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L-Sir Henry .Campbell-Bannerman Has Thrown ___
Down Challenge to The House of Lords. §    »  
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1 LONDON. Feb- I6. - (Special)~ He announced in the House of Com-
Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell~ nions on Saturday that two Scottish
Bancernialihaslhrown down a pnrlia- Land Bills passed by the lower House
mentary Challenge in the battle with thc last session and rejected- by the Peers
,'House of Lords. will then be sent to the Lords for their
 business and eilitorialifxdllices. The blaze'
reconsideration.
This will be the first time in history
that abill has been resubmitted to the
House of Lords within the life _of a
single parliament.
shortly before eight ogiock and the Fire‘ '_
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 AD DEATH
Di New Brunswick, Who Went to Hospi=  
H OF F ARME
. tal For Surgical Aid But Died While
On the Journey Home.
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_ ooncl-lss’rEI;, Feb. r6.»(speei..1)
'-Thea hiittbii, a prosperous farmer near
Dorchester  yesterday afiernoon
in his sleigh Whilebeiug conveyed from
the I. C. R. depot to his home.
The deceased was returning from the
I .~ . ~ ...
Moncton Hospital whether he had gone
for surgical aid.
The physicians-would not undertake
an operation in the advanced condition
of his disease, and he, hoping that he
mightlive to return borne, unriéiitbok the
journey with the above mentioned result.
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ClPll|Ni GUILTY  
SAYS EUUHT
NEW YORK, February 14. The
conviction ol William H. Van Sch-
aick, captain of the excursion steam-
er General Slocum, which was burn-
ed on June 15, 1905, in East River,
with a"loss of over one thousand
lives, was amrrned to-day by__t_lLe
United States circuit court of up-
peals, Van _Bchaick was convicted
oi neglect oi his duty as captain,
and sentenced to ten years in prison.
It was thisf ,sentence which was af-
firmed to-day.` Captain Van Bchaick
is seventy years' old. He has been
at liberty on bail and has been
married sinoethe conviction. 
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ALTOONA, Feb. 14.-For the for-
tieth time in his life, J. W. Prun-
knrd, a. grocer, is confined to his bed
as a result of an accident. He was
thrown out ot a carriage last night
and his left leg was broken.
There have been lew months in his
life that Prunkard has not nursed
injuries.
He has been kicked live times by
horses and seriously hurt and hos
had his lower jaw broken. A few
years ago he fell twenty lost from
the roof of a house.
PIETUTHES THAT .MAKE L r
ll|HYLl`~|] EAMUUS.
The pictures that are making
l?alryland,_tphlous were heartily en-
joyed by large audiences in the
Opera House last week. To-niKl1¢ Bn'
other iamoulfpdctorial quartette will
be shown, tllul sustaining the high
entertaining _record established __b_y
the “popular noreation resort.
"A Midnight Hnrprise" is the lat-
est Vsensatipnj in motion photo-
Braphy. 2' ,- _ '
It r¢proun& excitement, adventure.
and tho, mw*t$lling drama*-1° IW'
uatlon' "*h""
'file
" is one oi
Films ol
minute com-
_‘.._....
the
edy with one thousand lbs oi inn to
the square inch oi film.
"Suicide, Imposible.'_' This is a de-
tective romance that suggests N10
Sherlock Holmes tales. It isis _in
tensely melodramatic.. '
"‘Mrs. Smithers' Boarding Hchool"
is a grand comedy. '
_The new illustrated song by Mr
Msddiaon will be A |n_ustcol'ioature
worthy ot the occasion. _
Owing to the absence oi vaudeville
un admission vnu in il" °°\\*~° “Y
round tonight. - 'I .
Tomorrow night mask Howard, the
celebrated comedy 11183101* Wm WW
s we0k'| engagemont.
li VEHNUN H'VEH .
    -[IN Sl\lllH[IlY
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The_ horse trot on Vernon River ice
took lace Saturday. Owing to the bad
condftion of the ice some of the horses
entered did not trot.
Oniy four horses started ami liuislned
in the’order named-Trappy 'I`om owned
by Frank Lea, first; llilly Pilot owned
by james McMillan, second; Speedaway
owned by john Rooney, third; Maddison
Belle owned by H. jenkins, fourth.
It, ls t-lieintcntion to hold a cluhtrot
Wednesday, weather and ice permitting ,
The horses entered are Trappy Tom
owned by ,Frank Lea; Score Card owned
by Jos. McDonald; Dot owned by E. A.`
Large; Doctor owned by]ohu McDonald.
THE WEATHER.
TORONTO, Feb. 16-(Special)-
Moderate westerly winds, fair and
colder.
'damage has been done. All the con-
\ kindly to hverlook. '
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Blaze Broke Out ln Ulmer
Story~QuiQ< Work of
The Firomen.
narrowly escaped ha ig a most serious `
ing which is situated ii the rear of the'
occurred in the upper story of the press
it was noticed and ` alarm sent in
rncu were, as usua., fmnllpily on the
scene. ily the tiniei of their arrival
flames were coming ihrough the roof.
Four streams of wated were playing ou
the fire in almost les# time than it lakes
to tell it, and although the dairies
completely burnt out the upper part of
llic building the firenpzgtjnialiagecl to get
the fire out before it girl down to the
press room. Had the blaze been trans-
ferred lothis department, there would
have been great loss and damage, for
the room in addition to the large duplex .
perfecting press, conthius also the gas
engine, dynamo an stereotype out-fit,
besides paper, etc¢.i§_,I`he water, how- »
ever, found its way dd‘ivn and occasioned
consiflerahle, dnrnage. Owing to
the forethought _ and prompti-
ludc of the firemen who _ at an
early stage of the fire completely covered
the press with heavy tarpnulins they
saved this`costly machine from being
thoroughly soaked. lt however got a
bad wetting, and was somewhat rusted,
but il. is hoped that it will he possible to
print the editions ot h Gu_ardiau on it
witliout.interrnptid|i  take a day
or two prnpably to nsrcrtaiu just what
tents of the nuiil room suffered from the
fire, paper, mail lists, mailing nlzichincs,
etc., but eaffra efforts will be *Trade to
ensure that The Guardian will reach its
subscribers 'without any delay. Too,
much praise cannot be bestowed on the 0
firemen, who from Chief Ranaghan' 8
down, know their business thoroughly; il
und can get' a fire out in the shortesit
time possible. Their quickness and gooil l
judgment on Saturday night was par- V
ticularly noticeable, and TheGuardisn C
takes pleasure in acknowledging its C
sense of indebtedness to them for prevent-
ing what might have been a emo,” A
sei ious loss. ' `
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The 'accident has conipelled the crow
ing out of a certninamouut of news ini
this issue, which readers are asked'
Caughl. coils, hoanenue, _-:ia other throat'
ailments are quickly relieved by Creselnun
tablets. ton cents per box. All druggista. '
ic church yesterday was the first time
hat their majesliei have attended ser-
ountry. It has already excited niuch
omment and produced a protest from
the council of the Protestant Alliance
t n meeting held,
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, GILLIS-In this City, Feb. I, 1 08
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I
al)-The nunouneremenl by the Federal
Government that it will noi allow me
`Nutal" at-tpassed by the British Col-
umbia Legislature providing an educa_
tional test lor all immigrants has brought
\hc question of japanese exclusion to
VANCOUVER. B. Cfl"eb,I6,_(Sp¢¢.
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crisis.
conver have been instructed to secure ' I
Ifthe provincial government fails to
keep out Japanese by reason of Federal
interference it is feared the workingmen
extent of applying for hebeas corpus pro- of British Columbia may make demon
the admittance of all japanese held up
nudertheprovineial enactment to the
ceerlingsin thc courts.
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_The Questionol The Exclusion of The Jap-
anese Brought to a_ Crisis in British Col-
umbia. Federal Lawyers to Procure -
Admittance ol Japanese.
i The Ottawa Government has advise
Federal Government lawyers in Van- the 7‘3“‘l’@\'°" that J~‘*P““°9¢ °°"'|i"H t0
British Columbia will be fully protected
strations against the orlentals
SCOTT
IN Eslilillllll
LONDON, February I4-The presence
f King Edward and Queen Alexandra
t the memorial service to King Carlos
f Portugal in St. James’ Roman Catho:
ice in a Roman Catholic church in this
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DIED
Archibald Gillis, aged 48 yenrj. 9 ‘
Funeral from his late residence Rich-
mond Streel, today, at 2.45 p. ni., to
Railway Station, thcncc to St. I’eter's.
Minard’s Lnimeni Cures Dlptheria.
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V  Known Citizens Being /Given One
  Month’s_ Imprisomeni . Without
  ACT
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l\l()NC'l`ON, N. IL, Feb. I6-(Special)
-There was quite a flurry Saturday in
Scott Act circles.
Sereriil cases were before Magistrate
Kay, Patrick Gallagher of the Minto and
William Wilson of the American Hotels
being given a montl\'s iinprisonnlcut
Fine 0
ption. J
each, without a fine option.
.Two cases against the Brunswick Role!
were adjourned,
The cases brought by county Inspect-
or McCully against Geo. H. Budd and
James Budd, father and son, who haven
place near the new shops was adjourned
until Monday.
$2,50 In Gold Over Twenty
The management of Wonderland has
decided to open the doors tonight in
a generous hospitality, and are go-
ing to have the "Merchandise Night"
mentioned last week for this ever-.ng.
The prizes are grand, numbering as
tho first $2.50 in gold, as another a
luscious goose, still another a bag
of flour and more along the lines of
usefulness and appropriateness. The
'I\) CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Taka LAXATIVE DROM0 Quinine
Tublots. Drugglsts refund money if
it inils to cure. E. W. GROVE’S
signature on each box. 25c.
Condensed Advertisements
'l‘oo__late _ior Clasaiilcation.|____
WAHTED-T snlesrfnfn foncarpot
department one with experience in
cutting carpet preferred. None but
experienced salesmen need apply.
MEHEHANUISE NIGH
Selection
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i°rizes; L e Pelleiers In New
‘selection of prizes has been given
carelul attention, and while the elo-
ment of mirth has not been torgot-
ten,the real substantial things which
make it worth while to go anti on-
joy one's salt at one ol Wonder-
lond’s splendid entertainments have
first thought and consideration.
And Le Pelletiers have been indne-
ed to appear once more; but this
time in an entirely new phase. Sep-
arately they will be the premier en-
tertainers of the evening, each giving
n single sketch which equals in high
class choice and genuinri amusement
their playlct ol lust week.
Remember that the prius are I
supplement to the grand’ entertaining
features oi Wonderland, the oven-
ing's amusement is received as tho
worth of the entrance leo-the giitl
are the mnnagcment's free showing
of appreciation oi the patronage ex-
tended the house. The remaining
Gpod wages.-Jus. Paton & Co.
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Any Guardian reader
who recelvu adimly print-
ed, badly printed. badly
folded. badly cut, badly
addressed, badly wrapped,
torn, soiled or incomplete
paper of whatever issue
will kindly notify the Gub-
’HI\£¢..
Sily te fndnbsi inet? the Piéone in this .Prev  ee
_~mlp¢lon- Dqimmenr at 
portion of the program nppaarsalge-
where in this issue, and o glance
over it will sultlcq to show that it
is worth tar more than tae admin-
sion price.
Come to Merchandise Night Qo-
night, and get an opportanity to ‘he
the Dosaessor oi one oitho mah
Prim. Bee one oi Que entertain-
ments Wonderland has yet olored,cnd
look out for the announcement of
the vaudeville attraction for thin
week. Wonderland in worth keeping
in touch with; thirvrhk |¢_ game.
thina beyond thg ofilinlfy. Watch
or . ` “`
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