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GENERAL NEWS.

London Recelves. Food from China,

The 8.9. Broadvale has arrived at London from Obins with 15,000 cases of ergs, 9218 tins of eggal in yolk, and 40,000 cales of frozen poultry.

A Big Order for Insect Powder.--

The Azami firm in Osaka, the well-known aruggists, is reported to have lately sold insect powder to the value of Y300,000 to Russis, for the use of troops in the field.

Spanish Crops Saved,

A Madrid telegram says that there has deen a good fall of rain in Spain during the last few days, and the crops, which were being threatened by the drought, bave now been saved."

Prisoner's Delivered. The US. crui-er Galveston has returned to Shanghai after having | delivered the prisoners Peter A. Grimes, and E. O. lo Clair on board a transport at Nagae ki bound for Manila.

Dr. Pago's Daughter Engaged.

Dr. Page, the American Am- bassador, and Mrs. Pare, have BDDounced the engagement of their daughter, Katherine, to, Charles Creely Loring, son of the Isto General Charles Loring, of Boston,

Panama Exposition Attendance Figures.

The total attendance at the Panama-Pacifio Exposition, as announced officially, for four weeks was 1,859 824 an average of approximately 66,400 a day This is said to exceed the atten dance at any previous exposition

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Last week the Italian Premier

On Saturday he wo ld, take the bombardment of the outer forts thought the whole of them had ports that the Emperor Francis to an unfriendly act, for his fourth wife Mrs. Temo of the Dardanelles se given to me been blown up, bat fortunately Joseph yesterday received in Bimonin, the divorced wife of by the officers, and which the the shell burst before it went audience Baron von Burian, the ronferred with the director of the Henry Simonin, a wealthy resident ship's Censor said there is no through, and it killed only one Minister for Foreign Affaire, who Bank of Italy about the sinews of of Portland, Ore. Filzimmons harm in publishing. lives in Dunellen, N. J. He is

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KELLY & WALSH, LIMITED. Pierre Loti, the noted' French 1,000 yards. They were not fired ad the hole which the projectile to the Emperor, Prince Bulow's The police are watching the THE FLEETS OF THE WORLD" author, who recently ined the upon, however, for the Turks, made through the pro ective proposal for averting Italy' inter- Austrians and Germans here for French squadron at the Dardanel- 85 subarquens development eck belt. The steel armour was vention by the immediate cession fear of attempts on powder ma- les, has been placed in command showed, probably through stort- tore and twisted, showing with of Trentino and a rectification of gezines, military factories, stores, of a French gunboat, according to negof ammunition, were reserving what a terrible impact the shell the Italo-Austrian frontier. Des dockyards, etc, mail advices received here to-day. their shells for the large ships. must have struck. Another of pite the urgent solicitations of Half-pay pension offiore have Loti has been a great admirer of The Triumph was instructed the bite went right through to the Kviser the Emperor absolute been recalled to active service, the Taiks and an interpreter in bombard Fort 17 Aid Admiralty the or moander's cabin, but fort-ly refused to sanction any cession and to-called complimentary bis writings of mode a Ta kish char) and destroy Battery No. 50, anately bit nobody.

of territory to Italy, and insisted officers, discharged after serving life. Recently, however, be asked both on the Earopena side of the In the evening of the same day on Prizes Balow's negotiations in the army and accorded the rack to be allowed to go to fight against entrance. No race, however, could (March 1) the Triumph had to with the Italian Government being of sub lieutenant, have now been Tarkey.

be found of the battery, which cover a demolishing party which broken off. Since his decision is drafted into the permanenteervice. even the seaplanes failed to locate wont sabore to deal with the forts irrevocable, and has been approv Thus the army is now officered Big trenches and barbed wire on on the Asiatic side. Tas blow-ed by all the Ministers, including to its war strength. tanglements only were seen, in-ng op of the gates and other Baron von Burian bums who UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS, Governor hays of Arkansas tended to prevent landings, works sent whole pieces of them formerly was in favour of Prince has signed the bill making

On the morning of February 19 aying 100ft. high, and other Bulow's proposal, a special Foreign Eastern Extension Australasia CARTOONS capital punishment optional with all the ships proceeded againat Wreckage was burled three-quar- Office messenger has been sent to juries and the minimum wage the out r forts, and they opened

era the distance across the R me as bearer of the Emperor's bill for women,

both of which were indirect fire at a range of 7,500,

Straite,

rafugal, passed by the recent Legislature. yardr. During this indirect bom-

Troops for Tyrol, The minimum wage bill re- bardment no fire was received

The Lower Deck."

Meanwhile Germany is said to quires establishments employing from the enemy, and only some

have been oalled upon to send four or more women to pay a troops were seen entrenched on

While we were on board 108 Bavarian troops to Tyrol, where minimum wage of $1 a day to the top of the hills. The Triumph 00s of coal were taken in from the concentration has already been inexperienced workers and $1.- then proceeded to reconnoire at the collier in less than forty started, and the fortifications of 25 to employees who have had the point called Cape Helles, and minutes, and this was accom. Trentino are expected to be fully two months' or more experience. at 3.16 fire Was opened plished practically in the open manned within a week, All State

by ber. 7.510. gunaon

sea-a record, as the cfficers re- and municipal employees of ste trenches, causing considerable marked. All were obeerful and Trieste, including the police, are Reperis Lavo resobed Lones- demege and destroying the picket merry, and one would think these compelled to take an oath that in brook from Vienna that members houses. *At 3.40 p.m. fire was men were engaged on some sport case the Government is changed. of the H-peburg family, not in opened on the new works at Cape ng expedition, and not on the and a foreign Power occupies the cluding Emperor Francis Joseph, Tikel, nickosmed by the sailors grim work of deadly war, Cheers city by force of arms they would purobased in the United States "Tickle Point,"

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during February real estate and |_ Awe-Inspiring Spectacle, American stocks to the value of When the battleship returned 70,000,00 crowns (about 814,- in the evening to rejota the fleet, 000,000), The purchases are asid a vast spectacul rosso could be to bave been made through inter- witnessed. The French ship mediaries in New York and the were firing, furiously from the buyers lost heavily, owing to south, and the Vengeance sn the exchange rate, It Cornwallis were steaming up an

here that down, firing salvoes into No. 3 several splendid obateaux belong. fort. At sunset the sosnowa

you have lost your appetite one of the big variety of ng to Antrian

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