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NEWS ITEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. Stratford Board of Trade has been reorganized. An American plough firm may establish a big factory at Paris, Ont. The Corn Exchange is opposed to having a bar in the new Montreal Board of Trade. Fire destroyed the C.P.R. freight •heds at Winnipeg and a large consignment of goods. Miss Mary E. Jackson. a Brock-vine nurse, took poison in mistake for medicino with fatal effects. Mrs. Wm. Hendrie has offered to build a nurses' home at the Hamilton Hospital, at a cost of $8,000. Mr. George Whiteman of Winnipeg, a visitor at the residence of Mr. John McMillan, Hamilton, is ill with smallpox. The C.P.R. has given an order to the Hochelaga shops for 20 first-class cars and 1,000 additional box cars and six sleepers. Rev. Father Walsh, who struck a eouple of young ladies in Stratford with a cane, was fined $-10 and costs In the Police Court. The- Manitoba Government will ftS'ain increase the price of that Province's lands another half dollar an acre the first of April. F. H. Clergue, says that his roll- Canadian market t will probably compri fourteen buildings, and t ind boiler shop will be E a mile in length. applicatio ley charged 5100,000 is denied ; they charged only $50,000. GENERAL. The strike of farm laborers is spreading through Italy. The Parisian police force is to be increased by one thousand men. Three officials are on trial at Rome charged with theft from the Vatican treasury. In a collision between fish boats near Nazareth, Portugal, eleven men were drowned. The King of Siam will make a tour this summer of Europe, North America and Japan. Twenty cases of bubonic plague are reported from Sydney, N.S.W. There is a crusade there against rats. Tho Afghan army is in a state 3 of Only the Ameer's body guard has been paid. An American syndicate will build a metropolitan railway in St. Petersburg to supersede the horse cars, at a cost of $40,000,000. As Russia's activity in the Far East is curbed by the Angle -Japanese treaty, it is feared in India, she will renew her intrigues in Afghanis- A cabman l Paris ing $140, he had found, lost a day's work, but refused a from the grateful loser. quarter There ) the Kingsto School than can be accepted, though the attendance is now it is necessary to provide still r accommodation. Mr. Charles Jolly, residing on mountain brow near Hamilton, a gun at a party of young men were annoying him by their m Two of the young men were wo ed, one in the face. GREAT BRITAIN. £25f the National Memorial to Queen Vic-Alien immigration and its evils are to be considered by a Royal Commission in London. The Lairds of Birkenhead are now in the field to compete with Belfast and Clyde shipbuilders. Lord Kelvin, the most famous scientist, will visit America shortly to observe electrical advance. Thomas M. Smith, barrister. Chis-wick, was struck off the rolls for misappropriation of client's monies. English crime statistics show tural So( named E Bugler himself a to leave from vali The Ro ciety m L > had DEATH OF CECIL RHODES. A Cape Town despatch says:--R Hon. Cecil Rhodes died peacefully i 5.57 p.m., on Wednesday. He sle] durine I lie afternoon, but his bp-ai ing became more difficult and h strength perceptibly diminished until he passed away. A London despatch says:--The death of Cecil Rhodes cami great surprise to those w anything of him during his London during the winter. Whether it was due to his experiences the long siege' of Kimberley accumulated anxieties regarding the war in South Afric companying feeling of public feeling in England towards him, there no doubt he was almost completely broken down within the last two years. Even his appearance changed. His once finely chiselled face had become bloated, and his always huge frame filled out sus became so stout as to make walking a matter of difficulty, was frequently attacked millet ring ' He i •ked bited the s extraordinary career. Nor did he low bodily ailments to ith business. Among hi i city he never mentioned did he par him. Up to tho h grip :• fall from he I Fin ifs ai I i "Now, No. 18, finish your ironing, f°No. 18 did no bent her head a: did so, I noticed I was interested in this prisoner, for she was far above the usual class of criminals; for I was at the time of which I write second wardress of one of the county prisons in England. I had noticed her superiority to her fellow inmates. I confess that I had made her lot easier in many ways, so oh this particular occasion I needed her help to assort clothes in the storeroom. When she had finished her ironing, we were soon engaged at the easier task. We were by ourselves, and had not been five minutes in the room, when suddenly my charge burst into a fit of sobbing, and to my surprise, threw herself into my arms. - "Come, this will never do. What is the matter ?" I said quietly. "Suppose the governor were to come in; what should I do ? You would get me into serious trouble." She, however, continued to clasp me round the neck, giving vent to heartbreaking sobs. "You really must be quiet, and tell me the reason of this," with a little asperity. "I will be quiet, madam, said, with great effort. "I a miserable and unhappy." said, "All ■rabl again. me here, except the hardened lut you will soon be home One short month, and you "But my child, madam, my dear little boy," she sobbed. "He is ill, and if I do not see him ere long he may die. All his cry is for his mother,and 1 cannot, oh, I cannot get to him. What shall I do ? My heart almost breaks to see him, and soothe his pains and troubles. What shall I do ?" And she laid h< on my shoulder, with a faint, despairing cry which wrung my heart, for I had two bonnie children at and my heart "Ho' ■ this quired when her grief had subsided "The lame woman who came in yesterday that 'my boy's only cry mother.' " "Well," I replied, "; will take care of him, a will soon pass--take I kissed her, for I was a woman, if a wardress, and apt to harden my heart at times "But none can take his mother's all she could say ; then 16 suddenly to her, she eagerly, "but if you could help created run' contrWeTl by clasping i whispered choose, vou "What do j In this" way," she s the Battle of Colensc He i Geographical Societj oted the Royal medal to Brigadier-General Sir F. D. Lugard for his explorations in tropical Africa. The Royal Humane Society has awarded the Stanhope medal (for the best case of saving life during the year) to Commander A. C. Lowry, of tm Royal Navy. Baroness Rodney, London, has obtained a divorce from her husband, -and Captain Kingscote got a divorce from his wife, who betrayed her guilt by talking in her sleep. The great number of foreign princes and ambassadors who will be present at the coronation is putting the Court officials at their Wits' end. to find lodgings, and many offers of rooms from the best families are being thankfully accepted. UNITED STATES. The insurance companies have paid $4,011,000 on the $6,000,000 fire at Paterson N.J. A union steam railroad station will be built at Washington, D.C., of white marble, costing $5,000,000. Agricultural men predict swarms of grass-hoppers for the far western States this summer. The United States is prepared to retaliate on Germany by excluding her wines and malt liquors from the country. ' The U.S. War Department will Bend soldiers to the Danish West Indies to establish a garrison when the United States takes formal possession. Li Sing, a Boston Chinan his widow two million dolli his death. His remains are being conveyed back to Canton, China, via Montreal, Vancouver, and the Empress of India. Mrs. Li is accompanying them. On Thursday a horse in Middleton, N.Y., kicked a dog with cannon ball force against the leg of I). L. Black, who was standing on the side of the street, and broke both bones Blacl?5neg, while the dog was i hurt. A bill appropriating $100,000,000 for the construction of good i throughout the United States introduced in the House on We day by Representative Otey, Virginia. The money is to be apportioned among the various States. Dr. T. Taylor, of the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners and his entire family were poisoned by coffee and hash, containing ar-lenic, put there by James Walker, a negro driver, who had often threatened to kill the negro nurse. The family were saved. The report that the doctors who '•Winded the late President McKte.- ; method of hai lies the social side of life, ho ired visibly. Once his day' 3 office of the British Oh; Company was o Soutl shut himself up fr an unfrequented London hotel, where he utterly denied himself to all except to half a dozen favored inti- NO EFFECT FINANCIALLY. Financially, Mr. Rhodes' death is not likely to have any far-reaching results, as all his enterprises were systematized so thoroughly as to need the master mind which- ig yoril She obeyed, but know I can get. out i mo a little, and no m ' I s intinued: hour, and on returning my daught< greeted me with : "Mamma, I bought a stamp an posted your letter just in time. Ai other minute and it would have bee too late." "What letter, darling, was that 1" "TEe one you put on the mantelpiece," she answered, laughingly "and you owe me a penny for tl stamp, remember." I sank into my seat, overcome t the thought that the letter was goi for good or evil, and at the hands of my child. I had a restless night, ing to my duty next morning found rry charge cheerful. "I know you have helped me. 1 know it. I have been dreaming o! my boy, and he said he was better and would soon see me." "Silence," I replied. "I cannot bear any more of this. I shall get into trouble." "No, no ; you will not; and 1 shall bless you all my life. I say i . I lefl Next morning, before going duty, I received by post a sn wooden box. On opening it I foi a bundle of banknotes and a let the notes being in 50s to the ve of one thousand pounds, at sight which my knees shook under me, perspiration rolled from my forehead, and I nearly fainted. ] was a predicament ; but I soon vived, and proceeded to read -Mv "Dear Madan that you have and I have rece which you 1 : floor. When 1 •ife i the shi with eat as my lips framed the word "Yes," the tears rolled down her cheeks. "My dear boy, then, is better ; 1 will trouble no more." I left her, thinking she might as her boy was better, now give up her thought of escape, and settle down quietly. Consequently, my mind became Another dav passed, and I left her once more. " All that night it was foggy, and next rnorning I was, to my consternation informed that No. 18 had escaped during the night, having loosened the bars of her window, and, being a slender woman, had squeezed through on to the sloping roof of a building, down which she had crept, thence < ladder which had been left by the painters; and being then in the open yard of the prison, she had taken the ladder the top of which some help had been afforded from the outside, possibly by a rope ladder. There Of c "^inp"* .4 before traWpro imined ,. ,-rtO.fv l*Tt i you . the Thanks of the De Beers n Chartered South . and Rhodes' fortu: ily accumulating. the Brit Company-had been stead-He lost, money lat inroads that made must have been trifling compared with the many millions he possessed. He never lost his open-halided, somewhat reckless methods of handling 135 PRISONERS TAKEN. Lord Kitchener Reports Oper tions Designed to Force. In a despatch dated from Pretoria Wednesday, Lord Kitchener says 'At dusk on the evening of March 29, the combined movement against Gen. Delarey was undertaken of mounted men, without impediments of any sort. Tho columns started from Commando Drift on the Vaal River, and traveled rapidly all night, and at dawn March 30, occupied positions along the line from Commando Drift to the Lichtenburg blockhouse line. Tho troops moved rapidly eastward, keeping a continuous line, with the object of driving the enemy against the blockhouses, or forcing an action. The result has not yet been fully reported. Kekewich's column, after the commencement of the action, captured three fifteen-pounders, two pom-poms, nine prisoners, and a hundred mules, carts and waggons. General W. Kitchener's column captured 89 prisoners, 45 carts and waggons and a thousand cattle. "The troops covered 80 miles in twenty-four hours. The total number of prisoners is 135." NEW BRITISH RIFLE. Im- roved .Enfield. According to the London Daily Telegraph, a new rifle will shortly be issued to the whole British army. It ' called the improved Enfield. It 9 a breach action similar to the .user rifle, and a cartridge clip will be used. The barrel is five inches shorter than the weapon at present in use. shall be i wiser. I want you to post me a 1 tor only, and before long I should with my dear boy," clasping 1 hands and looking intensely at me "Now you must put such entirely from you. Supposing, said, to humor her, "I do a suggest, and it was found out. consequence would be I should lose my pension, which is only years off, and I have two children to think of, and am a widoT " She was quiet at this for a time, and did her work in a random way-then suddenly : "What amount of money do you calculate would bring in interest equivalent to your pension ?" "A thousand pounds," I said, smiling, and believing that it would put ^such thoughts away from her She dropped the clothing she held and seized my hands firmly. "If you were to receive one thousand pounds would you help me ? Swear it by the love you bear your children, and as you hope for their welfare." "Oh, yes, I'll promise that," plied, to humor her, for I th< she must be a little distracted grief. "Remember, that is a solemn promise," She said, and just upon it th bell rang to close work, and th prisoners began to troop to thei At the end of another hour m duty would be all over for the night and after seeing all the inmates c the cells I should transfer my key-to the night wardress in charge an go home. When I came to No. 18' cell I found her calmer, and, putting her arms around me, she embraced and kissed me, whispering night, dear madam. Remember, and God will bless you." I passed out and left her for the night, hoping that she had forgotten her idea of the letter. As I lived outside, I soon put on my hat and cloak, which covered my prison uniform, and left for the night, and was soon at home with my children. Judge of my astonishment, after taking off my cloak, hen I put my hand into my dress pocket, to find an unstamped letter, ' ' No. 18 had evidently slipped there before I left her cell. addressed to a city fifteen miles away, and my first thought troy it, and I held it in my hand over the fire, but my heart I thought of her child; and looking across the room, n dear boy, with his curly head bent over his slate, and my hand stayed. I will not burn it, I thought. I will wait until morning, and think the right; telpiec i 1 laid i i the r lan I did tbat'V Matters went or touched u had seemed later, I r addressed ire nothing for them-- rning, about six weeks red a bulky package, a lady's hand, bearing postmark. I broke the seals quickly and found, to my intense surprise, bank notes again equal to one thousand pounds. The letter inclosed explained every- "My Dear Friend--You will no dou-bt have wondered many things, with others, wlu become lada with my le boy, who is husband and dear li now, thanks to youi blessing, quite well. "You no doubt know how I escaped. My husband was to wait for me on the outside, which I knew would be on the same night on the day you gave me his message, 'Yes.' I expect you thought I had given up the idea. I descen led by a rope ladder which my husband had thrown to the top of the wall, and behind a fast trotter was so">n in a trusted friend's house clasped in my child's s. May you never be separated from your children. I must tell you in confidence that my husband is the third son of a nobleman, and was unfortunately led into difficulties, and got into the toils of a lot of sharpers and forgers and tbey used as a tool for passing forged s. I unknowingly got one of that ^ ' husband. my 1 that we should leave the com ry, as my husband had confessed a o his father, with a desire to mem nd he promised to start us to Cai da with five thousand pounds. The ry boy fell ill, and you know tl: from my husband, I may at one forgeries. fail, and if Tmight adi iso you, °a possibly you may have some con punction to use even the good note yourself, invest them for yor. children, and may it be a blessing t them. Good by, my friend." Did I do right or wrong ? LINE TO ROTTERDAM. A Montreal despatch says :--Early 3gin running between the port of Montreal and Rotterdam. The ser--ice, which will be established by he Canadian Forwarding and Ex-lort Company, will consist of four essels, the Rodney, Tiger, Sanford, .nd Ceylon, aggregating 18,000 ons. The ships all carry principally tcel for the German market. THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT, NEW BANK. Incorporation of the Crown Bank of Canada to do a general banking business, is sought by Messrs. H. R. Hardy, M. P. Davis, Ottawa, Lieut.-Col. J. A. McGillivray, Toronto, W. Vandusen, and Senator James McMullen. PURCHASING SUPPLIES. The Public Accounts Committee examined Dr. Martineau, medical superintendent of the quarantine station at Grosse Isle, with reference to the system of purchasing supplies for the station. Mr. Taylor examined the witnesses. Dr. Martineau testified that most of the supplies were bought from local dealers, a list of whom were furnished to him by the Government. Two steamboats are kept at the station for the purpose of visiting incoming steamers. Dr. Martineau gave evidence at considerable length with reference to the prices paid for supplies. . He was unwilling to admit that in any instance these prices were extravagant or that an excessive quantity was used. Eggs at 20c a dozen struck him 'as being about the right thing. Col. Thompson asked him if he thought the hens were thorough- b Dr! Ma ! unable t giy expressed the opinion that on the whole the supplies could be purchas ed cheaper from the local dealer: than they could be brought fron Quebec, on account of the distance. Mr. Ewart, chief architect of tin Public Works Department, was ex iv Mr. Ken oiler at G , this ; vith l :ular MORE TIME FOR TRAINING. It is probable that a bill will be sion to amend the Militia Act. It will extend the time for trailing for 12 days. It is also probable that tho permanent corps will be increased. LEVEL CROSSING MEASURE. Mr. Kemp presented a petition from the corporation of the city of Toronto against the level crossings nuisance. The petition asks for leg- panies at their own expense maintain gates or watchmen at level crossings in cities and towns, also to reduce tl i ti of speed of railway trains asked that statistics be prepared showing the number of accidents annually at level crossings. CANADIANS MUST CONTROL. The Railway Act Amendment Bill to be in^i i.that a METIS OF LaRivie tention 1 ;sued by the I ed i > the s which the Metis of the North-West are described as Indians. Mr. La-Riviere pointed out that while these men were proud of their Indian blood, still at the same time they do not wish to be described as Indians, becauso they are not. He did not wish tq provoke a discui the question, but he nierelv desired to point out the di that officials of the department might in future govern the accordingly. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read the second time :-- Respecting tho Ontario Powei Company, Niagara Falls--Mr. Ger- Respecting the James Bav Railway Company.--Mr. McCormick. Respecting the Klondike Mines THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, eU in Trade Centres. Toronto, April 1.--Wheat--No. ! hard offered at 86c en route N.B. without bids>. No. 2 red winter of fered at 72£c middle freight, G.T. 58- lb offered a"; 72-ic outside, am 59- lb at 72c east, without bids. No 2 white otIe:-ed at 72£c east oi G.T.R., am N >. 2 mixed at 72c east on G.T. No. 2 spring offered at 72i east, and No 2 goose at 66c middh freight Pacific, and at 67c lov freight to New York, without bids. Barley--No. 3 oiTered at 50c out side, without bids. Peas--No. 2 white offered at 80i outside, and No. 2 white eyes af 87c outside, without bids. Oats--A car of No. 2 white sold af 43ic on track, Toronto. No. i white offered at 40c outside, and af 41c east without bids. No. 2 mixec wanted at 42-it- track Toronto. Mani-oats, testing 37 lbs., of-North Bay, without toba Corn--1 56*c wes was bid i. 2 yellow offered af with 56c bid, while 56i< l G.T R. COUNTRY PRODUCE. --Trade i dull, th > 6c per lb. REPORT OF SEALERS. Mi, The A St. John's, Newfoundlai patch says:--The steamer ] arrived here from the sea loaded with 12,000 seals gs a much better report f ng fleet than the steame foundland brought on Monda its e>f the Leopard account fo about 120,000 seals so far. The sealing steamer Souther Cross put into the harbor c n's Pond this evening, -with or ;venty seals on board. She did sight ice, the seal herds. WHERE TO ] When you woulel eek her Monday. 1 her in the kitchen, snowy linen, 'orth your winning. Seek in new dir Useiessness may t A pet bird or a Thrift and tact ad Her who rules i Dried Ap-pl Evaporated, 10 Hops--Business quiet, with prices steady at 13c; yearlings, at 8c. Honey--The market is dull at 5j to 10c for strained; combs, $1.15 to $2.25 per dozen. Maple syrup--New syrup, wine gallon, 90c; imperial gallon, $1.10. Sugar, 9 to 10c per lb., as to quality. _ Beans--The market is quiet. Prices, $1.20 to $1.30 per bush, as to quality. Hand-picked. $1.35 to $1.40. Cranberries -- Market unchanged with stocks small. Cape Cod, $9.5C to $10 per barrel. Onions--Market steady at $2.50 t< $3 per barrel. Hay, baled--The market is quiet, with fair demand. Timothy quoted at $10.50 to $10.75 on track, Toronto, for No. 1, and at $,9 to $9.2! for No. 2. Poultry--Offerings limited, and prices firm Wo quote :--Fresh killed turkeys 121 to 14c per lb.; chickens, 70c to $1. Potatoes--In car lots on track, 58 to 60c per bag. Small lots, out ol store, bring 70 to 75c per bag. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--There is a fair trade, with prices firm for the best qualities. We quote as follows :--Choice, 1-Ib, prints, 19 to 20c; choice largo rolls, 17 to 17ic; secondary grades, in rolls, 15 to 16c; low grades, 12 to 13c; creamery prints, 22 to 23c; do, solids, 21 to. 22 Jc. l Eggs--The market is weaker, with offerings large. Sales in case lots at 12 to 12Jc per dozen. Cheese--The market is quiet and steady at 11 to ll$c per lb. for choice makes. HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs nominal in car lota. Hog products in fair demand, and steady. We quote :--Bacon, long clear, 10 to 10-Jc, in ton and case lots. Mess pork. $20.50; do., short cut, $21.50. Smoked Meats--Hams, 12$ to 13c; breakfast bacon, 134 to 14c; rolls, :ks, 13J to 14c, and should- , 10>e i market is firr 2rcc3, 11 to 11-Jc; tu l.lfc; compound, 9 We UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, April 1.--Flour--Quiet and easy. Wheat--Spring dull; No. 1 Northern, spot, 77fc asked. Winter wheat higher; No. 2 red, 83c. Corn --Higher, but no buyers; No. 2 yellow, 64$c; No. 3 do., 64c; No 2 corn, 63fc; No. 3 do., 63ic. Oats-Good enquiry; No. 2 white, 49c; No. 3 white, 48}c; No. 2 mixed, 47£c ; No. 3 do, 46c. Barley--Spot, 66$ to 69c. Rye--No. 1, 63c. Minneapolis, April 1. -- Close-Wheat--May, 78£c; July, 72Jc; or track; No. 1 hard, 74fc; No. 1 Northern, 71-J- to 72|c; No. 2 Northern, 70|c. Flour--First patents, $3.65 to $3.75; second patents, $3.55 to $3.65: first clears, $2.80 to $2.90; second clears, $2.10 to- $2.20; bran, in bulk, §12.50 to $12.75. Duluth, April 1.--Close--Wheat-Cash; No. 1 hard, 74£e; No. 1 Northern. 71-Jc; No. 2 do., 68|c ; May, 72-J-c; July, 73-Jc: Manitoba, No. 1 Northern, cash. 70Jc: May, 71ic; No. 2 Northern, 67ic. Oats-- 40c. Corn--59c. Milwaukee, Wis., April 1.--Wheat-Higher; close. No. 1 Northern, 74c ; No. 2. do., 72f to '73c; May, 72 Jc. Rye--Steady; No. 1, 58-ic. Barley-- 66c: sample, 60 to 65c. Corn--May, 59Jc Detroit, April 1.--Wheat--Closed-No. 1 white, cash, 61c; No. 2 red cash and May, 80c; July, 77^-c. St Louis, April 1.--Wheat--Closed --Cash, 77fc; May, 77Jc; July, 711c. MERE GUESS WORK. Harry--"I wonder who said that money is the root of all evil." Harriet--"Oh, some unhappy man who tried to marry for money, and couldn't." She--"Stop! You shan't kiss me o-night-- at least, not before I have ad an explanation. I heard to-day that you had been engaged to six-different girls." He--"But that before I had seen your angel face, my love." She--"So it was, ">e sure'. I never thought of