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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-3-2, Page 6• e5matsry et about midnight, but the da � OES AF THE REPUBL�t bugle Fronckl Government Moves Against Royalist* In Paris. RUSSIAN CZAR IS QUITE ILL. • Melte' mad rrsseh Malate.. Ara Again atreerd_rr..b rrl.tl•a Caused by IDs Osaa heldoet-Tb• as. - _ i rs of the shi b -Tie etllallr-- rmpto Shreds -Tb• I .sea by Cable. 1 ' Paris, Feb. 27. -In thein quenee of the *wording throughout the city of speeches of the Duo d'Orleans, the Orleanlst pre- tender, recently delivered at tan Remo, the al'let&rtotewfpkle and medals bearing the pretender's portrait, the Pre - • feet of Police was ordered by the Govern- ment to make • strut investigation Into the moth proceedings+ of the monarchist party. Saturday evening the search was made In the homes of many prominent sus. p ei.w. tett no incident ueeurrrd In the course of the domiciliary visite. Yestenkty morning M. Buffet, who rammer-nos the Due d'Orkone, vlgurou•1y prok'td against the vlolntkm of his donsk-ile, and dc•land that the Royalties party would always, conspire even If thnat•n.d with intprlronment. Many des•utueute were seised at M. Buffet's redolence/. • THE CZAR Ie Qv/TR LLL. Kumla.. Emperor rewarmed aad Doable to Att..d in sate Nina.* London, Feb. rt - Copenhagen tvsrnspondont of The Daily Mall rays: 'Well-informed persons here assure me that the health of Emperor Nk•holas is far from good and that his conditon ex- cites the graver* solicitude. A long - threatening ailment waeumod a critical foram sum after the te+nanee of the nanl- bum In behalf of the limitation of the armaments and the Czar 1r now pro. trawl. The malady Is of such a cher/weer as to • forbid all lntellerttal exertion. lily par- ticipation In the Government is merely formal, confined to signing derurnentt of whose'centents he it ignorant. The Grand Duke Michael pnsseeses the retentive power, and all Government decisions are . arrived at without the Crar'r covperit- tiun or knowledge. AGAIN A HITCH. after mail • calla and yells of e; The inetependenola" and " Muehu Malo A nurtcsno, " and fir- ing volley*, dlrppleut*I In the weds. dining Therm Uu by Us.. Mauna, Feb. 97. -All wee quiet yester- day Afternoon inside end oualde of Man- lier except neer (aleuoan, whcry the Filipino sharprhootw continue to annoy the Amerkan troops at a comparatively close range. One MAID of the yOtb KAumts Volunteers was killed in Artqula Vill- age, whkh was burned last night, and four were wounded In the sklnnlrh-ono of the Idaho, one of the Mlnnerua and *JCS the PSnnsylvatta-VOltinteer regi- mantic woe. otos' Drtut Wire. Colombo, island of Ceylon, Feb. 27. - The United Stater transport Grant, which n ailed from New Turk for Manila un Jan. 12 with troupes, under counncand of Major- General henry W. Lawton. on board arrived hero a slteril y,--43emesl•- Lanstros received a tablegrem from Major-General Otis, In charge of the American wlllary turas In the Phnlppiner, laying: "Hltu- etlon skim'. Your may arrival nov.- rary." He also received trout General Corbin, U. H. Adjutant -General, a table urging him to hurry. General Lawton ordered hem officers to buy supplies, re- gardless of Myrtle', and the transport le taking on coal and water hurriedly. She will try to reach Mantle without furthtw stop. By Way of Madrid. Madrid, Feb. 27. -An official despatch from Manila says: "The situation here W very rerloua The foreign warehlps are disembarking troops. General Rios will leave Manila and go to Zamboanga, Isl- and of Mindanao.,' Washingt.s 06411.g A.al..a New York, Feb. 87.-A Washington despatch to The Herald yustterday says: "With the arrival of the Gentian creamer Kat>terin Augusta at Manila to -day and the report* cot the filibustering ezpditbm from Japan In the inter:woof Agnlnaldo, there is a well-defined auaplolon In the public mind hen• that the 'political rea- ✓ ms' of Admiral Dewey for desiring the Oregon must 1e interpreted In the broad -1 ..t sense -that her preemies he desired as couch for the rel effect In preventing foreign interference• as to bringing the insurgents to tercets. "The enzlety of the ofileirds has each eel such a point that there Is aro further }. doubt that Fear -Admiral IAewey will be aekeed to eubult an explanation." A LIBERAL MISHAP. Campbell -If no'. First D.t.at- Fol. Eternal ildlsaee Swam. to B. tb• prim of race• B.tweea Franc. sad Britoil" -• atralaed Altaatlo.. London, Feb. 27. -Thele haw been • tempon.ry halt, for Acme unknown ma- son, In Lord 4al)shury'a negotiations with Ambassador C'autbm for the'settle- ment of the dlsputee between England and France. There have been no confer. ewer between these two diplomats dur- ing the Lot week, although the liftmen incident let to an exchange of communi- cations between the foreign of cea of the two countries. The French declare that they had no notion of obtaining • strip of territory In the Province of Oman, on the Persian Gulf, but only • cal depot for the bene- fit of trade. The Knglirh action In forc- ing the Sultan of Orman to refuse the French request was neither cornet nor polite to France, w the diplomates acmes the channel assert. Coming on the heela of the Shanghai affair, It tends to prove to the Parisian mind poerslxtent ill :will d Great Britain toward France. On the other hand, the English diplo- nae mart that France, by rectet intri- gue, purchae+d from the Sultan of Otuan • coaling Nation, and the agreetuent did not forbid It being fortified. The sum of the whole natter Is. however, that the Anglo-French strain has MTlouely S- ervs/ed. Following the recent hiawing of the Queen's name In • variety theatre at Nice. another Incident haa oceuived than tending to show French hostility. At the Battle of the Fiowurs in Nice, the Union Jack and American flag were displayed together upon one of the carriage. Along the Promenade Angled' this was loudly biased. A wagon filled with Freneh .oldlens corning abreast of this carriage, another insult wan offered to the Engllah and American fags. The officers drew them- selves' up, stood at attention, and ceased throwing mowers until the carriage had mafeth d. Ie Queen decides not to go to Nice tbla spring there will be an exodus of ICngllsh and Americans from the Riviera TRR, KHALIFA AND HIS HOST. New G f Umd.rm5. Oen.lders Him Oalr • `.also... London, Feb. 27. -The news that the Khallfa is gathering a host, varying In number from 15,000 to 110,000 men, and is marching on Khartoum, mime with $ rude shock to the people of Great Britain, who were under the impression that he was almost a solitary wanderer in the desert. °Ilirial emelt., however, extreme ontlefaetlon at the feet that the Khellfa 1s apparently determined to Hake another onslaught on the Anglo-Egyptian foreew, as they are confident the he will eerily be defeated. Major-General Sir Archibald Hunter. the Governor of Omdurman, U quoted am saying in en interview: "I re- gard the Khalif* A's a nuisance. He is no longer dangerous, and it will greatly simplify natters if he comet out and Agha." In the meanwhile desrhments of Brit's& troops have been ordered to get Wady to return to Omdummn from Lower Egypt, and a strong expedition will he formed and advanced to meet the Khalifs. JOT 11.1 PARIS. A Parallel Drawn Bate... 11th iESathe meet er Co.d• and a0.1.. Parte. Feb. 117. -'nes leader la L I.Ibrrt• lad night is devoted to the die - agreement of the joint high commisulon to ('an•dian-Amerlan affair. Tiles write' rather enjoys whet he comelier* a rebuff to Fengl.nd. ile /aye the Amer)een com- ml.donera have Wetted the Canadians lest at. the peace comma donee treated the Nptenlaria at Parts, ,.London. Feb 27. Sir Henry Campbell - Bannerman, after such en exeelh+nt cart on le new mount, the Liberal leader- ship, "came • cropper" Friday evening at the fort hurdle. John Morley, the former Chief Secretary for Ireland under the Liberal Government, challenged the Oovenmept on its Soudan policy, by moving a reduction of the supplementary estimate* Sir Edward Grey (Liberal) formerly Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign - (Moe. torte and printed out that the Khartoum expedition wag memory. to consequence of act* to which Mr. Morley, as • Cabin Mlnlier, gave his $sent. Then Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman spoke, tried the imaposible fst.of agree- ing with boLk.o bi.alwtclates, and ended by voting with Mr. Morley, who wits also supported by Mr. Lwbouchere and the front Opponion bench. Ovetra doyen I.lper=la, uding one whip, voted with the Government. Herbert Henry Arqulth, the former Liberal Secretary of Sate for Home Affairs, and some other abstained from voting. This. division presents the iAbersls es being In a woeful condition of divided councils. and the rebuff of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerrran's leadership la the subject of general comment. HER E'S ANOTHER QUESTION. Dem tb. M.ere. Deetrl.• Cover South as Well as North Am•rlmT London, Feb. 27.-1kxs the Monroe doctrine cover South America and will the United States take up the muse of the Argentine Republic against a Kuro- pwan monarchy! are questions that arise In an interesting cash of territorial pos- session that Is likely to mum internation- al complication's between Great Brfaln and the Argentine Republic. The disput- ed land consists of the small colony of Chupat, to Chupat Valley, Patagonle. It was founded by Welshmen In 1866, and now has a population of about 6,000. The pioneer originally found extreme diffi- cult, supporting themjstives almoat wholly by hunting. The men were sturdy, obtained tb4riendahlp of the aborigines and devoted themselves subsequently to agrleulture. This was extremely arduous until the ;otiose taught them the astern of irrigation. The colony continued hi thrive, and by hard work has now *le come a self-supporting Industrial com- munity with fourteen schools. The Argentine Republic has grabbed the colony, and rrently the Argentine authorities have leen Interfering in the self-government methods' of the oniony, and have enforced the Argentine Repub- lle'a rules of government. The settler rent a deputation to collet the nssl5anee of the British Foreign 0ffiee'. Delegates Phillipe and Swett are now In London, and have already placed the nese before the Welsh Parliamentary party. M•thedlst. Rales Meq. London, Feb. 27. -The Wesleyan Meth- odist Twentieth Century Fund la proving a remarkable autres'. The object of thin fund Is to collect some million guinea" to extend the work of Wesleyan Methodist churches'. Although started only three months ago, 508.160 guinea already have been guaranteed. The D.k. la,Tarla. Tarin, Feb. 27. -The ihlo d'Orlmna seabed Imre lest evening frmn Bromic Turin Hat. Ib• ler11bb. Mrs -ow, Feh. 27.-A despatch just re - swivel roma ('on.tentlneple'aye that, the Turklwh popalatem chow Intense hootll - by to the English residents. 1tle reported OO gond authority. the atrre'pondent onyx, AIL the entaway •enf Sir Nieholas O'(nnnnr 1's cnsn.ntly wateMel by 1'urk- Mb apkn, Whn report to the chief of the seer* service, • favorite of Abdul liemM. GUERILLA WARFARE. tin P11tpTirji"W rte-irJ *I T1tao Warfar. Agalaa' the Meerlmae- Th. tltaatl.n R.r1.t1& Mantle, Feb. 17.-- iaturiay night the rebels mnernMwtet In mesh nnmbere near the (Tine" eemet.rc that (leneral *sardine an•ieipatrt an ettack and oak - 88 for udnfnmewnemts. Two enmpenlrn tt Ess feed Regal•ew were lseat . ( and • Merry .t the 90th Hagu!ara to the Brave Mary Kerr. Chatham, Ont., Feb. L4. -Nellie Core - Well, the 12 -year-old daughter of W. H. Carswell, eontraettr, attempted to /mar the River Thames on the See. (letting part. way •Craft the le gave way, and she met Immediately in the told water calling for help. Mary Herr, agrvl 14 yearn, nn out and rescued the child. The art wee • dad of hen -slant and *het phew - eel gnat courage, as the wait herself in danger of meeting • watery grave. Kipling 1. 1. Wer., New York. - Feh. 96. -The following bulletin wan I04u.41 et 9 a.m. yesterday: "Mr. Kipper (newel aromfortehlenight. Thr lower part of the left ldng s.mmewhat Invnleed. ('om iltien U not worse." Io 30 p m. hull.•tIn: Mr. Kipling. ow - Ing to Added InflamtnMMn newt a eontln• nation of the dieense, Is • little wackier. T... .f T.ba.m Ba►a.d. ii+.mtngtnn. Feh 94 --The n14 earned - Melee of the lake Erie k i)etroit River Rallmad t'.wnpany. at thio plane, wan *meetly dhwtrnveel by Are last night. Con- over h Waterer* entire crop of to ams was *len "mt.lr.ely elesiroyed. The origin of the fir 1s nnknnwo, Mot 1. rimmed to he the work 01 a tramp The bedding yhp nlps.d. choler, jl9 an of tondiwoh _doh Bias in far 1( till. siimeelielMommosissminummes WITII TIIEFT A Well -Known Galt Business Man Arrested on Saturday. HIS WARD'S MONEY IN QUESTION J ess It blt►, NerftelKe Msa.ta•ter.r, AtNaaei pd 0l•eM•f /,carat Th..a.aade of Deltas Wrath Ml.e Lama Harbes • :ra tr StalemW at Ligate. -rite - Arrest mad Rail - MI.• Marb.a's •lery. Galt, Ont., Feb. 27. -Jenner White, proprietor ill White's (nrrlage Works, was arrested on Saturday after an exciting chase by the polkee, and taken 10 the lockup, charged with sterling and w1a apprvprlaetng over $6,000 helmet**. his ward, Miss I.ena.Harbon. The war- rant for his arrest war sworn out during the week by MW Ilerbon, who has been in Toronto for some months, and on Sat- urday morning Chid Ahern and Con- stable Kay proceeded to White's Carriage Werke to arrest that gentleman. When Chief Ahern entered the shop to nuke time arrest, White like • tia'sh went through a window into the yard. After an exciting phare, the pollee celled to John Allison, why war working nearby, Who caught the ran. He was handcuffed and earn to the cello A little later hie appeared before Pollee Meglttrete Blake. To the charge "That James White of the Wall Town of Galt did feloniously Marl and appropriate to Ms own use the auto of $8,108.81, the property of Lena Harbon," White pleaded not guilty and elected to be tried at the nett court of competent jurisdiction. He will get his preliminary hearing this morning. White is out on $7,000 bail, • uretlet $1,000 furnished by himself and two of $8,000 by Ma White and N. G. K Inmate. The awry, as told by Mrs Harbor, Is briefly as follows: Her father, Mr. Henry flarbuu of Toronto, died in 1880, laving her an orphan abrut 4 years of age and with au estate of $3,000 In oars. White was appointed executor and gtardlrn and took the. child In his ram. She tame of age about • year and a half ago. and. for the Arlt time, learned of the existence of the legacy lett by her father. She demanded the money from Mr. White, who. she says, had •11 the time led her to 'supposes she was a pauper and one subalating on his hrnetleenoe. White replied flat he had spent the none. Mir Harbon then loft the home of her %Mee prang Mel Weal Witte in Carta tot Place, but aubaequently returned to Terence. She entered Ault maims White laws summer, and the ase was hand et Osgood.• Hell, judgment being rendered in her favor. White not baying produoetl the money, she swore tit a warrant against him, charging him with the theft, and the arreest was made re stated above. The money was drawn from the Government ravings bank In Toronto, 11 had Nen astertalned, on the 19th of April, lime. The amount MIs Harbon allege/ to be due her is something over P1,000. the In- terest on $3,000 computed for 19 years bringing It up •'considerable sum. Na. KIPLING ■AY DIM Delirious Whim aseday Night'* adh.tl■ err IwN. New York, Feb. 97. -Di. Dunham arra* from the sick chamber .,on after 11 o'clock fart night. His wife 1s a sister of Mrs. Kipling. "Is Mr. Kipling suffering from pneumonia?" Dr. Dunham was aaked. "We will call ft Inflammation of the lungs,/" be replied. "If he Beta through to -day he will be much tearer to sleety," said Dr. Dunham. Mr. Kipling V extremely weak. At times he reeognlaea there around him. Theo at the bedside are: Dr. Dunham, Mrs. Kipling, her mother, Mrs. Bal.atier, Mr. Doubleday, the children end two nurses. The following bulletin was Issued at 7 o'clock leis night: "Mr. Klpling'e condition has treea very serious during this the sixth day of the dl.sm, giving rite to the gravest appre- heneion for the outcome." At that hour the physicians were mak- Ins almost nonatent tree of oxygen. Their demeanor indicated a moat critical Mage of the disease. Mr. Kipling was delirious as the above bulletin was nese& Lew •ad llae.a.eleue At 10.90 o'clock last night the follow- ing bulletin was issued: Mr. Hlplfng'a condition remains the game se at leu report." It was said at that hour that Mr. Kip- ling was very low and unconscious. DEAD MAN'S ISLAND. Tb Pasts .1 tat Loam tot Worth -what All th. 1. Taa- l..t 1ne& Qttawa, Feb. 97 --Objection has been raised by some of the residents ut Van- oouvw became the Dept tmwtt of Militia and Dptbnde has agreed to the alienation of Dead Man's Idand, a military property in the limber of that city, fur Induseri l put�wapa An application was made by rtes :reeouver Lumber Co., re rtsamMd by Mr. Theodore Ludgate, funned* of Peterboro, for a lerru of the Island. It Wes represented that a sawwlll would be 11Frentiotha • seta of a •I4Qt108r employment would be given to a thou - mud wen. Mr. G. R. Maxwell, the repre- sentative .mi,, Burrarl, favored the applica- tion. It walk found that a dinner applica- tion hod' been made In 1888, sed that objeotba had been taken to the granting of a leas on the ground tent the bland might be required fur purposes' of milt _Jari defence. 11t....11unkm deltliued tt9, e motion the learnt until he had been assured that the property was of no mili- tary value. 'Fhb, information was obtain - mi from Admiral Palliser of the Brltlrh navy, who, upon being asked for en opinion, answered flat be could not col that lead Man's laland would ever be required fur purptw of dedenra Upon this information and the recommendation of the general offiour commanding, the least was granted, the rental for Ave holes being fixed it 1(00 anuually. The oowpany haw agreed to surrender the Island without ountpemntlon it any time It may be required for defensive pur- pose, and to allow Betlsb men-of-war and ()median Government email the free use of Its wharves' There is a difference of opinion in Vancouver as to the wisdom of the departn ent'e action, mine disap- proving on the ground that a rwtnlll se near Stanley Park will constitute a nuisance, but • gnat many believing that the city is fortunate in enuring the ea10b- llahtuett d such an important Industry. The Gaape.ta VI.lted. Halifax, N.H., Feb. 27. -The party of Men who left the Magdalen lelandw Wed- nesday morning 'unneeded In reaching the iceboundsteamer Chevrolet after a pertleue journey over the lee. All are re- ported well aboard the steamer. The wea- sel her not been damaged. and she has a plentiful amply of coil and provisions' to wlthrand • long ahem In the Ice. The Ire Crow are closely packed between her and the shore. Smkleg the Prose's Alt, Rt. John'w, Nfld.. Feb. 27. -The agent. a the Cannelton Liner (:aape.te 1e.tenlay opened negotiation,' with Mr. Reid. the amttreetnr and owner of the Newfound land steamer Bruce, noted for her lee breaking gualltlea, for the reacts of the (Iarpenla. which has been for the last three weeks femme to an tae Coe in the Gulf of 85. LIMON*. Telmter Paradise Ne Warm City of Mexico. Feb. 27 -The extrndl- tcn treaty negotiated between Maxim and the United Satee has been signed by Forelgn Mlnkitr Mammal ass Asabamt- dor Powell Clayton. The treaty, which 11 predicated from the proposition made by Malleo In 1886, L to have A seamanly. effect, o as le cover the cases of fngltivew from juries during the tnterregnutn between the old and the new busty. The convention broadens the embezzlw mmit clatme to cover net merely public moneys, Mut all defaleetfona and thefts. ONE-SIDED STORY. A TN• .f Moen' Wo.. From Across the Border - The At11.. Lok- Geld Dietrlet to Coli nt. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 27. -British Col- umbia may become embroiled in c1. 11 war, growing out of the discovery of gold In the At1ln Lake dlatrtet, and the alleged high-handmi action of the (iuvercuuent officiate in attempting to corner It all for themselves. This Is the tenor of advles received from Skiegu•y yet.Icrday by the steamehlp Fern/Woo. Startling news was brought out from the interior Feb. 16 In a letter zfsiHgp 11L,..lrlbn 111C(ii ley - .IIIWn gxiti .. eat of the Skaguay new.gmper. Ia publi- cation on the following morning tamsed great excitement In Skeguay, although DO details of the thratJJmd rebellion were given. According to Mr. McCarthy's letter. RrltMh and Canadian subjects, together with a few Americium, whose claims are included In the recently announce.! GGov- ernment reservation of five miles along the west shore of Lake Atlas, have handed together and pledged tbsmuu lues to melee the proposed forfeiture of their ruining claim town lots to the Government with- out trial el their rights or judicial pro- ems of any desortptlon. A petition has ben prepared and ex- tensively signed, binding signer* to every mane in •-their power to defend their property, even by resort to arena TM conspiracy of the injured miners was dis- covered only when • copy of the petition fell Into the hands of Deputy Hammier McVicar, who reverted the meter to the gold comma/ironer. who has • force of pollee and (estimable" to hack up his for felture order. In Stegner, where the facts are well known. public sentiment is emetically unanimous In upholding the signers of the petition. The n.srvatk.n include. many hundred. of the mow minable mining claims i, the district, as well as the town site 01 Atlln. HIt FORTY IEYCE. Muter Cos N...r Te.cbod Liquor or SMhed T.►..e.. Toronto. Feb. 27. yerator Geom. A. Cox presided at the Canadian Temperance I.rsgue'a meeting to the Pavilion pewter - day afternoon, and made a brief personal reference. He said: In March, 1861, I pre- sided over • meeting of the Peterboro dlvlrton of the Sons of Tenaperanoe, when 1 had the It to be elected patrkMreh. Prom my personal experience I nen way that It 1a not necessary to take 'a glean of wine or • cigar In order to be thought manly. For above 40 ye re -from the position of an only" boy, without any Infiuentlal friend's. and with no better means than any per young *run In 11 I. ball -1 have been nuking come prognws to ant -lel, nommerv'lal and political life, and during ell that tine I have nos found It neemeary to tithe a glees of liquor or a cigar. Nor is It necessary for any young man who timepiece to rile In the social shale or attain the highest position. A 0 moat Cable to Newell. Washington, Feb. 97.-•tTbe Senate sanmlttee on apprepriatiots on Saturday agreed to Intorporata' a provleion In the sundry civil appropriation bill providing for the eonetruetion of A outsmaritle able omnerting the United States with the Hawallan Ielande. The amendment pro vides for the laying of the cable by the United Stats and for in 'subsequent ownership by' the Government, the Navy Department In pert arm the service, and the (able, when completed, to betopersted by the PorntoMoe Department. Killed by a Trane. Peterbom, Feb. 27. -Mrs. Margaret Sheehan, widow of the late Cornelius Sheehan, was emelt by the Iak-Arld train nn Saturday morning as it waw drawing Into the 0.1'. R. nation here. The old lady was run over anis crumbed to alined a pulp, bring killed Instantly. 8M Maven • grown-np family. Oea ler A.atrNle. Guelph, Peb. 27. -e -James Hewer, Meds - man, ehfpptd to Sydney, Australia, thle Week a quantity d the famous Poland white oats, whkh were gm.vn by David Robinson. Erin, And are mnmldefed by experts to be the beet grown: Pert ',Nkomo.. Rubber roapasyt S* Catharines, Feb. 27 -After the o.mfetenee foremen the repnw•ntativra of the RIMS* Company end the (bunell of Port lhalhontle an arrangement war made whereby the mnopany will rebuild their fantory. The lontpp{aany was given p //dally everything Rebid for. Ce.dl.a R•rdwoed 1. Demand. Tendon, Feb. 47 -- At the (Mice of the high nnmmladnner for Caned'', Inquiries have hers made for the oddments of Conowllan exporters of hantwmd mom teem*// of Moring oak and maple, also of finished and unfinished furniture zed 57eetWIelty and Cate. Strangely enough, 1 once had an 1m preedon that • cat's tendency was to travel north and to fare the north as a magnet does, and that this tendency had some intimate moor laden with the electric al strength of Its fur. In brief, I looked upon a cat as • lightning conductor on • small ends, and that adenling to Its temperament, negative or positive, did It turn north or mouth, or just as the pointe of its fur were attracted by the negative or positive poles of the earth. I was led to this by some observations that I had made Mine year previously In • London etthnrD Then I notlovd that the mei of that par- ticnlar diatrfet had • tendency On balk In particular dlreettone on the will', :hat faOad the north rather than to walk no Walls that ran mat and wee& As to the Idea that eats are gad weather gauges, 1 do not credit that. 1 believe that 4le resenn a at weaha ItsmN over Ing eons or not is hound np with the pwrCfenlar mathnd try which the particn- lar animal oleate itself. Its main object to washing, to my mind, la Jost to complete an electrical eirenit, for by an doing le generates heat and therefore • pleasing sensation In its fur-temeell'e Megeeina 5...wtlmc. w.ree../r t Lien R leek -When women .earohthen baehand's metes do they import M find hole.' tawny B•ob---Tan lndssd , boles In dads � OLD GLORY OVER CEBE_ Death of Grand Registrar, Grand Lodge A.F. Qt A.M. FATAL ICE BOAT COLLISION. Jew Lather. a WWIDI ear Na.. fined ,. •5 1101101.11.09 tet>110111...Taakw a•er for the =I..dta!-A. Me*. Maedsala /Darr -rectae alt. roulette Santos. The Presbyterian Church at Minnedul, Man., was burned ttotwu Sunday evening. The Autarky's' ILtg bas hewn ruled over the Island of Cebu, *set of the Leland of Neigroes voided by the insertion of a coudltkon George TLoIMP, a rodfer, MI 116 ft e - VW they should be .t no eller* uuinsr in from • scaffold Iu Buffalo and was In- sanely killed Saturday. A SHORT SESSION. The arItiah Columbia Geroromot dice- ..Is C..101e Rwllwor 1eb.516e 151d to Har. Boo. U .• Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 97. -Not fur many years has them been su short • ss.atou of the Britlrh Columbia Leginla- tem ea the one that chis* to day. Among the chief acts pared W one that reseals certain railway subsidise which wary un earthed. Hun. Joseph *trail, In exploitable the la111, remarked that the late Government had purported to enter Into certain eon - emcee with lteKensl.• A Mann, with ret- urnee* to the construction of a line of -stillest* ?Mar '?tt RROn b BmunWly Creek; from Penticton to Point Robe: t 900 utiles, and from an oxen 1011. et British Columbia to 'radio lake, 4 ) miles Ase uatiert 'fart, • no ooutract had C been entered into be There had been what purported to be 'operates, but they were A..mive„ring", ortalIIy1 The uulvera•l fate of mankind. It cannot be escaped. but it can be insured against. R. W. Begley, tlnetnith, rte., Smith's Falls, has made an assignment. Liabili- ties are saki to be about 118,000; Mete about 119,600,. The legal machinery has been e't to motion to procure for the former street musician the title and /saw to the Pou- lets' estates Rev. B. B. Keefer alltegud to be duh editor of Thu Temp put un • new style for which aro 60 ortllnery Pullman in the Three RiRiversd.rtroyed by Ate about 110,000. William Rowland num. Deceasedons and a daugh President Zelaya' Seem and Irenceo Chill Mountain is suing the Dentin lou Council of Roy - 1 1'euiplarr fur 111(1. him as *Acro Whilelar. The Beltluore b Ohio Hallway Iters ..1 sleepiest the tuts' per 0011. below the car pylar. The Privy Council lar refused Jureph H. Leduc permission to appeal from the decision of the Sup tome (bort of Canada election contest. The machine r hope of the Dabble • Stuart Foundry al Thorold, Ont., were atter midnight on Sun, day. leets on Dui lding and machines . laborer, about 60 years old, committed suicide at Pori Hope on Saturday night by taking lauda- num. • wire and two ter. s army under General. Cetrada has captured and Agua Caliente', thus virtually terminating the Hleidleldr. Nicaragua, revolution. James bury, "Id to be the son of a wealthy hardware merchant of Montreal, was shot and Instantly killed in the Coeur d'Alene gambling rooms all tlpok- aasi--Weakv es- eat n. tl..l, ... _..... • «- t Little Hyman Silverstein, the Toronto newsboy known M New Yorker," while walking oh the ice on the bay on Sunday evening, fell through and was drowned before astietance could be got. Saturday afternoon John Scott, Hamil- ton, had Ida left arm frtghtfully crushed by a machine In the Ontario Rolling Mills, and at the hoepltal the Injured arm was amputated at the elbow Grieve's flax mill. which hoe been operated for the past two years by the Llarrlaton FL: Mill Cm any. Limited, was burnt Saturday evening, together with the b•lanoe'of the Mason's crop. By the time the Klondike mosquito gets to work this yes: a few argrrs of leer will mach that country. Adolphus Buarb of Ito Louts las trade arrange- ments to mend bees to the Klondike by the ship load. A bat fmm • waling steamer Pelian, ae Trinity Bay, out seal hunting, was driven off by contrary winds and mimed to the storm all Friday night. Of the six men in the boat, two pertshed and four ahem were dangerously feat bitten. Peter Dose of Ammar met with a serious accident on Friday afternoon He was attending a steam chopper and his right arm was aught in the cutting hoz. Before be could remove It the knlves had *boost chopped off his arm below the elbow. Mr. William Turnbull, barrister, of Galt, has been notified by the Deputy Po.tmeater-General of his appointment to the Galt Poatotdea, made vacant by Totn Cowan's death. Turnbull will accept the position, and will enter aeon his duties on March 1. The office has a salary rat $1,810 per annum. By' an lee boat collision on Saturday night William Holtham, a 16- year old on of George Holtham, Hamilton, was thrown upon his head on the Me. and from the Injury that' reoelvnd he deft in km than two hours. D. Werk, jr., and 5. Law were slightly injured. No person on either hat tow the Approach of the other, it being dark at the time. Archibald McKay Macdonald of Wau- Mahene has been apprehended at Sarnia just am he was about lin corse the line. The ckazge upon which Macdonald was averred war laid by hie employer, Mears. James Sett ♦ Co., bemire deal- er, at Weuh ahene, and it charge -1 him with "tooling the sum of Itee5. Macdon- ald won, bookkeeper for the Arm. .lames R. Stctherlend, the woman baler convicted In Boston on Saturday afternoon of manslaughter, in causing the death of his mistreat J4.ephine Augurs Conwell, alias Blenrhe Ryan. alias Mrs. Sutherland, wax 'sentenced by Judge Ilaakell to the Hate Priem for not 1er.e then 12 nor more than 111 years at hard labor. Sutherland has a wife re - sienna In Halifax. Lord :lemon of Hereford lar Introduced g Nove•rnment hill In the Home of lower Which provides that every money lender meat be reglatend, and mud dM Wetness'; solely in Me own name In weed where the interest exceeds ten per Bent., or when the incidental chargee are ezdwttve the comate nay reopen the trameetlon and give judgment in son ordatua with all the *lake and eircnmasneis of the dao. Baron de Renter In dead at Nate. Paul Julius de Reuter, Harron of the Duchy of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha,'director and founder a Remter'a Telegram Company, wax Isom at Camel, Hese NArsan, on July 21. 1816. From 1842, ea the various telegraph lines were. opened, Baron de Reuter worked them Into hie gnat news ageney and In 1861, when the able wan laid between England and France, he iranefernd him chief office to London. L. A. Congdon, senior member of the ware Arm of Congdon & Marshall, Dunnville, Ont.. died Satnr.lAy morning from paeumomla. Deemed was Grand Registrar of the Grand Lodge of Canada, A.F. & A M., and was ale a pest nMswr of the Grand R. A. CMpter. Mr. Cong- don war A9 years old. and rt the time of hie doth was A member ref the County Connell. Ll. wax an ex -reeve of the tows. A widow and thus son survive Idea. S NRWVODKDLAND•POSITION. Haas Washington Faller. 01.. War 18. Right to N•geilata a Toasty? Pt. John's, Nfld., Feb. 94. -The failure of the joint high eon,mlaatnn to each an .m egoent revives the q.urntkon whether Newfmtndiand is net e'ntttle'r1 to demand m fmthe Britt*(loverlmemt. the right to negotiate • flsherlrn treaty with the United Satre, Independent of Canada. Bonem The d Itlelneeonvtlnn, negotiated an in 1A90, wvetoed by the Imports.] antherltles only until Canada ahold have nham lnesl the right to attempt el an arrangmnant hermit the failure at whleh would logically Mentes a reviskm o Ar the id & (lovernmotes ADI mnt's n the one ens', of • subsidy "••tlrtaoWry to McKenzie & Menu," and In the other ease of 40,000 per mile, 'should be obtain- ed from the Dominion Govenunent; and. es the st:.tuItt continued no authority whatevue fur the narking at such condi- tional ounir*cte or agreements, the bar- gain had been voided fro-, the begin nine. The Opposition rsout.y opposed the bill, claiming that the memos' war one of repudiation. 1'hlr the Finance Minister for the Gov wit denied. He added that the Government intended that the lino from Midway to Penticton should be built, and, therefore, among the bills which Lieutenant Governor McInnes will •rant to to -day M one that ham this chime : "There 1. hereby granted fur and W aid of the construction a • rtandlard- guage railway from • point at or near Midway to • point at or tear Penticton, or ome other point on Lake Okanagan, approximately 100 miles In length, • rum not meeeding 1114,000 per mile." DEAD ON wagsL-wog SINS KAC/. ♦motrallo Inline. Uaart Stare ea LOOS Lap -Ills Corp.. 1a rtes& Vancouver, Feb. 97.-Aswsalaa aM vicar by the *rather MIoweru tell e1f • re- markable bicycle race in Sydney, which was wen by a dead man. As the story �s� the rate took plaoe at an electric fight carnival. In a one -trail/ nice there were 60 entries, mnur et the farts* *men In Australia taking part. Ten thoteand person* watched the rater', and mw young Jellied Somerville pear under the ape a winner and • dead nun. At the start Suumry W e• took the lea& followed closely by another chock rider L I_je cy C 1Q. Five .from aha pe 1 Out on • �qi*� w� struck s omervllle'• hind whes- 1, aMootlnit the machine with its rider like • rorkee prat the tape. The erowd yelled wildly, but silence ensued when Somerville's body. after *rowing the finish dna. plunged headitrenturt from the wheel to the tsaok. Physklanm who ezluultrd the body rid 8utuervllle must have had an attack d hart failure while on the last lap. MARKET REPORTS. Chl.ago Wbma Hu Drdpped Dews Agate- Liverpool Wea L'.ehug•a .Th• Latee•NICrime. Liverpool, Feb. 97. -What futures were Needy on Saturday, closing almost unchanged (recut Friday. Chicago. Feb. 27. - Wheat futures showed strength early on Saturday, but en realizing sake receded and cloud No par bushel lower than Friday leading wheat Markets. (:.ah Feet May. July. Chicago...: _.8 - $ - $ 73 • 71 )( New Yottt.., - - 78 leis Milwaukee.. •T8 - - - St. Loeb , .. 14 73% 76N -ION Toledo 74 - 76 71 Detroit . 918 - 75 75 Duluth, No. 1 Northern .. 69N 70 t4 791( 74 et Duluth No. 1 bard. . 71 % M Innespolla Toronto, red 001{ loeosto, No. 1 bard (neer) 89 'fedi 1014 - Yg i Y ANAN ORDER $ OF FORESTERS j hold it to be their high duty tot make it easy for all healthy men to secure sufficient indemnities to protect their dependents at the lowest possible rata consistent with safety. They have succeeded in payingOver $I,3Ou,000 w claims and amassing the magai- ficeut surplus of over $674,000 as t • aafegtard. Por further particulars en- quire of any of the Officers o Members of the Order, or address t R. ELLIOTT. H. C L• Lagereon. TilOS. WMI'i'E, KW Hh Ssc'y . breatsxd BRNST OARTUNG, S.O., ataotford ��t� e� 4',A 44 Toronto St. .Lawren... s•rkob Toronto. Feb. 97. -Re rlpes d farm pndurw were light on Paturd.y-1,700 hushele of grain, 80 loads of hay and 5 of straw. Poultry war firm; turkeys old at 11e to 1 Sc per lh. ; ducks, 60e to 00e per pair; great/, Te to Ve per lb.; chickens. 40r to elle pr pair. Buttr firmer at 18c to 90e per lb., with choir/ dairy to spec- lal custtnwr at 911. to 26e per lh. ltggs, 20.- to 43c for the bulk of 'strictly new• laid. GRAIN. Wheat, while. bit 80 74 te 8 74)4 Wheat, rte. ba 7314 74 Wheat, Flt.. spring, foo . 71 - W teat, goose, ba 70 78 Rye, too 68%4 Oslo, tai MIK • 54 Buckwheat. Int 69 - Harlsy, ha 47 :, Pea& lith 04 51799. Ked "lover, baL0 ts Whicover, seed. be : 'PT AMIE*, (bola to fancy. A Ifo Alslk., goat, No. 2 . 8 50 A lel ke, geed, Na 5 , , $ 00 Timothy, bo ....... 1 90 Beans, white, b... 80 NAT ANN STRAW. Hay, timothy, par toe $R 00 Hay, clover. peg neon ... 6 40 Straw, sheaf. per ton. . 6 00 Straw. loose, per Yen 4 00 DAIRY PRODrC'nl. Batter, Ib. rolls i0 16 to 80 Rutter, large rolls 19 Eggs, new lard 90 POULTRY. Cblek.n4, pe. pair 80 40 to 80 Turkeys, per lb 11 Spring docks, per pair gel Geese. per ib 7 FRUITS AAD vaWATANT.r.s Apples, per bbt 89 00 to $8 le Poato.., per hag . 76 M Rest 5.w.1e 0s4tlo Market. Cattle, sheltie to stint. AP 81 se $6 N Cattle, good to choice._ 4 40 4 SO Calves 860 7N Sheep, choice te errs 4 55 6 M Sheep, goal to choice. 4 00 4 M Lambs, abaft* to sera 8 10 $ Jb Lambs. good to nbelee 4 90 5 00 Lambs. common to fair 4 75 4 00 Flogs,medlom and heavy A 96 4 0• Hogs, Yorkers A NI • Y• Pigs. 800 400 . THE ENGLISH VERSION. Sew NM 5455.k Htaiee4A Taw e4 Taut.. ale Lorna. The Ataertr"Mosel ho n sol 81.tory has se the main bar to friendliness With Kog. laud. by reseon of Ino oowm.ntsan 00 t ware of our independent* and of 1511 1 war very curious when 1 drat rioted England In 1589 to see bow tat Revolu- tionary war was treated 1n gnarls► seheol histories, bat tat only blistery I Mend. In • tialo village rbool that I ut t ted, dlsml...d the mater with a mere te bt•ment that In • e.rtaln year sr. fres. Of masher coun5ry sad up • republica nm n foro1 government. Tho geographies mid .sare.ly *nore at• ashen to our country, red 1 am. away With the Imprwfon so suer Amerman* have. that the *ninthseheolboy ab1* Isagbt far leeemailour eham oostry s is Imporanes should w•lrant. Whelp a sat.etb I have dome aerate • "Sebool Eimery a Ragland" for boys of what We would eall high same' ass, and have Msn W Mss mars emenl.t»d .t the waning 1n ablate the writer. Cnonlnrbas (itikls, trees tee subjects which baro e res ling remained open sowith til. large- ly 11 bu.e w. have 'Opposed that IN Finalistswere either wilfully Ignorant of the wrongs we suffered at their hauda w at lame wereunrepentant 1 found that well-townthis history, one of the well -town urns at ef sebool books, condemns tparts el Zngland's G.vernment. at the those of our rapture* with di, sere s.versiy Yid In harsher language We I r. bur o- bsow haseen 1 o an A s./teas ✓ hos s r book. Art.numerating the ba d es., pees and nay's , which OMNI* historianlo.0.d apes us, the historian goes ea to &mime the Iaaaalsy ef tat g. Yissod all Weer at Pia as • boor dale (1766). H. thee mos tmestere of the timers - mane were n 111 fid M take Piths Mato tow o•...pmeIally, Charism Towasheed,at Ep Ohs noel lor of tzeboer, -'malaise In prudence and seeM lf-reetralet, was dtlaed h be me milgneiss of Sngre& at 111. soda "--From Amos Aos •MeillM HMO, by Julian Rph, In Harper's Magazla.. Tha T1m14 Led by the 551.4. "1 gam . ..it remarkable .mereeme tm W street W ether day," said a pre- hadonal man, "and It sada • deep Is- presalon os se. A lady saw down I•selld avenue sat semesd at 5he memo of Bond 55111, SM evident)" mated le arms to W .cher aide of the avenue. 8he was not • yeti* woman and the did not leek atrmsg. There was quite • jam et easier" In the Meek meter ears. wagon. and Mayers, and .he seemed a lisle timid about risking the parer.. A..8. heft.td • maa same np Hoed street and pared bend. her. He wee well-dressed man and serried • hoary Oahe. which I noticed M need .oa.astly as 1f be might be a little 1•s.. ' 'Sfr,' said the lady to him, 'ma i ask yoo to offer se the protection 4r your arm 1■ cowing the .trier*!' "Sha send this In • very sweet sad ladylike way and tee man with the eats tob.d h1. hat. 'Certainly, madam," be replied. sled etmud his arm. As they crowd tat SIMS I followed close behind them. TM also with the .an. was very careful. He to 8* baited snar.l tine/., bat they reerbad $ W other tide wltbomt mishap. Al the 4 !tidy let go of 81a arm .h. said: L " 'Theo' you, .Ir, for your marten $ and prots.tlon.' 1 "Yoh are quite welcome, madam'. M replied. 'Bus I feer you overvalue my pretectton-bemuse I am blind!' "And touehing b1e het again he twe- ed and pfok.d hle wee up the enwded sidewalk." -Cleeland Plain Dealer 10 00 90 t50 40 $6 150 leg 60 7 al 6 00 6 00 11 16 95 PO 18 90 6 apl.... Ginger U the moat wholesome aphthae mad', cinnamon and nutmeg the most delteate, while allspice vas a career never and one disliked by many White mew foal and celery seat Masan appetizing Bever, and when the ode therna01vm wn.tld de'n't horn the appearance of a' ninth *bey should De placed in • innelta' beg and dlsarled when the relish nae -_.- Near. Nat.. Aagan-"G.rrlty tells me Me ap*, g. mints 1. homed by athoamlewhese gap think et that for a nowt" (rng•n-"Aer the man elle the tent* Ake mire 1s taken' in washlm' In. he last Wim., 7.1.. rear Mntl'.rm-1.-Lew. Among ow mysterious eastern, of IN Zulus N W dread whleb dbe married man has for Ma mother-Ia•law. S. le amid te most h" and always holds ap 81s Abad to gorses Mee from her glee's wbsa M poems her dwelling. Cures Coughs, Colds, Lung and Bronchial Affections that other remedies won't hawk - Mr. Tens.). Serie, Caledonia, Ord., writes t " Amer ago i had a very severe cold which settled in my lungs and in my throat, o that i cord restreelyspeak louder than • whieprr, i tried several medicine•, MdoN no retief.0411 1 wed nee ansa has Nettle. of Norw.y Pine Svrup, which COW. prettily cored m.." ase. • betelo or five few •t,ea.