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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-7-25, Page 6. . 111 NEWS INR . R TBE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. _.., Own Interesting .Items About.Our QW Country, creat Britain? the United States, ane An Parts of the (iloi'ie, Condensed and Assorted for F,asy Readisig. 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. --- -+-- 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 .4-- 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., d' }