HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-4-3, Page 2Prices of Grain Cattle 0;
&IL maikajcia\At after being prepared for the Mar -
the leeal butchers are filled up with
ket. The trade in sheep and lambs
waa demoralizea this Morniag. The
demand has fallen off temporarily, as
T:rit AAA b v ref c ?2,,gttr perv:e).s l'NeveitIlieetits wall. lea.,lkielio•sl)liTier-
In Trade Centres, large stocks. The receipts this morn -
Mg were heavy and there were no
Toronto, Apra 1. -Wheat -No, 1. sales, at all, although prices aaked
hard Offered at 86e tm route N.B., 411 oa 25e per cwt cal round.
without. bicla. No. a red winter of- We auatel---
fered at 721e miadie freight, G.'P. Export cattle, c1ioiee$4.80 $5.70
58-l1 offered iti, 72te outside, and do Medium... a. ... 8.50 4,80
2 „onto nanaa aa "fake east 03 Butchers cattle. Plaited 4•85 3.50
5.1^k
50 -lb at 72e east., without bids. No, 40 col", Per .wt • . " '' 2.00
Oalalt., and No. 2 nixed at 72e eat ao choice- ,.. ... , 4.25 4,85
east, ono No. 2 9,00so at 66, middle do conunon... „. ,.. a8,25 8.85
4,00
on um. No. 2 spring offered at alle do tale••• •• • ••• 8.85
freight Pacific, and at 67e low (10 cows•-• ••• ,-- -•• ••• 8-00 3.50
freight to New York, without bide. do buils.,. .., „- 2.50 3,25
Barley -No. 3 aaarea at aaa mita Feeders,short-keep 3.60 4.00
Nal% without bids. do medium ... .... ....„ 3,40 3.70
,
Peas -No. 2 white offered at 80c Stockers, 1000 to 1,-
87c outside, without bids. do light,- ... ... .., ,3.60 4.00
4.25
outside, and No. 2 white eyes at 100 lbs... ..... ,„ ,.. 4.00
Oats -A car a No. 2 Nvhite sold at Mille, cows, each... ,85.00 50.00
43/c on traek, Toronto. No. 8 Sheep, exp. ewes, cwt3.25 8,50
wait° offered at 40c outside, and at Lambs. yearlings, cwt 4.00 5.25
41e oast without bids. No. 2 mixed do spring, each... 2.25 5.75
wanted at 42te track Toronto. 1Vtalli- lIogs, choice, per cwt. 6.12a 0.00
tuba' white oats, testing 87 lbs., of- Rog'., light, per cwt5,75 0.00
fered at 45e North Bay, without Flogs, fat, per cwt... :5.75 0,00
bids. 4
Corn -No. 2 yellow offered at
50Ac west, with 56c bid, while 56*c
was bid on G.T.R.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Dried Apples -Trade is dull, with
prices steady at 5 to 6c per /b.
Evaporated, 10 to 10e.
Hops -Business qeiet, with prices
steady at 180; yearlings, At 8e.
Boney-The market is dull at 5*
to 10e for strained; combs, $1.15 to
$2.25 per dozen.
Maple syrup -New syrup, wine gal-
lon, 90e; imperial gallon, $1.10.
Sugar, 9 to 10c per lb., as to
quality.
Beans --The market is quiet. rrices,
$1.20 to $1.80 -per bush, as to
quality. Hand-picked. $1.35 to
$1.40.
• Cranberriee - Market unchanged,
*with stocks small. Cape Cod, $9.50
$1.0 per barrel.
Onions -Market steady at $2.50 to
$13 per barrel.
Hay, baled -The market is quiet
with fair demand. Timothy quoted
at $10.50 to $10.75 on track, To-
ronto, for No. 1, and at $0 to $9.25
for No. 2.
Straw -The market is quiet. Car
lots: on track quoted at $'5.50 to
$6.
Poultry -Offerings limited, and
prices firm. We quote :-Fresh kill-
ed turkeys, 124 to 14e per lb.;
thickens, 700 to $1.
Potatoes -In car lots on track, 58
to 60e per bag. Small lots, out of
store, bring 70 to 75e per bag.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -There is a fair trade, with
prices lirm for the best qualities.
We quote as follows :-Choice, 1-1b.
prints, 19 to 29c; choice large rolls;
17 to 17.*0; -secondary grades, in
15 to 16c; low grades, 12 to
' 13c; creamery prints, 22 to 23c; do,
solids, 21 to 22*c.
Eggs -The market is wenker, with
offerings large. Sales in case lots
at 12 to 12,1e per dozen.
Cheese -The market is quiet and
steady at 11 to 11ac per lb. for
choice makes.
HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Dressed hogs nominal in ear lots.
Hog products in fair demand, and
DEATH OF CECIL RHODES.
Great Financier Passes Away at
Cape Town.
A Cape Town, despatch says: -Rt.
Hon. Cecil Rhodes died peacefully at
5,57 p.m., on Wednesday. He slept
during the afternoon, but his breath-
ing became more diffietat and his
strength perceptibly diminished until
he passed away.
A London despatch says: -Tae
death of Cecil Rhodes came as no
great surpriseto those who saVA
anything of aim during his visit to
London during the winter. ' Whether
it was due to his experiences during
the long siege of Kimberley or the
accumulated anxieties regarding the
war in South Africa, with an ac-
companying feeling of publi c feeling
in England towards him; there was
no doubt he was almost completely
broken down within the last two
years. Even his appea,rauce chang-
ed. His once finely chiselled face
had become bloated, and his always
lege frame filled out until the colos-
sus became so stout as to make
walking a matter of difficulty. Be
was frequently attacked with severe
heart troubles during which he ex-
hibited the stoicism which marked
his extraordinary career. , Nor did he
allow bodily ailments to interfere
with business. Among his associ-
ates in the city he never mentioned
them, nor did he permit them to .be
mentioned to him. Up to the last
Mr. Rhodes kept a Erin grin on all
those vast South African interests
created and controlled by him. Ex-
cept that he was more irritable and
more dictatorial, there was no out-
ward change in his method of hand-
ling meu, and empires. To-
ward the social side of life, however.
he soured visibly. Once his day's work
at the office of the British Chartered
South African Company was over he
shut kimself up from the carious in
an unfrequented Landoll hotel. where
he all erly denied himself to all ex-
cept to half a dozen favored inti-
mates.
No EFFECT FINANCIALLY.
Financially, Mr. Rhodes' death is
not likely to have any far-reaching
results, as all his enterprises were
systematized so thoroughly as not
to need the master mind which was
so necessary to their inception.
Thanks to the very great, success
steady. 'We quote :-Bacon, longi of the De Beers mines, the British
clear, 10 to 10c, in ton and case
Chartered South African Company
lots. Mess pork, $20.50; do., short and
Rhodes' fortune had been stead -
cut, $21.50. lily accumulating. He lost, money
Smoked Meats -Hams, 12* t 1
-° I over the war, but what inroads that
breakfast. bacon, 13a to 14e; rolls, I
! made must have been trifling com-
lle; backs, 13t to 14e, and should- lpared with the many millions he
ers, 101,c.possessed. He never lost his open -
Lard -The market is firm. Wel handed, somewhat reckless methods
quote :-Tierces, 11 to 11e; tubs, of handling money.
11te; pails, Inc; compound, 9 to
9/c.
I NO SUPPLIES FOR AFRICA.
THE OUMINIDI PARLIAMENT,
i\toTrs raOCZE:DINGS ' XX
Tar rgpE134.x, govs,
1.0111l1 TIME FOR TRAINING.
it probable that a bill will be
introduced by Dr. Borden this ses-
sion to amend the Militia Act. It
will extend the time for training for
12 days. It is also probable that
the permanent corps will be increas-
ed.
LEVEL CROSSING MEASURE,
Me. Kemp presented a petition
from the corporation of the city of
Toronto against the level crossings
nuisance. The petition asks fax leg-
islation to compel. railway •com-
panics at their own expense maintain
gates or watchmen at level crossings
an cities and towns, also to •reduce
the rate of speed, of railway trains
crossiag streets. The petition also
asked that statistics be prepared
showing the number of accidents an -
filially at level crossings.
CANADIANS MUST CONTROL,
no Railway Act Amendment Bill
to be introduced by Mr. 131air will
stipulate that a majority of the di-
rectors of railway companies incor-
porated by the Parliameat of the
Dominion must be Canadians.
METIS OF THE NORTH-WEST.
LaRiviere, of Frovencher, call-
ed attention to the seventh bulletin
issued by. the. Oenses Bureau, in
which the Metis of the North-West
are described as Indians. Mr. La-
Riviereapointed out that while these
men were proud . of then Indian
blood, still at the Same time they
do not wish to be described as In-
dians, because they are not. He did
not wish to, 'provoke a discussion on
the question, but he merely desired
to point out the difference in order
that officials of the department
might in future govern themselves
accordingly.
SECOND READINGS.
The fallowing bills were read the
second Gine :-
Respecting the Ontario Power
Company, Niagara Falls -Mr. Ger-
man.
Resecting the ,Tames Bay Rail -
away Company. -Mr. McCormick,
Respecting the Klondike Mines
Railway Co. -Mr. Morrison, .
To incorporate the Cosmos Cotton
Co. -Mr. Flint.
TJNITED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo, April 1. -Flour -Quiet and
easy. Wheat -Spring dull; No. 1
Northern, spot, 771c asked. Winter
wheat higher; No. 2 red, 83c. Corn
-Higher, but no buyers; No. 2 yel-
low, 64e; No. 3 do., 64e; No 2
Corn, 631e; No, 3 do., 681e. Oats -
Good enquiry; No. 2 tahite, 40c; No.
8 white, 481c; No. 2 mixed, 47ac ;
No. 8 do, 46c. Barley -Spot, 661 to
69e. Rye -No. I, 83c.
Minneapolis, April 1. - Close -
Wheat -May, 78ac; Jely, 72*c; on
traela No. 1 hard, 74tc; No, I
Northern, 71a to 72ac: No. 2 North-
ern, 70/e. Flour -First patents,
$3,65 to $8.75; second patens,
$3.55 to $3.65; first clears, $2.80 to
$2.90; second clears, $2.10 to $2.20;
bra.n, in balk, $12.50 to $12.75.
Duluth, April 1. -Close -Wheat -
Cosi.); No. 1 hard, 74ic; No. 1
Northern, 7130; No. 2 do., 63/a ;
May, 72te; July, 78e; Manitoba,
No. 1 Northern, cash, 70ac; May,
711c; No. 2 Northern, Vac. Oats -
40c. Corn -59c.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 1. -Wheat -
Higher; close, No. 1 Northern, 74c ;
No. 2, do., 721 to 78c; May, 72*.e.
ltye-Steady; No. 1, 58tc. Barbey-
66o; sample, 60 to 65c. Corn -May,
59tc.
Detroit,. April laf-Wheat-Closea-
No. 1 white, cash, 610; No, 2 red
cash and May, 80c; July, 77kc.,
$t Louis, April 1.-1Vheat-0losed
-taaeh 17ac• f4ay 77C- July
• 'life.
Y•11**.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Toronto, April 1. ---There Was an-
other day of high prices at the To-
ronto Cattle Market this morning.
The dealers are all persuaded that
the heavy runs of the winter have re-
sulted in a scarcity of cattle, and
'that they may look for high prices
for some time to Come. At swesent
the prices are so high as f,o be pro-
hibitory for many classes of dealers,
and so they have Ceased operating on
a large scale, many being content
only to keep up a small trade tor the
purpose of Satisfying their more im-
portant custoiners. These condt-
tiOns are prevalent in all classes of
Canada Asked. Not to Ship Any
During April.
An Ottawa despatch says :-The
Department of Agriculture tas been
advised by the War Office- not to
ship any hay or supplies to South 1
Africa, during April. There is a con-
gestion of traffic from Cape Town
and Port Elizabeth northward, and
until this congestion has been re-
lieved further shipments from the'
Dominion are to be withheld.. I
The intimation is not unwelcome!
to the departraent, owing to the
fact that matters have become some-
what disarranged at St. john, ow-
ing to the loss of the Huronian, and
orders have been suspended until
such time as another vessel could be
secure to take the Haroniter's place.
HOW SMALLPDX SPREADS.
Woman Sick With Disease Trav-
elsiii Street Car,
A Montreal despatch says :-A pe-
culiar case which was reported to
the health authoritiet4 on Sunday
night, shows how smallpox is spread.
A woman Corning from one 'of the
northern suburbs of Montreai travel-
ed on a street car crowded with
passengers. She got off and walked
along Sherbrooke street, when ahe
was taken suddenly sick, and fell to
the groutd. The policeman ealled
dOetor, who declared the woman had
sinallpoir. -13y thiS 'Wm ,a large
crowd had gathered, and was with
difficulty kept off. The woman was
flnauly removed to the hospital.
NEW BRITISH RIFLE.
Army to Be Equipped with Ira.
proved Enfield.
According to the Landon Daily
Telegraph:, a new ride will shortly be
issued to the whole British army, It
is wiled the iinpreved Veiled. It
hoe a breath action Winter to the
lVfauser rifle, and a cartridge elip
will be Used. The barrel is live
inthes shorter than the Weapon at
present n eSe,
•
RHODES' FORTUNE.
RAILWAY WRECK.
Fatal Collision. on Wabash at
jarVia.
A St. Thomas; Ont,, despatch
says: -As the result ef a head-on col-
lision between, two freight trains en
the: Wabash at Jarvis .-at 7 o'clock
Friday Morning; Engineers MeGill
and Charlton, and Conductor Henry
Macdonald are dead, and. Martin
Donelly, a brakes -man, is Suffering
from Several broken ribe and iniurieS
to his head.
The accident was due partly to a•
mistake made by Charlton, and
partly owing to a dense feg. °heel,
ten had crossing orders. at J aryls,
and stopped there, as itistructed, but
instead of taking the siding at the
west Switch, he ran up the main line
beyond the east Switch and backed
in. He had got his train clear of
the malt Iine With the exception of
lodomotive, tender, and two car%
when the westbound freight under
Conductor Macdonald, which he was
to cross, crashed into his engine.
The fog Was so thick that McGill
was unaware of the impending dan-
ger until it was too late.
McGill was killed instantly, his
body being later 'Mind in the fire-
box of his engine, but Charlton lived
for about 0,11 hour after he had been
taken frona the wreck. The firemen
saved their Byes by jumping, Mac.
donald was riding in the cab Of Mc -
Gill's engine, and was so badly
mutilated that it was impossible to
collect his remains from the' wreck
for removal to St. Thomas.
The bodies of the two engineers
and the injured brakesumn were
brought to St, 'Thomas, and the
Wrecking train sent out to Clear
away. the wreakage. Both engines
and a number of cars were badly
damaged.
All the dead were residents of St.
Thomas, and were married. Two
of them, McGill and Charlton, leave
families.
He Left It for Scheme of Imperial
Federation.
A London despatch says: -The
Daily Mall states that Mr. Cecil
Rhodes bequeathed the balk of his
fortune, . outside al some personal
and family bequests, to promote a
vast Imperial scheme of education.
The object embraces every part of
the British Dominions. It aims at
the intellectual betterment of the
British race throughout the world,
and the fostering of Imperial senti-
ments. The details will be published
in a few days by the executors of his
will.
A gift to Oriel College, Oxford, Mr.
Rhodes' alma mater,- is a mere inci-
dent of the scheme, which is univer-
sal in its scope. It is a mistake, the
Mail says, ti') suppose . that any of
Mr. Rhodes' wealth will be specifical-
ly devoted to the -furtherance of min-
ing or. other veritures in Rhodesia,
although the latter country will, of
course, share in the general benefac-
tions.
REPORT OF SEALERS.
They Have So Far Caught About
120,000.
A St. John's, Newfoundland. des-
patch says: -The steamer Leopard
has arrived here from the seal fishery
loaded with 12,000 seals. She
brings a Much better report from the
sealing fleet than the steamer New-
foundland brought en Monday. The
reports of the Leopard account for
about 120,000 seals so far.
The sealing, steamer Southern
Cross put irito the harbor of
Green's Pond this evening, with on -
y seventy seals on board. She did
not sight ice, the seal herds. or any
°thee sealing steamers during her
entire voyage. She put into ,Green's
Pont' because of seVere weather.
Iler's is the second total failure
among the sealing fleet this season.
Some Humble Geniuses.
TO CHECK SMALLPDX,
Quebec Authorities Will. Co-operate
With Ontario.
An Ottawa despatch says: -The
Quebec toithorities have decided to
co-operate with Ontario in proteet-
ing cities from the danger' of small-
pox infection from shantymen re-
turning from the camp, The Quebec
authoritiee from the first expressed
a willingness to eo-operate and bear
their share of the cost of the Ottawa
quarantine station. The city au-
thorities, however, took exception to
Ottawa being made the dumping-.
ground, and the Quebec delegates
promised- tliat' quarantine stations
would- be established at Oracefield,
Cologne, and Waltham. The resell;
will be to greatly lessen the work in
Ottawa,
LINE TO ROTTERDAM.
Service Will Be Esta-blished, to Rut
From Montreal,
A Montreal despatcb says :--Early
in May a, direct line of steamers will
begin renting between tlie port of
Montreal and Rotterdam. The ser-
vice, which will be established by
the C'atiadian. PorWarding and Ex-
port Company, will conaist of four
vessels, the Itotiney, Tiger, Sanford,
and Ceylon, aggregating 18,000
toes. The ships ell carry principally
steel for the German market.
135 PRISONERS TAKEN.
Lord- Kitchener Reports Opera-
tions Designed to Force,
xn a, despatch dated from Pretoria
.Wednesday, Lord Kitehener says
"At dusk on the evening of March
29, the combined movement against
Gen. Delarey was undertaken by
columns .of mounted men, without
guns or itapediments of any sett.
The.columns started from Commanao
Drift OD the Vaal River, and travel-
ed rapidly all night, and at dawn
on March 80, occupied positioes
along the line from Commando Drift
to the Lichtenberg blockhouse line.
The troops moved rapidly eastward,
keeping a continuous line, with the
object of driving the enemy against
the blockhouses, or forcing an
action. The result has not yet been
fully repotted. Kekeaich's column,
after the cornmeneemeat of the ac-
tion, captured three fifteen -pounders,
twOponi-poms, nine prisoners, and a,
hundred mules, carts and waggons.
General W. Kitchener 's cabana cap-
tured 89 prisoners, 45 carts and
waggons- meda thausand cattle.
"Tbe troops covered 30 miles in
twenty-four Myra The total Mill-
ber of prisoners .is 135." •
GRAVES OF CANADIANS.
Rev. Father O'Leary Will Go to
Africa to Locate Thent.
An Ottawa despatch says :-Rev.
Father O'Leary, of Quebec, fats been
in town some days, and it is as good
e
as settled that he will shortly leave
for South Africa to locate th]
graves of Canadians who are sleep-
ing beneath the veldt..
His suggestion to the Canadian
South African Memorial Association
is to select several suitable ipo-ts,
and to remove the bodies now
and were of high character. They
buried within a. given radius to one
know/ the l'eS011l*CeS they can still
of these new graves, lay them side
by side, and then tlace over the
grave a beautiful headstone, a tri-
bute of affection from Caaadlimis at
home. This, it iaathouget, Is far
preferable to placing a little head-
stone over each gria.‘.
THE, BRANTFORD MURDER,.
A .Startling Fact Has Been Dis-
covered by Inspector ;Murray,
A deePateli from Brantford says: -
The ()Mirk. Murder mystery remains
unsolved, but Inspector Mtrray, who
has been working on the case,. hae
been able to gradnally get together
all the facts surrounding the death.
In the cenfeSion arising frota the
fitat exciteMent af the crime mon-
sidernble diffietilty was experienced
in ascertaining •every minute circum -
51.111100 bearing on the incidents: of
Straitly night, .
'One startling fact that has been.
discovered is that the murderer pre-
pared his scene beforehand. In alle
harness room wbere Qeirk was killed
is a glasa , dear opening' :to the yard,
AerciSs this Window was pinae4 a lap
robe, Whith would conceal the aa
fair. All those who went iato the
harness rooni after the crime testify
to this. Me also' mobably tinned aa
the electric light beforehand. .This
may in fact have played. a, part
in the plan to lure Quirk out there.
The murderer, Whoever he Was, Was
in all probability known to Quirk,
and was quite un uspeeted He
must baye summoned Quirk from the
'bar, perhaPs pointed out the gleares
of light which would shot!
from the window, in the xntuincr 111
whieh the robe was hung, as evidence
that someone was out there.
Mr. Toole says they frequently had
to put loafers out ai the barn. on
nights when the gates -were left open,
aud it may be that Quirk was in-
duced to go with the minderet in the
belief either that some tramp was
out there . asleep or some. QI1C
trying' to steal his game eocks.
Quirk entered the harness room
it is quite evitlee t: that be was
struck three times. in quick* succes-
sion, either with a hatchet or an
Iran bar, and the body placed in the
position, sia found, by the nunderer,
ANONYMOUS LETTER:
A new developed feature is the re-
ceipt of another anonymous letter by
the Courier, this time from Buffalo.
This is the third anonymous letter
in the case. The first was received
by the Courier from Woodstock, the
second by Toole from Detroit, an4
now this one from Buffalo. All of
thexa have been handed to the police.
They seem to be written by the swim
man, and it looks as thmigh they
were intended for a. blind.
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PEACE IS NEAR.
Last Shot :. in -the War May Be
Fired Within. a Week..
A Paris 'despatch says :-The Jour-
nal publishes an interview with Boer
Delegate Wessels oil his return from
the United States. He declared that
something might come of his visit,'
• but the interviewer remarks upon his
melancheily air.': He spoke without
conviction, a»d if he is not dis-
couraged he is evidently depressed.
Wessels denied that he rejoiced at
the death of Mr. Rhodes. Be would
not admit that Mr. Rhodeswas the
evil genius of the Transvaal, and
.saict he was coax -axed that even if
Mr. Rhodes had never lived, the war
would have come just tbe same.
England would have yielded to the
temptation.. of the mines. He said
itihoeus.present negotiations were se -
"1 believe and hope," he added,
1 i'l`othastpeace is drawing nearer. I do
tay
that an ideal, but a satis-
factory, peace will be secured by
1 mutual concessions. Nevertheless,
our independence, must be respected."
Mr. Wessels refused to define his
understaading of independence. He
said the Beets were inalfferent 10-
garding a standing army, but dis-
armament was impossible, in view
of the armed natives. Ile added that
Schalkburger. Reitz, Steyn, and the
other Boer leaders had good SCII3C.
SAUSAGE MYSTERY SOLVED.
"Jelin," asked Mrs. Murkle. "what
is the matter .with those sausages?
You haven't even tasted the one I
command, and will act for the best
interests of the Boers. it was not.
for the Boer representatives in Eu-
rope, sheltered from denger, to be
more warlike; than thoSe fighting.
He expressedthe hope thatan hon-
orable peace Might be signecl. for the
Boers, and declared that Mr. Kruger
would approae it.
Aix orange seller the Other day
"
gave you. Something's wrong. Tell fo-und a bad ,specimen .among his
me what it is,"
fruit amd carelessly tossed it .away...
Knowing thata her husband 'was It struck an old woman in the face,
very fond of sausages, the sweet
young woman had ordered a dish es-
pecially for his benefit, and the fact, dozen good oranges -to go her 'way
that he left his portion initouched .111 peace. .
wori•ied her. . ht.hadscarcely left when a Sharp-
libe. Murkle. reached over, patted 1lociking'-boy- about twelve • years of
A 13USINESS-LIKE OY.
and she made sech a fuss over the
accident that the man gave her a
his wife's cheek, and replied: -
'Oh, never mint], it's all right. I
don't care for St1,11Sage this morn-
ing.'" •
"John. dear,'' she exclailued,
"don't trv to deceive mel Tell MC
the truth." '
"Well, you know I wanted a-ou to
discharge the servant last week?"
''Yes, I know. :13ut you have
merely permitted yourself to develop
a foolish prejudice against her. She
is the hest cook We have ever heal,
,and you are playing the, part of a.
silly 'child in refusing to eat -the sau-
sages merely because she prepared
them. You really don't know how
good they are. never tasted any-
thieg better in my life, I'd be
. ashamed, if. I were in your place, to
let a foolish whim stanl in the way
af ray enjoyment of a good meal."
"Oh, I don't doubt," he replied,
as he preptoad to leave the. table.
"that they tasted all right, But I
happened to look into the kitchen
this morning, when she wa,s penetur-
big' their tires with one of her hair-
pins, end, somehow, I haven't had
arty appetite for sausage since."
arra, 'Winkle I Lulled pale and 'per-
mitted her husband to go away
without a kood-bye kiss.
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TUE HIGII.ER EDUCATION
"Yoe believe 111 the higher edura-
tien for Wealth?"
, I hardly know; he ney
daughter says that now -a -days a
girl who can't play basketball and
fence isn't in it,"
age slid up to the fruit seller and
ave you going to hit any
more old women to -day?"
"Why, no -not if I can help it,"
was the reply.
"If you are, give me a eheace,"
continued the lad; "I'll bring' my
sister doWe here, and you may hit
her hi the face for hall the oranges
you gave that other woman, and if
that ain't enough you can have a
shot at dad and nan."
WIJEllE TO FIND limn.
When you would select a wife
Do not call on Sunday;
if yeti would know her as she is,
Better seek her Monday.
If you end her in the kitchen,
With the snowy linen,
Your divinity is apt
• To be worth y001' Winning.
If she's in the parlor, play.ing
Opera selections,
For a, Wife. to share your fortunes,
Seek in new directions,
Uselessness may beautify
A act bird . or a anouse;
Thrift and tact adorn more brightly
Her who rules a. hots°,
NMI DIPLOM A.0Y,
Maude -"And did you seream whoa
he atteMpted to kiss yan?"
Ciara-Priertainly not. I waited
until after he had finished."
NEWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA.
Mr. Williiuu 1)oug5s, .1(,0., of
Chatham, is dead,
The Canada -Life Assuratee C0111-
p11tty aye to :erect' a large block 11
Winnipeg this siiiinter,
Atte: Cainpbell was sentenced at
St; Catharines toflO O1t1' in the
Viereer Reformatory for perany.
The Donn:Mon Coal Co., of Haii-
faa, xnaY absorb the New ifilagaind
Gas and Coke Oo 01 Eyerett, Mass.
J. • :G. Jardine, bewly .appointed
Wade: Commissioner for Canada in
South Africa, sails the second week
in April.
The va
Scotia, Assembly has
presented' an address and parse to
Speaker Robertson, who goes to
Europe for his health. ,
It is feared • that the senalilig of
2,000- mounted men to Smith Africa
and of 000 mai to the coaoatitioa
May interfere with the holding of
the regular suminer camps of in-
struction.
1;'-i1e at Dawson City on Saturday
deatroyed several valuable stemma's,
:At 'Montreal EdWard Laurin, who
shot and. killed his lather's colored
ceachitan, C. W. Smith, was found
gitila. of manslaughter on Saturday:
The Buffalo . Exaress say's Karl
Denman , one of the three men in
KingSton Fthiteritiaty fax atteinata
ing to blow up' a lock of the Weiland
Ceara, is Leke. Dillon, the Irish
leader, and Member Of the Cliaana-
Gael.
Solomon, the Galician tharderet,
has .been sentenced t Winnipeg to
hang .on May 27th. He mid the
witness against him had told the
truth. He pleaded for his life so
that he might see how his thildren
progressed.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Cunard .Steamehip Company
has cleclared a dividend of four per
dent.
The .Most Rev. Charles E. Eyre,
Roman, Catholic Archbishop of
Scotland, is dead.
The King has promised a cup for.
an internationaayacht race off Cork
Harbor during the Exhibition,
The programme for this year's I3is-
ley competition contains a new prize
ta be known as the Coronation.
It is proposed • to erect an arth
made of western Canadian grain near
Westminster Abbey for the (anoxia, -
tion. '• "
Saetos-Dumont, the aeronaut, in-
tends to sail. around the dome of St.
Paul's cathedral in his airship on
coronation day.
The • restoration of Peterborough
Cathedral, England, which has been
in progress for eighteen 'ears, has
cost over £80;000.
Two ladies have jest been elected
members- of the Royal Society of
Initial], Artists. They are the first
• ladies who have thus been admitted.
Of 1,800 Old Etonians who have
Laken part in the war, si.iity-three
have . fallen in battle and forty-five
have died of wounds or disease.
a -aa -
UNITED STATES.
The threatened strike of 10,000
cotton mill operatives at Lowell,
Mass., has been postponed a week.
Frank Moran, possessing -property
and bank deposits estimated at 865,-
000, died iti the county hospital at
Omaha, from starvation.
Floods in middle Tennessee have
resulted in losses aggregatitg four
million dollars. Twenty-feur per-
sons also have been drowned.
Coal •operators at :Philadelphia
predict that if the sta•ike order be-
comes general there will be a coal
famine in all the large Eastern in-
dustrial centers. a
Sylvester Knapp, at one time
owner af 11farm now occepied by a.
large portion of tae city of Middle-
town, N.Y.. and a member of a
leading family in Orange county,
died in• the poorhouse at Omega
N.J.
GENERAL.
The Turkish Government has de-
cided to call 90,000 irregular tfoops
to the colors.
Tt is Said the Amcor of Afghanis-
tan has recently shown a favourable
inclination toward Russia,.
An official bulletin on the subject
of thalera at Mecca and Medina ad -
faits that 1,129 deaths from that
disease have occurred.
The wine trade of Portugal is pas -
111g through a period of serious de-
pression owing 1.0 the supevabun-
dant production.
The Official Messenger admits that
from. Moscow alone 05 students have
been bitnished to Siberia, and that
567 have been imprisoned '
After hanging eight • Turkish offi-
cers an Albanian 1»:-igapd muted De-
latrio had the bodies cut in pieces
and sent to ,the nearest Turkish
gairison.
A Marseilles pianist for a, wager
plcored fax 27 hours, with three in-
tervals tot exceeding an hour and a
half.' ',He is now a, victim 02 tervota
prostration.
OFFICERS EXECUTED.
.Australian. Premier Aska Kitchen -
et for Details.
A 'Melbourne despatch says :-0111-
dal details of the execution of Aes-
tralian officers for having allot tm-
armed 31oer prisoners in South
Africa are anXiously awaited here,
The wife of Lieut. Handpook, ore of
the officers, Was net aware of Ins
fate until tlie reWs Wes ptiblished
Ye.11;.dcti
r1%1Hight. 11 1' Omtie d Barton ,
Prattler of the Austealitin Conaeon-
Wealth, 'has sent a letter te Lord
:Kitchther asking for partial I ars of
the affair,
WAR AHEAD FOR EliGLAND
SERIOUS VIEW OF T.I•LE FAB,
EASTElaN SITUATION.
Russia and 'France Say Theye Can
Be No Oae-Power War Da
China or Corea..
Widely different viewe ere taken.
throughout Europe of the ICraneo-
Russian declaration i11 regard to the•
Anglo -Japanese Alliance, The eas-
iest and simplest interpretationx of
the declaration is that it is ;in en-
dersement of the principles nu which
the Anglo -Japanese treaty was based
and that it furnishes an additional
guarantee of peaee.
'This apparently pacific utterance -
contains, 110WeVer, au announcement
wbieh rouses grave apprehensions in,
England. These fears find it clear
expression in a serious artiele in the
London Spectator, which says:- •
"The sting of the Russe-IiVench.
communique is in the tail. The last
clause runs: "Nevertheless, they
themselves being also obliged to
take into consideration the eventua
ality of aggressive action on the
part of a third Power, or of fresh
troubles in China, jeopardizing tke
integrity ° and tree development( o
that power and becoming ix menace
to their own interests, the two al-
lied Governments reserve it to them-
selves to consider i11 such casemeans
of assuring their protection.'
"This, obviously, can mean • only
alio thing . The third Power whose
possibly aggressive actiOn is contem-
plated is, of course, Japcia. au oth-
er words, we are warned that if ja-.
.pan arona any cause gets involved ill
hostilities the. war will be with two
pow-ersa-that is,
RUSSIA AND FRANCE.
If it comes to war it will be the two,
PONVer war contemplated by the •
treaty. In other words, the Russo --
French declaration finally alai entire -
ay disposes of thc. fond illesiona
which have been antertalped so widea.
ly here that in spite of tile alliance
with japan 'there is little danger of
our . being involved in datgerous
complications. It has been urged
that even if Japan got leto war
With ltnssia We might feel quite se-
cure, because the very last thing the
French would do would be to come
to Russia's assistance. They, It was,
supposed, Would politely tell Russia
that they wished her well, but that
It would be a cruel kindness to help
ber a,nd so bring England into the
melee, and, therefore, as true friends
they Wended to stand aside.
'The Russo -French declaration puts
an absolute stop to all this. It is a
clear motiee that there caxx be no
single -power war in the Far east.
We sg.id when the alliaace was cleat
annoticed that We must make tip
our nunda to -that &Bailee 'britging-
With it the -possibility of war with.'
France, and we pointed out also
that the alliance left our 'foreiga
iCy
AT THE MERCY OF JAPAN. .
Japan might and probably w.oeld,
prove merciful, for Japan is giiverna
ed by prudent, astute statesnien, but
that could -not alter the fact that we
have placed our foreign relations in
regard to Russia and France, gener-
ally, at the mercy of Japan. We
may disguise the fact by diplomatic.
sophistries and we may refuse to ra.
cognize the fact, but the fact re-
mains that WO and japan haae our-
selves ranged opposite to Russia. and
France and tbat our interests may
some day plunge us into a war which
will be fought in the Channel and'
the Baltic. We do not, of. course,
suggest that the risk of -war innst
neves be run if vital interests so near
home are involved, but we do think
that such risks require grave
thought and consideration." a
This pessimistic Opinion finds
echoes On the Continent. Thus the
Cologne Gazette recently asserted
that Ressice and F,ngland were stren-
uously endeavoring to clraw"the
United States 10 the side that 'they
respectively represent in the threat-
ened Conflict. . The fact is that Am-
erica's position inthe. present situa-
tion is ea absolutely Commanding
one. France is completely eonimite
100 to Russia :it the event of hos-
tilities from Any Cause.. Russia, finds
herself forced t� :decide .definitelY
whether' she will abandon her plana
iii Manchpria .tual the Fat East gen-
erally or
FORCE THEM To FRUITION. •
If the hatter she must act quickly,
while England is still epgaged 10
South Africa and while Ireland ie
seriously seditious,
, One- point in.ust be settled' before it
iapossible-to make any decision that
Will lead to war. "What will Amer -
i011 do in the evenl. of war? : Pt is
perfectly understood that no Angle -
American alliance is possible. Out
would America remain in a, strictly
neutral attitude if -England and Ja-
pan were engaged in a war it the de-
tente of principles with, which , .Am-
erica WAS in he sympathy? That
is the questi'on, which Russia,:atd
France would seek to have answered.
before venturing linen any bellicoSe
P°11417'following despatch from Berth):
is from a, source upon wh/ch, relitmee
m!1.;).G.etil)ktinity"ld:
itts been appronMheil by
both groups of the &ilea', but, the jin-
perial 'Government has declined to
tangl itsclfn A
ay* qql '
an:COS .11ave been received at Wit
from Washiagton, Which 111020 1.10 that
the American GovernMeat Will take
a .sindlar attitude.' it 12, repretieeted
on behalf of both Russia and 'France
that since . the . Anglo -jape ease
treaty West inade peblie Jaime: hes
been deteotea in intrigues waich sea-
itaialy threaten peace,''
wow, GUESS WORK,
ITarry-"I Wonder Who said that
Money is the root of all evil,"
Harriet -"Oh, seine ualiciapY man
who tried to marl'y ;for aloney, and
coal cin't,"
of Water it; iVIHOW, only 20 pea
Larch -Ns a 48 per cent.
cent. •