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_ ~WATERLOO Water manufactories â€" are the _of her. citizens. hlphpdi Wumwd poor hdkflâ€"uimmeuyol i in some cases of materials, 103 has been whut may very &pproâ€" priate} ‘be termed a banner year for Waterl manufacturers, the volume «of busi in alimost every instance m large increase over . any reced: year. A number of interâ€" is ith the manufacturers of Waâ€" rloo are given below and will make ‘interesting reading: ~‘Phe citizens of Waterloo are justly u 6f her manufacturing instituâ€" but to none can they point with more pride than the Waterloo § turing Company. It is one of ’ town‘s pioneer institutions and its record is one of steady growth and expansion. The organization . of the Waterloo Manufacturing Company mnd the purchase and amalgamation of the Merner and Bricker foundries was the signal for advance and since that time it has developed into one of the largest manufacturing instituâ€" tions of its kind in the country. Adâ€" ditions have been made year by year until at present their extensive works cover all the available property in gight. During the earlier years of the company quite a variety of agriculâ€" tural implements were manufactured but of late they have confined +their uttention chiefly ‘ to threshing maâ€" mr, consisting of Traction and ble Engines and Threshers. These, on account of their superior efficiency, are in great demand. _ A ‘line is specially built for the Northâ€" ‘west trade and so great was the deâ€" mand for these machines from that quarter this year that a great many ‘prders had to be refused simply for lack of capacity to fill them. With m further improvement in equipment, however, the firm hope to be able to fill all their orders next year. _ Interesting Story of Expansion and Growth. â€" In order to put themselves in a better position to handle their rapidâ€" ly increasing Northwest Trade the l S ie gcens MECECE CC O OOW > company this year erected a luge‘ wareroom in Winnipeg, in a desirable part of the city, on the main line of the C.P.R., in which/oflice accomâ€" modation is provided for their repreâ€" sentative, Mr. and where he will be pleased to meet and serve the company‘s many customers in Manitoba and the West. ‘The past year has been the banner year in the history of the institution as far as output goes and the prosâ€" pects for the future are of the brightâ€" est ~‘The success of this institution, as in others, must largely be attributed to the men in control. _ ‘The president is Mr. E. W der, a gentleman with great and business ability, while t president and manager is Mr ‘The president is Mr. E. W. B. Sniâ€" ‘ der, a gentleman with great executive and business ability, while the vice president and manager is Mr. A. Merâ€" ner, who is well qualified for the position through long experience. In Mr. Cranson W. Smider, the company has a secretaryâ€"treasurer whose thorâ€" oughness and painstaking attention to the details of the office work and courtesy renders the transaction . of business with the company most pleasant. *Perhaps one of the most useful litâ€" ::x tle articles in the apparel of people | .,. today is the insignificant little butâ€"| ,,, ton, but how many of us ever stop to 1e give a thought to its original state | .. and what varied processes it must | _ go through before ready for the tai}â€" di or and dressmaker who with nimble | ,, fingers attach them to clothes we are ér to wear. The writer himsell must | ,, confess he had never given the subject | ,, much thought. Mr. Richard Roschâ€" man & Bro., proprietors of the large p: button factory on Queen street, next “‘ to the G.Tâ€"R. station, Waterloo, on | / whom ‘the writer called in making his * rounds among the manufacturers, % cheerfully answered _ our . enquiries. 1 ‘The ivory nut from which the comâ€" | , mon button is made grows on trees | , in a wild state in South America and is gathered by the natives, who exâ€" I change them for other articles with : traders and gradually they find their | . way to the seaport towns, where they are bought up by foreign agents ahd subsequently sold to the manuâ€" ‘ facturers, who by ingenious processes conmvert them into . all conceivable shapes and designs in the form . of buttons, upwards of 12,000,000 butâ€" tons being turned out in this facâ€" tory in a year. Pearl is also largely used in the Waterloo factory, new 4 f for theâ€" manufacture of â€" pearl buttons having been retently inâ€" .~, s§ailed ‘The present business had its $ # in the year 1878, when Mr. ~â€"_ Richart and Dan. Bowman 7 _‘._, in a very modest way p x1 > on the site of ski + yartnership : dissolved about five years later, '-~i~ a 1eer ‘and‘ m tan ingam Bringe beily 4 ® "'“i‘_’: ~Bro., when Mr. § qu m ce Sagge ce c â€".“ p * wons tb RICHARD ROSCHMAN & BRO MANUFACTURING co. an is of the opinion that if _ advalorem _ duty â€" on were changed to a modâ€" erate spectific duty, there would be room for half a dozen more button factories in Canada. This firm, whose factory is Mcated on the corner of Herbert and William streets, manufactures high grade {urâ€" niture on an extensive _ scale. The business was established in 1898 by Sghaecter, Killer and Co., who sold out in 1896 to Lippert and Co., the business being purchased of Messrs. Woeller, Bolduc and Knauft in 1896, ‘who have since carried it on with great success under the firm name of \Woeller, Bolduc & Co. The business has grown steadily since the present ‘ firm took charge and large additions have been made to the factory year by year, this year <a new boilet house and large brick chimney being erected, while still further additions are contemplated for next year, OWâ€" ing to the increasing demand for their goods, which are sold from the Atlantic to the Pacific. . Messts. Woellet and _ Bolduc, both practical men, superintend work in the facâ€" tory, while Mr. Julius Knauft has charge of the office. gp WATERLOO CIGAR BOX FACâ€" TORY. One of Waterloo‘s more recently esâ€" tablished industries is the Waterloo Cigar Box Factory, owned by Mr. C. H. Frochlich Mr. Froehlich bought out the business of the Baden Cigar Box Company four years ago and moved the plant to Waterloo. Since that time new equipment has been added and the capacity of the factory great increased, about four hundred boxes being turned out a day. The machines, many of which are of the latest type, are run _ by electric power, and a good staff of hands . is kept busy every working day in the year. Mr. Froehlich reports trade to be in a nealthy condition. © WOELLER, BOLDUC & CO From the standpoint of the Inland Revenue Department, Mr. Frederick Keil has one of the best revenue proâ€" ducing concerns in the country, the exâ€" cise duties collected from his busiâ€" ness during the year totalling $12,000 Starting with three hands in 18°7, his cigar business has gradual!ly grown until today over thirty . em:â€" ployees are on the pay roll and about one million and a half cigars are turned out dufing the year, his ccleâ€" brated _ brands, _ "Jack â€" Canuck C "Conductor‘s Punch" . and | ‘"Handâ€" made‘‘ being in great demand. Be sides being a shrewd business man Mr. Keil is a progressive citizen. * On entering the . large factory ol | , Mr. J. B. Snider, on King street, | , manufacturer of office, school and | church furniture, the writer found the | genial proprietor in his office, ready | . to answer the scribe‘s questions with | . his usual courtesy. There has been a strong and continuous demand for the products of the factory, and all the workmen have had steady employâ€" ment throughout the year, 4t being mecessary at periods to work overâ€" time. This is one of Waterloo‘s strongest and best equipped manufacâ€" turing institutions and the goods turned out here, a good deak of which is sold direct to buyers in London, Liverpool and South Africa, is a creâ€" dit to both the manufacturer and the town. Asked as to the effects of the rhding of the war in South Africa on the export trade, Mt. Snider said the trade in his line had greatly imâ€" proved since peace had been restored and the British were in control. The Australians, he said, were also recogâ€" nizing the merits of Canadian made goods, several shipments of office desks from his factory having recentâ€" ly been made to Sydney. Mr. Sniâ€" | der is one of the many who complain : of wretched shipping facilities of the past year, but. hopes to secure some ; measure of reliel owing to the recent § siding extensions made by the Grand _ | Trunk. Among the busiest . of Waterloo‘s numerous manufacturing institutions during the year just closing have been the factories of the Canada Furâ€" niture Manufacturers, consisting of what were formerly . the Schaefet , ' **"Intaione "~ |o anufacturers. . __=...; of ‘Trade met in the National Club | w Killer & Co., and Snyder, Roos & Co. establishments. All through the year the factories have been runmning tull blast with a staff‘exceeding one hundred men in a vyain attempt to keep up with orders. _ About two months éfl they had ail the orders they could hope to fill for Christ=, mas delivery.and were tly obliged . to call in all i and Northwest travellers... the output "t’“' f-«:n- e tieis nistory," yet ‘the "ouiput_ . wes . ourtailed owing _ ANADA FURNITURE MANUFAC TURERS. FREDERICK KEIL J. B. SNIDER for to Grand ab wutnwmw TODIgs of the company opened out in Torâ€" onto. An idea ol the extent of this business may be . had from the/act that three recent shipments from the Waterloo factory were billed to purâ€" chasers in Australia. L [ Owing to the heavy demand for | mattresses the company is about to ; treble or quadruple its capacity here | and for this purpose will ‘utilize the building at preseat oecupied by lr.‘ A. Klippert for his undertaking busiâ€" ness. A modern equipment will be put in with a capacity of about one hundred mattresses a day. As to the prospects for the coming year, they appear to be of the very _ rightest, A local manufacturing institution that has been rapidly expanding its business, but without any blare . of trumpets, is that of Mr. Chas. Muelâ€" ler, cooperage, Queen street, near the station. Many of our citizens would scarcely recognize in the large buildâ€" ings of today the little cooper shop of a few years ago. There has been an exceptionally strong demand _ for their manufactures, especially of late years, and gradually additions â€" have been made and new equipment added to meet the demand, with the result that with the erection â€" of the new boiler and â€" engine rooms this year, the dimensions of the buildings are now 250x30 feet. A large staff of men ate kept busily engaged making all kinds of articlee _ in the cooperâ€" age line, such as tanks, large . vats, casks, barrels, etc., which are sold from Winnipeg to Quebec. Mr. Chas. Mueller, jr., is the hustling superinâ€" tendent of ‘The above firm of upholsterers hes experienced _ an exceptionally good year. They have outgrown their preâ€" mises and have decided to erect a large new building of their own next year , in connection with which they have‘ asked a number . of concessions from the town. Mr. Schierholtz is at present also engaged upon the orâ€" gartZation of a company to build a factory fos the manufacture of parlor frames in Waterloo. patents. Its chief advantages are in its being adapted to what is called a‘ dry process, and its simplification of the labor question, reducing the numâ€" ber of men required and at the same time requiring less skilled labor. Mr. Bechtel claims his system, which has already been adopted by many brickâ€" makers in Canada and the States, iwm effect a saving of fifty petcent. over the old _ method of handling brick CANADA WOOLLEN MILLS. The old Waterloo _ Woollen Mills, now a part of that big combination, the ‘"Canada Woollen Mills," with factories in Carleton Place, Hespeler and here, has had a very busy year. In conversation with Mr. Huehnerâ€" gard we were informed that the woolien business, the â€" outlook for which had been somewhat blue for a time, was locling up and the prosâ€" pects for work at the local factory for the coming yeur were good, havâ€" ing enough orders ahead to keep them busy well into the new yeatr. Owing to the scarcity of labor considerable new equipment is being put into a number of the departments. E. SCHIERHOLTZ & CO Guelph Mercury: , A very pretty and quiet wedding was soléemnized on Wednesday, â€" Dec. 17th, at Fairview Villa, Guelph, when Mrs. Elizabeth k’ was married to Mr. A. E. Meyâ€" Â¥t. The bride entered the drawing ton‘olthenrmoimbrouaer. The rodom was tastefully decorated with paims, smila® and flowers. The wedâ€" ding '11!!.‘.'â€" played by Miss !:: Smith, wedd gown | eolienne, u&fl 'n:‘un- â€"The ceremony . was witâ€" a small circles of the im« Ariends of the bride and CHAS. MUELLER BECHTEL BROS the works large show ~ropms MEYERâ€"K A Y Mr. Eakin, pastor . of ‘Toronto, Wednesday afternoon, . uhnd were entertained to lunSheon .by the retiring chairman, NMr. C, G@. Mar latt. A considerable amount of busi 2l fate o ie 2oce tholge ~ The Poitiy mport was mbaitied as dor C e is satisiactory to report & â€" steady business dur the year 1902 with wfi in values in either or leather. Hide values have ruled extremely high and the present prices are about the same ‘as those current at the beginning of |the year. The general trade of the country has been good, and tanners (dulaph-ammuvow the benefit of the prevailing prosperity. Boot and shoe manulacturers, as well as others engaged in the manufacture of articles largely composed of leathâ€" er, such as harness, trunks, bags; etc., report a satisfactory season, and not only can manufacturers in large cities congratulate themselves, but those in smaller towns and vilâ€" lages can show an increasing trade \with a fair profit. "While Montreal and Quebec shoe manufacturers have been busy, it is noticeable that the quality of boots and shoes manufactured in Ontario is constantly increasing. "‘It might be well to note the fallâ€" ihg off in the local consumption of the general run of ordinary black leaâ€" thers, such as splits, buff aod glove ; The use of waxed and grain upper has also been very limited. Fmot-‘ ies that have cut this stock largely heretofore are now buying finer leaâ€" thers to meet the increased demand for, more expensive boots and shoes, and the aim of _ the tanner today should be to produce stock of the highest standard as to quality, the existing conditions requiring it both for home consumption and the export for home consumption and the ©APON% trade. ‘‘The Ontario tanner has been able to compete more successively in . all gmxkets during 1902 than for some years past, which is largely due to the improved laborâ€"saving machinery used, and the more efficient plants which are now existent. L WEBTPAT PR P C "Failures have been less than In former years, and this may be conâ€" sidered a good year for the leather inâ€" dustry. The outlook for the coming year is promising." Mr. F. T. Daville, of Aurora, was elected chairman of the tanners‘ sec-‘ tion; Mr. John £. Breithaupt, Berâ€" lin, viceâ€"president; Messrs. A. O. Beardmore, Toronto; G. C. H. Lang, ‘Kflgrlin', A. R. Clarke, Toronto, John Welsh, Hastings,; George B. P. Beale, ‘Toronto, _ Executive Committee:â€" Messrs. C. J. Miller, Onllia; L. d. \Breithaupt, Berlin; S. R. Wickett, Toronto;, W. D. Beardmore, Toronto; George McQuay, Owen Sound, Inspecâ€" tion and Arbitration Committee. Stratford school board and inspecâ€" tor have arranged regulations to preâ€" vent overloading pupils with home work. They are: © (a) No home lessons in any grade be given in arithmetic and grammar. (b) No home lessons be given beâ€" low the third book classes. l (c) That home lessons shall not be PDW PC RMONNUICCOII! (c) That home lessons shall not be given in more than two subjects at one time, or of such a kind to| take more than balf an hour i:‘.'flle1 third book grades or an hour in the fourth book grades in preparation. _ (d) that the work given shall be \ol such a character that it can be. \done by the pupil unaided. It is provided that in the case of specially backward pupils _ teachers shall consult with patents as to furâ€" ther home work. Ontario Trade Increasing CHANGE Aiter quoting from Judge Barron‘s charge to the jury at the Sessions of the Peace on Tuesday last in regard to the diminution _ of crime through ‘the decrease of drunkenness, which he attributed to an educational proâ€" cess, the St. Thomas Times says: Judge Barron‘s views on this matâ€" ter are worthy of thoughtful considâ€" eration. â€" They â€" emphasize the fact that education along temperance lines \is havings its . effect. The young %men are more â€" and _ more allowing their common sense to have right of way, so to speak. No young man nowâ€"aâ€"days believes it . is a good thing to drink intoxicating liquor. He knows it is not for his good.. When four or five young men start out together on a ‘"round," they do so in sheer deviltry, and after each has treated the others they are not themselveg; they have lost common sense and give way to debauchery. They may at the time imagine they _lare all right, but the next day they know they made fools of themselves. ‘That is where the treating evil shows itsel{. Many a young man who holds a responsible position im some merâ€" ‘cult.estmllhmat. and who tipâ€" ples,*thinks his employers know nothâ€" ing about it,; but they do know, and when .:' o”ort\lli.g‘ fot, promot;o- comes along it is the urlu. ut n total abstainer, that .is pushed ahead. When young. men allow their better sense to sway them they will not &m and we believe our are more #he ”.‘} v ul not o TEMPERANCE SPREADING Officers Elected. IN REGULATIONS P % sR n Te 0 a prsimmageny‘ ts £pl T o "A e O P n P the apit ie corme »é» .‘E‘rgb-‘fi al o n rian ie \Afi»a*_ v‘\'-i‘w,\‘vv 5 «-3..7- *(*tg k’ Inokt hnbark * Oe NY e i aating ie mn&ul:'.fi ...'.'.‘fluu until the spouts where the fnished sugar‘ entered the barrel was reached, when the party was scattered somewhat. ‘The "sweetest ‘pair in the bunch" lingered around the sugar barrels, tasting the pure , white granulated sugar, while the ; bthers visited the machine shop, en , gine room, lime kiln, etc. When the . time arrived to return home the | ‘‘sweetest pair‘‘ were still missing, ; ‘and a search warrant was issued in . ing a last handful of sugar they \order to find them. They were still , | tusting "Maple Leaf Brand" but takâ€" , reached the car in time. ,, | The. teachers greatly appreciated . the kindness and courtesy shown by ,ltha company, Dr. Shuttleworth and who the employees NEW HAMBURG‘S NEW INDUS TRY. . By the transfer of the Snowball Wagon Co‘s business to the Hamburgâ€" American Wagon Co., St. George loses one of its oldest and most prosperous business . Concerns, says the St. George Sentinel of last week. }Tbe sajle took place last week and the New Hamburg Co."got possession on Saturday. They will continue to manufacture bere until the stock is worked up, which will be about May next, and then the business will be taken to New Hampurg.â€" The Quildâ€" ‘ing- and machinery, which are the ‘property ol Mr. Peter Wood, will be \left here, but it is hoped they will not remain an eyesore, but will ‘quickly be utilized in other ways. It behooves us to establish another and leven greater industry. The Snowball r‘Wugon Company has been in existence Mor nearly sixty years, and has helpâ€" ,'ed maintain our small but, dare We ,fny, progressive village. The busiâ€" L en e d us say, progressive village. The busiâ€" ness came into pbssession of the preâ€" sent management some ten years ago, and the manager, Mr. J. P. Lawraâ€" son, has turned out in that time waâ€" gons and sleighs to the value of nearâ€" lly 8300,000, and that almost $70,000 have been paid out in wages. STRATFORD TO GUaARANTEE BONDS. Stratiord, December 17.â€"By the vote of the fatepayers of Stratford today the bylaw to guarantee . the bonds of a company to be organized by Wm. J. Mooney, of this city, was carried by a vote of 1,209 to 8. The company agree . to erect a building labout 160 feet by 70 feet, three storâ€" ies high, to cost $45,000. The guarâ€" ‘nm is for $30,000;, the company agree to employ 50 _ men the first year, 75 by the second, and one hunâ€" dred each succeeding year. Biscuits and confectionery will be the output of the factory. FALLS POWER Ottawa, December 18. â€"Mr. Banker | R. Paine, manager . of the Ontario Power (‘ompanÂ¥. promises the delivâ€" ery of electrical energy from Niagara Falls in Toronto a yeat from now, 15,000 horse power, and if more is needed it can be had. A double pole line wil} be built from the Falls to the Queen City, so that in the event ‘ot one line being disabled from . any ‘cause a second will be available. Dresden, December 18. â€"Pay day for the sugar company was & VeTy busy time here. A very consecutive estiâ€" mate is that sugar beet growers ree ceived over $100,000 for beets delivâ€" ered during October. The next pay day will be the biggest, as many )more beets were delivered in Novemâ€" ber than in October. A sympathetic picture of the Chi nese hundr;mu is painted _by _? writer in the New Orleans "Times.‘ "John" lives among us, patient, indus trious, and often du:vd”by those wh know too little of him even to regard him as & fdlo'h!ln{. Yet if we knew the human history that lies benind that rrl]ow mask we should not foubt that i ere also @wells a soul of Hike dignit; with our own. Says the writer: Next door to my lodging is one o! those squat little houses which now and then you find next to a Nfi mansion. On the lower floor of the small house was a Chinese kvmdrlv.‘ In it was & Chinaman about twentyâ€" years of age. His face was as imperturbable as the sky. We Titet refularly ol the seine spstem ity of t At first he m’n ordinary m laundryman to me, but .: attention became rlv:mn him: my curiosiâ€" ty was awa 4 4o ts 5. susvaly #ar The Man Behind the Mask. 4 young Chinaman was in love. A in China was waiting for him, and BIG PAY DAY by FOR TORONTO "ot toit im‘ order ive country and THE DEPOSITS AMOUN To ‘Poronto, _ Dec. 19.â€"This notice, posted â€" on the doors of _ Oskâ€" ville‘s most important banking . in« stitution yesterday, almost produced & panic in the town. For fiiteen years Anderson & Son Lave he.d the confidence of farmers and townspeople throughout the whole countryside, and the suspenâ€" sion of a chartered bank would not haye occasioned more c.Rsternation than the forced assignment of the ols firm‘s affairs, touo'?. as it does, the sensational collapse the bank‘s laie mval, the firm of Andrew & Howarth. That the fate of the latter firm has had a considerable effect in bringing about the embarrassment of Anderso: & Son there can be no doubt, but this is not the sole cause, for the fi.‘ majority of the bank‘s customers have remained loyal to it, in the frce of t:-.rqu.u against private banks prod by the Andrew & Howarth fasure. . _ . . Jakvilie, Lec. 18.~â€""C. W. 4 & Son, bankers, Oukvilie, have as mflunkuc.:w- to. The trouble in with the fi.m of Andrew & Howarth caus ed a run on Anderson & Son‘s bank, which, in comjunction with the 1e fusal of their bankers ‘to further honer their drafts, made it 4mpos wible to continue the business, and an assigntment became unavoidabie. She Messrs. Anderson state that the loss to their creditors will not b¢ Behind the closed doors of the bank mecountants from the office ‘of Mr. Clarkson, the assignee, are toâ€"night at work on the ‘firm‘s books, but no detinâ€" ite statement of the la-'lJoduon has et been reached. ‘The liabiities of the Lnk to depositors is roughly placed at $200,000, and mthini.d-lllh as to the securities held by the firm can be ob trined. C. W. Anderson & Son was established in 1887, the present members of the firr being C. W. Anderson and his two sons, E. B. and C. K. Anderson. The business was handled mostly by the sons, the father .ivln1 comsiderable attention to interests in Paimer»ton. ‘The firm have about $8,000 invested in the cleo‘u'lc ught plant there. They able property in Oakville, ing property in the mei cluding two splendid sru NC __1 4 1â€"_bae ECY AmICC, ns ught plant there. They own considerâ€" ¢ able property in OQakville, and al:so farmâ€" ing property in the meighborhood, in cluding two splendid fruit farms. Unâ€" til um # banking business was cary ulq‘llr. Anderson, sen., at| Palmerston, t the concern was ab sorbed by a chartered bank. The busiâ€" ' ness in Oakville has been for se. 6. al years under the coutrol of the sons] who have made som~ stock investments, | and hold in addition a number of mort: l “f‘ throughout the county, ‘ he extent to which the failure will affect the county can be estimated from the fact that every well known micr h int in Oakville, with two excepions, had an arccount of some size with the bank. ‘The business men toâ€"day gathered in each other‘s shops and discussed the gloomy situation, ard as the afternoon wore on dorens of farmers arrived to verify the rumors that had r:ached them. One merchant had_ seven pass books belonging to dilfere t mem bers â€" of _ his â€" family, the aggtt: ‘::: of â€" all _ of the accounts ing $15,000. Seveal of the farmers claimed to have icdividual accounts larger than this, but not one of nearly a score of creditors interviewed had a word of reproach or condemnation for | Anderson & Son. The general feeling Apâ€" ; pontdtob‘thtuublnkmmn . | caught by an unexpected run due to the | distrust created in the community OD t mccount of the tangle in the affairs of Andrew & Howarth. A dozen memâ€" | bers of the farming community who were among the heaviest degositon had 1 rrulibense Bdnne V dee t t c PORABILY PARALYZED, Kmokg The Dequests of Mrs. Ward of llu-«lhmdfl.flflnlmnâ€" In St. Mary‘sâ€" Cathedral. Mr. A. M. Little was nomlaated for the wacant seat in the Legisiative Assembly by the Liberals of North Norfolk. mmmmmuu mmmdfl.fl.‘hhl‘ bullders of the electric rallroad. Ratepayers of Strattord voted to gunram tee the bonds of a new fectionery factory to be *wo men, Réward w’ Hearn, were killed by a cavedn Janction. Samme! Thompson ### the ‘Grafto® doccil had 10000 00 oo |ro Round L . / ~ > 0 3 e . RABET onl We sns Y asd with F Vistoris . . ;} Wins # *€ C d t Acasmmeds (2 0 W ... Aules c o ... . rA domane 1 jgi;. rl; g..;,‘;f:,:?. 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Diâ€"trict No. 1. w Peliminary Roun L _ Round 1. 2 hrbud as aene en en se nnne m 5 TusmstvLakevie® \.wlan} oo Preliminary roun 1 â€"Forest v: 8t. c a Round 1. _Round 2 Row Senate Commiltee Hears From Opj; osing Interests. _ Washington, . Dve. 18.â€"The n Committee _ on _ Foreign ations devoted an hour and a half to hesring reports from the Maine and setts fishery intcrests in opposition the Hayâ€"Bond treaty for > betveen the United States and foundland. 7 . . 9 Toh Umpireâ€"John Ba‘a.. Play at Toronto.. Di trict No. & Norwoed v. Lake leld. Keenc, bye. District No. $ Parkhill v. Pattsville. Thedford, byo. Victoria, B. C., Dec. 18. â€"Mail _ad vices received from Obangking in the Srechuan Province of China report that both the cities of Meichouâ€" and .Ki« “'fl.“:' had ;\nlr pt: closed and a # o -im eclared, dwing to t! vici T:Q d e their inity . o. P raise the siego of the two cities, Wl failed. It is reporied from Pekin that Yanglu, first Graad ""’"@"i'_ wotary of who since Li Hung Mg" } most powerful m:nin China, is af% «uo A S9ke td Pausk, .. ..5 f es veffeme s« poses to abdicate next year.and Yang wishes to anticipate the o ant % ing himseM beyond the r= @ge of: sequent es 30 644 /SÂ¥ kn aBR| P NOR _»_. Sacs Lonkes Yamet Cur HKAYâ€"BC ND TREATY. wORD OF CAUTION. _ Be:iegcd‘by Boxers. GRoUP NO. 1. GRJUP NO & »latheson, Satpla. Play at ase« "hl-. Winner. Winnor. Winnez W inner.. |â€" Winmer. Round 2 Round & Wimer 1 _ ~/ .3 Dr. Pitcher‘s W in..@t