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A shipload of cattle arrived at New York on Monday from Texasâ€"the first by the water route, A terrific thunderstorm at St. Louis, Mo., on Tuesday killed a man, woman, and a boy. San Francisco grain operators say there will be good prices for wheat trom ently MUr. John Laird, the shipbuilder of Birkenbead, is dead. He built the Alaâ€" bama. the famous southeroa blockadse runnes. Mr. Herbert Spencer is in exceedâ€" ingly feeble hbealth, from an affecâ€" tion of the heart, and has removed from â€" London to Brighton permanâ€" Lon on poirc of street adve placards. The ¢ voted i ployers mande the la of the Tower of dead. Mr. CGladstone with nenralgia, The cost ¢ The Pepartment of Agriculture, Otâ€" tawa. has been giving consideration to the question of improvements in â€" the sold storage arrangements for next season. and will, it is predicted, give a weekly service to both Liverpoo! and Glasgow such as we now have to lBrisâ€" M o o e s e titee between London and a point in or near Granad Bend on Lake Huron. Mr. John Bell, chief counsel for the Grand Trunk, gives notice that an ap~ plication will be made to Parliament this session, for an act to incorâ€" porats the Windsor & Detroit Union Bridge Company for the purpose of conâ€" structing a bridge over the Detroit River. The Department afo Asmrlanitnes Ak tol has his atr pany to construct don W H vÂ¥. F. dMECCUCI missioner, wh states that t t tery pd. 000 189 Rache! stree of its roa routes to i ka, Klondi mining ter Ibn i The Government w 000,000 _ whitelish in Eric. Huron, and St mer. â€" The egos are | Gen The Welland Aqueduct Power Comâ€" pany has been organized, with a capiâ€" tal stock of $24,000, to supply electricity for light, heat and power, and waterâ€" power for manufacturers. The Government will place over 90,â€" 000,000 whiteiish in Lakes Ontario, exl district commiltee of the Commons will be apâ€" pointed to enquire into the elevator system througnout thes Dominion. The G. T. R. authoritios deny the reâ€" port that the railway will shortly taks over the cartage business from the Shedden and Hendric companies. The steamer Commonwealth, abanâ€" doned off the coast near Victoria, B. C. has been picked up by thns coaster Wiliapa. The prize is worth $100,000. Since the death of County Clerk Counsell at Hamilton no ons knows the combination of the safse in his office, -‘;d all altempts to open it have fuil-‘ Robe It comn point County Clerk. Winnipeg‘s new directory gives the city a population of 45,000, an increase of 5,000 in the year. Lorlon now embraces 4478 acres, awcording to City Clerk Kingston‘s new hamiâ€"book of civic statistics. It is announced that the Grand Trunk Railway will shortly establish agencies at Winnipeg and other Manitoba points. Returns of the Dominion land sailes fer the year 1897 shows the sales to have hbeen $104,700. In 1895 they were ©T+ o tria County Interesting Items About Our Own Couniry, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Giobe, Condensod end Assorted for Easy Read‘ng. There were 1,595 arrests in Hainilton last year, against 1821 in 18%96. T: t NS OF T WE M r Application will THE YERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Ninsty applications bave been made tm Department of the Interior for edging locations on the Yukon, Kenn M The coommrpany bim. F. McCreary, immigration Comâ€" mer, who bhas been at itegina, i that the records show that in ibout 10,000 immigrants came inâ€" initoba and the Territories over .P.R. main â€"line. ‘ngineers in Great Britain ha n favor of accepting the « ‘ terms, sir Fred Middleton, who cof 1 the forces of Canada duri t Northwest rebellion,. is dea Iohn Laird, the shipbuilder head, is dead. He built the Al the famous southern blockna new |=at!lp.9_bip Implacable ie Wentworth County Conrcil applicants for the position I ‘Up LN rt, and other rivers in the Y ukon il tiee of Minister of Justice bas fixed the f Mrs. Sternaman for the May i which will be held by Judge OlL, £1,000,000 reportad at Winnipeg that a iR as chicf enginser of conâ€" of the new railway. Mr. J. Iy, C. E., and Mr. E. E. Welâ€" Sir Daniel Lysons, Constable er of London, since 1890, is White, C. E., of St. Thomas, or the Yukon to commence on will be made to Parliaâ€" in act to incorporate a comâ€" nstruct a railway by steam ity or other motive power . _IL. has just Issued a map s and connections, showing is Yukon gold fields, Alasâ€" e and thes northwestern itories of Canada. Jean Baptiste Church on ‘t, Montreal was destroyed Saturday, and the presbyâ€" ng was also badly damug-i s will be $175,000 or $200,â€" n, and St. Clair next sumâ€" eggs are now being hatched ‘wich hatchery. a have stopped the form rtising by girls carrying ne is suffering severely i and spent Sunday in CANADA. ddleton, who comâ€" of Canada during rebellion, is dead. the shipbuilder of He built the Alaâ€" southera blockade is to Mrs, Barrows, of London, Gave it to a ; Child Instead of Santontne, A despatch from London, says:â€" Strychnine given by mistake for sanâ€" tonine caused the death of Nellie, the sixâ€"yearâ€"old adopted daughter of C. W. Barrows, 127 Horton street, on Sunday night. The child bad been unâ€" well for a few days, and last night Mrs. Darrows gave what she thought was a worm powder. Although complaining of the bitter taste, the little one took the power, and within a few minutes was writhing in convulsions. Doetomt coul1 give no help, and she died within an hour. ! The capture of the steamer Baluchisâ€" tan, loaded with arms and munitions of war in the Gulf of Oman by a Britâ€" ish gunboat is thought to throw a good deal of light on the mysterious manner in which the Afridis were supplied with arms during the Indian frontier outâ€" break. It is assumed the seized cargo was intended for the use of the insurâ€" gents of Baluchistan. While Lord Brassey, Governor of Vicâ€" toria, was attempting to board his yacht in Melbourne harbor from a launch a wave carried the gangway away with Lord Brassey and the boatswain on it. They narrowly escapâ€" ed being crushed between the yacht and launch. of Herr Trojam, editor of the Kladderaâ€" datsch, of Berlimn, has been sentenced to two months‘ imprisonment in a forâ€" tress for lese majeste, in cartooning Emperor William. The appeal of Capt. Boitche{f formâ€" erly aideâ€"deâ€"camp to Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, from the sentence of death for the murder of his mistress, and the appeal of his accomplice, Novelitch, have been refused. An ics blockade has again closed the harbour at St. Jobn‘s, NfUd. Absoluteâ€" ly the worst Arctic floes im years are reported from the northern coast. It is reported fram BRome that out of 490 awpplications for the annulment of marrage during the past year, the Congregation of _ Cardinals granted but six. It is reported in London that Emâ€" peror Francis Joseph of Austria, will sbortly announce the betrothal of the Archduchess Elizabeth to the King of Spain. The French Amabssador te Gerâ€" many, Marquis de Noailles, is to reâ€" ceive the Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle from the Emperor. Genveral Sir Herbert Kitchener has telegraphed the officers at Cairo that it is needlbess that they should ascend the Nile, as tho dervishes are quiet. An Italian warship is about to sail for Hayti to enforce Italy‘s demands for the treatment to which Italians in Hayti bave been subjected. Russia will make experiments to fiml means of communication between ber morth coast and Siberia by crossâ€" ing the Arclic sea. The statements regarding Germany‘s intention to open tas port of Kia Cliou to the commerce of the worlkd are pracâ€" tically correct. dritish troops hbhave occupied Okâ€" ute, in Borgu territory. The possession of Borgu is disputed between France and Great Britain. Bpain will ask the next Parliament to vote $40,000,000 for strengthening the navy, It is said that Italy will have to imâ€" port 40,000,000 bushels of wheat before next harvest. It is understood at Madrid that Gen. Weyler will be sentenced to two months‘ imprisonment and then parâ€" doned. Political leaders at Madrid have pesâ€" simistic views of the Cuban war, and declare that the insurgents have means. Prince Bismarck‘s condition is not serious according to his physician. ‘The comsorship at Havana over forâ€" egn newspapers has been abolished. T While agents and lawyers were searching the world over for Edward Oheinstich, ong of the beirs to the milâ€" lions of Budapest‘s greatest banker, the object of their quest occupied a maniac‘s cell at the county asylum, Chicago. His ceath is recorded, with Apauper‘s number opposite it, on the books of the asylum. CENERAL. The finding of a gold nugget of 74 pounis is reported in Siberia. A well authenticated report has reached Seattle that the »teamer Corâ€" ona, which left there January 25 with passengers for Dysa and Skagway, Alaska, has been sunk. All her pasâ€" sengers and crew were saved. A workman was employed on the fifth floor of a new building in New York on Thursday, when he fell down the elevator shaft. He carried the scaffold on the fourth floor with him, and two other men also fell to the ground. All will likely die. Two tow boats foundered off New York in a hbeavy gale. Crew of ons were rescued, but of the other nothâ€" Ing bas been beard, and it is feared sbe bas sons down with har araw af seven It is reporteod at Bay City, Mich., that the United Alkali Company, of Liverpool, Eng., will erect at Bay City a millionâ€"dâ€"llar plant for the manuâ€" facture of alkalies. 1t is reportad that Italy has preâ€" sented to the United States a proposal for a treaty of commerce. It is reported in New York that the New York Central and the Lake Suore and Michigan Southern railways will mewids Eugene E. Burt was reprieved while on his way to the scaffold at Dallas, Texas, on Saturday. He murdered his wife and three children, but they say be is insane. STRYCHNINE BY MISTAKE. gone down with her crew of Valie & Co., $40,000; A. C. Margan, s:i5( 0; James Turner, $25,000; J. A. Paync, $10,000 ; J. Erzinger, $11,000. in stores and more than one hunâ€" dred offices and lodgeâ€"rooms were conâ€" sunw« 3. ‘There were no serious acciâ€" den{; or loss of life, although several people who slept in the bnil'fing had to flee »alfâ€"dressed down the Mra.azrnnas Mystery surrounds the cause of the fire, but hundreds of theories have been _ advanced with more or â€" less plausibility. _ There were no furnaces in that part of the building where the fire originated, and this has led to the belief that the blaze was caused by electric wires. The insurance amounted _ to only about $200,000, the building being conâ€" sidered one of the safest risks in the city. It was erected in sections, the first part being put up in 1883, and the last part, the Criterion hotel buildâ€" ing, was finished only four or five years ago. It had all the latest imâ€" provements, iron ceilings, fire doors, etc., but nons proved of any use in stemming the terrible progress of the flames. before flames were issuing from alâ€" most every window in the block. S8o rapid was the progress of the fire that there wasnotvime tosave anything in the burning building. The upper storeys of the building were fully ocâ€" cupied by lawyers, agents for eastern wholesale houses, travellers‘ sampleâ€" rooms, contractors, and insurance ofâ€" fices. The grounc floor and basement consisted of leading retail stores. It was impossithle to save even the books, as the fire doors bad heen left open and the flames had a clesr sweep down the corridors. | on the scene the flames made such rapid headway that they were powerâ€" less to do anything except prevent other buildings from catching alight. By eight o‘clock the block was comâ€" pletely destroyed. The fire entered the block from the north end and spread upwards and along the top of the building, and it was not half an bour It was about halfâ€"past six o‘clock when the fire was first noticed, _ A strong west wind was blowing, and alâ€" though the firs brigade were quickly ** ZOCpelonh irom \Winnipeg says:â€"â€" On Tuesday morning, Winnipeg was the scene of a most disastrous conflagraâ€" tion, and before the flames were got unmder control damage to the exteat of $350,000 to $100,000 was done. _A few bare walls and a heap of debris is all that now remains of the Mclntyre block, a banrisome threeâ€"storey buildâ€" ing of red brick, facing on Main St., that was the pride of the city. Jerry Robinson & Co.‘s big departmental store adjoining was only saved by a massive brick wall. ‘ Loss Amounts to $350,000 â€"Melntrye Block In Ashes â€" Insurance Only About $2090,â€" 000â€"BRuilidtag Considered a 6 nod Risk. A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" On Tuesday morning, Winnipeg was the scene of a most disastrous conflagraâ€" tion, and before the flames were got umler control damage to the exteat of §$350.000 t+os CADD PWY succu qi o ol FINEST BUSINESS BLOCK TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE. BIG FIRE IN WINNIPEG Lanark, N.......... Dr. R. F. Preston. sese Lanark, S........... Lieut.â€"Col. Matheson. ..., L.o0d8.>....s+«.....+, : NVAIEF Beatty. Â¥xÂ¥s Lennox.............. Dr. Meacham. Lincoln............. Dr. Jessop, A. TOUOOHN c2.11 soe +146 . crrrids Middlesex, E........ T. D. Hodgins, w. Middlesex, N....... C. C Hodgins, Middlesex, W....... G. B. Campbell Monck............... T. Galbraith. Bec Muskoka............ G. E. Langford. Nipissing............ C. Lamarche. tss Norfolk, S4,........«,. J. L. HBUCK. Norfolk, 1‘3 0. Robertson. Northumberland. E. Dr. W.A. Willoughby. ,;;] Northumberland, W. John T. Mulholland. 8.0 Ontario, N........... â€" W. H. Hoyle. Ontario, 8........... C. Calier, OttaWa.....,....... C. â€"B. Powell, ixÂ¥. Bernard Slattery. Oxtord, NM...) .160« iÂ¥xess«s Oxford, S........... E. N. Chambers. Farry Sound.... ... ......., * ‘cel:.;::...:::+1+++« E. Cameron. MGd Perth, N............. L. Magwood, Perth, S.............. N. Montelth. G. Peterborough, F.... Dr. J. M. Shaw, Peterborough, W.. J. W. Garvin. T FESCOLL:..::srilr s _ arifilr? Prince Edward..... W. R. Dempsoy, 9. € Renfrew, S.......... 8. J. Dempsey 5x+ Renfrew, N......... A. T. White. TUNGOL: :s .:. :.+ ..+) us lcz earens fimeos, W.......... J. S. Duft. ki Simcoe, E........... A. Miscampbe‘l, EBimcoe, C............ A. B. Thompson. Tra Stormont............ J. McLaughlin, TTOPOntOpsR...ss sersâ€" +x+xvars TOrOntO; W .:... siv asesrres s¥¥e ‘Toronto, "B.... <...s«: s Â¥irÂ¥rs ‘Toronto, M.....s.. .. sirecknt a6k.. Victcria, E.......... J. H. Carnegis YVictoria, W......... < 8. â€"J.. Fot. W aterio0, S..... i+« iiri0¢sr WaterIO0, â€"N....: .0 <.+sl.+%% Welland............. J. Harrison Pew. Woellington, EH...... ‘....;... Par: Wellington, S....... H. Fartop. Weningto®. XY.: .. ........ G. T Wentworth, N...... T. A. Wardell. Wentworth, S....... Sanford Evans. York. E............. W. J. Moyes. York, W............. T. N_St ‘Taomn Riding. Addington........... Algoma, E.......... Algoma W..;. ..... BHEOGUL DT +s ++ cr ies e Tral, S.::sisc..... Brockville ..... .... TriCE, N..i1:..;.1.. T FCEs + ++ + vhar ces BEHDCE: COanrrrrrracres Cardwell.........,.. Carleton.........,... Puitérin:........,.., PDUHES:. 1+ e reraue. sls Durham, 10 ::Â¥ sares Durham, W : :ssâ€"sere C in, HEir+.+5is z0k Elgin, NV + stkss vxxxer T s8eXk, N..........., T SSCX, S......+10.01, Frontenac........... Glengarry........... Cirenvilie. ..... ... . Grey, C nsarsiecrnprere CreVi S++1+ i+ rrresae Grey, N....321:1r1, Haldimand.......... TraltOll:.....;.+. .11 s% Hamilton, E........ Hamilton, W........ Hastings, W........ Hastings, E......... Pastings, N........ TEUFON, E..:.,.++2++4 FEUFORW; S.+2101s 0244 riUFOI: W.:.c.2s.0e. Kent, *IS...:+;r:xivese TCeft, Wiirrin.sie+s Kingston............ Lambton, E........, Lembton, W... .... Following is the list of candidates so far nominated for the various Onâ€" tario constituencies in the Approaching elections for the Provincial Lergislaâ€" BUILDING A SAFE RISK e101ate0, and Unis has i@d 10 UD€}Cavan Farmer Murders s Motherâ€"inâ€"Law chat the blaze was caused by Wife, and Two Children. wires. e 6 c & oss on the McIntyre hu.llding is « A (']eem.t&ul.\ from B Lf.ast: Sa.\fiâ€"Phnl- ed at $125,000, and the principal|ip King. it is announced in a despatch osses were A. Taylor, $26,000;:|from Cavan, capital of the county of _%’;"-' 4%«1;)0'1'23' %aoogg, GeOâ€"|that name, has been arrested, on the § Ja;l'w's 'i‘un':er mwoaj’gu: charge of murdering his motherâ€"inâ€"law. $10,000 ; J. Erzin'ger. "11,600. 'wife. and two children. King, who is tores and more than one hunâ€" & {larmer, resiXimg near Shercock, is a|!â€" fim and ]odge.room were conâ€" lag-ed to have committed the crimes on There were no serious acciâ€" mmdny last, but the h()dl'(.i-.\\'-'re only r loss of life, although several| dissovered Thursday, and King, who ho slept in the bmlfing had to had'mn away, was soon alterwards takâ€" [â€"Jressed down the fireâ€"escapes./e&en into custody. | Csxe++sr+s+++s« ‘ Â¥+ SHO h: ssarrrs vier .tts "EF, Resssrisc+s+++ G. N. F Merses++«««..« Dr. Jo hecrasessesserss + P. B K: + ++rrerce We ts x W .: :s sere W. H. +ss svissres C« AY, . n raersole: _ / M M srrarssresees :NE Ahi S.rccrsstsrres W« PB. NACrrarrireene J, 8. C TY ...««2+++«« D. R. 1Cs sisee ‘¥rer. seater rax enertestrgseee. &« Be C prrsssssese++« _ Dr. D. Ees cat iss s on es Oe ME 3 &And.....+.+«« ~F. Lalb rexrrserseeses IAG 1t.â€"( n, E........: H. Cari M AY . cerces MEaY IF 3. W......« M. B..1 S â€"E.......++ J. Stod S N..:si+.« NV. T. A E...+.+«+«+«+â€" EL. MOG S...+<«+.1«« H. Ellk W..+:1s+:++ ~J, ‘Recl o rassesrerseree. &. L ] Fesesrrsrtssss® DK MY, ; C..+.+.+.+ W. G. C N.:.+««+.«.* DF. $. S.++«++++.« TA€Ut.â€"C rs«rsssek..+.. â€" Waliter i¥¥sis+s++++« / DF. Meg rrrrrrssces2« â€" Dr,. Joss CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD. T. A. Wardell. Sanford Evans. W. J. Moyes. J. W. St. John. Lieut â€"Col. Wayling. W. G. Willoughby. P, D. Pr. R. F. Preston. .....! Lieut.â€"Col. Matheson. ....;; Walter Beatty. sxÂ¥ ++ Dr. Meacham. Dr. Jessop, A. N. K. Cameron, T. Magwood. N. Monteith. Dr. J. M. Shaw, J. W. Garvin. J. B. Lucas. Dr. D. Jamieson. G. M. Boya. F. Lalor. Lie it.â€"Col. Kerns. H. Carscallen. May »r_Colquhoun. M. B. Morrison, J. Stokes, W. J. Allen, H. Mooney. H. Eilber, J. Beck. A. M. Mason. Dr. W. R. Hall J. Shouldice, A. E. Little. G. N. Kidd (Ind.Con.) Dr. _ John Barr, J. P. Whitney, W. A. Fallis, W. H. Reid. C. W. Brower, F. G, McDiarmid. G. A. Wintermute, W._P. Killackey, J. 8. Gallagher. D. R. McDonald. J. H. Fisher, G. Elliott, J. Cuibert. D, M. Jermyn, J. Reid, Havoe Played by a Snowstorm in Roston â€" streets | Impassable, A despatch from Boston says:â€"Bosâ€" ton is completely blockaded. Only two or three street cars are running on Washington street, and railroad commâ€" unication is practically cut off. Over two hundred horses were killed by falling troliey wires and by exhaustion on Monday night, most of them being on Tremont and Washington streets and in East Boston. The railroads are blockaded. and the trains which left the city Monday night are stalled. Reâ€" ports from all points heard from unite in telling of the deep snowfall, and high winds. The Bostoâ€"n streets, with the exception of Washington and Treâ€" mort, which are pariially cleared, are impassable for pedestrians,. and barges . have been put in service to accommoâ€" date traffic. Several lives were lost, and damage to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars was done by fires and winds. the report requires confirmation in deâ€" tail." »44 +4 480 Park The Pekin correspondent of the Times says that Great Britain has defimt_ely withdrawn her demand for the opening of Taâ€"Lienâ€"Wan. Train. The Daily Mail‘s Hong Kong correâ€" spondent says that tolegrams from Hainan announces tive revolt of tribes in the interior of the island. 8.Clark, The British warships, according to a despatch from Shaunghai, left Port Arâ€" thur of their own accord. Thea same despatch says it is reported that three Russian cruisers are steaming off Taâ€" Ku, at the mouth of the Pekia river, on the Gulf of Peâ€"Chiâ€"Li. l Beck. Japan Is Believed to be Acttively Prepar Ing PFor War. A despatch to the Lomdon Daily Mail from Nagasaki says:â€"The for Eastern situation is very serious, and it is hbeâ€" lhiaved that Japan is most actively preâ€" paring for war. J. Haycock, D. M. McPherson. D. McNichoL D. McNaughton. :Y:"S.. ..L.Iu:donnu. . D. McCallum, Tucker, Caven. Frame N. Zimmerman Shore,. 1RAGEDY I~ IRELAND 200 HOkSES KILLED. SERIOUS SITUATION. ters W. M. German, J. Craig. T. Mutrie. R. Scott. A. F. Pirie. J. Dickenson, J. Richardsom w. J. Hin. E. J. Davis. J. Austin. Dr. McKay, E. C. Carpenter, J. H. Douglas, . ‘w. Chapple, J. Dryden, Dr. McWilliams. W. H. Taylor, G. W. Ross. R. Harcourt. Dr. Bridgeland. W. A. Chariton, B. Aylesworth. W. B. Lawson, 8. Grandy. Dr. Mitchell. D. Macintyre. D. McNish. W. F. McKe@ J. A. Auld. D, A. McRae, D. C. McRae. J. Boland. J. D. Morgan, J. Cleland. J. W. Hoimes, I. R. Barber. J. T. Middleton J. M. Gibson 8. Russell, B. ©. Lott. A. Hyslop. M. Y. McLean, J. T. Garrow,. R. Fer%nson. T. L. Pardo. W. Harty. H. J. Pettypicce F. F. Pardee. W. _ C. Caldwell J. M. Clarke, D. Burt. L A. 3. Hardy. G. P. Graham, C. M. Bowman R. E. Truax. A. Malcoim. Wm. Wright Smith, Brown. ‘._C. Mosecrip Blezard. R. Stratton. M. Harvey, Davidson. Mulhern, A. Campbell, Barr. Sprague Lib. Wartman. F. Farwell ol eing in possession, and likevise the pressure which she will be able to exercice npon the Celestial Governâ€" ment by baving her troops within strikâ€" ing distan e of Pekin. Indeed, the fact that the Russian army is pracâ€" tivally threatening Pekin, and would now ib able to reach the Chinese capiâ€" tal he%'re any Japanese, English, or German force could be got there, may It does not appear that Russia has any intention for the present of giving way to the combination of England, Ceormany, and Japan, who, although aot hound together by a treaty, are firmly umited in opposing the exciuâ€" sive possession of Fort Arthur and Taâ€" Lisrnâ€"Wan by Russia. For the jlatter has just _ moved a portion of her army across the Chinese frontier into Manâ€" ct‘;uxi;_;, r-:gli,.ing the value and strengh CONFLICT IMMINENT. IJi may likewise be pointed out that the Russian War Department bas withâ€" in the last few weeks entirely reorâ€" ganized the principal command of her Lroops along the German frontier, and there is much to indicate the imminâ€" ence of the longâ€"lookedâ€"for confiict beâ€" tween Germany and Russia. Russians hate Germans more bitterly than any other foreigner, and in the same way the Germans, especially in the eastern provinces, are more bitter in their senâ€" timent towards Russians than they are toward the French. This is due not only to memories of the cruelties and the rapines perpetrated by the Russian troops during the past century, and in the early part of the present century, as well as to the fact that Russian inâ€" fluence has always been regarded as responsible for every act of depotism and tyranny on the part of the Gerâ€" man sovereigns, but likewise owing to commercial and agricultural rivalry, rivalry which does not exist hetween( Germany and France. It remains to be seen whether or not this action on the jart of the Kaiser against Russia in China will have any effect upon the maintenance of peace between the two great military Emâ€" pires here in Europe. But it is not without _ significance that Emperor William has beep of late devoting an _infinitely greater <egree of atiention to the defences on the eastern frontier of his Empire than to those on the French boundary line, and it was but the other day that he delivered at Thorn and at other fortress towns along the Russian frontier speeches enâ€" gaging the citizens and the garrisons to coâ€"operate with one another in placâ€" ing their tow ns in a proper state of deâ€" fence, since occasion might arise where they would be called upon to serve as the outposts to the Fatherland Of course he alluded to his friendship for the Czar. But this scarcely served to attenuate the tone of his address, which the Foreign Office at Berlin madje a vain attempt to interpret in a less ofâ€" ' fensive manner to Russia in the semiâ€" | official press. | ness, as to excite a feeling of resentâ€" ment on the part of many of the Kaiâ€" ser‘s subjects, who vere of the opinion that their sovereign was compromising thereby not only bis own dignity, but likewise that of the entire German naâ€" tion. William seems at length to have come to the conclusion that the time bas arrived to change his policy in this connection,and in a moment when one of the most vital phases of Rusâ€" sia‘s policy in Asia is at stake, he has come out, not in behalf of the Czar, but against him. SsOLE POSSESSION IMPORTANT. i For it is a matter of vital importâ€" ance to iussia that she should sw-urel sole and exclusive ; ossession, toth of Port Arthur and Taâ€"Lionâ€"Wan, which she needs for the Pacilic coast terminus of her Transâ€"Silerian railroad, Vladiâ€" vostock being closed by ice during nearâ€" ly half of the year; in fact, the strateâ€" gical as well as commercial value of the Transâ€"Siberian â€"railroad will he gravely impaired â€" one might almost say diminished â€"by more than 50 per cent. in the event of Taâ€"Lienâ€"Wan and Port Arthur being excluded from purely Russian control. Emperor Wilâ€" liam, with the view of giving still greater force to his demand that these two ports should be thrown open to the commerce of the entire world, inâ€" stead of being ceded by China exciuâ€" sively to Russia, has proclaimed his intention of _ converting Kiaoâ€"Chau into a free port in lieu of reserving| it exclusively to the trade and comâ€" merca of Germany. In making this demand upon China he thus openly takes up sides with Engiand and Japan against Russia, and his action wilt not only be warimly approved of by all the commercial element of Gerâ€" many, but will likewise meet with the approval of the people at large, who are far from baving shared the preâ€" dilection hitherto manifested by the reigning family of Beriin in favour of Russia. 1 so many advances toward both the late and the present Czar. advances that were usually received with the most studied, and even insulting. coldâ€" Ever since the advent to the throne of the present Emperor, and one might almost say since the beginning of the preésent century, the court of Berlin has always gone out of its way to seek the goodâ€"will of the ruling powâ€" ers at St, Petersburg. In fact, the present‘, Emperor of Germany hbas manifested such an eagerness to be on good terms with Russia, and has made Demands Open Poris in the Far Eastâ€"C. nâ€" Aict BRetween the Two Powoers Iminin«at â€" Czar‘s Troops Cross the (Ohine e Frontier and Enter Manchuria, A despatch from London says:â€"It is difficult to overestimute the importâ€" ance of the news published here, to th> effect that Russia‘s troops have crossâ€" ed the Chinese frontier and entered Manchuria, and that Germany has put forward a demand for the prociamaâ€" tion of Port Artivur and of Taâ€"Lienâ€" Wan as free, or treaty ports, open for the commerce of the world. The latâ€" ter, in particular, marks an entirely new departure in Germany‘s foreign policy. GERMANY DESERTS RUSSIA THE KAISER TAKES SIDES WITH ENGLAND AND JAPAN. L Kt TORONTO A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" When Abrahem Tibbets, the alleged Boston embezzler, and the woman acâ€" companying him, were searched, $26,â€" 000 in money and a quantity of valuâ€" able jewellery were found on their perâ€" sons. The womman wore the money as a bustle for her cress, pointing out the seriousness of the ocâ€" currences in the Vilayet of Uskub, where 592 Bulgarians bhave been arâ€" rested on the charge of storing arms. The agent further alleged that many of them had been tortured to death, and that wamen and gir\s had been outraged and, as a result, were dying. Therefore the agent urgently demandâ€" ed an immediate cessation of the oppresâ€" sion, the withdrawal of the military surrounding the |nality, the transfer of all prisoners to Uskub for triai, and the diemissal of a number of officials, The note has caused considerable sensaâ€" tinn among the Turkish Ministers and at the palace. The Boston Embezziers Had a Large Ssum In Their Possesston, Terrible Outrages Cosnmitted by Turks â€" A Protest Causos a Rensation. _A despatch from Constantinople, says: â€"The Bulgarian agent has presented a note to the Turkish Government, amu iences all hbeing deslroyed. Some [amilies were burned to death, and the loss of life was appalling. Muny people saved .their lives by wading up to their neocks in creeks. Others raced with the flames on bicycles and won. The gross loss to farmers will be mil~ lions of dollars. in | dred . sweyt dreds devast and {4 Appalling Loss of Life In Great Aust: altan Bush Fires. A tornado siruck Perih, West Ausâ€" tralia, last month, totally demolishing some buildings and wrecking bundreds. The beat wave throughout the colonies is almost unendurable, and, if it lasts long terrible damage will be done. In many places the_lh-*{uunne(er registerâ€" Belize. The negroes threaten that they will continue their warfare until not a store or house owned by a white citizen is left standnig. The populaâ€" tion of Relize is mbout £,000. Of the white residents oneâ€"half are Ameri cans. Negroes In British Gonduras Applyieg t:e Torch Right and bent, A letter has been received at New Orleans from Belize, British Hondurâ€" as, under Jate of January 28, which states that a reign of terror exists ai that place. The negroes, constituting fifteenâ€"sixteenths of the population, have given out that they intend to drive out every white man in the place and, with this end in view, have apâ€" plied the torch right and Jleft. On the night of January 26, fourteen houses, owned by white citizens of King, Bishop, and Albert streets, were burned by incendiaries. This is the third attempt to destroy the city. in the first instance, property to the value of $250,000, was burned, including the warehouses and stores of Betty and (‘ompuny.__ the largest merchants of _ While Mr. Cavendish is personally defraying the cost of the expedition, it is kmown that he bhas been in freâ€" quent communication with the Marquis of Salishury. through the Duke _ of Prvorshire. so it is safe to say the expedition is under Government ausâ€" pives. The liberality and enterprise of the young exploreâ€"r (he is said to be spending $200.000 of his own money in the venture, beskles securing substanâ€" tial support from others) have called forth congratulations from the Dress. A despatch from London, says:~â€" Young Henry Cavendish, a distant reâ€" lative of the Duke of Devonshire, is preparing to starl again for Equator« inl Africa, accompanied by Lieut. Andâ€" rews, eight British officers, and Mr. Dodson, who was the companion of Dr. Donaldson Smith, the (American exâ€" plorer. Mr. Cavendish will take with him four hundred armed men «ad a number of rapid fire guns. Consequâ€" ently, as his objective point is the juncâ€" tion of the White Nile and the Sobat river, at Robat, the purpose of the ex« pedition, it will readily be seen, is to cut of( the French from reaching Faâ€" shoda, which is only a short distance north of Eobat. Possibly Mr. Cavenâ€" d‘sh may be able to take advantage of the new treaty with King Menelek, and get a short cut through Abyssinia. In one way China is in tho most enâ€" viable position, and one calculated to bring water to the mouths of such hankrupt powers as Turkey, Portugal, Greece, and Spain. For here are two of the richest Goveroments in the world, nnmely, thoss of England and Russia, almost ready to go to war with one another for the privilege of lamling the heathen Chinese $80,000,000, It is certainly a comical situation. Of course, mm account need be taken of the Chinese proposal to divide up the loan between Russia and England, each power to contribute $10,009,000 toward the total amownt. For England, as well as Russia, while eager to loan the money, will only do so on terms that ar& entirely unacceptable to one anâ€" othe r. A Private British Expedition Golng Into Equatorial Aâ€"rica to Cut Off the Frenchâ€" quite possibly influence the Chinese authoritias to yield to the demands of the Czar rather than to those of Engâ€" land, Germany and Japan. VAST AREAS FLAME sWEPT BULGARIAN® TORTURED. (Â¥ $26,000 IN A BUSTLE, LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE. REIGN OF TERROR & M +4