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EMPIRE EXPANSION BRITAIN ADDS MORE TER- RITORY. Fanatical Bravery of African Tribesman Avails Nothing Against Withering the Fire From British Maxims---Sokoto Is Captured, p---- A Dondon cable says: Colonial 'Qcerctary Chamberlain announced in the house of Commons on May 12 {hat as a result of the Britjsh mili- tary operations in the Sokoto and Kano districts, ending with the cap- ture of the emir ef Kano, 100,000 square miles of territory had been added to northern Nigeria and would be administered by the government ol that territory. Details have been received here of the capture of Sokoto, March 14, by the British column, commanded by Col. Morland. The engagement last- ed two and half hours. The British rambered about 500 men with four a firing guns and four Maxims. The enemy's horse and foot were es- timated to number some 6,000 men, their riflemen being armed with mod- ern rifles and using smokeless pow- der. The British camped during the night of March 13 a mile and a half from Sokoto alter a hard march of one hundred miles irom Kaura, with but little water, and having passed through a difficult country. At day- treak, March 14, the: British moved ont in square formation towards the valley in which Sokoto lies. immediately the = British appeared Iulanis charged over a ridge the with fanatical bravery, undeterred a withering maxim and rifle fire. "Mhev had no proper leadership, but ihe isolated bands continued to ad- vance over heaps of dead and dying, often only individuals reaching with- in a yard of the square, where, re- fusing quarter, ihey were shot down while shouting 'Allah' with their jast breath. The main body of na- tives were finally routed, leaving a remnant of about thirty chiels the emir's great white flag. These chiefs were defiant to the last and their corpses were found hedging the standard when the British entered the city, which consisted mostly of thatched houses. Its semi ruined walls extended seven miles around the place, and were pierced by eight gates. A few days later the popu- lace returned, and the Fulanis ten- dered their submission to Commis- sioner "Lugard, who" arrived: March 17 andlinstalled a new erin. The Rritish = then coast, leaving a garrison of two companies of infantry. SCHOOL BOOK SENSATION. Novia Scotia Educational Circles DBiscus- sing the Boast of a Publisher,' Nova Scotia school circles have been stirred of late as bever before probably in a quarter of a century by reason of the proposals of pub- lishing houses who are seeking to se- cure the adoption of new school readers. The competition has be- come keen and it is stated the gov- @ioment have received offers of free Looks for the entire Province. Charges have been made of favorit- isn on the part of officials, and no doubt there has been activity in fa- vor of one publisher >r the other. Indeed, rumor has it that one of the publishers has boasted he was going to control the entire school books of the country within two years, = and that he has some of the people in the United States, as well as in other provinces where he's wanted, going so far as lo say that in some provinces members of the government are making it their business to see that his books are authorized. Al- together the situation is becoming interesting, and the province may be on the verge of a first class scandal which may aflect the good name of the government, not only in this but also in other provinces. THE WIDE WORLD. Xelegraphic News of Two Hemispheres Briefly Chronicled. Boers Lave sccured 800,000 acres of land in Mexico, and will settle in that country. : Vegetation is backward in Ontario according to the May crop report. The directors have decided against horse racing at this year's Toronto fair. ; The C. P. R. title to a large area of lands in Kast Kootenay has been thallenged. Cerman politicians are in a tur- moil now, chiefly hecause of 'the ex- pected success of the Socialists in ihe coming elections. August Bebel, the principal Socialist leader, thinks their members of the Reichstag will increase from 53 to 80, and the num- ber of votes polled ftom 2,000,000 to more than 3,000,000. A dispatch states that Sir A. 1. Jones, head of the Elder-Dempster company, of Liverpool, and Sir Al- ston Dixon, a great shipbuilder in North England, are interesting them- telves in a project for the erection of a steel shipbuilding plant at some port in Nova Scotia, where the best facilities for such works are obtain able. round. 'next manufactur retired toward the Garnier saving, the secret FAMINE IN CHINA. Families are Subsisting on Roots and Leaves. According to mail advices received from South China hundreds are dy- irg in Kwang province as a result of the tamine there. Correspondents writing from several settions say the destitution, suffering and death is appalling. Whole familiec ave sub- sitting on a few ounces of rice a day +x jn roots and leaves. Missionaries ait «lding thousands daily. The fam- ine 1s causing the. rebellion in that province, for the poor are being driven to violence to obtain food. Women and children are being sold by the famine stricken people. A Wichow correspondent gives de- tails of the capture of one of the rebels. He dressed as a small mili- tary official, arrived in Canton and gave out that he was sent by the Chinese general, Sz Yuchan. , He hired a stern wheel boat to take his arms and ammuaition to Nan- ning, and had the Chinese flag flying on it. He got safely up to Wuchow,where suspicion was aroused, and a tele- gram was seat to General Sz Yu- chan. The fraud was thus detected. He and hi= hoat were seized several wiles abov. #uchow, where he and his assistants were tortured and be- headed. FRANCE LOSING A SECRET. With Monks of the Grande Cliartreuse -- It Has Rade Them Rich, The, the Grande Char- treuse are still awaiting the comple- tion of their new home, which is to be near Vienna. The French govern- ment has definitely expelled the order from Trance, and its cloister, former- Jy the richest in the department of Isere, stands deserted. The govern- ment declared, in answer to the last petition of the monks to be allowed to return to their old home, that the congregation had never been author- ized {rom the time of its foundation in 1084. After the monks (7 first expulsion in 1796, the menks returned in 1816 to I'rance. Seventeen years afterwards they began to manufacture the liquor now associated with their names more closely than any other attrib- utes of the order. The white liquor wag first made, and only two litres of it were the daily output. One of the brothers carried this down . io Grenoble and Chambery, where it wis sold. The demand for this rare drink in- creased rapidly The green liquor was d, and ther Peter discovered the method of making the yellow liquor. efforts were soon made to induce the order to settle in Rome, but that plan was abandoned. The authorities forced the separation of the cloister and the distillery, which was removed to a distance. The order was compelled to send to Rome a share of its pro- fits, Avhich during the first year am- ounted to $20,000, but rapidly in- creased to $200,000, It was much debated when the or- der came, that the monks must aban- don their home, whether or not they were in reality a source of prosper- ity to the region of Grenoble. Alce- holism is said to have increased ever since they went, there, and the popu- lation, though very poor, is not in- clined to wdfk. The best of the la- her ers have emigrated, and it has been necessary to send to Italy for those needed to work the fields. The French government, in fact, refused to pr otect' the order on any national grounds after the nationality of the most active brothers became known. One of these thirty - seven were French, five Swiss, three German, and onc Italian, Dutch and Spanish, in addition to a large number who belong to other nations. The broth- ers, of course, see in their expulsion only an attempt to get possession of their trade mark and their old fac- tory, that a new chartreuse may go out to the world. "They may take the distillery," the head of the order is reported as "and even the name and trade mark. How many offers have we already had to sell them 2 But of making the liquor is only ours, and always will be. That we will carry wherever we go."* Canadians Invade fou h, A party of well-to-do and influen- tial I'rench-Canadians has passed through Washington, bound for the Saath, where they will make an ex- tensive examination of the cotton belt with a view to selecting sites for one or more French-Canadian colonies. 1t is expected that this will prove to he the beginning of an immigration by French - Canadians who have been attracted by the glow- ing accounts they have heard of the Southern States, and, impressed with the establishment of extensive cotton mills where the younger members of their families can find: employment, ars seriously contemplating the pur- chase of extensive tracts of land, which will be used by the older col- onists for agricultural purposes A dispatch from Vancouver says the Frincess May has brought news from the north te the effect that three Indians bought Florida water at a general store. and drank the | perfume 'to excess. Two Indians were dead and the other was dying when the steamer left. 'ne: further FROM MOTHER LAND! TALKS OF REDUCING NAVY IN COMMONS. diembers of Imperial House Con- tuat Britain Should Take the ¥irst Step in that Direction--Remari- Son sider able Sceus ju the City Temple. A London cable, dated May 14, says : The question of the reduction of naval armaments came up again today in the course of a discussion of the navy estimates in the House of Commons. The speaker suggested that the government take the Best step in proposing a reduction to ! other powers. | Sir Charles Dilke (Advanced .Rad- | ical) said he thought this might be possible. In view of the improved relations between Great Britain and France those two nations might talk the matter over and subsequently approach Russia. Then 14 Germany dic not agree to a reduction the three powers might effect something. : It was not necessary for Great Brit-. ain to build against the United | States. Arnold Toster, the admiralty sec- | retary, after having pointed out that ' it was the duty oi the admiralty to ; deal with the facts as they were and | not as thiey might be, said that all the great powers were increasing their maritime preparations, notably Russia. He denied that the admiral- ty's proposals were in excess of the requirements of the country. The secretary would not on that occasion express any idea with regard to the position as affected by the United States. 'That was a grave consid- eration which in the future would have to pe considered." The admir- | alty's present duty was to give the! nation a guarantee against attack, and more important still against defeat by any combination of pow- ers. Sir Ropert Reid (Liberal, formerly attorney-general,) suggested that the government endeavor to obtain an alteration of the laws of naval war- fare, making foodstuffs not contra- band of war and exempting personal property from capture. Such an agreement, he thought, would with- draw all temptation for foreign na- tions to build strong navies. NO FURTHER TROUBLE. The under foreign secretary, Lord Cranbol ie in the House of Com- mons, read a telegram fr om the Brit- ish consul at Monastir, European Turkey, saying that, while several Christians had been killed during the recent disturbances, there had been disturbance during the last few days, and adding that busi- ness is proceeding as usual. The con- sul also reported that the loss of life was exaggerated. EXPERIMENT ON COAL. An important admiralty experiment of storing coal under water was commenced at Portsmouth to-day. All the naval stations report that stores of coal, where exposed to the atmosphere, deteriorate. Some 20 tons of Welsh coal have now been submerged, enclosed in wooden cases, and will be raised a year hence, when its steam raising capacities will be tested. ORGANIZE FLYING SQUADRON. (ture for government employ. THE AUSTRALIAN STRIKE Likelihood that the 7 rouble win Spread ; Gver Whole Commonwealth. In a dispatch from Sydney, N.S: W., the correspondent of the London Daily Mail reports secret' meetings on the part of the New South Wales trades unionists, notably the railway 'and street car men. The correspondent says he confer- red with the ofiicial head of the la- bor unionists in New South Wales, who declared that all workmen would support the railroad men solidly, and that unless the Victorian gov- ernment surrendered, the str uggle would extend to the other states,the Victorian fight being oaly an outpost skirmish. In the Foonisiative assembly of Vic- toria Premier Irvine made a speech on the subject of the strike. He said the country faced a long meditated revolt against established authority. ,The issue concerned every. . country. The strike had thrown the state into confusion, and it would be a fight to a finish. The premier then moved the second reading of a hill providing for the suppression of the strike, which Cis not retrospective, and which will re- main in force after the termination of the strike. 1t provides that any employee leaving his work without giving four days' notice is to be as- sumed to have joined the strike and will incur the penalty of $500 fine or a year's imprisonment with a loss pension, and will be ineligible in fu- The bill forbids interference with employees, the collection of strike funds or en- 'couraging the strike in any manner. {The bill further empowers the police to destroy documents cncouraging the strikers, makes printers thereof offenders against the law, and de clares meetings to be unlawful if four strikers are present. All persons re- fusing to disperse are liable to ar- rest without warrants and the po- lice are empowered to forcibly enter meetings. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Telegrams and Cablegrams Condensed for Lusy Neaders. i The British admiralty hoi arrang- ing to make Sydpey, €. B., an arm- ed port. 3 The Northern. Iron Works, Winni- peg, were completely destr oyed | by fire on May 14. : Mr. J. 8. Crerar, of Yorkton, N. |W. P., a prominent immigration of- ficial, died on May 14 in St. Boni- face hospital. ' . St pets Great Britain and the United States will appoint a commnission to regulate a level of the Great Lakes. A movement is on foot to locate 10,000 Catholic settlers from Minne- sota in Saskatchewan. 203 Brandon Baptists will erect a $23,- 000 edifice. Regina has asked to be given the status of a city. 5 A trolley line is proposed from St. Louis to Pittsburg, Pa. If completed it will be the longest electric system in the world. Mrs, W. H. Rowland, of Portage la Prairie dropped dead on a farm. A Canadian Northern freight train was badly wrecked on May 14 at Warroad, Minn. Victoria, B. C., May 14.--There arc rumors at Escuimalt that a fying squadron wil. shortly be organized to, undertake a two years' voyage around the world. The report is that the Leviathan 'will be the flag- ship, and seven cruisers will accom- pany her. The cruise is to be experimental and if it works out as its organizers believe, three new cruiser squadrons will be organized, based at Isqui- malt, Sydaey, and Simonstown, the idea being to have cruising squad- rons replace the present work fects in, South American waters and in the Pacific. A REMARKABLE SCENE. London, May 14.--There was a re- warkable scene in the City Temple at mid-day service today when the Rev. R. J. Campbell, successor of the late Dr. Parker, announced his ad- hesion to 'the 'passive resistance' movement agaiust the new Education bill. Commons do The London cattle market shows a large increase in Canadian importa- tions. Western members not approve of any more land grants being given to rail- ways. The village of St. Claude, Man., was almost swept out of existence by a prairie lire on May 14. Mr. Wallace Neshitt, K.C., of To- ronto, has been appointed to the suprewe court bench, Ottawa. Canadians wiil be given an oppor- tunity, with plenty of time to ten- '| der, on South African army supplies. Mayor I New York, hus stopped the ing of Mormonisiu on the stre hat, city. All per- mits, forni preach in vokad, au Several | Mormons: tained p ned to elders to cets, have been re- nore will be issued. ago a number of the city and oh- he elders were not The Rev. Mr. Coniphen is regarded | 2s head of the Nonconformists in this ountry. At his announcement to- lay the audience, numbering about 3,000 persons, stood up and cheered lustily for several minutes. The pas-, tor added that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain is likely to advocate the imprisonment of those who participate in the ° sive resistance movement,"' but he believed, should Mr. Chamib?rlain im- | prison Bim, his days as Colonial sec- retary will be numbered, for Noncon- formity represents half the religious ' Vife of the nation. The St. Petersburg Messenger of | Trade and Industry boasts that the. charucteristic feature of last year, was the almost total suspension of i the import of chemical products, and the very perceptible decrease in their "price, due to the competition and. 'pas- | t nons when they ob- its, but a short time ago some onc complained to the aye against the preaching of Moi- nonism in the streets. Am investigo- tion was made and the permits re known tained the he had heard that | voked. Advices from Berlin say the gov- ernment commission which has been investigating the tropical worm dis- ease which has attacked 20,000 | Westphalian miners, reports that conly those who rarely see the sun- {light "are afflicted. The disease is frequently fatal, and causes inability ito labor. The government has decid: ed to employ 150 doctors specially (trained to combat the malady. The 'sufferers will be isolated. Cleanliness Lana adi are the principal reme- dies. ; i Professor Calmette, of Lille France, pays snake catchers ten cents each of the Canadian IS AN EXPANSIONIST -- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT SAN FRANCISCO. He Talks on United and Advocates a Larger ter Won't do. the Xevelopment of the States position in the Pacific, Navy--RBlus- rancisco, . May. 13.--At the Mechanic's Pavilion, President Roose- velt tonight made the most import- ant speech he has delivered since he left 'St. Louis. His subject, Expan- sion and Trade Development and Pro- tion of the Country's Newly Acquir- ed Position in thé Pacific,"" together with the advocacy of a greater navy, was one that: made his discourse of particular interest and he aroused his audience to a high pitch of en- thusiasm. : M. H. de Young, president 'of the citizens' reception committee, opened the meeting, and Mayor Schmitz formally introduced the president to the people of San Francisco. 1t was some minutes before the cheering subsided and the president was able to make himself heard. He said: : "Before TI saw the Pacific slope I was an expansionist, and after hav- ing seen it I lail to understand how any man, confident of his country's greatness aud glad that his country should challenge with proud confi- dence our mighty future, can be any- thing but an expansionist. Ameri- ca's geographical position on the Pa- cific is such as to insure our peace- fu, dominaticn of its waters in the future, if enly we grasp with suflic- ient resolution the advantages of this position... We are taking long strides in this direction. Witness the cables we are laying and the great steamship lines we are starting. We have taken the first steps towards digging an Isthmian canal, to be under our own control, a canal which will make our Atlantic and Pacilic coast lines, to all intents and pur- poses, contiguous and will add im mensely alike to our commercial and our military and naval stren gth. The inevitable march of events gave us the control of the Philippines at a time so. opportune that it may without irreverence be held providen- tial unless we show ourselves weak, unless we show ourselves degenerate sons of the sires from whose loins we sprung. : We must go on with the work that we have begun. I. earnestly hope that this work will always be peace- ful in character? We infinite peace, and the surest way to obtain it is to show that we are not afraid 'of war. We should deal in a spirit of fairness and justice with all na- tions; we should show to the strong- est that we are able to maintain our rights. Such showing cannot be made by bluster, for bluster. merely invites contempt. Iet us speak cour- teously, deal fairly and keep our- selves armed and ready. If we do these things. we can count on. the peace that comes only to the just man armed, to the just man who neither fears nor inflicts wrongs." CARNEGIE CRITICIZED. San Ir Engl sh Press Has Turned Agalust the Glver of Libraries. A London cable says :--- Andrew Carnegie is evidently beginning to be found out by the press, which hither- to seemed to regard him as the king of beneficient fairy queens. His wan- ton attack on Canada finds no sym- pathizers, while even the Scottish papers reproduce ths Outlook On- slaught upon what is called the 'Bastard Individualisin of His Pitts- burg Carrot Bonus Philanthrophy.'"' The Canadian Gazette, in an arti- cle entitled " Carnegie Vinegar,' shows that Carnegie is ignorant of elementary facts as to Canada's pre-- sent position, and prays that Canada may be delivered from Carnegie's ben- e'actions. In connection with the above the New York Evening Post has the iol- lowing cable : '"'As for Mr. Carnegie's profit shar- ing schemes, they are severely dan- dled in some quarters. Why, it is asked, should British workmen ex- change the interests thay have ac- quired in provident and sick funds and trade unions secured upon good independent investments, for an ill- assured interest in a business to which they must tie themselves if they would derive benefit from book bonuses or book shares ? Some even enter a larger field with words like the following : 'The enormous ex- tension of huge monopolies in Amer- ica in course of years will convert the bustling, reliant, cute American into a salaried and pensioned, own- your-own-home, lifeless, hum drum clerk or official, toiling after aibonus of carrots dropped by benevolent magnates. This bastard individual- ism is devised to make more millions for millionaires. Even trade dis- putes, so long as they are an out- come of independence of character, will in the long run serve people het- ter." 7 "This strong language but repre- isents a good deal of the English improvements in Rassian manufac--for the vipers for the production of criticism of present American tenden- ture. his antivenom serum. cies.'