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W W .___'___fl_'________.__â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"~ ONTARIO LEGISLATURE? What the People's Representative Are Doing at Toronto. --1 BRANTFORD’S CLAIMS. Mr. Preston. South Brant. make the following enquiry of the Ministry; Has the Government come to any decision relative to the upâ€" plilcatlon of the city of Brantford to be recouped, to some extent, by the DTOVimce for.the expenditure which that municipality has incurred in flood, prevention measures? TORONTO‘S BILL. MI. Crawford, \Vcs’t Toronto, intro- duced the Omnibus bill of the city of Toronto, legalizing its payments in respect of the Technical school, the reception of South African soldiers. and for street improvements. (1‘0 REGULATE VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS. Y Mir. Hill, West York, introduced a bill which provides that ordinary school inspectors; shall inspect rolâ€" lintary sohools when requested to do In by trustees of such institutions. It also provides that voluntary sc-hools having more than 20 pupils shall uSe the textâ€"books authorized by the Education Department and employ Inly certificated teachers. VARIOUS fBILLS. Mr. Jessop, Lincoln, Introduced a Hill to amend the Assessment Act; Mr. McKee, North Essex, bill to incorpor- -a$te the town of Kingsville: and Mr. Pattullo, a bill to incorporate the town of Woodstock as a city. The bill of the churchward‘ens of Christ Church cathedral. Hamilton, to enable them to sell the cemetery lands ad- Johiing the cathedral site, was passed without opposition. So likewise was the town of Pelrolea’s bill to raise $10,000 for the payment of local debts. Mr. Barber's bill relatingto the Su- preme Court of the Independent Or- der of Foresters [has also passed. It was aimed to remedy one or two tech- nical matters which were overlooked when in 1889 the order exchanged its provincial charter for a Federal char- o“.' will LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. McKay, South Oxford, intro- duced a bill to permit the extension of the local improvement system in conncolion with permanent sidewalks, as it' at present exists in towns and Dltles, to villages. ' l {GUARD WIRES. Mr.’Marter, North Toronto, intro- duced an amendment to the Street Railway Act, providing for a fine of I100 per day on all companies who after due notice fail to string guard wires in connection with their over- head trolley} wires. THE WARD SYSTEM. Mr. Little, Cardwell, introduced an Act to provide that towns and cities‘ of more than 5,000 inhabitants may return tb the ward system after it has been once abolished. 'ROAD COMPANIES ACT. Mir. Gurébord, Russell, introduced a bill to amend the Road Companies Act, whereby, freeholders along a cer- tain road might lhave an appeal to the Provincial Road Instructor against the engineer's report as to the condition of the road. BEET ROOT REPORT. The report of the beet root sugar investigation, conducted by the On- tario Government, was laid on the table by Hon. J. R. Stratton. It was in. two parts, and dealt first with the investigations made by Ontario officials in Michigan, where the in- drustry Ls established. It was found that aolsy or sandy loam was most suitable for the production of the sugar beet. Prof. A. E. Shuttleworth, dealing with the experiments in the growing of the best near Aylmer, Newmarket, and Welland, reported that Ontario in these districts was an ideal coun- tzry for the growing of the beet. MILLION DOLLARS FOR ROADS. Premier Ross introduced his million dollar good roads bill. It is entitled ".An Aou for the Improvement of the Public Highways,” and embraces eight sinners. as follows :â€" That the sum of $1,000,000 shall be and isht‘lebysei apart to be paid out of the consolidated revenue of the pro- vince to aid in the improvement of public highways, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. .The highways to be improved may be designated and assumed by by-law of the County Council. with the assent of the Councils of the local municipali- ties through’ which such highways pass. provided always that the high- ways so designated shall, as far as practicable, facilitate the direct trans- portation of the agricultural pro- duce of the county or townships imme- death. diately interested to the local mar» kets of the county. In the event of the local municipali- ties or of a majority of them disap- proving of any byâ€"law of the County Council, as in the previous soction mentioned, then the County Council shall submit such by-law, to a vote of the ratepayers of the county, such vote to be taken and held on the some; day as the elections of the local muni- cipalities of said county are held. z \Vhen any by-law as aforesaid fails in receiving the. support of a majority of the ratepayers of the whole county so voting, then the Council of any local municipality in the county may within one, year of the passing of this Act pass a byâ€"law designating the roads within such local municipalities to be improved, but no byâ€"law for the improvement of roads in any munim-- polities shall take effect until such byâ€"law is approved by amajority of ratepayers. Any highway, in order to come unâ€" der the provilsions of this Act as to aid, shall be constructed or repaired according to the regulations of the Public \Vorks Department with reâ€" spect to highways, and shall. be sub- ject to the inspection of an officer ap- pointed by said department. ' On the completion of any work of road improvement under this Act the Council of the municipality under which such work was carried on shall submit to the Public Works Depart- ment a statement setting forth the cost of such work, such statement to be certified by a competent engineer that theF regulations of the Public Works Department have been comâ€" plied with, and on the receipt of said statement by the Provincial Treasurer certified and approved by the proper officer of the Public \Vorks Depart- ment. the municipality shall be en- titled to receive out of the moneys lhlereby set apart for public highways an amorunt equal to one-third. of the cost of the work, but not to exceed the prorpostion of the appropriation to which such municipality is entitled, Any municipality may apply the whole or part of the moneys to which it may be entitled under this Act toâ€" wards paying any expenses that may my be incurred for the purchase or abolition of toll {roads within such municipalities, and the purchase of i approved road-making machinery. The statute labour, for which all lands fronting on roads constructed or repaired under this Act may from year to year be Liable, shall be comâ€" -m'uted. and shall be applied towards the improvement of the other high- Ways of the municipality as may be, be determined by the Township Comm. cils concerned. -aâ€"â€"-.-â€"â€"" AGAIN ESCAPES. De Wet and Steyu With 1,500 Boers Swam the River. A despatchf from OOlesburg states that 1,500 Rooms, with whom were General De, Wet and formerâ€"Presi- dent Steyn, found a pot at Lillie- fontr-in, near. Colesburg bridge, where 'the Orange river widens, and the current is slow, and they all cross- ed Friday, both men and horses, by swimming. A l ____.__ CRASIIED INTO HAND CAR. 'l‘wo Scllou llamls Killed on the G. T. R. Nrar [Blown]. A despatch from Stratford, 0nt., says2â€"A rtcrrilbie accident occurred on Friday afternoon on the Grand Trunk railway, betwaen Atwood and Llistmvel. Thre'e men were pushing a haudcarin the midst of the blinding snowstorm which arOSe so suddenly on Friday. At about one o’clock ain engine and snowplough came along the same track, and neither engineer nor the men on the hand car detectâ€" ed the danger. The hand car was (le- molished, and “'m. \Vilson, section foreman, and Samuel Cuthbertson, both of Atwood. were horribly mangl- ed in the collision, and instantly kill- ed. The third man, though hurt, was not seriously injured. _._ NOTED GEOLOGIST. Dr. G. M. Dawson lblccl at onlawa After a a Short Illness. A despotch from Ottawa sayszâ€"By the death on Saturday evening of Dr. George Mercer Dawson, director of the Geological Survey of Canada, the country has sustained a great loss. Early in. the week the doctor suffer- ed from grippe, but was at his office as recently as Thursday evening. On Friday, however. he was attacked by illness, and. died shortly before 6 o'clock on. Saturday evening from capillary bronchitis. His brother, Mk. \V. Bel) Dmvson, Director of Tidal Surveys, was with him at the time, and his mother. Lady Dawson, and sis. ter, Mrs. Harrington, arrived from Montreal a few minutes after hi: Deceased was unmarried. EEEIEIEE fEiLIAEEEE. l The bill will apply to all companies but th‘se incorporated under the Logisliiure of the old Province of‘ lllllllKETS [IF THE EEELE. Noms 0f the Proceedings in the Canada or under a purely provincial Prices of Caitle, Cheese,Grain, 85“ Canadian House of Commons. . LAND LOCK ED UP. Mr. Charlton also introduced a bill. to amend the Dominion Lands Act. He expirined that [hr Ulu'L‘Ci was to provide that the sale of public lands,‘ suitable for agri/u'turnl purposes, sh uI.l be. to actual settlers only, andl in sub areas .Is cauld be reasonably 0(‘(11plt'tl and on tivatel, and also that} no gram’ or pub:ic lands should in [inure he made to railway or otherl corporaiions. He pointed out that there one n nv 67 million acres of, drill in on N nth-\Vosl leeked upand‘ “ithh id for still ment until the Iadways sh old (high to inform the‘ e. unlry what p0r.'on of those lands' they would txke under their grants. This state of afflirs was highly deiri-l mynlal. The policy of making landl grams to railways had proved a mis- take and sh >uld be stopped. RURAL MAIL DELIVERY. Mr. Macloan asked what was to be done regarding rural mxil delivery. Mr. Mulock. answered that it was a Very large qu'sli 11. Mr. Ross, the as- sistant postmaster at Teronto, had bten looking into the werkiugs of the system in the United States, but had not yet reported. He had himself tulkvd with. s me United States offic. ers who were operating the system there. and they appeared to be in srme alarm over the situation into which lh-“y had got thrmselves in uh- dcrtaking such a large task. It was a very large problem, and should only charter. 1‘0 REGUIAETE RATES. Mr. Rvil, elf Grenville, introduced a bill to regulate freight aul passen- ger rates. on railways. II» explained that it. was the same bill as he intro- ducvd last session, the obji'ut being to appoint a commission to regulate l'.|i4‘s. REâ€"ARMING 0F N.â€"\V. M. P. The report of Commissioner Perry on the Northâ€"\Vest Mounted Police gives the total strength as 986, of whom 662 are in the Territories, 25-1 in the Yukon; 800 recruits joined durâ€" ing the year. The total number of horses is 452. The police contributâ€" ed 18 officers and 160 non-corms and men for service in South Africa, The commissioner says the Indians have been very quiet, and the state of the country has been satisfactory. He strongly urges that the force be enâ€" tirely re-armed. BAITRIOTIO FUND. . Mr. Costigan introduced a bill to in- corporate the Canadian Patriotic Fund Association. AVDMITTED FREE. Mr. Cargill was informed by Mr. Paterson that during the years 1898. 1899, and 1900 machinery was admit- ted free for use in binder twine fac- tories. This was done under clause 620 on the free list of his tariff, which prov‘i les for the admisdon free of duty after January lst, 1898, of all articles which enter into the cost of the manu- facture of binder twine. .15 be entered upon after the most careful consideration. FREIGHT THROUGH CANALS. Mr. Clancy was told by LIT. Blair that the total quantity of freight which passed through the canals) dur- ing the season of 1900 was as follows; â€"\Velland, 71,369 tons; St. Lawrence, 1,017,090 tons; C-hambly, 348,561 tons; Ottawa, 366,782 tons; Murray, 18,916 tons; Trent Valley, 43,065 tons; Sault Ste. Marie, 2,035,677 tons. BINDER TWINE. Mr. Robinson, of West Elgin, was told by Mr. Bernier that before the season for distributing binder twine arrived a circular would be sent to each inspee" f weights and mea- sures, calliug his attention to the provision. of law which says that "up- on or attached to every ball of bind- ecr t‘wi-ne offered for sale there shall be a stamp with the name of the manufacturer or importer, stating the number of feet of twine per pound in each ball." PASSES TO BTEMBERS. The much-vexed question of mem- bers accepting railway passes came up in a motion by Mr. Jabel Robinson advocating t'hat railways be compell- ed to furnish passes to members. Both the Premier and the leader of the 0p- position. spoke. Mr. Borden thought it might be a good thing if the grant- ing of passes to members were pro- hibited, and Sir Wilfrid did not think that it would be fair to compel the railways to carry members free of charge. DUKE OF YORK’S VISIT. Mn; Northrup was told by the Preâ€" mier that the correspondence with re- ference to the proposed visit of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York was still going on, and no definite arrangements had yet been made. The correspondence was still confidential and could not be brought down at present. MARKING OF FRUIT. Mr. Fisher introduced a bill to pro- vide for the marking and inspection of packages containing fruit for sale. Serious complaints had been made that fruit in closed packages, was not always what it purported to be. In this way the reputation of Canadian fruit was injured both at home and abroad. The bill provided that closed packages of fruit should be marked in such a way as to indicate the. qualâ€" ity. It also provided that such, pack- ages should be inspected, with pon~ alties for improper marking. The measure was largely the result of com suli'ations which he. had held with fruit shippers and fruit packers. I‘OR I'NII'ORM CONDITIONS. The bill of which Solicitor-Genâ€" eral gives notice to secure uniform conditions in policiw of fie ln~ura once is the measure which was print- ed and distributed at the C1080 of last session. and which sets forth in the schedule a set of con- ditions applicable to all the provinces, and to displace the provincial forms at present printed on all policies which vary in minor particulars. The measure has been in th- hauls of the insurance compan- ies for almost a year. so that they have had ample opportunity to pro- sent their views to the Government, TRENT VALLEY CANAL. MI. Ward was informed by Mr. Blair that a survey was made last summer bet-ween Rice lake and the town of Port Hope, with the view of connecting these two points as part of the Trent Valley canal system. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. Mr. McCreary presented apetiltion of the Canadian Northern Railway Company, "An Act to confirm the amalgamation with the Ontario and Rainy River railway, and the Maui- toba and South-Eastern, and autho- rizing the company to make traffic and other arrangements with the Minnesota and Manitoba railway, and wilth the company constructing a bridge over the Rainy river." TRADING STAMPS. Mr. Culbert, M.P., presented a peti- tion from the Town Council of Brock- ville asking that legislation be enact- ed to abolish trading stamp com- panies. THE KING’S DECLARATION. The resolution moved by Hon. John Costilgan that his Majesty the King he petitioned to effect the abolition of words in the coronation declaration offensive to Roman Catholics. was carried by a vote of 125 to 19‘ _+_ THE SITUATION. â€"--I What Kitchener Is Doing to End the War. A despatch from London, says;â€" “There is a rare flow of spirits in: the W'ar Office over the Sleuth. African situation." said a prominent official the other day. “Kitchener is fast mauling the life out of the Boer re- sistance. He is slhowing the same relentless temper that marked his advance on Khartoum. He gives little - attention to polite despatchâ€" writing, and none to strategical or tactical hair-spliting. Only one con- sideration weighs with himâ€"that of pressing, day and night, after the fleeing ’cnemy, and smashing him wherever overtaken. " It is doubtful if any other officer of the British army could have grap- pled wilh the peculiar problems of the South African war, in its late phases, as Kitchener is doing. The immense area of the fighting zone and the high mobility of the Boers, have made necessary feats of sustained en- durance such as only a commander of the exâ€"Sirdar’s stamp could have compelled his troops to perform. \Ve are happy to believe that the strugâ€" gle is rapidly nearing its end.” _+__ BURNED A Tl.'lPLE AT PEKIN. itallnn 'I‘roop- ,h‘c ledly llit‘ Sumur-r Palm-n. A despatch from Pekin says :â€"The Italian troops are rapidly destroying the summer palace. Yesterday they bunned an important temple in the centre of the panorama. The missionaries here are greatly surprised at the charges of looting on their part which are contained in Pekin despatches to the latest home papers received by mail here. The missionaries say their acts were justiâ€" fied by the existing circumstances and were due largely to the necessities arising out of the military occupation.l llmlroylng tions are 661â€"2c; white, 661-20; and goose. 6‘ and white, north in the Leading Markets. BREADSTUFFS, ETQ Toronto, March 5.â€"\Vheat No. 1 hard. git. selling at 981-2. Quota- as follows;â€"Rcd wheat 1â€"2c; low freights to New York; red and west, 641-3 bid and 651-;Zc asked; Manitobas. No 1 hard, old, g.i.t., 981-2101 No. 2, 94 1-20l No. 1 hard, North Bay, 971-20; N0. 9 hard, 93 1-220. Millfeedâ€"Scarce and firm. bf“! especially. Ton lots, at the mill dour, Western Ontario points, sell as follo-ws;â€"-Bran, $14 to $14.50; and shorts, $15. Cornâ€"Steady. American. No. 2yci- low, on track here, 470; and No. 3, 46c. Peasâ€"About steady. No. 2. middle heights. at 63c; and east. at 631-20. Barleyâ€"Export demand for barley continues, and as the crop is pretty well cleaned up, higher prices are be- ing paid. There were bids of 431-20 for No. 2, G.T.R., east, toâ€"day. Prices are as follows-qu '2. G.’I‘.R. east, 43 1-20; C.P.R. east, 43c: and middle freights, 42 to” 421.20; Not 3 extra, C.P.R. east. 421-20: and 420. G-T-R east. Ryeâ€"Steady. Car lots. 48o wash and 49c east. . Buckwheatâ€"Quiet. Car lots. west, are quoted at 49c, and east at 50c. ‘Oatsâ€"Demanld fair, and prices about steady. No. 1 white, east, 29 1-20; No. 2 white, north and west. 281-20. Flourâ€"Prices were a shade easier to-day, 90 patent offering, in buyerl' sacks, middle freights, at $2.60. E5- port agents were disposing of the heavy purchases made in the past two days. They will likely be in the market again shortly, though doing nothing to-day. Oatmealâ€"Car lots of rolled cats, in bags, on track here, are quoted at 333' per bbl; and in wood, at $3.35 per bbl. Duluth, March. 5.â€"-Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, cash, 755-80: May, ‘78 3â€"80; No. 1 Northern, cash, 73 3-8c; May, 76 8-80; July, 776; No. 2 Northern, 67 1â€"2 to 70 l-Zc. Cornâ€"30 3-4c. Oatsâ€"26 3â€"4 to 26 1-2c. Milwaukee, March. 5.â€"\Vheatâ€"Dulh N0. 1 Northern, 75 1â€"2 to 760; No. 2 do. 72 to 73c. Ryeâ€"Lower; No. 1, 52 3-4 to 53¢. Barleyâ€"Dull; No. 2, 57 to 581» sample, 40 to 54 1-2c. DA. I RY MARKETS. Butterâ€"There is" a rather easy tone in? the local market, owing ton free supply. Quotations are as fol- lows :â€"Dairy, tubs and pails, choice, 17 1â€"2 to 18 l-2c; medium, 16 to‘ll 1-2c; poor, 13 to 150; dairy prints, choice, 18 1-2 to 19 1-2c; large rolls, good to choice, 17' 1-2 to 18 1-2c; cream. eries,boxes, 21 to 22c; and pounds, 28 to 240. Cheeseâ€"Full cream, July and Ange ust make, sells at 10 1-2 to 110. LIVE STOCIK MARKETS. Toronto, March 5,â€"Stockers dull, and a little off. Sheep and lambs are unchanged. Export ewes are worth from 3 to 31-2c per pound. Bucks fetch from 21-2 to 3c per pound. ' For butcher sheep the price ranges from $2.50 to $4 each. Gooi grainâ€"fed lambs sold to-day at from $4.25 to $4.65 per cwt. Other lambs. barnyards, fetch from 334 to 41-40 per pound. Calves are worth from $2 to $1! each; with a steady enquiry for good to choice veal calves. Hogs are steady and wanted “Singers” are selling at 6 7-8 per pound, and light and fat hogs, 61-20 Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not below 160 nor above 200 lbs. Following is the range of quota- are thorns;â€" Cattle. Shippers, pcr cwt. .8 400 8 475 Bu‘cher, Choice do. 375 400 Bu char. 0 m to good. 3 9’0 3 00 Bu clier. iuferi »r. 275 303 S o k us, p‘r cwt. . . 275 300 Export bulls. per cwt. 375 400 Sheep and Lambs. Export ewes, per cwt. 300 350 Bu‘cher sheep e'u-h. 250 400 Limbs, g.f., per cwt. 425 465 Do., barnyards, per cwt 3.75 4.25 Bucks. . . . . . 2.50 3.00 Milkers and CalVes CGWs, each. . . . 20.00 50.00 Calves, each. 2.00 8.00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt. 6.60 6.87 1â€"! Light hogs, per cwt . 6.25 6.50 Heavy hogs, per cwt . 6.25 6.50 Sows. . . . . . 3.50 4.00 Stags. . . . 2.00 2.25 *â€" Rinderpest prevails in the Philip- pines.