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y ot the Antenna _ in. Just been eon- _ will:an “4;anan = Joe. Our brethren in the es believe that “union is , , end enter upon tho new in high spirits. and with greet rhino hr the future. The union F" the verious colonies is precisely sim- " to the eonlederetion of the Can, an plovineel in 1867, end Ihould it .m the boon to Australia that it has -. Could: our sister colony will not re- - the etep. The people of Australia "" worded mnny examples of legis- l Stttm foresight and progrsstusivtrntstsa rill we oonMently predict that the - Commonwealth will prove a gem II the British crown of which every Mn ehnilbe proud, This confed- "ation, Alto serves to remind mr-ami we here not looked reminders since the outbreuk ot the ,rBr--thtc the children ere growing lusty and strong shoot the parent nation whom they Mitt, however, delight to honor more Ind more. We hope the day is not too hr diltent when a oonfederstod South Affine will rear its sturdy form and proeinim itself another loyal member ot the great British family. At the' an of the 20th country all is going well within the Empire. It was not so a the beginning of the 19th, which opened under a cloud whose inky black- tul we: only titted at Trafalgar and holly dispelled at Waterloo. Bat now the foetal sound: which but a few days lines were heard at Victoria. re- mand about the earth and f1nd an answering echo in millions of loyal and lymphatic hearts. Chicago will be the first city on this continent to have regular passenger tampon by automobile: in opposition ', to the street railway cars. The Hub 'sr Motor Trsneit Company is prepared to provide them conveyances. It has nifty omnibuses now in course of con Motion for use in Chicago, each or i which is built totumommodate forty [Huger-s at iive cents each. The £11th motor is s new invention for ap- "tring electrical energy to the propul- pe of vehieles. It differs from al ember! in that it is made a part of each {wheel in the vehicle to be propelled I,” placing e motor in each hub, and _ linking eech wheel a driving unit. the '. 'yble we'ght Is made available for 'oi-ion. Vehicles thus equipped can b"i'eae,1, mop grades and traverse heavy and slippery roads with one and, bet- 3* sun, without noise. These omni- . _ willeoet little more than ordinary Vi ele- trolley can; their advantages k that they require neither rsiiwsy EB, ”overhead wires, nor is it P . for the compsny to obtain s ' r, _ ins for running their ‘__-- as they on be meted " - genuinely linen“ anneal: "In. Dehu- n “V ”-W. a mpg... r _ - 2ttrtt 1',','dt,'f. . tt"r080. ' A; 't'lr'1'l%h'llt,"'i'll'l,'N . I" ef3...tu__. r nee! qrtBe Imam if; . tdi'iii.r W'm ' ..Ierle on My. t the s'rr,'edttd'tttt r - [tG j a: is. " ~ al -~ m: The project of forming a (meet to nerve inNipiasirsg, to include about 1,600,000 urea, and enclosing Lakes Tommi and Lady Evelyn, is being actively revived by the Ontario Got meat. This territory inolndee what k likely to be a very popular tourist noon in the course of a few years. Within the limits projected there is mid to be in existence five billion feet of white pine timber, which would be available to lumbermen " at present. The object oteetting apart these re- nerves in the protection of forests and the reforeeting of the areas after the timber has been out. Municipal ownership is slowly bat lately making headway. In Toronto the electors have expreased their ap- proval of municipal gas. In Berlin public ownership of the electric light- lng systemlsforeing its way to the hunt. It was a plank in the platform of one of the mayoralty candidates last Monday. Though that candidate was “detected and a man chosen who is than favorably disposed toward the Go. now operating the plant, the ver- dint can scarcely be interpreted to man that the people do not want to own their own plant The Mayor-elect bdhpooed to wait. and see what John Put-mu can do for us. We fear he I building on a. foundation of sand. in "Teil,",', cannon LTH. ~..*(Wduu 'lelet,2i'tt.t'.'"t'e,g",t Isle. “not; Moon S - helm-harm 1'..- no ”VI 1111“”. EDITORIAL NOTES. mm I... b m "hula-uh ':l':':5':':y THE GREAT 'UTA". The greet t is over. One of the hottest In ttet in the history“ on land” night. There were oontsstsin every word " - allies except the North where the souneillore went in by se- elsmstiou and the Centre, South and l West where the School Trustees were I elected without a contest. The vote polled was the hesriest in the history; of lhe town, 1473 out of. possible 2279 voters going to the polls. The chief interest centred in the mayorslty light, the phases of which changed with the rapidity of the kaleidoscope during and immediately before the week of the campaign proper. The element reek- oned with for the first time was the labor party and the tight to them was an all important, as, on it.hintrtsdtlargsrly their future intiastee. Their candi- date, Dr. Bewlby, had Mr. Hegedorn for an opponeutlargely through the hasty and unauthorized notion of a section of the union men themselves. Bad their committee not ilmt ep- proacbed Mr. Hagedorn it is improb- able that he would have thought of participating in the contest. Having had himself announced, however, as a candidate be resolved to stick to his guns and " the returns indicate, made a strong run. The week of the cam- paign opened with only two issues on both of which Dr. Bowlby was with the corporations while h s opponent stood squarely against them. These issues, however, were rapidly over- shadowed and completely obscured Dr. Bowlby C. K. Hagedom Allen Huber Plurality for Dr. Bowlby 61. COUNCILLORS. NORTH WARD-cat-r Braun and C. H. Doon- (aee1.) CENTRE WARDt--Geo. 0. Philip 185 David Grosz, Jr. 133 } elected. A. L. Brtsittusupt 106 C. Kuehner ‘. 52 EAST WARD l --J. Bingeman 170 _ A. Bricker 165 } asleretesd, A B Campbell 160 P. lunar $38 SOUTH WARD:-J. W. Davey 13 J. M. summer 200 I ttlettted, Hy Schutz 93 P. Wondt 45 mm WARD: --ajph. ,Mker 1?l (mm, For Ag aimt North Ward-Wm. Vogt 148 (elected.) J. P. Scamaman 63. East WBrd:--F. Kress 186 (elected.) A. Pequegnat 178. There were a great many ballots rejected. The North Ward had 51; the the Centre 31; the East 81; the South 53, and the Wendi-1. GALT Mayor-Thomas Vair, Councillors-- S. Mayor, A. R. Goldie, J. H. Radford, F'. Hngg, A. Thomson, R. Farrah and 11. Cant. County Councillors-R. Gilholme, G. Land. Rmsve--Louii, Paine, Councillors-- Robt. Bezel, JoesRarr, F. H. McCal- iam, J LwsetLnger and G. Graff, (tie). AYR Reevtr---Htmry Gemelln. Coumyillortr- Dr Paxton,Wm. Nichol], E. A. Watson, John Goldie. School Trusteeir--M, Robson, Jams: S Black and George Graham. Mnyor~Mr Stamp NORTH DUMFRIES Reeve, McDonald by 129 majority. Councillors - McDonald, Turnbull, Shiol and Dryden. Misror--%so. Forbes (nch) Coun- tdllortr-Dnrid RW, Dr Lockbnn. J W Chrmman, John Fisher, Aug Preateln. Aug Pabst. School Board-"Jan Jar- dino, Wm. B. W‘oavor, (no. W. Rife, W0OLWTCm County Cmnttf1--Jno. water, 752; Alex. Paterson, 641; Leander Bowman, 485. The flrat two as clocked. T'p Comttril--_, Goo. Anmtn, 343; Mr Robertson, 321. amnion, IIn." Jum- Bowleu, 399; J. L. Dub-oh, 381; Sol. Koch 319- A. Mat- ”, no; J. Hum, also; J. Wanna, 139 The In: but In qteqted. ELIBA. _ Mbmhl In "* Philly Chm 97- . D a? ',"a AM» an. 21. Cotriuftu- Bury W , tet w. All-mug, Mla'l'tr Results of Municipal Contests Mttyor--g Kennedy STRATFORI) Elections Elsewhere. m “to. irtrtmotrreP,9teyqe9eq. Williams 100 Ltsutonsehlsgtsr 127 Bowman 125 Breithaupt 129 Anthea 97 The ttrat four are elected. Majority for the by-law 211. NEW HAMBU RG BOWLBY MAYOR or BERLIN av 01 MAJORITY. HESPELER GUELPH North Centre East 114 149 W303 120 79 143 Jrio. Cochrane 169 t "WW" F. Heiman 93 WATER COMMISSIONERS Il 127 125 129 97 GENERAL VOTE BY. REJECTED BALLOTS SCHOOL TRUSTEES. MAYOR W. m and Mtttoweehbr the IU'; a R. alum. "'C'1,J2ft . and v and: I ohm Knudsen. union-Mu In tturtgoettt-1WetW.rd. manna omtntqe1teta-d bk ulnorltlu in the othartt-dt_tioettrr cooln- lomblo raged}, magical. Among tho W rob-my the mint 'tatt III the also: at Mr. A. . Bret pt lat tho Centre Ward. Mr. G. o. Phil! on In “onenlly ex- pected poll" that Toto u did Mr. J. W. Ducyln the Scum. In tho Isuzu: that vow councillor, Mr. J .M. noble; Aft: you cvidcncc of his popularity y coming out 3 good sec» ond. In the Eat the Bttht In close Ill through, Mr. A. B. Campbell Inst- ings rcmarknbly good run for , TA' man. The West until two experienced men between whom the honors are practically ovanly divided. For Wstor (Tommi-donors the popularity tutd nbil- ity of Mr. S. J. Williams is “tested by the long lead which be secured. There was not so much choice here as any four out ofthe tivtr men in the field would have formed a strong and cap- able Board. The people of the town have shown their good judgment by carrying the general vote by-luw. only one ward giving a small majority Iguinnt it. The election of School Trustee! WM not so interesting though we note the defeet of two veterans by new men. _ "iii, ”Idllorwlng are the thp1rets by mmitr.- The contest. in our township and county division was keen and great interest was manifested by the ratepayers. The gentlemen chosen to represent us in the County Council are Messrs Josiah Hellman and W. R. Plum. Our Township Counci' for 1901 will be composed of the following mem- berw.- , a Iteei--mmry Zoeller. Councillors - I. B. Dimer, John Weber, G. Hob], John Otto. We wish to congratulate all who were successful and hope each one will use his beet Judgement in deciding all questions that. will come before the conncll during the year and try to serve the people they represent in the beat manner possible. The result -ot the is " follows:-- Halon l,':':"?,',',',',; yew Dun an Hnanville l? Ipnlngrg New Hummus Peter-um"! New Dundee " tit', II In Pb Ipuhuyg " MI I III Pam-mu " N nut-ace lo 0 1.2m; It , no. mm In I‘m-I Mtorrtty Mr he” mmmr 'Ntgtas at a m " II I MTMI-I W. mutilation Tomi iraitir. LAW. bidii. Him coUN I Y (FOL South 183 130 as Ms mu. man's. . C. N. Chrlntnor Henry To " 1t8 "cot Mam, Mrt In non! duo nun-m th voting on NCILIDRS Went Tota "T "tg"'N' West West 148 89 u) 147 106 107 91 136 let ft 85 Jot-ml H-Hnn m 114 Ii " IQ Monday Total 832 698 Total 730 669 14 m 612 574 W.R Plttn 100 I” F) ElMt‘oruv. Iuwocodmm C6 igtiE,-',t Du: an: lam Eda to " II- dnu on land” "can. Invited thir amid-mo! the itnaoeriat “Home“, Al e tux-pun in thie to" I would like to lee e supine hue-d ole de- Beit No one would rejoice more then I "even leee thun 16 mills would‘ provide for ell our legitimate claim end “genes. Much u I will: this, I won] tether face the noun}, even it u detigit then fiatter myeei! with en imagine” eurplue. " 1 an Iron; in. my mom-lone, I will be more then pleued. I did not expect Mayor Eden otter challenging tb ftMMy to face uritlciem would leeve the meeting: on Monday night titer he had ttnultmt hieuidreu. Had I thought 'of that contingency I would certainly heve naked him wine queetione. I had intended to din-nee the fimuteial ‘queetion but the hour Wu too late. 1 The Mnyor chime e eurplne ot $1421.26. Thalia: oilinbilitiee stand- ing nguiuet the town in my eetimetion in not eomphsttr--t will give eliet ot euch, " far ae I could gather. While they may not nil have to be met in full,l don’t see how any reputable tutaneial institution could ENTIRILY The Board of Water Commissioners claim $220.00 as due them from par mente by exempted manufacturer! towardethe Water Works Debentnre Interest. They also claim that the town owes them about $60 towards the engineer’s salary not yet settled for. 101mm; eontraelaimB. They might have been put in a separate column. The public would then have been able (one the Council of 1900 left some contingent claims for next yearn Council to eolvtF-ttnd possibly have topay. The High School Board state that they have a claim for 8316-whieh has been retained by the Mayor oat of the '1500-grtulted to the H. S. this year as other years and applied in payment of a Debentuze. The December 1899 Gas Company's bill of $275.00 was paif hv the 1900 Council, so it will be fair to allow a 1parrptsponding amo'unt of l900 Decem- ber but to run into 1901. But the Mount due to Gas Company for 1900 over and above that of 1899 will amount‘ln round t1gures to about $290. Then. if we allow that the septic tank expenses and purchase of lots for new factories should be considered as proper debenture debts, it would still leave about 8500 out of the $5000 Jackson and Cochrane repayment, which was. used for current expendi- ture. There is also an account of about $212.00 of the Russel Coy. of Ohio for repairs to the road roller. SUMMARY OF CONTINGENT LIABILITIES High Seboo‘l...... ----_. ....$346.00 Gas Co’y.................... 290.00 Balance Jackson & Cochrane.. 500.00 Claim Water Commissioners. . _ 250 00 Claim Russel Cer-.. .. .-.- 212.00 Where is the surplus! Now an to the 16 mill rate. mmapMuu Moneys received from other sources in addition to the-IO mill rams . Difrerenets between amount received from sale of local im provement de- bentures, and amount paid "ttt for same...... ................$15-ll 40 Claim of Water Com mission . . 280.00 Jackson Ac Cochrane loan re- paid............ __. Surplus from 1890.. . Paid out for Septic Tank and Baeteris Beds Berlin Furniture Tuerk Bros. lot. Surplus claimed statement. _ . . $225866 $2,258.65 is therefore the amount spent over and above the mtmeysetseieed from the 15 mill rate which means practically 2 3 (ft; mill additional. If we add to this tho Russel claim, High School claim and GM Company's amount as per fore going-where will we lam! Very cloaoto the levy of 171-4 mills in In 1898 the ratepayers voted down a proposal to issue debentures to pay for a Road [boiler and it was bought. and paid for out of current "pont'et'- outing over $3000. in 1899, the crusner was bought and setup, costing nearly $1300 said nut of currems funds. I hold that 'he Mayor and Coun il (if 1900 in putting the 65000 into m1rrent receipts and spending it without special mandate from the rate pnyeis *shnuld consldvr it as an additinna jGyuuid the expenditures of the same as ordinary expenditure and this would make the actual rule about. 18 or 18 1..2 mills. 1899 SURPLUS OR HO SURPLUS. We Barry Kristey. Itf Selkirk, but t,An reeomtmsmlrd to mom the Pletorla Cram for bravery nhown on who ttMd at b. no In 80 th Africa. He Ia an old Mend t f Mr. J. E. Bug" of Berlin. The collepee of the Order of Choeen Friende In the United Same effected three membere In Wood-mock, who had paid In “on: 01,000. The money went to lodlennepolie end none of she three - any return. The nine when». ere 1m Ravage-0e Perle-hr eel Beer: In}. a are: " Vedanta Gumbo“ lot in Mayor's m BINGEMAN In.“ My: “... mm In" ottmr.rtstttVt' hip to PM" and - palm - andle mayhem tutu“. in m. .1. Mia Immune-ton mum mod w, a Iftt Men’- zoom Club do“ the “lemon. “no. the “and. Club " In.“ 11 I would you. ".. $1628.00 $8175.94 $2745.03 1200 00 $5916 29 1421 5000.00 1354.54 550.00 26 akin. of“ _----" 551751-33 my, 22lltte'ldllSh%' And mutual-nun wanna-Aug tereitseseeidt'ltta-' Mr. tin-I'm It mm, In iiii'i,' e':'i,1'iia.. a td,'htIffiT, a. = Mb I ofauMrae" NI 1'l'lfd,t'MltthN','."d 'tth you man bun 1800 a "" t wold be M; to kid! but :nanymoropooplo 1:13.611:me- 100301).th Tho undul- of the Berlin Rosina. Collogomtlntho Cellos. mm- on Tun-day ottoman]: Ind mind I hockey um. Tho known; one." wen tritNtte4lt-- Preddont-G I What!” Vice Prom-I. 8. 8114110: Captain-R. Young Bee. Tteaa.--A. Young Cotmn.--A. Young, H. Hymmen Mtrmtgsrr--R, Young Ardt M'g‘r - C Clemenl The team will commence promising " once, nod in open for mache- with my of the town mm. Tht, biennial meeting of the my) tome Tent, K. o. T. M., of Ontario' will be held in Berlin on Feb. 27th end 28th. A meeting of the Twin City tents K. o. T. M. and L. O. T, M. will be held in the C. o. P. Hell, Berlln, on before l o n g to mule nt- rangemenll for the big eonventlon. Benin la getting to be a very popular point for conventions. One ealue of this, doubtless, in the met that people are always well enter elned here. Some miscreants hue douroyod eighteen mes on the boulevard " the Margaret Ave, School, by cutting them. The foul Work appear: to have been done with I drawing knife. The School Board is ofrering a reward ol $10 for the apprehension of the person or persons w ho did the work; "The beat men do not always win“ This old saying should bastion! some consolation for demand can- didatee. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y.M.C. A. will meet " "8onneek" on Thurs- day at 4 mm." on invitation of the President. Mrs. L. J . Brtsithtu1pt. One of Mr. R, C. Tye’s children ol Huysville succumbed to diphtheria a few days ago. Sanitary Inspectoi Master drove out and disinfected the house on Saturday. Grand Union Lodge I. 0. O. F. held their installation of offioertt in the Lodge room on Thursday night. There were about forty members pre- sent. District Deputy Grand Organizer Graham of Guelph was present. After the installation an oyster supper was served. Mr W J Wooilard was toast- master. The flntt toast was to Her Majesty. The Grand Lodge was toasted and Mr Graham responded. Messrs Smytb and Oswald replied to the tout “New ottissra"and “Our new Members" brought out Messrs Battler, Lutz, Kern and Alton Heller. Messrs Brandt and Woollard replied to the toast to the Daughters of Rebekah. The event was a big success in every way. A very happy ‘event took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Menno Shoemaker. Scott St., on Wednesday, Dec 26th,wheu their younges daughter Emma L., was united in marriage to Mr. Charm Mussel, of Berlin. - At 2.-30 o'clock the joyous strains of Mendel- ssohn's wedding march peeled forth, and the bride came into the parlor leaning on the arm of her father. The solemn and impressive ceremony was then performed by the Rev. Dr. Wil- ‘liameou in the presence of about 50 guests. The bride looked lovely at- tired in white oi'geudie with lace and insertion, and carrying white BtlrTMV tions. The bride was assisted by Miss Clara Shoemaker. The groom was supported by Edwin Shams, cousin of the bride. After the ceremony all set down to a sumptuous repast. The presents were both valuable and useful and shows the high esteem in which the bride was held, “when I visited Denver I travelled in both dirvctiomrtretwettn Boston and Chicago via the Grand Trunk Rail- way, and nothing could have been better, espt-ciaily the sleeping car service, wit! out. change, on the 3 o'cim-k trail? from Chicago eastbound, and on the 11.30 mm. train from , Huston, westbound. The dining car (service on the Grand Trunk is unsur- pueutl by MW m the country. and hse very few equ tie; and in fact, it might beaaht that there are perhaps two or three roads that have reached practical perfection in dining., en service, and the Grand Trunk is one ofthem. The osfe-cer system (not s burnt, but “here you osu getthings that ere ettt4t hie snd desirsble, perfect- ly served) on your through dsy trues It's-eel "ly on therun between [camel and Toronto, is unsurpassed, both us to seenmmodstion snd cuisine: in sddiuo'n, I believe that thereis no (retailer who me] select this route between the lust end the West, but, will, like mysett, hen nothing but words oi'prshs. At sll times it is in- teresting trsvsllin. was Census rd ttt Muses 'tSM Ta “It -- beset!!! m a " muses I“... Among the many seompllmentary letters received by the passenger dev partment of the Grand Trunk Railway system on im service on the through trains bow. on Boston and Chicago and Montreal, is one from a prominent business man at the Hub, who trriam to Mr. G. T. Bell, general passenger and ticket agent, in part, " follows: -- PRAISE FOR GRAND TRUNK 1'0 00-- A GOLD ll ow. DAY MASSEL-SH0EMAK ER. after a Year Our Many City Graces-y and cum Hall tly The compliments customers Bricker & Diebel. of the largest business this store has enjoyed, we beg to thank our numerous patronage and earnestly customers for their kind wish one and all health and a Happy: Prosperous New Year. We wish you all TO ht, flmhg, and Friends 'l 1 WWW of the Season. £5}