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Items of News by Wire Notes of Interest as to What Is Going on All Over the World Canada. There is. loss ice in the great lakes t linn a jva-r a-go. The hotel men of Canada will or- ganize a protective association. rvtr<ilc* and Wyoming Fruit Growers' Associations have been *o fined. New <K>cks planned fiy the It. & O. Navigation Co. at Toronki art- likely to oust a million dollars. Frank McMulkin, sen., of luger- Eoll, was instantly killed by a train a.s he walked in front of another. The York Highways Commission jilans to build fifty miles of good roads this coming summer. Revolting conditions in Pctcr- boro's slaughterhouses were re- veaW in the Kanitary In&nector's rej-ort. - Changes arc to be made at the Toronto Observatory, by which it is probable the weather will be forecast a week in advance. tirenl Britain. Suffragettes made a raid on the Home Office on Friday. Admiral Sir A. L. Douglas, who was born in (Quebec, died in Eng- land. Five suffragists, who attempted to petition the KitiK, refused to give bond, and went to jail. Tho British scheme for the com- memoration of the century of peace with the United States provides for a permanent memorial to cost a quarter of a million dollars. rnited Slates. Fierce storms swept over the United States on Friday. Many lives were lost. The New York Yacht Club de- clinexj Sir Thomas Lipton's chal- lenge for the America's Cup on the ground that it does not copform with the deed of gift. General. The widow of Captain Scott sailed from New Zealand for England on Wednesday. The earth slide on the east bank of C'ulebra cut, Panama Canal, is again in motion. A German motor tank ship, using oil fuel and registering over 8,000 tons, had a successful trial. OUR LETTER FROM TOROHO WHAT IS INTERESTING THE_PEOP^LE OF THE CITY AT THE PRESENT TIME. The New Candidate for North York Dr. Ross to Investigate Froldmann Curo Women's Police Court. Hon. W. L. Macki-niie King, at pi-wont a ?-.- .ili-nt <>f tliia city, and wlio ha* ju-t ! n nominated us the Liberal candidate in North York, hat -' M nmru <>f the lime- light of public life thau ix-rhapu anv other man of liis years in Canada and unlivu all fiifiiH fail hi- will f<>iitiniu> to attract attention for a good many yi-ari. to come. Mr KiiiK is a graniU-nii of William I, VIM Mackftizie, II:M luothcr. who Is UM* wife of Mr. John KinR. K. ('.. one of th lo - tiin-iv at i)>-t;<>.>iir Hall, and a particular authority on the law of libel. Ix-ini; tho daughter of the "imtriot" of 1&57. Th-re i- no doubt thai Mr King inlK-rits Borne of the qualit i*B of hix famoiir* grand- father. II.- ha*, fur c-xamplp. undoubted Aml.titinn far public Hi-rvice. He IJUB (tucnt all hi- life in public podltionn. First he waH in academic work, whnro he madp a npecial i.tmly of iniliiRtrial iiindilJoni. Tin* pci-mcil to give him qua- lifii'ulionn for the Di-inrtini-nt of 1,-ibnr. which WHH at thitt limi* Ix-lng t-Htablinh- -d at Ottawa hy Hir Wllli.-im Mulock. To thin Held h wa^ therefore transform!, lnt*-r riiKTiinic the ixiHition of I)i-|iuty M:iun.r of Labor to enti-r the liurly burly of ctie uoliticR nnd to become a member, j" it turned oHt, of .Sir Wilfrid I.nurlcr * Cabim-t. Tin- 4lefcat of.the (lot- ernment in 1911 and hiir own perwonnl de- feat Iff! Mr. King without employment. Will Stay In Politics I r the prettent ht- haH d-idc-d to flay In the politiral life. He hav n n-putation H a public speaker and AH a writer and n he linn no family it in comparatively rimy for him to follow hit inclination*). Ill the gra< of publii- i.pf-iikint; Mac- lntij.ie Kinit had few-ennsln^i <h<> wmn- try. ll hnx n cplrnrtirt voioe nnd ex'el- It-lit delivery, whu-h cannot 'help but he impressive. He i perhapx lackinir In t lie- lighter clementH of humor on which ni.inv political leader* have hnrtcil irrent HIJI n-r-H While he him irrent bilitv. there re h. ~i- who maintain Unit he liai tin faullH that often go with ability of this type. Thi-y |<*I1 n tory of bin campaign In 1911 in North Wnterlon. wbieh in pro- bnlily not true, hut which ilidi<-:itcii tin- Hal itre of the eritieinm that N inndo of him. He wnn Rpeakinr nt nni> of lim own mi, 1 -uri- before a friendly audicuc" anil WHS denouncing In round term* norne rvct nf one of bin political opponent*. Hit" Audience wa being carried nvrny wltli )iim and one enthuniaMt burHt out. 'Who done that?" It Is related that Mr. Kirifi pun I to nay. "I presume my frl'-nrl meirit to say who did tint.' An inti- mated, the Hiory In probably untrue. In North York. The other day the Canailian Club bad Mr. King addrep* it on the Navy '"iiuen- Imp A^ evidence of the intcrent In thn Hibjeft and in tbe xpeaker, one of the. largent crowdn in the hiHtorv of tint rliib turiK-d out to the meeting. The |>e<>r|i w.i- fr.inkly partisan and nan eiijoyed or .-..- -I .... iii.iii; to the convii-tionn t)f the individunl liHtener. The peech illu- trated Mr. Kinc > tircngth anil hin weak- rit- In other words, he- was in npots ef- fective anil In other t*i>otH iinconvlri<'ing. Nirth York in which Mr King ban now i.i .il his standaril haH !< i a hiHtoric flghtin( (round !x-twcn poliiirnl parties for ifencra-tionN. It has hee.li nfu-n repri-- enlid bv a mnn prominent In Ihe. conn- r.ilx of his partv This arid the fact that Mr. King* grandfather UH1 to r.-prcneiil the ocHtiMcn, y aliiioMi a century ai{o may heln bi cniididature, though it niiiMt be pointed out that irciienilly North York I one of ili.,-.- . .in .1 III.-II.-ICH that r.hns s partinlily for a member wlm niiitporli, tbe imrlv In power. To Investigate Frledmann'i Cure. With characteristic cnterpruio the, To- ronto (ieneral iloHpitnl hi- ileleffnteil Dr. (I. W. How lo "iicml M-VCI al wiii'kn in New York iiivcMliKuting the l-'rii-ilmanu euro for t-ilicn-uliisiH and making obiH-rvntloini on the |n.igi-,--w of the tent* now bcliiK carried on tln-ie Immcdintely oil his re- turn Or. ItoFM will mako n report for Id. !.- i] Inslitulion. 'I hi- hospital All- ihnritieN .mil tin- I'rovimK* gener illy are to In- congrat ulateil on being ulile to i cure the MiTviccH of Dr. Ili'i-H, who han maile H ii|H-ciuJ1y of tint new treatment for .(.-II-.-. in which linn Dr Krii'ilm.um u- cure M-enis to follow. Dr. BI-KB' report mav therefore be, eiiiected lo be .mil, ml t:ii.n and give the Province tbe very lust word <in the subject. From tin- latent in form ii.' o obtalnahln them IH a -1'HpoHl- lion to l>clli<ve that, theru is i good ilcal In I>r .Frii-ilinii nn'fl curn, auil lliut while It may not nccompllsh nil that hnn Ix-i-n rlnimed for It. It may murk a Kri-at slro forward in coni|iierlnfr the "white plngm*.' I'liiiil coiirliisloiw mum. however, he- (In- Invi-il until there has heon MM *>iip"r tiiinty to ohservo the treatment And make a n-piT' on It. Ontario Club In N*w Hem*. The Ontario Club has gone. Into Itn tn.ig- niflccnt new f|ii;irti-ic at th corner of Jordan AMI! Wellington "trials. Tho On- tario Club Is the Mlicml dull, oricaniHul two or thre 1'carn ago with a twofold pnrp. Kiwi, ii* M rendezvous similar to Mlier h-, 1 .- And. *n>rond. us a hotiu- for I.ibi'iiili'-ui in it city In which Mheralhm Is III need of <-;ii" and iit'Kiitlon, anil such lit the Albany Club huu I u MI luliml I'tuiMirt iitfves The u ,! in., i Inii utarlod out by lakln| i vcr the promised formerly ommlcil by the Nnllona! Club, h:it when this pro- H-r:y wi. n<Tild for other |iurpoh the Institution had to move into n flat of an office building while new quarters were prepared. These are now ready, and f'ini.-ii a club home which compari-a very favorably with anything in tho city. The old Standard Bank building has been en- tirely renovated and n far as tho inter- ior ig concerned, prac-tu-ally rebuilt, and no expense hag bven ftpared in the fur- nishing. Carpets and curtains have been made ubro.id npevlally for the Club, and this, with the other fittings, give an air of considerable liuuriousncs.". Attend- ants in knee iir.-i-.-ln-- are on m nM In the hall and an occasional critic might be found who would say that the atmon- phcrc was not entirely democratic. How- ever, those in charge have believed that whatever i worth doing at all i worth doing right, and they have spared no painn. There are some twenty bedrooms available for out-of-town mcnibem. Women In Police Court. As a result of the activity of the Local Council of Women and other Women's or- ganizations, women's police court < ntscs sre now heard M-paratcl.v nnd in private. The males who have to attend police court are grumbling because the WOUICII'M cartes arc diRpoFod of first, and that keeps the iii'-ii waiting. It is also claimed by critics of the innovation thnt the lack of pub- licity which wan aimed at for the wo- men iff not being accomplished, because, while the cases are heard in private, thi-re i is more publicity than CVT while going I to and from the court. The women'* or- 4 panizat ions who secured tho experiment seem to be well pleased. Host of the fe- male offenders in the police court are not deserving of much consideration, but oc- casionally a case cornea to light whirh they claim amply justifies any trouble tile senarato court causes. GKKAT (il.K.M V N WAR TAXES. To Be on Capital, Not Income, for Provision of National Fuud. ". t.* Despatches from Berlin give de- tails of the German Emperor's pro- posals to tax private fortunes for the provision of a great fund to be used for the increase in German ar- maments. The salient figures of the Kcini-oflicial statement 'ssued o i the subject are as follows : Fortunes up to $50,000, $i.3 ; n every ijiiiOO. Fortunes of $50,000 t<j J 125,000, $1.GO in every 9500. Fortunes of I-M25.U90 to ?250,"VO, $2.50 in every $500. Fortunes of $2i>0,000 to i?2,500,- 000, $5 in every $500. Fortunes .of $2,?>0,l.OOO to $5,000,- 000, $7.50 in every 8500. Fortunes of $5, 000, CO J to $12,- 500,000, $10 in every $500. Fortunes of $12,500,000 to $20,- 000,000, $12.50 in every 8fiOO. Fortunes of $20,000,000 to $25,- 000,000, $15 in every $500. Fortunes of more than $25,000,- 000, $20 in every $500. To site a concrete example, Ber- tha Krupp Von Rohlen, head of the great Krupp works, will have to pay $1,800,000 as her share of the war tax. When it is remembered this is not a tax on income, but on capital, and that it strikes every bank ac- count of more than $5,000 in the German Empire, it is not hard to see what a vital blow has been struck at German trade expansion. And all Europe will be dragged down with Germany. Kvery coun- try of Europe will be forced to fol- low the example of Germany in ar- mament expansion, with a conse- quent increase of the burden of taxation. The withdrawal of so large an amount of capital from commercial paths means a corresponding re- striction of trade activity and of the power of trade to expand. Al STKAIJAN CAPITAL. N 1M) ( HF.ATF.S HAVOC. Si*ly .Slrcol Cars Derailed in Syd- ney, Australia. A despatch from Sydney, N.S.\V., says.: A tiO-mile gale swept this city <in Tuesday, causing several fatali- ties and doing" great damage ashore and afloat. Sixty st roet cars were derailed by the wind, nnd several yachts were wrecked, and chimneys were toppled over throughout thu city. A deluge accompanied the gale. One man was electrocuted ! and ten horses killed by a fallen wire, and three men were drowned i'l the harlkjr. . * ! AMIKKTA'S -TKKASritKK. Hon. M.'ileolin Mehcii/ic Died Vih-r llrief Illness. A despatch from Ixlmonlon says: .Shortly after one o'clock on Sat- urday morning Hon. Malcolm Me Keii7.ii*, Provincial Treasurer for Alberta, passed awav in the Gen- oral Hospital here of peritonitis af- ter a brief illness lasting less than week. Christening by Wife of Governor- General, Lady Deninan, A despatch from Sydney, Au- stralia, says : The foundation stone of the future capital of Australia was laid on Wednesday by Lord Denman, Governor-General of the Commonwealth. Lady Denman christened the new city Canberra, in the presence of great crowds from Melbourne and Sydney. The Australian Ministers also attend- ed the ceremony of inauguration of what is intended to be a model ca- pital. The city is to be built on a site on which the only buildings now existing are scattered dwellings of farmers. NAVAL INVENTOR UF.TIKKS. < o>nimi:n si i< IDE. A Harder of Goslicn. Alherla, Drunk Carbolic Aeid. A dt-spatrh from Prince Albert, says: Thoiuns Hoyco. a barber in (Joshen, in the east end section of thin city, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid on Sunday morning. Ife was 31 years old and came from the Mnskoka district. He leaves it widow and children here. No motive is given for the act. .. fji COST OF HltlTISH ARMY. Ail Itierrnw of mi, 80(1,00!) Over That of l.-iM Year. A despatch from London says : The estimated amount which tin* House of Commons is to be asked f.i nppr-opri.'ite this ve.nr for the ex- penditure on the British nrmy is * I 11,100,000, against $n!),:ttx>,iu.i last year, an increase of $1,800,000. Tin* mini of $1,170,000 is to he de voted- to aviation. * mi: iioitiioits in \v\it. Froxen SoMlern Found on (he Fields of Thrace. A despatch from Constantinople fmys : It is reported here that the Turkish troops have, found over four hum! red fro/en corpses of I; ulnim.in ttuldiers on the fields of Thrace. Admiral Sir Percy Sroll Leaves to Make Way for Juniors. A despatch from London says : Speaking at the banquet of the Chamber of Commerce on Wednes- day night, Vice-Adrniral Sir Percy Scott said : "At the end of this week I will be out of the navy. There is no reason for me to remain when I only block the path to pro- motion of those my junior." Tho Admiral added that the British navy was never more efficient than at the present time. In the last two months the Admiralty had made greater strides in gunnery efliciency than in five years previ- ously. IMMM'F.im INCLA1MKD. Memorandum of (ioods Recovered From Tilnie Victims' Bodies. A despatch from Halifax says : Attached to the report of the Pro- vincial Secretary, which was brought down in the Legislature on Thursday night, was a long memor- andum giving details of the proper- ty found on the Ixxlies of the Ti- tanic victims brought to Halifax. The property has been claimed in many instances, but that belonging to about 30 victims of the tragedy still remains in the vaults. When John D. Ate Cherry Pie. Of late years we Lave come to feel that '' John D. ftoekefeller is really a ratlitr human sprt of per- ; l son. . Instead of a fearful ogre, abut'! up in his stronghold and defying' the world, he is a mild-mannered old gentleman with a well-develop- ! ed sense of humor, and he enjoys j food and recreation just as much as the rest of us. Add to this that ; he loves pic, and we may feel a true fellowship with him. To illustrate: Here is a little tale, hitherto un- Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products In the Leading Markets are Here Recorded ' Mr. John D. Rockefeller. published, of a happening at the Forest Hill home in Ohio : Almost everybody thinks that the Rockefeller stomach cannot endure pie. And it is a fact that pie is not permitted on the .Rockefeller table, by strictest order of Mrs. Rocke- feller, who, it might as well be un- derstood, is the real boss in the ''richest man's" household. Employes of the household, how- ever, have their pies, and it was one of these pies, baked for the | housekeeper, that fell under Mr. Rockefeller's eye as it sat cooling on a window ledge of the Forest Hill home one afternoon. The moment the Rockefeller eye glanced upon that pie, the Rocke- feller face underwent a change. Tt grew boyishly ravenous. It might be aid that the Rockefeller mouth watered. It was a cherry pie, the crust was flaky, and the rich cherry juice had oozed out a little around the edge. "Can't I liave some of that pic?" begged the "richest man." The housekeeper didn't know. She'd have to see Mrs. Kockefel- ler. "Say fix it up for me,'' pleaded Mr. Rockefeller. The housekeeper did her best, with the result that Mrs. Rockefel- ler finally consented to have the cherry pie for dessert that evening, and it is a matter of household re- cord that the "richest man" did it full justice. WHOLE .SCHOOL INFECTED. Twenty Cases of Smallpox in Little Northern Town. A despatch from Cobalt says : Twenty cases" of smallpox have de- veloped in the little Town of Earl- ton, on the T. and N. O. Railway, and two general stores, two pool rooms, a restaurant, and several dwelling-houses have been quaran- j tined. In all eleven families have been confined to their dwellings by | Dr. George, Provincial Medical Of- ficer, who is in charge of the situa- tion. The case originated in the Public school with a child from a ' farm in the country. l!l(. NKWFOINDLAND FIRE. Held Machine Shops Destroyed. In- volving Heavy Loss. A despatch from North Sydney, C. H., says: A cable from St. John's, Nfld., states that the Heid- Ncwfoundland Company's machine shops were destroyed by fire on Friday. No details have been re- ceived, hut the loss, it is believed, will reach several hundred thousand dollars. Breadstuff!. Toronto, March IB.-Manitobn. Wheat Lake ports. No. 1 northern. 971-2c; No. 2. 9iu; No. 3, 921-Z<:; feed wheat, 65 l-2c. Ontario Wheat-No. 2. 9ic to 95c for car lota outside, ranging down to 70c for poor grades. Ontario Oo.ta-No. 2 white. J5c to Me at country points; 37c to i&c on track, To- r Mariitoba Oats-No. 2. C.V. oata. lc. track, bay ports; No. 3. C.W.. 391-2c; No. 1 feed. 391-2c for prompt Hhipraent. Corn -American No. 2 yellow, all rail. 581-4c; No. 3. 56 We. Peas-No. 2, $1.00 to 11.05, car lots, out- side. Buckwheat No. 2, 52c to We. Rye -No. 2. 60c to 62c. nominal. Barley Good malting barley, outside. 54c to S6c. Rolled Oats^Per bag of 90 pounds. Z.- 15; ptr barrel. $4.55, wholesale, Windsor to Montreal. Millfeed-Manitoba bran. $19.50 to $20. IB bagB. track. Toronto; shorts, $21 to $21. *>; Ontario bran. $19 to $20 in bags; shorts, $21.50. Manitoba Flour First patents. $3.30 in jute bags; second patents. $4.80 in jute bags; strong bakers'. $4.60 in jute baga. In cotton bags, ten cents more per bar- rel. Ontario Flour Winter wheat flour 90 per cnt. paVenUj, $3.90 to $3.95. seaboard. Country Product. Eggs-Cold-etorage. 16c to 18c in case lote; fresh egg* are selling at 22c; strict- ly new-laid at 25c to 26c. Cheese- Twins, new. 143-4o to 15c. and large, new. at 141-2c; old cheese, twine. 15c to 151-2c: large. 15c. Butter-Creamery prints. 31 to 32c; do., solids. 29 to 30c; dairy print*. 25 to 27c; inferior (bakers'). 22 to 23c. Honey Buckwheat. 9c pound in tini and 8c in bam-In; strained clover honey. 121-2c a pound in 60-pound tins. 123-4c in 10-pouud tins; 13c in 5-pound tins; comb honey. No. 1, $2.60 per doien ; eitra, $3 per dozen: No. 2, $2.40 jx-r dozen. Poultry-Fresh kilk-d chickens. 17c to 20c per pound; fowl. 14o to 17c; lire chick- ens. 15c to 18c; live fowl. 14c to 17c; dressed turkeys, 20o to 23c. Beans Prime*. $2.50 and $2.60 for hand- picked. Potatoes-Ontario potatoes. 75c per bag: car lots. 70c; New Brunswick. tee to 90c per bag. out of store; SOc in car lota. Spanish Onions- Per case, 82.25 to $2.50. Provision*. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats -RolU- Rmoked. ISc; hams, medium. 18c to 181-4c: heavy. 16c to 161-2c; breakfast bacon. 19c to 191-2c; long clear bacon, tonn and cases. 141-2c to 143-4c: backs (plain), 22c; backi (peameal). 221-2c. Oreen Meats- Out of pickle. Ic Ices than smoked. Pork Short cut. $26 to $28 por barrel; mess pork. $21 to $22. Lard -Tierces. 141-4c; tube. 141-2c; paila. 14 We. Baled Hay and Straw. ' Quotations, traok, Toronto: Baled hayj No. 1, *12 to $12.50: No. 2. $9 to $10; No. 3, (8 to $9; Baled straw, $9 to $9.50. Montreal Markets. Montreal. March 18. Oats Canadian, i western, No. Z. 42c; do.. Canadian wet-tern. i No 3. 401-Zc; do., extra. No. 1 feed. 41c; do.. No. 2 local whit*. 38c ; do.. No. 3. local white, 37c; do.. No. 4 local white. 36c. Bar- ' ley Manitoba feed. 51c to 53c; do., malt- I ing. 73c to 75c. Buckwheat No. 2. 56c to- 1 68c Flour Manitoba spring wheat pat- lents. flrt. $5.40: do., seconds. $4.90; do., I strong bakers'. 84.70; do., winter patents, choice, $5.25; do., straight rollers. $4.35 to S490; do., straight rollers, bags, $2.20 to $235. Rolled oats Barrel*. $4.35 ; do.. bags, 90 Ibs.. $2.05. Bran-$20; aborts, 22;, middlings, $25; mouillie. S'O to $35. Hay ^No. 2. per ton. car lots. $11.50 to $12.50. Cheese Finest westerns. IJc; do., finest, easterns. 12 l-4c to 123-4c. Butter-Choic- est creamery. 29 l-2c to 30c: do ncconds. 24c to 26c; do., fresh, 28c to 30c; do Flected. 20c to 22c; do.. No. 1 stock, 16c to 18c; do.. No. 2 stock. 14c to 15c . Potatoes Per bag. car lots. 60c to 70c. United StatM Markets. Minneapolis, March. 18. Wheat May, 847-8c to 85c: July. 871-4c: September, 877-8c; No. 1 hard. 851-2c; No. 1 northern. , 831-2c to 85c; No. 2 northern, 81 l-4c to 1 6'3-4c Corn-No. 3 yellow. 451-2c to 4c. I Oat-No. 3 white. 29 l-4c to 29 We. Rye. ! No. 2. 53c to 56c. Bran. $17 to $17.50. Flour 1 unchanged. Doluth, March 18. Wheat No. 1 hard. 847-8c to 851-8c: No. 2 northern. 797-8c to- 827-8c- May. 797-8c to 86c asked: July. 871-2c to 875*; asked; September. 877-8o- bid Live Stock Markets. Montreal. March 18.-Tue top price rea- lited for good ete*rs was $7. but the bulk of tales were made at $6.50 to $6.75. and the lower grades sold from that down. 1 Butchers' cows ranged from $3.50 to $6 and bulls brought from $3.50 to $5.50 per 100 pounds. Sheep, $4.25 to $4.50 aud lambs, $425 to $8 per 100 pounds. Calves ranged from $4.50 to $10 each, as to sue and qua- lity Selected lots of hogs sold from $10.30 to $10.40 per 100 pounds, weighed off Toronto. March 18. Cattle Choice butcher. $6.50 to $7.25: good medium. $5.- 50 to $5.75; commons. $5 to $5.25: cowg. $475 to $5.50: hulls. $3 V> $525; cannere. $2 to $250; cutters. $3.25 to 83.75. falves- Oood veal. $8 to $9.25: common. $3 to $3 - 25 -Stockc-rs and Feeders Steers TOO to 900 Ibs.. $5 to $6.60; feeding bulls. 550 to 900 Ibs. $5 to $6.60; fowling bulls, 900 to 1100 Ibs., $2.75 to $4.25: yearlings. $J.10 to $350. Milker* and Sprinscr? -From $50 to $72. Sheep and Lambs Light ewes. $6 to $725: heavy. $5 to $6; lamb. $8.25 to $10; bucks, $450 to *6. llogs-$9.50 to $9.65, fed aud watered. $9.15 to $9.15 f.o.b. WO.MKX AT MERCY OF MOB. BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES. LABORERS ROUT STUDENTS Militants Call Dockers to Their Aid at a Suffragist Meeting at Glasgow A despatch from GlMKOW, Scot- litnd, sn.v : Stiulouts of Olusgnw Unm-rxity awl tlivoi- hiiii<lr<*<l stew- ards, including fifty dock luliorers, I'linw* to grips at 11 Htiffi-ftgi-ttt* meet- ing in St. Andrew's Hall <>n Thurs- day night. Tho students fared l)n<l ly. Many of them woro beiiten, j-i'dfi's w<<r<* ojecteil ntul t-lio others tint thriiiighntit the i - oniain<ler of tin- nuti'liiiK in silence. Mrs. I'.iumclino Pankhtirst, tlio Miffragettt* lender, it was anixninerd i-arly in tho tlay, wtiuUI address tho **uffi 1 ng4 % tU-3. A large limly <if .sltulents fnun tho university fame to St. Andrew's Hall for the express pur|Vnfi of hreaking up the inoi-ting. They got morn than t!u\v bargained for. When MIKH ,l.i Hi- Al.ln.ii was intro diK-ing Mrs. Panklnirnt, Ihe f-tu .s, \\lin were in furc at the Suffragettes 1'eltrd With Clods of Turf aud Other Missiles. A despatch from London says : A mob of 10,000, principally men and boys, mobbed the Suffragette speakers in Hyde Park on Sunday. Armed with trumpets, mouth-or- gans and bells, they prevented the speakers from talking, and when they descended mobbed them. The trouble began when "Gen- eral'' Mrs. Flora Druiimuind mounted a wagon and startd to speak to the great assemblage. For half an hour the crowds shouted, sang and pelted the Suffragette commander-in-chief, whose clothes were a mass of mud. At last, Mrs. Drunimond's speech, of which not a word was audible, came to an ond, and a younger woman took her place. She fared no better and the police, realizing the danger the wo- ' men were in, called upon the chair- man to close the meeting. A largo force of police, mounted and afoot, drew in about the Suffragette w-igt- (in, and under this escort the. wo- men were Itxl out of the park fol- lowed by a jeering crowd, which continued to pelt them with mis- siles over the heads and through the lines of constables. The police endeavored to pilot the women to the tube station, but the crowd brushed them aside and dragged the women up and down the street. In the melee one woman h;ixl her eye blackened and all of thoni had their clothes torn and disheveled. hock of the hall, started an uproar. Immediately the detachment o f j stewards and dork laborers swooped down upon thorn. A froe fight fol- lowed, and those who <xv.ipied chairs >to-'d on them to watch the scrimmage. Tho organist started pitying, trying to drown the up- roar, but without success. After a fierce engagement, which loo-ted ten minutes, the stewards dragged or carii<-d yot ksa than fifty students inli> -tlift stroo'tn. Those that wore left behind, finding thems.-lves out- numbered, did not renew the fight- ing, but were diM-rovtly well bp- Imcil. One student, whoso head wan severely cut, received tmrgu-al ntto-Hii'ii, while many others bore truces of the fr.-iy in th+> *hap<> of black iiyi's, brn^ed faces and' torn clothing. IM'M'KNZA KIMDKMIC. Half i\ Million ('uses in the Austrian Capital. A despatch from Vienna, Austria, says : The worst epidemic of influ- enza on record is afflicting the Austrian capital. Half a million cases have been reported during the past three months, n.-eording to the statistics of the t'ity Health De- partment, ar.d the epidemic is still raging so severely as to tax the oapa-eity of the private doctors, public hospitals and nursing insti- tutions. \Vhole fumHies appear to bo attacked simultaneously, and persons of all ages are affected. The disease on this occasion is of a peculiarly virulent type, with seri- ous after effei-ts, such as inflamma- tion of the lungs, bronchitis, indi- giMi'Ui and general debility. Th;* doctors hope tho setting in of mild- er weather will diminish the out- break. AT M'KNOS AYHES. Many IVonle Killed nnd Injured In Argentina Cupltnl. A despatch from Buenos Ayres, Argentina, says: Many people were killed or injured by a destructive cytjlona which struck this city on Friday, (jreat damage was cauued to property. Five Battleships. 8 Cruisers, 16 De- stroyers and Submarines. A despatch from London says : Th British naval estimates for ]913-14, which were announced on Thursday, total 8231.546,500, as compared with $225. 377, 000 last year. The new building programme provides for five battleships, eight light cruisers, sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers and a number of sub- marines. The personnel of tho navy is to- be increased to 146,000 officers and men. There will be under construc- tion on April 1 eleven battleships, three battleship cruisers, thirteen light cruisers, thirty-five torpedo- boat destroyers and twenty -one submarines. During the year now closing four battleships, three bat- tleship cruisers, five light cruisers, fifteen destroyers, and three sub- marines were completed. The general opinion prevail* in the House of Commons that the First Lord of the Admiralty has cut the estimates rather fine, although it is conceded that they will meet the needs of the Government. Both the "bigger navy" and the "little navy'' politicians are disappointed. The former declare that the in- crease- ought to be at least $15.- 000.000 gwater, part of this for new shipbuilding. The latter complair that the increase is out of all pro- l>ortion to the needs of the situation and ignores the recent declaration of the German Minister of the Navy, Admiral Von Tirpitz, in which he agreed to Mr. Winston Churchill's rule, enunciated March, 1912. that Great Britain must build warships in the relation of sixteen to ten constructed by Germany. They also urge that the projection of so large a programme of new shipbuilding means a continuance of German % rivalry. It is also point- ed out tha't at the present moment the shipbuilding resources of the country are so taxed that they do not permit of a larger const ruction - al programme. ifi CYn.ONK AT PKOVEM'AL. A Nogro Hoy Killed and Fifteen PeJMins Injured. A de.spa.toh from Alexandria, Louisiana, says : The town of Pro- vencal, La., 52 miles west of here, was praoticaJly wiped out by a cy- clone, which struck there on Thurs- day morning. A negro boy w* killed and fifteen persons were in-, jured. Two churches, a number of. mercantile houses and twenty-five buildings were- demolished. The., storm swept everything before, it in a path between three hundred and five hundred yarda wide. A re-port, reached here- lato Thursday that- the town of Many, La., haa also suffer-, ed from the- storm, but owing to in--, terrupted wire ooinmunioationa DO detail* were obtainable.