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THE WORLD'S MARKETS
*EPOItTs FROM THE LEADING
TRAI C CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese lung
Other Dairy Produce al Lome
and Abroad.
Toronto, July 3. - Flour - Ontario
wheel patents ure quoted at $3.20 in
buyers' sucks, outeide, for export. Mani-
toba first patents, $1.40 to $1.60; second
patents, $4.10 and strong bakers', $4,
Toronto. at $l5:
Bran - The market is steady,
69 to $10 in bulk outside. Shorts are
quoted at $18.50 to $19 outside.
Wheat - No. 2 while quoted outside
a: 82c; nixed and red about the same.
No. 1 Northern Manitoba, sold at 87%c
lake ports. No. 2 Northern quoted at 165
to 85%c lake ports.
(koro -- No. 2 American yellow is
quoted at 59eec to arrive, Toronto.
Oats - No. 2 white nominal at 41 to
11%c to arrive, 'l'oroto, and at 38Xc
outside.
Pens - Scarce, and prices purely
nominal around 82c outside.
Rye -No. 2 quoted at 60c outside.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -Hand-picked selling at $1.75 to
•1.e0, and primes at 81.50 to 81.60.
Honey -Strained honey quoted at 8%
to Oc per Ib, and combs at $1.50 to 02
pen dozen.
Hops -14c to 17c per 16.
Ilny-Car lots of No. 1 timothy are
quoted at $9.50 to $10 on track, To-
ronto; No. 2 at 87 to $8.
Straw -$0 per ton.
Potatoes -Ontario stock In small lots
Dom store, $1 to $1.10 per bag; East
Delawares, $1.25.
Poultry -Turkeys, fresh killed, 12 to
14c; chickens, 12 to 13c; hens, 9 to 12c;
Spring chickens, 17 to 18c per 1D.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Pound rolls are quoted at 16
1�00 18c; large rolls, 15 to 17c, and In-
krior at 14 to 15c: tubs, 14 to IGc. Cream-
ery prints -sell at 20 to 21c, and solids
at 19 to 20c.
Eggs -18c per dozen.
Cheese -New are quoted at 12 to 1234c,
the latter for twins.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Cured meals in good demand, with
prices generally firm. They are quoted
as follows: -Bacon, long clear, 12 to
11%c per tb. 1n case lots; mess pork, $21
to $21.50; short cut, 823.
(lams -Light to medium, 14% to 15c;
de, heavy, 14c; rolls. 12 to 12j%c; shoul-
ders, 11%c; backs, 17 to 18c; breakfast
bacon, 15 to 1Gc.
Lard -Tierces, 11%c; tuba, 11%c; pails
12c.
SIR JAMES IIEX:TOR'S MONUMENT.
Memorial et1 the Discoverer of the Kick-
ing Horse Pass.
A despatch frorn Vancouver says :
High up in the Rocky Mountains there
has just been erected by scientists and
reiltwuy men of Canada and the United
Slates monuments to the memory of
Su• James Hector and his son of New
Zealand. The former is a memaegto of
the great services rendered by Sir James
Hector as scientist of the Palliser expe-
dition, which discovered the Kicking
Horse Pass, through which the Canadian
Pacific Hallway runs. The Kicking
Ilorse Diver was named after an inci-
dent o1 this expedition, when Sir
James Hector was laid low by a kick
from a horse. So badly Injured was he
that his Indians thought he was dead,
and were preparing his grave, when fie
carne round just in time to avert being
buried alive. Mount Hector, one of the
highest peake of the Rockies, is named
after the veteran explorer. The monu-
ment to his achievements is under the
shadow of that towering hill.
BRITISH SIiOE TRADE SAFE.
Expert Who Toured United States Says
Invasion Need Not be Feared.
A London despatch says : Mr. Sways -
land, a shoe (rade expert, who made a
tour of the United States on behalf of
the Northampton shoe industry, reports
that English shoemakers need not be
frightened by an invasion 01 American
shoes. The American makers have no
direct advantage over their English
competitors, while they were seriously
handicapped by the fact that the cost of
production in America was 5 per cent.
more than in England. Nevertheless,
Mi. Swaysland says, he found the Amer-
icans far superior In push, sharpness,
and organization, while the operatives
have a whole -hearted belief in the
superiority of their workmanship and
system.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, July 3. - Grain - There is
Do improvement In the demand for
Manitoba wheat from over the cable,
and business continues quiet. The mar-
ket for oats was again dull. There is
little or no change In the syndicate,
holders being fairly firm in tneir views,
and demanding full quotations for the
most part; these are still 42%c store for
No. 4 oats, 43c for No. 3, and 43%c for.
No. 2. Flour -A fairly active business
continues to be done in Spring wheat
Thgrades of flour, and the undertone to
e market remains firm; Manitoba
String wheat, $1.60 to $4.70; strong
bakers', 81.10 to 84.20; winter wheat
patents, $4.30 to $4.40; straight rollers,
$3.00 to 81.10; do, In bags, $1.85 to
$1.00; extras, $1.40 to $1.50. Feed -
There is fair enquiry' for bran for ex-
port account, which might result in
some further business; In shorts and
anouille a fairly active trade is passing;
Mnnitobn, in bags, 18; shorts, 820 to
$21 per ton; Ontario bran, In bngs, 817
k+ $18; shorts, $20.50 to 821; ndlled
rnnuille, 821 to 825 per ton, and straight
grain, 8'23 to $29. Provisions -Barrels
heavy Canada snort out pork, $23; light
short cut, $21.50; barrels clear fat
backs, $22.50; compound lard, 7% to 8e;
Canada pure lard, 11?.; to ltc; kettle ren-
dered. 12% to 13e; hams, 13% to 15c;
breakfast baron, 17 to 18e: Windsor
bacon. 16 to 1G'ac; fresh killed abattoir
deemed hogs, $10.50 to $10.75; alive 87.-
R5 to $8 per 100 1b.+. Eggs Straight re-
ceipts, 16 to 16%c; straight candled, 17
V1 17%e. Buller --Choicest salted cream-
ery. Oy to 21%e; unsettled, 22'/ to
112y.c. Cheese-Ontarios, 11''% to 11%c;
Quebecs, 11 ;c.
UNITED STATES MAiIKEI'S.
Milwaukee. July 3. - Wheat -- No.
1 Northern, 873. to 88%c; No. 2 Northern,
IM',y to 87%c; September. 143%c asked.
Dye -No. 1, 65 to 65%c. Barley -- No.
8, 56e; sample, 54c. Corn -No. 2 cash
61% to 52%c; September, 52%c bid.
Duluth, July 3. - Wheat -- No. 1
Nerlhern, 83%c; No. 2 do., !Inc; July,
N%c; September. 84 ;c; December, 82e.
!Minneapolis. July 3. - Wheat - July
43% to Il.3%c; September, 83 ;c; Drcem
her. 8l3yc; No. 1 hard. 86%e; No. 1
Noi Pierre 85';c: No. 2 Norinern, 83%c.
Flour --First patents. $t.3' to $4.45; sec
end do.. 84.25 to $4.30; first clears. $:t.
M1 to $3.60; second do.. $2.45 to $2.55.
Peen In bulk, 815.25 to 815.50.
A BATTLE FOR LiFE.
Fishermen In Dories Picked 1'p
Taken to 81. John s.
A Halifax, N. S., despatch says : Six
members of the crew of the American
fishing schooner Paragon, who lost
their vessel while fishing In d,.ries on
the Grand Banks on June 17, were
brought In here by the (Meanies Sylvia,
en Wednesday. Eight men were blown
out of sight of their vessel by a severe
north east storm. Three of the dories
(eine together. and the six then decided
(heir only hope for life was to get into
eine dory. All the food ens placed in the
elrengest dory, and the six hien Then
begun a battle for life. For Iwo days
ani} Ngllc they drifter}. cold. wet. an(
holt-famisliod, until within 30 miles of
land, they were picked up by the
sr bonnet' Vera at 5 o'clock in the mrern
Int. A few hours Inter tine remaining
two men were picked up. and all were
en to St. John's.
and
MORE POVERTY AHEAD.
Ranks of Destitute Will Be Swelled
Next Winter.
A Toronto despatch says : The offi-
cials at the immigration office at the
Union Station are becoming anxious
about the new system adopted by far-
mers to hire help. Formerly agreement
would be made for six months or a year,
but owing to Uic immigrants asking as
high as $30 a month, because they know
that help is so badly needed, the far-
mers are now offering 81 a day for terms
of three or four months. This will
mean, as the officials claim, a heavy in-
flux into the city at the approach of
Winter, and a large increase in the
ranks of the destitute.
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FOUR WILL BE HANGED.
Egyptians Sentenced to Death for
Ing Capt. Bull.
A Cairo, Egypt, despatch says : The
trial of the natives concerned in the at-
tack June 13 on the party of five British
officers while the latter were pigeon
shooting at the village of Demshawai,
near Tantah, resulting in the killing of
ono of the officers, Captain S. C. Bull,
of the 6th (inniskilling) Dragoons, and
the serious maltreatment of the others,
has resulted In four natives being sen-
tenced to death, four to penal servitude
for life, and five to receive fifty lashes.
Thirty-one of the accused were acquit-
ted. The executions and the flogging
will occur at Demshawai. All the men
sentenced to death will be hanged by
turns on gallows in the presence of tete
villagers.
Kill -
A MURDERER'S RELICS.
AGRI(L LTI'RAL EXPERT.
Representative of German Government
Tourhig Canada.
A Torunlo despulch suys : Dr. Ilucho,
representative of the Departimeut of
Agriculture of the German Guwermment,
wus at the Parliumenl Buildings on
Wednesday obtaining general informa-
tion and statisUcs from the Department
of Agriculture on the fanning industry
of Ontario. Ile has travelled through-
out the western part of the province,
and intends spending a year travelling
over the best agricultural territory of
Canada. "So far," Dr. Ilucho says,
"Canada is the best agricultural coun-
try 1 have yet seen, and I have travelled
over a con.eiderable portion of the
globe." After touring Canada Dr.
Hucho will go to the United States.
Indirectly he said his reports of Canada
to the German Government would affect
immigration to this country, 1n induc-
ing more Germans to settle here.
"Fifty years ago it was the United States
that attracted Europeans," said the doc-
tor, "but now it is Canada."
ANOTIIER LOAN ON RAILWAY.
Brisk Bidding for Diamond Rings and
Other Effects.
A San Francisco despatch says : The
dianuuul rings and other personal effects
of Milton Andrews, slayer of Bessie
Boulton, at Mount Cutler, in Colorado,
and who, with Nelda Olivia, lured \Vm.
Ellis from Auslrulia to Berkeley, where
they attempted to take his life, were
sold in Oakland on Tuesday at public
auction by the public administrator.
The valuables were those left by An-
drews and the Olivia woman last win-
ter when he killed his companion and
himself In escape the clutches of the
police. The bidding for the gems was
brisk, and from these relics of a life of
crime the estate of the noted criminal
has reaped upwards of 81,000. The
money belonging to the estate Ls to go
to the widow of Andrew, who lives in
the East.
Canadian Capitalists Will Have a Chance
to Invest.
A despatch from Toronto says: The
Provincial Treasurer, Hon. A. I. Mathe-
son, is advertising for a 83,x100,000 tette
with which to complete the Government
railway 94 miles north of New :.iskear 1
and to recoup the amount of -non +y
drawn from the treasury since the ex-
pending of the 86,000,000 English lone.
This latter amount was exhausted last
July and since that time the mo iev ex-
pended on the railroad has been sup-
plied by the provincial chest. Al the
previous loan cleared off all nurst:a rid-
ing liabilities the new one will t o ap-
plied, after the overdraft on 'he Treasury
1s paid off. to the completion r.f the
road. It will be offered for public sub-
scription. at the rate of 3% per cent. In-
terest, payable half -yearly.
EARTHQUAKES IN WALES.
Chimneys and (louses Were Thrown to
the (:round.
A despatch from CudL1f, Wales, says:
Violent earth shocks were experienced
throughout South Wales at 9.45 on
Wednesday norinng. 1louses rocked
and many of the cheaper ones were
damaged. hundreds of chimneys fell,
pictures were shaken froth walls, ccu-
pants of dwellings were thrown to the
ground, and people fled front their
houses, shrieking in panic, with visions
of the San Francisco disaster before
then. Though there were many narrow
escapes front falling chimneys and cop-
ings (here were no casualities so far as
known. Shocks were also felt at fir1s-
tol, Ilfracombe and elsewhere. They
were accompanied by loud rumblings.
BANK ROBBERY CHARGED.
Arrest of G. It. Sanderson, the Former
Accountant.
A despatch from Medicine Hat, Alta.,
says : Geo. If. Sanderson, former ac-
countant in the Union Bank here, was
arrested on Sunday at Ros.•nroll, where
he bus been engaged in the gram busi-
ness for some months. Ile is charged
with misappropriating 81,200 of the
bank's funds last September while act-
ing as teller. 11e has been committed
for trial. Nothing hos yet been learned
of the whereabouts of Crompton,
another defaulting clerk of the snrno
bank, who disappeared a few weeks
ago.
CUTTING SMALL TREES.
Serious Charge Against a Lumber Firm
In Quebec.
A Montreal despatch says: For some
time reports hate been reaching the
Provincial Government Ihnl culling of
immature trees was being prac'i ed by
at least one large lumber cimpuny. and
as a result A. Morency, the expert i'ro-; filed.( The success of the experiment
vinclal culler of Sherbrooke, has been Induced its repetition, and five other
commissioned to make on inspection prisoners are now fervently praying for
LONDON WORSE T19AN CHICAGO
The Slaughtering Plants are in • Bad
Cunditlon.
A despatch (ruin London says: Jacob
Meyer*, editor of the Butchers' Advo-
cate, of New York, after a fortnight's
Investigation Caere, declares that the ma-
jority of English slaughtering plants are
in a worse condition than those in New
York and Chicago.
"let the United States," he said on
Wednesday, "the assembling of cattle,
hogs and sheep and their conversion
into beef, pork and mutton take place
in broad daylight, and anybody may
sec the whole show. In England the
private slaughter -house and petty pack-
ing places are hidden UM uy in remote
streets and lanes, where the inspectors
seldom or never go. Tine cheapest
meals, coining from nobody knows
where, are bought in the open market
to be ground up and preserved in tin,
earthenware and glass, and then sent
by the tens of thousands of packages to
the small shops throughout the coun-
try.
"This part of the industry is of an
utterly wildcat character, with no sup-
ervision, no real knowledge of the sci-
ence of meat preservation, and no sani-
tation except such as individuals may
chance to think worth while.
"1 am compelled to believe that most
of the outcry In England 1s made with
Minted commercial motives. if s0, the
instigators are Incredibly foolish, for
the meat -packing business, irrespective
of nationality, will be involved in com-
mon disaster.
"We feel that no impartial mon, ac-
customed to weighing matters carefully,
could confirm the sweeping denuncia-
tions which have caused so much mis-
chief. The English trade will get the
full force of the boomerang before long,
and then the people en thea side will
have some conception of this loss and
suffering needlessly caused America."
GUARDS DEFIANT.
MAIDS PART WITII TRESSES.
The Annual Hair Fair Held at Limoges.
France.
A Paris despatch says : 'i'1►e market
place al Limoges was filled on Tuesday
with girls bargaining for the hale of
their hair. It was the periodical hair
fair, where dealers find the best tresses
to the world. The girls stood demurely
white dealers from Paris, Berlin, Lon-
don, Moscow and elsewhere critically
examined their hair, and a price being
agreed upon, they accompanied tine
buyers to appointed places to have their
tresses cut off. The prices varied from
43 to 53 francs n pound. One family
unitedly peeled with 86 pounds of hair,
realizing fur it over 4,500 francs ($900!.
REDEMPTION BY PitAYER.
Chinese Criminals Get a Novel Chance
of Escape.
A '1'ien-Tsin despatch says: Yuan
Shite Kai, Viceroy of Chili, delivered an
original judgment the other day in the
case of lit o prisoners, who were liable
be the death penally. He gave then a
chance of redemption by prayer. It Is
it period of extreme drought, ur:d the
Viceroy ordered the nen to prey for
rain. 11 their prayers were not answer-
ed in three days They were to be exe-
cuted. God mercifully sent a small
rainfall, end the prisoners were liber -
Favored Regiment of the Czar in Dis-
grace -Commander Censured.
A SI. Petersburg despatch says: The
contender of the ultra -loyal l'veobajen-
sky Regiment, Gen. Alusnite, to which
belong the men who recently held a
meeting in the guard camp at leresnnye-
Selo and drew up resolutions, addressed
to their commander, upholding all the
actions of Parliament and declaring
that they want no more police duty en-
tailing the slaying of brother or father,
has been severely reprimanded by the
Emperor.
This is the most honored regiment In
the Ilussian service and the reprimand
is the clearest comment possible on the
serious spread of the revolutionary
propaganda In the army.
The i'reohnjensky is the oldest regi-
ment of the Gunrds and has first choice
each year in the selection of recruits
throughout the whole Empire. The
Emperor is titular Colonel of the regi-
ment and almost invariably wears its
uniform on State occasions. The de-
mands of the men, which were published
in full to -day, show clearly by their
adoption of the motto, "One for A11, All
for One," that the movement was en-
gineered by revolutionists. The de-
mands of the first battalion were adop-
ted at a meeting held In the barracks
yard in open defiance of their officers.
instead of this entailing punishment.
their &ends received the respectful
consideration of the commander of the
division. Gen. Ozeroff. who. arriving the
next day. promised to satisfy some -f
them and refer the others to his super-
iors.
and report thereon. It is said that as
many as 80.000 trees have been cut by
one firm. Shoubl this be true aril the
charge preyed, the company would be
linble to n fine of 8:4x11100, at the rate of
$3 a Tree.
8t LPI II E IN s \I 74 %GE:
Analy •ic of II +iuburger ste.iI,. BeIotlnn
Sausage, I:te.
A d. patch from Knnsa• City enys
A clerical nnr+lysis of hnmburger steak•
bologna sausage. loon snuS14:C. I'ulimh
sausage. f.' nkf rtcrs and wieueuwur•15.
bought in the open market from three
lending packing cnmparece. has con -
more rain on behalf of the community,
but more particularly on behalf of them-
selves.
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T110 CENTS FOin AN OUNCE.
Postal lleturms Adopted sit Union Con-
vention at Rorke.
A deepelch 110111 Ottawa says: Ile -
ginning on New Year's tiny. 1907, let-
ters weighing 1111 ounce will be carrie I
throughout the British I•:.i lire for Iwo
g 1
cents. which will tic denhlc the weight
now allowed, half an ounce. This in•
crence in weight also nppliee In nil for-
eign countries. the rale 1,r which i-
ll.rce Cents. Al the inmtuire of 110
t'ritish delegates to the Poste' Unioti
cnnson1ion al 1i„no. jitel closed. this
zinced 1)r. I3. W. l.indnerg. profrecsr.r re y;ul:+!i,.n was a iiidett.
of chemts!ry and l ixicolegy in the hen Auolhcr poetnl reform which woe
sae City Hahnemann Medical College.
Ihnt the stingers" conanine eiind.ifes. in
every sample from iwo 1 .: and in
Iwo nal of rice of the nth, r eine les, sul-
phite were ILwzd.
templed on motion of the ilritish dele-
g•ntes is the Intrude/ tion of n reply caro-
pen, n little postal order to benrer• ex-
chanieatle In any country for a union
pastel', stamp.
DOMINION PARLIAMENT
TELEPHONE CLAUSES.
The telephone clauses to the bill were
taken up, and an amendment was in-
troduced by Mr. Emmerson to the olause
providing for the introduction of a tele-
phone in railway statiais. Ad the
clause rend It gave the board power to
deal with the question of compensation.
The amendment gives tnem power to
order connection upon such terns as to
compensation "or otherwise," 13 It
deems Just and expedient. This great-
ly broadens the power of thk board,
giving it power to consider the whole
question of damages. The amendment
was carried.
Mr. Emmerson introduced a new
amendment to allow connection be-
tween a local line and a long distance
line, but not between two local lines.
Mr. Monk spoke against compelling
interchange of service.
Mr. Alcorn proposed an amendment
le be added to the clause. to enable any
ccrpor:ntion or person operating a rural
ss stem to obtain connection with a
long-distance line or with any other ru-
ral system. After n shnrt discussion.
Um amendment was defeated by 36 to.
21.
ANXIOUS TO END SESSION.
The House will sl( next Saturday. but
not on Monday (Dominion Day). Efforls
arc being put forth to secure proroga-
tion not later than Saturday week.
COMMANDEERED STREET CAR.
Fracas Between Motormen and Sol-
diers of Rockliffe Camp.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Sever-
al soldiers are under arrest in the guard
tents at the Rockliffe camp. More than
a score will likely lose their etficlency
pay, arid there is considerable excite-
ment among the military men and the
employes of the Ottawa Electric Com-
gany as the result of a fracas between
soldiers and street car inen at Rock-
liffe about 11 o'clock on Tuesday night.
Angered because the motormen would
not take them further than the pavillon
at the perk, the last car for the camp
having left, a number of soldiers return-
ing from Britannia attempted to force
IN motormen to run the care to the
camp. Then they took charge them-
selves, and ran one car to the camp.
The city and Dominion police were
called.
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FOR PURE FOOD.
Bill 1s Agreed on by Senate and House
of ReprescnlotRes.
A \Vnshingtnn despatch says : The
Pure Food Bill wa-. agreed upon by the
conferees for the Senate and House on
Wednesday, and was reported to the
Senate just before adjournment.
The bill, as agreed upon, makes it a
misdemeanor to manufacture, sell, or
offer for sale any article of food, drugs,
medicines, or liquors which is adulter-
ated or misbranded or which contains
any poisonous or deleterious substance.
It prercr!bes for each offence a fine not
to exceed 8500. one year's imprison-
ment, or both, and for each subsequent
offence a fine of not less than $1,000 or
one year's imprisonment.
Section two prohibits the introduction
into any Stale or any foreign country
er stn,, shipment to any foreign country
of any arucie adulterated or rids -
Vended. under penally not exceeding
n fine of $200 for the first offence and
8300 or one years imprisonment, or
both. for each subsequent offence.
Concerning shipments to a foreign
country it is provided that no artiele
shell be deemed misbrn►+ded or adul-
teraled when no substance is used In
ennflict of the lows of the foreign coun-
try for which it 1s intended.
EDUCATING TIIE DOUKlORORS.
Delegates Sent by Philadelphia Quakers
Report Great Semis'.
A despatch from Winnipeg says ;
Delegate+ sent by the Philadelphia
Quakers to initiate the work of education
among the Doukhobors have returned
front visiting the rontnunities, and re-
port most encouraging success. They
have ignored Peter \'erigen In their
negotiations, and found Rte people quite
willing to secure educational facilities.
Several schools will be built in various
villages by the Qunkers. and teachers
will he sent.
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FIItl AT et MON. R.C.
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WIFE i4EFUSED HIM MONEY.
Double
Tragedy Followed at Buffalo
Last Night.
A despatch from Buffalo says: Frei!
Haas, of Cleveland, on Wrranjefday
night shot and instantly killed his wife,
Maud Haas, probubly fntaily w•000ttee.
Mrs. Ida McElroy, of 139 Oak Street,
and then shot himself througn the head,
dying a few minutes later. Mrs. Haas'
refusal to supply her husband with
money was the cause of the murder.
HIDING IN A VAT.
Much -Wanted Anarchist Captured In
Spanish Province.
A despatch from Madrid says: An
Anarchist, who is believed to be Pnrros
Avino, wanted in connection with the
attempt to kill King Alfonso and Presi-
dent Loubet in Paris, was arrested on
\\ednseday at Ubeda, Province of Jaen.
lie was aiding in a vat in the garden
of a well known Carlisl. The man
has been going about disguised as a
pilgrim, selling images of saints.
Fifteen 1ho•. Dem :toed Change of
wee' Sated Town.
A dee; e!, h from entrees) it.(:.. says :
Sixteen Veen ' e on the 1 andv Read wrr
destroyed nn Monday he n lire which
wac etarhvl by a child playing with
matches. For seine lime the (own woe
In danger of teeing wiped net. but a
ih:,nr:r of wind snveul it. The lots 15
about $ 2,(O. with very 11;11c insurance.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
VANHORNE ROBBED.
Summer Residence Rifled of 8100 o1
Goods and Silver.
A St. John, N. B., despatch sny.s
When the summer residence of Sir Win
tient C. VnnHorne, on Ministers' Islund,
St. Andrew's, was opened on Tuesday
afternoon it was found that burglars
had been through the place and had
Cleaned out the linen and silver closets,
carrying off fully $1,000 worth of goods.
INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS.
OmmiNo
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER Ttlb
GLOBE.
Telegraphh•. Briefs From Our Own and
Oiler Countries of Recent
Occurrence.
CANADA.
The late Provincial Detective John
Murray lett an estate valued at $40,076
The Provincial Government hue ! :-
NEGROES AS SOLDIERS
AFRICAN 'RIDES 111:1Jt1'1'rl:D IN TIS
111IITISII ARNIV.
Equipment and Discipline of Black War-
riors fur West African
Warfare.
It can be safely said of most of the
West African tribes recruited in the Brit-
budy
take
the
ish seri ice that they are a spieidi
of men, who take lighting as lhi
their binchi (Iluusa for food). In
Blared the Tenuagani forest reaC•te to cnly time they are ever known 0 eat -
le. a raining division. l grumble is w hen +ruvisnons are (hard
are
Ancaster 'Township Council taking lugrumbleobtain. The ration allowance . sae -
legal s -
legal steps to have 111! Ilamilton `au vice is one or two yams per' diem, it-
turiumd removed from the township. cording to size. This dietary is, how -
is sal ► ever, regulated by circumstances, and
shortly announce the appointment of a not infrequently they are left to their
commission for the revision of the On-
tario statutes.
At Winnipeg a ms,vement has been
inaugurated to organize a stock ex-
change, and a majority of the brokers
favor the project.
The will of Miss Elizabeth Orkney of
Montreal bequeaths $800.000 to hospital,
charitable and church associations, and
$50,600 to the Art AsFocialion.
Cecil Word, of Edmonton, on behalf
of an English company, has purchased
half a million acres near the Albcrtian
capital from the C. P. 11.
The census enumerators along the
"Sco" line in Saskatchewan have gone
on strike objecting to the wages. The
Mounted Police may do the work.
Bag'on Komura, the famous Japanese,
who -Inas been appointed Ambassador to
England, will pass through Canada on
his way to London. He sails for Van-
couver on July 261h.
The new Macdonald Agricultural
College at Ste. Anne do Bellevue, with
82,000,000 endowment, has been trans-
ferred to the trustees of McGill Univer-
sity.
J. L. Carpenter, head lineman of the
H.. G. k 13., on Friday, grasped a live
wire while working on a construction
car near Bcnmsville and was thrown off
the car and fatally injured.
The erection of 38 fine residences '.s
well under way at Welland for the par-
tial accommodation of the 500 or 600
employes of the Plymouth Cordage
Company. The houses are all on
modern plans, and will be owned by
the company.
A new bridge across Niagara River
for railway and general Iratllc purposes
is authorized by a bill to incorporate
the Trans -Niagara Bridge Company,
passed by the Railway Committee of the
House of Commons.
The turning basin, which the Domin-
ion Government is about to build on the
Welland canal at a cost of 8200,000,
will make it convenient for even the
largest boats to turn about. Situated
between the M. C. R. and the town
bridges south of Welland, it will bor-
der on the properties of the Cordage
Company and of M. Beattie k Co.,
dredge builders. A. wharf will also be
built.
Number for Eleven Months of Fiscal
Year Was BLOW
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
total number of immigrants who nrrlve.l
in canticle for the 11 months ending
May last were 15:t,0:+3. Of these 102,251
came by ocenn ports and 50.842 from the
United States. The increase for the it
months from n11 quarters was 26,151, or
a little over 20 per cent.
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WINNIPEG'S S CENTURY.
Population Over the Hundred Thousand
Mark -The Assessment.
A despatch from Winnipeg says : The
Assessment Commissioner's report
shows the city's population to be 101.-
057, of w h to 16.976 are school children.
The total assessable property is valued
at 800.511,725, and exemptions at
$15,128,030.
COLORS AND CON'I'Mi'TION.
A French physician, Dr. Stengel. de-
clares Unit the color of the Mothcs which
o consumptive should wear is very Ina.
portant. The clothing should be of a
kind which allows const light In pene-
Iralc it. light having a favorable effect
on consumptives. Dr. Mongol recorn-
n1end, while stuffs. as Ihey allow the
largest number of chemical rays 10
pass through Them, and absorb no cal•
ore l rays. \White linen. while velvet,
white cotton or cloth. but not while
silk. may 1>.' limed. Next to while the
test colors are blue and violet.
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The Persian :tall nosn(lnr tins com-
pinined to the Turkish Gotern►ncnt of
the further despulch of Ironpe and
a:bouilions to the i'ersion frontier,
i pointing out that it constitutes danger
On the good relations existing between
the two cot:nlrite.
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own resources to mid food when it is not
possible to obtain supplies at friendly
villages. The native will never admit
t:aving erten sufficient, and will, when
questioned oiler a hearty meal, invari-
ably place IN; hand on a hugely ex-
tended stomach, and, with a smile on his
face, say, "Babu binchi" (No food).
The bases from which the expeditions
are fitted out and start are at Sierra
Leone, Accra, Axim, Gold Coast, with its
military headquarters at Coomassic; La-
gos and northern and southern Nigeria,
with their respective bases at Lokoga
and Calabar the whole comprising the
\Vest African Frontier Force, under the
Colonial Office, and officered by officers
seconded from their respective regi-
ments from all parts of the British Fin-
pire.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Empress of Britain and Empress
of Ireland will make Neville a port of
call.
Thos. Charles Agar-Robnr(es, member
for Cornwall, Eng.. has been unseated
for entertaining voters.
flight (fon. S. Buxton is in communi-
cation with the Canadian Government
in the hope of securing a low rale of
postage on British magazines and news-
papers.
UNITED STATES.
The Attorney -General of the United
Slates will prosecute the Standard Oil
Trust.
Colton manufacturers at Fall River
have granted to their operatives an in-
crease of 14 per cent.
Paterson, N.J., resents being dubbed
a centre of anarchy and will sue pub-
lications who publish offensive articles
of this nature.
At last the United States Senate has
stamped its approval of the lock system
for the i'anama Canal. The work will
now be prosecuted vigorously.
The Pacific mail steamer Korea
sailed from Frisco on Thursdny with
500 destitute Chinese returning to China
at the expense of the Chinese Govern-
ment.
The carelessness of one man in step-
ping on the side of a launch In which
there was a party of six, and tipping it
until the boat capsized, resulted in the
drowning of four inen in the Delaware
River. now Philadelphia.
During the funeral of Michael O'Con-
nor at Marion, Ohio, on Wednesday,
ilev. Joseph Denning told how the blind
mother. Mrs. Anna O'Cnnnnr, 8O years
old, had dreamed her son was dead on
the night 1,e died in Austin, Texas.
"She beheld t►ia form draped in a shroud
and knew her boy was dead before the
soil news came by telegram," suid the
puncher.
Three sanitary inspectors me making
a thorough Investigation of the small
packing pinnts throughout Chicago.
ACTIVE SERVICE KIT.
The fitting up of an expedition is by
no means such a long and difficult un-
dertaking as ttie uninitiated would sup-
pese, for the active service kit of the
West African native soldier is by ac
means a large or luxurious one. It
consists of:
1 blanket and cloak (a waterproof sheet
el now often carried instead of 0110 or
both of the articles).
1 khaki shirt.
1 pair of khaki knickers.
1 pair sandals.
1 pair puttees.
Rifle and bayonet, belt, haversack,
etc.
The officer himself is at the most al-
lowed only seven carriers; the load that
each carries may not exceed sixty
pounds. This total of 420 pounds em-
braces provisions for perhaps two
months camp equipment, such as bed,
Lath, cooking utensils, etc., and does
not permit, as can be readily imagined,
of the Inclusion of any unnecessary ar-
ticles. No more odd spectacle can 1,0
Imagined than to see a column of these
fine swarthy negroea marching along
in Indian file, ns most of the paths aro
not }:road enough for any other way,
each carrying, in most cases, his rifle
and perhaps a yam or two balanced on
his head. It matters not whether the
load be of sixty pounds or a box cf
matches, for preference he will carry
1t on his head.
Naturally, In a country suctfrit- this,
where the rainy season is of such long
duration, expeditions into the interior
can only be undertaken between the
months of December and May, which is
the dry season.
TRIBES CHIEFLY ENLISTED.
So mnny tribes are recruited from, It
would be too great a task to enumerate
the various types fully. in northern NI-
geria the Hausa is chiefly enlisted. Ile
is a Mohmminedan and is a born fighter.
The battalion at Lagos is also mainly
composed of Hawses, who come down
trading from Kano, Sokoto, ?.aria and
ether up -country places. Then (here Is
the Fulani. who is -though not so er-
dent a soldier as the Hausa, being usu-
ally engaged in cattle ralafng-1n fea-
tures and color quite different from the
Houma.
The Yomha, who comes from the La-
gos Ilinterinnd. is inclined to tae of s
more cheerful dsposition than the Hausa,
and is a much cleaner soldier, enjoying
when possible a dilly wash, to whic
the Hausa, like most other natives, has
usually no great affinity. Though it
cannot be snld that the Yomba is a hete
ter fighter than the Hausa, he has the
very desirable qualification of remain-
ing steadier under fire, so that It Is best
when possible to operate with a mixed
body of Hauges and Ynmbas. The
maintenance of antler and dI line Is
n diflleult task with suet bodies of men,
and it needs one possessing a good
temper, patience and tact at the head of
affairs.
DOES NOT BEAR MALICE.
One strong point in favor of the Well
African soldier Is that he does not bear
malice for any punishment inflicted up-
on him. His confidence in the justness
and impartiality of the Refuel (white
man) Is so strong as to quite obliterate
r.ny feelings of resentment. The usual
answer given to the question, "Are you
'fit' to do" a certain thing, put to a
soldier, is, "Supposln' you tell me make
1 go do so, 1 go do so."
Taking Into consideration the fact Met
the Welt African soldier receives the
Thr truth of the claim innde by the big same pay as the British Imperini sold!.
peckers that the former really were to er, I. e., 1 shilling per diem, with 1 shil-
hlnnne fur the meal scandal will be ling per diem good conduct pay. an 1
tested. is really more generously treated in the
Mr;. Charles Skinner, nf in' kaon, way nf kit. his lot Is by no merle a
Penn.. n 71 -)rear -rid woman who on poor one. since he can support himself
\Veenecdny took her first ride on a and his family on about 3 perm per
railroad train, was so frightened that diem. . Nothing could better illustrte
the train was stopped and r.he wits per- the unhealthiness M the climate In niece
milled to alight owing to fear that slie
would die of fright.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine years
in the penitentiary is the penally Im-
posed upon Show Williams, a ncgrn,
for catching n young white woman by
the foot. The negro entered the girl's
room fit Belton. Texo7, n few night's
ago and seized her by the foot, but her
screams brought aid and he was
arrested.
The parents of Miss Sarnh Rhodes, a i'
Urbana. Ohio, who wee thought to be
ill from overwork at the University of
Pennsylvnnia. on Thursday received
word That she coughed up a needle. The
parents remember that when she was a
small child she had • needle broken off
parts than the granting by the Colonial
Ofllre of four months leave, not count-
ing the vnynge to and fro, after ever"
twelve months reeidenlinl servlee alit
there on full pry. And It is n hard met -
ter to get permiselnn. should one .Ieire
i1, in remnin n shnrl while nvertinie. A
medical exnminntinn is held and a reefs
entirely with the doctors As to whether
the applicant Is permitted to do so of
not.
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RI'flflE I HEELED TI:NANfu.
A New Ynrk lnrn.ilnrd. whn resns a
number ef flat build.ngs. new ineledrs
in hls IPnses a clause compelling ten-
•nts and thelr servants to w, fir rubber
heels, for which the land} ,fit pays.
In her arm, end the Woe ora been t0 Heretofore many ?lets have Leen vncent
her body all these yeah. eyeing to the incessant nnlan merle In the
GENERAL. UM esrridors and etalrwaye Now the
Tie Japans Mlalslar of Plienoe tenants ere notwiets, all the oats are
will probsbl/ tlboiw a enteilentlal nim 1.1, and the landlord buys rubber bool
plw. bear M the buadred.