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FACING THE RAINY SEASON
Russian Army Reported to be With.
out Shelter.
DUI LDING DUGOUTS,
A despatch front Ilarbin, Man-
churia, says: 'There is immediate
promise of the most it:.portant event
since he Russian 11
retreat from
l.luk-
t
den. The .Japanese, who are preced-
ed by Chinese bandits in their employ
< einonstra-
•ri.:'► of 1
• making sti
are. n
lions along the trane route north of
1atkuna•n.
The Russians; are finding great dif-
ficulty in constructing trenches and
other defence works owing to the
latches, of the spring. The soldiers,
who have been without. shelter since
the retreat front 9lukden, have been
b):ilding dugouts for protection
against the snow. Tho rainy season
begins in June, when the conditions
will be le.s favorable in this vicinity
for campaigning than they were in
aciuth Manchuria.
RUSSIA PRESSING CHINA.
A despatch to the London
Telegraph from Tokio says that
Russia, being elbowed out of Man-
churia, now has designs on Mongo-
lia. She is pressing China for rail-
way concessions there, and 114 also
buying largo tracts of land in the
outer districts. The Russian Charge
d'Affaires at Pekin demanded an im-
mediate answer to his note regarding
Mongolia's neutrality, and threatens
if a favorable answer is not given
Russian troops will immediately ad-
vance into Mongolia.
SITL'A'1'ION IN MANCHURIA.
A despatch from Gunshu Pass,
(Manchuria, says: -Tho situation is
very tense. The rival commanders
aro watching each other like hawks,
but there has been no decisive move
s'et on the part of Field Marshal
()yenta. Lieut. -Gen. ltcnnenkampfT
made a bold reconnaisnnce at the
cost of several hundred casualties,
hut the correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press is not allowed to tele-
graph the results obtained. It is
possible that it was Rennenkantpff's
cavalry which penetrated south-west
of Faktunen.
ONLY SMALL COLLISIONS.
A despatch from Tokio says:-Itn-
serial army headquarters made the
THE WORLD'S MARKETS'°°' dot 13$ .7513 Jo$2 85. 13ran-In
REPOkTS FROM - THE LI:ADINO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, - Grain. Cheese,
and Other Dairy Produce
at Iiouse and Abroad.
Toronto, Muv 30. -Wheat --Na. 2
white and red Winter are quotes(' at
97c at outside points. No. 2 goose
is purely imitated. Manitoba wheat
following announcement 011 Weilnes- is higher, with No. 1 Northern quot-
drty:-"On the afternoon of Sunday e I at F1, Georgian Iiay ports. No.
a battalion of ''Russian infantry and2 Northern at !)tic, and No. 3 Not•tli-
SIx squadrons of cavalry attacked
the northern height at Chiny'uugpuo,
10 miles north of We
sy4141
n
uw
Ien
but were repulsed.
"On the morning of Monday a bat -
and three
< n infantry v
lint
of It 1 n
to
troops of cavalry (ideaiceel along
the Kirin-'I'nolu roads toward Chien-
clientzu, and one company of infan-
try gained the western height near
tho village, but we repulsed them.
"The Russian cavalry on the right
bank of the Lino Rivet' commenced a
retreat on the morning of Monday,
and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon the
enemy had reached tt point south of
'Falun, which lies 17 utiles west of
Falkumett
"With the exception of small colli-
sions there is otherwise no change
in the situation."
KAULIIARS 'l'C) RETI'ltN.
A despatch from Odessa says: -Ac-
cording to advices received here (len.
Kaulbars (commander of the second
Manchurian army) will return to
Odessa, owing to the fact that his
health is shattered.
FORCED JAPS FROM TRENCHES.
A despatch from St. Petersburg
says: -(:en. Linevitch, under date of
Tuesday, reports that a Russian de-
tachment successfully attacked the
Japanese trenches on the heights
north of the station of Chnngtufu,
on Sunday, forcing the Japanese to
evacuate their trenches.
I3ROOI
�•.
i NO
RIVAL.
L.
FILL
A despatch from St. Petersburg to
the London Times says Gen. Lino-
witch, the Commander -it -Thief in
Manchuria. has denlamle(l the recall
of (:en. Kouropatkin, his predeces-
sor„
MANY VESSELS ItAlSF.D.
A despatch from Shanghai says: -1
It is stated that more than 20 of
the vessels of various classes which
were sunk at fort Arthur have been
refloated. Some of than are already
serving as Japanese transports. The
statement is reiterated that alt the
warships can be raised and repaired.
JEW AGAINST JEW.
Over Fifty Thousand Are Dying
W
Disastrous Riotingrs in Streets of Every Week.
Warsaw.
A Lon<lo', despatch says: -T113 Lou•
A Warsaw, Russian Poland, des- cot Prints advices from its corrospon-
patch says: Tho Jewish disorders (lent It L1(1fu to the effect that the
here on Wednesday night arose from Plague epidemic theca continues with
an attempt of the Jewish Socialist ",unabated virulence. For the week
purgerntdon called the Bund to ending April 22 there were 54,602
purge the Regrew district of War -deaths, compared with 51,786 during
saw of all disreputable persons. The the preceding week. The mortality
Bundfles with the vice of expelling (luring the present year promises to
their undesirable co -religionists c•on1- exceed t he records, which stand as
tnenced to wreck disorderly Houses, follows:
fences, and other resorts. 1901 ... ...... ... 273,!179
The disturbances continued all day 1902 :,77,42 7
and were still in progress late at 10(13 ...... 851,263night. Eight persons have already 1901 1,022,299
been killed and 100 wounded, 19 'To April 22, 1905 680,968
seriously. The damage to property' It is doubtful if the figures tell the
has been considerable. There has ",whole truth. Detailed figures plow
been no pillaging, but the (leslruc- that the disease hos spread throilgli-
tion of the furniture in the houses out the country. Thu 1'asleur mita
has been absolute. The snob, armed plague serum has been extensively
with axes, smashed the doors and used in the present outbreak. Al -
windows and brought tho furniture though it is impossible yet to give
out on the streets. The owners of tt definite opinion as to its efficacy,
Rho furniture, In attempting to save ninny reports show that it 1s valu-
their belongings, were attacked, able. ,
beaten and even killed. -.1s ---
Late at night Cossacks fired on the TO ANNUL REFORMS.
crowds nt two points, wounded four
PLAGUE GROWING WORSE.
Persons. The police did not Inter-
fere actively during the day. The the Czar's Palace,
afTair is a conflict between the ro
spcclnblo .Jewish social elle.54,11 and A despatch to the London Times
tho disreputable Jewish element. from St. Petersburg says it is report -
Ono report is tlint the respectable ed that the reactionaries are again
Jews, tired of hearing the members uppermost at '1'snrskoe .Selo. It is
of
their rare cal led•'bpprobrious stated that \I. 1'obictlonoet/011, I'r0-
nnmes, resolved, as the police were curator General of the Holy tie mud,
receiving bribes for protecting (flare- IS &out to receive an nppohttnu•n
the mo houses and persons, to take which will place the destinies of the
Aho matter into their own hands. Empire, as well as those of the
Another report has iL flint Jewish Church. in his hands. 'I h e reaction -
roughs, in the guise of members of to again proclaim) their ability to
111)011 shopkeepers.
Rho Bund. were Icwying moll annul any reforms that have been
Iu any ease ase the
Socialists seemingly determined on n granted'
crusade against the undesirable per-
sons
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of their race, with the result RUSSIAN PALACE ON FIRE.
Hint t crowds of men and boys ore. _
new systematically ruining the (Ifs-
teputnble houses. people's Palace qq1) the River Neva
Badly Damaged.
ed
scents were Witness-
ed late nt night when the crowds A despatch front St. Petersburg
visited the Leiner section .d the city says: The Narcrilnydunt or People's
and demolished Apartments filled i'i►lace, a great building named after
with costly effects. Wardrobes, the Panperor Nicholns 11., sit eaten in
pianos, and mirrors were thrown out I the industrial quarter of the north -
of the windows. The 'nob In the' erly ",ride of the River Neva, Was Bret
streets left open spaces for the fall- , on lire on P1 Irsday afternoon. The
ung articles, and then completed the !tire Way estleguished after three
work of destruction. in eine place i hours. The central portion of the
n quantity of valuable Jewelry tens leKlifice ens not damped. TJ1e see -
taken out and deliberately s►nasheel tions of 11 noel for decorations, cos -
with R(07108 (moms. and pro:n'rtles for theatrical
The affair was carefully ere: ei.eil. spectacular entertainments Were dee
'law lenders erre supplied 4111 the
oddness(v of the ere : of d;_. t_ stroy"ed. The losses are heavy, but
able houses of
1(c++, there were no fatalities. The origin
sort in Wiu saw (sate. i astill: 1
of the lire is unknown.
NEW HALIFAX GARR ISDN BOMB ron CHIEF OF POLICE
Company and a }lel( Front Fred- Missile Hurled by Unknown Man
cricton Take up Quarters. Injures Him Seriously.
A itllifax, N.S., despatch snys:-
The first contingent cf tl a l0,•vnl
(.'nnl:(lien Regiment arrived from
Fre<liclon on '1'hurs'iny night by
special train. rind took up that. quar-
ters in the Glades ltnrrncks, which
hn'1 tarn put in readiness for them.
'II • force includes No. 4 and hnlf
of +. (t companies, a total of shoal
11+11 tinkers and then. Lieut. -Col.
%tadntore Is cominnneling otUcer, and
has with hien Copts. Nngle and Car-
lon. The newcomers were greeted by
n large crowd who escorted them to
the barracks.
A despatch from \Varsnty, ltussinn
Poland, says: -The Chief of Police
of Siedlice (capital of the govern-
ment of thnt name) was severely in -
aired 1)y the explosion of n bomb
nt midnight. on Wednesday. lie was
slitting on the verandah of a club
when nn unknown mon npproaehod
and hurled n bomb at him. 'lite
missile, however, fell short, but it
exploded near enough to the Chief
of Police for fragments to Injure hint
seriously. Three other persons wire
also injured. The ratan who threw
tho bomb escaped(
ern at 91e.
Outs- \o. 2 white quoted at 40
to tic north and ",west, and No. 1 at
42c east. ('ills of No. 2 white on
track here are quoted at 43 to 41c.
Barley -No. a•+ k o.quoted 45• 1
2 < 1at tolis
I
middle freights; No. ': extra at 43 to
44c; No. 3 at 42c middle freights.
Yeas -No. 2 (motet", outside at 60e,
and milling ieas at 70e.
Corn -Canadian yellow quoted at
47c, and lnixt•d at 467e west, guar-
anteed sound. American kiln dried,
No. 3 yellow, 60 to 601c on track,
Toronto.
Iter The market is dull. with pric-
es nominal at 66 to 67c outside for
No. 2.
Buckwheat -Prices nanlirial at 50
to 60c outside.
Floirr-Ninety per cent. patents are
quoted at $4.35 to $4.40 in buyers'
sacks, east or west; straight rollers
of special brands for domestic trade,
in blas., $4.75 to $4.85. Manitoba
flours are steady; No. 1 patents.,
30 to $5.50; No. 2 patents, $:1.15 to
$6.20; strong bakers', SI to $5.10
at track, 'Toronto.
Mlilfced-At outside points bran is
quoted at $4.4.50 to $15, and shorts
at $17.30 to $18. Manitoba bran
in sacks, $18 and shorts at $20.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Choice stock, $2.50, per
bbl.; cooking apples, $1 to $1.50 per
bbl.
Iicens-Primers sell in small lots at
$1.60 to $1.63. and hand-picked at
$1.70 to 81.75 per bushel.
Hops ---The market is unchanged at
32 to :35e, according to ,uality.
Money -The market 18 quiet, and
prices tirtn at 71 to 8c per Ib. Comb
honey. $1.75 to $2 per dozen.
1Tny-Car lots of No. 1 timothy
aro quoted at aft to $8.50 on track
here, and No. 2 at $6.50 to 57.
Straw -Car lots quoted at 36 to
$6.25 on track, Toronto.
Potntoen--Cor lots of Ontarios aro
quoted nt 55 to 60c per hog on
track, according 10 quality, and job-
bing lots are 70 to 75c for the best
stock. -
I'oullry-Chickens, 13 to 14c per
ih.; turkeys, dry picked, 14 to 15e;
do., scalded, 12 to 13c.
TIII•: DAiIRY:MARKETS.
Butter -Pound prints are arabin( nt.
17 to 18e, and large (fairy roll9 at.
15 to 16c; medium grades, 13 to
14c; creamery prints sell at 19 to
20c per Ib.
Eggs -The market is firm, with
sales at 111 to 1511c per dozen, in
case lots.`'•
Cheese -New cheese, 10 to 101c per
Ib.
1100 PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, sells at 10 to
IOJc per lb. in case luta; 11)(•119 pork,
815 to $1J.50; short. cut, 319.50 to
$20.
Cured meats -Hams:, light to medi-
um, 1:: to 13),c; do., heavy, 121c;
rolls, 10c; shoulders, 97c; backs,
141 to 15c; breakfast bacon, 121 to
1 Se.
Lard -'Pierces, 07c; tubs, 10c; pails,
10Jc.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, May :10 -Receipts; of opts
reported on the Hoard of 'Prado to-
day amounted to about 1 5,000 bush-
els. 'Trade continues; dull. and hold-
ers are demanding •1.110. in store, for
No. 8 in car lots, argil 451c for No.
2. Flour -Owing to the ndvoiice in
the price of wheat, the Ogilvie Flour
Company to -day annnllnced an ad-
vance in the price of flour to $5.80
and :..r14. Pri'ss for Manitoba
flours are row $5.10 to $3.3u per
bbl. for strong bakers', and $5.10 to
$5.60 for patents. Ctltnrio flour is
$5.5(1 to 35.60 for Winter Wheal
patents per bbl., and $5.15 to $5.-
25 for stralght rollers, while hac9
are *2.43 to $2.55. Feed -Ontario
bran, in hulk, nt 818 to 318.50;
shorts, S19 to 320; Manitoba bran in
hags, 318 to $10: shorts, $20 to
821. Items -Choice printer, ::'1.70
(0 31.7a islet' bushel; $1.30 to $1. (tO
in ca•r lets. I'rovisione--ifcntv ('nn-
ndinn short cut pork, 8I6.5(, to 817.-
59; lieht short cut. 316.50 to 517;
American cut clear int hacks, $20;
compound herd, 61 to 7c; Canadian
lord. 67 to 71e; kettle ten:tered, 81
to 11;0: hams, 12 to 140; bacon, 13
to 14c; fresh kilpe(1 n! ntfoir hogs,
89.75 to $10; mixed, 37; selects. $7.-
50, oft cars. i•:ggs-Straight stock,
16c; selects, ISe; No. 1, 151e. ilut-
ter-Choice creamery, 11) to 1'.►1c;
under grades, 164 to 171e; dairy at
10 to 16/e. rolls at 151 to 161c.
Cheese•-Ontnrio, 91 to 97c; Quebec,
04 to Inc.
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UNITED STATES NIA 1tKl:Is.
11ilwnukee, Wis., May 80. -Wheat.
closed -No. 1 Northern, 81.17. No. 2
Northein, $1.1)8 to $1.12; .July, 907
to 907c asked. hlye-Nn. 1, 83c. Bar-
ley -No. 2, 51c; sample, 18 to 30c.
Cort. -N0. a, 5:1 to 51e; .July, 50 to
50,c neked.
Duluth. Mims. y 30. -Wheat
eltiee,1:-No. 1 Notthe►t,_ 81.111; No.
2 Northern, $1.07: May, 31.111:
July, a1.127; Sept., 857e.
St 1.e'ds, lfo., Slay 80. --Wheat
el)' ,L --Cash, 41.171; line', $1.01;
July. )l ic; Sept.. sac.
�lintueap4)li�, ylinn , Moly :to -Wheat
rinsed: -\t,1). 81.2:1; .July, $1.1(47;
Sept.. 85: to 83 0: No. 1 herd. 21ic;
No. 1 Neeth an. $1.24; No. 2 do.,
$1.1:1:. Flour -him patents, $6.-
65 to $0,7S; second patents. $6.45 to
$6.55; first clears, $4 to $•1.10; sec-
'i'oronto, May 80-11usines-s was ac-
tive in butchers' cattle at. the West -
sari Market to -day, unit prices held
steady and unchanged. The call
for exporters' was about equal to
the supple'. The volume of business
transacted in Anders was. moderate,
aid Rho nlnrket for thele held steady.
Export cattle, choice $ 5 JO $ 5 65
1)o., do., medium ., i, ()t) 5 41)
leo., bulls 3 75 4 •')u
11o., do., light 3 (14) 8 7L
Do., cows 3 (N) 3 75
Butchers', picked 5 2:, 5 51)
Do., choice .... 4 75 5 25
Do., medium ... 4 23 4 70
1)o., common „ :t 75 4 25
Feeders,
taloa-keep
or -keep
.. l
l1h)Uublitg1h1bt10medium 4 00 4
50
3 50"50 43 .5,00
5 40
1+o. cows, c choice 3 54)
4 00
Do., bulls '2 50 800
Stockers :3 50 3 75
Do., hulls 3 1
(0 3 00
Milch cows, choice :i,i O(► 55 00
Export ewes
1)o., do., common .. 25 00 :15 OO
4 75 5 7 5
4
1►u., lutcla .... 3 50 4 00
(:rain -fed yearlings 6 00 ti 50
Spring lambs, each 3 00 (1 50
l'a1vCs :3 50 5 75
Calwes, each 2 00 1.2 00
(logs, selects, 160 to 200 lbs. $6 60
Do., feta and lights 6 35
INSANE SOLDIERS.
Forty Lunatics Froni PqrtArthur
Reach Chefoo.
A Chefoo despatch says: Forty-four
lunatic Russian sailors and soteliers
front l'ort Arthur, including a viol-
ently insane licutcnunt, who was on
the 'ebastoPol during the siege, ar-
rived here on 'Tuesday unci were im-
mediately transferred to the Russian
improvised hospital ship W'banipol,
under the British (lag, for transpor-
tation direct. tp Odessa. The tarty
is accompanied by a former n1Cnt')er
of Alexiefi's stab, and officers; and
attendants exceeding in number the
patients. The condition of the in-
sane men varies from a mild melan-
choly to the violent stege. The ma-
jority aro sintering from hallucina-
tions rendering therm in a condition
that demands an attendant for such
one. The officers in charge state that
many of these cases are tho result of
long incarceration of sick men in
hospitals (luring the terror of the.
siege. Some cases are the result of
scu►w"e', and the condition of others
is due to the terrible nervous strain
of continued bombardments and in-
cessant. seer+ice. All cases are ap-
parently physical wrecks.
The scene was extremely pathetic
as the cha11erins 1mb-eviler; mounted
the decks of the steamer and entered
rages which enclosed the )wain
hatches and surrounding deck space,
provided for their liberty and com-
fort during the passage through the
tropical zones.
DOUBLE SETS OF NERVES.
Remarkable Discovery by a Brit-
ish Scientist.
A London despatch says: 'I he Mar-
shall Hall prize, given every five
years by the Royal Medical Society,
fins been awarded to 1fenry (lead,
for an important discovery of the
workings of the, nervous system.
Prof. (lend had the sensory nerves
of his arm divided and then lie
watched the sensations that. followed.
Then he hail the nerves reunited by
stitching, anti he watched the pro-
gress of recovery. The result was
that he discovered that there are
two distinct sets of sensory nerves.
One conveys the sensations of pain,
heat nn(l cold, and the other, the
seneatiuns of touch and nisi enables
ono to localize the S'1•ns:ation3 accur-
ately. The healing power of the skit)
depends entirely on the former.
4`
TRANSVAAL PROSPECT,.t;
.
Men of Wealth Are Taking Interest
in Farming.
A i.0ndon despatch snys: itevival
of coneidence in the future of the
Transvaal nal tho Orange 1tiwRr
Colony has 1d to their prospects be-
ing vastly improved so inr ns rail-
way construction is concerned, and
also in other ",natters, says 1.or11
Milner 111 an address delivered at the
end of Inst year, quoted 111 a blue-
book just. Issued.
Many in parks hove been made ns
to the prospects; of settlers In the
'franstnnl, which is at preeent thin-
ly populated. 'There i9 great nerd of,
noel cut,:see scope for, met t lers of the
right type. who p0ssa•ss n certain
nneonnt of capital. One very hope-
ful sign of the future is the trnh•ncy
which is manifesting itself among
men of Wealth and the large land
eo:npanles to interest. lhemsl'lrcs it
farming and the d. velopnlent of their
proi'erty.
HUNIIRED-POUN1) RAILS.
LOCAL HOUSE PROROGUED' DOMINION PARLIAMENT
ONTARIO'S PARLIAMENT FOR- NOTES OF PROCEEDINGS IN
MALLY RELIEVED. THE HOUSE OF CODIMuN:;.
Lieutenant -Governor Gives Royal WRIT FOR 1.1?\'lS.
Assent to 134 Acts of Leg- 'The Siaaker informed the 1lou•-t•
Leg-
islature. that he had bean netiiat of the (it -
A despatch frun Toronto says:- raucy in Levis, caused by the dent
of lir. Darters, mud that he had ie -
Prorogation ceremonies at the Par- sued his tvrit to the Clerk of the
Nutrient Buildings on 'Thursday at- ('roan in ('haneery to make nut a
ter►luon brought to a conclusion the. new writ for election.
first session of the Elio Li'giset
lure of the province. A t 8 o'clock A("I'S DISALLOWED.
the Lieutenant -Governor, attended I y Mr. Snaith (Nanairno) tt'1.15 informed
his suite, arrived at the buildings.' by Sir Wilfrid Laurier that t he Brit -
where a guard of honor from the ish Columbia Acts to regulate 1111
under (()111-
u 1 (,104141(1( •r1( n, Ic the
Royal +. r migration into that province hud
mand of Capt. Brooke, welcu0n')1 teen (Iisetteaed by the Domitiou
him. flu proceeded ut 011c0 to the, (;overtulient because they were ultra
howits' .
l.e •islntit• Chnnlbcr• where 1
u
with the
6t r•' n) , accordance t
i (s ! net in +) u
A 1
reteitc(and formally brought the
Ibntation policy. They were similar
business' of the sessiuo to a close.
; 10 the Acts which bad been passed
There were very few members or visa during Rho last few years, Runt which
itors peeSellt, and the ceremony only Iliad also been 11isillluwed.
101(10(1 a few minutes.
His donor first gave assent as the: NO lAIIIS'lE1tS '1'ltEItl•:.
representative of the Sovert•ign to; 111r. Ganong was informed by air
the results of the labors of the Leg -,Wilfrid Laurier that investigations
isinturo in the forme of 134 bills pass-+' had been nada in .lames Hay and
ed during the session. !Hudson Ilay as to the existence of
When he had completed this pores lobsters there, but none had been
tion of the programme his Honor found.
read tho speeds from the throne, SI'. REGIS IRT RESERVE.
which was as follows: !
SPEECH FROM THRONE. In answer to Mr. Walsh, Ifon.
�1'rank ()liver said (here was no cor-
ldr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the respondence between the Dominion
Legislative Assembly: "In relievinglannd the Quetec Legislature regarding
you from the tubers of the session I 1the islands in the St. Lawrence op -
thank you for the attention you have, posito the St, Regis Indian Reeerve.
given to your public duties, as well "'here was no understanding between
as for the beneficial legislation which! the Dominion Government and the
I have just sanctiuneel' Qernment or the IA'gislu-
"Since the opining of the scssiun l tuebec Gov
are as to the disposition of these
Rho province has been humored by ! .
two visits from their 1•:xcellencies, uslnnds.
the Governor-General and the Couut-i POSTMASTER DISMISSED.
ens Grey. The evident interest taken Sir William Mulock said the post -
by both their Excellencies in all that • )taster at St. Marguerite de Dor-
touches the prosperity Will well-being' chester had during a considerable
of the province and its people has ; portion of time improperly disposed
been highly appreciated, and the' of postage stamps with a view to
grace and charms of her Excellency
have endeared her to us all. ' elle illegal inflation of the revenue of
his office, thereby obtaining a pay -
"Public approval will no doubt be talent uta larger (lalary than he was
given to the Act amending previous' 1oeitimntely entitled to. ife was,
veterans. The extrusion of the time 111 the interests of our; therefore, dismissed by the depart -
veterans. ment. There ware no outside recont-
Within which claims may be made mendations.
was very desirable, and there is good
ground for confidence, that the other THOROUGHBRED STOCK.
provisions of the Act will bring Dr. Roche, Mr. Lake and Mr. Her -
about good results. ron at considerable length criticized
"It has given nue much pleasure to an item for the purchase of thor-
assent to the Act respecting the Un- oughbred tutintals for the purpose of
iversity of Toronto. The passing of improving the stock on the Black -
this Act is the second great event foot Indian reserve. They objected
in the history of our Provincial Un- to the purchase, which had been
iversit.y. The situation had beeo►ne made in the previous year, at $125
indeed acute, and the effect of the each. and which they contended Wes
Act will undoubtedly be to place the too high
finances of the university on a Mr. Henderson hoped the Govern-
s(nuul, stable and permanent footing, meat would not allow inferior ani -
relieving all anxiety as to its futuro mals to be palmed o11 on the In -
and by means of it wo will be en- diens. •
[Oiled to du our manifest duty to- Mr. Oliver gat'o assurance that the
wards the youth of the country and greatest, care would be taken to got
to hold our own, in an educational full value of the expenditure.
sense, among the other communities
on this continent. ;Mr. Emmerson, the Minister of
ELEC'1'1(IC 1'OW'Rit QURS'l'ION, itttiluay's, said it was true that. the
"1 have no(Iced With salisfnetion (:rani 'Trunk Pacific had applied for
the interest you have displayed with the expropriation of Kai -Won Island
reference to the possibilities which for Its Western terminal. "The Itai{-
the future may have in store with way Act," said Mr. I)tntuerson, "ooes
regard to electric power, ns well ns not permit a company to expropriate
tho determination on your port that
any more land than is a►aolutrly 0s -
the interests of the province in this sentod for the establishment of its
very important question shall be terminals. hence the application
carefully safe -guarded. which nsken for the entire island will
"I observe with pleasure tho var- }e submitted to the ltnilway Conl-
fous a►ttrnlime"ts YO" hove made t0 mission to determine just how ch
the Statute Law, the )Murt,icipal Law' shall I e granted. In this way we
andthe Succession s. inn 1 teesAct, ul will avoid any land being held by the
of ",which 1 believe will be found to
be beneficial.
"Tho activity in business circles,
together with the increasing '.wants
of our people, aro shown by the
growing volume of private legisla-
tion. Some of this legislation is of
the most important character and
bears evidence of having received
thnt careful supervision which, al -
way's desirable, has become for sev-
eral reasons very necessary.
"I thank you for the liberal np-
proprintio11 you have made for the
public service. The supplies granted
1,y you will be expended wit 1 econ-
omy and in the public interest..
"tri closlrrti the se 5001) I desire whethia any damage had been done•
re -
again to c ii mend your veal in the
.
public service and to Join with your Without exception, the replies re-
in expressing the Lupo that (:od'y coved indicate excellent progress of
blessing will continue to test upon crops and absolutely no damage by
frost, even fruit blossoms not being
4141 country and our people."injured. Never probably have the
TEiRMiNAL SELECTED.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
IIAPPE• NIN(:S FROM ALL O';
111L:GLOBE.
Telegraphic Brief From Car 0
wad Other Cottt.tries of Ito -
t':► NA I►A.
1lr,lliit complains ui a sure:. ul
t 141 (111)5.
`�t. Uatharines is t ltavq d lig
cal nu)g fuctory. s
( • i 's '5'56 mills on.
alpha; h 5 tui rittu 1
the dollar. a at
\\ ititi parsley has killed maser Na -
111t1111 4.4. 44) s.
Hail is to he lighted b
ity fro it I1tulki eail.
A dun colored wont
she wi'3
urn in e
4111.
l3}Ilittrn +censer in Queb
cost cunni( -ably more.
Anations'
1nuhIbition convention.
is called fur ono 23.
A situ fur a Mtucun} stuliun on
5uhle lslttnd has . ern selected.
'rhe sanctity of i • chicken coops•
of Lindsay is being egnrded.
lion C. 8. Hyman )i, Leen 09-
jointed 'Minister of Public ' rks.
Fort I'rancc•s has ordered 'loan
fire engine and acces )ries. The
co$6,000. Sou00nl. desire. to lessen
number of pedlars byt increasing
license to $350. 111111
The assessment of Cl ",ham has 'n -
creased over half a mi. ton through
the operation of the new ussesslnO.tt
act.
C. 'rheoret, publisher of La Revue
Legate, on Friday. shot himself'
through the head with a revolver at
his residence in West mount.
A Vermont man visited the Mon -
:twig saloons. Next ha
awoke in a street car, $100 neat a
diamond pin to the bad.
Three inches of stagnant water in
the floor make the Health Inspect.)r
dissatisfied with the filthy hovel a
Winnipeg man and his sick child (1(u
as a home.
The Government of Quebeo•' )aVo
passed an act to tax comms
pot•ut10n54, including banks i
crs, and all stock brokerag
rate of two per -cent on e-
on the transfer of shares, , de-
1)enturer, et C.
British immigration to Canada is
more than double that to all the
other British possessions combined.
For four months ending with March
the total was 28,887. lnlunigrants
to Australia, South Africa, New
Zeeland and India for the same four
months total 18,001.
GREAT B1tI'1'AIN.
The London County Council will
buy and electrify North' ondon
tramways at a cost of 560,000,000.
Many guests of the Irish National
Teachers' banquet in Sligo left tho
table when a toast was propas
the King.
U NITER STA'rnS.
.Johann Iloch has been found
of the murder of his wife in Chicago.
A fire broke out in the business sec-
tion of Wilkesharre, on Saturday,
and did $300,000 damage.
The Coroner's jury exonerated tho
Pennsylvania Railway from responsi-
bility for the disaster at Ilarrishurg.
Fort Worth, Tex., has been visited
by a tornado, which destroyed many
buildings and killed a train de-
spatcher.
o-spntcl►cr.
The increased cost of living in Rho
United States has led the English
Foreign Office to increaee the r •clary
company for speculative purposes. A of its Minister. Sir Henry A.
milliner phut will be followed in re -
Durand, at Washington. In
spect to the lands required by the that diplomatic_office will
company at hurt William." $•1.000 a year more than fort
RN CROPS SAFE. (1he.II l'" IP: R Wild bulls caused a panic :n t
streets of Madrid, and gored sever
No Trace of Frost Reported at people to death.
Any Point. In retuliation for the treatment
A Winnipeg despatch says: -Follow- her citizens, China threatens to ho;
ing the announcement of killing Cott (lolled States goods.
trusts in Minnesota andtraces of Eight persons were killed by light►-
frost in the Canadian west, The ing and ten were injured in various
Free Pre;;s wiled corespondents in places in Silesia. Germany, during a
thirty -live representative points to storm on '1'hursdny nnu 1'ridnv.
give condition of crops and state A pcnsnn`found at Pompeii n girl's
skeleton, Inden with splendid antique
gold, emerald and pearl bracelets.
necklet and earrings. The skeleton
was covered with ashes, 111111 its
position shows that the sir( was
overtaken while in flight.
prospects been so uniformly good MORE TA S rOR RUSSIA.
from Dominion City to Edmonton,
nor the farming cunununity more Commission on Revenues Will In -
justly sanguine,
crease Impost on incomes.
THE EXODUS ALARMiNG. i` 'IPSi'nt''h commission
5t. l'etersburg
nays: -The 0011111)154914)1) npP 4,1
der the presidency of M. Ruth
Mr. Adson, of Duluth, on the sirrtnnt\liniracr of the uteri
Movement to Canada. decide upon measures to ado
A Montreal despatch say's:-Ntr. order to ancrense the mecum
Adson, general agent of the Duluth, unwire has determined to rt ,
setiLlt Shore & Atlantic Railway, meal increased tneatiou to the
Reith offices 0t Dnlut.h, said here on alrtoutt. necessary to meet the 0(i(li- .
'I hu•sdny he could confidently predict tient(( expenses on account of the
that the exodus horn the States of wor, and is considering the question
\liehignn, Wisconsin and \linne54u(rl '•1 an income tax from which the
to the Cunn+li.in North", est tvoultl be '•)n'nlissiou desires to raise $2.1,0
neater this. y ear tltnn ewer befura (,00.
'I hroutgho 11 thea• 'tt(tt, ( the fa1•nlel•91
aero ell talking of lane's in the PLAGUE'S HOLD ON I
twee+(; mon•: arra parkins 111) tu'
S. wawa,
11 05.5; the 1101t heI n I)ord; r. Ile nddi'l Bills Nearly Three -quer
Million in Four Men'
THE BODIES FOUND.
Young Men Carried Over tho
Falls a Month Ago.
A i:)f;nra Falls, Ont., despatch
says:-•I'ho bodies Of the three young
men, .John and '1'huulas Knopp, two
brothers of Lusttlle, formerly resi-
dents of ChippeWtt, and their com-
panion, Philip 'Troia :nen. o1 (:rand
Island, have Leen recut. red.
The
three', 0741', sten were lust seen aline
on the after noon of April ole»
they rowed out from Lasalle to fish
in the upper river near Navy Island,
and the supposition was that they
had all gone over the horseshoe
Fulls. The only proof of this tens
that ports of a boat, suppose tut e
theirs, taus found below the l'n:1
Order Received at (he Soo Frain
The recovery of the 1)04109 has Pr,e.-
tho Miehi an Central. eel Ihr suppOsftinn to he crn•1.•.•1- t! 111 the euxhl'( was composed ur ,-
body of John Knopp 0 • : I i , ,)' elf :1)ss1 11005 yloun- un n, and 1h.•; \ desl'::teh from London see
A Sunil. Ste. \„•tie. (:nt., despatch r I:. 1 •''.lent, of iL had actI.itlly l.oreln'• 'Ihler,iu:.rters of it million tam
nn (Idy below' the i .
Rays: The Algmnn steel plant haverenin•
hate nlrettdy died by the 11 arcs fur -
finished an order for 80 -pound roils nftcrnoun, that of h i'‘‘j.';b
as about the sinus I'Inec 411, wished by the Indian Sal/pares Mr.
ter the Cnnndinn Pacific, nn.1 are now dny Hing et. 11 o'clock. \ ,+-""`♦-`� 1(t .1nhn Brodrick, in the llut:se oh
engngra in turning out 100 -poi 41( 6.80 on Thursday morning the OrFICLRS STILL SWINDLING. Ciente/inn Monday afternoon. The
rail( for use on the Mithigan Cell- o1 Phllip 'I'ron shim wen pick• -I ',, i -- tno,'Llity from .pen. 1 to April 1
teal's lines in Canada. 'Phone are the some eddy. Wurktllan in Russian Ammunition i vt.((q 471.7 1 1, while 21.5,961 ►,Taro
the first 100 -(round roils made 1('. Factory Quit. slie „mhe,l during the four v.. e' s end -
the .4(4(07)111 ('l)04,anv, 1111(1 err the 0 \ d•sientlh from St. Iet, rsLt:rr ing .\1.111 9!).
heaviest in 4150 on un:. tnilw'ny, WILL VL -.IT UTICA. Is4t Tho '9'�,is-try +1 .Jus•tee hits• - -4-----
' i `:' FI.00D9 IN ITAI.Y.
-,- -� King:.ton Regiment
Accepts I received nn oil:Hirt:int iivtition fraud
KILLED BY A BOMB. Ino"itation. the workmen vulpine ed in (t pritnt. Continuous; Rants Caurc Damage
_ i nmunition f i 1ery ut 'I'a'n. ",chi' h6
Governor of Baku. Russia, Stain .\ de:.pntch from Iain -:;ton says:- recently emit •ac•tr•1 to settees tate' in Vi)eu:a Province.
by Anarchies. The 1.1111 ItMien, hon ul 1('u. ed to War 011104• with 15,6(10,(+00 ('.u• -i :\ despatch from Aldan says -'Tho
+ //leapt the ir,'it::ti, n1,1 'l,.' 44th, tridg::s. The petitioners refusal 11) floods reetilting from the continuous
A I'"?
c, o, Couea'13, 1,.11.h s,1ys `epar,ilo Cite 4rN' 1 1 1l.• .`;.nw '1 ol.%+ work. nn 1 drew up n is titian 001.1.1 reins are causing incalculable dmmago
the (:mr'n•,r of Rnkn. 1'rin'•e Nlk- ',)bona( (;used 1„ tisit yore, N.\'.,;plainieg that the rntlridg.s were end distress in the I'rovin(.• of VIc-
ncI•i:li•r, tens ns•n••"1"11t'd 14 1.,11, in .July ith ling I'::rli)i,•nle in t'ir Inane tuna,. from 0111 end useless m11•I,enzn. Several hundred persons aro
on W<decs:duy Iiy it bomb which w•asc••Iehrnlios, thee.•. }.<• rel;"un.111 tui 1 11111.)1+, al,ir!, No Roost(; s I't . n 1' honu•lers awing to the Outsets, and
thrown nt his earrtnp'. '1112 l:entan- leave h1ngs.1<111 011 ,M nriny lir ruing„ in aertiroci'! \•1 wornulen 11,-;% .e- bate token refuge in a (hurclt and
nut alto was ner;Nnpntisine 111r Gov- dirty 2,.1, and remain in 1'1ic•a (111 Need to rii:d 1t,ike such a r• s'"ea.; reboot at \feledo with Ihriwci(ttlo
error n►rt1 a ht slnnler Were 111M0 kill- the reheating 'l'ocsatty evening. Slot- halt •. , at 1.1(0 v u.III enc•.e ' '1(.1• t• r and Pita, hw<es COI la1 ked 0t
eel Iw the rxpltaion. and the conch- (lay tieing n huhidne in Canada o;) rt .;d dlMlth to t':e r n.:r. n . n ) )� s MenoIke. //0, in the province ..t \crena.
ron la brliacnl to have 1)ctn fatally nrcont,t of July 1st bring celebrated; ifuuchurin. 'l he pcIitlun n.:un', Lhc'The inhabitants wore rescued and
lajur(!d.
pa that day instead of Saturday. ' officers wall the contract. 1 taken to 1.egaaoo,