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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-03-02, Page 2LT'S IN BRIEF j Sunday So i lou tenturies before; it would, eve tbeni1 1100• 1 from bondage to the Romans, What i freedom they had uuder the Romanis. Waa dtle to what they had learned Mid prace tilled of the word, The teeth, if obeyed, would deliver them \sanely, but Mot by deliverine them. indieiduaily frail the INTIVANATIONAL, 1:141SSON NO. 1.005. •••••••mge.r...1 7 hcSlavery of Kin—John 3: 31-10.—Taniserms0 Lesson. Commentary—I. The test and bless- ings a discipleship (vs. 31, 32), 3t. Then said Jesus—Better, as 11. V., "Jesue therefore said," because many had be- lieved on Him. after His declaration, that Ile was the Light of the World, and after His answers to the Pharisees, and now Jesus directed His remake to these new disciples. Which. believed — The term believed, applies here to the disposition, openly expressed, to acknow- ledge Jesus ae the Messiah. If ye abide (R. V.) --"Not a fitful, intermittent re- lation; but thorough, intense, and con- tinuous." In My word—lf ye obey My commandments and follow My teach- ings carefully. "Dur spirits must drink Christ' e words as our bodies inhale the atmosphere."—Deems. No man ie worth listening to on questions of faith And doctrine who is not himself a rover - eat listener to Christ. --Gordon. Abiding in God's word ramst become the perm- anent condition of our life. Disciples— A disciple is a learner; oue who ac- cept:, and follows another as teacher and master. True disciples are real represen- tatives of Christ, 'who live a holy life before the world. 32. shall know the truth—Shall know it doctrinally, spiritually, experimental- ly, not as a mere theory and shall know ly, not as a mere theory and shall know Christ, Himself, the embodiment of truth. (John xiv. 1). "The rulers had spoken a knowing the law, Jesus speaks of knowing the truth." "This is a spec- ies of learning infinitely transeendieg all the guesses of doubting scientists, and sneering philosophers." —Phelps. Make you free. Intelligence is not suf- fielen4 k learned man is still a wicked tnaler the bondage of sin unless he has been made free. "Knowledge ap- pears as the fruit of faith, and freedom as the fruit of knowledge. Christ as- sociates liberty always with the truth, which He is Himself, and so presents the truth as the cause and liberty as the effect. So, also, Paul speaks of lib- erty always in this positive, highest and noblest sense—liberty in Christ, the glor- ious liberty of the children of God, lib- erty from the bondage of sin and error. Man is truly free when he moves in harmony with the mind and will of God."—Lange. The true Christian is made free (1) from the bondage of sin, (2), from the pange of conseience„ (3), from the curse of the law, (4), from corroding care, (5) from the fear of death, (0), from the doom of the judg- ment. and (7), is given freedom in Christ. `The mind is enlightened, the vrill renewed, the heart responsive, and the entire being finds its fullest exer- cise." II. Freedom offered from the slavery of sin (vs. 33-e6). 33. They answered— Many commentators refer this "they," not to the many who believed (v. 30), but to the other Jews who had not be- lieved. "The little episode of verses 30- 32 is thus held as a pleasant parenthesis, and the believers are all allowed to be genuine and perhaps permanent."—Whe- don. The words cannot be spoken of the simple people who had already believed, but to the carping, cavilling Pharisees.— Clarke. Abraham's seed—"rhey had Ab- rahaza's blood in their veins, but not his faith in their hearts."—Never in bond- age—"This answer was not more true than the language of pride ordinarily. Politically, the seed of Abraham had been in bondage to Egypt, Babylon, Per- sia., Greece, Rome. Spiritually, they had ben in bondage to idolatries in past limes, were now to the rabbis, who were literalists in interpretation, and without. spirituality or sympathy. (Matt. xxiii. 4)."—Abbott. They did not consider their relations to the Roman Empire as slavery. They enjoyed individual free- dom. Though under the dominioa of Rome as a dependent state'they never bent the knee before the Roman Em- peror.—Peloubet. Often as we have been under oppression, we have never ac- knowledged any oppressor as master, but. have always submitted only from ne- cessity, reserving our right to freedom, and striving after it.—Lange. How say - est thou—A-Upon what posisble principle dost thou promise to us that which we already are proud of possessing, viz., plorious liberty We already possess as our birthright what thou art offering to as as the full result of discipleship."— Put. Com. 34. Verily, verily.—A solemn declara- tion enforced by these words. Whosoever committal sin—In thes words Jesus ut- terly expels the political question from His scope. He estates first the principle, and then the application.—Lange. spoke of a more degrading bondage and a higher freedom than they imagined." He whose tendency ancl habit is to com- mit sin. He who makes choice of sin; prefers the way of wickedness before the way of holiness; who makes a covenant with sin, enters into league; who makes a custom, of sin; who walks after the flesh, and makes a trade of sin.—Henry. Is the servant of sin—Is the slave, the bond -servant of sin. "He does the work of sin, supports its interests, and ac- cepts its wages. ffe cermet dismiss sin at pleasure; the moment he attempts it he finds the chains drawn tighter." Dream not of freedom while under the mastecy of your desires.—Plato. Temperance instruction may be brought in at this point. No bondage is greater than the bondage to strong drink. Servitude is repulsive to all men. in our land of freedom men demand their ei,'retite in business; yet there are hun- dreds of men and boys and sometimes women who put themselves under the bondage of the drink habit. 35. The servant abideth not—The ref erence may be to Hagar and Ishmael, and Tisane—the bond and the free. 'They had Broken of themselves as the seed of Abraham. Jesus shows them that dere may be of that seed two kinds; the son, properly so-called, and the slave. —Alford. "Those Jews might Ise the seed of Abraham, and yet, not being hie children, might not abide in Ins household of faith. Not many years after this their capital and nation were destroyed, and the Geritiles took their pleee in the kingdom of God." "Think not to be made free from sin by the rites and ceremonies of the law of Moses, for Motes was but a servant, and had not that perpetual authority in the 'clutch which the Son bal." The son sibitletli (R. V.) --The comparison here is between any son and a bond servant, and soft should not begin with n capital. Sinners) are slaves, Christians are sons and heirs. 36. If the son—Christ now refers to hienself, The Son of God alone has power to liberate therm' who are slaYet to sin. Jesus Christ is the head, and hes full authority and ability. The Father bath given all things into bis hand (John xvii. 2). "Tile Son can give slaves their freedom and reeeive them to membership in his house to partake of his inheritance" (Rom. viii. 17). Free indeed—The Jews boasted Of an imagin- ary freedom, but the liberty which Chriet offered was real and lasting in it et - facts. "It WOUld have owed the nation from the berndags Of captitity to Baby - Idage 7o,f ein and error( "Roos kuelv that was the great work expeeted of the. Mee. slab. He therefore opiritualized this Ihope. —Godet. Jesus shows the character of the Vek d Jews (vs 37-40) 37 Abraham's seed—Christ admits their claim that they are the natural descendants of Abraham, but denies that they are Ids children (v. 39) in the highest and best sense,' Seek to kill —"That they desired the death of Abraham's truest Son is proof that they are not true sons of Abra- ham." Their murderous intent prone that they are children of the devil (v. 44) instead of Abraham. No place in you—You do not allow my work to enter your hearts and lives. 38. I speak, etc.—The Son existed with the Father during past eternity and he reporta the things he had seen. Ye do, etc.—Their father was Satan (v. 44),, and they were instructed and led by him. 9, 40. The argument here is that they were not true children Abraham because they were not like Abraham in character and, totems, Abraham's life was wholly unlike theirs. KAISER IS PLEASED. Thanks Chancellor Von Buelow for His Treaty Making Services. Berlin, Feb. 27.—Emperor William has sent the following telegraph autograph. letter to Chaucellor volt BlielOw: "My dear Count von Buelow: "After having learnel through your announcement that the comtitutional sanction of the Reichstag fo7 thenew commercial treaties has been givea„ my feelings impel inc to express my Warm- est congratulations to you upon this momentous chapter of treaty work, I hope, through God that the treaties will give new vigor to German economic interests, create a ne., bona if friendly competibion between the German em- pire and the countries friendly to us which have declared themselves willing to regulate their trade relations with us upon the basis reached throuth a earef 01 consideration of mutual interests, Cheer- fully and joyfully, 1 .recognize the fact, that it was chiefly owing- to your states- manlike art and your clear-headed lead- ership that the negotiations have re- sulted in this beautiful success, not withstanding all opposing difficulties. Te you is due therefore in the first in- , stance, my gratitude, I express hereby, with my whole heart, and at the same time beg you to kindly accept my bust in marble, which will soon be sent to you. "Ever mindful of your faithful ser - vices, your grateful Emperor and King. "WILLIAM I. R., "Berlin Schloss, 22nd Feb., 1905." The Emperor has also rewarded Vice -Chancellor Posadowsky-Wehner tor his technical work on the treaties with the Black Eagle Order, Herr von Pod- bielsky, Prussian Minister of Agricul- ture, Domains ane Forests, has receiv- ed the Grans]. Cross of the Red Eagle, and Foreign Secretary Baron von Rich- thoff has been promoted to membership in the Ministey of the Prussian State without a portfolio. The Taglische Rundschau says that it was at Count von Buelow's personal request that Emperor William has not yet raised him to princely rank. CUPID IN A BUFFET CAR. Toronto Girl on Way to San Francisco to be Married. New York, Feb. 27.—A romance that began a year ago at the breakfast table of the Southwestern Limited, and which lasted from Syracuse to Buffalo, is believed to be the cause of the sudden departure of Miss Blanche Fields, the strikingly beautiful daughter of Joseph Fields, a rieh Canadian, who left New York hastily yesterday with a through ticket for San Francisco. The friends of the young Canadian woman believe that the trip is a sequel to the proposal of marriage that was made to her on the Syracuse -Buffalo trip, and that her departure presages her speedy marriage to Judge Eugene Rosenthal, of San Francisco. Miss Fields is twenty-three, with golden hair, blue eyes and fair complex- ion. Until a year ago she was a stu- dent at a training school for nurses at Morristown. N. J. Her beauty and wealth, for she is said to be one of the richest girls in Toronto, enabled her to command at once a good social posi- tion. As for the nursing—well, her family regarded it as a harmless fad, and permitted her to continue her studies. Last year she went home on a visit, She took the Southwestern Limited, and when she went to breakfast as the train left Syracuse, she was assigned to a. thble at which eat Judge Rosen- thal. By chance he had known her father and sister in Canada, and recog- nized her at once. After breakfast they continued talking, and when the train pulled into the station at Buffalo he proposed to her. They had. several hours' wait for the Toronto train, and during that time lie pressed his suit. She told him that she wanted a year in which to finish her studies and take a post -graduate course at the Sloane Ma- ternity Hosp:tal in New York, and, though he protested vigorously, he was •foreed to accede. The year passed tranquilly enough for her. Two weeks ago a letter came. Yesterday she announced that she was going to San Francisco to see her sister, and, though her graduation from the hospital was only' to weeks away, she departed. - CORONER INVESTIGATES. Inquest Opened on the Body of an Or- angeville Man. Orangeville, Feb. 27.—Coroner James Henry and Provincial Deteetive Greer have under investigation here the sud- den death of Aloe. Robinson on Friday last. TWO sittings of the inquest have already been held, the last one being adjourned till Monday next at 8 le m., when the doctors evil submit their re- port of the autopsy. Deceased, it is claimed, had been drinking heavily, and on the Friday evening prior to his death had a wrangle with Settle of his wife's relatives, The information hi the hands of the Coroner is that hie face was dapped e couple of Hines by his relatives. On Monday he became ill, but his condition did not be- come serious till Thursday, when be suddenly beearne unconSeious., death en- suing the next morning. After death an examination of the body revealed a 11t1M. ber of severe bridges on his arras and about his hips, and it as decided to hold the inquest. It is stated the don. tors at the autopsy found eleven distinet marks of injury. It is also said they found.the beert in a eondition width in- dicated the probability of a 1101%1 blow laving been received on the body near that organ. Robinson scorns to have teen aeriously injured arid when and hole it iti hoped the lequeat will deterraine, the role. Wee of &Coaled have retained &WWI. Market Reports —0P --- The Week. I 1 - - I 'fall overcoat. The typical celluloid col- lar and bright tie, aa well as the Same moustache, were outstanding features by whielt the man multi be readilir identi- Mi Md. On the whole, however, he pris- oner has changed, and one year aeerna to ' have made heavy inroada on bio vitality mid general appearance. IJim prisoner,, always fearful of Brant- ford people, approachea the coming trial with g3'eat liesitation, Whfle ho nutd.e no forceful resistance, he did not la the least relish the return trip to this city. Last night he rested, uneasily and this morning wanted nourishment. Atter some consideration he decided that a ibig pitcher of hot coffee and a sweet pie Iwoidd be the best thing ler him, These 1 were procured for him and he downed them. As the time for the opening of the court approached he grew anxious, but was steady enough when lea upstairs and pieced in the box, ------• : i HAS HE A DAUGHTER? Wool Markets. London.—The arrlyals of wool tor the see - one series ot auction sales amouut to 229,727 hales, including 165,600 forwarded direct to spinners. Tee imports this week were; New $ehth Wa ea, 0,018 bsles; 227;V1ctoria, 2,479; Beath A.detrolla, 2,033! New Zealand, 16,84.9: Cape ot Good Hope and Natal 3,919; China, 224; OSlngapore, 1,80s; var. Mug, 577. British Cattle Markets. London. ---Live .cattle are quoted at 10% to 11.340 Per lb.; refrigerator beef, 714 to see° per lb.; sheep, 12 to 13o per lb, Toronto Farmers' Market. The offeringe of gralu to -day wero fair, with pekes steady. Wheat is unchanged, 300 bushels each OS red and white setting at $1,08 to $1,09 pep bushel, and 300 a goose at use, Barley steady, 300 bushels selling at 52e per bushel. oats slightly easier''about 1,000 Imsheis sOld at 451/2 1/2o to 46per inishel. DalrY Produce in snore liberal supply, and pricee aro easier. The best tub butter brings 00 to 20, New laid eggs, 27 to 30o, and heid eggs, 24 to 25q per dozen. Poultry un- changed. SOny in Zair Supply, and pr ces rulecl 2IUij 30 lands sold at sie to 411.6S a ton for tim- othy and at 08 to $9 for mixed, Straw is fiiftwl'd: eTngatti1ton. tessegaarnclagewt quoted at $7.75, and heavy at $7.25. Wheat, now, bushel ..$ 1 08 to 1 09 Do., red, bushel 08 to 1 00 Do., spring, bushel ., .. 1 01 to 1 03 Do, goose, bushel .. 0 90 to 0 94 Oats, bushel .. ,.„ .. 451/2 to 461/2 ltye, bushel .. 0 75 to 0 (k) Buckwheat, bushel 0 65 to 0 00 Earley, bushel ., •, „., .. 051 to 0 52 Peas, bushel .. 0 00 to 0 10 Hay, timothy, ton .... 10 00 to 11 50 Inivci, ton 8 00 to 9 00 Straw, per ton 11 00 to 11 50 Seeds— Alsike, No. 1, bushel .. 6 00 to 6 50 Do, No. 2, bushel .. .... 4 00 to 4 60 Do., No. 3, bushel ,. .. 3 60 to 4 00 Red clover .. 6 00 to 7 (0) light Timothy .. 1 00 to Dressed hogs .. 7 25 to 7 75 Apples, per bbl. .. 2 00 to s 00 Eggs, new laid, dozen .. 0 27 to 0 30 Butter, dairy 0 25 to 0 28 Do., creamery .• .. 0 28 to 0 30 Chickens epring 0 12 to 0 13 Ducks, per lb. . 0 13 to 8 13 Turkeys, per lb: 0 17 to Cabbage, per dozen .. 0 35 to 0 50 Potatoes, per bag .. 0 89 to 0 90 Cauliflower' per dozen .. 0 75 to 1 50 Celery, perdozen .... 0 30 to 0 40 Onions. per bag •• ,• •. 2 00 to 0 00 Beef, hindquarters .. .. 7 50 to 8 60 Do., forequarters .. .. 5 00 to 6 BO 13o., choice, carcase .. .. 7 00 to 7 25 Do„ medium, carcase .. 6 00 to 6 25 Mutton, per cwt. .. 6 60 to 7 60 Veal, per cwt. ' . 8 00 to 900 Lamb, per cwt..... .. 10 00 to 1100 Toronto Live Stock. Receipts of live stock at the City Mar- ket were 28 carloads, composed of 368 cattle, 798 hogs, 75 sheep and 16 calves. All offerings found a fair market at Thurs- day's prices. H. Murby: 40 feeders and stockers, 900 to 1200 lbs. each; good steers, 900 lbs. each, at 03.35 to $3,60 cwt.; good steers, 1000 lbs. each, at $3.60 to $3,80; good to choice feeders, 1100 to 1200 lbs. each, at $4 to $4.40. Hogs—Recelpts of 798 hogs were bouglat by Mr. Harris at $5.50 for selects and $5.25 for lights and fats. Leading Wheat Markets. Application Leeks 'Like a Marriage Was j11 View, Toronte, reb. 27.-4 want a young man, a Methodist, a Christian, ae Irishman if possible, good looking, with dark hair and. dark eyes." This is the partial wording of one of a help received at the Provincial Colonization Bureau yes- terday, Director Southworth said. to a Globe reporter that he did not receive many applications in which the religi- ous and physical requirements of the prospective hired man Were so clearly detailed. While there has been an creast of 25 per cent. in the wages of farm help during the three years that the bureau has undertaken to supply the same, there are still a number of farmers in Ontario who offer very low wages, and to these the reply invari- ably is that higher pay must be offer- ed. To -day, for instance, one man, a bachelor—and that may excuse him in some measure—sent in an application offering the low compensation of $100 to $120, with room and board for a man • and wife, the latter to do the housework, By the seine men another applicant of- fered $350 a year for a married couple, with board and a nice furnished room, IAn increasingly large number of farm ers are now hiring help for the year round instead of only for eight months ' as was once generally the case, because they are anxious to keep suitable help. ers instead of constantly having new or inexperienced ones. There is also a growing number who offer married couples neat cottagee free of rent on or near the farm. The number of applicants who prefer Scotchmen is astonishingly large, but experienced Scotch hum laborers are so Well paid in their own country and are almost certain of steady employment that there are not many coining to Can- ada. Scotehmen, the farmers find are more willing to learn and adopt Cana- dian methods than those of any other nationality. May. July. It is practically impossible, Mr. South - Detroit 1.21% worth says, to find positions for farm Toledo . 1,181/2 1.021/2 laborers who do not speak English. et, Louis—•. 1.16% 0.95% Minneapolis 1.15% 1.14 RUSH OF IMMIGRATWN. Duluth — 1.141/2 1.1.4% Now York 1.05% Bradstreet's on Trade. Montreal reports to Bradstreet's say: Wholesale business generally at this cen- tre continues very dull. All through the country the roads are snow -blocked, and it has been only very recently that wea- ther has keen anything like mild. All de- partments of trade have suffered on this account. The interruption to country trade has affected remittances. In the meantime, receipts of country produce here are light and prices are high in all such lines as butter, eggs, etc. There is a fair city trade being done and pre- parations for the spring trade among the wholesalers are exceedingly active. Prospects in this regard are bright. Toronto reports to Bradstreet's say: Trade in all lines has suffered during the past week from the impassable condi- tion of the country roads. As a result wholesale business has been quiet in gro- ceries, hardware and general lines. The dry goods men and the millinery houses have had all they can do preparing for the spring openings. At the present mo- ment the outlook is for exceedingly heavy business. Orders for all lines of dry goods have been very 'large, and values generally are firm. It is said here new cotton list prices will soon be issued showing some -reductions. Butter is 'scarce and very dear. Deliveries of grain are light. Wheat brings $1.08 to $1.09 and oats 46c to 47e. At Quebec fine weather has had an effect on business in general, which shows improvement, although the coun- try roads are reported pretty heavy. City retail trade shows more activity. Advices from Winnipeg say: "Bon - spiel" week has filled the city with retail merchants from the country, and, al- though while here they will place gooa orders with the wholesale houses, busi- ness is bound to be more or less inter- rupted, as travellers are recalled from the road. Collections are still slow and not much improvement is expected for the present week. Victoria and Vancouver advices say: Trade here is rapidly assuming a better aspect. There has been immense im- provement in the lumber business. Gro- ceries, dry goods and supplies for the lumber camps especially are moving well. Bradstreet's reports from Hamilton say while wholesale trade there is quiet on account of climatic conditions, busi- ness generally has an active and healthy tone. The spring trade has not yet open- ed out to any great extent, but the pros- pects are for a very active business when It once begins. Spring orders for dry goods are heavy, and there is a fairly good movement in hardware. Groceries are 'a little quiet. Collectioes are fair. General business at London has b'een a little quieter during the past week, and there has been little doing in the sur- rounding country. Collections are a lit- tle slow as a natural result of interrup- tion to trade. Ottawa reports to Bradstreetet say: Taken as a whole, trade here is in a fair- ly satisfactory condition. Collections aro only fair. KENNEDY HAS CHANGED. HIS APPEARANCE IN' THE •DOCK AT BRANTFORD YESTERDAY, A Brantford report: For a seeond time ia the course a a single year Joseph Kennedy is on trial in this city in een- nection with the death of Irene Cole, who svas murdered in the willows on the Afternoon of SepteMber 30, 1903. Again to -day he entered it plea of "not guilty" on a, serious charge, and. asked for an immediate trial. The police court was erosvded yesterday morning When, Ken- nedy was arraigned before Polico Magis- trate Woodyatt. At ten o'clock the police escorted Kennedy up tho rear stall -Way, leading ;from the cells and plaeed Min in the prisoner's box, As Nerniedy took up his position in the box it was plainly appar- ent to all who had +leen him before that a great change has been wrought in the man in the enrol of a single year. And the ehange hag been for the WOrae. Ite lute lest some Weight, is much thinner than a year ago, and the familiar •ruddy complexion is also absent. Hie hair is clipped close to the okult in jitil,bird iashion, Ile Wore a rOttah kilt and light Enormous Influx From Europe to Can- ada Expected. Montreal, Feb. 27.—Mr. Robert Kerr, Passenger Traffic Manager of the Can- adian Pacific Railway, said to -day. that Graeme Hunter, the Glasgow navigation agent, was one of it thousand who un- dertook to sell tickets in 13ritain for steamship companies plying in all wat- ers. Most of them did business on a legitimate scale, and the C. P. R. had at the outset afforded Hunter the us- ual facilities: About last June, whwen it was foundethat he had departed from their methods, the company's represen- tatives in London cut all connection with them. 'Speaking of immigration prospects in general, Mr. Kerr said the next few months will See a great boom in immi- gration, not only from Great Britain, but from all quarters of Europe. The company's representatives abroad had given most encouraging reports on this more. Passably the European natdon that would be most largely represented would be Germany, with the Scandina- vian nations a dote second' AGRA DIAMOND IS SOLD. Jewel Formerly Belonged to Founder of Mogul Empiie. London, Feb. 27.—The iTmes says: "The Agra diamond was sold at Cheis- tie's this afternoon for £5,100 to Max Mayer, the diamond dealer.' The Agra diamond weighs 313 carats. It was sold by order of the successers of Mr. Streeter,the well-known London jeweler. It derives its fame from the fact that it was taken at the battle of Agra by the Emperor Babee'the founder of the Mogul Empire, in India. It was taken from the King of Delhi in 1857 by some British officers, who, rather than deliver it up t� the , authorities and share in the loot money, smuggled it aboard ship by putting it M a horse' ball and making a horse swallow it. The horse was afterwards shot and the • dia- mond was taken from its stomach. The diamond was subsequently sold to the Duke of Brunswick. --s - RAILROAD STRIKE.' Trains Stopp'ed Running—Soldiers Failed to Run Engines. Warsaw, Feb, 27.—No trans are run- ning in either direction to -day on the Vienna Railroad. The managenrent at- tempted to instal soldiers as firemen, but the strikers had plugged. the water gauges, with the result that the amateur firemen ruined four locomotives. The strikers also derailed a number of ears. The men demand an eight-hour day and. an • increase of wages. The . directors offered an increase of wages to Some employees and to grant a nine -hour day, but the strikers cfused. A manifesto issued to -day by the strikers say they struck to *show their solidarity to other trades at this important juncture of the labor movereent,.andbecause the man- agement oppressed an'a exploited the men. The employees of the Government alcohol monopoly walked out to -day. A general strike on the Vietula and St.' Petersburg reside fa hourle expected. -s • REVIVING A STATE.. Sir W. Willeaks Wishes to Restore the Land of Chaldea. Bombay, Feb. 27.—Sir Wililam Will' conks, whose work in connection with the irrigation of Egypt is so well known, has been investigating the praetica.bility of restoring the ancient Chaldean irrri. gation works 004 the Euphrates and Ti- gris. "I an aniseed," he said in an biter- viesv, "at the scope existing on the tive rivers for irrigation, and at, the ease with winch the works can be constroct. Sir , m say il lie has divided the irrigib „int() 15, Make, the first 1 0008‘slilie oinStainable, he urges that Bri- cost £8,000,000. If the con- tain shoul1,. co.operate to the sticcess or the etheme by btiikling A, railway frein Ilagdad to Meek). IVIIHRESUE MASSACRES, A Thousand Casualties Re- ported at Tiflis. Whole Families Butchered in the Streets, Mussulmans and Christians Fighting Incessantly. A Et, Petersburg cable: It is report- ed .that Tiflis, capital of Russian Trans-Ceuceeia, is a centre of riot, and that fighting is incessant, Hun- dreds have been killed or 'wounlelle Hundreds of armed Mussulmans came be train from the country and joined their co -religionists against the CMS- tians, Business is at it standstill, gene of the residents have barricaded ch iu- selves in their houses. Robbery end violence aro supremo. Baku is quiet, all the Armenian shops have been closed, but the ba else aro doing business under militAry protection. Order has been restored at Betake- hany, but at, Romany to -day striker,: attacked two factories, and as a re- sult 30 persons were killed or wounded. In Boku many terible murders have been committed. Manager Adamoff, of tlie Naphtha Refining Works, together with his wife and children were all burned to death. A legal official named • Takeoff and it bazzar siwner named Lajeff-Lalajeff and the latter's family have been murdered. The casualties are unknown, but it is generally thought they were not be- low' a thousand. Whole famillea were dragged from their houses and mur- dered in the streets. It is reported from Constantinople that Batotun and Poti, in Trans-Can- easia, are under mob • rule. The offi- cials are helpless, Murder and arson are frequent. It is rumored that war- ships belonging to the Russian Black Sea fleet have bombarded Poti, which is hold by strikers. An English merchant who has just arrived, was obliged to flee fens Ba- toum, -where his life was threatened and his office destroyed. Thestrikers are all Georgians, and number about 40,000. The steamship lines from Constanti- nople to Batoum have suspended ser- vice. • The tie-up of railroads running from Moscow is a serious feature of the situ- ation. In the Caucasus region the au- thorities appear for the moment to have regained the upper hand, but the situation may at any time again pass out of their control. Even the rein- forcements of the military in all the cities seem to have been inadequate to prevent the continuance of -conditions tending to robbery, murder and terror- ism. Other cities outside of the Caucasus, such as Ekaterinoslav, Kharkoff, Sara - toff, Alexandroysk, and many others, are in e condition of complete or par- tial disorder owing to strikes. The fades Of law and order apparently have been unable to prevent the strik- ers from resorting .to the tactics of their fellows in Se. Petersburg, and marching from shop to shoe and forc- ing out every workman.' Many Gov- ernment works in various parts of the country are included' in the suspen- sions. Half of the workmen in Libau are on strike, seriously affecting the manufacture of military supplies. The St. Petersburg workmen have temporarily resumed their occupations while 'voting for members of the im- perial mixed commission, but they are possessed of the spirit of onrest, and their sense of power is being led by in- cendiary proclamations the latest of which alludes to the Emperor as "Nich- olas the Last," and makes a rabid at- tack upon the motives of the Govern- ment. e The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says the Czar has now de- Cided: to 'convoke the Zemsky Zobor and leave the representatives of the nation to settle .the question of war or peace. Whichever way they may decide the Government's' position will be vastly strengthened', and the dynas- tic• interests safeguarded. If, as gen- erally anticipated, the deputies - decide ' in favor of peace, the Government, being strengthened by the nation's support, expects to obtain favorable terms from Japan, While if these are not conceded the nation is likely to in- sist upon war a routrance. KAISER OPPOSES MATCH. Re is Not DisposedtoWed His Daugh- ter to King' Alfonso. Madrid, Feb. 27.—The problem of pro- viding a wife for King Alfonso is prov- ing a very delicate one. It is believed that Alfonso's preference is for Princess Victoria Louise; only. daughter of Em- peror William, if she will consent tee abandon the Lutheran and embrace the Roman Catholic faith. To this the Kai- ser is strongly opposed. The alternatives arc Prineess Patricia, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, and Archduchess Gabrielle of Austria. The latter is favor- ed by ex -Queen Christina, who, however, does not intend to interfere with her son's choice. Princess Patricia is h Protestant, bet it is alleged that, she is willing to turn Catholic, The court is,divided into cliques on the question of the king's marriage, and politieril and family influences are .being vigorously exerted against "each other. Meantime Alfonso is satisfied to remain unmarried fa the present. He thinks that two years hence will be gems enough for him to take a wife. It is understood that the delay in the lung making Ids foreign visits is direct. ly owing to the marriage problem. WANDERED WITH BABIES. Intiane Woman and Rabies Out All Night in the Wet. New 'York, Feb. 27.—A comely Irish woman wart red cheeks and it wealth ofblitek hair walked into Bellevue Hos- pital early yesterday morning, carrying yoling child 10 each Ann, with alt older boy and .girl hanging on her skirts.. "Can yeti give Sae and my little ones it place to Sleep?" she asked Gatekeeper Nugent, and then buret bite teara. had trouble with My Inithand lag night and took my babea out into the rain be- cause 1 eouldnit live at hente any longer. We've been Walking the etreets for eIz hours, and we're ao tired. and wet and hungry," The gatekeeper directed her to the city lodging house, where she described. her- self as Bridget McLoughlin, of 402 Third aVe14110. She said that her husband, Barney, worked. in a livery etable at Fourth avenue and Thirtieth street. The Gerry society was notified to send for the two cider children, Mamie, aged 0, and Stephen, 4, Mrs. MoLoughlin kept 2 -year old Nellie and Willie, 8 months, '1110 woman had scarcely gone to bed with her little ones snuggled to her breast when she began to scream fran- tically. The matron ran in to quiet her. "Don't let them electrocute me," she wailed. "I didn't mean to let little Mar- garet die, I thought I had dressed her warm enough" The matron at once sent the woman back to Bellevue Hospital in an mho - lance with her tv:o children fast asleep. She told Dr. Thornton of the psycho- pathic) ward that the twin tester .of little Nellie died on New Year's eve of pneu- monia. She declared that the -baby died. through her own carelessness in not dressing it warmly enough. "I know I'm to blame, and X deserve to be electrocuted, but I couldn't bear to part with my babies, SO 1 ran away with them," she said, ,. When the woman's husband, it sober, harla-working man, went honte Monday night and found his family gone he was frantic. He knew that his wife' i mind had become unbalanced through the death of her child, eo he started out to search the city. He visited every east side police station, but it didn't occur to him to go to Bellevue until yesterday afternoon. McLoughlin wept for joy when he learn- ed they were safe. He took the two youngest children home, to be cared for by his sister, but on the advice of Father Donovan, of St. Stephen's Church, de- cided to leave the older children with the Gerry society for a few days, LondOn.—The rate of discount of the Bank of England was unchanged to -day ht 3 per cent. Columbia, Mo.—Rev. Dr. J. Lefevre, at one time Moderator of the Presbyter- ian General Synod. of the United States; is dead here, aged 75 years. dose May, 'Va—Twenty-oue buildings in the vicinity of Cape May Court house, Nue destroyed by fire early to -day which broke out in Youngson's hardware store. Reading,. Pa.—Eighty guests. at the Hotel Penn, had a narrow escape early to -day from a fire which originated in the clothes closet used by the bell boys on the first floor. Washingto n.—Th c Senate Commit t ee on the Philippine' s to -day authorized a favorable report on the House bill revis- ing and amending the tariff laws of the Philippine islands. Si. Johnsbury.—Johathan Ross, for- mer Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and former U. S. Senator, died at a hospital to -day of injuries received on Tuesday afternoon, when his sleigh was struck by it train and Mrs. Rocs was killed. Chicago.—President Wm. R. Harper, of the University of Chicago, passed a com- fortable night at the Presbyterian hos- pieta, following yesterday's surgical op- eration for cancer. His condition to -day, according to the physicians was favor- able. San Francisco.—The mail steamer Ven- tura, sailing to -day for Sydney, N. S. W., carries a large number of deer, elk, geese, and ducks. They' were purchased in this country by the New Zealand Govern- ment, which has appropriated $25,000 for stocking the country with different kinds of ganie. " Southampton, Eng.—George W. Ray- ner, captain of the turbine steam yacht Lorena.' owned by A. L. Barber.' of New York. wag killed to -day by a fall from the steps leading from the chart room to the lower deck. The Lorena started on a three -months' cruise yesterday under charter of A. M. Singer. Butler, Mo.—Chas. Krats, on trial for alleged "boodling"' while a member of St. 'Louis Council, 'was acquitted to -day by o jury. Chicagoe—The.building contractors and union bricklayers have adjusted their differences and signed 'agreements until Mareh 1, 1006. The bricklayers will re- ceive the wage scale in effect last year. Milwaukee, Wis.—Ono fireman was killed, five were injured and property valued at. $40,000 was destroyed in a fire, to -day in the planing mill of the International Wood Work Company. Chicage,--President William R. Har- per, of the University of 0hieago, to- day. passed through the crisis of the after effeete of his operation. At the hospital it was said that Dr. Harper had a good night and was resting quiet- ly. Macleod, N. W.T.—Judge Scott this morning imposed sentences as follows: R. Train, for cattle stealing, three years in the penitentiary; Leo Duquesne, horse stealing, five years in the penitentiary; Mellinger, for theft of $500, one year ht the Macleod guard room. Winnipeg,—Vire,.in which nine horses lost their lives, occurred last night in Stun I3erger's stables. Mr. Berger is a stock dealer, and while some of the horses were reamed from the burning building, nine perished in the smoke. They were valued at $60 to $200 each. Constantinople.—A battalion of 050 Turkish troops while on the way to rein- force the garrison of Yemen, Arabia, utto tiniest on board the Greek Steamer Ep- 'roe, seized and imprisoned their officers and compelled the commander to. return to Sun-, The Mutineers demand that they be sent back to their hoines. Boston. --A pistol duel last night be- tween two Italians, Sabato Nappo, 20 _ years of age, and Gstvano Capreccia 48 years old, resulted in the death of Nap - pi). The police are searching for Cap- reeei who escaped. The fight, the police say, was the result of a quarrel over money niattere. — Nett York.--Aydney Dillon Ripley, a pi -eminent insuranee and club man, died to -day as a result of an operation for appendicitis. II& had been ill since last :Nutty, Cbt ••• ; u ingt), am Abbroyci, HAm, rA0FRIU2$O10. C. J. 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Toronto, Feb. 27.—A number of inter- estingereports were read at the annual meeting - of the Toronto branch of the local Council of Wench Mies bon the President, in fier annual re- port devoted considerable attention to the servant problem. She pointed out that the local Council of eVomen had brought out some 100 young women from the old country and placed them all in good comfortable homes. The lo. cal assoeiation worked in conjunction with the -British Women's' Inunjgratien Association. The girls brought to Can- ada were of it most desirable class, and their mistresses were Well pleased with them. Each girl, before leaving the old country, borrowed a sufficient am- ount of money from a special fund in connection with the British Women's ' Immigration Assodation. When she had been placed in a position here she repaid the money at the rate of $2 per month, through the local Council of - Women, HIT WITFI SABER BY TROOPER FOR CHASING PRES.- DENT ROOSEVELT'S CARRIAGE. Philadelphia, Feb. *27.—After President Rooeevelt end Emperor William had re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Law yes- terday from the University of Pennsyl- venit, an incident occurred while lie was driving from the Academy of Music to the Armory, where he was the guest of the City Troop at luncheon. Before the Presidential party reached the Armory an unknown man dashed into the Street. and got within eight or ten feet of the President's carriage. There he was ,struck with the flat of a saber by one of the four troopers who sur. rounded the President's carriage, and checked by the fade of the blow, he staggered back and was lost sight of in the crowd. The man appeared to be a laborer about 45 years old, Those who svitnessed the incident believe that he merely sought to shake hands with the President. He had run parallel with the carriage for more than a block and Secret Serviee Agent Tyree, who rode with the Presi- dent, had ordered him to get out of the way. Tyree filially called to it trooper, who quickly drew his saber, and as the num refused to stop, struck him a sound blow on the back, • --e 4, • — Medford, Mass., reb. 27.—A now world's 12-nound shotout record of 40 feet I% inches was established Saturday night by W. W. Coe, Jun,. of Somerville, et tee moor meet et the Lawrence Light (Ward Association. 'rho former records were; Professional, D. flown, 48 feet 10 inches; mane, italph J. Rose, elective 48 feet 7 MOO. 41.