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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-4-27, Page 7PECE CONFERENCE A MU Von Stengel, an Advocate of War, to Represent Germany. Pertinent Extracts Froze, HI Book, "The Kverlasting Peace." Show Where the Enlperor't Delegate Stand* - what Beet Gcrinally Moan br This APpoint.. mentl"-Czar and Kis Entourage Said to Rave Lost Their Illusions. London, April e4.-Accord1ng to ad- vicee from excellent authority not even the most sanguine of those concerned slow expect any substaptial progress to be made at the coming peaee conference tewards either clisarectanient or even euspension ye armaments The Czar MM. Self aud his entourage are reported to Mem loet tbeir illusioes on the subject, and it is said that the proceedings treatr leg a military /OBI pva1 question will be confined to the generalities. None of the deoisious will be binding, and even the matter of Internaeleuel arbitration axtythiag ie ageeell to it Will 110 be` absolutely obligatory. ,An Advocate of War. Tim British newspapers last week warmly teak tip the question el rapperpr Wildieue's oboice ef Prof. 7013 Stengel as a German tielegate to the conference, % pointed otte that, judgiug from weitiege, he IS A deelared advooete et wee, and not of peace. Therefore tile papers here couteis thome1ve a being lamplueeed at his seleetioe and deolare it bardly posetble the German leMperor eau desire the seems.); of the eopferenoe if be tesintains bis nomination, A Few EXtraets. Kxtreeta from Brea Vett St:Nige1':0 pamphlet, "Der Ewige Fiee" ("The Everleeting Paw"), have been repro- duce& Some of his references to Araerica ate cleoldedly interesting, ,After aeolarina 'that the Germene 1a4 of isli mittens clement siepport the "fatiettitio aspirattone of the friends or peace," he sees: "The Ainericaue, intoxiceted With suceees, will etrive more and more to become the deroinent power ana date their law to Eurepe in auy contest between A11,1010E4 leureope, Shell Germene stand peace- fully an olio S1(10 aild bow humbly befere Anterieet? Certainly note laile is alreedy impoesible, beeause political dominion also economic aominion, and Gerreauy must be politically and militarily power- ful if else deee wieh to go to economic) deetruetion." nTitti (butes liontliaat." Viatbor on, Prof. Von Stengel tleclaras -be does not know whether it wae "mere Staidness or crime when perpetnal peace Wb s preached to the Gexman nation," and de,serlbee the Crete's rescript aa a "bombasticalir composed cloonment." WHO WILL PAY DAMAGES? reel while they ere openly defied. They tre tab vain as well as too resolute." - DISASTROUS FIGHT. Seven Americans Killed 44444 Wou�ed quengua StIntlaY btr the FilipOtOi-Oftteert Killed, Manila, April e4. -In an encounter with the Filipinos yesterday, near, Quen- glee about four railes northeast a mttio. los, seem. Americaus were eilled and 14 wounded. The fallowing were killed: John M. Steiesenberg of the First Nebraska liegimexit. formerly of the Sixth Cavaby. Jamie Sisson of the some reginaene Two privates of the .Nebraslca Regiment Three privates of the Fourth Cavalry. elose of the wounded belougal to the First Nebreska, Regiment, The Filipinos retreated with email loss. PVtamilient German Resident at Samoa Says the British acteil With Exec** ,,-,Ilufnagel'S Arrest. 24. -The Lokal Alazeiger Qt Sate:day publialied tvo lettera from Sainnat. deted inarell 23. One of them is from ita aptvial correspondent at Apia, Herr You Weliterstiorff, and tho other from Herr Marquardt, a prominent Ger- non resident a Apia, who, under Tameseee, Was military instruotor, and lately, under alateuiei and the provisional Goveriament, view justice of the peace until he resigned on the departure a D. Bailee, the German president of the atuunielpal government cif Apia. From Herr Marquardt's letter it seems that it was he, and not Herr Hufnagel, 'who was arrested by Captain Sturdeo, ,couiroander of the British warship Por - as bearing arms againat the British sailors. He etas he was taken on board the Porpoise, where he claims be was .grately insulted by Captain Sturdee, and that after 14 haute captivity, during whit:1h DO proof against him was ad- vanced, he was transferred to the German 'warship Flake, but with the condition ehat he was not to leave bor. Herr:lief- nagel asserts that his property was stolen -and destroyed by Tanu's host, and that mations of other German property were likely destroyed. The writer then asks 'who will pay the damages. Herr von Wolffersclorff asserts that British Consul Maxsio and Captain leturdee are both guilty of the grossest )mondeme in exceeding their treaty powers. He clams they treated the Germans like -captives and continued an almost inces- sant shelling of German houses under various pretexts. He adds that the most Intense indignation prevailed among the Samoan Germans against the British iexcesses. Otherwise, Herr von Wolffers- alorff's reports agree with the German official reports A DEARLY liGIIGHT VICTORY. D6toti* " th.emokagentent Between .tmeriatanat mad Filipinos at Quango*. The engagement developed into a dities- trees, though. soceessfel. figlit. The in- surgents had a horsesboa trench, about a long. eneircling a rice field, on the edge of it W0011. Capt. Bell, with 40 cavalrymen, encountered a strong out- post. One of his men was killed and five were womalea by a, Tolley. The .A.roeri- vans retired, carrying their wouteded under fire and with greet eifticulty, being cleaely pureued, tbe fog enabling the enemy to creep up to them. Two men, Who were carrying a comrade, were thot in the ariTIR, but tbey contipuel wth their burden, Orme Bell sent for rein, foreements to retente the bodies of the esvalremen, and a battailon of the Nebresica Regiment. under eilitjor eluf- ford, arrived, and etivenced until ()looked by volleys from the enemy's trona:is. The Americana lay about 800 yards from tbe treuebee, behind rice furrows, under are, for two holies. Several men were siinstruele, one dying from tbo Waits of the beat. as they ley there waiting for artillery to come up. Stettenherg Lod the Charge. Finelly the Second Battalion arrived, and. then Col. Stetsenberg, who bed itpont the :eight With Ids family at Manila, eerie upon the field. The men immedi- ately reeognized bim and rinsed a cheer. Steteeutairg, dividing to client, as the eheepest way out et the dialculty, led the attack at the heed of his regiment. Be fell witb a bullet in bis breast, dying instantly, about 200 yards from the breastwork% Leet Siiiien fell with a bullet in his heart, the bullet striking him near the ptetero of a girl suspended by a ribbon from his nook. In the meautime the lirtillery had errlved and sbelled tbe trenelies. e'en rine:owe Stood. The leilipiuoe steed witil the Nebraska troops wore rigat on the teem:bee, and then, they bolted to the second line of entrencbments, a mile batik. The Ne- braska Regintene lost two privates killed awl. had many' wounded, !minding two lientenante. Tho Iowa Regiment had several wounded. The 'Utah Regiment had ono officer and three num wouuded. Thirteen dead Filipinos were found in the tamale Their lees was conapatatively sinull, on account or tbeir Hate shelter. The Americans carried the second trench with small loss, and are now holding the town. BRITISII RACK AMERICANS. Landon Papers on the Chance.' of the Iwhilippine Expatiation Movement. London, April 21. -The news from the Philippine Islands of the retirement of General Lawton from the Santa Cruz district and the capture of the boat's -crew of the United States gunboat York- town has made a considerable impression Imre, and the comments of the press all reflect anxiety lest the unfavorable news have a discouraging effect upon Axnerica's •expensien movements. . prominence is given to despatohes from Aniefieit apparently indicating a cooling of public opinion regarding the Philip- pine Islands, and the general tenor of the British press deprecates this seeming -tendency to gloominess, pointing out that upon innumerable ,occasions British arms Imre met with a chock, only to eventu- .ally conquer all obstacles. "We were dis- -eouraged after Bandula," remarks one paper, "but we are beyond. the Zambesi ,all the same." Discussing. Gen. Lawton 's retirement, The Speaker says: "The movement ap- pears, cm reflection, so natural that any other course, we argue, would be ceimituil .folly." The Spectator praises the United States eGovernment's "Wise 'policy in sending regulars to the Philippines and tolling the party volunteers that they may go as last as they like." Continuing, The Spec- eetor says: "Checks there (in the Philip - Pines) only mean loss of time. and the Americans, like us, must have their -grumble, '' The Economist expresses itself in a similar strain and pooh-poohs the idea thee "the Atnericaris admit they are in to perform a task which, coin- aared with India, is very small," adding: 11111hie Americans are not the people to 1111.-8RITI3HRBLE LINE. Mr. Mulock's Resolutions Wel- comed as Meaning Business. All Members of the Imperial Family Will Be Eager to Do Their Best to Agree linen Scan a Bond of Usef01- nets te All C011icerne4-10441cal organ" Indignant That Mr. Chamberlain Should rer;alt Om Information to Come Through Colonial Channel*, Landon, April 24.-alon. Mr. lifulook's Pacific cable reseletiens are welcomed in the press us meaning business. The Pall Mall Gazette says all the members of the family will be eager to do their best to agree upon a bond which will be most oseful, both in sentiment and practicaaly, and night be uncom- monly SO fl tbnet of war." On the other hand, Radical organs T'be Manchester Guee•dieu, assuming that the: Beitisit Government is a perty to Me. Muloek's resolution, attack Mr. Ohentberlain for keeping the British public in the dark, The Guardian says:. "Ie is absurd that we should get to know what the Government means to do from the proceedings of a Colonial Parliament before either the table committee's report bee WOO pnitilehed. ler Mr. Ohemberlaiu can find an epportunity to speak en the eobject It is *belt -tea that the Imperial Gov- erumeut, from shame, mutat now refrain front rontriauting. Moreover, other pro - poet's now under consideratiou by Cee'l Rhodes and the Ooloniel Office protnisi te Make the Pacific cable a link in a now ell -British trot:le line mend the Empire, the other Iinlea being an extenelon ot the Hieliftextelateeiee atble aerose the South ..etlealtio to the Cape, with probable xtensioni) acraei the Indian Ocean, Ylit Mauritius and St. Paul, to India. and Auecraiee SVANISSI OFFICERS REPELLED, Wanted to Exchange Prisouers, But In- surgents Turned Them /tack. Manila, April 24. -Col. Rondo and Major LaSSOritS, the Spanish COMM 18- sloners, with their secretaries, attempted to enter the rebel lines on Saturday to confer with Agninaldo regarding an ex- ebange of prisoners, but failed in their miseion. The party, the members of Which were attired in full uniform, drove to the American camp and lunched with General McArthur, They then proceeded in a carriage, under a flag or truce, to- ward Calninpit, but were stopped by the rebel outposte on the road, who assumed a menacing attitude and refused to parley with the commissioners. The latter were compelled to return, and took the even- ing train for Manila. The rebels before Calumpie bare recently been reinforced by bodies of mon from Pampanga Province, and are now well entrenched in the strongest position on what is practically an island formed by a tributary to the Rio Grande. CHINA'S REACTIONARY POLICY. An Intolerable Situation for Foreigners - Powers May Take Action. Pekin, April 24. -The reactionary attitude of the Chinese Government to- ward foreigners is creating for them an intolerable situation which cannot be pro- longed. Promises made by the Tsung Li Yemen (Chinese Foreign Office) are of no value unless approved by the Grand Council, a majority of whose members are bitterly hostile to foreigners and for- eign influences. Unless some change takes place soon. It is believed the powers will remonstrate directly to the Empress Dowager. As an illustration of the ignor- ance of the Grand Council, that body bas just given its enthusiastic approval to a new invention by the general oom• mending the troops in the Province of Peohili, General Kangau, a sharp; shovel - shaped implenent capable of decapitating an eneiny at a single blow. There seems littio liklibood that Li Hung Chang will Totem to power. Hazen Takes It Back. Fredericton, April 24. -In the New Brunswick Legislature on Saturday Mr. Hazen, the Opposition leader. withdrew the °barges made against Premier Em- merson. Ho said he had never imputed political dishonesty to Eunnerson, but still he believed some of the bridges had cost too much. Mrs. Siftou a Stonemason. Ottawa, April 24. -'Mr. Clifford Sifton leaves on May 1 for Brandon, where she will lay the cornerstone of the Methodist Church in that city on May 6. She will be accompanied on her jour- ney by Rev. Dr. Rose and Mrs. Rose, and will bo away about ten days. Presbyterian Elder one Wrong. Regina, April 24. -John K. Welsh of Regina, an elder in the Presbyterian Church, bas been convicted of linproper conduct with his stepdaughter, and sen- tenced to two yearsimprisonment 'With , hard labor THE ERMAK. male eleeereree Icebreaker. Dementia Construeted in Great Britain, Proves a °roe; SUeeett at its Work. $t. Peioreblieft, April 24. -The great loo•braiker. Ernaisk, since her arrival at Cronsuult in the letter part of march, has demonstrated ber success 'beyond the eieefeeed 0: 11 e AT THE STAKE. errible Cruelty by a Georgia Mob S ho 'reek Snail/040" VenCekinee an a eagre Murderer. Newton, Ga., April 24. -Sam HOS% into murdered Alfred Cranford awl assaulted his wife, was burned at the stake two ml1w. from her at e.80 yester- day afternoon in the presence of 2,000 people. In the Bands of the Mob. Hose was Miceli from jail by a mob. and although Governor Atkineon and Judge Freeman pleaded for the toga'a life and hie return to jail. promising speedy trial and swift justice, they -would not wait, buy cried, "On to Palmetto!" "Burn him!" The march was resumed and the McElroy home was reached, and Mrs. eleleirey foul her daughtor identified the man. They wanted to burn him in their yerd, but efre. McElroy's !retitle pleadings ageinst such e course were beeded, and the =troll eo Palmetto was resumed. A utile and a halt from Newman the mole played the Deere's back tea trea and allowed bean to speak for tee Mat time. Be mid: Confessed nie Crane. el am San: Hose. I killed Alfred Cran- ford, but was paid to do it. Lige Stela:. land, the) uegro preacher at lialmeete, gave inc $0 to kill him. I did not assaule Mrs. Crenfore. Somebody else did that. 1 ORA eleatity theria Give me eime for that," anatiodtee cruelty. The mob 'would hair no more. The lathes were torn front the terrified peer° le a moment, find a limey °bent Wag) produced and wrappederound his body. Then hie ears were cut off, bis lingere one be one followed, and shriek after shriek testiiiiel that other partione of his ' aniiimuy had leen deteehed. He was liter- ally caravel With 13100d when a Cali of coal oil Was obtained axid peured over bis bead. Brush, piece; of fetice and firewood were then placed around lani. These were ur.te4 with 011. Then tbe pyre was Inutile& \ellen las agony became supreme he burst asunder the chain, but it Was quickly boupledanil bo war; thrust book into ths lira In half an hour from the first teeth:Won Hose was dead, after aufferiug exermeating pain. The Negro Prestober Caught. Palmetto, Ga., April 24. - Elijah Strickland, who was accused by Se.m Hose, the negro burned to death et New- man, of paying Hose $12 to murder Alfred Cranford, eves captured last night. His cepturers instituted atrial and sat in ilidgilumt themselves. It was etill in progress early tie,/ morning. THE EMAIL hopes of her designers. Ten leabound vessels have already been liberated in the harbor at that place. The vessel is likely to revolutionize the attire conditions of navigation to ice- bound ports, and the course of trade with such countries as have hitherto boon considered closed by se % in winter. The liantak with ease opened a passage through peeked lee eight feet thick and through solid lee three feet thiek. Suoh ports as Cronstadt, Arobangel and Odessa may in the near future be considered "open ports," and the benefit to com- merce ami shipping will be immense. THE POPE'S TOMB READY. lee Item *5 Last Written the Final inscription. Rome, April 24. -Several years ago the Pope placed with the famous sculptor, Luchette a commission to construct a tomb for His Holiness, to be placed in the Basilica of St. John. The tomb is now completed in every detail. save one. It can be erected in its place in a day or two. The missing detail is now being supplied. It is the inscription, which the Pope once jokingly said he would write wben there seemed to be a likelihood of Its being required, Last week he com- posed the inscription and sent it to Luohetti. It is in Latin, and very simple, containing only the Pone's Christian name and surname, the date of his birth, a blank for the date of Ms death and a few words recording Pope Leo's venera- tion for St. Thomas and Se Anthony. Where Is Lady Scott? London, April 24. -The family of Sir Samuel Edward Scott, Conservative mem- ber of Parliament for West Marylebone, is In a etate of great consternation over the disappearance of Lady Scott, who was Lady Sophie Beatrice Mary Vadogan, daughter of the Earl of Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Daily Mail says Her Ladyship drove out shopping on the 17th, dismiesed her coachman in Bond street, and has not been seen since. Lady Sophie Cadogan, who is in her 255h year, married Sir Samuel Scott, now in his Oath year, in 1896. Their town house is et 7 Grosvenor square. A. Chance for French Girls. Parte, April 24. --In consequence of the oomplaiees of Frenoh colonists that it is Impossible for them to find French wives, unless they return home, the Ministry of the Colonies intends to instal a central emigration office for women in Paris, -with branches in the country. Approved maidens who are considered suitable for colonial marriages will be provided with a wedding outfit costing $60, with $20 pocket -money and with a free pessage to the colony selected. The first experiments will be made in Madagascar. Loughrin to Bea P. M. North Bay, April 24. -It is reported here that W. A. Quibell of Sudbury is to be appointed registrar for the distriot of Nipissing. taking up his residence ha this town. The report further says that John Loughlin, M.P.P., will become stipendi- ary magistrate. Each position is worth $1,600 a year. Steamers in Collision. Tacoma, Wash., Aprfl 24. -The Moamar Glenogle ran down the steamer City of Kingston at an early hour yesterday moening. Passengers and crews veers ail rescued, It le thought. The Kingston is a total. loss and tese Glenogie 10 badly dam- filIS Of THE Ma MD ONTAltio OIL FIELDS ono WINO. Now Wells in Lamlaton, Kent and Essex - Better Refitting Pretest, Ottawa, April 24.-F. A. Fitzgerald, prosideet of the Pelirolea Oil Company, who is here, Sayll the Oil fields tire grow- ing. Now wells Ord being sunk in the Counties of Laiebton, Kent and Ems, many of whieh give promise of a strong flow. At present six and seven curio:els are being shipped from some of these wells each week, and the flow is steadily increasing. These wells have been in places sunk to a depth of 475 feet. Ono reason Mr. Fitzgerald advances for their permanency ie the fact that :they are situated at a distance of 80 miles or more from the old fields, and hence represout new territory. In his opinion the greater part of western Ontario should pay in the oil-producing line. The extent of sul- phur in Canadian burning oils he always been a drawback, and the absence or it in the American oils gives the latter a higher standing. To overoome thia difficulty the Petrolea company are erect- ing at Sarnia, at a cost of $700,000, a plant to enable MON thorough purifica- tion of the Canadian petroleum. eitooKeraintss AT BROCKVILLE. Female Long Distance 8loyolist Faints by the Way. of Dr. Morson of Toronto- A 108- Year.Old Quebecker Passe* .AWaY--. Vare and UtddetV4 Content Wanted let 14 Chnnge Or venue-lerse Teri& State Caeai Advisory Board to Visit anti rnepeet Our Canals. Dr. Dawson, father of Judge leierrson af Toronto, diad in thee city ou Saturday, aged 91 years. Vire totally destroyed the Stabling aocomnociation of the Qaeen's Hotel at Wlarten on Sunday. The North German Gazette den-i-erigie the German protected (cruiser Gefion bee been sent ye Samoa. lermo, Italy, bas suspended payateat, :t:eIla (eetiytleeietra-Iff:tuain.o00,a0e0anBank t Pa- ih.0.a The Rochester, N.Y., N'aval Reserves, numbering about 600, will be meant at Kingeton on Queen's Birthday. a'he that boat to leave Goderich barber thlesbttpirieugalvtaadaythbere4sterent an8erattuAyntlrew, wiljo The marriage of Riellard Harding DaVie and Miss Cecil ciaric of Chicago solemnized In Merlon, Mass., On Thurs., day, eitty 4. A. chile of •WMiata alalibury WAS ruzi into by an electriti ear ou Saturday at Winnipeg and killed. The oars there have no fenders, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper left Van- couver, 11.0., on Saturday afternoon for Ottawa, where he intends to make more chargee regardiug the Yukon. William Henderson Was &telly injured while matting cordwood at Oliphant be falling tree fracturing bis skull. Be leaves a wife, bet no children It is seicl that 40 eases of diphtheria developed within the past few months at the Winnipeg General Hospital. It may he oloseel for thorough disinfection. Nailer Guertin died at Maniwe,ki, Que., on Friday. at the ripe old ago of 108 years. He WAS a well-known veterin- My surgeon in the OatilleAll Contracts bave been signed, in louden eibieb formally trensferred to a single organization practieally all of the larger reducing copper mime in the 'United States. The partly deconipoeed body of en un- known man was found on the roadside about three miles from laarrieton on Sat- urday. Tito luquese Was adjourned till Monday. Love, opposition and strychnine con- Snired to cause William Roland and Lottie Brunette, of Edmonton, N.W.T., te take their own lives at 10.20 on day MOO. The Paris correspondent of The New York Journal says: "Despite all reports to the contrary, M. 'Ostend, the author of 'Cyrano tie Bergenion is iIiSall(3, and has been placed in an asylum." The Allan Line SS. Manitoblie, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, via Se. John's, reported in distress off Cape Baca reach- ed Philacleipbia at 10 o'clock on Saturday night, baring failed to get into St. John's. The 'Marquis of Salisbury reappeared in the House of Lords on Friday evening with his usually long hair close cropped, with the result, as one paper says, of "transforming him from a Cavalier into a Bout:Ahead." The Rt. Hon. Sir John Robert Mow- bray, either of the House of Commons since 1898, is dead. Sir John Mowbray was tho first baron of that name, the baronetcy being created in 1880. He was born an June 8, 1815. Two Alleged Ballot -Stutters Arrested and Promptly Bailed. Brookville, Ont., April 24.-A 'Warrant was issued on Friday for the arrest of a Brockville man named Gordon Empy for ballot -stuffing. The police were unable to execute the warrant, as Etnpy had dis- appeared.' He returned to town late yes- terday, end was promptly arrested. A hotelkeeper of this place named Antoine Wendling was also arrested for being implicated with Empy in the deal. Both the accused parties were released on bail, whiah was promptly furnished by prom- inent Liberals. CONNER IN A EIGIIT. The Legislative Member Gets a Damaged Optic From a Lawyer. Bat Portage, Ont., April 24. -James Conmee, M.P.P., and J. E. Bird of the law firm of Edgar, Malone & Bird, had an altercation in the Registry Office here on Saturday evening and finally came to blows. Conmee is badly marked. His eye Is cut and he suffered other bele' bruises. Bird is an athletic young fellow, :yearly six feet tall. Algoma's member left on the night train for Port Arthur. TWELVE MEN DROWNED. Fifteen Others Are Adrift in a Boat Off th• Florida Coast. Oak Hill, Fla., April 24. -The eteamer General Whitney, Capt. Hawthorne sank 50 miles eaet of Cape Canaveral on 'Satur- day. One beatload of 16 men, attempting to land at eteoeenito Lagoon House of Refuge, neas iipset and 12 men, including the captain, were drowned. The chief engineer, assistant engineer, fireman and one sailor were saved. The captain's body has been recovered. Fifteen men in an- other boat were still unheard from. Bushiest Better in Cuba. Havana, April 24. -The sugar crop for 1899 is officially estimated at 807,903 English tons, against a total for 1898 of 232,082 tons. The tobeeco crop is said to be of gcod quality and more abundant Shan for two years past. A large stook of Remedios filler was sold in the field for $28 per quintal. The planters in the Province of Pinar del Rio are very cheer- ful as to the outlook. selling out to aritiebers. Managua, Nicaragua, April 24. -The Governmi3nt is negotiating the sale of all its railronds and steamboat lines, with their workahope, to Mr. C. it Maine the British consul here. The proposed trans- fer carries with it the privilege of extend- ing the =thread to Rivas and also of con- necting Managua 'with La Paz. The consideretion is stated 50 1* 800000 silver. DEADMANIPS ISLAND Me, 0314141e a Eight Between Valsosainsen City a04 the 1'.:Artie/4 to When*, LW/ GoVernillent XIA$ Leased It Vancouver, B' .C. April 24.---Tbetsde tenept of the City of Vancouver to pre - vett the desecration of beantiful Stanielt Park by Chicago Yankees buileieg sawmill op the Deadinan's. Island part a the park foresh,ore, has reaelied a meal& The otteda protest againat the Fe,clerae Government giving the Yankees the ridiculously cheap lease of the naval reserve ceded to the city was answered!. by tbe Government sending a letter ta the City Council by Timodore Ludgatee the very man eirbo represents the Yankees„. and which states thee the Wend Was net banded to the city by order -in -Comma as part of Stanley Park, therefore did not. Dolma; to the city, and the Government, could do what thee liked with le In mower to this, Mayor Garden sea to the Yankees: "Do not dare trespass on the Island, which is city property-' Theodore Ludgate seed, yesterday in an interview: "Hon. Joe Martin tells me that the island Is mina and I have the Federal Government at my back. Mon- day at 7 a.m. I take peaseseion 'settle eat workmen. If I ani arrested there will be a mass meeting of citizens called, edge Will request Mayor Garden and the Coun- ell to resign." In reply to this: altimatum from the Yankee sawisUl men, Mayor Qiirdee has ordered out ten regular pollee and la spec:tale to- arrest the 00 workmen as they GOMA on the %laud, and, if they resist, to use violence. There is tremendous excite- ment in the city, and hundreds ot oiti- zees will get Up early in auticipaticat trouble. John K. Moore, who reeently eloped from St. Thomas to Detroit with. Mrs. Goodohilcl, has bean arrested on a charge of neglecting to provide for his two children at St. Thomas, He will be fried Tuesday at St. Thomas, Miss Erhie Bless fainted from bicycle fatigue at St. Louis on Saturday. She had been riding since March 2L and on it wager with her lover at Fort Worth, Texas, is to ride from that city to Wash- ington, D.C., in 60 days. leeteTaCie ater.a.vri TRIM ,STII/KG,. D. C. Corbin Gives Hi* Renames ter Witharavving Kettle Yenta: nauseate, Spokane, Wash., .April 0. Cor- bin on Saturday announced his intention to withdraw the application peuding be- fore Parliament for the Kettle Valley Railway obarter. To your correspondent lie said.: "There are several, reasons for my action, Neither Bodwell, my eoliciter, tear Inyself, aro able to go to Ottawa t� press the application, Mr. Bodwell lz engaged at Roseland on the trial of the Iran ,Mask T. Centre Star CASO. I am per- sonally occapied in establithing a beet, sugar Aleatory at Waverly, involving an expenditure of $$50,000 to complete the) plan. Besides, Hewitt Bostock, a. strong supporter of the eharter, bas written ma advising withdrawal of the application - Under all the circumstances, 1 'lave, thougat It best to follow pis advice. This does not mean tbat I shall not renew that application at some future time, possibly' aext year, and hope eventually to securer a charter." Jonas Lundin, a jeweller who has a wife and three children tn Kingston. attempted to commit suicide on Saturday night by swallowing a quantity of poison. The city physician pumped hina out. Ile was despondent because he could not find wort. Tie body of Andrew Lowe, missing clerk in the Grand. Trunk freight depart- ment at Toronto, was found floating in the bay at the foot of York street bridge on Saturday mornieg. He disappeared on Deo. 5 lifter making threats against his own life. alr. Justice Robertson on Saturday intimated to counsel that he would re- quite the written consent of George W. Pare and W. H. Holden. the two men held for robbing the Napanee bank, be- fore be would change the venue for their trial to Toronto, as he has dcme in tbe case of W. H. Ponvon. After the King and Queen of Italy, on board the Savoie. had reviewed the fleets at Sassari, Island of Sardinia, they board- ed the British battleship Majestic:, the crews of the whole fleet cheating, and each ship thundering forth a salute. A luncheon followed, .it, which King Hum- bert proposed the health of the beloved Queen of England. The canal advisory board, appointed by Governor Roosevelt, three weeks ago, State Engineer ana Surveyor Bond and State Superintendent of Public Works John N. Patridge, will inaugurate the investigation of the canal problem on May 10. It is their purpose to imminence their work by an inspection of the esnals of the Dominion of Canada. Four cars of the eastbound freight, No. 110. in charge of Conductor Smith, ran off the Grand Trunk western switoh near Cornwall at 9.40 on Friday night. Two men were killed and two of the cars com- pletely wrecked. Teal -tanks containing oil were broken open also, and the con- tents lost. There were 15 tramps on the oil tank at the time a the accident, and all but two escaped. James Groundwater, an old man living in Toronto, aged 70 years, deliberately committed suicide Saturday by swallow- ing the contents of a small bottle of strychnine. He died in great agony ten minutes after he swallowed the poison, although a physician used a stomach pump. Groundwater took the poison in a cup of tea while partaking of his midelay meal in bed. He evidently put the poison in the tea and swallowed it. Means Yerenei nenewed. Ste John's, Nfld.'April 24. -The Brit- ish Government wired the Colonial Cable net on Saturday thee tbe Parliament had. passed an set renewing' for this year the inedus vivendi by ethic% the French lobster factories on the treaty shore are legalized and the superintend- ence of lobster -packing operations is placed under olearge of the Frenoll ant British warships. The colonial Legisla- ture, it is expecte:1, will pass a similar act at the coming session. THE MARKETS. There Was a Eurther Drop la Wheat Futures on saturday-oemes Also Lower -The Priem& Liverpool, April 24. -The wheat futures closed WI per cereal below Fri- day's final egures. Chicago, April 24. -Wheat futures. slumped on Saturday. The market wait active, and there was a. lot of sellinia. The May and July options fell 13c ear bushel, and the close was weak. Leading Wheat Markets. Following were the closing prices at Important centres Saturday: Cash. ApriL May. Jule - Chicago. . $ $ 72( $ 7$%, New York... - 77% 77,1a Milwaukee.. 73 - St. Louis ..„ 76 70 77 72% Toledo 743 - 74% 74%. Detroit 74% - 74% 76 Duluth, No. 1 Northern70% - 11•11. 11, D th, X o• 1 hard. 74 - Minneapolis. 71% 70% 71ee Toronto. red. 70% Toront,o, No. 1 hard (Droo) 80 Toronto 85. Lawren- ce Market. ; GRAIN. Wheat, white, bu...... 71eete$ Wheat, red, bu '71% Wheat, Fife, spring, bu87 Wheat, goose, bu es Barley, lea 65% Peas, bu 823 Oats, bu 88 Rye, bit 50 Buckwheat. Me 65 SEEDS Bed clover, bit 43 00 to $8 5* White clover, seed. bit 6 00 8 00) Alsike, choice to featly8 80 4 20 .Alsike, good, No. 2 3 60 8 60, Alsike, good, No. 3 800 8 40 Timothy, bit 1 20 1 86 Beans, white, bu 80 DO RAT AND STRAW. Hay, timothy, per ton$9 00 to $11 50 Hay, clover, per ton6 00 8 60 Straw, sheaf, per ton8 00 700 Straw, loose, per ton_ 4 00 5 Ott, DAIRY PRODUCTS. Yeutter, lb. rolls $0 15 ta Butter, large rolls 18 Eggs, new laid. , 19 POULTRY. Chickens, per pair40 75 to frO 90 Turkeys), per lb... , 12% 14 ERCTITS AND VEGETABLE& Apples, per brie .......*13 50 to 14 00 Potatoes, per bag... . 80 85 East Banal° Cattle Market. Catele, choice to ext re..$5 00 to 45 23 Cattle, geed to ehoir 4 00 5 00 Calves , 8 50 600 Sheep, choice to ext re_ 6 26 5 75 Sheep, good to ohoic .. 4 76 6 Da Lambs, ohoice to ex :ra . 8 50 6 53 Lambs, good. to oho , 800 680 Lambs. oomnion to lair. 5 96 8 Oe Hogs,xnedium and h eavy 4 25 4) 36 Hogs, Yorkers • , 4 15 4 80 18 14 1* Liversio0 1 Markets. Livea-pool, April f. )4. --Saturday's prices at the close were: S pot wheat firm at fie eed for red winter. Futures red winter, quiet at 68 7,6c1 for Nay and es Bind for July. Melva, 8s 54 d for new and 8s tleide for old spot; ftitun et, 35 le%ti far %day and 110 15344:1 for Jul; v. lrlour, 170 9d.