Belleville welcomes Schultz, 27 Bennett, Capt. James, 26, 43 Beresford, Lord Charles, 320 Bernard, Lally, letter to _Globe_, 330 Bethune, R. N., 159 Biggar, C. W. R., 58; on Sir Oliver Mowat, 186, 192 Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 138 Blackstock, T. G., 197 Blain, Hugh, 58, 158, 197 Blaine, Hon. James, Behring Sea difficulty, 147, 151, 153; _re_ Commercial Union, 163 Blake, Edward, at National Club, 239 Bliss, Cornelius N., 109 Board of Trade banquet, 1887, 88 Board of Trade banquet, Sir Oliver Mowat's speech, 193 Body Guard, Governor-General's, escort Lord Lansdowne, 73 Boer ultimatum, 264 Borden, Sir Fred, in England, 1902, 322, 331, 333, 334 Borthwick, Sir Algernon, 209 Boswell, Mayor, 64, 65 Boulton, Major Charles, 23 Boulton, Sir S. B., 321 Bourassa, Henri, 264 Bowell, Sir Mackenzie, 217, 244 Braddon, Sir Edward, 226 Brantford branch formed, 119 Brassey, Hon. T. A., 207 Brassey, Lord, 198, 209 Bristol Chamber of Commerce meeting, 316 British Columbia, union with Canada, 9 Brock, Sir Isaac, 15 Brock, W. R., 158 Brock's Monument, 158 Broomhall, G. S., 239 Brown, Hon. G., letters of Mair to _Globe_, 14; Red River expedition, 34; publishes Foster's lecture, 55; Algoma election, 57 Bruce Mines, meeting at, 57 Bryce, Dr. George, 20 Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, at Aberdeen, 306, 315 Bull, Rev. Canon, 185, 186 _Bulletin_, New York _Commercial_, 106, 148 Bunting, Percy Wm., correspondence with, 178 Butler, General Benjamin F., 105 Butler, Sir Walter, 299 C Caledonian Society dinner, 1888, 122 California absorbed by United States, 98 Cambridge, the Duke of, 140 Cameron, Hector, 78 Cameron, Hon. John Hillyard, 32 Campbell, C. J., 159 Canada, condition of, before Confederation, 7 Canada Club dinner, 1902, 315 Canada Club, speech at, 1890, 150 "Canada First" party, origin of and meaning of, 9 group aroused, 19 a secret organisation, 21 name chosen, 50 Foster's lecture, 54 Canadian Club, dinner to Mr. Aylesworth, 348 Canadian Club of New York, 82 _Canadian Monthly_ started, 169 Canadian Mounted Rifles, 269 Canadian Pacific Railway, cause of Commercial Union movement, 81 Canadian Pacific Railway, plot to injure it, 110 Canniff, Dr. Wm., 19, 26, 56, 58, 65 Carbutt, Sir Edward, 299 Carnegie, Andrew, member of Continental Union League, 109; at meeting in _Sun_ office, 111; subscription to Continental Union League, 113 Carruthers, Bruce, at Hart's River action, 269 Cartier, Sir George, in Hudson Bay negotiations, 13; Red River expedition, 34; visits Niagara Falls with Bishop Taché, 35-37; his early disloyalty, 44; changes his policy _re_ Red River, 45; letter to Riel, 48; defeated in Montreal, 49 Cartoon, United States in 1900, 104