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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. ••....••••••••••,+•••••••••• 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. 4,_______ 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. •