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The Clinton News-Record, 1900-03-29, Page 78PARS MOM TOE Mt • Newsy Item About Ourselves and Peighbora—Sometillug or interest Prom Every Quar. ter of the Globe. tee,. • CANADA. Londo asseesmeta is ti,earin 417.- 000,000. t 'Vhe Patriotic Fund now amounts to 1 The Kingston Locomotive Works Mae doge unless a purchaser is found elsertly, Albert Viau, aged 14, fell down an elevator sitaft in Montreal on Thurs. day and was killed, Hamilton will build a third water main and extend its filtering basin • The Presbyterian Church in Canada 4 bias tient n7,010 to India for the re- lief famine eufferers. Settlers from the United States are , reported to be pouring into the White, s*Ptish dietrict of north Ontario. • Three men are under arrest at St. Johns, Que., on a charge of robbing the Canadian Poine atation at Joli- ette. Snow and landslides in the Selklaits and interior districts have blockaded Canadian Pacific Railroad traffic in British Column:Ilia. Miss Isuci OacIntosii, servant for an Owen Sound district farmer, has been left a fortune of 014,000 by an aunt in Glengarry. "The Farmers' Institute of Portege k la Prairie has petitioned tit Dominion publics would fight to the end. "He closed by urging the burghe Governsisent against the s 'pment t Manitoba of inferior Ontario fruit. APPEAL, TO BOERS, Kruger and Stan Roils° EntlUisiaSm by lUntruthfill Statements. A deapetch from Kroonstad, Orange Free State, dated. the ItIth, says: -"The Pretoria Federal ceramandoes are here. They are in grand spirits. They are ready for the enemy, and are even defiantly awaiting the British ad - "Kruger arm Steyn addressed a vast camp meeting to -day, Tne Transvaal Presnlent made an impassioned appeal to the burghers to maintam thew gal- lant fight for freedom. He told them it was certain the ultimate results of tbe war would be that the Doer Rea publics would. retain their indepen- dence, despite the temporary Brite ish occepation Bloemfontein, "President Steyn followed Kruger in a atrong speeeh Be told the burgh ers the Free State was far trona being conquered, though its capital had been occupied by the British. He informed the burghers that England had de- finitely refused to allow the Republics to remain independent States. There- fore, all the Republios had to do uow wee to fight to the last. "Steyn said in the six months the war had been going on the Bona had lost less than 1,000 men in killed, and that the figliting was really coratneno- ing now, As President, he warned Free Staters not to believe Lord Rob- erts' proclamation and accept his in - 'citation to lay down their arms. He assured them the British had failed on every occasion to keep solemn treaties they had made. Sir Alfred Milner, Steyn declared, had publicly proclaimed that Afrikanders would be exterminated, knowing that the Re The total Liland Revenue receipts fox' Canada for February was $720,556, an inerease of about 012,000 over the orresponding month of last year. Brantford plumbers' demand that nine hours constitute a day, that rate shall be 25 cents an hear, donble pay on holidays, that dine and a half shall eh paid 'for overtime. The issue of $386,000 new :took by the Riclualieu & Ontario Navigation Company has all been subscribed priS vately by the present shareholdera, and will not be offered to the public. Recent arrivals at Victoria, B.C., tell of a claim in the Klondike herd by a German. which is giving 036,000 a daY. It has a pay streak anon feet thick and is thought to be the richest mina ing claim in the world. . The Nickel Steel Company of Hamil- ton, has closed a contract with a Cleveland firm to build at Hamilton, the largest steel and iron plant in Canada, with a capacity of 200 tons a day. There will also be blooming, billett, rail and plate mills. . GREAT BRITAIN. •• The Indian Army will be re -armed with magazine rifles. English brewers will make a general a.dvance in the price of beer. - Lady .Tohn Scott Spottisweene, writ- er of the song "Annie Laurie," is deed in London, at the age of 91. . The Princess of Wales held the sec- omd drawing room of the season at Buckingnam Palace in behalf of the • It is stated that the unknown vessel • that rammed and sank the British steamer Olivier in the Straits of Dover, -causing a loss of 30 lives, •paid no need to the cries for assistance, but quickly steamed away. "- The Prince.ss cif Wales was present on behalf of the Queen at the fent drawing room at Buckingham Palitee on Tuesday, the first court function at which the princess has appeared for nearly. two years. The London press continues to ex-• pregs disapproval of the concessions dethandesd at Washington in the Nina- raguan Canal convention and the French pres,s welcomes the incident as marring the harmony between Bri- tain apd the United States. , • UNITED STATES. A case of smalloox has developed at Niagera Falls, N. Y. San Francisco health autherities avill make a daily inspection of Milo- ne•wn. elt is reported that a big strike of etehinists in Capada and the United -ates will take plate next month.. :General Sir William Stephen Alexan- -a- Lockhart, Commander -in -Chief of ne British forces in India since 1891, dead.. nese five men charged in connection • th the murder of Governor Goebel /Kentucky, have been locked up at uisville. , -- Edward R. Sell, who surveyed' the ' aisputed boundary line between United States and Canada in 1842, died. in New York a few days ago, Serious floods are prevailing in the northern portion of Illinois bt the overflowing of the Illinois, Desplaines, Fox, Sangamon and Kankakee rivers. /one /gland, in the Hudson river, not far from Westpoint, has been se- leoted as the site for the locatioh of the big powder magazine for the navy. n'Here's looking at you I'll meet you In heaven," exclaimed Frank Os Leh- man, a' wholesale flour dealer in Lan- caster, Pa., Monday, as he drank car- bolic acid. He ailed in 20 minutes. r• !The newt United States army trans- port Fiume; said to be the finest troopship afloat, started from Norfolk, Va., but ran against a car -barge at li, the pler and daMaged it so badly that the, barge aank. eg" The Standard Oil Co. Thursday dis- huraed a 620,000,000 cash dividend on the 0100,000,000 common stock, probe- bly the largest cash disbursement Otter Made at any one time on the stock of a single corporation. Two deagoing coast line battleships of about 13,500 tons, to coat approina- ately 03,000,000 each; three armored , crinsern to cost approximately 04,- 000,006 each; 'three protected cruisers, to cost about 61,141,000 eaoh, are pro- vided for in the United Statee naval bill just introduced in Cengrees. GENERAL. The daughter of the Sultan haa eloped with a Turidsh poet. [Gen. One has shipped 533 Spaniards to Barcelona, Spain, rescued from the Filipinas. Etnperor Menelek's thief general . IsiaA gent Wig lIuMbert of Ita y two late Hone, An American warship will look after I threatened by Chinese Mohr', - Anarchy and bloodshed are rife in ow King lifetteliltht adviser. Moroceo, European intervention will, it Is thought, be neeeesary. et England's war in South Africa, so Abyealidit will nnt take advantage Anierician Inikeinne at Taku, China, By A law proposed lee the French' Chaniber af Deputies, theft of food by the starving wilt be po erime, It is said that Russia" Intends to Ask Turkey for -is (Inkling station in the Archipel.ago, either on Lemnos, Imbrfis oe Mitylene. v. Miseallum, of Nevvfoundland ad. the te,ineteen departing Seal fish- ffere to join the naval reserve that Is being formed for the nee of the Empire. A, Peris court hite given judgment diretting the proprietor of a hotel there to pay to a Soaton lawyer nem. a eel Bilrdett, *OA whioh Burdett had found in it wallet itt the hotel. tithed , 1, alto it te the clerk, who said he f had found the Otalter, but Burdett did - let Wile bite. , , • . , Gen. Alger, former United States cretary for War, denies that he in - ends to take up his permanent rest- ence in Canada. It ts said that Russell Alger, form- er Secretary for War in McKinlenn Cabinet, will make Canada his per. manent place of residence. IIARKETS OF THE lifORL • n PRETORIA IS CONFIDENT. ONT I Prices of Grain, Cattle, Cheese, i!ke in the Leading Markets, Toronto, March 27. -Run was fel consisting of 000 cattle, 800 hogs an 156 stbheend and. la.mbs-quite aufficien Export Cattle -Trade slow ; often logs not large. few loatie Hold a 04.50 to 04.80 foi. heavy cattle an 04.25 to 04,40 for light stock. Butchers' Cattle -Demand was no strong. Loads of °nolo heifers an steers scold at 04 to 54.25 Per cwt., goo cattle at etza to 03.90 per owt„ me dilate to mixed lots at 3131 to 03.50 pe Own, and 00111M00, cows to 02.50 to 0 per ewt. Export Bulls -Offerings light an demand weak, Quotations were 03al to 03.75 per ewt. for lieht stook an 03.75 to $4 for heavy grades. Feeders -Few offered to a slow de mond at enthanged Prices. Stockers -This market holds stead with fair offeringnCand demand ail to 03.65 per owt. for steers weighin from. 500 to 900 lbs. Feeding Dulla-Steady $32.75 53.25 Per owt. Sheep -Trade was dull and som ;nook left over. Offerings were gen erally inferior. Export ewes sold a 58.25 to /13.75 per cwt„ bucks at $3 to $3.25 per cwt., and butchers' sheep at 53 to 04 a head. Lambs -Rather weak demand at $4.00 to 55.50 per cwt., and 0.1.50 to $5,75 per cwt. for picked ewes and - wetisers, Toronto, Mar. 27. -Wheat -Western markets closed weak to -day. In the lo cal market Manitobas were off lc, bu Ontarios remained about steady. Quo- tations are. as follows :-Ontericy re and white, 65 to 65 1-2o, according t a nearness to tbe mill, Western Ontari points; and 65 to 66o east ; goose whea The CitY Is LivelY and Full of tary Activity, despatch (rpm Pretoria, says :-A r correspoudent bas just seen Capt. cl Leon, the agent of the gun works at Ise Crewasat, France, who Wita relmrt- ed to have been killed in au engage - mesa witn tite Dritieb some time ago. Capt. Leon was quite badly wounded, d but he is now improving rapidly. He will oil for Europe next week. t ee 'tun PeoPle here nave not been cast d . db . " a.re oonfident of maintaining a eturdy resistance for many months. 3 . e says i a een vised that there will be a general de- struct -Loa of the mines before the Brit - d lath are allowed to occupy the- gold The Standard and Diggers' News ef johannesburg, strongly opposes such measure. It deolares that the de- • struction of tee minim would be an act of vermeil= whioh would alienate • the sympathy of friendly powers. This 3 view ss strongly endorsed. eohanneaburg oontinues calm, and no g breaches of order are reported from that town. Pretoria is lively and o full of military activity. President Kruger returned yester- day from Kroonstad. Ile states tnat e he never found the burghers more re- - solved. He is assured that the fight t in the Free State will be deaperate. I am informed that the Transvaal Government has taken no resolution to destroy the mine property as a last resort. QUEEN VISITS WOUNDED. rs to place their trust in God. Steyn's appeal roused , the burghers to a peck of wild enthusiasm." STEYN'S ATTEMPT FAILED Free State Boers Decline to Rally to His Banners, A depsatch from London, 'Wednes- day, often -General Rolberts' de- speachee to •the War Offtce contain the provaipal news that has been re- ouvedi from South Africa. There ase no reports of important "operationa, end General Roberts seems to, be alin- ing at else pacification of the region belan,d. htm before further advancing The Morning Poet's ' correspondent; et Bloemfontein telegraphs that the Free State Boers are surrendertng that aems there aa fast as they on be reentered. He adds that Presiden Steyses. attempt to rally the:burghers Kroonsted is reported to be a corn plate 'failure. There is the bitterest feeling, ag,ainat the President in Bloensfontem because he Old not ae quaint the citizens with General Ro barter offer to spate t)ie town it 'it Surrendered.' GROBELAAR CAPTURED 101•10.10 t Her Majesty Talks to the Soldiers In Wooltvieh Hospital. opt rom on on, arc . O says: -The Queen, accompenied by t Prtnee,ss Christiain, and atteeded by ow reig s, o ew ork, spring east, 66 to 66 1-2c• • Manitoba No. 1 hard, 79o, North Bay, and 80c, g.i.t. Flour -Quiet. Outside millers offe atraight rollers, in buyers' bags, mid dle freight, at 02.60 per bbl.; and ex port agents bid $2.55. Special brands in wood, for local account, sell from $2.85 to 53, according to brand. Millfeed-Bran is quoted at 614,50 to $15.50,. and atherts tit 015 to $16, at the mill door through Western On tario a Large saite,, vtsited Herbert hospital at WoolwIch this afternoon to. see the ✓ sick and.• wounded soldiers who are, - bein.g cared for there,. Immense 1 cords awaited, the arrival of her Majesty at the station in 'Woolwich, and lined. the route io the hospital. There were lavish decOrationa and en- boueded entbusitiam was displayed. The Queen ,appeered to be in excel- . lent Leant, She drove in an open - landau through the arsenal, tirounds, Where 20 000 employes were- drawn, up • e gave el ajesty g- nificent receptton. The .Queeet ;dtstrt- buted quantities Of Wind,ser flowers in the warde of the hospital: On the parade grounds ot the garia- tli I " 1 h • cession from, military waggons, and sang nGod, Save the Queen." The original .flag, Mede by some of the tattles of Pretoria en, tile memo, of the toien's first ennexation was limit- ed over the artillerY barlraeke hon - 'our (*.bar Majesty's visit, and the nou,se where General Gordon Wee born• was effectively decorated, , The Queen. spent an hour in the hos- pitals, end spoke to numbere of the pattents, wishing them et speedy re- covery. Corn -Continuos firm. No. 2 Amern can yellow, quoted at 43c, track, To ronto; and mixed at 42e; Canadian coen 42c track Toronto. 1 , Peas -Demand quiet and maces easier. Car lots, 60,1-2 to 610, north and west; aed 61 1-2 to; 132c., ease.. - Barley Tone easy. Prices rather easier, ear l'ote, No. 2, middle freights, 42 1-20; and east at 43c; No, 1 15 won- - ed at 4.8 le2 to 44o, °tan& - Rye - Quiet. Car lots, 5to, west, and cee, east. . • Oats - Prices steady on small offer- inga. White eats, north and west, 27 1-213, middle freignts 28e, and east 28 Ono. Buckwheat •-a QUici. Offerings light ar lote, utside, quoted at 49 to SW. Buifalo, March 27.-SPring wheat - No. 1 hard, round Iota, 77 1.4c; No. 1 Nortbern, carloads, '76• 3-4c; No. 2 NOrthern, carloads, 73 3-4c. Win- ter wheete-No, 2 red, 74 1-2c, asked; No. 1 white and mixed, 73 .1-2c, asked, Corn -Quiet; No. g O011ew, 41 3-4e; No. 8 yellow, 411-20 No. 4 yellow, 41c; No. 2 corn,. 41).-2.3; No: 3 corn, 41o, Oats -Firm; No.: 2 white, 29 3-4 to 300; No. 3 white, 29 to 29 1-4c; No..4 white, 28 nee; No. 2 nxixed, 26 1-2c; No. 3 mix- ed, 26c. , Byes -No. 2 nominally 62 lei 62 1-2c. Flour-eSteady. Chicago, March 27.-Flaxseeds--ClOet ed:-North-Weet and South-West, cash, 01.65; May, $1.65; September,411.16 bid; October, $1.13. Minneapolis, Muth 27. -eClose:-* Wheat -In store, • No, 1. Nornsern, March, 64 1-801 May, 63 5-8c; July, 64 7-8e; oni track, No: 1 bard, 65 1-80; No. 1 Northern, 64 1-8c; No. 2 Northern, 62 5-8c. Duluth, Marco 27.--Wheat-No. 1 hard teeth; '66 1-4c; May, 67 1-4e; No. 1 Northern cash, 64 3-4c; Mese 65 3-4c: July 665 -en No. 2 Northern, .63 1-4e; No. 3 spring, 590. Oets-23 34 to 24c. Cerine34 3-4c, • TAKE THE OATH. The Boer General Found 'Weunded in a Farm House. despatch to the London Morning Post frora Ncirval's pont, dated March 19, says that a low-level railway is being constructed under the broken bridge there, and that supplies are be- ing pushed forward. . „ . s A column will statt Wednesday to march by eves of Philippolis and Faure - smith to Bloemfontein. Another 'despatch from Norval's pont reports the capture a Com- mandant Grobeleme, He was discover- ed wounded in a farm -house in the neighbourhood of Doukerspoort. A British force reconnoitred towards Philippolis last Saturday, and found white flags flynag on the farm -houses. The women all protested that their husbands were not fighting. They readily sold provisions to the British, Four hundred of Gen. arebanne col- onial brigade left Aliwal North Mon- day for Rouxville, and more will fol.. low. • • REPLY1TO A THREAT. — • Britain's Reply to"the Boers' Inten- tion to Raze Johannesburg. despatth from London, Wednes- day, says:-mhe Times says that, in accordance with precedent. Mr: Chem- berlain's proclamation regarding .the threatened destructioa of Johannes- burg will not be published until it is Promulgated in .South Africa. It is understood, however, that the Gov- ernment intends to convey to the Boers that any wanton destruction of British property duritig the war will be regarded as warranting.a claim for compensation end justifying a levy upon private property should the re- sources oe the Transvaal Republic prove inadequate to meet the claim. CORPS OF YOUNG BOERS. Under British Officers They Are Doing Police Duty. A deapaten from Logsdon says :-T,he second edition of the Times of • Wed- nesday publishes a despatch from. Bloemfontein, dated, 'Monday, Match 19, which says The blowing up of bridges by the Boers is tun evident sign that the Transvaalers intend to abantion the detence of the Free State." "All is quiet in, the Beath arta weat. A corps of young Boers from the farms surrounding Blomnfoistein, under an Imperial officer, has been detailed for police work, and to prevett the further pillage ixt abandoned farms by the Kaffirs." a STEYN KRUGER'S TOOL, '•••(••••• Civil Government Has Been Reorgan- ized at Bleeinfontein, A. London' Daily Chronicle cotres- pondent at Bloemfontein, telegraph- ing Tuesday, says: "The Civil Government 'luta been res organized. ntr. J. A. Dolling Under- Seoretary of the Intertor of' Steyn's Etecutive, has been appointed lands drost. Steen is regarded as guilty of fatuity, but net influenced by riepot- ism, He was always Kruger's tool. tt has been rumored that he has reaped anemia benefit from this connection. but the report is not substantiated. Mr. Fischer played the part of Steyn's Mephistopheles." - QUEEN'S VISIT TO MMUS. Nonni Iteothet %till Preeent Her Majesty the City keys. A despatch from London sayte-a When the loyal addreett of the eorpora. tion of Dublin is presented to the Queen on her forthcoming viait to /re. land, the keys of the city will be hand - el to her Majesty by the City Marshal, 3. n, Parnell, brOther of the dead frieh leader, The svvord-bearer on thie oeeresion will be j. V. Egan, dynanii. ter, Whei Nati released ttoth orison some years ago. The Town Clerk its Campbell, who watt Parnell's pri. vete seeretery. JOHNNY'S LITTLE .Toxn. :sues—sat. ma, WW1 the teacher ought to Set a good eXaMple for the, ehildren Mother -Why, yea, of couree ahe Amid, JoheeY-Well, Ma arithmetic ex. aletele is the worst ever saw. 1,500 Burghers Have Delivered Up '1 heir Arms. • A despatoh from Bloemfontein, March 21, saes :-Lord. Roberts gave a banquet last nieht to his command- ing officers and the foreign military attache,s. In proposing the health of the foreign attaehes, Lord Roberto complimented them on their soldierly bearing in enduring the privations of the arduous march to Bloemfontein. He added that the hoped he would next entertain them at Pretoria. , The Russian attache, in enply, said that they were proud. of the honor sharieg in such a magiaifieent moron. Fifteen hundred Boers have taken the oath prescribed in Lord Roberts' proclaraation, by w,hich they agree to adjure war, to remain at their homes, and to deliver up their arms, which are peineipally Martini -Henry rifles. T - 2,odo DEAD BOERS. Enemy Killed Almost Total The3 e Of. the British, • A despatch from London says :-The Exchenge Telegraph Company is au- thorite for the statesneet that it is officially admitted at Pretoria that the total Boer cement:les have been :-Killed, 2 120; wounded, 1,251; sick, 4,351. Total, 7,722, LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES. Revised reports are: - Boer losses-, Killed. . . . : 2,120 Wounded. — . . 1,251 Sack, . , . • . , 4,851 British - Killed, . . • . , 2,041 Wounded. . 9 ease Dead of disease. . . '930 DISTRESS SPREADS -IN INDIA. oftwani %early ttoneene Persons oil thr tidier 1Forks to Eatitine Dberteis. A despatch from Bombay saysi-The distreAs caused by the famine is ins creaaing itt extent and, severity. Pricee here have riae,ti to the level of these of 185n, the great famine year, and are still rising. There are now em- ployed on the relief works in the fa- zenne-etricken distriots, 4,810,000 per- sons. The Maherajah SeYnere has donated fifteen Lakhs of rupees to be pladed at interest for the relief of suf- ferers from the present and future famines. Ile stipulates that the money shall be invested by truatees, who shall denate the incoree to the purpose sped - Hod. • ' FIRED AT THE JUDGE. Attempted .liteettellitation et Parts Sestet of Steelee. A despatek from Paris, naps :-There was att exeiting incident in the Pitlaee ot Juatice Wedneaday, when ttli at. tempt woe made to murder the pre - larding judge of the Fifth Court by a druggist noised 'Itardln, Witt) had just lost a suit. The judges had juot tak- en their ;Mate, and conned in another case had begun 'hie speeeh, when Bar. din drew a revolver and fired three Motif at the judge, the bullets grazing his head. Munteirett guarde threw theintielvee Ott Devlin and reniotted hint to it tell, while the judge, with perfeet 000lnao, maid to counsel, "Itou afin oontInue, maitre ; it lo nothing." REBELS SURRENDERED. gariAmaa Kitchener Occupies Prieska, But the ' TranSyaalers Escaped, A despatch front London sari :-The War Office has received the following despatch from Lord Roberts, dated IDoeanfontein, Tuesday, March 20:- " Kitchener occupied Prieska yester- t day unopposed. The re"bels surrender- s ed their arms. The Transvaalers ess &teed. Lioness the river. *" a ' "Mr. Steyn is circulating a notice by means of despatth riders, in reply to Is nit, proclamation, to the effect that f any burgher litho signs a declaration 'that he will not fight against us again *t will be treated as a traitor and shot. " The Bloemfontein people are af- T fording tie every assistance in themat- ter of 'honpitel accommodations. We have, conseeltentlY, been able to ar- range for 500 bean. _a " Thirty-three prisoners were taken 1-1 Prieska, 200 stand of arms, arid t some supplies and explosives. a " The Bore have begun to surrender on the Basutoland frontier." AP AB, LEGISLATURE AN ARTILLERY DUEL RUSSIA IN DEXTRAL ASIA. IRON pain What the Legislators of the Provinc are Doing at Torento. THE NICKEL QUESTION. Hon. Mr. Davis moved the reaolutiO on the nickel question which he Plaee on the order paper anew days ago. I effect, it is a protest on the part the Ontario Legislature against th revival or renewal of the letters pe ant granted by the Dominion Govern went to the Orford Copper Corepan of New York • 1893 • Speaking to tbe motion, Hon. M Davis explained that under the Act e r tn. Cetpper Company, by pay ing the regular fee before the etcpira tion of six years from the date o which its letters patent were grant ed, could secure an extension of it letters patent for 10 years. The com- pany claimed tnat it had instructed ita solicitor to nay the fee before the six Yeare had expired, but through neglot or inadvertence payment was not made in time. The cemeanY, when the omission was called to its attentien, forwarded the fee, but the Commissioner of Patents said he had no authority to collect it. Mr, David pointed out that the eon:tinny bad ale° failed to carry out another condi- tion of the- patent, aed that it had been practically out of court for 'the past five or six years. The matter was im- portant ill its relation to the general Mineral development of the province All parties were unanimous in the view that the refining should be oar - rind on in this country. Tee Canadian Copper Company took the view that it weer unable to refine bere bemuse the Orford Compeny controlled this pantioular .patent for refining nickel. According to the Canada Company, this was the only practical prooess for rennin nick 1 ;winch h d t b tablished. Yet .other proceeses, ne eat informed., woulal soon be; tit operation m Ontario. The, Dr. Hoepfner, process whieh has betel a distinct amorist; in Germany, was to be tried in Hamil ton, and the Clergue people were spending a lot et monet at Sault Ste process. Marie in the construction of a refine ing plant, in the line of an electrica Mr. Whitney seal he thought th motion should pass. As he understoo Boers in Strong Force North of Warrenton, A. despatch Iron, NiTarrenton, 3farefil 22, says: -A. reconnaissance of the Rd Dt oer position ewrays 0maitodeyyzstAerrdtialyterbyy, 12 under command. of Major DIewitte The at artillery was supported: by the Kime e berley Light Horse. There was a ts smart artillery dnel, which lasted ell morning. Tins Doers had four guns, two of wisiob tired cordite. The Beer fire wee rneffeotine, however, and the • ,gunts were eventuallY silenced. These Ntiruiehre. no casualties among the Del - a Two citizens of Vryburg, who have been imprisoned by the noers, arrived • here under a flag of truce. They state that the big gun with which the Boers s bombarded Kimberley was nein througn Cbristiana to Pretoria. Trains are now running to enthin eight miles of Warrenton. The Boers left h,urriedly, and bad no time to danutge the station, The Boers nave vacated Klipelara :end Windsorton, which are almost de- serted. Thar wives and families have fled with them. They sank the points or ferry boats at Riverton and Wind- sorton. The Yana river on only he crossed by swimming. The conntry this side of the river is well *patrol- led by the British, A FLANKING MOVEMENT. Methuen Seizes an important Cross- ing on the Vaal River. A desp,ateh from London, March 23 says: Gen. Meth,uen'a advance from the south, if incteed its objective is really Mareking, proceeds slowly. A despateh from Warrenton reports a stubborn Boer oppoeition to his passage of the Vaal river. The Free State Boers in the north-west wno had returned to their farms have been again commandeered, and ordered into the Transvaal, pre- sumably to resist the British advance. Regarding the deliberation of the I operationa on the Vaal river, the Daily • !NOVI% correspondent at Warrenton telegraphing under dale Of Maroh22, I says that Gen. Methuen's advance has I not been hurried to the relief of Mate - el king, wheee the pressure has lappar- ently been relaxe,d as the result of op- iteit practically amounted to this, i eratuon.s elsewhero but Gen. Methuen f is confident of arid sility to push suede g. the oppo.eition at the river when the d proper time comes. tl The same correspondent teports the -' seizure of an important crossing east I of Fourteen Streams, and' says that d flanking movement is in progress. woold be an attempt on the part o tbe Legislature to prevent it bein aaid either by the Canadian Copps Campany, or any other concern, tha it would be impossible to refine nic kel matte in Ontario, The motion carried unanimously, an will be transmitted to the Dominion Howe. , ; LOAN COMPANIES BILL. Mr. Carscallen introduced a bill re specting building societies and loan cerporationa very much along the same lines as that ot the Attorney General. The measure in -effete pro - Poses to reduce the capital • stook o these orporatirms to the ereaunt or the peed -up. capital. It is eroeided the in fixing the limit of their norroseing powers the amount ef unpaid capital. stock shell not be considered, but de positors and debenture -holders are not to be deprived et any rights thereby Mr. Pardee's bill to return to the boaus law ot 1888, Mr. McKay's tall to exempt from taxation non -producing improvements on farm lands, and Mr Taylons 'bill to prevent the .elanting of the barberry shrub as promotive of eust in wheat.. . 5500 FOR•COLONIZA,TION. Mr. Jamea Conmee, M.P.P., wed Mr. D. F. /3ark, are urging tne, Provincial Goyernment to advance 0500 at once o the New Ontario Colonization As - natation, being two months' instal- ment on the 53,000 a year which the esociation expects to got from the Administration. Rev. R. A. 'Burriss, the sec. -tree; urer, writes from Port Arthur that ifty settlers have .already arrived, mostly .from the United States, and net twenty-six more are coming, of vlsom thirteen are from Oklahoma. leetaettlers' home at Port Arthur sis rorowd,ed, and the $500 is wanted ove o build a shelter at Hyiner fer the women and children, while the men re establishing their homes. Mr. yment, M.P., tor Algoma, has been elegrephed to and instructed to make simtlar appeal to the Dominion Gov-, rnment. MR,. CARNEGIE'S PROTEST. Mr. Carnegie, East Victoria, drew he attention of tne Gevernment to, he fact that the distribution of the tatutes to °leeks of munieipaaties in artially settled distriets is not sat- sfactory. sugge,sted that the tatutes might be torwanded by post- ard or letter instead of the municipal lerks having to call on the clerks of he peace and sign receipts therefor. The Attorney -General promised con- . A HUGE FIELD FORCE. strength cif Lord Roberta' Army - for Operations of Offeaee. i mAareaeh spda4t,chwifyrsom:-A.Lonttoineg,rSaalriturdaany: t nouncitig tbat the eighth army diets - ion is expected to land an Port Eliza., _ bells end East London is interpreted to medn that this division will join Gen- i • iserparlir,sltioabentretsa,. travelling by way of , It is estimated that General Roberts ' will then have practically two army • corps available for field operations, exa Olu,sive of the trooPs guarding his corn- , niunicatiena, In addition he has Gen- 1 ' eral French's cavalry, thus outnume if Ib.ering the Boers three to one. ' . - r • CRUSHED BY KITCHENER. a Two British Forces Operating Nair h t Prleska Dnite. 1 A despatch' from Prieska, March 2n, I says ::-.General S•ettle and Lord Kitch- i3 ener joined forces at Dordenberg nek 'f' !Tuesday. Kitcbener's cavalry enter- c ed Pristine, on the 19th without op- a i position. The Boers evacuated the a f t y ore their arrival. Two t !men of the City /notarial Vtaunteers, !whoI crushed. A feweB,ocirs are reported to s were takee prisoners in the Hou- b water engagement, bad been released, 0 and are well. Ilins/ilettnednemthe obellion seems to be s is reported to be &seers- r be at Kenhardt. Neither Lord Kite's.. 0 ener nor Gen 1 S oun ered ousy opposition eti route, and foud the ' fatms deserted. • LOOKS AS IP THE LION AND THE DEAR WOULD FIGHT, nevent Movements Seem to ladteate a NOteS of Proeeedinge in the 1441011* LegislatUre. 116 • hire on the Part of Russia so rev at tit 4s..,land. It appears to be certain, not oul from reports in the Russiao newsy pore but tram the testimony of p v.ate and disinterested persona, that considerable concentration of forges Inushle and in the iseiglibortiood h been lately carried out in spite of t difficulties of winter weather. was learned several weeke ago that t fortified position on the Kushk Rive the termlaus of the braneb rallwa from Merv, was etrongly held, an ant a siege train, as well as reserv of reale, wag In readiness there eventualities. The Londoe Times correspondent St. Petersburg isays that the force that region is estinsated at 20,000 nse and there is no reason to believe th estimate to be above the mark, It mu be remembered that Russia to form days pledged herself moot distinet not to go to Mery and not to g to Sarakhs, but she went there, nese tneless, and the SWIG invincible ins. pulse or progression may be pleaded a an semis° for an ultimate advance u on Herat. It is most probable, how eeer, says the London Times, that th object of the Russian Governdent concentrating troops in consideralb aumbers-ewhatever the preeise may eb-at ku.shk, is simply to malt It ea,sier to gain some points in th frame le Persia a.nd elsewhere. AGGRESSION OF RUSSIA. The aggressions; of Russia in the fa East are brought prominently t light /3y: the( news that she is to a quire a port on the Persian ;gulf. As far back as 13d9 it was known i London that Rosie was treating en P.srsie for greater com,mercial priv leges. Lithe by little she has de mantled and received more, until no the eifete country that was the Dm pire of Xerxes is absolutely under th thumb or the great white Czar. Bander Abbas has been znentione many times as the port that R,ussi was seeking. The stone in her pat has been the control of this port an Bushire-the only two on the Persia GuL-by England, to whom their ceis toms receipts were mortgaged in r urn foe a loan. Coneeselons to Russian capitalist for railroads in Persia have bee granted within the last few years and while none of these has had th Persian Gulf as a stated objective point, there has i3een 'elk in diplo- matic oiroles or extensions in 'the nea future diet would bring them out t the gulf. Tabreez is the initial point m ail these plans. It is a cit of about 175,000 inhalaitants, and th centre of the trade that passe,s from Central Asia to the "Caspian Sea. ihas been reported that a liee wet planned to Kushk, on the Afghan fon der, with tbe object of pushing it on to Herat as soon, as England was ea THE HIGH JOINT COMIKISSXON. y air Charles Tupper enquired when 0, thae House was to be furnished witls • ceptea of the protoeola and other In- a formation concerning the commotion at appointed to arrange outetanding mate an ters between Vallnda and the United be States. As the, work of that coMmiss It mon had, now, apparently, cores) to an he end, he; thought it was time that the r, House elect the country should be told y exactly wheh they had done. d Ste Wilfrid, Leurier could not agree e with thetidea that the cemlnetssion had or nuished its sittings, or that the neva- tuitions had come to an end, although at he was, not prepared tosay when they in would be resumed. In the meentme. n, lie was .rmt in a position to say wheu is the protocols and other information st would be laid before the House, but sr the Government now had the matter ly wtuder con.sideration and he would o gtve an unwise 10 a few days, • GARRISONING OF ESQuIMALT. Kr. Prior called Attention to the a fact that men who had been recruited te. Br in Wish Columbia far Company "A" of the Provincial Battalion, which is " to garrison Halifax, had been sent to e do garriaon duty at Esquimalt He n wanted to know whether' it was the je intention to garrison Esquimalt per- ' manently with Canadian troops, Also es he had been informed on.good authori- e ty that the Leinster Regiment, now in e Halifax, had received m.arohing ord- ers for Africa, ana that they were going to leave behind them all the ✓ men under 20 yeers of a.ge nnd all those unfa for active service. He Bug- ' gested that the men thus left bedind o- would be a good nucleus for t,he re- _ potriation of the regiment. eins Dr. Borden said be had no informas tion regarding Mr. Prior's first ones- ' 'eon, but was not inclined to think it - was well founded, He nromiaed to w give information on this point to -mor- s row. As to the repatriation of the tLeinstc.tr Rep:ment., the War Office u question, and had strong hopes of be - a ing able to carry it out in the near a was now seriously considering the THE PACIFIC CABLE. - Mr. Casey produ,oed a copy of the, e. Hansard of the Australian colony of Victoria, dated February 9th, in which s appeaeed a statement credited to Mr. Cliatineaent,'. tact tuaheerliefbfeeer t °La t. teh exist pec4ra-, e ial authorities had no objeotion A.us- train. grantIng the Eastern Extension Cable Cempeny landing righta and ✓ imitates for doing business for their O proposea cable to' Cape Colony on con - damn that Imperial messages should y 1:da.ves: the preference and that rates , e once lowered should never be inereaa- Mulock said that this statemeet s wait net at all in harmony wah the .. Canadian Government's views of the attitude of the Imperial. authorities. - So far as this the Governeneot know. suoh a position as to be able to of er slight objection. _ ond he felt oretty sure its informa.- tion was correct, the Imperial Gov- ernment had not given its consent to any varia tion in the terms of the e agreement for the construction of a • Pacific cable to be owned jointly by y the colonies and Great Britain. d ORFORD COPPER COMPANY. t Sir Wilfrid' Laurier presented the petition of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, praying that the bill of the Orford Cooper Company for re- - newel of lettere; patent do not become law. The petition was referred to the Select Committee on Private. Bills. ONTARIO'S CONTINGENT NUMBERS • 940. - Mr. Cargill was informed by Dr. - Borden that it was impossible to tell . the total number of men wbo volute. - teered for service in South 'Africa, either from the separate provinces or - from the Dominion as a whole. No re- cerd was kept of those who ware re- jected fqr various reasons, or those who • volunteered after the lists were filled. The number of men furnished from Ontario was 900, not including the 40 who enhated as reinforcements for the -first contingent, nor those who went with' the Strathoona. Horse. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. EFFECT ON BASUTOS. s Are Convinced the Authority of the P Queen is Paramount. A deepatch from Maseru, Basutoland, 0 Wednesday, says :-Everybody in Basu- c toland rejoices in the restoration of t telegraphic communic,ation with Ali- wal North, The proclamation of Lord Roberts is apparemtly effective, as the Free Staters are surrendering to the Basutonend officials. The occupation of Thaba niche and' Rouxvilte by the British has produced an excellent impression, convincing the Basutos that the authority of the Queen la paramount. MORE FIGHTING IN NATAL Winston Churchill SayS the .Cani- palgn is by No Means Over; A despeteh from pletermaritzburg, Natal, eat's:a-Yesterday nhe new iron mounting for the 4.7 naval gun for field ptirposes, invented by Capt. Pee. ry Scott, of 11.11/LS. Terrible, and con- structed under his directiori in the Noe tal Government rellway workshops, wad tested and found no every respect eatiefactory. Commander Ogilvie told me that he would undertake to move eueh a gun wherever field artillery could go, and a as quick as infantry could go. Beyond! all doubt the heavy weapon must be- t come a permanent feature in modern e field armies. We have bought our ex-, ne patience dearly. Let us profit by it. I t I propose remalning in Natal for the e preserit. The fighting is by no mea.nsi h A t' 1 oh the enemy fit ell points ie the shortest way to peace. —. CONNAUGHT VISITS BELFAST. mow* Son Pays a Mali nettmee to • Oititantry or tem, Troops, A despatth from 13elfaat, March says: -For the first time in 30 Vara the Dake of Connaught and Strathern, commander of the forces in Ireland, visited Belfast tnelay, on a tour of military inspection He waa °tithes& rustically received. The Earl of Dufferin and Ava pro- posed the health of his Royal Highness a um can. The Duke, hie re- sponse, teferred to the wonderful de. VelopMent of Belfast. Alludine to the forthcoming visit of the Queen, he said all understood that it was entirely of the Quentin own free will that she wits planning to 'revisit the country, of which she had always aerated the Averment reeolleetion. Ile paid a high tribute to the gel - teary of the Irish regiments in South Africa, where, be Said, Irishmen, aide by tilde With soldiers from the colonies and the United Kingdom? were prov. Ing their devotion to their sovereign. INFECTED WITII PLAGUE. A despatch from Sydney, says: - Sydney, eapital of 146W South Wales, and Adelaide, capital of South Aus- tralia, have been deelared infected with the buboele plague. • LI0ENSE COMMISSIONEfts. The following license commissioners have beesn appointed: - Parry Sou,nal East -Samuel Carmich- ael, Thomas Bottoinle,y, Roberti Men- zies. Perri, Sound West.-Jonatshan Crisp, James Calder, William Wilson, sr. Glefagarry.-Robert R,Saugaters vice James Dingwall, resigned. West, Welitneeton.-Thomas Har- court, Senn °Deer, Jones A. Bran- don, West Bastings.-Henry G. Bleecker, jerensiah 0, Squire, Williara J. Mc- Cann,on. Eclat Victoria.-Wilham Waffe, W.C. Moore, John' Bowie. Waterloo Nortle-Walter Veitch. vice Alexasuler Peterson, resigned, Grey Centre. -P, Mc(Jullougb, T. 0te- Gill, C. Pye. • COMING LEGISLATION. Mr. German' has a bill to amend the Ontario Veterinaryl Act It provides that hereaftee persons practising as veterinary Burgeons. shall pass an uthorized exagenetion. Mr. Wieners North Toronto, will Ina roduce a.bill providing that in mum- ipalities where the wards have been hennaed fors the election, of eldermen he abolition, shall also apply to the lotion of, school trustees. DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS. Xr. Dryden's bill for the prevention and destruction of noxious insecstewas given a second reading. It makes it optional with municipalities to appoint imspeetoett to attend to the delstruction or prevention of noxioua insects, and provident that those disobeying orders be subject to penalty. COLD STORAGE MEASURE. .11on. Mr. Dryden moved this accond readhig et Ida bill providing for the incorporation of five or more pereons aa co-operatitte old storage among.- tiona. The Government proposed to as - est blush orgatrizatiota to the amount . RELIEF Eon Liguoit MEN. The Provincial Seeretary will intro- duce a bill providing. for eemi-annual payments of hotel lieenses and the brewers' and distillers' tax. Brewerre malt-housee and distillers' cattle byres aro also to be exenapt from assessment under the Government's revenue law, /TO SEE THE WAR THROUGH. What KrUger TOld a Deputation of Burghera, despeteh to the London Daily NeWit from Pretoria, stays that a de. putation of burghers wetted on Prete- dent Kruger te enquire regarding the eituatiou. They received a reaseur. beg reply. The President said the Gevernment intended to See the war threugh determinedly, and that a touncil of wet* by the nation's teed - are wOuld be theld elthrtlY. The Viedomosti, organ or the Rus - sten Government in Central Asia is authority for thei 'statement that t,h Transpersian railway will be 1,300 Miles, running froth. Eishulfa, by wa of Table* Bernadan, Ispahan an Kerman, to Bunder Abbas, and tha 50,000,000 roubles will be spent upon t. Thee there los the sadden anti see - et mobilization of a gigantic Ru.ssi arnay on THE FRONTIER OF PERSIA. There is believed, by tenet people tb e ne doubt that these things, taketi ogether, are indications of Russia's ntention to take advantage of Eng and's pre-oc,cupation to gain for her elf the ends she has sought so long he has won Persia by money and dip =my, and England's innuence at the o urt of the nhah is at an end, Per ia. owes England many millions, and ntil these are paid Russia cannot hope na, If t, f p g o England; as security for the debt But in the treaty made last month RETIRING TO LAING'S NEK. nos Reeve, With 15 thins, North o Ladysmith. A. ,despatch from London, Sat:Laney, March 24. eays:-The Morning Post's correspondent at Ladysmith, Winse ton Churchill, telegrapais particulars regerang the Boer positions in Mutat on 3farch 20. According to British in- formation, they. ere holding the Big- garsberg raege Kraal Cnendycleught to Perth. Their etrongesn position; are • across the Newcastle road, where there ea'a two, lines of entrencinnente an,c1 12,600 mese wiih sixteen guns. They are Also holding the Drakena- berg range; from Oliver's hoek to Ctundycleugh: There are. indications of' importnnt ehain.ges in their dispositions, Native deserters say the Boers have seat thetr women and children northward, and that they intend ta withdraw thee' guns and stores to Laing's nek. They have already sent waggons to remove the Ilelponakaar, detachment. Gen, Clue? &ins recovered, and hag taken over the command of Gen. Lytteltows division. I Gen. Lytteltors Les been appointed to the command of the Ladysmith division which is stll recuperating, • r GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE, •••••• Murderer Troisibley Leaves the Court Moot Smoking Cigar. A despatch ,from Bay City, Mich., says 1 -Daniel J., Teora.bley, convicted of tne murder of his wife, was on Fri- day to.orning fienteneed by Judge Shepherd to imprisonment in Jackson State !prison for Rife. He took the sentence Without any evidence Of feeling or emotion, and left the court- room smoking a cigar which he light- ed after hearing 'his sentence. Prom- bley is the man aerested at Toronto a few weeks ago and brought baek to m Michi,gan. • WA.11, AND NATIONAL DEBT. y which Bessie lent Persia 22,500,- 00 roubles in return for her nuetoras eceipts at all interior ports of entry, wee a etipulation that as soon as pos- Pole Russia should pay all other debts. hould Persia pay otf England at nce, that would leave ner gulf ports free from ezicumbranee and she would be rat liberty. to mortgage or lease them to Russia. Herat is Russia's final objective. Lord Beatonsfield said Herat was the key to India. And there is not a shade ow of dou,bt, that when Russia seizes Herat, England will setae Kandahar and the rival races -Slav and Anglo- Saxoti-will be face to face, for the great struggle that is to decide which of the two is to be the controlling in- fluence En the destinies of the world. Afghanistan Ilea between them. England is still supreme at Cabul. The Asneer would join England in any en- caunter attack to Russian aggression in the direction ot the frontier of In- dia' . The' recent requ.est by the Colonial Office for information as to the num- ber of troops thlat Australia could fure nish in the event of trouble clamber° than in Africa is believed here to have its real bearing on the Situation in tiersta. . , • NAVAL DISTINCTIONS, tilirerrners lietwreit ships or War Mew Dotted in Dispatches. A battleship is an armered vessel of cotnparatively lew speed, carrying heavy guns, and intended to fight with °thee vessels of het class. A cruiser is a swift vessel, sometimes armored, sometimes not, carrying guns of a Me- dium, size, ifitended to act as a scout and to destroy and run away. It oc- cuptes to the battlesbip the same rela- tion that cavalre does to artillery and infantry in an array. An armored cruiser carries armor over its vital points -machinery. A protected con Iser has a protected deck and very light eirnsor. An unprotected warship has neither armor nor proteetive deck. A torpedo boat ia a very swift uneresore ed vessel, carrying light guns, whose °Mingle° arm is the tor.pedo, The tor- pedo boat destroyer is stmply a larger and swifter torpedc, boat. Tne largest vvar vessels afloat aro of 14,900 tons displacement. Ships have been built that have defied any storm they have met, but it is conceivable that a atorm ight rage that would deetroy an.y easel. The best coal procurable is Sod on war veseels. No partitular ind has the °all. NSVERING AN ADVERTISEMENT. An exc,hange offers a sample of reat honesty in business trensac. on. Li ft certain. echoot the Ohil- reit ere given widely varying exer- nes in tbe use of English. Somes Mes they eape poetry for the black- oard, or they write letters and ans. er advertisemente. The other day a "wanted" advertises- ent appeared on the board, and all he little girle Were required to hand written applleations in reply. Wanted: A milliner -Apply by letter o Mien Smith, Itt Blank Street. Trills was Edith's applieatton, omptly wititten and hended in: Dear Wes Smith* I saw ou w t illIner,t hate tO trim bats. Must you A During the Fremh War that began In 1792, Englend's debt increased to the extent of nearly 4,000,000,000, and again during the Napoleonic wars there was an Increase of about 4820,. 6 000,000, During the forty years of ti peece that followed there was a de- b cream% of 491;000,000; but, on the other w hand, over 440,030,000, was added dim. Eng the Crimean War and the Indian Ed 1V1171:**OtilITPUri COMPLIMENT. - in Mamma -Aunt Ella thinks you aro t a mica little boy. Dick -4 hope she don't mean I'm a Prr Moly I 1 WE HAVE ALI, MET HIM. What tort of a fellow is Hobbors in a social way t Oh, he is ono of those idiots who would say "oweete to the sweat" when ha wee pestling tho pickles to a lady "" • uneertain isgs. get somebody else I Please let me now at Sixteen Edith anneg. LIElt LAST CIIANCE non. Mite -What nukes Miss Hasbeen ao d Ethel-15he has just learned that the sear 1000 le not it leap year. Mr. Fisher, replying to Col. Prior, said that no cases of bubonic plague had been reported at 13ritish Columbian ports, but that a case had been re- ported at Part Townsend and another lately.in the Chinese quarter of San Francesco. As a result, orders have peen given to treat ships owning from these ports. In the same manner as those coming from the Orient. PLAINS 02 ABRAHAM. Mr. Taylor was informed by the Pre. mier that there lied been informal ne- gotiations respecting the purchase of the Plains of Abrahana by the Govern - meta. It had beurfully decided tome quire the property if it could be pro. cured at a reaeonable figure. GRANTS TO SOLDIERS. Mr. Sutherland introduced a bill to make further provision respectieg grants of land to members of the =l- ine force on active service in the Nor th-West. STANDARD BARREL. Sir Henri July, in answer to Mr. Mills, said that the Government had . now under confederation the question of defining the dimenaiena of a stan- dard barrel. MURDER AT SKAGUAV. Two Klondike Travellers Killed by Indians A despatch, from Viuncoover, B. Co saym-The steamer Cutch, front Ska- guay, brought news of the &meat there of nine Indians for the murder of Sir. a,nd Mrs, Frank Worthtnn last Octo- ber. Mr. end Mrs. Worthing left thetr home in Iowa early lase spring\ for Skaguay, where they weat LIAO the restaurant business and did welL About: the end of Septe.mber they left Skaguay for' a bay ten miles down the Lynn canal. That was thee twit that was seed' of them. They had taken 'provisions to stay only a week on their outing, and, after twice; that time had extered their friends set; out to look for them. The only trace they found was their boat abandoned on the shore. A, few days ago at Skaguity an In - <ham told. the details of the killing to the pollee. He had become converted rtml, a member, of the Salvation A.rany, and omeidered it a relief:me duty to tell of the crime, Ile gave the pones the berate of the nine Indians impli- cated, mkt the Arrests' were made lost Tharsday nighL The Indian, Charlie, who "preached" ot the others, imp that the Wortlengs were shot down over thetr outdoor fire at night An Indian, iti was Alleged, hail been, killed by /white Men some time before, and it was for revenge that Worthing and hie wife were shot. Their bodied,' were hidden, aeave. BOER VVOI1EN FRANTIC Entreat to be Allowed to Shoot Britiah OffiCerS at Preterla despateh from London, Friday, says:e4t is reported from Lorenzo Mareitaa that Pretoria is prepared to stand a atom ef two years, and that the Boer Wntrten, freintie At the re- Vtrilet to the Doer army, are entreat* Ing to be allowed, to ithoot the Stifieh offietra imprisoted at Pretoria. /1 is elite announeed from the Trani. Vidil capital that the Italia, (10,611t. merit hes &alined to fatalism