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` Lo;1don, .p{=.a. i:al , ,d e- `_! Da.tch frbm- Rome says -eight. 801(1- giers and customs omcers ha.'ve' been '3. killed by an avalanche near Lak _ Como. The ld aken Buckef 1. Refo1'm1's repeat what our! mothers told us at first :--Thati to be Well we must be clean/"! We offer you the opportunity to have your Clothes _ From the nurse's `apron and: the lady s dainty shirt waist to the baby- s clothes, we defy any work to surpass ours. cleanly and I-lygenlcalqly Laundered. Washington, March 20.-Secretary of Agriculture Wilson estimated yes- terday that over $6,000,000 worth of young live stock throughout the country were saved during 1900 bv the prompt use of medicine for black- leg, sent out by the Department. Lima, -Ohio, {March 2-0.-:-The 061- _ cers in the employ of the Manhattan Oil Company, absorbed by the Stand- ard Oil Company, have received no- tine that their services will `be `dis- pensed with May 1. V V ` Pououlon of tho Rxollvny Sldlng`Dop`Iu|I_ on Which Nation Had tho First of Two Concession: Gnntoyi by Olulnn ` Non-Resistance Order Not Sent-!ow_ Triple Alliance "suggested to Stopj ` nuuian Aggronlou in Muncluutlu. ," -avg an ultra \/Jcnonvuu Lllbdt-'lI\aI Prof. Douglas of the Museum says the, only 'Way_' to stop Russian ag- V gression is for America, England and apan to combine in rm resistance. _,-,.- _ .._ _..-.-v--`..-- Vienna, l\`Iarch 20.-At a. meeting of the Manufacturers Club, held yes- terday, and attended by representa- tives of the Ministry of, Commerce, a resolution was unanimously adopted urging the necessity of putting Aus- tro-American relations on a. basis of complete reciprocity and equality in regardnto the customs tariff and its administration. T ' New York, March '20.--"I`he conch- tioh of Archbishop Travefs _LeW5 of Kingston, Ont.. W119 5} In "3 city, was reported last night t be. still critical. . ' " ' Russian ahd .BAi'l. t'i s.I1 Troorp%s S.ii|l Facing Each Other. J. New York, March 20.--Ada Gray, I the actress of East Lynne fame, is re`: `ported to be dying at a. hospital. in` shanghai '1v1 50.-T-"l"he . nritgih JV nboat Plover _is ashore in _ the ` unstse River balmy I{x:;:.._A1 St. Petorsburg_, March" 20.-_-A' coni- petent oflicial said yesterday; No representations re Manchuria have `been made by the powers. Russia will hear of no interference in her negotiations 'with another_power." He declared the power rebued was Great. Britain, and that Russia.de_-_' sired to safeguard the railroad and hm` 10,000 kilometer frontier. I-Ie ridiculed r the idea of a conflict. at Tien - Tsin, and said the misunder- standing regarding lands -could be settled by diploinacyor arbitration, \Vlue1'-e ciermany _St1llI(l. Berlin, March 20.-Chancellor Buc- low, in the Reicl1stag,- said-'_yester- day that `it was naturally his desire that China should not too seriously diminish her capacity for satisfying the just claims` of the powers for compensation-. 'l`he Russian Minister of Foreign At`fairs had expressed sat- isfaction with this "statement. The _ Chancellor did not: propose, however," to have Germany's interests` in the Orient disputed byeany power. Russians Shoot 1;` British Subject.` Victoria, B. 0., March '20.--The: steamer Kinshiu Maru, just arrived from. the Orient, brings news from, Newchwang of an outrage by -Rus- sians there which may cause more friction between, Great Britain and I:`zssia.- -. * r - Eilrht M91: Killed by nu gvalancho. lien Thrown Out of Employment. Archbishop LQQIZI wsml very m. `rv_ - Cattie Saved From lacklpg. Austria Goes For Protection. H1. S. VP(l;:7r Ashore. T Aki; `G:-by Drink- nonv J-UIlII`BU IIUIIIIIIVO , Dr. Russell (Hants).led on with a.- suggestion that Mr. Clarke. Wallace "should visit Norh.Bruce in the ca-_ pacity of a epeacemaker, -to` set at rest all racial and, religious dier-` ences. He argued at length that ' Chamberlain is an unbeliever ` in the idea of preferential arrangements be - tween England and the colonies. The Imperial preferential bag, as he put it, is empty. There "is absolutely no- thing in it under present conditions. NY A 12` 17......` a-1I........I 7-r.. luau- The Foreign Ofce claims` that the original concession wasgiven up `by Russia, and that therefore Russia has no claim at all. -r u cu v 5:55 U510` I-IUUL n " 71"5J-}ieC is private members day and the continuation of the debate, accordingly, goes over ` till b Thursday. W. F. Maclean will follow Mr. Mar- cil. By arrangement the debate con. cludes on Monday evening next, when a. division W191 be taken. The Gov- ernment will `rally .its.f_u1l strength to vote down the resolution. Mr. Bennett went extensively into` the issue of the tari-and claimed his facts showed that it was a pro- tective `and not a revenue tariff. 1|/fun LT.-ui .._._4..'...---.I LL- DI I.|l\lA\.lIvI r\JIl\-J 0 Charles Marcil moved the adjourn- ment of the debate. and the House adjourned at 10 minutes to 11. ' The Senate Wants Mr. Cook; Ottayva, ` March 20.-+The Senate. Committee appointed to investigate the Cook charges met yesterday. Sir. Mackenzie Bowell was in. the chair, Mr.` J. A. Ritchie, "K. (3., Toronto. was appointed by the committee as its counsel. Another motion was passed summoning Mr. Cook to, ap- pear on Tuesday next with all pap- ers, correspondence, etc.. in relation to the charge that he made; It was also decided to send a copy of the proceedings of the committee to the Premier. The ccgnmittee then ad-4 journed until Tuesday. . A": `l.':l`IO_n";'l>'d_:i"V_1V'v_:rt_1'n'ko`I"l`-7":` Ottawa. March` .2`o.-"rue telephone" situation in Toronto was sta_.ted to the House yesterday by Mr. E. F. Clarke. when he presented a. petition from the citizens in regard to the rates charged by the Bell `Telephone Co. ` . Mr. Demers introduced a. bill to A incorporate the Yukon Railway Com-' pany. ' I `In Il'_...._-.. _..A__. - 3,, , J C U!` 4 A vsaabla um an uuucl. pxcacub Uulllllbltlllo Mr. A. E. Kemp followed. He took. the Premier to task for his re- mark that the Conservative policy of to-day is the same old National Policy. He objected to the` applica- tion of the words "tariff tinkera" to the manufacturers of Canada who had asked for relief, The present preferential tariff he contended was a. wrong to the worl?'ngme'n of Canada. and placed an un-ust burden upon` their shoulders} The German trade and the transportation question on the lines of Mr. R. L. Borden's speech formed his concluding para- grapli. . _'I-: _I_I, 1, n. A - V - sliow` debate after recess stopped V before 11 o'clock last night, Charles Marcil having the-oor. . rl`r\_r`n11 in nun`:--4- ..._..-I__.___I .1, __ v Avg uuu .I..|\lU G4 LGV_Cll!JU l/a.l l.lI.. lvllvr. Hey; continued the debate and was followed by Dr. Roche (Mar- quette), ' _w_ho dealt with the immi- gration policy. nknmign '!\l'.......'I ...__--.I J_I__ -.1:,,, ` Halifax, 1u2..l:I ogdn arrival at % the steamer Corinthian from Liver- , Power, _o1_x a._ cable request from` the 1 `U_nder_ Secretary pt the _ Home Omce, arrested -Walter Pope, a.lia.a=`=John pool yesterday afternoon, Detective.- Robertg. V obj.` _ or ' -..__.L Mofrison introduced A a. bill` to change the" name of the `Algoma. Cen- tral Railway to the` tral and Hudson Bay Railway Com- pany, A 9. I 1 Algomo. Cen- ' on \; vac o -The meeting of ' the Libemvl-Com servative Association proper will be- gin a.t`Victoria. Hall to-day.` At this . meeting there will be four representa- tives of eo.cl1`county, the Conserva- tive membelfs of the Dominion and Provincial Pa.rliaments,o and the de- fcated or newly-nominated candi- dates and. the Conservative Sena.-_ tors, and if a1log'oesowe1l'the editors V of the ConserVa.tive newspapers. FHL- uuunnl-.'~.nv la J-LA G...n4r at itn 'I.:...nI Welt Durham to Be Unrepresented: Ottawa, March 20.--In the Su- preme Court yesterday a motion was made in the West Durham erection case, to hear the appeal from judg- ment on thepreliminary objections to the petition against Thornton; `McPherson, for the motion, urged that if the appeal were heard this term. one of the candidates might sit ? at the present session of Parliament. 1 The court refused to make. the or- ` der, and the appeal goes over to the {May session. ~ _ - ......,.vuo "while the watchman of the British. Consulate Was purchasing some cakes at tho V Consulate gate, three Cos-. sacks [rode up and, after buying some cakes, refused to pay. The Watch- man backedup the demand of the dealer and the Russ._ians threatened both with their bayonets. They ed. inside the Consulate and the watch- man bolted the gate. TTunn1-.1- 4`.-K ..II-__. 1.1,- 1I__,.c - somebelegutes for the Meeting of Liberal- Conservativo Association_Arrive. Toronto_, March '20.--+There will be 200 or more Conservatives of the nloroprominent and stalwart sort, representatives of all the electors `who expressed in such a .decided manner` the disapproval of the Do- `min-ion Government, "in the city to--- day. Yeaterday some arrived, and the vabguurd was in session in two different ways during the after- noon. ' --.u c-.. an. \.Il Va-av \I vs; The meetig is th rst of its kind and is decidedly one of organization. a. vuvvov v any n p::1.IvIa -'\n no Charlottetown, March 20.-Tho_ Provincial Legislature was opened yesterday afternoon by" the Lieuten- ant-Governor. After _the `presenta- tion of the new speaker, Mr. S. E._ Reid, I-I_is Honor read his speech, which reviewed abundant crops, good markets, made reference to `the death of the Queen, and gave an expression of loyalty to King Edward" VII. The war in South Africa, was reviewed; and a bill respecting agricultural matters promised. Ottawa, March 20.-Mr. Cowan's bill respecting the Canada, National` Railway and Transort Company was taken up yesterday in the Rail- ways and Canals Committee. % Hon. Mr.. `Blair stated that he would _con-` sider, the advisability of inserting` a. clause in the bill providing that in. .certa.in events the railway should be taken -overf by the Government. CONSERVATIVES IN TORONTO. I . E. Island Leglslatur Opened. May Be `!`:kon'by GOVOIJIIRODC. The Budget Debte. Ebbod at noltax. ,4 u \.o e `Anglo -French tift is described`- by Gen. Campbell as a. childish out-~ break due to French insults`. Arrangement; of the Dlmcnlty; ' London, March 20.--Some of the afternoon papers say the Tien Tsin row has been arranged; China grant- ed the same concession to two na- tions. The a.rrangemcnt~ allows Great Britain to proceed, but" the earliest concession must be acknowl- edged. ' 7"I'\I.... YI`......:.... nag-.- -I_ 1-.. _ 4: ,1 AL 7 '. Boer Commandant-Gnoral Do- .v - - aides to Fight It Out. _ Mr. Joseph; Chamberlain. `the Col- onial Secretary, yesterday informed ...-... -v,-v-v- guy gavuuvv yovyvbuulo ` x 4 the House of Gommons`tha.t General Botha had rejected` the peace terms oered. V ' General Botha, Mr. Chamberlain said, had conveyed the information in n"InI>f-on 4-A f`|...'-.._`I -Tr.-L_1___. ....., ....... vuuvogcu one iuiuunuuuu in a letter to General `Kitchener, in which he announced that he was not disposed to recommend the terms of peace v -General Kitchener was ins structed to offer him to` the earnest consideration` of his Government. General Botha added that his Gov- ernment and its `chief officers entire- ly agreed with his view. Mr, Cham- berlain added: "I propose to lay the ` papers connected with the nego- ` tiations on the table to-night." Composition of Concession Commission.- TLondon,'Ma.rrh 20.-'-Generail Botha. has rejected the peace propqsals. `In . T-..-..1_ nu, , -- ' Date: on Which Duke and A Ducheu of A Cornwall Will Arrive at Various Ports During Their (Tour. London, March .20.-The official timetable of the Duke and. Duchess of /Cornwall and York s tour. which has been delayed in issue ad sub- jected` to alterations, is as follows: Arrive. Port. . Leave. V March 20. . . .Gibraltar . .. . March 122 March 25. . . .Mal'ta . . . . . . March 27 March 30. . . .Port Said` . .. . March 31 Aprlll. . . .Suez . . . .. . . . . April 1 April _5. . . .Adeu . . . . . . . . . . April 6 April '12. . . . .Oolombo `. . . . . . April 16 April 21. . . Singapore . . . .. April 23 May 6. . . . .Melbourne . . . . . May 16 May 20. . . . . .Bris'bane . . . . . . . May 26 May 27. .Syduey . .. .. . . June 6 June 11. . . . ..Auc1-iiand . . . . .- . June 16 June 18. . . . . .Welllngton. . . .` . June 21 June 22. .. . ..Lytrtelton . . . . . . June 24. ' June 25. . , . ..D1mcdin . . . .. . . June 27 July2.......Hobm't Ju!-_v 7 7 July 10. . . . . .Adelalde- . . July 15 July 20. .. .. .Fremuntle . .. . .. July 25 August. ..; .MauritlusA . . . . August 8 August 13. . .Durban . . . . . . August 15 August 17. ._.Simon:stown` . . . . nu..- rn.-...... A .. .-....'...+ un 1-ox-as at tam Sacred 5:. Loyd Enchan- or N6: Approved by -Baths : Govern- ment and chic! Olcu-I-'l'ho An- nohncenont Had ; in the House` of common by Colonial Secretary Chumborlgtn. During the discussion of the com- position of the Transvaal Concession Commission, Mr. Arthur B. Mark- ham, Liberal", asserted tliatvthe com-. mission was made up of persons affiliated . with several great South` African companies. "in (`L_...1___1_2__ ` 1. u .- s-an AVIIICL \J\lLl&1-lCl4l Mr. Chamberlain replied that, -while he would not be inuenced by South African capitalists, he was not `to be precluded from using any man who happened to be connected with some capitalist.in South Africa. ..Bruoo Hamilton at Wopener. Mafeteng, Basutoland, March 18.- Monday--G-eneral Bruce eHami1ton'sv force, which is: sweeping-i over the southeast portion of the` Orange Riv- er Colony. has reached Wepener (on b the frontier of ' Basutoland), where the troopsiound heavy stocks ' of grain and cattle. They carried away as rnnr-I1 an -nnuuihln rum 1.-.: 4.- A- `constant jrcadiness; The student `troubles are the causes. ` l ' Police Fired Revolvers Into Crowd of A students and Five Wore Killed. ' St. Petersburg, March" 20.-Serious riots occurred in St. Petersburg'yes- terday on the occasion of a. solemn mass in the Cathedral of Our Lady of" Kazan for the repose of the soul of M. Bogoliepo, the Minister of Public Instruction, who was shot and fatally wounded by Karopvitch. The police -red their revolvers and it is rumored that ve students were ' killedlund 80 others either seriously I or `slightly injured. Wholesale ar- rests, including many women, fol- lowed the -rioting. % ' , Alarm at st. rotonburg. J `St. Petersburg, `March 20.-Ala.rm ' pervades high circles here. The police . `have notied houseg owners to have their Dvorniks, or house police, re- 1 port for duty and hold themselves in ' .\........, ........ \4v.v-an uvvlf yaouucu us uu: King's Anti-Roman Catholic oath; but if it was ,modied or` repealed, a great many people, perfectly sincere, though not very wise, would any that such action meant supporting .tra.nssubsta.ntia.tion. He proposed on behalf the __Government- that a. committee be appointed to consider the declaration required .01 the Sov- ereign on his accession,` and whether its `language could be modied. ad- vantageoixal without ' j :. diminishing ` gits ;,ei`c_i`en_ . all f.`specurity~ .for the, . . . rv Pro-' . The matter ' ~ M11. Russia \Vill Not Recede; Paris, 1\ I1_u'cl1 20.-An oicial of th Foreign Office said yesterday: Rus- sin will not recede from the _siding. She will not advance. `She will act slowly and only by force. -I expect to see England yield. What 2: Russian Says. Ottawa, March 20.--The steamship Montford, carring 1,200 Canadian re- cruits for the South African` Con- stabulary, will sail` from . Halifax on March 26. ' The 900-odd men here will leave by special train for Hali- fov In 4|... u,..u.....`...... --- _:!L n ' D- ..--- ....... ......uu.v. ;uc_y ucul.u;u away as much as possible, but had to de- stroy 30,000 bags of grain. The houses a.tTWopener were found to be intact. H.-- avvuvv u_y ayc-.zu..t uaul .lUl` 1.1.8.11- fax in the morning or afternoon 0'! Saturday _next, 2_4th inst. `BLOODY RIOTS IN ST. PETERSBUBG. London, March House `of Lords yesterday ._Lord Salisbury, referring "to the question raised by -the "No Popery .oat.h, taken by the King, said he must regret very much that` language of such indecent vio- Jgsnce had ever ' been placed in the 1T3v\nI'n ab: `Banana .l`I..LI_ _I:- ,-;| THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM. M1u'ch`22 1 . 6 M41) 26 .. ...Auckland . . June-22......Lytrtelton 25..,...D1medin J11!-_v7 10......Adelalde- JuiY15 20......Fremuntle' .. .. . .S1mon:stown` . V .. . . . . . . . . . . ..Cnpe Town-. . . August 22 August 27. . .Ascension. . . . .August 31 September 6.012 Cape St. Vin- . .. . . .. .. .. .. Vi-ncent.Sampe evening `Sept; 15. . . . .Hallfax . . . . . . . .Sept. 17 `Sept. 20.....Q'uebe(.' Oct. 17 l"InI- 0') Q4` 11-\.`\n a f\nA UK Icllloo till: I: o uVuC'U\ .'\; n 0 o - u on I c Oct. 22. .. .St. John s 3:; $3 Nov. 1. . . . . . .Portsmouth. The dates are `necessarily approxi- uumhg The Coronation Oath. Tien Tsin, March 20.+-E:;ci ement" re the siding still exists. British troops are encamped facing. Russian troops. The latter have orders to re if the British start work on the `siding. ."l`l.... A.......l-"l........I- L111. 9- _|,_..__,u__\. Sail on Mafch 26 ...... h Said` M: uoooauno-u LDQ }..... A pore A vurne ..... ne ,...... By ocvooo--9.. Ioovonlo ....4.-_. . uvuwovu anyone. `vane-nu I.uIl:lIul-n-`raw .-v_..--- _ Free delivery for everybody is the en- Vi thusiustic programme of the assistant _ i posttxuster general.` who is experiencing , the delights of success `V in the rural de- n ;,llvery experiments. , Such is proposition , is.attr_acti_ve in the abstract, but rather - i too expensive. tor operati_on.g- Pit=iburk`vis9atou e By carefully between roars certain that it ` tied that last.` Free Press.` Mercier has simply added to athe pin. prick_s, but is it advisable to keep up the irritation? That is a question which so-` ber Frenchmen ought to be`considering very attentively.-Chicago Times-Herald. ,,_,`I L,,,. , _ _,_, .3 __ _ The French did nothing in their war with Germany to indicate that they can do better than Napoleon I. in an attempt on England. He was a mighty man. but all his schemes to invade the tight little island failed. But what cause has France for war on Great Britain ?-Indianapolis Journal. ' vs no an-Inaaawu. Ivnaw Q InJ|Jna\aQ It must he hard` for President Kruger `to realize that the Wilhelm who now turns the cold shoulder is he of `he Jame- Ioh raid message. England need have no fearsof an in- vasion. `When Lord Salisburylintroduces the subject, it is but a diplomatic stroke to strengthen English defenses elsewhere. In the mouth of General _Mercier the sub- ject is simply amusing.-Washington Star. ' `New York has giiren uptthe ida or per- petuating the Dewey ` arch. having for- `gotten just who Dewey was anyhow.- Ghicngo News. ll'IL- 1'\_...____ -.._L I.__ I_--_ -L-_.3-..-S wunwisav -1`; vv an The Dewey arch has been abandoned owing to the stinginess of the people of New York. Poor old New York! Why couldn't she have passed around the hat in other cities as she did in the matter of the Grant monument?-Chicago Chroni-. cle. T --.a _--4--.- u-us swoon In the House yesterday. Lord i George Hamilton said no dist.urbauce-- was a.nticipa.teda.t; Tien Tsin. Nio- instructions had been sent to the British officers not to resist the seiz- ure by the Russians of the siding. T .nvvrl (`vonnknmnn nl-n4-nrl vvnal-nuuinup Sic transit gloria xnundi! The Dew- ey arch in. stone. which was to be a per- manent monument of the great admit-al s Manila victory in New York. has been abandoned. The committee has dissolved, and the money so far subscribed is` to-be refunded. It was a rant` `den. and it II I pity it failed. T ' ' Presideuf -Kruger is receiving plenty of sympathy. but sympathy alone is a very poor commercial asset.-Baltimor'e Amer- ican. ` ` ' Oom Paul nds it rather diicult to en- list the sympathy of crowned heads who have married into Queen Victoria s.tam- ily.-Chicago Reco`rd. `T ' I\,.__ I1-.-` ____._ !J-I!___.1 I__. 4.1_'- ___..I--- gun--yu-an: nvuauvn `-- W(.)om Paul was idolized by the populace of Belgium. but Belgium did V not give him men, arms, money or political snp-- port.-Minneapolis Tribune." In. .._..-- L- |.__,.1-1-.. r|_.,_:_1-._. ?-....-.. The growth of tree rural delivery has been remarkable. Only a short time ago the undertaking was looked upon as bo~ ing wholly` impracticable. But it has been so successful. that its scope will be doubled next year.-Baltimore Herald. `In--- _1_I9_,,, , ,, ,_._I_-_1_ 2.. 4L. __ FRANCE THAT D_EV_VEY ARCH. KRUGER S .M|SS|ON. FREE DELIVERY. ' examinizur the dispatches -. the: Br 4:.-11 lion can as- was Gem-ral Mercier who knot in his tail.-Detroit II- `I IJJ V059 -O-UIOb_J|dILIAOIIl7 Kll I-111'? 531`-Gills V Lord Cranborne stated yesterday` that the Anglo-German agreements applied to Manchuria. and both couns- tries agreed to maintain the intog-Z rity of the Chinese Empire, D-..) `n...'....1.... .: 1... 1\.r . . . _ . . _ _ _ . . . .- ANp_- ENGLAND. Has not been more surely superseded by the stout tin pail than has the old time style of ready-to-put on clothing given place to stylish, serviceable, and lockable _ garments, as good as,.it not better than, a. tailor makes to order.-(wonder why he-doesn t make em to t, and l_.feel as wen.) l Spri1Ig8uits--Garlaton limb and Regent Street. Spring veroham-+"The Piccadilly, Raglan, and - ShortBux,Boat. This store has for years been Headquarters for correct Clothing and Furnishings, City styles, town prices. ;Motto : Nothing too good S f0}`iOlil' 'clientele.` -Come and see us ! - HUGHES BROS., I-j-IUNTEZF? BF-?OS., cleanliness and Health We do it as well as it can be done. A TRIAL SOLTCITED. BARRIE STEAM LAUNDRY "`EZxc|,usive Phone 55. Luqu. IJUJUUU LIIU gums. Unable to follow the fugitives in- side one of the Russians mounted his pony and red through the pailings at the watchman. killing him. . The British Consul maiden complaint to the Russian authorities and report- ed the matter to his Government.