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Exeter Times, 1902-4-24, Page 3P AR HAS ENDED Boer Leaders to Submit Terms to the Burghers. A London despatch • says: -Phe Ministerial anno.uneement concerning the peace negotiation in South Af- rica is regarded in both Houses as tantamoant to the earlyeesation of hostilities,' The general inference- is that the Boer leaders have received an Understanding regarding the terms which they have accepted, and think Worth while submitting to their countrymen as the basis of terms of peaee. Softie disappointiaent is ex- pressed in parliament that the Boer lea,clers did not feel justified in malt ing terms without incurring the risk of consulting • with the less responala element. This view, however, overlooks the thoroughly democratic nature- of the 'Boer Government, which prevents Schalkburger and his colleaguesfrom formally surrendea- Ingailioer independence- without the rionfient of the burghees. It is 'goner- blifir felt in Parliamentary circles that although an armistice was refused, the permission given the delegates to consult with represeatativee of .. the commandoes must. imply a formal, unavowed ainnistiCe. Satisfaction is expressed in the lobbies of Parlia- ment that neither Mr. Kruger nor Mr. Leyds Were apparently consulted in the present negotiations. -The principal. ,editorial in each of the London morning papers is de- voted to a discussion of the • possi- bility of peace. Each paperdwells upon, the two points that the Boer made overtures spontaneously, and that the British have evidently shown no signs of abandoning their VolicY as already laid down, yet •the inter- change of opinion has not ended in a breakclOwn, as was 'previously the case when Gen. Botha and Gen. ICit- 'oftener met. Hence the Thaes con - chides that the .13oor delegates have recognized the necessityfor bringing the hopeless struggle to a couclusion and that they • have satisfied' Gen. Kitchener that they at least are in earnest. MR. BALFOUR'S STATEMEN7T. In. the House of Commons on Fri- day afternoon Mr, A. J. Balfour, the Government leader, made this state- ment:- "In conformity with .the pledge I gave to the House a day or two ago, it will be proper fer me to say 'that Lord Milner and :Lord Kitchener, While refusing an arMisticeon mili- tary grounds, have agreed : to give -fanilities for the election and meat,- ing of representatives tat the various commandoes to consider the post, - tion, The Boer leadershave left Pre- toria, for this purpose. 11; is not ex- pected that communications Will be resumed it less than thee° weeks." THE BOVINION PARLIAIENT, NOTES OP PROCEEDINGS IN TP.I3 FEDERAL HOUSE. a•-•-• REPRESENTATION' DY CENSUS. Mr. Clarke asked what number of representatives in the House of Com- mons would each province be given as a result of the census takea last year. The Premier answered that the •question was premature, and could not be answered now. 1lA1LWAY LANDS. Mr. Sutherland told Mr. Scott that 2,027,128 acres of land had been patented to railway companies other than the C.P.R. and the Cal- gary and Edinonton to date. The following acres had been earned by railway companies hut were yet un- patented:- , Acres. Alberta Railway & Coal Co 11,371 Gadgetry and Edmonton 479,043 Canadian Northern. 1.597,020 C. R.. 8,742,418 O. P. Tt., Souris branch -1,408,704 D. P. R., Pipestone Ex 200,320 2 -rent Naortit-West Central-818,790 ganitoba, and S. -W... ... -1,221,995 Manitoba. and N. -W.,. ... 876,820 lau'Appelle, Long Lake, and S'askatchewan... 1.400,481 SaskateheiVan & Western 98,830 15,959,406 Tbo companies are making, farther selections, and. tire Government was urging on the work as rapidly hs possible. READINGS. Respecting the James Bay- Railway Co -Mr. McCormick. Respecting the Klondike Mines Railwey Co. ResPecting, Le, Compagnie du Che- nin cle Per de Colonization du. Nord. -Mr. Lemieux. To incorporate the Pacific North- gn and Omineca :Railway co. -Mr. Iforrison. Respecting the Ontario Power Co., fif 'Niagara Falls. To incorporate the 'Ross Rifle Co. Thompson. Respecting the Dom in on Cotton &tills Co., Limited. The Senate ameadments to the bill to incorporate the Windsor and De- troit Union Bridge Co.' were concur- red in. The following bills were given a tecond reading. To incorporate the IIttron and second reading:- - To incorporate the Huron and Erie Canal Co, -111r. Calvert. To incorporate the Penny Bank. - Mr. Oster. To tneorporate the Manitoba and Keewatin 'Railway Co. -Mr. Mc - Dreary. To incorporate the Montreal Sub- way Co. --Mr. McCarthy. . To incorporate the 'Toronto and Nriagara Power Ce. S MOM L AND FUNDS , Mr. Boyd was told by Mr. Silton that the reduction of the rate of in- terest on the school land funds from 6 to 5 per cent. had.not been made at the request of the Manitoba Gov- ernment. It was not •the intention to amend the Act of last session so that it would 'not apply to sales made prior to 1901, 11, 8. ISLAND TELEGRAPH.. Mr. • Hughes (Prince Edward Is - lead) called attention to the tiasatis- factory condition of the telegraphic service between Prince Edward Is- land and the mainlatul. He said it was impossible to gota message to and from the island after '8 o'clook the evening and grout inconven- ience resulted. He saw no remedy for the present Condition or affairs but for the Government to take over the telegraphie business itself. lie eoasidered the telegraphic business Was simply an extension of the post - office work, and he would Me to see the 0 overnment control i t. Me. Tarte admitted that n geieta ance existed. • il.fa e 0 1110e tS had veached him about (he inadequacy of the telegraphic service to the ]Te (Mr. Terto) would be in England in a short time, and he would try to have ut brief though in- teresting intervieW With the gen tie• Men of the Anglo-AMerican Com- pany, The Oo V Or Mil an I; possessed a 1 .rge, swat= of telegraphs, but had Lion by all concerned. built where or companies would not, because it would not pay. Ho (the Minister) was engaged in considering further extensions with a view to giving inoro aceornModation. If the Anglo-American Company dicl not come to reason ho promised the House to bring. them to book. PENSIONS POI?. JUDGES, Mr, Fitzpatrick has given :uotice of the following resolution: -"That it is expedient to amend the act re- specting the judges of the Provincial court, and to provide as follows: - That the salary of the third judge of the Territorial court of the Yukon district shall be $5,000 a year; that a judge of a County Court resigning at any time after becoming disabled by permanent infirmity, or reigning after 25 years' service, may be grant- ed a pension equal to two-thirds of his annual salary; that if he has served less than five years, his pen- sion shall not exceed one-third of his salary." EXPERTS. AT 11ILTRDER TRIALS. The Minister of Justice, Hon, Mr, FitZpatrick, introduced n, bill "To amend the Canada • Evidence Act, 11898." It limits to five the number. of expertwitnessesthat can be ex - endued on either side of a case un-, I less the court is of the opinion that 'under the circumstances the number 'should be increased. This hill, Mr. Fitzpatrick explained, has been in- troduced at the suggestion of some Ontario judges to remedy an abuse that has occurred in •the province. Tho measure is, of course, applica- ble to the whole of Canada. The bill was given its first reading. SPECULATIVE. CHARTERS. Mr. Guthrie introduced a bill re- specting the incorporatioa of rail- way companies. He explained that its object is to check the demand for speculativecharters, the bill calling for the deposit of $200 per mile to be forfeited if the railway is not pro- ceeded with. INSPECTION ACT. Me. Leighton 'McCarthy introduced a bill to amend the general inspec- tion act. He explained that its ob- ject was to obtain uniform inspec- tion of hides, skins' and leather at Quebec, Montteal,Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, .r-Iamilton and London, •these being the centres of the leather trade. It was intended to .prevent fraud by resalting or watering, and to secure more skilfulfia.ying of the animals. GAME PRESERVATION ACT. • Mr. Sifton in•troduced a bill further to amend tne unorganized' Territor- ies' Came Preservation Act. The oh - 18 to exteed the protection- given to the wood buffalo in the Mackenzie River district. There aro a feW 'herds still in existence, and it was thought they would multiply if they; were not interfered with. Accord- ingly the close season wotild• be ex- tended by the hiLl ntil 1907. The bill w -aa read the first time. , YUKON MEWILIER, • Mr. Siftoa has been induced to in- troduce a bill to amend the Yukon Territory Act. This will..give power, among other things, to Increase re- presentation in the' Local Assembly from three to five members. An- other bill faom. Mr. Sifton is in re- spect te the representation of the Yukon in the Itouete of Commons. This bill will give the Yukon one re- presentative to tlie Canadian Par- liament. Mr. Sifton .will also intro- duce a bill „further to amend the Acts respecting the Northwest Ter- rithries, ono ,to amend the Rocky Mountain Peak Act of :1887, and ono to amend the 'Dominion Lands Act. • • RAILWAY STRIKES. • :Hon.'William Mulock's bill in re- gard to railway laboe alispntes to• provide Inc the -settlement of strikes and lockouts on railways In such Wny that recotirse to these pal:mete measures will be uneecesanag. Provia sion -will probably be •inade foe boards of erbitratio.-n selected by the co nrini n an 5. the .employes, and tvith ample powers to deal with all railway di•sputes, • „ • The measure is somewhat novel in- its features', and foe th•is reasoa and beau:se of the importanee of the subject it is not expected that the hilt will pass into law this 1411481011, lint be made pub - lit turd held mtg. for full ctoisi..derit- STEAMER. BURNED. lYtEknY tivee Lost .on the Missis- sippi River. A Cairo, 3.113.,, despatch says: -The side -wheel steamer City of Pittsburg, from .C.incinnati to Memphis, was burned to the water'sedge early Sun- day morning at 'I:melee:El Landing, near Olmstead, ills., 11 miles front Mound. City, Ills., and .24 milM froni this city. A number or lives were lost and otherswere badly burned and otherwise injured. Two boats and all ' available craft from thiS city went to the scene for relief. • Most of the passengers 'were still in bed. Where . Second , Clerk. Oliver 'Philippsgave the alarm, .The gineera' (del) started all the pumping engines,while the crow brought all the hose into play. Amid streams of wateron all aides, • the flames. • froM the lotver deck and dense chau-ds of smoke, the passengers rushed from their . •staterooms, and a frightful panic ensu. Pew .could adjust life-, Preservers or do , anything -.for them- selves, Vie smoke was -stifling. Great cloudsfloated through the blazing steamer, choking the passen- gers, and •adding td • their terror. Children :cried. piteously, begging that they be .stived. . Lifeboats were . Manned and every effort Made to 'save the passengers. Boats were sent from shore to help in the, warkof reSCLIO, and paesen- gers wee° lauded at the river banks. As fast as the boats could bo tanp-• tied they returned to the ill-fated steamer. The burning Stnailler Was quickly 'headed to the hank, hut' X111011 y passengers 'Were forced to jump feonathe stern end, and trying to Swimashere through the swift current many Wel'a Ch:OWnea. Many also perished in the. flames. Ilelp, except from people near by; did not arrive till 2.20 'o'cloclo in theafternoon, and passen- gers, who. -wore only night clothes and were without, food, suffered ter- ribly. Thirteen members of the creW are missing, and Capt. Philipps says 20 or. 25 passengers are missing also, Two passengers wove severely burned but will recover. There Were 70 passengers and 70 all told in the crew. The captain and clerk claim in all SO persons have been accounted for, leaving 60 PeoPle last or unaccounted. for. The latest estimates are that 150 .persons were aboard and that more than half were saved, Many of the latter are burned or injured. As the register of the steamer was burned no list can be given either of victims or Sal' NiV0113, and in c,onatiquence it has been impos411110 to get complete lists, Captain Philippa -admits that the death list may reach 00. -4 • HOLLAND'S QUEEN DYING? • Pulletins Minimize Seriousness of 1 -ter Condition. An Arasterdara despatch. says :- The people are gloomy 'and anxious-, believing: that the bulletins Lolling of Queen Wilhelmina '8 condition are Minimizing the seriousness of her illness. Among theinquiries te- ceived on Fricray were messages from King Edward and Queen Alexandra, Emperor Wililain, President Roose- velt, and President Loubet. The gates of Castle Loo have beea placarded with a notificaLiOn read- .ing aa -"Typhoid fever within:" This ;seta in compliance with the Dutch law requiring el ery house. in 'which a case of contagious disease exists to pos.1, 0 notice to that effect put - side. The question of establishing a re- gency ie being earnestly considered by the Netherlands Govermilent, and it is .thought probable, in view of the possibly long illneFs of • the Queen, that the States -General will be summoned i11 a joint Session, at an early date to take action in the matter.. - IMMIGRANTS FROM U. S. Three Thousand .Are Entering Canada Every Month. An Ottawa despatch says :-Three thousa•nd Aniericalts a, month is the rate of immigration into Canada West, ear.; Mr. W. White, In- spector Of Caoadian Immigration Agencies in the States. Mr. White has just returned from the West, and says the Canadian agents are getting hundreds of inquiries front all parts of the Western States about lend in Canada. "The movement of settlers to Can- ada is steadily growing greater," said itIr. White, "and alveady the in- crease over last year is about 82 per cont. Our agents find that the information they have to give is being asked by people who live hun- dreds of mites away from the atgen- cies, but the news that good land can be had in Canada for the asking is spreading all through the Am- erican West, and every month the number of inquiries about the land increases.'' MORE ROLLING STOCK. C.P.R. Arranges for 35,000,000 • Worth for Coming Season. An Ottawa despatch says an- ticipation of a tremendous increase in tl'afile tO and from the Northwest during the coming summer, the Canadian Pacific- Railway Co, has just placed orders to the value of $5,000,000 for additional locomo- tives and ca.rs. Delivery must be made before the end of August., CABLE FROM FIJI. Congratulations From the Remot- est British Dominion, A London deepatth says :-On the completion of the Pacifie cable to i, the Go WWII or of that island telegraphed to' Mr. Chamberlain t - ''The' people of Fiji desire to con- vey to King Edward an expreasioa of their loyalty o11 the oceasion of sending this, the first telegraphic message from the remotest British dominion beyond the seas." The King replied '1vit,f1 a suitable message of thanks THE MARKETS Prices of Grin, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres, Toronto, Aprii 22.--Plow-Ninety per cent. Ontario patent, notainal at $2.75 in buyers' sacks, Middle freights; straight rollers, in wood, PAO to $8.15. Manitoba patents (meted at $4 to $4.10, and strong bakers' at $8.80, on track, 'Toronto. Puekwheat-The Market is nominal at 56e low freight to New •Yoek, Oatmeal -Car lots, in bible., $4.75 on. track, and in sacks, 34.60. ...Brok- en lots, 25e extra, , Parley -a -The market is very du1L; No. 3 extra, quoted at 50c, and feed ett 48e, middle freights. Wheat -No. 1 Manitoba hard sold at 844,c Toronto and West, prii shipment; No.'1 Nor there. at 81c, and No. 2 'Northern at 78, • April shipment. Milifeed-Bran offered at $1.5,50 middle freight, without hats, Wheat -Ontario No. 2 red wieter, 72e bid in lavers' bags, low freight to New York, but none offered. Barley -No. 8 offered at 50c out- side, without bids. Peas -No. 2 white offered at SOc middle freight, on Pes:ific, without bids. • Oath -No. 2 white wanted at 40e in buyers' sacks, low freight to New York, but aone ofrerecl. Corn -No. 2 yellow, 5Se bid west, and No. 9 mixed, 57c bid west, with- out offerings. itya-No. 2 offered at 57e middle .freight now shipped to Portland, without bids. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butler -The marke•tis firm, with geed demand for dairy rolls, Me- chani. and- inferior qualities ere dull. Strictly Iresh-made rolls meet, 'with (mink: sale. We catote finest rolls 19 to 20e; .choice large rolls, 18e ; secondary. grades, rolls and tubs, 12 10 1.5-ct'creattnery-prints, 22 to .2le ; creamery- solids, 20 to 214c. Eggs -Receipts arefair, and the demand good. Round lots sell at 12c pet dozen; No. 2 eggs quoted at 10a. Cheese -The market is steady, with trade' only fair; choice lots. 11 -Lc per Ib. HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs are weaker. Hoe; pro- ducts in fair demand aud !inn. We quote :-Bacon, Tong clear, 10c, in ton and case lots. Mess pork, $91. ; do., short cut, $29. Smoked meats -Hants, 18c; break- fast bacon, 11c; rolls, lle; becks, 14 to 14?,e; and shoulders. Lard -The market is unchanged, with good demand . We (11)0 10 :- Tierces:- 11 to 11:1c; tebs, 111c. ; pails, 11.1s; compound, O to 01c. COUNTRY PRODI7gfe. Dried apples -The maeket Is quiet and featureless, with small lots sell - nig at 5j: to flte. Evaporated, 10 to 10 -kc. Hops -Trade is quiet with prices steady at 13; yearlings at Se. Hone3r-The market is dull at to 100 for strained; combs, $1.15 to 32,25 per dozen. Maple syrup -Market quiet, with prices unchangecl. I tire (new make), imperial gallons, 00e to 81; old, as to quality, 65 to 85c. Sugar, 0 to 10c. Beans -The inroad; is dull. Prices $1 to §1.15 per hush, as to quality. Hand-picked, 3:1 .25 to 31.80. Hay, baled -The market' is quiet, with prices unchanged. Timothy is quoted at 810 to 810.25 on track, Toronto, for No. 1, and et -38.50 to $9 for No. 2. Straw -The market is quiet. Cat lots on track quoted at 35 to 35.75, tho latter for No. 1. Pool:try-Receipt s are small, and prices than. We quote :-Fresh killed turkeys, 18 to lac per lb; chickens, 75c to 31. Ducks, 75c to 31. Geese, 8 to 1.0c per lb. Potatoes -Market unchanged, with Offerings fair. Car lots quoted at 55 to 58c on track, and small lots, out of atore, sell at 05c pee bag. UNITKI) STATIPS MARKETS. Minneapolis, April 22. -Wheat, May 72 to 72 -kc; July, 74 to 7320 ; on track, No. I hard, 751e; N. 1 Northern, 73.1; to 731c; No. 2 North- ern, 711 to 7210. Flour -10c higher: first patents, §8.00 to 31; second patents, 33.85 to 38.90 ; first clears, 33 ; second clears, 32.2.5. 13ran-In bulk, 312.75 to 31.8. Milwaukee. April 29. -Wheat, high- er; CiOSe, No, I. Northern, 751c; No. 2 Northern, 74 to 74,1c; .May, 73te, .T•tye-rirnier; No. 1, 58 to 58-0. Barley -Nigher; No. 2, 681 to 69c ; sample, 60 to 67c. Cotn, kfay, 611c. Duruth, April 22. -Close -Wheat, cash, No. 1 hard, 763c; No. 1 North- ern, 7:3ke; No. 2 Northern, 704c; May, 73-1c; July. 731 to 731c; Mani- toba No, 1 Northern, cash and May, 721c; No. 2 Northern, 6,0c, Oats - 48c. Corn -61.e. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, April 22. -Receipts at the cattle market: to -day were light amounting to 53 loads, with 1,015 head of cattle, 231 sheep and lambs, 1,031 hogs, and GO calves. Prices all round were nrm. Choice expert cattle Were sold at 35.90 to 36, some very choice 'cattle i11 one ease fetch- ing 36,30. 33utcher cattle were worth 34.90 to 35,60. Sheet) and lambs were dearer, export sheep selling at 34 to 34.75. Yearling lambs were worth 36 to $6,25, Hogs Were unchanged. Export, choice," ,...35.00 36.00 Export cattle, light,- 4.50 5.00 Bells, exp. heavy, Gen 3.60 5,00 Feedepe, heavy 4.00 4,75 Stockers, 400 to 800111 2.40 3.60 butchers' cattle, nein 3.75 4,50 Butchers' cattle good., 8,60 4.00 tlu Wheys' comma n .,..,. 2.15 8.60 Butchers' picked„. 5,00 5.50 do off -colors 4 heifer.% 2,00 2.50 Butchers' „, 2,50 8,00 Light stock bulls,. ewt 2.00 2.50 Mitch coWsa. • 80,00 59.00 do batekS,-- 2,00 2,50 Hogs, best...„.. 6.15 0.00 do light„. 5.90 0.00 Silk*, export, (amt.- „. 8,50 4.75 Ducks- 8,00 3,50 Yearling. lambS„, .7 ..... 4.50 6.00 Spring lambs, each.,„„ 2.50 5.00 Ca.aves, each, .... .„„. 2,00 10,00 do, cwt.., 8,50 5.75 TENTATIVE PEACE TERMS. Pretoria is Cleiti5aainpxrat End. is. at .A. despatch to the London Stand- ard from, Pretoria dated Saturday Says there is •eensiderable reason for believing that a tentative .agreenient regarding peace has been arrived otan which, unless something unforeseen happeus, tcx vitiateit; a will prove mutual ly cordial, Tiio c or reap on d en t adds that he Understands that, the basis of assured peace ea the initia- tien of the Boers themselves has tat length been reached.. The Boer lead- ers left Pretoria; Friday night, Gen. De Wet :gees to Moilbron, Acting President Schalkburger and Gen. Dee larey will leave the train at Kierks- dorp„ Gen. Lucas Meyer' goes to the Lynclenburg •district, State Secretary Reitz and a con -Manion will meet the burghers beyond Rietersharg, and 'Gen,. Botha goes to Dundee and thence to Vryheid, whence hewill reach his Main commando. Arrange - :meats have beee made by which the burghers will be .stuanaoned to the diffetent .rendezvoas, where on agreed dates the British' terins tail, be clear- ly Intel before them. Mettawhile there is nothing -in the nature of an armiS- tied except that no attacps will be made pn • rhe Doers on the actual dates of their various meetings. While it is pnasible that Home Of the Free -Sta.to hurghers: will prove re- calcitrent, it is confidently expected that: the Transvaal Doers almost to a man will' acquiesce ihi the wishes of their leaders. BREAD HIGHER IN LONDON. Bakers in the Poor Districts Raise Prices. A Lcmdon despatch says; -The bak- ers raised the price of bread one hall -penny on the quartern loaf in many of the poor districts tri London I and Liverpoo, on Saturday, giving ' as (-heir pretext the new duty on flour. The London Chamber of Commerce has called a meeting of all city met - chants for Mouday next to teke ac - I Lion tu opposition to the stamP duties in the new budget. The Parliamentary Committee I created by the Trades Union 'Cort- i gross have been urged to call a gen- ! eral meeting to protest against the imposition of the tax on corn. The 1011508 un oaist bodies are pressing resole ions to the effect that this tax is et departure from free taa.de principies, which depar- tete has 1101 been before the electors of the country that it will involve burdens double the amount of re; enue I it will produce, end that it will bear iheash-st ma the poor. NOT A SINECURE. First Yeoman Has Charge of $10,- 000,000 in Plate. , A. Londond spatch says:-Aniong the official announcements that have: appeared in the last few days is one I to the effect that the first yeoman I of the gold. pantry at Windsor Castle ' has retired from the service of the 'King on a pension. To the uninitiated the title sounds like so much Greek. As a, matter of fact the first yeoman has charge of the gold plate which belongs to the Crown, the value of which is said to he two millions sterling ($10„000,- 000). So it is easily sem that the quaintily named post is by ao Means a sinecure. TO TAKE OUT CONTINGENT. The Steamer Cymric Has Been Chartered. An Ottawa despatch says. :-The Minister of Militia received 0 cable ou Wednesday night from the War Office, stating that . the steamer Cymric had been chartered to take portion of the' fourth Canadian contingent to South Africa. Hon. Da. Borden wired to the captain of the Cymric, Ivho is now in Boston. asking when. the steamer could be ready, and the ariswer was that she would be at Halifax and, ready for transpprtation purposes early in May. The vessel is noW dischurging a cargo of tett at Boston. The Cym- ric is a. sister Ship Lo the steamer Victorian, which sailed (0001. Halifax on January 28111 inst. with the sec - crud half of the Cr:math:in Aforinted Rides. • WILL SOON BE PERRtCTED. • • • Wireless Telegraphy Bound to Be a Gonamercial Success. A Liverpool despatch says :-Mr. Mage.oni arrived here on Thursday on the steaniship Majestic, told proceed, ed to London. In an iaterview on landing he said the. reverse of what the chairman of the :Marconi Com - 1.1108 reported by the Central News to have sairl in regard to Mr. Morgan's interest in his work. Mr. Marconi says that he believes that Mr: Pierpout Morgan is connected with the European interests of the Marconi Company, He (Marconi) considers that there is a, greet com- mercial future before wireless tele- graphy, which is rapidly being per- fected beyond even his most ttn- pine expectations. . QUOTED At PRE4ILLY4 Loan is Over -Subscribed hirty or Potty Timea, A. London despatch says :-The portion of the British War loan of- fered for public subscription (416,- 000,000) has been over -subscribed thirty oe- forty times, and 15 noW quoted at ane per cent. premitam, NEWS ITEMS. seeeer.e. ; Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. Nominations for 0 ntaXi.C,I HOMO talc° place Thursday, rigy 22 ; will- ing Thursday, May 29. • Major-General O'Grady-MO.37 will contiatte in command of tho militia In Canada until June 30th, Premier Plaultain, of NorthWest Territories has been Voted $.5,000 for expenses to the coronation. Signor Marcoai says wireless tele- graphy will be working between Can- ada and England in four months. Roy Williams of Winona, hung on a waggon, caught his feet 111 the rear wheel, (Lad 1,mth his legs were brokeir. A total of 1.30 new elevators have been asked for from the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company along branch lines in the west, Miss Florence Cameron, daughter of Postmaster Cameron, of London, Oat.' is serving- as a nurse at Dur- ban, South Africa,. IP. J. Webber, of Buffed°, the Corr tractor for the Montreal elevator, hns also secured the contract for the erection of the new elevator at Port William. The Lake Erie arid Detroit River Railway Company propose to double the capacity of their freight sheds in London owing to the 'increase in their business. The;itish OithIAT BRITAIN, King Edward's dinner to the poor of London has been fixed for the fifth ofJuly. Admiralty will be ask- ed to provide it naval dock at King- ston janatica. Seven persons were burned to death in a fire in Hackney, Landon, Eng., on Saturday night. Great Britain will protest against the: hemp tariff established in the Philippines by the -United States. Dr. Barton has challenged M. San- tos -Dumont for a race Val, airship from London to 'Edinburgh for any sum up to $50,000. Preparations for illuminating Lon- don in .June have already' begun; and several banks have their coro- nation "clothes" on. A new school for the education of children of soldiers who have fallen during the 'South African - war will be endowed at London. Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Milford and kouthampton age exhibiting keen rivalry to be selected as the English port of the new Canadian fast Atlan tic service. A firm of Reading seedsmen are • presenting to each of the block- houses in South Africa a box of both vegetable and flower seeds, as a cola emotion gift. English bakers have raised the price of 'bread a penny a loaf, and the Cobden Club is trying to raise a demonstration ia Manchester against the grain tax. Mr, Wyndham has declared in the House 01 Commons that while it is true that there is a comparative &I- selin of crime in Ireland, the lives, of many persons aro being made miserable by in_timidaticrn and boy- ('otting. UNITED STATES. R. Stockton, the well-known k novelist, died suddenly on Sunday at Washington. A heavy rain and hail storm has swept North Texas and in the Indian Territory, much damage being done to crops. A. poor, little, unknown hunch- back girl killed herself in Central Park, New York, on Thursday, hy drInJai tig poison. About 1,200 employees of •the Gen, end Electric Company' struck at Schneetady, N.Y., on Saturday, but later retaliated to work. Sam Stevenson; a trainer in Bose took'S zoo, had his ar.nt terribly torn by a caged lion, which he tree watering, in Boston en Wednesday. The Supreme Court, of Illinois finds the law taxing foreign insurance com- panies doing business in Illinois two per cent. on gross premiums to be uuconstitutionat Pepper as a means oi' defence may hereafter be carried by WOrnell and girls who are compelled to be on the streets of Dayton, Ohio, at night, as 11. result of the numerous cases of highway robbety which have occurred lately. At Terre Haute, Ind„ 3, P. Kim- mel., physical instructor at tne Indi- ana Stale Normal School, has been 'fatally injured by being accidentally struck on the head with it 16 -pound hammer with which an athlete .was practi el ng, 0 ENERAL. 'Rebels in Kwatag-Si Province intend to seize three protinces in Southern China. Chios e bandits at Lackod 0 'Russian post at Newchaug, Manchuria, killing one Russian officer and four privates, , Certain persons suspected of steal- ing 0 bull belonging to the Khedive of Egypt have been flogged while in prison. Germans are importing thousa.nds f of goats from Switzerland, under the' belief that goats' milk is a sure eure for consumption. ' Calcutta is to be improved by driving wide, open thoroughfares through the slums of the city, at a cost of pearly two million pound's. 11, is stetted by an Dalian paper) 'that many Calcutta policemen have, attained to positions or such afflu- ence that they own privet° carriages, Since thn. lutroductioa of peany-111- the slot meters the total local con- SWilptlOt1. of gas in 0001.0111 diatricis in Berlin has i tic re need by nearly 700 pC0 cent, • GEN. BULLER'S CASE, Publication of all the Spion Kola Despatches. A London despatch says °Metal despateltes referring tf) the defeat sustaiaed by 1:1111 Brltsll troops under General 131.1•1101' SPi 011 1COP, Natal, January 24, 1000, were giveo out on Thursday Morning. Those hitherto unpublish- ed merely emphasize how hopeleasky Muddled were the preparations for that engagement. The controversy between General 13ulier and General Sir Charles Warren is Proved to hay° been even more bitter then pre- viously 'dated at, while a new 0)0' tact from one of Lord Roberts' de- spatchee brings additional censure on General Lord Roberta deolares that General Buller's endeavor to put the respone sibility for the defeat on General Warren was not justifiable. Roberts holds that it was Bullet's duty to intervene when he saw things were -geing wrong. This remark was ca,used by it despatch from Buller in which he says : BULLER BLAMES HIMSELF. "I saw no attempt on the part of Warren to either grapple with the situation or eoraraand his forces himself. We lost our chance by War- ren's- slowness. He seems to me to be a man who can do well what be can do himself ; but who cannot cominand. I can never employ hini again on an independent command. I ought to have assumed command xnyself, when I saw things were not going well. 1 blame myself now for not doing so." Buller explains that he failed to supersede Warren .because it might have discredited the latter with the troops, which was an especially se- rious matter, as, if Buller had been shot, Warren would have succeeded to the supreme command. The question of the responsibility for the actual retreat from S'pion Kop is shrouded in a maze of de- spatches, Proving that a mistake 'CMS xnade in sending out a helio- graph message, and that there was a general desire to shirk the onus. AN ADDRESS TO THE KING. Montreal Preparing to Take Part in Coronation. A Montreal despatch says :-Mon- treal is preparing- to take action in connection with the King's corona- tion. Mayor Cochrane has sent a message to the City Council suggest- ing that a suitable address to his Majesty should be prepared and transmitted to the High a0113111 iS- sioner for presentation to the King. ASTOR DONATED $100,000. Princely Gift to UniversitY Col- lege, London. • A Londoll despatch says sfaaMr. William Waldorf Astor has donated' R.20,000 to endow the existing linen -- dewed. professorships at University • College, London. UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION' HALL. 1. The Secretary of the University of Toronto Alumni Association, Dr. 3. C. McLennan, reports that Satis- factory progress is being made in the canvass of the alumni for funds to build. a convocation hall for the university. The amount represented by the subscription forms signed and returned to the secretary is 34,048, • being an increase of 31,881 for the week ending April 1201. No Time Wasted. Probably since the world began there was never a period when men wasted their thine as Little as they do, now, says the Loudon Spectator. Whether they use it well or ill, they at least do not let it slip away empty. Never was the fascination of work so potent as at ' the present moment, and never before were the same keenness and concen- tration displayed in the pursuit of traction. Energy is the dominant qual- ity of the Angle -Saxon race, the quali- ty they love to exercise, the quality they cannot e.hoose but admire. Work is no louger regarded as a' necessary evil ,or even wholly as a means le an end; it is valued for its own sake. The richest men in America work as hard as the poorest, or at least pretend to do so, lest the society in which they move should suppose them men of leisure, a supposition which would be, we un- derstand, against an American, what- * ever his position in life. Immunity For the Fireflies. Birds do not eat fireflies, and even bats, which seem to eat everything else that they cau chew or swallow, never touch a lightning bug., There must be something distastefur in this insect to the feathered world, and thus the species is preserved, for' if it were not so lightning; bugs would soon be- come extinct, as the torch they carry would only serve the purpose of at- tracting their enemies. It may be that the uncanny appear- ance of the insect, giving forth, as It does, a brilliant flash of light every moment or two, deters birds' and bats from attacking it, but if -a lightning bug were a toothsonie niorsel to a bird's bill any number of the feathered World 'would soon overcome their re- plignance to the little liviag torch and go bunting for lightning bugs. To Mena Sliver. Sneer In daily use may be cleaned by immerslon in strong borax and wa- ter for two or three hours. The water Should be boiling When the borax and allVer are pat in. After it haS been taken out and dried rub 11 with a little plate powder and polish with it elite/n- ets. "if silver ornaments are not kept in a ease, they tarnish very• quickly. To brighten them dip the articles in a Strong, solutiou of ammonia and hot Water. Never rith silver With flannel or cotton cleth, Plate aot in general • Use Shorild be 'wrapped carefully in tiSsne paper to excludo lIght and air; as theSe are the two faaers that cause silvoeto tarnIsh.