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LESSON Y. -MAY za, 1907.
lOseph the Wise Ruler in Egypt -Gen.
4tt ha -49.
Chttnreentary.-I. Jose& made ruler
20-40). as, Unto his servants -"The
Kings of anete.nt Egypt were assisted in
the Ananagemeut of state affairs by the
netnlime of the most distinguished mene
bent of the priestly order; and, ac-
cordingly, befere admitting Joseph to
the new and extraordinary. office that
was to be created, those ennietors were
consulted as to the expediency and pro-
priety of the appointment." Such a one
rot this -Doubtless the history of Joseph
had been told Pharolt and his servants,
and they saw that his ton experience
with Potiphar as well as his present
wisdom Would especially fit him for the
proposed work, The Spirit of Gad is -
Was le an acknowledgment of the ex-
isteeee and, power of the true (hod.
Joseph had expressly told Pharaoh (v-
10) that the interpretation of the dreams
eras not in him, but that God would give
the answer; and now the king attributes
Joseph% wiedcan to the Spirit of God in
him. Such an one woud hose wisdom,
could be trusted and would be attended
with the blessing of God. 39. Discreet -
"Intelligent, baying a clear insight into
matters." Wise --"This denotes a capacity
to devise and employ proper measures
to capaelty to devise and employ pro-
per measures to gain the ends desired!'
40. Thou -This was very unexpected to
Joseph and also to Pharaoh's servants.
When Joseph was counseling the king
to appoint a man to gather grain, he
could not have bad the remotest idea that
he would be the man; and the servants
who were so very willing that Joseph's
plan should be carried out (v. 37) are
silent now, when Joseph's name is pro-
posed. Unto thy word -Joseph honored
God before Pharaoh and God honored
in the sight of Pharaoh. A little tome
ago he was traduced as one of the vilest
of men; now the king honors him as a
man of incomparable worth. We may
learn from this not to be greatly deject-
ed by reproach, nor puffed up by praise.
The best of men have passed through
good report and evil report. -Bush. Shall
all....be ruled -Literally, "At thy mouth
shall all my people kiss." In the Eastern
countries it Is customary to kiss any-
thing that comes from a superior. They
thus show respect and submission. -
Clarke.
41. Over all the lend -"Behold, one
hour bath changed his fetters into a
chain of etch his, rags into fine linen,
his stocks into a chariot, his jail into a
palace." 49. Took off his ring -This was
a token of the highest dignity and also
an instrument of power, for it undoubt-
edly gave validity to the documents to
which it was affixed. Thus Joseph was
given chief authority in Egypt. "People
in the East do not sign their names.
They have seals in which their names
and titles are engraven, and with which
they make an inaprtssion with thick ink,
on all occasions for which we use the
siguature."-Kitto, Pine linen -A costly
fabric, worn by persons of rank as a
mark of honor. 'It was exceedingly
soft and of dazzling whiteness, and has
been sold for twice its weight in gold.'
--Trench. A gold chain -This was a
badge of high office; an emblem of civil
authority. 43. The second chariot -The
second state chariot in the public proces-
Herodotus tells us that Egypt was
noted for chariots both for peaceful and
warlike purposes.-Hom. Corn. They
cried before him -That is ;the king's
heralds, whose duty it was to go before
and announce the coming of the royal
procession. Bow the knee -The heralds
cried, "Abreckl" This is supposed to be
an Egyptian word, and its meaning is
not definitely known. It may mean "re-
joice,' or "we are at thy service." Others
think it means "Oast yourselves down -
do homage." Set him over all the land
(R. V4 -This high position to which
Joseph was exalted was a full recom-
pense for his years of patient suffering.
It was also a proof of the equity and
goodness of God, and it should be an
encouragement to all good people to
trust God.
for themselves, but according to their
Wait Which was lillteh less than Jos-
eph's."49. Joseph gathered -The king
and his subjeeth owed their lives to Jos -
elk and through the blessing of God be
was able to supply not only the Egyp-
thins, but other nations, with coin when
the famine come.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
Joseph in Egypt,
I. Honored .''Pharaoh ettith dhth we
find such a mem thisis, a luau in n twin
the Spirit of God iet" tv. 38). From
being traduced, as one of the vilest of
men Joseph is praised as one of the god,
Hest. As he had borne his hardships
patiently he wore his teems meeltly,
.Ills exaltation is an illuenntiou of the
word of God: 'Them that honor me 1
will hoziu 1.Sam. n, 30). ti was the
• Holy Spirit that made Joseph faithful
in the performance of the least duty.
worthy of all trust, eheerfully patient
under unparalleled trials, strong In the
. hour of temptation, forgiving toward
• enemies, able to interpret the kmgs.
dreams, and careful to Use public posi-
tion onlyfor the benefit of others. If
wi
e live n the Spirit and walh in the
Spirit we, too, shall thus impress all
who come iii contact with us, either in
our family relations, or soviet enjoy-
ments, or business cares, or church eon-
nectione.
44. I am Pharoah-This was the same
as though he said I ant king, for "Phar-
aoh" was the common title of the sover-
eigns of Egypt. -Clarke. Without thee -
"Joseph's authority was to be absolute
and universal." Thus did God put honor
upon this youth. Joseph had been test-
ed and had stood the test. ,His integ-
rity, courage, patience, faithfulness and
faith in God had been thoroughly tried.
54, Zaphuatbspaaneah-Tbis name has
had various interpretations, some or
which are as follows "Preserver ot
life," `The revealer of secrets," "The
treasury of glorious comfort," "Govern-
or o fthe Living One," "Bread of Lite,"
"Savior of the world." Clarke thinks it
was merely "an Egyptian epithet, desig-
nating the office to which he was now
raised." Asenath-Meaning "sacred to
Neith," the Egyptian Minerva; or "per-
haps a combination of Isis and Neith,
names of two deities-Isis-neith, a name
very likely to be given to his daughter
b ya.n Egyptian priest." -Terry. By
this union Joseph became a member 01
a family of high distinction. Potephe-
rah-Meaning "devoted to Rah the sun
god. On -Or Heliopolis, meaning "sun,"
or light;" called Aven (Ezek. 30, 17),
also Beth-shcmeah, (jer. 43, 13). "This
city was about two hours' ride north-
east of Cairo, and its site is now mark-
ed by low mounds inclosing a space of
about three-quarters of a mile in length
by half a. mile in breadth."-Whed. Coin.
"On, being founded by an Arab colony,
Potiphera, like Jethro, priest of Mellen,
might be a worshipper of the true God;
and thus- Joseph, a pious man, would be
freed from the charge of marrying an
idolatress for worldly ends!"
IL Joseph gathering grain (vs. 46-40).
4n. 'Thirty years old -This tras the age
which was appointed for entering the
priesthood; and we will remember that
this was the age when the New Testa-
ment Joseph entered upon his ministry
of love and mercy.-Leale. Stood before
Pharaoh -This means that he was admit-
ted into the immediate presence of the
king, and had his unlimited, confidence.
"Among the Asiatic princes, the privil-
ege of coming to their seat, and standing
in their tiresome Was granted only to the
highest favorites!' "Joseph though so
suddenly and remarkably raise& is not
peffed with pride." Went out -Joseph
es once entered. upon the performance of
his new duties. lie went throughout the
land giving diihetions for the erection of
etorehoeses and making preparation for
4.,..thering the great harvest.
47, Ily handfuls -"A singular expres-
eihrtu, alluding not only to the luxur-
iance of the crop, but to the practise
of the reapers grasping the grain in
thole band." "This probably refers
ho ineipally to nee, as it grows in tufts,
it great number of stalks proeeeditig
from the same seed." -Clarke. "There
u as not a. place in the then known world
so well adapted to the production of
grain as Egypt."
48. Gathered ups -This was according
to the advice given Pharaoh (v. 34), that
a filth part be gathered up. "This was
the government ten, or watt bought up at
tv prices such ta would then prevail.
Dullbt1ie41 the people alto stored up grain
If. Diplomatie. "Pharaoh said.. ,thero
is none so discreet and wise as thou"
(1-, 39). As Meyer suggests, perhaps
that which gave doseph most influence
'mu the court was not his interpretation
of the dream, but his wise, statesmanlike
policy.
111. Exalted. "Pharaoh aahl-- 'Thou
shalt be over my house, and according
unto thy word ishall all ray people be
ruled" (vs. 39, 40). Joseph stepped from
a dungeon to a throne. One day he was
• a prisoner, the next a prime minister.
His degradation began his training for
nobility; the bottom of the pit was his
first step toward dignities; his kay coat
was stripped off that he might put on
royal purple; the march with the slave
gang was drill for riding in the chariot
next the king, lie must learn to be un-
der authority before he could become
the wise ruler of a hind where such
have been all but unknown.
IV. Renamed. "Pearaah called Joseph's
name Zaphnath-paaneah" (v, 45.) After
these years of incarceration. Joseph gets
his resurrection name, descriptive of his
character and strangely significant of
the "name which is above every name"
(Phil. 2. 0). and hides within itself such
meanings, as "Opposer of Sin," "Reveal-
er of Secrets," "Brea.dgiver" and "Savior
of the World." So our divine Joseph op-
posed sin even to the shedding of His
proclaim blood; so He, the Bread of Life
and the Saviour of the world, reveals
to his own the divine mysteries, the very
secrets of the heart of God (Eph. 1. 9,
10; 5. 32).
V. Wedded. "Pharaoh....gave him to
wife, Asenath, the daughter of Poti-
pherah, priest of On" (v. 45). Rejected
by his brethren, Joseph takes a bride
from the Gentiles. Before he succors his
brethren he is united to his bride. "For
his church, his heavenly bride, Jesus
is content to be as if He remembered
not His relationship with His people of
old,"
VI. Working. "Joseph went out over
all the land of Egypt" (v. 45.) A right
Use or the present in the prison was
Joseph's preparation for future exalta-
tion in the palace. Faithfulness in little
timings is the highway to large useful-
ness, high experiences and wide influence.
Ile was economical. "He gathered up all
the food of the seven years" (v. 48). The
seven years of plenty were spent in pre-
paration for the seven years of famine.
HEAVY SHOCK
FELT AT ALBANY OF EARTHQUAKE
TBOUT 3,0oo MILES AWAY.
Albany, N. Y,. April 15. -The strong,
est and longest earthquake shock re-
corded on the seismograph at the 'tate
Museum here since the instrument was
Metalled, began at 1.14 a, in. to -day, and
continued more than two hours. The
'word is much more pronounced than
that made by the earthquake which de-
stroyed San Francisco a year ago, The
maximum vibration was so Severe as to
swing the pendulum clear off the record-
ing cylinder.
Assistant State Geologist David IL
Newland, who reported the shock to the
Associated Press, said that the differ-
ence iii time between this point and
Mexico City would seem to indicate that
this shock was later than that reported
in the Associated Press despatches from
there,
It must have been very severe indeed,
longer and more severe than any record-
ed since the instruments were installed,
more than a year ago. It appears to
have been some 3,000 miles away, to the
southwest or southeast.
If there was an earlier shock in Mex-
ico it was not recorded here, The only
record begins at 1.14 a. mm
WILL IN COURT TWO YEARS.
Lord Grimthorpe Wrote Document on
Scraps Of Paper.
Londe», April 14. -The most trouble- -
some will ever left by a millionaire is
pm limps that of Lord Grimthorpe, head
ef the Box•kcat baukerss whom
left ore that qt1.0 300 000 H• 31 ' has
Woo over two years to prove, and has
elven rise to endless litigation.
Lord Grindliorpe, wrote his will on
oat serapa of paper, adding codicils
ham time to time, all written in his
very illegible hand, scone of them being
vevita1,1** cryptograms. The total length
of Da* wit!, with all its codicils, is 11,070
w :ads.
The late peer was interested in the
pmeservation f England's ancient ea-
thedrale, and he was also of an uncer-
tain temper. This is shown in one of
the ninny codicils to his twin, which
reads.:
revelie the bequest, .of 1,000 pounds
eterling higiihk), for the York Minister
rsstoration, as the people of Yorkshire
are rich enough to look after their own
cathedral."
DOVES BECOMING EAGLES,
Magistrate Plowderds Opinion of the
New Woman.
London, April 15, -Justice Plowden,
the Marylebone Pollee Court Magistrate
whose obiter dicta have acquired gem -
oral Mme. delivered in emit yesterday
the following reflections on the modern
weinam
'It would seem that womaihs nature
is undergoing cry considerable modifi-
Milne; in the twentieth century. The
gentleness, spirit of dependence and
sweet reasonablenlese that used to din-
tingnish the sex is giving niece to un-
seemly scenes of rowdyism and violence.
"The doves are changing MO eagles.
The changes in the nature of woman
have, been forced on my attentidti by
what is const..mtly occurring in the
police eelLtt"
arket Reports 'PERKINS' TRUNK HAS
OF -
The Week., BEEN FOUND IN TORONTO
Toronto Farmers" Market.
The grain market to -day was quiet.
The offerings consisted of 100 bushels of
: goose wheat, wbieh sold at 08e, and of
. 190 bushels of oats at 44e.
Dairy produee in fair supply. Butter'
ells at 20 to 30e per lb., and eggs at 18
to 20e. Poultry very scone.
Hay in moderate supply, with sales of
e5 loads at $13 to $15 a ton for timothy
at $10 to $12 for -mixed, Straw is
minified at 812.30 to $13 a ton, one load
selling at $13 a ton.
Dressed hogs are unchangedswitim light
quoted at $0.25 to 59,35, and, heavy at
a8.75 to $9.
Wheat, white, bush. ...$ 073 $ 074
Do., red, hush. - 0 73 074
Do., spriug. bush. 072 000
Do., goose, hush. . .. , 008 000
Oats. bush. .... .. 0 44 000
Barley, bush. .. .. 0 50 057
Peals, bush. .. .. 0 77 078
Hay, timothy, ton .. 13 00 1500'
Do., miedx. ton .. 10 00 11 00
St raw, per ton .. 12 50 13 00
Seede, re-eleitned-
Bed clover, per cwt. 14 M 15 50
Aisne! elover, per eel. 10 Si) 13 00
Timothy, per en: t. 5 00 71)0
Dressed hogs . • .. 8 75 9 35
Eggs, new laid .. .. - 0 18 020
Butter, dairy .. .. 027 030
Do., creamery .... 0 30 033
Chickens, dressed, lb. 012 018
Ducks, per lb. .. .. 013 014
Turkeys, per lb, .. 018 022
.Apples, bbl. .. ... 2 00 3 50
Potatoes, per bag .. . 085 095
Cabbage, per dozen ... , 085 050
()Mons, per bag .. , 1 75 200
Beef, hindquarters .. 800 950
Do., forequarters 5 50 7 00
Do., -choice, carcase 750 800
Do., medium, carcase050 7 00
Mutton, per cwt. .. 10 00 11 00
Veal, per ewt. .. ..... 8 00 11 00
Lamb, per cwt. ... , 13 00 15 00
Flour Prices.
Flour -Manitoba patent, $3,85, track,
Toronto; Ontario, 90 per tent. patents,
$.2.07 bid for export; Manitoba. patent,
special brands, $4.50; strong bakers', $4.
Winnipeg Wheat Market.
Following were tho oksing quotations
to -day on Winnipeg futures: Wheat -
April 77 343e bid, May 78 1-2e bid, July
79 5-8e bid. Oats -April 36 1-4e -bid,
May 37 1-4e bid, July 37 1-4e bid.
Leading Wheat Markets.
May. July.
New York .. 87 1-8 88 1-8
Detroit . . , . 81 1-4 82 1-4
Toledo .. . . . 81 1-8 893-4
Duluth . 32 5-8 833.4
St. Louis .... 76 3-4 793-8
Sept.
89
83 3-8
83 3-4
807-8
British Cattle Markets.
Lomlon-Liverpool and London cables
are firmer at 11 1-20 to 12 3-4e per lb.,
dressed weight; refrigerator beef is quot-
ed. at Do to 0 3-8e per lb.
TORONTO LIVE STOOK 'MARKET,
Receipts of live stack were large, over 100
ear loads since Tuesday last.
The quality of tat cattle was fairly good,
much better than for some time.
There was a fair trade all round, the best
butchers' cattle being picked up quite read-
irleeeeartteads. good prices as have hitherto been
Exportere-Few were offered and ew want-
ed. One drover who lied exporters for sale
tested that no one seemed to want them, as
1 he had not had a bid up to 10 a.m. Prices
were reported as thigh as $5.50 for a few
; select cattle, hut the Milk ranged from PM
1 to 85.30.
well -finished cattle and these were, if any -
Butchers -There was a good demand for
thing, sold at higher prices than at any time
this season, but of coerce there were few
i of them. Choice to crime picked lots of
Ibutchers' helfere, good enough for export
and of export weights, sold at $,.25' to $3.60
per cwt.; loads of good, at $190 to $5.10;
'medium to fair, $4.60 to $4.60; good cows,
I $3.76 to $4.60; fair cows, $3.40 to $1; canners,
: 81.25 to $2.50 per cwt.
1 Feeders and Stockers -Harry Idurby re-
ports the stocker and' feeder trade as being
. good for the best grades. There
1 is
sai
l
'Mr• iurb14 more callrrtter?"::; i rbY
bought and handled eel. as
follows: Short keeps, 1,075 to 1,200 lbs. .eater,
at $4.60 to $4.85 per cwt.; steers, $00 'to 1,050
• lbs., $4 to 14,15; steers, 800 'to 900 lb.
s , $3,90
to $4.15' steers, 600 to 800 lbs., $4.50 to $1;
good yearlings. $3.50 to $3.75; medium nog,
$3 $3.25. s-A'bout 50 cows Were on sale
during Wednesday and Thursday at prices
ranging from $30 to $61 each, with an odd
one or two at $60. The demand was sonic -
what better than on Tuesday.
Veal Calves -Prices for the bulk of those
offered were easy at $3 to $6 per cwt. Prline
nevi milk fed calves are worth $7 per cwt.
but few are being offered.
Sheen and Lambs -Trade for good quality
sheep and lambs was strong; export ewes
55.60 to $6 per cwt.' bucks, $4.60 to $$ per
cwt.; yearling lambs. ;7.60 to $3 per cwt.;
leferior and cenemon lambs, $5.50 to $6.50;
spring lambs, $4 to $8 each.
Degs-Mr. Harris reports prices unchanged
at $6.65 for selects, and $6.40 for lights and
fats, with prospects for lower prices In the
near future.
BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW.
Montreal -There has been very little change
la the trade situation here during the past
week.Wholesalers in most lines are sUll
much handicapped by the slowness of man-
ufacturers' deliveries. The sorting trade is
taking a good held III dry goods, It may not
be a record one in the matter of volume,
however, as a good many early orders had
to be ;sent out short. Textile prices all hold
vexe firm. The movement in hardware con-
tiuttes very heavy, although it will be still
heavier as scan as navigation opens. Small
goods are moving briskly, that the great trade of the year is but It Is In heavy
' in go-
ing to be done. Machinery shops Of all
kindtt are exceedingly busy and the car foun-
dries here have unlimited ;orders on hand.
Metal prima are generally firm. The gro-
cery trade Is fairly active. Sugars, teas an
canned geode hold firm. All three of whole-
sale trade report there is sone) slight hn-
provertrent in coilectione, although from come
,parts of the country they are still Inclined
lo be clew. Last year navigation opened at
this port about April 7th. This year It is
likely to be a week or two later on account
of the thickness of the ice.
Toronto -Time feet that navigation hero Is
tragically open in eXpeeteed to give some-
thing of an impetus to come liners of whole -
tale trade. It is free, however, that In a
great, many liees of business the whole.
eaten; are so busy that they would pot wen
eome any further &atlas& epee their cepa-
city, Dry geode men still loudly complete
of the slowness or den -verve of textitee.
They are now endeavoring to keep tip -with
an active sorting trade. Prieui are Very fine
In all lines: ami further advatese would not
come tumexpectedly. Jobtora in men* hate
are talklog of higher pleurae all rearm. There
has been no advance In them hues eine°
the exim'etUre of the duty and the placing Of a
duty of 10 yea ceat. on peeking tastes. Bat -
tem. alto complete they are unable to get
enough better cleats hats of AVM etrayt to
tatiefy the demand of the trade. "Tire gro-
cery trade Is reported rather more active.
Ilatriware Ineri are 'sending out large ship -
meats, particularly to time Wet. Thin trade
Will he much heavier with the actual Open-
ing of neArtgatIon, which takes place with
the opens* of the inter -lake cattalo.
Quebec -No Improvement Is noticed In gen-
eral Trueness Over that of the oat week.
climatic conditions are not favorable. Nevi -
goatee opened during the week by the do -
of the 82. icing Edward for Lower
'Gulf pointe, she carried a large number Of
paseerigerer, besides considerable freight,
Local Industries are well employed, espe-
cially the shoe nattattacturers. The latter
ID most eases root Orders ahead.
Ilerniltons-The movement of whoiesotle atid
doing all gg(31 t)ilailsuittrells or Pall "MI:eta pi, Pail,t'
altieent Fell V n
trade will largely fleeced upon that done
during the remainder of the Spring loud the
Summer, collections are generally fitir Or
geed.
London-441mM business is moving alone
very briskly there. Thor is great tvettvIty
in the building trades:, and the operations
of the SAMOA PrOnilea to be large. The dos
noted for *Wholesale 8Pfied81 Of all !Mee Is
brisk, Convent* Sti exalt fait,
The Crown Claims to Have Secured Important
New 4vidence for the Trial.
Case of Mrs. Mattie Perkins Will be Opened at
Cayuga This Week.
Cayuga, April 15. -(Special). - The
N Map is again on the tip toe of ex-
citement, the unrest being dime to the
proximity of the Perkins murder trial,
which will occupy the attention of a
judge and jury at the :A:seizes here this
week. The Cayuga Court, House lute been
on four former •occasione the scene of
similar trials. Two of theta trials at-
tracted wide attention, and it is thought
by those best fitted to know, that this
ease will in some seaaational develop-
ments outdo any of its predecessors. The
crown ease has been greatly strengthen-
ed during. the past few weeks. A large
mangier amen' Witnesses have been sea -
peened, and some most important now
evidence secured. But the lawyers for
the defence are working steadily and
will leave no atone unturned to break
the chain woven by the crown. That it
will be a battle and a royal one can-
not be doubted,
Perhaps the most unmoved person in
the drama whieh lets been attracting the
gaze of as is the woman herself, The
last act of the drama will be staged
to -morrow, when curtain will rise when
the ease is presented to the grand jury,
but she gives no sign of fear or doubt
as to time issue. Sine seems always ready
for her meals, which she a•pparently en-
joys, sleeps soundly and passes her wak-
ing hours in reading and writing. No
doubt as to the result ever appears to
cross her mind, and her composure is
only broken when she occasionally ;bursts
into fierce invectives against those who
caused her arrest. She occupies the cell
formerly used by Mrs. Sternaman. She
is visited by her eisters, who are not
bearing the strain as' well as she is,
and deep sympathy is Mit for them in
their suspense. Mrs. Perkins herself is
also deeply pitied and the public hope
time will be acquitted, but they do not
egthe with her that fihe was arrested
Without a cease,
The defenee intro kept their line of
action well couccaled, but it is thought
that one chief point with them will be
founded on time fact that, at the prelim -
Mary hearing, Dr. Kerr did not feel that
he could swear that time tablets left by
him contained no :strychnine. A entail
dose of these was ordered, but quite a
number were left --about two dozen, it is
reported -and. these have since disap-
peered, Did the dead PM, feeling an
unusual weakness, take these himself?
As the gnawing paiim continued, did he
repeat the close? and was flare, if any,
sufficient strychnine lit Mem to account
for the quantity found by Dr. Ellis in
the organs after death? Questions beet)
as these may be asked with all the elo-
quence for which the counsel for the pris-
oner is noted.
Besides being able to trace the pur-
chase, course and administration of the
poison, and establish the question of mo-
tive, the Crown claims to have located
the trunk of the late ItenryPerkins, it
has quite a history. It travelled front
Welland to Cayuga, how, when or where
no one dare say. A Toronto daily was
obliged te retract having said something
concerning it, and Constable Farrell
wished to secure it when he arrested
Mrs. Perkins . He asked her for it, and
her reply was, "It's for you to find, it."
He confiscated a trunk then, but he be
formecl the Crown officers when he de-
livered up his misoner that he knew the
trunk was not the one desired. The
latter has been located in Toronto. Thal
the trunk has an important bearing on
time case there is no doubt here.
COLONIAL PREMIERS MEET IN LONDON
Welcomed by British Premier, Who
Programme for Conference.
London, April 15. -The fourth confer-
ence between the Premiers of Great
Britain's self-governing colonies and the
British Colonial Secretary was opened
to -day, at the Colonial Offices, under time
presidency of the Earl of Elgin, Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies.
Reporters are not admitted to the
-conference, so the public will have to he
contented with strictly censored official
summaries of each day's proceedings,
until a blue book on the conference is
issued, menthe after its final adjourn-
ment. The Premiers present include Dr.
Jameson, of Cape Colony; General Louis
Botha, Premier of the Transvaal; Alfred
Deakin, the Australian Premier; Sir
Joseph G. Ward, Premier of New Zea-
land; Frederick It. Moore, Premier of
the Natal Government, and Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, Premier of Canada.
Premier Sir Robert Bond, of New-
foundland, will arrive in the middle of
the week. The Premiers were aecone
[raided by their advisers.
A number of British Cabinet alinisters
attended the morning session. Premier
Campbell -Bannerman opened the pro-
ceedings with a speech of welcome, in
which he outlined the subjects for dis-
cussion, such as preferential trade lie'
Outlines
tween the colonies attd Great Britain
and among the colonies ,themselves, a
project providing for a permanent coun-
cil; imoerial defence themes and imunia
gration, with minor questions like penny
postage and naturalization laws. The
Premier earnestly expressed the hope
that the deliberations would have Use-
ful results.
Each of the eolonial Premiers made a
brief reply, after which the confereee
discussed the procedure and adjourned.
Meetings will be held three times a week
and they are expected to last at least a
mon tie
Premier Campbell-Bannerman's speech
to -day was largely composed of general-
ities. He only touched lightly on the
subject of tariff, preferences, which to
time colonial representativem is time most
important matter to come before tlme.
conference, and elle of which' they hope
an agreement will be reached satisfac-
tory to all parties concerned.
In regard to the decision not to admit
reporters to the daily sessions it is
elated that time colonial represenlatives
were as a rule in favor of publicity, but
that the home Government was opposed
to it, and it is understood that Premier
Laurier supported the home off:aids in
thie matter.
HUD UP STAGE.
LONE BANDIT ROBBED IT OF
esehem AND ESCAPED.
The Deed Was Done in Montana in a
Lonely Spot -Pursuers on Fast
Horses Gave Chase -But Chances
Are the Thief Will Get Away,
Butte, Monis April 15.-A "Miner"
despatch front Great :Palle says: Time
stage running ibetween Malta and Zorts
man was held up luat night by it bandit,
according to a telephone message reach' -
ed late last eight, and $28,000 is said.
to have been taken. The me...usage gave no
diataile of the daring robbery other than
that it occurred. just north of Zortman,
while the stage was entering the Little
Rockies with a consignment of money to
pay the wages a the miners at the
Zortman mines.
This robber apparently has five or six
hours start of pursuers, mounted on the
fastest horses to be had, who left Malta
immediately on receipt, of the mete. The
location is in a particularly lonely spot
in the mountaine, afforded; celery op-
portunity for the eltelter and eecape. of,
Gin bandit. Some member of "Kid" Cur-
ry's gang of train robbers and horde
thieves is supposed to haste committed
the hold up. Six years ago the Curry
gang held up a Great Northern train
• 'near Malta and took $43,000.
WOODSTOCK MAN latIED.
Dies in Sudbury Hospital as Result of
an Accident.
e
tint/slew:1e Out., ;ipril 14.-- Dr. Mur-
ray, this city. reeeived it telegram to-
day antierinehtg the death of his mot,
Finlay, in the hospital at Susi:buy,
ileteatimed died as the result of an nevi -
dent. butt there are no particulars to
hand.
He left Womb,tock about two weeks
ago for the ,west, and it in oupposed
that he fell'iiff a train, The yon»g
man was about 28 years of age,
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FORTY MILES OF ICE.
Huge Blockade on the C. N. R. West of
Humboldt.
Saskatoon, April It-A;(40,11a :Sign! m
in-
tClttlCII( Brown and Superintendent Ca-
• m*ey, of the It estern division of the th N.
• R. were in town for a test' .minutes ye..
terday . Mr. Brown reported the worst
. blockade in the history of the road west
of Ilinnboldt. had
miles of snow and
: ice, he said, had to be removed by shovel
amid piek. Two anowplouglis and four lo-
'• romotives were used up in making the
• fight. ttettlers and paesengere were en- •
gaged to wield the pick end shovel.
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iElizabeth, N. J., April 15. --Mrs.
Catharine Boyd, a widow 65 years
/
of age, threw herself under a
trolley car last night and was
ground to death.
1For years the woman's home
had been a haven for stray cats,
and a score of the animals usually
shared her humble fare. Recently
increasing rents compelled her to
move, and she had been unable to
find a landlord who would tolerate
more than two or three cats on
his premises. A fruitless search
for new lodgings this evening was
: followed by her suicide.
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WAS NOT BERTRAM C. TESKEY.
----
The Remains of the Toronto Suicide
Still Unidentified,
Toronto, April 15,- -That when Mr.
hoteph McLaughlin, clerk at the Iro-
quois Hotel, and others last Thursday
identified the body of the York street
silieliiii As that of Bertram C, Teskey of
New York they were mistaken. Such
wits the statement made yesterday by
Mr. it. J. Teskey of St. Mary's. Ontario,
after he had. viewed the Amiable at the
h. W. Mattliewe undertaking rooms. The
wife of Bertram C. Teekey- was aleo in
the city and saw the body, which has
now been kept theta weeks. Mrs. Teskey
explained yesterday that she had heard
of her husband at Port Huron, Michi.
hen. and that the story that tie was
in airy way assoeiated, with the Thaw
ease wee unfounded.
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REV, P. E. CORY DROWNED.
„ ....... .
Methodist Missionary Loses His Life
l'fear Macit
Died for Her Cats.
thmeteod, Alias April 14.- Tim man
who was drowned here yesterday in Old I
Mint River was Rev. Frederiek Elston!
cory. a missionary. of the Methodist I
Churela Ito left MacLeod for his mis-
slim field near Tietlibrhlge, having just .
finished writing on hes examittatiottsai •
Ilia relatives all reside in the old comm.
try. Police and eitizens are diligently
working with grappling 'roue in search
of the body.
TURKEY'S ONE HOPE.
It Lies in Diverting public Eye Front
Asia Minor.
Parte, April 14. -The Memorial Dtp-
lomatisate -says it has learned that the
illness of the Sultaa of Turkey is rapid-
ly becoming worse, ami thet he is -most
anxious concerning the revolutionary
Movement in Ma Minor.
His advisers see only one hope, tool
that is to provide an exterior diversion
in the form of a war with Bulgaria.
Trouble with this country would be al-
ready broken out but for the Sultan's
fear that the Bulgarians who are
rapid mobilizers, would win the first
success, and, that this would be follow-
ed by an insurretlen throughout the
whole of Asia Minor,
ln the meanwaile, the paper asserts,
the Turkish reserves are being called
omit, and troops are being hastened to
time frontier,
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-ssiresse-s-e-tu sesse-o-ureee-weeeseaswa-esisesese
IOperation Went On. +
Uniontown, Pa., April le.-
With his hands and arms severely
burned with carbolic acid, Dr.
John Sturgeon amputated a man's
arm before he attended to his
injuries.
In preparation for the operation
Dr. Sturgeon had fixed a rather
strong carbolic acid antiseptic.
This was left where a pan of
water should have been. The
doctor placed his hands in the
basin and started to rub the
liquid over his arms.
The doctor did not stop to dress
his own injuries, but proceeded
with the operation.
HAD TO'SERVE.
EDITOR TOLD TO CONSIDER HIM-
SELF DEAD WHILE ON JURY.
New York, April 15.-A. Ward Stan-
ton, editor of the Nautical Gazette, was
one of the jurors drawn for the Rich-
mond county court, which opened to -day
on Staten Island, Mr. Stanton asked to
be excused from duty on the ground of
-being a newspaper man. It was his pub-
lication day to -day. The judge was not
inclined to **rant the request, and Asked:
"What if t' you died?' Don't you sup-
pose the paper could go on without
you1"
"Yes," said the editor, modestly, "I
auppose in that event it would."
"Well, then, just consider yourself
dead for the next two weeks," was the
reply.
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MOTHER WAS OUT
PE t CAT CAUGHT SUCKING
* BREATII OF BABY,
Coldwater, Mich. April 15.---A pet eat
hi the family of C. M. Sottisen, all but
deprived the young couple of their only
child, it babe a few months old. Wbile
the mother was out of the house for a
few moments the eat, a large one, jump-
ed, into time cab with the baby and
thrust its nose into the child's mouth,
sucking the child's breath. Thus the
mother found the brute, and only severe
pounding forced it away. ale little one's
life was saved with much difficulty.
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BUTTER ADULTERATION.
•
Oleomargarine Found by Dominion An-
alyst in Some Samples.
Ottawa, April Deoart men t
of !Wand Revenue is eompletmg an
analysis of mime thousand, .samples of
butter collected from variotle parts of
the Dominion, with a view to determin-
ing the quality amid purity of the ar-
ticle being turned out by Canadian Ment -
os and dairymen. As a whole, the re-
sults of the analysis have been quite
satisfactory, but in ten eases it has
been found that oleomargarine had been
used as an adulterant, It is against the
lew to either import or manufacture
oleomargarine in Canada, and the de-
partment of Justice will prosecute the
offenders.
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MAY BE TOTALLY BLIND.
Hard Luck of Edward Riley, a St. John,
N. B., Teamster,
St. John, N. B., April 14. -It was
learned to -day that there is in the Gen-
eral Hospital here a patient with a re-
markably sad storey. Edward Riley, a
teamster, while playing with other boys
one day when be was four years old had
sand thrown in his eyes. His eyes were
weakened and one had to be removed.
On Thursday last while at his work a
snowball, thrown bya boy, found its
mark in Riley's 'remaining eye, and. the
doctors fear that he may be totally
blind. He can distinguish only light and
darkness. The ease is more sad as Riley
must work to help his widowed mother,
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GIGANTIC BUT BARBARIC.
What a German Paper Thinks of
Carnegieism.
Berlin, April 15. --In an interesting
article on Mr. Carnegie, The .Kolnische
Zeitung declares that if all signs do
mit Mil, the reign of Messrs. atockefel-
ler and Carnegie in the United States
will soon eotne to an end.
The people, the paper says, tire up in
arms agaioat greet accumulations of
wealth. how Socialism is progressing,
of course, none eau tell, but Carnegie
and whet lie stands for will probably
disappear, and in fifty ?ietras a now gen-
eration nifty consider his 10.000 libraries
as the remnants of a eyclopic age - gi-
gantic, but the inner kernel of which
is ae barbaric.
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LOST HIS HAND,
Stratford, Out., April 15.-E, J. Oen-
wito ritibt it” .np: and paper Iran-
ing business here was proceeding on the
early train for Toronto this morning
when as he woe passing from one emelt
to another hie hat blew eff, I mu nttempt-
ing to recover it, be fell and the ears
weed over his left hand. He was taken
to time hospital where 1118 hand was am -
in tate&
tha-----elttehhesesese
Mr. 1/fatter's Illness,
orouto, Aprit 15. --The condition of e
G. P. Mater has given rise to grave 0
anxiety. Prayers for his roeovery were
offered hist night by Rev. Dr. Mutts at.
Methodist Church.
Several members of the family have
betel eummoned to the city. 111r. I
'Starter ht his 69th year, s
RELICS MR QUIN.
Madrid, April 15. ----The relics of our
ady de la Santa Oka, the patroness of
he town of Lourdes, have bof.in tram-
med to the Palace Chapel here in act
,ordance with the old tradition that they
shell be under the same toof where the
itureikete,iis delivered.
Millen at hern e„ fetid and Coleman
ewe voted almost unituimously for a
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Bars Experts From Lower House of Rus-
sian Parliament,
St. Petersburg, April 15. -Premier
Stolypinh threat to use the palace
guards to prevent outside experts from
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toolay, the guards Wes- orderea to ex -
elude everyone except deputies. The
'rouse was forced to submit to this dia
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Toronto Tax Rate.
Toronto, April la. -The Board of Cim-
trol on Saturday struck the taxa•ate At
18 1-2 minim the dollar, the same rate
as last poets The total expenditure, im•
cording to the eetimates will amount
to $4,973,300, and to offset fails is a re-
venue of $1,588,527 ,leaving $3,384,709
to be raised i'my direct taxation on an es-
sessment of $184.000,000. Twelve ttlid
half mills is levied for atoieral purposes
end six mills for eehool rate. The 'Board
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JAP BATTLESHIP.
Kure, 4opon, April ,17lin battle-
ship Aid WIN IltinkilPd here to day in
.910 prostellee of o esontotivo .m.p.
auurN
titesetigerr oand Vice -Admiral Sir .'u"
ilium' in chief
of the IlIsieila
fis ccitT
that the All will befitted.l'tv;hitlii'
eegines.
AN ORE DOCK.
:.ttruitt, April Di. -Point Eduatd i Is
(it''Iti
'llltUe"(f
!.mt.
N
constructing is tiow in progress. The
number of boats- earsyilig Ots, to Lilie
point will lie Unloosed and it i4 said
lakes,will be one of tin: largest along
thuIts en the reputation of being it bad
man is rather hard to live up to.