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WAR IN B ALKANS IM Mlm Austria Is Massing Troops on the Monte- negrin Frontier.- ♦j^despatch from Paris says : It count of the tension of th» present is held in official circles here that European situation." the Balkan situation, on account of the irreconcilabla attitude of Austria-Hungary, has now reached its most acute stage and that the next few days will decide between peace and war. The efforts of Great Britain, France and Russia to present a for- mula acceptable to Baron Von Aeh- erenthal, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, having failed, Austria-Hungary is expect- ed forthwith to deliver an ultima- tum at Belgra/de. After this, if Servia refuses to make a complete surrender, no doubt exists in Paris that Austria-Hungary will despatch an army across the Servian fron- tier. The Eclair on Friday an- nounced that the absent officers be- longing to the French regiments on the eastern frontier, have been re- called. The Minister of War ad- mits that "certain precautionary measures have been taken on ao- WEEPING WIVES AND SISTERS A new York Herald correspond- ent cables a description of scenes at Zara and Fiume, where Austria is making active preparations for war. At Fiume, he says soldiers and reservists are arriving continu- ally and are immediately embarked on fast steamships of the Ungaro CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS QAPPENINCa FROM ALL OVEB TUE GLOBE. Tclegraphio Itrlefa From Our Own and Other Couiitrtca of Uccent Evetita. CANADA. Toronto's net debt is placed at $23,294,153. Two Japanese training cruisers will visit Vancouver in May. A Finlander named Randa was killed on the railway at Fort Wil- liam. The Evening Bulletin made its Croata Navigation Company Com- fi'st ^PPearance at Prince Rupert pany for the Gulf of Cattaro. This »« Monday. gulf is close to the Montenegrin The Dominion Government wil frontier and within easy s^^^ing P«J^»_^jSto^p to the exportation of ^^tr^chleSrSe; both at Fiume "Vnrh^n\'er h^^^^^^ 'Zt'^'^-'Zl ''^^',. '^""/'''^j ^J^i.±}'^Tr,^ THE WORLD'S MARKEFS nEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Uninc uud Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Mar. 30.â€" Flourâ€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent, patents, $4.15 to $4.20 to-day in buyers' sacks outside for export. Mani- toba flour, first patents, $5.70 to $5.90 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.40 to $5.60, and strong bakers' $5 to $5.2o. Wheat-No. 1 Northern, $1.21, and No. 2 Northern, $1.18 Georgi- an Bay ports. No. 1 Northern $1.20%, all rail, and N. 2 North- ern, $1.23}^, all rail. Oatsâ€" Ontario No. 2 white 48c on TO DBIL L YOMK CAMBA Lord Strathcona's Patriotic Offer to the Dominion Government and Zara, thousands gather around ^"lyes up around Dog Lake, near and salute the departing soldiers. I ^^o" Arthur. Heartrending scenes are to be wit- nessed everywhere. Weeping wives with babies in their arms, sisters and mothers crowd the quays. Simi- lar emotion is shown by the soldi- ers, for all are under the impres- sion that they are going to war. THREE HUNDRED MURDERS. Committed by a Russian Woman in the Last Thirty Â¥ea>rs. A despatch from St. Petersburg says : Charged with having commit- ted some three hundred murders, a woman named Propova has been arrested at Samara. During the last thirty years, it appears, the woman has made a practice of rid- ding captious wives of their hus- bands by means o! poison. She charged a small fee, and is said to have executed her commissions with much despatch. One of her clients, tormented by rem.orse, has now de- nounced her. Mme. Popova has ACCIDENT AT BOW.MANVILLE. The Engineer Bravely Stuck to His Post. A despatch from Bowmanville, Ont., says: A serious accident'oc- curred about three hundred yards west of the G. T. R. station on Fri- day morning, when the flyer from Montreal, engine No. 989, in charge J^^^ of Engineer David McKibbon, of I ,pj^^ Toronto, Fireman Alraon Arnold, and Conductor R. Norton, ran into Mr. Andrew Carnegie will pro- bably contribute $75,000 to a pub- lic library for Hamilton. \ Toronto shopkeeper was fined for selling cartridges to boys un- der fifteen years of age. The C. P. R. has let a contract for six hundred miles of irrigation ditches in Calgary district. Mr. C. Efner's four-year-old son was struck by a piece of falling ice at Montreal and fatally injured. The present year promises to es- tablish a new record in building operations throughout the Domin- ion. A pianist in a Montreal burlesque theatre, driven crazy by the jokes, had himself committed to the asy- Railway Commission w take up the telephone rates as soon Canada oats 47c, Collingwood, and No. 3, 4ac, Collingwood. Peasâ€" No. 2 94c outside. Corn- No. 2 American yellow, 73j^c on track, Toronto, and No. 3 at 72%c on track, Toronto. Cana- dian corn, 71 to 72c on track, To- ronto. Branâ€" Cars $23 in bulk outside. Shorts, $23 to $23.50 in bulk out- side. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $4.50 to $5.50 for choice qualities, and $3.50 to $4 for sec- onds. , Beanfrâ€" Prime, $1.90 to $2, and hand-picked, $2.10 to $2.15 per bushel. Honevâ€" Combs, $2 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10 to He per Ml pound. ^,, ' Hayâ€" No. 1 timothy, $10.50 to $11 track here, and lower A despatch from Ottawa says: Amid great enthusiasm and loud applause from both sides of the House Sir Frederick Borden an- nounced on Wednesday afternoon that Lord Strathcona had estab- lislied a trust fund to yield $10,000 per annum to encourage and pro- mote the physical and military training (including practice in rifle shooting) of the youth attending the Public schools of Canada. For this purpose a cheque for $250,000 will be forwarded upon the accept- ance of the gift. The House at once passed a unanimous resolution tendering to Lord Strathcona the thanks of the House of Commons and of the people of Canada. Sir Wilfrid Lauricr, in moving the resolution, said that Lord Strathcona had rendered many services to Canada, but none, he believed, of greater importance than the present one. Ho hoped and believed that the system now initiated would cause physical training to become a part of the education of all the boys and giria of Canada. Mr. R. L. Borden seconded the motion. Lord Strathcona's offer, he said, would be received with feelings of the deepest apprecia- tion, not only by the members of the House regardless of party, but by all patriotic citizens. The ac- tion of Lord Strathcona was en- tirely in harmony with the many patriotic actions which had distin- guishei.1 his wonderful career. Mr. Borden had no doubt that the wor- thy object which his Lordship had in view would be stimulated to a great extent by the foundation of the trust. Sir Frederick Borden, after reading the letter from. Lord Strathcona explaining the objeota oi tlie donation and a plan for the administration of the fund, said that he had telegraphed his Lord- ship accepting his offer and suggest- ing that the fund be known as th» "Strathcona Trust," of which th« Governor-General would be patron, and the Prime Minister, vice pat- ron, as the donor had desired. ctor R. Norton, ran into ., „ • i i-i ii * iser ton on track ncre, an I I u- V, 1 I i as it finishes with the express rates ^'^j . -,„ .„ »,„ _ t„„ an engine and caboose, which had , • ,_„^ , • ^. • ^ ' grades at 5>9 to $iO a ton. " f i ._j _r - t_„:„u4. investigation. " „, an i.,. ai e.n .^r, tr been on the front end of a freight train, which had not cleared tho main tra<:k. The engine had been taking water, and was returning to confessed to having committed the { the siding. I'he flyer was due here murders but protests that she did | about 6.30 o'clock, and was about | ^',;^^^ Commission is at Quebec excellent work in freeing unhappy , ha f an hour late This tram does, ^iating for the purcliase of wives froni their tyrants. She I not stop here, and therefore had : ^^''j^.^" ^^^.^^^ ^^ »- ^ ^.^^^ ^^^ never murdered a woman. A mo ' tigat I Tho Canada Automatic Machine Telephone Company announce that they will be operating at Brantford I by May 1st. Tlie National Transcontinental sought to seize her and burn her at the stake, but was prevented by the police. ^ ' A CHILD OF WATERLOO. Death at Detroit of Mrs. Mary Ann Sullivan. A despatch from Detroit says : Mrs. Mary Ann Sullivan, who was born on the field of Waterloo while the battle was raging, died at St. engine No. 748, was in charge of Engineer Zimmerman, and had a caboose on each end. Engineer McKibbon stuck to his post and ap- plied tho brakes, but not in time to avert an accident. How he es- caped alive is a miracle. Fireman Arnold jumped, and his face was badly cut, and one ear nearly taken off. Tho engine of the flyer was turned over on its right side, and its tender and baggage car, as well as the engine and caboose of the freight train, left the track, the Luke's Hospital on Wednesday, _ _ where she had lived for the past | g^g^'^^'"g)^^at "of tlie freight eagiae eleven years. She had been iJl ij^j^g t^^n off. Had the accident only a week, old age being t/he â- cause of her death. Her father was a British soldier, and her mo- ther was one of the two women al- lowed to accompany each company. King Edward some time ago caused an investigation to be made into Mrs. Sullivan's claim that she was the only living woman who was born Ofl tlie field, and vouched for its correctness. Mrs. Sullivan and her husband lived for some <time in Montreal, the latter afterwards •dying in London, Ont. * COLORED CANDY WITH DYE. Hothcr and Two Children Serious- ly III at BrockvUlc. A despatch from Brockvillo saya : Mrs. Philip Manhard and two cliil- dren residing in the Township of Elizabethtown, partook of a quan- tity of homemade candy, and a,s a result a Brockville physician was called in attendance on Sunday, finding all three seriously ill of ir- ritant poisoning. It was with diffi- culty that the three were placed beyond danger. It turned out that the cause of the trouble waa the use of ordinary dye in candy to color it. occurrod » IHtle farther east the wrecked engine and cars would have gone into the creek. As it was the passengers only suffered from shock. EIGHT WORKMEN KILLED. Buried by a Falling Wall in Chi- cago Stock Yards. A despatch from Chicago says : The falling of a wall killed eight workmen at the stock yards on Tharsday. The men were at work demolishing what remained of one of Darling & Go's warehouses, which fire destroyed not long ago, when the wall came down on them. AN INSANE IMMIGRANT. Government Taking Action Against the C. P. R. A despatch from St. John, N. B., says : The Interior Department of the Dominion Government is pro- ceeding against the C. P. R. on a charge of bringing to Canada an insane immigrant without stating bis condition. The man is a Rus- sian Finn brought here on the steamship Empress of Britain last month and deported on the same Steamer. While hero he became quite violent and caused damage in the immigration building. Com- plaint was made at the Police Court on Wednesday and a sum- ' mons will be issued. It is said tho C. P. R. will fight the case. , 4 NEW RIFLE SIGHTS. Militia Will be Equipped with Im- provement This Spring. A despatch from Ottawa says : The Militia Department will issue the Sutherland rifle sights this spring. These sigiits do away with the use of a vernier, and are equip- ped with a wind gauge. There will be a sufficient number to equip all the Lee-Enfield rifles now in the possession of the Canadian militia. The new sights will replace the pre- sent sights, which have on wind gauge, and with which a vcriner must bo used. Tho Dominion Textile Company has refused the demands of its em- ployees for a restoration of wages to the former figuie. Strawâ€" $7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€" Co to 07%c per bag on tr.<w;k. J ,. Poultryâ€" Chickens, dressed, 16 tc IGc per pound; fowl, U to 12c; turkeys, 20 to 22c per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 20 to 21c; tubs and large rolls, 16 to 18c ; in- ferior, 14 to 15c; creamery rolls, 25c, and solids, 21 to 22c. Eggsâ€" Case lots of new laid, 18 The C. P. R. is negotiating f or | ^.^ f^^ ^^j. ^^^^^ an elevator site at Vancouver ui connection with its plans to ship whea.t via tho Pacific. The Senate committee has killed the Lancaster crossing bill again, and substituted the measure pre- Baeonâ€" Long clear, 12 to 12,4o pared by Senator Beique. per pound in case lots ; mess pork, Tho Dominion Government willj $20.50 to $21 ; short cut, $23 to $24. take no action at the present ses- 1 Hamsâ€" Light to medium, 14 to sion in rcgai-d to the tariff ques- 141^0 ; do., heavy. 13 to 13,/;C ; rolls, tions raised by the revision in the lO''^ to lie; shoulders, 10/^c ; backs. United States. \iQ% to 17c; breakfast bacon, 15/i The Cleveland & Sarnia Lumber ' to 16c. Company has bought Waldie's lim-| Lardâ€" Tierces, 13c; tubs, 13^0; Cheeseâ€" Large cheese, 135<c per pound, and twins, 14 to Ul4,c. HOG PRODUCTS. it and the mill at Spraggc, and will movo the mill to Sarnia. The price ir said to have been $1,800,000. A contribution of nearly a thou- sand dollars has been received from the children of New Zealand to- wards the battlefields in connec- tion with the Quebec Tercentenary. Mr. J. W. Loud, Freight Traffic Manager of the Grand 'Trunk, an- nounces a cut in grain rates to four cents a bushel from Georgian Bay ports to Montreal, to meet the competition of United States lines. pails, 13^0. BRIT.IIN AS A SEA POWER. Strength Compared With That of Other Nations. In an article in The Naval An- nual on the comparative naval strength of the great powers, T. I A. Brassey tells that at tho end of 1908 Britain bad 50 battleships cf the first class, the United States 22, Germany 20, France 13 and Japan 11. Of Britain's 43, six are Dreadnoughts. No other nation I possesses any completed ships of j this class, though Japan has two almost ready to go into commis- sion, while Germany and the United States will each have two complet- ed bj' the end of the present year. I Of second class battleships and I coast defence ships Britain has 11, I United Slates 0, German^' 9, France i 1 : and Japan 3. I Britain has 42 cruisers of the first j class, 27 of the second, and 40 of I the third. The United St^ites has 11 of the first class, 3 of the second and 11 of the third. Germany has each of tho first and second classes and 20 of the third. France I has 11 of the first class. 13 of the second, and 22 of the third. Japan has 9 of tho first class, 4 of the sec- ond and 13 of tho third. Of Bri- tain's first class cruisers three are Invincihles, which are almost equal tc battleships in strength. No other nation has any of these ships in comiuission. Germany's first one was launched this week. BRAVE LONDON WOMAN. She Saves Seven-year-old Boy From the River. A despatch from London, Ont., says: Tho heroic act of Mrs. JaniieB Boar, Walnut street, who, assisted by Levi Plank, rescued seven-year- old Arthur Curtis from drowning in the Thames on Friday evening, may secure for her the Humane So- ciety's nuMJal. â-  By some unknown accident the lad had fallen into tho swollen stream, and was exhaust- ed, having gone down twice, when Mrs. Bear, who first saw him from the Dundas street bri<lge, dashed into tho icy water and seized the sinking lad. Levi Plank of tho Dennis Wire WorKs, came to Mrs. Bear's help, and the boy was hrought to land. It was a long time, however, before the child re- gained consciousness. FELL DOWN A SHAFT BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, March 30.â€" Peasâ€" No. 2 98% to 99c ; oats, Canadian West- ern No. 2, 51 to 51^20; extra No. 1 feed, bO'/, to 51c; No. 1 feed 50 to 50''.'c ; Ontario No. 2, 50 to SO'^c ; OnUno No. 3, 49 to 49%c ; Ontario No. 4, 48 to 48%c; barley, No. 2, C6 to gIc; barley, Manitoba feed, 59% to COc ; buckwheat, 55) o to 50c. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.80 to $C; Manitoba Spring wheat patents, seconds, $5.30 to $5.50; Manitoba strong Aeroplanes at the aero show in bakers', $5.10 to $5.30; Winter London are selling at from $1,250 ^vheat patents, $5.40 to $5. .50; to $7,000. straight rollers, $5 to $5.10; William O'Brien, the prominent ! straight rollers, in bags, $2. .35 to â- â€"alist, will retire from $2.45; extra, in bag.?, $1.95 to GREAT BRITAIN. PRESENT OF Imperial Government Expresses. Gratitude to New Zealand. political life _..dson, the poet and playwright, has disappeared mys- teriously from his homo in Pen- zance. UNITED STATES. Chairman Sereno Payne says tho advocates of a high tariff on lum- ber are chiefly stumpage specula- tors. Two trainmen were killed by the explosion of a locomotive boiler on the Lehigh Valley Railroad near Buffalo. The United States Steel Corpora- tion is said to have secured control of the Michipicoten iron ore range, north of Lake Superior. Aquilla Chase, a descendant of the first child born to the Pilgrim Fathers, committed suicide in New York because he was out of work. Eighty-nine vessels were wrecked and two hundred and twenty-one persons lost their lives on the At- lantic coast of America during tho fall and winter season just passed. President Lewis of tho United ! Calves â€" Firm and unchanged. Mineworkers of America says the; Sheep and lambsâ€" Fair demand and anthracite miners have a fund off.lightly lower. Hogsâ€" Weak. So- $2 05. Feedâ€" Manitoba bran, $22 to $23 ; Manitoba shorts, $24 to $25 ; Ontario bran, .$23 to $24; Ontario shorts, $24.50 to $26; Ontario mid- dlings, $25 to $25.50; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35 ; mixed mouille, $28 to $30. Cheese- 13% to 13%c; Bi'tterâ€" Fall creamery, 23 to 24c; fresh receipts at 20% to 21 %c. Eggs â€" 21c per dozen. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, March 30. â€" Ex- port cattle were in firm de- mand and realized as high as $5.- 7C in two or three instances, but these were exceptional cases, $5 to $5.50 may be taken as tho general average. Butcher cattle of the choice variety are as keenly sought after as ever', whilst the supply fell far short of the demand. Well- finished cattle were none too plen- tiful, although there waa some im- provement in quality; the bulk of the cattle were in poor condition. Stockers and feedersâ€" Tn fair de- mand, but the supply limited. A despatch from London says : Great Britain has accepted the of- fer made by New Zealand, to give tb« Empire, free of cost, a fully •quipped Dreadnought. Announc- ing the acceptance of this gift in the House of Commons, on Wed- nosday, Mr. Asquith read the tele- gram sent to New Zealand, ex- pressing the Government's "warm- eat gratitude for this generous and patriotic offer." Continuing, Mr. Asquith said :â€" "So tar as the com- $5,000,000 to draw on in case of a strike, while $2,000,000 more can be easily raised. GENERAL. Count Zeppelin's airship made a flight of 150 miles, carrying 26 pas- sengers. Paderewski, the famous pianist, lect at $6.80 to $6.90 f.o.b., and $7.10, fed and watered. * THOMPSON SENTENCED. Amherstburg Colored Boy Who Kilted Uls Father. A despatch from Windsor. Ont., says : Fifteen-year-old William ing official year is concerned, tho provisions of the naval estimates afford ample security, but in view of the uncertainty e.\i.sting regard- ing the character and extent of the demands that may be made on our national resources the follow- has rheumatism in his right hand Thompson, tho colored boy who ing year, the offer of New Zealand ! and arm. j shot and killed his father during to defray, within that period, thoj A holy war has been proclaimed j a family quarrel near Amherstburg cost of providing a first-class bat-; in Morocco by tho followers of the; several months ago, pleaded guil- tleship of the latest type, and a pretender. â-  ty to maaslaughtwr before Justice second vessel of the same type if j ,\ Ger:u.in wrestler murderetl his Teetzel at Sandwich on Thursday subsequent events show it is noces- opponent in the rin,'? at Reval, Ilus-I aftornoon, and was sentenced to sary, is most gratefully accepted." sia, and thsn co:i;initted suicide. ' f\ve years' imprisonment. THREE KILLED IN WRECK. Trafn Took Wrong Track and Col- lision Followed. A detpatch from Brandon, Mani- j toba, says : A disastrous head-on j collision, resulting in three C. P. ! It. employees being instantly j launched into eternity, took place I on Saturday at a point about a I mile and a half west of here. The : dead are Engineer Hiram Hodg- son, Fireman W. J. Pcrchley, and Brakenuin Thos. Leach, aJl of Brandon. Tho Estevan local pas- senger train pulled out of the de- I pot at 1.50 p.m. under charge of j Conductor Macan, with orders to run to Kemnay, on the south track. By some means these orders were not carried out, and the train was switched onto the north track just west of the cepot. About a mile farther on the line curves through a cutting, and at this point tho train had attained a good speed when it was met by a heavy cast- bound freight, running from forty to fifty miles an hour. The impact was terrific, the smaller engine of the passenger train being crushed like a paper box. The two engines wore firmly wedged together, and the tender of the passenger loco- motive and express car, together with five freiglit cars, mostly load- ed with wheat, were ditcher! and reduced to splinters. Tho engin- eer and fireman of the local were fearfully mangled. London Fireman Fatally Injured While on Duty. A despatch from hofCSoh, Ont., says: Assistant Fire Chief ScotI was fatally injured on Thursday night by falling down an elevator shaft during a fire in the fur storo (f Edmund Beltz on Dundas street. Tho fire, which ori,';inated in tho basement among some rubbish, filled tho whole building with denso smoke, and it is thought that Scotfc was blinded by it. It was his nighfc off duty, and nobody knew he wa» i;i the buildi g until his erica for help brought his comrades to hi» rescue. He has a wife and threo children, has belonged to the bri- gade five years, and was appointed Assistant Chief four months ago. Tho stock was badly damaged by smoke and water. TWO CENTS A MILE. Grand Trunk Will Conform to the Law at Once. A despatch from Montreal sayst The next few days will see the es- tablishment of a third-class passen- ger service at two cents per milo (•n the Grand Trunk Railway be- tween Montreal and Toronto. Mr. R. S. Logan, assistant to the Gen- eral Manager of the G. T. R., stat- fd on Friday that there would bo an official announcement made dur- ing tho course of the next two or three days, and that the matter was now before the pasfenger de- partnicnt. One car would be pnfe on at first. POUR CHILDREN PERISH. Left Alone in a lIou.sc When a Fire Broke Out. A despatch from Montreal says : A report from Foster. Que, states that four children belonging to a Mr. Everett, who lives a short dis- tance from Iron Hill, were burned to death on Thursday afternoon. Tho names are Kitty, aged seven ; Harry, aged five ; Freddy, aged three, and Tommy, aged two years. The children were alone at the time, and it is thought that they began playing with the stove and set fire to the house. The second reading of the Ger- man naval budget was passed in the Reichstag without discussion. Tha Mayor of Sydney, N. B. W., has naked for subscriptions amount/- in? to .'^"."lO.OOO toward the WiW- i ;jf of a Dreadnought. THE ROD FOR TRUANTS. Kingston Boys Receive Whipping ot Hands of Police. .\ despatch from Kingston, Ont., says : Two schoolboys, aged 13 and 11, were, on the orders of Magis- trate Farrell, whipped by tho po- lice on Friday morning for truancy. Thoy attended Cataraqui Publio School, and were more or less con- spicuous by their absence. Tho older confessed to breaking into tho schoolhouse the other day aqd stealing a large quantity of lead pencils. MAURICE RY.VN TO HANG. Man Who Murdered His Brother Near North Bay. A despatch from North Bay says : Judge I..atcliford on Thursday morning sentenced Maurice Ryan U. be hanged on June 3rd next for the murder of his brother, Francis Joseph Ryan, on or about Novem- ber 18th, 1907. The Judge was vis- ibly affecte<l in addressing the pris- oner, to whom he could hold out no hope of Executive clemonoy. The prisoner listened to his Lord- ship's remarks with closed eyes, and at the end sank to his noat, fobbfRg audibly, with his headiri his hands. m ^^fmuii^^Mt'je^