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GIRL Wm'l‘ED, with a lair ediic-a~ submitted to ai transfusion, . , ~,, ,H-_

tion tn learn the type netting. f_i~iiiut _.__ ____ ____ _“__ _____S_N,m_,,.e_,

(pr ii il' ~ '_ ‘ .

"- |71- at fliinrrlinn office. ll Zuilrl Ito licr home and is recovering fliilll

_ _ _ __ _ _ , 1 . rations.

_Vl‘l-IE HUNTER l-ivcr griiilf nnd sa\\'I u'Th‘_`_UT,i_ti f:_i__,t l,;,.,I:,vcgreiitly l.eui-.fited

*WAY in person between 8 and 10

mill v\ill be closed Saturday and.

Monday December 25 and 27 I "y ‘ ` - h

i - I , | ' 5 reported tliut _ 2

_ 12-24d3ipd. I m_,“)in tlifrtf.) ;:y,?j‘i:1mtr.l:iiilitlriii, considering

i y,;. ..»,.i-,. ~i~i--if ~ W __

and explain.

ii.A1ii 'ro Tier soirri-1 i'oi.i<1. | :»1',i. --

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NI‘7\V YORK, Dec 23~Peary very C?)/§§\Xi']}._Ea smlllllly intimated at ii banquet of E I

U10 New England Society that ithe A ~¥.,, ,_§," ~

fxiledition which he led to tliyprtli _,___ __

';_°1_° Inisht also try for tiic siintii 3-5 -*PT \" 0°' ‘~ ` ' 125 Ln/iivi..

_., ____ Hills, oii _ ._ ,_ 14.05,

_ _f;?- . ,_ » ' h Klllgil litillll Y ata fm' clnssilflrmmn » eil s\llH.'~""_” msc askin from her body

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iihlu, of l‘:_'t.:_(_ncs_____y __immU_,,, auuw.

l>\l3f‘I to Nemo 'i it leg of liel

iiud graft i_t oii_ t_hc _l__i;____S and than ~i\ .Yfm "NI O of blood

hu. pod- gi that of lui sou i

tlieilirroic ti'eni.nient, and l/GSA-ef

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“-~_S|f yi," hyippiiirsi._ _\uii toii.oiio _

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:El “fs

.sees

f you today l"" . inns ainr; iniil l

will equal $100,000,000. -

A sign of the confidence of the Brit-

ish people in the Canadian Pacific Rallwiry is shown by the fact that although payments on the recent ls- sue of $30,000,000 stock are not duc un,\l January, large sums are al- ready pouring in from the old con try. ‘

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John Miltchell, Labor Leader, New York, who is aiding the suffrage

movement.

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Mlnard’l Lliilment cures distemper

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. dllicriiifninii 1 i:‘inll :=liZl wish y0l\

- -- 4----H-ET_ph',_.s,,.' ,md ii.. on, clear f."ni‘olll£|\

` the ymri' \viinfe\‘1" 5"" "rimicchsii

‘_ ""m°s "1 -VU" Wm m‘r_'-‘HI "IN gil‘;(\'nc|i- . pluin words. iii;il_\\__i:_\_i_1\~_ _l_________ ___

|;00(l will til _\“" "` ' " '

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CHICAGO MARKETS.

CHICAGO, Dec 23-(Speclal.)--

diseases mmmesd

Dec Wheat ._ _ ...-114| Jan Wheat . . .. ._ ... 110|

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ond Class Twin Screw Steamer

Special 'to The Guardian.,

OTTAWA, December Z3-fI‘he first

Canadian war vessel will be in com- mission in Canadian waters neu spring. -_

purchase from_the British Admiralty the second-class twin screw Cruiser Rainbow, one of the Appole type nl

unarmed cruisers.

The vessel is now in dry-dock in

Britain, undergoing altemations and repairs peeparatory to bcllng sent across to Canada. '

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EAHMEHI BIINEIII _

DETROIT, December 23-J. C. Coe,

- GUAYAQUAIL, Ecq, Dec 22-Dur-

_.__ ~ ' ' , .ng the first two weeks of December

--_'~_-.i ' i0 cases of buhonic plague, of' which

:.5 proved fatal were officially rc-

MUNTREAIL, Dec 21-It was yester- orted here. In the same period

dill’ estimated by finance officers of ?-- here were twelve cases of yellow fever

inn cnniiiii n P in ni t en ~ ~ n'1 five <1ea*I‘S- ll

H ac C B e gloss ---_°---" |g, statement today to the effect that

revenue of the system for the ca.lcnd~ l_$lSEDl\l, ,De~c, 22_-Winslow lDeLi- 1 |t

ar year would amount to _.$100,-_00_0,. ma, the Prenyier, gives as the reason E Itiig yeaii- 1909 would be $l00,00l),0Gt,

1 I

r theresiguation 'of the Cabinet I

ooo. fo ,

T, t- _,_-_ h~1 1 _ ._ which took- place Saturday, the de-

m es mm W xc on y appmm fecticn of two roups of the co l"

t - , . ' » _ S _ ai'

ma c. since the ycar is not ended. is Sm, partiw by which the ministry

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ad been supported

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EINSIIN HIINUHEI]

IIN HIS ASSIIIIIAIEA

The earnings, as shown, will ii- f »

NEW YORK, Dec 22-Thomas .A

the yen;-_ and when to t|_|_5 is added Edison, forsaking his multitudinous the gross taklngs of the two ocean 53"” p;`i“;'; ami ghiaiginplext im‘$°“_`_

~ . _ c cs o , 5 la o y a. es

stcamshlp services, hotels, telegraphs, 0mng_e_ N_ _L_ attended at the H0_ etc., lt is estimated that the taklngs tel plaza his first dinngp for 9, n“m_

lier of years past. He iolned"a unm- ber of moving picture manufactuners who desired at once to pay him tri- bute as the pioneer in the field and to signilize the completion of their first 12 months of peace after a pro- tracted pcrlod of costly litigation. A silver trophy depicting a Greet procession of rdctory was given lvl‘r

n` _Edison by his_ associates \.liii also

exposed a special film as a record of the dinner. i

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IJIIEHESS LEAVES

A LANISE ESEAII

LONDON, Dec 22-The estate of

'the late Consuslo Duchess, of Mari- chester is valued for probate nt $1,- 024,330, After provision for her if-:and son, the Viscount Manderville, and the younger children of the Duke nf Manchester, the residue of the prop- erty was left in trust for the Duke 'during his life, and then for the suc- cessor to the title. The Uo\v'\ger 'Duchess bequeathed a ruby and dia- mond bi-aclet to Queen Alexandra" 'na ii token of respectful affection."

The Society for rthe Prevention of

Cruelty to Animals 'received $5 000. ‘The testator before her marriage to

the eighth D-uke of Manchester. was Miss Uonsuelo Yznahna of New York.

Minaril s Liiiiniinfcires Garget inm\\'s

The temperature at ihree o’clock

this morning was thirty-eight! degrees.

' Mlnard‘a Iiinlment Cures Colds Etc.

Special to The Guardian.

TORONTO, December 24-Strong

vilnds and moderate gales northwes- terly and westerly, cloudy wfth~ lc- cnl snow falls. Miicb the same tem-

pevaturc.

Dec Corn ~ 61| I 'rue icngtii of toiliiy win he eight

.riiii corn . _ ss’ii,,,,,¢. .na iss iiiiiiuuii.

ciiiiiiiiiii _N.'-NNI NTIS NNLENN NNN

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QUEEN ALE_l_fANDRI5Ai I 'Illllll _QZAR _NICHQMIS

SECRl~.ji‘LY HELPING. lnN__guHti_isii AT LivAn_1‘A

. LONDON’S POUR null iiiiiiiiiul . PLAYS SOLDIE

fl P0l'l Alltif Sl0l‘ll`l» . I ‘obgy His Emper0f__

Special to The.-Guardian. V LONDON, December 23-The Czar

walked about Livadia for two horui-5

The Government h-as arranged to wearing the uniform and aciiountrem-_

ents of an infantry soldier in order to test the equipment.

While the Emperor was strolling in the park with an adjutant he noticed one of the sentries attacked with hemorrhage.

_He sent the adjutant to tell the man to go to the barracks and report to the doctor. 'i

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AMIINIISEN _III I

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lieved.

man the same oath compelled him to obey his Emperor.

surrender his rfie to him, and in- structed the adjutant to accompany the man to the barracks and explain.

Meanwhile the Czar mounted iguard

until relieved.

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HIIW TI] HEGAIN IWN-PIIWEII SIANIIAIIII

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i Special to The Guardian. ' i

Special to The Guardian. _

A _i . . . u Saskatchewan farm r, dropped inte IEW 'YO1~ll§, December 23-Copenhag-‘ bgcuul ,to ,rhe (luardlam Detmif and D\lI`Cl181S0la1 thirty aut- ancablevdespaitchcs say that (laptainI

ALIB AX, December Z;-I-The Allan omoibiles hor his farmer friends ofthe Amundsen, discover of the Northwest;

Liner oniintiiiiin was riniiteii this North West- masse. has begun ii systems; morning and in now at her,_picr, re H9 A1015 his Il¢iEhb0I`S 11° WHS going :ic search for Cook. ‘ loading cargo for London and Havr¢_ cast and they gave him orders ac- , .___-i---

--- ` ..‘.‘:..;:‘: IIJIIININIII PLAGIIE ini, P, ii, Hin _ _.___ i Al fllllllllill

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The Court of'Chanc9I`Y WHS All 9”*

The case of'Co_les vs Nunn came on or hearing. In _this matter the Billl f Complaint prays tliatthe estate of _ lohn F. Nunn, late of Winslne Iload.; nay be administered under the order; ind direction of the Court and that1_ he will of the said John F. Nunn; _,ay be. (lwlareil well proved. Ten vitnesses were examined at the hear- ng A,A_ Mcbean K. (fi. AUY Wm' iainiiiit ` and .i. A. inani- escn K. (`. for Defendant, 0013185 Jung, and C.l-l.. Smalwood,Guardiaii iid litem for Infant Defendants. Tye Vice Chancellor decided that ill the l>l`0D9\'Wi MOCK and crop be- ,on 5 50 the estate of John F. Nunn indgnralles order of reference to thc Vluster to take accounts. Sw. and “ml the estate be administered under the direction of the (:lo_nrt._

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-~7f~f’“°*f§€.£`-:.'./ZJFIQZII.. wAsi4iNG'ri.-.~.. ii. i., nee iz- "in-

surgent" weather note-About ‘this time look out ‘for squals. _

Speaker (-‘nniioii arri\'c<l in Washing- ton tonight for the winter on the chicago Llmiteii, ni'ei>nrcd to °Br_fi' forward his warfare against the "in- iiiirgenty' in the lloiise of liepresien- UNH and their "pl‘ni:ressIve repiilrli- can" bosses in the 1-lenafe. He talked very freely about the' exciting events ln the Middle West. n which he has been a central figure during ‘the last few weeks- now r.i.id- ing the coniititiicncies ol Senator Cummins, of Iowa; now bathing will the followers of Senator lia-Follette, of Wisconsin; now makin! If il\i°"*=‘¢~ ing for Senator llrlstow, of Kansas. and all the time combattlng his es-| pecldl newspaper' enemies, the (lmcmgc)

Chl T lb

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Record-Heraldnthe ca!0. F “U0

alll!-»tll\‘-'Kllllll-Ott!-Star. _ _

supplies and raw 'material are safe beyond ali question.

sion yesterday _m'0rn|inS. the Vl°°_“ Chancellor presiding- e

LONDON, December 21-Lord Char-

les Beresford, writing to the union- ist candidate in Mid- Derbyshire, says the two-pclwer standard has been deserted and cannot be regained unless the four other nations form- ing the Bridisb Empire will join with us until the security of our material,

E. P. Il. HEVENIIE ,_

IS NI|]N.IlI]IIiIlIiN

MONTREAL, Dec 22-The Control- er of the Canadian Paciiic cave out

he gross revenue of the Uoriipany for

beating; lVi'r Fie1ding's estimated rc- vi-nue liy $5,000,000. Of this amount it is understood that eighty-five mil- lion will come from the railway, and l5,t'00,000 from the Steamers, hotels tc.

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I The Czar approached and told the

The Czar then ordered the sentry to

win is silil

PNNNNENSINN 5"

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RI' IN NIIIAHAEIN

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i Estrlda Will Attack the N qw

President. Prisoners Wcllif: Treated, May loin Insurgents.

"-_ _I

Special to The Guardian.

'riie inan replied. that he dere not acusieiicnos, neeiiiniicr 23-Gena

and that he was under oath to die rather than leave his post until re-

eral Estrada will immediately as. sume the offensive against the Gov- ernment of Madrlz.

The Zelnyan element was removed

from consideration by the sweeping battle of Rama.

Madriz and his associates _now re-

present the enemy._ A ma/rch on MMV agua is imminent.

The prisoners captured at Hamm

have been well fed and all who cl- pouse the cause of Estrada wifl be armed and enrolled in the rainks of the insurgents. '

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ENE NEW PHISIIIENI

IIE NICARAGUA

MANAGUA, Nrciiriigiin, nec 21-

(Spe¢.'_al;--Dr Jose Madriz, the newly elected president of Nicaragua who took the oath of ofllce this morning, was formerly minister of foreign af- fairs. He is cmiipziriitively young, a lawyer and author. He iiipresented Nicaragua at the Central American Court of Justice ut (lartage and wal ' chairman of the Nicaraguan delega- tion of the Central American Peace conference bud in Washington ln l(+0T,_l 'ug elected secret: ry of the conferi~i'.cc. i\iadi"'/_ is said ho havi seen i-.loser to Ae-laysi ihaiiiny of the former l’resident's associates. Hd KI

'onsidcred an able man.

I niis nina I

December isis

63 Years Ago.

Wc have been informed on what we

consider good authority that I-lon. Joseph Pope hiis resigned his seat' in the Executl c Council board ‘of this Island. _

The Assault and Buttery Court. met

in the County Court House on the llth December' inet ll. Dc Sf. Croix, F-. Longworth and Hon S. Macdonald Esquires, on. the bench. 10 cases of assault were tried and the different parties dealt viitli. Theo. Desbrisy, Clerk of the (`i‘.urt. .

The Brig "Elliot" Flemming. mol-

ter which sailed from this port oiwtlrel 17-th ult bound to London, timber laden, was driven cn ehnre at tho Magdalen Islands, in the storm cd the 24th and is a total wreck, She was owned by Messrs Nelson Ak Son of this town.

The Brig "Bessy" laden with 4000 bushels of grain, bound to St John's N. F., was driven on shore- in Rich- mond Bay in the gale of Monday 30th, and will not be got oil until spring. She is owned by F. Longworth of this town.

The South Western Railway Coin-

, LI “_”-‘~.._..~::|z.-a:°.~=-°2-_______-:£‘.:L'.!.'L‘;'.“...i . "'_'\'~.T 13.1' .7°"`i-f’f1*._I<."~°f`°l.`i‘;°_ET7f:i: 1- r I

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-A white hair-I

ed, sweet faced woman, whose age has passed the foiirscore mark, was seated in the window of the "third floor back" in a tenement at No. 334 East Thirty-second street watching .the sun disappear behind the iiiiz ofl`- ce buildings in the West. t'-llowly rind. softly the door opened and a young girl_ tiptoed across the room. She clasped her hands over the eyes of the aged woman and than kissed her on the cheek.

"Guess whois here, Aunt Mary,"

whispered theyoung uiiiiirin. “l‘ll bet you can’t."

The aged woman was Mrs Mary Led-

witli, eighty-five years old, and lm,-

pany of England has purchased 200,- 000 Railway Sleepers from a large landed proprietor in Prince Edward Island. Some portions of .which are llrcady landed at the Southhampton docks. The timber is aspecies of hr of it very heavy and durable nature. .'l'hev are imported in such shape an to be almost ready to be llld dowl when delivered. ‘

lt. is rofed by letter from England "I regret to have .to tell you of the ripidly declining health of Ireland:

most honored Poet, Thmnin Mqgrm The sun of his life is fast setting nd if is feared dissolution il near at hand."

-_-_ I The news brought by the Royal mail steamer 10; days from Liverpool to

l“"°x|’""l°d "i“ll‘" “'89 Ml” hfllell-lallfax comtaifns the information of luiosr-volt, daughter of Colonel andihe iniinrrection in Portugal and the

lilrs Tlieodrire Roosevelt.

After "A\\|it" Mary had guessed and giif-snail right Miss Roosevelt threw her arms around the aged woman,w‘hq for half a rcitiiiy hi\d served as a ‘nurse in the (Jarow and Roosevelt families, and gave her a good, long hui; and many kisses.

"rib, l'm so glad to see you, Aunt

Mary, and I have come td hiring good news from papa ! He sends you his love und wishes you amerry Christ- mas and a happy New Year." she said.

“lt was n happy day for Mrs Led-

ivilli. She had not seen Miss Roose- velt since ber rrt~.irn_ with her mother from Europe iin Thanksgiving DAY. and an a result nf the visit Aunt Mary is going to Sagamore Hill neil

annihilation of the last remains of Polish Nationality' by the combined forces of Austria, Russia and Pnii- sla.

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Three men ln Lot 31 were lined ive

shillings with costs for trespass on the property of the Right Hon tho Earl of Selkirk (His who was than Lord of Lot 31 and vicinity.)

I The malls landed at Wood Islands from Picton on Saturday-'onlv o-we Innes.-nger, Mr William McGill, _who 'drove to the Town on. Sunday.

There is ii prediction that the "Mall train" between Edinburgh and lion- 'don will yet reach the high cpeed of

week to rejoin the Roonevelts and toten hours when the Railway .in

spend the -remainder of her days an member of the household.

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