, 1908-03-07

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draa thousand dollars, and il is expected a
qu8Ster Of a million dollars will be expended
by the Dominion alone, and the provinces
will each add literally.
Victoria B. CT. March 6th-Fifteen Hindus
admitted By federal Inspectors have been
arrested BY The provincial police under the
exclusion act.
Montreal, March 5th.-The operatives Of
the Hochlega and st. AIMS mills have
strnck and the operatives Of several other
mills are sympathetic.
New Brunswick has elected thirty q
opposition and ten governments members
The Liberals deny it's significance, ana Do
minion politics and Sir Wilfrid Laur1er are
not affected by events which are due ex-
clusively to excessive tenure OF provincial
office.
New York, March 5th.-One hundred and
seventy one school children have been burn
ed to death at Collinwood, q suburb OF
Cleveland, Ohio. An overheated furnace
ignited a public school,. The halls and
fire escapes were inadequate, the stairs
were wooden, and during the panic the
doors were found to be locked, more
over they opened inwards. The children
were heaped up within arms reach OF the
rescuers, and in some cases parents arms
were burned in their frantic but ~fruitless
efforts to assist tie victims, who died before
their eyes. Some of the teachers also died
with their charges. One Of the most 81 ock-
ing disasters ever experienced.
London, March 5th-Sugar in stock on
20 ult. was 10000 tons. Last year $1,000
tons.
Copenhagen, March 6th.-rhe Finance
Minister proposed on the third discussion of
the Budget in the Folketing, q grant of ten
thousand Francs for impros cement of the
conditions of the Gendarinery by the gra-
tuitous supply of shoes. washing, e~tcetera.
The East Asiatic Company pays a divi-
dend of eight per cent, and the United
Steamship Company five per cent.
The st. Jan left on the third, and arrived
at Rotterdam yesterday. Among her pas
sengers are Apothecary Boye and Building
Inspector Kaern, for Christiansted.
The st. Thomas arrived at Havre this
morning.
London, March 6th-The King started
for Biarritz yesterday, and today will visit
President Falliere's, and later the theatre. A
photographers fashlight as his Majesty
alighted from his carriage last evening start
led the Paris police, whose precautions are
exceptional.
The fourth reduction of the bank rate this
year, to it's minimum since September 1906,
reflects the situation to be STRONG enough
to withstand the South American demand
for gold, including the banking disorders
this week at Rio Janeiro, despite the United
States delay in returning the gold re-
Gently imported, and although the po-
sition in Berlin is unsatisfactory. The
Bank of England's reserve exceeds thir-
H., - 800 Ill e ILL
from Egypt and the mines.
The death is announced of Miss Lilly
Hamburg, the actress.
It has been resolved to extend the Man
chester Royal Exchange across Bank street
at a cost of half a million sterling.
The committee under Princess Louise for
the promotion of a worlds tribute to Shake
speare have resolved to erect a monument
upon the tercentenary of his death, costing
one hundred thousand pounds, upon the site
of the Duke of Kent's statue, which is to be
removed with the Kings assent, and compe-
titive designs are invited from all English
speaking peoples. One hundred thousand
pounds more are to be devoted to some
other appropriate use.
The Times editorially discusses in the
gravest manner it's report that the Kaiser
wrote to Lord Tweedmouth regarding the
German and English naval policies, and
thinks that such an attempt to privately
influence British policy in the German
interest should be submitted to parliament.
The Japanese minister has handed to
China Japan's refusal to accept China's pro-
posal for the appointment of a joint commits
sion of inquiry, regarding the seizure of the
Tatsu Maru, which meanwhile is to be re-
leased~under bonds. Japan demands an I'M
conditional release, and q guarantee to
the shippers against loss, that is to
say China must buy her cargo. China
proposed submitting the question to the ar
bitration Of Admiral Sir Arthur Moor5. the