ALBERT Nyanza, Lake, 436, 447
Antietam, battle of, 414
Assignats, issued in France, 342-4
BAKER, Sir Samuel, 436
Bangeweola, Lake, 439, 441, 442
Battle of the Wilderness, 411
Blair, Hon. A. G., Minister of Rail-
ways and Canals, his resignation,
3; his objections to the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway, 8, 9, 15,
24; his speech in Vancouver, 9-11;
advocates government ownership,
13; refers to running rights, 17;
advocates improvement of the
Intercolonial Railway, 20; his es-
timate of the cost of the Grand
Trunk Pacific, 25
Boers, 89-90, 91, 109
Bonding privilege, the, its abroga-
tion, 8, 47-8
Borden, Mr. R. L., leader of the
Opposition, 36, 169, 199
Bourassa, Henri, seconds Mr. Charl-
ton's resolution of conciliation, 99
British Preference, 200-4, 245, 247-
50
Brown, Hon. George, sent to Wash-
ington to negotiate a reciprocity
treaty, 117, 118; his success, 120,
127
Bryant, William Cullen, 405
Bull Run, battle of, 93, 410, 414
Bunker Hill, battle of, 459
Butler, General, 413
CANADIAN Pacific Railway, 22; its
contract contrasted with that of
the Grand Trunk Pacific, 59-68;
its earnings, 70
Cape Colony, 424
Cartwright, Sir Richard, 151, 153
Chancellorsville, battle of, 94, 415
Charlton, Mr. John, an account of
his life, viii.-x; early years,
384;
settles in Lynedoch, and
opens a country store, 384; goes
into the lumber business, 384-5;
the firm of Ramsdell & Charlton
formed, 386; parliamentary life,
387
Chickamauga, battle of, 411
Christian Evidences, 306-27
Clay, Henry, 377
Confederate States, 408, 409
Constitution, the United States,
461
DAVIS, Jefferson, 409
Declaration of Independence, 458
Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia,
456
Dominion Elections Act, proposed
amendments to, 361-4; the
amended bill, 365-6
Douglass, Stephen A. (Judge), intro-
duces the Kansas-Nebraska Bill,
399; defends the bill, 402; his
joint debate with Lincoln, 403,
404; nominated for president, 407;
defeated, 408
EMANCIPATION Proclamation, 414,
415
Exports, 183-4, 186-8, 198, 201, 211,
212, 213-18, 238-9, 241-5
FIELDING, Hon. W. S., Minister of
Finance, 77, 160, 197, 365
Fleming, Sir Sandford, 14, 15
Fort Sumpter, 409
Free Soil party, 397, 398, 399, 400
Fugitive Slave Law, 398, 401
GETTYSBURG, battle of, 93, 411, 416,
417
Government, the, considers three
propositions re Grand Trunk
Pacific, 34, 35; adopts a policy,
36, 37; its twofold object re
Grand Trunk Pacific, 39-40; re-
tains running powers, 53; its
financial supervision of the Grand
Trunk Pacific, 54-5; its joint
supervision as to letting of con-
tracts, etc., 57; its action re the
South African War, 78-94
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, its
need, 5, 6; its running rights, 17;
conditions of contract, 19; quality
of its construction, 22-3, 37; its
eastern terminus, 24; its cost, 24,
25; its stock, 26, 59; its length,
32; the country's need of it, 32-3;
why its ownership by the govern-
ment was objected to, 34; its
supervision, 35; its physical fea-
tures, 40-2; as to its route, 42-3;
its business prospects, 44-6; its
financial basis, 48-52; its stan-
dard of construction, 57; various
provisions in the contract, 57-8;
Lee, General, 414, 416, 419
Lincoln, Abraham, his education,
390-1; his parents and birth, 391;
early years, 392-3; moves to
Illinois, 393; studies law, 394;
in the Illinois legislature and in
Congress, 394; refuses the gover-
norship of Oregon, 401; his joint
debate with Douglass, 403, 404;
his speech at Springfield, 403-4;
lectures in New York, 405; nomin-
ated for president, 406; his in-
auguration, 408; calls for volun-
teers, 409; his Emancipation
Proclamation, 414; his second
inaugural address, 417; his assas-
sination, 419; the funeral, 419-20
Livingstone, David, birth and edu-
cation, 427; first years in Africa,
427; first explorations, 427; dis-
covers the Zambezi, 428; sends
his wife and children home, 429;
visits the Mokololo, 429; makes
an excursion to the west coast and
back, 429-30; discovers the Vic-
toria Falls, 431; sails for England,
432; heads a party under the aus-
pices of the Royal Geographical
Society to explore the Zambezi
region, 432; its six years' work,
432-6; death of his wife, 434;
sets out to discover the source of
the Nile, 437; his ill health, 438-9;
reaches Lake Tanganyika, 439-40;
makes his way to Lake Moero,
440-1; visits Casembe, 441; dis-
covers Lake Bangweola, 441;
makes his way to Ujiji, 442;
leaves Ujiji to descend the
Lualaba, 445-6; returns
Ujiji, 446; sets forth on his last
journey, 448; his death, 450; his
body taken to the coast and
thence to England, 451-1
QUEEN'S University, its secular-
ization proposed, 293, 295; rea-
sons for opposing the measure,
295-6, 302-4; its removal from
Kingston for confederation with
Toronto University discussed,
301-2
RECIPROCITY, in natural products,
171-2, 176, 187-8, 190, 193, 227;
Mr. Charlton's speech in favour of,
181-95; its desirability, 220; its
prospects, 221-3; the basis of,
225; the effects of, 225-6
Reciprocity Treaty, proposed, 117;
rejected by the United States
Senate, 117, 118, 240; treaty of
1854 abolished, 119, 239; its re-
newal sought, 120, 239; objec-
tions to, 121-2, 213; its advan-
ages, 123-4, 125-6, 213; con-
cessions for, 124-5; the treaty of
1854, 165, 183-4
Repressive policy, the, 210, 211,
240
Republican party, inaugurated, 400,
SABBATH Observance, objects of the
bill, 253-4; precedents for the
proposed bill, 256-60; authori-
ties for, 261-4; laws passed for,
265-7; character of proposed laws
for, 268-70; reasons for the pro-
posed laws, 270-7; provisions of
the bill, 277-8, 282-4; opposition
to the bill, 287
Scott, Dred, 400-1, 404
Sherman, General, 418
Slave Power, the, 396, 397, 398,
399, 408
Slavery, 395; its territory limited,
396; its expansion, 377; in cer-
tain states, 397-8; fought for in
the territories, 401; its death, 420
South Africa, British title to, 80;
its five provinces and two terri-
tories, 82-5, British policy in, 85;
railways in, 85-6; British pos-
sessions in, 86; character of Brit-
ish rule in, 89
South African War, causes of, 83-5,
91, 106; its difficulties, 105; its
outcome, 106
Stanley, Henry M., of the New York
Herald, 447; goes with Living-
stone to the north end of Lake
Tanganyika, 447; discovered the
true source of the Nile, 447; leaves
Ujiji for Zanzibar, 448; he and
Livingstone part, 448
Success, conditions of, 374, 377, 380,
383, 387
TANGANYIKA, Lake, 436, 439, 440
Tarte, Hon. J. I. 199, 223
Thompson, Sir John, 145, 146
Tilley, Sir Leonard, 331, 355
Transvaal, the, 424,
Tupper, Sir Charles, 77
UNITED States, its Constitution, 461;
its expansion, 464-5; its future,
467
VICKSBURG, battle of, 411, 417
Victoria Nyanza, Lake, 436
"Voices of Freedom," 396
WALLACE, William, M.P., 331
Washington, George, his education,
454; employed by Lord Fairfax,
454; appointed public surveyor,
455; receives his first commission,
455; sent as special messenger to
French Creek, 456-7; captures
Fort Duquesne, 457; a typical
Englishman, 457; elected com-
mander-in-chief of the armies of
the Revolution, 459; his good
qualities recognized, 460; presi-
dent of the convention which
framed the U.S. Constitution, 461;
first president of the United
States, 461; his farewell address,
462; his death, 454
Webster, Daniel, 375-6
White, Hon. Peter, 133
Wilmot proviso, 397
Wilson Bill, places Canadian lumber
upon the free list, 129; introduced
in 1893, 136; its paragraphs 673 to
683, 136-7; its free-lumber provi-
sions retained, 140; an attempt to
break up its free-lumber provi-
sions, 145-7; becomes law, 148-50
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