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11[11[11,0ING OF 1NF KING,
Kin irdward VII, Proclaimed
With Pomp of Anofent Times.
!Clip Prcolamation head. at- Various: Pointe
or•the Metropolis After a Fanfare of
Trumpets -The vast Crowds Took Up
the Cry of the ifing-nt•.1,rms and
Shouted "Gott have. the K.hij" .-A
Brilliant Spectacle,
London, Jan, 25,- London was
gluon yesterday a glimpse of tuediae
vel times. The quaint ceremonies
with which liing Edward VII, was
proclaimed at various points of the
metropolis exactly followed ancient
precedents. The °Melees purposely
arranged the funetiolt an hour ahead
Of the published announcement, and
the inhabitants when they awoke
were surprised to find fila entire way
between St. James' Palace and the
City lined with troops. About 10,-
000.. soldiers, late Guards, Morse
Guards, Foot Guards and other cav-
alry and infantry regiments had been
brought from Aldershot and London
Barracks after midnight, All the
ollieors had crape on their arms, and
the drums and brass instruments
shrouded with crape. The troops
made an imposing spectacle, but
they were entirely eclipsed by the
strange spectacle presented by the
°Metals of the College of Arms.
The Proelumatfoa.
The ceremony began at St. James'
Palace, where at 1) o'clock Edward
VII. was proclaimed Bing of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland and Emperor of India,.
The proclamation, which was read
by William Henry Weldon, King -at -
Arms since 1894., and formerly Wind-
sor Herald. was as follows:
"Whereas, It has pleased Almighty
God to call to His mercy our Tate
Sovereign Lady, Queen Victoria, or
reseed and tolerates memory, by
decease the Imperial Crown of the
United Kingdom et Great Br.taln and
Ireland Is solely and rightfully edam
1.0 the high and mighty Prince Albert
Edward we, therefore, Ole Lords,
spiritual and temporal, of this realm,
being assisted by those of her late
Majesty's Privy, Council, with num-
bers of other prinetpnl gentlemen of
enanty, with the Lem Mayer, the
aldermen and the citmens o1 London,
do now hereby with one voice. con-
sent of tempo and heart, publish ami
proclaim that the highand mighty
Prince Albert Edward is now by the
death of our tate sovereign of happy
memory, become our only lawful and
rtgnttul liege lore, Edward V11.. by
the grace of God, Bing of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Defender of the Faith, Emperor of
India, to wheat we do acknowledge
.01 faith and constant obedience, with
all herty and humble erection, be -
leeching God, by Whom all kluge and
Ancona do reign, to bless the Royal
Prince, Edward VII., with long and
happy years to reign over us."
Greeted With Cheers.
The proclamation was greeted by a
fanfare of triumphant cheers and
tries of "Goll Save the King." There
was a large assemblage of officials
and college heralds. Among those in
attendance were Earl Roberts and
members of the headquarters stall
and other army officers, and there
was present a great concourse of
people from the commencement to
the close. At the conclusion of the
ceremony the band belonging to the
Foot Guards, in the Friary Court,
played "God Save the King."
The Icing Not Present.
The Xing was not present, but the
members of his household witnessed
the ceremony from Marlborough
House. On the balcony overlooking
the Friary Court, from which the
proclamation was read, were •':e
Duke of Norfolk and other oiltcers
of state. The balcony was draped in
crimson cloth. Beside the officials in
resplendent uniforms were stationed
the State trumpeters, and here were
seen many prominent persons, among
them Sir Arthur White, Private So-
licitor to the Queen.
In the yard of Marlborough house
and the Friary Court was stationed
a large body of police, soldiers and
Foot Guards. The Foot Guards acted
as a guard of honor and they were
posted immediately beneath the bal-
cony.
Ancient Precedent Followed.
The quaint ceremonies with which
King Edward VII. was proclaimed at
various points of the metropolis ex-
actly followed ancient precedents and
when the march was concluded, the
trumpeters blew a blast, while the
wondering crowd stood bareheaded
and silenced, not knowing what to
do, till the military band in the pro-
cession struck up "God Save the
King."
This familiar air has still but one
meaning in England, and the crowd
took up the words feebly with "God
Save the King" on the tongue, but
with "God Save the Queen" in
mind,
A royal salute in celebration of
His Majesty's accession was fired at
noon in St. James' Park,
A Bit of Exoitoment.
The vagaries of an apparently
harmless lunatic occasioned some ex-
citement at Victoria station. Dur-
ing the entraining of the `rang . for
Osborne House a well-dressed Wdi-
vidual bearing a letter addressed to
His Majesty was permitted to pass
the barriers. He hurried to an
equerry' and said he wished to pre-
sent the letter to the Xing personal-
ly.. The man was handed over to
the police. The envelope contained
only a telegraph from, mm mm min
only a telegraph forst, on which
were the words: "1 wish to see my
beloved Queen."
yeing lecterns to Osborne.
At 12.55 p. m. Icing Edward, es-
corted by a squadron of the Horse
Guards and accompanied by the Duke
of York, Prince Christian of Schles-
Wig-Holstein, the Duke of Saxe -Co-
burg and Gotha, and other nobles,
left Marlborough House at 11
o'clock, to 'take the train for Oe-
borne.
An Extraordinary Garotte.
o .e..n, Jan. 25 --AR extraordln-.
OUR
LATE BELOVED QUEEN.
MARKETS OF TEE WORLD
Prices of Cattle, Cheese, Crain, &c
to the Leading Market].
BREADSL'UFFS, ETO.
Togonto, Jan. 29.-Wheat.-Etport-
ers say that through freights and the
present unsettled markets in Britain,
owing to the national mourning, are
against business. But little is being
dome. Quotations are as follows: -Red
winter, 65 1-20; and white, 65 12;mid-
dle freights, spring wheat, 670; Mani-
toba, No. 1. hated, old, g.i..t., 00 1-2c;
No. 2 at 91c. No. 1 herd, North Bay,
95 1-2e.
34U1teed-scaa•ce and firm. Tom lots,
at the mill dobe, sell as follows: -
Bran $113; and shorts, at $15, west.
(Corn -Dull. No. 1 American, yel-
low, 45e; No. 9 yellow, 4,9e ; No. 2 yel-
low. 44o.
Peas -Firm, and to lair enquiry, No.
a Sold. middle, freights, at 221-2e ; an41
east, at 680.
Barley -"steady. No. 2 eset, 41c;
anal middle £oeightts, 40b; No. 3 ex-
tra, 40c, east ; and 39a, middle freiigthts.
Rye -Steady. Car lets, 47e wost,and
48c east.
!Buckwheat -Demand light. Car lots
west, are quoted at 49o; and east, at
500.
pats-Abunt steady. No. 1 white,
east, 28 1-2c to 290 ; No. 2 white,north
and weat, 97 1-2 to 28c.
Fleur --Steady. Dcalere ask $2.70 for
straight rollers, La buyers' bags, mid- !
die freig;hte and export agents,�bid
$2.60.
Minneapolis, Jan. 20. -Wheat -Cash,
74.e; Kay, 750 ; July 75 8-40 to 75 7-8c;
on track, No. 1 hard, 70o ; No. 1 North-
ern, 740 ; No. 2 do, 70 to 72c. Flour-
Flrst patents, $8.95 to $4,10 ; second
do,,, $8.80 to $3.90; first olears, $2.75
to 02.05; second do, $2 Ito $2,10. Bram-
Lower, in balk, $11,25 to $11.50.
Chicago. Jam. 29. -May wheat ad-
vanced 1-2 to 5-8 to -day under the in-
fluence of smaller receipts. Corn
closed a shade, and nate 1-8 to 1-4c
up. Provisions at: the close were 5
to 150 lower,
Buffalo, Jan. 29. -Flour --Quint and
steady. Spring wheat --Spas: uneet-
tled; 'nominal priors for earloads were
No. 1, hand, old, 87 1-8o; No, 1, North -
sen, old, 88 5-8. Winter wheat -No
spot offerings or bids; No. 2, red, 77o;
100, 1 whits and mixed, 76e; Conn-
Stroniger; No, 2, yellow, 413-4 to 420;
Mee 3 do, 41 1-2 ,to ell 8.4c; No, 2 Dorn
41 1-4 to 41 1-2o, through billed. Cats
Strong; No. 2 white, 301-4c; No. 8
White, 29 to 29 1-4o; No. 2 mixed, 87
2-4 .to 280; No. 8 do, 27 1-4 to271-'2o,
through billxd, Barley --II 6:0hanged.
57e; No. 2, 56e, through billed.
Detroit, Jan. 29. -Wheat closed -
No. 1 white, cash, 79o; No. 2 red, Dash,
and January, 79o; May, 81c.
D,FLESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Toronto, Jan. 29. -Dressed hogs eon -
terms strong, and offerings are only
moderate. Holders ask $7.90 to $8 for
ear lots, on track, here, and packers
laid $7.80. Packers are buying sparing-
ly being avessie ee the present high
range of prices. Previsions are
steady, '
Quotations ,for provisions are as
follows; Dry salted shoulders, 8c; long
clear bacon, loose, in car lots, 10o; and
Ln ease. lots, 101-4 to 101-2o; short
out pork, $10 50 to $20; heavy 'mesa,
$18 to $19.
Smoked meats -Hams, heavy, 12c;
medium, 121-2 to 13,e; light. 13c;
breakfast baoea, 13c; picnic hams, 10e;
roll bacon, llo; smoked, backs, 12e. All
meats out Of pickle lc Less than
Ulan prices quoted for smoked meats.
Lard -Tierces, 100, tubs, 10 1.0 10
1-4o; pails, 101-4 to 101-2c.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Torunto, Jan, 29. -Our receipts here
wore light : toedny, and so was our
business. A betel of 87 carloads of
live stook came bis oonsisLing of 1,500
hogs, about 300 cattle, 700 sheep and
lambs, and a dew calves and miic'h
Cows.
Trio export trade was fair at from
to 4 0-4e per pound ; and for prime lots
a little more would no doubt be paid.
Sheep and Lambe.
Sheep, per cwt. . 300
Limbs, per cwt. . . 575
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, ouch. . . 20 00
Calves, ,each 200
nielen
Choiee hogs, per cwt. , 6 25
Light hogs, per met. . 575
Beavy hogs, per. cwt, 675
Sava 350
Stags. . . . . . 200
Al fete toads changed hands.
We had only a fair movement in the
butcher ,trade. For good to ohoiee
cattle the range is from 88-4 Le 4c per
pound, with a few deals a,. 41-2c; but
it must 0e uncommon, geed (tattle to
fetch the latter figure just now.
Medium sells from 81-4 to 5 1-2c per
pound, and inferior from 23-4 1.0 Be
per pi mud.
:We bait rue change in small stuff;
trade was slow, and sheep and lambs
remain u'o*aid,
The few calves bare all sold, and
mere are wattled, espeoially good veal
calves, which will sell easily ep tio810
each.
There ie no change in either bulla,
feeders, stockers, or milkers,
fllu:gs are again off, though all here
sold readily. "Singers" are worth 09
es a top price 61-2e per pound, and
light and fat hags sell at Go. Tho out-
look indicates a Lurtlhee decline.
Bogs .to fetch the top price mast be
of prime quality, and scale not below
160 nor above 200 pounds.
Following is the range of quota -
elate
OUEEN'S FUNIRI
ON 2ND 'FFURU11RT.
The $olemn Ceremony to Take
Place at Windsor Castle,
Solemn Preparations et Osborne House -
MOST DISASTROUS .IRE
THREE JYilleLION DOLLAR OONFLA
ORATION IN flIONTRRAL,
Heald at 'trade ltietldllig and Several
Other important t00r,lelutyls TOMMOy
Di$trnyed,-at Was it Uanaerens 1015..
Wien for Firemen,
Al despatch /roan Montreal says: -
The meet disastrous fire that Montreal
The Funeral Will Bo Military One, bags wltnoeeed for yearn started shortly
With Grund Naval Pageant From the atter. 8 o'clauk on Wednesday dight,
Island to tltu melalad-Eerre.e ee. in the wholesale olothing establish -
of Sympathy From AII.OV.r the World meat of M, gaxe Cie,, at the 00011010 of
-Th.. King'. Arrival. tie)nOine and St. Peter Streets, ie the
business heart of the city, and atloid.
°owes, Isle of Wight. Jan• 25.-- night the ,vhole bloolc oft business
The funeral of the Queen hes been establishments bounded by St. Peters
fixed to take place at Windsor Uaatle
on February ' 2, The ;body of, the St. Saoraanent, St. Nicholas,.and St..
late Queen will be removed from Os- Paul streets, and including tlle,megni-
borne House on February 1. It was • fieent Board of Trade building! on St,,;
the expressed. desire of the, Queen ', Saceament street, valued at over a
that the funeral should he m111tary m311ion dollars; arein rains. ` 'Over a
In character, Several officials arrived zoo bi wholesale establishments
from Windsor yesterday morning, g
bringing the State regalia. containing valuable stooks have been
A naval salute of twenty-one guns destroyed, and the loss will certainly
amount to three million dollars.
After the firemen reached the scene
the flames jumped across, St."Peter
London, Jan. 25. -Orders havestreetand attacked the large fancy
been issued to the Channel squadron goads (establishment of H. and A.
and all 'other available ships to as-
tremble at Spithead Feb. 1, the date Nelson and Sons, on St. Peter street,
of the removal of Queen Vlotoria'e below the Board of Trade building.
body from Osborne. Itis understood From there the lire spread to the
h hi h the Ro al yacht a s l'a e
was fired here at noon yesterday, in
honor of King Edward VII.
The Channel Squad...,
that the wa?'ehips will form a double 13Wa d f T d building whtoh' wap
lino
through w c y soon enveloped In flames. From the
bearing the body, will pass.
Arrival of the iFigir flloot d of Trade the flames swept back
-
An expectant 'crowd lined Trinity wards along St. Paul, St. Peter, and Si.
Pier as the royal yacht Alberta, with Nicholas streets, destroying the big
King Edward- on board, turned the wholesale establishments in the block,
point and the first gun of the royal The firemen did their utmost to keep
salute thundered from the British, the confine(! to the block, but so
warship Australia. All the Rags, great was the fury of (the flames that
hitherto half -masted, • were hauled ,the fire gat completely from under
down, marking a temporary suspen- •y
I
sign of mourning. them control, and - jumped across, St.
The King landed at 2.45 p. m., Paul street to Markt square and Com -
and .drove to Osborne House, where missibner street, destroying a number
Emperor William met him at the
of buildings on that street.
gates and warmly greeted him. i Amongst the leading buildings and
Immediately after the 'Ring landed', 6
the nags were again half -masted. ! establahmsslts destroyed are the
'
Els Majesty was somewhat care Beard of Trade building, St. Sacram,ent
worn, but otherwise appeared to be street; M. Saxe, wholesale clothier; B.
in excellent health. During the A. Nelson and Sons, fancy goods;
state despatches and telegrams of Beardmore and Company, tanners;
sympathy and indicting replies. Em- Silverman and Becker, wholesale
parlor William' will not leave Os• furriers; J. Boardeau and Sons, hats
borne till after the funeral.
crossing
he was busily engaged with
British
THE FINAL ILLNESS.
and furs; J. Cohen/ and Company, fur-
riers; B. Levin and Ooanany, furriers;
Laporter, Martin and Co., wholesale
Medical Jottreei Tells or the grocers, Dudes and Moseley, leathers
Queen's La.t Days, Jas. Celestine and Company, furriers;.
London, Jan, 25 -The British Seybold, San and Company, hardware;
Medical Journal publishes an au- Redmond Greenlease and Company,
tboritative account of the last 0l- farriers; H. Levy, woollens; Gilmore
Hess of Queen Victoria. It says the gros , commission merchants; Ohoil-
Queen's health for a year had been :lou and Oompany, backers; Ecroyd
failing, with symptosis mainly of a
dyspeptic kind, accompanied by im- % Bros., leather; Thos. Davidson and
paired nutrition and periods of in- l Company, tinware; H. W. Doeourte
sotnnia. Later there were slight
transitory attacks of aphasia, In I nay and Company, hardware.; Sey-
950' the general arterial system there'' bold, Son and Cotmpany„hardware; A.
4 50 were remarkably few signs of age. `Levi, dry goods; Bell, Simpson and Co.,
, After alluding to the symptoms of .produce; Bereietein and Wolseley, im- i
50 00 somnolence, increasing the cerebral ! porters; Star Suspender Co.; 'H. W.
10 00 exhaustion which Her Majesty's de Courtenay and Co., merchants;
strong will enabled her to hide from Canadian Shirt Coe Alex, McArthur,
momentary 'visitors. The Medical
SPRflN3 fR�1 INE NINES
Newsy Items About Ourselves and
Our Neighbors -Something of
Interest From Every Quar-
ter of the .Globe,
CANADA. . e
Grippe is now opidelnlo in Montreal.
Hamilton postmen want 'permittedMAY.
Ottawa is to have a large departs
mental stored
Chatham will have a new binder
twine factory.'
Hamilton's population is 08,583, eo.,
cording to its new, directory.
It ie said the Rutland Railway wsnti
an entraeoe to Montreal,
hfr. Joseph Martin, M.P.P., who roe
eently underwent a serious operation
at Vancouver, is slowly recovering,
Over 500' npplioationa to join the
South Afrioan Constabulary have beenme
received by the Militia Department at
Ottawa.
Five Schooners the vangpard of
the Canadian sealing fleet, have left
Vitoria, 13. 0., for the coast pealing
cruise of the season.
Rev. Dr. Fraser, pastor of .Knox
Church, 'Hamilton, at the annual meets
ing of the congregation asked to- have
his salary reduced by $000.
The new auxiliary' machinery order.ed for the Ottawa water-workhag
been declared, by an hydraulto expert,
unsuitable for the purpose.
It is •said that the late Capt. antt'otr,
of the Mounted Rifles, a abort time
before his death,` had fallen heir tis
an income of 010,000 a year.
The Initerior Department reports
the total revenue from timber, mine
eral and grazing lande daring the
past Dobai year as $1,180,510.
Thoma* Moe,& Son's dry goods es..
tabiiehment at Montreal was damaged
to talo extent of $'250,000 by fire on
Friday night.
Tire Dominion will be asked to grant
a subsidy in - .conjunction with the
Province in aid of the establishment
of shipbuilding in British Columbia.
Judge Dugas of Dawson City is su-
ing The Victoria Colonist for $10,000
ed regarding the conduct of the J•u-
diciary in the Yukon.
It is reported that Mackenzie and
Kano will erect a large central depot
for their Canadian Northern system in
Winnipeg, adjoining the city post -of-
fice.
The Canadian Northern will erect a
new depot and build a bridge over the
Red River to enter Winnipeg, They
have purchased very valuable property.
;in the heart of the pity for their de-
pot,
j
The shingle mills of British( Colum -
bis have combined to prevent rate-eut-
ting, aad to regulate prices. Major d'.
Q. Scott, representing a Chicago, syn-
dicate, will handle the output of 3,500,-
000 shingles a day.
•
8 50 Journal confirms the Associated Press paper merchant.
600 information that on Thursday her b•Iany of the firemen had narrow es -
600 mental confttsioa Wasmore marked,' apes but though the free was a most
400 and a slight fluttering was observed
2 26. in the right side of her face•
dangerous one, none of them were 0-
Thenceforward aphasia and facial jhrred, and there wake no loss, of life.
KING EDWARD THE SEVENTH paralysis were permanent. It is im- The Board of Txado building was a
portant to note, The Medical. Jour- magnificent six -storey square building
nal adds, that notwithstanding the oo.nstructed of red sandstone, and at
Has Adopted.t-
This Is the Title Which the King great botlily weakness and cerebral
exbaustion, the heart's action was uated on St. Sacrament street, in the
A despatch Pram I.omdon says; -An steadily maintained to the last. The business part of the city- It was open-
extraordinnry issue of the Gazette on Pulse was taluses regular and teen- ed ;n 1891, anti was regarded as one
Wednesdaymorning, which appears perature normal. In the last few of the finest leuildings in the oily.
hours paralysis of the pulmonary
These were a couple of hundred ten -
Cattle,
Shippers, per cwt. . .$ 4 25 $4 75 life,"
Butcher, choice do. . . 375 4 25 After ggivin a list of those who et-
Butuhor,,dommen to good. 225 978 tended the C unoll, the Gazette an
Butcher, inferedir. . 276 800 ncunoe*-the the King subscribed the
Sto0ker8, per met. , 275 825 oath rolatl g to the security of the
Airy "Gazette" published an order -in. Rfre--Dull; No. 1, caz track, quoted int Export bulls, per met. . 325
with black borders, announces the
death of Queen Victoria, addinee-
"The event has caused one universal
feeling of regret and sorrow to her
late Majesty's faithful subjects, to
whom she was endeared by the deep
interest in their welfare which she
invariably manifested, as well as by, Shepler, who was living alone in a
many signal virtues which marked claim shanty 25 miles from Dottin-
and adorned her character." eau, was burned to death. Her son,
Buthetlord, was 3n another shanty
Than follows the proclamation of but a few rods distant. It is sup -
Edward VII., the acknowledgment of posed that Mrs. Shepler got up ear -
allegiance by the Privy Ooancil and ly and built a fire to warm the
the, Icing's speech at his accession, as shanty and then returned to bed.
Her son, who found the ruins of the
follows;- Ishanty, and beneath the debris the
"Your Royal Highness, my Lords charred body of his mother, was
and Gentlemen;-Tnie is the must nearlrs. Ry use crazed ,, her wr h g daughter. , as was
M .
painful occasion on which I shall ever I
be called upon to address you. My' Gordon, the Cattle King.
first and m.edanolmrly duty is to an -.11 Winnipeg, Jan, 25. -The nomina-
n0uncg to you flys death of my bolov: tion for vacancy in South Winnipeg
ed deeply ye , the Queen; and I know how for the Provincial Legisle.ttn•e caused
you and the whole nation ,and by the retirement . of lion• iIugh
John Macdonald t®ole place.
think I may say, the whole world, day morning. As there was only
sympathize with me in the irrepar- one candidate nominated, lir J. T.
able loss we have all sustained, I Gordon, the western cattle ]ting, that
need hard say that my constant en_gentleman was declared elected.
Dowager U124)1•0110 Frederick.hes footsteps,
deavour will be always to walk in = Y•Iomburg, .Jan. 25. -The condition
"In undertnxing the heavy load 01 the Dowager-llmpress Fredeiricic
which now devolves upon me, I, am continues satisfactory. Lately elle
'fully determined to be a constitutional has not euflered any pain, but this
rloee not imply improvement. Fier
Sovereign In the strident sense of the 1i est,v's sorrow and personal loss,
word, and, so long as there is breath owing to the death of the IJ,ueen
in may body, to work for the good and has been borne with comparative
amelioration of niy people. 'fortitude
"I have resolved to be known by the
name of Edward, which has been ---..----
borne by six of my ancestors. In do
ing so L do not undervalue the name' The Hely Synod of the Masten
of Albert, which 1 inherit from my church hon sent specific instructions
ever -to- e-lomcnted great and wise to every bishop so as to make Tolsted's
father, who, b untvarsal consent is
nerves set in. Beyond a slight facial
fluttering there never was any mo-
tor i,laralysis.
A Son's Awful Dlsoovery.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 25. -Mrs.
't r'lef
y ,
I think, deservedly known by the ne- excommunication complete.
tion as Albert the Good, and I desire The owners of the steamship'tussie,
that his Hume should stand alone.
which was recently wracked near
"In andctusinn, I trust to Paella -
most and the nation to support mo in Farman, will distribute 20,000 franca
the arduous duties which now devolve
Open me by inherit anco and to which
I am • determined to devote my wholo
strengths during the remainder 01 my
400 Church of S otlsnd.'
to the fishermen who rescued the
passengers and crew of the vessel,
The Catholics of Manila want reli-
gion taught lar the schools, and urge
the employment of native Catholic
teaallers. Judge Tait, of the Anima-
can 50000158105, has replied that the
request cannot be granted,
ants in the building, and their indiv-
idual losses will be more or less heavy.
Insurance men roughly estimate the
loss at between three and four million
dollars, and it is certainly the worst
firm Montreal bas had for nearly half
a century.
INFLUENCE OF DE WET.
Possibility of His Appearance in
Cape Colony.
IA despatch from Cape Town says: -
General. I£ituhener is disposing great
forces semi-eirealairly, his extreme
Left resting on the sea to circumvent
the Beers, the columna acting simul-
taneously and in touch with each oth-
er. idle greatest danger o,C the situ-
ation is the possibility of De Wet's
appearanoo in Cape Colony. It is be-
lieved that none of the Dullch would
aeslst his personal call to arms, They
think the fame of Napoleon and Wel-
lington pales in the presence of his
military genius.
(Among a number of captured let-
ters is one from Gen. Hartzog to Pre-
sident Steyn, nuking Sair 1,000 unmar-
ried young men to enter Cnpo Colony
and bent up recruits,
KING'S MESSAGE TO. CANADA.
His Majesty Acintowi„lges the Expres-
sion of Sympathy.
Ottawa, Jan. 25. --?1'h° following
is a copy of a sable received by Ills
Excellency the I,1 fvernor•-General from
Right Iron, 31r, Chamberlain:
London, Jan, Excellency,
the Governor-0eneral, Ottawa: Your
telegram received or the 22nd Janu-
ary has been laid before Ills Majesty
the 'King, and I have received Ills
Majesty's coini.and to express
through you and your Ministers his
grateful thanks for loving sympathy
extended to hint and to the Royal
family by the people of Canada Is
their great sorrow, The King is
deeply moved by the many hind mea-
ts -gee which have reached him from
all parts of the Dominion. (Signed),
Cham burl ain,
UNITED STATES.
Coal beds bavo been discovered at
Niles, Mic
h.
The CiLy Council of Chicago has
4dopted the report of the Street Rail
way Commission, which is in favor of
municipal ownership of traction lines,
! Miss Alta, daughter of multi -mil -
i lice:Mere John D. Rockefeller, and D.
, Parmelee Prentice, a young Chicago
lawyer, were married et New York.
Jacob F. I3ttrpster, who wrecked the
State bank of Wathena, near St. Jo-
seph, Mo., shot: and killed himself on
a coffin In an undertaker's establish-
ment .there.
Mrs. Carrie Nation o8 the
Wichita, Kamsas, who has been in jail
for a month, charged with smashing
saloon fixtures, was released on ban
in the, sum of $200.
A bill to prohibit pound and trap net
fishing on Lakes Erie and Ontario,
providing that sturgeon naught under
three foot in length shall be return-
ed to the water, has been introduced
Cin the New York Legislature.,
GREAT BRITAIN.
The. late Sir Arthur 3u11ivane
estate is worth £54,027.
Two sailors died of the bubonio
plague at Bull, England, yesterday.
English companies have obtained
control of the new Abyssinian railway
route.
Load William Beresford's widow is
the exeoutrlx and solo legatee under
his will.
'r.he Imperial Parliament will ale -
point a committee to Boal with the
whole matter of cable communication.
Accerding to the Times England
will not accept the United States
amenelments to the Hay-Pauncofote
tre,
• Theatywidow of Sam, Lewis, the re-
cently deceased London money lend,
er. was :onus E'nnnie Ward, of the
New' York Casino chorda.
GENERAL.
Reforms etre to, be made in the tine,
forms of the German soldiers.
Johann Faber, founder of the Faber
lead pencil fecterry Is dead.
A.11 Transvaal mince being Com-
bined into one gigantic trt.st.
Russia will Increase its troops on
the Ge•rtnan anti Austrian bo'rndaried
to 800,0011 51011.
Swarms of locusts Have 0ntleely din
strayed the coops In the Tokar roe
gion In the 'eeeteen Soudan.