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Ways Sash, fferâ€" ing. epare d ordere TY. IB 1e »e placed ta the provincial reformatory, xh}lob is soom to be removed from Panetanguishene to Oxford County. Beveral officers of the Queen‘s Own Rifles of Toromto, waited on the Minâ€" Ister of Militia at Ottawa on Saturday and asked for a bill authorizing the formation of a volunteer _ reserve throughout Canada, such as now exists in connection with several of the Canaâ€" dian corps. The matter will be conâ€" aldered. The order of the King‘s Sous and Daughters is to be started in England. It is reported that Lord George Hamâ€" ilton will be appointed Governorâ€"Genâ€" eral of Canada. A London 4Aressmaking {firm has zainer of $20,000 a year from every new industry which springs up in connecâ€" tion vith these yards. The Ontario Government are about to «ake over the industrial schools of the »rovince. The Mimico School will be lone away with. The boys there will Private George Stewart, of the 48th High‘anders, who gained the bayonet thimpionship of the world in London ast June has been appointed to the Foronto Customs House staff. Mr. J. H. Duthric, who is promoting Uanioa Stock Yards for Toronto, is urgâ€" Ing the Council to take immediate acâ€" tion as he claims the city will be the The Montreal Street Railway Comâ€" »sany has received an order from the Cingston,. Jamaica, Street Railway "ompany to build twenty electric motâ€" »r cars for use in that city. News comes to Quebec of the disastrâ€" ous rasults of the recent snowstorms ‘o the wild aniraals. A farmer near U‘lslet found twentyâ€"eight caribou and leer stuck in the snow and cut their throats. The London Street Railway Company have paid Mrs. Kate Pitt $1,300 and all costs in settlement of ber claim reâ€" suiting from the death of her brothâ€" er, Wim. Spice, in a troiley accident. A. Filgianc, who was sent to Kingsâ€" ton Penitentiary from Hamilton to serve a three years sentence for emâ€" bezzling from the Grand Trunk, has bean pardoned with a six weeks reâ€" prieve. The project for the construction of a chain of canals from a point on Lake Buperior to the Rocky Mountains, reâ€" scently described, has been brought beâ€" fore Parliament, and will be pressed. The management of the Grand Trunk has contrasted with the Puliman Comâ€" tmny. Chicago, for the construction of wenty {irstâ€"class passenger coaches, There is a prospect of the wholesale clothiers of the Dominion forming a som!iuation for the purpose of reducâ€" ingy the length of credits, and in othâ€" er ways regulating the business. The Geological Survey of the United EBtates has ordered a large number of canoses from the Peterboro‘ Canoe Comâ€" ny for the use of exploring parties f: Alagka. Considerable talk is hbeard in Otâ€" tawa of new industries and the revivâ€" al of old ones. J. R. Booth is at present erecting what will be the largâ€" est grist mill in Canada. " Commissioner" Eva Booth is arâ€" ranging to send a small staff of Salâ€" vationists to the Klondike from Vanâ€" couver, Victoria, and Seattle. The copper telegraph line which the UPR. is to erect between Montreal and Vancouver is being manufactured at I.axline. It will cost $250,000. WV. C. Macdonald, who bas already !rlve.n a million and a half dollars to eGill University, has given another #15500 to the departmept of archiâ€" teature. It is sated that a large sum will be placed in the Federal estimates for the ;ttriniing of a telegraph line to the raits of Balle Isle. The report of Mr. E, E. Sheppard, Trade Commissioner to South Amerâ€" tca, has been delivered to the Minister of Trade and Commerce. The Grand Trunk Railway has decidâ€" ad to reduce the freight rates on live gto-k for breeding purposes in Canada y fifty per cent. A rumor that Hon. Robert Watson was to be appointed Lieutenant Govâ€" ernor of the Northâ€"West is denied at MWinnipeg. ol $300. 1 De Montigv. of Montreal, who was arrested at Vancouver for having an illicit still in his possession, was fined $200. sent yeare Natural gas has been struck on Fenâ€" ton‘s farm, near Hamilton, Ont. A Llook of buildings to cost $120,000, are beimg erscted in Winnipeg. Some Ottaws capitalists propose to build a new music ba‘ll in that city. There is abig rush of settlers from (Ontaro to Maniitoba andt he Northâ€" West this apring. The seve persons who were injured in the avalanche at Levis, on Februâ€" ary 22, are now convalescent. The citizensy of Vancouver have deâ€" cided by papular vote against a proposâ€" ition to open a music hball. S8hip building for Klondike traffic is very active in Vancauver just now, so leas than six boats are being built. A carload of thoroughbred stock was shipped from Guelph to the Northwest by the Dominion Breeders‘ Association. Louise Nadeau, of Quebec, for enticâ€" In> and hartoring young girls, has been [ NK 0 T W THE VERKY LaTEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER,. ® nteresting Items About Our Own Co.:t.-y. OQreae#t Britain, the United States, and AMH Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted tor Easy Reading. CANADA. The 0. P. R. will build a $15,000 staâ€" tlon at Woodstock. Hamilton City Council has thrown out a Curiew bell byâ€"law. British Columbia saimon canners have formed a combine. The number of patents issued at Otâ€" tawa last year was 4,013. e Toronto City Council on Monday 1 down a proposition to deprive iselves of their annual allowance * GREAT BRITAIN. the penitentiary for two | _ At Constantinople the Bulgarian | agent has asked the Turkish Governâ€" | ment for explanation regarding the alâ€" | leged movements of Turkish troops toâ€" | wards the Bulgarian frontier. inz for funds. The captain has been P 4o â€"duc Auanht anad Japan is about to float a new loan of a 150,000,000 yen. If in gold this would amount to practically $150,000,â€" 000, but if in silver to only $75,000,000. The loan will probably be floated in London. The Queensland separation moveâ€" ment is not dead yet. _A deleg:tlo?nl: to be sent to England to urge the perial Government to divide the north part of the colony from the south and give each part responsible government. The American steamer Columbia, which left New York, bound for the Yukon, is at Valparaiso, Chili, waitâ€" The first consignment of Canadian creamery butter from the creameries of the Northâ€"West Territories has reached Japan in splendid condition, and has been quickly snapped up by purchasers. _ d s "General" Booth states he has just completed â€" arrangements with . the Wost Australian Government to take up 19,000 acres of land for a Salvation Army Colony. _ es amt Emperor William is to visit Palesâ€" tine in October next, his object being to determine for himself the exact sites of Golgotha, the Temple of Jerusalem, and the place of the Crucifixion. ZLola‘s new book, "Paris," is said to be sel‘ing very well in France, and its sale in Eng‘and will be far in excess of that of any of his other works. Severe earthquake shocks were felb on Friday at Antigua, St. Kitts, Guadâ€" clonpe and Montzerrat, of the Leeward Island. . Much damage was done at Antigua. # ts . Four fishing vessels belonging to Meme!, Prussia, were wrecked on Satâ€" urday. Sixteen {ishermen were drownâ€" ed. The floating debt of Spain was augâ€" mented by 13,220,681 pesetas during February. Expert:s estimate that a million tons of wheat will be exported from Cawnâ€" pore, India. A combination of the steel rod manâ€" ulacturers of the United States has been â€" practically â€" consummated. ‘The combination will represent about $59,â€" 000,000 in capital. The nams se‘lected for the combination is "The Ameriâ€" can Stee! and Wire Company." The Prince of Wales laid the foundaâ€" tion stone of the new pier at Cannes. GENERAL. The Pope is in excellent health. Russia will spend ninety million rouâ€" bles for new warships. Forkes Robertson, the English actor, bas made a great success in Berlin. Mr. Stearns, of the {irm of Stearns Bros., Brooklyn, has received the ordâ€" er for machinery ordered by the Qu»eâ€" bee Bridge Company, to make requirâ€" ed soundings through the ice for testâ€" ing the bed of the river in the vicinity of the Chaudiere. Rev. Stephen A. Northrop, at Kanâ€" sas City, Mo., on Sunday said from his puipit, "It is time Uncle Sam clutched the throat of Spain to rescue Cula." Sadie Storer, aged sixteon, is in gaol at Huntsville Ark., together with ber sweetheart and mother. charged with tbhe murder of her father. The girl shot her father. and was aided and abetted by the other two. A large repatriation movement is taking place among Frenchâ€"Canadians in New England, and many are expectâ€" ed to return to Canada this spring. The jury in the case of Sheriif Marâ€" tin and his deputies for shooting strikâ€" ers at Laitimer, Pa., on Septg,ml er 10, returned a verdict of not guilty. William Hutchings, one of the best known manufacturing jewellers in the East, was shot and killed at Proviâ€" dence, R.I., on Tuesday night by a burglar. Mr. John Wanamaker has consented to be the candidate of the business men‘s Revublican League for Goverâ€" nor of Pennsylvania. The British cruiser Cordelia, of.tho North Atlantic squadron, has arrived at Key West., Fla., from Belize, Britâ€" ish Honduras. The Manchester, NH., Board of Trade bad adopted reso‘utions favouring & treaty for reciprocal trade relations with Canada. nall of what it costs now. In the famous Peabody model teneâ€" ments. The London Daily News says there is a population of no less than seven hundred and twentyâ€"five to an acre, yet the birth rate is five in one thousand above the average rate, and infant mortality is twentyâ€"two in one thousand below the average. At this rate the population will soon grow fasâ€" ter than the profits of the trust, which were last year $210,000. UNITED STATES. The Globe shipyard strike at Cleveâ€" land has been settlsd. The men lost. The Bowery Mission Lodging House in New York was burned and eleven inâ€" mates lost their lives in the fire. ++ Arepe cxiee on OO Abeccicas saneâ€"~riptenr+ Wnn .( P With part of these profits the villagâ€" ers are equipped with reading and recreation rooms and now proposes to ligkt the village with electricity and put electric lights in every bouse at half of what it costs now. London street hawkers are now doing well with a portrait of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Hanging out of one of his pockets is a small strip of card, and under the picture are the words "Find Lord Salisbury." . You pull the card board strip and a small sketch of the Prime Minister comes out of Mr. Chamberlain‘s pocket. A Fifeshire village has a distillery managed on communistic grincnplel which makes a yearly profit of £500. CARiViati. the noted Venetian glass and mosaic artist, who laid the mosaâ€" ics in St. Paul‘s cathedral, committed suicide in London. Mr. Petersen confirms the statement that his firm had placed with Haw: thorne, Leslie & Co. of Newcastleâ€"on Tyne an order for two of the four nt:}v steamers required for the fast Atlantic service. The American Society in London is to provide a fund to srect a memorial to the sailors of the Maine. been fined for koepinx ;Lomon at work st;or the regulation rg. British Board of Trade returns for February show decreases of $7,350,000 in imports and $1,014,000 in exports. A colliery at Muirkirk, Ayrshire, was flooded. Nineteen persgons failed to reach the bank and are still in the mine. Salviati. the "glaut on ~I un d not. Polndexurâ€"m estate is so large as it was thought to be. A Quebec despatch says:â€"The deâ€" mand for snowshoes and moccasins for the Klondike is so great that it is alâ€" most impossible to supply the demand. The Lorette Indians are working night and day to endeavour to fill orders. Some wholesale houses have orders for thousands of dozen pairs. 4 It was resolved also that the proâ€" posed Federal tariff should give preâ€" ference to British products, and, in deâ€" fault of an early Federal tariff, that the individual colonies should be reâ€" commended to give a substantial preâ€" ference. GREAT DEMAND FOR SNOWSHOES. | Bill Prepaced by the Single Line Dealters‘ Association of Buffalp â€" $100,000 the } Limit. * A despatch from Buffalo says:â€"The | Board of Supervisors on Monday afterâ€" | noon adopted & bill prepared by the |" Single Line Pealers‘ Association," | which proposes to govern and restrict the departmental stores. The bill, which is to be introduced in the State Senate this week, classifies business in groups and grades, numbering eighty ’cla,sses and 36 groups, including from | one to several classes of business. The | license fees are fixed as follows:â€"For first group, $1; for the second group, | $100 ; for the third group, $5,000 ; for the fourth group, $19,00) ; for the fifth group, $20,000; for the sixth group, $40,000 ; for the seventh group, $+0,000; for the eighth and every group thereâ€". after, $100,000 per annum. Thus a . |\ firm dealing in one class or group of | merchandise would pay a license of | 81 ; adding other classes of merchandâ€" |\ise or departments would require the i|uym9nt of fees from 8100 for one | additional group or departmaent to | $100.000 for eight additional groups or departments. The bill specilically proâ€" vides that $100,000 shall be the limit collected as license for conducting |business under any number of groups. Australian Premiers Favour a Tar ife‘ That Nature. A Mellourne despatch says:â€"At the conference of the Colonial Premiers on Friday, it was resolved that if Great Britain and Canada contributed twoâ€" thirds of the cost of the proposed Paâ€" cific cable Australasia should contriâ€" bute the remainder. Wildest Excisemeni Prevails in Halifax Over the Reports Received. A despatch from Halifax, N.S., says: â€"The wildest excitement prevails here over the report received from a prosâ€" pector who recently went to the island of Cape Breton. A letter was reâ€" ceived on Friday from Charles McKay, who went to Whycocomagh last year, saying that both Salt and Skye mounâ€" tains, near this place, contain enormous deposits of rich gold. From Skye mounâ€" tain McKay says he found one deposit 200 feet wide, running east and west three miles. The gold from this deâ€" posit assayed last week in Montreal yielded from $20 to $144 per ton. Geo. W. Stuart, Mayor of Truro, one of the most expert and practical miners of Canada, was consulted. He went to Whycocomagh, visited the tunne! which had leen driven into the mountain,. and was amazed at the richness of the gold shown. He reported that the strike was the richest ever made in North America. Poindexter~Is old Mr. Dean‘s will to Heported to Mave Baid ie Will Resign ‘ After the YÂ¥ ar 1900. The Montreal Herald toâ€"day publishâ€" es a special dated New York, which siys:â€""In view of the repeated denials which have been made by Sir William Van Horne of any intention of retirâ€" ing from the presidency of the C. P. R., it is interesting to note a statement made by him to the Washington corâ€" respondent of a leading New York paper on Monday, announcing his intention of laying aside the reins of power after the year 1900, and outâ€" lining plans for improving the faciliâ€" ties of the transcontinental line before making way for his successor. He said:â€" ‘The C. P. R. expects at an early date to build three big ocean liners, about the size of the Teutonic, and place ther on the route between Vanâ€" couver and Yokohama, when they are ready. It is their intention to utilize the boats now running between those ports for passenger and freight serâ€" vice between Vancouver and Austraâ€" lia, â€" When this is done a fast line will be established between Quebec and Halifax and Liverpool, reducing the time of passage to three and a half days. The C. P. R. will then be able to take a passenger at Euston and land him at Yokohama without transferring him to any other line.‘ This, Sir Wilâ€" liam says, it will be able to do by 1900." Dr. Edwin Klebs, professor of pathâ€" clogy and bacteriology in the Postâ€" Graduate Medical School, of Chicago, is alleged to have discovered the cause of yellow fever. As a result of a serâ€" ies of experiments extending over two months he has isolated the amoeba, and bas been able to trace its development through a number of stages in variâ€" ous organs in the body. unable to obtain money for repairs. and there is a prospect of ber supplies running out unless her owners come to time. At a meeting of the Canadian Milâ€" itary Institute at Toronto on Saturâ€" day a committee was formed to frame & petition asking the Dominion Govâ€" erument to authorize the enrolment of two batterins of artillare ta he rall. of two batteries of artillery to be callâ€" ed the Toronto Naval Artillery. _ It is proposed to equip this corps on the lines of the British Royal Naval Volunâ€" teer Artillery. GIVE BRITAIN PREFERENCE. TAXING DEPARTMENT STORES GoLD IN CaAPE BRETON. VAN HORNE TO RETIRE. one of these ‘Don‘t Worry clubs? Ferry â€"â€"I‘d join in a minute, but my â€" wife would take it as an insu‘t. The Rearâ€"Admiral Warmly Advocates an Angloâ€"Amerlcan Alliance, A despatch from London says:â€"Rearâ€" Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, memâ€" ber of Parliament for York City, in an interview with a correspondent of the Associated Press, warmly advocated an Angloâ€"American alliance as "a move in the direction of peace and calculatâ€" ed to immensely develop trade." _ He added:â€"‘"Such an aliiance is natural, and I believe the mere fact of its conâ€" clusion would deter others from atâ€" tacking any inadequately defended inâ€" terests of either country. _ Now is the time to accomplish it, when the advantâ€" ages are apparent to both countries. A decade hence, when, if she desires, the United States, can have become a firstâ€" class naval power, and will, perhaps, have adopted the policy of free trade, it might not be worth bher while to undertake the responsibilities of an alâ€" liance with Great Britain. _ When Amâ€" erica has built her navy she will be ia a position to enforce her demands, which will not take her long now, with ber enormous latent resources and meâ€" chanical and engineering facilities. An Angloâ€"American alliance would be the most powerful factor in the world for peace gnd the development of comâ€" Detcrmincd Not to Allow Russia to Damage Her Interests. The Vienna correspondent of the Lonâ€" don Times cliims to have unimpeachâ€" able authority for the statement that since Marquis Ito resumed the Premierâ€" ship of Japan the relations between Toâ€" kio and Pekin have steadily improved. China recently asked Marquis Ito‘s adâ€" vice regarding her intercourse with foreigners. Me urged the Chinese Govâ€" ernment to grant railtoad concessions to allow foreigners to establish banks, and to restrict the powers of the Viceâ€" roy. This correspomlent adds that Japâ€" am has received no in{imation of Rusâ€" sii‘s intentions regarding Port Arthur beyond a notification that a few warâ€" shios would go there temporarily Japâ€" am is determined not to allow ber inâ€" terests in China to be damaged by Rusâ€" sia and will resist any attempt on the part of the Russians to establish themâ€" selwes in Corea. l Manager Sardison, of the Christian Herald who has direct charge of the mission and the lodgingâ€"house, states that he will bury the dead. The loss on the building by fire is estimated at $7,000, and the contents are damaged to the extent of $5,000 more. The loss is entirely covered by insurance. After the fire had been extinguished sufficiently that a search of the place was possible, the police and firemen entered the building and the work of searching for the victims was bhegun. Several bodies were found near the win/dows on the two upper floors, where they had beon stricken down while attempting to make their way to the fire escapes. Some of the bodies were discovered in the smail rooms they had occupied, while others were found in the ballways and on Ithe stairs of the fourth and fifth floors. All of them were naked, and most of them were burned and charred beyond recognition. Saturday night almost every bed was occulpied. Ait halfâ€"past one o‘clock on Sunday morning one of the lodgers discovered flames comâ€" ing from a â€" washâ€"room on â€" the third floor, but before he bhad time to alarm the house the fire was noticed by the passersâ€"by on the street. By this time the flames had eaten their way to the top of the buildâ€" ing and were bursting through the roof. When the alarm was given and the inmates aroused, a wild scene of excitement ensued. Many of the lodgâ€" ers became panicâ€"stricken. They rushâ€" ed into the ballways and fell over each other in their efforts to reach the street. Those on the lower floors got to the street safely by the stairways, while those on the upper floors groped their way through the blinding smoke to the metal fire escapes in front of the building. The majority of them only saved portions of theif clothing, while several of them were naked. Those whp made their way to the street by the fire escapes were burned by the excessive heat of the iron ladâ€" ders, which in many places bhad beâ€" come red hot from the flames within. SEARCH FOR THE DEAD. Wallaceâ€"How would you like to jvin Number 105 Bowery is one of the best known lodgingâ€"houses on that thorâ€" ough{are. It is called the Bowery Misâ€" sion Lodgingâ€"house, and is conducted by the Chrictian Herald. In the baseâ€" ment of the building there is a cheap restaurant, while the groundâ€"floor is used exclusively for mission purposes, Gospel services being held there daily for several years. The fourth upper floors are fitted up as a cheap lodgingâ€" bouse, with accommodations for 150 males, who paid 15, 20, or 25¢, according to the location of the rooms. EVERY BED OCCUPIED. Nearly 130 People Were Slceping in the Ruilding When the Fire Broke Out â€" Awiul Discoveries, A despatch from New York says :â€" A thorough search of the premises at TERRIBLE FIRE AT A CROWDED BOWERY LODGINGâ€"HOUSKE. 105 Bowery, which was partially desâ€" troyed by fire at an early hour on Sunâ€" day morning, disclosed the fact that eleven persons were burned to death. At first it was believed the loss of life was much larger, but after searching the ruins very carefully the police and firemen discovered only eleven charred bodies, hnd removed them to the morgue. <LEVEN WBRK BUORNED. JAPAN READY TO FIGHT. BERESFORU‘S IDEA. wWILL BURY THEM President Kruger‘s Comment on Great Bri.abn‘s Forelzgn Relations. A despatch from Praetoria, South Africa, says:â€"The prospect that Engâ€" land may become involved with Euroâ€" pean powers is eagerly discussed here. During the debate in the Volksraad on Friday, over the scheme for the cold storage of meat, President Kruger, supporting the project, said, "There are troublesome times abead," and he pointed out that the Transvaal is now depending upon foreign countries for provisions. ‘ Twenty of Them Leave in a Batch for the Land of Gold A despatch from San Francisco says:â€"The little fishing steamer New England put into this port for a supply of coal and provisions sufficieat to carry hber to Vancouver. Captsin Small says be passed the steamship City if Columbia. She had on board twenty New England widows and six male _ passengers. The widows are bound for Alaska, where it is their intention to open shops fo#* the sale of groceries, dry goods, and hardware. Sixty widows were to have sailed in the steamer, but all but twenty lost couraze at the last moment. "'A" Field Battery, performing the ‘medicul duties in connection with that corps and the Royal Military College in the absence of Surgeonâ€"Major Neilâ€" son, who is now at Ottawa. Dr. Foster is a tall, wellâ€"built, ableâ€"bodied young man, enthusiastic over his duties, and one likely to do himself credi« and his calling honour and possessing a constiâ€" tution likely to withstand the rigours of the Klondike. Me is busily engaged in making preparaiions for the urip northward, and finds bhis time fully ocâ€" cupied in the task. Major â€" Evans, commanding "B " Squadron, Royal Canadian Dragoons, Winnipeg, will command the corps. He will be assisted by Captain Burâ€" stall, " A" Field Battery. These three officers, intended for this duty were summoned to attend last week for conâ€" sultation with the Minister of Militia, and, returning to their posts, at once began active preparations for the voyâ€" age, which is as good as announced for the second week in April. Preparations for the Expedition Going on Apace at KLingston. A _ despatch from Kingston, Ont., says:â€"It is generally expected that "A" Battery will provide the artilleryâ€" men for the Klondike expedition. ‘The men are all anxious to go. Likely two of the new twelveâ€"pounders will beâ€"takâ€" en from here, and four or more light guns for manning the mountain hbatâ€" tery, and located at Sault Ste. Marie, will complete the equipment. Surgeonâ€" Lieut. Foster, 68th King‘s County Batâ€" talion of iInfantry, of which Hon. Dr. Borden is surgeonâ€"major, has been callâ€" ed upon to look after the medical equipâ€" ment. He is at present, attached to A despatch from Melbourne, Victoria, says:â€"The colonial convention has adopted the Federation bill, and disâ€" solved. _ The hill now goes to the varâ€" ious Legislatures of Australia. ’his rest is noted. Occasiqnal, but not | severe. diabetic symptoms have, accordâ€" ing to medical information, manifested themseives for nearly two years. These have been seriously aggravated by reâ€" cent illness and overwork, and hence 'the peremptory orders of Dr. Broadâ€" ;bent that he drop everything, notwithâ€" standing the gravity of the national | crisis and seek rest. It was only by pointing out the hopeless result of disâ€" regarding this advice that the eminâ€" ent physician succeeded in inducing his patient to obey his orders. and more impressive foreign policy. EMERY IN MANITOBA. A despatch from Winnipeg says:â€" The emery found on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg has been pronounced by experts to be of the very finest quality. The deposits are known to exâ€" tend over an area of twentyâ€"five square miles. _ About 50 claims have been taken up, principally by Winniâ€" peg parties. Deposits of aluminum and quicksilver have also been found. FEDERATION IN AUSTRALIA. strongest card to phay. Rumours of a reconstruction of the Cabinet are freely bruited, but there is nothing definite yet on which to base these reports. It is the impresâ€" sion in Parliamentary circles that Mr. Balfour, who is temporarily in charge of the Foreign Office, will be subject to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain‘s inâ€" fluence to a greater degree than Lord Salishury, which will mean a bolder and more impressive foreign policy. Sm n ate tm o w e im mt Lord Ealisbury‘s chief point of reâ€" gret for his compulsory retirement at the present moment is the fear that difficalties may arise in the plans which he has been carefully develop ing for a better understanding with Germany, especially in far Eastern matters. The negotiations have made some progress, anl it is understood that the Premier has set his heart upâ€" on interposing a check of this nature to the Francoâ€"Russian plans. â€" This move, if successful, will not prove popâ€" ular in Engiand, for the antiâ€"German sentiment here is stronger than any other foreign prejudice, but Lord Salâ€" isbury is convinced that it is the strongest card to phay. Medical authorities who have been consulted in Lord Salisbury‘s case emâ€" phasize the fact that diabetic sympâ€" toms are an only too common compliâ€" cation of influenza this season, but they add that carsfu/ treatment in most cases results in their complete disappearance. Moreover, diabetes is by no means the hopeless disease it was considered a few years ago. Serlons Than Admiged. A despatch from London. says:â€"Lord Salisbury‘s illness is more serious than is officially admitted, but how serious canpot be known until the effect of The Condition of the British Premier More TORONTO TROUBLESOME TIMES AHEAD WIDOWS FOR THE KLONPIKE. ILLNESS OF LORD SALISBURY. ARTILLERY FOR KLONDIKE us Ethelâ€"I saw Mr. Snobson driving to the depot last night. 1 wonder where he went to? Mabelâ€"Quite immaterial, so long as he stays there. Ethelâ€"Yes, I know; but let us try all the other stores first. 5 Aggieâ€"Why, Ethel! you are going dreadiully out of your way. _ You can match that ribbon across the street. \ SHOPPER FROM SHOPP] WoolIf Jocl, the Associate of Barney Barâ€" nalto, Assassinated at Jobhannesberg. A despatch from London says: â€" Woo!f Joe!, one of the most prominent men in South Africa was shot in his offlice in Johannesberg on Monday morning, apd died a short time afterâ€" wards. Mr. Joe! was the associate of Barney Barnato, the. South African Diamond King, and was trustee of the estate of the late millionaire. He had taken an active part in the politics of the Transvaal!, and was a warm supâ€" porter of Cecil Rhodes. His assassin was at one time a soldier, and the cause of the shooting is said to have arisen over the pending elections. The clty of Johannesterg is greatly exâ€" cited over the shooting, as deceased was very popular with all classes of citizens. The murderer, aman named Feldthein, bas hbeen arrested. | by any purpose of yielding to represenâ€" | tations or imitations that may have lcome from the Spanish Minister as to the mischief caused by the gathering of Eso large a naval force as Admiral 8iâ€" ’urd'l fleet in the vicinity of Ouha. lOn the contrary, the formation of the new squadron was brought about by ;nu'ely strategic â€" considerations, al« it.lwugh it appears from the nature of the force now under orders to rendezâ€" vous at Ham;jAion Roads that this istrutegy is of the defensive nature. UNITED sSTATES ARMY. The largest meaure of preparation yet made by the War Derartment to meet the contingencies of the futurse probably has just been completed. It is the preparation of a hbill providingy among other sections, for the plasing of the regular army on a war footing with the full strength of 104,000 men. The tiall has been carefully gone over by the War De; artment and will be inâ€" troduced in the House by Mr. Hull, Chairman of the Committee on Miliâ€" tary Affairs. the pick of the North Atlantic squadâ€" ron at Hampton Roads. The point is said to be the best, strategically, on the Atlantic coast. It is almost cenâ€" trally located and the ships from that point can reach any portion of the coast in short order. THE NEW SQUADRON Cannot be called a "flying squadron" because the association of heavy battleâ€" ships with fleet cruisers like the Brookâ€" lyn, Coumbia, and Minneapolis, reâ€" duces the available speed of the \\hoI:: to the speed of the lowest vesse!, a the squadron cou!d not do much "fly» ing" in the naval sonse. The indications rather are that when reinforced by some smaller cruisers the squadron will constitute an ideal naval defence. Although the other ships to be added to the squndron have not yot been deâ€" finitely selected it is surmised that they will incluwde some of the battleâ€" ships at Key West and the armed vruiser New York, in which case Adâ€" miral Sicard, it is believed, will comâ€" mand the new force. In plase of the cruiser New York the people of Key West will look uon the grim outlines of the big monitor Puritan. She will have to assist her on guard the double turreted monitor Miantonoma‘ and the monitor Amphitrite. So the order will in the end result in the gatheringz of The Largest Measure Yoet Taken by the U,. & War Bepartmentâ€"The Strength of theo Army to be Raised 10 104,000 Men â€" Naval Prepnrations,. A despatch from Washington says:â€" The event of the day in official ctrcles was the issue of an order for the forâ€" mation of a new squadron of naval vessels to be stationed at Hampton roads. The squmadron in the beginâ€" ning will consist of five ships, all the best of their types. Two of them, the battieshins Massachusetts «and Texas, are withdrawn from the present North Atlantic flest at Key West and Tortugas. it wou‘ld be a mistake to suppose, the officials of the Navy Deâ€" partment say, that in ordering this movement the department is animated ARMY ON A WAR FOOTING, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR WAR. KILLED IN HIs OFFICE. ANY OLD PLACE ERSVILLER