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Bhipments of gold from New York to Europe have commenced again. The Des Moines river in Towa is inâ€" undating many towns and villages. Dean French, viceâ€"chancellor of Syraâ€" ouse University, is dead aged 72. He was said to be ome of the best matheâ€" maticians in the world. Fire at Newport News burned four wessels at &ke dock and destroyed $1,â€" Sir Michael Hicksâ€"Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented another very satisfactory budfi:t to the Imperâ€" fal Parliament. Trade bhas increased 5 per cent., the national debt has been reduced seven and a balf millions, and the surplus is mearly two and a balf millions. Prof. Thompson, the British Commisâ€" joner, in his report on the Behring &ea seal {ishery, says that at the presâ€" ent rate of slaughter there is no chance of the herd increasing, and without. ex~ treme care it will diminisb. A member of a Victorian sealing house, at present in London, says the extension of the elose season for seal fishing, as proposed by the United States, would ruin the Canadian indusâ€" Â¥wv The bungalow for the accommodation of the Canadian team â€" at Bistley is making raptd Progrm.u towards comâ€" letion, and will be a decided ornament Z’ the camp. FThe favorite novelists of the Queen, cording to a writer in the Quarterly Evirw, are Jane Austin, Charlotte Bronte. Mrs. Oliphant, George Eliot, and Edna Lyail. Prof. Thomnsom tha Reibick MA.__ s hime CoBe fon lpcng l * Pwen Ne EWcE in London do not fear that the Unitâ€" ed States will retaliate for the Domâ€" Inion tariff by removing the bonding privilege. aÂ¥AH : uweyn Chamberiain on Friday tesiified before the Transvaal Commisâ€" ion, and stated that the Colonial OL ,ic; had no intimation of the Jameson taid. According to a despatch to the Lonâ€" don Times from Cape Town the British Cape squadron will remain in Delagoa Bay until the middle of June. With reference to the Hundredth Reâ€" iment repatriation proposal, it is fmrnetl that the Queen favours the ldea of the corps being sent to Canada. The log of the Mayflower was forâ€" mally banded over on Thursday by the Bishop of London to Mr. Bayard, the recent United States Ambassador to England. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in bia recent budget speech, stated that the cost of the monarchy is less now than it was sirty years ago. Admiral Sir George Willis formerly commander of the North American fleet, is de was seventy years of age. ‘ want sniher Ei in +8k 2 49. .. 2A io uit d d ds bouse in which three to five families were living together sickness had brokâ€" en out among the children, and on account of their being so many mouths to feed provisions had run short. _ GREAT BRITAIN. The Queen, on her arrival and degar- ture in jubllee week, will be escorte by colonial troops. Lord Salishur{ has replied to the reâ€" quest from Washington, refusing to reâ€" open the Bering Sea case, as requested. In Ferbuary, 1895, George â€" Ballard, son of School Inspector Ballard of Hamilton, kicked a boy named Richard Neville, who, with some other boys, was teasing him. Neville‘s father carried the case to the courts, and _ has just secured a verdict of $250 and costs against Mr. Ballard, on the ground that his son is a cripple for life. The Government relief steamer sent uf the Red River to relieve the {)ecr ple in the flooded districts found that one man and his family had lived for two days in their oneâ€"storey house with two feet of water on the floor. In a T. H. & B. Railway for damages for the death of her {tushsnd. and was awarded $1,500, her infant daughter $500 and $300 costs. Mrs. Facer, in an action against the same road for the death ‘:f her hushand, was awarded $1,500 damages and $300 costs. vi0ay decided that a British subi'ect. resident in Canada who goes to another country to secure a divorce, remarries, and returns to Canada, is guilty of ing Ephraim Convoy, who is confined in Woodstock jail awaitil% trial on the charge of minrdering the lad George Frost at Princeton, is failing in health and it is daubtful if he will live until SBoptember, when his trial takes place. The Supreme Court at Ottawa on Satâ€" urday decided that a Rritish subject, The wholesale grocery warehouse of H. P. Eckardt and Co., Front street, Toronto, was badly gutter by fire on ThursdsÂ¥. The loss will be in the neighâ€" bourhood of $75,000, with sufficient inâ€" surance to cover same. Simon Lmrr{) of Hamilton was comâ€" Fllod b( the Police Magistrateto pay 5 to Miss Jennie Cohen for tearing her jacket in a street collision. The young h:'i(v presented him with the remaing the garment. The Women‘s Council will ask the Minister of Education to allow subscr(il% tions to be taken upamong the 500, school children of Ontario to aid the fim! for founding the Victoria Order _Judge Snider of Hamilton has conâ€" victed the cigar dealers charged with conducting a lottery by selling tickets for thes Promotive of Arts Association of Montreal. An appeal will be taken. The Govennment taking into considâ€" eration the complaints which have been made respecting ammunition, have deâ€" cided to try a mnew lot of ammwnition mantufactured by a Canmadian firm. At the meeting of the trustees of Queen‘s University Chancellor Fleming announced his intention of giving four scholarships to the University. Seedinf in Manitoba, except in Red River ralley, is expected to be finished im ten days. There is a large increaso in the acreage this year. The Grand Trunk General Manager Hays of the Grand Trunk was in Hamilton and denied the statement that the shops there are to be moved to London. nteresting Items About Our Own Country. Greâ€"* Britain, the United States, and All <Rerts of the Globe, Conmdensed and Aassorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. i There was a large increase of immiâ€" gration in Manitoba for April. A freshet in the Restigouche, in the vicinity of Cambelton, N. B., has done vicinit mmch L 18 NWSs N 1 MSHL THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Mrs â€"-II-US. EU \,-uuuu, 425 ©LROY CC" , Chief Justice Strong dissentâ€" Johnson of Hamilton sued the UNITED STATEs )h Chamberlain on George Willis Watson Railway officials of the British , is dead. He "One cruiser will be ready in a few weeks, ‘and three other vessels _ by autumn. Altogether there are _nineâ€" teen now in course of construction, * The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Tageblatt aifirms that France has agreed to the Emperor‘s scheme and it is further stated that Russian court circles _ are â€" extremely _ embittered against England. This is attributed to the Dowagegt Czarina bhaving accused England of being the cause of Greece goingeto war. ‘"The German Naval De?nrtmont has ordered that all work in the dock yards be expedited, and I hear that in some yards work is being carried on day and night. _ _ 0| _ _ _ _ ed to have a detailed plan by which the interests of Germany, France and Belgium in the Transvaal are to be protected against English intrigue and arms. The Daily Mail‘s Berlin correspondâ€" ent telegraphs: "Somewhat serious news of the threatened European comâ€" bination against England is now curâ€" rent here. Emperor William is reportâ€" A despatch from London to the New York Journal says: Empcror William Fermenting Farther Troubleâ€"Thinks John Bull‘s Advance in South Africa Detrimental in German Interests, s We s 0 e e oo e e n ty in South Africa, in other words, it is a combination having for its object the checking by the British policy of adâ€" vancement. FRANCE, GERMANY AND BELGIUM IN ALLIANCE. EUROPE AGAINST BRITATN It is stated in Berlin that Germany, France, Russia, and Austria have enterâ€" ed into an alliance to restore peace in the Orient and maintain the status quo in South Africa, in other words it is a The Czar entertained Emperor Franâ€" cis Joseph at a magnifcent banquet in St. Petersburg on Tuesday evening. Their Majesties drank rach other‘s bealth, and declared that their aims were in the interest of maintaining the peace of Europe. During the recent tri? of Emperor William to Dresden the mperial train was stopped en route for fully two hours. The engineer discovered _ the gear had been tampered with, and that there would have been a serious acciâ€" dent if it had passed unnoticed. A telegram received at Athens says that a great battie has been fought at Velestino, between a Turkish force of 8,000 and Gen. Smolenski‘s brigade. The despatch states that the Turks were repulsed with enormous losses. not romsent to the levying of indemâ€" nity upon Greece, and that Austria and Germany are trying to induce the Porte to modify its demands. It is again rumoured that England has purchased Delagoa bay, and that she will at once proceed to fortify Inâ€" yak Island, to serve as a base of supâ€" ply in the event of bhostilities with the Transvaal. Lieut. Eloff, the grandson of Presiâ€" dent Kruger, who recent.lr made inâ€" sulting remarks regarding the Queen, has been reinstated and appointed lieuâ€" tenant of the Pretoria police. The _ Berlin correspondent of The Daily Mail learms that the powers will ‘The case against Lieut. Eloff, the grandson of President Kruger, who was charged with slandering the Queen.has been dismissed on the ground that the evidence was conflicting. Ismail Pasha, Governor of the Island of Crete, has protested against the deâ€" cision of the Admirals allowing food to ttJe supplied to inhabitants in the inâ€" erior. A distinguishaed French priest urges abolition of clerical celibacy, which he believes to be the chief obstacle to the return of the Anglican Church to Cathâ€" olic unity. A Berlin paper states that the Amâ€" bassadors of Great Britain, France and Russia at Constantinople have asked the Turkish Government to grant Greece an armistice. The Queen Regent of Spain At a Cabinet meeting %hursday signed a deâ€" oree providing for the application of the agreed upon reforms for the Isâ€" land of Cuba. Princess Victoria Melita, the second daughter of the Duke of Saxeâ€"Coburg and Gotha, refuses to live with her husband, causing great scandal. Fears are entertained that the French steamer Henri, bound from Swansea, to Marseilles, has been lost, with thirâ€" ty of her crew. ‘The Governments of Chili and Brazil bave entered into an alliance with a view to guaranteeing the maintenance of peace in South America. Twentâ€"six more of the Barcelona anâ€" archists who exploded a bomb in a Corâ€" pus Christi procession, with fatal reâ€" sults, have geen condemned to death. . Premier Delyannis of Greece has reâ€" signed at the King‘s request, and a fi:‘;’liCnbmet bas been formed by M. , The Queen Regent of Spain is sufferâ€" ing from nervous prostration. Earth(\uakes in the Leeward islands have killedâ€"a number of persons and caused great destruction to property. The tone of the principal commercial agencies in New York speaking, of course, in reference to the business of the United Statesâ€"is more apologetic than satisfactory. In some directions improvements have occurred, but the predominant tone is a tone of disapâ€" gomtment. The certainty of the trouâ€" le between Greece and Turko{ bem{ speedily settled has not brought tha boom to the grain markets that the proâ€" bability of serious trouble in Europe would doubtless cause. Floods have serâ€" iousrl_{ interfered with trade in some quarters. The commercial failures in the United States for the week just ended amounted to 237, as compared with 238, in the corresponding week last year, _Guthrie, Okianoma, was flooded in gues up to the eves ofâ€" the houses y the sudden rising of the Cottonâ€" wood River. The number of drowned iewvanoualy estimated at from 20 to Frederick Crowberger, & fourteenâ€" yearâ€"oid boy, of Haspeth, L.L, died on Saturday from a bow with a ruler said to have been inflicted by his teacher, Miss Johanna E. Scouler. Rev. R. C. Horner guilty of wrong actâ€" ing, and has expelled him from the conâ€" fence and the function of the minâ€" 500,000 worth of propel;.{. SBeveral sailâ€" ors were terribly burn A number of British delegates to the Universal Postal Congress in Washingâ€" ton arrived at New York on Wednesday night on board the Majestio. â€" & The Rochester Conference of the Wesâ€" leyan Methodist Church has found the GENERAL. The statement that Greece will carry on the war to the last gasp is not reâ€" garded as of any importance. â€" Greece is already reduced to military and finâ€" ancial extremities, and furtger efforts must soon be abandoned. The Greeks will awake a decisive encounter at Pharsalos, and they are then expected lto appeal to the powers. _ TURKISH REINFORCEMENTS. The correspondent of the Standard at Constantinople says:â€""Said Edin Pasha arrived at Janina on Thursda)" night with seven battalions from Adrianople. Eighteen other battalions were expected on the following day. He intends to assume the defensive ; and it is considered that the Greeks in Epirus have no alternative but surâ€" render, with the Turks advancing from both Janina and ‘Trikhala. Hafzi Pasha complained bitterly of the lawâ€" lessness and pillaging of the Albanâ€" lans; andthe palace council has thereâ€" fore decided to distribute other regiâ€" ments in that section." biunt manner. The King replied with dignity, but he was forced to swallow his pride. It is the general impression that M. Ralli is aiming at something higher than the Premiership, but his acceptance of that office is held to have placed him in an invidious position. A reat victory might make him a popuâ€" Far idol, but a defeat, which is more probable would cover ‘him with odium, and he would be overturned as a false prophet. At the present moment interest cenâ€" tres at Athens rather than on the frontier. The position of the Greek Royal family is evidently most critical. The change of Ministry is an eloquent sign of the weakness of King George, especially his accepting M. Ralli as Premier for the Greek leader, when summoned to confer with his Majesâ€" ty, addressed him in an offensively INTEREST CENTRES IN ATHENS The reports of the fighting at Veles tino come from the Greek side, and are not thought to be as important as they are represented. AN ATTACK ON PHARSALOS. Edhem Pasha, the Turkish Comâ€" manderâ€"inâ€"Chief, is evidently pvre%aring an extensive plan to attack L harsaâ€" los, and the appearance of the Turkish cavalry in the direction of Domokos, about 10 miles south of Pharsalos, inâ€" dicates that it is the intention of Edâ€" bem Pasha to turn the Greek flank. It is suspected that the fighting at Velesâ€" tino was intended by the Turkish genâ€" eral to divert attention and occupy General Smolentz, the Greek comâ€" mander there while woverwhelming forces are thrown on Pharsalos. i THE DISASTROUS RETREAT. The events of the past week have served to further alienate sÂ¥mpathy from the Greeks. The story from Laâ€" rissa of the fearful stampede to and from that city after the fighting at Tyrmavos, cabled exclusively to the Associated Press on Wednesday last, is the sensation of the day. All the newspapers here are glowing . with praiss of the despatch, saying it was the finest description of events yet reâ€" ceived from the fromt, while the fact that the Greek officers were equally afâ€" fected by the pamic is regarded as proof that the Greeks are utterly demoralizâ€" ed anmd incapable of withstanding the steady advance of the Turks. arms have been stripped from carâ€" riages in order that the occupants may drive about unrecognized and thus avoid similar experiences." A CALL TO ARMS. A ?&onio.l despatch from Athens says that M. Ralli, the new Greek Premier, has announced his intention of calling to arms every ableâ€"bodied man in Greece. ‘The Standard‘s correspondent at Athens says:â€""On Friday evening as the Crown Princess Sophia was returpâ€" ing from a visit to the ambulance hosâ€" pital she was hissed and jeered by the crowd, which forced her to return to the hospital. The Royal carriage was summoned, and the Princess drove to the palace at top speed. ‘The Royal Salonica says it is reported there that The Daily News corresponcent at 40,000 Greek troops have landed at Keramoti and blown up the railway tunnel near Okdjilor, and that a strong band of insurgents has appeared at Nevisea with {ge intention of cutting off communication _ with Sorovitch. Troops have been hastily sent to Moâ€" nastir, as an attack is feared. JEERED ‘THE CROWN PRINCESS. ‘"Queen Olga and the Crown Prinâ€" cess Sophia are working tay and night, like Sisters of Mercy. _ The Queen‘s health stillleaves much to be desired." ing was the attack repeated, each time from a different direction, and each time the result was a repulse. Apâ€" parently it was intended that these atâ€" tacks should be simultaneous, but this plan failed, owing to the lack of proâ€" per organization. The Durks, bhowâ€" ever, pushed the attack with the utâ€" most determination for six hours, and only abandoned the attempt to seize the junction about noon." i PREVESA ATTACKED. Aâ€"despatch to the Daily News from Constantinople says that the Greek fleet has attacked Prevesa. The comâ€" mander of the garrison has asked for provisions, but adds that he can wait, if necessary, a little longer. It is exâ€" pected that reinforcements will reach him in two days. t LIKE SISTERS OF MERCY. HMard Fighting at Velestinoâ€"Crown Princess and the Mobâ€"The Stampede at Larissa â€"Critical Position of the Greek Royal Family. The London Daily Chronicle‘s corâ€" respondent at Pharsalos says:â€"*"The Turks attacked Velestino junction on Tuesday night, with four squadrons of cavalry anda ‘battery of horse artilâ€" lery. The large force of Greeks there easily beat the Turks off, but not beâ€" fore they had displaced hbalf a dozenl rails and ctut the telegraph wires. The latter were replaced, and on Wednesâ€" day the train service was resumed. THREE TIMED REPULSED. "Fighting was remewed on Wednes day night, but without special results, On Thursday night the Turks assemblâ€" ed in great force in the direction of Velestino, and made an attack before dawn, but were successfully repulsed. Three times in the course of the mornâ€" THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY. WAR NEARING THE END, A TUNNEL BLOWN UP. NEARING THE END Aog e y s s . c ks 5 To cahhe o2 ho in Th: ABC mt TORONTO ‘"‘The impression growg stronger in all quarters that the submission of Greece to Turkey and the powers will soon be forthcroming, It is not expectâ€" ed to take the form of suing forf:oau or mediation, the latter least of all, for Greek feeling is more bitter against the concert bf Europe than against Turâ€" key. King George would prefer to neâ€" ggtiate alu'eo{;ly' l;:;uh the &fllt.a:ll el:lfhl?r an throug wers. In a declared recently tmt he would never under any circumstances seek& the inâ€" tervention of Eutrope. . T is not, unlikely that the end pf ready felt. "It is ao secret that England is in favour of stopping war immediately at any cost, and of restoring the status quo ante belium in every respect, France practically endorses the policy of Lord Salisbury. A London correspondent crbles as follows: " Englend, as Mr. Curzon announced in the House of Commons toâ€"day, is again pressing the question of intervention, this time with succeess. It is beginming to be re(-o%[,xizvd in St. Petersbhurg, Beriin and ienmnna that the political friendship of England and France has become a genuine factor in the situation, and its influence is alâ€" There whs a striking feature in Friâ€" day‘s cavalry charge. Col. Mahmoud Bey was fired upon by a Greek officer, who sent four bullets from his revolver in the direction of the Turkish officer, Mahmoud Bey then galloped ahead of his men, and with one fierce blow with his sword completely severed the Greek officer‘s bhead from his body. my was our superior in both artillery and cavalry, the calibre of their guns was larger, whils their number was alâ€" most dowble ours. [Ne had no cavalry because our only {squadron has been uised for scouting, and had gone to Trikbalag‘" A FIIERCE BLOW. The Athens correspondent of _ the MDaily ‘Telegraph, under date of Wedâ€" nesday, says:â€"‘*"The following is the official despatch from Major Pallis, Chief of the staff of the Greek forces in Thessaly, describing the fight at Pharsalos:â€""The [Purks attacked our advance posts at two o‘clock. . Since yesterday evening their movements had indicated an intention to cut off our left wing, and toâ€"day they attacked our front. Our advance posts retreated, as they were fighting against very much superior numbers, and took up a posiâ€" tion in front of our right wing. _ An artillery duel ensued along an extenâ€" sive line. The enemy‘s infantry adâ€" }vanced in perfect order at three points, and in large numbers, but they were speedily checked by our infantry. The respective losses are as yet unknown. The Crown Prince took a , very active part in the combat, and advanced withâ€" in range of the Turkish fire, greatly inâ€" spiring the men. | Prince Nicholas was equally active with the right wing.and directed the fire of his battery against two Turkish Latteries. His coolness greatly encouraged the troops. _ We maintain all our positions intact, and‘ the engagement will certainly be conâ€" tinued â€"toâ€"morrow _ (Thursday). _ We calculate about 15,000 Turks attacked our right wing. ‘They rushed down the‘ hill slopes in vast numbeirs. The eneâ€"| IN FAVOUR OF INTERVENTION. The ‘Athens‘ correspondent bf the London Standard,; under date of Wedâ€" nesday, says:â€"‘"‘There is great rejoicâ€" ing over the receipt of an official teleâ€" graml frokmn Pharsalos saying that the Furks have been repulsed and the Greeks hold their positions after a three hours‘ battle. The despatch says Crown Prince Constantine and Prince Nicholas fought courageously in the froint ranmk, risking their lives a hundred times, and they had an ovaâ€" tion from the whole army when the fighting was over. The Government has forwarded to them its warmest conâ€" gratulations, assuring them they have celebrated their father‘s name toâ€"day in the most admirable manner. The King and the Cabinet have also adâ€" dressed a manifesto to the troops, conâ€" gratulating thrm upch their courage and Eatrioflo devotion. ‘"‘The public is overjoyed, and is alâ€" ‘"The public is wer{oyed, and is alâ€" ready forgetting earlier blunders of the campaignm. _ _ _ ht .~ 4 "A decisive battle is ex&):cted at Pharsalos toâ€"morrow, Thursday." 1 An ‘Athens despatch to the Paris Figaro asserts that King George is sufâ€" terin% from cardical sg:sms, and that his physician insists that a change of air is necessary. A trip to the Island of Milo or to the Island of Syra ir recommended. The Morning Post‘s correspondent at | }*~**_" Constantinople says:â€" "An Imperial m° irade has been issued, lpg_rovmz the .ms telegram ment by the military counâ€"} _ . * o cil to Edhem Pasha, ordering him tp:"‘*?d Dt advance with the utmost caution. This , Some & oqrio? step is quite in a.ccorduwe|te Teists with Turkish methods. Such orders !* derpd are of a nature greatly to embarrass f‘nes a the general in command at the front." d"e it ~COMPELLED TO WALK. ‘i‘s natl The Morning Post has & despatch| vincibl from Larissa, saying thai the Greeks,| fiant | before evacuating the town, seized| "Reli the borses of the war correspondents, | tinople thus compelling them to go on foot. fuses t EDHEM PASHA SUPERSEDED. return The Daily Chronicle publishes a deâ€" &fl fge spatch from Pharsalos, which says it s'l’hr' is reported there that Osman Pasha ne has superseded Edhem Pasha. : joftert, TURKS JOINING THE GREEKS. ; eu 4 A despatch to the Times from Penâ€" rendert tepigadia, dated Thursday, says that stead 0 the Greeks are arming the population A genu of the district, and hbhave occupied Sent m Turkish territory, many villagers esâ€" ceived â€" caping through the Turkish lines and cellorie joining the ranks of the Greeks. Of reel AMONG THE DEAD. heckin The Athens correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that among the dead at the Turkish side at Velestino M AN \‘rit};'ea(‘:ermnn major and two Russian pilicers. Official despatches from Athens reâ€" ceived at Rome say that the Greek Preâ€" mier, M. Ralli, continues negotiations with the view of securing the interâ€" vention of France, Russia and Great Britain in favour of an armistice. CHANGE OF AIR FOR THE KING. OVERTURES BY THE POWERS. It is said here, on good awuthority, that the powers have made overtures to Greece on the subject of peace, but the Government declines to invoke the mediation of kEjirope. The King has decided to remain here for the present. It appears the Durks asked an armistice in order to lairy their dead. The reâ€" quest was referred to the commanderâ€" inâ€"chief, from whom no definite reply is forthcoming, ut an armistice is tacitly ohaemvfi Col. Tosamados, the Minister of War, and M. Theotokis, the Minister of the Interior, are said to be favorably impressed with the situation at Fharsalos, both as respects the position of troops and the plan of defense. NEGOTIATING FOR MEDIATION. TO ADVANCE WITH CAUTION. A THREE HOURS BATTLE THE FIGHT DESCRLBED t n Nce s ie o ie oi‘ : ,;lg: e ie 4e J.E,‘ g“ pel wl debrrik ie e 0C An is c wnt _ The spirit of active Anarchy is much more common in Europe than most peoâ€" pe imagine. There are 2,000 persons in France who are set down as Anarchâ€" ists and are constantly watched by the olice of the various European countries. ?t is estimated that threeâ€"fourths of Frances‘ Anarchists are of foreign birth. Italy contributes the largest number, and Switzerland comes next, with Gerâ€" many and Austria following. "The Anâ€" archists are made up from all classes, varying from day laborers to highly edâ€" ua{ed professional men. Great Statistician (to married daughâ€" ter)â€"My dear, your husband will neyâ€" er amount to anything if you don‘t spur him on. Why don‘t you persuade him to go into po{ntlcu! Daughterâ€"But, pa, he has tried, and 2? cap‘}' stand it. ‘The whisky makes FRANCE‘S COLONY OF ANARCHISTS Intaresting as Merctury thus proves to be, the interest as regards the planet ilseld is of a rather corpseâ€"like cLaru-,- ter. _ Less deterrent, perhaps, is the interest it possesses as a part of the life history of the solar system. For tidal friction, the closing act in the cosâ€" mic drama, has brought it where it is. The machine has run down. Whethâ€" er it ever su;')}xrrt(-d life upon its surâ€" face or not, the power to do so hasnow forever passed away. â€" Like Venus, and for like cause, it is now a dead world. And it was the first thus to reach the end of its evolutionmary career, earlier to do so than Venus, inasmuch as tidal action was very miuch greater upon it than on her, and consequently produced its effect more quickly. Mercury has long hbeen deadâ€"how long, measured by centuries, we cannot say, but pracâ€" tically for a very long time. _ Venus must have become so comparatively reâ€" cently. Both, however, nmnow have finished their course, and have in a most literal sense entered into their rest. Like Venus, It Has Long Been a Bead World. Maeroury is a body devoid practically if not absolutely, of air, water, and of vegetation; consequently incapable of supporiing any of those higher orâ€" ganisms which we know as living beâ€" ings. lis surface is a vast desert. It is rough, rather than smoocth. Whether this roughness be due ito mountains proper or to craters we are too far away from it to have been able yet to say,. The latter are the more proâ€" bable. Over the greater part of its surâ€" face change either diurnal or seasonal is unknown. Three eighths of its surâ€" faceisstgeped in peipetual glare, three eighths shrouded in perpetual gloom, while the remaining quarter turns beâ€" tween the two. The planet itself, as a world is dead. P lu:q‘bia. J â€" From Sweden a large number of exâ€" ceptionally good settlers have been brought â€"this spring, and most of them have ijocated in the Edmonton district of the Territories. The Canadian Paâ€" cific land sales this year are reported to be larger than ever before, and what is even more satisfactory is, that {mymenta for land have been promptâ€" y met, denoting that the farmers are in a prosperous state. Indications now are that there will be quite a large increase in the acreâ€" age under cultivation. Some districts report an increase of fifty per cent. Immigration prospects for this Westâ€" ern country were never better. The lmnn%ruuon thius far this season has been heavier than for many years, and during each week several special setâ€" tlers‘_trains continue to arrive. More bona‘Tide settlers have already been brought in this year than since 1886, which was a record year in immigraâ€" tion. The great lbulk of the settlers from Ontario and Eastern Canada this season have located in the Dauphin district of Manitoba, which district will treble its population before the season ends. Most of the forc\i? imâ€" migrants choose farms in the Northâ€" West Territories, though quite a large percentage of the foreigners have gone to the mining districts of British Coâ€" A harvest at least two or three weeks earlier than the average . seaâ€" son is now assuwred, and the excessive moisture this season, if the experiâ€" ence of the past may be taken as a criterion, is a guarantee of a bountiful Seeding is now far advanced in all districts except those lying in the Red river valley, the overflow of the river bhaving somewhat delayed operations there. However, all seeding will be complete by the middle of May. Last year seeding was going on until the first and even the second week of June. Beeding Far Advanced in Nearly Every Districtâ€"A Harvest Three Weeks Eariier Than Usual Now Assured. A despatch from Winnipeg says: â€" Manitoba and the Northâ€"West Terriâ€" tories enter upon this season with parâ€" ticularly bright prospects, and the agriâ€" cultural people have special reason to regard the outlook as hopeful and enâ€" couraging. y A genuine Greek victory at the preâ€" sent moment would therefore be reâ€" ceived with joy in the European chanâ€" cellories because of its double effect of restoring Greek selfâ€"respect and checking Turkish obstinacy." MUCH MOISTURE GUARANTEES BOUNTIFUL CROP. "The Emperor William and the others who incited him to try to beat the Greeks are likely to repent when they find the Eastern problem rendered immensely more difficult inâ€" stead of being simplified by the war. ‘"Reliable information from Constanâ€" tinople is to the effect that he now reâ€" fuses to listen to lesser terms than the return of Crete, the cession of the bulk of Thessaly, and the transfer of balf the Greek navy. _ Te i aeeimnns hoi e eP PE tories otrvl:;xe outset oi the war. Now the rituation is riversed. (The Sultan is mnatwrally convinced that hp is inâ€" ;ix‘ncéble. and @drily becomes more deâ€" n > giderpd fbest serived by "Lmsteall oim.tm Tuxkijsh sucâ€" cak, offcial rbye is now earnestly desurous that the Greeks shou}d gain some afivantage in the field. The inâ€" bufef armistice. (Ihik gained, nobody telieves that fighting whll ever be reâ€" thie bhostflities will taft the form of & MANITOBA‘$ PROSPECTS, PLANET MERCURY. TRIED POLITICS. Â¥ea were conâ€" ie abtyay CC C EOm To wcor wWick his ticket the Chinaman matches the pieces. To prevent an oV ticket‘s getting a new wash, the (Ookets are made each of different size, * one on each side of the ticket. The middle character may represent anyâ€" thing. _ When a customer comes in with a bundle, the Chinaman takes one of these tickets, tears it through the middle figiure, so that a number i or letter A may be on each and a part of the middle character on each piece. ‘\‘Yhen the customer comes in later with se ns is C ® The identification of a package in : Chinese laundry as belonging to a cerâ€" tain ticket holder is simple. â€" The origiâ€" nal ticket is about four inches square, and of pink blue, or green paper. On one side of this paper are five charâ€" acters arranged as are the five spots on a playing card. â€" Four of these chayrâ€" acters represent numbers or leiters, one on each side of the ticke!. _ The seen stretchers piled with to pick out the portions of : to wrap them in pieces of transferred in ambulances lais de lIndustrie. On all . terrorâ€"stricken. Although an alarm was sent oui with reasonavle promptness the whole wooden structure was blazâ€" ing before the firemen could approach the bazaar, and when they were withâ€" in a short distance of it, the roof and almost the whole building collapsed alâ€" most immediately, falling upon the unâ€" fortunate people, many of whom are supposed to have been pmviouxILsut- focated to death. In spite of the efâ€" ‘forts of the firemen sometime elapsed before the charred bodies could be pulled from the smoking and burning mass of debris. The Prefect M. Leâ€" pine, was one of the first officials to reach the fire, and he directed the ope erations for the recovery of the bodies. In the meanwhile the pumps played on the burning ruins, and as the work progressed and the inquiries becantciy, more numerous and pressing, it â€"war seen that the death rate would also be much higher than at first estimated. The police officials this evening say they believe it to be certain that the numâ€" ber of deaths would exceed 100, reâ€" calling the terrible fire of the Opera Comique, Among the injured are the Duchess fle la _ Torre, the Princess Kotchonbut, the Vicomtesse d‘Avene} and Mesdames Moreau, du Breuil, Malâ€" ezieux, Eugene Challemel, Recamier and St. Didier. DEAD PILED IN HEAPs. The dead were piled in heaps. ENORMOUS CROWDS of people gathered around the scene of the fire. â€" Among them were a large number of liveried servants inquirâ€" ing for their mistresses, and the indiâ€" cations are that among the dead are numbers of the French aristocracy, alâ€" though it is hoped that the missing ones may be foknd among the many, injured persons who are being cared for at tho hotels, hospitals and other places. Twenty corpses and a number of the most seriously injured are now, laid out in the right wing of the Palais de I‘Industrie. Admiral Desnard, the Minister of Marine, arrived upon th¢®& scene shorily after 7 o‘clock. Further details just obtained show that before the firemen had time to arrive the roof of the bazaar crashed in, burying numâ€" bers of those who had been unable to escape from the building. Very soon afuer the alarm was given assistance was hurried to the burning bazaar and effective help was rapidly organized. The police officers strove energetically to release the victims from the iaiurnâ€" ing uunldxp%. but every door was jammed with a of charred wood. . Ambulances are corveying the recovered bodies to the Palais de lIndustric. The number of injured, bowever, is much greater than at first estimated. One hundred and sixty injured persons have been cop« veyed to the Hotel d‘Upalais, in the Cours de la Reine; but many of the critical cases have been transported to the Hospital Beaujon. A policeman who was on duty at the doors of the bazaar says that from 1,500 to 1,800 people were in the building when the fire broke out. The bazaar was 100 yards long by 60 yards wide and comâ€" structed almost entirely of wood. | es d‘Uzes and other wellâ€"known paâ€" tronesses were present. Many people were burned to death, and there was a terrible panic, during which a large number of persons were injured. Thirty bodies have been discovered, 85 in jured people are being cared for by physi« cians and many are reported missing. A SOCIEUY EVENT. « The managers of the bazaar had are ranged the stalls so as to represent & street of old Paris, and it was opened on Monday, an event which was greatâ€" ly looked forward to in society. The proceeds of each stall were devoted to a separate charity. The stalls were presided over by the leading society ladies of Paris As a somewthat reâ€" markable coincidence the stall presidâ€" ed over by the Duchess d‘Uzes was No. 13. It is impossible as yet to identify the victims. At 680 pmy when these details are telegraphed, tl~ bazaar is almost an obliterated heap A despatch from Paris, says:~â€"Fire broke out at 4 pm., on Tuesday, in a crowded charitable bazaar in the Rue Jean Goujon, at which the Duchkâ€" Most of Them Noted Society Ladiesâ€"The Building Burned Was Used (br ._uul HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH IN PARIS. 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