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1^ » I ? ^ THE WORm MARKETS arPOETS FROM THE LEADING THADE CENTKES. Prions of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto. Dcc.23â€" Wheatâ€" The mar- ket tor Ontario giatles coniiauos to rule steady. No. 2 white ar.d red Winter sold to-day at 77c low- freights; No. 2 Siiriiig steady at 72 to 7;!c east, and No. 2 goose at 70c. Manitoba wheat r.teady. At up[>ei- lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoteJ at 85}c-, and No. U Noi theru at 83i<. No. 1 hard nominul at SS^c lake ports. For griiu iiig in trai^slt quotatiors a;e Gc 1 igher than above. Oatsâ€" Tl-.e market is qtiiot, with pii.cs fiMiicr. No. 2 white sold at 27c west, and at 27Jc low f.eighls to Now York. No. 1 wliito firmer at aS^c ea-Ht. llarleyâ€" The market is quiet, with the I'rices s,teady. No. 2 quoted at 40 to 41c mi Itilo freights: No. 3 e-Ktra at 39c, ar.d No. 3 at 37c mid- dle freights. Peaaâ€" Trade is dull, and prices un- changed. â-  No. 2 white quoted at Glc middle freights, and at (i2c east. Rye â€" The market is dull, with No. 2 quoted at 51c wes-t, and at 52c middle f eights. Corn â€" The market is quiet, and prices unchanged. No. 2 old yellow American quoted at 54 to 51Jc on track, Toronto; No. 3 yellow, SSJc, and No. 3 nii.xcd at 524c Toronto. No. 3 r.ew .\merican yellow quoted at 5lc on track, Toronto, and No. 3 mi.\ed at 50c. Buckwheatâ€" The market is firm, with (lemand good. Sales of No. 2 at loic miJdlc freights-. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents aie steady at $3.05 middle freights in buye s' sacks tor e.xport. Straight rollers of spo-ial brands, for domes- tic trade, quoted at S3. 40 to S3. 5.0 in bbl.i. Manitoba flours a e firm. No. 1 patents, S4.35 to §4.45, and ftroug bale:s' $4.25 to S1.35 on track. Toronto. Mi Ifeei â€" Bran steady at §16.50, and srhorts at $18.50 here. -\t out- side points bran is quoted at S14 to ?14r50, and shorts at S17.50; Manitoba bran in jracts, $16: and sho;ts at §20 he;e. tario .straigl I rlk-is, §3.00 to $V. in bags, $1.85 to SI .1)3; pateiiti), $4, to SI. 25: e-xtru, 41.155 to »1.70; rajl- ea oats H.80 [ er bag. 53.80 " per bbl. Feed â€" Ontai io bran, in bulk, S17..')0 to $18.50: .short-;, $2(J to $21; Manitoba biaii, in bags. $18; .â- â-  hurts, S20 to $21. Ik-ansr-Chottce pi-iiuea, $1.50 to $1.55 |,or bush; 81.40 to $1.50 in car 1>I3. Pjo\1- sions â€" Heavy Canadian short cut porS;, Siy.50 to $20; light shoit cut. $18 to $18.50; Auieiican short cut clear, $17 to $17.51); .\merican fat backs, $18 to 518.50. compound lard, 8c. Canadian laid, 8 to Sic; I:ctlle lendtn-ed, lOJc: hams, llj to 13c; baron, 14r; f. esh killed abat- toir hogs. S7.25; country dre-sel hogs in car lot^, $6.25 to SO. 10; live hogs. ^5.25 to .$5.40. Eggsâ€" Candl- ed lelected, 25 to 2(5c: straight re>- ceipts. 21 to 22c; Ifoucreal limed. 20 to 21c» lef igerator, 17 to 18c. Butter â€" Townships ereamerv. 20 to 20{c: Qi.ebec, 19i to 19-Jc; We.stern daii-j-, in tubs, 16c: Western roll.=--, 17 to 17ic. Cheeseâ€" Oi.ta:i.), lOJ to lOJc; Townshii«. 10^ to lOJc; Que- bec (November). lOc. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples â€" The market is taitly ac- tive at i;n', hanged prices. Choice stocks job at S2 to S2.50 ].er bbl. Beans â€" There is a q^ict trade, with prii.es steady. Piiuic bear.s ate quot- ed at Sl.eo" to St. 75 per bush. Di led apples â€" The demand is fair, with piiccs unchanged at 4.J to 5c f!or lb. Evaporated apples, 6c per b. lloi'.s â€" The market is unchanged at E9 to 30c. Hono.v â€" The market is firm at OJ to 7.1c per lb for bulk, ar.d at $1.25 to $2 tor comb. Hayâ€" The market is fair, with le- coipts only moderate. No. 1 tim- othy quoted at 59 to S9.50 on track, Toronto, and mi.xctl at $6.50 to $7. Straw â€" The marl<et is iquiet at So per ton for car lots on track. Potatoes â€" Tie ollerings are limited and prices firm. Choice cars arc quoted at 70 to 75c per bag on track he;e. and interior quality at 65c per bag. Poultrj â€" The demand is good, and prlct>s rule fii m. Tiu-keys are quoted at I'J-to 14cr per lb. and geese at 8 to Oc per lb.; ducks, 10 to lie per lb. or »0c to $1.25 per pair; chick- ens, 9 to 10c per lb. or 75c to $1 per pair; old hens, 55 to 65c l>er pair. THE P.VTRY M.UIKF.TS. TJutterâ€" The Butter Market rules fairly a:tivo, with supplies equal to the c'emand. and prices are steady. We quote : â€" Fir.cst 1-lb rolls, 18 to 19c; choice large rolls. 16 to I7c; selected dairy tubs, 17 to 171c; poor to mc^c^ium grades, 12 to 15c; eream- erv prints, 21J to 22c; solids, 19 to' 20c. Eg-ga â€" The market continues firm. We quote : â€" Strictly new laid. 27c; fre-sli, 23 to 24c' cold storage. 22 to 23c; limed, 20 to 2lc. Cheese â€" The market is dull. We quote: Finest, 11 to lUc; feconds, lOi to lOJc. HO<J PRfVOpCTS. TVrc^fised hogs are unchangc.l. with ofTeiings moderate. Sales at S6.30 to $6..j<), c'elivered hei-e. Cured moats a'e s'teady. with a fair de- mand. We c^uote : â€" Bacon, long clear 8J to Uc. in ton nnd cas-e lots. Me.-s pork'. $17; tio. shuit cut, $19 to #10.50. Smoked meats. â€" ITantsi, light to uiediiim. 12.i to 18c: c:o heavy 11 J to 12c; rolls. 10c; sl-.ouV'ers, Die; hacks, 13i to 14c; breakfast bacon, l.H to 13ic. Lardâ€" The market is quiet, with luices uncJiangort. Wo quote : â€" Tierces, 8ic; tubs. 3Jc; pails: lom- poun.l, 8 to 9c. BUSINESS A'l' MONTtlF.AL, Montreal. l>ec-. 22. â€" 'I'horo ia no change in grain or tlour ctxcept a sMght iniprovemort in oats: quota- tions of other g:-oirs at-o merely nonriiiul. Huttc^r is still quiet, be- ing quotc>d at 2t!c for Tow i ships crcamory: chees«< co:iliiu;es dull. Poult r\ is scarce, and tl:e c'craat.d; continues good: turVeys have risei; Jc in price. Orain â€" Pea«. 71 J to 72c afloat heiv: rje. 53c cast, .ISc afloat heie: No. 'i oats, 3-l>t to 34}c in Btore; No. 3, Ic less; flaxieed, $1.13 on ti-aclv here: No. 3 barley. 50c. Fl6'uâ€" Manitoba patetits. $1.*0 to 9A.80: .seconds. $4.30 to $4.50; â- (rong bak«ia', f3.90 to f4.30; Ou- UNITF.D STATKS MARKETS. Buffalo, Doc. 22.â€" Flour- Firm Wheat â€" Spring stronger; No. 1 North- ern, cai--loads, offered 89ic: Winter, good enquirj-; No. 2 red, 88c through billed. Coi-n â€" Old qiriet; No. '2 yel- low, 51 Jc; No. 3 corn, 19 Ic askeJ. Oatsâ€" Firm; No. 2 white, 4ic; No. 2 mixed, 39c. Bailey â€" Small lots sold at 60 to 61c: track, through billed, 60 to 64c. Uyeâ€" No. 1 014c. Duluth, Dec. 22.â€" W.eatâ€" To arrive. No. 1 hard, SO^c; No. 1 Not thorn, 793c: No. 2 Not thorn, 76 Ic; Docem.- ber. 79ic: May, 80ic. Milwaukee. Dec. 22.â€" Wheat â€" Irre- gulai-; No. 1 Northern. 83J to 84c; No. 2 Northern. 81 to S2ic: May. 81 J- to 81.ic. Ryeâ€" Steady, No. 1. .â- >6i to 57c. Barley â€" Steady; No. 2 62c; sample. 33 to 59c. Coin â€" Quiet; -No. 3. 45 to 46 ic; May, 43f to 43Jc. Minr.eapolis, Doc. 22. â€" Wheat â€" De- comber. 79c; May, Sljc: July. SOfc; on track, No. 1 hard, 81 Jc; No. 1 Northern, 80ic; No. 2 Northern, 783c: No. 3 Noithern, 71 to 764c. Floui- â€" First patent?, St. 45 to .54.55: .«-o?oi;d do., S4.30 to S4.40: first clears, $3.30 to $3.40: re ord do., S2.30 to §2.10. Bi-aiiâ€" In bulk, $13. THE IJO-OPERATiON PLAN ITS PRACTICAL WOaKING FHUIT CROWIilG, IN ♦ CVTTLE MAIJKF.T. Toronto, De,. 22.â€" The:e was n;t a leavy run ct cattle at t. e C i y Cattle iVlni-ket, lo-riay, but tiie.e v.-ys api'areiitly e:.ough olleiiitg for t e lequiiements en" the market. Buye. s have been p.retty well supplied t!.e past two or three moiitfe, and some of them lave about filU-d up. The receipts were 59 loads, with 756 head of cattle. 1,150 sheep and lambs, 900 hogs and 28 caUes. E.xport â€" There was a fair market for export, but there were no really choi'.e export oiTeiing, and pri.e.-f tt-wre but just about steady at $4.75, the top quotation. Uuder the pio- sent conditions cf the export trade, shipping cattle were hai-cly worth over that figure, except for very choi;e fancy stock. Biit-heisâ€" Trade was slow, and prices on the whole quite a bit eas- ier, though some good [xi-icea weio paid tor faii^y cattle. Some vei-y clioice cattle were sold, howover. on which money was lost by the ship- pers, ore \ery choice load, for ex- ample, .selling at $4.70. whi.h cost in the country about $5. tlood to choice butchC!s' cattle were telling at SI to SI. 25. Stockeis â€" Heavy feei'e s and' good ligiit slockeis are about steady, with a not very active c'emand. Sheep and lambs â€" Market steady for sheep: lambs liim. Hogs â€" Steady and unchanged. E.xport, heavy .?t. 50 to 4.75 E.xport, light 4.00 4.25 Bulls, e.xport, heavy, cwt. 3.75 do. light 3.00 Feeders," 800 lbs. and upwards 3.00 Shoit keep. I.IOO lbs. 3.65 Stockeis, 400 to 800 lbs 2.50 do. 900 lbs 2.75 Butchers' cattle, choice 3.6vi do medium ... do pickci do. bulls do. rough t<lgl.t stock bulls Mil.h cows Hog.«, best do. light Sheep, export, cwt .3.30 4.50 2.75 2..50 cwt 2.25 30.0t1 4.73 4.50 3.25 4.25 3.50 3.75 4.00 3.12i 3.50 4.25 3.40 4.70 3.00 2.60 2.50 43.00 l,ambs 4.0O Bucks 2. .50 Culls 2.25 Calves, each 2.1X) 3.75 4.60 3.75 2.50 10.00 -4 FORGED MONEY ORDERS. Clever Piece of Swindling Contes to Light in the capital. An Ottawa despatch says: A clever piece of swindling came to light on |jiad prospered Saturday when the Dominion K.xpress Company ascertained that three mon- ey-orders, aggregating in all $125, had been forged and pas.scxl to three city merchants. t>ne for $45, one for $40. and one for $40.50. The orders were drawn on the Dominion Kxpress office at Spencerville, and hacl the name of the express agent forged upon them. It is thought the book of blanks from which thosa orders were written was stolon. It is the only case of forgery that has been tried on in Ottawa with ex- press orders, and the confidence with which the orders wore accepted was duo to tho fact that it was thought Impossible to work a crooked game with them. The matter is causing con- siderable sensation, as money-orders are accept oU as cash every dajr. A Leader in the Hovement in tiia United States Describes the Plan. The principal of co-operation among fruit growers, which has been strongly advocated during the last two years by \V. A. MacKinnon of the Fruit Division, Ottawa, received enthusiastic endorsation at tho rec- ent annual meeting ol tho Ontario Fruit Growers' Association at Lftamington. Tho address ot the president, the report of the secretary and all the most luteresting and instructive papers dealt with the cpiestion of, co-operation. A typical example of the practical working out of the co-operative plan was described by Mr. W. H. Owen. Catawaba Island, Ohio, who is one ot the recognized leaders in the move- ment across the lino. He is manager of a co-operative fruit growers' un- ion, which does business in a very largo way. The Catawba associa- tion confines its attention mostly to peaches, though pears and grapes are also handled. The membership is thirty-four, controlling about one thousand acres, on which there are about one hundred ,and City thousand peach trees. The growers all live within seven and a half miles of the large central packing depot, where the grading is done under tho man- ager's supervision. Tlie growers do their own picking, and bring in from three to five thousand bushels of peaches daily. The fruit begins to arrive at the central depot at two o'clock p.m.. and packing operations freriuently continue all night. Each grower is duly credited with the amount of fruit of each grade which he contributes to the total amount, and he is paid in accordance, AS SOON AS SALES A^E MADE. Under tho business-like .system adopt- ed it is possible to make most of the sales direct from tho ware- house. Free use of the telegraph, telephone and mail service is made in collecting and disseminating in- formation as to the quantity of each variety and grade available. In this way tlie fruit is disposed ot practi- cally as soon as produced. There is no !-i-rrigerator service at tho pack- ing i.()i:so, but refrigerator cars are sui>iilied by the railways, and tho fruit is put into them as soon as possible. The cost of carrying on the business is about seventeen to nineteen cents per bushel of peaches, including cost of packages and trans- portation, as well as administrative expenses of the association. Among the advantages of the plan which have become apparent during the twelve years that the association has been in existence are (1) It en- sures better prices for tho fruit. (2) It leaves the grower free to devote his undivided attention to the im- provement of production. (3) It enables buyers to purchase at a central point largo quantities of a uniform grade. Thus Ihcy can se- lect precisely the sort of fruit to suit various markets. (4) It gives the members a much stronger posi- tion in dealing with commission men. merchants and carrj'ing companies than they could po.ssibly have us in- dividual shipiuM-s. (5) It provides for the proper distribution of fruit. so that one market may not be glut- ted at the same time that another is. left bare of siip[)lies. most certainly he led to ii-irovc tho ipjality of his output. If he will not do this, he will have to get out of the association. In the coursio of the discussion. Mr. MacKinnon said that, in his opin- ion, no system of co-oi>eration would be complete which did not start at the beginning, and introduce uniform methods in the selection of varieties. ;n planting nnd toi>-grafting. in or- chard management, including spray- ing, a.id oven in the buying of sup- P''«- ^ .,, CANADIAN NORTHERN. Mi'. Maan Forashadows the Cora- pany's Objects. .\ Montreal despatch says: Mr. 'D. D. Mann, president of the Canadian Northern Railway, who is in Mont- real, speaking on A'/cdnesday of rail- way plans, said: â€" 'It is our idea to eventually construct a third great railw.ay system in Canada in spite of reports to the contrary, or stories that any of our property is for sale. None ot our roads are for sale, nor ai-o wo negotiating with aii.v persona for tho sale of any of them. ' It is the purpose of Mack enzie and Mann to combine the roads^they al- ready own into one system, and as business warrants it they will push their lino further westward, until they roach the Pacific coast, and eastward to the Maritime Provinces. Combined, the lines will form a third railway system across the con- tinent. Mr. Mann said there was no doubt but that the system would eventually be built, and concUided by saying that all tho Mackenzie and Mann roads so far built had proved paying ventures. The opening of the Chateaguy and Northern between Quebec and Montreal is one of the stops leading to the accomplishment of the larger object. TICKS FROM^THE WIRE. HAPPENINGS PHOM ALL Ol'ES TEE GLOBE. Telegraphic Briefs From Onr Owr and Other Countries of CANAD.V. The fire underwriters will not r» duce London's insurance rates. James Downey, turnkey of th* Brockville jail. droppi?d dead on Sat urday. Tho King has approved of his birth, day being celebrated in Canada o« tho 21th ot May as a gc^neral holi- day. The Manitoba Govcrmnont hav< puj-cha.sed a site in St. Charles mun- icipality for tie pi-oposed agiivultur- al college. A rai loud of pi-i<>or.cis. numbering thirty-five, have been sent sent frcmi Stony Mountain Penitentiary, Man., to St. Vinieni c^e Paul, Quebec. 1 Complaints have been received from jcommercial men in Toronto with re gard to the administration ot justic« in Montreal, and an investigation u to take place. Wholesale fn it men cf Winnipeg, who had T.OOO barrels of applet frozen en route over the Canacliaii Pacific Railway, aie suing the com- pany for $15,000. E:ipert safe-blowers robbcfd the of- fice of the Harris .Abattoir Company, at Toronto, on Friday night. The police suspect tho men who robbed : jewellery store at Tilbury on Thura day night. A. D. Do elles, gei eral libraiian ol. the Pai Iiamentai->- Library, Ottawa, has been olHcially notified that ht has been appointed to the Legion o( Honor, in recognition of his valu> able work oi a journalistic and his '.oii al character. point was enii>hasized This latter by Mr. W. II. Commission merc-hant, by a roferencc to tho co-operative system ot hand- ling the Texas tomato crop. This is handlc-d by one man stationed at St. Louis, and the system is so thor- ough that market demoralization is absolutely avoided. The grading is so perfect that a man can order a car ot Texas tomatoes by grade and tccl perfectly sure of getting JUST WHAT HE ORDERS. Something has already been done along those lines in Ontario, and we are still far behind California, Ohio. Michigan and other States. One of the most progressive co-oper- ative associations in Canada has its headquarters at Walkerton. in tho celebrated Huron apple district. Mr. t\. E. Sherrington, the manager, re- ported that last year the association nuide its first trial in the co-opera- tive work by forwarding to Manches- ter-. Eng.. two cars of Duchess ap- ples, which arrived in good condi- tion. In addition to these three cai-s of winter apples were packed and sold. This year the association beyond all expecta- tions. There are now about tlfty- fivo members, with an avernifo of tour acres ot apples each. Fifteen cars ot apples have this year been shipped on the co-operative plan. Not only have tho pi-ices bc»en better, but more fruit has boon sold than would have bcvn possible undor the old sys- tem. Even tho early varieties of apples Were put upon the* market in good condition. Just as soon os the Duchess, for instance, were ripe, all ccvoperators were notified to begin picking at tho same time. In this way a car would bo started with the fruit within two days of the time the apples were taken frota the trees. If we can, said Mr. Sherrington, by this system, Inci-ease the general re- turns received from our trxilt crop, tho producer of poor fruit will aX- NEW SMOKELESS POWDER. An Interesting Announcement By British E.*pert. .V London cespatch rays : â€" Col. W. Hope announces that after nine and a half years' continuous wor'ic, in which he has calculated and recorded over ten ti ousand experiments, he has produced an absolutely safe and stable .smokeless powder, which I e calls \eloxito. He says that it con- tains 73 per cent, moie powder as a propoiling agent, weight for weight, than the Government's present jjow- der, yet it contains no nitro-com- pound, no sulphur, no phosphorus, no chlorate, ii> fact no dangerous ingrc»- dients. The flashing point of black powder is at 640 degiees: Fahienheit. thcvi of cordite and all nitro powders is only from 360 to 370 degrees, while that of veloxite is about 12,- jOtnj degrees. He says that veloxite stand:? the 1 amn:ering cf a sledge hammer on an anvil. The ingie:^ioiits are stable and iherefoic the powder is stable. The setting up of chemi- cal action is impossible in aii.v length of time, and in any vaiiations of climatic conditions. Velo.xite can bo made in the morning and fired in the afternoon, rot i-eqi i irg. as other powtiers do, several weeks to manu- facture. It can be made choaph , its ingiedients can be puichasc-d in un- limited quantities liy the ton, and it is available for small arms as well as artillery. ^ GREAT UKITAIN. Sir Thomas Lipton says he wil again ch.allenge for the America'i Cup. It is reported that the I-Cing an« Queen will soon visit li-eland and at tend the Puncheston races. The Duke of Norfolk, the piomioi dii.ke of England, is to marry Gwen- dolen, daughter of Lord Hei-ries. Slu is 27. he is 56. Although the lowest bids camt I from Belgium, tho London Countj [Council decided to order rails foi j train linos from British firms. j At auction in London the olhot I day the manus.-iipt of the .Vpocalyp- jsis S. Johannis, cxocuted by monks jin the ele^enth century, was sold tor $4,550. IRISH HOME FORCE. â- Volunteer System to be Extended to Ireland. A London despatch says: Political Dawson, tho Toronto conditions and religious feuds , have hitherto induced the British Govern- ment not to allow the extension to Ireland of the volunteer system, which has for mar.y years been cst.ab- ; lishcxl in England and Scotland. The ! matter has often been agitated in the | press and in Parliament, but al- i though the militia has been enrolled i for a long time, and, like the Irish I regulars, proved among the most | valuable of Great Britain's troops, successivo Governments at London | would not .sanction a homo defence j force i"or Ireland. The papers on Thursday morning state that tho in- troduction of the system to Ireland has been decided upon. Twenty-six i battalions will be raised in various I parts of the country. Their forma- I tion will be provided for in the forth- j coming programme of army reform. | prepared by Mr. Arnold Forster. Sec- j retary of State for War. The last ; volunteer force in Ireland was rahsed j by the great land-owners more than a hundred years ago. when there «-ei-e ; fears of a French invasion. Tho \ British l^overnment did not support | the movement, and the Viceroy of i Ireland was greatly dismayed, al- ! though all the v<dunteers were Pi-ot- cstants. Thrt present sanction can ] be traced to the splendid services of tho Irish regiments In South Africa, and the improved political relations. OUR GROWING NAVY. Government Ma; Buy Newfounc* land oealers. A St. John's, Nfld., despatch says: It is understood that the Canadian Qovcrmnent is likely to purchase for a permanent cruiser the Newfound- land scaUog steamer Neptune and that anotber ship is being sought for here. Both vessels will be used in enforcing the Canadian laws against American whalers. UNITED STATES. I Forty-one Delroiters committed jsiaicide last year. Hot w-cathor was I the [iriiicipal cau.se. i At Cleveland. on Saturday. K. jW. Derby killed all the members oi his family, and then committed sui- cide. I Tie Michigan Improved Live StocJi j Bleeders' .Vssociation. has inissed o I resolution against rc^ciprocity with I Canada. Michael W. Ta\ lor. the Uu-gest mak , in Michigan, divxl at Detroit of rheu- linati.'on and fatty < egei:eration oi ; the heart, weighing 425 pounds. I Arthur Itai sb;u-k, of Baltimore, a lad of 12, who has been blind ."•into ii. fancy, ciangerously shot him- self beiause he coi K.itt see to i l;*j %vith 1 is comra''eii. Senator Heybtirn cf Idaho, has in troduced in the Senate, a joint reso» lulion, lequcsitiig the President to a-qui.e by anivxation the Island of San Donringo. A crusade against alleged whole- sale perjury in bankruptcy proceed- ings was inaugurated with the in- dictment and arrest of four men oc that charge at New York. A h'ociig ollicial of the Ui:ii(;<l States Steel Cc>rporation state! that, begimiirg Jaimary 1st. about rinety per cent, of the employes ol the iori>oration will suffer wage re- duetiors tangii\g fi om five to twenty per lent. England has served formal notice upon the I'nited States Government - that under the fa\ oic^d nation clause it expects that British sugar frona the British West Indies shall be ad- miit..«d into tho United States on equal terms with Cuban sugar. GENEUAL. It seems to be impossible to erra- diecUe cattle disease in Rhodesia. The Auaitian Mini-tor of l'"o:eiga AtTa.i!s siays the Sultan lutist yiolJ to Macedonian lefoiir.s or seo th« <!<}wnfoll of his empiie. Sanguinary conflicts o\er custom^ collectioi^ betwc-en Pe. slai s and Tmcomans a:e teportcd to have oo c-urred on t! e Uu<sc>-Porsiau froa- tier. The Lcindon Daily Mail's Pckin cor- reHp>ondeiit declares that a few Man- chu nobles, under Russian influence, are delaying the conclusion of an al liance twtween China ai»d .lapan. Crown Piiu.e Fre>!oriek Wllliuau M G«imany was lequired by his f.xthot to romain in lis i oom tor thre« days, for having raced in a stcvido- chase ngaiiLvt tl e Emperor's wish. Bertillon has opgai i/ed a i o« sj-stem for tfe c'etcction of crinil'> als. Heretofore t! c errors ma '« woi-e as high as eeconty por cent., whflc a trial of t! e rew sjatcm has rechK-ed the errors to one per cent. Tho diphtheria epidemic which been raging for five weeks In New York State Kefor'uatory, Klmira, bcrr is over. hiu