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.. _ . l .‘ . . i‘ l ‘4 iii 0 l 1 : i til i “â€" l (“E VERY LATEST FRO“! ALL THE WORLD OVER. ' "‘rhlinz Items About Our Own Country. l at nmum. the United Sinus. and? ...; Pam. c: the Globe. Condensed and .',::cr:e:! :or buy Readlng. CANADA. The C. P. R. will build a $15,000 staâ€" (i,.n at 'iVoodsiock. Ioimilton City Council has thrown; o..t a ('uriow bell by-law. British Columbia salmon lam formed a combine. Tim numl er of patents issued at Otâ€" la".a last your was «1,013. canners i‘Iiiiiral gas has been struck on b‘en- ' (en's farm. near Hamilton. Out. A blatk of buildings to cost 8120.009. are lrcing erected in Winnipeg. Sunni lithiw'u. r’apitulists propose to. Solid a new music hall in that city. There is abig rush of settlers from lntaro to Maniiioba nndt he North- Wuwf this spring. The seven persons who were injured in the avalanche at Levis, on Febru- ary "" are no.v convalescent. Tue citizens of Vancouver have de- cided by popular vote against a propos- it‘on to open a music hall. . Ship building for Klondike traffic is very active in Vancouver just noW. no lea-i than six boats are being built. A (varload of thoroughbred stock was shipped from Guelph 'to the Northwest by the Dominion Breeders’ Association. Louise Nadeau. of Quebec, for entic- ing and harltoring young girls, has been sent to the penitentiary for two years. The 'i‘oronto City Council on Monday voted down a proposition to deprive themselves of their annual allowance of $300. D. De Bj'ontigny, of Montreal. who was arrested at Vancouver for havmg an illicit still in his possessxon, was fined $200. The Grand Trunk Railway has decid- ed to reduce the freight rates on live sto'k for breeding purposes in Canada by fifty per cent. A rumor that Hon. Robert Watson was to be appointed Lieutenant~Gov~ ernor of the North-\Vest is denied at 1W in n i peg. It is sated. that a large sum will he placed in the Federal estimates for the stringing of a. telegraph line to the Straits of Belle Isle. The report of Mr. E, E. Sheppard. Trade Commissioner to South Amer- ica, has been delivered to the Minister of Trade and Commerce. . “Commissioner” Eva Booth is ar- ranging to send a small staff of Sal- vationists to the Klondike from Van~ couver, Victoria, and Seattle. The copper telegraphi line which the C.P.R. is to erect between Montreal- amd Vancouver is being manufactured at Lachine. It will cost $250,000. “V. C. Macdomald, who has already given a millionand a half dollars to McGill University, has given another $15500 to the department of archi- lecture. The Geological Survey of the United States has ordered a large number of canoes from the Peterboro' Canoe Com- any for the use of exploring parties 11 Alaska. Considerable talk is heard in Ot- tawa. of new industries and the reviv- ad of old ones. J. R. Booth is at present erecting what will he the larg~ est grist mill in Canada. The inane. dment of the Grand Trunk has contrac ed with the Pullman Com- pany, Chicago, for the construction of twenty first-class passenger coaches. ’l‘hcre is a prospect of the wholesale clothicrs'nf the Dominion forming a combination for the purpose of reduc- ing the length of credits, and in oth- er ways regulating the business. The pro‘ect for the construction of a chain 0 canals from a point on Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains. re~ cenl'ly described, has won brought be- fore Parliament, and will be pressed. The London Street Railway Company have paid Mrs. Kate Pitt $1,500 and all costs in settlement of her claim re- sulting from the deith of her broth- er, Wm. Spice, in a trolley accident. A. Filgiano. who was sent to Kings- ton Penitentiary from Hamilton to serve a three years sentence for em- bezzling from the Grand Trunk. has been pardoned with a six weeks re~ prieve. (News comes to Quebec of the disastr- ous results of the recent snowstorms to the wild animals. A farmer near L'Islet found twenty-eight caribou and deer stuck in the snow and cut their throats. The Montreal Street Railway Coniâ€" any has received an order from the gingston. Jamaica, Street Railway Company to build twenty electric mot- or cars for use in that city. Private George Stewart. of the 48th Highlanders. who gained the bayonet. championship of (be world in London l but June has been appointed to thei Toronto Customs House staff. Mr. J. H. Duthrie, who is promoting Union Stock lords for 'l'oronio, is urg- ing the. Council to take immediate ac.- lion as he claims the city will be the ainer of 820,000 a year from every new dusiry which springs up in connec~ iron with these yards. The Ontario Government are about to take over the industrial schools of the xovince. The Mimico School will bel gone away with. 5 boys there will be placed in the prov ncial reformatory, which is soon to be removed from Pemctaug'uishena to Oxford County. Seieral officers of the Queen's 'Ow-n Rifles of Toronto. waited on the Min-l Islet of Militia at Ottawa on S turday ‘ and asked for a bill authorizing thoi volunteer reserve formation of a _ i such as now exists ‘ l 3 throughout Canada, in connection with several of the Canaâ€" di-in corps. The matter will be con- Sidered. G R EAT BRITAIN. The order of the King’s Sons and Daughters is to be started in England. it is repel ted that Lord George H‘am- ilton will be appointed Gov ernor-Gen- oral of Canada. 7 A London dresamaking firm has leen fined for keeping women at work after the regulation hours. The American Society in London_ is to provide a. fund to erect a. memorial to the sailors of the Maine. British. Board of Trade returns for February show decreases of $7,300,000 in imports and $1,014,000 in exports. - A military ai Muirkirk, Ayrshire, was flooded. Nineteen persons failed to reach. the bank and are still in the mine. Salviaii. the noted Venetian glass and mosaic artist, who laid the mosa- ics in St. Paul's cathedral. committed suicide in London. Mr. Peterson confirms the statement that his firm had placed With Haw- thorne, Leslie 3: Co. of Newcastleâ€"on- Tyue an order for two of the four new steamers required for the fast Atlantic. service. London street hawkers ' are now doing well with a portrait of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Hanging out 0i- one of his pockets is a small strip of Card. and under the picture are the words “Find Lord Salisbury.".- 3.0“ pull the card. board strip and a small sketch of the Prime Minister comes out of Mr. Chamberlain's pocket- A Fifeshire village has a; distillery managed on communistic principles: which makes a. yearly profit: of £500- lVith part of these profits the Villag- ers are equipped with reading 9nd recreation rooms and now proposes to light the village with electricity and put electric lights in every house at half of what it costs now. In the famous Peabody model tene- ments. The London Daily News says there is a population of no less than seven hundred and twentyâ€"five_to an acre. yet the birth rate is five inl one thousand above the average rate. and infant mortality is twenty-two in one thousand below the average. At this rate the population will soon grow fasâ€" ter than the profits of the trust, which were last year $210,000. UNITED STATES. The Globe shipyard strike at Cleve- land has been settled. The men lost. The Bowery Mission Lodging House in New York was burned and eleven inâ€" mates lost their lives in the fire. The Manchester, N.H., Board of Trade had adopted resolutions favouring a treaty for reciprocal trade relations with Canada. The British cruiser Cordelia, of the North Atlantic squadron, has arrived at Key \Vest., Fla., from Belize, Brit- ish. Honduras. Mr. John \Vanamaker has consented to be the candidate of the business men's Republican League for Gover- nor of Pennsylivania. ‘ William Hutoliings, one of the has known manufacturing jewellers in the East, was shot and killed at Provi- dence. R.I., on Tuesday night by a burglar. The jury in the case of Sheriff Mar- tin and his deputies for shooting strik- ers at Lattimer, Pa., on September 10. returned a verdict of not guilty. A large repatriation movement is taking place among Frenchâ€"Canadians in New England, and many are expect- ed to return to Canada, this spring. Rev. Stephen A. Northrop, at Kanâ€" sas City, Mo, on Sunday said from his pulpit, "It is time Uncle Sam cl tched the throat of Spain to rescue uba." Sadie Storer, aged sixteen, is in gaol at Huntsville, Ark., together her sweetheart and mother, (=ha-1'Eedi with the murder of her father. The] girl shot her father. and was aidedl and abetted by the other two. Mr. Stearns, of the firm of Stearns 8:03., Brooklyn, has received the ord- er for machinery ordered by the Que- bec Bridge Company, to make requir- ed soundings through the ice for test- ing the bed of the river in the vicinity of the‘Chaudi-ere. A combination of the steel rod man- ufacturers of the United States has been practically consummated. The combination will represent about $50.- 000,000 in capital. The name selected for the combination is "The Ameri- can Steel and Wire Company." GENERAL. The Pepe is in excellent health. Russia will spend ninety million rou- bles for new warships. The Prince of \Vales laid the founda- tion stone of ihe new pier at Cannes. Forbes Robertson, the English actor. has made a great success in Berlin. The floating debt of Spain was aug- mented by 13,220,681 pesetas during February. Experts estimate that a million tons of wheat will be exported from (fawn-i pore, India. Four fishing vessels belonging fol Memcl, Prussia, were wrecked on Sat- urdiiy. Sixteen fishermen were drown-i ed. Zola's new book. "Paris," is said Lo! is selling very well in France, and itsii sale in England will be far in excess ofi that of any of his other works. i Severe earthquake shocks were felt: on Friday at Antigua, St. Kitts, Guad- eloupe and Montzerrat. of the Leeward Island. Much damage was done at: Antigua. Emperor William is to visit Pales- tine in 00 to determine or himself the exact sites. of Golgotha. the Temple of Jerusalem,i and the place of the Crucifixion. "General" Booth states he has just completed arra ments with the! West Australian overnment to take. up 19.000 acres of. land for I Salvation i Army Colony. 1 At Contentinople the Bulgarian; with‘House, and the Admiralty agent has aired the Govern- ment for 9:13 anation :- arding the al- leged movements of r ish troops to- wards the Bulgarian rontier. The first consignment of Canadian creamer-y butter from the creameries of tho North-“'25; Territories has reached Japan in s lendid condition. and has been quick y snapped up by purchasers. Japan is about to float a new loan of 21 150,000,000 you. If in gold this would amount to practically $150,000,â€" 000. but if in silver to only $75,000,000. The loan will probably be floated in London. The Queensland separation move- ment is not dead yet. A delegation is to be sent to England to urge the Im- Penal Government to divide the north PEI-rt of the colony from the south and glve each part responsible government. The American steamer Columbia. which left New York. bound for the _Yukon, is at Valparaiso, Chili. wait- mg for funds. The captain has been unable to obtain money for rePalFS and there is a prospect of her supplles running out unless her owners come to time. _ At a. meeting of the Canadian Mil- ltal'y Institute at Toronto on Saturâ€" day a committee was formed to frame a petition asking the Dominion Gov- ernment to authorize the enrolment 0f two batteries of artillery to be call- ed the Toronto Naval Artillery. It is proposed to equip this corps on the lines of the British Royal Naval Volun- teer Artillery. Dr. Edwin Klebs, professor of path- ology and bacteriology in the Post- Graduate Medical School, of Chicago, is alleged to have discovered the cause of yellow fever. . As a result of a ser- ies of experiments extending over two months he has isolated the amoeba, and has been able to trace its development through a number of stages in vari- ous organs in the bOdy. IF WAR THEN VICTORY. â€"â€" Jlr. Goschen Makes an Encouraging sum-- men: in the Home of Commons. A despatch from London says :â€"The First Lord of the Admiralty,- the Hon. George J. Goschen. in presenting the naval estimates on Thursday, pointed out that with the outlay on naval Works the expenditure amounted to the col- ossal sum of £25,550,000, $127,750;000; which, he explained, was even consid~ ered inadequateln some quarters. Conâ€" tinuing, Mr. Gosohen explained that the navy was in a. transitional state, to which many of the admitted deficien~ cies were due. Moreover. he added, the Government was introducing a series of improvements. The Jubilee display had been great, but they hadt not reach- ed the ideal standard. WE’VE GOT THE sales. Referring to the Channel Squadron} the First Lord of the Admiralty said it was the most powerful ever gath‘ ered together, its duties being not only to parade the channel. but to engage in offensive operations in time. of war. Continuing, Mr. Goschen dilated upon the quiet and unostentatious increase of the British fleet in China. waters by {our vessels from other foreign sta- tions as being an instance of the navâ€" al preparedness. Later. Mr. Goschen said he hoped the Admiralty would not he too hard- Iy pressed to communicate its plans, but he assured the House that in the distribution of cruisers, for instance. the Admiralty had considered carefulâ€" ly the protection of every trade and every food supply route and. he trust- ed that "if times darken" the Admir- alty would have the confidence of the would be found doing its duty. WE'VE GOT THE MEN. Touching upon the increase in the personnel of the navy. Mr. Goschen said there was no lack of recruits for the navy. In fact he added, only one in eight. boys was accepted, and the Supply of slokers, was also improving. Mr. Goschen also denied that the navy was undermanned, declaring that every vessel which took part in the Jubilee review was as fully maimed as it would be in time of war. He admitted there was a paucity of officers, but .he explhined that that would \be eaSily remedied. Touching on the building programme», Mr. Goschen said he would defer fur- nishing parliculars regarding the pro- posed new warships in order to keep foreigners in the dark concerning their plans; but he could say that the battle- . ships and cruisers would be adapted to the specizil circumstances which the paid year had revealed in various parts of the world. Mr. Goschen then deplored the re- cent industrial struggles and appealed for an increase of pay for the British seamen of the merchant marine, say- ing that if from false economy or im- possible conditions on either side. Brit- iSh sailors were ousted by foreigners. then “God help us." He concluded :â€" 'lf peace shall again reign in our men- i tres of industry. and if the nation that calls herself mistress of the sea re- ins-sorts herself by an increase of mer- chant seamen. then the nation may look forward in confidence that if there be peace it will be peace with honour, but if war. it must be war crowned with victory." (Prolonged cheering.) M A 'FAMILY THREAT. First roosterâ€"\Vhat's your hurry! " new “3 “’3‘” M99 Second roosterâ€"If I'm not in by 10 success, o'clock my wife'll be laying for me. .â€".â€"â€"â€" v r A PHILAN’I‘HROPIS'I‘. I saved my sister from marrying that sill young Hopkins. ow so‘i Qua him y latter and I for- gottomili&},- z._ , râ€".. -. TERRIBLE FIRE AT A CROWDED BOWERY LODGING-HOUSE. Noni-1y I50 People Were Slot-plus In “If Building When the Fire Broke Onlâ€" Awful [Discover-IN. A despatch“ from New York says:â€" A thorough searcluof the premises at 105 Bowery. which was partially des- troyed by fire at an early hour on Sun- day morning. disclosed the fact that eleven persons were burned to death. At first it was believed. the loss of life was much larger. but after searching the ruins very carefully the police and firemen discovered only eleven charred bodies, and removed them to the morgue. Number 105 Bowery is one of the best known lodgingâ€"houses on that thorâ€" oughfare. It is called the Bowery Mis- sion Lodging-house. and is conducted by the Christian Herald. In the base- ment of the building there is a. cheap restaurant. while the ground-floor is used exclusively for mission purposeS. Gospel services being held there daily for several years. The fourth upper floors are fitted up as a cheap lodging- house, with accommodations for 150 males. who paid 15, 20, or 25c, according be the location of the rooms. EVERY BED OCCUPIED. Saturday night almost every bed was aco'ulpied. All: half-past one o’clock on Sunday morning one of the lodgers discovered flames com- ing from o. wash-room on the third floor, but before he had time to .alarm the house the fire was noticed by the passors-by on the street. By this time the flames had eaten their way to the top of the build- .ing and were bursting through the roof._ \Vhen the alarm was given and the. inmates aroused, a wild scene of excitement ensued. Many of the lodg- ers became panicâ€"stricken. They rush- _ ed into the hallways and fell over each other in their efforts to reach the street. Tlhose on the lower floors got to the street safely by the stairways. while those on the upper floors groped their way through the blinding smoke to the metal fire escapes in front of the bulilding. The majority of them only saved portions of their clothing. while, several of them were maked. Thblse whp made their way to the street by the fire escapes were burned by the excessive heat of the iron ladâ€" ders, which in many places had lze~ come red hot from the flames within. SEARCH FOR THE DEAD. 1 After the fire had been extinguished sufficiently that a search of the place was possible, the police and firemen entered the building and the work of searching for the victims was begun. Several bodies were found near the winldows on the two upper floors, where they had been stricken. down while attempting to make their way to the fire escapes. Some of the bodies were discovered in the small rooms they had occupied, while others were found in the hallways and on ithe stairs of the fourth and fifth floors. All 00‘; them were naked. and most of them were burned and charred beyond recognition. \VILL BURY THEM. Manager Sardison. of the Christian Herald who has direct charge of the mission and the lodging-house, states that he will bury the dead. The loss on the building by fire is estimated at $7,000, and the contents are damaged to the extent of $5,000 more. The loss is entirely covered by insurance. W CANADIAN FRUIT, Hr. C. 1'. James Says Growers Jlnsl ('nlll- vale Ille Foreign Market. Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, recently received an en- quiry from a large firm in London. England. for the names and addresses ofsuch firms as can furnish evaporat- ed fruits for the English market. The United States at present supplies the bulk of the English trade. but it is stated that the Motherland is desirous of purchasing from Canada, if she can supply the goods. Mr. James is anxious to push the matter as far as possible. lie states that if Canadians do not cultivate the English market, the Canadian peach- grower will in a few years' time find himself swamped by overproduction. "Last season," says Mr. James, "the peach crop of the Essex peninsula was very light. yet the Niagara peninsula with an ordinary output, produced so much that the fruit stood at a very low figure. Considering the thcusâ€" ands of new orchards planted of ale years, a plentiful season would mom. as some of the growers have 1.1“. it, ihat as some of the growers have put it. the hogs. unless a foreign outlet is found. "In the past Canadians have been slow to lake advantage of commercial opportunities. At present England is prepared to give Canada the prefer- ence above all others. It remains to be seen whether we shall selves of these opportunities. "So far the experiments in foreign shipment by cold storage of fresh fruits have not. been {great success: yet experience is teaching our people" aomn lessons. This year preparations are being made to place Canadian fresh tomatoes on the English market. and the p'fojeiifor of the idea looks for he eginnare may lose a lit- tlo money, but success may be looked for hereafter. It inmost important, however. Lbs the fruit-growers of the slty o cultivating a foreign market for their fruit. as otherwise they will undoubtedly find themselves greatly hampered in the home market by the loompotliion of their neighbors." alum WERE nun. can SOLDIERS Kain. avail our-i prpvl ' 3110 Id be alive to the hetésw _________. . _-â€"-.__- -. _ NATIVE RIOTS AGAINST THE EUROv PEANS IN BOMBAY. â€"-â€"- .‘IIlllary fire on the Mob and Seven Nauvro Were Killed. Special despatches to London from Bombay say that a riot broke out on Wednesday among the Ilindoos and Mohammedans against the Europeans. It had its origin in an attack upon a. plague search party. Two soldiers were killed. The police fired on the mob, killing six persons and wound- ing many others. The mob attacked the hospital, burned the offices and stores, and savagely assaulted the doc- tors, killing one of the latter. Do- tachmenis of police, of the Shropshire Regiment, and of artillery were hur- ried to the scene. A volley was fired into the mob, and seven persons were killed. In the meanwhile two soldiers of the Shropshire Regiment and one nrtilleryman were stoned to death. All the available troops and artillery have been called out, and business is sus- pended. AGAINST A PLAGUE PARTY. The trouble arose through aplaguo party enquiring into the cause of the Sickness of a Mohammedan woman. An enormous crowd of caste men go.- thered and stoned and mobbed the par- ty, which retired for an escort of arm- ed police, and then returned and re- demanded the surrender of the patient, which was refused. A Par-see magis- trate who exhorted the populace not to resist the police was himself struck, whereupon he ordered the police to charge. They did so, and four Moham- niedans were killed and several were wounded. EUROPEANS ASSAULTED. The disturbance spread with alarm- ing rapidity, until the whole quarter around the Bhendi lraraar presented a. spectacle similar to that of the riots of 1893. The Mohammedans, who were joined by the Hindoos. assaulted every European or Eurasian they met, and a hysterical mob attacked the Euro- pean dwellings in the suburbs of By- caulla. The residents barricaded them- selves in their houses, and fired blank cartrii es from their windows, which drove t e rioters away. In the mean- while troops were hurr-ied to the scene, and a battery of artillery is now pa- trolling the Bhendi bazaar. The outbreak was specially directed. against Christians. It is reported that two European soldiers were nearly killed. It is difficult, owing to the ex- citement, to obtain details. AFFAIRS 1N CHINA. Speculators .h-i- Hocking Io l'cmn lo Sc- cure. (‘onccsslonm A despatch from Pekin, says:â€"-â€"Much uneasiness is felt in Chinese circles in consequence of the Russian demands. The Russian Minister of Finance. more- over, is reported to have urged these demands peremptorily, and to have complained that the Chinese loan will be settled in spite of the disapproval of Russia. All kinds of speculators are flocking here for the purpose of securing 00‘" cesSions of electric-lighting. street railroads, and regular railroads, etc. The Chinese merchants are showing great eagerness to participate in the enterprises. _ DESPATC-H UNCON FINMED. A London despaich sayszâ€"ln the House of Commons on Monday MT- Geol‘ge N. Curzon said the Government could not confirm the despatch to the London Times from Pekin, saying umâ€" Ollg other things that Russia. had de- manded that China surrender to her all sovereign rights over Port Arthur and ’l‘aâ€"Lien-Wan for the same period, and on the same conditions, as in the case of Germany at Kiaoâ€"Chau bay. The Government had no confirmation of the report that Russia had occupied Deer island, Corea, nor could the Govern- ment confirm the reports setting forth that Russia was strengthening the fort: at Port Arthur. TO LEAS E TA-LIEN-lVAN. A despatch from Berlin sayszâ€"The ['l‘ageblatt publishes a despair-h from gl’ekin saying China has agreed to lease i130“ Arthur and ’l‘a-l.ien-\\'un to Run- 18121 for 99 years. TROUBLESOME TIMES AHEAD. .l’ri-nlclcut Kruger”: ('onnnenl on Ilrlmlu'c Foreign luluuolu. A despatch from l’ravioria. Houtl: iAfriczi. says:â€"~'l'hc proslx-i-t ihal ling- ] land may become involved will: l'Iuro- ipean powers is ragi-rly discussed here. 3 During the debate in the Volksinal on Friday, over the swim-mo for the (sold (A 31'.“ ,storage of meat, President Kruger, lsupporling the project, said, “There fare troublesome times ahead," and he. 3poinind om that lili' 'l‘runsvaul is now 'zdepending upon forvign countries for i provisions. -.-.. .-..â€" ...â€"â€"m-â€"..... i GIVE BRITAIN PREFERENCE. l iAu-lrullnn l‘rI-m‘rrs Favour in Tim! \‘nlurr. 'I'urlil’ of A Bleli'ourm- dwspaish Hiyszmz'li. the i-oni’urnnn- of lhe i‘ohuLal Premiere (in 'Fri‘iay it was. ra-solvc'l that if Great .Briioin and (‘nnzula I‘ontribuimi i“..- thirds of the cost of the proposed l’a- :(Iific cable Vbute the remainder. g 1, was [casein-J lg) that the iro- pB-iad l-‘etii-ral tarifbih should give. Ipre- fe rs-nvr to British. products. and, in d:- fault of an early l-‘oderal tariff. that the individual (olonies should be re- rmnnu-nded to give a substantial pru- iferrnco. ' Austiazasia should contri- ’ .. . 3r? - .:_ ,' ‘ " ‘fwseamnm- .A".n‘i-‘~\r I...‘ 1 r; i it