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CANADA,,
Montreal Board of Trade may soca
ereet.:a new building.
The Duke of York will open the
new G.T.R. blrildiug at Montreal,
Mr, P. Laval was run over and
killed by a street aur at Hamilton
on Saturday.,
Mayor Morris, of Ottawa, propos-
es a combination of municipalities
to secure cbeapor coal.
The Government will. probably ode
vertise for tenders fora 23 -knot At -
]antic service.
The smallpox outbreak cost Lon-
don $1,800. They had expected it
would roach $5,000.
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 River fisher-
men claim to have 47 Japanese ma-
rooned on an island in the bay to
prevent them from working.
The Hamilton .Assessment Depart-
ment is thinking of increasing the
Hamilton Street Railway Company's
assessment, following the example
of Toronto.
Tho City of Winnipeg was refused
leave to appeal by the Privy Council
from a judgmentof the Supremo
Court exempting C.P.R: property
from school taxes.
At Winnipeg the fiftieth anniver-
sary 6! the pastorate of the late Dr.
Black in the Kildonan church will be
-celebrated on September 28 with
groat ceremony by city Presbyter-
ians.
Manager Russell, of the Intercolon-
lel, thinks the new. ferry boat for
transporting trains across the
Straits of Canso is the finest in Am-
erica. It can carry 21 cars or a
dozen passenger coaches.
A French-Canadian named Code-
iroid Malette has been appointed
chief mechanic of the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway. He is only 29 years
of age, and when he arrived in Mont-
real fourteen year's ago was quite
uneducated. His salary will be $8,-
000 a year.
GREAT BRITAIN.,
Loudon is short of ice.
Carnegie still has 456,000,000 to
give away.
King Edward will visit Homburg
July 80th.
The foundations of St. Paul's ca-
thedral, at London, are considered
unsafe.
The latest contract for 30 locomo-
tives for the Burmah railways has
been secured by British builders.
Sir Edwin Arnold, who has lost
the use of his legs through paralysis
and become totally blind, fears he
will never again be able to see.
It is unlikely that a bill -will be in-
troduced this session to alter the
King's title, although an agreement
has beau arrived at by the Govern-
ment.
Losses 'of more than 31,000,000
are estimated as the result of the
Scottish oil companies' attempt. to
fight the Standard Oil competition
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 in 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 a conciliatory policy
with regard to the Boers, is 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 On' ct necklace of 424
graduated pearls, with a clasp set
with emeralds, brilliants, and rose
diamonds, belonging to a "French
lady of rank."
UNITED STATES.
The machinists' strike at Newport
News, Va., is declared orf.
A Baltimore brewery has been sold
at auction for 33,500,000.
The reason United States Consul
Stowe of Cape Colony is returning
home is the inadequacy of his salary,
Wm. Nolan shot A. II. Palmer
dead at Auding, Miss., for swearing
in the presence of a girl whom both
loved.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
ex -President of the Confederacy, alio
is ill at Portland, Me., is greatly
improved.
Mr. Radford, an ice maxi of East
New York, is i11 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 stead was blown nearly
off,
A striking moulder at York, Pa.,
for violating the Court's injunction
against picketing, was fined $250
and costs and 80 days' imprison-
ment.
Drought is causing great danage
to the drops in Kansas, in the Red
River valley, and in the Northwest.
Millions of dollars may be lost to
the farmers.
Fifteen thousand acres of wheat
wclit up in flames at Grand Bend,
e The fire was started by an unknown
Man throwing a lighted cigar into a
field of wheat stubble.
VVin. Burns, a pet:eerier who was
being transferred from the Eastern
Penitentiary to )819lire Tiefersnatary,
t of
jumped Srorn a railway train in g i rg
80 miles an hoer and escaped.
Official prop reports for tide year
show that wheat averages slightly
better than Met year; oats showed
decrease; barley an increase, aci4 rye
is above the average, while eorn is
reduced.
Plane are new finder way, for the
organization Of a large brick can-
soiidation'to take over various brick
companies in New England and New
York, including the New England
Urick Oompauy,
Director -General J3uPlranaii, of the
Pan -Americas Exposition, has in-
vited the mayors of some 3000
cities and towns of Canada and the
United 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 int -
Ported into the country last year
was $21,919,058, a sign of prosper-
ity, and much -above the total of
any other year.
As a starter Henry 7•a, Weaver has
handed $1,500 to the Mayor of Chi-
cago to establish baths for the poor
of that city. Mr. Weaver expresses
a hope that other rich men will help
to give the people their right to the
use of the lake.
The last census shows that 28,-
411,698 people in the United States
live in cities and towns of over
4,000 population. This is 87,3 per
cent. of the entire population, a
gain of almost 5 per cent. since the
census of 1890.
It is said at Chicago that 20,000
members of the Endowment Bank of
the Knights of Pythias are expected
to give up their policies and aband-
on their insurance as a result of the
proposed rise in the rates -a rise of
53 per cent on an average.
GENERAL.,
Trade in Paris is reported stag-
nant and failures are frequent
A self -steering baloon has been in-
vented by a French aeronaut.
The Italian railway engineers and
firemen threaten a strike.,
It is supposed that Vesuvius is get-
ting ready for another big eruption.
For being cowaros many German
soldiers are returning from China to
be imprisoned.
Violent hail storms have ruined
the crops in the Province of Sala -
matinee., Spain.
Fifteen cases of the plague have
been imported into Marseilles from
Hong Kong.
The automatic telephone system
has been adopted by the German
postal authorities for Berlin.
Delroy, the new Russian barbor
near Port Arthur, is said to be the
finest in the Orient.
China has granted a concession at
San Shun Bay, with the right to.
build railways, to a group of Rat-
ions.
The Czar's affectionate treatment,
of the crippled soldiers returned from
China has produced a great wave of
popular emotion.
During the six months ending June
30 German emigration returns reach-
ed 65,742, as compared with 55,321
for a corresponding period of last
year.
At Copenhagen the presence of the
United States training ship Hart-
ford has attracted much attention.
The officers are feted by the authori-
ties
uthorities and populace. •
In fights on the Island of QueIpart,
Corea, between the Roman Catholic
missionaries and their pupils and the
populace of the island, 315 persons
were killed.
Jules Devoyod, the famous bari-
tone, in accordance with a dream, in
which he had a premonition shadow-
ing his death, fell dead on the stage
at Moscow while bowing to applause,
Death was due to rupture of a blood -
vessel near the heart.
Turkish garrisons at Kilflkh and
Vodena, not having been paid for a
long time, succeeded in effecting en-
trance to the Government treasuries
in tlto places where they were sta-
tioned, and divided among themsel-
ves the money in the treasury build-
ings.
After a disappeatance of thirty
Years the statue of Napoleon which
surmounted the Vendome column
when it was pulled down by the
Paris Commune has just been fished
out of the Seine.
IARK]TS 0' TIM WORLD
Friccs of Cattle, Cheese, GpS,tn, &q
d are
intim Loading M k ts.
Toronto, July 28,-Wheet'-The lo-
cal market was firmer to-ditY, with
some enquiry for export. No, 2
white • and red winter will bring,
6210 middle freight, auld sales wore
made of ` a few cars at'03o. No. 1
spring sold at 08 to 630 east, and
No, 2 geese at 62c on Midland, n
at 65e lake port. Manitoba wheat
is steady; No, 1 7iu'd sold at 78e
early in day, and at 79c 111 after -
00031,' grinding in - transit. No. 9
Hard quoted at 770, and No. 8 hard
at 72e. For Toronto anal west 2c
lower,
Milifeed The market is steady,
with offerings entail. Bran sulci at
$12 middle freight, and shorts firm
at 314.50 middle freight,
Ooi'n-There is very little offering,
and,prices nominal at 44 to 450
west, for Canadian.
Bye -The market is quiet, and
nominal at 470 west.
Buckwheat - Market dull, with
prices purely nolnntal.
Peas-7h•ade quiet, with sales at
69*c to 70c middle freight.
Barley -There is nothing doing,
and prices are purely nominal.
Oats -Tire market rontinues steady
with good demand. Sales of No. 2
white at 32c, north and west, and
at 321c middle freight. No. 1 quot-
ed at 83c east.
Flour -Trade is quiet, with sales
of 90 per cont, patents at 32.50,
middle heights in buyers' sucks.
Straight rollers in barrels for Low-
er Provinces, 33 to 33.05, and Mani-
toba patents, 34, and strong bakers'
33.70.
Oatmeal -Market quiet at unchang-
ed prices. Car lots at $8.65 in bags
and 58.75 in wood; -small lots, 20e
extra,,
DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter --Pound lots are scarce and
firmer, with sales of choice qualities
to -day 17 to 18c. Large rails, 14
to 15+,c. Dairy tubs, 15 to '16c for
the best, and 13 to 14c for medium.
Creamery prints, 20 to 21e, and so-
lids 19 to 1910.
i;ggs-Tile market is steady, with
fine fresh stock selling et 11* to 12c
per dozen in ease lots. A lot of culls
are offering, and selling at 6 to 7e,
Cheese -Market quiet and prices
unchanged. June make is jobbing
at 91 to 10c.
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DOGS CHEW A BOY.
Little Gordon Fawcett, of Niagara
Falls, May Lose His Life.
A despatch froxn Niagara Falls,
Ont., says: -Gordon Fawcett, the
six -yea` -old son of Mr, Thomas
Fawcett, of this town, late Gold
Commissioner o! the `Yukon, and at
present connected with Tyrol] &
Ford, civil engineers, Hamilton,
was attacked on sr.C.It. square about
Irl o'clock on Thursday morning by
two large Chesapeake duck hounds,
owned by "Doc" Lake, and was
badly torn by the vicious animals,
the lad's scalp being almost torn
off, and hall it not been for the lad's
cries, heard by some men, who went
to his nssistance and clubbed the
brutes off, they certainly would have
soon killed the lad, who they hal
down, tearing at his head and
shoulders with their teeth. The boy
was taken bonne and a physicinn
called, who fears the boy will not
recover. Tho vicious brutes were
immediately shot by the police.
BOER LEADERS KILLED.
DRESSED HOGS AND PROVI-
SIONS.
Dressed hogs are unchanged here
at 39.25 to 59.75. Hog products
firm, as follows: -Bacon, long clear,
ton and case lots, 11 to 11hc. Pork
-Mess, 310.50; do. short cut, 321.
Smoked meats-Ilainb, 13e to 140;;
breakfast bacon, 14 to 15c; rolls,
11-1 to 12c; backs, 141c; and shoul-
ders, 11c.
Lard -Pails, 14* to 117c; tubs,
11,c; tierces, 11c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, July 23. -The local
markets are unchanged, and the sit-
uation shows no immediate sign of
altering. Grain -No. 1 Ontario
spring wheat, afloat, May, 73e ;
peas, 77c, afloat; No. 1 oats, 351c;
No. 2 do., 341c to 35c ; buckwheat,
58c; rye, 550; and No. 2 barley,
50c. Flour -Manitoba patents. 5a.-
20
4:20 ; strong bakers, 33.90 to 54 ;
straight rollers, 33.30 to 33.45; in
bags, 31.60 to 51.65 ; Ontario pat-
ents,
atents, 33.75 to 54. Feed - Mani-
toba bran at 518.50 to 314 ; shorts,
316 ; Ontario bran, in bulk, S15 to
516; shorts, in bulk, 515.50 to 616;
middlings, in bulk 517 to 517.50.
Rolled Oats -Millers' prices to job-
bers, 33.70 to 58.80 per bbl. ; and
31.771 in bags. Provisions -Heavy
Canadian short-cut mess pork, 519.-
50 to 520 ; selected heavy short-cut
mess pork, boneless, 520.50 to 521 ;
family short-cut back pork, 510.50
to 520 ; heavy, short-cut clear pork,
S19 to 519.50; pure Canadian Iard,
in 375-1b, tierces, 111c parchment -
lined, 50 -ib. boxes, 1110; parchment
lined pails, 20 lbs., 12c ; tin pails,
111c ; tins, 3, 5, and 10-1b., 12 to
tate, compound refined lard, in 575 -
Ib. tierces, 7Hc ; paa'chment-lined
wood -pails, 20 -lbs., 8c; tin pails,
20 lbs., 71c ; hams, 121 to 14c ; and
bacon, 14 to 150 per lb. Fresh -
killed hogs, 59.50 to 610 per 100
lbs, Butter -Choice creamery, 107
to 20c ; seconds, 18 to 184c ; dairy;
16 to 161c. Eggs --Good-sized lots
of No. 1,'11c, subject to inspection;
No, 2, 8r to Dec. Cheese -Ontario,
97 to 0$.c ; Quebec, 9 to ihc. Maple
products -New- syrup at 6ec per lb.
in wood ; '70 to 75c per tin ; sugar,
9 to 100 per 113. Potatoes -Job-
bers' prices, 45 to 50c.
AS oil of Botha and Two Field Cor-
nets Slain,
A despatch from London says :-
Lord Kitchener, commanding the
British fnrc,'s in South Africa, re-
ports to the War Office as follows: -
"Captain Charles Botha, sty of
Philip Botha, and Field Cornets
Hun:Ann and Oliver have been killed
In the 'Orange River Colony."
Toronto, Jply 28, -At the Western
eaft1eyardsthis morningv0
v
-
ed 66 carloads of live stock, thin -
prising. 1,000 cattle, 770 sheep and
lambs, 800 hogs,. 65 calves and a
few Milch colds.
The nlaa'ket was a fair one ; for
choice shipping and butcher Pattie
11116 demand was good; prices are1111-
eliarlged and ateitdy,
Good to alloico export cattle sold
up to 51c per lb.; mixed cattle ere
a good sale at from 4*c to 4ic per
lb.
There is 00 quotable change in the
price of butcher cattle. 'Good stuff•
was a ready sale. The local trade
consisted mainly of small lots 01
cattle, as butphers are afraid of
overstocking this weather. A few
loads of cattle were left over.
Too many milell cows came in to-
day, of ordinary quality; they aro
not wanted.
Export ewes continuo strong, at
from 3840 to 38.60 per, cwt.
A few good veal calveswill sell,
Bucks sell at 2* to 2t$lper 111,
Butcher sheep are worth from
32.50 to 53 each,
Spring lambs are worn 52.50 to
84 each,
Hogs continue unchanged anti
steady,
The -best price for "singers" is 74e
per A1„ thick fat and light hogs are
worth Etc per lb.
Bogs to fetch the top price must
be of prime quality, and scale not
below 160 nor above 200 pounds,
Following is the range of quota-
tions:-
Cattle
Shippers, per
cwt $ 4.75 $ 5.25
do. light 4:25 4,65
Butcher, choice, do 4.00 4.50
Butcher, ordinary to
good ; 8.25 8.75
Butcher, inferior..... 2.75 8.00
Sheep and Lambs.
Choice ewes, per cwt. 8.40
Yearlings, grain -fed,
cwt 4.00
Culled sheep, each 2.50
Lambs, spring, each2.50
Bucks, per cwt 2.50 2,75
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, each .., 20.00 45.00
Calves, each,.: 2.00 10.00
Hegel
Choice Hogs, per cwt. 6.75 7.25
Light hogs, per cwt., 6.50 6.75
Heavy hogs, per cwt6.50 6.75
Stags, per cwt... 0.00 2.00
8.80'
4.50
8,00
4.00
SENSATIONAL SCENE.
Two Canadian Murderers Sentenced
to be Hanged.
A despatch from Pittsburg , Pa.,
says: -Edward and John Biddle, of
the gang of crooks that ldlled Grocer
Thos. D. ICahney and Detective P.
J. Fitzgerald in April, were sen-
tenced to hang on Thursday. Both
came from St. Thomas, Ont. Wal-
ter Dorman, of Cleveland, was re-
manded to jail, and will be sentenc-
ed on Friday. He turned State's
evidence, and on his testimony John
Biddle was convicted. Jennie See-
bers and Jessie Bodyne, Milwaukee
chorus girls, reputed wives of Dor-
man and Edward Biddle, were re-
leased from custody,
The Biddle brothers, both being
under thirty years of age, denied
killing Kahney. Each said he did
not have a fair trial, and the faces
of both blanched when the death
sentence was pronounced by Judge,
Shaffer. Edward Biddle made a sen-
sational statement. He said: -
"I could die happy if I could only
see Dorman swinging on the end of
a rope beside me. I want to see
that white -livered scoundrel crossing
the line of eternity before I do it
myself. May God curse him. Jen-
nie Seebers, who helped him to swear'.
away the lives of my brother and
myself, is a thief, and hits been a
thief, and knew Dorman was one be-
fore his arrest. She dressed up in
men's attire, and went out in the
streets at night robbing people and
]rouses aid stores with Dorman.
she would pull her hair up like un-
der a soft hat, tie a black hander -
chief around her ears, turn up her
coat collar, and then would pass for
a man anywhere.
1aliss Seebers was -taken home by
hex mother. Miss Bodyne toil] go tb
an •Episcopal Church home in Con-
necticut.
UNITED STATES' MARKETS.
Toledo, July Ma -Wheat -Cash
and .July, 6810 ; September, 69ec ;
December, 71nc. Corn -Cash 'and
July, 49c ; September, 507c. Oats -
Cash and July, 81c; September,
31/0. Rye -50c. Cloverseed--
-Cash, prime, 30.50 ; October, 55.-
777.. oil -North ,Lima, 80e; South
Lima and Indiana, 75c,
Buffalo, July 23. -Wheat -Quiet ;
No, 2 red, 72e ; do., new, offered at
710 ; No. 3 mixed, 71c. Flour -
Quiet but steady. Corn -Fairly
steady ; trade light ; No. 2 yellow,
58ec ; No, 3 yellow, 5210; No. 2
Corn, 5270 ; No, 8 do., 52ec. Oats
-Quiet : No, 2 white, 363c.; No, 3
do„ 884c ; No. 2 mixed, 85-jc ; No,
8 do„ 341c. Marley -48 to 54.c for
store lots. Rye -Dull ; No, 1 offer-
ed at 55c. Canal freights -Steady;
wheat 31e, coin 2$e, oats 210, rye
8c.
Detroit, July 28, -Closed : -Wheat
-No, 1 white, cash, 710; No. 2 red,
cash, 691c ; July G916.
bit. Loafs, July 28, -Wheat --Cash,
641e; July, Odic; September, 054e.
Minneapolis, July 28. -Flour-
First patents, 58.75 to $13.85 ; sec-
ond .do; 38.55 to 58.65; first donee,
32.65 to 32.75; second' clears, 32,05
Th nn -in' bulk, 512 to $12.50;
FACTORY BLOWN UP.
Seven Buildings Wrecked and Many
People Killed.
A despatchfromDto0kholm says:
There. was a terrible explosion on
Wednesday at the great gunpowder
manufactory at Gyttorp. Seven
buildings were completely wi•eckbd.
Several were killed,and many others
injured.
RUSSIAN CROP PROSPECTS.
MANITOBA'S CROP,
Eytllnatos Vary From Forty to Eighty
Million flutings.
A despatch from Toronto Says: -
gr. George A. Bradbury, who fres
been sent east by the Alanitoba Gov-
ernment to assist Mr. ll'artney, the
¥minitoban agent here, is in the eity.
AIr, Bradbury says his mission here
is to assist Mr. Heaney in placing
before the farmers of Ontario and
eastern points the condition el the
crop in Manitoba, "which will, we
believe, be the greatest the province
has ever produced. We have two
million acres of wheat, growing as
thickly es it can possibly stared.. 'At
the present 'time it is well headed
out, and everything indicates that
the harvest will commence as early
as August 5. Conservative estimate
es of the probable wheat yield place
it at from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000
bushels, This estimate, many ex-
pect will be very much exceeded. In
addition to the wheat crop we have
700,000 acres of oats and 500,000
acres of bariey all in excellent con-
dition. The graincropof Manitoba
is by long odds the largest that has
ever been taken out of the country.
I should not bo surprised to know
that it would exceed 80,000,000
bushels. As is well known, we have
about 20,000 farmers in Manitoba
producing grain, and we require at
Mast 20,000 additlonal men from
other points to assist them in sav-
ing this crop, Laborers are in great
demand at present, as there is a fear
among the farmers that they are go-
ing to ho very short-handed, and
consequently wages are going up
higher than have ever been paid in
the Province before, I have, there-
fore been instructed by the Govern-
ment to come east and make our
wants known, .and leave no stone
unturned to secure the assistance
of 20,000 men to harvest the crop.
Both the railway corporations, the
G. T. R. and the 0. P. R•, are as-
sisting by giving special rates to
leen desiring to come out and help
us in tine harvest field. The fare is
$10 with a return fare of 318 guar-
anteed upon production of a certifi-
cate that the passenger has been en-
gaged in harvesting. We feel that
many of those who come out from
eastern Canada will become perman-
ent residents of the Province," -
Far Less Promising Than They Were a
010010 Ago,
A despatch from Moscow says: -
Reports from twenty-seven provinces
show that the crop prospects are far
loss promising than a month ago,
The Russian grain harvest is not
now expected at the best to exceed
the average, while in some districts
it has been almost destroyed by the
unusual heat and drought. Else-
where the grain has been washed out
of the earth by floods or cut down
by 'hailstorms.
EXHIBIT OF RANGE STOCK.
Canada win Hold Ono at Buffalo During
.. September,
CORONATION RIGHTS.
Some Quaint Demands Presented to
the 'Privy Council.
A despatch from London says :-
The 'members of the Privy Council
sat as a Court of Claims on Wednes-
day to consider various hereditary
traditional rights and privileges
claimed in connection with the forth
coming coronation of the King. A
long list of quaint demands was pre-
sented. After the registrar had
commanded all persons to keep si-
lence on penalty of imprisonment,
he read thirty or forty demands,
Including the following -
The Duke of Norfolk -To net as
chief butler of England.
The Duke of Newcastle -To provide
a glove to support the King's arm.
The Bishop of Durham -To support
the King and Queen.
The Duke of Somerset -To carry
the orb.
The Earl of Erroll -To have the
silver baton tipped with gold.
The Dean of Westminster to in-
struct
nstruct the King and Queen in the
rights and ceremonies and to have
the cloth, etc„ ter fees.
Lord Grey de Ruthyn-To carry
the golden spurs.
Col. Brown -To bear the cannopy
over the King and Queen.
The Earl of Shrewsbury -To pro-
vide the glove for the Icing's right
hard and support the !rand whilst
holding the sceptre.
.Sir Wyndham An'4truthers-Grand
Carver for Scotland.
'The Duke of Buccleuch -To ride by
his Majesty's carriage.
Tho Marquis of Winchester -To car-
ry. the Cap of Maintenance.
The Lord Chancellor. announced
that all claims must be presented
by October 31, and the court 'then
adjourned. ,
A despatch from Ottawa E. B. Elderki says:-
Mr. superintendent
A n, su p
of the Canadian Live Stock exhibit
at the Pan-American, was hr the city
on Thursday en route to the North-
west. Ito goes there to arrange for
an exhibit of range cattle, sheep and
horses at Buffalo during Mlepternber.
A contingent of Mounted Police and
cowboys will accompany the exhibit
driving, and lassooing in the sta-
dium1
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A PAINFUL RIDE.
Engineer With a Broken Hip Bone
Remains at His Post.
A despatch from Stockholm says :
says: -An exhibition of courage sel-
dom equalled has just been made
]mown. Joseph Parry, one of the
oldest engineers of the New York
Centre' Railroad, while ranking his
run on the old road from Auburn to
this city, fractured his right hip-
bone while alighting front his train
at'Seneca Falls for orders. It was
impossible to get another engineer
to complete. the trip on time, and
Mr. Parry was helped back into his
cab and made the run to this city,
arriving only fifteen minutes late.
During the run the jarring of the
engine was continually grinding the
broken ends of the bone age -last oath
other, and it seems wonderful that
the engineer was elan t„ iiidnrgo the
groat pain and retain consciousness.
NIA.NGLED BY A REAPER,
Aeoldent Near Euelpll by Which
FrAuk Drexler's Son Was Killed,
A despatch from Guelph says: -An
aeoident marred in Guelph Towa-
ship about noon on Wednesday,
Which resulted in the death pi the
three -Year-old sett of Mb, Frank
Drexler. Mr. Jolm Laitl'lnw was
15nlni013 ,a reaper in a field on Mr.
Droxior s farm, and the servant girl
took the child bite t110 field t0 see
the machine work. She returired to
the house a few miitutes later, leav-
ing the little fellow sitting in the
grain. . The driver of the reaper dict
not observe the boy, and he was
Paugllt by the machine, One of his
`legs and all ot iris fingers 011 one
hand were cut oil', and he was so
badly lacorated that the efforts of
two physicians failed to say° his
life.,. Ile died in the evening.,
A NEW INSECT PEST.
New York Townships Devastated by
a Flying Boring Bug:
A despatch from New York says :
-An insect, Il01V to the femora of
Westchester County, and, it is
thought, a new pest, has made its
appearance. It has become locally
known as the flying boring bug, and
is doing inirch (Manage to fruit and
trees. Tho nese insect is cicse•ibed
W3 being 08 large ns a bumble bee,
having a long, hard sting, with
which IL stabs the younger trees and
fruit, The flying bug teas ih'st seen
in Orange County, and later demur
toted two Westchester Comity tomtit -
HMO. The beg will; it is said, des-
troy whole fields ofgralin,
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Notes of Interest 'About Some of
the World's Great People.
Tho -Empress of Russia; is a type-
writer, and assists her husband by
taking down, many of his letters
from dictation.
Tho best swordsman among Euro-
pean rulers is the Kaiser, who seeks
to keep up his skill by fencing for an
hour every day,
`Among •tlie lucky youngsters, who
will inherit great wealth 1s the three-
year-old Marquis of Blandford. Some
day this little fellow will..be twice a
prince, a duke, a marquis, twice an
earl, and twice a baron. He will
rule over 28,000 acres of land, be
lord 6f Blenheim Palace, and inherit
a good share of the Vanderbilt mil-
lions.
Mine. Amy. Sherwin, like most sing-
ers who have toured the world, has
had some amusing experiences. Her
last experience in Adelaidewas a
funny one. Her hotel was opposite
the Houses of Parliament, and the
night she arrrved- the Gambling Bill
was to be passed, and a crowd of
about 7,000` people outside, who
wore there to welcome the sweet
singer,' kept demanding a song. At
last site gave "Moine Sweet Homo"
from the balcony. So many of the
members came over to listen that,
when it was time to vote, there were
not snfieient present to pass the
much -desired and hitherto strongly -
supported measure.
When the great liner, the Furst
Bismarck, was finished the Kaiser
came on board with Prince Henry to
inspect her. He approved of every-
thing until he saw the tables in the
dining -roots. "1 should think a man
who had been at sea as long as y00
have would not allow a cabinet-mak-
er to give you square -cornered tables
on ship -board." After the Kaiser
left the table corners were gttickly
rounded off. Two years later the
Kaiser again carne aboard the vessel
and when he saw the tables ho said:
"I see you have rounded off the cor-
ners. That is good." He had not
forgotten even a thing as small as
this,
The Icing's interest in sport is gen-
erally understood, but it is not
known to the world at large that
Ilis Majesty is an expert in many of
the national forms of recreation. In
the "Private Life of the Icing" it is
stated that King Edward is "inor-
dinately fond of dancing," and that
for many years his friends declared
that ire danced the Ilig°hland fling
better than anyone in the kingdom,.
He is also a fine skater, plays hock-
ey well, but for fishing never had
much taste. "It was too quiet -one
might almost say too lazy -a sport
to appeal to Ills Majesty," He is
a good sailor, has of late years pat-
ronized the sport of pigeon -flying,
and amongst his minor hobbies is
that of collecting arms of all kinds.
Dr. Hermann Adler, who presides
over the ecclesiastical destines of the
'English Jews all the world over,
was sixty-two recently. Ho is the
best preacher that the Jewish com-
munity possesses, and he has preach-
ed more than 2,000 sermons in Lon,-
don
on-don and the country. Dr. Adler went
to England from Hanover as 'a lad
o! six,' and he entered -public life As
minister at Bayswater Synagogue,
where he remained until ten years
ago, he succeeded his father as Chief
Rabbi. No man in Landon has a
heavier respoasilrality than he. Dr.
Adler is the final Court of Appeal in
all eases affecting the interests of
the Jews in England, aud his post-
bag brings him in touch with the
scattered Hebrew race In every Cor-
ner of the earth.
Sydney is chuckling over the story
of the wife of an Aust, aalien politi-
cian who, being much is,lerested In
such` institutions, Wag iavitrsl with
her husband and 0 party 9, visit One
of the big London hospilnls. They
were also asked by their friend- to
gentleman great, in shipping ing circles--
Lo meet the I'rinectis Christian. (0,
arrival al, the hnnf,it,11 the Wife of
the polltIciat, new a1. lady al dignified
pruportione, whom she underetocrl
to be the t11141en, She spoke very
germ:iuht.ly to her of the fine place
she rnanngerl. The supposed matron
ILeke(1 if the Auetrnlii.n lady Would
bring her husband and in1rnduct, hint
101 she would he delighted to reed, an
Australian Minisma of th(i (grown.
Very ffractomily 31,11 req11(.51 Wt(s 1(0-
eodriri tn, •Mir Dash 1Jletrk being pre-
sented to "the mntr111 of this fine
hospital." On leaving the institu-
tion tin pnlNirinn's wife remit lied
to the shipping Wrier, "el, 1s n won-
der we have not feet the 'Princess
Christian; ! 510 a. carnage fit the
gate with this servants In Royal
liveries," "You've not only seen lion
Royal 1113hmies, bet you've talked
to her for half an hour and presauL-
na1 your husband to her," said the
shipping num, with an amused sxnlle.
On Lin 11liig's 8111.1i birthday he
was presented with a splendid golf]
cigar -box, tvnlflhitrll iho ounces, by
the theatrical managers of London.
'.1'h0 London pollee-emilso1 an area
of :L5 mhos rtulimIs tram Charing
(lross, .With a population of 'O,f10o,-
000wa sovcuth of.tho whole popula-
tion of (beat Britain.
LADIES CF 1'ilM HAREj11
Pet Mete the Sultan's Palmae to Com.
P101/1130 an Enemy,
A dospateh from Constantinople
says: -Owing to tete myater'y and eta
01ecy oushn'ouding all oceurr'ences in
the Yildig Palace, the real cameo of
the recent fire there has only now
transpired, The incident was the res
stilt of .an intrigue by the ladles of
the baron against the lady treaslrl
or of the harem, whom they wished
to get rid of, At tho instigation of
tho conspirators, a nogress placed
materials for a conflagration in a
corridor of tiro palace and lighted
them under conditions eoinpromising
the, lady treasurer, so that she would
be suspected of the act and .dismiss
sed, The desired result was obtain
ed. The lady treasurer was not oa1-
ly disniissu5 but she wads imprisoned
In the palace.
Her relatives are 'influential, and
have boar]. endeavoring to obtain her
release. There have been numerous
arrests in consequence of the attempt
at incendiarism, and some of the wo-
men ' have been subjected to torture
in the bone of,oxtracting confessions
from there,
The Sultan first believed the con-
spiracy was directed against himself.
The fire did not occur in a room ad-
joining that used by the Sultan, as
first reported, but in a corridor quite
a long way from his Majesty'.
apartments,
SMALLPDX IN ONTARIO.
Different Centres of the Disease Reported
by Dr. Bryne.
A despatch from Toronto says: -
The Provincial Medical Health -051-
cer has made up a statement of the
'smallpox situation in the Province.
Following are the ` localities where
the disease is known to exist at the
present time: -Canadian Northern
Railway camp, Thunder Bay district,
one case; Miehipicoten, one case, Bur-
ford township, Brant county, 20
cases; Townsend, township, three cas-
es; Brantford city, six cases; Walker -
vide, ono case; Burlington one,
Brampton one, Toronto six, York
township two, Princeton, .Oxford
county, one; Simcoe county six, Wal-
pole, Haldimand county, three.
IIARCOURT IS PESSIMISTIC.
Says Expenditure Will Hot Fall at End
of the War.
A despatch from London says: -In
the course of a debate on the Fi-
nance Bill
i-narceBill in the House of Commons
On Wednesday afternoon Sir William
Vernon Harcourt (Liberal) tren-
chantly criticised the Government's
financial policy, and said those per-
sons believing the statement that
the general e$penditur0' would fall
after :.the termination of the war
were living iti a fool's paradise.
Sir William's speech, which was
throughout undoubtedly pessimistic,
drew angry interruptions from
Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial
Secretary. The ]atter, in the course
of his reply to Sir William, took a
sanguine view of the situation in
Souter Africa, 1He said nobody
doubted the war would soon be over,
and when the Doers recognized that
they had been thoroughly beaten and
had returned to peaceful occupation,
interest on the Transvaal debt and
sinking fund would be easily payable
CROPS BURNING UP.
Excessive Heat Does Serious Damage in
Parts of England.
A despatch from London says: -Al-
though Scotland and Ireland have
recently enjoyed local thunderstorms
there is no prospect for rain in the
middle and southern parts of Eng-
land, and a steady increase of heat
for several days to come Is predict-
ed, There are general complaints
from tine country that the sun is
burning up the crops. The sunshine
is everywhere -greatly in excess of the
average. The temperature is above
the mean, and the rainfall is far
short of the average. London is a
vent sufferer from the heat, as the
city has not been rainwashed in
weeks. Sunstrokes, apoplexy, and
heat prostrations are frequent, and
the hospitals are .busy. The live
stock market is unusually crowded,
as owing to the absence of pasturage
farmers are forced to sell their cat-
tle;
FIFTY DEATHS A DAY.
•
Terrible Spread 01 the Bubonic Plague at
Hong Kong.
A. despatch from Vancouver, B. C.,
says:-v-l'he ,Stegner Empress of In-
dia brings news of a steady increase
in the appalling number of deaths
by piet,uo in. hong Kong, and the
fact that the percentage of Euro-
peans who have succumbed t0 the
disease is much higher than on any
occasion or former epidemics. Latest
advlicg recorded the mortality in
Hoeg Kong from plague at 45
deaths every 24 hours, and the num-
ber of miesetanes at, 50 e, day. The
windier of deaths since the outbreak
lana been about 1,600, in spite 01 the
0105is Wittelt kept on steamers by the
authorities, who aro unable to pre -
Vont the spread of the disease in
gettraartlne nt Nagasaki, it being dis-
covered that plague had broken out
among Miaow 'passengers.
LADY MUNICIPAL TREASURER.
Thorold Town Connell Has Established a
Precedent.
A tienpatch from St. Catharines
sn,ys:•-•AL n special meeting of 1110
'l'hm'oi(I' 'I."otva council held Wednes-
da.y night, Miss Mine Daugan was
appollited town treasurer in the
etea(1 of her brother, who recently
resigned the position, 13y their ace
tion last night the council establish.
ed a precedent in 'the matter of the
alxpolntniard, as iliss Deegan is the
(irsl lady to be honored with the po-
sition in Ontario, if not in Canada.
She In thoroughly conversant with
the work and the. town accounts.
Miss Ilougan enters upon her new
duties at once, and is receiving 00 -
gratulation!) oe the first lady muni
cipal treastu'cr of Ontario.,
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