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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-7-10, Page 7DINNER TO LONDON POOR Over Half a Million, Partake of a great Feast,. A Londoe despatch. says: Ail the public jubilatioe wuh wee expect- ed to attead the coronation, with a, genuine spirit of thankfulness acid - ed, Was comentrated ou Setunday the festivitiest eorrnectect ivith the Kthg's dinner • to the poor of Lon- don, Fully a million pei•sons er partook of the Royal -hospitality, or witnessed this, the greetest feast ever provided by a eingle man. Great crowds rejoiced at the anneuncemeets that London most of all longed to hear, namely, that the King had pneeed safely the 'great danger which. for three weeks had threatened his' life. Joy and Vankfulness never foam' more en- thnethetie expression than London's thantlileat citizens put into their cheers, end there eas a note in their onstant alleging Of "God Save the Kiag" that' somehow was a, little diffeeent from.any ever heard, before. Every groat hall, and •several of - the 'most beautiful of the smaller parks of London were utilized for this monster feast, tickets for whites .had been distribsted for a month pastby cseitral tind local Commit- tees. of church and charitable so-. .eieties, etc. It was attempted to, -fix the scale of eligibility on the basis of these families' whose com- bined income was $6 per week; mar- ried- couples with ono child whose ni- •cOrne was $5 per week, and familiet stf two, whose income was $4.50, and •single persons whoseewages aniount- ead to $3 per week. The arrange- ments broko down to some extent certaia districts, enCl many per - .sons who were 'eligible did not succeed. , in partaking of the feast. But, on the whole, the selections were well made, it goes without saying that every one invited ace ,oepted, and for the 3.110S t of them it wtas the time of their lives. IN BISHOP'S PARK. The largest gathering of all was in Bishop's Park, F-alhaare where 14,- - '000 persons sat down in thirteen large teats which sheltered them from the hot rays of the sun. Three •or four of these shelters were mark- ed. "temperance tents," and these -.were occupied chief:1Y by women and .ehildren. It was. a really respectable -appear - :flag gathering. Thero. were many easee' of attempts at neatness and perabeal adornment, which were al- most pitiful. Poverty, where it was apparent, showed more in the faces of the people than hi their attire, and the joy of the oecasion went far to disguise even that. The Prince aud Princess of Wales arrived Dist at the hour that -it had been announced the feast wonld be- gin, and it is the simple truth to vay that every one at the tables show- ed ,greater interest in seethe and cheering the Royal visitors tan in the great supply of edibles heaped before them. ' They eeng and shout- , ed and cheered like mad for the few minutes that the members. of the Royal family remained. Then they fell to in perfect de- corum until the beef, potatoes, plum pieddieg, ' ale, beer, and lime juice had been consented. They admired the Ring's gift of souvenir earthen.- 1.1••••••=w;sorm... Ware cups, Which were inscribed as - "The' King's °Orono:tient Dinner. Preeented by :Hie MajeSty, July, The people -reached a high pitch Of enthusiasms oddly anottgle when the cheese arrived : Thie seemed a spe- cial. luxury to most of them. "Here, missie, hehe they shouted to the young ladies Who acted as wait - ere, and screinbled for extra pieces. This was, aa nothing, however, to the exeitement when the boxes Of chocolate cable. The : consignment was a little late in arriting. waggons drove up laden with fiat tin boxes.' Instantly there was a great •rush from ell parts of the greeted. The waiters anti police were helpless, aud good naturally Pitched boxes by .the hundrode into the damming throng. The ecratuble was not se- riously violent, and was taken in good part by all. Tam the perspir- ing throng gorged themselves., but appeared to be supremely happy. They teeoped off to another sec- tion of the perk where scores' of entertainers Seem the inesic hells and theatres, amused them, and re - an -mined there for hours during . t.ho W AM afternoon. THE RING'S MESSAGE. • King Edward sent a message to - Lord Mayor Dials:dale exeressing re- gret, at his inability to milky out his original intention of Visiting the people who were his' guests. He said he had deputed members of the royal family to represent hint at as many dinners as possible, and expressed the hape that the guests tvould en- joy themselves. • Their visiting ditties kept tbe royal family busy. The Duke and Duchess of Fife looked in at the great hall -sI the Law Courts, whore 800 Per- sons were being fed. Thence they went ta Flerai Hall; Covent Gardee, The Duchess of Argyll visited Olym- pia -and other centres in Paddington. The Duchese of Albany went through the southeast district, and Princess Christian the factory section of North London, where"10,000 persons were fed under one roof. . Sir Theums Lipton, who had charge of the committee, received this message from. the Ring, dated et Buckingham Palace, when the gayety was at its height ee • "Hotel is the dinner at Pullman. getting along ?" His reply Was siiupiy : "Glorious," and that rightly describes this great feast all over London. Ther were distributed altogether 850,000 pounds of cooked meat, 250,000 'pounds of potatoes, the same number of loaves of bread, 000,000 ounces of cheese, 1'25 tone of -pudding, 86,000 gallons of beer, 150,000 pints of ginger beer, and 75,000 pints of lime juice. The usual menu was cold beef and mutton, fruit, tarts, and padding. In some districts pickles were added to the bill -of -fare. The Ring's health was drunk heartily from the souvenir earthenware cups. The entertainers included every came, from Suzanne Adams to tan Leno. Mme. Nordica and Minnie Palmer entertained the diners at Alarlebone. HOMAGE OF INDIAN CHIEFS Most Gorgeous Scene Ever Wit- nessed in London. • A London despatch says :—A scene mere brilliaut than anythieg ever offered Imperial guests, and ni.ore • gorgeous than Anything ever before attempted in London, was presented at the 'India Office, Whitehall, on Feiday night, when the Prince of Wales, in the name of the Ring and. • Eniperor of Inclia, received the hom- age of the ruling chiefs of India,. The entire inner quadrangle of the great building had been traneforaned. ' Its rough pavement was covered • with a wooden flooring, that was •carpeted in hrimson. Overhead was Stretehed a magnificent star-spangl- ed sheet of silk. Around the four • sides the stone ledges were hidden under banks of flowers and waving palms. At one end was the royal - dais, with a crimson canopy, sur- mounted by crowns at each of its four corners. The arrangement of • the stem on the silken sky was aS- tronoinizally • correct, they being • placed as they appear in 'the Eastern heavens, By a cunning arrangement of lights this artifitial firmament resembled the soft, pale shy of an Inclicunnight. The entire quadraegle, neelally dull grey stone, seemed to •'The a glittering marble palace, Look- ing from the floor upward the higher ' portion. of the architecture became indistinct iis a luminous lia.ze, The magnificent court appeared to be out of all ,proportion to its actual size, which was due to clever mani- Palation of the Iihts.' The Prince of Wales was dressed in the uniform' of an athniral. The Princess of Wales wa,s in white, and wore' a pearl collar and 'diamond tiara. They arrived at eleven ,o'clock. The Duke of Connaught was attired irt . the uniform of a field marsimL Ire accompanied the Prince of Wales, The latter received the native chiefs., shaking lands With some, and touching the swords of other R, meaning that the Ring ac- cepted the use of the sword thus offered. , , The assemblage intermiegling pre - see t cl a most striking spectacle, The East indiaes aPPelifed 115 goigous ' ceter'i. and stud:clod with jetee1s. mov- ed among the most brilliant of Eng- lish women, and iteiforaied officerS. 'The Bittheritiall of Gwalior Wore a turban encrusted with jewels and br:.teeles of then -sonde, On his leek lung a itiold ' blazing with jewels, Res, Makomen, the representative Of Emperor M011elik, of Abyesinie, W 8 resent as a guest. Ile: wore a head- dress formed of a lion's mane; and a breastplate cif velvet interworked with gold. He carried a shield and an immense sword. The eight's en- tertainment cost $150,000. ........ 1. :FOWLS IN DEMAND. Half a M±lliou Fatted Chickens Wanted in. Britain. " Jill Ottawa despatch says ,—En- quiries are being madeof the Agri- cultural Department onbehalf of British buyers, through a Monti•eal .shippar, for 500,000 specially fatted ohickens, to be delivered in Mon- treal next fall. Tee cents a Tweed are guaranteed. A Blanchester house asks the department to rectnienend firms who can ship several, thousand dozen chickens, to arrive in England in January, • February and March. The quality is to bo thtitir to the shipment sent from Smithsville, Ont. Experiment Station. Shippers. both in the Wesis and in Aro:Areal are pre- pared to help those who are not in a position to properly kill and pack their chicken, by accepting live chickens for export to Great Britain; conditioned only on their 'being pro- perly fatted, and pay the highest market prices. • CHEESE IS CRITICIZED. " British Merchants Think Much of • It is Shipped too Green. An Ottawa despatch says. • Pro - lessor Robertson • says the Moritreal Produce Merchants' Association Ms received a report :from thn Secretary of the Bristol ,Provision Trade As- sociation, stating that quantities of Oanadian cheese are iti•rivang • 'Coo green and new, and that this is likely, if Continued, to leave an in- jurious effect on the cheese trade. While the curing of cheese at • low temperatures, not above 60 degrees Fehr.,• will produce the best mud- ity, the cheese must be held for a period' of not less than two weeks in the curing mom, to permit the p- oiuilg to be well started be- fore the cheese are put on the rail - Way cars, or steaariship. EARTHQUAKI KILLS MANY.' , Violent Shock Wrecks HOuSes itt .Salonica. • A Vieena despatch says: • Th. Are Vas a' violent earthquake 'at Salon- lect, a seaport city of European Turkey, i Ron moll 4, OA SA turd y afternoon, Melly houses were Wreck- ed, tied there was a greatloos of THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, • Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto, • July 8.—Wheat market is quiet, with. Ontario grades steady. No, 2 .white and red whiter, 76 to 7610 middle freights. No. 2 goose quoted at 68e east; No, 2 spring at 750 on Midland, Mani- toba No. 1 hard higher at 8810, grinding in transit; and No. e. North- ern at 86ae grinding in traneit; No. 2 Northern, 85c. No. 3. hard quoted at 86c Toronto and west; No. 1 Northera nt 81c; and No., 2 North- ern at 821e Toronto and west, • Oats -- The market is quiet and steady; No. 2 white quoted at 43 to '1310 west, and 481 to 44c east, and on low freights to New York. Corn — Market is dull and un- changed. • No. 2 Yellow gnoted at 60} to, 61e west, and No. 2 mixed at 60 to 601c west, Barley — Trade quiet, with No, 8 extra. quoted at 521c • middle freights. Rye — The market issteady, with No. 2 nominal at 51c outside. • Peas — The market is dull, with No, 2 nominal at 76e outside. Flour — Ninety per cent, Ontario pa tert ' sold I at $2.9M1, middle freights, in buyers' sacks. Straight rollers, in wood, quoted at $3.25 to $8,85. Manitoba flours aro 'Stea.dy. Hungerian patents, $4.05 to $1.25 delivered on treck, Toronto, hags included, and strong bakers $8.80. to $3.95. • Oatmeal Car lots in bbls., $5 to $5,10 on track, and in sacks at $4.90 to $5. Broken lots 25c ex- tra, Millfeed —• Bran is dull at $16 to $16,50 west, aud slierta at $19.50 to $20. • At Toronto bran is $19, and slimes $21 in bulk; Manitoba, bran $20 in stacks, and shorts $2$ in sacks, 'Ioronte. - HOG PRODUCTS, Dreesed hogs unchanged. Hog products steady. We quote:—Bacon, long clear, 111 to 111,e;in toreend case alots; mess pork, $21.50 to $22;. do.„ short cut, $23.50 to $21. Smoked meats — Hams, 131, to 11c; breakfast bacon, 15c; rolls, 12 to 12ac; backs, 150; shoulders, 3.1a,c, Lard — Prices unchanged. We quote:—Tierces, 11.1c; tubs, 111e; Pails, lle,c; compelled, 8* to 101e. . TEE DAIRY MARKETS.. Butter — The' market is unchauga ed. We aquote:—Chnice 1-1b. 16 to .3.7c; select dairy tube, 16c; stinie Packed,"sweet, gond eoloe, 15 to 15.Tc; mediums 13 to 14.e; cream- ery prints, fee, to 201c; ' crematory solids, 18* to 1.91c. Eggs — The market contiaues steady.' Selected • fresh gathered stock in good demand. We quote --- Selected fresh stock, 15 to 16ca or- dinary stock, 131 to 11c; seconds and checks, 11 to 1.20. Cheese — Market is steady. Fin- est, 101 to 10ac; seconds. 9a to 3.0c. • COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried apples—There is nothing do- ing, and prices are nomthal. . Hops — Trade quiet, with prices 'steady nt 13c; yearlings, re. Honey—Very little doing; comb, $2 to $2.25 per dozen: . Beans—The market is quiet; ordin- ary, 90c to $1 per bush.; hand-pick- ed, $125. - Hay, baled—The market is quiet, with fair demand; timothy, $10.50, for No. 1. • • . • Straw—The market is quiet. Car lots on track quoted at $5 to $5.50, the latter for No. 1. • Poultry — Offerings are limited. We quote:—Turkeys, yeung, 12 to 18c per lb.; do., old, •, 10 to 31c; chickens, 75e to $1 per. naair. • Potatoes—This market, is firm, with very few • offerings. Cars on track are quoted at 95e to $3. per bag,' and small lots at $1.15 to $1.25. UNITED STATES MARKETS. • Buffalo, July 8.—Flour — Perm Wheat—Sprieg, quiet bet firm; No. 3_ Northern, carloads, 80,10; winter weak; No. 2 red, $2,fr. Corn—Stea- dy; No. 2 yellow, 71c; No. 3 do., 701c; No. 2 corn, -70c; No. 3 do.; enc. Gats—Firm; • No. 2 white, 58/,c; No. 8 do., 57*c; No. 2 mix- ed, 55e; No, 3 do.'54ec. Rye—No. 1, in store, 62c. • Oanal freights — steb.clie Milwaukee, July S.—Wheat •closed e—Lower; No. 1 Northern, 77i to 78c; No. 2 Northern, 76 to 77e; September, 740. Rye—Steady; No. 1, 584e. Barley—Steady; No. 2, 711e; sample, ' 65 to 71c. Corn — SePtember, 6210. • Minneapolis, July 8.—Wheat clos- ed—July, 70c; September, 7211c to 721e; on track, No. 3. hard; 81*0; No. 1 Northern, 7910; No. 2 North- ern, 741c. — • LIVE: STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, July 8.—At the Western cattle yards • to -day there was • a total of 90 carloads of live stock, including . 1,250 cattle, 2,000 sheep and lambs, • 850 hogs, 170 calves, and 80 milch cows. For really good export and butcher cattle there was a good inquiry at prices which were scarcely quotably changed, but for anything other than the best stuff trade was easy and pricee weak. The cattle here were largely made up of jil conditioned, grass-fed stuff, •while no olio appeared to want, • Geed to choice export cattle eold at from 51 to 61e per pouud, with 610 as the top figure for the best cattle here. The best butcher cattle were steady, and sold quickly at from 5 to • 5-i,c per pound, with a little • more for selections. A few good cailch CowS are Want at; they are fetching from $25 to $50 each. Choice 'shipping bulls aro • Worth from- 5 to 5*c per pound. Cows. for export realize from. 41 to 5.ge per pound. Export ewes are worth from $13.65 ,to $8.75 per c,wt. Ithcke are selling at front. 2* to 8c per lb, Culls fetch from $2 to $8 emelt For lamba 1'' 4s 19,50 to S4?5 rev. head. Calece are steady at from $2 to $10 each, or from 81 to Ib. There is deemed for god to ehoice veal ettiveS,' Hogs to -day are steady and un- changed. Tim toP Rio° of o1sof°0 hogs is $7 per ewts light and fat liege ere $6,75 per cwt. 1 -loge to feteh the top price meet- lie of prime quality, and scale not below 100 nor above 200 pounds. Following iS the rfinge of quota- tions a- OatUe. r Shippers, per cwt... —.45.50 • do light. • 4.75 Dutcher, choice,. ... Butcher, ordinary to good. Stockers, per cwt,. 3.00 Sheep and Lembs. Choice ewes, per cwt 3.60 S'pring tenths, each-. 2.00 Bucks, per cwt„ 2.75 . .... .„.„ 2,00 • Milkers and Calves. Cows, each... ... . . . ... 25.00 Calves, each 2,00 Hogs. Choice hogs, pee cwt, 6.75 Light hogs, per -cwt.. .,6.50 Heavy bogs, per cwie.,...6.50 Sows, per cwt... .,. .....,8.50 Stags, per cwt.., .,.. 0.00 $6,75 5.50 4.75 • 5,60 8.75 4,40 e.00 :3,75 4.25 8.00 2.75 18.00 8.00 • 7.00 6.75' 6.75 4.00 • 2.00 MONTREAL. Montreal, July 8 .—'Fhere were about '750 head of 'thatchers' cattle brought to the East -end abattoir for sale, and about, 250 of these were sold. There were no prime beeves on the Market, and- only a. few stall -fed- aaimals, and these sold at from 51 to Liac per lb • Pretty ,good grass-fed beasts were in active .cleatand at prices ranging from aa to 8a0 per per ib; C6311111 OA stock were •slow of sale, and brought from 3c to near 4c per it, while the cauners paid from2i' to 3c for the leaner cattle. Calves were scarce and higher .in price, selling at from $2.50 to $10 each. Mutton , critters were scarce and dearer; shippers paid 34,,c. per .1h for good large sheep ; and butchers paid from Si to lc per Th for sup- plies. Lambs sold, at from $2,50 to $4.25 each. Fat hogs sold at from 61. to • 011e per lb for good hate, weighed off the cars. „ DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA. How Flocks of Sheep are Kept From Starving. A Sydney despatch says :—An in- dignation mass Meeting was held at the Sydney Towa Hall on Friday to protest against the gefusal of the Federal Governamerit • to remit the fodder duties inspite of the drought. A reaolution WAS carried asking the Government to act at once, . and thereby- save •the starving stock and preeent the temporary extinction of the • pastmal - industry. As an ex - =pie of the extent to which arti- licial feedingof stock prevails it may •be stated that the •Burrawang Sta- tion near Condobolin, has twelve waggons constantly conveying fodder from the railteity siding to 24 de- pots tivoughout the run. It is dis- tributed. thence by a host of lighter vehicles, assisted by 250 inen and 300 saddle and harness horses. The water supply of Sydney • is in a. critical condition. ROSPECTS OF THE WEST Flourishing Reports From Parts of the Wheat Belt. A Winnipeg despatch says :—From nearly every part of the West optie mistic statements as to the beneffte and effeets of •the existing weather coaditioes on the orop prospects are pouring in, Fx•equent showers and bot, humid weather may not be all, that is desired for PiellieS and holi- days, but they meke the farmer smile, It seems as if th.e grain and hay would never stop growing, Li many localities the wheat is in the shot blade, and, if the hay continues growing at the present rate, it -will be too thick on the groufnd to cure without haadling. The market gardeners are jubilant; vegetables of all kinds are growing at a phenomenal rate. The light micismemer frosts havedone no dam- age, while with the moist, hot weather one can almost see teget- ables grow. Gardeners are preparing for a bumper crop of garden truck. J. J. Golden, Provincial Govern- ment Agent, reports that the demand for farm laborers an. Manitoba has been greater than the supply at the present time. Golden has 40 appli- cations for help from farmers in the province that Ise ie enable to satise fy. Already there are indications of many more men being required for the hareest than even last year, as the crop promises to be larger than ever, • HAYING HAS BEGUN, • Haying has already begun in. some sections,, and the yield • assured by the wet spring is simply immense, Hon. ,J. A. Davidson, • Provincial Treasurer, says that, so for, the crop • outlook in the northwestern part of the province is satisfactory, and that, although there has been •a great deal .of rain, the water has drained oil, as the country 'is rolling prairie. Grain *as not so strong as it would have been, however, if there had been raore bright, warm weath- er. The crop would suffer no damage if there was plenty of heat and sun from now on. THE LATEST REPORTS, Latest reports of progress of sea -- son's crops received by J. Obed Smith, Dominion Immigration Cora - missioner, ere eneouraging, With. the exception of Siftoa. Lamerton, N.W,T., reports that, crops are well advanced, while there is an ehundancy of gTeen feed. Slain did not interfere with farmers get- ting their crops in, and as them isa greatly inereeeed acreage this year the output will be large. Reports from Bettleford state that the trolonged cold, wet spring has kept the crops a little backward, but without any serious damage. Grain and vegetables are looking well, and good crops are assured by present indications. Twice the therm.ometer dropped to 85, and once as low as 31. Garden • produce was touched slightly, but no serious damage is reported. Rosthern etpurts splendid prospects; all varieties of produce are looking excelleut. From • Fort • Saskatchewan comes word that crops will be good from present indications. The weather has produced a rapid, healthy growth, which looks most promis- ing. BUDGET OF BAD NEWS. From Sifton comes a, budget of bad news, and at best order half a crop is expected. "Rain • has fallen incessantly," says the crop bulletin ; "streams are flooded and railway traffic has several times been inter- fered with. Grain is turning yellow, and roots are rotting. This is es- pecially the case with potatoes. No breaking is being done in the dis- trict, owing to high water. Hay is rotting, and a heavy mortality is anticipated among horses and cat- tle." • The outlook is black, and as a sample of the weather, . the report says that snow fell on June 18, while on June 21 a heavy hailstorm visited the district. The poor pros- pecte will go hard with the new set- tlers, who are kept idle by the rre- valence of high waxer. -Favorable weather and flourishing crops is the opening sentence of the bulletin from Lethbridge ; lots of hay, and a bountiful harvest is the present outlook. • MANY RIOTERS SHOT. Laboring Classes of Russia in a. State 'of 'Unrest. A St. Petersburg despatch sayth :--• The laboring classes throughout Southern Russia are in a state of dangerous ferment, especially- in the • Provinces of Kharkoff, Poltava, Kieff, • Saratoff, Kherson, and Eka- terinoslav, • and in Northern Cau- camas The worst mots are reported at Restof, on the River Don, in ,the Provhice of Ekaterinoslay. A crowd of workmen invaded the factories and •smashed the machinery. The peasants in. the same province have wrecked the domains of the landed proprietors. Riots have occurred in both towns and country. The trou- TRAFFIC •ON SOO CANALS. bles aro led by strangers, who say Large Increase of Tonnage Over Previous Years. An Ottawa despatch says :—The total freight carried on the "Soo" canals east and west, for June was 4,721,608 tons, an increase over J tam, 1901, of 202,533 tons, and over June, 1900, of 614,000 tons. •The total for the Canadianscanal for June was 1,118,654 • tons, a de- crease of 116,491 tons as compared with June, 1901, but an increase of 823,000 tons , as compared- with June 1900. During the season. of April, May and •June the total freight car- ried by both canals was 11,486,501, an. increase of 4,720,000 tons over the same period Of 1900 and of 8,- 407 000 over the three menths • of 1900. The " total trade . through Canadian canals during the ;three monthe was 1,650,752 •tons, it gain of -,64,000 tons over the correspe2ad- ing months of 1901 and of 970,000 tons over the same quarter of 1900. • ELEVEN 'KILLED Terrible Accident on Electric Road • in New York State, An Amsterdam, N. Y., despatch says: At.11 o'clock Friday night a frightful accident happened on the Mountain Lake Railway, an elec- tric road, running about live miles north .01 Gloversville, to a summer resort. Two cars were owning 'down the grade one behind the oth- er, The motorman lost control of the realcar, and it ran into the first car, telescoping it. The cars ran for some distance, and then left the tracv and overttune'd, falling on the passengers, who were crushed un- derneath, Eleven known were killed and 8,8 injured. There were. 70 passengers in each car. 65,000 IlYilVIIGRANTS. Increase of 15,000 • Settlers Over • Previous Year. An Ottawa deepateh says: The im- migration returns received at the In- terior Department for the fiscal year ending the 80th of June show an in- crease of 15,400 arrivals of settlers in Canada over the previous year, the increase being as folloWs: 'Year ending 300. June, 1901-13ritis/h, 11,810; Continent of Europe, 19,- 852; United States, 17,987;- total, 49,140. Year ending' 30th June, 1902--3lritish, 17,000; Continent of Europe, 23,535; United States, 21,- 01)9; total, 61,684, , The Customs returns yet, to be re- ceived may show the itenligration fr OM the , United States to •probab- ly exceed the above by a, feW lan- diOdo, 00 thet the total immigrae lien• fee the year Will be felly 65,- 003 people.• • they .are emissaries of the Czar, and that the machinery and, implements are employed only. to dmunish the number of Workmen, and ruin the roor, which has deeply distressed the sovereign. The authorities had to out the troops. Order was only restored after the 'rioters were fired upon, many of them being killed or wounded, Restof is the chief centre of inland trade in Southeastern Rus- sia, The provinces affected cover an area larger than France. PEACE IN PHILIPPINES. President 'Roosevelt Declares • Its • Restoration. A Washington despatch says: The President has formally declared the restoration of peace in the Philip- pines. archipelago. He has placed tho islands under complete civil eon- trole and has extended general am- nesty to the Filipinos,. who have been in rebellion. These three things, marking ,one of the Most important chapters in Philippine history, were accomplished through the • these of three eepaeate orders and. proclamations, one by the Pre- sident • over his own aigneture ex - Marling amnesty; one through Sec- retary Root, by the President's or- der, ealievieg Gen Chaffee from his duties as military governor, and a third, which takes the shape of a general order,addressed to the en- tire' army ef. the 1.thited States, ' in which Secretary Root takes occa- sion to express the President's high appreciation of the -Work it has ac- complished, both hi Cuba, and in the Philippines. • THE BOER PRISONER'S, Arrangements Being Made to Send Them Beck, A despatch from The Nagne says -The Foreign Minister has annaune- ed Great Britabi's proposals regard- i4g, the repatriation of prisoners taken by them in. South Africa, The first to be sent back will be the Boora who swore allegiance to Great Britain before peaee was declared. Thesewill be followed by the other Beet pi'lsonees, and ,then the foreign •pris'oners, including the members, of the Dutch ambulance, will be emit to their own coUntrie,e. None of the foreign, nrisoners will be permitted ise return to South. Africa. TO KEEP CANADIAN ARCH. vval Be Maintained For Itest of London. Seasoxi. , A I.ondon despatch says t --Ar, rangements are being made to keep the Canadian arch intact fear the rest of the •Loudon season, as it is it apleedici advertisearients DYING LIKE SHEEP. Appalling Ravages of, Cholera in Borneo. ,A 'despatch to the London Daily F.,xpress from Singapore, capital ' of the Straits Settlement, describes the •appalling ravages of cholera aneong• the native sialdiers of Sara- wak, Island of Botheo, who were sent against the native head-hunters In. the interior. According to the correspondent, 10,000 men were sent in no long boats up the Batany Lupar River. The first night out the men in the hindmost boats were attacked by cholera. The disease quickly spread to all the boats. The epidemic is ascribed to the troops drinking the foul river water, which is infected with cholera, germs. 'Hun- dreds of them are lying dead in their boats. Many of the boats were un- able to keep pace with the fleet, ow- ing to their crews being stricken, and these were sent adrift. On the night of the third day there had been SOO deaths, aad 50 boats were sent adrift. Before the commander re- turned to headquarters, 2,000 men of the expedition were dead. The river banks are strewn. with dead and. dying soldiers. The cholera, is spreading down the river. The Sin- gapore correspondent of The London Daily Mail sends a similar story, The paper declares that the number of, troops must be greatly overesti- mated. Sarawak, which is under the ra- jahship of Sir Charles Johnson - Brooke, an Englishman, has, accord- ing te the Statesman's Year -book, a Military force of 250 natives under an. English army officer. SALISBURY TO RESIGN. Times Says He Will Remain Until After the Coronation. A London despatch says: Ring Edward Friday signed the appoint- ment of Lord Salisbury's principal private secretary, Schomberg Xce Donnell, to succeed Lord Esher, who retires front the secretaryship of His Majesty's office of works. The Timee in an editorial article says it thinks 1 it doubtful if Lord Salisbury will try to ihid a new secretary, and that the anointment • of Mr. McDonnell cannot fail to revive the rumere of the Premier's.' resignation after • the coronetion. NEWs frEivi Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. Canada may' send an exhibit to the Osaka Exposition in Japan next year. A test is to be made of the sight and hearing of the pupils in the Pub - lie schools of Ottawa. A iewn bell, weighing 1,360 pounds and costing $170, hae beea purchased by the ildeosejaw Council, Kingston's Customs collections for the past year araounted to $3,222 mere than the previous year. The Ottawa Y.U.C.A., have paid $12,000 for land at Albert and O'Connor streets and will erect, a new building. The first 100,000 tons of steel, rails manufactured by Mr. Clergue at the Soo aave been delivered to the I.O.R. authorities. Mr. Robert Neill of Peterborea re- presenting an autocratic telephone, is the third party after the tele- phone franchise ius Hamilton, The 0.T.11, has agreed with the Montreal Harbor Commissioners to build a flii11io buSktel grain eleva- tor to cost $750,000. A team from New Zealand. and Australia will likely compete for the Palma prize at the Dominion Rifle Asseciation meeting at Ottawa • in August. Rev. Father O'Leary, the Roman. Catholic Chaplain with the first con- tingent, is about to return to,South Africa, to take up his permanent reaideace there. Two Suellen boys at Raneliorse. near New Westminster, while playing with a loaded rifle, accidentally Shot two other boys in a tent near by, and wounded a girl of eight. The Department of Agriculture in- tends to xn:ake its tests as to; the amount of water the butter turned, :out by the different creaaneries con- tains. This is done because of Bri- tish enactment that butter must not contain more than 16 per cent. of water. The Militia, Department is making an inquiry into the barrack accom- modation at the several stations of the permanent force. The Officer conithancling is asked to furnish ia- formation showing how each room is occupied and how it is lighted and heated. - GREAT BRITAIN. The Welsh miners have given no- tice to terminate else present wage scale. fsoeTIAr. viiiescrD.6. for the 'Ring's sanatoriutin upon. his thirty-fifth year of army Duke of Connaught has entered consumption has been purchased at Blidhurst, in Sussex. ' The Imperial House of Commons will adjourn i11 the first week of _August until, probably the begin - nine; of November. Atenchester will shortly possess a municipal telephone system, the cor- poration having decided to apply to the postoffice for license. Scotland's largest salmon of the season has been landed from. the Tay. It weighed sixty pounds and measured four feet seven inches in length, its girth Toeing twenty-four inches. UNITED STATES, The 'United States Congress has - adjourned sine die. •A 17 -year-old girl of Oneida, • N. Y., named Cora Waltz, shot and killed George Ilehner, aged 40 years, on Thursday. Mrs. Joseph F. Eck, of Lancaster, N. Y., married 38 years, who loft her hueband 28 times, is seeking . divorce; they have 15 children. • T.hree children of Mr. and Mrs. liorman Offerman, of Davenport, Iowa, died froni eating green grapes • while suffering from scarla- tina, and a fourth is seriously ill. The statement of the United States public debt at the close • of the fiscal year, June 30; 190, shows that the debt, less cash 111 the treasury, araounted to $969,- 457,241. Albert 5. Sherman, who commited suicide in Newport, R. I., a• fort- night ago,. had completely wrecked the Merchants' Bank of that city, of which he was cashier. • His short- age is $326,000. Loren Dady, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., married his stepmother, and his &admit are doubtful tvliether to call ier mother or grandmother. She is 60 and he is 61. He beeemes his dead father's brbther-in-law, and she ser dead hesband's daughter-in-law. th.e stepmother of her gran.delnici- ren.• A grocer of Cleveland named Henry Solider claims to have diecov- eil a method of making gas from. Der with. the use of chemicals that has solved the heat and lighting prob- lem, as • it is cheaper- than Coal, wood, . or oil, and besides its bril- liant lighting. properties, produces. heat sufficient to melt copper in the • open air'• . • GENERAL. • Viceroy • Chun reports officisilly that the 13oxer rising in SozeCheen Province has been suPpresseel, 'Tile czar has 'cleeided te give prie vete audience to over 200 represent- :1elne vealtucTiana of ail ranks, who have Straw 'sun -bonnets for horses are now , being sold for eaventeen cents each by the German. Society lot' the rreseeetion of Cruelty to Animals. CLSici Teem° s‘t Ah 111)1 se:4,, 0111to# from Mohileff, Rita, seirae,ci ri6nd 66 than nine days, eov- A Russian officer named Cent. Kr ivetsky has, been iientericed to twe years and .1..dx months' ierp.risomnent for ateciptieg Tellies. to 1t•00 rye -mite from anilitary service. An aai ;it! vy.) 0 1 it;i: ttal ()C( )ehr; vented by a 'Free& oftle.U.' simeM an. its 'tlisoliarge;. ims been in - BURNED TO DEATH. Catastrophe in Settler's Heine • Near North Bay. North Bay, July 6.-e-Mra, A. Cock- erline and • her little four-year-old • danghter were berated to death late Friday night at their home, about 3.2 mithe out ij5 the country, anti her httio fiva-year-old boy Was Se badly burned that there is small1 hope of his recovery, Mr. Cockerline was absent from home, and when Mrs. Gockerline, naid children 'retired tor the night a leanp Was left , burning on the table, and it is supposed. the Ian* exploded. MILITARY STORES. BURNED Fire at Loreezo Marceues Does' • $2,500,000 Damage. A Lorenzo Marques despatch says : Brit I:411 itary al. ores, valued at Over it500,000 ($2,500,000) have been destroyed by a flre Which start- ed at the Netherlands pier on 'Thurs- day and spread to adjoining pro- perty. The • flames Were not extin- guished as this despatch waS filed,