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feat. It further siva that Um Ding-
agTim condition of the health of Fia-
' pros Victoria of (terms excites
ley tariff is a failure.
Tko death o. ' .owls ('armrull" tie wintry eat. Bhe will go Ia t Heepr erten:-
Re►v. C• H. 1)odg.c'o: aiutbur of ,"Alice to >oma eoutlern air cure.
in Wonder.and." l.as caused the great- a leas still forbid her leaving hes
est regal an a!, tains of Great braids. "'cams-
The
R' •The paper •oe full of rem.nte:eaces Steamers which have just arrived at
of but many ..torise shoeing We la- 8ydwy. NS W., report a tribal war et
tease was Its tort for blldren and lanes in the New Hebrides. There's
bow uni.er,al %vat bi/ shyness and amid to base been considerable blood
dignity to others. abed mad tis natives were also caus-
UNITEL) STATES. lag tie traders mu.b trouble.
The society of German, sugar pro-
deters, at a special meeting In Berlin
adoptedd-resolutions declaring that tbe
abolition of bounties would only be
&cpept ble provide' all countries
abolished both direct and indirect
bounties.
News of the renewed fighting in Ug-
anda bas teen reoeived from Fort Lub-
vves in the tTsogacountry. Lleut Mao-
dnnald, brother of Maaar Macdonald.
the commander of the 13riteh forces,
and Mr. Pitkin ton, the missionary,
have been killed
interesting Items About Our Own Country.
West Rrlfaln, tee United btates, end
All Peru of tae Ulea.. Cosde•aod sad
Assorted ger easy eager
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CANADA.
The French theatre, • home for
opera. win be built in Montreal next
summer.
Shipments of Ivorrh weed heat by
Fart William egg ee
00
timbals la 1807.
There were 614 births. $31 deaths and
236 marriages In HamUtos•duriag the
last half year. •
t3eeretery V. 1t. fhnhtb, eftbe Board
---et --We s trihset 4e -swig* &54 -re-
move to Sas Francisco.
According to report+ from Vlctorie,
H.C.. Users are eight British vessels
in the harbor 'at E.quimalt.
Mr. Cochrane. tartner la `n `titer
house. was stabbed to death
t'rQ'1►'leNest, Fs•s.
There was no truth in the r.00rt$d
rs
tooatioa of a Canadian regiment
service in the East.
Ottawa bad 1.128 death, last year.
A young son of Louis Smith. fisher-
-•1811& wast t- Vt--
H. C.
Mrs.' Boomer was elected a High
School Trustee at London by the Coun-
cil, being the first lady who has ever
served on the Marl.
Two Hamilton shoe dealers were fin-
ed 01 each for keeptag t heir stores
open' after 7 o'clock ieCbrietmas week. Robert Gu lceon, saloon keeper, was
Another case will to appealed. l shot and killei at Ch1. -ago oa Mon -
There will le 75,000 mono, in the di- day night by rotifers. who escaped. Ile
rectory of Toronto for 18V8. and the would not -hold up his hands.'
publishers claim t! at this entitles the Mrs. James L. Flood, wife of the
sity to a lopulatioa of 225.0.10. millionaire mine -owner, died on `•atur-
i the Dominlos Treasury Board hes *day at San Francisco.. as the result of
tanned a cir.uler wavering ci.il ter- se operation recently performed.
vents against wire•i'ulling as ,means Gray Gables the summer home of
of aecurin j promotion or Incrsass 'of ex -Pr: s•rl.•nt Cleveland, has been viait-
e.molunrent. ed by burglars who reavarked the
During a fire at Hamilton an excited house from attic to cellar, and made
dew wife a mosey box is bIs fns.
slighting in the dark on Constable
Ford's bark.
At Brantford. William Steve*, a
lad of ei.ht.en years, pleaded guilty
le uttering one t.ollar'motes rais-
ed. to ten dollar& and wee santto
lctaalr genitenttlry for three
years
Mayor R. WItson Smith, bar ptsrehas-
.ad a seat In t e )fonirealStock Ex* A serious Indian uprising.is report-
shange, for 13,500, and advance of tive tel .is Oklahoma Territory, wbere. the
tIou..and dollars offer tie t & mi the hg--egime--int--the-warteth
He proposes' to go into- thel brokerage to avenge the lynshhng of a couple of
business. maniere of their tribe.
inspector Strickland, of tits -North- The Cattad•an steamer Danube,which
west Mounted £olice, who is at Vic- was voluntaruipls,ed into the custody
tori* en route to Prince Albert nays of tle'Uitited Stat s authorities for . io-
the patios posts an the road to the hating the customs regulations of Alas -
Yukon are amply provisioned for five k&, has beat released on the filing of a
° The ernor-General has approved „. AA_
moo t hs _ bond for i9tip00.
1geledinee, laiapself, or
Mrs. Ballincgtc.n Booth is declared out
of danger.
✓ Mr. dark Haspn bas been elected
Senator for Ohio.
Neither tie crematories nor ceme-
teridr of Saa Francisco will take the
body of Dermot, the murderer.
President P. A. Largy. of the State
Savidge Bank u[ Montano. was asMmm-
nated at *lute on Tuesday.
The dispute between the toile do-
eratchers sea the Canadian Pa i la rail-
way has been amiably sdjueted.
A r.h'pureut of 92 locomotives for
Japaa and -ores is being completed at
the Broyles Works at Dunkirk, N Y.
The New York tbeatriea! profeasitne
u peritiooing against the 1111 permit -
lag theatre performances on Sunday.
Preri.lent McKinley has sent a men
sage to the United Stites Congress• re-
enhendin pay„ret of tLe sealers'
cmlatnaa. ..
-
?Lobe .1. Overton. said to le 100 yea '
of age, was marriel to Mrs. Mary 0.
Menclerson at Charleston. West Vis.
on Monday.
34re--ieb. A. Gano.
citizen of Clonati formerly one o
the proprietors of the CircLnnatiCom-
mer.:ia1. died on Saturday. acity of the elevators for handling
In the Guldentuppe case, Mrs. Neck grain from farmers, and there was no
on Dlcnday plea !ed guilty to man- grain producing country is the world
slaughter, and was sentenced to fit- to -day better equipped for receiving,
teen years' imprisooment.
c.,
ean,og and aliening of grits than
Manitols. In 1897 17.000,000 bushels of
wheat were shipped from Fort William,
of which 12 928,000 went for export, 11-,
C00.000 going via Buffalo, the bulk of
it in Ameri.an bottoms. Only 2,000,-
00 leueLela found its way to the &a-
board v.a Montreal. Mr. Bawlf also
drew attention to the intereating
fact that there was double the amount
of wheat shipped from Fort William
teat year tt.a•1 from the port of Mon-
treal, Mr. Bawtf spoke strongly Off the
-. ,.irsporta sea o1 4 w,g ,lan.beedop ted to
Further time has been given e keep the harbour open at Fort 'VO,
U. 8. House Committal un Commerce Earn later in the fall. Of about 5,000, -
for the building of the propo.e I bridge 000 bushels of wheat of the 1897 crop
THE PROSPEROUS WEST. -
geveut.. a 1111t1en •.skels of Mimed
shipped ler Pees Asians This Tear.
In hie retiring address at the an-
imal Meting of the Winnipeg Grain
Exchange on Wednesday President N.
Bawl/ stated that there was not a
phegtrm America where the farmers bad
prospered to suchan extent as bed
L•,at year those„pf Marlitobe. He also
mid -that herring tundra ar Ines,-Jla x
been a very large increase in the cap -
over the St. Lawrance from St Law-
renro Co., N. Y.
Inatructioas Lave been sent to eon
lar ton at A ng
•a._,Lxorts not to in-
ter:are wigs sea in garm' Th ifs''
to have been pur:iiased before Decent -
bar 29 last.
of the appointment of Hon. Francois accidentally fees. from a parai.et on
Iangel,er as •Judge of the Superiisr the t\'aeLingtoa bridge into the ILer-
Court for tfnntreal in plane 0' Mr- tem river. ” et* York, on Friday. s dis-
Justice Jett* a; pointed Lieutenant- tune, of 147 fort Rs was Limbed out, twit
Geyer/tor of Queleo. euleercu ,ride died.
tittle Freddie Guerin, the nine- The, \\•aahington correspondent of the
year-old son of Mr .Joseph Guerin, ,Buffalo Evening News says that Bos-
,sf Ilami t..n, was alone in the i.oge ton men are sh taping in froth Canaia
when a Lamp exploded. Ile threw
free mineral water which under the
It outsi'e, and wit'- the aid of • 10- Dingley hill should pay a duty of 24
Seeman extinguished the lire in the ,safe per gallon. The water is tress-
ed free There he no duty on hoe.
The Government have teen a►dvi ed Mrs. Lucille Lam youngest daugh-
lhst the 18°"'”t'w:L 1') Stesmrblp ter of ex -Senator Blackburn, of Ken -
Company's steamer Pantile has leen
aeiasd at ikagway for an hnfracti not
the oda 'tins lairs. Hon W W. Scott is
in communication with Wesbingtot
Goer the matter.
Thur Clay night the three-year-old
daughter of C. P. IL Section Fore-
man Taylor. at ' Upaala, east of
Rat Portage was left atone in tho
tinter,. iter clothes caught fire to
-- -was burned to -death.
Ex,orts of poultry. from Montreal the
peat season are tie largest lot the his-
tory of the trade. Exports of eggs
In 1897 were one hundred and seventy-
two thousand mere, compared with one
hundred and forty-two thousand In
18h8, and ninety-five thousand in 1895,
largely to the United Kingdom.
The fire tosses of 'Toronto fon the
year 181/1 amounted to 4066,879, of
which 1117,1a5 wee on buildings and
0549,724 on stock. The insurance on
these losses was 02,250,000 The four
ehi-f fires were: the Electric ,Light
Company's; Murray's; Eckbatdt's and
the Eaton's, which totalled 047,000 of
tits amount:
GREAT BRITAIN.
tacky, shot hermit[ lea her a., art.anents
at tWellington hot .1, Weetington
on ha area) night, just as she was pro-
peeing for bed. The statement given
out by the family is that the shooting
was an eocidpnt. The wound ie in tits
left breast and is probably fatal.
According to letters received i* New
York from Kieft/soya Jamalcs, the
city -ora Major Slater. _o1 the Royit. En-
g'lneers, and Captain B. R. Whits, of
the harbour tug Atlas. Up to the
time the letters left Kingston, Janu-
ary 7th, there bed been about 100
wee of yellow fever, with nearly 50
deaths.
The collapse of the great English en-
gineers' strike is molly approaching.
The were several d a of thick,
black"Oi `fidndoh der tht
week.
likimBits blooming and Agit
buttering, bare been seen is
England.
The mildness or t he weather is le-
er -easing the epre•d of influenza in
London, England
The deat!, is reported from London
of Rev. C H. Dodgeon, whose nom de
planes was Lewis Carroll, the author
d "Al'oe is Wonderland"
The British Imports from Caned& for
kjis pes year showed intros", over
hh p loon year *1 tttif-five
cent.
Prince, tbe mtrder$r el Winters Tier -
roe. the actor, was fowled guilty. but
the judge sweetens the medical evid-
ence. sent him to a lunatic asylum.
The bewestigatioe into the caws of
the London. Loa.and. fire shows that
the Iden was $3050,t0$ TM jury re-
turned a melee of arson.
Lord Maine Ikeetiord, Conservative,
•was elected In York by a majority of
11 doer kit. Christopher Furness, Lih-
erab lbs seat was formerly held by
Ole Frank Lockwood. Liberal.
The Queue bee approved the ate
petateselat of General Sir Arthur Pow-
ers Palmer. IK 0.1., to sosoeed (len-
Wei Aire' Wellonk Hart. as romm&edsr
Lriht4erPield Force ns the north-
er Iedia.
r rig LIMA* Meraiblig Pest nae Pre -
*Meat inkiest kly Is hopelessly o ri f t i ng
llS' .tr% k •a1 f bads that the
ttf11' 1M Agee la theR.puhfiras
ON; 0161411 of &r -am -
inspect•d bore up to December 31st,
64.15 per cent. was No. 1 hard, 26 per
cent. No 2 hard. 2.43 No. 1 Northern,
or total of 792.50 per cent. SrsdirtE
FiTT-Co T ROffhe117' tltttT'e
percentwas graded "rejected': sed
iso grader'
THIRD HUSSARS FOR CAIRO.
FRANCE ON TIE MILS
■es tbw Irmweb I.ret•m lilwtstar ■r .$&i
•bnest • Crus relW?
A despatch from London, says:-Teen-
porarily overshadowed. The move-
ments of tbe French oo the Upper Nile
are again becoming unpleasantly pro-
minent to those who imagined that
Great Britain had undL+putet claims up-
on those rttgions. It is immaterial to
discuss the exact whereabouts of the
French expedition. It suffices that,
aceordiang to the bulk of evident* they
have penetrated to Dahr-el-Ghasel, the
most fertile province of the Egyptian
Soudan, with the distinct mandate of
their Government. It this be true, and
the declarations of successive British
Cabinets meant anything, )L Hano-
taux, the French Minister for Foreign
Affair*, has brought about a cases
bell[. Ting far M. Henotaux seems
to bare the advantage, but the game
is dangerous. Fear of war with France
will not atop Great Britain from re-
covering the whole of the Egyptian
Soudan. and driving out any Freaoh
expeditions which may be found there.
when, in the opinion of the Marquis of
8alisptlq'r' tis proper 'time' has arriv-
In the mealtwhhle. Prises Beery b!
Orleans is fitting out at Marseilles.
and evidently with the approval of the
olOtirrllllnerit;" an 'treled'-aredlt+os• to
subdue the equatorial provinces, which
the Negus presented, claiming they be-
longed to Abyasinia In prehistoric
times; but in reality, these provinces
are identical with those Great Britain
:s seeking to restore to Egypt. 8o
perhaps. there is some truth in the
story that the activity of the Briish
is due L. the Egyptian intelligence de-
partment learning that the French
Abyssinian troops have reached Fasbo-
da. that King Menelek is preparing re-
inforcementa with the intention of fon
lowing up title success. and thet a com-
mon policy. which 's morally support-
ed by Ruasis, unites France and /bye-
siehe
tyetelwe at Illlr`ellII.camg woes eke
ardor Wee au..tve.i
A despatch free-T.00don aaya:-The
Birmingbam Post, the organ of Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of tate
for the Colonies, says: -"The treaty
which Mr. James P.oennell Rudd, prin-
cipal secretary of tte British agency
sod Consulate -General in Germany. ne-
gotiated with King Menelek of Abys-
sinia contains a ctsu-•+e binding King
Rene'elt not to allow any obstacle to
emanate from Abyssinian territory
with the object of blocking the Egyp-
tian advanro upon Khartoum. As a
quid pro quo King hiencl.k secures a
certain rectificati.rn of the frostier
whim the Khalif* Is subdued:"
A Cairo correspondent telegraphs: -
"It is the belief here that. the British
operations are due to the presence of
the French at Faahoia rather thin to
the dervish &dvanne. The dervish
movement la hampered by leek of
traenport; but it It believed that 40,000
derviabea are ooveriog Omdurman. op-
posite Khartoum. and 20.000 more are
et Metemmeh and Sbendy, between
eighty and ninety miles north of Om-
durmars It is estimated that one-
eb hth are stoned with rifles.”
prevails at Shrrrncliffe, from whic
camp the Third Hussars have been ord-
ered to proceed to Cairo. Large drafts
from other Brttiah regiments are alao
preparing for foreign service.
Two explosion's early Thursday in
the tunnel for the flume near the up-
per smelting works in Anaconda mine,
Butte. Montana, destroyed the t m-
bering and entombed five workmen.
The beet miner' and timberteen are
now at work driving athres-foot a rift
near the Aide of the tunnel. When
this ran be completed it is hard to
say. 'there aro no hope& of the then
being alive.
OfNERAL.
A German warship Is reported ills -
:►bled at. the entran •e to tlr Rad Bea
1)r. Jaminsen Intends beprmidng a
esndadaee for the ('ape iseent.
3►i eii1'1! maty rigo nue pion -suede►
p hu been pat in force In Saved*.
- M*rt'al taw whi.-h was proclaimed tD-
Prague on Denember and. has been
withdrawn.
The Japanese transport steamer Nara
way wreaked on I•euember 24th. and
eighty lives were lost.
The capital of one of the Moluccas
LsI&nde has leen visited by anearth-
quake and fifty lives were poet.
The health of ex-Fanpress Eugenie
in dl'quihting. floe rheumatism grows
worts, and she la unable, to cross a
room 'ii navel dad. 1' 1
(hest Pr; tain hews ayl«ig* from King
Menelek. of Abyssinia. that he will not
t+lo k the, advance of the
tion expedition. expedition.
There was a riotous demonstration
to Havana on Thursday against the
United/Metre and 'there la talk of an
armed intervention.
A music ball singer and several ea-
oomplices have Lean arrested at Buda-
pest on the (barge of bla.•kma.ling
King Alexander of Ferate.
The French Government he, decid-
ed to prow:ute 11. Zola. limo novelist.
bre soave of hew ronnentios s it h
the Rnt.rhasy-Dreyfux • andel
Advices received from Rermnda state
that the marine Pahl. between Bar -
/whin and Jamaica i* being laid lay
the 1141.111 oata1 steamer boot's.
Cisceral Sir William Lockhart. the
(ioamapdwr cut (ha Brltiila fans,* oo I be
ladian frontier, has pnetpo6.d his jour
sty br.saiward 1q( tbe_ a zsip, cc' mics of a
dealthraoant relent .1,Sie, fe e.
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VERY RICH QUARTZ
NEVI CU8T01I8 MILKS
t ow R - t , ..a 'a.r- •••
Olen
TRANSPORTATION OF PEOPLE AND
EFFrnCTS TO THE KLONDYKE,
New is Isaa teseieuees - lasts WW M
Shamed ea aver7iblrtg Talton Ha N
DeAsy abe ll.eeseary Leval Pareasla
A despatch from Washington says;
-In a few days the Treasury Depart.
resat will make known the details of
the arrsngemeat recently oonoluded
with Mr. 8lftos, Canadian Minister o1
the Interior, reeyecting the trauaporta-
tion of gold -seekers and freight to the
Klotdyka. h6eanwbile it is learned
bare from good auto rity that the Can -
stiles Qovernn demos about to Lew
new Coatams' and mining regulations
applicable to that restos. Tart year.
when there was an unexpected rush
to the gold fields, the Canadian Gov-
ernment permitted the fres entry of
miners' blankets. pommel clothing in
use, 000king uteoalls in use, and 100
pounds of food for each person. charg-
ing duty only on exosw.
PRIVILEGE ABOLISHED.
This year that privilege will be abol-
ished. and Customs' duties levied on
everything the miner takes in, except
practically the clothes on his back.
The Canadian Government doss not
what JO„be.nealr in the matter. but
is going to great expellee to maintain
police aced Mt&blla • courts el hos.
post -office. iiittatuies for the safe-
beeping of the gainers' gold. offices
where drafts gray to obtained for gold,
and other conveniences. and must ob-
tain revenue to meet the outlay.
CANADIAN SUPPLIES FRSE.
Outfits and supplier bought in Can-
ada by persons takieg the Wrangel
and Stickeen, the bt. Michael's bka-
guay, Dyea, or Dalton trail routes,
will 1.. admitted free into the Kinn-
dyke, and of ooarse are not subject
to duty when taken in over the all-
Canadian route from Ashcroft. Kam-
loops. Edmonton. and Prince Albert.
A WARNING ISSUED.
The Canadian egtborilies desire to
warn the publie against so called
transportation companies, 'which ars
offering tor auras ranging from i50to
$150, payable in advanoe, to convey
persona from the Eastern States to
Lawson City by Canadian routes, sad
to provide Own with food en route.
oterand-lembir'wt'ttrttn Canada
1I le gorier thwarts ted 1s Map Mei
oil's !Istraeti'.
The riobeet gold quartz yet brought
from the Klondyke was exhibited at
Seattle, Womb., on Friday, to well-
knowlp_ raining men. It L miter
quo rte, almost pure white, and easily
pulverised. The pieces were from two
to three inches in thickness, with nug-
gets of varinue sires embedded in the
quarts. The discoverer repreeented
that be had found two ledges two feet
wide each lying parallel within s few
feet of one another, and also a ledge
30 feet wide, all three being white
quartz, the larger one not showing free
gold, but being fairly well mineralized,
while the mailer .toes ars alive with
precious metal in the form of nuggets
from the size of a wheat grain to an
ounce in weight. In expressing his
o,,:nion of it. Major G d, for-
merly superintendent of the Carson
Mint, said: -
"This is undoubtedly the tree mother
lode of a great placer country, and on
the lower side, where disintegration
has taken plana the find will be im-
mensely rich. I should judge the spe-
cimen exhibited will go $800.000 to the
ton at least, and probably higher."
The rusb to Skaguay and Dyea by
Kbedykers has become era great that
many passengers are taking the Juneau
steamers and running the chances of
getting from that point to Chll000t and
\\'bite pewee in smaller vessels. Every
steamer leaving Seattle in the next
two weeks has all ice passenger licts
tillelL'
FIRS ON THE LINER CANADA.
PM. Carp Was Dauasaeel t. Eke Cxten% .r
at Lomat 535.555,
A despatch from Boston, Mass., says:
-A fire started from some unknown
cause in the hold of the Dominion line
• beamer Canada about 10 o'clock on
Saturday morning, and for a time there
was considerable excitement on hoard
• hip, and about the Hoosac tunnel docks
where she was lying. Smoke was first.
seen- issuing from a new refrigerator
Containing grata -sad cotton, bat the
M.-.,
-stesraar'a Lisa__Atnegs, and
apparatus. whisk responded to an 'T-
arllL'> bit -the fire extinguished.
Ths Yemeni mtge. which was nearly
ell on board, was belie damaged by
Smoke, fire, and water, the loss being
aced at fully 950.000. although it will
have to be overhauled before the exact
*Stent of the damage can be ascer-
tained. The damage to tits vessel it-
self will.te alight. A survey will he
held on Monday, and 1M ('aneda, which
wee scheduled to sell Saturday, will be
delayed until Tuesday, and perhaps
labile„ ,11. 1
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FRONTIER R1OHTINO•
Mer ■sj.ab nee to ray rive akllitegs fee
- • . tavlwg as Qwmwstee tips.
A despatch from London aspic -
There has been much good-natured
chaff in the newspapers at the success-
ful claim of Mr. Henry White, secre-
tary o/ the United States Embassy, for
"diplomatic exemption," in the case of
bis eon, Mr.•J. E. White, and Mr. Spen-
cer Eddy, secretarey to Colonel John
Hay, the United States Ambassador,
who were charged before the Maiden-
head County Court with riding their
hiryclen on sidewalks. The pepershave
pointed out that a few days ago $
mac who was teediag an unmuzsled
dog belonging to the Queen across
Windsor bridge wase summoned for as
dung. and claimed exemption. But
the magistrate said; -"The bite of a
Queen's dorgVequelly dangerous with
the dog of another. The Queen must
pay a 11(16 01 ¢re niiHLe . ' Tie Qwsa
paid the rias. - -- -
NEW COMIANDBE 1N INDIA. I TORNADO'S DEADLY WWII..
Me .lutea Laekka.a's rine, Takes by sir rim 1 ss tk, to Arkaw as L N Lew M 110
Pewee Palmer. More ,lases move.
A despatch [ruin Calcutta says: -Sir A cyclone paased through Fort,
William Lockhart, after conrptetiagthe Ark., at 11 o'olosk ea Tusa"y *Alt'
The (velem came from the north. d
report on which he is engaged concern-
int' the future Indian frontier policy, plumed through Fort Smith, I.mestaaa
and the measures to be adopted, will 10th and 13th streets, d.woliably ev-
erytl:ing in its path
Fires broke out in all directions.
falling houses;
return to England on three months'
leave. General Sir Power Palurer will
act during his alsasuoe, beiug succeed-
ed In his present oummand try Gener-
al Ellen The foroo will otherwise re-
main unchanged, excel for a tem-
porary redrution of this headtu*rtetS
staff.
Sir Power Palmer hue been com-
mander of the Punjab frontier force
sines 1895. He le now In his fifty-
ei(hth year. He entered the Indian
army ha 1857, and during the Mutiny
be wren! with Hodson's Horse. In
1863 be was on the north-west fron-
tier. Ile wed wed la the "Abyssinian war
from 1867 to the end of 1249; was with
the Duffia expedition In 1894, and com-
manded the Chin Hills expedition of
the previous year. He served also
during the Afghan war, 1673. and in
the Soudan exiedltlos, 1885. He
received the rask of edijor-generel in
'non IA CROW'S NEST PASS.
rMmemer-dlatasbed by Nevvlea Mee as *be
Besets tor tsjarles.
Information has reached Calgary
Flint what at prevent seems to have
Leen a brutal murder was committed
last weak at a place called the Loop.
in the Crew's Nest peas, the victim
being a rancher named George Smythe
who resided near Garnett's ranchin
the Pincher Creek district. It appears
that Smythe had been employed for
soar time freighting on the railway,
and was travelling eastward. when
same mea employed no the Birming-
ham contract asked h m to give them
a rids. tie declined, and was terrto.ly
Mateo. In a few hours aftetwards ha
died -of the injuries hr had recel'.e.f. •-*- A dnpatgh from. BomtuyThe Mo.aneed „l'Rv ic'e at Crys1,hkr-elata its of .the manner*. of .tom
lake at neve started in prirsoltBritish *eiveyleg expedition an'er
captured one of the men on the read. Capt Dm* on the matt of Baloohis-
sod this oth w three sh ,rtly erterwar e.
0000ealed in the timber near burette► Etas111110 Mss rereiv.d hero, Calot.
he's p• All of them went* -b11e arab had 'formed a eu rvey om , •ts
to t51a---Jtoantod Police *a,f at *abet of Makran, 100 mikes trent
Cn1s'► t hei4q,uartpfy{ jp,_ Ft - 3a 4►lsoc
m'Posses, a British taletsgspb
all eo•trolled the Canadian Nara -1
tic railway, whlcb is also operating the
route by Wrangel and the Stickeen,
and outside ocvmpaniea have noautbor-
ity whatever to offer such rates. There
is no famios in the Klondyke but sup-
plier are running low just now, and
those entering without a sufficient
stock of their own might Iaooms a
burdea to the community. -
AW o1, IZPERIEMCi
•
The Psalsbatast'MUMed ea Vv. Meader
la Tblbea - ria ayeslgat la)ared - New
cued at (be 1.tat -.mens
A special cable from Lotaon says: -
The Chronicle publishes a vivid de-
scription of the torture inflicted in Thi -
bet on Mr. Landor, the British explor-
er, who sought to reach Lbassa, and
his two faithful Hindu .ervants, all the
other members of the party having
deserted their leader. The following ie
• sample of the tortures inflicted: -
The victims were bound naked to a
tree and slashed and braised, the cords
cutting deep into their wrists and ank-
les. Mr. Landor's eyes were burned
with red hot irons. He was bound for
bours on a rack, and twisted and
wrenched out of all semblance to •
Meares .sd►•ierlds.-iittai lea •m
BRITISH CANADIAN TRADE.
rmpeel. Irene remade Less Tear Increased
Tw.aiTave hr OPUS.
A London cable says: -The Board of
Trade returns for 1897 show that while
Imports from all oonstrles Increased
per cent, lever MIK the imports front
Caned& increased 25 oast. The chief
foremast* are wheat, 1782,000; cheese,
1'790,000; butter, £106.090; egg*, &1Mr
000; timber, £1.3011.000; cattle, A07,-
009; fish. t91,00h.
The deereaasa were:- Wheat flora,
CIS,0S6: ,heap and teethe, 1181.000 ; Mo-
os 1172,000. hamsi 1106,000. Exports
to Canada deore.sad &early 6 percent-.
and exports to all cnuatries more than
2 per rent.
Tb.. *Mab An Aiello al wart MM. Immo
C.e.rts.
Ths Rerl of Rlgta Viceroy ret todla,
ham wired the Government that the
Lakka-Keel Afridia have reoccupied
Khyber Paaa, and that the cutting et
wines and firing upon escorts have re-
commenced.
The nevem that General Str Wil -
Ham ieeithart, the enmmawder et
the Britllh fosse on the indike
roomier, has postponed his jeer -
my bewieward In the exportation of
Ia esttissfsat with the Alright. wbo are
.eemleghy disairess et s*hraalttle•,
points to the early meekest's el the
most aartotu et tine gnaredtte *1 "little
worn" Id wbleh Groat Rvttate le ea -
g461..1. and which wUl bly Nom*115 evbolp of the, surpiM
a saddle stuck full of spikes. One of
these entered the time of his spinal'
column and shattered the nerve
centers. His flesh was reduced to
m lacerated jelly. An attempt
was made to draw from him or
his men some expression of pain,
but In vain. Mr. Landor has quite
lost one eye, though the doctors say
in time might may return. The hot
irons were held just clow enough to
his eyee not to touch the skin, with
the result that they were withered.
Day after day this was practised, but
no sign of feeling were they able to
extract. Landor's ankles and wrists
are still livid from the cords with
which he was bound on the rack- A
photograph of the victims after their
release shows them to be unreeognir-
abie. When the rescuers, two F.ag-
lishmen and a Hindu, reached the set -
fevers, attar the thrilling adventures.
Lander- was within a few hours of
death. His reason had already gnu.
Never for a moment (hiring all -1h**4
horrible time did Landor forget . bis
photographs end sketches. His outfit
has now been given up and his pre-
cious diary and maps of surveys se -
erred. Maty of the instruments with
which he was provided by the }toyed
Geographical Society he was obliged to
bury in the Himalaya. There, they
will lie for • time anti) some brave
man recovers them. Lander himself
will probably never be able to return.
SEPOYS KILLED IN A RIOT.
Tramp demi M 5..11 a Tan •IMwrN.,. In
ladle.
A dspatch term Remhay. aerie -
There bas tree a tam riot at Boriavl.
near Nariad. la the Gujarat district.
A collector has been wriotrly Injur-
ed. and five wove have lees killed.
Three hundred sepoy troops s have
bees wet to the arena of the distrer-
Lsderectr se Skaaadabad. •- a: _
BOOM, were killed by
others burtod.
&ores of dead and wounded are `
Ing dragged from the ruin* of the
storm -wrecked buildings at Fort Smith,
It la thaht the list of dead may
reach 60 or qpre. The greaterk dam
age was betimes Eighth atreel and the
Cathollo church, and it is said sot 1
building is loft standing. Several
brick buildings at Ninth and Garrison
avenue were crushed 11k. egg shell,.
and as the second storeys were used
for living purposes it Le thougut:that
there will be found the greatest num
her of plates during the storm, and
the department was table to nope
with the new danger. It is known that
doe or more bodies were cremated
The hanlaotno high whoop tpiiding,
just 1intabed at • ooat of one tundra:
thousand dollars, was Leveled to the
ground. The storm eases u' suddenly
from the south-west, •tri':Ing the
N 11,14 p. en.. and almost: instantly
a large portion of the pity was in
ruins Every physician in the city
was summoned, and all are so.v' easy
at wore relieving the injured. Atter
leaving Fort Smith, the storm Ube -
sled south-west. Reports front the
country are meagre, ' bot asvarai
fires have been seen In 1t4 wake.
The town of Alma, nine m11en to the
south-east, retorts several hoses
blown down, ani it le thought several
persons have teen killed.
ONE LEFT TO TELL THE TALL
All of Capt. taro.' 170 Followers Cruelly
mlawgat.red
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Nl11tir.POZ KILLED FOURTEEN.
Steve NMI "Ses. TweeSs-Peat,Ewes A11. -
gooey is <eaMMnl.
J de p&iaii tram' ifbettisit says: -
Smallpox It is now believed has been
stamped out in Montreal, the last pat-
ient having died in the Cottegious Dis-
ease hospital on Saturday. The small.
pox wing at the was disinfest-
ed. -Tim fires. sasa a[ i the tete out-
break was admitted ,to the Civic hos-
pital on the 2n1 of Jnly. Since then
there have been twenty-four rases of
the dations in the city, an 1 fourteen
deaths. Dr. Notie the boons surgeon
of the Small -oz hospital. who hes leen
lactated at the horital ever Waco the
first nage was I. has now re-
turned to his home.
(}TEAT CRIPPLEOATE FIR&
A Leede. Jury says That It Was .f uea■•
diary •rtgl..
A despatch from London. says -As
a result of the investigation a hi h has
been in progress for several weeks
pest into the great fire whioh occur-
red recently in the Cripple:aae dis-
trict
l►trict of London. involvieg a lass of
ii.06e,LAW •
ter five hours' deliberadian, found that
the fire wws tis work of some "person
or person unknown." •
The foreman raid the jury was un-
animous is the belief that tis fire
originated on lbe premises of Wailer
and Brown. fie added tha ttbs jury
wan not satisfied that the fire brigade
was fully equipped with steam fire ea-
gines and was not unanimous in the
(pinion that the water supply was ef-
ficient, and recommended that an en-
gine with steam continually up be al-
waya kept at the central city firesta-
tiAn.
JOHN BULL DETERMINED
That Else Mer .' Cklseas C.mmberee IS Me
world Kash se ►. abut.
A dergiatah front London says: -The
Hoa. Sir Molise' Blots -beach,
Aslslwellor of the Exchequer. speaking
ROMANCE OP_THE SEA.
s, -sees .r All.sbery a Mabee, Waren.
a reit.-.
Leidy Reneseine Bredenelt-Rrues. eld-
est daughter of the Marquis of Atte-
bury. hes jest married at Liverpool.
Master Mariner Harry Ready Hunt, of
Limerick. The parties formed a re -
emetic attachment through meeting at
a aantiral ohne' In I,irerpool, where
the lady, who Is a famous yacbtswn-
nwas studying to obtain a Board
Trade yeoht master's certificate,
watch the hoard. however, deotieed to
enter Hunt had leen an ssppppeentloe,
tied mate studying for • nerUtieate sod
ass bran appointed attestor of a sail-
ing vessel. The marriage wae cede-
bratod ie the quietevat manner postai-
hie ase It is maid that Maat,.r Mariner
Heat's wife !steads tohim
'4. files. dein, Nqt _
Officer had been murdered a few day.
before. The datives seemed friendly.
but the local chief male a w ides at
tpoak the camp, taking turns ant
his native follo.vers by surprise Cepl.
Burns ,seeped while the slaughter and
looting was going on. and role 100
miles to ttse telegraph station is the
Onnara valley.
it u now retorted that the whole re
ig oq is in revolt, end the Thirtieth
y Infantry has been deeiatcne!
to tjie scene. Every ons of Caplan
Beige lid followers were killed.
£11TER THE MURDERER&
Col. Mayo- with 200 of the Bombay
Infantry, laadecb at Ormara. Ealuchi,
tan, on Tuesday. He four & ail quiet
there. left 50 men. and then proem led
toward lieeolte. 20 miles north, with 290
Lieut Turner. who e. -&,,ed after tie
attack on the British survey party. is
reported sats.
FAMOUS REGIMENT FOR EGYPT.
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Creat trllale's Promoter teglasest N Sells
Ike
glee Rzeodtit...
A despatch from London snags: -It le
announced that the First Battalion et
Grenadiers, the premier regiment of
Great Britain now at Gibraltar, bas
been ordered to get is readiness for
nervine jn arid- Twn rZtbet. balLfal
ions are under similar orders.
This is evidenoe of l:reparatons for
an important campaign. The com-
mander of Mae regiment is Lieut. -Col.
Hatton. and the officers include many
members of the aristocracy, among
them Lieut. Lord Edward Herbert
Cecil. fourth son of Lord Salisbury ,
and Lieut. Lord John Pakenham
Joyoe Cecilos. brother of the Marquis
of Exeter.
A despatch to the Dail. Chronicle
from Cairo says that Osman mgma
principal general of tfle Khalifs. is
on the eaatern Sank of the NW, the
western hank i. being • mainly pim-
pled by the sweepings of tribes.
The der -valeta. says the des; stab. are
deacon -ling slowly. retinue doubts are
entertained as to whether the Khalif&
intents to attack Rerler, the extreme
southern British ;est.
$waanee cs- Monday Mott webs*
tthta dsoIarseias elf Mr. BJ
altoar igst-
hotl, of_ I&i 1rie*s oa the lidias
policy of the Govettnment, at Manches-
ter, sed said the Government was de-
termined, even at the ooet of war, tlmt
tam door a Chime commerce ..hould
met he Mut to Greet Britain.
MILLION IN DUST AND DRAFTS.
etebeel tilde ret trim Eke ILlsaykt.
Arrives to Tlrt rim.
A delq,atch from Victoria, B.C., says:
TM steamer Corona from the north,
has brought twenty teremsngers from
Dawson City. It is the richest ship
that, has arrived yet la ten with Kloa-
dyke money. the twenty teople having
elate to a milling dollars in duet and
date divided among the. (Inc of
the party is LouLon Keller, a girl of eigh-
teeet, who is ter route to Cheyenne too
he married. She is the second woman
who has nrossed the hail this season.
SMALLPDX AT CALLENDER.
Pear
tea t.p.rt.d es lam Orel., •.t
re tlatrq.
Four eras of sasallpoz are reported
to be is a f sill1 near Callender. The
as ut to ritio tiMekI
$100000 FROM KLONDYK.
arra
Ise Remo OMs Nes IOM,eee of thea a e a
The etremer M -Ki, anlvhat Seat-
tle on Thursday, from Alaskaag, brosgbt
down thirty-five men from the Rio*
dyke, au! 0100,000 .i ,'old dust, 040,081
of which was in the loasassion of 1
young Norwegian named Neils Jo
sea, who had been on the Yukon bet
little error a year. a lor*ted No. 19.
sl,axye 7)tierorery, nif BemLnra e1 **i
during the first ercitrltient. A'tAw
days previous to leaving Dawn's he
sold an inl.reat in his claim for 060.001
and in now on hie way ui Norway to
enjoy his audefenli nose U!$ted for-
tune. The ether MONO was nearly
equally dlatribatsd ametg the returned
miners.
FRETTED OVER NIS DRFEAT•
linter Templeton of I.seesys, woe Mid
Mealy mets es Apepl.eaas area,
4 ,despatch from a Vseveoever, iI O.
says: -Mayor Templet** died LAI. e6
teranos of as apopMetio etreke. tiri
result of the overwhelming deft"! at
the moose municipal electinna iib
death is more trade oleos two 51'
Mayon; Med bg sertiera &tette-er-
Maynr nppeMw r having died a
iertalebt aeo here. sae ell-lttl ager ('apt
t few weeks - alt t4ka,1. i; utile w-
ditlwn[ng ,durst ,•
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