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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1901-7-17, Page 7Tik Eig IN 11 THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. interestin Items About Our Own Cetintry, Cireat Britain, the United States, ann., Ali Parts of the Otobei Condensed end Asserted for eeey Ran' being treasferred from the Eastern' Penitentiary to Efraire Reformatory, jumped front a railway train going 30 miles an hour a.ncl escaped. Official crop reports for this year - show that wheat averages slightly better than- last year; oats showed a decrease; barley an .increaee, and rye is above the average, while. cori is reduced. Plans are now ,under way for the organizatiori a a large brick con- solidation to take over various brick companiesin New England and New Yorkincluding the New Exigland .Brick Company. Director -General Buchanan, of the Pan-American EXposition, has in- vited the mayors of some 0000 cities and towns of Canada and the einitea States to visit the exhibition on Municipal Day, August 26. The report of the United States Treasury Department shows that the total value of precious stones im-- ported into the country hist year was $21,010,053, a sign of prosper- ity. aud much above the total of any other year. As a starter Henry E. Weaver has banded $1,500 to the Mayor of Chi- cago to estublish baths for the poor of that city. Mr. Weaver expresses a hope that .other rich Inen will help to give the people their right. to the use of the lake. The last census shows that 28. - people in the United States live in cities inid towns of over 4,000 population. This is :17.3 per cent. of the entire population, a gala of almost. 5 pig cent. since the census of 1600. CANADA. Montreal Board of Trade may sir a • erect a. new building, The Duke of York will open the- • new G.T.R. building at Montreal. Mr. P. Laval was run over and killed by a street car at Hamilton on Saturday. ^Or Mayor Morris, of Ottawa, propos- es a combination of municipalities. to secure -cheaper coal. The Government will probably ed. vertise for tenders for a 23 -knot At- lantic service. The smallpox outbreak cost Lon- don $1,800. They had expected it would reach $5,01U0. Mr. V. T. Emerson. of Ottawa, has • invented a torpedo boat which he. claims for its size will be the fastest boat in the world. The striking 'Fraser Myer 'Wier - men claim to have 47 Jepanese nut. • rooned on an Wand. in the bey to prevent them fit'oni wonting.. 3 The Hamilton Aesesement Bepart- ittent is thinking Of increasing the, Iitimiltun Street Railway Company s aseessment, following the example of Toronto. The City of Wienipep was refused leave to appeal by, the e'rivy Lotiocil from a judgment of the Supeenei Catirt eeetupting C.P.11. pr..1 front school taxes. At Winuipeg tlui fiftieth annivere the pastorete of the late Dr. ea Butter. -Choice qualities in good -celebrated on September tie with vor beim.; coward% many German the past. _s_o _fair_ as its. cemuicetinn I demand and firm. but, off granes bard great eeremouy by city rreebyterg soldiers are returning from China to. with the railroad is coneirn a ' -"heti to sell. Pound roils job at 16 to . phones, equipigd with phonographs. into; large nuns. 14 to 15,e: seinen., ians. be iniprisimed. so that an exact, teeord of overY ed dairy tube 16 to 164. tlairv.. Zdalit*.9,r Rtolsoll, of the lidereolon- 'Violent hail Monate have ruined iai, thietie the mile fen:: boat for, tho crops in the Provime of Saga transport ins tritii4 across the : eeineeei spina. Straite of Canso is the iiiieet in Ala- teinitti t„e„e of tho /donut iinao, It ie said at Chicago that 20,000 members of the Enilownient Rank of the Knights of Pythias are expected to give up their polities aud aband- on their iusurance as a result of the propoeed rise in the rates -a. vise of 53 per cent on an average. GENERAL. The Italian railwa,y engineers and firemen threaten a strike. END OF A GODDESS, Had Fooled Hundreds, of People fer Two Years or More. A despatch from Boraleay says: - The career of the • Bombay fasting lady, Doi Premabal, who was alleged' to have taken no food for two years and a. quarter, and was in conse- quence elevated by the Hindoos to the status of a goddess, bas come to a sudden, close. The .conamittee of doctors and lay - erten, beaded by Sir Falchingire, Krishna, M. D., which was formed, with the lady's consent, to investi- gate the matter, placed her in the charge of a European lady doctor and four European nurses. by whom she was to be watched night and day. After three days the goddess was found to be very weak and exhaust- ed, but she said it was only a tem- porary indisposition and would soon pnss away. On the fourth day she asked that bei• feet might be sham- pooed. While the operation was being per- formed, 13:ti Preautbai seems to have endeavored to make a surreptitious meal of cooled vegetables and nuts. The food.- bowever, was in an ad- vanced stage of decomposition, and in a few moments the whole secret was out. The goddess had food con- cealed in her dress. So the. fraud. which has been ex- tremely prolituble 1,o Bat Preumbai and her friends. bas come to an ig- nominious end, and the lady is nov; under police protection so that ber It is supposed that Vesuvius is get- ting ready for another big eruption. "friends" shall do no injury to her. IARKETS OF THE WORLD Prices of Cattle„Che3”, Grata, .4.1 • in the Leading Markets, -Toronto-, • July 16. -Wheat - The wheat market, was firmer to -day, with offetiugs restricted. No. 2 white and. red .eviziter •would have Leen, taken at 61c, north and •west, and at 62e, middle freight, but hold- ers asked. inure. No. 1 spring is Voted at Oa to 6e, on 'Midland, and No. 2 goose at 59 to 60e. .reici- die freight. Manitoba wheat -Quiet, with No: 1 bard quoted at 70c, grinding in transit; No. 2 at '77e, and No. 3 at 72e. For Toronto and West 2c lower. Millfeed. - The Market is steady. Bran. quoted at $1.L50, middle freight, and shorts at $1$. middle' freight. Corn. -The market is quiet, with offerings small. No. 2 Canadian yellow quoted at 40e west, and mixed 40c west. On track here the _quotation is 46e. Rye. -The market is dull, with prides nominal at 46c, middle freight Buckwheat. -Market dull, with prices purely nominal. Peas. -Nothing Barley. -Market is steady; No. 2 t quoted at. 41c. middle freight, and at •40e, high freight. Outs. -The demand is fair.. with sales to -day of several ears of No. 2 white at 30e, high freight, and of 10 000 bah. at 301e. middle freight. Flour. -Trade continues quiet. with ex orters not offering more than --Easy; Ne. 2 red, 73e asked; No. 1 white would bring '74c. Corn -High- er; No. 2 yellow, 51*e; No. 34o., 5.I.Se; No. 2 •corn, 51c; No. clo., 50fe through billed. Oats -Quiet ; .No. 2 white, 35/c; No. 2 mixed, 34c. Barley -Spot offered 50 to 0.4e. Rye -Dull; No. 1, 55e asked on treick and in store. Detroit, July 16. -Wheat closed - No. 1 white. cash, 67ne; No. 2 red, cash, 66aci July, ettec; Septenther, 66te. St, Louis, July 16. -Wheat closed -Casla 60te; Jaly, 60Sc; September, 6Iac. TO HARVEST THE CROP. North-West Said to R? i1! Twelve Thousand Men. A despatch from Toronto says: - Twelve thousand 'farm, laborere will be required from Eastern Oaexede, to harvest the enermous wheat crop which it is expected nianitobe. and the Northwest will yielci this year. This aumber approximatety what it is thoualet will have to be sup - LARGEST OUTBREAK. There Were 98 Cases or $znalipox in Brant County, A desliatch from TO l'Ont0 .$1.3,ys Dr 0. A. Horigetts leas returned Voile investigatiug the exiialipex Qt- brcsi ot Scotland, in Brant Coulee tyi The disease existed in the town-. is plied from outside sources et the together since April ne less than 98 - ships of Burford, Oakland and Md.. great crop is to be safely harvested. eases bana Dr. Hodgetta vieited. 3a argi while official figures have not "holeses, mid foaled there had been, ale LIVE STOOK ARKET. Government it is likely that the fig- is smalipox modified by vac - of smallpox or varioloiel Of the remeining per yet come forward from the Manitoba doetieen the Westeru, cattle market todoy correct. sone who were in the iateeted houses, Toronto, July 16. -The receipts at tires given will be found practieally were 80 car loads of live stock, in- 45 bad been successfully vaccinated, chiding 1,25n cattle, 1,234 sheep and thus forlaing a, striniog contrast, the lambs, 1,000 hogs, 50 calves, and 20 ;Mien eaves. The enquiry all round was good, prices were well maintained and an early clearance was effected. Tile export cattie was of a. good quality, and trade was briele. Goon to choice shippers ranged frona to 51e per pound. and light shippers are worth. from 4f to nitic per pound. About everything sold. The butcher cattle beta today was as a rule a little better off in quality but for good. stuff quotations are steady, at from 4 to Cie per pound, and for picked lots 10 to lac over was Paid; Medium to common stock was uuchanged. but come of the poorer stun was slow of sale. There was a. slow enquiry for ettaters; not litany here, aud prices nominally uuchangede Good feedeis tire scarce, steady and wanted. The small stuff was in ample sup- ply, but everything sold at steady, unchangea prices. There wati an up- „ $2.50 west for 00 per cent. patents RAILWAY TELEPIIONES. buyeest sacks. Straight rollers in barrels for Lower Provinces, $'3, and Manitoba patents. 34. and T I tile Communication Be. strawc bakers', wuril tendency in choice ewes. 0 Cal all Oatnieal..-nlarket quiet and steady. tween Stations to be Given Up. Car iots nt n3.65 in bags. and *3.75 A despatch from Scranton, Pa., in wood; srao.11 lots 20e extru. says; - Telegraphic communication between stations of the Delaware. Lackawanna ae Western Railroad will DAIRY MARKETS. 0•111•.1.enT11. Bled; in the Kiltioutin church will be within a few months be a t o Export ewes fetch from. $3.23 to .83.40 per cwt. Bucks sell at 2fr to %lc per pound. Butcher sheep (culls) are worth from $2.50 to 83 each. i Sluing lambs are worth $2.50 to word spoken .can be obtained, are be- tins. crociis, and pails. 14 to 141e ; ass rapidly brit 'tilted for tale tele- einni grades. ea 1.1e. cre;tra.., graph keys. This experituent has ery prints. 20e; do. solids, 10 tea been tried on the Norris and Iteeeic tote. Eggs. -The market IS' steady with elicit. It can carry til ciare or a been imported ieto Marseilles from ; division of the railroad. and is tiaiii dowint paseileiar 3.Ioug nous. 'by General Malinger Thomas E. froid Mittel te Las been iippointed Palmy. the new Itus,ian harbor Clarh to have provini more s:ttistime. A l'renell:-.C.1:4.adi.ut nan:ed Chide - dein uthisaute ott venetian pa_ fineni4t..4PlourtthieNrotImett.is said to be the tory than even its moet, sanguine holdlor tars ant tenni led. All the chic Reilwity. lie is only fhb years at of ;leg and when he arrieeil iiiontel China has granted a coucersion nom himenni ta„in ihf„ 1,,,at.3 quite San tlim Bay, with the right to • build railways, to a group of Ital- ians. The Czar's affectionate treatment. of the crippled soldiers returned from China bus produced a giettt MONO of popular emotion. During the six mouths ending Juno 30 German emigration returns reach- ` ed. 65,742, as compared with 55,821 for a corresponding period of last year. Jules Devoyod, the famous bari- tone. in accordance with a dream, in uneducated. Hie tedary rail be *8. - OW a GREAT BRITAIN. London is short of ice. Carnegie still has X50,00%000 to give away. . King Edward will 'visit Homburg July antli. The ionntiations of St. returs Ca- thedral. at Loudon, are considerea unsefe. The Laved. contrail. for 30 locomo- tives for the Bunnell railways has who+ he had a premonition shadow - been secured by British builders. Ina his deal h. fell dead on the stage at Moscow while bowing to applause. Sir Edwin Arnold, who bus lost Death was due to rupture of a blood - the use of his lege through paralysis and become totally blind, fears he veseel near the heart. will never again be able to eee. Turkish garrisons at and Vodena, not having been paid for a long time, succeeded in effecting en- trance to the Government treasuries in the places where they were sta- tioned, awl divided among themsel- ves the money in the treasury build- ing's. lt is uulikeiy that a bill will be in- troduced this session to alter the King's title, although an ugreement hue been :Arrived at by the Govern- ment. Losses of more than $1,01,10.000 are estimated as the 3....initt of the ticottish oil companies' attempt to light the Standard Oil cenipetleion in paraffin wax. Last month 8,665 Irish emigrants left their country, and a Parliament- ary enquiry as to the cause of the constantly increasing emigration is suggested. For equipping a hospital corps for service itt South Africa. J. J. Van Alen, an American, is to receive a. decoration at the hand of King Ed- ward VII. It is rumored that the King, who was inclined to it conciliatory policy with regard to the Boers, ie bitterly incensed at attacks on the .Army, and suggests that the sternest mea- sures be pursued to subdue South Africa. One of the highest of high Prices paid for jewels and works of art in London recently was £20,000 paid by a jeweler for a. necklace of 421 graduated pearls, with a clasp set with emeralds, brilliants, and rose diamonds, belonging to a. "French fAk - UNITED STATES. The machinists' strike at Newport News, Va., is declared off, Baltimore brewery has been sold at auction for $3,500,000. The reason United States Consul Stowe of Cape Colony is returning home is the inadequacy of his salary. e Wm. Nolan shot A. 31. Palmer dead at Auding, Miss., for ii-W0a/ing in the presence of a girl whom both loved. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the ex-Presidehe of the Confederacy, who is ill at Portland, Me., is greatly improved. Mr. Radford, an ice man. of East New York, is ill in a hospital, and Mrs. Radford, his wife, is delivering the ice just as usual. At Denver, Col., Esther Oliver, four years old, bit into a stick of • dynamite thinking it was candy. The child's head was blown nearly . oft. A striking moulder at, York, Pat for, violating the Court's 'injunction against picketing, was Deed. $250 , and costs and 30 days' imprison- ment. Drought is causing great damage to the crops le Kansas, in the Red River 'valley, and in the Northwest. Millions of dollars may be lost to the farmers, Fifteen thousand acres of wheat went up in .flames °A. Grand Beud. Tile fire Was started by an unknown' men throwing a lighted cigar into a field of wheat stubble. Wm. Burns, a prisoner who was TO RESIST BOERS. *I each. Hogs are steady and omit:owed- The teat price ior "siegere" is 7ee per pound; thick fat and light hogs are worth 6tc per pound. Hoge to fetch the top price must be of prime (pantie, end eeele not below 160 nor above 200 pounds. Following is tile range of quota - fine, fresh stock eelliug at lie to , Cattle. 12c per dozen in ease tote. Seconds. 100. Cheese.-Idarket quiet and prices - branches of the Delaware. Inichaa steady. Full cream,. September. Otis; • wauna ni Western system are being do ot to °Lin equipped with the phonographic tele- phones. and within a few months, according to Mr. Clarke's estimate, 001110,in line from New York to Buf- falo will be operated by the UAW Natives Will Defend Their Borders to the Death. A despatch from Cape Town says: --The Cape Times on Friday, refer- ring to the Boer raid into the Trans- kei, declares that defence measures have been adopted by the natives to protect their stock, property and lives, which are menaced equally with Europeans. Therefore the em- ployment of Kaffirs, armed after their own fashion, is fully justified. The paper adds that while the na- tives were employed as border guards during the previous Boer invasion. of the Herschel district they conducted themselves in a manner worthy of all praise. Commandant Fouche must therefore take the consequences. Details of the raid into the Trans- kei show that Fouche, after sacking the small town of Rhodes, attacked Maclear, the seat of a. magistracy, fifty miles east of Darkly East. ,The town lies in a basin surrounded by high ground, which the small gar- rison occupied. righting went on for three days, and the enemy had several casualties. The defenders consisted of the town and district guards. Colonel Dalgety, io command of the Cape Mounted Rifles, has now entered Maclear. The Boers have left the district, and are now wan- dering in the neighborhood. 1 ,. I . . REVEREND FIREBRANDS. "FORT CA:NADA." South African Constabulary Like Their Work. I. despatch from Ottawa. says :- In a. private letter written from KruaarSdoeli. Capt. Lawless. • of the South African Constabulary, says his command has just finisbed con- structing a. fort which they have caned Fort Cunada. At Krugers- dorp they built three block -houses, seven feet high, and with a. five-foot radius. Through these block -houses aro loopholes. The men are con- stantly sniping at the Boers. Just a couple of days before the letter was sea one of the men was shot from ambush by a Boer. In fact the enemy pretty well surround the station. The work is hard, but we are in perfect health and like the life," he says. With Lawless are Capts. Bristol and Bennett. Passionate Appeal to Dutch Clergy . to Cease Inciting Boers. A despatch from Bloemfontein says :-The Rev. Mr. Kuhn, officiat- ing Dutch Reformed minister . at Thalia, Naha, publishes a passionate appeal to the Dutch elergy to cease •ineiting the Boers to continue the war. He declares that their encourage- ment is directly responsible fon its continuance, as proved by the fact that in speaking to those still in the field and telling how. ruinous to themselves was the prolongation of the struggle the answer invariably was :- 'Whyethen, is the Dutch Reformed Church, both here amd,in Cape Col- ony, still on our side ? Why is the Rev. Andrew Murray still on our side Mr. Kuhn adds :-"Your not tell - them, a positive command to cone them g positive command lo • con- POLICE GUARD. 01••••••••••••• DRESSED HOGS AND PROVI-e- SIONS. Dressed Hogs are unebanged here at $9.2$ to $0.75. ling products Arm, as follows: -Bacon, long clear, l ton and ease lots, lie. l'ork--Mess, •I t eanolied Illerits.-Hums. 131 to 14e; $1 50; do. short cute $21. breakfast, bacon, 14 to 15e: rolls, lit -lo 12. backs, 141e, and should- ers, Ile. Lurd.-Pails, llet to llet; tubs. .114c; tierces, lac. Special Protection for the Ifeir- .Apparent in Canada. A despatch from Ottawa says: - Special interest is being taken in the arrangements for the protection of the Royal party while they are in Canada, and that the arrangements fpoile-tethis protection. will be very °ma- n is stated that the secret police will be considerable augmented for the time the Duke is in. Canada, and that only picked men will be engaged. All trains arriving in cities where the Royal visitors are staying will be closely watched for suspicious characters, and if anyare found, it is said they will be arrested and de- tained until it is deemed safe to set them free again. THE- NEW OBSERTATORY. Expected to be Equipped and. Ready for Use in the 'Year. A. despatch from Ottawa says :- Work on the new Government Obser- vatory at the Central Experimental Farrn will be begun within a month, and the institution is expected to be equipped and ready for use in the course of the year. It will be sit- uated at the north side of the farm, which is the most accessible point from the electric railway' line. The standard time, which is now obtain- ed for Ottawa daily from McGill •University, will be furnished by the new observatory, the 152 -inch: equa- torial telescope for which is now being Constructed in Cleveland.. SIGNALLERS CAUGHT. British Capture Two of the Enemy's Heliographs. • A despatch from Bloenafontein says: -During the operations % round Petrusburg Rimington's Scouts cap- tured a Boer captain, a sergeant, and nine men whom they detected signalling from a hill with a helio- graph. leiraington's Scouts quietly sur- rounded and stormed the position, whereupon the Boma surrendered without firing a shot. Two helio- graphs were also captured., Shippers. per cwt 81.75 Do., light 4.25 Butcher. choice, 110 4.00 Butcher, ord• tu good 3.2o Butcher, inferior... 2.75 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt3.25 Yearlings, grainfed.cwt 4.00 Culled sheep, each 2.50 Lambs, spring, cache2.50 Bucks, per cwt..... 2.50 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each '10.00 --ainalv?s. each 2.00 Hogs Choice hogs, per cwt6.75 Light hogs, per cwt6.50 • Ilea.vy hogs. per cwt0.50 Stags, per cwt 0.00 MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, July 16. -The markets show little cbange. "The grain mar- ket continues. quiet. Ontario Sour Is becoming very scarce. Buyers have so cleaned tip the mnrket, ow- ing to low freight rates, that ninny millers in -Ontario have closed down, while others are on the point of do- ing so. .Thoy are consequently writ- ing their agents ia this city to tane no further orders in these brands. Grain -No. 1 Ontario spring wheat, afloat, .May 73c; peas. 77e, afloat. No. 1 oats, $51c; No. 2 oats, 34e to 35c; buckwheat, 58e; rye, 55c, and No. 2 barley, 50e. Flour, Manitoba patents, $4.20; strong bakers', $3.00 to $4; straight rollers. $3.30 to $3.45, in bags 31.60 to $1.65; On- tario patents. $3.75 to $4. Feed - Manitoba bran at $13.50 to 314; shorts, $16; Ontario bran in bulk, $15 to 316; shorts, in bulk, $15.50 to 316; middlings, in bulk, $17 to $17.50. Rolled oats -Millers' prices to jobbers 33.70 to $8.80 per bbl., and $1.77* in bags. Provisions - Heavy Canadian short-cut . mess pork,. boneless; 320.50 to $21; fam- ily short-cut back pork, $19.50 to $20;. heavy short-cut clear pork, $19 to 319.50; pure Canadian lard, ift 275-1b. tierces, llac; parchment -lin- ed, 500-1b. boxes, lige; parchment - lined pails, 200 lbs., 12c: tin pails., taec; tins, 3, 5, 10 lbs., 19 to 12.e; compound refined lard in 375-1b. tierces, nee; parchment -lined wood pails, 20 lbs., 8c; tin pails, 20 lbs., 7ec; hams, 12* to 14c; and bacon 14 to 150 per Ib; fresh -killed hogs, 39.50 to $10 per 100 ibs. - Butter, choice creamery, 19e to 20c; seconds 18 to 1810; dairy, 16 to 16ec. Eggs --Good-sized lots of No. e, 11 to llec; No. 2, 8t. to 9e0. Cheese - Ontario, 9a0; Quebec, Sac; Maple prodacts - New syrup at Sec per lb. in wood, 70 to 76e per tin, sugar, •10c per lb. Potatoes -jobbers' prices, 59 to 60e. - UNITED STATES MARKETS, •Milwaukee, July 16. -Wheat, stea- dier close, No. 1 Noethern, 66f to Ofiec; No. 2, do., 63 to 64eic; Sept., 04. Se,pt. corn, 49a to 50ic. Rye -Steady; No. 1, 4.8. Barley - Steady; No. 2, 54c; sample, 35 to 8510. Toledo, July 16. -Cash and July, 65te; Sept., 65§c; Dec., 68c. Corn - Cash and July, 48c; Sept., Dec. 49c. °ate -Cash, July and Sept., 30e0. neye-51c. Cloverseed --Cash, prime, $6.50. Oil-Unchang- Minneap ens, July 16.--C lose-- Wheat -Cash., 62e0 ; Puly, 61* to 61'c;Sept. 61c; on track, No. 1, hard, Gate; No. 1 Northern. 62§e; No. 2 do., Glee. ' • Duluth, July 16,- Close -- Wheat - Cash, No. 1 hard, 68ec;No. 1 North- ern, 65-41-o; No. 2 do., 60.fic; July, No. I. Northern, 65ic; Oats sad corn - None. Buffalo,'July 16.-Flour-Quid et an easy. Spring wheat -Strong but dull; No, 1 Northern, old, 74ree; do., new, 70e0, carlbads; No. 1 North- ern, old, c.i.f., 70e, a, Winter wheat 4.02e 4.50 3.70 3.00 3.40 4.50 3.00 4.00 2.75 45.00 10.00 • It must be a record erop to require fore was ten thousand, two ''0Orf3 inspector remarks, to the Si unvace this number of outside harvesters. ago. Last year, owing to the failure IciaLiltdefdainilele:ersittsnes3-Z7hiniopolpithr-iadfileerteclit The largest number ever sent out be - of the crops In Manitoba. farm bands et-ris eltse,c,"lasth:a7acriyult3rotohteePeripPeieear- the railways did not run their usaunadl suPPesed t° be ebickeePc"" I. Ulla from Ontario were not needed, SI4crontt.)ani)°1!elri.s:eseenxitc:trisNleellosi th:emrizi.. neighborhood affected. two-thirds of the people were unprotected by wee: toba Government. has been bt To -- root° inquiries into the prospeets for securing xneri from this grooince• a. d stating that1.,..Q00 bands would be needed. Oistario is relied upon to supply the majority of thefarm. laborers required. but Qiiebee and the Maritime Provinces will also be drawn upon to as large an extent as Possible. It Seems to be a quese thin, Indeed. as to whether enough wen can be serured. The ,Canatlian Ballow - fully alive to the neresSitY of ob- taining enough men to harvest the. crop. and this year will run the farm laborers' e.e.aursions a little earlier• In the season than usual. While the arrangements are not yet completed, it. is expected Mit three excursions ai run from n ar etween August tith and 7th. The rote go- ing will be $10 from all points. in. • Ontario. with $18 the single return fare. The Manitoba. Government is at present receiving' reports from all points in the wheiet growles terri- tory as to the exact number of men that will be made& and that infora *elation wilt be issued fehortig. bdr- Jaine Hartney. Eneniigratinn - for the ttaitoba Ooverrinitent iu To- ronto. Ls out in the rrovince orrang- lag for excursions. Ile is at. present operating around Areprior, raciterie limn and Calibogict o: On the Canada Atlantic line. These are lumberhig districts, but. if work is scarce there• men might be Figured for Mimitoba who otherwiee would not think ed out.• going Western Ontarin elways Fends a large uumber • hal1418 to the west .when they are required there, and with the 11101 wages that are pretty certain to •be offere.d the excursion front that, district is re- garded as likely to be a. 'Very large one. 0,J1 will I I Otto I) STEYN ESCAPED. 0•••••• 7.25 0.75 6.75 2.00 His Private Secretary and Several Ulcers Made Prisoners. A despatch from London says:- The War Office has received the fol- lowing despatch from Lord Kitchen- er, dated at Pretoria:- "Broadwoodis brigade surprised Reitz, capturing Steins brother and others. Steyn himself escaped in his shirt sleeves with one other 1nan on- ly. The so-called 'Orange River Gov- ernment' and papers were captured. The Bloemfontein correepondent of the News describes Gen. Broadwood's capture of Reitz as a marked suc- cess. troops made a forced march, and surprised the tewn at -dawn last Tuesday. Twenty-nine prominent Boers were captured, in- cluding Gens. Clonwe and Wessels, Commandant Dwaal, First Cornet Piet Steyn, who was the brains of the Orange Government; Dievilliers, Secretary to the Council, and Fras- er, Private . Secretary to President Steyn. The latter narrowly escaped capture. fled without his coat and boots. It is believed that Cora- mandant-General Ballet was in town but got away. Lord Kitchener also reports that Scheep,er's commando burned the public buildings' in Murraysburg, Coate Colony, and some farm. houses nne According to further advices from Lord Kitchener, columns under Col. Featherstone and Col. Dexon bave reached Zeerust, Western Tratsortal. They met with opposition and made some captures. The British casual- ties were one officer killed and three officers and twenty-four men wouude ed. • REVIEW IN TORONTO. Infantry Regiments Which Will Form the Force. A despatch from Toronto, says :- It is known, though not officially anaounced, that the following in- fantry regiments will help to form the force to be reviewed in Toronto by the Duke of York e -The Q.O.R., Toronto ; 7itit Fusiliers, London; 10th Roy., Grenadiers, Toronto ; 13th Regiment, Hamilton ; 14th Regiment, Kingston; 15th Regi- ment, Belleville ; 19th Regiment, St. Catharines ; 381.a Regiment, Brantford ; 41st, 13rocleville ; 43rd Regiment 0. and C. Rides, Ottawa ; and 4.8th Highlanders. NAVAL MANOEUVRES. SOUTH AFRICAN MEDALS. chaotic.% the result of which, the doctor says, is au objeet lesson to mun` other icipalities. Dr. liedgette is of opinion. that ff' unless prompt and eicient measurea: aro taken oie municipalities in re-` Porting suspicious cases end securing, general vaccination the approach of the autumn will gee an outbreak more alarming end more disaatroua than auy seen for sumo years. The, following table Showing the ages of the various patients in the Scotland outbreak is of interest • Under ono year. 2 CaSeS ; to 10. .10 cases; 10 to 20, 18 eases; 20 to 30. 13 citses ; 2�to 40, 10 cases 40 to 50. 7 eases; 50 to 60. neaaa 60 to 70, a CanS• They Are With the Duke on Board - the Ophir. 4 despatch from Ottawa says The medals which are to be present- ed to Canadian South Africiut sol- diers by Itis Royal Inglinees the Duke of Cornwall and York aro on board IL M. 8. Ophir. which Is eel.- veying, the Royal parte. They are in charge of Lieutenant the Duke of Roxburghe, who, upon the arrival of of the Ophir in Quebec, will hand thern over to the general ofneer.com- emending, and the next day they -will be presented by His Royal Highness. This arrangements means that the medals will not be engraved, so that as in the case of some of the medals of 1$85, the engraving will hale to be One at the .expense of the indi- vidual recipient or of his regiment. It appears that all tlie medals for the •Australian and Canadian con- tingents were sent out together in the Ophir.-The Duke of Roxburgh:a, , WILL STAND ALONE. New -Zealand Declines to Join the Donameawealth. A despnteb from. Sydney says: -The New Zealand Ceramiseinii, erbleit Itaa been ettgaged for Pour iiaouthe in taking evidence with regard to the advieenility of that tolony Joining the Australian CoMmoenvealth, haa reported adversely to the proposal' -, The teetitamay of the eau:gnu:nal meter of sett:ice:see eaandried was agaiust, federation in the prOpOrtien ot nearly five to one. Premier Sedition's sentiment. "New Zealand et. nation," has thus carried. all before it. despite the fact that the colony 'would effect a saving of sense 45.000.000 in interest payments on Ito loans if they had a. Conuriona wealth necking. MONTREAL'S POPULA.TION. 169 Vessels .cif the Navy to be En- • gaged. 'r despanni from London says: - The Adinir.alty issued instructions . on WedneSday night for 160 vessels of -the navy to engage in manoeuvres beg -inning' .Ttily- :29. During these manoeuvres the two maiit. fleets o the participating vessels Rri] I con- tend for the command of the English Ch 1 14;1, .••••=0. Dire;tory Increases it 13,030 Over Lt Yeraornsays . despo,teniraotin ltreal The Montreal Din Mary, which Wag iS$Ued Wetiaesen7. estimates tlig ou populatiof Montreal and cat - skirts ea 316.000, Last year's es- timate was 340,000. In the Cita, proper the compilers of the directorg estimate that there are 297,00C4 which leaves a population of 49,000 on the outsliirts. The directow contains 83,539 names and euumer- atee the residents of the eight hund- red streets of Montreal. The direct- ory shows that the city is in a flour- ishing condition, for the collectors of names were able to discover only 2,133 unoccupied. stores and rage deuces. This Is just a thousand less - than they found without occupants' last sere UNION OF SERVANT GIRLS. saorter Hours and More Timo for nom*. -- tion Needed. A dfrom Chicago froChicago says in whose carge they are, is a lieu- :- tenant in the 4th Battalion, Argyll Servant girls, and working women and Sutherla.nd generally, have taken the preliminary; steps for the for.mation of the union they have been waiting for so longe FELL OVER BALUSTRADE. Stratford Man Meets With a Ter- rible Death. ' A despatch from Stratford says :- Chas. M. Abell, a boarder at the American. House, in this city, met with an accident on Saturday after- noon, which resulted fatally. No one saw the accident, but it is sup- posed that while descending the stairs he fell over the banisters, striking the back of his head on the floor. The unfortunate man was re- moved to the hospital, but never re- gained consciousness. Tim deceased was here pushing the sale of e. pa- tent gate, and his releitives are un- known, though an uncle is said to reside in Parkdale. He was over 60 years of age. DEATH THE HONEYMOON. Young Bride Drowned on Her Wed.- - cling Trip. • : A despatch from London says : --e William S: Wedge, an American, who with his bride,• an 18 -year-old Lon- don girl, was spending his honey Moen at Stratimenon-Aven, went boating on the river on Sunday. Mrs. Wedge Stood -up to chalige her positien alma she lose her atilitaice and fell oveeboard, Ma Wedge dived -repeatedly 'after her, but could not Mid. her. He wee fo,uad later on the .hank prostrated. with grief and haustion,. His wife's body was found three hours afterwards. Mr.Wedge, who is between 40 and 50 yearS of age,' broke one of his legs recently, and Swam with difficulty. Thb..coti- ple Were married • in London two On Thursday night the Working Wo- men's Union of America, was organ- ized under the direction of the In- ternational Union Labor League. Mrs. J. Louschridge, president of the Woman's International Labor League, said; aiine of our prime objects will be to. gain set hours for household em- ployes. Girls should not be dam- pened to work from 16 to 20 hours ' a day, but should have set hours and time off for amusement and. recrea- tion the same as women ein.ployed in other occupations. We intend to show bousewiees that the quality of their service will be improved by giving their help more time for rest, EIGHT ZEN KILLED. Construction Train FalLs Throng Bridge 'Under Repair. A despatch from Cleveland, Ohio, seys:-According to itiforrnation give en out on Thursday afternoon. at the headquarters of the leTickle Plate road; hero, eight men were killed , as the result of the collapse, of it bridge at Springfield, Pa., while a construe - tion train was passing over the 'structure: Tbe bridge was' being re- paired. When the locomotive and cars went &mil a gang of Italian laborers working beneath the bridge were caught. At least seven of..the Italians were instantly killed, and a number of others badly injured. P. A. Moore, of Conneaut, Ohio, the conductor, was also instantly killed. Tb.e names of the dead laborers 1;pvei not yet been learned. , The automatic telephone system has • been adopted by the Gerinan .postal authorities for 13erlin. weeks ago • At Copenhagen the presence of the United Sta,tes traiiiii)g ship Trade in Paris is reported stag- ford has at.tractecl ini.ich attention. nant and failures are Ire" 'line officer 8 are feted 'by the authori- ties alid populace. e Alter a disappeatance of thirty years tile statue of Napoleon which surmounted the Venaoixic 001:ulna when it was pulled down by the . populace of -the island, 315 persons, Paris Cominune bas just been fished were killed. Of the Seine. , „.. • • self-ster3ring baloon has been: in- vented by a French aeronaut. ' • In fights on the Island of QuelPart; Corea,, between the Doman CatholiC Missionaries and their pupils and the.