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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1902-4-10, Page 7THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, ete in Trade Centres. Toronto, April 8.--W1eataaao, 1 litaltitiehe hard offered at 80e on route North Boy, teed No. 3. North. tan at Sete en roate N.B., with 81e bid. Ontario No, 2 red winter of - meal at, 734c middle avighte Gerat, No, a white et 720 eftet No. 3. a Mixed at 710 en tealleed, en'd No ,2 gookaLt 6(ic middle freights on °Wife' road, Without bids, Barley -NO, 3 offered et eee ant - side, without hids. Pas -N. 2 afore(' at 80e outside, withoet bids. Cittei-No. 2 white offered at ale outside, at dAbti eita, said at e3c on traCk Toronto, without bide. No 8 white offered at 42c on track To ronto, and at 39e high freights PaCi No 2 mixed, 42tc bid on track Toronto. Corn -No. 2 yellow, 5113c bid 'met, , and No, 2 mixed 55ec bit svithout Sheep and LeMbe, Clience OWee, Pee uwi0+f/Q 4,09 Yearlinge, per Mt...a, 4.00,00 Spring healbe, .,2.60 5,00 Deface, per Met- „2.50 0.00 talikere and Oalvete Osiertt, eftehe, ,., 25.00 4:5,00 Calves, eaelle. 2.00 19,00 Hoge, Oltoiee Imp, per cwt5.75 6,05 Light bogs, pee oWta, 0.50 0.00 Heavy hogs, per ewt,., .1.30 6,00 Sows, per Gwt... o. 3.50 4..00 Stags, per 0.e0 2.00 TWELVE HOTELS BURNED. Vire Sweeps Patof Atlantic City, Nev, jersey, An Athintle tatty, N. J. despatett says:-Tweive hotels and more than a settee of email buildinge adjoining the board week, which is leallt along the ocean edge, were destroyed- on _ Titursday by a fire which wept the beach front for two long blocks from Illinois avenue to New Yore evernte. The lossit is 'be/loved, will exceed $750,000. In this repot the con- negro:thin is .tho most disastrous that has ever visited this, city. The loss will bo only partly coVered by ineurance as the rate of Ilve per cent. ebarged by insurence companies on property here is regarded as almost prohibitive. Fortunately no lives wore lost, thougtt probably a dozen persons were slightly injured and burned during ' the progress of the nee, te Was reported early In tho af- toretoon that six mon hael perished in . the flames, but tho rumor was with- out foundation. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is said to kayo started in el titer Braady's Baths or the Tarleton which ad- joins the Baths tut Illinois Avelino end the board walk. About a. dozen men wore 'arrested during tbo day Lor robbery, COURSE OP TIM FLAMES. The fire was discovered shortly af- ter 9 o'clock on Thursday morning, told for nearly five hours the names raged with such violence as to threaten tbe city with destruction. All of the burned ' buildings were frame structures, and the flames, fanned by it strong south-west wind, swept along the beach front with amazing rapidity. The Tarleton Hotel was Soon a pile of debris, and the flames. Sed on the small stores and booth's 'bel,ween Illinois and Kentucky Avenues, until they reach- ed the Stratford Hotel, which was soon enveloped. Next the fire at- tacked the Berkeley, adjoining, and a few minutes the New Holland, the 'Jeryn Mewr, tee Fatted, and tho Stickney, all located on Kentucky eyelet°, near, the beech. The local fire department worked well, but was unable to cope with the flames, and it was found necessary to send to Philadelphia and Camden for aid. Tho former city sent throe engines, and two came dowa. fema. Camden, The engines were breught hero on two special trains, furnished by the pennsylvania. Railroad Company, ad they fluids the run of nearly 60 miles: in 55 minutes. 'Rhea presence was of vast assistance to the loeal firemen, but it Was not until au hour eter their Malval that the are could be said to be thoroughly under control. ' Nothing is left on the board Walk from Illinois Avenue to a point. within a few feet of Young's Pier but the erou supports. This is the portion of the wall: thet is used most by pronumaders, All the guests of the burned hotels who were forced to seek other guar - tors, havo been provided for in other hotels' and boarding houses. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried Appleria-The mareet is dull, andatrices are 1101211021 at 5* to Ho: Evaporated, 10 to Wee. Hops -Business quiet, with Prices steady at 13e; yea:411%s at 8c.. Honey -The market is dull at 5.k to 10e for et:valued; combs, $1.15 to $2,25 per dozen. Maple feyrep-trhere is a fair trade We quote ;-Pure (new melee), impe- rial gallons, 81;05 to $1.15; old, as to quality, 050 to $1. Sugar, 8 to 10c, Berms -The xnerket is cadet, Places $1.20 .,to $1,30 per bush,. im to quality. f Hand-picked, $1.85 to .8140, Cranberries - Market unchanged, with stocks small. Cape Cod, $9.50 to $10 per barrel. Onions -Mt -tricot steady at $2,50• to 83 Per barrel.. Hey, balea-The Inexact is quiet, with fair demand. Timothy quoted. at $10.50 on tract., Toronto, for No. 1, and at $9 to $0.25 for No. 2. Straw -The nutrket is quiet. Car lots on track quoted at $5.75 to $6. Poultry -..'Supplies aro small, and prices firm. We quote e-Presh killed turkeys, 13 to 14.c per lb; tatickette; 700 to $1. Ducks, 75e to $1, ' Potatoes -Market is .unchanged. Car lots are quoted at 55 to 117c on trade and entail lots out 'of store sell at 05 to 70c. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -The mitrket is quiet, with prices erne We quote as follows :- Choice, lab prints, 10 to 20e; choice large rolls, 17e td 18e; secondary ,grades, in rolls, 15 to lee; low grades, 12 to 13e; creamery prints, 22 to iltic; do, solids, 21 to 220; legge-The merket is steady, with aoceipts fair and demand good, Sales In awe lots at 12 to litee per dozen. Oheese-The market is quiet and firm at 11 to llec per lb, the latter , for choke makes. • HOGS AND PROVISIONS, Dressed hogs aro unchanged. Hog products in fair demand and steady. 1Ve quote t-Dacon, long clear, 9et to 10c. in. ton and WW1 lots. Mess Perk, 820.50; do short cut, 822. Smoked meats -Hams, 12e to 13c; breakfast bawl),14c; volts, lle ; backs. '14c, mid Ma:antlers, lOac. Lard-aThe maeket continues arm. We quote ;-Tierces, 11 to llec ; tubs, llem pails, 11/e; compound, 9 to ta.c. 'UNITED STATES MARKETS. Duleselo, April 8. -Fleur, quiet and ease'. Wheat, spring steady ; No. 1 Northern, 769c carloads' •• whiter, no deemed; No, red, • 83.40 ttsked. -Corn-No demand; No. 2 yellow, elec; No. 3 do, eile to 61e; No. 1 corn, 68,ece, No. 8 'do, 631c, (tate- Quiet; No. 2 white, 49c; No. 3 do, 48ci No. 2 mixotie 4.6,ec; N. 0 do, 461c. Barley -Spot, 67 to 70c ask- ed; No: 1 offered at 6.3c. Detroit, April 8. -Wheat closed - No. 1 white, cash, 'Mee; No, 2 red, mesh, April end May, 78ac; July 7510. Minuompelis, April 8.-Cleee, wheat May 71e; July, -71,1. to 72cr on track, No. 1 hard, 741e; No, 1 Northern 72ec; No. 2 Northern, 70ec. Flour - Viva patents, $8.75 to $3.85; sec- ond patents, ei1,65 to $4.7e; fleet clears, e2:85 to 82:05; second elates, $2.15 Lo $2.25; been, in balk, $12. Duluth, April 8.-1Vhent-0ash, No. 1 hard, 741e; No. 1 Nothern, 7lec; No. '2 Northern, 68ete; May, 71ee ; July, 72e-ce Manitoba; No, 1 North- ern, cash, 7010; Stay, 73a; No. 2 Northern, 881c. Ontsaeleatc, Corn- , 000. LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Toronto, Apvil $.-'At Sie Western cattle yards toaltty only 4e caeloads of live stock were recoil:tee including 940 tattle, 000 aogte, tole e small run of sheep and lambs, sPrieg lambe mach coweateta calves. , - Priees Inc eget' mittle were tient, but we had little good. cattle here; srnall. :Ma ane hogs wore quotable, unchanged but ,weak. Good oxport cattle wore arm, with, anything, an upward eendency, but ay te representative prIce itee is top for theabeet staff, though moea Wes peel en individualcases to -clay. Theta was en'early clearance.' 33ntclitie cattle Was also unchanged from T ties day; indeed . th e catt.li, .trado' showed 110 alteraticat from the eontlitions that prevailed early in the week, and the 'tricot! We thee gave stand good to -day. Good to choice butcher cattle fetched feom dett to ,50 pee lb to -day. Following is the range of quota- tiona:- Cattle, *Shippoir, por cwt.., -$4.50 55.50 Do., .,.. 4,25 4,50 litaritetechokieme.... 4,50 5.00 Bateher, ord, to good. 8.00 4.00 lititehote . 8.00 8,2e Steel:ors, per met a, 8.00 8.70 0 MASSACRE OF BOERS. AA Australian Officer Gives His Versi on. despatch to the Loader' Central, News from Southampton' says Lieut. Witten, an Australian officer of the Dusaveldt Clarbineers, who was found guilty of participating be the killing of 130e1' prisoners mei sentenced to imprisonment for life, allayed there on Thursday on the transport Cau- flea. Ile wtte handeufted a,nd closely guarded.Lieut. Witton's story, of he texecutfon of Boers, as tole by him to it passenger on the boat, dif- fers In Imlay particulars from Alia version printed in the morning pep- ara, width was to the effect that the unarmed , Boers wore exeouted and their baggage rifled of 520,000, Willett it was said they had in their POSsession. Wilton says one of tkeir fellow -officers of the name of lauht, bad been murdered by Boers. Later oa the A osteallans captured a. paety of liners, ono of whom was wettring Hunt's uniform. leas man was tried leo drumhead courtatmealal ana shot. The australians believed the sen - tome a, just one, and that they were entitled to carry it out. Lieut. Wile ton 18 a cheerbil 11100 11 and is hopeful of a reVision Oi his sentence by tho War Office anthoeities. DRIVING OUT SMALLPDX, Will Be Reduced to a Kininiean This IVIontle A. Tormito deepateh seue's;-De. P. Theme, tho socrettleY of tho Peoria cial Board ot Health, is able' to roe port 141111011Se iinprOvement in the emallpox sittlatioa. There Were, roughly sr/Caking, (300 00808 la Oa- -tali° at the end of japettey, and these will be reduced to 50 by the end of Aarli; Dr, Bryce 15 nee too sangubto about stamping the l(1)1 (1011110 out entirely this stuninee, al- though it is it Wintee disease, .Last Mumma 11 lingeved in some sections, end there 8)2 contieued danger frem bordering Ameriettet States and frtan ilugiloli anigtation. Tho exteet of the outbreak in the British -Dace may be measured from the fad thee -clueing the four weeks ending March 15111, tipwards of eigitterm hundred meta woes nelmitted to Lomlon hos- pftels. THE DOMINION PARINNL NOTES 07 paomnDmos XN vigi; VET/VEAL HOUSE. eta- PUNITIONS THROWN GUT. Severel petitions were Preeeeted beealf of the Montreal Dridge Com- pany, hot the Smeeker ruled they could 2101 be received Decease they asked for an expenditure of money, A number of other petitions were thrown out bemuse they did not conform to the rule which requires thnt the imams of at Meet three of the petitionore must bo on the same sheet as th Oody of the petition, LETTEle CARRIERS' WA,GES. • Mulock gives notice of a, bill to emend the Post -office Act, It is said tho measure, nenong other things will endenaor to meet the 10115 -60 - toyed hopes of the letter-oarriers fer an increaeo of wages, TO PROTECY1' RAILWAY MEN, Ralph Smith, M.P. for Vancouver, gives notice of it bill for the further protection of railway employes, It will provide that all care must be equipped with air brakes anti engines and cars with autometid couplers; all box freight cars to have an end and side 'adder, with it step at the bottom and an angle iron on top of the car, so ae to assist the employe to reach the top. The hill has. been placed in aim Smith's hande at the instance of Ald. Hall, of Toronto, acting for the railway brotherhoods DILLS INTRODUCED, To' incorporate the Nepigon way Company. -Mr. Campbell, Itespectine; the Bay of Quittte Reit- way Compeam.-Mr, Me0011. Respecting the Red Deer Vaeley Railway cued Coal Conmallea-Mia Parmelee. CHIEF JUSTIC1E STRONG. Mr. Casgrain was informed by Mr, Fitzpatrick that tho $1,000 which appears in the Appropriation Act of last year to pay the expenses of Ohlef Justice Strong in connection with sittings of the Judicial Commit- tee of the Privy' Commit wile not paid because the Chief Justice flat not attend the. sittings. BUYING HORSES Mr. Oliver -wee told by Mr. Fisher that the Government had no official informatioa as to its -beteg tho in- tention of the War Office to purchase borses in North-Western Canada dur- ing thd -coming month. Ile added, however, that it was a matter of public aotoriety that Col. Dent was buying horses in Canada on behalf of the Xinperial Goveennient, and in- tended to make' purchases in the West from time to tittle. WENT OVER THE FALLS. Man Commits Suicide From Goat ' Island. A lelagare Feels, Ont., despatch says: -Between five and six o'clock on 'Wednesday eveaing, while E. W. Swenson, of Lansing, Mich., was viewing the Horseshoe Palls. from Goat' Island., at Terrapin Point, he observed. a man acting strangely on the bridge loading to the Observation Point. Ho enquired if there Was anything the matter, and received "Nothing in particular" in reply, Swenson entered a entail building, and when he again looked out to the point the man was missing. Hurry- ing to the spot he found the man's overcoat and. papers, inelicating that the -name of the suicide, who must have leaped over the Horseshoe Falls was Fred.Heade of North Tona- wanda,. He appeased to be about 23 yeare old. Just before Heintz took the 1e0.e to death he was seen gazing .upon several photographs he carried. Swenson reported the facts to the re- servation officials, At the poiat from which the man must have leaped the MI1 is 358 feet to the lower river. The pros - of the body being recovered aro good. OFFICERS CAPTURED. Enemy Lost Heavily in a Rear Guard Action. A London despetch says: -The War Office has received it despatch from Lord ICitchener, dated at Pretoria, and -reading -as follows: - "Col. Lawley reports shale) fighting, at Bosehmen's Rem tit cleeve on Tuesday, when the Second Dragocie -Guards suratesee 11 Boer Mager. The enemy' bei»g titroagly reinforced, held their ground, caul a severe en- gagement followed. Tee Dragoons were compelled to fight a rear -guard nation in order to rejoin the .main 'body, which advanced into tho fight and drove the enemy to the uorth- east. Our easuelties have riot been repelled ()erten; the capture of throe: Dragoolt officers. The enemy's loss ie reported to' levee been seVere. Sts: prisoners hew arrived here." SOLDIERS BAYONETED. Assailants Were Frettelt and Ger. man Tonanies. A Poltet despatch seysim'rhent was O deunken brawl between solOiere 10 centeen hae on 'Ittesday. It re- sulted in four Englieh soldiers being severely woun-ded by bayonets wield- ed by Ittatich and Germans, The attentioa of the Ministers has been called to the increase in tho mina bee of disreputable houses ttore. The Chime° officials place no restrictions on these places. The number or min - flees 111 'PferaTeitt in the past year has ceased much eriticiem of the Provisienal military Goveenment, All the soldierforming the guard there except, the Americus mul ftee allowed to carey their sale cents when oft eii tee FEMININE DIPLOMACY. Maude---"Atid (118 31011 sere= what be atteniptod to kiss you?" felara-"Certneely Pet, X walled uutil after he had finished." wl PROHIBITION DEFEATED. Straight Majerity tof 0,000 Againet 11 ie, Malettebe. Winaipeg despatch says la -The Liquor Aet. wide!). Was on WeelneelleY telbMittecl to a poleillaa Vote, bas been defeeted by it elaeight loritY Of eeveral thotalana. Tbe Referendum Act stIptattted thee in ettee 11 etentid appear that only 45 per ceet, ef eloceore, both on and oil the list, vete in the affireeatiVe. ea (8)tilgl6t"Pw001(Pli s11011peehtvivetei011t 111at at least 60 per cerra of those rho have SO voted Dave given alfirmatiVe enewers; 01' ((3) that at lama 62a P012 cent, of sad eleetors wive hale) voted h)1,ve given eferneative answers thereto, the Liteuer Act ohne1 go into force on June lst, 1002, but in ease any one of the three results (nentioned renal not be obtained, the Act thell he wholly repeaecel. ONLY HALF REQUIRED VOTE. The total Tote+ Pcdied 1» thO Pro- vince was 28,878, 14,76e against 9,1141 for, leaving a majority againet the Act of 5,650, Taking this total roughly at 2e,000, sixty-two celd two-thirds of this would be 15,000. Take the temperance :vote from this, viz., 9,114, loaves 5,886, which is only 87e of the vote, or only half the vote polled which the Referen- dum Act required the temperane: men to roll up in order to put th Liquor Act Si force. HEAVY IN WINNIPEG. In the city the vote was exam- tionally heavy, especially in the morning, tho largest that Was ever polled during the eirst few hours of any eleotion ever held here, which is more remarkable since the polls were open until 8 pm. The was it de- sire op. the part of all big employers of labor to have a fair expression of opinion, and all the large arms al - 'oared their men double time . itt noon, to cest their ballots. A 110- ticee,ble feature of the morhing's vote was that a large number took the declaration, the Act, permitting practicelly manhood suffrage, and anyone who was not on the list, and had been it resident of the Province for a year, was permitted to take the oath and vote. WENT BY DISTRICTS. The' vote against the Aet, starting from the city with its majority of three thousand, seemed to run gen orally along the amilway lines due south, and west, through the French and Mennonite districts,- these giving uotable majorities against the Act's enforcement, the Fronehmea voting cilthost to a man aatuinst, and the Itterinonite' ballot being twenty to one against. Following the lines along the southwest, the villages ane towns went against the Act 210- 111 Mountain, Hon. Thomas Green- wa.y's constituency, was reached, where the vote swung the other way. For .instance, at Crystal City, Greentetty's headquarters, the vote stood 51 no, 119 yes. On the North western branch the vote generally was against, the Act. At Neepawa, Hon. J, A. Davidson's seat, which has been a prohibition town always, the vote was 178 against and 114 for. RURAL VOTE FOR IT. The vote generally ia favor of the Act is from the great bulk of Mr - mere, away from railway centers, towns, mad villages. This Vote, as was auticipated,has been most ma- terially reduced by the bed roads, many of Whieli are still under water or in en otherwise impassable con- dition, and by tho actioaeof the 'temperance organization, at their last general meeting, 'whereby they undertook to zneke no effort to get out the vote. This, of course, left the liquor organization it clear field, Which fact it evidently took ad. vantage of. LATER REPORTS. It is estimated that the total vote Meet for and against prohibition will reach over 40,000. Additional re- turns give increased. majorities for the cultist Tacit° and DeSalabelay giro large majorities against the Act. The official majority for Win- nipeg is 3,406 against. In. round numbers the totals now stand at 12,200 for and 18,800 against. Un- reported places aro expected to split about even, leavieg a straight ma- jority of about 6,000 against the enforcement of the Act. SAUSAGE, elYSTERY SOLVED. "John," asked Mrs. alurkle, "what is the matter with those sausages? You haven't, oven tastod the one I gare yott. Something's wrong. Toll me whet it is." Knowing that her husband was very fond of sausages, the sweet young woman hied ordered it dish es- pecially for his benefit, ana the fact that be left 1115 portion untatiehod worried her, Mr. Murkle reached over, patted his wife's cheek, and replied: - "Oh, never mind. it's all right. I don't care for sausage this morn - 'John, dear," she exclaimed, "ilon't try to deceive mel 'roll mo 111°`1,ril,th;O ,11eu know 1 wanted goo to discharge the servant last week?" "Yes, I ittloW. Bet you home merely permitted yourself to develop O foolish prejudice against hoe. She Is the best cook Nee haxe ever had, end you ere playing the pert of a silly child in refusing to cab the sau- sages merely because she Prepared them You really don't know how good they ere. I nevee tasted any- thing better in Iny life. I'd be ashauted, if I were in your place, to let it foolish whim stand in the way of my enjoyment of a good meal." "Oh, X don't doubt," he voplied, as he prepared to leeve the table, "that 'they tasted all right, But I happened to look into the kitchen this meriting, when she was 1)111101111' - 1g thefe tires with 'one of luer hair- pins, and, somehow, I heven't had any oppetiLe for sausage shwa" Mrs, efulkle turned pale and 1)01" 1111110(1 her hushand to go away theta 0 geod-bye kiss. WAR AHEA4 FOR ENGLAND SERIOUS VIEW QV THE 7441 EASTERN SITUATION*, Relseitt axed _France See' There Can Be 5(0 One -Tamer War in QhMe or Coree, Widely different. VieWS are taltee throughout Eurepo of the Femme. Itueelan deeleratien in regerd to the Angloejaltenese Alliance. The am test ante simplest intorpretretioa of the deeleretion i thet it 18 an en cloreetneat of the prinelplee 00 which the AngloeJapanese treaty was based ape am1 it furnishes an wide:Meal gearentee of peace, This apparently paeille utterance centaies, however, en tennouncement which efeusee grieve apprehensioes ie. Z131111151, These fears neel H. clear expression ln,a, 50110215 article in the Lonclon Spectator, wineh paysea "'Jam sting of the Russo-lereech communique is i11 the tail. The lest clainSe ''IsTevertheless, they themselves being also obliged to take into consideratioa the eventu- ality of aggressive eetion on the part of a third Power, or of fresh China, jeopardizing the Integrity and free development of that power end becomiag e, menace to their own interests, the two al- lied Governments reserve it lo them- selves to consider in sea ease means of assuring their protection,' "This, obviously, can mean only one thing , 'Phe third Poreee whose possibly aggressive action iS contem- plated is, of course, Japan. In oth- er words, we are warned Mat if ja- Pen from any cause gets involved 11) hostilities the war will be with two powors-that is, RUSSIA AND FRANCE. If it mimes to war it will be the two - Power war contemplated by the treaty. In other words, tbe Russo - French declaration lamely and entire- ly disposes of the fond illusions which have been entertained so wide- ly here that in spite of the adliance with Japan there is little danger of our being involved in dangerous complications. et, has been urged that even if Japan got into War with Russia wo might feel quite se- cure, because tbe -very last thing the Fiench 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 it cruel kindness to help her and so bring thigland into the melee, and, therefore, as true friends they letentied to staled aside. "The Russo-Freneh declaration puts an absolute stop to all this. It is a clear notice that there con be no eingle-power war in the ar east. .We said when the alliance was first announced that We must make up out miyals to that alliance bringing with it the possibility of war with Frailee, and we pointed out also that the alliance left our foreign 1301- 1cy AT THE MERCY OF JAPAN, Japan might and probably would, prove merciful, for Japan is govern- ed by prudent, astute statesmen, 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 natty disguise tho feet by diplomatic sophistries and we may refuse to re- cognize the face but the fact re- mains that we and Japan Mee our- selves ranged opposite to Russia and Franco and that our interests may some day plunge us into a war which Will bo fought in the Channel and the Baltic. We do not, ot course, suggest that the risk of war must never be run if vital interests so near boom are involved, but we do think that such risks require grave thought coal consideration." This pessimistic opinion finds echoes on tho Continent, Thus the Cologne Gazette recently asserted that Russia and England Were stren- vously endeavoring to draw the United States to the side that they respectively' represent la the threat- ened counict. The fact is that Am- orica's position in the present situa- tion is an, absolutely commanding ono. Femme is completely eonmat- Ind to Russia, in the event nf hos- Unties from nay cause. Ruseat finds herself forced to decide definitely whether she 17111 abandon her plans in Manchuria and the Far East gen- orally or FORCE THEM TO FRUITION. if the latter she must act quickly, while ,England is still engaged in South Attica and While Ireland is seriously seditious. One poltit must be settled before it is possible to make any decision that will lead to war. What. will Amer.. bit do in the event of war? it is perfectly understood that no Anglo- American alliance is possible, but would Americo, remain in. a strictly neutral attitude if England end Ja- pan were engaged in a war in the de- fence of principles with which Am- erica was 10 hearty sympathy? That is the questian whittle Resale end Femme would seek to have answered before venturing upon taw bellicose Policy. The rollowing de spatelt front Berlitt is frcon a source epee which reliance may be placed; "Germaely hats been approeched by both groups of the allies, but the r111.• perial Government hes declined to entaagle itself in ally way. Assur- ance.% have been meived at Devlin from 'Washington tvhich indleato that the .American GOVerninent will take o Similar attitude. It is represeated on eehalf of both Russia anti Prance that sitme the Anglo-Japttneee treaty Was nittde public Jamul has been detected in intrigues whieh ser- iously threaten peace. ' LONF,SOME ALL 1.10t1ND. The avk had been about ten days an its journey, fuel the OtenpautS Were by this Unto well acquaieted. "It's a dreary time," said one of the two fleas. "Here we are com- pelled to eatisfy oureelves with but two dogs to live epon." NEWS ITEMS, Telegraphic Briefs Front MI Over the Globe, OftaTADA. The Calmat). Life Assurance) tn- party are to erect a largo biota at Witunpeg thie summer. Mee, Campbell WAS 80121.011C011 at Bt, Catharlime to one year in the Mercer Reformatory for perjury, The Dominion Coal Co., of Hali- fax, may nbsorh the New England Gas and Coke 'Co., of Everette Attlee. J, G. Jardine, (lowly appoiuted Trade Commissitmer for Canade in South Africa', 'tails the second woe M Tbe Nova, Scotia Assembly has presented an address and mime to Speaker Robertson, who goes to Europe for bis 110,11111. It is feared thet the seneine of 2,000 mounted own to South Africa end of 600 mon to the coronatioe may iuterfere with the holding of the regular alumni' camPe ef in- struction. Piro et Dawson City on SeturdaY destroyed severe] valuable steamers, At klontroal Edward. Leitrim who shot and killed his father's colored coachman, G, W. &nab, was fonnd guilty -of manslaughter on aaturday. 'Phe Buffalo Express says Karl Itallinan, one of the three men in Kingston Penitentiary for attempt- ing to blow up a lock of the Welland Canal, is Luke Diatom the Dish leader, and ;amber of the fteanattee Gael. Solomon, the Oalician murderer, has beea sentenced at Winnipeg to hang on May 27t1i. lie said the witness against him had told the truth. He pleaded for his life so that he might see bow bis hildren progressed. GREAT BRITAIN. The Cunard Steamship Company has declared a dividend of four per cont. . The Most Rev. Charles VI. Eyre, Roman, Catholic Archbishop of Scotland, is dead: The King has promised a, cup for an international yacht race. off Cork Harbor during the Exhibition. The programme for this year's Pis - ley competition contains it near prize to be known as the Coronation. It is proposed to erect an arch made of western Canadian grate near Westminster Abbey for the 00r0110 - t3011. Santos -Dumont, the aeronttut, in- tends tweed" areund the dome of St. cPcroatin ln'scoatheatn a l in his airship o The restoration of Peterborough Cathedral, England, wbich has been in progress for eighteen years, has cost over £80,000. Two ladies beta just been elected members of the Royal Society of. British Artists. They are the first ladies who have thus been admitted. Qf 1,800 Old Etonian.% who have taken part in the war, sixty-three have fallen in battle and forty-five breve died of wounds or disease. UNITED STATES. The threateued strike of 16,000 cotton mill operatives ot Lowell, Mass., has been postponed 0 week. , Frank Moran, possessing property and bank deposits estimated at 3681,- 000. dibd 1111 tho county hospital at Omaha, from starvation. .Floods in middle Tennessee have resulted in losses aggregating four million dollars. Ttventy-foue per- sons also have been drowned. Coal operators at Philadelphia predict that if the strike order be- comes general there Will he 0. COal fainine in all the large EaStern in, dustrial centers. 3. Sedvester Knapp, at cite time owner of a farm now oecupied by a Mega portion of the city of Middle- town, Mee, and a member of it leading enmity in Oratige county, died in the poorhouse at Orange, N.J, GENERAL. The Turkish Government hes de - aided to call 90,000 irregular thoops to the color. It is said. the Amcor of Afghanis- tan has recently showa a favourable inclination toward Russia. An official bulletin on the subject 01 cholera at Mecca and Medina ad- mits that 1,129 deaths from that disease have occurred. A Marseilles pianist for 0 wager played for 27 hours, with three tervtels Met exececlieg an hour and a half. He is now a, metim of nervous profit= ti on. The wine trade of Portugal is pass- iug through 0 period of seriout de- pression owing -to the superalena dent production. Tho Official Messenger admits that from Moscow alone 95 students have been banished 10 Siberia., and feint 567 luta° been imprisoned, After hanging eight Turkish offi- cers an Albenata brigand. named De- latrio had tho bodies cut in pieces and sent to the nearese Turkish ganison. CANADIAN CASUALTIES. The laves Lost in South Africa Total 20'7. An Ottawa despatch sayse-Up-to- date 207 Camtdiims bave died in .8011t11 Atrica front bullet wounds or disease, the proportioa of deaths in the variotts regiments, beteg as fol- lows: - Royal Canadian Regiment .„68 Cant -alien Mounted Reties, Dragoons and Artillery ... 47 Strathcona, Horse „. ... „. 30 Ca noel Ian Scou tee e. , . 10 Second Mounted Ttifiefe.. ... aa3 Various Corps." .. ..,...... me. 13 RISE A PROFESSION, 1/71147 XT 00575 VCR EDINA, TION ENGLAND, .-- Arneer end Nary -Lave ned Caterelt Examieation 'Petah "(Thiess yott are 'prepared to spend at least 41800, it lano mite tbinaing of the navy us a professiov for your sole says the London Mail. Yet the navy le 11001606131 aim of the lees ex- lemeive of the greet profeseions, No speteal eramming is required am the faunae preliminary exa minatione wan* is held levee times In every Yinetaisrt..bmoldbetthlev-eecntrIlled4eIrci 11)5re, W1110$101 expense beginafter passing thie ea - emanation, The yearly fee for =dots aboard the Britannia is 575, and be- sides that the parents must pay for their son's outfit, washing, pocket money end extres. One hundred and ton pounds a year Is the lotteet pee- sible outlay for each of the two years epent aboard the Britain -aft tPEttei:1g sitet the boy, if he gets through successfully, only becomes a midshipman on the treterty insuffi- cient pay of £31188. 6d, a year, It is not until he becomes it lioutent ant at 5182 10s, a year that his Pay is sufficient to live upon, and 8.11 aliONVanee becomes unueeeseary. ARMY AND NAVY. The navy is, however, cheap com- pared with the army. Unless a youngster is naturally extremely clever 11 couple of years at e Gra111- Iner's are neeeesity. The cost of these two years vartes between £200 pad 5700. Even when the extreme- ly difficult examinations aro passed, and tbe intending officer has entered Sandhurst or Woolwich, his parents ere only on tho threshold of expense, l'or the sons of eivilians the expens- ea at Sandal -Met aro 5150 a- year; officers' sons get through at a re- duced fee of about 580. Into the bargain there is the cost of outilte ThiS meanS at the very least £100, and more often double thet sum. Uniform, books, etc., Matta 111101(155 1135, which is paid at entry. The PaY of an infantry subaltern is 55. tld, a day. As mess expenses rarely COMO to lese than os it day 11 is plainly eviden1 that 5120 at least is necessary until promotion is obtain- ecl. In a cavalry regiment matters arc much worse; .52.50 yeae is the minimum of private means for a, cav- alry sub, aVeli 011. foreign service, and £400 to 5500 at home. The Royal. Engineers, the Royal Marines, aad such foreign regiments as the We.st India. are practically the only branch- es of the service in which even a cap- tain can live on his pay. LAW AND MEDICINE, To turn to civil life, the bar offers the biggest ;trims. Education for the bar usually means 0. first-rate school and the university -say, eight years et 5150. a year, or a total of 51,- 200. Then, after passing the neces- sexy examinations, comae a series of limey fees. Upon entering one ef the Inns of Court it deposit of 550 must be merle as security. On ad- mission to ,such an inn as Gray's 530 13s, ed, is the amount celled for, aud when the student is actual- ly called, a further mon of 11.89, 2s: 4d. Twelve terms must be kept and six dinners- eaten during nach at e, cost of 3s. 6d each. Besides these expenses there is a fee payable for roarhing with some barrister and the cost of living for three years, Be- fore a man becomes a ftell-fledged barrister his education will 'taxa cost in the neighborhood of 52,000. Doctors rarely leave large fortunes. The doctor who makes 55,000 a year 11E1 .12e12312 rare, wed nOt 'mare than three per cent. of doctors ever remelt 01,000 a year. At first sight' the expenses of a, medical education seem moderate. The actual 'fees ne- cessary to obtain the degeees of L.R.C. P. or el. 11. 0, S. arc in eapli case only 11160. But these do not include educatiou, which' must bo good, and Mallet 138 put et a less total than 5600 to 5800. nee that for "weliting the hospitais." At Guy's. this is 51.50; at the London hospitals 120 guineas, , 31011. HOLY ORDERS. As for the chtach, it is certainly not fair to class it with money -melte . ing profeesions, nor to point to an archbishopric et 515,000 it year as it possible prize. Yet, as the chetah steads ets a possible prdlession foe 0110'8 5011, .1.1 'IA Wen 10 count the cost of eriterieg it. The USllal course is through a public school like Mara borough or Rugby, and it illthrerSitY. 011 0(11158.1A011 Whieh cannot cost lesi' than 51.200, Tho less expensivo. roma to orders is through the theo- logical college. 'On)y two aetats at such it college is necessary, and the cost, except at Ely, where 5,120 a year is the minimum, neee not ma ceelL1ttu.e aYeaoli. Tliebesthe near future is electricel engineering. Already the SuPerintenclent of it telegraph com- pany gets 5800 to 111,900 it year, While a beginner will hardly melee less than 11120 a year. .A. boy usual,- ly ellthr8 1111011 his apprentoceehip 15 or 16 years old for a term of five yews. The premium is Neely 'heavy, such well-known firm us Crompton A CO., of Chelmsford, chergleg 5800. There are also, of course, living ex. penses to be coesidetea, In the businese world a boy of 17 \into wishes to reech the stock' ex- clumge 17111 Immo to pay a. Immature of 5100 to Z500 to entee 0 firin be-' 10115)05 to the "House." Perhaps the cheapest branch of businees to enter is beaking. Schoole for such a profession nee4 not ex- ceed 520 it yea., aud remuneration, such as it Is, bogies at once on en- try, THE HIGHER EDUCATION "You believe in the higher crime- tioe for women?" , 'Well, hardly loom; 11111 IllY daughter taws that emit -a -days it girl Who can't play' basketball and . fence istat 111 it."