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ISSUE NO. 18 t'o-o. Ad autilton, but a full size Talk \ POPULAR CORSET FOR 1904 d warmth and all the year. 9 ra lifornia for the rtunity,"* and gents, ILKY, TOUGH N5 4 â€" L â€"1 RNIA ORY 0 from Chicago LFM is Hifin D& C York Ceniral Lands You in Grand Central Station rk," ""Mammoth," &c. ega!," *""Orient," &c. BEST ACIFIC full size Talk! 1% .‘ l::n.mux o who -2&.."“"‘.»..4 can TANTE rA.\'TEDâ€"A bigheat rusx & Go. Toronto, Ont Any Lady Can Make Easily BUSINESS GUIDE the Land M Stli EDT BSRASS EYELETS LONE HIP 253 Ont »ie 101 Li at Cash Mutre ~any, Toronto I1 be recetved it towns and v 24 King street President and s paper wases paid: comfortabls )r apply to Mrs. W. Hateau H O, â€" oNT RED ON is mastered the art *, even when in the from her enemies. home, four mat ighfield School." 8, receipta, !no"".’-’ property exempt from d tenant, dlte& and ie agent »old 47 copies her sold 3S in a week ; eudy ; outht 25¢ ; ordep n# anekem ce _ GENERAL SEMAID, G ekly by representing spare time. . ‘The ’°= d profitable the nd particulars go’ Caur to make some m “,’ that this is no Y drawer 66, Bn.m rvaw al P "a k is situated on Ind street, and only trunk line \Uslactory money ‘hols Co. in ho ® u.’w. CUliADI¢ the yen» articulars gom iake some m 6: .,’ this is no d.“l, rer 66, ny.“,o,: 1 e m mmmmmnmgg Mutual Fire In. ' intendéent, _{or Ontarte villages. Ad. t west. Chas, d â€" Managing in dam+ oD wWaGEes, * malds kepg! s (‘an.d.t SERVANXTp. standing guard. embers of the fh through fourteen imas yesterday 1 “:’vn conqueredâ€" skill and courag department and Canadian _ cities across the borde by an insufticiems fire chiof strotch \# ‘vhe Dying Fire. \t half a dozen points on the scene of battie small fires are burning fitfully, anmd over them the tired victors . are standing@ guard. ‘These are the dying embers of the field of flame that swept through fourteen acres of business buildâ€" s vesterday morning. _ The fire has been ‘conquered â€"conquered through the skill and courage of Toronto‘s fire department and their allies from sister Canadian cities and the sister city across the border. _ Sadly handicapped by an insuflicienc water supply, with the fire chicf stretched on his back injured at the ouisct of the battle, with the wvale figshting on the side of the flames, the department, nobly reinforced by the detachments from outside, won a vicâ€" tory. _ ‘The fire was beaten with the odds all in its favor at the Telegram building, the loss of which would have meant the destruction of half a dozen other blocks. It was driven back from the Queou‘s Hotel when the saving of that historic structure seemed hopeless. An1 the stand made at the customs house and the Bank of Montreal, where \?n' fire fiend was finally stayed, was as rich with acts of daring and tragedy as any feat of arms. . The loss from Voronto‘s greatest fire is small comâ€" pared to what it might have been. Electric Wires the Cause. A tiny electric wire, imperfectly . inâ€" sulated, is held responsible for the disâ€" aster. _ When the last employee of E. & S. Currie left the warehouse on Welâ€" lington street there was no trace of fire. Less than an hour later fliames were shooting up the elevator shaft to the roof of the building and the deâ€" partment had begun the most stubborn tight in its history. _ Chief Thompson led his men into the adjoining wareâ€" house of A. Ansley & Co., and from its upper storeys beg:.n his attack on the flames. _ The worked in :ll:;lvenma&nd itthm in uum & from third .tm, flm‘ Thompson was injured. All expcrienced the agony of that his services were needed, and a comparat had him out ofi':'yln mfifl. -2"1-: “â€"” :::eouly with the Ansley warehouse, splendid freâ€"storey warchouse of tory. _ ‘The odds all in : building, the meant the « other blocks the Queen‘s that historic And the st. house and t the fire fiend rich with a as any feat Toronto‘s pared to wh ‘6raphic Description of the Fight Between the Fire Fighters and the Fire Demon. t {} n W. some Of few months Such is the p great fire. ‘I‘h ness commun is recognized eity‘s progre eaped the fir rivals opport selves at on be mantaine« m t With fourteen acres of the centre of the commercial section laid waste, the hnd of the destroyer was stayed early vesterday. _ While the embers of the fuined â€" warehouses _ were still â€" aglow Toronto‘s business men were planâ€" ning a fresh start. _ From â€" Lorne street through the very heart of the old business city to Yonge street, and north halfâ€"way to King strect, there «tretches a desert of tumbling walls and twisted girders, from which will spring the business city of the future. Toronto‘s financial interests will stagger wnder such a blow as few other Canaâ€" dian cities ever received, but the signs of recovery are already here. Thirtcen to iftcen million dollars in property were swept out of existence by the fire of Tuesday night. Two thousand clerks and u'n':';niu'\ who have di\ily thtong:d Bly street to and from their employment «ame down yesterday to gaze upon the ashes and the piles of hot bricks, and wonder where their wages would come from. Nearly nine milions of dollars are to be paid by the insurance companâ€" ie«, some of which have within the past few months experienced heavy losses. Such is the position of Toronto after its great fire. There is no despair, The busiâ€" ness community will feel the loss, but it is recognized as only a check on the ceity‘s progress. Manufacturers who esâ€" caped the fire are offering their former rivals opportunities to establish themâ€" selves at once, so that their trade can be mantained, and the aid which came so willingly from other citie to Torâ€" onto to.tizht the flames is being extended in other ways to help fight the results of TORONTO COUNTING COST OF _ THE GREAT â€" CONFLAGRATION. Merchants and Manufacturers Busy Pianning to Rebuild as Soon as Possibie. ;))”?)’33’(5!&X‘gw&?m”‘xamawI § mue-zcuu“mmxnmmm f . 4 Acres Burn#® .... .. suiewrrueters s#\reme, 2s on «+ s e...... _ Over 14 g : Factories and Warehouses Destroyed .. .. .. 5« ]«¥ "iÂ¥ . 86 Â¥ *# Employces Temporarily Out of Work, at Least .. .. CÂ¥ 5,000 4 Total Loss Estimated by Insurance Experts, at Least .. ++$13,000,000 Â¥ ; Insurance Companies‘ Losses (approximately) .. .. .. .. «$ 8,885,000 ith U lati uses Destroyed .. .. .. .. CÂ¥ *Â¥ Ks y Out of Work, at Least .. .. wÂ¥ 59 by Insurance Experts, at Least «++ ..$13,000, Losses (approximately) .. .. +6 ‘sa. +A Bobte. »p] | For another hour Deputy Noble knew ! that he had to carry on a losing battle. Although gradually being beaten back, ! the firemen fought each foot of the way. [ The engines were carrying every pound sE Cc s Reene CCCR m t ie ue o0 e t 9e Te n 1t ut ie £ of steam that they could produce, and their ceaseless calling for fuel sounded above the roar of the. galeâ€"swept flames. Work as they would, the fire drove them back. Foreman Frank Smith, in charge at the south, was driven down Bay stree* from Wellington to Front, and then to the Esplanade, and more than once the engines had to be dragged away hurriedly to escape falling walls. At 10.30 use flames were extending in all directions, but the sweep of the fire was towards the east. On the north it was being held in control at the Davis. & Henderson firm‘s building, the north wall of which saved the adjoining woodâ€" en buildings. The strenuous efforts which saved the Telegram building to the east were impossihh- with the premises of the Office Specialty ~ompany next door to the newspaper office and opposite the blazing Davis & Henderson building. Its whole front was ablaze in a few minutes, and this turn of affairs sealed the deâ€" structoin of the whole block to the south. Who Suffered. Minerva â€" Manufacturing Company, 12 West Front streetâ€"Loss, $50,000 on stock, $15,000 machinery. Insured for $70,000. Hutchison, R. B. and H. B., wholeâ€" cslsn seaallanc_â€"Stack ©30.000. Insurance W'ii.:xvt;bison, R.. B. and H. B., wholeâ€" | 000. sale woollensâ€"Stock $30,000. Insurance l Goulding, G., & Son, milliners, 55 _ Could "_ _ 1 Bayâ€"Loss, $110,000; insurance, $80,000 ulding, Georre & Son, 55 Bay Tooke Pros. Manutacturing Co., 47 and as a last resort the use or aynamite was suggested. It was proposed that several buildings in the path of the fire should be sacrificed to prevent the ruin which threatened the entire commercial section. _ The authorities at the fort were asked to provide a squad of enâ€" gineers for the exceedingly dangerous duty, and the reply came that while there were plenty of volunteers, the necessary explosives could not be obâ€" tained. City Architect McCallum, who like all of the city officials, was on the ground ready to render assistance, adâ€" vised that the use of dynamite might snread the fire, and the project was abandoned. But the flames found other avenues of attack, seginning with the large Gale factory, the variable wind carried burning embers to the roofs to the north of the Garland Company‘s buildâ€" ing on Bay street, and they were soon burning. _ Down on Wellington street the premises to the south of W. R. Brock & Co. had caught, and the fire area had extended so far that Deputy Chief Noble found the forces at his disâ€" posal insufflicient. Mayor Urquhart, who had been on the scene early, sent the deputy a message asking if he needed assistance. "We need all the asâ€" sistance we can get," was the answer. Within a few minutes telegrams telling of Toronto‘s danger were being read in the fire department offices of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, London, Peterâ€" boro‘ and the suburban towns. The railway officials had the sanction of His Worship to spare no expense in providâ€" ing special trains for the speedy transâ€" portation of the detachments from other cities, and Deputy Noble renewed his efforts to hold the fire until aid arrived. The heat welling up from the burning buildings increased the fury of the gale, and as a last resort the use of dynamite was suggested. It was proposed that Co. were a part of the fire. _ The larger buildinas of W. R. Brock & Co. and Dignum & Moneypenny at the southâ€" west and â€" northwest corners of Welâ€" lington and Bay streets, with their fire walls, gave ground for hope that they would block the progress of the fames to the east. To the north, howâ€" ever, on Bay street the fire found a vantage point in the Westwood & Garâ€" land buildings, and in a few minutes these were enveloved. The gale inâ€" creased in fury, and the flames leaped the sixtvâ€"foot â€"street â€"and licked up walls of the buildings opposite. Here at the Telegram office the first vietory of the night was won, and won by amateurs. Deputy Noble in Command. With the chief on his unwilling way to the hospital, his first lieutenant, Deâ€" puty Chief Noble, assumed command. Across the street to the south were the warehouses of Brown Brothers and Rolph, Smith & Co., filled with inflamâ€" mable stocks of papers and books, kindling for an awful blaze. The three buildings on the north side of the street were doomed, and Noble tried to confine the fire to them. Twenty streams of water played on them â€" and the adjoining buildings to the east and south, but the fire had gained a footâ€" hold. _ Flames shot up a hundred feet in the air until they were caught by the icy gale and blown over the roofs towards Yonge street. Blazing embers were carried for blocks by the wind and within half an hour the premises of Brown Brothers and Rolph, Smith & Pugsley, Dingman & Co., Wellington street caught department, which had re general alarm,‘ realized fore it. Fighting for Time. Calls for Help. reet caught, and the fire hich had responded to the * realized what was beâ€" & Co., at 50 and 52 B ne o P td _Wyldâ€"Darling Co., Bay street and Welâ€" lington, wholesale dry goods, will exceed insurance of $500.000 by $100.000 _ or $150,000. The building was worth $150,â€" MceMahon & Broadfield, crockery, 9 Front street westâ€"Loss on stock, $60,â€" 000; insurance, $45,000. Irving Umbrella Co., 20 Front street westâ€"Loss, $100,000; insurance, $85,â€" Continental Costume Co, Wellington street west, loss of stock $15,000; inâ€" sured. Sinclair, 14. James, florist, 59 Bay satreet, loss to stock $25, (damaged only by water) covered by insurance. Joseph, Mrs. Matilda, owner of 76 Bay street, loss $600; insurance not known. Currie, E. & S., neckwear manufacturâ€" ers, 62â€"64 Wellington; estimated value of building $25,000; stock $25,000; inâ€" sured. Jessop, W., & Sons, Limited, 82 Bay streetâ€"Loss on building and stock, $20,â€" 000; fully covered by insurance. Brereton & â€" Manning, â€" furriers, 52 Front street westâ€"Stock, $125,000; inâ€" surance, $100,000; bwmlding (owned by D. MeceKak), loss, $35,000. Copp, Clark & Co., 66 Front street westâ€"Loss on stock, $140,000; buildâ€" ing, $40,000; insurance, $125,000 and Stewart, Howe & May Co., 24 Front street westâ€"Loss on stock, $50,000; insured. Kilgour Bros., wholesale paper mer chants, loss on stock and building $140, 000 ; fully insured. Warwick Bros. & Rutter, publishers, 70 Front street westâ€"Loss on stock and building, $200,000; insurance, $150,000. Cowan, John W., owner, 54 and 56 Wellington west; value of building $25,â€" 000 ; insured. King, W. P. & Son, agents for Toronto Knitting Mills Co,. 24 Front street west; stock $25,000; insurance, $14,000. Ainsley & Co., hat manufacturers, 54â€" 56 Wellington west; stock, $75,000; inâ€" surance $40,000. Ontario Neckwear Co., 67 Bay street, loss on stock, $25,000; insurance, $20,â€" Nisbet & Auld, wholesale woollens and tailors‘ trimmings, occupying 32 and 34 Wellington west; loss slight. Cowan, John W., owner, 54 and 56 Snarr, Miss Catharine, owner, 34 Welâ€" lington west; building valued at $10,000; slightly damaged; insured. Gray, F. H., owner of Giray building, 24â€"26 Wellington street wost, estimated value $18,000, damage to building probâ€" ably less than $1.000. Carlaw, John A., owner, 28â€"30 Weliingâ€" ton west; building valued at $25,000; loss on building $1,000, caused by water. Stibbs, William J., owner, 32 ton west: building valued at loss on building $1,000. McClary Manufacturing Co., stoves, 14â€"18 Bay street; loss $30,000; partially insured. Gale Whitewear Co., 14â€"24 Mincing Lane, estimated loss, buildings. and stock, $125,000; nearly covered by insurâ€" ance. Ishikawa & Co., importers of Japanese fancy goods; loss nominal. $14,008. C Consumers‘ (ias Co., $1,500. Toronto Railway Co., $10,000. Toronto Electric Light Co., $3,000. Bell Telephone Co., $1,200. Barber & Ellis Co., wholesale stationâ€" ers, 43â€"47 Bay street, loss, stock $110,â€" 000; building, $40,000; insurance, $120, Allan, A. A. & Co., wholesale furriers, 51 Bay street; loss on stock $150,000; on building $50,000. c Ran on Wl es oi o oo Oe e o n ns Gordon, Mackay & Co., wholesale dry goods, Bay and Front streetsâ€"Loss on stock, $525,000; on building, $55,000. Inâ€" surance, $480,000. Eddy, E. B., & Co., 40 Front street west, paper _ manufacturers, _ branch ofliceâ€"Loss on _ stock, $60,000. _ Insurâ€" ance, $45,000. Watson, George H., owner, 86 Bay streetâ€"Loss, $6,500. _ Insurance, $1,500. Holtman, Charles J., owner, 88 Bay streetâ€"Loss, $6,500. â€" Insurance, $1,500. Merchants‘ Dyeing and _ Furnishing Co., 42 Front street westâ€"Loss on stock, $40,000. Insurance, $25,000. Brock, W. R., & Co., wholesale dry goods, 64 to 68 Bay streetâ€"Loss on stock, _ $550,000. _ Insurance, _ $500,000. Loss on building, $60,000. _ Insurance, $55,000. Gillett, E. W., & Co., 32â€"34 Front west, wholesale yeast manufacturersâ€" Loss on stock and machinery, $100,000; on building, $30,000. â€" Insurance, $50,000. l)zn'ling,‘ Robert, & Co., wholesale dry goods, 44 Front street westâ€" Loss on stock and building (estimate), $150,000. Crogg, Fred, 78 Bay street, manuâ€" facturers‘ agentâ€"Loss ‘ on stock, $10, 000. _ Insurance, $6,500. Lincoln Paper Mills Co., 30 Front street westâ€"iloss on stock, $7,000; on building (owned by Clarkson Jones), Bradshaw, William, wholesaledry goods, 25 Wellingtonâ€"Loss on _ stock and building, $150,000. Covered by inâ€" surance. Dignum & Moneypenny, 72 Bay street, wholesale _ woollensâ€" Loss on stock, $20,000; on building, $25,004. Sanford, W. E., Co. (branch), wholeâ€" sale clothiers. 47 Bay streetâ€"Loss to stock, $4,000. Insured. Employees, 6. Rolph, Smith & w., lithographers, 49 Wellington street westâ€"Loss on building and stock, $125,000. Insurance, $80,000. street, . wholesale millinery â€"Loss on stock, $100,000. Fully insured. â€" . _Booth, George, manufacturers‘ agent, in Suckling buildingâ€" Loss $50,000. Fully insured. Wellingâ€" $10,000 ; M. McLaughlin, corner Bay and Esâ€" planade, flour mills, valued at $15,000, contents, $25,000; insurance on building $10,000, on personality $18,000. London.â€"The rate of discount of the Bank of England was reduced from 3 1â€"2 to 3 per cent. M. Schwab, owner 27 Front, which was assessed at $9,000. Haly & Boyd, wholesale rubbers, 29 Front. assessed at $1,000. Sarah Staunton, owner of 25 Iroat street, assessed for $9,000, ocerpied by Robert 8. Mcelndoe, wholszle grocer and commission merchant. M«. Melndoe was at London when the fire occurred and returned yesterday to hnd only a few boxes of papers had bee.r saved. J. B. Smith loses $10,000 in buildings at 50 _E_s;_)lana_d_c_ ; insurance of $6,000. â€" â€" William Bryce, 22 Front street, pe alty assessed at $1,000. s@mIS0n P. D. Dods & Co., paints and oi‘s, as sessed for $5,000. Nothing was savou. Cuthbertson & MceCurin, _ wholesale fancy goods, 25 Front street, assessed at $1,000... . .__ ul ar<n 9+ amaiee H. 8. Howland, Sons & Co., te at 37 and 39 Front street, ;'ho?ez?;%: hardware, estimate loss at $175,000, well insured. i e Garside & White, wholesale boot and shoe dealers, loss $55,000; insurance, $42,000. Sharpe & Tugwell, photo goods, 73 Bay street, were damaged by smoke, but not to a very great extent. Charles Walker, owner of the hotel at 75 Bay street, property was assessed at $£4,000, and personalty at $800. The Office Specialty Company occuâ€" pied 77 Bay street, stock assessed at $8,000; building, assessed at $7,500. The Telegram _ building, 79â€"81 Bay street, damaged in upper storey _ and the windows cracked. The loss is comâ€" paratively slight. _ _ _ The John B. Smith loss is $125,000 insured for $85,000. C. H. Westwood & Co., owners of 72 ard 74 Bay street, had $15,000 insurâ€" ance on building and about $40,000 on stock. Hackburn _ & _ Sheridan, wholesale clothiers, at 65 Bay street, assessed at $8,000. The Canada Paper Co., 15 Front street west, on stock, $19,000; building (ownâ€" ed by W. Hendric), $10,000; insurance on stock, $15,000, on building, $7.000. Caulfield & Burns, 17 Front street west, stock, $10,000; T. W. Lester, ownâ€" er of the building, $11,000; $6,000 insurâ€" ance on stc:k, and $9,000 on building. John McPherson & Co., 69 Bay street, assessed at $6,000. (ieorge H. Hees & Co., damage to their building was very little. Novi Modi Costume Co., 13 Front street east, stock, $15,000; on building, $18,000; insurance on stock, $8,000, and on building, $12,000. Asher & Leeson, 19 Front street west, stock, $5,000; insurance, $9,000 on buildâ€" ing, and $2,500 on stock. The Land Security Co., assessed $60,â€" 000; weil insured. Toronto Coffee and Spice Co., 2 Bay street, stock assessed at $40,000. Harris Lithographing Co., No. 6, as sessed $3,000. Wim. G. Atkinson, 44 Bay street, fancy goods, loss, $40,000; insurance, $12,000; in addition, orders amounting to $30,006, for delivery of goods in June, which the firm has manufactured, are lost; buildâ€" William Croft, fancy tions, 61â€"63 Bay street, loss. His loss is fully surance. Garland Manufacturng Co., 76 Bay. Loss on stock, $5,000; insured,. McLaren & Dallas, 11 Front street poviebipndiinate ie ieb dntrid B\ ind 2rratich Wihsirvaschatsdrctn 1 McLaren & Dallas, 11 Front street east, loss on stock, $8,000; building $10,â€" Barber & Giribble, printers, No. 8, asâ€" sessed at $1,000. Toronto Pharmical Co., 22 Bay, assess ed for $3,000. Gutta Percha Rubber Co., occupying 45, 47 and 49 Bay street, estimated loss, $500,000, fully insured; real estate asâ€" sessed at $29,000. (ieorge R. R. Cockburn, owner and 62° Bay street, insured for the amount of the assossed value buildings, $2,500 each. ing W Life. Cockburn & Rea, wholesale milliners, 46 Bay street, occupied the six storeys of the building owned by Lady Carnaâ€" han, England; loss, $75,000; insurance, $52,000. Mark Fisher, Sons & Co., 60 Bay street, manufacturers of woollens, perâ€" sonalty assessed at $5,000. Alcock, Laight & Westwood Co., 78 Bayâ€"Loss on building, $6,000; stock, $11.000; insured. H. E. Bond, wholesale clothiers, 51 Bay street; insurance about $150,000. Samuel W. Browne, assessed at $3,200, had a business at 51 Bay street. Johnston & Sword, 51 Bay street, asâ€" sessed at £3,200. Charles Home, tailors‘ trimmings, 54 Bay street; loss between £35,000 and #37,000 New Idea Pattern Co., 54 Bay street. assessed at $300; others in the sars» buildiag were F. C. Davidge & Co., who‘eâ€" sale wall papers; Davis & Thomas, asâ€" sessed at $3,000, and Jas. Adams, handâ€" kerchicfs, assessed at $400. _ Drake, Hambly & Cockburn, whole sale fancy dry goads, 56 Bav street, as sessed for $2,500 personalty. _ _ John H. Boulter & Co., woollens, 58 Bay street, assessed for $2,000 personâ€" alty. Mr. Boulter resides in Hamilton. W. J. Gage Company, Limited, 54 to 58 Front street west, publishersâ€"Loss, over $150,000, of which $50,000 was in buildings. Eckardt Casket Manufacturing . Co., o1 the Esplanadeâ€"Loss on building and slock. $309,000; insurance, $100,000. Fuckling, W. J., & Co., 66â€"68 Wellingâ€" ton street westâ€"Loss on building $12, 500; on stock, $800; insured. * Buntin, Reid & Co., 27â€"29 Weliington street westâ€"Loss on building, $40,000; on stock, $100,000; insured. International Brokers, 88 Bayâ€"Loss on contents, $5,000. Posnell, Wm.. estate, 82 Bayâ€" Loss on building, $2,500. Edward Musgrave, 54 Bay tween $9,000 and $10,000; Charles Cockshutt, dry goods, 57â€"59 Bav street. is out of town. Bay streetâ€"Loss," $6,000 to $7,000 on stock; insurance, $4,000. lt 5904 â€" Blackhall, W. B. & V. E., 26â€"28 Front street westâ€"Loss on stock, $10,000; insurance, $7,500. io uis ) A. R. & E. M. Gilmore, 86 Bayâ€"Loss on stock, $2,000. . Thompson, Smith & Payne, 86 Bay â€"Loss on stock, $1,100. Muirhead, Andrew, 82 Bayâ€"Loss on stock, $10,000; insured. Davis & Henderson, 84 Bay&â€"‘l.,gt.;s i(x’:-‘ building, $7,000; on stock, $16,400; sured. Vas owned by the North American PP iC v% goods and noâ€" cannot estimate covered by inâ€" street, beâ€" insurance 14 t3* about of the of 60 Viadivostock Squadron Heard From After Fortright‘s Silence. Vladivostock cable says; Thr Esâ€" sen, of the Kussian cruiser Novik,comâ€" mander of the squadron here, has isâ€" sued an order of the day referring to the death of Viceâ€"Admirai Mikâ€" arof{, in which he attributes the loss of the Petropavlovsk to the battleâ€" ship having touched a mine, addâ€" ing ; "The ways of the Almighty are inâ€" scrutable. Every war demands such sacrifices as this, which has deprived tho fleet of an experienced fighting commander, his whole staff, the crew of the Petropavlovsk, and the battleship itself. But such is the wwill of God. Ever lasting ‘honor to those who are lost. They fell as ‘heroes, but the wiar will raise up heroes who will take their places. Let us have forliiude and piace our trust in tke Viceroy‘s Resâ€"gnat.on to be Accepted Isoa thwith 8St. Petersburg cable; The _ reâ€" signation of Admiral Alexief{, Viceâ€" roy of the Far East, has not been announced officially, but it is reâ€" garded as a fact. It is believed that it will be accepted forthwith. His imâ€" mediate reason for resigning is unâ€" derstood to be the appointment of Admiral Skydloff, who is known to be hostile to Admiral Alexieff as the successor of the late Admiral Makâ€" aroff. According to gossip in ofâ€" ficial quarters Admiral Alexieff‘s poâ€" sition has been rendered impossible by the series of humiliations conâ€" veyed by the successive appointâ€" ments of Admiral Miakaroff, General Kouropatkin, and Admiral Skrydloff, He was not consgulted regarding any of these appointments. It is added that when Admiralt Alexieff notilied the Czar that he had hoisted _ his flag on the battleship Sebastopol in succession to Admiral Makarol{, His Majesty did not reply to the _ deâ€" spatch. He then appointed Admiral Skrydioff to the command of the Russian fleet in the Far East, igâ€" noring Admiral Alexieff‘s suggestion that Admiral Dubastof{ be appointâ€" ed. Admiral Alexief®‘s retirement will remove from power the last of those who were responsible for Russia‘s po!â€" icy before the wiar. It is not expectâ€" ed that another viceroy will be apâ€" pointed during the war. wvenentis e WLL BUssIMS INVADE CORF ? London cable; The â€" Chemulpo correspondent of the Express, in a despatch sent by way of Chefoo, says that although all is deciared quiet on the Yalu River, it is beâ€" Veved that the Russans are gathorâ€" ing strength to invade Corea in force, to oifset the Japanese sucâ€" cesses at sea. The Russian strength centered at Liaoâ€"Yang is said to be almost overwhelm nz and haviag the advantage of position, it would be comparatively easy for the Rusâ€" slans to cross thae Yalu, M.e Tok.o correspondent of the T.mes con{.rms the statements of the othker corresponcents that it is exâ€" pected that the Russians will make a stasd at the alu Rver. Ia addiâ€" tion to their 50,000 troops massed between Chiulescheng and Tatungâ€" ku, their up»esiream extenasion is inâ€" deofinite, but reaches at least to the Posh1 River, which enters the Yalu opposite Huangpien. t Are in Overwhelming Force at the Yalu. Number of Japanese Troops Increasâ€" ing, However. The Vladivostock Fleet Still in the Harbor. Another detachment of 75 Rusâ€" sian soldiers has advanced as far south as Puckâ€"Chyong, about 75 miles down the coast from Sungâ€"Jin. Viceroy A exieff‘s Resignation _ to be Accepted. ~ "All is qu.et on the Yalu. The Japâ€" anese are throwilug up entrencghâ€" meuts oppos te Goluisy and further to the north. 8t. Petersburg cable says; General Kouropatkn Las sent the {ollowing tclegram to the Emperor; 3 A detachment of 40 Cossacks has appeared for a second _ time . at Sungâ€"Jin, about 150 miles north of (Gensan, where they burned the Japâ€" anese settlement and took possesâ€" sion of the post and telegraph ofâ€" fices. The Corean officials at sungâ€" Jin were friendly to the Russians. "Gen. KasstalLusky reports as folâ€" lows on April 19; n (p on "Cossack sentinels have observed the lights 0f Japanese transports near Chingtaitse, opposite the vilâ€" lage of Potansa, west of Tatungâ€" kau. The vessels were anchored at a distance of four miles from the shore. & "The numbers of Japanese troops are increasing. They are concentratâ€" ing at Wiju, and spreading toward the north along the Yalu. _*"*‘According to a despatch from Gen. Misichecko, Japanese ships were also seoen near Couchou.‘" . Tokio cable; Russian troops to the number of 1000 are reported to be in occupation of Yongâ€"Gan, in Northâ€"eastern Corea. "According to official reports all has been quiet at Port Arthur and Yinkow and along the Yalu, during the last few days. There is no furâ€" ther change in the general situaâ€" tion to report." The. general stail has issued the following statementâ€" . s ONTARIO ARCHIVES ; TORoNTO ALL QULET ON THE YALVU. STILL IN HARBOKR. x A m veu Hussâ€"ans in <Orea EXIT ALEXIEFEF. A Strong Feeliag in Favor of an Undâ€"rstanding. 8St. Petersburg, April 25.â€"While acâ€" cept ng graceful‘y the worldâ€"wide oxâ€" press ons ol sympathy which Russia has rece ved as a resull of the doath of Viceâ€"Admiral Makaroff, and the Petropaviovsk disaster, the papers #ooem cspecially impressed wity iue sympathy shown by the | British progs, several usiog the text to arâ€" gue od the opportuneness of the djscuesion in favyor ol a Russoâ€"Britâ€" ish understanding. Such a rap proachment, the Novosti believes, coul1 now be founded, not only upon political Interests, but on popalar sympathy. Aaother euch moment, the paper adds, may not soon come again, and @#hould be taken advanâ€" tage of, Continuing, the Novosti says : "A sincere nflnouh-ent with Great Britain would gnuarantes our tut»>e developwent,." are gererally optimistic, but in some counties, more particularly Keat and Brant, much of the land devoted to Tall wheat will have to be ploughed up, the crop being a failure. The general condition, however, is prob ably decidedly better than in the United States, where the fall wheat is far below, the average. in the Eruit #eit. Oakville, April *:7.â€"The famous frait belt in this district, as well as Broute and Clarkson, has suffered greatly from young trees being girdied by mice. . In some cases growers . will lose eighty per cent. of young plum, cherry and apple trees, and the loss will aggregate thousands of dollars. Not only were the young trees atâ€" tacked, put bearing trees of all kinds have been completely destroyed. Grapes have been damaged as well, especially young vineyards. . One grower will lose filty per cent. of a large vineyard. Old vines were not touched. _ Blackberries and currant bushes have not escaped. Such havâ€" oc among fruit trees ‘mas not hbeen known in twenty years, and it is atâ€" tributed to the great depth of snow, and the searcity of food fjor the mice. The greaiest damage is done in orâ€" chards and vineyards that were not carefully cultivated. . Long _ grass found a harbor for the mice. In _ some cases the trees are girdled _ two and three feet high. A few young orchards wore saved by wrapping tar paper aroung the trees, and others by banking in various ways. J. C. Wilson has a bearing orchard badly damaged, F. G. McCrancy loses ®Q per cent. of a young cherry and plum orchard, John Bothwell suffers the loss of a hali of a jyoung vineyard, and A. E. Earle, A. Morden and J. Hutchiâ€" son are heayy losers in this immediâ€" ate district. Growers now recognize the necessity of destroying ihe myco, and claim that there are no better agents than cats in barns and fox torrier dogs on fruit farms. ‘The fruit area is spreading here, the large farmers setting out four ang five amceres of â€" strawberries â€" ang twenty acres of tree fruits. "This year great numbers of cherry trees Mice Worked Mavoe With Frait Trees i and Grape Vines. The reports as to the condition of fall wheat throughout the Province, and of small fruits and frait treos The above despatch was the first absolutely authentic lul&amatlon in regard to the whereabouts of the Russian cruiser squadron for over a fortnight. The following resolution was carâ€" ried â€" unanimously ; "That the preâ€" sent restrictions on the imporitaâ€" tion of Canadian cattle to (Great Britain are unjust, so far as they are based on the droad of dissase existing among such cattle since any outbreak of discase is as rigidly dealt with in Canada as in Great Britain, and no infoctious _ disease now, exists in Canada." The resoluâ€" tion concludes by asking those preâ€" sent that the regulations be at onse reconsidierol. Lord, and ce shall never be conâ€" Mr. J J Gilbertson, of the Canâ€" adian Pacific Railway and othors spoke strongly in favor 0. the secâ€" tion taking action. Professor Boyee, referring to the health o/ _ English cattle, stated that, owing to lack of fresh stock, 25 per cent. of the cattle were infected with tubercuâ€" losis. of the ammiu oud meat traue secâ€" tion of the Incorporate Chaamnber of Commerce at L.\ â€" puol tolegram was read from Sir Alfred _ Jones, urging the socuion 10 press t9e Governmeat for the removal of the embargo on Canadian cattle. | The Chairman «trongly advocated the re» moval, on the ground that it would be an excellent thing for this counâ€" try from a hbhygienic point, in view of the fact that we are sonding «our best beef stock from this country, and as a consequence our stock are interbrecding, which naturaliy | reâ€" sults io a deteriorating quality of slock. Also the embargo might be removed for reasons O _ frieandship for Canada. / are being planted. With the increasâ€" oed production of fruit, some system of coâ€"operation must be adopted, in order to find a profitable market, Central packing stations and canâ€" ning factories are being promoted. One packing house is undor counstrucâ€" tion. It is carly yet to pradict the tree fruit crop, but «strawborriecs have wintered well under the geep snow, which protected them from cold winds and extreme frost. When the covering is removed, a fine growth of strong young plants is found. Barring late frosts, which are often hurtfual, the berry crop | proâ€" misos to be large. Raspberrics < have also wintored well, and there should be a good ‘yield. ‘There is a cast acreage of these Truits here. The Joss of trees by girdling, combined with the desire for more fruit, has creatâ€" ed a great demand for nursery stock, the growers placing some large orâ€" dors. The Canadian nurseries will be taxed to isupply the demand. Liverpool â€" Chamber _ of Commerce Condemns it. oys °. London, At BRITAINX AND RUSSIA. THE CATTLE EMBARGO. THE FALL WHAEAT. "mis oud meat traue secâ€" Incorporate Chaamvber of at LiÂ¥ â€"â€" pool telegram from Sir Alfred _ Jones, ) socuâ€"mn 10 proess the t for the removal of the i1 400 wad x«A 1 ty Y Snvay cADgX F