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The insurance companies chartered t: Canada have decided not to insure rges known as pineflats carrying grain. The pineflats engaged in g;ain earrying between Prescott and Monâ€" ebheck upon wildcat aschemes, to see that money raised upon the securing of railâ€" ways is devoted to the purpose for which it is obtained, and feherally to safeguard the interests of the public and investors. Lga 0 20 1002 ARRAEITY IETS~ ter of Education, in an address the other day to the students and staff of the Normal and Model schools, at Ottawa, said that the Normal school term would in a short time be exâ€" tended to at least tan months so that the teachers might receive a proâ€" per and muchâ€"desired training. The proposalto establish a Railway Commission is being considered by the Dominion Government. The duty of the commission would be to constitute a eheck upon wildeat achemes, to see that Prof. Robertson stated to the Comâ€" mittee on Agriculture in Ottawa on Thursday morning that arrangements had been made for providing the best mechanical refrigerators in seventeen steamships leaving Montreal this sumâ€" mer to take the perishable products of Canada to the British marlat The officers of the Canadian expediâ€" tion which will start shortly to test the mvigability of Hudson bay and straits are commissioned to plant the British flag in the Arctic region for the purpose of asserting sovereignty rights where no rights are at present respected. Instead oaf 1y; _\ _ ___ it en per cent., Instead of thirty per cent., as brass manufactures, under the old tariff. Officials of the Michigan Central and Canadian _ Pacifio Railways met at | Hamilton to perfect the plans for the | iomt operation of the T., H. & B. line. ' t is said the C.P.R. trains will start | running between Toronto and Buffaloi on May 30 2B f i# Contract from the Government of I'r‘guay for the construction of a canal 16 miles long. The contract price, it is said, is in the meighbourhood of $10,000,000. The Controller of Customs has deâ€" cided that matrices for linotype maâ€" chines are accessories for printing pressâ€" *s, and are dutiable at ten per cent., Instead of thirty per cent., as brass manufactures, under the old tariff esured a contract from of I'ruguay for the « canal 16 miles long. T it is said, is in the x ton and Miss Amelia Braden. The Dominion Bridge Company and the Detroit Bridge Company have been iven the contract to reconstruct the ‘ictoria Bridge at Montreal. Mr. Wm. Gibqon, MP. will AltF © BBE â€"HNEEGUctsrrse IF Oy 060 2C CAOOECY: AACTUHGEC UL the London Collegiate Institute ‘has been raised from $2,000 to $2,200 per aonum. ‘The attendance at the instiâ€" tute has nearly doubled since his apâ€" pointment. A Mormon wedding ceremony was performed in the Latter Day Saints‘ chape!, Toronto, on Wednesday night by Apostle Evans, of London. The conâ€" (mct'mg. E:rtieu were Anson W. Burâ€" Seant . ns k s s o e Harold Fetberatonbsu%h. the sevenâ€" earâ€"old son of Mr. F. B. Fetherstonâ€" Luqh, was killed on the street railâ€" way track on Spadina avenue, Toronto, on Friday evening. The Chinese re:go.nlta of Ottafwa are movi against evying of a speâ€" cial % o?ten dollars on their launâ€" dries, and intend to refuse paying in arder to make a test case. After this all the employees in the Graod Trunk -hoi)u throughout the system will work five hours a week more than they bhave been doing during the past two or three years. All 2{ cireumstances connected with the death of Joaegh Heloquin, night watchman of the Star BRrewing Comâ€" pany at Montreal, point to deliberate Capt. Larkin of St. Catharines has been awarded the contract for the Iroâ€" quois section of the St. Lawrence Canâ€" al deepening. The amount involved is !n the neighborbhood of a million dolâ€" Mrs. A?‘Sturdy. exâ€"Matron of the House of Refuge at Hamilton, has beâ€" of weeks‘ fishing. _ _ * The Montreal Police Commissioners have passed a byâ€"law to regulate the flud of bicycles. Eight miles an hour the limit named. Brant{ford has purchased property on the bcn&p of the Grand siver for a new &t;blw Park in commemoration of her jesty‘s Diamond Jubilee. As a result of the penitentiary comâ€" mission‘s inqxlry. Warden QOuimet of Bt. Vincent de Paul has been susâ€" pended.; _ . : Exâ€"Fresident Grover Cleveland will fitt month proceed to the Thirtyâ€"one {ile Lake up the Gatineau, for a couple Ald. Clappison has resigned _ from the Hamilton City Council, bhaving been appointed to a position in the customs. The Senate has passed the bill to make the 24th of May a perpetual holiâ€" day in honor of the Queen. The annual Canadian lawn tennis championship matches will be held at Nhgars-onâ€"&oâ€"l.ako on July 13. Etrathroy has decided to impose & zcen.se fee of $50 on vendors of cigarâ€" tes. Mrs. Royd, wife of the late Governor ;‘ ,P‘Ji:w Brunswick, died at St. John, on ‘riday . $ g'r“;:'!n& works was turned out on y. The Hudson Bay expedition will start, wccording to present expectations, about It is d to reduce the Mounted Police m’:'fo asoout 500 men. The estate of the late Joseph Richardâ€" son, of Stratford, is valued at $100,000. Cornwall will celebrate the Jjubfl;;n? & citizens‘ demonstration on June s The Menmonites in Manitobs have contributed $350.35 to the India famine CaANADA. _Over 1% Galician immigrants arâ€" #wived at Winnipeg on Wednesday. Unteresting Items About Our Cwn Country, 18 NWSs N 1 NSE The Governiment have decided to inâ€" ‘ease the pay of civil servants by erit only, and to abandon the statuâ€" ry increase of $50 a year hitherto in THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. The first wheel forged at the Perth ; an action against exâ€"Mayor Tuckâ€" for $5,000 damages for alleged slanâ€" All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted lor Easy Reading. salary of Principal Merchant of the British market. _ _ . Ross, the Ontario Minisâ€" Colleg_iglvfijinq‘ii Er:"';!xas + at )[oniié;r'fll;f-\\:: will do the masonry L"(‘AO‘DJI?‘“’ hava | Commercial trade reports indicate a | general steady, but slow, increase in | the movement of trame, and there is | & more speculative spirit in the air | than for some time past. In some | lines production largely exceeds presâ€" ent requirements, and prices are conâ€" sequently depressed, but there is a gra.duall{ increasing consumptive deâ€" xhnan«‘i.‘ \'Peaf has been weak lately, mission at Wa. A requiem mass for the repose of the souls of the victims of the Paris fire was celebrated with extreme solâ€" emnity in the Cathedral of Notre Dame on Saturday. The reXeal of the Transvaal Immiâ€" Fation ct, complained of by Mr. hamberlain, is regarded as a comâ€" plete backdown by President Kruger, and measurably lessons the chances of Colony, says it is reported that Chief Samory, hitherto friendly to the Britâ€" ish, has captured Lieut. Henderson‘s It is _ semiâ€"officially denied_ that Prince Hohenlobe, the German Imperâ€" ial Chancellor, has resigned. can be said of woollens, though there is an increasing demand; the price of wool is firmer. Some furnaces in Pittsâ€" buxgand Pennsylvania have stopped work. Leather and hides are both weak Pie OMnngiieP Aetatnte P tss sr mA iatentcisaes & but later it bas advanced. The enâ€" quiry for cotton goods is dull, and a beavy ouiput is still on the market. Print cJotY:: are again lower, . and anills are continuing the output in exâ€" cess of current needs. Much the same Ahe nopes to obtain relief. The Buffalo Commercial, referring to the defeat of the arbitration treaty, says the rejection of the treaty by the Eenate closes an episode that dows the Republic np credit, and lends addiâ€" tional belief in the degeneracy of the Benate. At its session on Thursday in Chiâ€" cagpo the National Amsociation of Railâ€" way Surgeons changed its name to the .!nlu{_natiy_nal Amsociation, and elected Dr. Hutchinson, of Montreal, first viceâ€" president, and Dr. Riordan, of Toronâ€" to, chairman of the Committee of Aiâ€" rangements. The next meeting will be held in Toronto. The arbitration treaty has been deâ€" feated by the Unitez States Benate. The vote stood 43 yeas to 26 nays, not the necessary twoâ€"thirds required by the constitution. The Rev. Dr. Rainsford, rector of St. George‘s Episcopal church, New York, is sutfering from a severe attack of gout. and has left for Hot S{urings, Va., wgere he hopes to obtain relief. erial Chancellor and the Minister of oreign Affairs are in the hands of A scheme is on foot in Chicago to control the tishin% interests of the great lakes through the formation of a company, backed by English capital. Mrs. Mary O. Bates, who had hanged herself at Biddeford, Me., and whose death was announced after nine hours of unconsciousness is reported to have revived. Mrs. John Higgs, at Glenham, near Maiteawan, N.Y., on Tuesday gave birth to triplets, one of which has three eyes. Reports from many towns in Southâ€" western Michigan say an earthquake shock was felt for several seconds Sunâ€" day night. About twelve hundred plumbers are on strike in Chicago against the emâ€" ployme;_nt of more than one helper in '“;Tuaeph.t Whorne, inv;ntor ‘:i'a dtl:: orne esetting anachine, die New Yorg’ on Monday, aged 72. The resignatidns of the Daniel Kane, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is under arrest on the charge of throwâ€" ing his wife out of a thi:nf storey winâ€" dow, causing her instant death. ) _ Mr. Gladstone is in splendid health. He walked home from church on Sunâ€" day to Hawarden Castle, a distance of | half a mile, in a boisterous storm. |_ _ The Queen delighted the hearts of | Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone on Thnrsdnzy last when she summoned their grandâ€" ldaufihte.r, Dorothy Drew, to Windsor UNITED STATES. ; The exhibition of 'kinetosoofe pictures of the Corbettâ€"Fitzsimmons fight is to be prohibited in Pueblo, Col. A large number of the prominent citâ€" izens (? Buffalo intend to celebrate the Quepn‘n diamond jubilee by a dinner. don, she quietly rebuked the ostentaâ€" tion of the nouveau riche by remarkâ€" ing:â€"‘"Yes it is far finer than mine at Battle Abbey, where the steps are spmled’ by the marks left by the knights‘ spurs." The London Daily Mail, which celeâ€" brated its birthday last week, has a cirâ€" culation of three hundred thousand copâ€" les daily. None of its proprietors is more than thirtyâ€"three years of age. Thomas Wood, who was sentenced on Friday, in London, Eng., to five years‘ penoal servitude for fraudulently advertising loans, had previously servâ€" ed ten years in a Canadian penitenâ€" tiary. At the Transvaal Investigation Comâ€" mission on Friday, the Imie of Aberâ€" corn stated that the directors of the Britisl:] afiouth ;&!rlcf, dChartgrcid Cm:; pany no knowledge whatever the Jameson raid befoxge it took place. In the Imperial House of Commons on Wednesday the Merchants‘ Shipping bill was read a second time. The obâ€" ject of the measure is to rd against insufficient crews as weflmu unseaâ€" worthiness. When Mr. Astor, the American milâ€" lionaire, was showing the Duchess of Cleveland the magnificent marble stairâ€" case in his new office building in Lonâ€" A despatch from Accra, Gold Coast, The Prince and Princess of WAlC® took luncheon with Mr. Gladstone on Monday, and planted trees in Hawarâ€" den in memory of the occasion. there was frost in London. lcau The first consignment of Amer frozen poultry arrived in TLondon last week, and gave great satisfaction. _ Lord Rosemead, Sir Hercules Robinâ€" son, the former Governor of CaP® Colony, arrived im London. on Fridayâ€" All the appeals to London benevo lence are meeting with generous _ Te sponses except l:& Prince of Wales appeal for tgo city hospitals. _ Mrs. G-evorse Linnaeus Banks, an Engâ€" lish poet and novelist is dead. The miners‘ eightâ€"hour bill was l‘"_ jeoted in the British House of CO treal have a total carrying capacity of 500,000 bushels If the eflats are excluded the grain will have to be taken to Montreal by the railway% which, it is claimed, would mean Makâ€" ing the 8t. Lawrence route prohibitory and would drive the grain trade to Cold weather still prevails in most arts of England, and on Wednesday GREAT BRITAIN. GENERAL capacity of on the block saw, and had evidently gone from the usual side to the wrong side of the saw, and was engaged in hauling a shingle block to the gaw with a hook, not generally used, nor intended for that purpose, when : he slipped and fell directly under the saw, which severed his head from his body, and ogned both tha thorax and abdomen. r. Rossa, of the General Hospital, was called, and pronounced life extinct. The body was allowed to remain in the same position as when found until Coroner Reece arrived, who decided that an inquest was unâ€" Horrible Accident in a Lumber Company‘s Mill at Huntsville. A despatch from Huntsville, Ont., says:â€"A bhorrible accident happened about 9 o‘clock on Tuesday evening in the Huntsville Lumber Company‘s mill, when Robert Brady, of this place, met with instant death. He was working to reach the steerage, even when the steerage Yassengers apparently were unmindful of the danger or else the smoke and flames had not reached them. The saloon passengers were first aroused and in such a manner as to occasion little alarm. When it beâ€" came apparent that the fire had cut off the steerage passengers, the capâ€" tain and his men poured great quanâ€" tities of water down the ventilator and eight of the steerage passengers finalâ€" ly succeeded in making their escape. The horror of the story can bardly be detailed. ‘Those who are dead were penned up below decks, and although frantic efforts were made by the offiâ€" cers to save them, the fire had such terrific headway before the danger was discovered that all escape was cut off. The steamer carried amongst her carâ€" go many bales of cotton. It is not certain ‘how the fire originated, but when it was discovered it burst forth with such fury that it was impossible Bixtcen Persons Burned or Smothered Be low Decks. A despatch from New York says:â€" The Mallory Line steamer Leona, which left her pier on Saturday, bound for Galveston, put back, and arrived in port on Sunday, sixteen persons having perished. ‘The dead were steerage pasâ€" sengers on the steamer who succumbed in a terrible struggle during a fire which occurred off the Delaware capes at an early hour yesterday morning. ‘The jury retired, and in a short while returned from a verdict of guilty. His Lordship reserved judgment until toâ€" morrow. _ Neither counsel for Crown nor deâ€" fence addressed the ju:{. The learned judge said he would make a special reâ€" The grisoner was placed in the box, when his testimony created a sensaâ€" tion. He said the confession made to Rogers was false in the main. He did not deny his guilt , (but said that Hughes and Penn were both with him at McLeod‘s house. When he entered the house he had no intention of comâ€" mitting murder. In reply to a question b{ the judie, he said it was the state of his health that induced him to make the confession. He grew quite elognent in describing the tortures he endured while in solitary confinement in the penitentiary. _ _ _ Â¥ E)orf of the case to the Minister of Jusâ€" ice and the Attorneyâ€"General, and have them pass upon it. _ _ sion; Mrs. MclLeod, widow of the murâ€" dered man; Dr. Leonard, who held the postâ€"mortem; and Mr. Glynn, of Sarâ€" nia, who recognized the i)riaoner as the party he had sold a revolver to. ‘The prisoner was placed in the box. Four witnesses were called for the prosecution. wetective Rogers, who gave evidence of the prisoner‘s confesâ€" that the McLeod murder would pass down as one of the mysterious ones which would not out, when it was all cleared np in a most remarkable manâ€" ner. Some months ago a convict conâ€" fessed ‘to the warden of the Kingston penitentiary *that he it was who shot Angus MclLeod. The Attorneyâ€"General was notified, and he delegated Detecâ€" tive Rogers to enquire into the matter. In an interview with Troy the detective warned ‘him that any statement made might be used against him. home. Almokt four years passed away, arnd it had become generally accepted ordinary case that ever caime under his observation. ‘The court was packâ€" ed to suffocation. The prisoner said he Avas friendless, and wanted to plead guilty, but this his Lordship would not consent to, and Mr. W. H. Perry was Belected to defend him. Mr. W. R. Riddell, Orown prosecutor, in his opening address to the jurty, said that awaly back iin September, 1893, the town of Napanee was startled by the news that a prominent citizen had been shot down in cold blood in his own son characterized it as the most extraâ€" His Testimony Creates a Sensationâ€"Justice Robertson Characterizes it as a Most Extraordinary Case. A despatch from Napanee, says:â€"The conviction of John F. Troy for the murâ€" der of Angus McLeod on the 13th Sepâ€" tember, 1898, terminated on Tuesday, when His Lordship Mr. Justice Robertâ€" JOHN TROY FOUND GUILTY OF KILLâ€" ING ANGUS MCLEOD. aheef“cnd five thousand bullocks to England as a contribution towards the dinner which the Princess of Wales is promoting for the poor of the London alums during jubilee week. . The Duc d‘Aumale died on Friday at Zucco, Sicily, from cardiac apoplexy, eaused by the shock he ex?arienced ‘on hearing of the death of the Duchess CONVICTED OF MURDER, d‘Alencon in the Paris fire. Five of the Barcelona Anarchists conâ€" victed of participating in the bomb outrage, were shot on TueskMay mornâ€" ing. They shouted "Long live Anarâ€" chy" just before the ordeg to fire was There is a movement on foot in Australia to mend twenty thousand them not to leave the Cabinet for the present. a STEAMER LEONA ON FIRE. KILLED BY A SAW. TORONTO &nd the crop tni% a failure; but mg most of the fall wtheat of the Province is grown in the western half we may conclude t hat mm fall wheat acreâ€" age greatly e th‘ epoor, and the pr?ecta on the wihole are very fine. In November last we concluded that an increased erea hail been laid down to wheat. The crop of this year at préâ€" Several years. _ No m{ury by insects has been reported. Little or none of the crop will be plowed up. When we go to eastern Ontario, however, the reâ€" ports are quite the reverse. From all sections come reports ofaii)oor condition and the crop being a failure; but s several years." No in FALL WHEAT. In the western half of the Province correspondents are practically unanimâ€" ous in reporting the fall wheat good. Very little injury was done in _ the winter. _ On some low lying fields spring frosts, and, later, spring rains did some damage, but the general prosâ€" pects are above the average. The following are condensed reports of freâ€" quent occurrence: ‘"Very good." "Exâ€" cellent." "Best {for years.‘ " Never saw better." ‘"Lopks better than for was in some instances largely repaired by a prompt and careful use of the land roller. In the eastern part of the Province there are more un{favorable reports than otherwise regarding cloâ€" ver. In a number of localities it is ‘"playing out" to a discouraging exâ€" tent ,and spring frosts have done more injury there than in the west. Taking the Province as a whole, it is yet posâ€" sible for the cro(}) to recover and give a generous yield by mowing time. in both the east and the west alsike has done much better than red clover. ‘ CLOVER. Reports regarding clover are not only varied, but in many instances they are contradictory, although the matter of draining largely explains why men in the same locality someâ€" times send entirely opposite reports. Clover made a poor catch in 1895, and in the following spring the seedâ€" ing turned out only a little ‘better, except where sown with barley. Young fields are doing better than old meaâ€" dows in the western half of the Proâ€" vince. On low lying lands a good deal of heaving occurred, although this evil bulk of their supply, and in most disâ€" tricts there is little more than is necâ€" essairy for home needs. There was a lively movement in cattle during the winter and spring, especially in â€" the western part of the Province, where a large number of beeves were purchased and shipped to the Buffalo and other American markets, good prices being given. A considerable number of catâ€" tle have also been g;x.mhpsed for the British markets, to finished on grass for May or June delivery. There are less fat and store cattle for sale than usual in the Province, although in some sections there will still be more than are required for local purposes. ; FARM SUPPLIES. Whetre was a good supply of hay in the hands of farmers in the fall, but various causes led to large sales to pressers and liberal feeding to live stock, and except in a few sections here and there there is but little more hay than is necessary for local emergencies. Oats are still plentiful, although owing to low prices, large quantities of this grain fvas fed to live stock. Some iarmers are still holding on to wheat, but the majority have parted with the was an outbreak of hog cholera, and mxfioortatlons from that district lea to other cases appearing in parts of Lambâ€" ton, Middlesex, Oxford, and York. The gisease appears to have been promptâ€" fodder some of the animals were alâ€" lowed to get too lean. Two or three cases of disease were complained of, but these were evidently due to local conditions. ESheep generally are in excellent condition, end lambs are abundant. â€" Bome cases of scab, howâ€" ever, were reported from York and Victoria, and elsewhere one or two complaints of a different ailment. Swine have not done as well as usual. Many litters ‘have been lost. In Esâ€" sex and other Lake Erie counties there disease appears ly stampe‘:lp out. Taking a general survey of the field, live stock may be said to have come through the winter in good condition. Horses are perhaps a little thin, but apart from odd cases of "distemper‘ they have been almost completely free from disease. Cattle have also done were ready to burst into bloom, and gooseberries and currants were niceâ€" ly leafing. Very little sowing of epring crops ‘had occurred, owing to the wet and rather cold weather prevailing, & great variation, from 16 inches at Woodstock to 144 inches at Owen Sound. There were heavy frosts throughout the Province on ‘April 19th and 20th. VEGETATION. lAs May opened it was considered by the majority of correspondents that the season was hardly as advanced as usuâ€" al, but it was thought that as there ‘had been plenty of rain there would be rapid growth when the warm weaâ€" ther came. In most parts of the Proâ€" v’lnoetherewasagoodbitoofgrm for sheep and young cattle, but live stock generally ‘had not been turned out to pasture. Fruit buds on trees _ The past winter was milder than usuâ€" al. December was the only month beâ€" low the average, having been ten deâ€" grees colder than the average of the previous fifteen years. March was sevâ€" en degrees warmer than in two pre vious years, and April was four de grees colder than in 1896. The rainfall of the six months Noâ€" vember to April was above the averâ€" age and the snowfall becow , but both together, (the total precipitation) were 15.20 inches, compared with 15.44 in the previous year, and 15.72 inches, the avâ€" erage of the previous fifteen years. March and April had an extra amount of rain by ever 1.5 inches. The snowâ€" fall averaged 62 inches, but there was The Weather During the Past Wintor and Early Springâ€"~How the Live Stock Ls Looking at the Prosent Timeâ€"Appcarâ€" The following is taken from the May Bulletin now being issued by the Onâ€" tario Department of Agriculture on the condition of crops and live stock in the Province on May lst: > THE WEBATHER WHAT THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS. THE MAY CROP REPOLT ance of the Clover and Fall Wheat. , although in the desire to husband What do you mean, Roaly, by 1 % 1), 0y paying rn m?poy {'C'OXMVe cigars in t{». WThe tobaceonist won‘t trust me. Ballie Twitters is to be married, s Mre. Kilduff to her brother, who i crusty bachelor. ‘Ah! replied he, who is her victi Then, seeing a baleful look in his ; ter‘s eye, he added, I should say, v is her accomplice. The recall of the forces from Crete has been received with resignation by the public. The Delyannis organs atâ€" tack the Government bitterly for apâ€" pealing to Europe, but most of the papers accept this as inevitable, and violently attack the Ethnike Hetairia, asking it to render an account of its actions. On learning that the Crown Prince had appointed his dismissed chief of staff, Col. Sapoundzaki, and his a.ide-de-(am?, Capt. Hadjipetro, to the command of an artillery regiment, the Government has recalled both offi_ cers to Athens and ordered them to reâ€" turn immediately. ' NOTE OF THE POWERS. | The conditions insisted upon by Gerâ€" many, the chief of which is that Greece | shall give her formnlrconsent to the principle of autonomy for Crete, will ‘be accepted by the Greek Government. lThe note of the powers has not yet been presented, but it has been drawn !a.nd is to the following effect:â€"‘"Upon a formal declaration by Greece that she }will recall her troops and agree to such an autonomous regime for Crete as the wers in their wisdom shall _ deem Efisz, and accept unreservedl{ the counâ€" sels of the powers, they will intervene in the interests of peace." The note will probably be g{:‘ieqented toâ€"morrow after the German Minister has received final instructions. It is understood that Greece, in her reply, will assent to all of these conditions. M. Ralli, the Preâ€" mier, and M. Skovloudis, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, bhave had a long interview toâ€"day with Mr. Egerton, the British representative, which has causâ€" ed considerable comment. It is believâ€" ed to be connected with the expected intervention of the powers. A despatch from Domokos says that heavy rains there prevent fighting. f | others with a free han}l, until the corâ€" ‘respondents of the London aress. findâ€" ing that they were frequently made to say the very reverse of what they thad written, had to abandon the wire, and !rmort to the postâ€"office at Aithens for the safer conveyance of their despatchâ€" ens. This state of affairs accounts for | thedelay In telling thestory of Prince \ Constantine‘s blunder. When he orderâ€" | ad the flight at Larissa the Turks were defeated, but in his cowardly imagiâ€" | nation he cbnstrued their refreat into |a flank movement, and rushed off like a frightened girl, with his troops following pellâ€"mell in confusion at his heels He destroyed the morals of the army, and his name is only men-{ tioned in ‘Athens with execration. capacity he suppressedl those telegrams which did nbt please bim, and :?tered The war between Turkey and Greece is practically over. Pourparlers have taken place between the powers, overâ€" tures of mediation were made to the Greek Government on Tuesday, and the Cabinet, after serious deliberation, acâ€" repted the offer. Greece undertakes to recall her troops from Crete, and agrees to such autonomous government for that island as the powers, in their wisâ€" dom, shall deem best, and promises to accept unreservedly the counsels of the powers in settling peace between the two countries. The spirit of Greece is broken, and even the antiâ€"Royalists, who, a short time ago, would listen to no suigestion of peace, submit to the iron terms of the powers without a mutmur. The secret is out. The disaster to the Greek cause is due entirely to the blundering of the Crown Prince. This amateur military commander assumed the functions of press censor. In this earthquakes, and that if they did not turn they would all be utterly destroyâ€" ed._ Not only were services held twice daily in the small churches or chapels but openâ€"air meetings were held. isted. That town/! was rocked like a boat at sea on April 30. Six houses were destroyed, but no lives lost. ‘This is land before the earthquake hbad not been noted for the piety of its peoâ€" ple, but while the Madiana was in that port meetings were held at short intervals in all of the churches, which were crowded with worshippers. _ _ The | inhabitants finally _ believed that it was on account of their inâ€" iquities that they had been visited by Houses Razed to the Ground â€" People Crushed to Death by Falling Walls, Earthquakes are shaking the islands of Gundeloupe and Montserrat of the Leeward group in the West Indies. The cable a few days ago reported that a number had been killed at Guadeâ€" loupe. Details were supplied by the Quebec liner Madiana, which arrived at New York on Tuesday, from Leeâ€" ward island ports. When the steamâ€" er reached Antigun, forty miles from ‘Gl.udeloupe. on May 1, everyone in port was discussing the shocks. The heaviest had occurred two days before, when fifty negroes had been killed outright by being buried in the ruins of their houses. In a brick church a congregation of two hundred people were _ caught by the colla%oe of . the walls, and â€" fifty crushed to. death. _ Those in the streets saw the houses seway back and {forth, and the walls of the â€"brick structures crack. . The u&)rt also said that twe'nt{.-bve or thirty people had lost their lives at Point-a-l?ietre. Twelve houses of brick in Guadeloupe had been demolished and scores of others cracked and seamed by the shocks. From â€"Antigua the Madiana steamed to Montserrat, arriving there on May 2. There, too, a state of terror exâ€" IN A $TATE 0F TBRROR, DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKES IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. sent promises to expeed in total yield the crops of the two precerling yeArs.: WINTER RYE. r ‘This crop 13 rowing in favor both for putu.rule tn‘d soiling, although the area is sti oomparauv;ltye small. It has come through the winter in splenâ€" did condition, more especially where sown on light soils. | AN EXCELLENT REASON MAKING IT WORSE. THE WAR OVER. , who is a victim ? , said ’mmai)(l: Mom: rmdl the » on and the Blue . Mountains, from â€" Adam‘s" Poak and Simla, from Montreal and Mount Sir Donald, from St. Helena, Fiji and the rest?" Further on in his circular letter he adds;:â€""It will be a pgrand zinbol of anited empire to know t on one particular night commemâ€" orative boo{jns are blazing all around the worldâ€"lighting up a fiery cross to F“““wgfl. prosperity and progress for all who enjoy and profit by che for all who enjo{ and profit by che benefioentmy of Victoria the proat." In Great Britain it has been arranged that at 10 o‘clock on the night of Queen Victoria‘s Jubilee day beacon fires shall be lit all over the mother counâ€" try. Sir George Badenâ€"Powel! suggests that the idea should be extended to the whole empire. "Cannot the great sigâ€" nal," Sir George asks, "blaze from the mLm{hl_pm beights of the emâ€" when a monument was raised to hi f;t‘:xer. King Frededrick \\'illi}un NJ . a it was proposed to inscribe on it "to King Frederick William IIL, by Emperor ‘William," be insisted that "‘Emperor" be changed to "King," deâ€" claring that it was not _ fitting that a son should make use of a highâ€" er title than that of his father in such _ _Persons who â€" appreciate Emperor William‘s ambition to model his career after that of his grandfather are wonâ€" dering how he reconciles his championâ€" ship of the Turks against the Greeks with the attitude of the revered Kaiâ€" ser in‘1828. Then the latter tried evâ€" ery means to obtain permisgsion to join the Russian campaign against the =ulâ€" tan and was so vehement in his denuâ€" clations against the latter and against the Ottoman empire that he was wont to mg: bis letters to his relatives, *"Wilhelm _ der ‘Turken{resser"® (Wilâ€" liam, the devourer of the Turks) How little the old Kaiser would have liked the muchâ€"questioned title of "The Great" on the pedestal of his new staâ€" ‘od with their sales. Sugars continue very dull, and one of the local refinâ€" eries has temporarily shut down, owâ€" ing to accumulation of refined stock. Teas are also still vexl'}v quiet, but the proposed duty in the United States of tcular cent. will help the market here, if adopted. Hidas and leather remain rather dull, but the local high prices for hides and calfskins are unchanged, though the demand from tanners is slack, and storks in «tore are accumuâ€" lgtinf. There is goud deimand for deâ€" strable grades of chrese for export by first outâ€"going steamers, and i0 to 18 1â€"2 cents. is being paid folr good colâ€" ared goods; butter is coming in liberâ€" ally and considerable decline is noted. The money market is unchanged and calltmoney is readily available at 4 pes ‘The visible supply of wheat in the United Btates and Canada decreased 1,789,000 bushels last week, and the toâ€" tal is now only $4,412,000 bushels as compared with®55,519,000 bushels s year ago. The amount afloat to Eu» rope is 17,520,000 as compared with 28,â€" 240,000 bushels a year ago. The total visible on land and afloat is 51,982,000 bushels as against #3,759,000 a year ago, a decrease of 81,827,000 bushels. Wholesale trade at Toronto has been quiet this week. There has been po special movement, and conditions are unchanged. Hyere and there somealight contractions or expunsions were . reâ€" ported, but generally speaking businesse bas ruled quiert. A moderate trade is reporipd in dry goods, hardware and leathier, while groceries are on the quiet side. Merchanis, however, are not grumbling, but expect improve» ment mhortly. Remitiances are yet backiward, which is due to some extent to farmers bring busy sceding, and consequrently there is a limited moveâ€" ment of couniry produce. The grain markets are siow, the demand gmc small. Large contragts havp been made for vessei room for the export of corn from Montreal this and next month, Money continues easy,. Prime commer clal paper is discounted at 8 per cent., and call loanis on stocks continue unchanged at 4 1â€"2 per cent. There is a fair uemand for bank issues, which is stimaulated by cheap money and also by the semsâ€"annual dividends to be paid on June lst. Navigation is now fully ot:ned at Montreal, arrivals from sea being {airâ€" ly numerous for the season;, the canals wre also all open, and grain is coming lorward freely for shipment to Europe, but the gener@l distrtbutian of merâ€" chandise countrywarnds does not show any very specinl increase. in heary goods, such as mptals, handware, paints, etc., there is rather more doing in the way of shipments by stearmboat to river points. dn dry goods trade is rather better with the country than with city retailers, who complain that so much late wet weather has interferâ€" Te The security markets are firm. Canâ€" adian Pacific continues in demmand, and yesterday was quoted at 55 18 in London. Cable debentures are scarce and higher at 99. ‘Telephone is also hbigher, with sales in Toronto at 164 1â€"4. In consequence of the resumption of gold exports at New York, the gold balance of the United States Treasury shows a reduction of about $4,000,000 the past few days. The total now is $149,000,000. The world‘s visible supply of wheat shows a decrease of 6,216,000 bushels for the week, much more than exâ€" pected, but for all that prices in the leading markets are lower. Stocks of wheat at Fort William and Port Arthur are 3,042,48§ bushels as against 3,882,664 bushels last week, and 3,133,936 bushels a year ago. _ Canadian Pacific earnings for the fourth week of April were $467,000, an increase of $58,000. Canadian exporters of corn report bheavy engagements to go out from Montreal this and next month. The stock of wheat at Toronto is 122,889 bushels as compared with 139,â€" 978 bushels last week and 16,113 bushâ€" els a year ago. Some Items of Interest to the Busy THE FIELD OF COMMERCE, "DEVOURER OF THE TURKS." JUBILEE BEACON FIRES that whe new 1‘ superb edifice what is know and altogether public buildi cost was bar doliars, yet t without, is in and sumptuo tol at Albany $2,000,000. 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