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Show MINISTRY ' RESIGNS Laurier Administration in Canada Is Now at an End Ottawa, OnL, OcL 6. Tho Laurier ministry has resigned and Premier-elect Premier-elect R. L- Borden has accepted tho call of his excellency to form a cabinet. cabi-net. The resignation of tho Liberal government, gov-ernment, which wimc into power in 1S96, tpok plare at government house at 3 o'clock this afternoon, following a cabinet sitting which lasted until 1 I50 p. m Sir Wilfrid Laurier conferred con-ferred with Earl Grey for only a 'short period, after which the governor general gen-eral sent a messenger to the residence resi-dence of the incoming premie:' and asked him to undertake tho task of forming a now government. Mr. Borden, of course, accepted, and requested re-quested a few days in which to complete com-plete selection of the new ministry. |