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ty, died this morning from the wounds.e- ceived on October Bth, when he was shot three times as he was entering the Reichstag Building, His as:ailant, an Austrian, fired three shots, all of which took effect.” Repeated operations had been performed in an effort ‘o save his life, culminating with the amputation on Ociober 27th of his right leg The at- tack is artributed generally to have been the outcome of personal motives of re- venge, Washington, Nov. 7th.—H. R. H. the Prince of Wales is expected to reach Washington on Tuesday next, Armistice Day. He wili be coming by special train from the Canadian Border direct to the Canital. He will be met by the Vice President on his arrival here, acting for the President, Sccretary of State Lan- sing will meet the arty attne Border and the train will make a direet run hare. [l'ne peoxramme for His Royal Highness entertainment will inciude a visit to the Naval Academy and a trip to Mount Vernon on the ‘*Mayflower.” Vienna, Nov. 7th. —According to des- patch received here, it is stated that the spirit of war is aflam~ in Jugo-Slavia, and that additional elasses of troops are beirg called te the colors and a military dictatorship has been virtually establi h- ad. An ultimatum to Italy is expected to b 2 sent shortly. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. Tth—As a result of a big fire which aecurred in the Wilson Hotel here earlytoiday, ar least hree per- sons have been Killed and nearlya score in- jured, as far as is known up to the pre- sent time. Scores of persons wvere res- cued from the flames by firemen, but one woman leaped to death b:fore the fire brigade arrived on the scene. The cause of the firz is still unknown. Washington Nov. 7th:—A man who said he was Joseph Horan of lew York attempted to join with the Senate t-day in their debate on the Peace Treaty. The guards reached him-as he staried to ad- dress the House from the gallery. He ex- plair ed to the Police that he had received divive instructions to tell the Senate con- cern ne the lrecaly. He was arrested and will be detained for futher investi- gation. Omsk, Nov. Tth. Owing to the men- acine advance of the Bolsheviki forces Admiral Kolehak has ordered the preli- minary evacuation of Omsk by the Amer- ican hospital and such Government De- partmants as are not directly n ces- sary. It is believed that the seat of Govt. may be moved eastward. The sitnation is regardsd as grave, but not c.itical, in well informed circies. London, Nov. 6th.- A parilamentary paper issued on the 4th., containing se- . ecret evidence given during the inquiry into the sinking of the ‘‘Lusitania’’, shows that Captain Turner who was in command or the vessel, admitted the instructions issued by the Admiralty, in steaming omly at the rate of 13 S 1. 0 Hue BoA N N knots per hour. He testified that had he gone faster. the vessel would have reached the Liverpool Bar before it could have crissed, owing to tidal conditions. He also testified that he had not steered a zig zag -course, because he thought the order only ap- plied, when a submarine had been ac- tually sighted. The (‘aptain contended that although he had been warned by the Admirvality so avoid the vieinity of all headlands, he -<was justified to coming ten miles off the, old head of Kinsale, near whick point the Lusita- nia was torpedoed in order to fix his po- sition. Had he remained longer out of sight of land, he added, the weath- er might have become foggy, when he would have been worse off. He claimed that the course sieered was iar enough from land, ifgnot exactly in mid chan- nel. He went on to say that bhe was rying his best to follow the Admir- alty,s instructions. but his chief aim was to find land,.and had he run into a fog without doing this, the chances were he might have run ashore. NEw YORK, Oct. Tith 1919. ©lour, Blend2d Clear St. L.awrence [-rand pr. brl. $ll.OO. Meal, Kilndried per 100 Ibs $3.80 New Season’s Pork per bri. $45.00 tHHeavy Mess Pork per bbl. $45.00 Sugar---Crystals (Confirmed by Brokers) per 100 lbs. $7.23. Volasses &’test pr 100 Ibc no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upiand, a. Liverpool per Ibh. 25 48-100 d. r,xchange, New York and London, 60 days’ sight $4.13% Exchange New York and London, sight $4.154 * LONDON, Oe¢t, Tth 1919. sugat-Demerara Crystals duty paid price. fixed by the Royal Commission per ewts -665. od. -725, od. Muscovado, 89°/- basis, floating terms in bond, Ditto duty paid. 635. 3d. -Bls. od. German Beet 887/¢ f.o.b. no further sales during the war Java 96°/ Gibraltaror Channel for Orders floating terms, no quotations. Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red per cewt 1275. od. 130s. od. Cotto:. Medium Fine Sea Island, at Liv erpool nominal per Ib. Eank of England rate of Discount per cent. 5. Consols 513 Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 61.00 RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE CANE - SUGAR iNDUSTRY. + An interesting survey of the rise and progress of the ca e suga' industry, by Robert Harvey, M. I. Mech. E., is pub- lished in the International Sugar Jour- nal for August 1919. In this. valuable in- format on from a historical, statistical, and other standpoints as well, concern- ing the introduction of sugar-cane cul- tivation and the manufacture of sugar . into the West Indies. is given. It is stat- ~ed that from the Canary lslands and Ma- ~ deria the cultivation of sugar-cane and - the art of making sugar were extended by different European nations to the - West Indian islands and the Brazils. ; In the year 1790 the amount of sugar i imported from the West Indies into Great Britain was about 100,000 tons: . the price of this sugar was about £33 per . ton, and the import duty charged was . £l2 per ton, making the selling price of | raw sugar in l?‘itainat that date £45 per | ton. i About 150 years ago the West Indies, | we are told, then in the possession of | Spain, ortugal, France and Britain, were ~ the largest producers and the centre of | the sugar industry of the world. Beet- ' oot sugar being unknown at that date, the sugar estates were very small butin great numbers. The Portuguese were ' the first growers of sugar-cane in the | West Indies. Immediatel’ on their dis- covery of the island of St. Thomas they i started this industry, and in 1520 this little island had sixty small sugar works, . and produced a large quantity of sugar for those early days. In 1641 sugar- canes were transplanted - from Brazil to Barbados, and thence to other West Indian islands. The sugar made in Barbados at first, it is stated, was so bad that it was considered scarce- ly worth sending to England, being full -of molasses. In 1650 it had improved in . quality but could not compete witn that ' made in Brazil. Sugar was made by the ' British in the island of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) in 1643 by the French in ' Guadeloupe in 1657. 3 References to the very crude method of | extracting the juice from the ecane in . the West Indies and the manufacture of . the sugar in vogue two hundred and fifty | years ago should prove interesting read- . ing to those concerned in the opera- . tions of sugar factories in the present ! day. No ‘ess interesting should be the ' reproduced sugar account of a plantation | in Jamaica, which shows the price of ' muscovado sugar in the year 1718 to be | £4O per ton in London, freight, duty, and all expenses paid. the planter netting i however, only £3O per ton. By the then ' ~ method of manufacture, 100 gallons of l juice produced 100 to 1201b. of sugar, ac- - cording to the density of the juice and t care in manufacture. The result of working a sugarestate in the West Indi- es in the days of slaveryis also giv en. This was an estate inßarbados in the year 1822. It consisted of 314 acres, of wiich 80 acres were planted with sugar-cane. The entire labour con- ~ sisted of negro slaves—men, women. ~and children, in all 150 persons, to which was added white supervision and two white servants; the gross revenue is stated as £7158 in round numbers, and the total expenses £3,202 (Barbados Curren- cy).-—Agricultural News, Oct. }th. :