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I I _ Jlllml0rlll0lllmf0ina? a despatch from London says: The battleship Irresistible has been Isolated at Portland Roads since March 12 owing to disaffecbion among the crew. The cause of the trouble has not been made public. It became known on Wednesday, however) that the sights oUhe big ‘11:"! were thrown oiaildit% fig: night of March 12 and that the most 1hsaffisotion Among the Crew of the Battleship Irresistible. farmer Says His Three Weeks' . Bride Shot Him. “3&rdgspatch from Winnipeg says: SammirBovrtch, a. farmer of White- mouth, Man., died on Friday from I. gunshot wound. He, made a state- ment before his death that his wife, 29 years of age, whom he married only three weeks ago, had commit- ted the crime. Snaps Pistol at His Head Not Knowing it Was Loaded. A despatoh from Ottawa says: “Now, I'll show you how to shoot," gxclaim'ed Eugene Bordeleau, aged 19, whilst playing with some ehil- dren on Sunday afternoon. Pro-. (liming a revolver, he pointed the weapon at himself, pulled the trig- gar. and received a. bullet in his' cad. He did not, know the weapon: was loaded. He was removed tol the Water Street Hospital, but‘ "died in less than an hour. His par- ents, with whom he lived, were on! ' visit to Montreal. Stream of Lava Threatening the Town ot Nicolosi. A special despatch to the London Daily Mail from Catania, Sicily, says: Mount Etna broke into erup- tion on Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock after a night during which a number of slight earthquakes was recorded. The eruption is takingl, an alarming form, and a stream of! Java is advancing and threatening the small town of Nicolosi. In its ourse the lava, destroyed some _ mses and estates. The people of . 1e towns. in the vicinity are show- ;ag alarm. road runs close to the Swartout home, and the little girl, running to meet her mother, crossed direct- ly in the path of a freight train. The pilot of the engine threw her to one side, and she struck several feet, away in a ditch filled with water. This undoubtedly saved her from injury. The train was stop- pod and the engineer went back and picked up the child. She complained of a pain in her ear, but otherwise seemed unhurt. Examined by a, physician, it was determined that there was not even a. bruise on her head or body. Liltle Girl Escapes Injury in a Wonderful Manner. A despatch from Utica, N. Y., Bays: Tossed from the railroad ha ks by a locomotive on Thurs- day evening, Gertrude Swartout, ihre years of age, escaped without a, scratch. The West Shore Rail- tied to planks and lowered from tha windows. As the first bodies were lowered a groan went up from the spectators in the streets, and there was a rush for the opposite side of the street, many in the had made a vain attempt to reach safety by that means. The bodies were so badly charred that identifi, nation was only poséible by means of jewelry or pieces of wearing ap- Egrel that escaped the flames. The _ - dies were wrapped in blankets A despatch from Chicago says: Twelve women and three men lost their lives on Friday in a fire in the Fish Furniture Company store, 19th Street and Wabash Avenue. Sev- enteen persons were known to have been 011 the sixth floor, only two of whom are known to have been rescued. Seven bodies were found in the south-east corner of the sixth floor. They were huddled together, as if each victim was trying to keep, the flames from reaching the other.) Two of the victims had died while kneeling, as it to offer prayer be) fore the flames reached them. The bodies were not far from the front windows) showing that the victims DYING. A CCTUSES WIFE. FIFTEEN PEOPLE "Victims Were Trapped on. Upper Floor of a Chicago Building " YOUTH KILLS HIMSELF. TOSSED BY A IBCOMOTIVE. ETNA IN ERUPTION. rigid investigation has failed to re- veal those responsible. Since the discovery of the offence the crew has been cor1fined to the ship, no mails delivered, or any communica- tion with the shore allowed, and tobacco and all other luxuries have been withheld. The ship sailed for Bantry Bay on Wednesday. A Court of Enquiry has been called at Portland. Ottawa. Man Set House in Flames, Family Bad Close Call. A despatch from Ottawa says". Henry Thomson, of Laurier Avenue, whilst lighting a fire with turpentine on Sunday morning, caused an explosion and set fire to his house, doing considerable damage. He succeeded in rescuing his children and sick wife before the flames had spread very far. few dais past Mrs. Girougi hid' giv- en signs of being mentally derang- ed: LTI FIRE WITH TURPENTINE. Quebec Woman Commits Suicide in a Horrible Manner. . A despatch from Quebec says: The wife of Jean Baptiste Girouk, of Beaupdrt, after the latter had gone to work on Friday, went to the cellar of her home and, sitting on a pile of straw, set it on fire, burning herself to death. For a, BL'RNED HERSELF TO DEATH, - - -c, 'V m their homes 1n theJJominion. increase in number is no less gr}: tifying than is the quality of the people who are coming to take up ai,..:... C ----- . rT _ . _ Number Exceeded Eighty-six Thou- ' sand Last Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: The tide of immigration from the United States into Canada has ex- ceeded all expectations during the past year. Since April Ist of 1a§t iyear 86,488 immigrants have enter- ed the Dominion from the neigh-y boring republic, an increase " nearly 36,000 over the figures for thel previous year. Mr. W. J. White,l inspector of Canadian offices in theI United States, anticipates that by the end of the present month, when the fiscal year ends, the number) will not be far short of 100,000. The! No Relief Until New Crops of Meat- producing Animals Come In. A despatch from Omaha, Neb., says: J. Ogden Armour sees no re- lief from high prices until the new crop of meat-producing animils comes in. Mr. Armour says: "We ans sorry for the people because of the high prices of meats, but really the packers do not make as much money when prices are high as they do when they are low. We, are more sorry for ourselves over: our curtailed prbfits than we are} for the people. I can see no relief; in sight until the next crop of; ,hogs, cattle and sheep come in. Then we hope that prices will go down. But we do not look for low- er prices until that time." Fish, were burned to death in an) The Arthur B. of Tacoma, with effort to save the girls. Both of) captain and five men, foundered in them were in places of safety whenithe Fraser River, off Sandheads. they heard the. cries of the girls! The Jhyydian elevator at Gilbert on the top floor. With no ceet',1e,Hl.l11/ys"' Man., was burned, with ‘for themselves, they ran up thalabout fifteen thousand bushels of burning stairs and perished wieh,Ury'ra. {the girls. The fire started from an} Contracts for construction, in- explosion at 8.30 o'eloclr. It burned I volving the expenditure of millions for three hours, threatening te; of dollars, have been let at Winni. spread to other buildings before it peg by the C. P. R. 1 was extinguished. The large building at Windsor) Leo Stacker, an employe of t.he occupied by D. M. Ferry & Co. asl 'firm, was arrested by Detective a seed warehouse, was gutted by Horn in the crowd of spectators fire on Friday. Loss $200,000. while the fire was in progress. At! Nine men were sentenced at Fortl the station he was questioned bylFrances for defrauding the Ontario Fire Attorney Hogan and Lieut. Government in connection with Ben Enright/ Be said that he was wolf bounties. filling an automatic eigar-lighter After spending two years in Hull with alcohol on the fourth floor. jail awaiting trial, Alfred Dande- The device was lighted, and ignited lion was sentenced to six hours for the fumes of six gallons of benzine assaulting another river-driver. near him, causing a terrifie explo- One hundred and ten German sion and starting the fire. The miners, imported by the Dominion financial loss is conservatively es- Coal Company to take the place ofl timated at $650,000. strikers, arrived at Glace Bay Jil HIGH PRICES TO CONTINUE. .. Minor W. Bell, one of the depart- mental managers of the company, and II. M. Mitchell, auditor of the frm and a brother-in-law of Isaac crowd being knocked down in the jam- m k __ 1M MIGRATION FROM u, MINI 'Resident of Victoria County Village Committed Suicide. A despatch from Lindsay says: Albert Cameron, of the Village of f Oakwood, committed suicide on Thursday by shooting himself with a revolver. Cameron, who is th married man, has been despondent for some time, but his actions did F not indicate anything unusual. It a appears that he sent his little girl to the minister of the village with l the request to "Send father two _ dollars." The minister responded with, the money. Cameron then.) came to Lindsay, bought a, revolver and returned home, locked himself in a room during his wife's absence l,trom the house, and shot himself by 1'pii'iriiii the revolver to his mouth." King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has signified his intention of going to the assistance of those who are suffering from the eruption of Mount Etna. _ A bill passed the House of Rep- resentatives at Washington provid- ing for theraising of the battleship Maine, which was sunk in Havana. harbor. King Menelik of Abyssinia is said to_be dying. The Itredeh Senate has passed thg workmen’s pension bill. A Montreal youth was shot in the mouth at Cincinnati while holding a cigarette in his mouth for another mar to shoot at. The new Chindse Minister of War is planning a system of universal military servjce fy' his qountry. A large deputation from the bor- der States waited on Secretary Knox at Washington on Wednesday to protest against the imposition of the maximum tariff against Canada. The American Bible Society has succeeded in raising $500,000, and so it is entitled to lay claim to the half million offered by Mrs. Russell Sage. The Detroit Drydock Company hopes to get contracts for the cons struction of warships on the lakes if the Rush-Bagot agreement is amended. C A Turk, who had an arm and leg crushed by a train at Cleveland, bled to death rather than permit the injured limbs to be amputated. A minister at Butler, Pa., has warrants issued for six other min- isters of the town, charging them with criminal libel. The United States naval appro- priation bill, presented to Congress Thursday, provides for the expen- diture of $129,037,602. A number of Pittsburg Council- men, indicted of graft charges, have given notice of their intention to fight the charges. , UNITED STATES. A bill to protect investors in stocks against unscrupulous pro- moters was introduced in the As- sembly at Albany. ENDED LIFE WITH PISTOL. Lord Rosebery’s third resolution declaring that the possession of a Peerage should no longer give the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords was passed in the upper Chamber on Tuesday. The Government has decided to approve of the new waterways treaty with the United States, the War Department of that, country having expropriated the land along the St. Mary's River that was the subject of the Senate rider. Thomas Gorman, oneof the gang of American crooks who robbed the postoffice at Wright, Quebec, has beer, sentenced to five years in penitentiary. One hundred and ten German miners, imported by the Dominion Coal Company to take the place of strikers, arrived at Glace Bay on Friday. After spending two years in Hull jail awaiting trial, Alfred Dande- lion was sentenced to six hours for assaulting another river-driver. Nine men were sentenced at Fort Frances for defrauding the Ontario Government in connection with wolf bounties. The large building at Windsor occupied by D. M. Ferry & Co. as a seed warehouse, was gutted by fire on Friday. Loss $200,000. Contracts for construction, in- volving the expenditure of millions of dollars, have been let at Winni. peg by the C. P. R. William Bradley was acquitted at se. Catharines of the charge of mTyiering, George Bulman. Telegraphic Briefs From our Own and Other Countries ot Recent Events. HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS GREAT BRITAIN. GENERAL. CANADA. Montreal, March 20.--There were no extra cattle on the market, but some were sold at about h: per lb. Prime 'beestes sold at B to 6Yie per I Montreal, March 29.--Oats--No. i2 Canadian Western, 43% to 440; No. g, 42% to 43c; Ontario No. 2 white, 42%0; Ontario No. 3 white, 41%.0; Ontario No. 4 white, 401/20. Barley-No. 3, 600; No. 4, 580; feed barley, 56e. Flour-Manitoba Spring wheat patents, hrses, $5.80; do.. seconds, $5.30; Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to $5.60; Manitoba strong bakers', $5.10; straight rol- lers, $5.10 to $5.25; straight rol- lers, in bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Feed --Ontario bran, $22.50 to $23; On-, tario middlings, $23.50 to $24; Ma, nitoba. bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $23; pure grain mouillie, $31 to $33;; mixed mouillie, $27 to $29. Cheese-Westerns, 121/2 to 12%c. Butter--Choicest creamery, 261/2 to 27e, and other grades at 25yf, to 260. Eggs-Canadian new laid, 27c, and American, 24 to 250 per dozen. Chicago, March 29.--Cash Wheat -No. 3 red, $1.18 to $1.19; No. 2 red, $1.11 to $1.16; No. 2 hard, $1.- 13 to $1.14; No. 3 hard, $1.09 to $1.13; No. 1 Northern, $1.18%; No. 2 Northern, $1.16%; No. 3 Spring, $1.09 to $1.151/2. Corn-No. 2 white, 62Ae; No. 3, 59 to 59)de; No. 3 white, 61 to 61yic; No. 3 yellow, 591/2 to 600; No. 4, 55 to 560; No.; 4 white, 57%, to 58Ae; No. 4 yel-1 low, 55 to 561/2c. Oats-No. 2 42% to 43Ac; No. 2 white, 460; No. 3, 4174' to 42e; No. 3 white, 411/2 to Mc; No 4, 481/26; No. 4 white, 40 to 42Ac; standard, 44% to 450. Buffalo, March 29.-Wheat - Spring wheat firm; No. 1 North, em: carloads, store, $1.22)d; Win- ter steady. Corn-No. 3 yellow, 62%0; No. 4 yellow, 60%0; No. 3 corn, 61%0; No. 4 corn, 591/20; No. 3 white, 64%0. oats-Easier; No. 2 white, 47%0; No. 3 white, 46%0; No. 4 white, 45c. Rye-No, 2, on track, Me. q Bapon--Lortgr clear, 15 to 15%0 per lb. in case lots; mess pork, 28 to $29; short cut, $30.50 to $31. Hams-Light to medium, Wd to 17e, do., heavy, 15A to 16c; rolls, 15 to 15%0; shoulders, 14c; break, fast bacon, 18% to 190; backs, 20 to 2le, _ Lard=Tierees, 161/4 to 16Ae; tubs 16% to Yiryie; pails, 16% to 17e. Cheese-w to Wde per lb. for large, and at 131/2c for twins. Eggs-Case llats, 21 'tJsiiy per dozen. Butter-Pound prints, 21 to 230; tubs and large rolls, 20 to 21e; in- ferior, 16 to 180; creamery, 29 to 30c; solids, 26% to 280 per lb. Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, 18 to 190 per lb. ; chickens, 15 to lgc, and fowl, 11 to 12c. Baled Seraw---87.50 to $7.75 on track, Toronto. Potatoes-oo to 45c per bag on track for Ontarios. Baled hay-So/ i, $14173 Jig-$13.- 50 on track, and No. 2 at $13.50 to $14.25. 1toney--Combs, dozen, $2 to $2.- 50; extracted, 10% to llc per lb. Beans-Var "Grifitside, $1.85 to $1.95, and small lots at $2.10 to $2.- 20 per bushel. Apples-iso to $2.50 per barrel according fo quality. Corn-No. 2 American, 70 to 701/20 and No. 3 yellow, 67 to 67Ae, To- ronto heights. Canadian corn, 63 to 63Ae, Toronto heights. Bran~$22 to $22.50 in bags, To- ronto, and shorts at $24 in bags, Toronto. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Mar. 29.-Flour--Win- (ter wheat 90 per cent. patents, $4.- 120 to $4.25 in buyers' sacks on .track, Toronto, and 84norto $4.15 (outside, in buyers' sacks. Manitoba '_ftcur, first patents, $5.70; second Jpatents, $5.20 to $5.30, and strong (bakers', $5 on track, Toronto. I Manitoba Wheat-No. 1 North- ‘ern, $1.13, Bay ports, and No. 2 Northern at $1.11, Bay ports. Ontario Wheat-No. 2 mixed red Winter or white, $1.07 to $1.08 out-l side. l Barley-No. 2, 55 to 56c outside;] No. 3 extra, 53 to 5le; No. 3 at 50I to 51e, and feed, 480 outside. , Oats-No. 2 Ontario white, 38 to 38Yie outside, and 41 to 41720 on! track, Toronto. Canada West, oats, 4134c for No. 2, and 40%c for No. 3, Bay ports. Peas-No. 2 for shipment, 81 to 82c outside. Rye-No. 2, 68e outside. Buckwheat-LSI to 51y.fe outsidel for No. 2. UNITED STATES MARKETS. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. TIE WORLD'S MARINE IF. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. THE DAIRY MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE. HOG PRODUCTS. l A despatch from Windsor, Ont., lsays: The wireless telegraph is ex- ‘pected to play an important part in lake marine service this season. A large number of boats are being equipped with machines and with numerous shore stations, and but few points on the Great Lakes will be out of the zone ot communica- tion. One wig?” company has. planned to in a trig 19m and It Will Play an Important Part in Navi- T gation This Season. Two Hundred Coming With Nearly a Million Dollars. A despatch from London says: A remarkable thing about the exo- dus of emigrants to Canada is their co-operative wealth. The Empress of Britain on Thursday evening took 200 homeseekers, the poorest of whom possesses S500, and the majority SI,000 or more. They are mainly farmers. " WIRELESS (Ili GREAT LAKES Indicated by Wireless Reports From the Newfoundland Fleet. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., says: Further advices by wireless from the sealing fleet in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the Grand Banks indicate that the vessels are meeting with decided success. Ale ready the sealers have begun to put into port, the steamer Viking hav- ing arrived at Port Aux Basque and the Harlaw at Codroy Harbor. The Viking brought 24,000 seals and the Harlaw 13,000. 1 General Botha Hopes to Have Fin- est Force in the Empire. A despatch from London says: A South African cable reports that at Zerust, Gen. Botha, in a speech, stated that his dearest ambition. was to create the best colonial defence force in the Empire, representing both races. It is considered that Botha's recent speech at Pretoria finally disposes of the question of Government coalition. Returns From Building Permits Show Great Increase. A despatch from Toronto says: Building operations are at their height all over the Dominion, and the increase in the returns for last Imonth showed marked activity in Ithe West. Toronto returns show that work totaling $860,440 was un- Ida-taken during the month of Feb- ruary, which is a slight advance jover January. Vancouver ltady the Dominion in the amount of work undertaken, with a total Cl) $880,795, while the little town of Saskatoon,” Saskatchewan, heads the list of the Dominion for the in- crease in percentage of work, the increase amounting to 1,955.55 per cent. Calgary shows an increase of 117.55 per cent. Hamilton showed an increase of 25.1 per cent. Nearly every city in the Dominion showed some increase, but there are a few where the returns for building per- mits show a decrease. DEFENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA. nrorrcmr?cirs"ivrrrrr MEANS. A despatch from Wilmington, Del., says: Three men were killed on a northbound Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train on Wednesday af- lternoon in a fight which began at iNewark, Del., and ended in a des- perate battle between the police, aided by the firemen and citizens, and a murderer at Delaware Sta- ition here, following the arrival of the train at 5.17 o'cloek. Several ‘were wo.unded. The dead are: o. [E Wellman of Philadelphia, con- iductor of the train; Samuel Wil, liams, colored, Pullman porter, and 7 H. Bethea of Dilton, s. C. 'lhe [triple tragedy was the result of an altercation between Bethea, who ’was a passenger, and Williams, 'porter on the Pullman. l up, uuuuuuu 5000K, 15%; to 4%0 per lb.; milch cows from $30 to $60 each. Calves from 4 to he per lb. Sheep from 5 to 51/20 per lb. ; lambs at 6% to 7Ae per lb. One buyer bought 12 Spring lambs at $8 each. Good fat hogs sold at 10% to 1pAe per lb. _ 7 The car was bound from Washing- tor, to Jersey City. Bethea, who had been drinking heavily, shot the porter through the heart, killing 1h ; pretty good animals (we; common stock, 3% to GREAT SEALING CATCH. DESPEBADU ON l full- Shoots THE WEST IS BOOMING. Conductor and Pullman Oar Porter, at Wilmington, Delaware. mals, Cd 4 to 4%0 to per $60 ‘station on Isle Royals, one of the principal danger points in Lake Superior, and with the station to be erected by the Canadian Gov- ernment at Port Arthur the largest lake in the chain will be thorough- ly covered. There are now ready for operation stations at Sault Ste. Marie, Calumet, Grand Marais, Marquette and Duluth. The equip- ment for Isle Itoralts will go out out!” hrut beet from Duluth A despatch from Peshawar, British India, says: Serious riot- ing occurred here on Monday through the holding of the Hindu and Mohammedan religious testi-. vals at the same time. The Coll- fh'ets were renewed on Tuesday and much looting was indulged in. Al- together seven persons were killed and 38 injured. Troops now been- py the cify Seven Persons Killed in Conltiet Between Hindus and Mohammedan Badly Used Up Finlander Brought to the Soo. A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie says: A Finlander who was found wandering aimlessly in the ‘woods between North Chippewa and Batchewana Bay was brought to the Soo on Wednesday evening. He was in a bad condition and had been picked up by Indians. He had been looking for work in the camps and lost his way, remaining in the bush alone for twelve daya, living on animals caught in the traps of the Indians. His feet will likely have to be amputated, as they were badly frozen. SRRIOUS' RIOT 1T PESHAWUR. [Will be Held at London, Niagara and Kingston. A despatch from Ottawa says: The dates for annual rpilitis-tii7i"im, ing camps this summer have been announced by the Militia Depart-. ment. The camp at London will open June 13, and the one at Nia- gara. on June 14. The Kingston jcnmp will begin on June 13 and will be attended by all the regiments in the Ottawa district, there being no camp at Rocklitfe this year, accord- ing to the present arrangements. It is expected that the number of soldiers going into annual training this year will be slightly larger than ever before. iPremier of Manitoba ls in Very Poor Health. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Owing to failing health it is under- I stood that Premier Roblin has prac- tically decided to retire from active politics in the .immediate future. He is at present sojourning at Hot Springs, Ark., and while he is suf- ficiently improved to be able to ’walk around he is still a very siék iman. His heart is understood to be badly affected. Should he re- tire the Premiership will devolve upon Hon. Robert Rogers, and Mr. o. Steele, member for Glenboro’, will be taken into the Cabinet With the portfolio of Agriculture. Hon. Mr. Rogers is leaving at once for Europe on a pleasure trip and.will be absent about two months, and no definite announcement is antici- pated until his return or until tho eve of the general election. a hurry call was sent to the police' station. When the officers arrived and called on Bethea. to surrender, he opened fire on them with an an tomatic revolver. After a “gain lasting an hour, the DINNER: ' driven from his stronghold by 7- / men with hose, and continue” .13 fight-from the car platform, wueh, he was at length shot down. . him instantly. When Conductor Wellman saw the porter and ran up, Bethea fired a second shot into the colored man's body. Then, without a word, he shot Wellman through the heart. The conductor fell dead in his tracks. Before the passengers could interfere the; double murderer barricaded him- self in the toilet room of the Pull- map car and threatened to kill the first person who approached. Mean, while, the train reached_Wilming- toy. When it, came into the station; TWELVE DAYS IN WOODS. NR. BOBLIN MAY RETIRE. THE MILITIA CAMPS.