IIIMTISH COI.I'MBIA. 



cities monarchist* were mobbed, and the office* of 



ve newspaper* were wrecked. In March 



OonseJheirota bands appeared in S-nri|^. Piahuy. 



:! Ninas Geraes. Saraiva, a li.-u- 



teiiant of CVrnwlheiro, attempted to l*rt an m-ur- 



ICii.JaiuMr *-. Con*elhein> him- 



> :.!/. about 



in the northern province*. The Government 

 pratxwrd (.. double :th ..f I ho arm>. ai.d 



ihrratenmg damooitrat ion* in 



again* Pmudent Moraes. who expressed a willing- 

 neat to resign. After the last engagement, in 



V ...... . , .- :,d. a fn>l, G,,v- 



foreeof T.ooo men wa* *ent up t-> Qanndoi 



..ii.l P.-rnambiico. (.* n. Cantu/ia was 

 to liahia with a large force of artillery. 

 ,*, commanded by Gen. Arthur 

 attempted no rash movement*, but advanced *low ly 

 against Canud.*. where the fanatics were regularly 

 i*-ho.l. Their progress was impeded at . 



-j:4> mile* fn).n Bahia. \Vell-guar.l.-.l 

 >rk* stopped them, and fanatic bands of men 

 and women rushed upon them from hiding-place*. 

 The arduous march took two months F.arly in 

 June the Brazilian tr.M.ps. under Gen. Oscar, de- 

 feated 8,000 fanatics, killing 300. Before the end 

 ith they h . them within their 



us, and were victorious in several skir- 

 mishes. On .1 1 the following <1 

 series of assaults on the town were repelled, with 

 the l,,ss ,,f more than 1.0IM) of the Federal troops 

 and higher losses on c,.n-.-lh.-ir.'s side. The Gov- 

 . n-eiiforced until they oiit- 

 numlMTitl the town's defenders three to one. The 

 bombardment was kept up day after day, and in a 

 final assault on July 7 the town was captured after 

 a fierce battle lasti'ng four hours. The troops de- 

 stroyed churches and other buildings in which the 

 fanatics took r :isclheir's forces concen- 

 trated in five villages in the Canudos district, which 

 Arthur Oscar proceeded to invest. Further 

 reinforcements of 4.000 men were forwarded. < >n 

 July 23 the Brazilian troops occupied two of the 

 villages Before the main position was attacked 

 uneiit army consisted of 15,000 men. 

 Fighting occurred constantly, and the fanatics fre- 

 quently held the road between Monte Santo and 

 the front, and interrupted the transport of ammu- 

 nition and stores. In the mean time fresh bodies 

 of fanatics appeared in the States of Sao Paulo and 

 Parana. The force in the Canudos district was 

 still 8.000 strong, and was well intrenched. In 

 the petty en gag >t took place during Au- 

 gust 2.400 Brazilians were wounded in the hand- 

 to-hand conflicts In the In-ginning of OctoU-r 

 Conselheiro's position was at last captured after 

 ! i nous fighting for several days. Admiral 

 Harboza directed the final operations, (luring which 

 Conaelheiro was slain with thousands of his follow- 

 ers. The fanatic leader was a man of powerful 

 build and stern and commanding 

 poaseesed unusual military talents as well as a gift 

 of m.t.:'i, ||. WM \.-rv go,d and hu- 

 mane to i. troops, who obeyed him like 

 rvn. Many soldiers From the Brazil- 

 ian array to Conwlheir... While the vj.-torious bat- 

 tnlioin were und.-r- s ,, n their reti,- 



i.ineiro a soldi- attempt on the life 



racs, killing Col. Moraes. who Jnter- 



l the dagger. Immediately afterward a shot 



'I'-ncourt. the Minister of 



hired under martial law. 



BRI MMI < o| I MBI \. of the 



Dominion of Canada ha* :iinently before 



the public of other .uring the past 



on account of the mineral discoveries and m in ing 

 development. It extends about 700 miles north 



from the international boundary line, and nearly 



- uM and \\' JUKI Mjuare 



. \\hich includes part of the ranp-s of the 



v mountains and the Selkirk>. the (Jueen 



Charl'ott*- Islands. Vancouver inland, and a 



\ of forest*, valleys, mountains lakes, and 

 ways. The chief imrUirs are Esquinmult 

 tin- headquarters of tin- British Pacific squadron 

 via and Nanan .'-ouver i-laiul. C.al 



llarb'-ran*! Kii-li-h Bay', in c..nne-t ion \\ ith Bur- 

 rani Inlet, are the port- *.n the mainland. The 

 ' 'jiiiinaiil 1 ' loti^. with a 



WMtfa "f !MI feel, while the fort i flcat iolis. \\hi. 



partly built at British and partly at Canadian 

 -ileralle. 



Political. Then wen o< politioal changes dor- 

 Ing the year IsjMi-'ji?. except ing the -hare which 



the province took in the Dominion elections, LKU- 



tenant (iovernor the l!..n. l-M-ar I 1 lired 



at the end of his term, in N*.vemb. i \\a> 



succce.l''! 1>\ Senaii.r Melnnex. NN'illiam Tenijtle- 

 man, a local lieu-paper editor, wa- calli-d to t he 

 Dominion Senate in place of the latter. The I 

 utive Council at the end of IM'.I? included .1. II. 

 Turner a- Premier. Minister of Finance and 

 cut niv ; Hon. < harli " \-'.. '. 



Council: I>. M. Bberta at Attorney-General ; Jamei 



'rovincial S.cr. tary and .Minister -.f Mines 

 and Immigration; <i. B. Martin as Commissioner 

 of Lands and Works. 



The Legislature met on Feb. s and adjourned en 

 May 8. The budget speech showed an estimate.! 

 $1,288,000, and expenditure of 

 $1,500.000. During IH'.W the receipts were $989,- 

 705, and the expenditure xl.c.U.T'j:',. The (I. 

 incut's railway policy was the lending of $25,000 to 

 various mall development lines at the rate<.f > 

 a mile. The (juestion of retaliation against the 

 I'nited States was discuv-ed and a }.arliam<-ntary 

 committee n-jiorted in favor of a law for prohibit*- 

 ing aliens from mining in the province. But the 

 central topic of discussion in t he |iro\ii, 

 Dominion policy of subsidixing the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway to Imild a brunch line through tin- < 

 Nest region into the heart of the mining districts. 

 The province wanted an independent and competing 

 line, but the continental road won the battle. The 

 following were the terms accepted by the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway in return fora Dominion grant of 

 $11,000 a mile for :'.:!0 miles of road from Leth- 

 bridge through the mountains to Nd 



1. Running powers over the Crow's Nest Railway 

 are conceded to other railways at a rental 

 fixed by the Dominion Government. 



2. The freight rates are to be under the c..nsrol 

 of the railway committees of the Privy Council. 



::. Freights from points on i. 1 Rail- 



way to points on anv other part (.f the Canadian 

 Pacific system, and />>, -..be undo 



tr<l of the Railway Committee, or of any railway 



n to be hereafter appointed. 

 I. Rales ,,n certain classes of freights on th< 



ern portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway- that 



is. fp.m Fort William eastward are to |,e reduced 

 by from 10 to 33 per cent, at the beginning of 

 L8Q& 



.". Rates on wheat and flour from Manitoba and 

 farther west are to be reduced 114 cent- p. T hun- 

 dred. In-ginning in 1HJJH. and an additional 1H cents 

 per hundred, beginning in 1899. 



0. Fifty thousand acres of picked coal land 

 transferred to the Government. 



1 oal is to be put on the cars at the inii. 

 not more than $2 a ton. 



i prk of timber lands, in the lands 

 granted to the company, are to be subject to the 

 regulation of th rul in Council. 



