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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
I
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
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until he was relieved.
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Lonrlcnsrd Advertisements
_ (Toni
QAUNSOME SAUSAGES fresh ev-
N _lav at Sniinders A Neue »ni'~|
'WV ~ _ '..' _`- ,; _ »_ .' ‘ _ '
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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NNN \(Im\~l’1li’eicne2~iti‘ec€. ¢`l`l“""S*`
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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°  Happy llaysf
l uni Lliliiliillli _U
muse li is l'l‘i‘is
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.sees
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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 $30,000,000 stock are not duc
un,\l January, large sums are al-
ready pouring in from the old con
try. ‘
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York, who is aiding the suffrage
movement.
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Mlnard’l Lliilment cures distemper
l . n. ‘c i i 
. dllicriiifninii 1 i:‘inll :=liZl wish y0l\
- -- 4----H-ET_ph',_.s,,.' ,md ii.. on, clear f."ni‘olll£|\
` the ymri' \viinfe\‘1" 5"" "rimicchsii
‘_ ""m°s "1 -VU" Wm m‘r_'-‘HI "IN gil‘;(\'nc|i-
. pluin words. iii;il_\\__i:_\_i_1\~_ _l_________ ___
|;00(l will til _\“" "` ' " '
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CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Dec 23-(Speclal.)--
diseases mmmesd
Dec Wheat  ._ _  ...-114|
Jan Wheat  . . .. ._ ... 110|
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ond Class Twin Screw
Steamer
Special 'to The Guardian.,
OTTAWA, December Z3-fI‘he first
Canadian war vessel will be in com-
mission in Canadian waters neu
spring. -_
purchase from_the British Admiralty
the second-class twin screw Cruiser
Rainbow, one of the Appole type nl
unarmed cruisers.
The vessel is now in dry-dock in
Britain, undergoing altemations and
repairs peeparatory to bcllng sent
across to Canada. '
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EAHMEHI BIINEIII _ 
DETROIT, December 23-J. C. Coe,
    - GUAYAQUAIL, Ecq, Dec 22-Dur-
_.__ ~ ' ' , .ng the first two weeks of December
--_'~_-.i ' i0 cases of buhonic plague, of' which
:.5 proved fatal were officially rc-
MUNTREAIL, Dec 21-It was yester- orted here. In the same period
dill’ estimated by finance officers of ?-- here were twelve cases of yellow fever
inn cnniiiii n P in ni t en ~ ~ n'1 five <1ea*I‘S- ll
H ac C B e gloss ---_°---" |g, statement today to the effect that
revenue of the system for the ca.lcnd~ l_$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.
1
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
zz:-éf,-_,»__. _A ` »»~- " f. ' _ __ _ ,
`*- r __ ,ir-, _ ’-”'*‘ ' 1% -
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
' i
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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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
i
i
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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The Czar then ordered the sentry to
win is silil 
PNNNNENSINN 5"
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RI' IN NIIIAHAEIN
_ -_ ` I'i
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-
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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."
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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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