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Commentare.-I. The parable of the
sower (vs. 14i). L Began agate to teaeh
eununer passed in a euccession of
neeitements and an unbreleen recut-
tette° Of entrensting toil; he seems to
luvve spent the months in ettesmesive eir-
elate, from Canernatun an a centre.
tineaugh ail the villages of Galilee.-
(OMM The sea eidit-The Sea of Gali-
lee. Greet multittule-Tite Pharisees
hed been laboring by base valumnies,to(
sirivo the people away front Jestre, but
they *till flocked after lam as much as I
erne Christ will be glorified in epite of
nU opposition; he will be. followaL-
Senry. antis was the popular 'scalp(' of
Obrilit'e ministry. Great nunnices at-
tended. at every seiscouree, and the syn.
goguee were crowded when he spoke. A
satip-Jesus sat in a boat which had been
prepared for lane In the sea -The &oat
was in the sea, On the land -The mul-
titude stood on the shore. The circular
Sr es of the by be up as they re -
trade from t -he sea, thus forming a
ural amphitheatre.
la. Taught hy parables -"A par-
able is an allegorical relation or reme-
ventation of ere:tenant; real in lifeeor
nature, from whieh a moral is drawn
tor inetruetion." Christ's parables are
a comparisson of spiritual things with
natural in order that the spiritual thing;
way be better understood. In hie doe -
trine -That is, bis teaching. 3. Behold
a, sower -The animated introduc-
tion gives plausibility to the view that
our Lord pointed to sonte distant :Sower
in tight eeattering his seed.-Whe,ton.
4. The way side -There are fonr kinds
of ground mentioned. The first is the
wienside where no plough has broken
it up. "The ordinery roads or parts ie
the east lead often along the edge of
the fields, which are unenelosed,"-Ilack-
att.
3. Stony ground -Luke says, "upon
a rock." `The rocks of Palestine and Sy-
ria are mostly limestones, with many
flat stretchea, covered with an inch or
so of soil." -Hall. This is the seemed kind
of ground. Sprang up -"A thin surfaco
of eoil above a shelf of rock is like a hot-
bed; the stone keeps the heat and stim-
ulates the growth." During the rainy set -
son in Palestine the growth would be
rapid. O. Withered away -Luke says "it
lacked moisture." The hot sun dried up
the moisture and scorched the grain.
7. Among thorns -The third kini of soil
was goodand there was hope of a bar -
rt, but the ground was filled with per-
nicious seeds. Thorny shrubs and pleats,
abound in Palestine. 8. Good ground -
The fourth kind of soil was rich and welt
prepared. Some an hundred -This repre-
sents the highest degree of fruitfulness.
Other seeds only bore sixty or thirtyfold.
"The return of a. hundred for one is I tit
unheard of in the east, though always
mentioned as something extraordinary."
H. Why Christ taught in parables tvs.
9-12).
IL Hath eare, etc. -This %sunny fol-
lows an important stratement, imbru-
ing that he who has the discernment to
understand will find the deeper meaning.
-Seaff. 10. When..alonge-Either this
explanation to the disciples was made
later, or he withdrew a short distanee
from the multitude *o as to be alone.
Christ evidently spoke further to the
people on this same day. With the twelve
-There were other disciples with Him
besides the twelve apostles. Asked of
Hira-The question asked in Matthew
"Why speakest thou unto them in
parables?" and in Luke "What might
this parable bet' Christ had introduced
a new lona of teaching which the dis-
ciples did not understand. Ile first pro-
ceeds to give them a reason for thus
teaching, and then explains this particle,
la r parable.
11.Unto you -To you, disciples, wit°
inquire, and seek to know the truth; to
you who are "within" in contrast to
those who are "without." To know the
mystery -The true disciple has a know-
ledge of the "mestere- of godliness" -
the mystery of the atonement and the
gre.at plan of salvation, includiug re -
pentence, faith, conversion, etc., whieh
was revealed by Christ (Rom. xvi. 25:
Col. I. 26, 27). Kingdom of God -The
spiritual kingdom Christ came to estab-
lish That are without -Those outside
of the kingdom, who are not disciples. in
parables -Truths delivered in parables
were covered by a. thin veil and were
not immediately apprehended; thus,
white instant rejection might be the re-
sult of presentirg the naked truth, et-
tention to the truth was secured by the
intereeting tovering under which it o
presented. -Ripley.
12. That seeing, etc. -See Isa. ri. 9.
He did not speak in parables because he
did not wish them to know the truth anti
see Me light, but because they were in
darkness and doge(' their eyes to the
light. Not perceive, etc. -These nega-
tive verbs "notpereeive" and "not under-
stand"express intentional unintetegence,
These men do not fell into passive ignor-
ance, but they actively ignore. -Wo,
Lest -This 'let" depends upon this ig-
noring. They ignore "it" they should
be converted.
Ir. The parable of the sower explained
(vs. 13-20.) 13. knew ye not, etc. -
Jesus now proceerls to menver the see:me
question (see note on v. 1(.) The Saviour
does tot lay- down rules of interpreta-
tion, but gives examples. The explana-
tion of the first parable of the kingdom
is the key to all the rest By elearly
derstaeding this they weuld have but
flttZ diffteuly in understanding these
thttt might. follow. 14. The sower -Con -
Rider the sower, the seal, the snil. 1.
Wheever preacheth the word of God to
the peepie is the sower: ensue Christ, the
apostles, every trite minister nf the gos-
pel, all whoee holy example illustratee
and impresses gospel truths. &meth the
word -2. "The seed is the wool of God"
(*(,uke oil'. 1.I.) 4, The soil is the )eart
of titan. "The seed eannot grow without
soil; but the life is in the seed, not in
the (mite' The reetilte, however, depend
largely upon the kind of soil in which
the Seed is sown, 15. Ily the way side -
The four kin& of soil represent four
elessee of individuals. The wayside tear-
ers are those who do not untletetend be -
'Ruse they do net pay proper attentinn.
Sin has hardened the heart. "Evil habits,
profanity, uftelean thoughts have trano
pled it solid." Word is sown -in each
ease the seed was good. Have heard
-All hear; God speaks to every person;
all might heed and beeonte fruit -bearing
christiens if flies,. wrilt14 Saten rometli
-Matthew says "the 'wicked ones," and
Luke says "the devil." Titus we see that
"Hann must be a real, personal being,
nntl not merely the symbol of evil." ---
Schaff. Taketh away-Carelees, trifling
heerers are an easy prey to Satan. As
the bird picks up the seed by the way.
side so the devil will rob us of the word,
unless we take eare to keep it. ---Henry.
10. Stony ground -The stony -ground
bearers go farther than the first elan;
they not only hear, but believe, and re.
erive the trutInand tbo sea: prings ttp,
Thy take upon themselves a profession
of religion.
17.1Tave no root-Ife did not count
the cost (Mike xiv., 25-33. Hitt entotfons
vt ere touched, but his soul was not deep -
)y convinced of i4 g,ullt and depravity.
Ile WAD not established in rigbteensuessa
Endure but for a Cum -While everythiug
pee smoothly and they ore surrounded
by good influences, affliction of persecu•
tion ---Luke says, "In the time of tempt-
ation fall away." They loge no power
to resiet au- opposing influeneen A
sneer, a rude jest, the finger of scorn
wdl cause them to deny them Lord.
They are Off elided ---"They Stumble."-”,,
R. V.. They fall over the ee obsteeles.
18. Among thorns ---Tho soli was
was good, but was preoccupied. The
thorny -ground hearers go farther than
either of those mentioned in the former'
instanees. They had root in themselves
and were able to endure the tribulations
paeecutions and temptatione that came
upon them; but still they allowed oth-
er things to muse- them to beeome nit -
fruitful. 39. Cares -Four things are
ment;oned which "choke the word." First
the cares of this world. Deceitfulness rf
riehness-This is the second thorn. Wen -
n; claim to be able to bestow blessings,
and hanon ana happiness, but thee- aim
not give one of these things. Lusts of
thinge-See I John, ii, 10. Execs nee
and meetly desires for pleasure, happi-
nese, honor, worldly auceeee, ete. This
ie the third thorn mentioned. Luke adds
a fourth, the "pleasures of this life."
20. Good ground -Good and honest
hertrte. Bring forth fruit -Who briag
forth fruit to perfection ? 1. Those who
have heard and received tbe word. 2.
Those who "keep it" (Luke viii. 15);
, that is, obey the teeth. 3. Those who
; have pure hearts rActs xv, in -Hearts
• made free from sin (Rom. vi. 22). 4.
Time 'who bring forth fruit "with pa-
tience)" (Luke viii. 15).
KITCHENER IN IND A.
IS TREATING THE NATIVE ARMY
WITH CONTEMPT.
----- 'MEM OUT OF NOM
Market Reports
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-OP- GOIMY AND HIS ALLEGED WIFE
The Week, SET ADRIFT.
His Other Wife Living. in Russia-,- Rat
Toronto Farratirs' ;Marken
• Lived With This One Four Years,
The offerings of grain to -day were
=. small. consisting only of about 1100 buslo Bet Was Never Married-Gorny is
ein One load of white wheat sold at 70e, alad About It.
and ao bushels of white (sate at 40 to New York, April 10.-Maxime Gorky
41e.
Dairy produce in fair supply, with and Mine. Adreleva, who_ has been known
prices ,slightly weaker, Butter sold at ,as Mme. Gorky -since the errival of the
1,25 to 2he per lb, mut eggs at 13 to 20e author In thiseoitnty and who has lived
per dozen.
- Hay in limited offer mut prices firm;
.13 leads seta at tint to $13 a ten for tint-
' "
Masterful and Intolerant -Special Cor-
respondent of the Times Charges
That Same Spirit of Soreness as
Caused Mutiny Prevails,
London, April 15.-A seneation lia
been created not only in militery
circles, but in the nation by the publi-
cation in the Times of a letter from
its special ccarcepontlent in India wIdeli
indicates that Lord Kitehener is handl-
ing the Indian anny in a manner than
will inevitable cause serious anxiety
in the future. It is incidentally though
unavowedly a strong vindication of Lord
Curzon's attitude in his controversy with
the late Government.
The correspondent, although writing
ananymously, is known as an able
publicist, who is intimately acquaint.
(el with the politics of the Empire.
The gist of his accusations is that
Lord Kitchener, by his contemptuous
treatment of the native army, is creat-
ing in that body the same spirit of
soreness and discontent, which was one
rf the main causes of the Mutiny of
1857. After dwelling at length on the
administrative steps and other measures
which have led to this state of affairs,
he continues:
"Lord Kitchener's naasterfulness grows
with increasing power, and orders he
so often hastily issues be as hast-
ily withdraws. He no longer shows
de same industry or application to de-
hillor the same devotion to economy
which clutracterized his work in Egypt.
He has no personal knowledge of
the Indian character and his constitu-
tional intolerance of all opposition un-
fits bim to learn front those who have
had the experiece be lacks."
In conclusion, the writer touches on
a matter tbat has been notorious in
inner circles, but has hitherto not been
commented upon in the press, namely,
that the reconquest of the Soudan was
nearly wrecked in a disaster due to
the same disregard for the idiosyn-
creeies of the native troops which re-
sulted in an incipient mutiny. Lord
Kitchener had then already started for
South .Africa, but the conditions were
aseribed as clue directly to his policy.
It is pointed out that any trouble re-
sulting in India may in the mane way
he deferred until Lord Kitchener's
term of office expires eighteen months
herre.
Naturally tbis letter has produced a
defence from the Cemmander-in-Chief's
apologists, but those which have
hitherto appeared have been too per -
meal in tone to earre- conviction.
When Parliament reassembles after the
Easter vacatien the matter will be merle
subject cf questinns to the Govern-
ment.
rows CRY OF FIRE•
CAUSED PANIC AT A CHICAGO
EASTER SERVICE.
Four Killed and Score injured in Rush
for Exits -Pastor Tried in Vain to
Quiet the Congregation.
r'hicago, AI til 14. -During a panic fol.
:ening prankieh (...f fire by a boy
tinnight, while 400 ptrsinis Wer' 'nutlet -
I an't iin Ft- •tr et' serviie- at st
tiila's Boman Catholie Clinreln 24th
ntrect atil Albany avenue, Ihnent. llolka.
1.111e Cunat and Berbera Ifermanek, chit -
ere% nal eite. Kate leaelle were Mittel
; nil a scene otiar pereene injurat,
several se,'ionsly. There ir
no fe.
nn.st of the wershinners were women
int. children and ie. a Lac witintes
a-erc in .1 teegled tigt,4„ figai.ag t.t es -
nye from srenteed Integer. Main. pct..
emot jump:, 1 through windows, but the
In'ater ?melee crowded ta tee centre!
nth,.
lite extra weight_ grovel tin :ranee for
ell filter fi31,1 J;no of the joists broke.
oytphhIg of tee tinnetre increased
tL' fright of the terrified wome.n and
and cc foaglit desperate-
ly to reaidi the street. Whin the elturen
ens fintliy emptied the ebillren lay
trampierl to death in the aisle... Mrs.
Kind& tiled of liemorrlsage.,, on the way
to a hospital
Will Close CitUtchts,
Chicago, April 1(i. --Ai ft result of the
paree at nt. feelmillan Bohemian Roman
Calliolie Church l6.iturday night, when
rne
thlittle girls were killed, and more
than a eerie of playsiniane injured, rill
ellen-hes throneimut Chkano where the
building laws are not etifernel are to he
Indieemen are to be stationed
At ry pry honer, of woteitip to prevent
prevent- ever -crowding. 'J his plan was announc-
ed last night by Ditilding Conniiissioner
liarteen, mho had inveetigated the eou-
Mime; existiug at ties time of the petite.
the ordination prohibiting over-
erowding and the locking of exits been
completed with, lie Ant's, every persoe
in the churett woula !Ave eeteaped
lured. 'lite amyl' Lae a Peanut; eapa-
tiny of OM) and it seas ethane! by 'the
-tor that at leaet tem pereone were
statehng ut the Roles wink the tertenis
were in progress,
with him for the last four years as hie
wife, moved, by request, front the Hotel
a 13, all( o for ii;ie1. StiaW
firm, two loads selling at $10 to $11 rt whither the I
Lafayette-Brevoort on 'Saturday night,
,) nu gone after being cont -
ton. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with
light quoted at $0.73 to $10- and heavy pelted to leave, the Belleelaire when pub -
at $0.50. lie announcement was made that they
Wheat, white, bush ..$ 70 $ 0 00 were net unnue mne
eee
Do., red, knish 0 70 0 000
00They "
found lodgings at the lintel
o co Rhinelander, 12 Fifth avenue, where they
O 41_ took ttvo apartments, and where they
0 00 :hope to remain during their stay in New
000 York.
"This woman is my wife," said Gorky
to his friends. "She is my wife none the
less because certain words have not been
spoken and certain ceremonies °Nerved.
She bas been my wife for four years; I
proclaim her as such and honor her as
eneh; why then shonat others question
that which concerns me alone?"
Gorky prepared a Argued statement,
-which rend ns follows:
"1 think this disagreeable act against
me could eot have come from the Ameri-
can people. My respect for them does
00 not allow me to suppose that they lack
• s5 eo much in courtesy in the treatment of
1 00 women.
0 45 "1 think that this dirt ie conspired by
ao the friends of the Russian Clovernmeni,
0 25 My wife is my wife -the wife of Mexime
8 00 Corky. She and 1 -we both consider it
0 59 below us to go into any explanation of
10 00 this affair. Every one may say of us
10 50 wire. he Menses: for to us remains the
13 00 right to ignore the gossip of others,
"The best people of all lands will be
with us. einxime Corky."
Doe spring, bush .. 0 73
Do., goose, bush.. .. 0 71
Oats, bush .. 40
Barley, bush., .. .. 0 52
Peas, bush .. 0 73
Rye, bush.. .. . .. 0 75
Hay, timothy, ton.. 11 00
Doe, ton........7 00
Straw, per ton .. . 10 00
Dressed 0 50
Apples, per bbl... :... 3 00
Eggs, new bind, dozen., 0 18
Butter, 0 25
Do. creamery., .. 0 30
Chiekens, per lb... , 0 14
Fowl, per lb... .. 0 10
Turkeys, per lb. .. 0 18
Clem, per lb... , . 0 12
Cabbage, per dozen.. 0 40
Cauliflower, per dozen.. 0 75
Potatoes, per bag.. .. 0 SO
Onions, per bag.. 0 90
Celery, per dozen.. 0 40
Beef, hindquarters.. 7 50
Do., foregnarters- .. 5 00
Do., Omura, carcase .. 7 00
De., medium, carcase.. 0 00
Mutton per cwt.. .. 0 00
eal. per ewt... . 9 (10
Lamb, per ewt. .. 11 00
.1
13 00
9 00
11 00
10 00
4 00
.020
0 28
0 (10
0 17
0 12
0 20
0 14
O 30
Toronto Live Stock.
Receipts ot live steel: were 14,14t.
Ex'orters-Two choice, wen finished cattle,
1. relight in by San/ Ulm*, of Creemoce,
were Bold at $0.25. They were the bast of
thelr class on the market in II1X. weeks.
Butchcrs-A very few picked eattle sold
from $4.75 to $5 per cwt.; loads of good
$1.40 to Z4.00; medium mixed sold at $4 to
$1.05; common, $3.75 to $1; cows, $3 to
Feeders and Stockers -1f. liurby reports a
fair run of ooh cattle for this *week. Best
feeders, 1193 to PM lbs., at $1.60 to $1.75;
best feeders, 100 to 1100 lba., at $4.25 to
$4..00; best feeders, 900 to /000 lbs., at 61
to $4.25; test feeders, 000 to 000 lbs., at
0.85 to $4.10; best stockers, 50 to 700 1b3,
itt$2.0 to $3,65; common stockers, 400 to
500 lbs., at $3. Mr. Itfurby shipped out
sevou loads to clients,
Mitch Cowsr-Less than a dozen cows sold
at $35 to $50 each,
Veal Calves -Deliveries of "bob" calves
were large, and prices for this class were
easier, but prime veal calves are in tb-
mend at good prices. Prices ranged from
$3.50 to $6 per cwt
S.heep and Lambs -Prices were easy, eomnuttee of the Bunde of tins city, that
eraxime, who was the leader during the
Gorky Disappears,
New York, April 10. -The Tribune
says; Maxime Gorky and Mine. Andrieva,
were pot found by' newspaper men in
this city yesterday. Their baggage, it
was ascertained, was shipped to Chicago
on it morning train, and there was some
reason to believe that they had gono
on the same train with the baggage, to-
gether with Nikolay Piesheoff, Gorky's
adopted son..
Abraham Cabo% editor of the Jewish
Daily Forward, said hist evening that
Gorky had arranged to go out of the
city for a few days, and keep out of
sight in a quiet place, where he could
write in peaceie that way, Mn Callan
said, the Russian author and revolution-
ist, could get ready some speeeltes he
intended to deliver in this country.
Gorky told his friends, Mn Callan said,
that he was supporting his wife and
children in comfort in Russia, and that
Itis wife was content with the separa-
tion, Word was received at the Jewisb
Daily Forward, through the central
follows: Export ewes t old at $6.73 to
$5.25; bucks, $4.25 to $4.75 per cwt; yearling,
Iambs of price qualitY, $7 to 87.50; mixed
lots of yearlings, 85.50 to $6.25 per cwt.;
spring lambs, $3.50 to $7 each.
Hogs -Mr. Harris quotes prices unchanged,
with an easier feeling en the market; se-
lects, $7.25 Per cwt.; light and fats $7 per
cwt.
Buffalo Cattle Market.
East Buffalo, April 311.- Cattle -Re-
ceipts, 100 head; steady; prices tin -
changed. Veals-Reeeipts, 150 head;
active,. 25e lower; $5 to $7. Hogs -Re-
ceipts, 3,700 head; active, 10 to 15c
higher; heavy and mixed, $0.05 to $7;
porkers and pigs, $7 to $7.05;. rouglisle
$0.15 to 80.30; stags, $4.25 to $4.75.
Sheep and lambs -Receipts, 3,000 head;
active; sbeep steady; lantbs, 5e bigher;
lambs, $6.25 to $0.75;, yearlings and
wethers, $0 to $0.25; ewes, 83.50 to
$5.75; sheep, mixed, $3 to $5.75.
British Cattle Markets
London, April 10. -To -day Canadian
cattle are unchanged at 10 to 1134e per
Ib; refrigerator beef is 71e, to Sc per lb;
sheep and lambs unchanged.
London Wool Trade.
London. -The arrivals of wool for the
third series of auction sales amount to
127,952 bales, bawling 03,000 bales for-
warded direct to spinners. The imports
this week were 1,00 bales.
The Week's Market.
R. C. Dun & Co.--Stringeney in the
money market hes nosed ne interrup-
tion to the wholesome progrese of trade
industry, eltheugh tending to de-
velop eons-ere:W:1n in speculative de-
partments. Weather conditions aceeler-
Ate the distribution of seasonable met's
eliandise, anti retail business is of large
volume outside the immediate vicinity
of the coal mines and a few other places
where local centroversies have their in-
fluenen. Building operations are only
limited by the supply of labor and mate-
rial, which eause frequent delays, one
the beavy centamption oft an emu:no:t-
aint 14 shown by the bigheet level of
quotateins ((dime Febraary, 1881, Mn
fileturin,,r plants ore fully engage:t; pur
iron produetion is itt the maximum,
sltipmente of footwear from Boston ex-
. eel ,tlene of any prevents, yeer, and P
sitermer tens k reported at the teetile
eine in reeponee el the well maiutainnt
• re reete for ro W inn t (gilt is, Rai I way
earnings for the firet week of April were
ed lea tent, lanter tban last yearn, al-
thotteli priees ef c4,euritie5 Imre wale-
ened seinen-hat in vegetate to the itigheet
money market a t this seff:pin itt iany
plAYS.
MIL SERVANTS.
'evolution in the Baltic provinces and
head of the federal committee cluriug the
three weeks of its republican .govern-
ent, will be in New York in it few
days, His miesion to ibis country is
.similar to that of Gorky. 'He will make
it tour of the United States, making
speeches and lectures.
CALL IN DIVERS.
RAVAGES" OF TIME AT WINCHES-
TER CATHEDRAL.
Water Rushes, Tip Through Gravel as
Peat is Removed and Floods the Ex-
cavations -Building Solid Founda-
tion.
New -York, April 15.-A speeial cable
to The Herald, from London says: The
men who are repairing the ravages
which time has wrought in Winchester
Cathedral have hail to call in the aid
of divers. The work of underpinning
nes been going on for some time in the
crypt owing to the subsidence of the
peaty stratum above the gravel Soil on
Whiell the cathedral is built and tbis peat
is being removed entirely, and on the
solid bed of gravel bags of cement Ala
gravel are being placed.
Unfortunately the water rushes itp
through the gravel as the peat is i e -
moved and floods the exeavations, so the
divers are employed to remove the peat
and put bags of cement in its Ow, an:t
witen this it set the water will be pump-
ed out and the masonry will be built
upon the solid foundation thus made.
Then tine bistorie old building will for
the first time rest upon a solid iamb. -
(btu
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FATAL FIGHT
.1•••••••••••••
OVER THE FINDING OF GOLD WHILE
EXCAVATING FOR A BUILDING.
Loin -eyelet, ley, April 10. -Luther Tay-
lor )farshall, of Campbellsville, Taylor
Cettnty, kentheky, is fatally wounded,
William Andrew Davis, colored, is dead,
ana a brother of Davis is dangerously
shot, the retult of an effort last night
to meet Andrew Davie ana recover $1.-
500 in, lona whieh was found by the
negro while excavating for a bnilding nt
lemrth Avenue and Chestnut linnet, on
Thursday afternoon. Forty-two 20 doe
lar gold pieees were recoverea from the
pockets of the dead Vie,gro. 11 18 likely
that the matter will be taken into the
courts by Peter tee Atherton, owner of
tne toe on which the motley was found,
aria Henry Diann, who had the contract
for the menet-allege Audrew Davis,
af-
WAN'1 BETTER PAY AND SHORTER ter finding the money, fled from the site
HORS, and went to the home of his mother,
near Oainpbellsville.
ItIontreal, .April 10.-(Sneciab -- A
movement is under way to secure better
conditions for the employees in the post
office and ellSt0111S awl inlana revenue
departments. A meeting was heti here
yesterday to get plans under way to lay
joint demands before the Prime alinisten
Fifteen eities were representedat the
A.bolition in Three Months.
OPERATORS' LAST PhOPOSITION FINAL The Wingliam Mance
Presidents of Coal Carrying Companies to Con -1
older the Reply.
Xow York, April 16, -The Tribune tine
morning says: The formal detailed reply
of the enthraelte operators to the last
proposition of President Mitchell's com-
mittee of seven will he mini:tenet to-
morrow at a meeting of the Presidents
of the coal carrying companies here. It
is expeeted President Baer, of the &e-
we,. Contrail Company, will preside. In
the detailed reply, it Wil4 solt hp4 iw.eit-
iirf, the eperatars will say that their
!ant proposition to Air. Illitehell was
final, and will give their reaseue ttt
leap,th for making the proposition, It
KEARSARGE ACCIDENT.
SEVEN MEN KILLED By EXPLOSION
IN TURRET.
Crew Were at Target Practice When the
Explosion Occurred -Rear Admiral
Sends Official Report of the Sad
Occurrence.
Wasbing, April 10. -Two years 50
a. day after the Missouri disaster, awl,
as superstitious :sailors remarked, on IL
Friday*and the 13th of the mont'..sevyn
men were killed yesterday in In.; for-
med turret of the letttleship Kvarsarge,
Una at -target practice, ia the Caribbean
Sea, by one of those accidents which
aequire additional terror for senora be.
cause of their obscure origin and the
seeming impossibeity ef preventing them.
The official (mount of the disixi.Aer is
contained in Coo billowing cable des-
patch from Admiral Evans:
Caimanent, April 11.
Secretary Navy, Washinoton:
On April 13, about 3,15 p in,. %horny
alter completiun of target practice of
the Kearsarge forward turret, Wilde the
powder was going below, ehreo ecetione
of it thirteen -inch charge of powder Wel'
ignited. 'Charge of powder in other lift
just below and one eection intik thir-
teen -inch rem:ninon intact. .Canee not
yet determined, nor accountability. Mat-
, ter is beingeinventigated.
ILieut. nosemli W. Creeme, gun umpire.
hae been sent to the Maryland in a teen.
leritleal state about 4> p.
The A:Heinle fleet had been for weeke,
le:Ignore' in the moet severe drilk in the
waters oti the Caribbean Sea, culminatinn;
in the quarterly target practice. 'This
praetke WM almost -over, with mese sat -
i. -factory results, and it was torafidrntly
expectcld at the departmentnon the basis
of ereluninary reportsreeeirea, that all
ream& would be broken in ,the matter
tof rapidity of fire and efficiency- of the
gutters. But tacky, just at the erase
of the week's evork at the department,
came the despatch from Bear Admiral
Evens.
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SERVED SENTENCE.
jABEZ SPENCER BALFOUR RE-
LEASED FROM PRISON.
Was Given Fourteen Years in age fax
Extensive Frauds in Connection
With the Land Allotment Company.
London, April 10. -Jabez Spencer Bal-
four, formerly it financial magnate and
a member of Parliament, who was sen-
tenced to .fourteen Tears' imprisonment
in 1895 for extensive frauds in connec-
tion with the Lands Allotment Company
and the house and laud investment trust
of the liberator group of companienwas
released to -clay front tbe Parkhurst-
-Prison on the Isle of Wight. It is said
Ito will probably- return to the Argentine
Republic, front where he was extradited
before his trial, and Where, it is said, he
holes consiteerable interests in different
trade concerns.
, Tim case of Jabee Balfour caused a
good deal .of interest. He is it men of
goad education and pleasant manners,
and euceeeded itt ewinciling thousands of
people, eepechilly persons beionging, to
the middle eines of England. It was
estimated that, these lost about Fe:30,-
000,000.
ITHE CATTLE EIViBARGO.
„VAN HORNE WOULD SUSPEND THE
BR/TISH PREFERENCE.
Montreal, April 10. -(Special) -elf one
were Czar of Canada, it would be his
master stroke of policy to suspend. the
preference of Great Britain until the pro-
hibition against Canadian cattle is can-
: celled." This was the striking figura-
tire phrase in wbich Sir William Van
Horne referred ou his retura from Lie
!trip to England to the regulation de.
ertelug the slaughter .of Canadian cattle
shiped to British ports. He came over
by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Gross :from
bouthampton and. arrived home early
..yeeterday morning.
'The referancc to the cattle question
came up ia this way. Ite remarked that
he had travelled over a large part of
the country with the object of addine,
to his own pure bred stock and was
rather disappointed at not finding more
animals of pre-emineut merit, ile
ttibuted the fact to many of the ehoic-
tot British breeds having been purehesed
for North and South America.
"I believe," he declared, with empha-
sis, "if we had an open competition 00
Woillt1 carry off the honors, but it is use-
less talking about open tompetition at
British exhibitions :viten our 'cattle have
to be'slaughtered, as soon tts they me
tandea et a British porn"
I it, is eight years since he last visited
the (mutiny.
St. Thomas, Ont., April 15.-The'Ant-
erican consul, Maxwell K. 3foorthead,1
at St, Thonuts, has received notiee
stating that the net abolishing certain
eonstilates in Ontario hos become lewd
and that the St, Thomas office wilt be
meeting, including Ottawa, Toronto and (dosed In about three months. A new
ifamiiton, The, movenwnt is to secure 'offit' is being installed itt Port Rowan,'
yenr,
better pay, shorter hours and otherwise -at it 'MaliktY of two thousand it
improving the condition of civil servants, - 4.4•40*---••-••.•
tank by Falling Tree.
WILL NIP- BUILD RAILWAY. • Winglunn. Ont., April 15. ----What very!
Cathrtrittes, .April 10. - Thirty nearly resulted in a tatal Itecident Tia;
young men of this city and the sur. lJust been reported here from Delmore,
rounding distriet will on Tuesday nest, Janke Parton, only son 'of Gustavus
leave kr Saskatoon, Sask., with Lake !Parton, Wile chopping it. tree at Mar -
ter Armstrong, the lecal (infirm -torn wilts 'eltall's farm, near his home. 'when it fell
wilt build a portion of the National sideways, 'breaking his leg in two plates
Transcontinental Railway. end -otherwise bruising and injuring him.
COURTS TO NAME CHAIRMAN.
Toronto, April I0. --The trouble ovw
, the Chairmanship of the Austrian He-
brew congregation, Chestnut street, ie
be aired in the courts, Suit was enter.
ea on Saturday by 4. al. MeWliinnee,
Muni of 5. Vrelich, who victims the pa-
eitiee. A writ of injunetion will nlso
be askea by IL In Kiegsford, ectieg for
Ir. orkisman, who lies occupied the on
fieo for five years. 'Allele -symtgogue,
marred dosed ,on. Friday night by the
police, after the disturbance there, bite
mit been reemenea sittc. ioet of the
-members of the eorigregation worshipped t
Vat:tit-day and yesterday et the ItIeCard
Street leyeagogue, There my- be some
ltoliee Courtproreutions arising ottt of
Friday disturbance,
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will be deidguitil to /show that, the only
nirstious witlelt can properly eOlite IN"
faro the Anthracite Strike coarruietion
are the questions of wages end the ale
jneintent of emnplaints throtigh tial• con-
ciliation board or ollterwb-e.
The members of both the Coal -Mer-
ant is' t'ozto'tttt ion and. i Re C-,sti
Deitlors' A.ssoeiation are lill lute:rano it
wes learent lest night, tibinit the impely
nf doniestie antiirac.ite, There has been
a little fallin7 off in the ileinerel for din
niestie anthreeite owing to the apprimen-
log norm It eather, and it wee thought
by iOOt if of the dealer( ket itight that
the prime might licetnne .etteier.
TRADt RtTURNS,
AN INCREASE OP NEARLY FIFTY-
= MILLION DOLLARS.
q•••••••••
Agricultural Exports- The Gain is
Nearly Sixteen Million Dollars -
Evidence of Continually Increasing
Wealth.
Ottawa, April abounding pros-
perity which prevails throughout Canada
is well illustrated by the trade returns
for the utile months ended 31s1 Meech,
These figures reveal a total foreign trade
of $398,859,305, or fifty-fivo and three.
quarter millions mom than for the seino
period of the previous fiscal year, The
imports for consumption antounted to
$207,202,084, being a gain of ueaely
eighteen and one-half millions. Imports
of dutiable geode showed an increase of
almost eixteen millions and free goods it
betterment of over seven millirem. 1 he
latter is on infallible indication of brisk
manufacturing. In regard to exports the
showing is infinitely better, We shipped
abroad domeette products to the tumult
of $170,304,495, cut increase of thirty-one
and a ball million dollars. Tha meet
significant gain in exports is that in age
riculture, which totals nearly sixteen
millions. The other increases are: Pro-
ducts of the mine, $2,008,440; fisheriss,
84,117,010; forest, $3.245e4; animals and
their produce, $3,504.73; mauufactures,
8e,130,007.
ENGINE WENT DOWN.
Narrow Escape of a Trainload of Pas
-
urgers.
3.1ontree1, April les -A C. P. 11. train
was moving at a slow rate of speed near
Montreal jail yesterda.y afternoon, when
the engine jumped the track and fell it
distance of twenty feet down a steep
embeekment. In some way the engine
end tender got separated, ami the/engine
alone fell. The tender aria .qix cars, most
of them full of passengers, remained
on the track. All the passengers were
mutware at the time of what had oc-
curred.
Engineer Trembley was slightly in-
jured, but neither be nor the fireman
could give a satisfactory reason for the
inislinp, There is no appreciable grade
at the spot, and the rails appeared to
be in good shape.
Z
FOUND DYING BESIDE TRACKS.
Fate Of Brockville Man at Kingston -
Formerly Hotel Waiter.,
Kingston, Ont., .April 15. -In a semi-
conscious condition a man was discov-
erect lying about forty feet from the
main tracks of the Grand Trunk at
Kingston Junction about 4 o'clock this
morning. Ire was assisted to the sta-
tion, but died ball an hour later. The
body was removed to Corbett's under-
taking rooms and afterwards identified
as that of James O'Connornof Brock-
ville, it hotel waiter, W110 riad worked
here. Alcoholism is supposed to . have
been the cause of death,
FRENCH POSTAL STRIKE FAILS.
Troops Doing Work of Carriers -Strikers
Denttunce Government,
Paris, April 15. -Apparently the
postal strike is collapsing, -though the
leaders of the striking carriers are
strenuously denouncing the Government
as worthy of Russia, and are comparing
President Follieres with the Czar and
Minister of the interior Clemeneeau with
Von Plehye. Several of the strikers who
were dismissed foe not returning to work
have been begging for retubnission.
Tim strike is not favored by the pub-
lic, wee stiffer directly from. it. Tim
soldiers are thoroughly enjoying their
novel duties in the delivery department
of the post office.
ENGINEER BADLY HURT.
May Lose Sight of Both Eyes by Ex-
plosion of Steam.
Windsor Despatch - "Sandy" Kirby,
who has sailed in tho Canadian steam-
er Juno for several years and is one of
the best known engineers on the lakes,
met with it serious accident here, He
has been engaged in RI:Wig one the
Julio and. steam was started under one
of the trailers .yesterday afternoon.
There was a defective pipe or joint
somewhere and Kirby ecceived an explo-
sion of steam full in the face. Dr. Cas -
grain sail last night that he fearKirby
huts lost his sight, though one eye may
be saved. His home is at Dresden, Ont,
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STEEL WORKS AT WELLAND,
judge Nfuhifeldar and His Associates
Visit the Town.
Welland Desptach -Judge Muldredar,
of Albany and several New York and
Philadelphia, capitalists associatea with
him in the steel industry, were itt Wel- •
land this week with Enginea Herrick, of
Philadelphia, and his staff, making ar-
rangements for (netting the large steel
works here. Articles of incorporation'
have been applied for a eapitalizetion
of five hunared thonattno, dollars, all of
which is subseribed. It Metenight, of
Toronto, this week began work on nu
eleven thousand dollar sewer contract in
Welland.
lenntigratent Statietien
Ottawa, April la --The total immi-
grant errivals from the United Statefor
the nine months ended March 31st were
30,07/, an inerease of 5,731 -over the stone
mind of the prelim( fiscal year. From
quiet :Britain and the eontinent the ar-
Iambi were 54.778, n gait; of 3.808,
increase in arrivals for tile nine mouthe
woe, therefore, 0,629, Poe Mareh alone
the Irtivals by ocean ports were 14411 I
showing an increase of 13,200.
Theo, ilall - Proprietor.
R. AGNW
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ACCOUCHEUR,
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Doctor of Dental Surgery of tbe !en-
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CHANGE COLOR, CHANGE LUCK.
Peacock Feather Superstition Overcome
by lYtilliners.
London, April 10. - The efforts of
milliners to endue(' superstitious women
to defy the bard luck which is supposed
to lark in peacock feathers seem to ba
meeting with some snecess.
Some of the leading milliners of the
west end find that the prejudice of their
tustomers vanishes to a large cetent
'when the feathers are dyed, and peacock
plumage when thus deprived of its luau.
ral beauty is in considerable request for
hats and also as a decoration fey the
hair iu owing dreese
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England'a 8800 it Year nieii.
New York, April 15.-A special to the
Sun from 1,011d011 says; Arconling
the latest income tax returns only 431,-
323 persons in the United lebigdom,
among it total population of 41,000,000,
enjoy an aminal income of or exceeding
A360, while of this number the income
of 140,154 does not exceed g200.
Charlie "Got Busy.",
Oakville, Ont., April 10 - ,The dwell-
ing of Charles F. Raymond had a pa
mv r-
I"cope from bit' five int good Friday af-
ternoon. Darning prass set fire to a
cellar windene end. the fire erept 011
through the lam,,c. Strenuous work
saved eomplete loss.
Mitld Unhinged by York Loan /dm.
Kingston, Ont„ April 15..--nrre. Mar -
Abell, it widow, living on Clergy street
west, has been reillilrea to Rockwood
Asylum, ter menial trouble having been
&rased through brooding IWO* the lute
of her sevinge in the York County Lear
Co.