The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE miin MARKl^TS BEPOXITS FKOM THE T.EADIITO XEAUi: CKM'liKS. Pi-icos of Cattle, Grain, Ch«os», und Other Dairy Produce lit Home and Abroad. Toronto, Ivb. 0.â€" Wluatâ€" 'IViulo continues tjiiii-t in Oiitiirio n''i' •-'â- â- *> l>ul jiriccs ;iiir vi'iy linn on litiiiloil <>ITi':ini;s. HcliviTio.s art- dillicult to udikc, and pri<iB aliovi! export value. Ko. U wliito und loil Winter are quoluil lit HlJic higli ireig'nts, and at y;5.;c l>w fiPisjULs. No. -2 .Spring t»tta;', lit. TOc oust, n«d No. 2 gooBi' at Till'. I'.Snnltoha wlieat hleaily. At npper lal:e ports No. 1 Nortliein in iiuolcil at '.>!<•, iind No. 2 North B.n at 87 ie. Xo. 1 liiu<l nominal ttt Wic lalio ports. For tfiinding in transit quotations aio (ic higher Ihao above. Oaisâ€" 'i"ho mitrlu't is quiet, with |)r|res (irnier. No. 2 whilo qiKiteil at uOc wosl, and at 80 ic niidcllo freights. No. i whilo (luoted at H2c easi, and No. 2 at HI to Ml Jc east. liajleyâ€" The uiurkct is <iiuet, \vilh tlic Jiriccs steady. No. 2 ipioted at •I'lc nii.-ldlo IreifjUts; No. .'< e.'<ti'a at VJc, and No. 3 at lie middle frcislitu I'eas â€" The nnirket is steady, with No 2 ([Moted ut G2c wesi . and (i^c ea.st. Corn â€" 'I'lin market is (piiet, and prices nnclianye 1. No. ;t Ameriian yellow <iuole(.l at 51 c on track, Tor- onto, and No. M nu.xed at 494 'â- o 50c. Canadian coin. I^c on track, Toronto, and !i7 to .'!8c west. IJyo â€" The market is lirm, with No. 2 quoted at 5.'!c east and wo-it. |{u(r!iv.Ii('atâ€" The market i.s (irm. with demand good. No. 2 (jtiotcd nt 4'8c middle freights. I'Tour â€" .Ninety jier cent, patents are steady at S.'1.1.5 middle freiK'its in buyers' sncka for export. .Straight rolli'rs of special brands for domes- tic trade quoted at .S.'!..")il to ?i!.(J5 in libls. Manitoba Hours are (irm. No. 1 patents, «<1.75 to Sd.OO; No. 2 jiatenls, 51.45 to M-OO. and KtronR bakois'. Sl.;!5 to $l..'')0 on track, Toronto. Millli'edâ€" Ibun steady nt .?U).75, and shorts nt S17..">0 here. At out- side Points bran is (|Uot''(l at SI.''!, and shorts at 517. llanitoha brar.. In Sacks, (^18, and shorts at Â¥20 here. COUNTUY rnODUCE. Api)los â€" Trade here is cpiiot, willi prices steady at 52 to $2.50 per bbl. for the best stock. Dried apples â€" 'I'ho demand is small and prices are unchanged ut -^i to 4c per lb. Kvaporaled apiilcs, Cc per lb. Lioans â€" Trade iu dull and prices steady. I'rime beans are (|uotod at $l.;tU to 51.50 jjur bushel. Hops â€" The market is unchanged at 2(> to ;!2c, according Lo (pialily. Honey â€" The market Is (irm at OJ to 7.ic per lb. for bulk and at $1.25 to $2 for comb I lay â€" The market is quiet, wiUi rocei[)ts oidy moderate. No. 1 tim- otliy ipioled at S9 on track, Toronto and mi.xed at $6.50 to $7. Straw â€" The market Is cpiiet at $5 to $5.50 per ton for car lots on track. I'otatoes â€" The nuirket is ipdet. with olierings moderate. Clu)ico car« are ipioted at 81! to 85c per bag on track hero, and interior qual- ity at 7.'')C per bag. Poultryâ€" The douiaiul Is fair, and prices unchanged. (;hickcn.s, d to iOc per 11). Turkeys are (|uotod at 121 to 14c per lb., and geese at 9 to Kic per lb; ducks at 10c per lb., or $1 to .?1.25 (>w pair; fowls, 7 to He pur lb. TIIJO DATUY MAUKKT3. Hutterâ€" The receipts continue mod- erate, and prices show no change. Tliere is a fair demand tor choiio qualities. We cpiole :â€" Vlnest, 1-lb. rolls. Hi to IHc; choice large rolls, 10c; select dairy tubs, Id to 17c; seoon<lary grades, i-olls aod tubs, 18 to 15c; creamery prints, 20 to 2ic; â- olids, 18 lo lO'c. I'Iggsâ€" The market is firm. Wo tpiole strictly now laid. ;t5c: .selected told storage, JlOc; and limed 27 to 28c per do/on. Cheese â€" The nuvrket rules steady. Wo quote :â€" Klnest Wei)te(nber's, lOJ to lie; seconds, 10<-. not; risoniicTH. Prcs.sed hogs are uiulumged, with onerliig limited. Car lot.s .sold at ((i ilo 4!(1.20 ilelivored here. Cured meats are In fair demand. Wo quote: ^llacoii. long clear. 81 to HJc per lb. in case bit.s. Mc.ss pork, |io; do., shoit cut, $1H Smoked nu-atsâ€" lloms, light to mo- dlimi. 12J lo IHc; (lo., heavy, 11} to 12c; rolls, lOc; .shoulders, UJc; backs, i:i to mic; breakfast bacon, lac. L,ar(lâ€" The market I.s quiet, with prices unchan(;od. We (luote :â€" Tioicos. 7Jc; tubs, 7|c; puilh, 8c; compound, 7 to TJc. UlJHlNr.SH AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. !•.â€" Advices on prices of Maiiilobu wheat. Just re- ceived from Fort William stat-i that Ko. •') Northern cunnot bo had under 77lc, or No. 2 under 81 Jc; hardly ?iiy oKI'orl business Is being doni*. I Is said that (ully a third of tliu wheat in.<«(>octcd turns out lo lio feed. No No. 1 is ofhrinjf; No. ;t Western inspection Is volueij ah(uit HSic on track. No. 2 oats, Mnn- troal inspection, are IwioK dealt in at 5J7}c for carloads In store, for local account: the domand is good. There is no anffort damaud (or oaU liny longer, oals heintj no-w Bold in F.ngliuid as' cheiiply 'a« MautVOiiI. 'Wo. y oat.s, low freighlK wo.vt, forcxpc.it ;«>lc; No. 2 j)eas, 04c; rye, OL'c; No. 2 bailey, 4;iic; No. y cxtiii barley, 4 2.JI-; .No. ;j. Hie. i'loiaâ€" Ma'ito- ha mllleis are now about l.'ic apart from each other on (uiotiitioiiii given out; patents range from $1.90 to .^5; strong tiakers', Sjl.C.O to $4.7U; Winter wheat patents, §4.25 to S1,- :J5; straigl'.t rollers, f»:i.'M) to *4; extras, 1S3.50 to S;i.<>5; Ktriiiglit rol- lois in bags, 81.85 lo SI. 90, and o>tras in bags, Â¥1.05 lo 4;i.7.'>. Feed â€" Thu doiiiaiid is good and the mar- kol . sLroug, it being oxpoitod that the consuDqition will be large from this out. Manitoba bran iu. bafis, 3:XH; slioilo -^^U, [mv ton; Onttu-io bi'an ill bulk, ^17 to .?17.50; short.s, SlO.'iU to 520; inoulllli', S2(5 to ?27 per ton. I'lovitlons â€" Heavy Cana- dian shorl cut pork, S18 to §18. .51); li^hl short cut, $17. 5() lo SIH; .'Vin- ci lean short cut dear. P17 to 817. .'it) American fat backs, $18 to S18.50; compound lard, 8c-; Canailiiui lard, 8i to 9c; kottlo rendered, lOic; hams, 11 J lo i:;c; hacon. He; fri'Sh killed abattoir hogs, $7.75; country dre.'sed hog.s, SO. 75 lo §7; live hojj.s, .?5.5". I''.gg3 â€" CamUed, selected, HI to ;!2c; Montreal limed, 2()C; West- ern limed, 22 to 2.'ic; lefrictcralo'', late Full .sloo'k, '2:i to 24c: Snmmor stock, 20 lo 21c. Butterâ€" F,astern, 21 to 22c; Western dairy, in tubs, Klc; Wcstci-n rolls, 17 to Ifec. Chco.'^c â€" Ontario, 11 to 11 Jc; towiisliii).s, lOi to lOic. UNITFI) STATFS MARKETS. TUirtido, Fob. :!.â€" Flour-Strons- Wheat-Winter, nothing <loing: .spriiij? higher; No. 1 Northern, DuluUi, S=l .- 02iS; do. Chicago. 98-;r. Cornâ€" Un- settled; No. 2 white, 47ic; No. 2 mixed, 45c. lUirlcyâ€" Wosterji, 55 to 05c in store. Ityeâ€" No ofTeriiins. St. I.ouis, F'eb. 9â€" Wlie.it closed â€" Ca.sh, 923c; May, 873c; .July, 81Jc. Minneapolis, Feb. 9. â€" Wheatâ€" May, 02; to y2ic; July, 918 to 914c; Septeniher, Snj to 95Jc; on track. No. 1 bard. 95c: No. 1 Northorn. O.Mc; No. 2 Northern, 891c; No. '.i Northern, 84 lo Sti-Jc- Flourâ€" First patients, 51.7,5 to S-1.85; second do. S4.r.5 to §4.75; (irst clears, $:}.50 to So. GO; second clears, $2..'j0 to S2.60. Uranâ€" In bulk, $14.25 to $15. CATT'J-E MAKKET. Toronto, Feb. 9.â€" There wcni 41 cars of stock olTering at the City Market this morning. This was not a hi-avy run in itself, but cattle have been coming irregularly in hiinchos every day. according as the railroads could doiiver them. Trade was very fuir to-day, but the butchers on the whole are fairly well sui)plied, and there is no tendency towards very high prices. There were a few ox- port cattle, but no choice loads. All the dealers, it is reported, are takinp advantage of the present low price.s in the Chicago market and arc buy- ing there. .Sheep and lambs are steady to (inn. tlrain-frd lainha are quoted at S.5.25 to $5.50, b.i:iiyard at SL.'iO lo $5, I'xport ewes i.t $3.75 lo S4, biitcheiB' sheep at SS:!.50 to S.'!.75. Calves are (irm at 4 to 6c per lb. Hogs to-day were unchanged at 55 for the lop. but pro.spoct3 are lower for next week. VICTIM OF HUNTER'S TRAP Port Arthur Man Shot While Walking Through Bush. A Port Arthur, Ont.. despatch says: William Snyder, with two com- panions, was out hunting on Tuesday, following a hunter's trail. He inad- vertently kicked a string which cross- ed the trail, and which was attached lo a rillfi suspended in a tree, at full cock. The rifle was disch;.irgod. the bullet entering .Snyder's leg. Infllct- iiig a severe wound. He wiis carrieil through the hush to the railway track .nnd brought inlo Tort Arthur hospital, where he arrived some ton hours alter the accident. MULOCK AND DIAZ CONFER Mexico is Anxious lo Trade With. Canada. An Ottawa despatch .says: The Coverninenl has been atl\ ised that .Sir William Mulock has had an inter- view with I'resident Diaz, of the Mexican Uepublic, at which many matters of interest to the two coun- tries were discus.sed. The Hepublic desires lo improve Its means of coui- ntunication with Canada. It has been arranged to have another in- terview to consider this subject, at which Signer Limentar. Finance Minister of Mexico, is to be presoul. THE ORIGINAL DATE. Collapse of Building: Will Not Postpone Show. An Ottawa despatch says: It has been decided to hold the Fat Stocit Horsn and Poultry Shows in Ott^iwa on the original dates, March 7th to 11th. The collapse of the new iiuild- ing at l.nnsdowno Park will not bo allowed to interfere as was previously thought. It is the intention to hold the combined show In tho horso und cattle burns at the park, as was done a oouplo of years ago. A gang of men has been placed nt work about Iheso buildingn uniting thoiu in 9ha^<)* for tho sho"*. '. SWORDS NOW DRAWN Japan and Eussia Break Off Ne- gotiations. A I .ondon despatch says: .Japan withdrew her Minister from St. I'et- ersliurg on .Sunday, betore receiving HusKia's odlcial reply, wliicli she had been awaiting for tbrci^ v.ei'ks. Kussia thereupon recalled her Minister at Tokio. lUissin, in announcing the rupture to the powers, attempts to throw the whole responsibility for the eoiiseijUerires upon .Japan. It is possible lo make a clear slntement of the unoflicinl diplomatic history of the past fortni!;ht. which will serve to throw luiporlanl light on the situation. Hussia's reply lo the Japaiii'se proposals was fornui- lated and conununict.led unolHcially to .Jaiiaii, through the medium of the l''reiicli Foreign (Jfliie. as long ago as .Jan. 27. In odecl, this inti- mation, as described in .some of its details in these despalche.-? three days later, conveyed Itu.ssia's willingness to accede to .Inpan's principal de- mand.'; r'egarding Coit-a, but in Man- chui:ia lliissia ivservetl certain inter- ests, cxpre.ssed and implied, whicfli virtually lunounted to a denial of the .)n]>aneKe contentions. The Tokio au- thoriiio.s, after careful consideration, decided that they could not accept the proposed reply. They, however. earnestly i)ii'sseil Kussia to communi- cate her reply oflicially in order that they might take formal action on it. When day alter day pas.sed without its delivery, .Japan became convinced that Hussia's reasons for withholding a derision which she had fully formu- lated nnd communicated to more thun one outside power were not of a diplomatic nature, and were not in harir.ony with international coiirt- o.iy. .Japan considered that It was therefore entirely competent for her to take such action yesterday as would be t.akoii in any event as soon as the reply was placed in her hands. •Japan was unable, owins to the nn- oOicial character of the cominiinica- tions. lo bring forward the foregoing tarts ill answer to the Hiissian insin- uation IJial she .acted high-handedly In breaking o(T the negotiations be- fore the reply was received, but they constitute a complete rel'utntion of the implied accusation. STEAM PIPE BURST. The Steamer .Pretorian Had a Stormy 'Voyage. A Halifax despatch says; Tho Al- lan I^ine steami-r Pretorian. with the Canadian mails, arrived on Thurs- day jughl from Liverpool, after a most tempestuous voyage of fourteen days. .She has on board the crow of the Newfoundland brigantino Dilvcr Sjiray, abaiidonitd at sea on .Jan. 8th. After leaving port there was good weather for four days, then came a (ici'co storm, that lasted for (ivo days. When the slorm was at its height the main steam pip<- broke, anil for fourteen hours she o'rifted liel|di\ssly till repairs were e.'Tocted. The crack was only partially made good, and average s;iced could not bo ohlaiiiPd for the re.sl of the voy- age. The oOicers of the ship con- cealed from the iias.scngers the fact of the damage lo the machinery till they reached port on Thursday night, lending them 10 believe that the slop- jpage was on account of the storm. On Thursday, when in the vicinity of Sable TslamI, the steamer encountered the heaviest storm of the trip. The seas washed her decks continuously, nnd in the twenty-four hours .she made only si.xty-eight miles. The Pretorian will discharge and load here. BALTIMORE ON FIRE Flames Sweeping the City and Cannot bo Checked. A Ualtiinoro despatch says : â€" A fire wliiih broke out at a few min- utes hefore eleven o'l lock on Sunday morning iu the wholesale dry goods house of John K. Hurst and Co.. has raged witli unrestrained fury since, and at midnight it is still un- checked, au'd is steadily eating its consuming way eastward on Ualti- moie Street, after having destroyed almost all the large stores and ware houses in the wholesale district around Hopkins I'laco and all the buildings on both sides of lialtimoro Street from Howard to HoUiday Street, from Charter and JiaUiuiore lo Charles and Lexington, and on Fayette Street from Charles to Hol- lidny, including a total of about 20 blocks of the most modern and sul>- stantial biuviness buildings in Haiti- more. The lo.ss cannot bo estimated, but it has certainly already reached thirty of forty millions of dollars. The (ire department, although aid- ed hy engines from Washington, I'hil- adelliliia, Wilmington and the sur- rounding counties and suburbs, has been utterly powerlets lo make any impression 011 the all-devouring ele- ments, although for hours over 400 streams of water were thrown Into the (lames. So territic has been tho heat ever since the (ire started and so dense and sulfocaling the voluniu of smoke, flying sjiarks and burning embers, that it is dillicult for the (iremen lo stand long within lighting distance ot the flames, while several trucks and engines were hopelessly disabled by flying timbers at an early hour in (ho action. .\l 7 o'clock tho sit- uation was so hopeless, so far as ef- fective work by the lirenicn was con- cerned, that Chief Horton decided that (he only thing left to do was to dynainlto buildings nt the threatened points and thus prevent, as far as po.isible. a further spread ot the dames. The lialtimoro and Ohio office Iniilding has been destroyed, and the Maryland Institute ot -Art building. .\t 11.45 o'clock the temporary Customs house adjoining tho post- ollke caught Ore. One hundred aiul (ifly policemen from I'Tiiladelphia ar- rived hero to assist the Kaltinmre police and military. NEW ZEAI.AND EUTTEH. ^o'w It Has Gained Its Good Ee- putation. Canadian butler suRcrs to some extent by compaiison with that from New Zealand. Mr. .1. .\. wuddick. Chief of the Dairy Divition, Ottawa, says the comparison is really not a fair one, because New Zealand but- ler is all grass butter, and it ar- rives fresh in Gicat liritaia during our winter seiiBon, so that any Canadian butter which comes into direct comijctilion with it must nc- ':c;sarily 1 e w inter made or held sunuuer slock. New Zealand butter, however, has a reputation in Kng- laiid for keeping (piality, and it will be of interest to Canadians to learn how that reputation has been ac- quired. In the (irst place having no natur- al ice, the inajorily of the ccamer- ios are equipped with mechanical re- frigerating machines. Their cream- ery refrigerators are kept (airly cold, but they liave no refrigerator cars such as we have. The secret of their success is that butter i.s .ship- pod from the creameries twice a week lo Cold storage, where it is iunnedlatclj placed in a chamber at Icn degrees and held there until forwarded to Fnglaiid. It must be at least tour full days in store be- fore it is shipped, to give lime for thorough free/iiig lo the centre of the package. Although the biiltcr is somotimes carried several hundred miles lo the London steamer, its temporaturo must be below the freezing jioint of water; otherwise it will be rclusetl and .sent lo cold storage lo be lo-frozen. The tem- perature ill the cliamhers of the steamer is about 10 degrees. It is placed in the steamer with the frozen mutton, which must be kept at a low teniorature. It is easy to understand that butler handled in such a manner, although it is two months old when it reaches the mar- ket, will have more lilu in it than some of our butler which has been held two or three weeks in a cream- ery at a temporatiu-c of 40 to 50 degrees. It our creamery t)wners and patrons expect lo compete with the Danes, who are so clo«e lo the market, and with tho New Zealand- ors. who employ such low tempera- tures almost from the day their but- ter is made, it is limu they wore making a more serious efTorl to im- prove matters at their end. FOUR VICTIMS ARE DEAD. Fatal Fire on Cadleux Montreal. Street, MILNER PESSIMISTIC. Draws Gloomy Picture of South African Affairs. A London despatch says: A blue- book on South Africa i.ssucd on Wed- nesday contains a i)es8imistic des- patch from Lord Milner. Ilrilish High Commissioner In .South Africa. in which, referring lo tho Transvaal Legislature's opproval of Chinese la- bor. Lord Milner says he r0all7.es tho grnvlty o< the action, but there is not the shadow ot a doubt us to its wisdom. Tho depression in business is increasing daily, tho revenues are falling off, many peopln ai-e out of work, and unloiis the situation soon changes a great exodtis of whites is inevitable. Public opinion, ho adds, la decisively In favor of imported la- bor. A Montreal despatch says: Three sleeping inmates of a dwelling at 778 Cadleux street wore suiloca'ed early on Friday morning. r'j'ir others were Kudly burned and injured. Tho dead arc Mrs. Kdward Cr.iw- ford, 40 years of age. William Craw- ford, 15, son. Jas. Ilogan. :;:>. .son- in-law. The injured are Mrs. Kthel llognn, 22 years, burned on hands, face and arms cut. .las. F, Ilogan. 8 inonths. Infant son ot Mrs, Hogan. badly burned, will die. Fdwar<l Craw- ford, 40 years, bm-iieil all over body, will probably die. Tbos. Hare. 25 years of age, face and hands burned. Three of the inmates, Mrs. Ilogan with her infant, and Thos. Hare. jumjH'd from the second storey of the burning building. The other oc- cupant, T'Mward Crawford, was car- ried out utter he was badly burned. WAR OFFICE REFORM. Heads of All the Departments Are Dismissed. A London tlospatcH aaj-s; In pursu- ance of the army reforms all the heads of deixartmonts of tho War Ofllce on Thursday received letters of dismissal and were notitied that they will be employed olsowhoro. Lord Roberts. I'ommander-in-Chlot of the forces; Llout.-Oeneral C.renfell. com- manding tho Fom-th Army corps; Llout.-lJenoral -Sir .John French. in cnmmand ot the First Army corps, nnd .Sir William Hutler, coiniaanding the West district, have boon invited to join the new Arxuy Council. TICKS FROM THS WIRE. HAPPENINGS FHOM AX.L OVE-g THE GLOBE. Telegp-aphic Briefs From Our Ow: and Other Countries of Eecent Evp<its. CA.VADA. A .'jO-lon floating crar.e to cost SGO,000, will Le added lo the C'luiii- meiil of Montreal port. Premier Hoblin's resolution, en- dorsing Tdr. Chamberlain's prefereiill- .ul trade proposals was adopted by the Manitoba Legislature. The Toronto Civic Works Commit- tee decided to ask Council to submit a by-law ("or $l»(jO,000 for waterworkj iiiiproviuuent. The homestead entries in wastern Canada for January numbered about 1 ,f5<>8, an increa.se of some 200 ovei the .same month in li)0;j. There weie 280 cars of wheat lead- ed at Wiiiniijcg last week, or 270,- 759 busho's. There are 2,5.S1,49£ busliels in I'ort William elevators. A j.erson may be sued in Oiilari' tor a debt contracted in the I'nitec .States .Tudgnient is ohlaii'.ed tiiero, and that judgment is sued on hero. The Coveinment luis introduced £ Inil ni llie Nova Scotia Legislaturt that men employed in the coal uiinca in charge of the operation of steam (dants must pass an examination. A. M. Chisholm, mine owner, Kingston, has received encpiirics iron: Uennany as to the cost of iroc Pyrites, feldspar and graphite, and a Iratle may be woi;!<ed i;p belwecc the two countries in'lhe^e minerals, Hamilton bricklayers liave givei notice that when the building sca-soc opens tliey expect lo receive 30 cents an hour for an eight hour day froii! 8 to 5. The bricJdaycrs" laborer! have asked lor 25 cents fur D houri from 7 to 3, and there is likely tc be trouble. Kiglil Hon. .\rlhur Lyttlelton. Col- onial Secretary. has notitied thi (iovernor-Ceiieral that one O-poundei U. M. S. gun Captured nt Klipklop, 18lh .June, 1900, has been awarded lo the Canadian Government, and that 15 guns and 2,.")00 rifles ar« available fjr distribution among tin colonies who sent contingents. GUEAT niUTAlN. Hon. tJerald Uulfour hints that tin British elections would be held soon. Three of England's battleships an to be lilted for storage of oil and fuel. Two elephants chargeil two other elephants in the streets of London the other day. Tho other two ele- phants were shadows in a plate glass window. UNITED ST.\TES. ' Fire in a house burned to 'death' five children of I'etcr Christiansen, in Council lUulTs. Iowa. To get quicli results, Mrs. Mary Healy, of Derby, Conn., drank a rpuxi't bottle of a patent catarrh medicine. She is now a raving man- iac. Miss Craco Whiltakor, of Middlo- boro, Ma.ss., 20 years old and pi'o- bably worth over a million, has mar- ried " Kondrick H. Tribon, a young laborer on the estate. Crazed over the mystery surround- ing tho murder of the two Peler.son children. which occurred at Vei Moines, Iowa, over two years ago, fJordon Uowhy, a detective, who has been working on the case, committed suicide. A (ive-year-old boy, whose face is covered with a thick growtli of black hair, and who is so' deformed that ho can only crawl on his hands and kneo.s. has been taken lo BellevuQ Hospital, New York. CENEKAL. Twelve people were killed hy vol- canic eruptions on the Island ol .Java. San Pomingo rebels killed one of 11 Cniled .States warship boat civw and summary measures for revengs , have been ordered. Princess Alexandria, of Tsemburg, wbote debts amount to many mil- lions of marks, is on trial at Frank- fort for her "nucslionable transac- tions." .\n old woman has boon found dead of privation in St. Peter.shurg. The oflicials who went lo her room dis- covered the sum >-t $8,000 in a cup- board, and a further search' resulted in the tinding of securities valued at Sl,(K>O,0lW. riio woman leaves no heirs. BANDITS GET RANSOM. Wealthy Sicilian Landowner Ha» to Pay 320,000. .\ Home despatch says: .\ rich landowner. Lanzafame. residing .near Cntania. Sicily, was attacked recent- ly and sequestered by bandits. who obliged him to pay a ransom of $20,- l>00 for his release. The poliiv have not yet boon able to find the culprits. TO INCREASE THE FORCE. Hundred Men to bo Added to the Mounted Police. An Ottawa despatch says; In view of the largely increased sphere of ol>eratioiis ot the Norlh-West Mount- ed Police, and the immon.so area of territory which they now have to patrol, the force is to be augmentod by 100 men. At present the |h>1Ic« number 800. i f