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233‘ \‘J ms _ w'mn'u -_--------, Lady Henry Somerset has been re- elected President of the British W0. men's Temperance Union. Sir Michael 11icU-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer," said to be re- epunsible for the niggardly financial support offered by the Imperial Gov- ernment to the Pacific cable project. Lord Srathconn and Mr. Chamberlain will my the Government to contri- bute a portion of the capital required. UNITED STATES. It is said at Montreal that Arch- bishop Bruchesi will likely be chosen cardinal to succeed the late Cardinal Tascbereau, of Quebec. " Precaution§ ot a most unusal chur- ecm are belug- taken to secure the Brantford banks from attack. of or- [anizod gangs of burglars. _ Mr. Andrew Carnegie has subscribed Ei,000 to the Gladstone memorial fund. Rev. Daniel Moore, champion-in-Ord- inary to the Queen since 1870, is dead It London. It is said at London that the Joint High Commission will re-assemble during the ci-ming summer or early in the tall. At Washington, it is said, the Alaskan boundary question will be submitted to arbitration indepen- dent of the other issues. At the trial at Montreal following the raid upon the Jean Baptiste Club, Arthur Ware, an expert in cards, tes- tified that seven out ot nine packs of cards found on the premises were no marked that anyone familiar with them could tell at a glance what cards the other players held. Sir Henry Irving is recovering from his recent illness. London, England, talks of having a municipal opera house. The will of the late Lord Herschel] disposes of an estate of $765,000. It is denied that the Prince of Wales intends visiting Ireland in August. Bringham University has got the £200.00) for which Mr. Carnegie stipu- oted "hen he made his gift of £50,000. The Daily Mail of London, England, Announces that the publication of I Sunday edition of the paper will be suspended. Reports from the fruit farms in the Niagara district are to the effect that a great many young peach, pear and plum trees have died from the effects of the severe frost of last February, having come out in leaf and blossom first, however. Charles Wagner, of Edwardsburg, near Cornwall, undertook to tease a goat by tickling Its nose with " $10 bill, but the goat secured the bill and swallowed it. Wagner then killed the coat to recover his hill. Owing to the enotmuus height of the new locomotives constructed by the Grand 'lrunk Railway andthe [owness of the tubular spun oar the river at Ste. Anne's, the turnpuuy is unable, to use the engines on that section. Major J. L. Blggar, 15th Battalion, 1telleville, has been appointed to or- ganize the transport department of the Canadian army. He will take a course at Aldershot to become pro- ficient in this branch of the service. 1he uumber of homestead entries! during the past yeur was 4,848; the: largest since 1898, according to the; report of the Department of the ln-‘ terior. Over 47,186 acres were sold, being double the sales of the previous‘ year. In: number of dining the Ixet., A big sale of timber lands was et- fected at Fredericton, N.B., when Alex. Gibson bought all the lands owned in the province by ttrs New Brunswick Ind Nova Scotia Land Co., a total of 26,500 acres. At the annual meeung of the Mont- ual Y. M. C. A. a silver tea service was presented to the secretary, Mr. D. A. Budge. who has held office for 25 years. Dr. Peterson, principal of McGill University, will leave shortly on a trip to England with a view to filling the vacancnes on the staffs of the [pennies of applied science and medi- cute. A rumor from Winnipeg says that I. Eaton & Co., of Toronto. are ne- gotiating for the purchase of ablock of land to build a store there. A large party of German settlers from the: Hutterische Society, mar Yunkton, South DuLota, have left there to found a colony in Manitoba near Dominion City. The Grand Trunk have decided to build a second large bridge over the Niagara River. The new structure will connect Buffalo with Fort Erie. It is being suggested at Ottawa that the militia of Canada erect a memorial to the late Senator Boulton on account of his services to the country. The British survey ship Egeria has arrived " Vancouver, and is provis- ioning for an immediate start in sur- Veyiug the Pacific cable route. Mr. Jan. Ross, the Montreal million- sire, says that when hard time? come .ttre his trust: now forming will tall tf their own weight. . Illl NEWS l ll NIJISHHL Wu. Item About Our Own Cootry, (Ir-t Britain. the United States, and Frank Brown, a French-Canadian, Port Arthur's oldest resident, died Friday. He was the first settler, and was 100 years old. A plank Por the construction of steel THE VERY LATEST FROM AU. THE WORLD OVER. CANADA. ' The emloyees of the London Street hilway are to have their [riovsncea lubmitted to arbitration. The voters' lists of Winnipeg, winch In being prepared for the comung Ilection. show an increase from 7,000 llama to 11,000. pouble tracking on the Canadian Pa- cific Railway between Fort William and Winnipeg is progressing briskly. Robt.Kirkbr, aturmer living alone near Gainsborough, N.W.T., was kill- ,, by wt of his stable falling on Capt. W. Luslie, of the staff of the Royal Military College at Kingston, lavas for India, in August. All Pam ot the Globe. Condensed mm m to: Easy Reading GREAT BRITAIN. that»? M. 5 id , Eva? :- ( Max ltegis, the notorious Jew-baiter, ‘hus been acquitted of the charge of inciting to murder and incendiurism, The verdict was followed by fierce riot- :ing at Grenoble and at Algiers. E Johann Steparacki, of the Kesenlik idistrict. known as "the Valley of :Roaes." Bulgaria, has sueceeded, it is Tdeclured in producing a rose of azure blue. tts'teparaeki, while denying that 'the, color is the result of chemical treatment, declines to reveal the (secret of cultivation. l . At Paris, Mme. Paul Resal, whose ' husband died in the Bourgogne disas- _ ter, has brought suit in her own name land that of her children against the Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlan- ‘tique. alleging that as her husband [was the sole support of the family, the loss and prejudice to the children cannot be compensated for less than $40,000. A Woman Abuse In the Presence of I Paule‘strlcken q'rqwa-Fgttitl "re, In hew York. A despatch from New York, Bark- At a tenement house fire in Rivington street on Thursday morning an aged woman ran into the street with her scanty clothing all ablaze and was fat- ally burned before the panic-stricken crowd could extinguish the flames. So rapidly did the fire spread that had it nor been for thtritseroiism of a' crip- pled boy who lived in the house many ot the tenants would have been burned in their beds. He limped through the house from floor to floor arousing the sleepers. When he reached the top floor he found John Roathberg, 75 years old, and his wife, Mary, who is 84, beside themselves with fear. Boath- berg ran for the roof scuttle, but his aged wife darted past him down the stairs. She ran through the flames that were roaring, and managed to reach the front door. She staggered down the front stairs, with her night clothes ablaze. calling for help. Sev- oral men went to her assistance and with their coats succeeded in putting out the flames that encircled her. She was taken to Governeur Hospital fat- ally burned. _ t Min Ptuststr--The, any that marriages no made in heaven. A man named Henry Meyer has been sentenced in Marseilles to five years penal servitude for attempting to extract a. sum of £18,000 from an Austrian countess. The lady had writ- ten him the moat passionate love- letters, and when a. rupture occurred Meyer threatened to print the cor- respondence unless she bought his silence for £18,000. The strike situation in Buffalo is 'eriyus. On Monday the docks were l,tled eompletelr up. Not only were the. grain shovellers out, but also the 1freigttt handlers, coal heayersr.thts “net. who load the ores, the time- keepers and every man or boy em- ployed in any capacity on the dpelct l or m or about the elevators or freight ;sheds. Tim alleged conspirators oi Johannes- burg are, with two exceptions, [mart 1aru-commissioid offru " ot' the Ufiihh army. _ President Kruger has p1 oposed to lea. sen the period of pruhauiun for aliens wishmg to become Transvaal citizens to nine years. The, Ituraiun Government, under the (hair's leadership, is considering the ad- vimmiluy of stopping the transporta- [inn of prihouers to Liibvria. The Russian Government hug decreed that hencefonh the Finnish Liet must ma-et at tour-year-intervals, Count Rudeni, the former Prime Minister of Austria, recently tried to cumam suicide on {M'L‘UUHL of losses sustained on the race course. Gen. Fumton. the. hero of the fight- ing near Manila has been appointed to command the brigade hitherto under Gen. Wheaton. The Chinese Government has issued a degree recognizing the Roman Cathohc religion throughout the em- lure. Baron Horrnshein, number of the 1teichstag, has given 57am.» towards the cunsamptive asylum movement in Berlin. Twenty-nine inhabitants of Taiko, Formotsa, have been massacred by aavugcs. Atmcniuns in Russia refuse to re- turn to Turkey, which they left to es- cape Turkish atrocities. . and em- t dot h Blue, banker ' sui- belzzuler.pot Berlin, hats committed (tide. freight ctr: will be established at Chicago. The New Zealand Agricultural De- partment will inspect all meat ex- ported. New York City Council will "lee bonds" for 3150.000 for the entertain- ment of Admiral Dewey. It is expected that in a couple tt months the last or the volunteers yvlll have been sent back to the United States from Manila. . Five girls were killed in the burn- Lng of a. factory in Brunswick, Ger- many. A Norwegian expedition is about to tttart to tUtd Andree. The United States Supreme Court has decided that the French steamer Olynde Rodriguez, the first of the naval prize cases. should be returned to the French Government. Judge Rocks, of the United States! Circuit Court, has decided in favor ?r the Cleveland street railways in their appeal against a civic ordinance, re-5 quiring them to give four-cent tickets and universal transfers. Mr. Donald McLean, rrailroy.1.eon- structor and promoter, died in Chicago on Sunday from injuries received by falling from the fourth store-y of a hotel to the balcony below, a dwtanoe of about 40 feet. A cyclone struck Akron, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon. A circus was in Progress, and the tent was demohshed and the spectators panic-stricken. A 'se.hool house was blown down and “in" Pupils injured. Miss J'ert--Ah, then, you have one ONE MORE CHANCE. A REAL HERO. GENERAL. Aunt Pelt! Kelley Was I" and I!“ Smelt " n Pipe I“ Years, A despatch from Huntington, Ind., stsrr,--Aunt Peggy Bailey, the oldest old maid in the United States. died at her home near here on Saturday. She was born in Kentucky. and was 112 years old last March. She had been ill but once, and that was when she was between 20 and 30 years old. She had used tobloco and smoked a pipe since she was 8 years old. She re- tained all her faculties until about two months ago, when she became suddenly deaf, dumb, and blind, and portly insane. One of the hottest spots on the globe is the region around the Dead Sea. The sea is said to lose at least 1,000,000 tons of water a day by evaporation. AN APPRECIABLE ITEM. The engines of a first-class man-ot- war cost about '000,000. Ills Slut-t Sonar of "utr--A sick GIrls' (‘urlmlly 'i_r.tutted. What you say about the difficulty of preventing peoulation in the army hy- minds me of an anecdote I have heard my mother tell of the Duke of Wel- lington, says a writer. A friend of my mother had a contract to supply blankets for the army. When they were delivered the duke desired that every blanket should be unrolled and shown to him. When th" gentleman, who was as proud of his honor as a manufacturer as any soldier could be of his honor, remonstrated against what seemed an aspersion on his in.. tegrity, the duke only said: "It is my duty to see that the soldiers have pro- per blankets." I do not know the time or the circumstances, beyond the bare fact as I have heard my mother re- late it. Perhaps you will allow me to tell an- other story I have heard from my mo- ther of the great duke. He was stay- ing in some town-it may have been Cheltenham-where was a girl who longed intensely to see him. She was ill und could not leave her bedroom. Some one told the duke of her wish, and he came and walked for some time in fto.nt of her window, that she might i The Bishop and his party were not missed horn their hotel until 10 o'clock Tuesday night, and the matter having [been reported to the Superintendent, ‘the latter ordered the Alpine guides to at once make a search. Armed with lanterns and Alpensiocks, the guides departed on their mission. After a night at tedious tramping among the pints of the mountain sides, they were "ssardai by htaring th irechoigcaris bwitzerland . . . . . . ti.449I It urtcmberg ' . . t. . 4.686, Bavaria . . . . . . - . 3.969, Belgium . . . . . . . 3.815} Baden . . . . . . . . 2.674! German Empire . . . . . 2.620 United Kingdom . . . . . _'2..447) The figures for the United King-1 dom, United States, Belgium and! France are those for 1897, and for other . countries those for 1896. The con-i sumption of spirits, wine and beer 'Itl spectively per head of population is largest in the following countries,‘ namely, spirits, Denmark 3.8 gallons;! wine, France 21 gallons; and beer, Bel-l gium 40.3 gallons. The largest quart-3 lilies Consumed in a year are-spirits,, Hus-an 131,047,001) gallons; wine, France! b'.u'0,ii,'6',000 gallons; beer, Germany If»! 220,142,000 gallons. .- Bishop Murct, who has travelled much, declared thuthe and his party had almost abandoned all hope of rescue. . atrswcred fromusli ht crevice in the rot-k, into which a false step had prep cipirated the party. Though the crev- ice was but twenty feet deep, the clergyman found themselves unable to gain the ledge from which they had slipped. Ropes were lowered by the guides, and the rescue from the peril- ous position was quickly made. The previous afternoon and night had been spent in the crevice, 1,900 feet from the foot of the mountain, the height of which is 7,000 feet, and clothed witha pine forest. France . . Switzerland. . It urtcmberg Bavaria . . Belgium . . Baden . . . German Empire United Kingdom France [mule ttte World In the Con. nuaupllon or Alcohol. According to tstal'rstivs, France con- sumes far more alcohol per head of population than any other nation in the world. The alcoholic strength of beer has been taken at 6, of wine at 25 and of spirits at 60 of pure alcohol. The strength of each of these bever- ages varies greatly, but it is thought the above aVerage-s form a fair esti- mate. The figures, given in English imperial gallons, Work out as follows: - Gallons. lute. lord‘s A-teq-git-ed All" 3 In, and a Man by the Swiss “IN“. A despatch tram Buffalo, N. W. T., "rs-Bishop Moret and five French clergymn, bound' from Bong Kong to Rome, who sought to break their journey across the continent. after landing at Vancouver 1 few days ago by spending a couple of days in the Canadian National Park at this point. were rescued on Wednesday from a perilious position in a mountain crev- ice. On Tuesday morning at7o'clock they started, without guides. to make the ascent of Sulphur Mountain, and 1o,ttheir way. Thursday they owe their lives to the sagacity and experience of Swiss guides, recently introduced by th' atrho itiieto look alter the welfare oi travellers and humingparties visit- ing the Canadian rookies. STORIES OF THE IRON DUKE. OLDEST OLD MAID DEAD. DRINKS 0F NATIONS. tnd . . . . . . 5.449 berg , . . t . . 4.686 . . . . . . - . 3.969 . . . . . . . 3.815 . . . . . . ' . 2.674 Empire . . . . . 2.620 {ingdnm . . . . . 2.447 DOWN A CREVICE. HOT SPOT. TORONTO It has been decided to remodel a large portion of the interior of York redoubt for new batteries, to be placed there. The old 18 and 12 ton guns will be shipped to Quebec for de- fense purposes. The new fort will contain quick- firing batteries, with the latest type of armament. ' I tell you. said Sammy Snaggg, that man talked straight from the shoal- der. Samuel, said Mr. Snaggs, severely, roll shopllq not yfe slang. - But, father this Jai"'d deaf and duml man, and he used the sign Ian- gauge. Adespatch froaH1ilifax, N.S.. bay..-- The Imperial authorities have decided to construct a new fortress here. It will be located at a point near Eer- ring Cove Bead, south of York redoubt, facing the sen. The III-penal Gvnvornmvnl to Build a Strong. Sew 'itrtgrtttrr There. Mrs. Anlrtshus--Doetor, how is my husband this morning. Dr. Nonuthying, impresaivelr-ms is a very sick man. Oh, doctor, you don't think--- Rest assured. my dear madame, that my treatment will straighten him out in less than a. week. Buffalo, May '26.-Spring wheat - Little doing, prices held too high for buyers; No. 1 Northern spot, 813-8; No. 2 Northern, spot, 78 $80. Winter wheat -Firmly held; No. 2 red, 780; No. 1 white, 77c. Corn-Firm, good enquiry; No. 2 yellow, 39e; No. 8 yellow, 88 1-40; No. 4 yellow, Me; No. 2 corn, 38c; No. a corn, 30 1-2 to 37c. , oatts--Firur, No.2 white, 330; No. 3 white, 31 1-2 to 313-4c; No. 4 white, 31c; No. 2 mixed, 80e; No. 3 mixed, 29e. Barley--Nomirrauy 45 to 47c, in store. I1ye--Scrmse, some enquiry for spot; No. 2 nominally 67c, on track, Canal heights - Steady; wheat, 2 1-2e; corn, 2 1-8c; oats. 1 3-80; to New York Flour - Quiet but steady. A - - - - Minneapolis, May M.-. CIO-NO. 1 Northern, May, 711-40; July, 720; Sep- tember, 70 7-80. On track-No. 1 hard, 73c; No. 1 Northern, 720; No. 2 North- ern, 70 3-40. Flour-Heavy business doing; patents, 5c. higher; first pa- tents, $3.80 to 83.90; second patents, 83.60 to 83.70; first clears. 82.80 to 82.90. '3ran--In bulk, 89 to 89.25. Duluth. May 26.-Wheat--No. l, hard, cash, 76 3-40; May, 76 3-4e; July, 771-4e; No. 1 Northern, 733-40; No. 2 Northern, 691-4o. Defroit, May M.-Wheat 'slotsed;-- No. 1, white, cash, 751-20; No. 2 red, early and May, :79 1-4ot Jult, 75 7-80. MONTREAL. Montreal, May 26.-'h'here were about 500 head of butchere' cattle, 400 calves, 600 sheep and lambs, 70 store hogs, and 200 small pigs offered for sale at; the east end abattoir to-day. The butch- ers were out in full force, and trade was fair, with slightly lower prices all round for cattle, the decline being greatest in common and interior stock; prime beevee sold at from 48-4 to5 lute, per lb; pretty good stock at from 33-4 to 4 5-80; and Commun dry cows and 'hait..tatt'eii animals, at from 2bd to , To'edo, May 'c'6.--Whtsat--No.2,eash, and. May, 75 l-4c; September, 751-20. Cora-No. 2 mixed, Me. Oats-tlo. 2 mixed, cash, and July, 300. Ryo-No. 2, cash, 600. clovertused-Prime, new, cash, and May, $3.72 1-2; October,8gis'2 1-2 bid. oil-Une/tred. 1-2e, per lb. There were more than the usual number of bulls on the market to. (LI). and these sold at from 23-4 tel 1-40 per 1b. Calves sold at from 81.50 to " each. Shippers are paying 40 per lb for fee, large sheep, the but- chers pay rom 31-2 to 41-40 per lb. Lambs sold at from 82.50 to 85 each; only very choice lambs bring over 84.50. Fat hugs sold in straight lots, Just off the cars, at from $1.51) to 84.80 per 100 lbs; and a few edema sold up to $1.91) per hundred lbs; among the store hogs to-day there were about a dozen sows, each having from 8 to 12 small pigs from 2 to 4 Weeks old; some of these were sold at from $10 to 814 for the sow and her litter; the other store hogs sold at from IN to 88 each. and the small pigs at from .1 to 82.50 Milwaukee, May 28.-Wheat-Firmer; No. 1, Northern, 75 to 751-2; No. 2 do, 78 l-2c. Ilye--No. l, 611-'2 to 613-4. Bstrltsr-Ne2, liy; _sjtyrurie, 87 to 400. Choice hogs, per cwt.. 4 75 5 00 Light hugs, per ch. . 4 371-2 4 50 Heavy hogs, per cwt.. 4 12 1-2 4 371-2 Ewes, per cwt. Yearlings, per cwt. Bucks, per ewt, Spring lambs, each. Cows, each. Calves, each. Cattle. Shipping, per cwt. .8 4 25 Butcher, choice. do. . 4 00 Butcher, med.lo good 8 50 Butcher, inferior. . 8 80 Hogs were in light supply to-day. but prices are steady and unchanged. For choice selections (scaling from 160 lbs. to 200 lbs) 5c per pound was paid; for light fat hogs the price is 41-2c; and thick fat hogs fetch 43-8c per pound. Bows fetch 8e per pound. Stags sell at 2e per pound. i Store hogs will not sell. , following is the range of current quotations:-- Prices of Grain, Cattle. Cheese. to In the Leading Mans. Toronto, May M.-We had to-day A light run of emit. light attendance od buyers, and e light trade. Only " loads cane to the yards. including boo tween sixty and seventy sheep, year- lings, end lunbe; an milkere. and a few calves. There was scarcely any buy- ing, moat of the offerings being left over until the regular market to- morrow. Cattle is not quotably changed in price. Good calves are in demand. MARKETS (ll? THE WORLD. NEW FORT FOR HALIFAX. VIGOROUS LANGUAGE CONFIDENT Milken and Calves. Sheep and Hogs. Lambs. .500 4500 475 He said: "The Yukon and White Pass Railway ie now completed from Skagway to the summit of the peso, a distance of about 18 miles, and for a distance of ebout 12 miles farther the roadbed is ready for the rails. "By July 4th the management ex- pects to have trains running between Skagway and Bennett, where the pae- sengers can take 1 Iteemer to White Horse Rapids, thence by the tram- way around the rapids, about tour miles in length, to the other side, where he can tekeeeteemer direct to Dawson. When these connections ere made the trip from Seattle to Dew. son can be made in from 10 to 12 Jan- " lucr- (elven-lance- or Travel In the Klondike Sold Heidi. A dupetch from St. Louis, Mo., says: --R. P. Elliot, I mine owner of Dawson City, has returned to the United States after an absence of nearly a year and a half, in the gold field. of the Klon- dike. He is full of enthusiasm over the new country. 1 no mible way of stopping them in time. Finding that his foot was caught hard andlast McNamee stooped and began to unfutrn the shoe lace. Another second‘s time and he. would have drawn his foot out of the shoe and escaped. The locomotive came and pulled the can; away, and then the shoe was cut away and the mangled body of the awiwhman was taken to the intirmary. He may recover. but will always be horribly deformed. days." shocking spectacle In I Sule- lulu-II lull- mny I'll-d "ntrrdrty. A despatch from New York says c-- In the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yard in St. George; sa., on Monday, twenty men saw James McNamee. a switchman, pinned fast to the rails while six heavily loaded cars moved down swiftly upon him. McNamee had stepped across the tracks to throw the switch. and caught his right foot in a frog directly in front ot the ears. The locomotive was not attach- ed to themoving ours and there was A little “Ill-l Brtoi6'd “It. $ted In Irons [In le" I'ork1‘Iu. A despath from New York, says: - Flve-year-old Morris Brat suffered agonies by being branded on the body with a red-bot iron on Monday after- noon by William Masterwn, who is employed as a horseshoer at 828 De- laney street. Magistrate Kudlich Agent Weithing, of the Gerry Society, examined the boy, and found that five letters had been branded into the child's flesh, but only two were legible, J. and A., the others being blurred. Masterson was arrested and taken to court, where Agent Weithing said that Loni what he had been able to learn, Masterson had committed the outrage ftty 111' amusement of some bystand- ere. "this is one of the' moat fiendish and dastardly crimes that has ever been brought to my notice," said Magistrate Kudlich, and Masterson was held in 1,000 bail for examination. The Prowl-cl“ Govern-ell Mind In An. ulut In Exterminating Tho-I. A despatch from Toronto, says-The Provincial Government has been urged to take some action towards rid- ding the country of the tent caterpil- lar, which has become apest in many sections of the province and has great- 1y damaged properly, especially fruit and shade treey. -- _ The population in distributed " fol- Iowa:-iwnshipts, 1,118,580; towns, 812,- 947; villages. 133,560; cities, 430,940: and the assessed property as follows;-- Townships. '444,72i'.,478; towns. $91.- 438.546; villages, $30,497,707; and cities, $286,966,646. In several localities grants have been made by municipalities to angst in “terminating the caterpillars. Dr. Brodie is now engaged in making an examination. and will report to the au- tboritiea on the beat mean: to deal with the pest. Ontario's Ant-eased Weill. l'pwerdn of Eight Hundred Mullen». Part five of the annual report of the Ontario Bureau of Industries. cum- prising municipal statistics of the pro- vince for 1897. has been issued. The populatiqn was 1,990,977. and the total assessment $803,625,377; the taxes im- posed thereon were 812,206,325, the rate being 86.18 per capita, or 15.19 mills on the dollar. _ -- .. . Juneau-Inna - " Is flue One Wes Passed. A “out“ from Montreal, "rv.- Juntloe Cherlend on Tuesday, in ren- dering Judgment in a case of Darling v. Dufort. took the opportunity to strongly advocate the passing of acne law against ueury such as Senator Durand has now introduced in the Sen- ate. The action under consideration had been brought on a note tor 8150, hearing interest at the rate of 180 per cent per annum. The learned judge said that the law left tum no alter na- tive. The rate of interest was fixed on the face of the note. and he had to give judgment as prayed tor. At the same time, he could not help express- ing his strong condemnation of a sys- tem which tolerated such abuse. The people who charged such a rate of in- tereat would no doubt never dare to call themselves usurere. They would very likely two for damages anyone who would call them usurers. The fact remained that usury had free iiia"Tirltie Provinee' of Quebec, and it was tune something was done to check it. AMUSEMENT OF A FIEND. A LAW AGAINST USURY. IUNICIPAL STATISTICS. YUKON'S PROGRESS. CAUGHT IN A FROG. CATERPILLAR PEST. And if you marry me, Miss Garl- inchom. replied the well-pos-ved widower, you will b. my third wife! Aihere" Event; tro in (brace! Th; omnuGiiaGiii aiTirong for her, Ind aho yielded. You are the third man. Mr. Batka.. long. mid tho young Woman. musing- In, tel", asked me to Injury him. No, air, quietly replied the lad. Oh no, air! Things have altered am“ your time. air. Go nay! roared the cupluin. and me middy flew below an (an u his little legs could our, him. I An ionmseptraseeanintr midshipman whc knew with how little commem- tion his clans wan regarded one day re- porteo himself for duty, on his first gen-going ship. The captain, a mum of some six feet two, literally looked down on the boy. and said: Weil, youngster. so you've come to Joint 7, Yea, if you please, air. weekly ro- upended the middy. What in it! Same old yarn? Sent tht. loot. of the {wily to Beat The firu broke out shortly after om o’clock in I home owned by John Por- ter, on Bridge street, lndianwwn. ad. Joining the hardware home of Nu & Sun. The warehouse soon caught,ond both Were blazing fiercely when ' alarm had summoned the fire depart- ment. All the available upplrnlus in the city was hurried to the scene, but it was inadiquate to cope with the raging demon, which noon had posses- sion of the whole blocks of buildings. The district with hardly an exception contained wooden buildings. The wind increased in violence. Driven by thin the (lame. fairly rushed up Indian- town. The tiremen were backed from house to house. block utter block. Only once before has there been such n tire in St. John, and then. in 1877. the whole city was wiped out. There were three blocks of buildings between the north side of Main street end the open wuntry. These were all ot dry wood.ln:l as the flame: devour- ed them, people [led with whatever they could save to the rovks and hills. or beyond imp the wet, marshy vulh-y. Thursday night the act-nu is nwdrd one. Several acre. of ground are aglow with burning embers. Shelter has been txovided tor tttore "tr, wer" bunt-d out, ut may grief-stricken pevple at. wetdetimr among Uw ruina. One aged wanna refused to leave her house'and perished in the frames. Another lady, who wan in ill-health. died of the shock before her house caught. BUltNED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. Then the terry-houms and the Stan tine warehouse burst into flames. tot. lowed by the river steamer May Queen's wazehuuse, 300 feet away. These were entirely burned, but an fire got no further in this direction. Bridge street. however, which will parallel with the water. was burned OI both sides from and to end. Many families of moderate mean! lived in the large tenement: and small wooden buildings along “dds-2 sweet. and the scene on the water front we! a pathetic one. A: the fire worked in way down each Iule of the street, we:I wunen, and children hurried cut the house- like hens trom [heir nests. each bearing armsful of huusehuld ef- fects. These were deposited in the streets, on the wharvel. or on board boats. The fire ate on and tn. hone! site: house smouldered. bum int Hamel. blazed fuzimsly. and crumbled to a muse of red unborn. The wind blew the (lumen away than the water's edge, but us the ember- eccumulned intense twat was gem-r- ated, and soon tire attacked the hmre- hold effect. piled on the piers. SOME FIN E RESIDENCES. The stores and warehouses of Messr- Nu, 1lorneaatle, Capt. Kent. the J. W. McLlury Co., and other general deelers, who do e big trade along the tit. John river. were consumed, will all their valuable ctoclu. All the atoamashisOmsts lost their wuehoueee. containing more or less freight. Over two hundred buildings were burned. and the property to“ is wall up to a million dollars. " in estimu- ed that six hundred to one thousand people are bunnies. It wan " the whole city fire do- parlment could do, uter six hour. hard lighting. to atop the advance of the flames. which swept over an are. of about one mile square. A deepetch from St. John. N .1. In"; o-TIIO northern end of St. John city wee badly devuted by fire Thuredny afternoon and evening. The flame: broke out. in e werehouee near the river beak It Indium“ and. tan.. nod by e atiff nutherly we. spread with great rapidity, fiat wiping out the large stores end warehouses ne'er the whervee, and then nttecking the edjecent district, where wide the pro- ple employed in the nearby new null- end ether. in bumble waikn of life. Most of their residence. were small wooden buildings, but all were Cum- tortabtr furnished. The lose to the“ people to very great; in many cam the fire swept away all their wordir goods. On Bridge street alone one hundred dwellings were burned. Fortunately the fire did not extend any great distance on Main street. be- ing stopped below the street. on shed but it nevertheless wiped out I". lulled 'Barnett-ts lbeunyo-d. Mal-u Ole ling-Id People [curred I... If“. and Two Paulina-Am I I“: man Flu-swept. GREAT FIRE,” ST. JOHN. INDIANTOWN. A NORTHERN " BURB. NEARLY WIPE!) OUT. ONLY 1 BREE HoUsriti REMAIN COUNTER RUDENESS FATE. his rd much Hut had mil" tatt.l m l f: ttn ot an m a low, more a ton, like t better nut 04 turn-om you too; mild, I rid." I wallim tron: t "Nara Let me you t u g here, lured. that I Ange More. They In” of which I of the ( couple tle tttet home. hat. '" forth t own,- q Goon} rob. an bi round. I ll. [11 riding I blue * lifted h " minds ed 3: sum: uet CH m u