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Russian: Catcmfmtmg and Strengthen- tion, and i in: Thti- lines in Mauehuria. sn to keepi A Tokio cal-Io: Reports received be liable m here from 1i.ar.riuiria indicate that the law." Russians cumin-a!" concentrating their The aim hoops and strcttpthettiug the Changtun- the diet-mi Kiri. line. Gen, Madmdoff‘s force con- was finally he! in tom-h with the extreme Jatwr- A large der C. left. Skirmishes are frequent and emment at day. strongly suppum an Arulouapunest' al Eaten, diplomatic a t quarter of a col Foreign Sewn had initiated Chamberlain l defensive rm! an ilk SITE A Lott, prridipg Unionists. 1 eign Secret lination h spirit as y might raw Chamberlain “Punks It One of the t eat Diplomats Achievements, treaty had iting the which was "The fun to go the g naval row-x haps---iuflic ttae-tnt "It wo that the power to tight am! "Well. Lberal i "We may l iestsensky. , Keep out In south of For happen." Admiral Sir John Colon raid would seem to hr the anuncw to keep the Russians in sight, but take action until they have got tl near as they In") go into Japanese waters. . A New York report: A Landau der patch to the Worm says: ttear-Admiral Unylea, a distinguish/d naval strategy. and expert, writes in the London Daily Telegraph. "We may expert thut the whole passage- uf the Russian flevt to the north through the China Yea, will be marked by cvntinual harassing by tor tf,', boats, “hose supreme object will be o wear down the Russian flovt. ship by ship, and when the supn-mr moment arrives for action between tho battle neets, If such an m ant vwr does take place, Admiral Toao s sup-prim“) may be even greater than it? m-v-wnt. Togo Will Harms: the Russian Fleet Before He Attacks. A New York repodt: A St. Petersburg despatch to the limes says that a des- patch mired there stating that Admiral Itojetstvensky's fleet is not disunited, evokes the greatest sensation at the Ad. rninlty, where the earlier re rts that, the battleships tt"rtt 1l','aerratlT'irrh the cruisers canned anxiety. It in thought probable at St. Peters, burg that Rojestvensky will coal in the Duteh territorial waters of Northern Su. mntra and that he will await Admiral Nebogatotf, who is due in about ten days, l but who may perlmps be delayed by heavy weather. The spirit animating Ro, , jestvensk’s offir-vrs and men :s worthy) of the greatest admiration. A letteri from an officer of the battleship Kniaz i Sun'arolf says: i "We are all resolved to sacrifice our- l when for the Hthorlamt. We are (10-! ("mined to die. There will be no turn- ing back." i Vt Russian Officers and Men Ready to Die for the Fatherland. A despatrh to Lloyds from sintyspore to-dny.praetieally confirms the Associ- ated Press first information itgnrding the composition of the Russian squadron which puss-d there April 8. Lloyds', agent up it was composed of seven battle- ships. two armored cruisers, five unar- nored cruising, three converted cruisers, Devon torpedo-boat destroyers. l7 steam- ers and hospital ships and a tug. " I Lyndon fable: No confirmation h. yet been received in London of the upon from Batavia, Java, of a naval hub off the Anamhn Islands, turd as there is no cable connection with these Islands It is difficult to Ice how Bat.avia eon” lave gut such news before Sing-a. pore. REPORT 'rllikT FLEETS . HAVE (ilMilI BATTLE. Chamberlain Says Anglo-Jap Alliance Would Secure Peace in the far East. tire tinit Togo Will Try to Torpedo Russian Ships Before Attacking Them. Russian fleet Undivided and Ofticers and Men Ready to Die for f atherland. SKIRMISHIEZG FREQUENT h ANGLC-IAP AN EXPERT OPINION. FLEET NOT DIVIDED. ALL! eat M n Ti:" Min-neon session was devoted to {Le 1lisrmiion of the amendment, which was finally pasted by a unanimous vote. A large deputation will wait on the Gov- ...-....° ....- ,tilrvestion l icipal act to public. road. , shall be kept lion. and in so to keep in ', be liable to a "mtreut A Singapore cable: The Russian fleet “as in latitude 8 degrees north, longi- tude 1138 degrees 5 minutes east at noon April 11. The Peninsular and Oriental :u-zxmer Nubia, which has arrived here, reports having passed no less than forty. Hm vessels there. They were steering mull northeast at a speed of eight or H": knots. The position of the fleet was then obout MO miles northeastward of the Nv.v.tiiua Islands (which lie between the Malay peninsula and the West coast of Ifurhcol. and more than 200 miles south. .v.-:-t of Cape M. Jarnuesr. This course bulimic: that the fleet was not gning 2') Saigon. French Cochin China. _ .thzlmwe __ Fire battlorhips, of 60.800 rum. nml eight armored cruisers of 73,, “so; tons. Thvir principal guns coma-t of 20 12-inch, l IO-inch and 30 8-inch. Prime Minister Katsura and Gem-m! Tvrauchi. Minister of War. held an m:- portant corc'prtmoe to-day with the chiefs of strrvpal departments. the strength of the respective 'dit follows.. Russian --7 Seven battleships Mull of 87.344 tons, and two uruisors. H.724 tons. Their gum Colhist of 24 12-inch. 4 10-1 s 3-inch. Cuni T ". mm. \pril Ir-The first sucsaion i ran» Wvstvrn Ontario Good Roads As- ociatiou annual convention was held in he York County Council Chambers yes- vrlay afternoon. About one hundred lolcgnlox composed largely of municipal 'ounrillor<. were present. Mr. James iraham. President of the association, penned the convention with a. concise rlrlress. in which he described the gen- ral intelligence and awakening interest in the sulvject of good roads now appar- nt throughout the Province. He called pccial attention to the efforts of the El. in Municipal Association in advocat- 'ng amendments to the municipal act, rhich would protect the municipalities gainst leading to a large outlay for mirage-a and court costs. Mr. K. W. McKay, of St. Thomas, Eitor of the Municipal World, read a wet on the "Civil liability of municipal miporatiorvi for damages caused by acci- .-:x:~ on tho highway." The Elgin Muni- ipcl Irsot0tirm asked the Good fund: wu-irtinn to oasist them in re- moving this civil liability by amending nlr-v,trrrn 1 of section cm of the mum Ayal an to read as follows: “Even? mm! of the Jul recently rem-“ml the stl'cnuth of Japcucse Fleet Outunks Russian in Guns Mao. A Toki, Pablo: All the heavy arma- mvnt uf the Jupam-se battleships wan .-._....‘A'.. 7,77 I .. . - is supporting now he nPttt' l Inlivnsfock during the mining month. Alma“. any time now may como rum-s of the arrival of General Ku- wamuraU army before the city. tt is rm}! known that Oyama is making a flank umvcment in force toward Kirin and to tho eastward thereof. This force .. '"i""'. \olll ""l"" during the coming three or before the sun ivor, of firet run 'er'. there, a g have but: scored. The Japanese heliove Vlpelivo,,tiwk during l A Wumirin,eton report: Field-3lars.hal iosanva plans to capture Vladivostock she-fore the Hm~inn fleet, or any part of iit, can reach that port. This inmrmu- ition has been received here thrungh itruitworthy channels. For the Japan- (-30 the capture of Tladivostoek would 'lw . trump card. The thawing of the soil and the muddiness of the roads isa factor now working heavily against thvm. But if they succeed they will have cheekmated a possible h'ussian move --~- the assemblage of a part ot), their fleets at this strong base, and sub. sequent harassment of Japanese ship' ping and raids on transports. in laying out their strategy the Jdp- :mesc hate tried to foresee all possmle contingencies. Among these is the chance that Itojcsh‘cusky may be ull, will: " part of his, fleet to escape {logo's ships and make hi, way to 1nadivostock. Ewn if tlwr" should be a pitched battle 1rv'cwceu tho squadrons and the Japan- MP Wt'rt' rlr'iitedly th" rictors in the un- uugenu-x... " "onsiitwahie number of lim- sian ships might muke their way to the naval lump. oml. by ttrengthening tho iirfoncr- there. make it a much hard,; nut to "rack afterward. lf the land farm-s cf Japan can capture vladivo,itrwL. I! It is reported that the Russians have l armed the convicts of the Island of Sak- i.halitn, promising money and frvtsmtttt in those fighting bravely. This. It ts i'tuided. brings the garrison of Sakhalin [JP to a total of 3.000 men. It. is [doubtwL however, that Russia will .xt- ltempt to hold the Inland. "1:ng and eourt costs. Mr. K. W. McKay, of St. Thomas, itor cf the Municipal World, read a per on the "Civil liability of municipal lymntinth far damages caused by acci- tits nu tho highway." Thi, Elgin Muni- ..-.; Irsot0tirm asked the Good titrtc u-u-irtinn to n=siit them in re- oving this civil liability by amending baa-tum 1 " section cm of the mum pnl an to read as follows: "Every Mic mall. street. bridge _1nd highway, lic rca4. utrtwt. bridge and highway, J! Le kept in repair by' the comet:- n. and in default of the corporation to keep in repair. the corporation shall liable to any punishment provided by may possibly develop into an ment. TOO MANY DAMAGE SUITS iralities Want Their Liability Defined. GREATER IN T0NNAGE, n'ting Kawnmura. who should m-ar the city. nseored. .. I it :Ipxmosc heliove they can tat Russian Fleet Sighted. ll Sew-n hattlnships with R 4 tons, and two armorcd 12mg three or four weeks an ivorq of Rojeuvensk.y's More, a great point will m. to-day. m capture Vladivoiwk ls. Their principal 2-inch. 4 IO-meh, and It is ostimatéd that girl-him of Sakhalin 3.000 men. It. is that Russia will .xt- “on is- engugt, AWoman and Her Daughter foully Murdered by Some Unknown Man. Butchered With an Axe and Their Naked Bodies Bid Under the Floor. 's"""""'""""""""""--- ' ' I n O A Penetanguishene, Ont., report:-A double murder has been c . t i in Penetanguishene. A woman and her daughter were horn); ommitted t t and their bodies thrown into a hole under the floor of they;1 murdered t bodies being deprived of every article of clothing. The culprits Zia. both ing a poor attenipt at cleaning the floor, left the “c with ' Shier mak. g crime had been committed and the soiled clothes on the floor te, the McLaughlin has charge of the cue. Coroner Wa1trridge of M. Onstable t take up the investigation. ' idland, Will . O thv regular business of the (bum-H lwingf '1 by following affirms were 'alerted--. m-pondod for a time. 3 [fl-'"dent. Eduard Gurney, Toronto; (‘hurlne mack. humane affirm: on by; Vituivriident, C. O'Reilly. M. Ir.. 'ror- half of tho society. spoke of its purpom , outo: George orrno. Ottawa: B. W. Rote of n-mguizing aets of bravery. Sinm- ity, ! “WWW Kingston; Adam Beck, M. P. P., urgmlimtiuu eleven yours ago it had; London; J. Billings. Hamilton: H. Mal. given upward, of 400 awards. A easeleolmson. Chatham; sr'trretar.v-'rreasttrer, that oceurred in Chippewa last Septom- Q J Ferguson. M. A.. M. D.. Toronto. Com. her had been oalled to his attentioniIty1tee: M. 0’('onnor. Toronto; Robert about a month ago. He had votmtruni-,iNilttrot. St. Catharines: J. H. Strat. cated with the governor of the main-t\'.!fonl. Ilrantford,. J. L. Chabot, Ottawa; and they had concluded to award the James MoLnuohliu. 0an Sound: T. L. testimonial to Miss Cameron. The "ir. Ronny. Sarnia; Robert Melvin. Guam»; cumstances were that us they wen- com- T. Coehrane. Sudbur)‘. ' HORRIBLE DOUBLE MURDER AT IEl)ifTM(iijNiE)E. Miss Annie Cameron Receives Testimon- ial for Saving Boy's Life. A Niagara Falls. Ont. report: The honorary tertimonial of the Royal Cana. dian lhnnano Smarty was presented to hlirs, Annie Canwvon on Monday night hy Mayor Phemister. The mnxllnny tank place in the City Council "lmmlrer, the regular business of the (foam-ii being nmwndod for a time. The tests are made by washing the stains with a saline solution. and the washings are reserved. After the wash- ing him been completed a few drops of serum formed by the admixture of hu. man blood with that of some animal are added. and the mixture is then set aside in a warm place for twenty-four hours. " the mixture, after that period has olapuod assumes a cloudy appearance. or there is preeipitation at the bottom of the test tube. the stain: are actually human blood, Dr. de Lisle declared. Bridgeport. Conn.. April Ir.-- Dr. Justin de Lisle, of New York City, ex- plained to the int-tubers of the Fair. field County Medical Society, at, its 13th annual meeting in the Atlantic Hotel to-day, the facts of a newly dis. covered test for determining absolutely whether or not hloodstttines on gar- ments, wood, hatehets or on other things are human or animal stains. New Yorker Announces Important Dis- covery to Medical Society. Hon. Nelson Monteith. in a short address, oxpressed his sympathy with the members of the assoointion in their work and hoped they would take vigorous. ac- tion in improving the rural roads and in bvautiiyin,ur the country. M. II. W. Cook. of Ilailon County ask- ed that the time be extended to' one year in which County Councils may take ad- vantage of the privileges of securing Government a~sistance in permanent road improvement. The evening session was given over to the Cimmittee on Resolutions. which discussed amendments for the municipal, assessment and ditches and watercourses acts. NEW HUMAN BLOOD TEST. BRAVE YOUNG LADY. COUNT VON BUELOW, German Chancellor. 'tro ARCHIVE TORONTO The mun“ confessed to the nu ing of his wife and step-dunghter. Dr." 1vallhridge. coroner. ha: arrived and has made arrangements for opening an inquest at 3 pm, to-day. Young Dex-- roehes says his mother was murdered first, being him-d on one side of the stove. and his sister on the other side. The latter. he says, was murdered when she came from churrh, and still had her prayer book and prayer beads in her hand. Desmch'es went to a neighbor”; house for breakfast this morning stat. ing he had had a row at home, and did not are to go back. He “tenant told Constable McLaughlin that he had his brgkfut at home. l l AIUI' mm!- diwussion it Mus decided no ark tho (:mrmmom to Hulk“ R istraight grant to the hospitals coming [nithin the "mining of the not of 25 ieents R day for '"ery patient of the ivlnss for “has? aid the money is vat-rd. f'l'hi~, of Minna would mean a growth iin the grant proportionate to the in- iurmso of patients. The reports prownteJ showed that the hospitals rvprerumtvd by the association had 39,223 patients, against 215.912 m 1903. Their total revenue for 1904 was $844,881 and their expt-ndi ture $841.. 820. The average cast per day per tra- tient was 80 eenta. The Government apropriation of $110000 divided among all the public hospitals just amounted to seventeen cents a day toward the mist of patients eligible for its aplieu- tion. In 1902 this grant was 16 per cent.. and last your it only amounted to 13 per cent. of the con per patient. bevause, while the numlwr of hospitals and paw tionts steadily increases the total grant; remains at Ibo unm- amount. l Toronto. April 17.--TUre was a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Ontario Hospital Ansoeiation hold at the Parliament buildings yesterday. Cies President Dr. "'Roilly, Toronto, in the chair. ‘ing from school a child, who met her on the bridge asked if she would like to see a little boy drown. Looking over the bridge she saw a four-year-old boy, war ter Fisher. in about ten feet of water. She climbed down on the piles, reached for and grasped the child and handed; him up to Mr. Gray. She retained her nerve until she had climbed bark on the bridge. then became a little giddy. He read a letter from Adam Brown. presi- dent of the society. aceotupatt.ving the testimonial, mentioning Miss Cameron's father as an old acquaintance. no doubt proud to be the. father of sueh a girl, and conveying his ctsngra1ottions to the young heroine. The Present Government Aid it Too Small. HOSPITALS WANT MONEY. , killed on one side of th; his sister on the other side. he says, was murdered when ..A L, . - V ha: arrived for opening Young De," n; murdered a The than". including still-births. num- bered fP,gthf, I proportion of 184 pa I The tliirty-fourth annual report of the Itegisttarafenertn oi the Province of Un. tario gives "way intereiting details re- gaming births, marriages and deaths for the year ending December 3l. 1903. The estimated population was 2,198,- 092. and the number of births, including null-births. 48,742. Of this 25,071 were male and 23.67l female, a rate of 22.1 per thousand of the population, which was less than the rate of all European countries, according to the returns at 1890. the latest available. with the ex. ception of France. in which country it was 21.9. This rate. the report says. is unsatisfactory, and indicated that Int- ural conditions are being interfered with. Nipiasing County has the highest birth rate per 1,000, vir... 49.3, and Prince ':Falward the lowest, 14.6. There was a marked falling off in York County, where the increase was 505 in 1902 and GI in 1903. The number of twin births was 492. or 31 less than in 1902, while four triplets were registered. the same as in Mm. The number of infants born out of wedlock was 782. or lc, per 1,000 births. compared to 39 in England and Wales in 1902. and 62.8 out of each 1,000 births in Scotland in that year. Increase in Inmate; l The marriages registered numbered, 19,830, or 9.0 per 1,000 of the population, I an increase of 1,842 over the pmding year. The lowest marriage rate was in Rainy River District, 5.5. and the high- est in Essex County. 28.3. The Inttar figure is an abnormal one. Ontario',, marriage rate is wandered satisfactory. 1..-- _-._.- AL . - Albany, N. Y., April l'i'.-Asssembl.w man Tompkins' hilt to prevent the emaiculation of the National Anthem was passed by the Assembly yesterday, and if it receives the approval of the Senate and Governor public school books must contain The Star-Spangled Banner according: to Franck Scott Key, and not according to Superintendent, Maxwell. The bill " 1iireetod against the eurrieu. lum of New York's city schools. which (used a version in which interpolated lines arc substituted for original verses. In the text book this stanza of tho original song is left out.: And where is that band. who so vaunt ingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hircling and slave l From the terrors of flights or the gloom of the grave. “This stanza.” Prof. Tompkins said, “was out out by Superintendent Max. well. who is an Englishman. The lines omitted were offensive to the English. and many patriotic citizens throughout the State demand that the anthem‘ shall not be mutilated." Latest Record is Reported u Very On satisfactory. Star-Spangled Banner Must Be Retained in All Ite Purity. U. S. and Canadian Waters. Washington, April 17.--Among the wwral questions now pending betweon London and Washington regarding Can. win. one of the most important affects the interpretation of the River and Harbor Act of I902, providing for an American-Canadian commission to inverr tigate and report on the problems of water lever. water supply and naviga- tion of the waters adjacent to the boun- dary line. including all lakes and river: whore natural outlet is by the St. Law- n-ucc River. Some qucstion has arisen in: to the scope of the commission of aux, which has already been appointed, the t OOWWWWOOHHWWOOOQ o" Wants the United States to Revise its Immigration Laws and Get Better Citizens. Commander cam-tucker tens ttcw the Salvation Army is to Relieve} Congested Britain. To Investigate Pcoblems of Water Level, Navigation, Etc., Between Canada and the States. 'iiiiii; (ll? Inwsms or "lilillI6lilhl)i'fS comma. ONTARIO BIRTHS TOO FEW, HURROO FOR TOMPKINS! The Death Rite. pe red numbered the population, , the preceding ge rate was in and the high- 3. The latter ,5 ‘ ‘w .491; n me [ii69j. . " 'ritig, if: "ut,i?l':i%NMB A' . ,) 517; w. ' , at: “a; There " no falling off in th, I' I..l 3113' of 'settlers' effects uniting: In-rv-A s:"", _r ready the number of Pars- " "lurr-t ':" to the total for last your. 'lh,. z: _ " pleeing feature is the numhvr “Mr .40 eomlqr full: eaatertt Ctutada and :M eaatem am: where the mun-H.011! 1- Oll'etdhg wit u hm. Today thirty Ttritietr, “My srtl',lti,Ti.d2 and Mm BelgHsi WI on the Bavarian are a“. in! “may there will be - m, '50 an: over on the II. but. require the help of ninety new-comers in seeding. haying vesting this year. Such is 1 of J. J. Golden, Government tion agent. Last year fifty were needed. Winnipeg April "Quin the. help Manitohn Needs known to exist in the linimd Kira the Chillingham herd. belonging 2. Earl of Tnnkervilk; the Hnmilton “hazing to the Duke of Hannibal the Vnynol herd, in Wales. Between 1884 and 1895 an inmm forty-three took place. but in km: orculosia broke out Among the hrrd at the present. time the cattle nit fewer than I. dozm. The introi: of fresh blood ix considered mum. and to “we the herd from 0an by this means is the Duke of “4-H 'um. Duke of Belted to Preserve the " dent Rock. New York, April 17.--The Herald pub linhes the following cable from London The Duke of Bedford has created great satisfaction among agriculturistn. and particularly than: who take intrtist in the preservation of old typex of lil‘llnll cattle,b purchasing the famous Wham. ley herJ'of wild cattle in Staffnrulalnru which dates back to the time of Henry rr., when some of the wild enttle maul ing in the forest of Nedward Itttt driven into ('hnrtley Castle Park Tho fate of the herd he: been a maltvi Fw uncertainty for a considerable limr -t" it has been feared it was dyrncr of The number of the herd has \nnml t't t; Aiderablf m the last hundred .H-arm In the ear y part of last century it u..~ composed of nearly seventy cattle In --'""-W"i"" u: nut-”J '"'""9 CELIA". 1851 the' number wu forty-eight twenty-six yous later had LN: twenty. 1900. There woro- 125 deaths from accidvnts 20.1 per ant, happened before the fifth year of life, and 6,700, or 22.5 per cent. of the total, occurred in the first year of life. Ontario’s infant mortalit was thus lil per Moo births; that of" Eng- land and Wales, for 1902 was 133. The months of June and September were the healthiest of the year. While the deaths from enterie fever showed but little ehange over those of the preceding: yum. the infection was general, not a my having been free from its hanet‘ul huh. enee. The mortality from this dim-aw was greater in rural districts than also where. The. deaths from tahereulosis in 1903 Were 2.723, and in Mt02, 2,691. Sim.» 1870 returns and estimates show this, dis ease responsible for about 90,000 death~ The maximum of dtaths was 3.484 in 1,000 of the reporting population, slight ly in excess of 1902, but lower by 0.2 P" cent. than in 1001. The rate for 1903 was, however, the highest recorded with the exception of I900, when it val 16.0 per cent. Of the total deaths, 8,034, or Three other herds of won: Fan mm THOUSAND BUYS WILD CATTLE HERD I " Army of Laborer. This Year. fail” 'ytidden reported, 1,241 Mnniu " herd Pl In Ild (ll ll