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The Dominion Government will sue the United States Government for $10,â€" 000 for damages caused to the Govâ€" ernment vessel La Canadienne in the collision with the American vessel Yanâ€" the. The Dominion fishery protection fleet en the Atlantic coast has gone into winter quarters with the exception of the Osprey, which is watching two or thres American fishing steamers which have not yet left for home. After the first of January the Inâ€" tercolonial railway, the Prince Edward Islaw! railway, and the leased lines, will be known under the title of the Canadian Government railway system. It is announced that Lord Strathcona has presented hbis entire herd of bufâ€" falo now on his farm neas Winnipeg to the Dominion Covernment, to ba placed in the National Park at Ban{f. Lord â€" Strathcona, Canadlian â€" High Commissioner, in a letter to Sir Richâ€" ard Cartwright, states that he will reâ€" tura to Canada shortly to interview pulp and paper manufacturers here regarding opportunities for extending their business to Great Britain. l""‘n_\' Bppli\'atiom hflve h(‘en re“(\iv-; HAS «cCopUel & ‘prupuaml u)uug' VERL ! e«l at the Dominion Customs Departâ€"| hours as a day‘s work for rallivay | ment from Americans for permimion{'mp]oye‘“' | to take goods into Alaska, via Canadian| _Among the persons nnder arrest for | territory, in bond, and the matter is‘ pillaging in Prague, is the son of a| receiving the attention of the Cabinet | Millionaire, The Germans still dread ; at Ottawa. a fresh attack. o / Io An order has been received at the C.P.R. shops. Perth, for 1,500 box cars. Robert Marsball, aged fifteen, was killed in the Hamilton cotton mills elevator. Vladimir Bourt:eff, a Russian. was remanded at BRow street police station, London,. on Thursday, charged with isâ€" awing a pullication inciting the a=sasâ€" sination of the Czar. The Thirteenth Battalion of Hamilâ€" ton, have won the Gzowski Cup for the fourth time in succession. The Qusen‘s Mr. J. Haney, superintendent of conâ€" struction of the Crow‘s Next Pass railâ€" way, gives a general denial to the charges of unfair treatment of the laâ€" bourarsa employed on the work. He says out of four thousand men only sixty had any complaint to make, and they were sent hom». Mr. B. P. Osler, Q. C., of Toronto has filed a petition with the Dominion Deâ€" partment of Justice asking for the reâ€" vocation of the charters of the Canaâ€" dian Copper Company and the Angloâ€" American Company, on the grounds that they have not established smeltâ€" ing works in Canada, according to the terms of their contract. London‘s weatber continues remarkâ€" ahly mild, and is decidedly favourable to the city poor. Verrilic weather has heen prevailing on the southâ€"west coast of treland, and serious wrecks are reported An immense shoe factory is to be| The general opinion of Kie! regarding started in Galasbiels, Heotland, to mm-' the German occupation of Kiaâ€"Chau pete with the United States, which bay is voiced by a diplomat, who says rox holds a large part of the British|it.is a great pity that Germany, having shoe market ‘an easy, safe and simple, though slightâ€" Vladimir Bourt:elf, a â€" Russian, was | IÂ¥ piratical piece of work, should not be remanded at Row street police station, 4Ve to perform it without setting the London. on Thursday, charged with is.| whole world laughing. It is understood that the Ouke of Norfolk, one of England‘s most influâ€" entia!l peers. bas anproached Lord Salâ€" isbury with a view to obtaining the Mr. W. C. Macdonald has made anâ€" other gift of about $300,000 to McGill University. Mr. Macdonald‘s total conâ€" tributions to MeGill amount toabout Gen. Sir Henry Gardiner, commandâ€" er of the Horse Artillery, is dead in London. The engineers of six of the Allan line steamers. now at Glasgow, have gone out on strike. _ Serious _ disorganizaâ€" tion of the fleet is feared. It is reported at London that Sir Wim. E. Maxwell, Governor and Comâ€" manderâ€"inâ€"Chief of the Gold Coast, died at sea while en route to Engâ€" land. Mr. Sifton does not anticipate any trouble from the efforts being made at Washington to prevent the entrance of Canad‘an goods into the Yukon by way of Dyea. It is revorted that the prospect® of a settlement of the engineer‘s strike in Great Britain are very promising. Lord Wrottesley‘s seat in Staffordâ€" shire has hbeen completely gutted by fire, and many articles of historic value are lost. Sir Frank Lockwood, M.P.. who acâ€" companied Lord Russell on his reâ€" cent trip to this country. is dead. [it NA N I NSE Mr. Arthur Piers, C. P. R. Steamâ€" ship Manager, has gone to England to purchase steamships and to make othâ€" er arrangements for the new Klondike line. Brakeman \Wheeler, of the G. T. R. fell beneath the cars at Brantford. Fortunately he fell between the tracks, and by lying prostrate, escaped in jury. TIHE VERY LATEST FRONM: ALL THE WORLD OVER )wn came second. and the 48th High anders third. p Interes‘iag Items About Our Own Country, Gre«t Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Olobe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. 8. 8. Stratton and R. Ronan, of Otâ€" tawa, have been awarded the contract for supplying for four years the Postâ€" Office Department with mail Lags. Wm. Green, who was run into by a street car at Hamilton, while riding a borse on Sunday afternoon, is dead as the result of b‘s injuries. CANADA. Captain William Sparling of the Montreal Fire Brigade is dead. The new R. & O. steamers being built at Toronto will be called "Torâ€" onto" and "Kingston." 6 A company has been formed and plans matured for Luilding an electric railway between St. Catharines and Port Dalhousie. Captain William Sparling of th* There is a strike of iron workers Montreal Fire Brigade is dead. _ _\ in New York, which, it is feared,r will Over $18,000 has been collected in ; develop into a strike of serious proâ€" subscriptions for the Western Univerâ€" | portions. sity. _ | _ It is proposed to hold an ecumenical Another case of smallpox has been ‘Foreign Missionary Conference in New reported to the Mayor by the Montreal | York in April, 1900, to last ten days. Health Officer. * | The United States Senate has â€"apâ€" The Hamilton Acetyline Gas Machâ€"| proved a Lill appropriating £2€0,000 for ine Co. bhas been formed, with a capiâ€"| the reliel of the miners in the Klondike Ital stock of $45,000. | region. GREAT BRITAIN | The bill relating to pelagic sealing, ‘ which has just passed both branches of [ the United States Congress, places an absolute prohibition on the further bringing of sealskins into the United [Slates from any source whatever. \_ According to reports as to business in the United States, retail trade in <the east has been more satisfactory | during the past week. There is possiâ€" | ble trouhle in the New England mills and either a strike or a shutâ€"down is | likely to occur. In the West and thae Northâ€"West trade is reported to e | most satisfactory, though mild weaâ€" | ther has checked the distribution of | seasonable goods to a large extent. . Collections generally are reported Letâ€" | ter, and the allâ€"round tone and trade | outlook good. The commercial failâ€" | ures in the United States for the | week just ended were 283, as comparâ€" | éd with 359 in the corresponding week | of last year. The Rev. Dr. James M. Farrar is about to abandon his wealthy New | York pastorate that he may devote | his life to preaching the Gospel withâ€" ; out pay. |_Durrant, who was sentenced on Wedâ€" nesday for the fourth time to be hangâ€" {ed. says that he will never go to t!le scaffold, as he is confident help will come to him in his extremity. On Sunday at St. Joseph, Mo.. Mrs. Charles Miller, her mother, and all her relatives and other Catholies who atâ€" tended her marriage, were excommuniâ€" cated because the young woman was married by a Protestant minister. They say that was a brilliant match of Bullion and Miss Goldly. It is rumored, that Russia has occuâ€" pied Port Arthur with the consent of China The Crown Prince and Princess of Greecs and Prince and Princess Conâ€" stantine of Greece will leave Athens for a prolonged tour for the benefit of their bealth. A despatch from Atheas announces that the treaty of peace between Turkâ€" ey and Greece bhas been ratified by King George. It has been also ratifiâ€" ed by Turkey. Prince Bismarek. who nerved himselHd up for the Emperor‘s reeent visit has relapsed into his former weakness, deâ€" spondency and insomnia and is said to be sinking fast. A wellâ€"known diplomat â€" says that Greece was involved in the war with Turkey owing to the endeavor of King George to bluff the Czar into hurrying the marriage of Princess Marie. Spain is negotiating with the Armâ€" strongs, of England, to obtain a four thousand three hundred ton cruiser, worth one imillion five hundred thouâ€" sand dotlars, which has been built for Japans Some of the richest Spaniards of Cuba are holiding meetings to consider the Yes; but it seems to have gone out when they were married. It is stated that the citizens of Maâ€" drid are in a state of great suppressâ€" ed excitement, and there are such srtong fears of a revolution that preâ€" parations are being made for the flight of the Roval family. advisability of sending a petition to President McKinley seeking to estabâ€" lish a United States protectorate ovâ€" er the island. Strong earthquake shocks, lasting twelve seconds, were felt on Saturday morning in Central Italy. The Marquis diâ€" Rudini has sucâ€" ceeded in reconstructing the italian Cabinet, without rmaking _ many changes. The French Chamber of _ Deputies has adopted a proposal fixing ten bhours as a day‘s work for railvay employes. Among the persons under arrest for HMayti is again threatened, this time by Italy who is making beavy claims for the alleged illegal seizure of an Italian merchant vessel some years ago. Alphonse Daudet, the _ celebrated French novelist, is dead. He was 57 years of age. + The {amous Parisian model, Lucie Hagerland, had her beauty destroyed by vitriol, which was thrown in her face by another model in a fit _ of jealousy. Zanoli, the New York barber, who is accused of seven murders, says he has no hope of escaping the consequences since the untruth of bis statement reâ€" garding his daughter‘s death has Fkeen found out. The Ban Francisco transportation companies bhave agreed upon . a pASâ€" senger rate of five hundred dollars from that city to Dawson City. The United States War Department rmpf)fles to buy 500 reindeer from Lapâ€" and to be used in taking supplies into Dawson City this winter. The total tonnage carried on the canals of New York State during the past season shows a decrease compared with the previous season of 97,000 tons. â€" Lieut. Peu'i. previous to leaving England for the United States, was presented with models for flying maâ€" chines, submarine boats, and other deâ€" vices supposed to be likely to facilitate his exploration of the polar region. UNITED STATES. Charles Butler. lawyer and philanâ€" thropist, is dead at New York. admission of Cardinal Vaughan into the House of Lords. The Countess of Warwick is takâ€" ing great interest in the founding of an Agricultural Training College for Women, to educate farmers‘ daughters in scientific and commercial dairying, poultry, raising, etc. AN EXTINGUISHER GENERAI Mr. and Mrs. Cook are a devout couâ€" ple. consistent meimbers of the Church of England, and well known _ and highly respected. _ Neither is given to flightiness nor extravagance of imagâ€" ination, but on the contrary, both are educated. soberâ€"minded persons. _ The subject of these remarkable experiences calmly not to say pleasurably, awaits what she considers the inevitable. her deceas» within two weeks‘ time. As they were proceeding thus, a soâ€" berâ€"looking countryman behind them, evidently unaware of the relationship of the pair, frowned once or twice at the limping youth, and shook his head at him reprovingly. Young X, was wondering what thisâ€"could mean, when he was speedll{ enlightened by the countryman giving bim a smart box on the ear, at the same time exâ€" claiming indignantly; The Pall Mall Gazette echoes the Stamdlard‘s enquiry as to America‘s atâ€" titude, and remarks:â€""Of course, the partition of the coast, which is bound to come, will not be confined to Rusâ€" sia and Germany. Every naval State in the world is actively concerned in the disturbance of the equilibrium in the far Eastâ€"Great Britain, Frane, and Japan especially. But the Unitâ€" ed States cannot be treated as a quanâ€" tity to be ignored. Tame acquiescence with these seizures is not worthy of our past and is fatal to our future. Wa may remark that we shall not be without sympathizars, as the Japanese will most joyfully back any scheme to redress the bitter humiliation they have suffared at the hands of Russia." Sunday night she recovered from one of her protracted trances, during which she was to all appearances dead. showâ€" ing neither pulse nor heartheat. he was in an ecstatic state, and told her busband and others that she had been ; in Paradise, bhad seen the angels, and ; the atode of the rodeemed. _ In the ; spiritland. she had met, she declared, | Mr. Cook‘s first wife, who received her kindly and sent a tender message to ; the loved ones on earth She mentionâ€" ed various other deceased relatives and / Friends whom sh» conversed with and who were happy in their ethereal ; @ bode. Describing minutely her heaâ€" | venly surroundings, Mrs. Cook went on | to say that she rea‘ly had been dead, | but her spirit was permitted toreturn | to earth for another two weeks, at the | expiration of which period she would | finally pass from this world into the next. no more to return. \ Tak‘ that, ye young jackanapes! Ye should be ashamed o‘ yourse!l‘ for mimâ€" Icking the auld gentleman‘s infirmity, Ye toothless young scoondrel, ye‘ll be lame yoursel‘ some day." BELIEVES SHE WAS IN HEAVEN. The Strange Case of a Wellâ€"Kuown Farm or‘s Wife. A despatch _ from Chatham, Ont., raysâ€"The peculiar case of Mrs. Cook, wite of a wealthy farmer on the River road, six miles from Chatham, is exâ€" citing the most intense and widespread interest of the whole countryside. She was a widow â€" hefore marrying her present hushand, who also had heen married before, Mrs. Cook is the vicâ€" tim of a strange illness which induces a cataleptic, or tranceâ€"like state at regularly recurring intervals. Advices received in London from Paris show France is waiting Great Britain‘s action. If Great Britain folâ€" lows the lead of Russia and Germany, and occupies a seaport, France will folâ€" low suit. The Rev. Dr. X., a popular minister, sulfers from a halt in his gait, a pecuâ€" liarity which be inbarited from _ his father. _ One day when the reverend doctor was still a student, he was walking along Princes Street, Edinâ€" burgh, in company with his father, and on coming to a path where the footâ€" way was narrowed on account of some building operations, the old gentleman stepped on before him. | The London Globe says:â€" "Russia and Germany now have the _ two most _ important _ strategical _ posiâ€" tions in Nortkern China, and Great Britain, whose â€" commercial _ interâ€" ests there are ten times greater, must be content with the crumbs from the St. Petersburg and Berlin ta bles." UNDESERVED» CUFE, It was undeserved, but the cirecumâ€" stances were so peculiar that even the recipient of the blow must have been more amused than angry. _ The story is told by a London journal: "What do we get?‘ is the burden of their complaint; and they all inâ€" sist on the necessity for immediate acâ€" tion. GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE DEâ€" SIRE CHINESE PORTS. ALL WANT A FAIR SHARE, The Press on the Situationâ€"Reason for the @Qceupatton of Port Arthurâ€"Rawia and Cermany Coâ€"operating in Eastern Asia, Japan With Englard. A despatch from Beria says:â€" The Paris correspondent of the Cologne Gazette telegraphs his paper that he learns on reliable authority that the Russian occupation of Port Arthur was connected with the visit there of the British ship Daphne a week ago, when in spite of the protests of the Chinese the Daphne entered the inner harkour, allegedly to ascertain whether there were Russian ships there. China comâ€" plained of the incident to" the repreâ€" sentatives of the powers of Pekin. Weiâ€"Heiâ€"Wei, this winter, If true, this indicates that â€" Great â€" Britain _ is working _ with Japan, The latter still occupies Weiâ€"Haiâ€"Wei pending P:}i\'ment of the Chinese war indemâ€" nity. i ‘spapers The London evening ue\\sp;li{:;- are much disturbed over the s tion. The British far Eastern squadron is said to be at Talicmoan, and, A¢â€" cording to the correspondent menâ€" tioned, is shortly expected at â€" Port Arthur. The Cologne Gazette, regards the 0¢â€" cupation as merely a continuance of the coâ€"operation of Germany with Russia in Eastern Asia. An unconfirmed report is current in London that part of the British far Eastern squadron will be stationed at TORONTO A French Chemist‘s Experiments wits Leaves of the Erait Trees, * Wine growers are much interested in, but somewhat dubious of, a story of a new process of wine manufacture says an exchange. It seems that a French druggist has conveived th idea that the flavor of the fruit of shruks is generated in the leaves of these plants and passes from them into the fruits. The fragrance which the leaves ol the black currant bush gives off especially aiter a litile rubbing. and which is so very similar to the taste of the berry, appears to favor this view. The Frenchman, however, goes further, and says that the pleasant taste of the apple, pear or grape is prepared in the leaves of the respective plants, although it may be noticeable in these cases in a less degree than with the black currant. _ After crushâ€" ing the leaves be adds a fermenting agent, such as yeast to them, whereâ€" upon the odorless and tasteless glyâ€" coside principle becomes free which is to impart to the fruit proper its aroma and pleasant taste. What was formerly sought to be accomplished with grapes and other fruits is now claimed to kbe done in a superior manner with the leaves of the plants in a fermenting vat. Appleâ€"tree leaves, for instance are placed in water containing 15 per cent. of sugar and yeast is added. As the process advances there is an odor of apples, and when the fermenâ€" tation is finished and the yeast has settled, a strawâ€"yellow liquid is ob tained, which possesses the fine "bouâ€" quet," of the fruit of the respective trees from from which the leaves were taken. The public is assured that "with vine leaves the results are still more prolific. A beverage tasting and smelling strongly of wine is ohtan.d., from it which is similar to the best and fin._nlly. brandy may be distilled It was a seemingly perfect voyage from Vera Cruz to Tampico, then on to Progresso, and finally to this port, where the shp tied up at pier 17, East River, last Wednesday evening. Even when the lines were out and the thirâ€" teen passengers had vanished into the city with their baggage, Captain Burâ€" ley had no suspicion of the astonishing discovery in store for him. Arrangeâ€" ments had been completed for the reâ€" meâ€"vzal of the specie to an ocean liner, destined to bear it to the European consignees nnd the trucks had been lined up in readiness for their precious freight when the mate, at the head of a gang of men, went to the treasure room. There was a key in his hand, but there was no need to use it. The door of the treasure room was found to be unfastened. _ The pressure of a hand upon its massive panslling forced it wide open. Berlin adventures he describes are imagirary, and it is said that his father became insane before his death. An attempt was made to keep the afâ€" fair secret for the sake of Helmbold‘s family. Mexican Dolisars Disapprar in a Mysterious Way â€" Ounly a Smail Portion Taken by the Robbers. A despatch from New York says:â€" The Ward Liner City of Washington, that sailed from Vera Cruz on Decemâ€" ber 1, and arrived in this port on Wedâ€" nesday, carried in ber strongâ€"room $600,000 in Mexican coin. This was not an unusually large shipment of treasure for the Ward Line to bandle, and po one in authority dreamed of danger. Nevertheless, during the voyâ€" Young Relmbold Arrested in Loudon â€" Threatencd to Shoot U.8,. Consutâ€"General Osborneâ€"Locked Up Awaiting Trial. A despatch from London says:â€"Charâ€" les Helmbold, son of the late Dr. Heimâ€" tbold, of New York, the wellâ€"known paâ€" tent imedicine proprietor, has _ been locked up, and is awaiting trial at Bow street police station, on the charge of threatening to kill United States Conâ€" sulâ€"General Osbhorne During the last three weeks he has been haunting the United States Consulate, shabbily drossâ€" ed, and demanding money. _ He told a story of the seizuwre of his clothes and effects, by thes Berlin Consul for debt, and declared that Mr. Oshorne was reâ€" sponsible for the seizure. Helmbold heâ€" camk so importunate that last Friday NMr. Osborne ordered him to leave the premises, whereuvon he bhecame violentâ€" ly enraged, and shouted:â€""Dâ€"â€"n you, I‘ll come back and shoot you." _ Helmâ€" bo!ld returned on Monday and repeated his threat. Mr. Osborne,. remembering the Terriss case, summoned a â€" police ofâ€" ficer and had bim arrested. The physiâ€" cians thint he is insane. He has spent much time in{ London of recent years, living high whoepn his family sent him money, and in deepest poverty bet ween remittances. lt is supposed that the Berlin adventures he describes are imagirary, and it is said that his age the strongâ€"room, built to withstand the attack of almost everything but dynamite, and located so as to be undâ€" er constant observation, was broken inâ€" to. Only $3,000 was taken by the robâ€" bers, but the general impression is that the scheme of the daring perpetrators was to seize the entire treasure. \WVhen A. G. Smith, the company‘s secretary was confronted with the facts he unâ€" hesitatingly admitted that the robbery had been committed. stage in its journey. Captain Buriey, one of the most exper.ienced oificers in the company‘s employ, a trustworthy man, was in command of the ship. He and his mate were the only men absard who held keys to the treasure room. The crew of the City of Washingtonm numbered close to sixty men, and these, with thirteen passengers and three shipwrecked seamen picked up at Havana, made up the total of souls on board. ROBBERS OPEN THE STRONGâ€"ROOM AND STEAL COIN. The City of Washington took the treasure aboard at Vera Cruz. It was consigned to European firms, and the transit to New York was but the first ON A TREASURE SBD. AN INSANE MAN‘S THREATs. WINE FROM LEAVES | Mounta‘n sickness a‘so is connectâ€" l ed with th> quantity of oxygen. This is due to asphyxia of th»> iissues which are unable to chtain a sufficient | supply, at a time owing to muscular l exertion,. it is most needed, in conse \quence of the diminution in amount | of that element at considerable altiâ€" \tudes. This maladyv, no doubst, often | comes from want of proper training | but even the mot exrerien e4 climbers | have felt it at great elevations. At | the top of Mont Blanc almost half the atmosphere by weight lies below our |feet, which of course implies a greatâ€" !ly diminished supply of oxygen. _ Mr. ! Whymper and h‘s guides suffered seâ€" | verely when encamped at about 16 60 \feet in the Andes, and Sir Martin 1(‘:)11\\3)‘ found in the Karakoram Himâ€" alayes the effect was always perceptiâ€" | ble at this height while at about 20009 ifeel the lassitude and difficâ€"ulty of )I:rwuhing became _ painful. Thus, of oxygen like of many other good things _one may have too much as was slready I well known, but one may also have too little. What are Wadkin‘s ideas of true ecâ€" onomy ? Fe says that they have made him winh How dreadful in Dr. Smit his cook I‘ "I don‘t know; probably threatened to leave. 1 Large Infins of Imunigrants Expected Next Year. A despatch from Ottawa, saysâ€"Mr. Smart, Deputy Minister of the Departâ€" ment of the Interior, expects a good immigration season to open early in 1898. In an interview he said: "Our campaign will go on all winter through and when spring comes we look to see an influx such as has nevâ€" er hbeen seen in late years. The gold fields of the Yukon will bring thouâ€" rands of foreigners to our Canadian shores, but th‘s is not the class specially referred to. It is more the incoming of farmers for the western country, men who will settle down there, many of them with their families, to build up bhomesteads for theis children after them. It may be said that many _ of these have already seen with their own eyes the chances which our wesâ€" tern country affords, while others have taken the reports of delegates specially sent to spy out the land. The Yorktown and Swan River districts are likely to receive a very large proâ€" portion of the new population. Railâ€" way companies are already prepari for a heavy traffic as soon as wintnrniz room, and the finding of documents rleating to Nihiliam, the assassination of Alexanmder II., the death of Stepnaik, and to the present Czar. Both prisoners were â€"remanded. â€" Bourtzeff escaped from Siberia, to Constantinople, where the Russian police tried to seize him on board a British steamiar, but thke captain of the vessel prevented them from so doing. Explanation of the Restorative Effect of Mountain Air. The mountain air bhas the following effect: ESuppose a weakly or even . & consumptive patient goes up into the mountains. _ His bad‘y nourished conâ€" dition renders his tissues an easy prey to the microbes which have contrived to effect a ledgment under the insanâ€" itary conditions of his present life. But when be breathes an a‘r less richâ€" ly supplied with oxygen his blood is mot able to absorh enough for its reâ€" quirements; a "reaction" is set up; new corpuscles are formed, which graâ€" dually acquire the normal amount of haemoglobin,. and thus a host oi reâ€" cruits is added to the pigmy carriers the work of transference of oxygen is much more effectively performed and the result is the better nutrition of the body. It resists the assaults of the destructive microbes; they nolongâ€" er increase and muiltiply, but dwindle â€"perbaps areslaughtered, for such things do occur, by the army of deâ€" fense. When the patient descends to a lower altitude the red corpuscles decrease in number, but the good efâ€" fects remain jand the quality of the blood is now much more | satis/actory than it was hbefore the visit to _ the hea‘lth resort. .. m Two Men in Bow Street Police Court Chargâ€" ed With Advocating the Assassination ¢I the Czar. A despatch from London says ;â€"Viaâ€" 2 d ccac: d ut wl i+ c enc dimir Bourtzeff, editor of The Naro do Voletz, will of the people, the Russian who was arrested at the British Musâ€" eum, and remanded at Bow Street Poâ€" lice Court on December 16, charged with endeavoring to persuade several persons on vanious occasions to assasâ€" sinate the Czar, was brought up on raomand on Thursday, in company with clared the policy of the IhussiMA _ ?*~ volutionists was the sam» as that of the Terrorists of twenty years AgO, and pointed out that Czar Nicholas had .nl- ready reigned three years, at a periof when the revolutioni<t campaign ought to be summed up fm tke word "regiâ€" ciae." If he had been assassinated on the day of the funeral of Czar Alexanâ€" der II., the article continues, either & revolution would have broken out or & liberal constitution would have been declared. Each new autocrat, accordâ€" ing to the writer, ought to have heen give a year, and if he had not grantâ€" ed a constitution at th> end of that period he ought to have hbeen attacked without pity. Detective Melville testiâ€" lred regarding his visit to Bourtzeff‘s room, and the finding of documents a man named Weirzbecki, printer of the paper mentioned, who had since been arrested. An incriminating artiâ€" cle in The Naro do Voletz was proâ€" duced in court, in it the writer deâ€" ‘"He never pays his debts. DESPERATE MEASUREs EFFECT OF ALTITUDE. LUSSIAN NIHILISTS. LOJKING AHEAD. EASY. Smi th to marry _we got out to look for him and found his hat, a piece of his coat sleeve and one of his shoes, but the rest seemâ€" ed to be further back under the train. I backed up the engine and got out to look again, ‘There lay the body. I nearly fainted when J saw its distortâ€" ed form. I felt like a murderer. Did I know the man t No, not perâ€" sonally. Me was a scarecrow from . n neighboring corn fielaA. T s oi mt s mt ED ROTE CY ‘Ve were spinning over the rails ‘ full speed across country, whore there were few people passing at that time of might, when I looked out and saw the figure of a man lying across _ the track llnot 10 feet in front of the enâ€" gine. stopped as quick as possible, but too late, of coug.« We had run over him, and the lifeless body was over him, and th under the wheels. We got ont t N bat was my worst accident ? I shall never forget it. I{ it had b»en traced on my mind by a stn of lightning it couldn‘t have made a*n!'v lasting impression§ ‘ It happened on« !)‘l"ight moonlight night in November. A MOMENT OF AwrPUL sUSPEXSE The norvous strain on the engineer of a fast train is somei hing enormons, said one of them the other day . Not only the lives of the passongers are at stake, but there is the constant feat of running over some one on the track. An accident, no matier bow innocent the engineer, is always a kind of hooâ€" the dismissal of the British railroad engineers in North China, and it is probable â€" that the demand â€" will be granted. The German drill inntrw‘l ors will be dismissed at the expirati 14. t 24. S io actn, Wirticn en lan t P vice alone. In spite of official denials it is regarded as proved that Port Arâ€" thur and Kiao Chou Bay were promised to Russia by a secret treaty. British influence is nil, baving suffered greatâ€" ly through the failure of the loan neâ€" gotiations China is now negotiating alone with Russia. The latter demands Prof, Jevons‘ Thirty Years‘ Estimate â€" Mr. Courtney‘s Pessimiscic View â€" The Ireoa Trade is Prifting to ihe United =iates, A despatch from London says:â€"The most notable speeches of the past week have not been political, but industrial. One was Mr. Courtney‘s address beâ€" fore the Royal Statistical Society on Jevon‘scoal question after thirty years. Although Mr. Courtney is now well nigh blind, be cannot, like Mr. Fawâ€" cell, speak without notes, but has his secretary behind him to read statistics and prompt him. He has, bhowever, Mr. Fawcett‘s ardour for scientific study, and succeeds in making dry subjects deeply interesting. _ His dress has been widely commented m on by the press, since he contended that Jevons was right in his main preâ€" diction that the day must come when England‘s supremacy in the coal and iron Lrade would be impaired. _ Mr. Courtney laid great stress upon the em»rmous increase in the output of coal in the United States, and the exâ€" traordinary reduction in the cost of production there at the mouth of the pit, until it is two shillings lower a ton than in Great Britain. He plainâ€" ly iniimated that America, with a larger store of mineral wealth and suâ€" perior facilities of production, must ultimately lead in this industrial strugyle, s eCMe occupy Wei Hai Wei jointly. ‘The sit uation at Kiao Chou Bay is unchanged. Gerainy remains unyielding and the Chinesé counsels are divided as to wheâ€" ther it should be peacse Or WAr with Germany. China regarce Russia as her only friend, and is asking her adâ€" of their contracts and will be replaced by Russians. â€" Russian officess have alreaiy been appointed to drill the armies of North Chine. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: â€"In a strongly antiâ€"British articleon Thursday, the Novosti saysâ€""In con» sequence of the pretension of England to compensate herself| for the Russian occupation of Port Artbhur by the acâ€" quisition of Port! Hamilton or Lazarâ€" eff, and in view of the possihbility of Antfâ€"UCritish Newspaper Articles â€" The S% Peiersburg Novostt Opposes British Inmâ€" Auence â€" & hockimating Germany. A despatch. from Pekin says:â€"The Chinese Government has granted Rusâ€" sia permission to winter a squadron at Port Arthur, Great Britain demands a quid pro quo, if concessions have been made to other powers. It has been sugâ€" gesied that the Japanese and British Un Eon i ce > > Wikn wbt_ the disturhing action of Japan, hurope stands on the brink of grave diplomatic complications. It is, therefore, well to recall that the reinforcement of the German squadron in the Pacific perâ€" mits Russia, France and Germany efâ€" fectively to prevent! a disturhance of the balance of power between the three powers on one, hand, and Great Britâ€" ain and Japan on the other, such as might be produced by violent seizures of territory." In, conclusion, The Noâ€" vosti expresses the, hope that the isoâ€" lation of Grpat Britain in regard to the other European powers will "paraâ€" lyze her action sufficiently to permit the preservation of peace from the danâ€" gers threatening it®at the present moâ€" ment." CHINA TURN!ING TO HER NEIGHBOR .0 on THE NORTH The greatest reticencetis maintained here in Government circles. The cenâ€" sorship» has fortiddem; the press to atâ€" tack Germany on account of the ocâ€" cupation of _ Kiaoâ€"Chau. Elnpero:" Nicko‘!as presided on Thursday at special meeting of ‘the Council at Alexâ€" ander Palace, including the Grand Dukes and the chief military and naval authorities. The Chinese situation was discussed, and it is rumored _ that Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch advisad the immediate strengtnening of the Russian squadron in China. RUSSIA‘3 FRIENDSED. 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