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»â€" A despatch from London says: The British army possesses the best sReroplane in the world, and has perfected a type of !lyin_g machine Typ: of Flying Machine Far Superior to Any in Posâ€" p~ session of Any Other Big Nation BRITISH ARMY‘S AIRSHIPS ${ ORM SWEEPS ONTARIO Wires Down, Buildings Unroofed, and Many Narrow Escapes From Injury. n# i AEECA | my &« EPLILOHHK ©â€" ulafthy atmene mutue * corme s canke ecmrece â€"Prk EMA oat and lungs 1 1) Viles an Hour Tore O Reo M angs of these public os were kept on the mc lake, and even the into billows by th‘Q sh of the wind. On as with extreme difâ€" lestrians could make n Hamilton after its € It t« » UD¢ ere s colds, and heals « Wrecked. t1 : lifted off in eity. â€" Trees vnings were ts. Windows _ were torn Telephone re broken in nd the emerâ€" hing of the il gale. From hour in the »lew through c and sufferâ€" s difficult to city ty t & extent, »affected atry, I Many t rdon. Il consla in says and out mage to 4 D rep« | my sonâ€"inâ€"law ?" Buitorâ€"**Well, \I‘m not exactly keen on that, but ind heals | ** I want to marry your daughter 28 cents.‘ 1 suppose I shall have to take the >onserâ€" In the before sprang llowed says : xperiâ€" f{ the n graph d says : tricts from High me‘s itin a m t 11 up n# M mâ€" ut ty n t« m 18 | of an alleged plot by malcontents in the Palace Guard to assassinate President Huerta. Not far from the discovery of this plot came the announcement that the city authoriâ€" ties at Monterey had agreed to surâ€" render that city to Governor Carâ€" ransas, leader of the "Independenâ€" cia‘‘ party of the north, whose |forees are now said to be marching \ south. _ Three members of the ‘Guard who protested their innoâ€" ‘cence, were arrested and taken to | prison, where soon afterwards, it | was reported, they. had been killed l "while trying to escape."‘ | â€" Rich Bankerâ€"*"So you want to be gre owing to interruptions in the telephone service, it is understood that several barns have been blown down and much damage caused to other proporty. Throughout the town considerable damage has reâ€" sulted. A despatch from St. Catharines says: Damage to the extent of sevâ€" eral thousand dollars was caused here on Friday by a violent windâ€" storm. Telegraph and telephone poles were blown down, seriously interrupting communication _ and putting the lines out of commission entirely. The roof of the Garden City Paper Mill and those of sevâ€" eral smaller buildings were blown off, chimneys were removed, and havoe worked in several orchards. The big cross on the steeple of St. Catharines Roman Catholic Church was also brought down. A despatch from Owen Sound says: Wind, which at times atâ€" tained a velocity of over 80 miles an hour, stripped the roofs from many buildings, smashed plateâ€"glass winâ€" dows, upset chimneys, and created havoe generaly here on Friday, causing damage to the extent of several thousand dollars. Though bricks and heavy pieces of wood were being constantly blown to the streets no one was injured. A despatch from â€" Mexico City says: Mexico (City is seething with excitement through the discovery their speed to 40 miles an hour. An army biplane recently had passed all the tests at an average speed of 91‘4 miles an hour. Col. Beely said the British army would have 148 aeroplanes by next May. He claimâ€" od tKat (ireat Britain had deliberâ€" ately rejected large airships as beâ€" ing usgeless for her put ge.\' T%; War ‘l‘)’epart}méfii 'w{s lfi:'o‘t ng : attention To aemall dirigibles which could be picked up and sent abroad with expeditionary. forces. _ The Recretary for War said that the mechanical problem of repelling atâ€" tacks on air craft had been solved by experiments carried out by the army service, of cutworm in Southern Alberta. A new variety of this pest destroyed from 30,000 to 40,000 acres of grain in Southern Alberta last year, beâ€" sides doing serious damage to garâ€" den and root crops. Mr. Strickland enters the service of the Departâ€" ment of Agriculture as a permanent wfficial and . will go West next month. He is a man of much disâ€" tinction in his line and lately reâ€" fused an offer of the position of (CGlovernment Entomologist in Ceyâ€" To Invasstigate Outbreak of Cutâ€" woerm in Southern Alberta,. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Government has secured the services of E. H. Strickland, an English entomologist, to condust an investigation into an outhreak Discovery of an Alleged Plot to Assassinate Him. Private Secretary to the King, who will soon retire. n ENGLISH ENTOMOLOGIST. PRESIDENTCOF MEXICO. Damage Will Be Heavry. Blew Cress Down. LORD KNOLLY®S. Resigned on â€" Wednesday After Twenty Years‘ Service. A d;;?noch h;'om Parl;'u eays : Jouis Lepine, the popular pre fect of Part pollcs has Teoigh. ed office aiter twenty years‘ serâ€" vice, interrupted only by an abâ€" sence ofetwe years, when he sorved as Governorâ€"General of Algeria from 1897 to 1899. M. Lepine is 67 years of age. He sorved through the Francoâ€"German War in 1870 as a sergeantâ€"major in the fortress of Belfort. VUECC Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, 97 1â€"2¢, on track, Bay ports; No. 2 at Y5¢; No. $ at 921â€"2¢, Bay ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white and red Whefl:é. 95 to 44c, outside, and sprouted, 75 to C Oats â€"Ontario oats, 33 to 34¢, outside, and at 37c, on track, ‘Woronto. Western Canâ€" ada oate, 401â€"%e for No. 2 and ose for No. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€"»i to $1.05, outside. Bariey â€"bortyâ€"eightâ€"io. barley of good quality, 52 to a3c, outside. Feed, 49 to 50c. _ Vornâ€"No. $ American corn, 36 1â€"%¢, all FAL. ;-%}-iéf:\'ew-laid, 2¢ per dozen, in case Ots. vheeseâ€"141%¢ for large, and 14340 for twing. Beansâ€"Handâ€"picked, $260 per bushel; primes, $4.%0, in a jobbing way. Houeyâ€"bxtracted, in tius, 1212 to 13¢ per lb. for No. 1, wholesaie; combs, $2.50 to #) per dozen for mo. 1 and $4.40 ior rouitryâ€"Chickens, 18 to 20c per lb.; fowl 13 to l4¢c; ducks, 1/ to 19 per Ib.; geese, 17 to 1%¢; turkeys, 20 to fic. Live poultry, about ic lower than the above. Fotatocsâ€"Good Untario stock, 65¢ per bag, on track, and Delawares at 7o¢ per bag, on Lrack. Bzrconâ€"Long clear, 1413 to 1434c per lb., in case iots. Porkâ€"Bhort cut, $20 to $27; do., mess, $21.90 to $22. Hamsâ€"Mediâ€" uim to light, 18 to 181â€"4¢c; heavy, 161â€"4 to 17¢; rolis, lo1â€"%¢; breakrast bacou, 1} to yile; backs, 2c. Laraâ€"1ierces, 1414¢; tubs, 141â€"%¢; pails, 14 Baled Hay and Straw. Baled Hayâ€"No. 1 at $11.7o to $12.00, on traek, Toronto; No. %, $10.50 to $11. Mixed hay is quowed at §$2.00 to $10. baled btrawâ€"$8.50 to $9, on track, Toâ€" Laled it routo. Montreal Markets. Montreal, March 25.â€"Corn â€"â€" No. 2 yellow, 601â€"2. Oate Western, No. 2, 4112 to 4%¢; Western, No. 3, 40 to 401â€"%¢; e feed, 401â€"2 to 4le; No. 2 local Montreal, March 25.â€"Corn â€"â€" American No. 2 yellow, 60 12. Oateâ€"Canadian Western, No. 2, 4112 to 4%¢; Canadian Western, No. 5, 40 to 4012%¢; extra No. 1 feed, 401â€"2 to 4le; No. 2 local white, 38¢; No. 3 local white, 37¢; No. 4 local white, 36c. Barleyâ€"Man. feed, 51 to $3¢; malting, 13 to 7%¢. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 56 to 58c. Flourâ€"Man. spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.40; seconds, $4.90; strong bakers‘, $4.70; Winter patents, choice, $5.25; straight rolâ€" lers, $4.85 to $4.90; straight rollers, bags, $2.20 io §$2.35. Rolled oats, barrels, $4.55; bags, 90 lbs., $2.05. Bran, $20. shorte, $22. Middlings, 25. Mouillie, $50 to $50. Hay, No. 2. per ton, car lots, $11.50 to $12.50. Cheese, finest westerns, lic; finest eastâ€" erne, 1214 to 12%4c. Butter, choicest creamery. 201â€"2 to 30c; seconds, 25 to ffc. Eggs, fresh, 2 to 2¢; selecied, 18 to 20¢; No. 1 stock, 16 to 17¢; No. 2 stock, 14 to z;«.&l’otawes, per bag, car lots, 85 to 14. Minneapoli¢, March 25.â€"Closeâ€"Wheatâ€" May 85¢; July §714c; September, 6778 to 88c. Cashâ€"No. 1 hbard, 8§1â€"2¢; No. 1 Northern, 831â€"2 to 85¢; No. 2 Northern, 8114 to §234e. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 47¢. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 34 to 291â€"4c. Ryeâ€" No. % 53 to 55¢c. Bran, $1650 to $17.00, Flour prices unchanged. Duluth, March 2%.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, M47â€"8 to §853â€"8e; No. 1 Northern, 8378 to 84 38&¢; May, 857â€"8¢ bid; July, 8736c bid; Beptember, 88¢ bid. Toronto, March %.â€"Cattleâ€"Choice butchâ€" er, $6.50 to $6.80; good medium, #).50 to $5.15; commou, § to $5.25; cows, $4.75 to $550; bulls, $3 to $5.25; cannere, $2 to $2. 56, $1.25 to $3.75. Calvesâ€"Good veal, $8 to $9.25; common, $3 to $3.25. Stockers and Was a Recently Launched German Airship. A despaich from Karlsruhe, Gerâ€" many, says: Another German miliâ€" tary dirigible of the rigid Zeppelin type was destroyed near here on Wednesday. It was the recently launched airship intended as a substitute for the antiquated Z 1. The dirigible broke in two while landing during a storm on the aviaâ€" tion ground. A detachment of solâ€" diers was holding the balloon down, but could keep only the rear end on the ground, and the strong wind buffeted the disigibi~ about in such a manner that she broke in halves. kING GEORGE 1. OF GREECE. Who was assassinated at Salonika Breadstuffs. Toronto, March 2%.â€"Flourâ€"90 per cent. patents,. $365 to $3.9, Montreal or ‘Toâ€" ronto freights. Manitobasâ€"Kirst patente, in jute bags, $5.20; second patents, in jute bags, $4.90; strong bakers‘, in jute bags, $4.00. Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 60 to 62%¢, outside. buckwheatâ€"No. 2 at 62 to d%c, outside. Branâ€"Manitoba bran, $20 to $20..0, in baws, Toronto freight. . Bhorts, $44 o Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. Feedersâ€"Steers, 700 to 1,000 pounds, $2.â€" 75 to $4.2%; yearlings, $3.10 to $3.50. Milkâ€" ers and Springersâ€"From $50 to $72. Sheep and Lambsâ€"Light ewes, $6 to $7.25; heavy, #5 to $6; lambs, $8.2%5 to $10; bucks, $4.50 to #6. Hog)n â€"§9.60 to $9.65, fed and watered, and $9.20 to $9.50 f.0.b. _ Montreal, March 2%5.â€"There wore no exâ€" tra steers on the Market, and trade was dull at about the former rates, qualit considered. Prime beeves, 634 to 7; medY- um, 5 to 61â€"2; common, 334 to 5. Cows, 855 to $70. Bheep, 5 to 51â€"2; lambs, 714 to 71â€"2; spring lambs, $6 to $8 each. Hogs, 1014 to 10 1â€"2. PRIGES OF FARM PROOUGTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADINC TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Butterâ€"Dairy prints, choice, 25 to 26¢; o., tubs, 23 io M¢; inferior, 26 to H1¢; reamery, 31 to 3e tor rolis, and Z6 for DIRIGIRLE BROKE IX TWO. HEAD OF PARIS POLICE. United States Markets. Live Stock Markets. Country Produce. Frovwisions able to bring about a certain amount of agreement. On the face of it it looks as though his findings lean toward the side of the working men. Cardening Days. Sir William will now have more freeâ€" dom than for some time to devote to his flowers and his gardening, which is the chief hobby of his life. There is probably no man in the Province who has a greatâ€" er lovo for flowers, and his home ,which stands above the Rosedale ravine, ie every summer a real living home of flower life. e hae made gardening a healthâ€"giving relaxation from a strenuous life. ‘The arâ€" rangement of his grounds and flower beds is particularly pleasing. Nor is Sir Wilâ€" liam one of those gardeners who likes to let other people do the work. Like Gladâ€" stone, who sought mental relief by cutâ€" ting down trees on his farm at Hawarden, Sir William always delighte in the actual labor of his own hands. The Mystery Block. Toronto‘s "mystery block" still remains a mystery. Rumors have recently been revived that the Canadian Northern Railâ€" way is the owner, but these have been denied. Of the names mentioned in conâ€" nection with the property only from the T. Eaton Company has there been no denial, ard the impression still stands that this firm proposes, sooner or later, to move from its present location to the site bounded by Carlton, Youge, Church and Alexander. As this would mean a tremendous dislocation of business on Yonge Et., there is the keenest interest in what will happen. e The statement has been made by a man supposed to know that the mystery will be cleared up before the end of the month of May. If this is the caso there will be fresh sctivity in Toronto real estate. Nothing more â€" spectacular than . the mystery block has been heard of in real estate records in this country. The enâ€" tire block, consisting of hundreds of small parcels of property, was bought up by agents of a real estate firm within a few weeks. That was two years ago, and who the real estate firm acted for is as much a mystery as it was then. The deal,. of course, involved â€" millions. Meanwhile, Eaton‘s continue to make improvements in their present premises. Friedmann Was Pleased. The Easter Seasonâ€"Workmen‘s Compensaâ€" tionâ€"Who Owns the Block?â€"Friedâ€" mann in Toronto. Easter, the greatest Church date in the entire year, seems to be losing in the city something of the epirit of olden times. This is merel{ to say that with the inâ€" crezse of wealth and population, worldliâ€" ness is on the increase. Literally thouâ€" sands of citizens make it a point of being away from home at Easter. The number of those who spend the entire winter in wouthern climes is on _ the increase. The Mediterranean or the West Indics are fayâ€" orite trips, while this season for the first time Panama has been coming in for its share of business. The winter tourâ€" ists do not return until Spring is well adâ€" vanced and the Easter season sees an exodus to the near south, which is mountâ€" ing to very large proportions. Atlantic City is a favorite resort and Easter Sunâ€" day saw hundreds of Torontonians on the promenade there, far away from church or other home duties. s TORONTO CORRESPONDENCGE ists do n« vanced |@ exodus to ing to v City is a day saw Sir William‘s Diplomacy. Sir William Meredith, who for the past two years has been investigating the Workmen‘s Compensation with a view to recommending _ legislation, has proved himeelf a disylnmat of the first degree by the report which he has just presented to the Legislature. One of the chief causes of contention in connection with the Act will be as to what classes of citizens should be exempt. Sir William received much evidence on this point. For example, there is no doubt that there will be great opposition in farming communities to any enactment which will make employers liable for injuries @ustained by their help. In the same way storeâ€"keepers emâ€" ployine perhaps only one clerk, in many cases where the chances of injury are of the slightest dogree, will object vigorously at any taxation which might be imposed for the purpose of Workmen‘s Compeneaâ€" tion. Sir William has neatly sideâ€"stepped this entire controversy. He has done so by leaving the whole question of what classes wre to be exempt to the discretion of the Legislature. Hie Act as framed applies universally, and if it went into force as it is, would apply to every employer of labor in the Province. As it is generally recognized that there must be some exâ€" emption, the whole question of what these exemptions sh«ll be must be thrashed out by the members in the House. No d‘nnPt wl a l qy lt Lc aund Aadidarte As far as the controversy between the Labor Unions and the Manufacturers is concerned, Sir William seems to have been Toronto physiclans are gratified that Dr. Friedmann should have given so much attention to Toronto patients, and that he was so complimentary in his remarks concerning his operations here. He said that his local clinie was the most satisâ€" factory that he had had, this being due largely to the system of registration which prevails, and which reveals the history of each case. The pationts treatâ€" ed are, of course, being watched with the greatest anxiety, particularly by sufferers from the disease. Local physicians conâ€" tinue to be unenthusiastic, but hopeful. Dr. Friedmann was greatly impressed with the cordiality shown in Toronto and other Canadian cities, particularly when contrasted with the disposition of aloofâ€" ness which greeted him in New York. One story is to the effect that the reason of his cool reception in New York was the opposition of the drug trust, which, of course, finds one of its chief sources of profit in the medicines which it sells to tubercular patiente. _ But such a story seems too dizbolical for belief. Civic Troubles. Toronto has been having its troubles in civic financing. In round figures it takes about $10,000,000 a year to run the city, and as a great proportion of this amount As result of this situation the Treasury Department has come in for a great deal of criticism. Unfortunately, Mr. Richard T. Coady, who has been City: Treasurer for twentyâ€"five years, and to whom the city looked to sell its bonds and keep the etrong box well supplied with ready cash, has been seriously ill. It is doubtful if he will ever resume his duties, at least as actively as formerly. . Mr. Coady‘s Careeor. INTERESTING BITS OF COSSIP FROM THE QUEEN CiTY. a great number of exemptions will be asked for and the Act will be lucky if it escapes emasculation. _ R is required for capital expenditures, it means that much cash has to be raised by selling bonds and debentures,. . The market for the last year not having been good, there is on hand an accumulation of unsold bonds, with the result that the city bas been perilously close to the point of not having ready cash with which to pay current expenditures. â€"In recent woeks small bond issues have been disposed of on more or less satisfactory terms and t}dle situation has been temporarily relievâ€" ed. Mr. Coady has felt Toronto move if any man has. He has been in the city serâ€" vice for 16 years, Chief Accountant in 1877, City Treasurer in 1888 and ever since. Previous to that he was a luinber merâ€" chant. He has seen eighteen mayors come and go. He has seen the city s populaâ€" tion _ almost quadruple. lle became Treasurer just when the fabulous boom struck ‘Toronto, when in the late ‘80‘s, without reason, thousands packed their trunks and moved to the city from the country districts. This boom burst, and the next ten years was the least encouragâ€" ing in the history of the city. But in the last decade figures have been goin= ahcad in jumps, expenditures have imore than doubled, assessments and all other figures bounding ahead in similar proportiong. Mr. Coady is still the paymaster. But there are critics who think that a succesâ€" sor must soon be appointed. Before his illness it was charged that his de}mrt- ment bad not kept pace with the times, and was really in a chaotic condition. Who will succeed Mr. Coad{ is an open question,. Controller McCarthy has been showing a special interest in the Treasury Department, and it has been rumored that he: will follow the example set by Mayor Geary last year and etep from the Board of Control into a soft li egob at a salary of some $10,000 a year. ut Conâ€" troller McCarthy denies absolutely that he is a candidate or that he would accept the position if offered to him. The family remedy for Coughs snd Colds, "Bhiloh costs so little and does so much!" The remains of the late Ki George of Greece will be convey to Athens on a warship. James Raymond was sentenced at Berlin to 28 months for â€"passing worthless cheques Shil ofi During the debate on the draft Address in the P.E.I. Legislature, HMon. Charles Dalton, the island‘s millionaire "fox king,"‘ intimated that the Government intends to inâ€" troducs measures to give further protection to the black fox indusâ€" try. Sir Frederick Banbury has introâ€" duced in Parliament a bill making the. vivisection of dogs unlawfual unâ€" der any conditions. The strike of London taxicab drivers is ended. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst gained her freedom by a hungerâ€"strike. ___ _ Judge Macheth declared the Lonâ€" don township local option byâ€"law inâ€" valid, lacking twoâ€"fifths of a vote to carry. A retired clergyman in London has garnisheed the wages of a Canaâ€" dian Pacific Railway brakeman, whose home is in London, to collect his fee for marrying him. ; Hon. J. D. Hazen, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, has gone to Washington to confer with the new Democratic Administration regardâ€" ing ratification of a treaty over fisherics in boundary waters. Canada, the Empirs and the World in Gencral Belore Your Evez, Canada. The T., H. and B. will double track about 16 miles west of Welâ€" land. Kingston harbor was cleared of ice by the wind on Friday, the earliâ€" est opening in twenty years. After being out three hours the jury in the Love murder trial at Owen Sound on Friday returned a verdict of guilty. A six thousand egg incubator just opened in Morrisburg marks a forâ€" ward movement in the development of the egg and poultry business in Eastern Ontario. J. C. Hill & Sons, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, have been awarded the Colorado $1,000 trophy for the best bushel of oats shown at the National Corn Exposition held at Columbia, 8.C. President Bonilla of the Republic of Honduras is dead. Two Italians Killed at Woodstock, New Brunswick. A despatch from Woodstock, N. B., says: Two Italians, Angelo Spagroti and Romolo Ronald, were blown to pieces by dynamite on Wednesday. The men were workâ€" ing on the Quebec and St. John Railway â€" construction about six miles from here, and, it is thought, upset a can of dynamite into a fire over which they were thawing the explosive. THE NEWS N A PARAGRAPH The Montreal Hunt Club‘s staâ€" bles and kennels were, burned ; loss, $15,000. Wm. Astings, Toronto, and Thos Sharpe, Peterboro‘, C.P.R. tole graph linemen, were instantly kill ed by a T., H. & B. engine at Ham ilton on Wednesday. James Sherlock, a fire departâ€" ment driver for 25 years in Ingerâ€" soll, was seized with paralysis while exercising his team, and died shortâ€" ly afterwards. Dr. Friedmann treated thirtyâ€"five patients in New York, most of whom were deformed babies. General. Â¥. Barthou may form the new French Cabinet. General â€" Louis Andre, former French Minister of War, is dead. The storm on Friday caused heavy loss of life and property in the United States. UAPPENINGS PROM ALL OVEB THE GLOBS IN A NXUTSHRLL A JoHy Nourishing Toasties are a jolly goad dishâ€" * Try a dish of They reach you fresh and crispâ€"ready to eat from the package by addâ€" ing cream or milk and a sprinkling of sugar, if deâ€" sired, toâ€"morrow morning. These sweet. thin bits made from Indian Corn are cooked, toasted and sealed in tight packages without the touch of huâ€" man hand. Follows A Gcod Breakfast Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Windsor, Ontario. DYNAMITE EXPLODED. Post Toasties Made by Pur® Food Factories of Great Britain. United States. Satisfying Good Day Pe licleus FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED And Forty to Sixty Persons Buried in Ruins of Mal« C colm Canneries at Medicine Hat A despatch from Medicine Hat, Alberta, says: The worst accident in the history of Medicine Hat took place on Wainesday afternoon, when the Malcolm Canneries blew up, burying in the ruins a large number of people, estimated anyâ€" where from forty to sixty. Five are known to be dead. The firemen, assisted by a large number of citiâ€" zens, aro now digging the ruins to save any others that may be alive. A dozen or more were taken out when the wreck first occurred, and were rushed to the hospital. The A despatch from Ottawa says :|000,000, leaving a The revenue of the Dominion for| ®!xteen millions .« the" "Bseal _ +a wiH L loge | thres on both cons * yoanâ€" w 1@ . ® 'ca‘pltal accounts. to $17,000,000, according to the figâ€" l tal expenditure w. ures to date of the Finance Departâ€"| some _ twentyâ€"thr ment. This represents an increaseithan the Governm of approximately thirtyâ€"three milâ€"| year. _ On cons lions over the revenue of the preâ€" |count this year t ceding fiscal year. The total exâ€" :ture will be abou penditure for the year is estimated on capital and at between $153,000,000 and $154,â€")about $43,000,000. LORD KNOLLYS 10 RETRE An Increass of About Thirtyâ€"Three Million Dollars This Year. was FRIEXD AXxD» Couxcm LOR OF THREE RULERS®. Late King Edward Leoft All His Correspondence to The Courtier. It is not every one who is fitted for the role of courtier; there are indeed few men who achieved greatâ€" ness in this direction and still fewer women.‘ But Lord Kunollys, whose retirement after forty years service as a royal secretary is announced, was the ideal man fos the post, says a recent London letier. It was in 1870 that Lord Knollys, then Mr. Francis Knollys, relinâ€" quished his place in the Treasury to become a private secretary to the Prince of Wales. Tact and disâ€" cretion, those invaluable attributes of a courtier, he possesses to a reâ€" markable â€" degree, â€" and these promptly gained for him an excepâ€" tional position in the entourage of Marlborough House. REVENUE OF DOMINION His career in the household of the late King is too well known to need â€" recapitulation. _ Practically the whole of the correspondence of King Edward, both as Prince of Wales and as King, passed through his hands, with the exception of the very few lotters which were opened by his late Majesty himself. The private secretary naturally became the recipient of _ an _ enormous amount of informa{lion, much of it requiring to be cautiously dealt with, and for this Lord Knollys was eminently well fitted. ard became much more.so after the accession of King Edward, when the work of the private secretary was almost trebled. His long and faithful services were rewarded by a peerage in 1902, and in 1911 his present Majesty raised him from a baron to a Viscount. Lord Knollys‘s appointment carâ€" ried with it no less than three charming â€" residencesâ€"the . picturâ€" esque little abode next the Lord Chamberlain‘s office aad forming part of St. James‘s <Palace; the rooms in the Winchester Tower at Windsor, and Craig Gowan, the The tribute once paid to Lord Knollys that "no one ever knew so much or said so little"‘ was fully deâ€" served. He was peculiarly versed in the art of saying ‘"no‘‘ without giving offence to those who apâ€" proached him with occasionally imâ€" possible requests for his good offices on their behalf. Perhaps no one, except those who have actually been about the court can have the remotest conception of the amazing claims put forth by applicants for court favors. Letters of this desâ€" eription are always answered and the greatest care is taken to avoid hurting the feelings of the claimâ€" ants. Preity Cottage near Balmoral, which he occupied during the aunâ€" tumn residence of the court in the Highlands, since the King‘s private secretary must always be within reach. The two latter he relinâ€" quishes, but the apartment in St. James‘s Palace he retains for life, together with some other privileges, including the use of a royal carâ€" riage. It was after King Edward‘s acâ€" cession that he was raised to the dignity of a peerage. It is stated in regard to this honor that Queen Alexandra desired to be the first to acquaint him of the King‘s pleasure and that the first intimation to reach him was a note in the Queen‘s handwriting addressed to ‘"Lord Knollys of Caversham,." _ Lord Knollys filled a post at Queen Vicâ€" toria‘s court and has thus served under three monarchs. $ One of the minor points of interâ€" est about Lord Knollys is the proâ€" nunciation of his name, whicn ought, of course, to rhyme with "coals." It is perhaps worith reâ€" It W s a Strenmous Life, TORONTO se | Miss Charlotte ce | Alexandra cam d, | her. The doet st, | though she was mind was clear ‘s, | No sign of atte inâ€" | til he reached â€" ry | he pronounced to | was startled by is | tient, which h« number of dead cannot be known for some time, as the whole ruins will have to be removed before the last chance of finding more will be gone. The disaster was caused by a leakage of gas. Among the injured are several firemen and a few onâ€" lookers. Many had narrow escapes. The building was a threeâ€"story brick structure. er; an unidentified man The dead: J. Brier, gas inspecâ€" tor; Wm. Stewart, painter and volâ€" unteer fireman ; John Rimmer, paid fireman ; Harry Green, boy onlookâ€" 000,000, leaving a surplus of some sixteen millions over all expendiâ€" tures on both consolidated fund and capital accounts. Last year the toâ€" tal expenditure was $131.046,764, or some twentyâ€"three millions less than the Government has spent this year. â€" On consolidated fund acâ€" count this year the total expendiâ€" ture will be about $11,000,000, and on capital and special accounts calling that one of the most astonâ€" ishing deathbed utterances of our time was an assertion of this fact. who for many years was in Queen Alexandra‘s household when she was Princess, had a governesslike instinct for setting people right which had alienated most of her friends. Some years ago, in King Edward‘s reign, long after she had retired from the court into Sceotâ€" land, she became seriously ill, and it was evident that the end was near. She had been unconssious for some days when a letter written by Miss Charlotte Knollys for Queen A despatch from Mrs. Mary Daly, age and eleven, St. Clai est resident,. died at son, one mile west 0| Port Huron, on the her birth, on Tue Death followed an i weeks. Mrs. Daly w land. When but a Napoleon Bonapart« in his supremacy. she recalled the Batt and often narrated though she was unable to speak her mind was clear, read her the letter, No sign of attention was visible unâ€" til he reached the signature (which he pronounced ‘‘Knollis"), when he was startled by the voice of his paâ€" tient, which he had not heard for many «lays, uttering these words : ‘"More _ commonly _ pronouscis Knowles."" She never spoke again. says: UChas, W. 19050 emeritus of Harvard has been decided upon Wilson for Ambassad: Britain. Close friends dent on Thursday nigh Mr. Eliot congratulat urging him to accopt. Michig thrilling incidents of ment. â€"After the Batt! and while still a yor moved to Canada. The London, Out., Canadian Club has extended an invitation to Lloyd George to address the club in the autumn. On the question of proportional representation the French Governâ€" ment was votod out by the Senate. 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